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to him to know. It was as I say and for this reason: In the letters were an nouncements of the arrival of the Lieu tenant Count Edouard de Bourbon on that Tuesday which the Madam Whit worth had mentioned. They were writ ten with great ceremony to my uncle. the General Robert Carruthers, as sec retary of the state of Harpeth. to give to him that information to be conveyed to his excenency the Gouverneur Faulkner, in due form, though he al- ready had that information.
 'aThey make into a fool my reyered uncle, the General Robert Carruthers, who would keep his state and the gouyerneur of that state from dishon- orp' I exclaimed to myself in my rage.
 And this woman thinks to play with
 the life of French soldiers as she has
 with that same GOuverneur Faulkner does she? No; there Is Roberta, mar ouise of Greg and Bye, who is a SOL dier of her republique by appointment from the great capitaine. the Count ] de I.asselles. to both watch and further the interests of France. whom she must meet in combat first"'
 l And as I said these words to myseh I made a rapid writing of both papers and with them asked admittance 10
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DOUBLED THEIR TROUBLE.
Yet JoePs Neishbors Thought They
 Had Made Good Bargain.

Yet Joel's Neighbors Thought They
 Had Made Good Bargain.
 The shiftless owner of a worthless old horse, Joel Turner. had been in the habit of feeding the animal from the cribs of his more enterprising neigh b0rs until the patience of his victims was completely exhausted. They had caught him in the act of helping him. self to corn number of times, and so there was plenty of evidence to con- vict him, but on account of his family and his vindictive disposition no one wanted to prosecute him.
 One day, when JOel's neighbors were discussing the situation, some one sug- gested that 1t would be an act of mercy-which would also solve their probem-if they bought the old horse and put it out of its misery.
 This suggestion the conference adopted. They subscribed a purse or S1O and sent committee of one to buy the horse.
 Here the plan was threatened with failure. The committee reported that rJhel did not want to sell.
 After a few days Jesse Winfield, who thought himself something of a diplomat, undertook to negotiate the sale and to his surprise found Joel not only willing but anxious to sell the horse. , "That." said Jesse in congratula- tory tone, as he handed over the $1O, "was good deal for you. Youn get lots more good out of the $10 than you would out of the old horse"
 "That's right assented Joel. "I E 1now~ where I can buy a team for S1O."-Youth's Companion.
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ITO be continued.l
BLACK BASS NEVER suLK.
When Hooked These Gamy Fish Al.
 ways Fight to Finish. ,.s
car

When Hooked These Gamy Fish AL
 ways Fight to Finish. .s$
 The black bass is the type of Ithk lesser sized game fishes of Amerlc;f. Why? Because he is not only great in muscular energy and lights like q bulldog. yet in his strenuoas eHofls to escape shows almost human mtell1 gence. He will run in and then on q slack line leap intot the air and sha his body in his efortsltsa .ss 4 'sssees ts1S steel Failing, downNSs@~rHe pool he s,,s ,s,.,yos on,l do xtsse around a sultken rock - Ils1cU sever the gut leader on thu sharp or scraggS edges, or, failing, seek the bottom and there. unseen. brace his pectoral fins between two small rocks and in thls fortress Q. defense jig, jig, Jig on the line much as dog jerks at a rope held ill the hand.
 Some anglers have compared this ac tiOn- of the bass to the Suik O. the salmon. which Is reflective Cn the bas ; that never sulks. but is ever in action and fights to finish.
 But these traits of tue black baS1 are like stories many times tod to tho old angler for "brOnZeba' ke. s. tut the, young 'un perhaps iS Irt t. pass through the thrilling experience Of fighting an impaled bass Miti d light rod, a gosSamer leader and-a featherei fly, and 1t Is well to warn him Nf the acrObatic gyratiOnS of the Micropterus dolOmier, for such is thr SciHHtitlc nom de plume of our l0rdly ti@hter.-All Outdoors
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Facing
 Black Despair Woman Won Out

