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John Cube.Il Breckenrldgo was elected vice president on the Demo cratic ticket with James Buchanan In 1850. He assumed office March 4,' 1857, when he was thirty-six years, on month ant! fourteen days old. When Breckenridge completed his term he wns candidate for President as representative of the slave-holding Interests, but was defeated by Lin coln. The same year he was elected to the United States senate, but soon afterward Joined the Confederate army. From January to April, 1805, he was secretary of war In the cabi net of Jeff Davis. He died In Lexlog ton. Ky Mny 17, 1875. A Poor Stkk. Snoblelgh "Aw, what did you find out about my family tree?" Gene lglst The crop was a failure." Many a small boy grows up to be a little Wg man. 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The true story Is this: I'lfty-seven survivors of two Breton battalions were holding the lino there, not In n trench, but in a series of shellliolos, nearly regularly spaced and aligned. The men were so packed that when any were wounded they were un able to fall down, while for security thoy held their rifles, with fixed bay onets. In the air. During the whole of June 11, 12 and 13, 1910, n terrible artillery duel raged round them. Caught between the French and German borage fires, one by one the men died, while the burst ing shells buried them under wnves of torn-up ground. When the scene could ho visited all that remnlned was a line of bayonets protruding from the ground. Continental Edition of thi London Mali. Keep sweet Is no advice for a grape fruit. It's the after effects of experience that count. :: CONDENSED CLASSICS X' I 5 T X DOMBEY AND SON Br CHARLES DICKENS Condensation by y Y y y y y y Miss Carolyn Tlcknor The child la father of the man" vrna never better Illustrated than In the caae of Charlra Dickens. Ilia drat frlenda were books, Rood book, lie read hooka of travel nnd the "Arabian Nlffhta," Cervantes, Fielding; and Smol lett. And si a child he learned to know nnd to love England the Eng land of plenaant country lanea, hedge bordered, that ran to the sen or to quiet, screen open apaeea before atatcly cnthedrala. And he knew, too, the horror of mean London atreeta and numbing: drudgery. For two years of hla childhood he pasted labels upon blacking bottles, lived In nn nttle with two ragamuffins, and when he aaw hla pareata once n week he had to go ta prison, where hla father waa contned for debt. Some of this London that he knew la In "Oliver 'rvrlat," nnd It crop ont In other tales. Meat of It, however, la la "David Cop pergeld," where hla father la depleted aa the Immortal Mlcawber. The Joy of life and the bitterness, the kindliness of men and the cruelty three things were burned Into the mind nnd aonl of the sensitive boy. They nre In the books of the man. T niS story opens In the gloomy mansion of Mr. Dombey, head of the house of Dombey & Son, who Is exulting In the birth of "little Paul," heir to his name and wealth. This great event Is followed by the death of Mrs. Dombey, who breathes her last, clasping her little daughter, Florence, to her heart. This child, neglected by her proud, cold father, tries vainly to win his love, but he, with all his hopes and his affection centered upon' his son, finds no place In his heart for Florence. All the advantages that wealth can offer are heaped on little Paul, who Is a delicate child, old far beyond his years, nnd totally unfitted to fulfill his father's expectations. While gentle nnd loving to those about him, Paul's adoration for his sister, Florence, sur passes nil his other Interests, a fnct which rankles in the breast of his father who would be first In the- af fection of his son. Wishing to hasten Paul's education, Mr. Dombey sends him to Dr. Blim bcr's school, famed for Its method of crushing out each boyish trait and making learned prigs of all Its pu pils. Here the boy flncfe n friend and champion In Toots, the head boy of the school, who falls a victim to the charms of Florence, but In the end consoles himself by marrying her faithful maid, the sprightly Susan Nipper. The story of Paul's life at Dr. Bum per's, where his weak frame Is tried beyond endurance, and finally breaks down, is a pathetic oner although it Is enlivened by much that Is amus ing nnd absurd In the descriptions of the school and of the Bllmber fam ily. Fatally 111, the boy Is carried home to the big house, where all the skill In London, coupled with his sister's devotion, cannot save him, and after lingering awhile, he slips away from the grand future his father hos so carefully arranged. The deathbed scene where little Paul leaves the big house forever, Is one of the most fa mous In fiction. Clasped in his sister's arms, the dy ing boy murmurs: "How fast the river runs . . . It's very near tho sea. I hear tho waves." . . . "And now there was n shore before him Who stood on the bank." Ho sees his mother there awaiting him and whis pers: "The light about her head Is shining on me ns I go." The bereaved father, In an agony of grief and blasted hopes, turns coldly from the heart-breaking appeal of his sorrowing daughter, who pleads for some response In this dark hour. Bid ding her seek her own apartments, he shuts himself up In his rooms nlone, Beside the dark threads In this story, nro woven many bright ones which center In the humble dwelling of old Solomon Gills, maker of ships' Instruments, and his devoted nephew, Walter Gay, who with their good friend. Captain Cuttle, form a delight vu! trio. The captain, who wears