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Ssracen's Head 1aVern.

The Saraceu'S Head. Snow Hill. BOW closed. reached back to q respectable antiquity. in Dick TarIton's Jestss ii is referred to as tue Saracen's Head without Newgate and stow cai> il "a fair and large inn for re ceipt of travellers which hath 10 sign the SaraZens Head," It's pre- eminent interest. however, is natural Y Dickensian. and the novelist has given a vivid description of the old inn as it vas when Nicholas Nickleby and his uncle interviewed there the master of Dotheboys Hall. There are various accounts of the origin of the sign of the Saracen's Head. One is that it was set up as compliment to tue mother of Thomas a Beckett. who was he daughter uf Saracen. Ill Seden's Fable Talk" we read, When our countrymen came home from ti~htiig with the Saracens they pictured them with huge, big, terrible faces, as you still see the sign of lhe Saracen's Head ."-london Chronicle
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A Weddino Hint.

The tall girl smiled i'll some embar- raSsment.
 Haven't Nod any secondhand shocs:' she said to tie shoe clerk
 "i5Ut. miss he remonstr trated.
 No. 10; yun misunderstood" said she. "l don't mean to wear just mean old shoes. too worn for use ttlat customers have left with yo1: A1{l see, there's q wedding up at our house tonolrow, and We wait something ta throw at the bride and Bridegroom
 "l sec said the clerk
 He ruHmased in ;s black hole and drew forth an aru1fu! ot ditHtsida5ca foatWcar 'fhc %irf selected su3ne three>, TWO and oHes
 These viii T." Thanks ever go much, she said. aud >o dei,afted
 Big footed people ;fr" always work. ing that on lis. said the clerk after. ward. That @irl wears eiGllts Sue couldn't very well throw >urh mud sroNs at tbe bride. SD She chs," IoiDe little and dainty shoes here--etes anG twos. uh. yes, it's an old trick witn the big footed. - Los Angeles Times
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EIGHTY. YEARS OLD
 ENJOYS GOOD HEALTH

SALT LAKE CITY UrAH.-Mrs. |. II. McNeal after attaining the ripe old age of four score years, writes the following letter for the benefit of the younger generations. 'I am eighty years old and thank Ballard's Horc- hound Syrup for having cured me of coughs, colds and similar diseases.
 We are all exposed at times to coughs. colds, bronchitis and other pulmonary diseases and should he glad to know the best remedy.
 Ballard's Ilorchound Syrup can be given To babies as we'll as adults. Try a small bottle :it first and after that buy the larger bottles, which ar" cheaper in proportion.n
 |" Ballard snow Linnncnt Co., St. Louis. Me. Price 25c, '11e and $l.W
 Sold and recommended hy
 VI. l.. DeN".. x CU.
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He Knew His Busine ss.

Kind Hearted Maiden (fisning for \ stray penny in her purse)--I suppose you poor blind people feel your mis- fortunes keenly?
 Blind Mendicant-Yes, indeed. The Lord only knows how miss the pleas. ure of being able to look into the beau tiful faces of the handsome and lovely ladies who are kind enough to donate
 Kind Hearted Maiden (ishing out shillingl-Here, pour fellow, take this. Pm sure you are deserving.-London Scraps.
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DIR. C. ID. SMITH.

Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. Calls night or day answered prompt ly. Office at Alexander Bros. store corner of Fourth and Pine street. Old ph Jne 529. Residence, 1207W. 9th ave old phone 109.
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PerharA

Now, look here. Algernon," said parent to his son sternly, when was your age I was at the head of my class"
 "Ah." responded the lad perhaps teachers were easier to fool then than they are nowr'
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Severe.

q wish 1 had a fortune, I'd never paint another picturew declared m artist to brother of the brush.
 "WelL there are lots Of people who would give you one on that condition"
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Is Your Private List of "IMPOSSIBILITIES" TOO LARGE?

