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THE DRAGON'S BACKBONE.
An Odd Incident of Railroad Construo-
ticn In China.
When tli L-iv wa s undert aken the con-
Btruc.ioc uf ihe railway between Klrin
and Newibwaiig , the seaport of Man -
churia , it was proposed to make a
junction at a place called Lan plen. out-
Eide the city of Mukden. For this per-
mission bad to be obtained from the
Tartar general of Mukden. This func-
tionary at on^e proceeded to call In his
geoniiincers . a species of soothsayers ,
who gave information concerning the
good fortune and ill fortune of sites
and were -supposed by the Chinese to
know wliai demons aud dra gons In-
habited the earth under the surface.
These wise men reported that the
dragon wimso body encircled the holy
city of Mukden lay coiled up In such a
way that if the railway caihe thro ugh
Lunpien t!.e 1>.hib nails driven into the
ties wuulii pi!Ti .-e his backbone and in
all urobniiiliiy set him to raging vio-
lently, to the great detrimen t of the
people of Mukden.
The genera i consequen tly refused the
applicatio n of the railway people and
directed them to carry the road In a
straight line from Klrin to
^
New-
chwmg, avoiding Mukden . The en-
gineers thereupo n appea led to the vice-
roy, showing that , as th is proposed
route would pro through a mars hy and
uninh abited country, it could not be
profi table for their enterpris e.
The viceroy wrote to the general of
Mukd en , Uglily commending him for
his discretion in consulting the geo-
mancers , but suggesting that these
sage persons go over the grou nd again
and see if ihyy could not find a place
where the ¦liiiis would not be likely to
strike into rho dragon 's back . Accord-
ingly, at the .jemmand of the viceroy,
the K'-T.eral had his geomancers Indi-
cate a spot for the junction at Lan plen
where ihpy though t that , after all. the
dr agon 's ba' kUm e would be safe.—
New York I'rtss.
Buuanj rii
or so iu diameter , which nest le in the right Land of every Chinese man °f lc'ttors fur hours each day, one be- ing revolved about the other until they tfe worn bri-h t. They are just lar ge 'nout'h to mak e a handful , and the fiction of shiftin g one about the other bri"gs the fln-er s into play and lends them that suppl eness and digital dex- t(-rlty whict ' are necessary in the ma- nipulation ofy six
teenth canto."
A Modest Poet.
t
I Leads to the Finding of
a Wife
! By STACY E. BAKER
i
I Copyright, 1910, by American Press
' Association. j
ltu wlins, reaching lor liis own inte-
rior timepiece , found iu its plni-e an
expensive watch with three diamonds
yet in the rear case a .id. tbe initials
\V. A. \V. engraved thereon.
Naturally Uawiins was sur prised.
He returned (he watch to liis pocket ,
carefully folded bis paper aud giauced
iibout iu searc h of the philuutlm >|HC
person who bad effected I be exchange.
The-v inega ry faced female wedged
in the seat to the right of him stared
back suspiciously.
A wheezin g fat man. uncomfortabl y
crowded , sat at bis left and grinned
heavily as he noted the observant eye
of his fellow passenger.
"These street cars are crowded sun-
thi n" awfu l, hain't they?' "
Rawlins agreed. He couldn 't accus-
tom himself to the thou ght of this
man 's pudgy fingers deftly Inserting
the mselves in his waistcoat pocket on
:i delicate mission of substituti on.
He stared about him searchingly ,
but the enigma was unsolved when
the conductor called Twenty-third
street.
In the sacred precincts of his own
little used law offices Rawlins gave a
keener inspection to this gift the gods
had thrust upon him.
Heavy lines corru gated the brow of
the young attorn ey, and he pushed his
thick black hair back into an im-
promptu pompadour as his mind grap-
pled with the problem. The slim fin-
gers of the youth touched the stem,
and the case snapped sudden ly open,
disclosing the pictured face of a ra-
diant girl.
Rawlin s—John P. Rawlins , Esq.—was
young—youn g enough, in fact, to be-
lieve in the ideal woman , and this
likeness corres ponded exactly with the
dream in his heart The great blue
eyes, the flawless contour of the face,
with . its piquant , retrousse nose and
determ ined little chin; the wave in
the heavy hair, the peerless neck and
shoulder s—everything about the maid
summed up soul dear to the youth.
