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BURKLEY'S INDEPENDENCE He Was Not a Suoooac jt Handling the Rozor. Hurkley determined |u be Independ ent of barber*, ui rerj nearly Indo? pende;?, at ha.t He would coutluue to let them cut his hair occasion! !!>. but that was all So he purchase.1 a ?having outfit and made war on hi twee And though au unbiased j;ut might have criticised the results, they seetuod to sutisf> Iturkley. Hut his rasuj soon became dull. ' Iletter take it to a barber, c in seied Hawkins "One really ought t > have two rasoia and Work em .'i shifts, having one sharpened wh,!e he uses the other." "What'll the haiber do to it?" "Stroit it " ?Cun t ir He was going out that evening, so he left the office about half an houi early As soon as ho reached In w h? peeled oil his coat and vest Then he hitched the strop to a doorknob an I wo.nl to work with a will. Hi- felt s( confident and selr reliant tr-:\t he bo g in to whistle He might be a bit awk ward at It. hut he'd p it an edge on tin thing all right Just then the la/or tinned and cut u long Ktutb III the strop. That about ruined the strop, but Rurkley believed the razor was sharp enough, anyway Accordingly he deco? rated his lace with ? line coat of lather and then siloed confidently at the stub? ble near his right ear instantly a pained and astonished expression shone from the eves of Iturkley?the it-st of his face, ol course, being masked In white "Jo c c c hosaphat?" he exclaimed. He again began stropping furiously ?and again slashed the strop. "Father," suggested Mrs It mildly, "father used to strop his razor differ? ently." Rurkley had genuine affection for his wife, but he felt that no woman | should presume so far us to tell a man how to do something which was essen? tially mannish. He treated her sug? gestion with the silent hauteur it ife served. He kept on stropping, slowly and carefully. He believed he had mastered th.? art now. Presently he moistened the dry lather on Iiis coun? tenance by adding a fresh coat, and once more started to scrape the bris? tles away from his ear. Hut he only started. "Well, I'll?be darned!" he ejacu? lated. "Seems to be getting duller all the time." "Father," began .Mrs. Durkley, "used "Confound father!" snapped Hiirk ley. "Styles have changed since father's time." Mrs. Burkley subsided. Burkley re? sumed his muscle-making exercise. The strop was now getting a surface like a chopping block, hut Hurkley was still determined. After ten minutes of pore-opcnlng work he heaved a deep sigh of relief. "I'll bet It'll do now." he said Hut he tried the edge on his thumb this time. And from the ease with which it almost severed that digit it seemed to be much improved. Mrs. Hurkley cried out at sight of the blood Hurkley declared It was nothing, but Mrs. H. anointed nud bound up the wound none the less, and Hurkley b< gan feeling ho had act? ed like a brute. That Is he did until Mrs. H. ventured: "I remember hearing father say?" "Well," snapped Hurkley. "what in thunder did father say?" "He used to &ay that unless one turned the razor over sort of back? wards after each stroke on the strop the edge would be turned." "What an Idiot I am!" groaned Hurkley I knew that ail the time, but didn't thiuk of It." Hurkley?s hope revived. He might he humbled ;? bit In the eyes of his wife, but he could still hoid up his bead when he met Hawkins He clenched his teeth and stropiw-d viciously tun triumphantly for sonic minutes Then he tried the edge gin gerly-on his fingers and?ecstasy! it j seemed to (?? sharp. Hut when he applied if to his face ! ft still pulled painfully He turned to | Mrs. R "Myrtle." he said, "have you any recollection how your father used to tell when a razor was sharp?" "Oh. yes He used to pull a hak from his head and cut at It." ?'That's right! I ve seen barbers d<> tbr.t." Hnrklej tried to pull a single hair from bis scanty crop He founu it rather difficult to separate one trim Its ncigbbo-s Hut finally he got ii.