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N SET BEFORE CHILD
Good Idea Of Manner by Which Many
Parents Set Out to Correct
Offspring.

Slang is tabooed in the home OF a
West Philadelphia family, principally
because there is a bright little girl
who displays a persistent aptitude IN
retaining expressive but uncultured
phrases.
The other evening at dinner the
mother, father and daughter drifted
into the v%ernacular and a fresh start
was necessary. The little girl start
ed it. I'm not stuck on this bread
she remarked.
s%Maggie," said her mother, you
want to cut that slang out
That's a peach of a way OF cor
recting the child" commented the ia.
Their.
IL know replied the mother, but
l just wanted to put her wise."-Phil-
adelphia Telegraph.
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Eonanarte's Resolve.

Napoleon entered the clubhouse
with a frown a foot deep on his fore
head, and a temper not fit for publica-
ton.
Mile tonnerres." he calculated. IF
| ever play golf with Baron Munchau-
sen again may | end my days on the
island of ST. Helena"
Whats the matter with Munich,
Bony??" asked Caesar. looking up from
his asbestos copy of the Congressional
Record.
You get nothing but bad lies all
over the links retorted the emperor.
-Lippincott's.
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or dea"h. Yet the sea is the sailors
sepulcher, the roar of the great i've
his requiem. | am nc sea preacher,
able to address you upon the here
after, or fitted to ~eulogize the spirits
of those whose bodies we are about to
bury. You desire nothing of the kind.
Neither can | read over these forms
the usual burial service, for | can find
no book containing it on board. Is
there any one among you, mates, who
will voice a prayer before we drop
these bodies overboard?'
| looked along the semi circle of
faces, expecting nothing from the
members of the crew., yet family hope
full that some one or two might be led
to respond. No one stirred. however,
the only sound on board the wind
whistling through the rigging and the
heavy breathing of the men.
We'll. then" l added. regretfully,
nothing remains but to commit their
bodies to the deep, and may God have
mercy on their souls!"
| lifted my hand in signal, but ever
as l did SO Lady Darlington spoke, the
men who We're about to tilt the pianks
pausing in wonderment.
Wait, Mr.. Stephens; not without
one word of prayer. Let mt speak it, if
no one else will"
She came forward, throwing back
her veil, and grasping my sleeve TO
retain steady footing on the heaving
deck. For an instant there vas an
impressive silence; then her voice
arose, low, yet distinct, trembling to
the accent of %reverent prayer. l know
not what she said; merely the simple
breathing upward of a petition to the
Almighty Father for pardon and guild
ance; yet never before did faith lay
such mighty hold upon me. 1t was
short, only a few faltering sentences,
but the honesty of it, the faith SO
clearly evidenced in both words and
face, impressed the toughest there.
She paused, her head still lowered; l
heard some n say amen" solemn!y,
and raised my hand in signal. Noise
lessly the ends of the plankS were up
tilted, and the two sheeted figures slid
downward into the gray water. In
stantly they disappeared beneath the
unfathomable depths. So silently and
expeditiously was this accomplished
that she even failed to note the action,
lifting her eyes wonderlingly to the
bare planks, and with a choking sob
burying her face in her hands. With
out venturing a word | led her gently
to the companion. Five minutes later
l stood again upon the bridge, the
deck beneath throbbing to the pulse
of the released engine, as the Sea
Queen raced recklessly forward
through the ice-girded waters in des.
perate effort to attain her goal.
1t was not a dark night. for the stars
were out-such cold, dead stars they
seemed-and a little later | knew the
moon would come stealing up above
the waste of waters, yet there was a
haze lowering all about u.s., as though
the entire surrounding atmosphere was
| thick with frost. / crUuched down
behind the slight protection OF the
4AE ZV MM 1#AW
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Gentlemen Two.