Perhaps things have been placed your Per. soual Catalogue of Impossibies which have place there.
 Go bravely to work disered your nstto that
 lot of your aimpossble" things possible and feasible
 asd you will find your whole scheme of life readjasted You will nd that personal individual business sac- eess WITH THE MEANS AND RESOURCES AT HAND. s really attanable your available forces USED.
 Rational, adcious of publicity win enable yes to revise your list of .Impessibtes" radically that will no longer terry you-no longer act your jailerno longer serve as Code of "Reasons" for lack of perity.
 Pubcity-of the sort you "aGord"will search out the one person in city who really to buy tho thing you want to thus erasing what be "mpos sibilItyn No from your list win dispose of what may be "Impossbilys No. list by enabling you to leube the number of customers of your store-chanens . tagging business to a busy one-without exhausuns vour resources This "nerve" part for some faith, seifassurance But 1t can De dop' lis being done all of the tne-an1 is worth doing.
 All thruogh your list of "Impossblitles VIII be founa things that persistent advertising space will remedy will "edit out" of yoxr list Business obstacles once 1lsorganiEaon, household annOyancesthese do not De- long your list publicity remedies then lnterwo'en with all your aEairs advertising will come to play pert h ysar lie vital hepfs that yoa Will 1oree' that yeu ever ha1 nst of "Inpesslbiiities"
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The Similarity.

Why are some policemen like rain hows3 Becauee they speeaY sfbsr tAe storm A VVeg.
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'"S >o1TT CAME roSHzA1 .
/VG7Ie, TIItG~ A/EH-ANnLr @

] stumbled down the first ladder to the
main deck Here men we're cngng to the
moor of the superstructure what you might
call the ceiling of that warship's top story.
Each man in his hammock slung up above
like sacks OF -four they slept there by the
score.
Down the next ladder to the gun-deck ]
passed with what celebrity the tropics leave in
one for night prowling and still the hammocks
clung, like barnacles on a castaway, tight to
the steel rafters of the protective deck And
piled In compact rows, behind the breeches
OF the seven-inch guns, which showed indis
tinctly against the open ports, lay the light
oaken ditty-boxes. one of which constitutes
the entire kit OF the enlisted man ditty-
box the size OF bootblacks kit, canvas bag
such as golfers use, hammock, and leave to
cling to the ceiing-that is the sailors lot In
the new navy. Cleanliness and discipline by
day. folded up like a jackknife by night and
fed the best food on earth-these are the re-
wards he reaps for charting out the sea path
OF a new world-power.
goat bleated in the next passage to the
deck where the openings are TO the engine
rooms coon skunk a ptiful way. yearning
in the close night for release from his fur.
Wearing coonskin in the tropics Is not
healthful. especially IL you are the coon. A
parrot nodded from her hying.perch and l
shaded with palm leaves for all mascots when
in the tropics.
Up from the engine rooms crept the deep
rumble of the insistent chug that drives a
steamship from seaboard to seaboard as stead.
lily as the hands OF clock. while you eat and
sleep and loaf and read and dream, | found
the open hatch and slipped down among the
brass rods and the purple disks Of the higher
power than gunnery which leads a people to
prosperity. the power OF steam No inch Of
wood visible and space stretched forth
every line OF vision; space. vast compli-
Gated, crammed full with delicate contrap-
tions. In the hollow distance an oiler inverted
his can and poured soothing lotions into his
monster plaything. as a mother ladies sooth-
ingsyTup and he went about II with the same
loving fondness singing his lullaby TO the
lungs OF the ship.
Down. down. down ladder after steel lad
der. into the tortuous ways directly above the
double bottoms. until. at last. stood squarely
in the fre-rooms themselves and watched the
grimy stokers ply their unhandsome task.
Cool cooler than the quarterback 1t was down
there. il stories---rather, IL decks--from the
after bridge where slept the oblivious admiral.
And the mid-watch stoke-shift looked as COM
Portable az any Ceck-hand swabbing hatch.
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arc Of the circle and then began over again.
The life-boats wandered simlessly. The cox
swains blew their whistles. The copper buoys
were gathered in. No answer no sign of life.
The hope OF nation sat down on its course;
the modern armada waited. But we were
obeying the law.
Finally the Connecticut grew petulant; she
began flashing her interrosstory. And the
Minnesota became peevish; she blinked and
sputtered with the ardois. The commander
in-chief must have been on the bridge: the
other admirsls. in their isolated grandeur,
must have been abroad. When one OF them
talks 1t is not with human kind; he chatters
with the elements and gossips by electricity.
At length the Missouris ardois came to
life. 1t began winking, blinking that red-and.
white dot. dash, dot. dot dash, dash, dash, dot,
DASH pulsatins, wiEking, still flashing on,
long long. message.
A guffaw hoated up from the deck. Some
jack who knew the code had caught the mes
sage. Whispering. chatter. laughter; a ripple
of merriment went over the ship. Then the
searchlights were shamefacedly doused. We
heard the angry slap of the davitbelt over the
Missouris side They were bucklng up the
boat and there was unmistakable disgust In
that slap From the Kentucky. far down the
she was accepting her shame quietly. Then
AN orderly brought a transcript OF the Mis-
souri's message to the admiral.
Happy to report" he read, and shrugged
his shoulders There 10 seldom editorial com
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standard speed Heaving. swelling. majestic
ally plowing they pursued their ponderous'
imnIacable WAY Mothered OF crested seas,
sired OF the deep, they sped on. like the curse
OF Thor lightning forged. Ominous there In
the solemn night, the hushed spirit OF the
guns draped them with hidden might; the
cabalistic twinkle OF those blinking eyes
robed them with profound intelligence. BY
day they were white and yellow fortresses,
unlovely. ungainly; by night they wore new
beauty, new power. Behind them lay terrors
bested; ahead there lay q magic carpet OF in
finite variety, a bath of stars leading them
eternallyl
The gray old head OF the admiral tossed
and muttered in its sleep. When he first
went to sea his mother asked him how they
tied up the ship at night. and when he replied
that 1t kept on going right through the night
she wanted to know how II could see. For
so years he had survived oceans perils. and
now he was going for the last time to that
ingenious mother. as safe In his lofty bunk as
any shoreman in his cot, protected by the in
tricate laws OF the road and the ever-vigilant
naval regulations.
On the quarterback below a marine paced
slowly from side TO side. waiting lest another
signal be flown. when he would leap to the
trigger that releases the life-buoy. Alone the
only sign OF life on the quarterback, he looked
In the dim shadow like an errant spirit con.
juring sentryduty from imaginative perils.
IL was too lofty perch on the after-bridge
too lonely a space on the vacant quarterback
| CROPPED my way forward, wiping from my
brow the tropic night4weat. Under spread
Ina steam'cutter tsat lifted its giant shape
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WITCH DOCTOR KILLS BABES
ineantations Fall TO Cure Summer
Ills OF Many Little Children
In PennsyivanIa.

