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experience with American politics? 9" the prince inquired.
 The Englishmen looked at each oth- CT and smiled.
 ''I don't mind telling you," said the first Englishman, breaking the silence, ''that it cost me a year and three months in place that New Workers call up the river for my knowledge of how to properly stuff a ballot box"
 And I'll confess,'' said the second Englishman, that in the thriving days of Oklahoma City I would have been lynched if I didn't have a good horse, for my enthusiasm in trying to elect a friend to high office"
 Good" said the prince.
 Then hte, explained that he wanted the boxes 90 thoroughly stuffed on cleo tton day that there would be no ques. don of his election. Under penalty of being shot by Radulski if the bogus ballots were not deposited by a cer- tain hour and upon the agreement that the two Englishmen were to have $2,OO0 immediately the ballots were deposited and the exclusive moving
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given their opportunity to say who should be ruler.
 "Radulsk,' said the prince after a little thought, where are those two Englishmen that we used to have as wguards a long time ago?"
 Would you trust them againY' de handed RadulsIi.
 q don't know; we may have to. You see, they have been in the United States a whole lot, and maybe they can help us on ways and means of running this campaign"
 ''Weu,'' said Radulski, eff you must know, they are down near the hotel running a moving picture machine and making all sorts of money, I under stand.''
 E'Send for them?'' ordered the prince.
 ''I think I'll go myself" said Radul- ski.
 Two hours later the two Eng1ishman put in an appearance at the palace, both we'll armed, by the way.
 "Gentlemen,. have you ever had any
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Notice

For forty-seyen years we have been conducting business at tho same old location, corner of Main and John Streets, ridgeport, Conn.,, and our Private Bank has been established there continuously. We have received and paid out on demand without mo- t1ce millions of dollars of money de- posted with us and we continue to receive money subject to depositor's check at sight. on which we allow three per cent. per annun, credited the accounts of individuals, business men, lrma and corporations, and all who want 0 bank account where they can deposit money, checks OF drafts, and leave it for one day,one week, one month or one year, and draw interest on 1t for any time 1t is left with us. We give to the business our careful personal attention as the oldest firm of private bankers fin this state.
 T. l.. WATSON & GO.
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diately foresaw trouble, for when he left there probably would be another revolution. Now, gentlemen, you may announce 1t to the people that Bor- rovina is to be republic"
 And, your majesty" ventured one of the reporters, may we announce that you will serve as the first presi- aent?"
 Certainly not" said the king. "The people will decide who will be the first president, just as they will decide on all his successors. I shall not be a candidate. but I shall heartily espouse the candidacy of MT. Hawthorne, who, Rt my urging and for the good of Bor- rovina, has promised to abandon his homegoing and to run for the highest office within the gift of the people of Borrovina."
 That afternoon all was excitement in Borrovina- The papers announcing the advent of the new republic were gobbled up like hot cakes. The edi- tors, with one exception, were enthusi- Rstfc for the new state of affairs. The single exception seemed to display just a little nervousness as to the safety of the kings step. Regarding the candi- dacy of MT Hawthorne he said that there was no doubt about the great
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FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL
 THE-- First Bridgeport National Bank CORNER MAIN AND BANK STREETS
the pTluCO.
 "Now, you fellows come here on cleo

the pr1ncG-
 "Now, you fellows come here on cleo ton morning and I'll give you the bal lots that are to be slipped into the boxes if you feel that you must do it.'' Election day came, and the English men paid their promised visit to Blake. t'Now, you deposit these two punches whenever you get a chance"
 And the EngI1shmen probably would not have cared very much if they had known that the ballots were all Flaw thorne ballots, but they dropped them in and immediately collected their $2,- GOO from the prince.
 Election night brought the news of the most remarka bIe election in his tory. Hawthorne had received all but two votes, and there were those who thought that the two might have been deposited by RaduIski and the prince. The inauguration was held at the kings palace week later, and, strange to say, just as the new presi- dent was about to say goodby he and the princess found themselves stand ing alone near the sundial where they had first met that eventful day more than year ago.
 "WeT," she said, 'how does it feel to be a ruler?''
 "I don't know,'' said Hawthorne ''1'm afraid I shall never be able to rule all aIone.''
 Perhaps you won't have to-" smiled the princess.
 The president took courage.
 "Do you still feel that you could marry president?'
 eff the right president came a1ong,'' she interrupted.
 And has hep asked Hawthorne. ''Yes,'' she whispered as they found themselves in each others arms.
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(Continued.)
CHAPTER XII.
TNNic{orv

