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M. - - . - V tfwt'i$Lx& Regular eoiiiinunleallotui X!J?Z on first ami third Wed f'S&Y tiwwlHyu of each month ' NX In Odd Follows' hall. Visitors welcome. E, S, Harrington, Seeretary, Allen It. Jobes, W. M. CAMP 773 W. 0. W. Meets ev ery Wed n o s U it y evening i 11 Illok nor's Hull W. E. Coon, C C. W. Scott hVllogg, Clork. Central Market! HOU1HOOK BLOCK Sec us for the Choicest Cuts ol the Best Meats Obtainable. Order Filled end family Trade Solicited. T. P. WARD, Proprietor. St. Johns Sand and Gravel Co. JACKSON & MUSGKOVE, Props. General Contrattors. We are prepared to do any and all kinds of excavating for streot work and other purposes. Wo also handle sidowulk and build Lng material. Newton and Feasondon Stroots, St Johns, Ore. Phono Richmond 1571. rZelda Dameron r' By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Coprrisht, 1004, hr The DobU-MwHO Co. CHAPTER XVI. (Continued.) Thoro wns no mistaking tho gloam that lighted tho old man's eyes. "Who's your purchasor?" ho asked, "I think I've mentioned to you tho Patoka Land and Improvement Com. pany. Wo'vo decided not to conflno our selves to our Hat schemo nlono. We're going to hnndlo big real estate schemes wherever wo see anything Rood enough and biff cnoufch to make It worth while. That wasn't our Intention at first, but Ivo persuadod our people to see It that way, ah tho big fortunes tn this coun try havo been mado In real estate, and tho possibilities haven't been exhaust ed yet. If we can hit a fair price, we'll take your lots and work them oft In our own way but I shouldn't bolhor with tho thins at all If It weren't th.tt t hope to got that creek strip from you." "who aro In your company?" asked the old man. Ills need for cash was great, but ho tried to conceal his anx loty, and he was realty curious to know who were behind Ualcomb. The promoter rcoled off a long list of names, most of them unknown to Damoron, but Ilnlcomb's ready explan ation Imparted stability to all of them There were half a doion country bank ers and a numbor of mon who were or Ilrtrl tmnn Uttktn rtf?l.ttM "You seem to havo drawn largely on the country," remarked tho old man, dryly. "You aro quite right. I did. It's easier. There's lots of money In these country banks that's crying for Invest ment I know a lot of business houses right here In our Jobbing district that go to tho country for tholr loans. These old Marlona bankers havo nover got over tho punlo of '73. Kvory ttmo they make a loan they make an enemy. A man whoso credit Is Al doesn't like to Iwivo to go ovor his past and the his tory of his wlfo's relations oven unto tho third nnd fourth generation evorv ttmo ho borrows a few thousand dol lars. Not muchl" Damoron laughed, a llttto uneasily, but ha laughed. Two yours before he would have shuddered at such herety. "Well," raid Ualcomb, rising, "you think over tho matter and lot me know whothor you oare to sell. I'll give you ono thousand dollars for an option on the creek strip at sixty thousand. I'll see you In a fow days." ".Vol Nol" Tho old man's volco roso querulously. Delays were dan gerous. If Ualcomb could do It no must effect the sale at once. 'The flguro I nainod yesterday," be gan Damcron. "Is out of tho question," said Ilal- comb, with finality. "Then nine hundred dollars aploco for tho block of Iota." Perfectly absurd." And Ualcomb turnod toward the door. The old man roso and rested against his desk heavily. Ills bent figure Wits wholly pitiful: the claw-like fingers on which he leaned trembled so that his thin, worn body shook . 'Hupposo you name a figure. Mr. ml- comb," he said, with a palhetlo attempt at Jauntln.ss. "I am authorised to close at twenty thousand cashi and my commission comes out of that. We'll say flfteon hundred commission. Hut I am not anxious to buy at that price It's quite Immaterial to me. What I want is the option." "I havo better use ror tne monoyt yes, I can use 11 10 nuvnninue, emu Dameron, as though ha were pondering the matter gravely and seeking to jus tify himself. Ilaleomb took a step mwara mm. "In other real estate, by the terms of the trust" he said, smiling In an in sinuating way. "Yes; yes, of course," said Dameron, hastily. "And there's the order or