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Show ; i ter with a fond father on his return from the Republican convention. Not for from tho Troy Union station is a bootblack stand, where William Mace causes shines and incidentally enjoys the patronage of the Mr. Black was swinging down the street with his legs working like long when William, the boot-blacwith an embarrassed grin, accosted him: while "Guvnah, youse out n Chicago, the very day youse tawkin to nominate the next 1 resident, mah wife give me a fine bchby boy. I named him William McKinley Roosevelt Black Mace." Just the shadow of a smile lurked on the face as he dove his long, slender hand Into his pocket and drew out a comfortable roll of a hue. Selecting a crisp note, he handed it to the grinning darky, and, leaning over, in his brusk, imperative way, said: William, scratch the Black. New York Times. chop-stick- ship quivered as one of the great guns went off. and through the acre ol smoke something went hurtling to splash heavily in the water five hun dred feet or so away. "That shell must have tumbled, said one of the inspection board, but swash my turret if I ever sa- w- " Just then a geyser leaped in air a few yards from the target and down the wind came the distant boom of the shell. far-flun- g The group looked blankly at the spot where the supposed shell har splashed into the water and then ai Evans. i Chadwicks anchor," he.sald quiet ly. Which not only Illustrates senten tious speech, but the power of rifles to kick anchors a long distance when these are lashed where they can be affected by the blast ONE THING HE CCULD Capt. Walter DO. II. Cbatfield of the Fifth infantry, recently home from tlia Philippines, tells this as a stor-- ' of service current out in that country A battalion out on a "hiking expedition had baited for the Sabbath. The men were all worn out and anxious for rest. But the chaplain was most GAVE PASTOR HINT. Intent on having services, it being tho night before The Rev. Dr. W. S. Ralnsford of Easter, The chap- yellow-greenis- h five-dolia- r QUESTION it OF TH CRAB. Bishop Candler of Georgia Is known as ono of the beat storytellers In the South. At a recent dinner given In bis honor he told this one on him elf: "I shall never forget my embarrassment vyhen first introduced to a hardshell crab. I came down from the mountains of Georgia to visit some young 'friends in Richmond. It was crab ho&hou and I was invited to a crab supper. "I had never seen a boilod crab served before and had not the slightest idea how to go at it. Finally I was forced to confess my Ignorance on the subject and said: "If this delicacy before me was a gopher or a possum I would knoV tfhat to do with it, so if some one will be kind enough to tell me where to bite in I will tackle lt." f YOUNGSTER WAS HONEST. St. Georgos Is fond of telling of the lessons he learns from the llttip members of his flock. I was not always so keen for open churches, he confessed recently, "but a girl settled my mind on that point. I was .walking with her, listening to her childish prattle, when we passed a tightly closed and locked church. I Bpose God has a key to let Himself In, she remarked, looking thoughtfully at the barred door, but the people have to go to the sexton. T didnt have a church then, continued the doctor, "but I made up my mind that when I did have one the people would not have to hunt up the sexton to get In." New York Times. four-year-ol- d lain hadnt a dle to read service by, and an obliging private hunted one up for him. Then the private started for bis tent but the chaplain halted him, asking can- If he wouldnt turn in and help with the singing. Music was not this private's strong point, but he had a lot of respect for the chaplain, so he halted, took station close to the ministers elbow, and, converting himself into a candlestick, said: "See here, chaplain, I cant sing, but I can hold the candle. Go ahead with the services I can help that much. New York Times. PROTEST AGAINST WASTE. Revolt ef the Young Person. recThere is at least one case on ord of the revolt of the young person masters on the against too many old room and her walls of the school It was Just sleeping room at home. the remains after the holidays, and of the feast had reached the turkey soup stage. The smal girl pushed back her plate with the remark: There are two things I hate, and one's turkey soup and the other a IMPORTANT TOWN IN TIBET. Inhabitants of Gyangtse Are Chiefly Religious Devotee. 