The sudden advept of that rara avis,
a client, compelled him to forego the
pleasure of lingerin g longer In admir-
ing contemplation of the picture. Be-
fore findin g the likeness of the prob-
able owner—Rawli ns had an active
mind—the man who had come into
such peculiar possession of the watch
had decided to turn it over to the po-
lice, but now—
Now the united efforts of the entire
constab ulary of the i.own could not
liave dragged it from him.
And yet—paradox—the youth wished
to find the owner, if possible, more
than ever. The riddle of how the lit-
tle timepiece happened to be in his
pocket had gripped him witih an in-
satiable curiosit y at first: now. strange-
ly enough, his sole thoughts were of
the maid In the case. He longed to
meet her. He want ed to become ac-
quainted with her .
The atto rney was bothered with no
clients tha t day. and in the afternoon ,
with the fair pictured face of the mys-
terious damsel propped before him. he
compiled an advertis ement for the
moruin g papers :
Pound, under peculiar circumstances,
valuable, watch. Owner can have same
by calling at Broadway and proving
property. Rawlins. fourth floor.
Rawlins was a wealthy youth of
good city connections. He had grad-
uated from Harvard the year before
and was now awaken ed to the fact
that New York is overcrowded with
attorne ys. Clients , from a pecuniary
stand point , he didn 't need, but the
ennui of a listless life was borin g him,
stilling his ambiti on. This little ad-
venture , with the flavor of romance
so stron g upon it bade fair to give
life back its relish.
The advertisement brough t results.
Every faker in the city seemed to have
bought a paper and picked the Raw-
lins "found" as the easy money of the
mornin g.
The lawyer entertained the sly ad-
venturers with tentat ive questions on
their lips, keen searcher s after infor-
mation tha t, in turn , was to be given
over to shrewd confederates , who
would follow up with better chances
of landin g the prize, and coarse wo-
men who atte mpted to wheedle the ad-
vertised art icle away from its holder ,
and , failing in this, fell into a vocabu-
lary of vehement and impolite protest
The atto rney 's faith in human na-
ture was sadly Jarre d.
The keen youth gave absolutely no
Informatio n to the gleaners along the
paths of chance, and thus it came
about that none was able to come
later with sufficient information to
draw down the tro phy. Rawlins brea th-
ed his relief at the end of the day and
¦again drew the watch from his pocket
and studie d the photograph. One iongs
doubly for the unattainable. The
youth was in a perfect frenzy to meet
the girl .
Time passed. Several months went
by and still the young man was vainly
strivin g to meet the fair one of the
photogra ph. It became a habit with
him to stand before the window of hl»
office and stare down into the str eet
In this way ther e was a chan ce that
his knowing eyes would find the owner
of the watch.
One day as he stood at his usual
point of vanta ge, his contemplativ e
eyes on a lazy cab, the latt er came
to a stop in front of one of the large
stores , and- oh. the sudden shock of it
—she stepped out
In a moment the long legs of the
youth were fairly flying down the
stair s-he wouldn't wait for the ele-
vator—a nd he was across the street
and into the stor e in another fast fol-
lowing sixty seconds.
It took tte atto rney some time to
find the girl. The wonder of it Is that
he found her at all In that huge bee
hive of strug gling patrons and clerks.
She was on the first floor and at the
handk erchief counter. He patiently
waited until she had finished her pur-
chases. -
"I beg your pardohl" he commenced,
approaching, hat in hand. _
The girl stared at him coldly. She
was a revelation in beaut y-all and
more than the. photo graph had prom-
t
o
e
d
.
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SheGIRL IN '
THE CASE
"1 have here." said the lawyer,
"somethin g that I believe belongs to
you." He smiled in what he evidently
believed to be a courteous manner , but
which left an entirely different impres-
sion on the lady.
"I do not know you. sir," she an-
swered in a well bred voice, the ca-
dence of which thril led her susceptible
admirer to" the full of his rapidly beat-
ing heart. "You have probably mis-
taken me for another person. " Her
eyes rested meditativel y upon an ap-
proaching floorwa lker.