Reading, Pa.-Coroner StrasseT IN
busy securing evidence In the ease Of
the six infants who died IN one day
recently after alleged treatment by
witch doctors for nothing but summer
complaint. He has reported the mat
ter to the district attorney.
Reading is known for Its many
witch doctors, and there have been
cases In court time S4d again Of peo-
pie who claimed that neighbors "yeF-
hexed" them. No sooner does a child
become Ill in this section than the
neighbors rush IN and declare the
child Is "verhexed." The result is that
a powwow doctor with incantations 81
sought.
Several of the children who died
were simply treated with mystic
words while red cotton cord was
passed over the body IN other easer
a bag containing charmed words was
hung about the neck,
Many children die every summer
from summer complaint who DO not
have an attending physician said ths
coroner. II find that the parents ara
Of the middle class and spend their
money calling In old women whe
make practice of pow.wowing and us
ing charmed words. What is moro.
these women describe the hex to ths
parents. and this is the cause OF many
OF the neighborhood scraps that aJs
aired In court"
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telephoned for police patrol and set
all the suicide machinery In motion;
another notified several physicians
and still another notified the newspa-
pers. Half a dozen undertakeTs heard
about 1t and shattered all sprinting
records getting 10 the scene. While
waiting for the officials they sat on
the front stoop and figured on just
how they could AFFORD TO bury Hugo
at "A profit.
Coroner Schwannecke. Capt. Place
and three policemen from the Nor
risania station, three physicians and
half dozen reporters got TO the
house about the same time. In this
order they filed slowly up the stairs,
the six undertakers bringing up. the
rear
All was hushed in the presence Of
800 pounds of death. Coroner Schwan-
necke sunk his knuckles In the door
of the Freyenhagen Nat and MRS
Freyenhagen opened 1t.
Where's your dead husband?"
asked the coroner.
Here's her husband right here, but
he's not a dead one" answered a
gruff voice, as six feet of Freyenhagen
appeared at the opening.
Didn't you commit suicide?" asked
Capt. Place.
Il did not" said Freyenhagen
But your wife said you drowned
yourself 10 the bathtub," suggested
reporter.
me drown?" TOared FTeyenhagen
'I'm the best swimmer In the Bronx
Come in till ! show you my junk"
Whereupon Freyenhagen led the
mob into his parlor and draped him
self with his medals for their ediii-
cation. The undertakers refused to
give up even then. One offered 10
bury him and throw In band OF mu-
sic for $50. But Freyenhagen was OBJ
durate and decided TO stick around
little longer.
In explanation Of his wife's false
alarm he said he had fallen while In
the bathroom and she had jumped TO
the conclusion that he had killed. bis,-
self. t-
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equator, but now they were hurrying on 10
get into the harbor OF Rio de Janeiro before
sundown OF the second day following. Yet
here they were, engines idle at midnight, los
ing a precious hour because a common sea
man had inadvertently slipped over the side
OF the Missouri. There was no temper lost.
Every one waited patiently. The liie-saving
machinery was at work, as provided in the
regulations. There was no need to worry;
the incident would take care OF itself. The
laws of the Medes were exact and those OF
the Persians explicit; the Jews had a deca
logue and there have been few codes de-
vised since by Justinian, Napoleon and others.
All those, however were amateur attempts; in
professional lawmaking the United States
naval regulations say the final word. So when
a man drops overheard from a feet at night.
though wars go on and people perish. that
vivid and diverse spectacle cannot be coun-
ternanded.
We lay there becalmed fumbling in the
tepid dark The sesrchlights played their
stark wonder over the dancing nightcaps
where the silly waves tried to hide their To-
quacious heads. Each described Its 20-degree
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BRONX MAN EMPHATICALLY
DENIES THAT He IS DEAD
HUGO FREYeNHAeEN UNeAL-
LANTLY PUTS HIS WIFE, CATH
ERINE, IN ANANIAs CAuB.