213 miles Gyangtse, which Is distant 134 miles and frontier Indian the from and Important from Lassa, la a large town with a network of Irrigation channels. The town, which Is over two miles In circumference and contains 1,000 houses, Is situated about two small hills, which He east and west On the western bill Is a collection of massive walls, keeps and bastions covering the whole surface of the rock; 600 feet high and 400 Is a yards long. On the western hill You can have good tea if monastery of 600 monks, with a lofty contemple nine Btories high, which Is you want it, wherever you sidered by the Tibetans a particularly are. holy place. Surmounting the edifice Is a gilt dome and from here a magTour grocer return roar moner I Ton don't nificent view is to be had of the town like Schilling' Beit. and surrounding mountains. Inside T the temple are numbers of niches, HAD PUT BUTTON TO USE. filled with images of Buddha and of saints. The town and the surroundCould Not Produc Why Youngster ing country swarm with monasteries, "Pursuit of Happiness. in one of which Chandra Das, an InThis story is told of a Washington dian traveler, found 600 monks enchool principal who was trying to gaged in divine service and 200 more make clear to his class the fundamenreading the sacred books, while on tal doctrines of the declaration of in- each side of the image of Buddha were four rows of monks, twenty in dependence: of butter-fe"Now, boys, he said, I will give each, with hundreds of them. in front burning lamps buttons. three ordinary you each Here they are You must think of the Old Man's Secret. first one as representing life, of the Alpena, Mich., Sept. 6 (Special). lecond one as representing liberty, years of age but hale and the third one as representing the Seventy-fiv- e pursuit of happiness. Next Sunday I and hearty Is Mr. Jerome K. Fourwill ask you each to produce the three nier of this place, and to those who buttons and tell me what they repre- ask the secret of his splendid health he gives the good advice Use Dodds sent. The following Sunday, in accord- Kidney Pills. When asked for his reason for so ance with his plan, the teacher interof on his strongly recommending the Great class the rogated subject American Kidney Remedy, Mr. Fourthe buttons. Now, Johnnie," he said to the nier related the following experience: "I Dodd's recommend Kidney youngest member, "produce your me of DiaPills cure because they three buttons and tell me what they betes. I suffered with my kidneys stand for. Whereupon the youngster for a long time and suffered terribly to began weep. from those Urinary Troubles that are "I aint got em all, he sobbed, so general among aged people. holding out two of the buttons. "Then I started to use Dodds KidHeres life an' heres liberty, but Pills and eight boxes of them ney mommer sewed the pursuit o happicured my kidneys, regulated my waness on my pants. Harpers Weekly. ter and made me feel like a hearty young man. Says Chinese Make Good Soldiers. Dodds Kidney Pills make the old Col. Grandprey, once French milifeel young because they make sound tary attache in Pekin, gives some very Sound kidneys mean health kidneys. information Interesting regarding the and health Is the other name for Chinese army In the Revue de Paris. He says that few countries have such youth. excellent material as China for an Bacteria in Milk. army, where the whole population of In the best milk bacteria number 420,000,000 consists, so to speak, of to a spoonful. In a really bad one people, displaying the same racial 10,000 sample of milk the astonishing total The Is Chinese qualities. long lived of 600 million is reached. and tenacious of life. He thrives in every climate, in spite of the heat or cold, is extremely thrifty and therefore easily supported. He has nerves cf steel, he can sleep in any position When we say we, we and In any place, and can do with a we minimum of sleep. He seldom needs mean your grocer. a doctor and bears pain with the and were he. Moneybaek greatest stoicism. The Chinese Is does it. very teachable, and wbat he has once been taught he never forgets. LonTour f rocer return jour mouej If jou Son' don Clobe. 111 Schilling Beat. d . Buckingday a little inci- BLUE J Wont Freeze, Spin, Nor Spot Clothe! directions for TEA around in the At all wlsa r ugfc tJ Grocer, j V Mysterious Disappearance dominions of n, In the empire alone 8,000 Individuals j every year without leaving cations as to their whereat? ever appearing again. nJ AtTena Foot-EasWonderful r "Have tried ALLENS FOOT-Efind it to lie a certain cure, and givj fort to ono suffering with sore, tei swollen feet. I will recommend AL e, a FOOT-EAS- to E my friends, M certainly a wonderful remedy.