"Tanlac has been GOdsend to me and am certainly glad to endorse 1t, '" Is the delighted exclamation of Mrs. John Mac. Donald of 2l7 Bank St., Waterbury.
 "Iformerly suffered from stomach trou- ble very badly, and finally grew so sick and weak that was confined to my bed After some time 1 just about gave up hope of ever getting we'll and went out to my sister in Denver, Colorado.
 "The change did not benefit me any, and seemed to be going from bad to worse steadily. Tanlac had been intro duced into that part of the country, and l kept reading about it until became con- vinced that it was, at least, worth trial. I got some, and to my great delight and surprise, 1t benefited me immediately and soon put me back in good health. From being a sick, bedridden woman 1 am now, thanks to Tanlac, full of life and Vitality with good appetite and good digestion and bright outlook on life, believe that Tanlac saved my life."
 Tanlac Is now being introduced at Me Cormick's Drug Store.
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A Maatar of Pronortions.

An eager young teacher was review ing the Sunday school lesson in mis- ! sion church in Brooklyn. The subject was Moses and the bush that burned without being consumed. The boys of ten or twelve had been greatly inter- kested in the story and were now eager to expose their knowledge. Answers Followed her questions with the rapidi- Ityof machine gun.
 "Now. Harry, it's your turn "Yessum," was-the confident answer. "TeH me what there was about this Burning bush that was different from any bushes that have burned since"
 The boy knew-yOu could tell from the Snapping of his eyes-but he paus- : cd to formulate his words. Why. ma am, you see, this here bush it burn Fed up. but it didn't burn down" The teacher could not have explained it better herself.-Youth's Companion.
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USE OF FRENCH WORDS.
A Critic Scores This Habit of Some
 Writers of English.

a Critic scores ! nus f7aptc oT 0on0
 Writers of English.
 People who use French ill English writing are always those who don't know French very we'll" John l.. Bal 1erston writes in the Atlantic, report ing conversation with George Moore.
 "They use badinage for banter and think there is a shade of difference or, I suppose I should say, a nuance of meaning. Then they write resume, which they think more refined than summary, and in society every woman Is tres raffinee.
 II met an author who had written small and petite and I asked him why he did it. He said petite can mean dainty as well as small. and l said: It cannot. It means nothing but small. But in any case if you wanted to say dainty why didn't you say dain- ty?'
 "In my newspaper met with an ex- ample of this tendency. A dispatch read something like this: The patriotic citizens have been asked to give up their gold ornaments and watches to be melted down into coin unless they are souvenirs.' A man must be with out any aesthetic sense whatever to write souvenir when he might have written keepsake. It has associations. that word keepsake. It lives, breathes, runs. jumps, flies. But souvenir in English is a cOrpse."
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the other men of wealth who with him were seeking to be robbers to my country were first in consultation with themselves and then with my uncle, the General Robert, and also the Gouverneur Faulkner. Would their powerful wickedness prevail and be able to force u signing of that paper on the gouverneur? Was that III their power? I asked myself, and in my igno- rance did not know an answer and had no person to demand one from. There was no ease of heart to me when the days went by, and was so at work with my Buzz that I had no time for words from my Gouverneur Faulkner or glance from those eyes of the dawn star. could only murmur to myself:
 "Vive- Ia France and Harpeth Ameri- car
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ready that wicked Madam WhitWOrth entertains suspicious of you, What Is it that you will dO?"
 And after l had asked myself for second tim" that question l sut and looked into the eyes of that Grand= mamma Carruthers for many long mos ments and had an Rrgum an with my self. Then 1 answered to her as rose to my feet so that my eyes came more nearly on level with hers:
 "No. Madam Ancc%trCSs. horn of her whom not an Indian or a for" hear could frighten uwa.. from her duty or protection to those If her affections, ! will not flee. I wi4l stay here by the side of my uncle. the General Robert, and my great chief, that GOuverneup Faulkner, to fight for their honor and to protect France from robbery. Then, if be discovered and can do no more for them, will go from their pres ence quickly in the night and be lost in the trenches of France before am detained. And, if it be that am not discovered before all is made well con- corning those mules for transL Jrtation of food to the soldiers of France, then will stiH go away to the battlefields of France before it is discovered by all who have given affection to Robert Carruthers that he is a--lie. will leave love for me and for France in all of these kind hearts, which will comfort me when I fight for the re- publique or live for her during long years. I grieve exceedingly, but go!'
 I feel certainty that if 1 should continue to be an American man for all of the days I may live, to that threescOre and ten age. would never be able to gain in any way even a small portion of what my fine Mir. Buzz Clendennlng calls hustle" I went at his side for the three days which intervened between the news of the arrival of that Lieutenant Count de Bourbon and that actual arrival, in what seemed to me to be the pace of a very fleet horse or even as the flight of a bird And as fast as we went from the arrangement of one detail of entertainment to another the beautiful Madam Whitworth went with us,. with her eyes of the flower blue very bright with a great excitement. was glad that in all matters 1t was necessary that my fine Buzz also consult with her, and thus I was not exposed to any of her wickedness alone.
 And in my own heart was also a great excitement. for 1t seemed to me that I was fighting a great battle for France all alone. All day could see that that MT. Jefferson Whitworth and
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the adOratiOn of my eyes raised to bis, with a question that was of deep be wilderment.
 France has grown many young and fine men whO-who die, my GOuver- neur Faulkner for her in the trenches, where l must soon gO,' I answered him. with my head drawn to it's entire height fin the likeness of the old mar quis of Greg and Flanders.
 When you go into the trenches of France, yOungster, the state of liar peth will have a governor on leave in the same trench" answered me that Gouverneur Faulkner, with very gen tie hand laid on the sleeve of my coat above the bandages of my wound and a glow of the star in his eyes. Broth CTS by bloodshed. Marquis of Greg and Bye"
 Roberta. marquise of Greg and Bye. how will you even gain the refuge of your petticOats and get away from these lies of dishonor if you are to be so pursued by was asking of my self when my uncle, the General Rob ert, opened the door and said:
 Better see this pardon delegation now. governor. That other matter Is going to go to the deuce as fast as 1t can if we don't scotch 1t. Robert, get those letters on your desk into United States as quickly as possible. That French deluge Is upon us- Come back as soon as you can" With which l was dismissed into my own small an teroOm.
 And what did find in those letters :?
 As I sat and held fin my hand those papers, in which were two long mes sages, the one written in very poor English and the other fin a very elegant French, the woman Roberta. marquise of Greg and Bye. trembled with fear of a discovery of herwOman's estate. while that daredevil Robert Carruthers ragged within and also turned with a deadly Hatred and distrust of the greatest gen temal that le bon Dieu had ever given
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CHAPTER xI.
Behold. 1 Am a Spy!