court." "To tie sure there's an order of court required by the terms or tnu trust I suppose you wouldn't mind waiting a little for that Tho trust ex pires In a few woeks I prefer to go to tho Judge wltn ino wnoie seiuvmoni ai once. "Hut you prefer not to go to toe Judge to ask his approval of this par. tleular deea. ah num. inn mirut,i nsodn't show theso requirements our attorney will not bo particular, I'll ftx that for you." "Yes, you can arrange mat, 1 sup- nose, slid ina ma iubii, weuKiy, lis was trembling now, visibly, and his voice shook. That will be worm nve hundred more as spoolal commission and guar' anty that you won't forget the court's upproval." sain imicoinu, coouy. "No, on, nm wuiivu mo uui man. "I'm giving It away. You are taking unfair advantage. I am not well I am not quite myself to. day." He sank into 111 chair, breathing Iwrdi but he recovered Instantly and lulled at liuieomo wun an eirark "I'm not a man to wick out when I have pledged my worn," no said, grand y. "A trauu- a iruue." Ana luicomo grinned. ... "Now, ono oincr uuntr, .nr. (Minor. on, Hi oe qunro wiiii yuu nnu ten the truth. ve got to nave the option on tho croek strip. My people are not bit cruiy to buy ion into uiese. but our apurtmeut schemo Is a big thing, and to get your strip or ground out there on the creek bank we'ro willing to buy theso lots of yours Just as the fellow saia, to snow mere's no hard feeling." "At seventy-nve thousand for '.he crook strip. Not a cent loss. It's a part of tho trust. It's my daughter's. shall not give it away. There are only a few weeks moro In which I shall havo any right to sell and and I have had anothor offer," he ended, weakly. "Quito likely; but It Isn't so easy to get so muoh cash on short notice. And there's the dlffloulty of finding other real estate to reinvest tho monoy In. and tho order of court and all that" Ualcomb stroked his beard and eyed his prey. He dropped tho suggestion about the reinvestment of tho pro ceeds In real citato merely to show his acquaintance with the terms of tho trust It amused him to remember Ex- ra Dameron's old reputation as a hard customer. Ho was proving, In Dai comb's own phrase, almost too easy. "we'll call It twenty thousand, then. for the blook of lots," said tho old man. smiling and rubbing his hands. Tory woll," said lUlcomb, "with two thousand as my fee In the matter and an option to buy the oreek strip at ixty thousand." Tho old man stared at him with a sudden malevolont light In his eyes, but ho said with exaggerated dlgnttyt "very wen, Mr. uaioomb." Dasneron drew from his dssk m ab- nisfi'fi of title covering the Roger Her. Ham addition. It was In due form, tho work of a wolt-known tltlo company Ilaleomb took It and ran his eye through Its crisp pages. Bo tho next afternoon a deed was filed with tho county recordor, convoy Ing tho block of lots to tho Patok Iand and Improvement Company, Ezra. Damoron receiving eighteen thousand dollars as consideration and J, Arthur Ualcomb two thousand dollars as com mission. Opportunities to mako two thousand so easily wero not to bo put aside, and Halcomb's conscience trou bled him not at all over tho transac tlon. Van Clevo, the vice president and attornoy, did exactly what Ualcomb, the treasurer, told him to do without question and when Ualcomb expressed himself as satisfied that the court's ap proval would bo forthcoming shortly when tho whole estate was settled, and that woanwhlle tho dood should bo re cordod, Van Clave readily acquiesced. Ualcomb told his associates that It was the onty way In whlah Dameron would glvo the option. Ualcomb did not of course, tell his associates that ho was accepting commission from Dameron; for thero wore times when J. Arthur Ualcomb's volubility gavo way to retlconco of the austorost kind. He plumed hlmeilf upon at last having secured at sixty thousand dollars an option on the creek strip, whoro tho Ideal apartment houso was to bo built; and ho sent notlcos to his directors of a meotlng to consider plans for building. The fact that tho company had Just bought through his shrewd agoncy, something Ilka fifty thousand dollars' worth of lots for twenty thousand would, he told Van Clovo, "look good to tho Jays," and I did. CHAPTKIl XVII. Copeiand, the lawyor