--i H. Guilford, New Orleans, La." 1 NOT A PLEASANT COMPan Landlubber Glad When c4 Squid Waa Set at Libert Having caught a squid, a lam at sea thus describes him-squid is a small cousin of th pus. He is about one foot lot Sales' the tip of his tail to the tip 'tit 31 , tentacles (extended). Normallj ralon of a pale tan and rich siennj Icani darker spots; but he has the ;tie. to become, if frightened, aim orless in an instant In e jstrol not go fright he discharges a dirty bra "j syn cretlon. In the manner of his kl: ter escapes while the enemy la jina,2 oped in the impenetrable smud; head is principally arms, with tet! mldable parrotlike beak in til 'ash ter; while his eyes are locatj The) pedic back of the of the shape of a spearhead .Iter rounded barbs. I did not e u t him very closely, because of his like tentacles; and, further, b the his beak, rasping on the spe; ui 31 was most unpleasant We dropp rmptl Lrect overboard and I was glad to arm-cluste- c go. STILL ztise CALL FOR HORSES Cara and Automobiles Little Reduced the Outpu! "How about horseshoes?' asked of a dealer In iron an! supplies, including horseshoe ihe increased use of automob! eened the demand for horsesho-NoIt hasnt" was the rep!) are selling as many borsest ever. It was thought when the car was Introduced that tom was going to happen, but the j cars came in so gradually toif M Introduction had no effect oa horseshoe trade, and it is so I How to Tell Papa. auto. Ilorsea yet remain lq the , The Sumner (Mo.) Star says a man tor tjsited the home of a farmer friend eral use, and the demand near Sumner the other day, and, find- ahoea still continues." There are fourteen concerns ing a little boy out In the yard, asked where his father was. The little fel- United States manufacturing low replied: Papa'e out in the pig- shoes. Their annual output Is pen. You can tell him hes got a where about 1.000,000 kegs of hat on." pounds each. noma at the World'e Fair. Care of Matting. D. C. Kolp, Clerk of Iowa Iloune of It Is said by a practical bons4 Representatives, I manager Hotel Alta Vista, er that washing matting with 3 near Agricultural entrance and la prepared to it entertain guest with room at tl 00 and cola W salt water will strengthen the eenta. Electrto ltgbta, toilet and bath room, and make It wear lunger, li t cale. Market street cara direct from Colon should always be swept the 4 Station. Highest and eooleat point around ML Lorn. Official map of Fair and other Informa- the weave that Is. the way of tion sent on application. Make reservation now. warp and never across IL Jay Hambridge, the artist, spent a few weeks last summer at Kinder ham palace the other hook, N. Y., a sleepy little Dutch vildent occurred which furnished Queen lage midway between Hudson and CHADWICK'S ANCHOR. Alexandra, who U very fond of chilAlbany. The place is filled with quaint dren, with considerable amusement. In wardrooms and navy clubs this old characters who are much oppoeed to modern innovations and who like One of the small people present, a unpublished story Is related of Adson of Lady Lurgans, miral Evans. When he was given to remain undisturbed by the match baa a passion for soldiers and was command of the battlo of progress. ship Indiana The village had a hose company, showing his appreciation of the scar- - he discovered the vessels stream coated military anchor a 1.500 made up of both pound piece of metal who young and old lashed against the after superstrucVoices of Native Africans. At one playing in ture and In the wake" of the after The timbre of the voices among centhe garden by pick- 13 inch guns when fired at extreme of the meetings tral Africans is usually good deep of the company and ing .daisies and range ahead. strong in the men, very melodi-ou- s them. Mr. presenting Hambridge to have that anCurious and sweet in the women. One the chor! was place was an Interested notable peculiarity about the peppie Presently Evans comment to the queen chanced to officer who was accompanying him on and la the forced key In which they at spectator, pass by and gra- his round of inspection. tells the follow- ways carry on conversation. The orciously asked the ing: "Orders from the Chief of Bureau of dinary quiet tones of civilized speech small boy to give "When was the reply. the are scarcely ever heard among them. Equipment," her a daisy. The waa They literally shout and, such being now Rear Admiral, Chadmeeting Captain, youngster looked her majesty over wick was then Chief of the Bureau. about over one of their habit, it is a ' matter of indifand compared her quiet gown with the Evans had occasion to the younger mem ference to them whether the person Washto go gay uniforms be admired, then firmly the following day and there bers announced that a sum of money to whom they are speaking is close ington No. Grass for you." and met Chadwick. replied: "See here, Chad- was still left in the treasury and sug- by or twenty yards away. "They are banded the queen a tiny handful of he said, that is a remarkable gested that they use it to buy a chan most tireless chatterers," says a travwick," grass. The queen went off laughing place you have picked out for stowing ddier. eler. "I doubt whether any other peoat the little boy who was honest the Indianas stream anchor." But at this Juncture one of the old ple In the world talk so much or laugh enough td show that he preferred inhabitants slowly arose and cleared bo much. Their laughter Is particuProper place!" said