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instinct or whatever you like. No
one else did. They will seek every
where but here. But I seemed to
know, and-well the Devil tempted
me, nay, he tonight with me. Don't
you know why? You love Ada Mil
Ter, do you not? Then so do I. Yes.
with a love that is all-consuming-a
love which gives me no rest night or
day, a love which makes 1t impossible
for me to live without her. o
have won her hand, but don't you
think I envy you? Don't you think
I even hate you at times? And when
I guessed you were here, doE-'t you
see the Devil tempted me to leave
you here and to say nothing what
ever about it? But Ada has chosen
you, she loves you. Your wedding
day draws near. Go-take her and
be happy. But for me happiness in
this life is over"
He. turned away to unloosen the
rope which he had made fast to one
of the stakes of the fence.
I watched him wonderingly with a
dazed mind, when all in a moment,
before 1 could think or speak, he
reeled, fell over, and toppled head
long into the pit from whence he had
drawn me, carrying the rope with
him.
Hes gone!" I shrieked, and
springing to my feet-for the numb
ness left me for a Moment rushed
to the mouth of the shaft crying fran
tically, Horace! Horace"
But no alLswer came to my cries.
A loud splash succeeded his fall, then
all was still and silent as the grave.
I looked around for help, but no help
was near, and overcome with weak
ness, fatigue and horror, I fell sense
less to the ground.
When I came to I found myself in
the same position, and knowing that
it was extremely improbable that any
one would pass that way, I put forth
all my strength, and dragged myself
with great difficulty in the direction
home. When 1 had gone a mile or
so I entered upon a more frequented
road, and soon fell in with those who
rendered me all the assistance I re-
CURED.
My story caused a great sensation.
as you may be sure, and for a time
was the one object of interest in the
place. Ada looked upon me as one
given back from the dead, and re-
joiced over me accordingly. Her JOY
would have been complete had it not
been for the unfortunate death of
Horace Rishton, for that naturally
cast a gloom over us all.
Of course, his death vas put down
to accident, and much regret ex-
pressed at the painful occurrence,
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MEMOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.

Dan Rice in His memoirs" Tells In
side Mysteries Of Show Life.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest Of his customers
is for ga book which will make me
laugh The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic HIT
erature is scarcer than funny plays,
A wide sale Is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs Of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guaran-
teed to make you roar with laughter.
The author presents to the public q
volume of the great TESTERS most
pungent jokes, comic haraIgues.
eaustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches Of ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
illusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings OF
the sawdust arena Of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor OF the
famous "One Horse Show" was more
of a national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
you DC tpaid for $3.50 by Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard street,
New York.
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A HcodoO Black Chicken.

Mrs. Cal Remy, a thrifty housewife
Of this place, recently had an experts
ence with some poultry which wa,
unusual, to say the least. One Of her
hens Matched a brood Of chickens, all
Of which were white but one.
The hen attempted to kill the one
black chicken and was prevented
from doing so only by Mrs. Remy
transferring the black chick to anoth.
er hen. This hen, however, also had
a brood of white chicks, and she too
objected to the black chick to the e1-
tent that she tried to kill it.
Finally, Mrs. Remy took the de-
spised black chicken, more Gead than
alive, and placed 1t in a cage with a
canary bird.
Here the chick was not molested,
but was permitted to peep to its
hearts content. The peeping, how
ever, finally got on the nerves of the
canary and now he has ceased to sing
and. makes no noise save that Of peep
ing, in imitation Of his cage mate
Columbus Correspondence ~Indianap-
oils News.
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hams Vegetable Compound Is tnem oSg
successful remedy for all kinds OF
female troubles, and I feel that can
never praise itenough" Mrs. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, Ky.
The ChangeofL Life Is themostcritcal
period of a woman's existence, and
neglect Of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneverywhere shouldremember
that there is no other remedy known to
medicine that will SO successfuliycarry
women through this trying period as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs. -.
For 80 years it has been curing
women from the worstforms Of female
ills DISCRIMINATION, liberation, dis
placements, fbroid tumors, irregul2rE
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
Ifyou would like special advice
about your case write ac0nfiden..
tiaI letter to Mrs. Pinkham, ~
Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is Tree
and always helDfuL
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A Nickel Cigar.