HAWTHORNE and Blake didn't sleep much that night. Back
 a5sFF5Y5S in the United States they had Eff3b been through many and many
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WADE IS TRUSTEE
 OF M. E. CONFERENCE

South Norwa1k, April 18.-The an- nual convention and district stewards meeting of the New York East Meth odist Conference held yesterday in South Norwalk. District Superfn- tendent A. H. Goodenough, of StaIn- ford, presided. The following: were elected trustees: Dewitt Dobbs, of Portchester; Arthur R. Stark of Stam- ford; D. Warren Fitch, of Norwalk; and John H. Wade, of Bridgeport, who was chosen to fill the unexpired term of R. W. Lawrence, resigned.
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HAWTHORNE and Blake didn'1
 sleep much that night. Back Hfgsf5yEH in the United States they had eeFESG3 been through many and many q campaign, but they couldn't remem Der one that promised the real excite ment that his one did. Before morn ing they had it all mapped out-how Hawthorne, Blake and even the king, if necessary, were to take the stump and tell about the needs of BOrrovina. Of course it would be up to Blake and the king to tell the people that Flaw tI1orne was just the man for the place, while Hawthorne would simply sit by and modestly admit that all the great things they were saying about him were true.
 At II o'clock the next morning Flaw thorne paid his visit to the king.
 Well, my boy" was the way the king greeted him: whats your deci- sion?"
 T am your obedient servant smil- ed Hawthorne, "and shall gladly ac- cept the honor which you have con serred upon me-
 ''Goodr' said the king.
 'tDe Witz," he ordered, "send for the newspaper men. I want to see them myself. We'll do as my American friend here says-'get this republic started on its way right
 Hawthorne and the king talked over the plans for the campaign until the newspaper men arrived.
 ''Gentlemen,' said the king as the re- porters entered, E'I think I have some news for you. Borrovina is to be republic. Your king has come to the conclusion that the days of kings in this climate are about at an end. I have sounded the temperament of the people, and I believe tlAGt what they want is a government head that they can change when they feel that things are not going along just as they liked. The people are ripe for a republic now, and I propose to go down in his tory as the king who saved Borrovina from itself, for just so sure as kings and princes reign here you will have trouble. Only last night my friend, MT. Hawthorne, the young man who is responsible for saving Borrovina from financial ruin, told me that he would return to his native country. I imme-
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picture privilege of the republic in case the prince was elected, they agreed.
 The next day the two Englishmen were summoned before Blake and told of their visit to the prince. They i'm mediateIy explained their bargain with
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Militiamen Must
 Submit Themselves
 to Innoculatior

Members of the Coast Artillery Corps are to be subjected to fnnocH- lation against typhoid. The work will be done during the month of April by the local hospital corps, the anti-toxin being furnished by the Uni ted States governm in accordance with their recent ruling.
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things he had done for Borrov1na, put feared 1t was going just a step too far in permitting foreigner to become head Of the government
 Late that afternoon the hotel keeper, who had become rich man because of the thriving condition which had come to the country, had a big banner out in front of the hotel announcing:
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RECONTN1ENDEDED

c. H. Grant. 23o waverIy St., Peoria, Ills, says: ''Backache and congested kidneys made me suffer in- tense pains. Was always tired and floating specks bothered me. Took Foley Kidney Pills and saw big inn proVement after third day. kept on until entirely freed of all trouble and suffering. That's why I recommend Foley Kidney Pills. They cured me. 9 F. B. Brill, Stratford avenue and Sixth street. *135
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The Eieohant's Palate.