-id of what seemed to be j'ist one and Jerked It hurt, but Rurkley was game and jerked rtri'dor When ;'? | came out he saw that It wss six The rarer wouldn't ent trem R?'k>? stropped rorr.e moo-, then stopped ??? try again The hairs h.to ntyutarli disappeared, ro he bad to | ult ano?he ?nte. This time be rot fmr Rut still th.- raxoT r>nly made then bond double Rurkley (net a dilemma On' tbsj.nh was em. now the o:her was Wintered. He ante up. When Rurkley reached the nfan next m "TT. I eg the first man be -an late was Hawkins, who eyed him crttieaiiy "So you sot shaved by a barber?" remarked Hawkins Hurt ley didn't ask Hawkins bow be knesr He nrerely me-sly nodded 1U bet I do sharpen the thing though he added "at soon as nv thumbs get well." Hut Mrs R Is iHnr to f ry to > v. the raJor sharpened ssrrepritloaiH Hoe fears otfurwfre RurkJC) ?-* ?tack hlujacli laid* ended. THE POOR OLD BEGGAR. The prosperous wholesale grocery dsaior had sold out his business pre paratorj to d"|iurtiuK (or ibo west to live He was r.'fleeting, the ue?t morn? ing, on the prospect of gi ttiiiK a good price for his honst-, which tin day be? fore he had advertised for sale, when the doorbell jingled merrily "Sir," said the maid, putting her head lu at the library door a niotueut later. "It s the old beggar from ihe corner near your store, sir " "Old Jo, the beggar, eh" rejoined the retired business unuu. taking from his pts k> t a coin I presume the wretened od fellow missed my rus tomut) contribution this morning and Is come for it Here, give him tuis dollar." The maid wen: aw:i) with the money snd again returue<d. "I gave the dollar, s*r." said she, and he seemed very thankful for it; but he says he'd like to speak a mo? ment with you on business, sir." What business can that old beggar have with me?" ? He says that If you can bring the price of this house down to $ju ouo cash he'd buy it, air !"?Judge. A Prophet in H's Own Country. I don't believe." remark, d kimm! dd Aunt Loeeiy, ' that Llge Hotter Is dolu' very we!l m Chicago" "Oh, 1 don't kte>w. replied I'nele Liphalet, 'I.Ige uster tie a party sharp chap before he went there. "Yes, hut we've been takln' this Chi? cago paper four years now. and It's never once mentioned his name, even when the hull Pottei family went there ter visit him!"?Hues Almost Brutal. The honeymoon had almost humped its last hump. "George, dear." she said, "do you re? member how nervous you were when you proposed to me?" "Yes." answered ISeorge. "In fact, I was so rattled that night 1 didn't re? alize what 1 was doing." Yet. being a woman, his acknowl? edgment did not seem to satisfy her. ?Chicago Hall) .News. It Was Great. "Why are you laughing? I heard a moment ago that the home team had been defeated "Yes?but--haw. haw. haw'?It was great! 1 was there. A foul ball?haw. haw, haw! ? struck the umpire over the heart and nearly killed him."?' Chicago Record-Herald. A Tribute. 1 know a lovely chaperon Koi whom my love grows day by day; Sin- lias a soft und winning lone, Ami always looks the other Wfcy. THE WAY OF IT. "Hefore we were married you said my slightest wish would be your law." "Exactly; but yt>u*ve*got so many vigorous and well-developed wishes that I am unable to decide which is the slightest!"?Chicago Journal. One Th:ng Sure. When women wear irouat rr., if they ever ? hit- IMnc will he sun The popular, long-tolerated leg show Will cease to all'ir. ?Chicago Record-Herald. Danger. "Mu^ic." remarked the man with long hair, "is the language of the heart." " In that case." replied the man who takes things literally. She person who likes ragtime must have a t'.