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>!' of tha thirfty.
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! At the etui of the month you may wonder where all the "
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that’s all you know about it.
Here are two suggestions which, if followed up, w ill reduce
your expenses and allow you to have money ;n the bank
RULES
| i- Keep an exjvensc record.
2, Spend less than you earn.
; j The lirst makes the second one easv; The second one w ill
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BLUEFIELU, W. VA.
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VV. H. Thomas, ('.(). Wright. P. J. Kelly, /
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THE GRAND
Ol’KN—2 TO <», 7 To 10:30.
Two Reels—Illustrated Song
Entirely New Film Service
BIOGRAFH: In the Watches of the Night.
Second Reel: Maud Muller.
Percy Reed: “Flello, Angel Face’
By GEORGE V. WILLIA^C
(Copyright, 1W9, b' A mot lean X'rrB^; ,\s»o
elation.) . B
We were sitting In a duly nit Wash
ington talking altout life *»n &hat in
•he sixties were called “the plains.',
when the natural state was struggling
against civilization.* \\ lien thoQ*:iv:ig<
whs not yet extinct there and when
tie buffalo was bllekillg :>e;.l«st—rtTP
locoinotive. There was Tom iflcrtUlc.
have Hoggs. Tom hurham ijpl mm
self We had all lived hey Bid tly#
Missouri river in those haley.%) days
Some of us had been worse flan we#
vliould have boon, but we itunjK n fair*
average sample of the population. One
of our number had reached linin'uitvd
States senate, another was a. ivImV
(tentative, while a third was a big
land dealer In the region of w*j|kieh \vy
were speaking. The fourth. Thin |w>e
ham. was a prominent eletvyfmn.
“I hi any of yon remember! Phoebe
Husk?" asked Sherlkle. "who- kepi a
boarding bouse tlrst nt .lulesburg, then
at I.aratnie, following tin* Dillon Pa
eifle an Jt made new terminals?”
All owned to a remembrance of her
except the Kev. Mr. Durham, who
maintained silence.
I be biggest piece of blind lurk 1
over hoflrtl of." Shorlkle continued
“slit* furnished. You know how she
used to play poker with the boys?
t>he made money regularly at tavern
keeping, but sla* made more by pokeh.
She was a Jolly, good nntured. good
hearted .woman whom every I Ad y
lik«Hl and was considered perfectly
straight in every respect. Sin* eon Id
spot a regular gambler and would nev
er play with any of them.
“"’ell. this is the story I heard ahou^
her great stroke of luck, and I got It
from one of tin* men at the table, who
had no interest In lying about It A
number of her I onrders sni down to
play one night In her parlor and asked
her to join them. She said she'd rath
er not. She didn't want to win their
money and somehow she fell that
she'd he awfully lucky. She could al
ways tell, she said, when she was go
ing to win big. But the hoys persuad
ed her. and she took a hand..
‘Talk ns you please, there's a lot in
these feelings that some pcoply have
tybout something that's going to haj$
pen. I've been there myself. When 1
was developing my ehbm at 1 M'ndwfcturi
l knew the day before I struck The
vein that made me rich that I was fn
f->r a strike. Then; was no ln<Jb(*aU)on
of it any more than there hid} bn-ui
when I began to work with my’nick
Nevertheless I knew It. 1 meittJoU
this to show you Just how* I'hoche
Husk felt.
“There were half a do&en of them In
the party. A youngster of eighteen, i
a tenderfoot from the «-. st, wanted to
take n hand, but f’hoehe wouldn't ro
In unless In* stayed out. So the laniker
wouldn’t give him any The
cards tiad been dealt live or • It tVines I
when the game was opened with n
jackpot. ft happened to he one of
those occasions when everybody had
a good hand. The pile on the table
kept growing.till at last Phoebe called
a halt. She said she didn’t want her
house to get the reputation of running
sue!) a big game. One man drew two
cards, end the rest, nil except Phoebe,
stood pat. Phoebe said:
‘‘‘If I don’t draw the curd In fill rnv ^
tluii) a showdown, so I don’t mind let
ting you see my hand.’
