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slightest sound, and we found our
selves outside the jungle. We could
breathe freely.
go on now quite gently till I press
your head; then turn to the right, de-
scending through the tamarisk till ]
again touch your turban.'
counted the elephants PAGES as
she moved softly parallel with the
jungle until I felt sure of my distance.
A slight pressure upon the mahout's
head and the elephant turned to the
right. The waving plumes Of the
dark green tamarisk diVided as we
gently moved forward, and in another
monent we stopped. There was the
tiger in the same position, exactly
facing me, but now about rs PAGES dis
tant
Keep the elephant quite steady"
I whispered, and sitting down upon
the howdah seat, l took rest with
the rife upon the front bar of the gun.
rack. A piece of amarisk kept waving
in the wind just in front of the rifle,
beyond my reach. The mahout lean.
ed forward and gently bent it down
Now all was clear. The tigers eyes
were like green glass. The elephant
for a moment stood like stone.
touched the trigger.
Upon examination 1t proved that
there was no hole whatever in that
tiger. The bullet having entered tha
nostril, broken the neck and run along
the body the animal consequently had
never moved.
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ID REPRESENTATIVE LONGWORTH
N might have been expected to tell
this story some years ago when he
was "Nickier" than he is today; but
it's truth is vouched for by Washing
ton newspaper that never-well, hard
ly ever tells a lie. Thus it is:
Tucked away among the valuable
trophies of Representative Nicholas
Longworth is dollar bill.
"The first and only dollar l ever
earned" says Mr.. Longworth, always
excepting the $500 per annum that
Uncle Sam is good enough to pay me
for the honor of representing, in part,
the city of Cincinnati in the house of
representatives.
at happened in political campaign
several years ago. l had been on the
stump around the state of Ohio. One
night l made speech in a little town
which supported small but COM
Portable hotel. was well known in
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THERE is man in Washington who
j at some stage of his drinking be-
comes very melancholy. The joys of
life go hence then. He shuns his CON-
panions, be they never so boon. His
thoughts-his black thoughts-suff1ce.
He does odd things. One night he had
been at a club with a number of
friends. Along about 'steenth drink
time he rose, donned his overcoat and
left. His friends, knowing his moods.
did not seek to detain him. He went
over on Pennsylvania avenue.
"Keb, ,sir? Carriage?" asked on Of
the many who pilot seagoing hacks
over the pavement.
yes, l want a keb, sir, carriage"
said the bibulous one, with indigna-
ton in his tone, though there was no
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How Nick Longworth Earned Dollar

the town, but as 1 had to make an
early start, preferred the hotel
rather than trouble my friends with
an early breakfast.
81 was sitting in the parlor about
midnight, talking over old times with
the proprietor. Just as l was ready
to retire an automobile stopped IN
front, and a couple of men much the
worse for wear came in. They bought
wine freely. One of them demanded
that the piano be played.
Champagne buyers are rare BIRDS
at that hotel, and the proprietor did
not want to lost his good customers.
He turned to me- Nick he said, Just
beat the box a few minutes. They'll
never know who you are l played
ragtime, grand opera and love songs
while the men bought more wine. AS
they were about to go one of them
came over to me with his wallet In his
hand.
"'Here, profess he said, you're the
goods as a piano player. Buy little
present for yourself
"He handed me dollar bill. have
it framed at home as certificate OF
my ability as workingman."
1t is we'll known that Nicholas can
"beat the box in pretty creditable
shape.
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Burkett Bill Would Abolish Something

not constitutional. They're for the
bill, but against it's enactment on con-
stitutional grounds"
Had you thought of abolishing the
constitution as a means of getting rid
of the difficulty?"
Burkett looked savagely down the
corridor towards the rooms which the
committee of constitutional sharps
meet in.
81 have thought mighty seriously
that it would be a good thing to abol-
ish the constitutional lawyers" he
said.
Senator Burton gets many an odd
appeal for information. This week he
received the following letter from a
law student:
Dear Congressman: Will you kind,
ly send me some literature on the
central bank scheme. How can G. B.
be kept from political caprice? Is
the United States too vast for G. B.?
If not, how can the supporter of such
a view be answered."
The answer which H. B. Fuller, Mr..
Burton's secretary sent, was filled
with all the courtesy that our Ian
guage knows, but the law student will
have to dig up his c. B. information
himself
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Live Man Has a Funeral "Cortyzha :"

