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PUTNAM <rmi)HAM OOW. j L*teit rvndensed. Karth'juake -»•» fc« "tre f*-11 ,n rw, Portugal, M m4l« from Kn<l.r lot Karth.p.ake *»***" »«* | al*, felt along the »*«•• «<* «**».«• Monday, from place* In j bia, do >nU> Bellingham, V\ a*h. Th«r world* Intaretl and aympathy continue* directed toward the afflicted eartbrjuake »ulTeter.< In Italy ha* granted an appropriation of «ai The work nn the rutn« contiri'M-* People hate teen taken out alive la«l Haturday and one man m h *nda>. after all hope had i*en gi cn up ■' |M the tie ntory I* rrlated of a little child j and parrot Horne aalloia, elamleriitl over aonie ruin* In Meaalna, heard a faint eryof “Mah ree-ah The *ailora worked through the rubirtah and raine Ur a room in which n caged parrot ■>«! mmA rned They turned away, hut the Mrd renewed It* crte«, and a faint cry wan heard in in«wer. rtiey aearelied farther and found a little «l« year* old richly dreamed, unoonnctoua. The child and parrot were lakcu on board the warahip, where Queen Klena »», who nunwd the child (rack to coneclouenaaa and oonifort I f not claimed the Queen pro|wate* to arlopt it. Htlll mure ealra* ordinary waa the reaeue of a little girl from the ruin* on Tuewfay, after Icing burled there I<1 day*. A* «he could not have had any noarlahinent It I* g** timed itw had Ire* n In a cataleptic Mau> Kranre fwhi emuipelleit h» return to the guillotine in Inflicting r«|*llal pom mlnm-nt Tlw fir»l wltm-—e«l »ii« In the otty of llrlhunf, which *« wit neM«-4t by a lance cm wit who bu-tnl mill mol h> break through the poritm of Kohtli-f* t*> g*'t nearer l** the ghamtly •ml il« Kta<llii« »!»«•• •cic The I lilted i*tate» l’otnini*Moner In Ala*k a any a, In an Inter ■■ lew , Ihal tin- ^ government la pitlnt more i*» protect j the aeala in it- part uf Iklifinf a than I tliej arc woiill dnil 'I *inf \ not hi mi lo protect Hie Indian*, who ■aerim il lo I*' dimmed to extinction Will* key in their gieat enemy, and fM thiti m)* tlie Cotnml»*lniier, they will go through lire, Mini llltle l« Uoiig doitr^ lo tr*'|i tin- *lult iWIJf (hum the |hmii I wing* Hr. I> K Cotnelork, of Hie phyalea depart mi ni of Uir M»»«fliuwU* In alltule of Technology . Ii*»■» announced the eonelludon of a wrln uf ■ \perl menu reuniting In the ealabllahinenl of the fart Itml matter ami roeiK.v air dUTererd phase* of the ««ine thing, C arnirm from I fir frilled Mini**'* ac r m>l only going Into the rich wheat re gion of the Haakalrhcwan, l>nl Imlo lira *|reary rvgionaof \la*katowln a living from the mill. Mcveral mfne dUaatera have recently occurred ranting large In** of life. I hr m*»t arrtou* of w hleh w ie on II rdnr* day, at Blue held, \\ \ when about liar miner* were klllr*l n* eidihnii ami a* sadly »» If by an earlh<|uakc. AM*>| I .aw renew iawtll, l*rofe»#of of tlie Hclrnee of Uovernmenl, U lo *uc ore*I I 'hath* \\ I-Hot a* I’rt *hlent of llan. ard I ollcge Mr* rail, l're*ldci.l of Ihr \\ Jinan* National Sultingl*! Amociatlon, ha» won ovrt tlie l.almt I nlonUU lo the oauar of woman »uf!ri*gc It’aCninltig “So he Inn cea*cd lo he her Ideal'.'" "Hr haa." *• W tial dt»gra<wfut IhlnK <ll>l he do ' “Married another Kiri.'' California disgrace* the nation by !l» pa*»«gc of l«wa hy putting a stigma on all Japanese ami Chinese resident* in an endeavor lo *!«■«i«iW them by ex cluding them from ail light* allowed tlie luaoi elaaaea of other fmvlgn na tion*. Till* ha* provoked aueh mafnt •nrnt that, il may Anally end In war with thoer |<rou«i an t a»n*tilva |*>werv A treaty with I ana.In haa laam sigti e*t whleh aril lea »ali*fMclortty all the ijocsllon* w hit'll (*>r many year* have hern a source of Irritation to both conn trie*. Ambassador Bryce and Becreta ry lli««l accomplished the work, whleh ta a meritorloua aen lee of those two distinguished statesmen. Within a |a*ihal of ten yean. |he ea (dial invested In the maiuifarlure of motor earn in Die I'mint Slalea haa in -*.