“She laid her cards fin e up oi the In
hie. There Were the eight, nine, f/>n
and Jack of spades and the king of
diamonds. Throwing out the king, she
said to the dealer; ‘tilve me either
the seven or queen of spades, whieh
ever you like. I’m dead sure you’ll
give me one or the other.’
“The dealer dealt tier the top card
on the pack. She turned It over, and
It was the seven of spades. She Iwd
a straight flush and won flu* pot,
“That broke up the game. None or
them would play longer a gainst a wo
man who knew she would win and
did win.’’
Those who heard the story Were
quite sure that there are people so
delicately organized In certain respects
that they can feel such presentiments
as the one given The ReV. Mr. Ihrr
ham alone made no comment.
“What do you thhik, pnrson?” asked
Sherlkle. "Do you believe In sticb
foresight ?”
"Not In I hat case."
“Why not?”
The clergyman hesitated and nt last
*a Id:
“We nre all old plains men. and I
knew no one of ns would do anything
to Injure the tit her. so I don't mind
giving you my confidence. Resides, f
make no secret that I was nu un
righteous man before mv conversant,
though I don't like, after thirty years
In the ministry, to refer to special In
stances |n that life I hafe since held
H» horror. I was, a a yqu n»
* tin t, time a professional gambler and '
was n member of the poker part* ?»$ ,
Phoebe Rusk’s, though 1 w.'fgiiv idTnvf
there as a gambler. Phoebe *b*e wr.
•'rooked on cards, and her boarding
house was really a gambling house
HIjc and t stood In together. When
she called for one of the cards she
wanted sh'* was quite sure she would
get It. for I had dealt Imr the cards
she had. knowing what they were,
and had the seven of spaiir* r uh to
complete her hand ” /
"That's the way.” I remarked, "that
presentiments usually conic about If
we could uncover the catistk”
The I>*ader lr the he#t. stive,
ing medium in thin sortlou.
• s Jk • at il m i ■» _ df f) ft *A.
5 WANT ANYTHING
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h\'holi»*«U>—Chj I»°C—Local l4?t.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
Qua.r.* customs That Are Maintained
With Religious Care.
The :.rud master of Manchester Urnm
mar s< hoot, Iti n speech nt Itocbslnle,
rhI erred to a custom at Ktighy school
which lor bids a boy of less than three
years' ntaiiditig to turn up tils trousers
and insists on his doing so alter t'uit
period.
The custom is only a minor iusUiuce
of the quaint practices Hint exist nt
all the great public schools in ICng
land and are maintained with religious
care, though In many cases their origin
is obscure or unknown. 'The Shrove
Tuesday tossing of tm> pancake at
Westminster school, with its ensuing
scramble for the larges: fragment,
which gains for its possessor a guinea
>trom tlu* dean, is perhaps the best
khowu among litem. A • tirious cus
tom nt Marlborough requires every
hoy to bring to school with Idui a
cushion, technically termed a "Itlsli”
with the "I" long. Tills nr trie is Ids
inseparable companion in school time
and. in addition to the ordinary Inac
tions of u cushion. Is employed to car
ry hooks from one form room to an
other.
At Shrewsbury school, at the be
ginning of each term, "hall elections'*
are held for the posts of hall < t icr.
hall coiixtuhlw, hall postman and hall
^Scavengers. The genial brutality of
youth often se'<*i* for the position of
hall crier either the most nervous hoy
in the school or one who i; ntlllcted
with a slammer.
The new hoy in Ihe solioolhouse at
Itugby is early ended upon to take his
part In "house singing." \t tills func
tion. which Is held in one of the dor
mitories. lie lias to render a song to
the sat lafootlmi of his audience, thr
penalty being Ihe swallowing of a
inoutlil ul oj soapy water
A not tier ancient school custom Is tlu*
parade of tin* t'lirl fs hospital hide
coat hoys before the lord mayor nt the
Mansion IJouse on St. Matthew’s day,
when the • • Ireelans." who correspond
to "six*li formers'’ elsewhere, receive
a guinea each and ttic rank ai d (Me
of the school arc presented with new
shillings. London Mail
BURGLARS’ TOGLS.