"I know we have uever met," began
Rawlius inane ly, "but— bur "-
"At an almost imperceptible sign
from the girl the floorwal ker joined
them .
"This gentleman ," began the girl dis-
tantl y, "thinks he knows me. He
doesn't." She paused suggestively.
The floorw alker, wise of his kind,
eyed the atto rney with small favor.
"You had better go, sir, else"— He,
too, ended his sentence with an elo-
quent stop.
Rawlins. despite his keen admiration
for the girl , was angry.
"One moment ," he said authorita-
tively to the official. He turned again
to the girl .
"Perha ps you recognize this ," he
asked and held the watc h before her
eyes.
The maid gazed at it with some cu-
riosity. "I do not," she said. ''To my
knowled ge, I have never seen it before
in my life. Are you the—er—offi cia l
propounder of enigmas here?"
The sarcas m was lost on the de
spondent Rawlins , who, with the iron
hand of the floorwalker on his arm ,
was being rapidly escorted toward the
door.
"I' m giving you a chance," explained
the latt er, "althou gh I hadn 't ought to.
The bosses here haven 't any time for
fresh guys who antagonize the trade/ '
An elderly woman with gray hair
and faded blue eyes came hurr ying
after the pair and touc hed the deject-
ed lawyer on the arm.
"Just a moment. " she began breath-
lessly. "My niece has been telling me
about it. You—yon must have my
watch!"
"I knew it," interrupted the floor-
walker "I knew it from the start
madam . He's a 'dip.' old offender
probably. If you'll just step Into the
office I'll see . that you recover your
property without any fuss, and we'll
send this part y down."
The woman stared.
"You are rathe r officious. This gen-
tleman was attem pting to do my niece
a favor. He is no pickpock et I am
sure of that. " She spoke coldly.
She turned to Rawlin s. "Tell me,
was the watch you wished to retu rn
set with three diamonds and did it
conta in a little minlature r1
Rawlins nodded a happy assent The
girl had Joined them. The youth noted
with an appreciat ive eye the embar-
rassed flush dottin g her cheeks.
"Thi s is your pro perty, " came from
Rawlin s. Once again he took the
watch from his pocket, and the eager
hands of the older woman accepted it.
"Oh . how can I ever than k you?"
she gasped. "It rea lly Is my watch!"
She turned to Rawlins. "And you rec-
ognized my niece from the little pic-
ture ?"
Again the happy youth nodded.
Words were beyond him.
"But how did you get it?" she asked
wonderin gly. "I saw that great fat
thief who grabb ed It from my hands
run and jump on a street car, and al-
thou gh I prom ptly reported the mat-
ter \
p the police I really had given up
expectin g the return of the trin ket
long ago.
"It was my first day in the city,'
she continued. "I live in New Orleans ,
you must know, and I am only visit-
Ing here. Marie—sh e Is my sister-
worries so over trifles that I didn't tell
her. Really, I never expected to see
it again. I"—
"But why don't you allow the gen-
tleman to answer your question,
auntie?" laughingly Inte rru pted the
girl. •
Upon Rawlins a great light had
dawned . The good natured hsavy-
welght seated on his right in the car
had been the pickpocket who had
stolen the watch. Evident ly feari ng
captur e, he had shifted the thing npon
Rawlins and taken the cheaper time-
piece of the attor ney in return.
"If s a long story," explained the
youth— "almost too long to tell here.
I am a lawyer , with offices just across
the way." He" handed the older wom-
an a card. "If 1 might suggest"—
"Yon must ride home with usIn our
carria ge." eagerly interrupted th
aunt, "and explain in detail. Really.
I wouldn't miss the story for the
watch. Or perha ps," she amended,
"yon can't spare the time Just nowT"
. Rawlins glanced at the red cheeked
glrL _ ._ -..—- . -¦
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"I win be pleased to ride home with
you," he said.
RIDING THE BILLOWS.
A Paw Pointed Suggestions For Ooaan
Travelers.
Do not Interfere with the captain In
the performance of his duties or offer
suggestions in navigation based upon
your own experience In run ning a
catboat on Lake Mohonk. There are
few captalnB now in the transatlant ic
service who have not crossed the
ocean several times, and we know of
none who has acquired his knowledge
of the sea in a corre spondence school.