Chadwick. bandsmen in red coats to royalty. A few days later the Indiana went bis throat MADE UGLY BY TATTOOING. healthy, natural, and unre" Til vote dead agin any such a fool larly Nor York Times. out to test ail of her guns at ail angles strained a most exhilarating sound." and elevations. It came the turn of plan to squander money, he WANTED "BLACK" SCRATCHED. Both Sexes cf African Native Fond I firmly. For whats the use guns, and the group the after of th Process. af buying one of them dern thing All Troy Is proud of its eloquent of officers composing the board of InIs almost universally pracTattooing when with there one in and on were isn't the its likely any bridge speaker, ex Gov. Frank S. llluck, but spection We stand or fall by our ticed by both sexes of the natives of hi Democratic friends In that city are glasses trained on the target, some the hull company that knows how to Africa. New York Times. tea Schillings IJest and done and ItIs is, however, very roughly parting a story around of his encoun- - three thousand yards away. The big play It? altogether inferior to th not going-dowwere tattooing of the Mauris of New ZeaDidn't Fear Sharks. land and other Pacific races. WERE TWINS, OF COURSE. Thorn Tree as Lawn Ornament. The Tout grooer return jour niouj If job dou'i Dr. Dave Hcnnen, owner wf tha method of operation Is simply to More than thirty years ago an emiIlk Ik a In make a silt in the skin and then rub racing sloop Flosshllde nent botanist called attention to the Little Girl Could See Nothing Etse S70 In charcoal. ays that one afternoon, while iving Uniformed Pair. beauty of our native thorn trees and Among the less pleasing s A Valuablt Scrapbook. of a mile ofl Salllo la lour years old and an ob- about feminine ornaments must be reckoned their auil ability for hedges and for To devote a scrapbook to one sub- the nose buttons of the servant young person. The other day New Rochelle harbor, near the Relawn ornaments. and Tbelr hardiness, graceful shapes, she was in the street car with her liance's old mooring place, he noticed ject makes it much more interesting the frightful pelele or lip ring of the good-sizeana when valuable, and you begin to Anyanja. The nose button sharks swimming thick foliage, and brilliant fruit clus- mother. lYesently two Sisters of everal it a cirlazily about the boat. gather material on any one theme you cular disk of Ivory or burnished ters all recommend them, while their Mercy hoarded the same car. lead, will be at an amount a Half which the hour afterward three Salllo watched them closely for surprised let Into one side of the nostril. ability to flourish under a severe Ugly come hand. will to that ahe fellows, crawny Then you Suppose while without In tanned the as the Is Is added an virtue by bud speaking. eyea the effect pruning i until they had the appearance ol want to know all about some famous yet a thousand produced by tills. It cf those who desire formal shapes. turned to her mother. time loss hideous Vet up to the. present time, ur thorn Mother," she gasped, "look at the Africans, swam out toward tho sloop, person, either in the public eye at than the pelele, which consists of a trees remain the ornaments, not of funny hats those ladiea have on. Wbat ttnen they got within hearing dia present, or some one of past times. round flat piece of Ivory, or wood, tance the doctor shouted to them to From Magazines and other sourees fixed In a private grounds, but of waysides and for do they wear them, mother?" slit In the upper lips. The can be collected look out are ftr those the articles, said sharks her to portraits, that had been Ht "Hush," mother, is pastures; while the only prunera Jnereased by the Inaround there Just a short time before perhaps poems In relation to the sub- sertion gradually exercise their skill upon them are the Sister, and they'll hear you." of successive plugs, each a This warning didnt seem to diiturb ject etc. When matter Is clipped, tht little Agcln Salllo lapsed Into an attencattle, which eagerly browse upon the larger than the preceding one, young shoots. Many a pasture con- tive silence. But It was soon broken. the swlmmcra In the least, for one ol scrapbook maker may copy tt neatly until It can accommodate a full sized "But, mother, only ono of those them half raised himself out of the with a pen into her book. The educa- pelele, which sticks out tain shrubs fitted to grace a public an Inch or lw in has gut a string of pretty breads water, and In the most Impudent way tional value of such a book is some- more in front park and worthy of considerable of the face, as as worth well rendering aid: the sat- the while, thing on the part of lovers of the around her walsL" appearance of the wearer scarcely isfaction of if oneself what having not In gathered young America. dearlo, of twins, them "Say, feller, beautiful. Country Life any "Theyre human. o much