Most of Them Made by Supposedly
Respectable Mechanics.
Every little while. said a detective
recently, tin police arrest 11 man with
a set of burglar’s tools In Ids posses
sion. and one naturally wonders where
they all come from.
It is easy to buy a gun of any de
scription. and the most reputable per
son would not he ashamed to he seen
purchasing the most wicked looking
knife ever made? But who would know
where to get a "Jimmy" or a device
for drilling Into a safe or any of the
many tools used by the professional
burglar In the pursuit of his calling?
There are places in the large cities
where these tilings are made arid sold
to the users, hut such places are ex
cccdingly scarce. It may seem u little
strange to learn that most of the tools
used in burglaries are made by me
chanic'- v\ b « are looked upon as re
spectable men in the community.
When n burglar wants any particu
lar tool made he goes to a mechanic
who can do the Job and pays him per
haps flee times what it Is actually
worth for making the tool and keeping
quiet about it Many defectives ran
recall cases of lids kind that have
t conic to light.
One in particular occurred some
years ago when an escaped COnvIft
named Williams went to a blacksmith
'irid got him to make a lot of drills to
be used In safe cracking, lie person
11 !v it per inf ended I lie tempering of
fhe ste« |. lad when the Job was nearly
eotnplcted it leaked out. tad Williams
was arrested In this Instance the
Mart -n ili knew nothlng of the u** wy
Which th<* tools were to be put Most
Of tb<* ior Is used |»v burglars are se
i-nred in tb« same waj Ehil.i'kTpida
Inquirer '
Shoseiskce's Candle*.
I well remember some seventy years
ago rf ■ j flat candles in use Tf>
produce what was known as the flat
f a idle, which was also sometimes
j f tilled "shoemaker's ennrtle." two new
ly made '‘dips" were pressed elosrx to
f*n< h of her while soft and then ac^iln
In* err I into ?t>>♦ hot far. tbu- hold i.g
them together as one candle with two
wicks The ’izo could then to increas
ed if desired This flat candle vtrS
most generally used by shoemakers
and tailors, but was made use of in
some households whenever nn extra
bright light for working or reading
SAmtllW!
Dy ESTHER VANDEVEtR.
icon right. 10-3. by American py^*s As*o.
elution.J
Alexander Tilton, a young AjBioricuu
•'’f twenty-live with an inherited for
tune estimated at from seven to
twelve millions, after being graduated
at college went abroad for travel. One
day while walking alone lu the fu-h
lo:table residential |K»rtlon of Loud, n
Ue slopped to witness an auction of
household furniture iu one of the
fashionable houses. Inning tbe sale
he espied a lady's writing dusk that
t truck Ids fancy, one of tho n spindle
dm liked allnlrs that our greafcgrand
mothers regarded very preU.v and
which one prir.es for their age. Tilton
'•Td on the desk, mid it was knocked
down to him.
Among those who attended the sale
was a young man who evidently took
u great interest in the proceedings.
Whenever a bookcase, a cabinet, a ta
ble indeed, any'tiling with oven a sin
gle drawer iu it was put up he ex
amined It closely, atij several articles
Of the kind he bid in. Wl.cn Tllb n
bought the lady's desk tilts man was
out of the room. When lie found that
it had been sold during Ids absence he
went to its purchaser mid offered Idm
it line profit. Tilton didn't tll.u the
man’s looks and was suspicious of Ids
reason for wanting tin* article, and
when the would be purchaser offered
him a bonus nl tloo for Ids bargaiu lie
felt sure tlieri was si.me espoclul rea
son why the fan wanted it. As mon
ey was no object to Tilton he would
listen to no offer whatever. Indeed,
fenring that lie might be surreptitious*
| ly deprived of his purchase, he had
i the desk packed at once and superin
tended Its removal to Ids hotel.