If the lady with golden hair seated
In the steamer chair next to yours In-
advertent ly puts her head on your
shoulder and groans do not rudely re-
move It, but whistle a soft lullaby, as
If you did not notice the act. Bear in
mind that two head s are bette r than
one. The lullaby may put her to
sleep, when her curls may be gently
removed to her own sofa pillow.
Should you desire to go below before
she goes to sleep send the deck stew-
ard after her husband and ask him to
remove them himself.
If in the midst of your dinner you
feel a sudden emotional qualm arising
within you rise with it as nearly si-
multaneou sly as possible and hasten
fro m the saloon, taking care in your
flight to stick to the aisles between
the tab les and not go leaping from
table to table like a frightened ante-
lope toward the exit This latter
course would cause considerab le con-
fusion in the dining room, jind in
your haste you might inadvertentl y
trip over anothe r passenger's welsh
rabbit which is not considered good
form in polished circles either on the
land or on the sea.
If on your way to the upper deck
you find the stairca ses blocked by
others hastenin g upward like yourse lf
do not step upon them In your mad
flight upward , but slide down the
baniste rs to the lower deck, which
you will find just as well adapted to
your needs as the upper. Any deck is
good In a qualm. -John Kendric lt
Bangs in Har per's Weekly.
POWER OF A WORD.
Why France Chan ged the Name of the
"Life Saving Belt"
A vivid Illustrati on of the power of
mere words over bnman beings was
once brought to the attenti on of Fre nch
people by Prancis que Sarcey.
After the wreck of the Bonr gogne
"many passengers were found floatin g
drown ed with life prese rvers on. These
life preservers were fatsened upon the
bodies, but round the middle instead
of under the arm s, and the greater
weight of the npper part of the body
had tipped the head under water and
the person of course was inevitab ly
drowned.
Now it appears that the greater num-
ber of the perso ns so drowned were
French . The French term for life pre-
server is ceinture de sauveta ge,or "life
saving belt" This word ceintu re sug-
gests to the mind In its moment s of
disorde r and unr eadiness , sucb_ as a
great catastro phe brin gs, the idea of
puttin g on a belt, and as a belt Is put
round the waist and nowhere else the
frightened person Inst inctively adjusts
the life preserver close about the hips.
The result is that as soon as the
person so provided falls Into the water
his body tips over, with the heavier
part downwa rd, and the head is plung-
ed beneath the surface.
The word "belt" therefore , was the
cause of the loss of many lives to the
Bonr gogne disaster. Sarcey accordin g-
ly proposed to counteract the fatal ef-
fect of the Fren ch word by renamin g
the artic le and calling it a brass iere,
which Is a kind of waist, and by bring-
ing the word bras, or arm, to mind to
teach people to pnt a life preserver ob
Ju st undern eath the anna.—Chicago
Record -Herald.
All bodies in space are gradually ap-
proachin g frigidit y. When a redhot
cannon ball is taken out of a furnace
and suspended in the air It parts with
its heat and keeps on parti ng with It
until it finally reaches the temperature
surrou ndingit And what happens to
the cannon ball is happening to the
sun. The sun to stead ily losing its
beat and contractin g, and the same to
true of the planets and of every other
body in space. Ju st as the arctic circle
Is ever encroachin g upon the temper-
ate and equato rial regions
, sothe final
chill to stead ily advancin g npon the
warmth everywhere ^-Newfork Amer-
ican. -
After a heavy meal take ^ooupto of
Doan'sBegnleU, and five &£ * * * * **
£
liver and bowels the help '•'•y **" "^:
Beguteto brin g easy, regular passages of
the bowels.
The Cooling of the Worlds.
By CARROL H. PRICE
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.
Lucrative positions come fro m va-
rious sources , so many sources that it
Is diffic ult to mention or classify them.
And yet bow hard it is for a boy, un-
aided and often even with every ad-
vanta ge, to grow into one of them .
Frank Bushnell was obliged to go to
work Avhen he was but twelve years
old. His education therefo re was not
of the best, and , havin g no one to help,
him on but himself , he progressed
slowly, or, rather , he didn 't progress
at all. He sold papers oh a railroad ,
then became a brakeman and when
he was nearl y thirty years old had got
no farther up the ladder than baggage
agent at a small way station at a sal-
ary of $30 a month.