-«......... (t, mei.tmu.iM), The annual output of the factories haa grown In like proportion, being more than 9V Unics a> large In Isa** a» In issev, and give* rmployuient to aU>ul l ai.iaai pe>'• *it I'lane arr Inn* nia.lr to niKaiiln aenttmcnt in Ihc South in fa\ot of a MU ortler of politic* l>j cTtaiing an in tlrprniirnl body of eiliaeaa rv*.l) loto oprralr with a tnemlijf li«--publican ml tuiniai ration. A w* planet, the ninth iminlfi of oui aoiar aystftn, ha* iwn U-catrri. al UtouRti no e)e l;a* xrn it. anil no Itn am of it ha* Wen imprint,*! upon an) photographic plate. Su of tfw tug hi nthn of Tniufo4T, c*m * sold of luuKtortog Implant Kan Itm lia\r t*-en wnltnenl to l»- hangd Krl> PHh, iWit. ami two other* to Ini pn« •iiiurnt loi larnljrjtit* each. A man in Hou»l -n, Te\a*, eiaim* to h*-e dU«*>»e»«xl a o( uiahmg palm* |>iiip I nun auga* ranr ilr ha* hinai a factor) al Newington i.uUi, till* Slate, to miulm t «• * [a n merit* Hhrti %> u I «» «» f>f the U«a\tcr *urt, Jo tout *)-,.«•* pinch, ami yout foil >«til amt j*M •pine" If >*00 »j rn hhr Alxtt » hv|. HUf Is yo*!t iliiV', tt »lit «t\e jtia ■Ml WkS urn Mini Instant n ilrf ^Jro-n aui anno)-tue. * I hvcrj Where, ilo. le-ti'l accept at.) anhwtiltllr. Tin BfTM D. Bi|bM Corptfifl* The Byron D. Bugbee Corporation Tte B|m 0. Cwfwtiu .1 NOTICF] >»*w Opening and Clonlfifg Hoorn <»f The Big Store MONDAY and WEDNESDAY, open at 8.30 a. m., c!o e at K.30 p m. TUKSr>.\Y. I HURSDAY FRIDAY open at K.30 a. m., < lose a 6 p. m. SATURDAY, open at S.30 a. m.. dose at 9 p. m. DOLLARS SAVED I Bj Taking A*1»antagc of this FUR SALE f] 25 Neckpiece*, in Brown, l*abella Coney. Hals price, 98c #2 .50 Neckpiece*, in Brown. Isabella Coney. Sale pi ice, #198 *3 00 Neckpieces, Chinchilla. Ilumian Mink, ami Brown Coney. Sale price, *2 48. *:t 50 and *4 00 Neckpiece, Chinchilla, Busman Mink and Brown Coney. Sale price, *2 9# *5.00 Neckpiece*, Grey Squirrel, River Mink, ainl Oponnm. Sale price, *3 OH *7 50 and *8.00 Neckpiece*, Grey Squirrel, Uiver Mink. Sable Sqnirrel, Kale-Ha Opoa»*uni Sale price, *0 48 #0 00 an<i *10 00 Neckpiece*, Grey. Sqtnriel, Imil*•! la Fox, Sable Squirrel, .lap Mink and Isabella Opoesutn. Sale price, *7 50 *10.00 and #12 00 Neckpiece*. Grey Squirrel, Imila-lla Fox, Salde Squirrel, ■lap Mink and i»abella Opoaaoin. Sale price, *0 #17 1*0, #18 00 and #20 00 Neckpie, , •*. I'iIhOIh l ux. Jap Mmk in i Black L)lo Sai*- price, #15 00 #',{5 OO Neckpiece*. I- diella Fox and Natural Mink Sale puce, #20.00 .nia.-.A ! Lower Prices jThe Big Store in Our January Mark Down Sale of Suits, Garments, Furs and Millinery PITS AM BUUBEE CORNER CONN. OCR JAM ARY SLIT SALE offers Indnretnent* in Prices that AI to the Shrewd Boyer*. 10.00 Satis, in* le of Panama cloth, in Blue and Black Coats made ; fitted, 24 inches long. .Sale price, $7.50 , 12.00 and 15.00 Suita, made from Worsted Cheviots and fancy weave mixtures Coats .'12 inches long, trimmed with satin -.traps and silk braid, i Skirts made full flared with deep folds, colors. Blue, Brown and | Orey. Sale price, #10.00 18.00, 19 00 and 20 00 Suite, made from Panama cloth, Serge and Worsted Cheviot, in Orey. Brown Navy and Black. Coats s*mi fitted and fitted, trimmed with satin and fancy braid. Skirt made full flared. Sale price §15 00 22.5(1, 25.00 and 30 00 Suite, made from fancy striped Cheviot broad cloth and the new mannish mixtures. Coats 30. 32 and 34 inches long. Skirts made pleated and ored. Sale price. #20 00 MILLINERY AND MILLINERY TRIMMINGS. Speria1 Strong Offerings at the Lowest Price* of the Season. 6.98 La dies’ black velvet hat beautifully trimmed. Sale price •5.00 7.4Q “ dressy hat>. in brown and blue- Sale price, *5.50 4.9S " grey felt shape, draped with velvet and ribbon Sale price, $5.50 \ full assort m< nt of I adics’ 4.98 hat- in grey, brown ar.d red handsomely trimmed. Sale price, 5 Women's a d Mis-e ready-to-wear hat-. 