-rribie pulse."?Washington Star Unaccounted For. "You can"t get something for noth Ing." remarked the aphorlat. "And yet." answered the man who has bad dreams. I am sure all those pnrph dragons and pink rhinoceroses I got out of thai Welsh rabbit were never put Into it " Washington Star Getting Namtt. "How did you get so many stgn.i Hires to that petition?" "W< II. a great many of the signers really approved of it and the others wt-re kind of flattered to be asked for tbelr autographs "- Washington Star An Adage Questioned. "Eternal vigilance." said the man of severe tr the price of suc? cess." '?Perhaps And yet the man who ? -.?? np with Insomnia 1*0 t much of a sarcess "'?Washington Star Another P*rsce Ij H?Really. I base no time in look at ynnr boohs Agent?Madam. I'm no book ped diet. I'm a best seller demonstrator.? Puck Wot Mit* Job Wife icxcitsdlyi?Pa. wake bp' I think there's a burglar in the boose Husband What do yon think I am ?the police aeparfsat ??Detroit Pres Preen. The Lost Bcai I.OMK'V Auk- I.~After centurles wf prl?l< in hin capita] city ux tlu greatesi in ih, world, John' Hull is beginning in illnily real lue thai Ion ill"! is ukI> ?vt'iy ugly, in spots; ami thai Hu i- pi.is in?- ihr result ol Buotb'in dum i inariiviir attempts ill Irt. An.i in,, reason lor this sinnlt stirring n in "city i?autlfur spin! Is i!n Vim rii an lo ulst. John Hull: has usually in ihe | a l condescended) k til toward Unit f;< r tonal hnn when tin latter came to see tllo sights Hi') watrlioi) itiwith mild pride mid was| giatifed hy Itrother Jonailian's envy it London's shrin .. of history ami fane, of glory Itut just now he is , lifgilllllllg '.i realize thai tor John Uu 11 rnittl hi.- London ,,i the twentieth ren jturj Itrothor Jonathan, when sn;hi JsiH-inu, earo> nothing at all It i>. an ,1dl lit l.eudou he lias t eine to see. and .he knows iiio'e nhoul it 'hau the ax ernge londoner does in fact, just now 'Hroiher .lonaihan eenis i" look down !on John Hull a hit, lor iii.- failure to I Keep ii11 til,- standard ot his ancestors in tlie niattei of ch Ic pride. Ashamed of Their Statuary, j K>pe< iully is l/Oiidou awnklng to aj proper sense ol shame because of lier| disgraceful statuary I; is lo he lenrj ? d it'o many id Ignition's ornunieiit s ,aie holh cheap and ill ?orn. P i> ol ;courre. too lllle in tie- ila) to iiutatieo .th. Albert no ii ori.-il l?nd?n low? inn repudiated 'Iiis piece of eontee tiom ry thin cost no man knows how much. Itut th.-ie are otht r monu? ments galore thai 'In- later generation will wish had never been put up. ! in coiirs. then j< no public aveiyie (than can coniiinre tor ? moment wltn ihe avenue of th - ('bumps Blysees. with it {.-cries of croups placed one a little off side of Ihe other, so thai illey t'o not ol'-Muoi one another; hat thai wa . hardly a r< ason why th. Iliad stone shoilld have been dumped down Immediately opposite the west front of St clement Panes, doing all it ran ito distract attention from the beat itiful church. It was rather like ihe nation to grumblt for years about Strand obstructions und then to add thus to their number. I l( this corner by Hie Law Court* is a faei ion light of statuary, w here ?repose would have been in hell' r taste, the I'.oadiecu at the corner ol Westminster Itridge is ihe very n verse. Here, at any rate, was an op? portunity for a* dash and a soar. The subject demanded it the design per? mitted it: but Instead, the squattest, i most four square thini: in London, is rroieii anchored, stationary. Imimssi , Id- by anv stretch of ihe Imagination to he conceived of as a flieht. Pocir Statue of Victoria. I Reasons of statecraft probably went to tin- placing of ehe statue of Queen Anne oppo.tilc the front of .