Frank while huntin g up a lost trunk
went one day into the general offices
of the company . There he saw the
sleek, well groomed officials with pol-
ished fingernails and clean shaved
faces. One who sat at a mahogany
desk and tapped a bell occasionally
for a boy to do his work may have
been gettin g fro m $3,000 to $50,000 a
year, while Frank for tirin g himself
out handlin g heavy trunks got less
than $400. It r>ade him desperate.
He went back to has stat ion and wrote
a letter applying for a better position.
The official who received it was
about to throw it into the wastebas-
ket when he rememb ered a station in
the center of a desolate section of the
road where the inhabitants who used
the railroad habitually intimidated the
ticket agent, securin g tickets without
paying any money for them. One
agent after another had been dis-
charged for not collecting for tickets
sold. The official indorsed on Fran k
Bushnell' s letter "Appoint him agent
at Hawke ye."
When Frank learned that he was
transferred to Hawke ye at a salary of
$500 a year he was encoura ged till he
learned the facts. Then he was cor-
respondingly depressed . But life look-
ed so gloomy to him that he didn't
care much whether he got killed try-
Ing to collect fares at Hawke ye or not.
He was passing into middle age, had
no home and , wors t of all , wanted to
make one with a girl he knew. But
that was out of the question.
The first morn ing Frank appeared
at his window a wild looking man ap-
plied for a ticket. Fr ank handed it
out, but kept his hand on it, demand-
ing the money for it. The man was
putting his hand to his hip for his re-
volver when Fran k laid his own hand
on one beside the window Invisible
from the outside and fired at rand om
throu gh the opening. Then he went
outside to discover the results and
found the man , shot throu gh the
breast , giving his last kick. Going
back to his telegra ph clicker , he sent
the following message to the man who
appointed him:
Killed man for refusing to pay fare.
Bend underta ker. Shall I keep on?
When the gentleman received the
dispatch he was puzzled just what to
do in the matter. This taking the law
in the hands of the company throu gh
one of its agents was not In keeping
with the policy as laid down by Its
chief attorn ey. The recipient of the
telegram took it Into the president ,
who read it and was visibly Im-
pressed.
"Send an unde rtaker ," he said, "and
report the matter to Mr. Pugh. " Mr.
Pugh was the road' s chief attorne y.
"But the reply to the station agent
as to his future course? You see, he
asks if he shall keep on killing those
who. refuse to pay."
"Appoint another man in his place
and as soon as the legal difficulties are
out of the way order him to report to
me here. "
There were no legal difficulties. Every
. one knew all about Hawke ye Station
and 'felt assured that if the people liv-
ing about It couldn't take care of them-
selves the law would fail also. In a
few days Bushne ll appeared before the
president of the road.
"It seems to -me," said the president ,
"that you have indicated the field for
which you are fitted. I am directo r in
a bank. We have trouble to find a
man brave enough and at the same
time honest enough to guard our funds
and secur ities. I am told that you are
scrupulously honest. I can secure for
you the position of chief watchman at
the bank" You will be held account-
able for its safety , and as your duties
will be very important your salary will
be commensurate. You will receive
13,000 a year."
Frank was so astonished that he neg-
lected-to reply. Finally, recalling him-
self, he said:
"If this promotion Is for killing one
man, why not let me stay there and
kill a few more of 'em. I could get as
big a salary as any one here in time."
"It isn't for killing a man that you
are take n up for a more responsible
position , but for furnishin g evidence
that you have plenty of nerve."
Frank Bushnell entered on bis new
duties. At first it seemed to him that ,
havin g been put there for the purpose
of killing those who sough', to rob the
bask, he should shoot some one at
least once a week in order to reta in so
fine a salary. But as time went on be
learned that his value was negative-
not to display his nerve, but to have It
always in readine ss. Not till he had
been with the bank for ten years did
he get anoth er raise , and then it was
for being in the line of promotion rath-
er than on account of his readlneM to
¦boot.
