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and ko-plunk on the floor went Rag-a-
muffin. face downward.
And there the poor one lay. SO unhappy
that she did not care to exist. And she
was only six months old. mind you. And
as she lay grievng her poor sawdust
heart cut she heard her little mother.
Bee, saying such lovely things to the new
china doll. And evidently Miss China
Face was enjoying the careSses that had
formerly belonged to her. though she.
poor rag thing. could not see what was
going on. her eyes being fixed against
the carpet But she heard.
"Oh, you beautiful dolly" Bee would
say. Then Rag-a- muffin could hear her
kiss the hard-faced doll. Oh, the pain
that shot through her heart at this proof
of transferred affection.
You are lowest Dolly I ever had.
said Bee, tenderly. See that rag thing
on the floor? She was my best dolly
till you came"
And this almost broke Rag-a-muffin s
heart in a dozen pieces. Only one poor
little hope kept her from just dying OF
sorrow.
That same evening Bees mother picked
Rag-a- muffin up and carried her to Bees
room. There she put her on shelf just
above Bees white little bed. On this
shelf lay many forgotten toys. some In
a MANNED condition. There was a wagon
soldier with his head smashed into the
funniest shape one ever saw and his
sword off. A little Noahs ark, without
a single animal rested on a pasteboard
box filled with odds and ends of all sorts
of little toys.
And so she was doomed to this. Dear.
honest, affectionate Rag-a-muffin.
But of one thing she was glad She
lay with her face upward and could see
all about the room of her little mother.
Bee.
For many. many days Rag-a-muffin lay
on that shelf between the manned tin
colder and the crippled wagon. too SAD
to speak word to the fellow-sufferer.
Tin Soldier. Perhaps he could have told
a narrowing tale. too, had she opened
conversation with him. But she preferred
to suffer alone. So she passed days and
days and nights and nights, her lot be-
coming sadder and sadder. But always
there was one little hope which kept her
alive And that little hope held her in
good stead one day.
And this is what happened through that
hope:
All of a sudden one afternoon Bee came
rushing into the room, climbed right on
to the bed land her slippers were dusty.
tooD and lifted Rag-a-muffin into her
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last year And then YOU came to 1--we

last year, And then YOU came to 1--we
with U.S.
Yes, my dear. but even before l lost
dear grandpapa / always observed the
Fourth, and no matter where We were on
that day. we both put on our best clothes.
made merry by going to some place
where a celebration was being held, or
to visit with friends who helped us to
celebrate not only the glorious Fourth.
but our own anniversary day"
"Oh, then you and grandpapa were
married on the Fourth of July" ex-
claimed Mabel. Was that it. GRANNY
Grandmamma shook her head, smiling
the while. NO, dearie, we met for the
first time on the Fourth of July, just for
ty-five years ago today. And, oh! how
handsome and noble your grandfather
was that day. l shall never forget how
l really lost my heart to him when my
cousin Robert introduced us. You see. he
your grandfather-was college chum
of cousin Roberts. and was spending the
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PAPER ParaSoIS for July 4.