2.50 vale- -. Sale price, 51.89 ,\ neat line of ladies’ felt hats, ah color-Sale price, < 8 c. to 5148 Children's ready to-wt ar hats. Sab price, 98c to $1.59 Children'- School hat-, 59c value. Sale price, N vc-t id- 1- in feather novelties. Sale price, 25c to 1.29 MISSES’ FI BS at Exceptionally Low Prices 1.00 Fur Sets. in White. Sale price i9c 12-5 Fui Sets, in Grey A-tracan. Sals price, 98c :'5o Fur Set-, in White Bear Skin. Sale price, 3 50 Fui Set*. Ermine. Sale price. $2 48 4.50 Fur Sets, in Ermine. Sale price, • m #5 00 Fur Set', in Grey Squirrel. Sale rice, 93 38 The LOWEST PRICES and Best Values that Money can Buy are to he Found in Our January Coat Sale 8.50 and 10 00 Ladies' Coats, made frum Thibet cloth. Kersey and mannish mixtures. Sale price, $7.60 12.00 to 15.00 Ladies' Coats, made in the New Empire Style, in Blue. Red. Brown. Dark Green and Black.semi-fitted with satin straps and buttons. Sale price, 110.00 25.00 Ladies' Coats, 50. 52 and 54 inches long,fitted and semi fitted.mad in box and beau cleve styles, in Grey, Nary. Mvrtle, Dark Red and" Biack. Sale price. 920.00. Childrens Department Sizes 2 to 6 xears, 92.50 and 93 00 Values, made in Bear Skin and Astra rau, White, Grey and Red. Sale price, f 1.98. #4.00 and 94 50 values, made from Bear Skin, in White. Red, Navy and Grey. Sale price, 92.98 9>> 00 and 9".00 values, made from Caracal and Isabella Coney, in Black and Brown, Sale price, 94.98 Size* t> Year* to 17 years 94 00 au 1 #6 00 values, made of newest nmter ils. fancy stripes and checks, in Dark Red, Navy, Green and Brwn. Sale prices. 92.98 and 93 98 >.* '*0 and 8lo 00 values, made in plain ai 1 funev clothes, all colors. Sale price, 97.98 912.00 to 913-50 values, in plain and fain \ wi aves, all color-. Sale price, 8ln bo. I \ i i The Store That Leads 117itch Oar Show I1 indotvs Watelt Oar Slate' Windows Bradlry TheMcr Tlu* III rice**! sale in the history of the Itradley theatre w»* rr«»nl»M| last Tuesday Hflrniiiun when the ticket'* went on ft>tr for lhf“Mnn of the Hour which I** ached triad to l*e presented at the Itradley theatre this Thursday evening, January Nth, by the original I lotion company. So much interest l* taring manifested in the play that wt would hi|\N’ all to ■♦ecure their Meat* • arly. Without doubt the*'Man of the Hour" will U the bitcge<d theatrical event of the local season. Putnam Is the smallest city In nee the original lloMton company thla year. When 441 he Man of the Hour". In tiete«l here thla Tliutsday night, lirady and 4 • Hamer will displav their real — >|tiall1y as managers hy sending along a rast that ranks with the very la*«t that tins ever le(l New York City In tnv |>Ih\ When “The Man of the Hour mi first «ele<1 ill New York, i» |imv »io vlln tfir wav of Intelprela lion by a company of line player* that has never since leen (icrtiilllcd to flag t harle* l>. Maekay, Win Wolcott, Kdw. Inr Saint, Kapler Holmes, liar ohi Kusswlljohn Ituller,Samuel Hunt. Allwrt Parker, Tho* f ,Traey. Harry J l*avte». Marl J t ail)', Harry Mill*. Henry O lletnler, l.tltiara Kemble, IV cfl Kern, ami Kale latter, are ail well known artiata who will lake part in this brilliant presentation of iieorge Hma«lhur»t» brilliant play. There will t* special ears to Webster ami 1‘anielson alter live »h >w The free lisi has Iwn for this en gagemrnt. The Spirit of «later The Spirit of Winter is with uiMnak log its presence known tn many dtfler ent ways—aoinrtlmew by cheery auu shine amt glistening snows, amt some It rites by driving winds and blinding storms To many people it seems to lake a tie light In making t*ad things worse, for rheumatism tw ists banter, Iw mges sharprr, catarrh twcotnc* more annoying, aud the many symptoms of senvfuln are devei«»tird and aggrav aled There Is not, touch (stelry in this, hut there t» truth, an«l it is a wonder tkat more people don l get rtd of these ail- ; men!