His Promotion
One of the best of the many stories
of English official ignorance of the
colonies is recalled by P. A. Silburn In
"The Gover nance of Empire." Lord
Palmerston was formin g a new minis-
try and in a preliminar y council was
arran ging its composition. He had
filled up all the portfolios with the
exception of the colonial office. First
one name and then another was sug-
gested and thrown aside. At last be
said to Sir Arthur Helps: "I suppose I
must take the thin g myself. Gome up-
stairs with me and show me when
these places are on the maps."
Official Ignorance.
"We have had an official warning
Bot to burn ranch gas this month."
"I never heard of such a thing."
"Oh, yes; it was last month's ML"—
Buffalo Bxpnaw.
Official.
"I was on an ocean liner when she
ran on the rooks off the English coast
some year s ago." said a trave ling man.
"and in the panic that ensued there Is
one incident that Btan ds out in my
memory. Illustratin g the slender thread
between the tra gic and the ridicu lous.
We had a fellow, on board who bad
managed to keep prett y well loaded
all the way acro ss, and when we
struck the rocks he was in his usual
condition. When everybody thou ght
for sure we were going to the botto m
he sat down at the piano In the saloon,
and what do you suppose he began
playing? 'Home. Sweet Home.' Some-
body went to him and begged him to
stop. Immediatel y he switched off
from the dolefu l str ains of the old
song to the rollickin g melody of 'Down
Went McGlnty." The absurd ity of the
thin g seemed to strike everybody at
once, and a general laugh followed.
The tension was relieved, and there
was good order after that "
The 8hort 8tep Between.
Writin g from Dresden , an American
says: "There Is at least one thing in
a German restaurant for which one
would look in vain in our countr y.
That Is the piccolo. You may think
that I mean a musical instrument and
that any orchestra In any country
might have one of these, but you are
wron g. My piccolo, the one at the
restaurant. Is a human being. He is
a boy twelve to fifteen years old. who
assists the regular waiters . He wears
the regulation waiter 's costume and
looks funny In his splketall coat. He
Is as solemn as a funeral , knows how
to extract a tip and for the high priv-
ilege of retain ing his place and takin g
his first degree as a waiter must en-
dure much abuse at the band s of the
head waiter and bis under lings. He
Is a funny little fellow, this piccolo,
who because of bis appearance could
never prosper In our countr y."—New
York Tribune.
The Restaura nt Piccolo.
It was the third Earl Spencer who
added a word to the langua ge hi conse-
quence of a wager. The bet was that
by cuttin g off the tall part of bis over-
coat he could bring into fashion over-
coats so snort that the skirts of the
undercoat would show" beneath. He
won his wager, and "spencer" became
the name both of that garment and of
the feminine one afterward construct-
ed In Its likeness. The peerage has
added more than one name to the
terminolo gy of costume. Everybod y
knows "Wellin gtons." and the billy-
cock hat is said by some to be really
"Billy Coke." from Coke of Norfolk ,
earl of Leicester. But none of these
examplesin the sphere of clothesrivals
what the Earl of Sandwich did when
he contrived the slice of meat between
bread as a device to enable him to go
on gamblin g without leaving off for a
meal.—Lond on Chronic le.
Created a New Word.
"We hesita ted about renti ng this
place," said the woman who had Ju st
moved in, "until we learned that the
families on both sides of us owned
their bouses. It to so unpleasant to
live where the people next door are al-
ways chan ging and yon never know
what kind of neighbors you are going
to have."
"
Yes," responded the woman on the
other side of the fence. "That *
s one
reason why we're trying to sen our
house."—Chica goTribune.
Oattina Aeauaintod.
HAV R Y«>U SKEN TI1K I.ATKST
EYE GLASSES?
THE ATLAS SHUR-OftS
Tue Neutft st. Most Comfortable and
ynt Most Dnrnbltt of sill EyrK insses.
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Just how the first whites lived, how the Indians
lived, the relations between the settlers and the
aborigines, church and family history, are all
set forth,not,- of course, In sequence, but with
photographic verity. To those whose ancestors
were among the Urst settlers of Barnstable the
book will have an additional aud sacred value.
And all reader will feel deeply grateful to the
author for the Industry which has produced a
most striking picture o' the founding of nn em-
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Yar raoutbport , Mass.