A good skid" story from the Hutch,
inson Gazette: 1t was the boss birth.
day. The Office boy knew 1t, because
he had heard the boss wife say so
The Office boy w~orshiped the boss
and had bought him q birthday pres
ent. Often he had heard the boss say
that the only presents he liked were
cigars, providing they were ten-cent
cigars, and he was worried for fear
the boss might not like his present.
e. The boss came in and threw open
his desk. Lying there he saw a small
parcel. He opened 1t and found that
it contained a cigar. He. looked at it
closely. It was a nickel cigar.
Huh" said the boss, disgustedly.
Then he noticed that there was writ
ing on the paper. He read:
"Hapy birthday, i dident buy a ten
center cause 1 only had a MCKEE"
The boss bit the end off the cigar,
reached in his pocket and drew out
a match and lighted the weed. He
pulled critically a minute.
II didn't know they made such
good cigars for a Nickel" he said
Kansas City Journal.
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Difference i'm Time.

When it is noon at any given place
it is similarly noon at all other points
having the same longitudinal merid-
ian, and the sun is in its zenith where
meridian and equator intersect.
For business convenience every fiji
teen degrees of longitude evenly di-
vided from Greenwich has the same
time. being the distance that the
earth travels in one hour. In the
United States we have Eastern, Cen
trail, Mountain and Pacific time. Thus
II a. m. at Chicago, Central time;
10 a. m. at Denver, Mountain time,
and 9 a. m. at San Francisco, Pacific
time.
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A Defeated Conqueror.
@

I a wild and solitary spot scarcely ever
visited by anyone. I, however, had
seen it several times in my moorland
wanderings, and had always regarded
It as a dangerous place. 1t was par.
TALLY fenced around. but I must have
wandered in through one of the gaps,
There was no footpath anywhere near
it, 81 I must, in the darkness, have
lost my way.
However, here I was, and the ques-
ton confronted me how was I to get
out? I tried to discover if it was
possible to climb out, but the sides of
the pit offered no hold Of any kind
so I had to abandon that idea.
I next shouted, in the hope that
some solitary wanderer might hear
my cries, but no answering voice was
heard, until, after I had shouted my
self hoarse, 1 was obliged to sink
back in silence and despair. My
heart sickened as I thought of the
loneliness of the place, and how days,
and ever weeks might elapse before
anyone passed that way.
I struck out frantically round the
pit to seek again for some means of
escape, but my search was as fruit
less as before.
Despair took hold of me. I thought
Of Ada, of our approaching marriage,
Of the preparations which had been
made, and the plans which had been
formed.
How bright the world had seemed
but a few moments before, and how
keenly I had anticipated it's pleas
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A Concrete Aquarium.

A very artistic and durable aqua.
rum can be made Of reinforced con-
crete and glass, as shown in the
sketch.
Secure four pieces of glass, plate
glass preferred, the desired size to
make tank, say about nine inches
wide, twelve inches long and ten
inches deep. Set the edges OF. the
glass in a concrete base made about
one inch thick. This "a be done In
a temporary wooden mold. Use good
Portland cement in making, and take
equal parts cement and clean sharp
sand mixed to the consistency of thin
dough. Reinforce the base by put
ting in a wire screen, Fig. 1, turning
up the edges so the glass will rest
firmly against the screen. Allow
about on%e-eighth inch. open, space be.
tween the perpendicular edges Of the
glass. After the cement has set about
forty-eight hours mold the corners
In any design desired, reinforcing
them with wire, screws or nails, az
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but I, who had seen the whole thing.
knew it was no accident, though,
rightly or wrongly, I kept the knowl.
edge to myself. Why should I bla.
ION abroad the fact that Horace Rish.
ton, after gallantly saving my Iifes
had deliberately destroyed his own?
1t would have been a poor return
for the service he had rendered me;
it would have done no good to these
who knew him and who revered his
memory; and above all, it would
have been a source of constant pair
and grief to my own little darling
wife.
Every year we pay a visit to hla
grave, and as we gaze upon the silent
tomb, we think with gratitude, and
yet with regret, of a rivals love-
Household Words.
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ures! And now it was all over. !
must think no more Of entering again
the bright region above and sharing
in the joys that awaited me there. |
was doomed to die-to die a lonely
solitary, horrible death, and to lie
In a watery grave. AS I held on to
my feeble support, and thought of all
this, my brain reeled within me, and
1 feared that my reason must give
way.
Death instead of marriage! What
a contrast! Just when I ought to be
leading my bride to the altar and
stepping across the portal Of married
life, to let go my hold here and fall
into the cold, relentless arms of
death! And what of Ada then?
Surely she would sorrow and grieve
and be disconsolate.
But Horace Rishton! What of
him? Might they not become man
and But, no, the thought was tor
turing, and drove me in a fit of frenzy
to shout again with all my might.
But it was all in vain, for no one
heard.
How the night passed I cannot tell,
neither do I know how the morning
hours dragged on, for I was numb
with cold and faint with hunger and
fatigue. I only know that after what
seemed to me to be ages, footsteps
drew near, and a voice called out
from above:
Are you there, Fred?"
My heart leaped into my mouth,
and for a moment I was unable to
utter a sound. At last I murmured,
in a faint voice:
"In Heavens name, get me out!
I'm dying"
Can you hold on another min
ute?" the voice asked. eve got a
rope here. Keep up till I fasten it to
this stake. Can you slip a loop round
your body, or shall I come down to
you?"
Send the rope down. I'll manage
to pass it round" l shouted eagerly.
In another minute it was dangling
before my eyes, and was Don passed
under my arms! after which I gave
the word to draw up. Slowly l as
cended, and at last emerged into the
light and freedom of the upper air.
AS l lay upon the ground-for my
legs we're useless to me- looked at
my %deliverer, and wept for very JOY
at my release.
1t was Horace Rishton who had
saved me, and if yer my heart went
out to my rival it was then.
Il cannot sufficiently thank you,"
I began.
"Give me no thanks" he inter-
| rupted harshly. Thank Heaven in
| stead. Heaven and hades have been
fighting over you, and heaven has
won. But you little know how near
| you have been to death"
l looked up in: wonderment at him
| for his words were unintelligible to
me. He took no notice of my look,
but continued:
II guessed where you were, call it
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1t is nothing more than a circular
piece of waterproof material, not
elastic. The margin Of the cover is
hemmed to form a pocket for a shir-
ring string and along the margin are
eyelets, also for the string to pass in
and out. The whole affair is very
light and can be folded into a small
compass and carried in a pocket or
bag without being noticed. If a sud-
den storm springs up the protector
can be spread over the top Of the
hat and drawn together underneath
the brim with the drawing strings,
thus incasing the hat in a manner
that protects it completely. Women
need no longer fear to wear their
giddiest millinery because there is a
cloud in the sky.-Washingten Star.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
at Goodwin Is fifty-tWo.