*- The medicine that cures them H »*t s •sarsaparilla — is easily ob- ; tamest and there t* abundant prvstf that ■ Vs cures are el tea and prriHgueot. how s This ? We ^ Oi< IUoIpnI tWMn Hr«*ni Km 11*21 > l V*Mtt i tjifr. 1 I i ;U:\KV I'O Tkvk^s v» { Ih* «i-H w U M F J, t'Wfh’V U»f tlk* is! !•’ vntr* aibl fv; t'tf tiiat «t**vi *Kjr tt? c*sry W *• Xo h ANiS A MikVIY. \l ' S I „ - XT'S 1 .aitSillDk. O. iskl «•* - ' Iht M' C». tTXNfc, j **! V- TV fV1 bvii r. .*Vk ,T *i) 4***4 “I*. l ut Ukli'i l uiuul hti» i«r vAhMUfKMi*. \ Signal Viilorj. An imilrticlive Inciilrnl connected with the new regime in Turkey is told in n |>riv ate letier from Mr. J. K, i iirnir, of t'<m*lanlinople, concerning a judicial pnafeding in ttint city. One of lin* preachers attached in the ureal iinatijue of Mohamed the Comiueror 14 Vi lagan in one of hia aermon* to denounce Ilie new order of things. lie maintained that Ituir sacred law mud lv upheld, that the equality of Moham IIK’dolls with “ Infidels eoilni not la tolerated, aiul their women muni la veiled and a* eluded as formerly. Then with a laxly of Jui or i«i men. all ha\ mu while muslin hound around their head to show that they ladonged to a religion* order, he marched to the Sul tan* palace Imagine their surprise ami dismay w hen his majesty appear ed at the window, heard what iheir leader had io say, then hade them la* <|Uiet? < hi thin way hack to '■tamboul the eiowd s|op|ad the carriages ol some of the ministers, voiced the same o|i|M>sition to the new regime ami re ceived suhsianitaily the same com mand to hold (heir tongue*. finally the | teacher and one of hi* ringleader* were quietly arrested, taken lo prliwn, and in due lime brought to trial, on the charge of trying to over throw the government. The chief pris oner claimed that Ida olyevt was not revolutionary, that he was simply try ing to uphold lhe supremacy of the Mohammedan law. lie also claimed that he had seen visions (if >atnU and was inspired, which led hi* counsel to enter a plea of insanity. (hie can not help wondering if till* Turkish ! lawyer had read alHnit certain Inals in our American court*.] Immediately j li e court ordered an examination by several doctors who pronounced the man perfccllv sane lie and his asso elates w ere, therefore, judged guilty of i tieason and sentenced to death. The record of the trtal was given in ; alt the Turkish pa|wrs with tilting comments. Such a trial and condem n at ton was never witnessed in t ou'lan ! It nopie. I*r. Uieene aitds that this is the first ■ politic contest ta-t ween the old Moham medan spirt! and the new liberal Otto man sentiment, but the Young Turkey leaders have openly brought the con tention to a legal test and won the v ns ; lory . It is a salutary lesson lo those Turks who still hold to the old ideas The internal state o! affair* leav es much lo be desired it is a tug task, for in stance, to develop a trustworthy police orgautiai on, but tins is teing effected, though slow tv. The new element core trots the best sentiment of a majority ! of the |<coptc, and the leaders, both civil and tuilllaty, acknow ledge their indebtedness to the Christian schools and colleges, planlevi by i misMonanes ol the American Hoard. w ho have hell* ed to create the right kind of sent!