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Show 5 t!T CONGRESSMAN -- Says: It Will Build VJ a Up I lun ,nat cinr iiersor.ai icneiu may iiouim it, sau! liulicrt Louis Stovorsoii on tiit- sands ul thi Apian Samoa, hs l(n, he nit-- tlii' uncxp: riwl i.f American hands an tJ badf vvrKvme to Imalia, his ir.i untain home. As an fvidviifu of tliis fav't witness the following sury, ftrani;,; as true, that will find jiatUt'tic eeho in the breasts of many old comrades who wore the gray in the years of the civil Depleted System Rapidly." ; t lion. W. F. AUirich, Congressman from Alabama, writes from WatUiiiir-to- frK-nd- n, 1). C. 'This is to certify that Pcruna, manufactured by The Peruna Medicine Co. , f Columbus, O., has been used in my tamity with sucvms, It is a fine tonic and will build up a depleted system rapidly. I can recommend it to those wb need a safe vegetable remedy for tehiilty." W. F. Aldrich. war: Col. Theodore J S. Emory, Vice Chancellor and Master of Arms, K. P. 's, of Omaha, Neb., IV Ak X writes from 21 ?, North Sixteenth street, the following- words of praise for I'eruua as a tonic, lie bays: Catarrh of Stomach, a "It is with pleasure I recommend Hon. W. F. Aldrica. as a touit: of unusuaL merit. A large number of prominent members of the different Orders with which I have been connected have been cured by the The only safe course to take is to keep use of Peruna of cases of catarrh of the digestion pood, and sleep stomach and head: also in kidney com- the biood pure. No remedy equals, in all plaint and weakness of the pelvic or- regular.I'eruua for these purposes. If gans. the system is run down and weakened aids diges"lti tones up. I'eruua renovates aud retion, induces bleep, and is well worthy by catarrh,the nerves and brain. juvenates the confidence of sufferers of the above A book on the catarrhal diseases of Complaints." II. S. Emory. summer will be mailed to any address, upon reqnest, by the Peruna Medicine Nervous Debility- Co., Columbus, Ohio. who is in the least degree The above testimonials are only two Everyone subject to nervousness, sleeplessness, of 50,000 letters received touching the prostration, mental fatigue or nervous merits of I'eruna as a catarrhal tonic debility in any form, finds the hot No more useful remedy to tone up the weather of June, .Inly and August very system has ever been devised by the hard to bear, if not dangerous. medical profession. Tell a Weird Tale. Alaskan Indians allege that up the Porcupine river, 1,5uO miles from Port Yukon, there are two petrified ships lying stranded it, the mountain- - Mrs. 'Wlnslow'n Soothing Syrup.' For children teething, softens the khius, minces allays pam.cureti wind culic. 26cabuUl, It rf Valuable Digestion. The partaking of a slice of pineap pie after a meal is quite In accordant If v Will Not Work in Rain. "There's a queer thing about Italian laborers," says a contractor, who employs a great many of them, "and that is that they absolutely refuse to work in the rain. Did you ever see a u;ang of them working in the s treat 3, digging trenches, or doing any other manual labor In the rain? Well, you never did, and probably never will. Just as soon as a shower sets in, no matter how slight, they will scramble for cover. If the rain continues, they will soon complain of feeling sick, and for ihn day." they knock with physiological Indications, since thought it may not be generally known, fresh pineappie juice contains a remarkably active digestive principle similar to pepsin. This principle has been termed "bromelin," and so powerful is Its action upon proteid that it will digest as much as 1.00C times its weight within & few hours. I nm II ' tf i " sure Fiso's Cure for Consumption saves Tnos. Robuiss, my life three years ago.-M- rs. Maple Street, Norwich., N. Y.. Feb. 17, 1900. "" W. L. 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Ro.tmi to Rent, moderate charge to students OVerBeventeen preparing for Co! letfiatP Courses A limited number "I Candidate for the Eocle ilasticnl state will be received at special tutus. St. Edward' Hall, for bova under 13 years. Is unique in the completeness of Ha equipment. The 50th Year will open September 9. 1002. Catalogues free Aridrets REV. A. MORRISSEV, C. S. C, President ST. MARY'S ACADEMY. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA. (One mile went of tfia University of Xotra Dame.1 Thoroiijch Knurllnh and ClaHNlnnl kdurntlon, Includinirvtrcek. Latin, French audfiennan. On completinff the full course of studies, students rec'lTe the Keirulitr ollf(clHt UeKres. The Consetrvatory of Music t cfinducfci on the plan ot tbe best Classical CumtervAtorissot Jiiurnpe. The Art Department t modelled after the Schools of Knmpe. and Minim Dopartmsnts. Pu- irepntorv arn hrM eurefully prepared for the Aca emioand Ailvaticcd t'ournes. i.vainslum un direction of Graduate of Huston Normal dr Pchool of Gymnastic. IK)kkepin(T. Phonoff-Taphsnd Typewrit injr extra. Kvery variety of For caialoiiue ad Fancy Needlework taught. dress test Art St, Mary's Ackniy, sixty-ninth- Sou-an- Stops tho Cough anil WorkH )(T the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablets. Price 25c. EDUCATIONAL. DIRFCTRESS Lord Wolseley's Family. Most people imagine that Lord Wolseley, who completed his year on Juno 4, Is an Irishman. A a matter of fact, the in chief, although born in the emerald Isle, belongs to an ancient Staffordshire family. Lord Vvolseley has probably been In more engagements than any other getisral. Since entering the army In 1S52 he has served In Burmah, India, China, Canada, . Asharitee, Egypt, and fii ally the OP TH? ACADFVY. Noire Dune P, 0., Indiana States His Position Plainly. George L. Lilley of Waterbury, Conn., haa been mentioned in con' nection with the governorship of the nutmeg state, but has made advance declinatioa In such a way as to put t.t rest all surh talk. There Is no "string to It" in his case. This Is thq way he puts It: "I am not a candi-datfor the nomination; wouldn't raise a finger to get It; don't want It; won't have It, and hope there won't be any more talk of it. I wouldn't run for the office If they'd give me the capitol I can't state my position too strongly." Care Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75a II All's Catarrh Device. device is said to be used In the office of one of New Over York's large drug companies. the desks of each member of the firm and each manager of a department are four incandencant lights of different colors. When the Individual Is at his desk and at liberty to consider questions from others In the offloe, his white light is turned on When ho is In the building and must be hunted up bo leaves his green light burning. When he Is engaged and not to be disturbed except tot vitally Important matters his blue light is In evidence: while the dis play of Ms red light means practically, "Danger!" Will not brook Interruption under any consideration. Unique A unique Time-Savin- time-savin- ITjyjy T ST Martin Schuyler, of the same regiment, who, though more than to years of age. was a commissioned officer in the war, related to him the following: He said that when his term of serv ice expired in the Philippines he drift ed about the world bent merely upon1 Capt, BEACH seeing new scenes and strange faces. e standard. About midafternoon my host pointed out a little speck in the waters as our destination. Passing splendid reefs of coral, shady bays and crystal shallows we made our way to the shore through pictureque groves of cocoanuts, tama-randand limes, to his small hut, which, like all those of that section, was open on all sides, covered by a thatched roof. He removed the flag from the staff clutch in the boat and carried it with him to the hut. "The day after my arrival my host raid in my hand a little diary, saying: ing: 'Besides this my friend, who here, left nothing but a picture,' showambrotype of a ing an little girl, probably 5 years of age. On the reverse side was written 'Lela Giltner, Daughter of the Regiment, Carrollton, Ky.' It was difficult to decipher the handwriting of the boon, as It had evidently been but by means of a magnifying glass I was able to read disconnected parts, which served to increase my desire to learn the whole story It had to tell. The diary was owned and kept by Henry Clay Renfrew of Midway, Ky., probably a member of the Fourth Kentucky cavalry. The writer, Indeed, seems to have been a member of several regiments as he refers to '.My Colonel, Basil Duke, and Capt. J. B. Castleman.' He mentions Col. Giltner as his commanding officer and Capt. Bart Jenkln3 the captain of his company. Ana he refers to Adjutant General E. O. Guerrant and Lieut. Freeman. Ho also records Incidents concerning Bralnard D. Hay less of Covington, Ky., and George Musgrove of Carrolltcti. He tells in vivid langnago s water-soake- irw'ra. II llllhenllli, I I wtii Bi3 Suih Con.. I. C. ttn"T Mh N U.Vni, ni!;' II Probccutlni Claim BKM41U liocc 18 AK.V. K!lvr K .! Ont half-nake- PENSION WjMtilnctnn. ni hi nol i. Hilvr mi.l CniipoT Lwul,,.,I'HOVFT MKTrHNM OS MAIL AMI'I.M. OGDEN ASSAY CO. I 7 i .1 I: .1 1 Kl j&VZVb "T F1fiHnf trtcU, lollet Artl.lM lit r.rfunH. A. I'K .S liltle prftti. Wr"f 1prm. fe A 1,1. 1 O..UOA itliiiit St., Iln Mnlnrt, Ion uiawTrn-AGEN- HnnlE.ll TS tr uuynvc ii nun nnl LUC ALunff W.N. U.. Salt cap-tare- nimiiwiPo(tnfM, .iwi wi,j with la honiitmlili. Lake-N- o. LIbby's Natural Flavor Foods 32. 1002 W IfU rTl Brt(.mMli SjfupIn tlmn. Tmi UiL Cm flrnyg .t. fj or agmrrnns marches made ty rnhnn-rry- , remnant of the regiment through the Carolina and Gor-Sla-. He paid that the brigade was tiien commanded by Gen. Duke and that It was the last organized body of men who had the honor of escorting President Davis through, the South. He mild that when Gen. Duke at last made known the fact that tho hour had como to the foo that lie, the to writer, took th! flag from Its staff and concealed It under hia coat, Intending to burn It beforo allowed It to be 'But,' ho added, 'I kept It with me Instead when I left America, never .to return. The last Hoe reads: 'This )a my last hour in the service of tho Confederrcy, "From what the fishernmn told me I judged that tho soldier caio to the Inland about tho year 3ST5. Soploased he said, wns the (drangcr by th of its climate and wild free 1 t44 1 vTttaS Rim nt p In dir,ti, An mm n mk rrvnr kf. 41 a 4 IBBY, NkMll I A t IBHY, C"CGO tnt u lwotoL "How Tn Mu llm It viU b. mmt m trm. lama to j -- inrt m Utf Ut v.i'.!i W . t iv'i, ai i. n Kate?" Ned. A PROFESSIONAL And - il .:.,'ll of 1:1111.-It- t .J p. in Hill.: ( a it Pro pi it:.. P V In 1.. 3tU ill f Kit II,:; '1 s in a u W;IS h- j. awn whi tim; in JulHiu'l put me -i r- -t i i'7 e! my Ih'HVIT taph." On Reading Newspapers. Every man should read one good newspaper each day. I do not mean, of course, that he should read everything in it; but he should go over the entire contents, carefully making his selections and reading attentively the articles which give promise of The being helpful or instructive, the weekly, and, more particularly, monthly reviews, are also of great value, from the fact that they familiarize their readers with current historywhich, after all, is the most important history while at the same some time possessing advantages over the daily newspapers, because the editors are not compelled to accept first reports, and also have opportunity to correct any inaccuracies which may creep into hurriedly prepared discussions or subjects. Nevertheless, these reviews must ever but supplement the daily newspaper, for we are not content, in this age, to wait until the end of the month for our news. Secretary Moody, in Success. Paul's Prayer. Taul is a beautiful, chubby, black-eyehoy, all boy, and his father is a Methodist minister. The other day Paul had been quite fractious, and was duly taken to account by thfl stern parent. On that same day the mieslion o! the efficacy of prayer was being discussed Vy the minister witti ona of his flock in his study, Paul being a silent listener. That night, when he knelt to repeat his accustomed prayer, his father suggested he aslt for power to overcome his temper and that he might be made a better boy. This was the closing sentence of the prayer: "Oh, God, I ask you to make me a better boy," then he stopped short, sighed and continued, 'if you think you can do it." d A Land Speculation. John Jacob Astor, son of William H married a Miss GIbbs, while the other son, William, married Miss Schermerhorn, a member of an old and opulent New York family who brought him a fortune. These two blathers built adjacent houses In Fifth avenue, which they occupied till death, when the buildings were demolished and the lots each 100 fee; front were occupied by the Waldorf-Astoria- . The combined property before the hotel was erected was worth 11,500,000, and yet It cost old John Jacob less than f 200. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. A Modern Cincinnatus. The Cincinnatus of Denmark Is tho minister of agriculture, familiarly known as "Old Hansen," He 1b a small tenant farmer, who, upon taking up his ministerial appointment, made tho smallest possible change in his manner of living. When the duties of his high office permit he returns to his plow and the foddering of his beasts and the other care3 ot his small farm. His son remains on the farm and works for the same salary, in spite of the rich poet to which his father has been called. Election Methods in Kansas. Out In Sumner county, Kansas, one Thomas A. Hubbard is a candidal? for County treasurer, He has Issued a great many cnrH announcing thai he Is In the held, but thriftily makei use of the other side with an advertisement that be is a breeder of finn hogs, which he oiT rs for salo cheap. All of which tnnu'8 an opposition editor to ay: "Vote for Tom Hull-harand get a hr.f.." Professor Resign Hit Chair, The resignation of Prof, Charles W. Horswell of the chair of Hebrew language and literature at the Garrett, Biblical Institute, Chicago, has boon It was tendered becimaccepted. of bin cTtremc conclusions In higher criticism. He had li'id the place for thirteen yearn, and the trustees give Professor Horswell the highest pralf na a "ripe schoUr and !ipirlns teacher." I'llSt .lis second car, Norton. Scud the gang here." Presently Esterley could see that men were at woik with axes, saw3, aud BY WILLIAM M'LF.011 RALNH. (CopyriRlit. 1WC, by Daily Story Pub, Co.) crowbars to rescue him. He had been She held out the ring to him, smil- conscious without thinking of it that ing in rather uncertain fashion, but the air was hazy w ith smoke, hut his I'titerley noticed that she was very mind bad taken no account of the fact. whlu. He was savagely glad of it, Now he heard a persistent, faint A horrible fear for at the time he was cold as ice and crackling sound. Hashed through his brain, and he hard as iron. "lias the last word been said?" he slewed his head round. The car behind esked without a trace of emotion in Mm had caught fire. His heart conbis voice. "Are you going to turn me tracted and stood for a moment with away on account of a little thing like this?" "You may call It a little thing if you I don't. like. When one finds the man she is engaged to marry flirting " With "I wasn't flirting. I have told you that before," he answered doggedly. "But of one thing you may be sure, Elise. If you send me away now 1 shall not return to you." "You flatter yourself, sir, in thinking I shall want you back," she retorted. "Shall I lay the ring on the table, or will you take it?" He dropped the ring Into his vest pocket, bowed coldly, and turned on Next moment the street his heel. door had clanged behind him. The girl stnk Into a chair ami coer he Lu a with her hands. Presently deep sobs began to shake her. Meanwhile Ned Esterley, in a moody, frowning silence, strode down to the Union Depot with his suitcase iu his hand. Fifteaa minutes later ho was on a train bound for Cripple Creek, lie gazed cut of the window without, seeiim any of the "You, Elise What are you doing glory of this winter sunshine, which here?" fell in a sheen of spk u.lov on the a ghastly horror. Good heavens, he diswhite-bluof in the rat.ro peaks would be roasted alive, unless the res tance. He was sick at he irt, and bitparty reached him iu timet it ter against the girl who bad misjudged cuing was a race for his life. He could see him. What tight had th to senwere working desperately, tence him before she had heard his that they but he could not help calling out to vote him to What vindication? right hurry for God's sake. He tried franti guilty of dfsloyalty berause she had to draw his feet from tho trap found him with Kate Sanford's hand cally which pinioned them, but he only suc In his, her eyes swimming in tears? ceeded In cutting them against the An hour passed, two hours; but timbers till the blood streamed from Esterley took no thought of the flight his raw ankles. of time. It might be five minutes Then he fell quiet, saying to himself since he had entered th.