occasion for it. 81 want three kebs.
Let 'em prophesy about me-"
The cabman scampered his horse
down the avenue till he found two of
his like. All three trotted their horses
back to where the generous one was
waiting. The generous one eyed tho
equipages sadly as they drew up to
the curb. The first hackman de.
scended and opened the door of his
vehicle.
Where are your friends, sir?" be
politely inquired.
"Friends?" the customer repeated.
IT have no friends, I'm going to use
all these wagons myself. This is a
cortyzha my boy. a cortyzha. Pro-
ceed."
And in single file the three cabs
proceeded to the Blank apartment
house. The generous one paid the
bill of all three cabmen. He was al.
most happy to think that he had
pulled off something while alive that,
according to his friends, he would not
get when he was dead, if he kept his
present pace.
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ACorner in Ancestors
y FRANCIS cowLEs
Hill Family
Copyright by Mcclure Syndicate)

John of the second generation and
grandson of the first John.
Samuel was a man of great activity.
He was landholder, and he served
as town clerk, as clerk of the probate
court, and from 1925 to his death in
1852 he was a Judge. Whatever he
did he did with thoroughness and en-
ergy, and to this day we sometimes.
say, '"He works like Sam HILL" or "I'll
have to hurry like Sam HILL"
Another of the early Hills in this
country was John, of Dorchester,
Mass. He was probably landholder
there as early as 1888, two decades
earlier than the first definite date of
John of Guilford. John of Dorchester
is first mentioned in 1894, when cit
is agreed that the great lofts from
Mr.. Rossiter's to John HILLS tow (ard)
Naponcet in breadth, and eight score
in length shall be forthwith enclosed
by good sufficient pale" He was
born about 1902 and it is supposed
that he came from Chard, Somerset
shire, England. In that place there
was family named Hill, in which, in
1928, John is mentioned as being of
age, but as yet unmarried. Five years
later the records state that this John
had removed" and it is supposed
from this that he was the immigrant
to Dorchester, Mass.
He was married in Ireland to SUI
sauna Armstrong. Their son, Peter,
born in 1851, was captain in the rev.
dictionary war when he was only rs
years old. He was in Col. James Clin-
toms regiment and took part in the
defense of Fort Montgomery in 1777,
when it was attacked by Clinton.
The big branch of the Hill family in
the south was founded by Col. Edward
Hill of Shirley" Charles City coun-
ty, Va.
His son, Col Edward the second,
was as prominent as his father. He,
too, was member of burgesses. From
1897 to 100, when he died, he was
judge of the admiralty court for Vir-
ginia and North Carolina.
The late Nathaniel P. Hill, United
States senator from Colorado, a pub
lie man of some note, was descended
from Nathaniel Hill of Dwaarskill,
N. Y He was born in the north of
Ireland in 1705 and % years later
came to America. He settled on the
western frontier of the Scotch-Irish
settlements then already established
west of the Hudson river.
OF course a family of this size was
well represented In the revolution.
There was one colonel of the name,
the captain above mentioned, II lieu
tenants and many non-commissioned
officers. And the number Of privates
who served their country in that war
was very large.
The arms of the Hills of Virginia
are blazoned: A lion PEASANT, with the
crest. A demi-lion.
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EIGHTEEN YEARS
AGO HE HAD LESS
THAN 3 DOLLARS
HE is NOW ONE OF THE RICHEST
FARMERS IN SASKATCHEWAN.
CENTRAL CANADA,