Major Mearns and Professor Lor.
ing will ascend Mt. Kenia.
Ambassador Reid arrived from Eu-
rope to rest at his Adirondack camp.
General Booth was operated upon
in London for septic poisoning OF the
eye.
Theodore Roosevelt, hunting in
Kenya Province, killed a bup ele-
plant.
Frederick Townsend Martin gave a
harvest festival to children at Combe
Abbey, London.
D. o. Mills decided to celebrate his
eighty-fourth birthday at his camp In
the Adirondacks.
G.. w. Patten said he found Euro
pean grain merchants keeping anx-
ious watch on the market.
Judge Ebert H. Gary credits Pres
ident Taft with inspiring a broader
and fairer spirit among Americas
business men.
General Rush G.. Hawkins, return
ing from a trip abroad, said that all
England was affected by fear of war
with Germany.
J. M. Barrie, the novelist. on the
occasion of the bestowal of honors on
the Kings birthday refused an ofer
of knighthood.
Judge Richardson, Of the Massa-
chusetts Superior Court, said IN Bos-
ton that the divorce court was an in
stitution of civilization.
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Dead

A clergyman, who was not aVerse
to an occasional glass, hired an Irish
man to clean out his cellar. The
Irishman began his work. He
brought forth a lot of empty whisky
bottles, and as he lifted each one
looked through it at the sun. The
preacher, who was walking on the
lawn, saw him, and said: They are
all dead ones, Pat" "They are!"
said Pat. well, there Is one good
thing about it, they all had the min
lister with them when they were
dyiag."-Agonaut.
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shown in Fig. 2, also filling up the
inside corners about one-quarter
inch thick. Allow this to set for a
day, after which paint the concrete
with pure cement and water mixed
to the consistency of paint. Put a
thick coat Of this cement paint on the
inside bottom. After two or three
days the aquarium will hold water
perfectly.
The cement can be painted, enam-
eled or bronzed, as desired, also a
brass or wooden cover fitted to the
upper edges of the glass .-Contrib-
uted by S. o. Safholm, Minneapolis,
MINI.
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A Difference in Carriers.

She was on her way down the sub
way steps. At the foot stopped a
young man whose garter had slipped
from some mysterious mooring. He
had calmly pulled up his trousers a
foot or so and was adjusting the elias
tic. He did it as a matter OF course
ard nobody even glanced at him.
Now, just suppose 1 did that"
murmured the young woman to her
self in passing. "Oh, my!"-New
York Press.
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Would BE to Him.

Mrs. Peckem -"This paper says
that Joy rides are all the rage in the
East. What in the world is a JOY
rider"
Peckem-"It must be the kind a
married man takes when be travels
alone and rides in the smoking car"
Chicago News
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MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination. ,

Sot q cuHy " ray TUT oio
Medical Examination.
II you are in doubt as to the cause
of your disease mail US a postal re-
questing a medical examinations blank,
which you will fill out and return to
US. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and il you can be
cured you will be told so; If you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated to us in any way, for
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take u advice or not as
you see At. Send to-day for a medl-
cal examination blank. fill out and
return to us as promptly as possible,
and our eminent doctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Wheat Yield in America.