- train, or over and over again, "Keep cool, Ned five He neither hours. It might be cool. There must be knew nor cared. His personal problem Esterley. Keep Good out of this thing. some way drove from his mind other consideraThe sweat of God, there MUST." tions. How agony poured from his face. If Elise were going to believe the rescuers were, and how fast slow There came a sudden jar, which the flames He toward him! threw Esterley forward against the wanted to leaped keep crying out to tho men seat in front of him. lie did not need to hurry, but he bit back the words. to be told that the engine had been were doing all that mortal men They reversed, and the airbrakes set, There could do. came to him the sharp grinding of Gradually it dawned upon him that wheels on the track, and with It the he was lost. Great volumes of smoke A moment of (speed. gradual lessening rolled between him the resryers, telllater there was a horrible crash. The ing him that they could not reach him floor of the car rose to meet the roof. In time. With the assurance after 7;e last that Esterley remembered the first frantic rush of fear there was plunging forward through tho air. came, to a singular coolness. When he camo to himself, he found Ho drew Esterley his revolver from his about him a great pile of debris. Ho and laid it on the crook of a was deep hidden iu what remained of bent rod near his hand, where It would the car a mass of broken timbers, of be Then he for emergencies. ready rods-ami steel of wrenched torn Iron and from his coat pockpt a note book, got some ten feet above him was the and from his vest a lead pencil. One open air. A white dead face stared at of tho biakemen above, bowing away him through the broken wreckage. at a cross timber, which barred their Gingerly Esterley moved first one arm way, muttered to the engineer: and then the other. They were free, "Good Lord, Norton. He's writing. and he went over himself coolly to esSaying that we ain't likely going to timate the damage. Except for a cut reach him. Ain't he got the bully In the head he was quite unhurt, but nerve?" two his legs were pinned down between EBterley first carefully noted down great timbers beyond the hope ot ex- the address to which he wanted his trication. He tied a handkerchief letter forwarded, then wrote hia letaround his cut head, and began hia ter. Had the attempt to free himself. Dear Elise: Our train has just coltimbers come two inches nearer to- lided with another, and I am pinned gether, his ankles would cave been dowu In the wreckage. The train crew are working to get me out, but they will not succeed, for the wreck Is on fire, and the flames rapidly spreading this way. 1 write this note as my last word to you, and after writing It, 1 shall throw the note book to the men outside. The crew have already been driven back from rescuing me by the smoke and flames. No, they are back at It again almost within reach of me, but the smoke and heat are fearful. "Oh, Elise, girl, our quarrel was all a mistake. It was my fault for 1 should have Insisted on explaining via that I was Interceding with Kate for You know they young Dick Ha.lc. were engaged, but had had a lover's quarrel. Good bye, sweetheart 1 have never loved any but you. Forgive my -obstinate anger. I can write no more. Tho flames are all about me. Good-bv" till Tan smoke strangled him, Esterley banded his notebook to the conductor with the request that It be forwarded. With singed hair and eyeft'.'. brows the trainmen pried at the timbers which held him. The boat wan unendurable, and Esterley fell bark "Has the last word been said?" unconscious just as grimy hands snapped like pipestems; had they been reached for him. Esterley lay for days in a semitwo Inches further apart, lie would comatose condition. He had an imhave bem free. pression that Elise was hovering about Esterley called to a passing brake-maThe man stopped, looked around, the room, and he was told afterward and caught sight of him. He called that he called continually for her. Tht third morning after the accident bt to another man. "There's a fellow pinned down in opened bis eyes to an understanding t of Vision. lev -- r' e urn 7 o-i 3 E o i'ir n. PRAYER. I et.l French Soldier and Writer. Hilaire Belloc, whoso peculiarly vivid method of presenting history has made his "Robespierre" bo talked about this spring, was once a French artilleryman. He belonged to the Kighth regiment, and his post of duty was the driver's seat of a gun carriage, where lie is said to have