Arriving in Canada in 1891, Just
eighteen years ago, E. A. Guillomin
could speak but his native language.
He is a Frenchman. He had but
little over two dollars in his pocket,
thus being short over seven dollars of
the ten dollars required to secure en-.
try for a homestead of one hundred
and sixty acres. He eventually bor-
rowed the money and near Forget,
Saskatchewan, he started life in Can
ada on the homestead in which to-day
he is the fortunate possessor of fifty
quarter sections of land, or 5000 acres.
Now Mr.. Guillomin did not acquire
all these acres as result altogether of
his farming operations, which were
extensive. He looked with satisfac-
ton upon what he was doing on his
limited area, he was saving, careful,
and had foresight. Surrounding land
could be had for about $500 per acre,
and he continued buying as his saw
ings would permit, until now he has
fifty quarter sections, some of which
he can sell at $500 per acre.
SSHCQ Fitky iuOQSdIO 0uSUCISs
This year he was engaged in thresh-
ing on his place for SAY days. He
threshed out $4,000 bushels of wheat,
of which he sold $4,000 bushels, one
train load, at a price varying from "a
to 81 cents per bushel. He has on
hand still $4,000 bushels. In addition
to wheat he raised 10000 bushels of
oats, 1000 bushels of barley and 500
bushels of fax. He owns 104 horses
and number of cattle, but since the
construction of the railway he has
been engaged chiefly in raising wheat.
This year he bought his first thresh-
ing machine, paying for it the sum
of $1,000. He estimates that the ma
chine earned for him this fall $4,000,
thus paying for itself in one season
and leaving 5000 to the good. The
weather was very propitious for farm
threshing, not a single day being lost
in the two months which were spent
in this work. The wheat averaged %
bushels to the acre and graded No. 1
and No. Northern. In the past nine
years seven good crops have been har-
vested on this farm. For six success
sive years the returns were excellent,
that is in the years 1901, 1902, 1903,
1904, 1905 and 1906. In the two fol-
lowing years there was partial fail
ure. AS the years have passed the
quality of the buildings on the farm
have been steadily improved, and are
now as good as can be found in the
district. About $4,000 has been in
vested in this way by Mr. Guillomin.
The farm consists of $3.50 acres, Of
which about 5000 acres were under
crop this season.
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CENATOR BURKETT of Nebraska
~ has a bill pending in the senate
judiciary committee to prohibit the
use of telegraph lines for interstate
transmission of news to be used for
gambling purposes-reports of races,
especially.
There was a hearing on the meas
ure recently and sentiment in its ia
vor was developed.
"Everybody's in favor of the bill, "
said Burkett. "They all conceded it's
a good bill and ought to be passed"
when do you expect to get it out
of committee?"
Cant tell anything about it."
"But aren't they for it,"
Every one of EN-"
'Why don't they report It then?"
well, you see," the senator ex-
planned, they say it's all right and
ought to pass, but they're afraid it's
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Nil Desperandum.

Percy Darlington rose and brushed
the dust from his knees. Then, draw
ing himself up to his full height, he
gazed resentfully upon the form of
Miss Muriel Muggins, who. nonchalant-
ly famed herself the while
Very well, Miss Muggins," came in
bitter tones from Percy. "Oh, very
well! You have spurned me, it is
true! Indeed, you have spurned me
twice! But, though despair eats my
heart, l shall not die! l mean to &C
into the busy world. l will fight!
will win! My name shall become
known, and my riches shall become
envied-"
Pardon me for interrupting you
Mr.. Parkington," interjected Miss
Muggins, "but when you shall have
accomplished all that, you may try me
again.
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New York.--An interesting account
of a tiger hunt is given by one who
had wide experience in hunting this
most dangerous of beasts, the Youths
Companion says Mounted upon ele-
plants, the writer and his companions
had been beating the jungle without
making a find until, as they were
about to give up the search, sudden
disturbance among the elephants ap-
peared to betoken tiger near at
hand. Giving directions to the others
as to the order of marching their ele-
plants, the writer ordered his mahout
to turn into the thick feathery foliage
to the left in search of a pool of water
which he remembered to be there.
There was a slight descent to
long but narrow hollow about so or so
yards wide. This was filed with clear
water for an unknown length.
I was just about to make remark
when instead of speaking I gently
grasped the mahout by the head as
leaned over the howdah, and by this
signal stopped the elephant.
There was a remarkable sight.
About 120 yards distant on my left
the head and neck Of a large tiger,
clean and beautiful, reposed above the
surface of the water, while the body
was cooling, concealed from view.
Here was our friend enjoying his quiet
bath.
Fire at him" whispered the ma
hout, cor you will lose him! He will
see us and be of"
Hold your tongue!" I answered.
"He can't see us, for the sun is at our
back and is shining in his eyes. See
how green they are
At this moment the tiger quietly
rose from his bath, sat up on end, like
a dog. never saw such sight. His
head was beautiful and the eyes shone
like two green electric lights as the
suns rays reflected upon them, but his
huge body was dripping with muddy
water, as he had been reclining upon
the alluvial bottom.
For quite a minute the tiger sat up
in the same position. At last, as If
satisfied that he was in safety and
seclusion, he once more lay down with
only the head and neck exposed above
the surface.
Back the elephant gently, but do
not run round" whispered. Imme.
diately the elephant backed through
the feathery tamarisk without the
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Park Family