-, meet, t'hanceiior you Huelow says that Die Turkish revolution [ i innar a dignity which inspires the respect cf the whole ettiliml world At xmta t'mi, t a: . on Jan blh it rained molten metal for an hour, which t«sik stiape of shot in ticcKtllaf. It ts supiawcd to be dne to a an tcs.tr. Hu(ier l.rvt *• l“utt(icral..t t hildrfg v um 1 t v 'l '. r it i\ illtfM in I! ,t I'hlidnMI* it :c \t Vk V«>fk,(‘ure FevfHihno' H»*J Sumach, iNyirtlff' llOYt* \ ki rv«.!ij|*e tiwf tu>«l Iksh*v wnini. Over lu.iiki U vitnitvnuni. TWv Inti. \! *n ttru*g$at*. - *V FRKK AtitjlfVea. S. OisiiaicSl, Ia?Ri»v . \ \ Getting an *40id Man." “Hpenking of new " said the boas «.f the sky sera f**r builders. with a twinkle, ‘Yutuicnl things happen even tij» here, the name s iu a t lies ter Sometime* In roab seasons there ulo t enough baud* to go round. and we !i..ip t-# i.ike Vm nr«"'!i a* fiie bill* I had one owe. n kid from Vermont, a whale of a kid. with l*>nes like a borne • nd eves awful anxious to please eyes t?mt made you hke him lie * one of tli*' l#est men I’xv .-'t now. hut then he was green «s < * * ■< I made him.” Ttie foiv.t.au stopped to • buekie. *• i i«. up to file eighteenth floor.' I told him '-ne day. and tiring down an ». d man ' I was bO*y at the time, and v .ik*11 I saw the kid stare I said kind of ,rp 11. *t If ill.*! «<I«t man wasn't here in ii\e minutes the whole blamed ulfdkig w« uid probably go to smash Pii- was just n y way of making him hustle, hut he though! 1 it word fi r word, lie went up on the run. and iu a few minutes he oil me down will* * sputtering. « lawing old feller held ik*‘ a \ ise in his arms. ll«- was the wily old man on the floor ' mu id the kid. and he wanted to stop and argue atiout It. hut from what you said I knew what It meant, so | just grabbed him and came.* "You see the foreman added kind It. noting my puzzled ezpresslon. “an old man happens to t»e the name of a tool we use **- Ererjbody** Magazine I Making Caricatures. Th«* way lu which aoini* artist* can distort features without making them unrecognlttalile 1* certainly very re markat'lc Thomas Nnst |«>»*esacd this faculty to au extraordinary de gree, and be had a very |H*cullar way >f adding new faces to his mental phot iji nib it, ry When a fresh sttlijei t would «rKe In politics, for lu ; stance he would luveni some pretext to call ii|*oti bin >t his office or house and hold him in conversation a* long as iK>s* ie studying hts features When he to* - k li s deperlure he wouid purposely leui c Ins cane Ouce out « le. \ ist w : d make a hasty |wn. I sketi h ou « aril aud would usually dial that his .. ory was dettelent as to some detail lie would then returu I ostensibly for the caue, aud another look at the victim would enable him to pcrf.vt Ills sketch After that he had the man forever. When Jo* Kep , pier was alive tie used to make fre [ueut trips to Washington for the pur (wise of seeing statesmen whom he wanted to drsw He was very clever »l catching likenesses and scarcely ever referred to a photograph. A Wonderful Bird. One day » w, derful Uird tapjved at the window .f Mrs Ntawat ,wtfe ol the famous i: «• evplorvri home at x'hrlstlaula lus: mtly the wludow was opeuisl ami In another moment sbe lOervd the tie messenger with ktss. s and ci revs* The carrier pi peon had l**p way from the cottage thirtv long t ns. twit it had not for gotten the w x home It twswisbt a n.-te from V « ri. stating that all was p ing w, l with iilm and hts expedition In the s* : . ■ ti. Naum had fasten tsi a uh-ss.:.-, to the blrx! at J turtis«d It j lis.se l'tie frt : courier darted out into the b n y air It tiewr like an I arrow over •, .isatvd miles of froaea was’,- a d * "ped forward over an j of' «*r t: uulew of wean and P1 'au 'ts and one morning •—.lerrs! .■ w1 lowr of the waiting -■•css a ,d delivered th* message ' J cco awaiting so aux kwisty. H.'- J kt* Folks Ksow It. ' ti.* to tl»e society aft.ua »H that U row. ) | - o :c t e» were .wit at an aft i ■ ' ■ . rty. A stvwtt WvWhaL ) dropj**d a cart! to the "Would you be so kind as to pi k u|> that card f..r me'.