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Tho Presidential Salute.

One explanation of the reason for
adopting twenty-one guns as the presi
Dental salute is that there might be
maintained uniformity in national
salutes, Great Britain having in the
distant past adopted twenty one as the
number for the royal salute. OF the
many surmises as to why the number
twenty -one was settled upon we men
ton two-first. that twenty -one was
the number of years fixed by English
law as the age of majority: second
that seven was the original salute
and three times seven would signify
one seven for each of the divisions.
England and Wales, Scotland and ire
land 1t is asserted that the United
States adopted this salute to signify
to the mother country that her child
had reached his majoriy aud was pre-
pared In law to inherit the land aud to
this end fred the "guD of l776." the
figures of which year. l+7+7+6. equal
21.-Philadelphia Press.
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can hear him kick to the superintend-
ent four blocks away. Man Is the hard
est proposition woman has to go up
against. He's low grnde one. and
she has to work overtime to make him
pay. Two times out Of Eve she's salt
ed She can't put in crushers and cost
~ machinery. He'd notice 'em and be
on to the game. They have to pan out
what they get, and it hurts their ten
der hands. Some of 'em are natural
sluice troughs and can carry out 81 600
to the ton. The dry eyed ones have to
depend on signed letters. false hair.
sympathy, the kangaroo walk. cow
hide whips, ability to cook. sentimen-
tai juries, conversational powers. silk
underskirts. ancestry, rouge. anony-
NOUS letters. violet sachet powders.
witnesses, revolvers. pneumatic forms.
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kniuhtod Actors,

It is an odd fact that Of the English
actors knighted all but one had 6rst
to legalize the names under which they
had won fame. The question arose
with the 6rst proposition to confer
knighthood on gypsy. 1t would be
absurd so to honor one John Henry
Brodribb. Yet legally no such person
as Henry Irving" existed. No such
obstacle had to be overcome when. on
the occasion Of victoria's diamond
jubilee. Squire Bancroft knelt before
his queen and arose sir. squire. How
ever. the three actors knighted by
King Edward bore cognomens of their
own invention. Sir Charles Wyndham
was born Culverwell. and Sir John
Hare. Fairs. As for Sir Herbert Beer
bohm Tree, his brilliant wife once put
1t Tree is fantastic thing we just
tackled on. We're oil plain BeerbOhms
-plain as brother Max"-Argonaut
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THAT statement made me think"
said veteran newspaper man to the
Cincinnati Times-Star. ''of the ceie-
brated row between President Cleve-
lands colored man and Secretary
Hoke Smiths colored man. The two
were exercising their masters borses
out on country road and got into a
dispute a. to what is the best thing Il,
the world. Finally they made bet
Of q dollar on It
"'Well. what is de bes' thing in the
world r asked Cleyeland's man.
.Roas' possum and sweet taters.
said Hoke Smiths moke.
"'Whoar says Cleveland's man.
dragging at the bride. He jumped to
the ground. seized Hoke Smiths man
BY the leg and dragged him to the
dust.
Take that says be. Iamming hin,
on the neck. you miserable black ras.
cal! You amt leave me nufin' to
guess atr"
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chanojno Her Mind.

BY an unwritten law it is held TO be
the privilege Of woman to change her
mind. a license of which she rarely
fails to avail herself The German
proverb has 1t that women are varia-
BILE as April weather" According to
an old English adage. IA woman's
mind the winter winds change Oft"
In Spain 1t Is much the same: "Wo-
men, wind and fortune soon change,
and she can laugh and cry both In a
wind" The old Latin poet Catullus
was OF opinion that "what woman
says to her ardent lover ought to bs
written on the winds or on running
water." Even the gallant Sir Philip
Sidney wrote:
He water plows and soweth in the sand
And hopes the hickerin9 wind with net ia
hold
Who hath his hopes laid on woman'a
hand.
Kansas City Star.
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CvnsiAs and Death.

The custom Of placing the property
of the dead in their graves has always
been followed by the true Ronany
gypsies. 1t Is due to some old tradi-
tion of Ill luck attending the possession
OF an article whose former owner Is
gone, and much valuable property is
buried in this belief There Is also a
sentiment among gypsies against the
possession of anything that has be-
hnged to a dead person. because 1t
serves to remind the living Of the de-
parted and inspire In them dread of
death, The custom Of burying their
property with gypsy dead dates from
the earliest history of the Romany
frihpe
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Escorted Her ANYWAY.

