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"Oat man don't 'pear to havo no Bfl mo' sonso dan a musslful Provldonco BB englnerly 'stows on young whoolbar- BB. rsrsl He boats his wlfo Law-suzzl BB t ain't sayln' sho don't need It, uh-kaso BB sho doi Hut dat ain't do p'lnt, and de BB blame fool beats her so bad dat ho has BB to hlro a doctor for her 'most orery BB J tlmol What kind o' flnanclom' arln BB S datt i axci y0llf Yassaht what kind!" BB Puck. B All Now Wear Shoes. BB ' Of tho making of shoos thore may BB be said literally to bo no end, for prac-i BB Ucally all tbo 66,000,000 pcoplo in this BB country wear them. Tho days when a BBV tonsldorablo portion of the population Hfc went barefooted, or only woro foot BBk coverings on special occasions, or BBY when tbo weather was lnclomcnt, bare BBT long passed away. Hvon In tho most BBJ jural regions tbo "barefoot boy with BBJ cheek of tan" has como to bo a thing BBJ of the past. B 8hoot F,,h wlth Arrows. Ifn tho South seas nnd In various L groups of Islands In tho Indian ocean, sssssl, the aborigines shoot flsh with the f bow and arrow. Tho art is oxtromoly BBY difficult, as In taking aim at an object BB7 under water tbo archer has to allow BBJ for refraction. If ho were to aim BBJ directly at the fish as ho sees It, be BBJ would, of course, miss. Long practlca BBJ has, however, mado the natives expert BBja (a tbla sporL BBB) Judge Worthy of tha JHnch. BBBj (a the court of Judge Klamroth, of BBB Pasadena, Cal., the other day, when a BBB witness had tesUfled that aha was BBJ " rnarrled and a cross-examining attor- BBL oey asked her: "Will you awear that pjBkaa- -ri - 'ott narrledT" the Judge atopped B ' blaa and made him apologise, remark- BBBBA ' leg: "Never, In tho right yearn I BBBBB have held court nuve allowed r K, woman to be Insulted." IjIjBsV Greyhound's Historic Lineage. BBV l( The Eastern greyhound has beet, BBY I from time Immemorial thu huutlns BBY v 'dog of the Eastern plains, and, makln BBj I i allowances for the artlcttc attalnmonti BBT J of those early periods, wo find re pro BBJ sentatlons of him which are almost BBJ Identical with the dogs of to-day oi BBJ the monumonta and tombs of ancient BM 7 KrpL P It Was a Nuojst. BBJ Workmen woro digging a drain neai BBJ tho city ball of llcndlgo, Houth Africa, BBJ when the pick of one of them re BBJ ttoundod after having struck some BBJ thing hard.' "That must bo a nug BBJ et," remarked a jocular bystander BBJ "I'll took," said thu workman, ami thi BBJ- noxt moment bo had a lump of quarts BBJ thickly studded with gold In bli BBJ bands. BBJ Bald by the Obstrver. BBJ Clever women aro always greatly BBV admired, but the silly ones get mar BBF H Scheduled All Real Estate. Bl The lax collector of Adeluldo, South BBJ Australia, officially reports tho con- BBJ sclontlousnesa of a taxpayer who, In BBJ Kottlng up a statement of tho roal es BBJ tato ho owned, for taxation purposes, BBJ put down a piece of land of his rncaa BBJ tiring nine feet by six fret In " BBJ eeniotory," and under that column, BBJ "'Nanio of Occuplir," gave that of his BBJ loparted wlfo. BBJ Budding Newspaper Men. BBJ Tho smallest newspaper prlntod In BBJ Maine Is the North Wayno Star, pub- BBJ lUhod twlco a month for tho punt two BBJ or three jears by two young boys. BBJ Tho pages are only Hx6 Inches, but BBJ thore are IS of them and thoy are BBJ ulways tilled with Interesting local BB BBJ Many Ways of Cooking Dananas. BBJ Dananas are served In tho sumo way BBJ us plantains Ia the Woat ludlos, and BBJ the Amorlcans anxious to And a new iuid delicious addition to tho dairy jIII of fare cannot do better than try rlod or baked green bananas, or, jolted and pounded, they can be fried BJ ia boiling grease. BBJ Prevalence of Suicides. BBJ The Clvlllta Catbollca drawa a dli- BBJ pressing and melancholy picture of tha fuloldo epldemta In Kurope, Within he last 30 years not less than a rail BJ ioa suicides have been committed In BBJ Kurope, and In this total Oermany BBJ alone Heart's with 300,000, BJ In Crowded New York. BBJ Packing o( the poor population of BBJ Now York city Is shown by tho fact BBJ that the most thickly settled tenement BBJ' houso blocks have Increased In popu- BBJ latlon 34 pur cwnt In the lust five BBaL NO OVERC0AT8 IN ALASKA. Army Officer Says It Is Not Safe to Wear Them There. "You do not find nnyono wearing overcoats In AlnBka, oven In tho wln cr," said MaJ. F. M. M. Ileall, recent ly returned fiom thnt territory. "Tho principal thing to bo careful about Is keeplns tho head, hands nnd feet warm. In that part of Alaska whoro I havo been tho only land transportation Is by dog sleds nnd to follow them one hns to drop into n dog trot bcsldo tho sled. "An ordinary suit Is plenty thick enough to kcop you warm ami an overcoat In dangerous In that tempor nturo. Trotting alongside a slod wear ing nn ovorcoat would make you por splro nnd tho bitter cold would freeze tho perspiration. "Tho men thero wear a fur cap that covers ovory part of tho head and faco except tho eyes nnd thero Is only a llttlo pcep-holo for them. Wool lined mitts nro worn on tho hands and moccasins with woolen stockings on tho feet" MaJ. Beall has been threo years In Alaska, commanding Fort Gibbon, tho garrison consisting of two compnnlcs of tho Third United States lnfuntry. Ho Is now on Ioao of absence "Fort aibbon Is 000 miles up tho Yukon rlvsr and 7C mllen south of the SUCCEEDS SIR MORTIMER DURAND. Mr J0 34 James Dryco has acceptod tho appointment of Drttlsh ambassador to tho United States In succession to Sir Mortimer Durand. It Is understood that Mr. Dryco's nppolntmont will not take effoct until tho rcassembllke of parliament In February. Jt ""BBaBaj --'- ------ r r arctic clrclo," ho said, "and tho rlvor Is frozen up most of tho year. In that tlmo dog sleds nro usod, but when the rlvor opens steamers como up fre quently. Sometimes tho rough charac ters traoling around tho country tnko possession of a river steamer and It's part of our work to rcstoro order and recapture tho steamer. "Tho chlot work of tbo soldlora at Fort aibbon Is to keep tho tolograph linos going." Too Rapid Growth. Tho minister's six-year-old son Is of a vory critical, literal turn of mind, and his father's sermons somotlmos piuxlo him sorely. Ho rogarda his fa thor as tho ombodlment of truth and wisdom, but ho has difficulty In har monising tho domlnlo's pulpit uttor nncos with tho world ns It really Is. Ills parents tncotirngo him to express his opinions, and clear up his doubts an much as possible. So ono Suieiny at dinner, nftor a long porlod of thought, thoy wuro not surprised when ho said gravely: "Papa, ou said ono thing In your sermon today that I don't think Is so at nil." "Woll, what's that, my boy?" askod tho clergyman. "Why, papa, you said 'tho boy of tn-day Is tho man of to-morrow.' That's too coon." Honest. duest Walter, what do you mean by this? You bring mo tho fish first and tho Boup nftor. Wultor (confidentially) To toll you tbo truth, Blr, tho fish would not koop any longor. Translated for Transat lantic Talon from Fllogondo niattor. i THEN THEY PASSED ON. I Lurid Pun Marked End of Conversa tion Between Poets. "My son," askod the aged Virgil, !an thoy paused to rest In a Bunslilitf spot In order to aotd meeting so many shades, "my son, looking back over what you havo beheld slnco coming to this place, which do you consider la tho worst Canto ou havo ecn?" "Number nlno and rt half, series H. Dat's do sausage." answered