The average wheat yield of Ameri-
ca is only about fourteen bushels to-
the acre, while in England the land
that has been farmed for hundreds
Of years averages about thirty BUSH
els.
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After having been in use since
1850, the Testament used at the
Essex sessions court at chelmsford.
England, has now been replaced by a
new one, the gift Of E.. North Buxton.
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used to u me,
so severely that at
last I had to give up.
I took to my bed and
stayed there four
months, suffering In
tense pain, dizziness,
headache and infam-
nation Of the bIad-
der. Though with
out hope, I began.
using Doan's Kidney
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ueIVo~
rostration, and
h~emorrhages.
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compoundmadem
well and strong, 80
that lean do all my
homework, and at
tend to the store
and post-oMce, and
Ifeel m~uchyounger
than I really am.
"IVdia t.. Pink.
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BEST
REMEDY
For W~omen-Lydia E. Pink
ham'sVegetable Compound

Noah, Ky. was passing through
the E &c of Life and suffered from
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For MiIady'S Hat.

Fabulous sums have been saved
the husbands Of this country by the
genius of a Pennsylvania. This
mai has devised a cover for ladies'
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ~softens the gums, reduces infamma-
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Mary Curran, aged thirty-two
years, who starved to death in an att
tic in Taunton, Mass, left $500 to
church and charity.
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A Curious Portrait OF Napoleon.

This portrait of Emperor Napoleon
hangs in the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point. 1t was sketched from
life on board H. M. s. B~ellerophon,
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The total area Of the United States
is 3,o02,340 square miles; Of Canada,
3,3O3,320 square miles.
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Do your feet ever feel tired, achy and
sore at night? Rub them with a little
Hamlins Wizard Oil. They'll be glad in
the morning, and 30 will you.
A cable message crosses the Atlantic in
three seconds.
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Bicycles are not out Of date In Hoh
land which imports v er $1,50O,OOQ
worth a year.
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Australia has more %unexplored area in
proportion to its population than any
other country in the world.
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The worlds stock Of gold money Is
practically seventy-fye per cent. more
than a decade ago.
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WORKER AND SINGER.

8 company of tolers, the army of the Lord,
With az and pick and shovel instead If flaming sword.
Who fell the towering forests, who work the midnight mine
o mighty band of mariners who sail the foaming brine,
All honor-none shall scant ito you, brave men, belongs;
And honor to the poet who sings the workers songs.
All honor to the poet who holds your courage high,
Who sings when you are tsorrowful till you forget to sign;
Who wreathes your festal garlands and but a lovelook Graves;
Who drops the blossoms of his thought upon your darlIngs' graves;
Who with his soaring music draws your hearts into the sky
Till you know yourselves Gods children and ire not afraid to die.
O company of toners, true helpers all are we;
And some must pillow the solid land and some must pillow the sea;
The prophets warning some must raise mid cruelties and wrongs,
And some must cheer the countless host with the music of sweet songs.
~ r. n or s q " work til ttwHfgbht fails snd i'm IN om' Cod rejoice,
Mary F. Butts, in Youths Companion
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by Captain Marryat, R. NJ, when Ma
poleon was a prisoher on that vessel.
1t came into the possession of Sir
Henry Irving, the actor, and was
presented by him to the West Point
Academy. The sketch was made in
1915 on the voyage to St. Helena,
after the defeat at Waterloo, when
the great soldier surrendered, was de-
posed and banished for life. 1t will
be noticed that the ex-Emperor is
still wearing the star of the Legion
Of Honor, all that Ia left to him Of his
greatness. ...
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Pills, and in three months was COM
pletely cured. The trouble has never
returned"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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hats that will protect the costly
plumes and are birds from rain and
save them from destruction. The
cover is as simple as 1t weli4SQuu be.
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ROAD BUILDING.

An open ditch, close to the roadway
is a menace to the safety Of loaded
wagons that may have to turn out to
allow each other to pass. In case Of
a runaway the final smashup Is fire.
quently brought about in the ditch.
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The plan shown above provides fol
an u%nderdrain at a depth of two feet
on either side Of the roadbed and thu
open bitches further out. Trees 81
shrubs may be planted in the space
between drain and ditch.
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RAISED FROM SICK BED

After All Hope Had Vanished.
Mrs. J. H. Bennett, So Fountain
st., Gardiner, Me, says: MY back