Two street cleaning department
men were having an alteration a.
they were driving their carts side by
side along upper Broadway the other
afternoon. One was red-faced and
bulbous-nosed, the typical "rummy."
The other was an adder-headed negro.
Both looked utterly disreputab BILE.
Get out O. my way" yelled the red
faced man. Don't cher know enough
to get outer der way when you see a
gentleman"
I'm more of a gem'men than you.
you big rum" retorted the negro.
"Youall drives a garbage cart, an |
only picks up ashes. New York
Press.
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tarpaulins, sweeping the horizon with
my glasses, but discovering nothing
to awaken alarm. | saw nothing OF
the watch. except as | called for them.
Then they came, clawing their way
out of the snug holes where they hid
from wind and water. However, there
was little enough for any of us to do;
We could simply hold On. trusting in
the strength of the keel under us, and
steering to eastward of the ice-pack.
1t was a wild. mad night, the wind
freezing to the marrow, and every
wave dashing it's icy spray hurting
against the front of the w~heelhouse.
At eight bells | went below again,
every muscle of my body aching, and
my face tingling as though pierced by
a thousand needles. | sat down before
he red-hOt stove in the cabin, think
ing | should never get the cold thawed
out of me. Yet inside of ten minutes,
with head resting on the chair-back,
and legs extended to keep my balance,
| was SOUND asleep.
Whether a sudden leap Of the yes.
sci or some unusual noise aroused me
| cannot say. Dazed, confused, l sat
upright, staring about me, for the mo-
ment scarcely realizing where ! was.
| could hear the fierce pounding Of the
sea without, the shrieking Of wind
through The cOrdage, and the rattle
and grooming of the woodwork as the
struggling vessel dived into the hol-
lows and fought her way back to the
crests. A shower of hail dashed the
windows, rafting like shot against the
shutters. AS | glanced backward
across my shoulder, | heard, above
all that hellish uproar, a hollow,
unearthly groan. | was upon my feet
in an instant. grasping at the edge of
the table. striving vainly to place the
sound. For some cause | could not
keep my eyes off Tuttle's door, every
nerve pulsing with agony. Was it
imagination, illusion? BY all the gods,
| beheld a white visionary form glide
noiseleSSly forth and disappear as
though dissolved in mist. 1t was GER
tainly there, yet, in another instant,
had vanished, l knew not how.
stared about into the dim corners, then
leaped toward the door, seeking to
open it. 1t was locked; of course it
was, for the key was in my own
pocket.
Many times l have known fear, but
not such fear as this which now smote
me. Here was something intangible,
something | could not reach and throt-
tie, a dim, frightful shade, coming
from God alone knew whence. l
pressed my hands to my head, and en-
deavored to laugh, to WOO back my
courage. Great heavens. was | also
losing my mind? Vas | to be haunted
and pursued by evil fancies? Had the
curse of his ship now descended upon
me? | staggered to my feet, holding
on desperately to the table, seized the
decanter from Off the swinging shelf
and drank deeply. Lord, what grim
fancies a man may have when the
physical organism is unstrung! I
glanced at my watch, discovering I
still had two hours below, and crossed
over to my stateroom, nerving myself
to play the man, yet glancing about
fearfully into the dancing shadows. l
laughed as | closed the door, but shot
the bolt hard, and lay there for an
hour listening, every nerve a-tingle,
before fatigue finally closed my eyes.
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Obviously.

A Denver man who visited the mu-
scum at City park recently tells OF a
farmer he saw there. The ruralist
stepped in front of a portrait which
showed a man sitting in a h~igh-backed
chair. There was a small white card
on the picture reading:
"A portrait of E. II. Smith, by him
self"
The farmer read the card and then
chuckled to himself.
Regular fools these city fellers
are" he said. "Anybody who looks at
that picture d know Smiths by him.
self. They amt no one in the paintin'
with im."-Cincinnati Post.
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Prayer.