Danto without hesitation. ' "Tho saiiBae7" Inquired Virgil. "I moan do wurst," hnstlly corrected tho poet. "And why, my son?" further nosled his guide. "Well, dat's -vhero do ghost of Hill do burkeep wouldn't stand mo off fer a couplo o' drinks. He said mo faco was dead, nn' I can't owo dnt house any fln't Hut wot's dat place over dorc, where dcy make bo much nolso? Ilo mlnds ine of do boiler shops back o Lnfferty's caffy." ' "That," explained Virgil, "Is called tho threo L resort." j "Do wot?" gasped Danto In short motor. J "Tho threo L'sj It stands for tno Lurid Liars' Lnlr. AH liars aro put to work hero for a season," said VIrg. "Wot dey doln'?" ' Forging lies,' 'answered Virgil, and then after wondering whether poeTy license would bo likely to bo found at tho threo L's, thoy passod tho ralso. Toledo DIado. Didn't Like His Tombstone. W. W. Mayes of near Thompson, who Is In his eighty-eighth year, has ouod his daughter, Mrs. Eliza Glvcns, for I97.C0, which ho claims ho loaned hor, to bo returned when ho requested It, nays tho Columbia Herald. Mrs. fJlvonn acknowledges that tho monoy'was paid to hor to purchaso a tombstono nnd to meet hor fathor'a funornl expenses at his death. The monoy was given to Mrs. Glvcns years ago, nnd It was In gold. Rocently Mrs. CI I vims bought a monument for her father for uso whon ho should die, paying G0 for it, nnd hor father saw It and approved of tho bargain. Hut lately ho changed his mind about the matter, and tho action was recently taken Into court. Tho jury awarded plaintiff Judgment In tho amount of $50, dofendnnt to pay tho costs. An Energetic Conductor. Charles Santloy, tho English tonor, who eolobrates his Jublleo as n slngor noxt year, rolates an nmuslng story. "I wns Blnglng nt n provincial town whon tho conductor gavo mo a sharp rap on my head. A fow minutes lator ho again hit mo. Ho af forward bo stowed his attention on tho lady vc callBt, whoso chignon ho contrived, with n slnglo flourish, to dotnch from hor head, much to hor annoyunco and lnconvontenco, ns sho had to contlnuo hor solo holding tho chignon In Its plnco with ono hand and her musto with tho other." CONGO FREE STATE TERRITORY. I ThlB tn tho torrltoi) over which such n florco dUputo ia raging over th I conduct of thu Kovcrnmuut nnd tho demand thnt u concert of Kuropo i .tor ;oyo lu thtt nlirvd I tit cm eat of humanity. FORT FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS HISTORIC M'HENRY TO BE USED I BY MARYLAND MILITIA. National Guard Secure Lease of Place Which Is to Be Deserted by the Federal Forces Next April. It is so often tho privilege of cltl ten soldiers to' comn Into possession of a fort nnd parado grounds which fairly thrill and pulunto with historic memories of Mynlt and demotion to tbo country's Hag ami l'"- nation's safety and honor, but such Is tho case with tho national gilaid of tho s tato of .Maryland, which has through tho efforts of thu cltlens of Haiti moro and Adjt. (Ion. Clinton L. Hlggs, of tho mllltla organization, necured a fivo-year lenso of l-itrt Mcllonry after It Is nbnmlnwd by lite war de partment on Aptll 1, iyi". Thus will the old fort mado fmiioim In the song of the "Star-Spangled llanner," of Francis Scott Key, bo preset ved, and tho stars and stripes will contlnuo to float from tho old rnmpnrtr. as thoy did on that mcmnrablu Soptembor morning of 1811, when tho rising sun, piercing tho smoko ot buttle during tho bombardment of tho fort by tho British, disclosed thorn to tho delight ed vlow of Key, Imprisoned on ono of tho British warships, and Inspired him to wrlto "Tho Stnr-Spangled llan ner. Tho land of which Fort McHcnry Is a part was taken up In 1CG1 under tho nnmo ot Whctstono Point, under patent by Charles Gorsuch, a mem bor