-" she Inquired of the little wo man at her right. “Certainly,'' said the accommodating woman at the right, picking up the card. "You see." explained the stout wo man a|H>loget . ally. "I've got on a brand new fifty dollar corset, and I'm afraid I'll strain It If 1 lean over.” “Hum!" commented the other wo man enviously "If 1 had a fifty dol lar corset I’d mar It on the outside. I realiy would " —Cleveland 1'laln Dealer. Ornaments of the Peerage. I-ord i.y ,1 Is an anient parage reformer and tells an anecdote In this • .tine. ii..n for wh .se authenticity he pietist*** hie self This narrates how a famous statesman of the nineteenth century « ts -al .-d u|»on to visit his son In pris. ,1 lie biltcrly reprouched him. remarking, "Here am 1, having worked my way up from a middle class home to a great position, and when 1 die you will Is- the greatest 1 blackguard In the |s‘enige.'' The son listened quietly and then replied, with terrible Irony, “Yes-when you die.” Another of Laird I.yvedeu * peerage stories is equally piquant. The son of a peer applied to a friend In the north of England for a housekeeper and was recommended a certain Mrs. Brown. The peer wrote to the woman accord ingly to the effect that, having learned particulars of her character, he was willing to engage her as his house keeper and making an ap|s<iutment for her to call and see him on a certain date. The gvsnl woman replied: Mv Lord—From what 1 have learned of your character 1 decline to enter your house. I am your lords lip* obedient servant, ANNE BROWN. — Westminster Gazette. Tho Plays Mixed. During one of his tours in this coun try. when the late Sir Henry Irving was playing “Twelfth Night'' in New York, he rerea!*l absentmindedness I and greatly amused the members of his eouipany and the audience. As 1 Malvollo he was expressing surprise at a remark of Sir Toby "Do you know what you say?” be asked To his surprise, a roar of laughter echoed through the house, and his stage associates were convulsed. He repeated the line, putting undue emphasis on the prououn. and agalD i the audience shouted with laughter It was not until after the perform anoe he learned that quite uncoiist t ais ly he bad been parodying the wall known words of "The I'rlvate Scre ! tary." His only explanation wa* that It was done In a hit of forgetfu mass while thinking of ihe other play.- : Chicago Keourd Herald. A Ghost Story. Floors castle, home of the Duke ol It ox burg he, was the scene of a curious psychi al mystery over a century ago sir Walter S, *tt rebates the it* dent John, third duke of Roxhurghe. «b, dosl in the celebrated book col . tes ter, w Io n arranging his library em ployed nr i.er a set rotary nor a liiira rian. tmt a fuotmaa called Archie, who knew every bock as a sl.epbeid does eucb sheep of hit tb* k. 1 Lore was a bell bung la the duke's rtaun at K tours si.-vli W"''» used on rt'-asii ti except to call Archie to his study. The duk. •lied in St James' square at a time when An hie was himself sinking ue der a mortal complaint. Oa the day of the funeral the library bell sudden ly rang vi.-iecity The dying Archie sat up la t#ed and faltered, "its, my h>rd uuke. yest. I w ill wait on your grace i- start!. " And with fpese 1 w rds «ji > s t-y '(t*,. ; Uvi t. vts. S* J .. git's tjt.t The Broken Bottle Symbol. The breaking - f . i oitle over the i how of a vessel at launching sterna to ,<e taken by nj.tuv people us having a •ourivial, a sort of here's o’okiug-at you sigiiii>--an< e. hut nothing of the k i d is t; , ant: neither has it any asso ciation with Christian baptism. for the name of a nian-of war is given months before the launching. The real thing typified Is sacritlee Building a town or setting a ship atii at was a sol emn matter away hack in thediui i>ast. ami Midi an act was tail to lie under taken without devoting a life to pro pitiate the g ds i Mir mined nod hu ! mane eB ih:n. t aoi u-. o...ger dares to offer u[> u prisoner or a slave on sueh occasions 1 tie .efi re a bottle Is broken to sytuboiize the taking of a man's life —I fitted Sendee Gazette. Jerome's Mistake. One of it e r v \ isshudes of .ip