who nover practiced, reached the Tippecanoe Club every week-day at oxactly thirty mln utcs past twotvo o'clock. A good rig uro of a man was Copoland. He had steady brown eyes In which a keen hu mor lurked) and his hair that had one been black was now white; but ho wns still young nnd tho snowy oap over his dark features was becoming. In 11 frook coat Copetand would havo graced the Henato or tho President's cabinet table. Ho had telephoned I.elghton to meet him ono day near tho end of Hep tamber. NothlngT You reject my offer?" asked Copeiand. "It's batter so at your age. when I was tn the practice That was In the day," said Morris "when a law library In theso parts meant tho Htatn decisions and a few text-books." Copeiand continued to speak with characteristic crlspness. "I havo a customer up In the coun try who has made tho acquaintance of your particular friend, Mr. Jack Ilal- comb. Do you follow moT" "Your customer must bo a man of parts. Ualcomb does not cultivate poo pie unless ho sees something pretty good In them." "I believe that Is correct Well, my customer, whoso name Is Jennings, has bought some stock In what Is known as the I'utoka I-und and Improvement Company, or which ualcomb Is treas urer and one thing and another. There's a lawyer up there In his building "Van Cleve," suggested Lelghton. "That's tho chap, His eyes look llkn a bowl of olam broth. He's the attor ney for tho company. The reason ho holds the Job Is not difficult to deter mine. His father Is n bunker down hero on the river somewhere and Is well-to-do, Ilaleomb, I understand, Is teaching Van Cleve how things jre dono In large cities." "He's u competent teacher. Oo on." "A client of your ottleu Is also In the game to a certain extent I refer to Kara Dameron, that genial, warm. hearted, Impulsive old fossil. They tell mo on the quiet that he's been monkeying with options. He's selling thts company the old lloger Merrlam property south of town at half Its val ue und he's given them an option on his strip of land out. here on the oreek. You know Halcomb's scheme. He's go ing to build an Ideal flat out here at the dge of town fountains playing ev erywhere, roof gardens, native forest trees It s a delightful prospeet Dam uroii's corner Is a great place for it It makes no difference whether the sohemo Is practicable or not lUleomb makes It sound awfully good. It's been written up tn the newspapers most se ductively. It's so good that only the elect can get In." "I know Ualcomb nnd his habits of thought. How muoh Is ho tuylng Dameron for that property t" "Ualcomb has an option at sixty thousand. Jennings told me that U stockholders had already paid In most of their money so that the purehase could be made at onee. The prteo umaslngly low. Ho must be hard up Ualcomb tells Jennings and the rest of them that he bought these lots mere!) to bo able to get that creek strip; but ts's a bargain and they'll mako a good thing out of the lots. Hut what's the matter with KiraT I thought perhapi Can's relations with Dameron were such that this Information would In terest you. Tho property Is part of the Margaret Dameron trusteeship and I hope Miss Dameron will get all she's entitled to. I believe that's the most curious will that was ever probated In our county," Copeiand continued, with the exaggerated gravity with which ho talked of legal matters. "Hut thxt woman certainly had an extraordinary faith tn her husband. Nobody else tn this township would trust Ezra Damer on round the corner with a hot base burner, Hut Mrs. Dameron was as proud as Luolfer. She was a Merrlam and sho must have thought that by leaving her property to Eira In trust for their daughter she would put H corncr-stono under his honor. Hut the trusteeship expires on the first of Octo ber and the old man Is selling property at a ridiculous figure to a crook. It looks rather queer, doesn't ItT" "Dameron must have had something of his own; he had his wife's property to play with and If he hasn't done well with It It's his own fault I'm sorry that ho has fallen Into Halcomb's hands." Oh. well; you can't mako a silk purse out of a sardine's tall" observed Copeiand, reflectively. "And I fear that Esra ts a sardine." When Morris reached his office, he found a first draft of