of tho Society of Friends. Its Importanco as a military fort was early recognized, and In 1770 It had boon strengthened by tho construc tion of n water battery, then lm prognablo, honey-combed by maga zines and secret underground pas sageways. This battel y still stands Intact, facing the water approaches ot tho city from tho south. Tho fol lowing year, In preparation of a visit from tho British, a boom was constructed between Whctstono Point and tho Lazaretto, and a great chain suspended by 21 Hiiukeii bay vessels was stretched across tho cntranco to tho harbor. Tho fort romalncd un der tho control of tho stnto until 1793, when It wns turned over to tho na tional government, and named In honor of Col. Jumes McHcnry, of Maryland, who wns secretary of war In Washington's cabinet. In 1794, with funds raised by public aS- ' - Progressive. "I hear you'vo fired your old stenog rapher?" "Yop." "What for?" "So I could omploy a young ono." Houston Post. Located. "Did you hear that there wm a BKolctou In Jones' family?" , "You don't Bay bo! Where?" , "Insldo of Jones." Milwaukee Sen- tlnel. subscription, a great fivo star fort of brick, corned and earth was erect ed, whoso dungeons In tho civil war becamo the pilson of somo of tho most prominent citizens ot Haltlmoro whoso loyalty to tho union was huh pectod and whose activities wero feared, For more than 130 jears the stal wart rnmparts of the fort have kept a tireless vigil, lu times of penro they have glcumcd lesplendent In their cloak or green. In times of war they havo frowned dellance nt the foe. The old fort Is not ho close to Hal tlmoip that an Invading force, safe ly out of reach of lt guns, might eas ily bombard Haltlmoro at will. New forta moio HUltnbly located and with modern equipments have been con structed to eoiio with the great war- 11 CibL' tj 9hIB 1 r Entrance to Old Fort McHenry. ships ot tho day, nnd the usefulness of tho old fort, even ns an Inner de fense. haB nassed awnv absolutely. Hut It will llvo lu history, linked with tho national song. On September 13, 18U, nftor the sacking ot Washington, tho Hrltlsh fleet camo up the bay, having on board tho troops under tho vctoran Gen. Ross. It was tho tatter's boast that ho would eat his supper "In Hal tlmoro or hell." Ho never got to Baltimore, having been killed at North Point, whcie ho landed In tho early part of tho battle. Francis Scott Key, h distinguished sou nt Maryland, had on the evening before tho bombatdment gonu on the Amerlcnn enrtel ship Mind en tinder n flng of truco to effect tho rclenso ol somo captured friends. Ho and Ills vcsbcI wero detained In order thnt ho might not take back Information of tho lively preparations ho witness ed for tho bombardment. Tho Mind en was anchored In sight of tbo fort. Whllo tho bombardment raged In tho night nnd early morning, ho be gan to compose tho lusplilng lines. Far Famed Yosemite Valley. placed under the protect Kino care of federal gov i ernment. Future Generations Will Thus Be As eured of Beholding the Wonders of Nature'a Strang Moods. Future generations who will visit tho YoBomlto valloy and marvel at tho wonderful beauty nnd grandeur ot this ganlen spot will bo gratoful to tho fcdoral government, by whoso act In tho year 1900 this spot In tho great state of California was preserv ed as a perpetual gnvemmont reser vation. With tho taking over of tho "mysterious valley," as It used to bo called, now boundary lines havo boon survoyed. nnd within threo months tho hitherto tedious stngo Journoy over tho moiintnlns will havo given placo to tho trolley lino which enters tho valley through u canynu at Ita wcBtoru end, and next spring the tourlstB who visit tho wonderful place will bo nhto to maka the trip comfortably by