roa-e K Jerome an a tor was to tie offered his fti"r - of playing the part of either a soldier or a donkey in a pantomime, a real donkey with four legs After careful consideration be thought the red > out the more becom Ing disguise and chose the part of the soldier Apparently he made a mistake from the point of view of success, at ail eteitts. for a few days afterward the manager came to him and said: “You made a great mistake. Jerome. Id not taking the part of the donkey It would Jnst suit you. and there's 5 shillings a week more in It.” A Coin Trick. Hub a coin age lust a «tii‘>ofh. upright surface for a lilt Ip while. tbrn press it bard and take ymir hand away from It. You will bp *urt)riso(l perhaps to see this coin stick to the wood. The rea son is ihat in rubbing the coin orer the wood ami then pressing it hard, yon drive out all the air tietween the two objects, ami the pressure of the at mosphere keeps the eotu ill its place. Just Suited Her. “Please, ma am. I haven't a friend or a relative in the world." said the tramp “Well. I'm clad there's no one to worry over you in case you get hurt. Here. Tiger " said the housekeeper. Getting His Own Back. “The giraffe hn« a tongue eighteen Inches long." said Mrs Talk more. \:<1 km ns how to hold It. too." ■'f « led Mr Talk more, who bad had a tit urtalo evture the night before.— London Answers Pon t try to he * mind reader. Think bow- uncomfortable it would be to know what people are thinking about vou —Atchison lllnle Crazy. “We find the prisoner not guilty by reason of insanity." "But the plea was not that of in sanity." remarked the court. "That's usf the (mint we made." re joined the f reman. "W'e decided that ant man w v ■ didn t have sense enough to km w that au insanity plea was the proper i;,».er must be crazy.”— Phila delphia ledger He Was Sensitive. B l - Y i re pretty nni. h stuck on M - Cold*, aren't y..u. oid man? H ' - i » « >11 e t ut after what v‘ <:>'d to rae ! t-T right I'm not going *<> ' ■> .my «i. re to her >:w : >.« _ \Y t did <he say? H i-»—“h *""—< let eland Leader. Freaeman Mathematics. f>est by—Profess, r. is it ever possi ble to take the greater from the less? “There is a pretty ckwe approach to it w hen the eon-eit is taken oat of a fresman."—Jewish Ledger. blank deeds AT TBIS OFFICE ■o Cyclone Of Ambition. o i Copyright. lam, bv Am»rlo»n Preaa Ana If any one bad told Thompson Thom as six mouths before the general elac tjon of 19— that be would be a caudi f..r oflke he would hare laughed him to scorn. Thomas was the tiost ana-sosuing man in the world. Small, l-aid. nearsighted, with a soft Toke *nd extreme gentleness of manner, ho was esi>eciall? unfitted for participa tion in an exciting campaign. One day a widow, impecunious and ambitious, hearing of Mr. Thompson and his income, made up her mind to marry him. There are various ways of appropriating a man. The widow chose that of carrying him by storm. When the storm was over Mr. Thomas was a marrb-d man. • The wedding occurred five months and two weeks before the election. At the end of a week's honeymoon Mr. Thomas took up his paper one morn ing and read: ciation ] T'rere Is a movement on foot to plars Thom? Thomas a rum shoe politician of the Seventh ward, in nomination for may or. We hope It will not succeed. We need a practical business man for tba po sition. not a drone. Mr. Thomas teas astounded. Calling his wife, he showed her the item. •Well,” she said. "1 know I've married a drone. l>ut I don't intend that my husband shall remain a drone. I baTe some ambition. I and you are one. We will work together. I am arrang ing for your candidacy myself.” "But. my dear" — "I have the promise of the bosa that you shall hare the nomination. All that is required is your check for >o. 000 for election expenses"— •■five thousand dollars!” “Which will be well spent. You have never taken any stuud In the town whatever, but the mayoraliy will"— Mr. Thomas groaned. Then ha showed a bit of fight—the only fight he had ever shown in his life—but Mrs. Thomas so out-Heroded Herod in a war of words that her husband was cowed. He did not consent to the ttiovean :.t his wife had Inaugurated any more than a mao consents to he dr wite.l; he was si.,- ply submerged. Ti - #.