-it Paul's and :i worse vjt might have Iteen cho?. en. tail the statue itself might also uty of London Ihuve been better. To how much [boiler it might ha\. been urn- has ?inly In step inside the Cathedral an.l to refresh line*! BMinoiv of I ho Wel? lington Memorial -nil England's greatest piece of sculpture for many >? nr* past It la so gn al tint b> a ciirloun n il. v action Ii iluioai cease* in i. ,i compliment Kngland'a arl ll show a up the rili'fc ?.f no.la ale a'oiti It the togao.l ia(< siuoii and I he ?oldlei s in Hon.an Inn lie ;s toff ei ii II) \\ e ought to he thankful it I-, not in the Abbey, where the monu? ment t0 Wolfe dotnot raise Hi se II n?d i um parisons Ii Is dlfltcult to he rapturous anon' I he I Hike of Cambridge opiKwIte the new wnr office win e on,- remember* the noble Charles I m ilie lop of th -iieei. i>>udon has no mon . xqum Itch designed pedestal than 'Iii . and Scarce a better statue The Nelson, higher up, hardly ranks as a statue, sitieo even H pair of Held glass, s lines not help I he sight seer to eompare the Ii' hi in top with Hial finest extant portrait if Nelson, ilie effigy In the KM\-y Reminded by Amer.cans. Ii ?in with the i.egiuning of the American tourist season thai ihenows papers bore began tir ?.t to complain ? >l London's ugly spot It is because iIn- American tont ist is so quick i" point out how much mure he admires London of th. past than lamdon nl ihe present The tourist, in Inet, k .-pj up many of the uatmnul Instilulions. Without his yearly visit., much of old liOudon would have io dlaappear. it. for Instance, America did mil waul t" sit in Johnson's chair it might not be nossihlc m have a . hop at the Ches? hire Clu ose. Tb. only Englishmen, in fnel, who re. in to take any Intereal in London are omnibus iiri\??:-= They enjoy flourishing a Whip at the House of Parliament, or giving details of the monuments along their route. Tb- y like to have a tourist on the front seat, and thev enjoy hi ing consulted before Raedeker. Tin y alone have niy feeling for Ihe streets. They are the ciceroni s of l>uul"ii They know that, all hough America may lie bettor than England at filing letters, she Is not so good al filing his? tory They take, therefore, some pride in showing an American, riding down ile Si rand thai England is one of th.- aristocrats among the nations. It plea . s them to lie representatives of the past, and they enjoy pointing nut to America?the representative of ihe present?thai Kngland has done things which America will never have a chance to do. The omnibus driver is. In fact, the in.i t arrogant of Englishmen. Don't Know Their London. Tin- American coming to.London i.t uniA7.ed lo find out how lllllo Ilie average Englishman knows of ihn his tits s why the successful particular atteutiou t< 19 and Stai 11 h?$ip your businef ?art of it more consid< that you get the l>es >uy. arry high grade Ntai printing. Our price* y considered!. ?Your?ex ck Printii incorporated II Twenty.fifch Stre 1 t lory of his country P\ w and rare, an> the Bnglishmen who know or ear* where is the original stone al London or whore is i ho only rouuit ci urch in London, or where .ire ihe ii inuln.-i of Ihe Itoman Wall or wh're id Siiiiiuel Johnson li\. , or why wore Oldgute. I.udgulo H'H. HiUlll- KUle. Moorgato and Newgate so named. I Th) American tourist knows these things. hilt I ho Englishman would tailo r he unconscious of llu'in Me Is eouletfl 10 leave his country's past In th. tare of uninil<ustlrlvers and, Baedeker and ihe Urlllsh Museum I There Are Pi'ot? and Pilots In Strasshnrg we were Informed that the law required us to lake a pilot :or our run town ihe Khlne t<> tin pi. .oh of Ihe river Main ?nies Henry V Rowland. In Ipplct >n - tor August, tti relating Iiis ntotorhtiAt ex |terion. es in Klimpe. "InusiiiUeli as we nlwiiys made it a poinl to ill", i I'ho luwa ol tin country inrotigh which] ?i wer'1 islKsing when not lust ItiOH Vt'llleut we dro|i|icd down "the III Hlv-I er lo Ihe last lot k where w, secured I the sen ices of a thlekhoiiit. who] claimed to tie a licensed pilot lint whose authentic!!