information on a single make you think of that?" asked her hark come near us, well bite em." Napoleon Heads th Ltat mother. Promlaa of Big Chestnut Crop. of Saillo's eyes grow round with asTo Avoid Sunstroke. t had Uiavwk "Next fall will see the biggest hnt KhramatUm, tkanm haa taken the fourColumbia university, InfUmrv to r VtUaov, kannad? tonishment say didnt A you they principal enryclo-pedia- a "Why, wise II. J. person writes that k few MT UlMH tow (rtMi" Uwmi Uwu, Troy, fc, chestnut crop ever made," said of the world-Engl- lsh, ! was sisters?" she asked Incredulous-- 1 hinta as to how j, to avoid sunstroke French. MoGuffln, who travels over the counWhen lesbsrgi Are Uaeful. "and don't sisters always dress iray not bo amlas at thla season even try inspecting the chestnut trees, lie ly, nml Many sailors posses thuln,l famou men and exactly alike, ev'y bit, when they Is though we may have passed the tropthe curious is n hat drummer, but chestnut ar Is In course fact of twins, twin? " lven th ica: they as being which able, all tuts of tho !u point his favorite they lay, to apace baa found that Napoleon mother, In course. Onoa object must be to protect the "amell" Iceberg, and thereby escape grow In the forest. ll,t ShkMPre cornea central nervous system from the solar many encounter with them. Realty "My home Is In New York state, and m Voltaire rays. Now, a hat protects the brsln. however, the fact la that the approach' oh,ran,:d ,hlrd I have traveled over It In n buggy Popularity ef English Billiards. John Roberts, a noted lxmdon bill- tut many k fatal case of eunstroke ha cf a berg la heralded by a sudden and "ashlngton, tha first during the past three weeks. The Amer,cin tb l4 chestnut trees are loaded with burrs, iard player, now in this country, hav- resulted from the fact that the spinal decided cooling of the atmosphere The which these experienced and I never saw atich a fine chance ing nearly circled the globe, says that cord, la almost as vulnerable. mariner aoon perceive and are warned Th Old, Old for a magnificent yield of nuts. I In India and China particularly the back of the neck should be protected. by. But Story, oftentimes a vessel will run Into ant foolishly fond of chestnuts, and English game Is played. In Java he In India a double layer of cloth I a hour growing of net them rather lata and often or the Inserted found French, the American, middle have game may ever alnce line along to my boyhood. have hern be In vogue. . English tables are of the Jacket behind. Young women towed to safety by her boat. ice- - ' Kvery year I buy a large quantity, and mostly toward the end of the winter tt Is a different from the American and the wht button their shirtwaists at the berg are sometime useful. The lea of a berg la a favorite shelter 8'd race between me and the worms to game differs from that played hero, lock, take notice! A double row of from he. We! atorm, and Arctic iteamera, Northern morrow eee which will get the Is it one of the being, he asys, more sciontlflo than the buttons may prevent sunstroke. nigh,, JJ ,0 ,,t whalers, and Newfoundland sealers throe-bal- l Boston Herald. billiard. li." lsulsvtlle Cmirlm Journal frequently adopt the novel eipadicnt d i anchoring to berg. a childrens party at At VASH Costs to centa and worth of any other findtS Trolley TEA , lies three-year-ol- d flet , ' TEA n. three-quarter- Wa-Ya- r Sr t 1 1 z:xthz jjj BUILDING FOOD To Bring tha Babies Around When a little human machtc f large one) goes wrong, nothlr-- l f important as the selection of which will always bring it again. "My little baby boy fifteen old had pneumonia, then cams fever, and no aooner bad he got f these than he began to cut teed I being so weak, be was fW thrown Into convulsions," says I . i si i orado mother. "I decided a change might be'; took him to Kansas City for When we got there he was to j weak when he would cry h sick away aud seeraod like be A ! dm. , "When I reached my etsteri xhe said Immediately that feed him Grape-Nutand, tltho-1had never used the food, wa fJtM aid for a few daya gave him f and Juice of Grape-Nut' got stronger so quickly feeding him the Grape Nut E s Jj a It-- In a wonderfully short tim tened right up and becam F, J sod well. "That showed me somethin! knowing and, when Inter on came, I raised her on Graj eh la a strong healthy baby b been. You will ace from tht photograph I aend you whstne l chubby youngster the boy he didnt look anything Ilk for w found thla flonrUhlnl Gi ape Nuts nourished him t strength whan he wan cculdnt keep any other , Nam stomach. given by Co., Battle Creek. Mich. All children can he built w sturdy and healthy wadltjj f ( Grape Nuta end cream. element contain th f ,;!' manda, from which to gray filling In th nerve train. A well fed brale tot " t ; x ; ,lr sturdy nenrea abiolutcly healthy body. Ixxik In each pkg- tT little bock, "The Road to - w J n f Uwi S' |