a driving the yacht forward with
new power. and the only bit of a
vas showing was the ciose-reefed jib,
left as an aid to the wheelsmen.
l searched the aftercahins thorough
ly for a copy of the Scriptures, or any
book containing the burial service.
One might possibly have been discov-
cred hidden away in the locked chests,
but | did not feel authorized to break
these open on such quest, n so re-
turned to the deck with nothing to
guide me in the services to be con-
Quoted. The b%oatswain, assisted by
two seamen. had prepared the bodies
for their last long voyage, and while
the crew gathered in a body on the
s~now-covered deck, the dead, shrouded
beneath white sheets, were silently
borne forth from cabin and ~forecastle
and placed reverently upon planks
balanced across the rail.
| should greatly have preferred
Lady Darlington to remain below dur
ing the ceremonies. There is much de-
preston about such burial scenes at
sea, especially SO in our circumstances
and surroundings. But she insisted
upon being present, and SO at the last
moment l returned to the cabin and
escorted both her and Celeste to the
deck. 1t was a dismal. melancholy
scene, and / did not wonder at the
slight shiver with which her ladyship
glanced about. The swiftly descending
r~~~ ALo rval In11yr two ~ r1nd
beneath the feet of the men, the bare
spars overhead; the low-lying, dun
colored clouds; the gray, tumbling
waters; the low growl of the ice as
the waves battered its front; the 81
lent semicircle of men standing mo-
tionless except for their shutting feet;
and those two white-draped figures ly-
ing extended acros the rail-all COM
bined to form a grim sea-picture the
memory of which al never dissolve.
Protected somewhat from the sharp
wind by the cabin the men had flung
aside their muf1lers, SO that their
weather-beaten faces, most of them
heavily bearded, were plainly revealed
l could not but be impressed with the
motley crowd, as the lineaments OF
negro, Kanaka, and every variety OF
white degenerate were thus exposed.
Their uneasy, shutting feet, and the
Impotence depicted on their faces
aroused me to the requirements Of the
moment. / advanced to the rail. stand
ing beside the corpse of the mate.
Lads" I said, soberly. when we
bury shipmates at e there is a
solemnity about the simple ceremony
unknown to the land. Far away from
friends and home we give the body uI
to the great ocean to keep for eterni
ty. Yet we are sailors, long accus
toned to the vicissitudes and perils OF
the deep; we have parted with ship
mates before in many seas, and not a
few among you look forward to the
time when comrades will be called
upon to perform a similar service OF
respect over your bodies. Even now
We sail forward into great danger,
aud none among II a prophecy what
The morrow may bring Of either life
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CHAPTER xVI.-Continued.

"We can make 1t easy in three days,
MIR. Stephens" broke in Anderson,
loudly. IF we only have decent wealth
er, we could rip up that old hooker,
copper the swag and be north-bound
IN that time"
! never glanced toward him, my
eyes still on the mate.
But the women. De NOva?"
! He was looking at them, and, fol-
lowing his eyes. l turned also. Celeste
was bending eagerly forward, her
dark eyes sparkling with excitement;
her mistress stood erect. grasping the
edge of the longboat, her face flushed
by the keen wind, her lips firmly
pressed together.
Il sink Eat maybe zey vote wiz re
crew. monsieur" smiled the creole,
pleasantly.
Lady Darlington reached n hand
out for the rail, her skirts tapping.
her hair blowing free beneath her hat.
1T will be best for us to go on. Mr..
Stephens" she said, quietly. 1.-The
men will never be satisfied otherwise;
and / do not blame them. Too much
has been risked already to turn back
1t the last moment because Of a little
additional peril. Nor am l willing 1t
should be done merely to spare us a
few more days of discomfort. We
must take our chances, and, as for my
self, l trust absolutely in your sea-
manship."
There was a growl of appreciation
from below, Anderson's voice shouting
up koarsely: You're the right stuff"
but I stood there in silence, gazing at
her In establishment, feeling deserted
by every one, and realizing that the e
tire responsibility was nov mine. More
clearly than any among them l com
pretended the peril fronting us, the
desperate chance we were about to
take, the casting of dice with death.
Yet what was there left for me to do?
Absolutely nothing; the choice had
been made.
rs 1t understood l arm in com.
mand?"
"Ay, ay, sir"
very we'll, them" l said. you have
chosen your bed, now you will lie In
It. Mr.. De Nova, get the stokers be-
low and start the fires. Wen push hel
for 1t hard. You men stand by for
double funeral In an hour; we have q
dead man fore and aft. Now step live
~. my bullies!"
watched them as they scattered
like 20 many schoolboys at play, An
derson and De Nova driving them t.
their various tasks. A hand touched
my arm gently.
Il hope you are not angry. Mr.. Ste
phens. Did l do 30 very wrong"
I looked down into her gray eyes
dlled with appeal. and felt my face
brighten.
Frankly. l do not know" replied
honestly. "Of course, ! could not hope
to oppose all the crew. but We are
taking q terrible chance. ] appreciate
your courage. Lady Darlington, and
shall do my best to justify your con
ndence Ii my seamanship. But you
must 80 below. out Of this wind. Per.
NIT me to assist you down the ladder
G&#&NM$9ME AAaA>--- ~..aS E#
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Her Way.