New York.-After his wife, cath
crime, had stuck her head out Of tho
window and announced IN an en-
phatic manner that he had committed
suicide by drowning himself In the
bath tub in their apartments on the
sixth floor Of No. 730 linton avenue.
the Bronx, Hugo FreyenbageD was On-
gallant enough TO put her In the Ana
MAS club by appearing and entering
a general denial 90 all the allegations
In her complaint
When Mrs Freyenhagen made her
announcement and followed " up BY
rushing into the street ana giving de.
tails of the horrible affair everybody
was disposed to take her word for ~
And everybody got busy. One man
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sci of my pajama cord
to see II | should go
fore or aft. II turned
near-silk and | climbed
to the admiral's bridge.
There he lay. his slip
pers of, in shirt and
trousers. his gray old
head absolved OF sea
vexations. In the cabin
beyond his nag-lieuten-
ant nestled in a knit
comforter. Only the
signalman on the look
out by the semaphore
kept watch there near
the brain OF the fleet.
Aft trailed that
sweep OF comets. The
l6 were back again, in
line OF squadron. the
drugstore riding-lights
abeam. the truck-lights
white. thus spelling
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hthwart the superstructure ! bumped
down TO my knees. fell Nat on my
lace, heard growls. curses. stumbled
up with a skinned hand and peered
dimly in the darkness. Forms
were rolling under The cutter. n
tangle OF arms and legs tossed
aloft under the yellow ventilator,
hairy chest rose TO superb
height. weary laugh fitted into
the vast night
Choke the IDIOT" IF he's over.
board let him stay" "Belay his
deck-tackle!" This from the chest
and the tangle Of legs Then, from
a thin-hipped. slight form: Pardon
me. was sleeping in the gang
way Then. from severe face,
one that authority had cut with ex.
ecutive decision: "Gangway there!
Clear the gangway!"
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nounced his peaceful progress at standard
speed to red light, which says he has
stopped his engines, and then blnks II, which
declares feverishly that he is backing
From all over the feet things we're doing
Three-pounders were barking out rusty salute
charges. Ardois rs we're caracollng lusty
staccato shrieks. The creamy surge that had
been curving sea-shavings over direct bows
now churned under propellers aud fipped up
foam into the searchlights. The entire first
squadron, except the Connecticut from the
Kansas down the line had come to a stop
Finally the Connecticut, too, slowed her en-
gines and hove to. The captain came from
his bunk, climbed the bridge and asked many
questions that nobody could answer. The ad-
miral was reused from his emergency cabin
and hurried out, lacking coat and in slip
pers but not before he had paused to lift a
stogy from drawer, had viciously bit of the
end and thrust 1t into his mouth. Then he
went about, from haglieutenant TO quarter
master, from quartermaster to yeoman, from
yeoman to signalman, asking nothing about
the accident, imploring only for a light. And
between each irrelevant question he looked
aft over the rail Of his bridge upon a rare
sight.
Some hundreds Of miles off the coast OF
Brazil and just south OF the equator 16 battle
ships and two little auxiliary cruisers. which
had been loafing In the rear. had come to a
full stop. southwesterly current had been
sweeping them along at the rate Of two knots
an hour and the engines had added TO- A
contrary current and some hurt steering-gear
IN the Alabama he'd delayed them north Of the
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ment In the report
OF a junior officer.
Happy to report
false alarm. Sea
man sleeping in side
hammock had night
mare and called out
Man overboard! "
No, the Missouri
was not reprimand-
ed. The admiral
and his captains
only laughed and
turned in. But /
was awake. IL was
two bells of the mid
watch and. spread
abroad on the face
of the waters. again