While Robert Browning and his son
Barrett were living alone In Florence
the son gave one afternoon an exhibi
ton of his new paintings in the family
drawing room. To Mr.. Browning was
assigned the task of meeting thr
guests Late in the afternoon. when
the room was we'll filed. there appeared
at the drawing room door a woman
whose face was familiar Yet Mr.
Browning could not recall her name.
and he judged from her appearance
that she was not an invited guest
There was embarrassment on both
sides for a moment. and then the wo-
man said eagerly: "Oh. please. Mr.
Browning. I'm the cook. Mr.. Barrett
said as was to come and see his pref
ty picturs."
Whereupon Mr.. Browning. offering
his arm. showed her about the room
with all the attention that he could
have bestowed upon reigning queen
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Literary Firsts and Seconds.

The youthful newspaper reporter
who has visions of being famous nu
thor is still wondering over the epi
gram made by successful confrer'
when the latter noted his disappoint
ment over the return of a manuscript.
~ thought sure" said the reporter.
with n sigh. that that COMPOUNDED sto-
~ would sell. It's good stuff. II | did
write it. and l am certainly surprised
that 1t came Dack."
The successful writer grinned and
then placed his hand on the other
mans shoulder
''Aly dear boy" he said. somewhat
grinly there are only two stages in
the life of writer. One is when he
is surprised at getting his stories back
and the second when he is surprised
at not getting them back You're in
the first; I'm in the second And there
you are"
But the reporter is still wondering
Philadelphia Times.
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the GIRL and
THE CRAFT
A Breach of Promise Suit That
Was Nipped In the Bud.
BY o. HENRY.


copyright. 1910. by Doubleday. Page d
Co.
The other day l ran across my old
friend Ferguson Pogue. Pogue is a
conscientious CRATER of the highest
type His headquarters is the west
erD hemisphere. and his line of busi-
ness is anything from speculating 10
town lots on the Great Staked plains
to selling wooden toys In Connecticut.
made by hydraulic pressure from nut.
megs ground to a pulp.
Now and then when Pogue has
made "a good haul he comes 10 New
York for a rest. He says the jug of
wine and loaf of bread and thou In
The wilderness business is about as
much rest and pleasure to him as slid
ing down the bumps at Coney would
be 10 President Taft. "Give me-" says
Posue, "a big city for my vacation. es-
pet.ially New York. I'm not much
fond of New Workers. and Manhattan
Is about the only place on the globe
where ! don't find any"
While in rhe metropolis Pogue can
always be found at one of two places.
One Is little secondhand bookshop
on Fourth avenue. where be- reads
books about his hobbies. Mohammed-
anism and taxidermy. ! found him
al the other-his hall bedroom in
Eighteenth street-where he sat in his
stocking feet trying to pluck "The
Banks of the Wabash out of small
either. Four years he has practiced
this tune without arriving near enough
to cast the longest trout line to the
waters edge. On the dresser lay a
bIued steel Colts 45 and tight roll
of tens and twenties large enough
around to belong to the spring rattle
snake story class. A chairhormaid
with room cleaning air 6uttereti
near by in the hall. unable to enter or
to flee. scandalized by the stocking
feet, aghast at the Colts. yet power.
less, with her metropolitan instinct. to
remove herself beyond the magic in
fiuence OF the yellow hued roll.
sat on his trunk while Ferguson
l'ogue talked. No one could be franker
or more candid in his conversation
Reside his expression the cry of Henry
James for lacteal nourishment at the
age Of one month would have seemed
like Chaldean cryptOgram. He told
me stories of his profession with
pride, for he considered 1t an art. And
l was curious enough to ask him
whether he had known any woman
who followed it.
"I.adics:" said Pogue. with western
chivalry. well. not to any great ex-
tent. They don't amount to much In
special lines of graft. because they're
all so busy in general lines. What :
Why. they have to. Who's got the
money in the world? The men. Did
YOU ever know man to give wonl-
an a dollar without any consideration
A man will shell out his dust to an
other man free and easy and gratis.
But If he drops a penny in one Of the
machines run by the Madame Ewes
Daughters Amalgamated association
and the pineapple chewing gum don't
fall out when he pulls the lever you
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a Hiah Day.