IF you would wear button shoes"
suggested her father, they would
not come united"
Il know it," replied she. land If they
did not come united | could not ask a
person whom l have in mind to tie
them"
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Skepticism.

PA, what is a skeptic?"
"a man who will not eat chicken
salad because he believes it is sinful
to butcher calves"
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The Real Hero.

$50 higgins has written a historical
novel;"
Yes answered Miss Cayenne.
"Who is the hero of the bOOk?"
THE man who has undertaken to
publish it."-Washington Star.
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No man can be brave who considers
pain to be the greatest evil of life; nor
temperate who considers pleasure the
highest gOOd.-CicerO.
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Where good thoughts terminate
there is the growth of true greatness
and goodness.-Lee.
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POST CARDS. 10 for l0c. Beautiful eolored, Birthday.
Decoration Day .4th July. pc, Flower, Animal,
Local and Foreign views. hahn. 2s4w 18th St ,NewYsrk
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Constipation causes many serious disea ses. I
Is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's Plea San
Pellets. One a laxative, three tor cathartic.
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Let each nan think he is the one
man-for the time.
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Poetjcai Truth.

Man, thou pendulum betwixt a smile
and tear.-Byron.
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The signature on a check is a sign
If prosperity.
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PERRY DAVIS PAJ<KHIl

Is AN ounce OF prevention as well as a
pound of cure" For bowel troubles. skin
wounds. colds, and other ills. 35c and SOC sizes.
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Where II Was.

What are you crying abOut?"
Gle throwed a stone an hit me
l~uncra,"
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Did he knock it u of your hands,
1T wasn't in me hand, it was in me
stummick."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

clites for making the money he -whiled away the
idle hours by passing money that had been made oy
fellow artist But alas for the inhospitaty of the Lew
worldi Giuseppe arrested and thrown into prison.
His brought to trial, but, owing to the
insuficiency of the evidence, he was acquitted
Flushed with his legal vindication, he proceeded to
Philadelphia and there, for the first time, met Car
lotta. His brains and his imagination and his ar
tistic temperament were in tumult-ln short, he
loved the splendid Carlota Shortly after he arrived
in the Quaker city unusually large amount of
counterfeit coin made its appearance Shopkeepers-
especially those living in the lower part of the city
complained that they were being victimized on
wholesale scale.
Chief Wilkie put three of his best mmen the case
w. j. Burns, who has since made such big repu-
tation in the graft cases in San Francisco; Matthew
Griffin, in charge of the Philadelphia office, and
Special Operative Quick All of them did great work,
but for the purposes of this story their abors must be
epitomized and dealized in the movements and in the
person of Spe al Operative Quick From the very first
Quick suspected Giuseppe, but he was not able to
place his hands any tangible evidence. The Italian
shadowed and Carlotta, who, by the way,
was everything that poor little Marie was not; she
tall, she majestic she had dreamy eyes. But
the shadowing process brought results.
After this Operative Quick, who was long and lanky
and loose jolnted, and did not look anything like
detective, tried the indirect method He sought the
italian colony; he lived among the oiveskinned peo-
pie, and he ate his meals in italian restaurant.
1t did not take him many days to learn that this
place was the clearing house for the italian colony
He heard much gossip. Among the minor things that
out in the desultory talk disjonted refer
ences to Giuseppe He a wonderful man, the man
with the big black eyes and the great black mustache
And the girls How they loved himl In fact, there
maiden who pined for him in secret
is it p? asked Quick of the talkative per-
son who serving him.
''Oh no; not at all. Carlotta is rich. She is the
daughter of who imports olive oil by the wagon
load -
But who is the disconsolate that loves Giu
seppe in secretf''
t'Oh, herr She is the waitress She has only
been here a few weeks. -
How do you know that she is smitten with Giu-
seppee Has she said so?''
''Oh, no; but can it in her eyes. She watches
him whenever he passes along the street She follows
him, she wrings her hands and she cries. -
Quick made up his mind that he would know more
about this fair Juliet The next time he called at the
restaurant he contrived to obtain seat at the table
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