gathering momen-
tum for her fight
around the world,
was that ever-ln-
spring. ever-myste-
rious sight-the fleet
at night.
| twirled the tas.
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FLEET OF IS battleships
steaming around the
globe Affords az night a
spectacle which Bub Wat.
kins. the captains cox
swain. calls "fillin'." what
do they look like after
dark" | asked before we
started. Like a string
OF cheap drug stores"
said the mldshipman who
had been way over tn
the Mediterranean IN hia
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speed and the masthead-hght that indicates
the class OF vessel. Then. too the intricate
system of signals adds confusion, but color, to
the spectacle.
one night shortly after the deck officers
had gone on duty for the mid.watch the four
white ardois lanterns at the masthead OF the
missouri were turned on. They huttered for
ABOUT half minute. Then. with three rapid
pulsations OF the red light at the top. the sig
nal went out and left the feet riding as be-
fore, lise trail Of titan's phosphorus through
the troPic seas. n" 1t was; and ~" means
that a man is overheard
Instantly on 16 bridges sounded the
cry, Man overheard" and from 16 annunci-
ators SLOW speed" rung to the engine
rooms The Ohio. which was Just ahead and
the Maine, which was just astern flashed
their searchlights on the waters about the
troubled ship. From the quarterback and
from the forecastle of the Missouri copper
hfe-buoys were hurled into the sea- these
bore cans Of calcium chloride, which burst
into flame as they touched the water-beacons
for the lost sailor.
There was patter of bare feet on the SUI
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practice cruise and who was there
fore well-worn man of the world.
But 1t is better than that.
Some time ago they took the green
shades of all the lights in the Off
GERS staterooms. because they shone
through the ports and made the men
ot-war look like citizen liners. Even
now The lights shine out of the ports
lawiessly. while the law compels con.
slant flying of the red and green port
and starboard running-lights. as well
as the trnck-light that indicates the
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l.
four sharp orders. jangling of
tackle, and the life-boat, which hangs
ever ready on davits, swung clear OF
the ships side. slipped into the water.
and was rowed swiftly into the ever
widening white circle made by the
neighbOring men-of-war In the stern
sheets of each life-boat are always
provisions for two days and a cask
OF fresh water. for frequently in a
storm the big ship loses the little one
for many hours. and it is always a
question with the officer o. the deck
whether or not he should order away
the boat
At the same time a similar boat
from the Kentucky, the eighth ship in
the line, had cast of. These two
boats, each manned by six oars and a
coxswain. rapidly came together into
the region of the life-buoys. which
could be seen like stars jeweling the
dusky sea. The Missouri and the
four ships in her rear had veered out
OF column. Presently the three ships
ahead veered, as well as the eight
steaming mile away on the star.
board beam. For one man out of Is.
600 the whole fleet was stopping. II
seemed unfair; some strain of mercy
foreign to the storied business Of
war. was halting this world.tour.
Meanwhile. from all that two.mile
square expanse of quiet sea clatter
piled on spectacle. spectacle on won.
der, wonder on apprehension. appre.
hension on curiosity and curiosity on
laughter. Now ensued the ouickest
Job an officer of the deck has to face
When man falls overheard that Of.
ficer has seven separate and distinct
things to do, all at the same time:
seven, count them. % He flashes
~" on the ardois; (2) he throws his
helm three points and veers out of
column: (3) he stops his enginea.
(D he fires a gun; (5) he drops the
life-buoys; (6) he orders away the
hfe-boat; and CD he shifts the white
hi ~ Nuh N1h -.