IWYHEN | awakened the next ~ morning, because of that dancing, behold. 1t was 10
 of the clock and II thereto before l arrived in a very great hurry with much pinkncsS of cheeks in the office of the GOuverneur Faulkner at the capitol of the state of Harpeth-
 Good morning. Robert" he said to me with a laugh as he came and stood close beside me. That Roberta, mar auiSe of Greg and Bye, will blush within me when that beloved gOuver- neur comes very close beside her, in q way that is an embarrassment to Rob- ert Carruthers. his secretary. And now tell me what you said to that stupid Mary Brown that made her see the nght?'' he asked me. with his fine eyes looking into mine with great interest and something of admiration.
 'I aSkeI of her if she would not throw herself before that beloved good Timms if a knife was aimed at his heart, and she perceived from that question that she must give to me the paper. A heart that has felt great tragedy draw near a beloved one can speak withot words to another who sees also a beloved in danger. Is it that you slept in ease, my Gouverneur Faulkner. after you had received that paper? It grieved he that you should sit at work while was at dancing,' I answered to him as 1 drew nearer and laid my hand with timidity upon the sleeve of his coat.
 Heavens. boy, Do they grow many like you in France:" was the answer that the great GOuverneur Faulkner made to me aS he looked down into
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.THTRTY-oNE YEARS AGO.
January 21, 1886.
Items of local interest taken from the column
 of The Press, thirty-one years ago.