CO NGRESSM AN EUGEN E N. FOSS OF BOSTO N
Rep resentative in Congress from the 14t h District , Who Defeated Gov.
Draper at the Polls Last Tuesday.
FOSS WINS MASS. GOVERNORSHIP
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Wedding j nvitmtions
ANNOUNCEMENTS , RECEPTION and AT
HOME CARDS in approved forms and of
superior wo rkmanship engraved and printed
F. B. A F. P. «O$$
H Y A M N l r t, . - . - M A.»¦*-*-
Hew New Yorki-rs ever stop to thlnK
»Aat one of that city 's chief nttructl ouB
Is the surf. Philudol phiaus must go
flfty-sls miles to the oceun . Though
the folk of Baltimore uud Washin gton
live on tidewater , they must tra vel for
surf bathin g to the capes. Boston la
the only other large town on the At-
lantic seaboa rd besides New York that
has the ocean at Its back door . San
Francisco and Los Angeles are the
only Pacific coast cities within tro lley
ride of ocean beach. None of the Mex-
ican gulf cities can be compared to
New York as a seaside resort and as
to New Orleans , another Mecca of the
pleasure seekers , that lies more tha n
100 miles above the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi. But. includin g Couey Island
and Rockaway. a good many miles of
Greater New York are bounded by the
ocean. This fact. Just to consider the
money makin g side of It. means an
enormous revenue to the metropolis
fro m the inland parts of the country.
It is an advanta ge other grea t wor ld
centers , such as London . Paris and
Berlin , do not enjoy.—Argonaut
New York and the Surf.
E. S. TALBOT
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SANDWICH.
j fcjyWillbe in Cotult , opposite Santuit
House , on the Firtt and Third Tuesday *
of each month; In Sagamore everii Wed-
lead ay.
Office hours. B to 12. 1 to 4 .
Telephone , 32-4.
Darin g • recent examination In the
theology of th * Old Testa ment the
following question was asked a young
clergyman: "What language did Ba-
laam's ass ipeak r After a moment
of thought a smile flashed across his
face, and be wrote his answer. 1 look-
ed at the paper. He had written ,M
A*
mian."—Llppincottfs.
A Briflht Stude nt.
He Unblocked .
The energetic Euclid car conductor
was doing bis best to get the passen-
gers up the aisle, but a stout man with
a double chin bar red the way.
"Will you kindly unblock the pa»
sage, sir?" the conductor cheerily
called to him.
"Sorry Ican't oblige you," the stout
man, who thought be was somethin g
of a wag, called back. "You see, my
wife won't let me."
"All right, Mr. Henpeck," the con-
ductor shouted. "And now will yon be
Mmi enough to shrink a little and let
this bunch of unterrifled hubb ies
scraps by 700?"
And in the wild rush which followed
the stoot man wrs forced to give way.
—Cleveland Plata Dealer.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY
MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Go.
YARMOUTHPO UT
OrncK Hours—a a. m. to 1p m.
A. L. WEEKKS, President,
JOHN H. CLAhK, Sec"; and Treas
JOSHUA E. HOWES, Asst. Bee.
Lossesby lightning are paid,though no murks
•
f (Ire be visible.
Dwellings, Furniture, Clothing, Barns, Horses
Cattle,Harness
, Carriages, Har, Grain, Farming
1
'
ools,Churches,School and Town Howies, Me
cb&nlcs'Shops,etc., etc. liisured at reasonable
rates.
No assessmenthasever been made by this com-
pany on Its deposit notes, and none will prubabiy
ever be necessary,aj* Its rinks nre ho well scat-
tered. Thickly settled places are only partially
Insuredby this office.
Applicationsfor Insurance should be made to
theSecretaryat Yarmoathport, or to any of the
following of tbe company 's directors:
M. N. HARRIS. Barnstable.
-WM. H. TUBMAN , Wellfleet.
EDUAB W. LOVELL,Sftntult.
CLARENDON A. FBEbMAN. N. Cualu am.
A. \
j . WEKKE8. Harwich.
FUANK TUACKEB, Hyannis.
JKUEUIAH B. WIXON, North Brewster.
JONATHAN P. EDWARDS. Dennlsport .