The name Park is derived from two
sources. One is Peter, from which it
comes by way Of the corruptions Per-
kins, Purkis, Perk and ~Pyrke. The
other is park, a garden or green set
aside for pleasure.
One of the big Park families in this
country arose in Normandy. There
was a follower of William the Con-
queror, who fought worthily, and who.
after the conquest, was rewarded by
his royal master with grants of land
In the north of England, the command
of the royal parks, the position of mas
ter of the hunts, and the title OF
baronet. He was thereafter known as
Thomas de Parke, and Sir Robert
Parke, who settled in Connecticut
some 900 years later, was one of his
direct descendants. This family
sometimes spells the name also
Parke.
Another of the big families of the
name in this country is of Huguenot
origin. When the Edict of Nantes,
which had ensured religious freedom
to Protestants in France, was revoked
in 1886, many of the Protestants who
were living in the mountain valleys
of southern France, left for various
other, and safer, parts of the world.
This was day when surnames were
still uniformed, but some of these
Huguenots who lived in one of these
valleys, or parcs, as they were also
called, took Pare as their surname.
They went to England, Scotland and
the north of Ireland, and from them
the Park family of Pennsylvania and
the south is descended. This family
almost always spells the name with
out the final &C."
Sir Robert Parke, a direct descend
ant of Thomas de Parke, the baronet
mentioned above, lived in Preston,
Lancashire, England. In 1880 he sailed
from Cowes, Isle of Wight, in the ship
Arabella, and came to Boston. He re-
turned within the year to England, but
by 1889 he was back again in this
country, and with his son Thomas he
settled in Wethersfield, Conn.
Sir Robert married, before he came
to America, Martha Chaplin of Ed
monsbury, who died. After he came
to this country he and his son be-
came acquainted with very charm
ing widow, Mrs. Alice Thompson, and
her daughter, Dorothy. Father and
son promptly fell in love with Alice
and Dorothy Thompson, and in due
course the father married the mother,
and the son married the daughter.
Besides Thomas, Robert had three
other children, all born In England
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HARD TO DROP
But Many Drop 1t.

A young Calf. wife talks about coffee:
"It was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and give Postum trial, but my
nerves were so shattered that I was
a nervous wreck and of course that
means all kinds of ails.
"At first I thought bicycle riding
caused it and gave it up, but my con-
dition remained unchanged. I did not
want to acknowledge coffee caused the
trouble for I was very fond of 1t. At
that time a friend came to live with
us, and 1 noticed that after he had
been with us a week he would not
drink his coffee any more. asked him
the reason. He replied, I have not had
a headache since l left off drinking cOf-
fee, some months ago, till last week,
when began again, here at your table.
don't see how anyone can like coffee,
anyway, after drinking Postum!'
81 said nothing, but at once ordered
a package of Postum. That was five
months ago, and we have drank no
coffee since, except on two occasions
when we had company, and the result
each time was that my husband could
not sleep, but lay awake and tossed
and talked half the night. We were
convinced that coffee caused his suffer-
ing, SO he returned to Postum, con-
WINGED that coffee was an enemy, in
stead of friend, and he is troubled
no more with insomnia.
T, myself, have gained pounds in
weight, and my nerves have ceased to
CULVER. 1t seems so easy now to quit
coffee that caused our aches and ails
and take up Postum"
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter9 A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest
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CLIP THIS OUT

Renowned Doctors Prescription for
Rheumatism and Backache.
Zone ounce Syrup Sarsaparilla com.
pound; one ounce Toris compound;
Add these to a half pint of good whis-
key: Take tablespoonful before each
meal and at bed time; Shake the bot
tie before using each time" Any drug
gist has these ingredients in stock OF
will quickly get them from his whole.
sale house. This was published previ-
ously and hundreds here have been
cured by it. Good results show after
the first few doses. This also acts as
a system builder, eventually restoring
strength and vitality.
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One on the JUDGE,