"Yassah, suttingly would do dat
job for yo', colonel. and proud o. de
chance to extinguish muhse'f. Would
horraw right in on it dis minute, sab,
IL 'twuzn't for one thing" said GER
tain lopsided colored citizen who was
SO unafraid Of manual labor that he
would often fall asleep in Its presence,
"and dat is, sab, dat never likes to
stigmatize muhse'f by working on a
hollerday."
"Why, this Is not holiday" re-
turned the would be employer.
"Yassah! 'Tis wild me, IL you'll dars
'skuse me, sab. It's de university O. de
day niuh oldest boy was done sent to
de penitenchy."-Puck.
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TdEkE STOOD VAUCROSS AND MISS ART6r
MlsIA.
II she lost she was to get it anyhow
There was signed contract TO that ef-
| feet.
Sometimes they had me out with
'em. but not often. couldn't keep up
to their style. She nsed to pull out
bis notes and criticise them like bills
OF iading
| Say. you.' she'd say. what do you
| call this-letter to hardware mer-
chant from his nephew Oh learning
that his aunt hns nettlerash: You
eastern buffers know as much about
writing love letters as a Kansas grass
hopper does about tugboats. My
dear Miss Blyer' Would that put
pink icing and little red sugar bird
on your bridal cake: How long do
you expect to hold an audience In a
courtroom with that kind Of stun: !:
You want to get down to business aud
call me '"rweedlums Babe and
"HoneysuckIe" aud sign yourself
"Mamma's Own Big Bad l'nggy Wug-
gy Boy" IT you want any limelight
to concentrate upon your sparse gray
hairs. Get sappy.'
AFTER that Vaucross dipped his pen
in the indclible tabascO. His notes
read like something or other In the
original. could see jury sitting
ul' and women tearing one another's
hats to hear 'em read. And | could
see piling up for Mr.. Vaucross as
much righteousness as Archbishop,
Cranlner or the Brooklyn bridge or
cheese on salad ever enjoyed. He
seemed mighty pleased at the pros
poets.
They agreed ON Il night. and stood
on Fifth avenue outside solemn res
taurant and watched 'em. 4 process
server walked in and handed vaucross
the papers at his table. EverylH,dy
looked at 'eIn. and he locked us proud
as Cicero. | went back to my room
and III a five cent cigar. for | knew
the $4,000 was as gM.d :ts ours
.'About two hours later somebody
| h"WNtu lily UeWU Ht'IV SttWNJ
vancross aud Miss Artemisia. and she
WAS clinging-yes sir. clinging TO bis
arm. And they tells me they'd been
out and got married. And they artic.
ulated some trivial cadelHps about
love and such. And they laid down a
bundle on the table and said Good
night and left.
And that's what say" concluded
Ferguson l'ogue. that woman b tot
busy occupied with her natural voca
ton and insiin OF graft such as Il
given her for self preservation and
amusement to make any great sue
cess In special lines"
what was In the bundle that theJ
left?' asked. with my usual cnriosi
ty.
Why" said Ferguson. there was ,
scalppr's railroad ticket ns far as Kan
sas City and Two pairs OF Mr.. vau
cross old pants"
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Odd Superstitions.

In England there Is superstition
thai If Il bride and groom eat peri
sNsnklp leaves together they will love
zene another. Should he after mar
flage prove recalcitrant here Is way
% win him back: Take piece of the
tnot of wallflower and a partridge's s
heart. roll them into ball and make
slir man eat it. II you want to know
whether your lover loves you. crush
ZONE bleeding heart. II the juice Is
red. he does; II II Is white. he does not.
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When q cold becomes settled in the
system, it will take several days. treat
ment to cure it, and the best remedy to
use is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It
will cure quicker than any other, and
also leaves the system in a natural and
healthy condition. Sold BY al dealers.
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Many school children suffer from con-
9lpation, which is often the cause o1
eeming stupidity at lessons. Chamber
ms Stomach and Liver Tablets are an
zeal medicine to give child, for they
sNe mild and gentle in their effect, and
@asl cure even chronic constipation.
old by all dealers.
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Seasons Of the Past.