\ we doUlitod as he hsd neither his palter* nor thai crisp st-.i.. which oharnctt rim's the hrevd. As there whs lit on.- else al h. lid we iiigHged him mi lie- recuntiiieiulniKHi ol the look keeper, agreeing In p.i\ him the reuillur plltil t- lee ill (till i\ mail., lor lie run to Mhuiiheim "Passing through the lock we en? tered ihe Little Ithiiie a s-horl t-iltin-*-1 Ii.mo the main stream Here our pilot ' picked Up hts rildor hole, a stow Which towed illioul as easily as a sea' anchor, anil we pushed out into the' Rhine. j "If you should ever have occasion to navigate your own hoai in Kuro-J pen.it waters do not havi anything to] do with a tot al pilot II.- Is no good. I tin the othei liainl. the regularity Ii-' cen*ed. uniformed, ci d laced specie . I with the manners ol a UhestcrMcId 'and Ihe style an admiral will be j found absolutely dependable in oxer fifteen hundred miles of dangerous river navigation, although we only took pilots -Alien required by law for some short and dlffleult passage, we had experience with both kinds. "Our makeshift pilot needed the whole river to steer the boat, hclliK apparently unaltie to get rul of the idea that he was handln*: a stone la? den barge und throwing all of his weight on the wheel, which could In? put over by the pressure of one tln gef. She Likes Good Things. Mrs. Ohas K Hmlth. or West Prank |lln, Maine, says: "i like good ihmes| and have adopted Dr. King's New Lite Pills as our family laxative medicine,! because they are good and do their| work without making a fu.is about It. [These painln.s purlllon. sold at All I Druggists. 25c. is if yon give ?ration, and see ?t yonr money ionery and do \ aro moderate. St Sell Phone 123 EDUCATIONAL PIANO SCHOOL Virgil Washington Ave. and 29th Street A. K. Blake mo re, Director. Class and Private Inslrtntkm Pupils Practice at School. Opens September 1st THE BLACKS!ONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. BucKSlUNfc. V hM ?lat-f. ism Hl.? 1 h. M.xmh i ii Mi it. 11..n ! tulrr toW I...I. ? he.iljM hillu. n. al Iii. I i.w.ii I'uMiblt ( imi ' hi sum" u t? na?? ?iu?in iifit't t.i a. iff ?Vttl i....IV u< ?U, IH (4*111 ?.mil lift I? i '.."I"..* Traininf School ?Ti.'a.?*. ? im IM? ?ii . h.;rKv. I... ,h. >w, Inrlud.?? taktr K.... j .,u.l .innen In ?II .?t.,, . i. w ... antak- *.tt rb. . mi.hi s. ?d I.IT . mir ?od Ap?Hn*#4m MMk Hampton College ?aw.oit News Academy Classical School for Oirla and Young Ladt??. The twelfth session will begin Oc? tober iMt. IMS. Miss Fltchett will ho iit hone atiy morning to those dealt" Ihk a |i. iHonal interview. For enta Ingue, O.e., addreaa Miss Fifchett Hampton College, Hampton, Virginia. :5f VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINX3TON. VIRGINIA. 70il. > nai l'.iam Military. Scientific ?ml Twhnlcal School Thuioiich eonraai ol general and aspllad Clinnlslry ar, I III hletlrlral in.) Civil Enellmarln?;. l>*:-tat?i>l riaduala In as* leml: o,uiao an 1 itosraea I l'?. hf-nr f.| tW-ianre In Tartmlctl Cwwa??. AI I pnni*a. I.vlutln? rif.ihlnt ami inctienul? [if'-vlded at i iio ol $31.5 ear annum, ai an avera,:* I,?t lh. f?*r yrs.it tactualveHantan. forInlotataUonaddraat i w. wcholk aur Seventh Session Bngins SspL 8, 190*. Prepare boys and girls for col lego or for life. Courses: IJiernry antl'va Music Individual attention glveu to "ach Student by teacher. Discipline firm, hut kind The principal will be) S glad to cull and confer with proHpec* -j (He patrons. For catalogue and niher Inf.irma* lion, adilress ROOT. W. DURRRT, Prlnc. 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