IN almost every house there is at least
! one old umbrella or parasOl which has
its cover worn out. If mother has no
use for this old rain shelter or sunshade,
It will be a fine thing to use for play.
Take off all Of the old covering, but do
not iniure the wire frame. Tie short
lead pencil in the end of long string.
Cut the string so that it is about an inch
longer than the longest rib of the umbrel-
la. Paste two or three large newspapers
together so that one very large paper Is
formed l. should be as large as your
umbrella when 1T is opened wide BY
placing your open umbrella frame upside
down on the paper you can tell about
where the middle of the great paper
sheet is.
Then lay the umbrella frame aside and
use your string and pencil. Hold the
end of the string firmly with your nm
gers placing it in the middle of the large
sheet. While you do this let some one
else use the pencil at the other end of
the string to make a large circle on the
paper When the circle is marked cut
on the pencil line. Now you have a COW
ering for your parasol. but II is not very
pretty, so cover il with pretty colored
papers Some paraSOlS may have COW
ering all pink. Another may have stripes
of several colors. Other parasols may
have wall paper coverings. whicn LOOK
like silk Sometimes comic pictures
pasted on the little sunshades make lots
of fun. When putting the covering en-
the frame be careful not to make too
large a hole for the umbrella stick at the
top.
Fasten the covering to the end of the
wire ribs with cord tiny ribbons, fold
the edges of the covering over the ends
of the wire to help keep the paper on
and to protect your little friends from
being struck by the sharp wire umbrella
ribs Do not open and shut the paper
sunshade often, as that may tear the
covering. When several girls and boys
make these parasols they can form lit
tie sunshade brigade.
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their respective homes each in his own
mind saw his own name shining in huge
letters in the columns of the Weekly
Mail. the one paper the town afforded
The following days were busy ones for
the members of the Flag Brigade, and
each night found Tommy tired out from
drilling his band. The boys had decided
on uniforms. and their mothers, anxious
that their young patriots should appear
in the parade duly dressed for the occa-
sion, were making the uniforms accord
ing to Tommy's design. The coats were
to be made of blue cotton with large
white stars dotted over them. The trou-
sers were to be of red and white striped
calico, representing the stripes of the
flag. Their heads would be covered by
straw hats from the bands of which
would float little flags.
But Fatty declared he could not wear
so dignified a uniform, so he designed a
costume for himselR which was made
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smash. Only her hair Is good. I'll fetch
her remains here and lay them on the
shelf"
Then away ran Bee, her first and dear
est love. poor. little. soiled Rag-a-mufin
held closely to her breast. And after that
Rag muffin was so happy that she did
nothing but smile and smile and Cousin
Dick made face at her, saying: ''rd
like to make her mad so as TO see her
quit grinnng."
But Bee replied: You could not make
Rag-a-muffy quit grnning. Her mouth
is painted that way. But | think shes
so pretty. 1 do And she's worth a dozen
china dolls, for they can't stand anything
at all without getting smashed. And
just see Rag-a-muffy. Why. she can be
tossed about like a ball and never gets
scratched"
Yep. and gets up grinning as ever
replied Dick. But that's like a gurl, any
way. Must have a rag DOLL
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Story Of Little Rag-a-Muffin

arms. On, the joy to Rag-a-mufflni And
what is more astonishing Bee kissed
Rag-a mullins very dirty face
I'D most forgotten you, Rag-a-muffy."
said Bee. II have been playing all the
time with Princess Anna. You know
she's my china doll. But what do YOU
think has happened? Why. that naughty
Cousin Dick had Princess Anna fu his
arms and went and fell down the hill bv
the park and broke Princess Anna all to
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The following professions. and trades
were represented by the men who were
brave and noble enough to sign the
Of Independence: Doctors.
s. merchants. 8: lawyers. &c; planters.
/; farmers. 6; printers, l; soldiers, l.:
surveyors, 1; statesmen. 2; generals, L.;
2; sailors, /; ministers, /.
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The Flag. Brigade


big name,'' said Tommy. excusing his
own mistake. Anyway, we'll all sing
Three Cheers for the Red, White and
Blue"
Yep / know every word of that"
said Fatty. And 1 know funny par
ody on 1t, too.
We'll, you can keep the parody in
your pistol pocket on the Fourth" de-
clared Tommy. a real master OF the stu
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HE Glorious Fourth
was coming, Only
a few days more
for the boys of the
flag brigade to
wait. And each in
dividual boy of the
brigade was full
of happy anticipa-
ton. They had
been drilling for
weeks - ever since
Tom m v Ryan g
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Missing Word Puzzle.

There nine words omitted from the follow
ing story. Supply the right words in the spaces
left open for them and you will find that a very
common animal figures the first syllable ~
each word: Two boys hired a for
day to go the water fishing. One caught a
hne -. hut in doing he almost caused a
- by being spilled out He lauehingy re-
marked later that he frightened during
the accident that he nearly had -. When
safe dry land more the boys q
I'm tree, and ran for dear life. They tried
swimming a river. and almost drawn into
However. lovely - tree grew
close at hand and they saved themselves hy
ciinging to its limbs. When they reached home
In the evening they passed q pleasant hour look
ing through the Of a museum In
which many mummies from a - in Egyps
were displayed.
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9OURpUZNE
Charade.