An elephants paIate is very delicate.
and the animal is whimsical in select
ing or rejecting morsels Of food. A
writer tells Of an incident Eumorously
illustrative of the whims Of tame ele-
phant belonging to the police Of Dhur-
bri This elephant was fed with rice
and plantains. The stems Of the plan
tains were split and cut into trans
verse sections two feet in length.
Three-quarters of pound Of rice was
placed within each tube Of plantaln
stem. One Gay while the elephant was
being fed some one offered it small
sweet bisc lit It was taken in the
trunk and almost Immediately thrown
on the ground. The, mahout, thinking
that the elephant had behaved rudely.
picked up the biscuit and inserted it IN
q parcel of rice within 4 plantain stem.
This was placed in the beasts mouth.
and at the very first crunch it showed
its disgust BY refusing the whole mess.
The small biscuit had disgusted the
animal, and for several minutes it tried
by its inserted trunk to rake out every
atom from its tongue and throat.-Har-
per's Weekly.
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TS:s First MouataiheAr.

4 Munich PAPER DaS been searching
The records ni history to discover who
were the FIRST mountain climbers. It
gives the palm to Moses for bis as
cent of Mount Sinai and rules out
Noah for his ascent Of Mount Ararat
because lie made it in boat There
IS sufficient evidence to show that the
ancien.S thought mountain climbing
sheer madness. 10 one in the time Of
Horace or pol!bius wanted to so
climbing for II summer holiday. A
Chihese emperor in the seventh CEN
tury was the first to make climbing
fashionable in the east, but the first
true tourists in Europe seem to have
been Dante. Petrarch and Leonard
Then came the Emperor Maximilian
l., who used to hunt in the noun
tains near Innsbruck. and after him
Conrad von Gesner and Josias Sinner
explored the Swiss mountains. But
climbing for pleasure such as we know
it today was not thought Of until quite
recently.
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HarGworkinu Dollar.

II noticed statement in an eastern
paper the other day that has disquiet-
Ell me a good DEAL" said Cleveland
man recently. THE item called to my
attention the fact that it takes dol
lar at the usro; rate Of interest more
than two years to earn dime You
can see the effect. Every time l spend
a dime think of that toiling dollar
spinning away in the dark somewhere.
The dime I spend means more than two
years Of steady application, and yet |
let it 80 as il it were Of too small
value to be at all considered. Why. 1t
takes q dollar more than a year to
earn 5 cents, Think Of that when you
slip the next nickel across. 1t really
makes me feel uncomfortable. / wish
/ hadn't read the stupid thing
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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A CUNNING WAGER.
It Looked Like Sure Loser, but Wae
Really Easy Money.

It Looked Like a Sure Loser, but Wac
Really Easy Money.
There was queer bet, one that
seemed somewhat foolhardy, made by
q politician few weeks before the
election in 1906, when it was apparent
that Mckinley would sweep the coun'
try.
He had been approached by man
who offered to make 4 majority
wager. I'll tell you what I'll do the
politician replied. "Ill bet you 500
that I can write down the names OF
thirty states that Mckinley will carry" ."
The man snapped up the bet eagerly,
and the politician wrote the list OF
names and gave them to friend 10
keep. sealed, until the day after elec-
ton.
"Now," he said. Just to show you
how big n cinch Mckinley has, l VIII
bet you $500 that l can name ten au-
ditional states that he will carry.
The man who took the first bet jump
ed at the second chance, feeling GER
tain that forty states would not so
Republican.
When the election was over all! the
votes counted the envelopes were open
ed. In the list Of thirty states the
politician had named all the solid
south and the doubtful states. He los'
$50. But in the list Of ten he named
states that did not go Democratic II
twenty years until the election Of l9l2
louisville Times.
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How .Iapan Greets the New Year.