GKOROE W. JONES, Falmouth.
A. T. NEWCOaB,Orleans.
CHARLESH. MOOERS
,Sandwich.
K. LAWHENCE JENKINS, So.Yarmouth.
?. C. BWUfT YarmouthDort.
Ink of vario us hues was used by the
^cient Romans , that of a purple tint
J
el"g consider ed the exclusive fluid
«r the execution of all roya l writin gs.
"s It was distinctively the royal color.
11 is said th at Homer 's works were
*r|tten in letters of gold on a joll 120
«n in length , formed of the intestin es
of serp ents, but we are left tin igno-
^n
ce as to the method of prepar ing
^is lnfc .
The Ink That Homer Used.
1 hope madame Is not superst i-
tious '.'"
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No- lr'.
v girl. Why?"
"Uwause 1 have just broken the large
ffilrr or in the parl or. "-Parls Rire.
Success doesn't "happen. " It la or
Bwized, pre-empted, captured , by con
gited common sensc-rP. B. Wll
,„ Pr eparing Her.
Agent—Did you flna a snitaD ie nouae
for that customer who - seemed so
chesty? Assistant— I did .my best, sir.
I recommended him one ,•with..a RW«U
front—Ba ltimore American.
Hi« 8tyl«.
Little Walter was always carefull y
guarded against germs. The telephone
was sprayed , the drin king utensUs
steri lized and- public conveyances and
places were forbidd en him.
"Fat her ," he said one night in a tone
of desperation , "do you know what I
am going to do when I grow up ?"
"What ?" asked his father , prepari ng
himself for the worst
"I' m going to eat a germ."—Success
Magazine.
An Antiseptlo Child.
"Wou ld you mind telling me," asked
Mrs. Bourdalot , glancing admiringly
at the athletic shoulde rs of the pro-
spective board er, "how you keep in
such splendid physical conditio n V"
"1 go throu gh a few gymnastic exer-
cises every morning. " confessed the
young man. flushing.
"Well , I'm sorry, but we can't board
yon. I've had the bathroom monopo-
lized that way before. "-Kansa s City
Times. .
Tha Poor Man'
s Gym,
Among the names hi the North
Hack ney voters' lists are the follow-
ing: France s Nar rowa y Heaven ,
William Pa rad ise. Alfred Smaggers-
gales, Thoma s Benjamin Bumpus ,
Thoma s Stickalorum . William J oseph
Napier Napper , Paris Needlestitcher
and Fitzherbert Alber t Bugby Lord .-
London Globe.
Queer English Names.
An official was describ ing, at a din-
ner at Washin gton, an unfair law. ¦
"The people under this law ," he said,
"are very much in the position of a
young Washington attache . As the at-
tache was break fastin g the other morn-
ing his servant said to him: 'You are
out of whisky, sir. Shall I get a bot-
tle?'
" 'Yes, I think you might , James ,' the
other replied. 'It' s your turn. '" -
Wash ington Star.
Up to James .
Here is one of F. li. Benson's stories
of his early days of trou ping in the
English provinces :
"At one town I was playing to poor
busines s. The occupants of the gal-
lery were few and not overenthusi-
astic. I was about to make an exit
on the line, 'Tarr y awhile and anon I
will return ,' upon whic h a voice from
the gallery exclaimed : 'Don't troub le
to retu rn , guv'nor. We're going and
shall not be back!' "-Chica go Trib-
une.
Declined to'Tarr y.
"I watched your sister fixing her hair
the other day, " said Mrs. Nagget ,
"and I must say she's not the most re-
fined person in the world."
"No?" replied her husband , with a
belligerent air. "You don't approve of
her, eh?"
"Well ," she retorted with a disdain-
ful sniff , "you'd never see me with my
mouth full of hair pins."
"Of course not," he snapped. "What
would you want with so many hair-
pins?" —Catho lic Standa rd and Times.
No Use For Them. '
It had been a doll season, and tbe
two young traveling salesmen wera
comparing notes. "I bad J ust five
good orders In tbe last month," said
one.
"Too beat me, anywa y," said bis
friend. "I got only three orders, and
tbe third one was from the firm tell-
ing me to come home."—Youth'
s bom*
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