Then* lie made a thorough examina
tion of it livery drawer was empty,
lie look u little hammer and tapped
all over it to discover if there was
any compartme.nt that was not appar
ent No sound indicated such a space,
lie pulled out every drawer and turned
it upjCdo down on the lloor; then ex
nndmd the wood against which tho
back «.f tin* drawers rested when shut.
Ilh next move was to unscrew tho
hack of the desk and take it oil’. Out
fell several papers yellow with age.
All but one were love letters, and that
was a eertlticato of marriage between
Reginald I.cighton and Kugcnlu Booth.
W'lint bad Impelled Tilton to parson
(Ids hunt Im could not explain even to
himself. Nor could he now explain
what, prompted him to start on anoth
er hunt In search of Reginald Leighton
and Kugcuia Booth. Inquiry told him
that the house containing (lie desk had
belonged to Sir Spafford Leighton, the
father of Reginald Leighton, and that
Reginald had died in America. Regi
nald's older brother, SR Arthur Leigh
ton, bad recently died childless, and
(ho title and estate bail passed to Oig
by Moore, a distant connection of tlio
Leighton family. This iMgb.v Mooro
was llie man who wished to p >n-h> i
tlie desk. Lugeuifl Booth laid been
lady's companion to Reginald mid Ar
thur Leighton's mother. When Reg
inald went to America Kugcuia had
left the service of the Leighton family.
Reginald being dead, Tiilon's search
was for his wife. But as it did not
appear (lint site had ever passed under
the name of Leighton lie concluded
(■> hunt for her as Kugenla Booth.
After a long Investigation he found
that lift con year - before she had gone
to America. Tilton look the next
steamer for home. One of the letters
he found in the desk was from Rcgi
tiflUJ to r.ugetiia from n ranch in Ida
ho. Thither lie went, and (Uncovered
• hat Reginald Leighton had Ween dead
fifteen years that at the time of Ida
death « woman appeared who claimed
to bo his wife, but, having no evidence
lo prove her marriage with him, her
claim.-, had not been admitted.
After spending much mon*y on a
staff of assi taida he employed to in
vestigate every woman by the name
of Leighton living in America Tilton
at Iasi traced the widow to a western
city There he found her, broken in
health, supported by a daughter, Bea
trice, a teacher in the public schools.
They lived in a ramshackle cottage
and in a narrow street. When Tilton
went there lie was admitted by Bea
trice. lie asked to ee her mother and
was admitted to a room where he sat
in an easy chair propped up with pil
low s.
'■Mrs. Leighton.*’ lie said, "twenty
two years ago you were secretly mar
ried to Reginald Leighton."
"I w as, ' said Hie lady, wonder strick
en ai lids coming from .1 stranger.
Where did you put the certificate
of your marriage'.'"
"lu Lady Leighton's desk. It was
Mob-ti from there by some of the fam
ily who were my enemies."
' Von are mistaken. It slipped down
behind the drawer Here It is."
The expression on the woman's fa e
ns ‘lie looked upon the long Pet docii
Tneut was indescribable. Then she
turned from it to Tilton in a confused
wonder, lie told M- t^r W hen he
had finished lie drov. Ills ehe«-k for
Ml the funds mother and daughter
won fit ro'.uir- f<>r a trip to LuglamI to
estahL h tb ir < iaJiii to the Leighton
estate. With til" certificate ‘f mar
rl :<• and a cert IB* 'f Beatrice’*
hlnh iTnfcd eleven months after tho
tnnrrlnge they had no trouble In es
tablishing their claim and dlspo secs
ing tile man who was so anxious to
por.se . Lady Leighton- desk,
Tilton soon aft< r tin., had entered
info pi-sfc in of their p -porty went
abroad at Mr- L'lghfon a invitnrlmi,
Ifc brought Bent|-|ee Isdghion be l» a
ht'1 Wife, and (Id*- if as tin; end of IV
Leighton family In I.ngbind and tho
|«outiiiimnco of tli .* Tilton fatuity in
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