lrate Guest LOok here. waiter. what
kind of a dinner was that yom served
me: Why. the vegetables were stale.
Waiter (l,ristling mp, YO' am wrong.
xah. served yO' wid all the delica-
tiax of de- season.
Irate t;uesi Which season: Chica-
20 News.
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Wild Animals In New York City.
1t Is remarkable fact that there
are always more wild animals about
than any but the expert has an idea of.
For example. there are within twenty
miles Of New York city fully fifty DIFF
ferent kinds-not counting birds, rep
tiles or fishes-One-quarter Of which
at least are abundant, or more partic-
ularly within the limits Of Greater
New York there are at least dozen
species Of wild beasts, half Of which
are quite common.-Country Life In
America.
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Perplexina.


The mayor Of small town had come
to Leipzig to see the fair. \ Stranger
who had lost his way asked him.
PRAY. good honest man. what is the
name Of this street,
Il am not good honest man," sid
the former; Il am the mayor OF Mar
burg"
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Biblical Instruction.

what does exegesis mean. father:
II can never remember long what !.
does mean. 1t Is something theolOg-
tcal-probably a combination OF Exodus
and Genesis. about like Deuteronomy.
Life.
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EaaiAe.

I'm going to the dentists to have
this tooth out. Just mind the baby
till | come back" Husband with
alacrity,- You mind the baby. Jessie.
I'll 80 and get q tooth pulled out!
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Her Bait.

You have to have different bait for
different Dish. don't you. ma r
II guess 30. | know caught q lob.
ster with mistletoe. York Press.
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8uperHuous,

Rollingstooe Nomoss- Wot does ''s,i
perfluous" mean? Tattertion Torn +
bath robe an a cake Of soap Phila
delphia Record.
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Distinction, II No Difference.
why do y0u want to marry my
daughter?
I'm no object Of charity: wouldn't
accept your money In any other way"
New York Press.
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Airv Persinaoe.

Passenger on AerOplane What.
that dingdonging noise: Can il bs
the cowbells ON the Milky way: Avia
tor-N0; that's only Saturn's rings
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lronciad Warships.


The idea of the ironclad warship b
at least ~ old as the reign Of Napo-
leon. It was suggested to Napoleon.
patented in this country during the
war Of 1912 and suggested again later
to the French government. but in each
case failed to receive recognition. At
the beginning of the Mexican war sue
cessful experiments were made with 1t
under the auspices OF the United States
government. but again the matter wars.
strangely enough. allowed to drop
Shortly afterward. however. the French
government finally took up the idea
and French ironclads In the Crimean
war did good service against the Rus
sian forts. But the battle between tho
Monitor and the Merrimac was the
first real encounter between real iron
slad ships.-New York American.
A Tale Of Hsroism.
Il went for bath yesterday" said
an Auvergnnt II had BEEN In the wa
ter some time when suddenly per-
ceived an enormous shark advancing
toward me with its jaws open. What
was to do: When be was yard of
dived. took out my pocketknife and
ripped up the monster"
What! Then you are in the habit
Of bathing with your clothes on" said
che Of the listeners.-From the French
Perplexin0.
Territorial this nrst experience as
sentry, going over his instructi0ns,- II
any one comes along say: "IIalt.
Who goes there:" Then he says
"Friend." and say. Pass. friend;
all's well" But some silly ASST say
Enemy" and then ! sl,ant know
what to do. Rotten job. | call It,
Punch.
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National Corn Exposition.