TO" Japan S'SS>S NV iN~'
In Japan the new year is welcomed
with far more energy than in this
country. Let q mans energy be ever
so defective, he is expected to rise at
4 q. N. and don new clothes to meet
the auspicious morning. Then, with
his gala garments in due order, he Wor-
ships the gods, performs obeisance to
the spirits Of his ancestors and pays
homage to all relations older than him.
self. No ordinary viands are consum-
ed at breakfast The tea must be made
from water drawn from the we'll as
the first ray Of the new years sun
strikes it. On every table figures
red lacquer tray covered with ever
green leaves and supporting q rice
dumping. q lobster, oranges, perslm'
mons, chestnuts, dried sardines and
herring root, all these dishes possess
ing an allegorical signifcation- This
meal is the start Of the festivities.
which are continued for sixteen days.
business being almost entirely suspend
ed for the first week Of the year.-Chi'
c3oO News
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The Great Marshal Ney.

A recent English book about Mar
shal Ney, Napoleon's heroic lieutenant,
"the brarest Of the brave" brings
out some interesting: facts. This
Frenchman was really I German He
was born at Saarlouis, now In Prussia
and then and always German He
spoke only Ges1zan as child. He
was red haired, with q wide face and
round blue eyes. Five feet eight inches
in height, be had short body and long
legs. His comrades called him 'le rou-
geot," which was equivalent to "car-
rots" or "bricktop." He was forty-six
years old at Waterloo. So was Ma
poleon. SO was Wellington. Marshal
Ney was man who was trained to the
hardships Of a workman's life. His
father was cooper, and in his boy
hood work in his fathers business he
was accustomed to TIL and exposure.
This enabled him to sleep piacidly In
the snow on the return from Moscow,
wrapped in his cloak, with the
starved, ragged soldiers Of the grand
army keeping guard and the Cossacks
prowling around in the darkness"
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The Cause of Rheumatism.

Stomach trouble, lazy liver and de.
ranged kidneys are the cause OF rheu-
matism. Get your stomach, liver, kid
neys and bowels in healthy condition by
taking Electric Bitters, and you will
not be troubled with the pains of rheu--
matism. Charles B. Allen, a school
principal, of Sylvauia, Ga. who suffer-
ed indescribable torture from rheuma-
tism. liver and stomach trouble and dis
eased kidneys, writes: "All remedies
failed until l used Electric BitterS, but
four bottles of this wonderful remedy
cured me completely" Maybe your
rheumatic pains come from stomach,
liver and kidney troubles. Electric
Bitters will give YOU prompt relief. SOC
and S1.00. Recommended by all drug
gists.
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The Statistical Fiend.

We all know the bore that begins
sentence, statistics show" He can
tell you how the daily flow of beer IN
st. Louis compares with the amount
Of Mississippi water that passes the
city in twenty-four hours. he can
state the tonnage Of all ocean grey
hounds, bulldogs, Pomeranians and
ours Of low degree He knows how
many men were slain in battles from
that of Abancay or Aboukir to that Of
Zurich or Zelichow. He speaks as one
having authority, and even those who
run at his approach shake the head
solemnly: "If old Augur says so 1t
must be So" What relief it is to find
Sir William Ramsay admitting that the
most accurate Of statistics may lie!
Some time ago the statement was
made that so per cent Of the total abb
stainers in a regiment stationed in In
dis had died within year. 1t turned
out that the whole number was two.
and one. while taking his morning
walk. had been eaten by a tiger
Philip Hale in Boston Herald
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a Cardboard Planet.

One remarkable achievement Of Sir
William Herschet was in connection
with the planet Saturn he had ar.
ranged to erect his telescope at Wind
sor castle to enable Queen Charlotte
and the ladies' of the court to see the
wonders of the ringed planet, but on
the evening arranged for the observa.
ton great banks Of clouds covered the
sky. However, he explained that that
would not matter, and after the insru-
ment had been carefully directed the
queen and her attendants looked
through it and saw the great planet
and its marvellous rings quite distinct
ly. Herschel. it seems. had expected
bad weather and during the day had
made cardboard model of the Satur-
nian system and erected it in the
grounds. lamp at the back providing
the necessary Observation-Disclosures
ster Gazette.
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OUR MARINE CORPS.
Noted For Brave Deeds Since the Days
of the Revolution.