NV first is vehicle i'm which people ride:
Sometimes they old folks. sometimes man
and bride.
My second is something that's brown. black and
blue;
I'd not he without IL. and neither would YOU
My third is quite handy in different wars:
fisherman will il during all his work days
My whole OF three sylables holds many thin .
rare:
In homes and museums. Ills found every whore.
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CA Story for Wee Ones }

I 7 T l. T. RAG-A-
MUFFIN lay on
the floor, utterly
miserable. She lay
face downward. so
that she could not
see anything that
was going on about
her. But she could
hear. And that was
almost a pity, too,
for the things she
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There are 416 wireless stations on the
coasts of the maritime nations OF the
world.
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ANSWERS To LAST WEEKS PUZZLES
Observation-Disclosures. Cross-words: IN Pilgrims
ca Friendly. 49, Neighbor. 81 Farmland. ,5l
Flooring. 60 Creosote. 90 Crawhsh. Isl Crea.
ture.
Hidden name puzzle-Keats.
Primal acrostlc - Carpet. Cross words ~
Clay. g, Aunt %, Rake "a Pink. Is, Evil.
80 Tire.
zlgzag puzzle-Grant. Crosswo-ds "a Gin
q, Ore. 49, Lea. "a Ant. Is, Tin.
Bebeadings-tn Shovel, howell t2) Drake rake
(3D Sparrow. arrow.
Curtailings-tD Counter. count. e. Combine.
comb. 49, Brigade, brig.
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oh. good morning. Granny, cried
Betina and Mabel in a breath. Then as
they both ran to kiss her good morning.
Betina said: How lovely you look this
morning, Granny, dear. You always look
so pretty; but prettier than usual this
morning. And you are all dressed as IL
to 20 out. too. Don't you know 1T is
pouring pitchforks?
Grandmother smiled. Yes, know the
gardens and fields are in great luck this
morning" she said They have been
thirsty for several days. and now they
are getting a good drink.
But ii might have rained yesterday or
tomorrow" complained Mabel. We did
so want to go to the country today. And
YOU know every plan has been made for
a day out in the woods. Mamma and
mana are both disappointed. too. though
they won't say as much as sister and l
do And Granny, 1 don't understand
YOUR cheerfulneSs when the rest or the
household are in sorrow.
"Sh-h" said grandmother, putting up
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Diagonal.

This diagonal contains six words OF six letters
each IL the words rightly guessed and
written one below another their diagonal letters,
beginning with the first letter Of the first word
and ending with the last letter OF the last
word, will spell name which appears on
the years calendar Of months. The cross
words are: III Something belonging to q ship
90 A man who goes in quest Of game. t3) One
Of the dgits. "a Something so often perpe-
trated on the people by dishonest men. Isl A
favorite dish Of the Germans. %, A pupil who
absents himself from school.
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H. isn't it just too
d is PIP ointing?'
cried Betina early
on the morning of
the Fourth as she
stood by the win
dow looking out at
a pouring rain
Yes, il certainly
is, sister, agreed
Mabel, who was
also watching with
disappointed eyes
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the downpour without. And from the
appearance of the sky it will keep up all
day"
You mean it will keep coming down,
declared Betina petulantly. And we had
expected to have such glorious day In
the woods-with all our best friends, too
II is really too bod"
And after papa had engaged picnic
wagon for the day. too" said Mabel
And mamma has gone to all sorts OF
bother fixing a lovely picnic luncheon
And all our pretty flags and f1owers-w1th
which to adorn the wagon-lying in the
rarlor, waiting to be put to use 1t is 50
terribly disappointing. l could just cry
Now my dears, don't take 1t so to
heart" said a sweet voice behind the
girls, and the sisters turned to see their
old grandmother entering the room She
was neatly dressed in black summer
silk, her snowy hair done in a simple and
becoming style. Her face was beaming
with youthful happiness. quite in contrast
TO the expression on the face of Mabel
and Betina-
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There are seven different kinds OF 1908
pennies.
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Unique American School in Paris