handled the reins with conspicuous ability. What thin means in point of ccrve and ski!! w!!l be apparent to everyone who has seen rapid artillery maneuvers. ' i ( OF SAMOA. soldier had chosen t!us for his epi "Won by stories told by Stevenson of the Navigator islands, now called Samoa, 'Land of the Lotus." in the South Pacific ocean, 1 concluded to visit these, and did so, spending seven of the most delightful months of my life. I was loitering one evening at sunset on the sands of Savaii when I saw approaching the shore, guided by a native fisherman, a strange little craft, at the helm of which was flying a flag that brought back to me those stirring days of the sixties when the grand old Seventh Ohio was having periodic Jousts with Morgan's, Duke's and Pegram's merry men. 'The boatman allowed me to examine the colors, which he said an American friend had given him and which I found to be conventional regimental of fine bunting, the hues of which were miraculously preserved, although for more than a quarter of a century the flag has been almost constantly exposed to the weather. 1 doubt not if those bronzed old war dogs of the Fourth Kentucky could behold their historic colors on its embellished staff that they would at least find no cause to despise its method of uplifting. I was surprised and pleased the following morning to be invited to enter his boat for the four-miltrip, which, he said, it wculd require to reach his island home. Strange, I thought, that the time has come when I would follow the rebel flag instead of the union In aici'ub il!i a n l . "It's all iltrht. She came and told me all about it after you left. Will you forghe me, dear?" lie nodded eyes shining with joy. .u-- . T l.l f: ;j nn. iii.t The Moment Lela Giltner. l 1 i 1 t of what was passing. Elise tent over Lim, tmiiiiig happily. Tne doctors had just told -r tlrar Ned would get well. "Von, Eiisi ? What are you duiog here?" "Ta't.In? care of you." "Of me? M'ha'.'s the matter with - Oh, there wss an wasn't there? How .'.id you Know of it?' "The conductor sent me your notebook." V- - irieyd was laid & rest. On a rude tioaid at his head tas cut in letters the inscription: 'A Confederate Soldier; a KeuUK'kian: He said that the a. 0' " f was my m- - Ai ' Ami- - Spanish-America- r!TOE cyan-- - t .f hu T HOWARD E. BURTON, . "ilo. 111 Fmt Fmirlh Ktrrrt. l.cmlvllli-: Pin'rinipii i.rl.'f: U..l,i.Mk-- M.'l.l silver, 7V; Bllmr st'ul in any mi,lrt!u ljiUiratorj t,K envpl(ii" IwU, 1U Ui Jf Uik, U Allen of Cincinnati was a member of the gallant Seventh Ohio cavalry, anil is the only Fedora! soldier, with the m option of Col. William Knauss, of Columbus, who has been made a member of the Confederate Veterans' Association of Kentucky. One of Col. Allen's comrades, ' - h- anx y to hi the means of returnir.g the Jitj to the survhors of the gallant F"i;rq, (nat I offered a substantial sum o; aumey for it, ilut he seemed so grietej 8t tne sugges-t.othat it was n trepeated. At sunset he led ma itoivu the slope to where, beneath a stat cocoannt, tree, great S- " ' Love's First Sunburst mountain !:! in:.t ae had no desire to seek further fort congenial home, " When dying.' the old boatman said, he made n.t promise never to part with the fiai the diary or the pkiure." I told 'tr boatman that I f the had some knowl--people mentioned in the lnii and that 1 knew that it would give pleaseur If he would present tie.; satue to the Confederate Aasf.i iati i; of Kentucky. So ex- - f - ill Emblem of the War ENDORSES THE TONIC. PERUNA. SmL The Odd Business of an old Negress in New Orleans. "In one of the more unique quarters of N, w Orleans I have found one of the most unique characters I ever say in an old negro washerwoman," said a man who has lately taken up his residence in one of the more popular avenues of the city, "and she seems to be proceeding alonn original lines in the main purpose of her life. Washing clothes seems to be a mere incident to the general plan she cat ries out. She is an interesting old character and can quote copiously from the bible. This ticeras to be a hobby with her. She has some kind of construction to put on every line she quotes, too. She can tell you just exactly what it means from her way of looking at it. But this is not the point I had in mind. "Several days ago I got into conversation with the old woman, and she asked me if I didn't have some family washing to give her. I told her I did iHd. hut encouraged the conversation, as I have a fondness for the type, finding negro of the them always very Interesting. She finally threw a quotation from the bible at me, and it was followed by another, and still another, and so on. 