NOIC0 ~ ave CSSAS S'tSS wv w -
of the Revolution.
Our marine corps was organized by
act Of the Continental congress i'll ITO,
and its history continues unbroken
down to the present time. 1t is the old
est branch Of the military service and
was originally created to prevent mu-
tiny by the sailors, many Of whom
were impressed
Then, too, in the days Of sailing
ships, and especially in battle at sea,
the sailors were largely occupied in
maneuverinS the vessel. Fighting was
at close quarters. and 4 large body Of
men who had nothing to do but fight
was of great service. The advent Of
steam and Of long range guns made the
old style Of fighting impossible.
The story of tic marine corps is a
stirring one. The marines distinguished
themselves first il 1910 in the battle
between the Bonhomme Richard and
the Scraps. They had previously, in
176, taken part in the blQodlesS cap
ture Of 100 cannon 1t New Providence,
in the Bahamas. They fought in Trip
oil in 1908. and in 1865 they made re-
markable march across the Libyan des-
ert and took the fortress Of Derna.
At New Orleans il 1915 the ma.
rines again distinguished themselves.
and they covered themselves with glory
at the battle between the Chesapeake
and Shannon. At Shimonoseki. Japan.
in 1864; Formosa in 1861, in Korea in
1871, Panama in 1885. ut Manila and
Guantanamo in the war with Spain
and in China during the Boxer out
break they proved their worth.-Har-
per's Weekly.
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boro and made money at 1t, too.
He believes that more attention
should be given by Congress to
the rural life Of the nation, to
drainage, to post roads, and to
the protection of the products of
the farm, and if he is sent to
Congress, he intends to bend his
fighting energies in that direc-
ton. :
Jim Padgett's fortune is in
his friends, and he has numbers
Of them in Colleton and other
counties who wish him well.
There is scarcely another man
in the district out of public life
who is known so well. In Col
Teton county he knows by name
almost every man. He is proud
of his friends more than of all
his other possessions. J. M. M.
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Care With Which Ensland's Standards
Are Preserved.

Care With Which Ensland's Standards
Are Preserved.
Every twenty years government OH
Gals, compare the current weights and
measures with the standards, which
are sealed up in the staircase Of the
house Of commons. There are only
two standards, the pound weight and
the yard measure The standard pound
is Of platinum, which despite its weight
Is no larger than 4 cubic inch, and.
small as it is, the metal Of which it IS
composed is worth f40. The standard
ward is a bar Of bronze thirty-eight
inches long, on which a yard has been
marked off in thirty-six divisions OF an
inch. The greatest possible care IS
taken of these two important articles.
When 4 comparison IS being made
they are handled with tongs. The
pound weight is weighed ID the most
delicate Of chemical balances, and the
ward is measured with micrometer
When they are done with the pound it
is wrapped in a special soft paper and
laid in silver gilt case, which is plac-
ed in a bronze case, this being put Id
wooden box, aftervard screwed down
and sealed. The yard measure is plac-
ed on eight rollers in q mahogany case,
which is carefully sealed. Both cases
are then put into a leaden casket, which
is sealed by soldering. The packing IS
not vet finished, however, for the lead
case is placed in 4 strong oak box.
When this is screwed down 1t IS placed
in the hole in the wall The wall Is
built I'D by q mason, and the standards
can only be obtained by demolishinG 1t
once more.-London Globe.
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subsidence of the Rermudas.

It is contended that the Bermuda
islands are merely the remnant Of an
island. very much larger than the pres
ent entire group. which has sunk into
the ocean The original island. it IS
asserted. had an area Of 300 or 400
square miles. whereas the Bernudas
Of today are only about twenty square
miles in area. Within comparatively
recent period. according to Verril, the
Bermudas have subsided at least so or
100 feet. Their base is the summit OF
an ancient volcano, while their surface
is composed Of shell sand drifted into
hills by the wind and consoF' Led by
infltration.-Harper's