Culture
taught
(Tbis by Wiener Agency I,micdO
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This is not sufficient to push it through
the pipes when the consumption is
heaviest. it is then that the other
"booster" pipes-not the one on Ninth
South-are called into play,
When the work at the plant is COM
pleted there will be q double generat-
ing capacity. The new generating set
will have capacity Of 100000 feet
daily. There will be another holder,
used to store gas TO be turned into the
present big holder "a occasion demands.
There will be double the number OF
scrubbers, exhaustcrs and purifiers, and
another station meter, a duplicate set
of fboosters, steam turbines to run
the electrical machinery, large recip-
rocating engine and dynamo, and brick
and steel buildings to house this ap-
paratus.
Built on Piles.
The gas company is at tremendous
disadvantage in its building operations
owing to the character Of the ground
upon which It's structures stand. Three
feet below the surface quicksaud and
water are encountered and piles have
10 be driven to obtain solid founda-
ton; the foundation of the present
holder rests on 1000 piles.
A gas company in this neck Of the
woods is also Cup against it" when
1T comes to bringing construction ma
terial, pipes and other heavy stuff, and
quite everything about a gas factory
is heavy-to this country. The com
pany can buy this material in the east
ern markets as cheaply as anybody, but
the freight charges are enormous. The
higher cost of labor. too, is material
item in the economy Of the gas com.
pany.
In spite OF these disadvantages the
Salt Lake company has kept its rates
down. The prices for gas in this town
arc much lower than they were -four
wears ago. and are much loWcr than
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they are in many, many other cities,
and compare we'll with most places. The
old company charged the consumer
$1,6o for illuminating gas and $1.10
to 81 90 for fuel gas; the present CON-
pany charges $1.25 for Illuminating gas
and 20 10 90 cents for fuel gas. So,
it will be seen that in the matter Of
gas, at least the cost Of living has not
gone up.
Gas as Illuminant.
The company reports rapid e1ten-
sion Of the use Of gas for illuminating
purposes. Twenty-three hundred gas
arcs are in service in the business dis
trict and 1900 or 100 smaller lamps
are used in the homes. The gas Off
cials say they can demonstrate that
gas illumination is not moro than half
as expensive as electricity, and they
are willing to do this demonstrating by
the simple but effective method OF in
stalling gas lamps and letting the con-
sumer compare the bills.
Lighting by gas nowadays is far diff
fercnt from what it used to be,
There is no longer faripg and flick
ering from open burners, but the flames
are now turned unon mantles of ashes
ios aud are enclosed in glass globes
which absolutely protect the flame
from air currents. Matches for light
ing gas lamps are out OF date, too.
Under the modcrn.day arrangement. all
you have to do is 10 pull little chain
and, k'sling, your light is on. This rs
accomplished by means OF a pilot light.
This pilot light is n tiny little flame
that ignitcs the big one when you pull
the string, There is no danger OF the
pilot light blowing out" because the
air doesn + touch IL
With the few words about gas and
the ramifcations of gas, it is suggest
ed that the interested person go 60 the
gas plant himself, if he desires to know
more abOut it,
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tend TO the repair work SO efficient
is the plant that the leakage loss is
only to per cent, as compared with
30 per cent in former days.
How Gas L. Made.
The company has recently installed
Il mechanical coal handler that picks MP
half n ton of coal at one swipe, puts
1t into Il "chargern which is oncrated
by electricity, This charger moves TO
the door Of one Of the seventy-two re-
torts, The door is opened and Il big
steel dingus with GOO pounds of coal
on it slips in through the door That
is the charge. Coincidentally, at the
other end of the retort, another door
opens, and out comes n mass OF red hot
coke
The gas that is generated in the re.
tort. Tic result of five hours burning
of charge, goes up into big stand
pipes arG into hydraulic mains. There
the condensation begins and the tarry
compounds and ammonia begin their
process of separation, From here the
gas goes into the primary condensers
and from the primary condepsers to
tho eXhauster vacuum and on through
the tar cxtractors, where the rest Of
the tar is eliminated. Then the jour
ney proceeds through several more con-
densers and into tho submersion wash
er and then into the washer scrubber
where II lot of steel brushes on steel
disc scrub away for all they are worth.
Tho product still contains sulphur.
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Mill for Making DuChesses