Margaret Darner on's will, written tn lead pencil on a faded pleoe of manlla paper, tn Cart's small regular hand. Lelghton had oome upon it once tn cleaning out an old desk, and He had put it among his own papers as an Interesting specimen of Carr's handiwork. Ho unfolded the I sheets now and examined Intently the ' form of the will. The terms were clear and unequivocal; ho noted tho change of word and phrase here and thore. In ovory case an Improvement In tho In terest of directness and clarity. There was no question ns to the meaning of tho will. Ileal cstato was not to bs sold cxcoDt by permission of the court and proceeds were to be reinvested In othor realty. Thoro was good sense In tho Idea, but had Damoron sold the lloger Merrlam addition entire to the Patoka Company without referring tho sale to the court? Tho aucstlon must bo answered, and he went to tho court houso and asked permission of tho recordor to look at the deed from Esra Dameron. trustoo, to the Patoka Land and Improvement Company. It was In tho hands of clerk for transcribing, but Morris was allowed to examine It. It was written In Damoron's hnnd, and had been coplod from a printed form of trustoe's deed. Tho consideration was twenty thousand dollars, tho receipt of which was duly acknowledged. Lelghton was a lawyer and ho fell a lawyors disgust with the situation that the case pro- santsd. Dameron was clearly In son ous need of ready money or he would not bo soiling real estate at a ridicu lous figure It was also patent that in his necessity he had turned to Ualcomb as a man who would not scruple at obllnuo nracttccs. Morris wont tho next day to tho of fice of a title company where he was acaualntod and waited while the see rotary mado up a list of tho property hoi.i iiv Kirn Dameron. trustee. Ho found that tho salo of tho lloger Mer inm n.lilltlon. which had Just been re inft iho creok property, The Tinh. nnd tho old Marrlam homo- stead tho only realty romalnlng In the trust "I thought Mr. Dameron was a heAy real estate owner," romarkod Morris. 'That's a popular suporstltlon," said tho secretory "but he's sold It off rap Idly during tho past two years, lis owns nothing personally, and he bat boon converting his daughter's prop erty very fast. I hope there's nothing wrong about It." 1 "I don't know. Aro you sure ho hasn't been buying other real estntoT Somothlng of tho kind Is required by tho terms of his wlfo's will." "Not In this county at least" The secretary was sllont for a momont "It would bo a delicious Irony If Esra wero to turn up broke, wouldn't ItT" he said, grinning. "That depends on tho point of view, romarkod Morris. (To bo continued.) riflHINO IN THE CONWAY. An Angler Who lliioUnl n iroui niiu Limited n Cow. Ail Incident of a suiuuwhnt amusing naturo was witnessed 11 lew days ago near tho Oowor bridge, Llanrwst It amicar that a visitor nrniod with rod nnd lino was plying tho Kontlo nrt ami ntlcltiK tho wily trout by Insinuating his files on tho nlncld surface of tho deep pool which forms that portlou ol tho Conway river. Above him on a high wink stood a cow. Suddenly n big trout roso nan u Hash nnd secured 0110 ot tho llles, with tho result that tho reel Immndlatoly bvenn to whirr. Tho angler, with galvanlo sudden ness. Jumped back and struck. His un expected maneuver, however, atnrtlod tho cow, with tho result that she slip ped and with n somorsaull nnu n heartrending "Moo!" roll with a mighty splash Into tho pool beneath, Tho rod was struck from tho eng- lor's hnnd nnd utter n few spasmodic movement floated gently down stream, while tho trout, adapting him' golf to such favornblo opportunity! disgorged tho Indigestible mockery on tho hook nnd dashed out of tho zona of danger and turmoil. Tho angler, who I -id uudorgono tho pleasures of n generous shower bath, having collect- ml his scattered thoughts nnd con vlnccd himself thnt ho wns not Impli cated In tho throes of n violent earth quake, hurled u torrent ot theological terms on tho Innocent cow, wiucii was making futllo efforts to regain terra flnna. It soon becanio evident, howover, that tho nnluutl was drowning, so the angler, with the generosity of his kind, called for assistance, and ulti mately tho half drowned cow was res cued by means of ropes. It Is