Columbus, O., Oct. 21.-Warm well
come awaits former Ohio farmers and
their families, as well as the thou
sands of agriculturists and others
from this and foreign countries, who
attend the Fourth Annual National
Corn Exposition to be held In Column
bus, Ohio, January 80 to February
IL, 1911.
Proclamations expressing the warm
est interest i'm their Homecoming and
directed to former Ohio farmers and
their families have been issued by
Governor Harmon, Mayor Marshall
and President Pretzman of the Col
umbus Chamber Of Commerce. Gov
ernor Harmon says in part.
In behalf or the people OF the State
of Ohio, a most cordial welcome is
hereby extended to all who formerly
resided in our midst as well as to all
visitors who are brought to our CAPT.
tai city by this important educational
exposition. Recognizing the suprem-
acy OF agriculture and the objects
of the National Corn Association-to
improve the crop and increase the
yield-all who ONE to attend this
great event should be cordially greet
ed on all hands. Through the State
Legislature appropriate action has
been taken commencing this worthy
enterprise and the State Board of
Agriculture has granted the use Of its
grounds and buildings. 1t ia the
wish that this greatest of all agricul-
tural expositions be made the success
that seems to be assured and that the
great good that is desired by the
National Corn Association be the re-
suit
Mayor Marshall, Of Columbus, says
in part:
cit is desirable that this occasion
be made Homecoming for Ohio farm
ers wherever they may be living"
In closing his proclamation Mayor
Marshall says: II further request
that the people of Columbus make
this an occasion to personally invite
all of their friends to visit Columbus"
President Pretzman of the Chamber
of Commerce has this to say I'm O.
proclamation just issued by au-
thority of the Board of Directors Of
and ON behalf of the people Of Col
Ohio, whether residents here or In
other states, to their families. and to
the thousands of agriculturists from
other states, and countries, most
cordial welcome to this city and to
the great National Agricultural Elk
position. 1t is the wish of the Col
umbug Chamber of Commerce that the
people Of Columbus make all Of these
visitors welcome and make them feel
that they are once more I'm their old
state and home"
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Hen Lays Flat Egg.

Athens, Pa, Sept. 26.-Athens
lis to the front with a hen which
lays fat eggs. This popularity is
accounted for by the fact that
when she was driven from an irate
neighbours garden she escaped
through a picket fence so narrow
that In making her exit she nearly
had the Life squeezed out of her.
An effort to hatch these eggs,
laid since her predicament, has
proved futile owing to the inability
Of the mother hen to turn them
during Incubation.
Poultry dealers declare the fiat
egg is one on them, but believe the
same effect may be made by
equipping hens with corsets prop
erly laced. Flat eggs would be
much safer carried in the pocket,
anyway, as they would take up
less space. They could be piled
up in transportation.
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$500 FOR THREE DAYS WORK.
Now it Paid a Kansas Boy to Use
Disker Before Flowing Wheat.

Last year the extension department
OF the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege issued a circular urging disking
wheat Immediately following the head
er, to be plowed two or three weeks
later. Most OF the farmers thought
this would be too much trouble for the
increase in the yield 1t might bring,
hut a boy in Edwards county persuad-
ed his father to let him have thirty
acres on which to try that plan. His
older brother also had thirty acres adj
Joining his field, which he put in III
the ordinary way, the same as his
father did 1000 acres. The soil was
the same, and the rainfall was the
same.
The only factor that differed in the
history Of the crop was the disking of
the wheat stubble Immediately after
the header. Yet the wheat thrashed
out forty-six bushels and ten pounds
t. the acre for the ground that had
been SO treated, and the brothers
yield was only twenty-five bushels.
That was about the average for the
1000 acres of the farm also. Wheat
at 90 cents would pay the boy who
disked before time to pillow about $500
for three days work.
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Elephants I'm Captivity.

The trainer flashed for an instant
his dark lantern on the long line OF
elephants.
"They are asleep" he said. I'm
captivity elephants always sleep
standing"
why is that ?" the visitor asked.
."They lie down to sleep i'm the jun
gle"
YES" said the trainer. I'll don't
know why 1t is. But you'll never see
captive elephant sleep lying down.
Some people say a captive elephant
never really sleeps-sleeps sound.
mean-at all. He never has complete
confidence you know. He grieves- He
longs To be free. Why, as a matter OF
feet, this light, standing sleep Of his
only lasts about three hours at that.
All the ! rest of the night he rocks
from uide to side I'm tine dark Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
-@ME4W I01 l@rT1GGhr
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6S1 Attempts Suicide.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 26-In-
complete returns from the various
provinces show that 631 attempts
at suicide were made by persons
in Russia during the month begin
ming August IA and ending Sep
TENDER Is. Of this number 329
attempts were successful and 121
Of the persons who took their lives
were at small towns.
At Krasnoyarsk, the capital Of
the Government of Yeniseisk, in
Siberia, 13 men and four women
committed suicide, while liz men
and 81 women made unsuccessful
attempts to end their lives.
In St. Petersburg there were 25
suicides and 80 unsuccessful at
tempts during the stated period,
and at Moscow 20 persons killed
themselves and ~ others vainly
tried to do so.