trolleyr-tho requisite electricity for which will bo furnished by wator power. Tho reservation, ns now officially outlined, la 32 tnlloa In width, from cast to west, and 40 miles long from north to south. Hut tho valley Itself Is only six miles long by hair a mllo In width. It Is sunk just about ono mllo vertically bolow thu gonornl lovol of tho adjacent region, resem bling a gigantic trough of Irregular Bhapo, hollowed nut In tho mountains. Nearly In tho center of tho state of California, tho Yosomlto b ICC miles from San Francisco, as tho crow flics a llttlo south of cost. In early days tho whites In that part of California had a good deal of troublo with tho Indians, Bottlers balng murdorod occasionally, and vn rlous outrages committed, It wns learnod that tho savages had somo sort of retreat far up In thu moun tainsa natural stronghold, In which they doemod themselves safe fiom pursuit or attack and, curiosity on tho subject being excited, a military expedition was organized to explnro the region nnd drive out tho Indlnns, Undor tho guidance of an old chief, Tonaya, whoso nanio Is porpotuatcd In a beautiful lake betwoen Mount Hoffmann and Cathodral poak, tbo party finally reached tho valloy, wlioso wonders thoy wero first of civ ilized human beings to behold. Thoy killed somo of tho Indlann and mado peace. Nevertheless, not long after ward, In 18C2, n party ot minors was attacked by redskins In tho valloy, two of them being slain near Bridal Veil meadow. Another expedition followed, moro Indians wero killed, nnd tho rest wero driven out, being compelled to tnko refugo with a trlbo of Monos nn tho east side of tho Sierras. Hut troublo followed: tho fugitives stole horses from tho Mo nos, fled to tho Yosemite, woro over taken, and In n battle wero almost en tirely exterminated. In 18CC tho first pleasuro travel to tho Yosemite -began, and n trnll en tering tho valloy from tho south sldo was opened. Tho first houso wan built lu that year, opposite Yosomlto falls. Tho whole region wan orig inally part of tho public domain be longing to thu government of tho United States, but tho government .gavo tho valloy tn California, though retaining possession of nu extrnslvo surrounding nrcn, which, together with tho valley, bus boon known for many yenru ns tho Ynsemlto park. Tho word Yosumlto means grizzly bear. In tho valley when tho whites llrst came, thero woro, It Is suld, nlno villages, comprising about COO souls. These pcoplo wuro of tho Ml wok, who wero much tho largest na tion In California, their ancient do minion extending over u conslrerablo portion of thu state- Tho mountain vallejs in thoso days wero thlnkly poopled, nnd along thu rivers, which woro full of iIbIi, numoioiis villages woro scattered. Hut they wort) very prlmltlvo savages, both soxos and all ages going entirely linked. Tholr do Hceudants today nro commonly known as Digger, and ovory autumn thoy gnthor, In nnd about this valloy, quan tities of acorns, which aro their chief food supply, and which they store In curious cvllndrlcal receptacles of basket-work fastened on posts or In tho forks of trees. Inheritance. Mr. Gudd Doos your boy take after you, or his father? Mrs. Gabb Ho takes after bin father. You never can bcllovo a word ho says. N. Y. Weekly Unable to ' peclfy. Ilugglea How aro tha heating ar rangements In vour flat? Ilamago Heating urrangoraents? 'ihoro'B a mitigating circumstance or t in tho basement, I bollovo, hut I don't know of ativ thing as definite an an arrangement. Chicago Tribune Brute. Knlcker Whenv do ou tuKo tho hoav) meal of tho d.ij ? llockei- Wheu m wife tool.a t.