antici pated that the angler when ho next vtslta his club In England will regal tho company with reminiscences ot his llshlng exploit In the Conway when lis hooked a trout and landed n cow,' Field. Iluiuiuuok for I lie Uaby, A substitute for baby's cradle bu been Invented by a Tennesico roan In tho form ot a hammock, adapted to bo hung over the parents' bed. This hammock la so doilgned that It combines perfect comfort for the occu pant with perfect safety and U with in easy reach of tho mother If baby need attention. Tho body portion ot the hammock is a boat-shaped affair of soino flexible material and laces together at the end. A hood shelters tho head of tho device and a belt passes around It and serves the dou ble purpose ot keeping the Infant from falling out and keeping his covers on. Ropes aro attached to each end ot the hammock and tholr othor extrem ities fastened to hooks tn the oppo- lto walls. Thus suspendod the ham mock swings over tbe bed In full view ot tho child s parents, who can rook it as they lie abed and with much less trouble than it takes to rock the ordinary cradle. When not ta use the hammock takes up no mors room than the apace required to hang U oa a hook la the closet I I riiiTi 1 1 ck lr B I I I I! I 11 II I I I 1 II I IL m 1 1 i-iuu-jn III JL!i IN ninr'd lfAMiirvir. I MILADY OF THE , FORTUNES Dy PHILIP KE AN (Oopj light, 1S10, bf AnoclMed UUnrr I'm..) Tho dust was thick on tho long whlto road; sun nnd glaro and heat held tho noondny world In bondngo, Evon the birds woro languid as thoy sat with drooped wings o.. tho fonco rails. On tho grass by tbo roadsldo woman lay asloep, half hlddon by tho bushes. Now and then a cart with slow horso and drowsy driver rattled by. Nothing disturbed tho woman howovor, until thoro enmo from tho distance tho "honk, honk" of nn auto mobile horn. At the unusual sound in this far country sho sat up. Whon tho big car roachod tho blackberry bushos In tho fonce cornor, sho was at tho roadsldo, hor hnnd hold up. At hor signal tho car stopped. "What do you want?" asked tho man who sat besldo tho chauffeur. "Lot mo toll your fortune." Hor groat oyes pleaded, supplementing tho softness of hor volco. irom tho back seat came n pro tost "Why should ho stop here in tho heat Oswald?" Tho man was studying tho girl' faco. "It will tako only a moment,' ho said. Again the fcmlnlno volco protested. "01 vo fcir somo monoy and wo will go on." Tho girl by tho roadsldo coat Ohs Sat Up. glnnco at the girl In tho auto. "I do not tako monoy for nothing," she said, "Lot me tell your fortune." An oldor femlnlno volco urged the nocosslty ot going on. "Indeed, Os wald, you are Inconsldorato to stop here In tho heat" Tho young man, still held by the oyes of the girl In tho roadside, pro posod a compromise. "Let's got out and eat our lunch back thore In the woods. It looks cool undor tho trees. mo rortuno toner made an eager confirmation. "It Is cool," she said, "and thore Is a spring among the rocks. A murmur of distaste from tho girl in the tonneau was followed by tho older woman's decision. "We are all hungry, why not?" Tho young man. questioning the girl by the roadside, appolntod her their guide. "Show us tho way Into the wood and help us to find tho spring. hiio weni aneaq 01 mem ugntiy, a picturesque figure tall and slender, with a mass or red gold hair In a faded gown of blue. Her wide hat was crowned by a wreath of wheat and a band ot scarlet popples drooped In her hand. Evon tho girl who had protestod waa forced to admit tho beauty of the spot upon which they finally came, It waa a place of greenness and of dimness, of murmuring wator and of crooning winds, Thero Is actually a breeie, the oldor woman said. "One scarcely felt It in the sun." The chauffeur un packed the lunch hamper, spread a white cloth on a flat rock and set thereon a feast fit for the gods, The oyes of tho fortune toller followed every movement, but when Oswald nllod a plato with good things and handed It to her she drew back. "Not unless you let me tell your fortune." "Come, Oswald," an Impatient voice Interposed. "In a moment Sylvia. I am going to have my fortuno told." "Oswald I" This time It was the older woman's voice. Tbo fortuno teller bent over his hand eagerly. She told him many