'Say, boss,' she said after a while, 'does yo' ever have anybody to do any prayin' fo' yo'?' I told her I did not, and, becoming more interested in the old woman, I got her to unfold her scheme to me. She did it with, out any sort of hesitation. "She is a professional prayer, and makes no small sum out of it from what she told me. She told me she was praying once a week for the lady next door, who had employed her to pray for her husband to quit drinking, dthough he is a very light drinker, to my own knowledge. The old woman seemed to be very proud of her calling, and whatever other people may say about It she Is an enthusiastic believer in the efficacy of her own prayers." New Orleans Times-Demante-bellu- crat. Somebody Had Blundered. have been the narrator of the tale of a traveling Celt, who, stopping for the night at a ilarrisburg hotel, found the rooms all engaged. The best the landlord couitl do for him was fo put him In the same bed with one of the negro emThe Irishployes of the hostelry. man rebelled at first, but finally consented, leaving explicit directions that he was to be, called early in the morning. A party of politician, who iad.. heard the arrangement between land, lord and guest paid the waiter tq blacK up his room mate before going to sleep. In the morning, whon the Celt was called, he arose, made a hasty toilet, descended to the barroom sent In his order for breakfast and asked for a drink as an appetizer. As he raised the glass, he caught his reflection In the mirror behind the bar, and rushing wildly back to the landlord's room, cried out: "Faith, an' yez huv woke up th mon! 'Twas the Orishmon that wanted to be not th' naygur-- r Col. McClure is said to called ear-rly!- ' Litigious John Bull. As a race the English people must be very litigious, for judicial figures given out in a recent parliamentary return show that on the average, la 1900, ono person In every twenty-flin England and Wales went to law during the course of the year. These are, of course, average figures, based on the fact that there were 1,310,680 civil cases begun during that year. The London Express in explaining these figures declares that "the can. tankerously litigious person and th tradesman who Is unfortunate in th number of customers who will not pay their debts bring up Lie average." Italians Like Squid. There Is joy In Little Italy over tin arrival of the squid market. Th as squid, known to the scientists lollgo vulgaris, is also called the by the nat ives of the Jersey coast. It is a repulsive looking creature, Ink-fis- somewhat resembling the octopus, or At devilfish, although much smaller. certain seasons of the year it is the bano of the fisherman's life, but when they ore so plentiful as to completely fill the nets they are shipped in barrels to Philadelphia, where they find ready purchasers among the Italians. No one else would cat them. Record. Phla-delphl- a Made Senator Kittredge Talk. Senator Kittredge of South Dakota takes pride in never saying more than "Yes" or "No" to newspaper men. Qrjn day recently a correspondent interviewed him, but was ui;ablo to get more than the monosyllables named, In reply. Finally he asked: "What Is the largest city in South Dakota?" Tho senator looked hi surprise as ho "Sioux Falls." The coranswered: respondent bowed and left. Meeting a friend a few moments la'er ho said: "1 have all you fellows beaten now. I have jut added the words 'Sioux Falls' to Senator Kittredge's vocabulary." Modern Necettities. "What would you miller have," said the young woman who nsks ahrupt questions, "money or tuains?" "Well," answered Sciiuior Sorghum, "there used to be a time when were ft slmpm and uupieientlous w peo- ple, when mere money would suffice to win success. But now politicians ara become so wicked and alert that you've tot to keep your eyes open all tho time to spend your money so that It will do you some Rood. Tak my word for It, you've got to have aoney nd brains, too." |