*.« *' was handed in to the U»ss, wh> after ilepo-iting the lion's share to tiie ■t»-!!i ,,f the "organization" lie g p ' ■ out the rest to the heelers. T' : s..:, Thomas r>- ived the nom inaie n Jt".>, n Tadlelieu w- s put up by ihe op|»-i ion boss, and the people Im eau.e giettii i: ; -y- ted in what they considered tie ir franchise as American . Itizens. The morning after the nom ination Mr Thomas was surprised to read in a journal—the mouthpiece of the party he represented—an interview with himself. He was not aware of having Us n interviewed and spoke of his astonishment to his wife. She in formed him that it was a “faked” in terview for political purposes. Among other things that had been put into his mouth, was this: "Mr Thomas, w hat ar® your views con* cernlng the trusts?” I ton.v ter them unholy alliances to grind the faces of the poor.” “And how do you stand on the labor i jest ion ” ”1 look upon the laborer as a man and a brothei If elected. 1 snail do all In my , o'. <-■ to ad1. ** li < interests at the ex Mr. Tivunas mis i .-ignant. "What pothouse politi ian put that in tuy mouth?'* lie 'aid to his wife "1 would •e au idiot to advance the laborer's tiler d ai the expense of Ids era ploy • ' Wl: . wa-ul l thv* 1,.1-oper be if his employer w.-re degraded T* “No im. use jkj, Tie!; n wrote it. toy lear 1 was informed that your views a <1 be required, ami 1 \ at that ia •ay *uf. Yu mod s* ind well with ' e 1-iliorer or you will be defeated.” i a n came demands for more funds. Mr 1 hoi:, is it*1 lived, but one day's bat r»e w;:b !ii- wife was sufficient, and he -Hive another check and another and mother til! most of his capital was in vested iu his candidacy for an office he didn’t want. Cut the crowning agony was the abuse heaped u|>on him by the opposition When he read the follow ing lie fainted dead away: There is a man ;ust now prominent be fore li t j utv. ■ o. it i? i-.:mored, if he r.a«l his ust dt**’ •« would be behind bars rather than soliciting the votes of his countrymen Cck:M the opposition sink rower than nomu ..te one who 1ms sought b> even means in his power to throw dust about his past** Only a jury of those <-our.tr' er. could throw' a searchlight uj*on that record he seeks to hide. As s«»on as Thomas could poll himself togethi r he went to the newspaper of tice and demanded to see the man who wrote the article. “You mustn't mind a little thing like that. Mr. Thomas,’* the scribbler, smiling. “They say i ~ s fair in love and war. They forgot 'o put 'In politics..But 1*11 have the lv»w of you.” “Oh, we haven't men tioned you. Good day, Mr. Thomas. Hope you'll meet with success.” The morning of the 4th of November “line at last. A president was elected with an eclat that diverted attention from the minor offices. Mr. Thomas, ooking iu his morning paper for hit record, saw in one comer: Thompson Thomas was defeated for mayor of - Certain presidential votes were needed, and some 15.000 that would have elected Thor a* wer® traded for the presidential candidate. Mr. Thomas’ married life was of short duration Ills wife. wbQ had swooped down upon him at the proper time to nominate him for office, the morning after his defeat left him to enter other fields of ambition She had come like a Kansas cyclone, raged fiercely, then passed on. leaving a wreck behind her. Mr. Thomas gmhered up the fragments and found there was just enough left to pay the expenses of a divorce. 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