trivial things at first, things at which Sylvia and her mother smiled. At last however, she spoke of deeper matters, of business and of marriage and he gazed at her in wonder, "How did you know those things?" be demanded. "I know " her voice waa tremu lous, but suddenly she lifted her head and her eyes flashed. "There are things things that I cannot tell you now." She looked at the two wom en and be understood. Some other time, then?" he mur mured. She nodded. "Is It worth my lunch?" "Indeed, yes," and he brought her all the delicacies upon which the others woro feasting, the roast fowl, the salad, the sandwiches, the cold sparkling drlnka. When she had finished, she stood up and said: "Qood-by." Ho followed her for a HtUo distance and demanded: "When will you tell mo the rest of my fortune?" A llttlo troubled look fluttered across her face, "Somewhere, some time," she said and fled. He went back ta ted tM bload Sylvia La a bad temper. She con plained of everything, hlamwg the drl by the roadside fer their stop ta 1 VjQp this lonoly placo. "Lot's toavo It -1 soon as possible," sho nrgubd. It was a long drive boforo they reached tho country houso thnt was their destination. Thoy woro Just in ttmo to dress for dinner nnd Oswald camo down to find waiting ror him n tall, slender girl whoso mass of rod gold hair lay ngnlnst tho Ivory of hor neck. Hor filmy chiffon gown trailed bohlnd hor In snowy folds. Tho band of pearls that hold hor shining locks was matched by othor pearls that toll In ropes almost to hor knoos. Ho gazed In astonishment "You?" ho asked sharply. Hor faco showed no sign of rccog nltion. "I don't undorstnnd." sho said. Ho bowed, consenting thus to her docoptlon. Sylvln and her mother stared and gasped ns they, too, recognized tho personality of tholr follow-guost Dut only onco during tho dlnnor did the lady ot tho rod-gold locks loso tho air of flno unconsciousness thnt en veloped hor. It wns whon thoy spoko of lunch. "You woro not here," hor hostoss said, and the transformed fortuno toller had tho graco to blush and murmur that she hnd caton It olsowhoro. "Later, Ocwald mndo hor confoss. "Why do you try to convlnco me thnt I do not know you?" ho nskod hor whon ho had hor safo on tho moon lighted porch. "My honrt would know you nnywhoro" Then tremulously. "Perhaps you think I dosorvo thorn." "It was all luijh n wild freak," sho admitted lator. "How was I to know thnt you woro coming hero? Last night wo woro talking of povorty, of what one might do to obtain a mcnl If ono bod not n cent in tho world. It nnmo to mo then thnt I hnd nover earned anything In my Ufa nnd I hnd n fancy to rco If I could do It I hnd ofton told fortunes to my friends, so I put on n faded old gown and wont down thnt qutot road nnd waited for soma ono to como. Then I toll nsloop nnd It wns your auto that wakod me." "It was fnto," ho Interpolated. "After I got Into It I was humiliated. yet I went on to tho end because I wnntod to know what a girl would havo to do who really had to earn whnt sho nto. I thought that I should novor sco you again and thon to find you horel" It wns foto," ho repented, "nut you did not toll ma tho end or ray for tuno," "How could I?" sho said. "Your hnnd said thnt you must not marry n blond woman, nnd thoro wns a blond young truly eating lunch with you. I. could not toll such a rude rortuno." Ho looked blank. "Oh, Sylvia Is Just n frlond but I hopo to marry a blond womnn." His tono wns so significant thnt sho blushed. 'That is," ho amended, "If red-gold hnlr can be callod blond." Hor head went up proudly. "I think," sho reproved, "that you are ptesumingr Ho leaned toward her. "I havo said It Is fato. We cannot oscape it. Do you wish to escape it, dear lady ot for tunes?" Sho shook her head. "I am not sure. and nnyhow, tt was a fake fortune- such things don't como truo." You can't got out of It that war." he said. "You promised that I should marry. There is only ono woman that I want. May I try to win horr And looking up Into his eager eyes she promlied, "Yes." American "Slouehlness." Publlo untidiness Is n national fault It Is moro noticeable In cities, by Its massing thero than elsewhere, but even the roadsides In tho "sweet puro country" aro often terribly unkempt and have the air of