- N Y. Suu. LIEUTENANT BOWMAN. H ?iBBBM ? " ""v JrmaBBBM BBBBBBBBBE . W? - 5 3Bb1 BBBBBBBBBs 5-X'' V " jS zK wBJ bCBBBB ' jBBk '' i$$s: ''BBBBT5nl UJBBJi B3Bi y-vjeBBBBB. IN FOKfifHOlS PE-RU-NII CURED HIM. Cold Affected Head and Throat Attack was Severe. Chas. W. Bowman, 1st Lieut, and AdJL 4th M. 8. M. Cav. Vols., wrltoa from Lanham, Md., an follows: "Though somewhat nverso to pat ent medicines, and still moro averse to bocomlng a professional nfudavlt man, It seems only n plain duty ia tho present Instance to add my ex perlonco to tho columns already writ ten concerning tho curntlvo power ot Pcruna. l haxe been particularly benefited by Ita use for colds In the head and throat. I have been able to fully cure myself of a most severe attack In forty-eight hours by Its use according to directions. I use It as a preventive whenever threatened with an attack. "Members ot my family also use It for Ilko ailments. Wo nro recom mending It to our friends." I Chas. W. Bowman. 'Ask Your Drugxlst tor Prce Perun Almanac tor 1907. I - . Invention Long Looked for. A Paris paper devoted to sclontlOe subjects announces tho discovery of a practical method ot shielding watches and clocks from all magnetlo influences. It U said to bo the work ot a watchmaker named Lcroy. Important to Mothers. XubIm csrtrally every txxile of CASTOBU, a f u4 tare rtSMdy for tarsal sad children, tad m tbt It Blput.ir.of (4MyfA&&JU4! ' la Use Yut Over so Ycr. Tba Kind Yoa Usee Alwrcrs Boat at Long 8lght. The longest distance ever com passed by human vision Is 183 miles, being tho distance between the Un compargho park. In Colorado, and Mount F.llen, in Utah. Thin feat waa accomplished by the surveyors ot the' United States coast and geodotlc sur vey, who were engaged. In conjunc tion with representatives of other na tions, In making i now measurement of the earth. Want Overshoes Made to Order. "Ono peculiar featuro of tho shoe trade this season Is tho domand for overshoes made to order," said the mannger ot a shoe store. "Many womon aro wearing shoos with rather narrow, pointed toes and tho broad rubbors now on tho mnrkot aro cer tainly not a vory good fit, What our customers want Is an overshoe that doesn't look llko a gunboat, hence the frequent orders for overshoes with graceful linos." N. Y. Sun. THE FIRSTJWINCE Of Rheumatism Calla for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills If You Would Be Easily Cured. Mr. Frank Llttlo, a well known citi zen ot Portland, Ionia Co., Mich., was curod ot a sovoro rnso ot rhoumatlsra by Dr. Wllllamo' Pink Pills. In speak ing about It recently, ho said: "My I body wan run down and in no condl- 1 tlon to withstand dlscaso and about flvo years ago I begun to feel rhou- H matlo palna In my arms and across g my back. My arras and logs grow N numb and tho thoumntlsm Boomed to B eettlo In every joint bo that I could hardly move, whllo my arms wore M useless at times. I was unablo to I Bleep or rost well and my hoart pain- H ed mo so terribly I could hardly stand H IL My atomach becamo sour and fl bloated after oatlng and this grow bo bad that I had Inflammation ot tho stomach, I waa extremely ncrv- ( ous and could not bear tho least 1 nolso or excitement. Ono wholo side ot my body becamo paralyzed. "An I said before, I had been suff ering about flvo years and Beoracd to doctors, when a frlond bore In Port land told me how Dr. Williams' Pink Pills bad cured him ot neuralgia In the face, even after the pain bad drawn It to ono aide. I decided to try the pills nnd began to seo some fl Improvement soon nfter using them. g This oncouraged mo to keep on until I was entirely cured I havo never had a return nt the rheumatism or ot H tbo para!) sis n The pills are for sale by all drug- V gists or sent, postpaid, on receipt ot ft prlco, B0 rents per box, six boxes I2.B0 by th D Williams ModlclM Company, Schor.cdady, N. Y. I