a took In place of his right hand, and alters patiently under the Insults nnd abuses of his landlady, the terrible Mrs. MncStlngor, Is one of Dickens' best beloved characters. Walter, who has n modest position in the great house of Dombey. watch es with sympathy nnd admiration the career of the neglected daughter of his employer, and upon one occasion has the Joy of rescuing her when she Is lost In London. From tho night when the frightened child Is warmed ana comforted at the sign of tho "Wooden Midshipman." Florence holds Unctle Sol nnd Walter In warmest re gard. When later, during Paul's 111. ness, Walter comes to plead for a loan to save his uncle's property, tho sym pathetic boy at once becomes his cham pion nnd secures the money from his father. Frcm this time nn Paul tnkes a special Interest In Wnlter and on his dPiith-bed begs that ho shnll be re membered. This mrssHgo Florenco brings to Waller, pledging to him thenceforth her sisterly affection. Tho fortunes of the house of Dora Gfey nre guided principally by the clov er and "r-aMIke" manager, James Can ker, with gleaming teeth nnd n per pctunl smile, the Instrument nnd con fldiint of ljombey, who by his flattery and cunning has gained almost com plete control over his master's busi ness. Working always to satisfy his own ambitions, he mistrusts the grow ing partiality for Wnlter Gay and sends him on a "voyage to the Indies, experiencing keen satisfaction when the youth Is shipwrecked nnd reported drowned. This loss adds one moro sorrow to those already the portion of Florence, whose father emerging from the gloom of his apartment seeks to divert his mind by going on a Journey with his friend. Major Bagstock, a garrulous old society beau. They travel to Leam ington, where Mr. Dombey Is Intro duced to omc of the major's friends, nnd meets Mrs. Skewton and her wid owed daughter, the cold and beautiful Edith Granger, who nt once attracts his fnncy. Fdltli Is proud, scornful, Imperious, nnd for these traits the proud and dominating man admires her the more. He offers her wealth and position, and she, needing these things, accepts him, scorning meanwhile both the man and his offering, but willing to satisfy the Irritating demands of her scheming mother with whom her life Is unen durable. A loveless marriage follows and the haughty wife asserts her own strong will, refuses to further the social am bltlons of her husband, and enrages him by showering affection upon Flor ence. At last, goaded by DombeyB effort to break her spirit, and ready to bo revenged upon him for his endeavor to humiliate her by orders sent her through his agent, Carker, she con sents to fly from her home at the en treaty of her husband's paid minion, who from the first has fallen a. victim to her beauty. Having revenged her self upon her husband by thus humil iating him, Edith proceeds to cast off Carker, whom she despises ; she meets him at Dijon by appointment, nnd In the moment when he Is glorying In the attainment of his desire, turns on him, denounces him nnd before he can stop her, rushes from the apartment, making good her escape, while he la left to confront his pursuer, her en raged husband, who has tracked them to Dijon. Foiled nnd entrapped, Carker flees back to Rutland, eluding his pursuer, only to be again tracked to his hiding place. When he believes himself safe from detection, he suddenly spies Dombey ndvanclng toward him across the platform of a railway station, and dodging In affright on to the trncks behind him Carker Is killed by an on coming train. In the hour of her father's humilia tion, Florence once more turns to hltn with loving protcstntlons, but he, en raged nt the remembrance thnt she has ever won tho love he has sought vainly, casts her off with an oath and strikes her brutnlly. Partially stunned and feeling her self homeless and fatherless, Florence rushes hnlf-ernzed Into the streets of London, and fainting with exhaustion flnds shelter nt the "Wooden Midship man," now In the charge of Captatn Cuttle. Following the sudden disap pearance of old Sol Gills, the captain has taken possession of the place, not knowing If his friend, whose life hnd become Insupportnble without hjs be loved nephew, was alive or dead. Tenderly welcomed to this humble home, Florence remains In hiding un til the unexpected arrival of Walter, who suddenly appears upon the scene returning from a series of perilous adventures. Wnlter, the brother, Is speedily transformed Into Walter, the lover, and the young couple nre unit ed, to the delight of Captain Cuttle, also of old Sol Gills, who reappears from Journeying to foreign parts In voln search for some news of Walter. Meanwhile, the fortunes of the house of Dombey, weakened by Car ker's doubtful transactions, and also by the loss of his shrewd guidance, go down In ruin, leaving the proud head of the firm broken In health and spirit, with homo and fortune wrecked. Then tenderly forgiving all, Flor ence goes to her father and takes him to her home, where after a long Ill ness, ho arises a changed man, repent nnt of the past, and only caring to devote his last days to hlo daughter and her two children; Paul who re minds him of his lost son, and little Florence, dearest of all to his peni tent, heart. This work, which was first Issued In serial form In 1847, met with Ira mediate success. Its pages contain a wealth of Incident nnd character, of fun, satire and pathos. Florence Is one of Dickens' loveliest creations, and Dr. Bllmber's school Is described In his finest vein. Kind Captoln Cut tle Is famous the world