 
 The opening Of room i'll Stanoro snriues for evening or day resort of bovs or men, with comfortable stove, seats and good reading matter at hand, bv the W. o. T. U., is another of the quiet good works put on foot ill this village wholly at private, and in no way at municipal expense.
 The making of new parish in the south part of the county so lightens the labors of the priest of the Catholic parish of St. Edwards, Stafford Springs, as to make the services of an assistant priest unnecessary, there remaining but the mission church of St. Joseph's, at StafFordville, to care for outside of Stafford Springs. Rev. M. McKeoD, the priest here for many years, has been assigned to the church of the Sacred Heart at New Haven, and Rev. J. D. Coyle, his late assistant, succeeds him at St. Edwards
 E. E. Warren of Easttord has pur- chased the balance of the Wolcott farm near "Rockwen Hill" " and will build house thereon, Clifford Sweet of the Springs has exchanged his place on Vest Main St. for A. A Benson s farm in Brimfield, Mass.
 The school in Dist. No. ?, Union. has changed teachers, Miss Emmeline shippy having resigned to take a position as bookkeeper at Webster, Mass. Miss Belle M. Weld will close up the term of five weeks.
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WILLY CECIL RHODES.
The Way lie Discovered the Diamond
 Fields of South Africa.

Fields of South Africa.
 Have you ever heard how diamonds were discovered in south Africa? And did you know that Gee il Rhodes was the man who made the discovery? Bnt here is the story:
 X German trader ill skins and ostrich feathers from the interior, with Pieter- maritzburg as his frontier station, drove into Cape Town one afternoon. He had been two months bringing in his wagons, each drawn by ten yoke of long horned oxen, from the frontier trading post named.
 This trader, among other curious things, had dozen or so very brilliant pebbles, which he was showing to his friends.
 "Fine specimens of globulai qGafttzz' .sI ! said a doctor newly arrived, who had just enough of smattering of geology, to know nothing at all about it.
 Would you mind giving me one or two of those pebbles?" said tall, dark skinned. slender young man. "Or. will buy them from you at whateYerI you may consider them worth.--L- had no such stones in my collection a home."
 My dear sir the other repliedN with the heartiness of dweller on1 the Veldt, you are very welcome to al couple. Pick out any two you may fancy"
 The dark young man selected two about as large as medium sized nick { 0ry nut. thanked the trader and i'm mediately sent the "glObular quartz off to Amsterdam. As he thought the report came back saying that the' stones were diamonds of incOmpara- bIe flawlessness. Then started the rush to the diamond fields.-Philadel- phia North American.
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Feet Versus the Pen.

In speaking of personal recollectiOns of Dion BOucicault. Henry Miller dwells upon his superb skill as stage direc- tor and tells of the following incident which occurred during his first re- hearsal under BOucicault:
 'T went to him direct from AugustiH Daly'S management. Daly coached his players to cross and recrOss the stage during the progress of the play with the idea that this continual moving about of the actors created dramatic action. During my first rehearsal made a 'Daly cross as I spoke one of my lines.
 "'Why did you do that? Boucicault asked in his quaint, quizzical manner.
 q explained that imagined 1t would keep the scene moving.
 "'Thanks. my hoy,' said Boucicanlr dryly. but if I cannot interest the au. dience with my pen don't think you can with your feet"
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proved and am now the mother of kne baby girl and do all my own house work. Mrs. ALLLA B. TIMMoNs, Z1o Almond St., Poplar Bluff, Mo.
 ID many other homes, once ehildless, there are now children because of the fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound makes women norm all healthy and strong
 Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi- cine Go, Lynn, Mass, for adviee-it will be confidential and helnfrl--
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Dizziness is Annoying
As Many Stafford Springs People
 Know Ts w.

Know Ts EEell.
 When the kidneys are 'wsaK or Ais ordering, they fall behind in filteting the blood of poisons. As these poiaons attack the nerves, the result IS felt in spells of vertigo, just as drunkenness will make a man dizzy from the poisoning of alcohol. Dizziness, head ache, backache and irregularityS 4tAe kidney seoretions are all signs of weak or disordered kidneys and should not be neglected. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the home endorsed kidney remedy. Read this Stafford Springs residents statement:
 Mrs. Henry Crane, 50 Furnace Ave, Stafford Springs, says: lover work is what I think brought on kidney complaint. My back gave me the most trouble. When I stopped, sharp pains caught me and would hardly be able to straighten up. Mornings, my back was SO sore that it caused me great pain. had dizzy and weak spells and the kidney secretions were unnatural. I saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised and bought soma at Jaoobsen's Drug Store One box gave me great relief and two or three boxes cured me. ''
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don t simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-t the same that onred Mrs. Crane. Fosters ilburn O., PEops., Buffalo, N. Y.
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MOTHERHOOD
 WOMAN'S JOY
Suggestions to Childless
 Women.