A newly qualified judge in one of
the small towns of Tennessee was
trying one of his first criminal cases.
The accused was an old darby who
was accused of robbing a hen-coop.
He had been in court before on a sim
liar charge and was then acquitted.
We'll, Tom," began the Judge, 81
see you're in trouble again."
Eyes, sah,'' replied the darby; "the
last time, jedge, you was ma lawyer"
Where is your lawyer this timer"
asked the Judge.
81 amt got no lawyer this time"
answered Tom. I'm going to tell the
truth"
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WV lI I 4 lee RlAzT
5z aH EE7Il] IR||{',5<~ ~
Molasses Makes Tobacco Burn Tongue

a plug of smoking and put it in a
damp place outside somewhere and
then come back after week or tv'a
to look at it you'll see pile of square
cut leaves, perhaps five or six inches
high. This is because the tobacco will
have lost the molasses glue, not from
the molasses having been washed of
the leaf, but from it's having ferment-
ed into vinegar.
'"rhe film of molasses keeps the
leaf moist and pliable. This is be-
cause of the sugar crystals in it. If
you've ever noticed salt in wet wealth.
er you'll often have seen how it gath
cred the wet. The sugar crystals act
exactly like the crystals of salt, but
to a less degree.
when you fellows that smoke pipes
say that tobacco burns your tongue
you're away off. The tobacco hasn't
a thing to do with 1t. And your tongue
isn't being burnt, it's being scalded."
From the moisture in the tobacco?"
asked the customer.
Partly" said the tobacconist, but
mostly from moisture you'd not MINK
was in the tobacco There's great
deal of moisture in the little sugar
crystals over and above what you'd
expect they might collect from the
air.
when you melt this sugar in your
pipe each crystal dissolves first in
little pool of water. and makes ma
terial for steam,I in addition to the
free water in the tobacco that you
can feel with your fingers.
"This hot steam makes regular
steam heating system between the
bowl of your pipe and your tongue,
and while you think your tongue Is
being burnt you're actually getting
your tongue parboiled.'
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was here first. This honor is claimed,
however, by the family of John Hill
of Guilford, Conn. Although the first
recorded date of his presence in this
country is 1854, when he was resi-
dent of Guilford, he may have been in
this country for good many years
before he settled there. Anyway,
whether or not another man of his
name preceded him to America, John
of Guilford established an interesting
family.
This goodman Hill came from
Northamptonshire, England. Before
1867 he was a freeman of Guilford
He was small planter and a thrifty
and prosperous citizen of the commu-
nifty. He was twice married and left
five children, John, James, Hannah,
Elizabeth and Sarah.
One Of the most interesting mem
bers of this family was Samuel, son of
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There have been Hills in England
for ages. The first man who bore the
name got it because he lived on hill
and the medieval form of the word
was Atte, signifying on or Of hill.
There were also other early forms Of
the name in England. The Hills of
Sattington, Staffordshire, are descend
ed from man of Worcester named
De None or De Mont. They retained
the French form of the name until
the fifteenth century, when they
adopted an Anglicized form, Hyll. And
the Hills of Hawstone are descended
from Hugh de la Hulle.
A good many early settlers in this
country bore the name of Hill, and it
Is rather difficult to tell which of them
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on Andover in the general election of
1893. An item in his election agents
bill is typical OF the reckoning he had
to pay: ITO being thrown out of the
George inn, Andover, to my legs being
thereby broken, to surgeons bill and
loss of time and business, all in the
service of Sir F. Delaval, $500 ($2,-
500)." Lord LANDAU won Dungarvan
in 1863 The item, "9547 (Sz,735)
whisky" caused him to protest family
"Begorra," said his election agent, "if
We want to squeeze a pippin like that
yell never do for Dungarvan."
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oId-Time English Elections.

In old-time England each constitu-
ency gave it's representative in parlia-
ment a horse to carry him to West
minister, and also paid his expenses on
the road. These expenses, together
with an allowance for each day spent
on duty at the house of commons, gen.
orally at the rate of 80 cents day,
were refunded in one lump sum when
the member returned home at the end
of the parliamentary year. Sir F. Del
avail tosaleH seven votes in an attempt