being made a convenient dumping ground. H. Q. Wells, when In this country, was much struck in his railroad Journeys by the slovenly look of village streets and by the appalling amount of waste matter everywhere flung about We have so long been used to having all outdoors in which to throw things that we are in danger of forgetting how much like the neighborhood of a Zulu kraal we often make our outly ing regions appear. Travelers from abroad are Invariably impressed by this, and not favorably, while many returned American tourist, after a sojourn In neat France, for example. is painfully struck by what one patri otic youth called the "slouchy" ap pearance or nis own land. Ridiculous Europesn Laws. A decision of the courts at Trieste causing groat indignation among ts young people In Austria, Hencefor ward lovora will be liable to a sum mons ror lese majesty ir they vary the ofllclal position of a postage stamp. whether on a card or on a letter, to in dicate their sentiments. To stick n postage stamp at a certain angle to express "undying love," "disappoint- iiiwui, leuuer memories auu so . . ... a . forth is decidedly a mark of dlsre- pect to the sovereign, say the courts. The sender ot a post card at Cattaro who had used the emperor's effigy to tell bis sweetheart that he would love her always has been condemned and fined for tho offense, London Express. The Maglo of a Smile. The expression of our face Is of so great importance that wo must watch it closely, so as to give happiness to all around us, but above all to the be loved best A cross look, a mere frown, has often been the beginning ot much bitterness ot heart and sor row between lovers, says Woman's Lire. A smile demands so slight an effort and has such great power. In woman, especially, charm of expres sion is everything. Town Crier, A quaint survivor of colonial days is the town crier of Provtncetown. This ofllclal. once found in every New England town, now survives only In Provincetown and in Nantucket He Is on the street almost dally in Prov incetown announcing a show at the town hall, a cake sale at a church, grand bargains at the shops, or new reels at the motion picture show. True Form of Charity. The charity that thlnketh ao evil trusts in uoa and trusts la Timothy Ttteeab, Powerful British Windmill What is elalmsd as the Largest ae. most powerful windmill in Oreat Brit ain has Just been completed at Wllles den, where Its capacity Is being tried under varying conditions. It is In tended for a farm near Dristol, Its use there being to genorato electricity, supply power to run crushing machin ery and work tho pumps. From the trials mado it is said thts new wind machine is capablo ot generating suf ficient electricity ror 800 lights, to crush oats and grind malse, work an elcctrio lift cook the food and heat a room at a cost of W a unit Lived tn One House 04 Yes re, la the village of Bin the (Somerset) on tho banks of tho IUvor Parrett re sides William Droomo, who has lived tho whole of bis life nlnety-rour years In tho same oottago. Tho house Is bis own property. Droome has al ways enjoyed good health, la still very aotive and has nover t as tod medicine. He is a great-grandrather, grandfather and father, but only six of his descen datns are livings London evening Standard. Pecullsr Churoh Ornament Lambeth "Old" ohuroh has numer ous historic monuments, and in one of the windows Is the full longth flgurv of a peddler with his rack, staff and dog. Thts is supposed to represent the unknown person who presented "reddlor'e Acre" to the parish upon condition that his portrait and that ot his beloved canlno companion should be preserved tn the church and that his dog should be buried tn con secrated ground. Poll Mall Oosett. This Is flsther Nest An ICnctlsh crltlo of American so cial conditions says that men in this country are too much Inclined to put women on pedestals. The only an swer to such criticism is pity for the nation that has not such a beautifully decorative use for pedestals. Dismal Outlook. "Do you believe we shsll ever have onlversal peaeo?" "Not uuless womon quit offering hlghor wages to their neighbors' cooks," Not an Improvement Qerald "Pooplo like to walk over me." 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