Among the virtues of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound IS the ability to correct sterihty m the cases of many women This fact IS well established sS evidenced by the following letter and hundreds of others we have published in these colums-
 Poplar Bluff, Mo. want other .znrnsn to know what 8 blessing Lydla
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RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add oz Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and A OF. of ElYcerine. Apply to the hair twice a week until it becomes the desired shade Any druggist can ImI t!ts up or you can mix IL at home at very little cost Full directions for maklu% mt use c"u'c in each box Of I2arbn C"np'u"d IL win gradually daTken streated, faded gray hair. and removes dandruff. It is excel lent for falling hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy, and does not Fab O6
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Where Bluebeard Lived.

Most of our readers have heard of Blneheard, the enterprising gentleman who made a hobby of marriage and had q way of his own for getting rid of superfuOus wives. Probably very few people. however, know that the story has any sort of basis in fact Yet on the banks of the world famous BospO- rus, near Constantinople. there is situ- ated picturesque old medieval for tress known as "Bluebeard's castle which is said to have been the abode of a terrible old pasha whose playful little ways gave rise to the story Wide World Magazine.
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A Judua and an Enn.

Judges on the bench have been as- saulted. A litigant once threw an egg Rts the late Vice Chancellor Malins in an English court. The judge had the presence of mind to duck his head. and at the same time he established a reputation as a humorist by remarking that the present must have been in- tended for his brother, Bacon, the vice chancellor, who was sitting in an ad- Joining court-Lendon Spectator.
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BNron's DefornifV.

Lord Byron had a club foot and was acutely conscious of the fact to his last day. Yet he was a fine boxer, having taken lessons from one of the famous ''bruisers" of his time. He was also splendid dancer. and as everybody knows. he swan. the Hellespont, the Dardanelles. in emulation of one of his Greek heroes. Leander.
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F. Pinkham s Negs- table Compound has been to me. We had always wanted
 a baby in our home but 1 was in poor health and not able
 to do my work. My mother and hus-
 band both urged me
 to try Lydia E. Pink
 h am s Vegetable Compound. l did ao nv health im-
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An inference,

''pid she say she was going to the drng Store?'
 No .''......-..
 How do you know she was then?" ''She said she was going out walking for her complexion. Browning's Mag azina.
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For dyspepsia, our national ailment, use Burdock Blood Bltters. Recommend ed for strengthening digestion, purifying the blood. At all drug stores. $la bottle.
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RonlAd.

'sThe boys were so noisy l thought I'd get m office girl"
 'fWell"
 ''And, by gum. got one that could whistle ..'-Kansas City Journal.
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Allen's Foot-Ease for the Troops

M any war zone hospitals have ordered Aliens Font Ease. the antiseptic powder to sh ake into the shoes and sprinkle in the foot bath. for use among the troops, because iG gives rest and comfort to tired aching, swollen. tender feet and makes walking easy. At druggists every. whore, 96c. 42
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Didn't Need Muep.

<'Is he every way eligible?"
 Nearly so. All he needs is a divorce from his present wife" St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
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Being angry Is like emptying the pepper pot into your own porridge
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No Eiftv.ff4v.

"I fear my brothers wife is trihe selfish"
 Doesn't she share the family joys and sorrows?"
 Yes, but she figures on taking about 90 per cent of the joys and 10 per. cent of the sorrows "-Detroit Free Press.
 Truth fears nothing but coneealment -Guizot.
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We will give you some REAL informa- tion on the cost of the installation Of GO. ticiUy in your home if you will but ask us for an ESTIMATE. You can depend on our estimate as being the lowest of which you can obtain thoroughly frs -class piece Of work and the right materials and fixtures. Prompt work and no "skimp. ing" when the work Is done by
 J. D. STEPHENS, SON & co.
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lWYHEN awakened the next ~ morning, because of that " dancing, behold. 1t was 10
 of the clock and II thereto