over, as are Mr. Toots, Mrs. Plpehin nnd old Joe Bagstock. The death-bed sceno of lit tle Paul reveals tho author's steod fast faith In Immortality, nnd has done much to comfort sorrowing hearts throughout tho world. CopyrlRht, 1919, by tho Post Publishing Co. (Tne Boston Post). Copyright In the United Kingdom, the Dominions, Its Col onies and dependencies, under tho copy rlcht act. by the Post Publishing Co., noston, Mass., U. 8. A. All rights re served. Queer Tlme-Telllna Method. The hill people of Assam reckon time nnd distance by the number of quids of betelnuts chewed. According to Washington Irving, the Dutch colonial assembly wns Invnrlnbly dismissed at tho last puff of the third pipe of to bacco of Governor Wouter Van Twll- ler. Knew She Loved Money. From a Story She presented her check to hlra to bo kissed. Boston Transcript. gggggggggk V "gggggggVlP- ggsamsamsamsamsamsamsamg Pleasant To Give Pleasant To Take Thoughtful parent are having gUtonfnhlnn ean 1 1 . 1Citnn tlita vj tjj Uklllia, Milt) triflnn wkltli .nUIltf glUitl.rA. bowel movement. It ia a fact KRS.WINSllOW'5 SYRUP The Infants' and Children's Regulator A few drops, depending on a a, added to each fending kaepa baby's bowsts racnlar. 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Taking the 48 states as a whole, tho excess of revenue over expendi tures wns $34,814,008, or 83.1 cents per capita. These are among the In teresting facts brought out In a re port entitled "Flunncial Statistics of States, 1010," Issued by Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of the census, Department of Commerce. Hall's Catarrh Medicine Those who are In a "run down" condi tion will notice that Catarrh bot-rs them much more than when they are In good health. This fact proves that while Catarrh Is a local disease. It Ib gTeatly Influenced by constitutional conditions. HALIVS CATARRH MEDICINE la a Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through the blood upon the mucous surfaces of the body, thus reducing the Inflammation and restoring normal conditions. All druggists. Circulars free. P. J. Cheney 8c Co., Toledo, Ohio. The Night Before Christmas. Twos the night before Christmas, and nil through the house not n crea ture was stirrlug except Lily, the cook, preparing to take the 10 a. m. as a holiday surprise. And Uncle Hor ace, in the guest room, who has just discovered thnt sprig of holly that the boys put between the sheets. And the boys, who, having surreptitiously opened their presents nnd found them all "useful," nre contemplating sabot age. And sister Mnybelle, who has saved her dud gifts of tho year before and Is trying to redistribute them. And mother, who Is going to get thnt red ball on top of the tree or die in tho attempt- And father, sitting up with n trick check book and a sheaf of newly arrived bills. And Florence, the cnt, somewhat the worse for having sam pled tho Christmas punch to which father consecrated his last bottle of Scotch. From Life. As we grow more sensible, we refuse drug cathartics and take instead Nature's herb cure, Garfield Tea. Adv. More Widows Than Widowers. According to the United States pen. bus of 1020, there are In this country at this time 3,170,000 widows nnd onlv 1,471,300 widowers. This Indicates thnt tho chances nre, on tho average, two to one thnt n mnn will nuss nwnv before his wife. The mnin reason for this condition of nffnirs is thnt the wife Is generally several years young er than the husband, and then. too. at the ages above fifty the mortality rate for men Is much higher than for women. Bankers' Life Bulletin. How to Save Money. Two men recently entered n uprvf self restaurant and, nfter getting what they desired, took their seats nt tho same table. A pntron seated near them overheard the following colloquy : "Bill." salt' one. "I've lust lenrnn.1 how to save money. I find the way to do It Is to go In debt and tnv ft out." "Humph," snld Bill. "I've got you skinned n mile. I go In debt nnd never pay It out." Those who posses the highway to the East have the treasures of ' the world. 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If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best Have you ever stopped to reason why It is that so many products that are ex tensively advertised, all at onco drop out of sight and are esoon forgotten? The reason is plain the article' did not fulfill the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost eclls itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist pays "Take for example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows excellent re sults, as many of my customers testify. No other kidney remedy has so large a sale." According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact, so many people claim, that it fulfills al most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri nary troubles and neutralizes the urlo acid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle ol Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingharaton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium size bottles for ssle at all drug stores. Adv. Wouldn't Stay After That. Billy went over to play at Arthur house but returned so soon that hit mother was surprised. "Why did you come homo so soon?" she inquired. "Oh, Arthur's father said somefln' I didn't like an' I coined right home." "What wns it he suldJ" questioned mother. "He said: 'Tell that noisy kid to go home.' " She Had an Object. Beiihnin "Why do you wear your hair over your ears?" 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