English gentleman should be able 10 read
Horace and ride 10 bounds. This school
for duchesscs teaches German, Italian
Spanish. French. literature. music and
painting. and gives the culture that
comes from the best associations In for
eign life.
Remembering the dig Mt tho sufrra-
Settcs, ! ventured: You teach riding
and even fcnCine?"
Yes" replied Miss Thornbury, "A
duchess should be able to fence as VOL
us TO ride. We teach American girls to
realize the dignity of their position. As
soon as they are conscious OF this and
lightly they capable OF filling any
position We teach them all the ele-
gances Of polite society. We teach them
the value OF every movement. We give
thom what 1t IS Impossible for them to-
get anywhere else In the world"
Social Environment.
Miss Thorubury, Will you please par
ticularlze what you mean by social en-
| Yironmcnt?"
I'VE have o'clock teas and rccep
tions 10 which the most cultured people
| are Invited Here literature. music and
| the fine arts are discussed. After
provcment IN our girls. The very street
| in which we live Is liberal education.
La Rue Francois Premier sounds a note
| demanding a knowledge of the wonderful
| things that great king accomplished The
| annual salons and other exhibitions arc
| held In the two palaces quite close &c
| uS, no pcDl OF tntl3 nNc
| IN this street Here royalst plots wore
| concocted as recently az tho reign oI
| President Loubct Hero in the cloisters
| OF the fashionable church marriages OF
scions OF royalist families used 10 be
| planned until Premier Combes closed
| the church. Two blocks away lives the
| handsome American ambassador. Rober,
| l.. Bacon. and his accomplished wife,
| History and literature and music and
art and the proprlctics part OF the
| daily life OF our young ladies' Not by
| mere theory but by examples they src
| brought In living touch with the most
| intelligent conceptions OF tho intellectual
| world"
Give me some more concrete cases OF
| your education of duchesses,'
Suppose we urs studying dramatic
| literature or looking into grand opera
| or cropping for tho full meaning of light
| opera. then the young ladies are taken
TO the Thcatcr Francois. or to the Odeou.
| or TO the National Conservatory OF the
| Opera Comipuc.
! "You should hear them talk about
| Mollerc wnen they return from his
world-famed theater They sec tho very
| acsthcticlsm OF art AS To the great
| plays of today not only can they disscct
''ChanticleT' and la Barricade." but
| their conversation has an additional
| charm from the fact that they have
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in the earlier stages Of the journey
OF the gas, This ammonia compound
is condensed and shipped TO Denver,
where it is refined in chemical works.
The tar js used for such purposes as
pitch, roofing tar, creosote oils.
Gas, Coke, Tar, Ammonia.
At the present time the company
is using about 100 tons Of coal daily.
From this is produced 100000 cubic
feet Of gas. thirty tons of coke, 1000
gallons OF tar and 400 pounds Of am
monia. Not all Of the coke is placed
in stock. for some of it is used for
fuel in tho plants. But q deal of coke
is shipped to California and else
where.
The gas officers have found that
there is only one Utah coal that will
produce commercial coke, That is the
Sunnyside coal. The other Utah and
Wyoming Goals. says Mr.. Ross, will
produce gas, all right, but they will
not produce coke.
The company, as guard against be-
ing caught mapping, constantly keeps
on hand great quantities of coal In
storage. When the railroads put into
effect, In June, their storage rates on
coal, the gas company loads up. About
1000 tons are stored In that way, and
when the new improvements are com.
pleted this storage capacity will be in"
creased to 10000 tons. Thus, the gas
company is not at the mercy Of the
railroads or the mines whenever those