rhe United States Secret Service drec
lice systems Of the greatest nations in
entirely legitimate lines and Snf1d @ to the
of the famous cases that have happened
an but in few instances in casting these
events into the form ,osn o. wh the facts De' In the
they be accepted as human documents fresh from the
throbbing life about us-EdorJ
"HE orangeclad hills of Palermo, Italy, and
the prosaic corridors of the Eastern penitentl-
~ ary in Philadelphia are far apart, geographl-
caly and otherwise. Yet they constitute the be-
ginning and the end of this romance, which chiefly
concerns two beautiful women, man with the
artistic temperament and relentless government
bound to punish those who violate its laws
Giuseppe Ricc a handsome man, and like
many Italians with languishing eyes and great big
black mustaches, he made attempt to disguise the
fact The girls adored him. He threw back his shout
ders, shifted the fragrant air of his native town and
felt like of the romantic knights of old. For
time he distributed his favors impartialy But pres
entity his heeting fancy caught by petite person
with eyes dark night, which sparkled like the
stars above. Her hair jet black, and harmonized
with her eyes with almost sinister brilance Her
lips ruby red, and her forehead smooth and
white.
Giuseppe had something besides physical attrac-
tiveness. He had brains and imagination. OF course,
he told Marie that he adored her, and would give his
life if she would but consent to be his wife And that
coquetsh little person, reveling in her triumph, as
sumed shyness that she did not possess. She even
suggested that improvement in his financial condl-
tion might make him desirable suitor.
Giuseppe acted with characteristic decision tie
became a counterfeiter, and good one-that is,
good one from mechanical point of view. He -four
shed The demand for bad money seemed to be
greater than the supply, and the industrious young
worked overtime in endeavor to supply all the
bad money that was needed for the good people of
Palermo. 1t should be said that he did things on
big SCALE Presently the police of Italy became SO
eager to arrest Giuseppe that he shook the dust OF that
ungrateful country from his shoes and came to the
land of the brave and the home of the free
Marie was left behind amid the olive clad hills of
ing and her snow-white forehead puckered up in
very unbecoming frown. But Giuseppe, who had
smooth tongue and an agreeable manner, promised
that he would return and make dear little Marie his
wife.
But the moment his feet touched Broadway he for
got dear little Marie completely as if she had never
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existed. For you
must know that Giu-
seppe had the artis-
tic t e m p e rament,
and any one thus
afflicted is apt to be
capricious, which is
usually only anoth-
er way of saying
that he is very, very
selfish. Having ar
rived in America,
the next question
was how to make
the most money
with the least eff
ort. An artist like
Giuseppe could
never think of liv-
ing by the sweat of
his brow or the la
boz of his hands.
Mol a thousand
times mol Why had
h e be en- give n
brains and imagina-
tion and the artistic
temperament?
L h e a n S w er?
Why, it flashed
through Giuseppe s
head almost before
the question was
framed. To love
pretty girls and to
manufacture coun-
terfeit money. That
was the answer. He
did not have the fa-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
By GEORGE BARTON

Copyright, 1910. by George Barton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-11-11
SHORE HAM,

The regular meeting of Alma Hendee
chapter, O. E S., No.72, will occur next
Monday evening, the l4th, when several
candidates are to be initiated.
The Missionary meeting for Novem-
Der will be held with Mrs. w. H. Stokes,
the 18th. Program: Foreign Missions;
Thankoffering; The Wide Field.
At the Congregational church a San
day school rally will be held next Sum-
day when large audience is anticipat-
ed. All invited,
Grange meeting November II, Pro.
gram. What are the Duties of Members.
in Promoting Harmony and Prosperity
in the Order? Mrs. Howard; How
shall Farmers Families Occupy Winter
Evenings Mrs. John Baldwin: Lessons
in the Ritual, R. H. Holmes; Resdfag,Sp
Mrs. Nellie Baldwin; Paper, Iapresaioha
OF City Life, Theodore Harper READING
Leo Guyett; Ladies Qsartett.