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T-vJEGOy Jjnow, when she saw licr
pnfnerWVylng tip the path, that
-JL he was eouilnjr to get ber to bug
potatoes.
This knowledge caused her heart to
swell In fierce rebellion. If there was
any one thing Teggy disliked more than
another It was bugging potatoes. She
sighed and began to read, with intense
Interest-,: where she had left off a mo
meul .before,
""Lady Alfreda's beautiful golden hair
was crowned with a tiara of sparkling
diamonds. Her slender white wrists
wio "
Teggy, reggy," called Sir. Illbbard,
peremptorily.
"Her slender white wrists," resumed
Teggy, "were clasped with many brace
lets, each of which was set with pre
cious stones amounting In value to
many thousands of dollars. Her taper
fl itgers were "
"Peggj do you hear?" called her
father again.
Peggy gave one more regretful glance
at the paper, with its half-page lllus
iration, then arose and stalked out Into
the yard with sullen slowness. Mr.
Illbbard went around behind the
smokehouse, whence he presently re-turned-with
two old tin pails and two
narrow wooden paddles, which he set
down at her feet.
"I guess you'll have to help me a lit
tle while again to-day, Peggy," he said,
"but it won't be very hard on you. The
sun's gone under a clold an' I don't b'
leeve the bugs Is very thick."
Peggy looked disconsolately at the
pail and the paddle. Her father took
up his own implements of potato bug
torture and began to retraco his steps
toward the potato patch. But Teggy
did not follow,
"I don't think," she called ont bitter
ly, "that you've got a right to ask me
to do such work as this."
lie turned and looked at her In un
bounded surprise. "She don't think,"
he repeated, blankly, "that I've got a
right to ask her. Now, who," he con
tinued, addressing his remarks to some
Invisible third person, "do you think
has got a right to ask her If I ain't?"
For nu Instant Peggy hung her head,
guiltily. Then, being highly Incensed
by the painful contrast between her
own hard lot and that of Lady Alfreda,
she looked up and said, with consider
able spirit:
"My own father, sir."
There was a moment's silence, "Iler
own father," echoed Mr. Illbbard, at
length, still directing his conversation
to the Invisible third person. "Now,
will you kindly tell me who Is her own
father, If I ain't?"
The Invisible third person evidently
did not feel equal to nn explanation of
the matter and Peggy took it upon her
self to answer.
"lo do not know, sir," she returned,
firmly, "but I shall soon find out. You
are not he, I am sure. Where you
found me, or how you obtained posses
sion of me Lannot telt. but of this
great Injustice by grinding me down
In this manner, and it will not be long
until I will be restored to my my
my"
Peggy paused then In some confusion.
She was not quite sure whether these
were the exact words Lady Alfreda had
used when declaring to her captors her
Intuitive knowledge of her noble birth.
Peggy had long thought that when she
procla'med her identity to the people
with whom she lived and who claimed
to be her relatives, she would repeat
Lady Alfreda's declaration of inde
pendence verbatim, and it flustered
her to think that she might have failed
to do so. Still, even though she might
have made a mistake, she felt that she
had put It pretty strong. And she cer
tainly had. At least, so It seemed to
Mr. Illbbard.
He hurried forward and laid his hand
tremblingly on her shoulder.
"Peggy," he said, anxiously, "I'm
afeard you're a loslu' your wits, ain't
you? Don't yo' feel a little queer In
your head? Think a minute. Now,
don't yo'?"
Had not Peggy's heart been steeled
to an extraordinary degree, It would
have been melted by the tender solici
tude in his voice and manner. As It
was, she drew back unresponsive and
regarded him coldly.
"No," she said, "I'm not at all sick
father, and I'm ready to help you.
Come on."
She gathered up the paddle and pall
allotted to her, and led the way to the
nearby corner lot, where the hard-shelled
black and yellow potato destroyers
were making a morning meal off the
tender. Juicy leaves. Mr. Illbbard fol
lowed, as one In a trance. Neither Peg
gy nor her father referred to the mo
mentous subject again that day. Mr.
Illbbard's heart and head were filled
with uneasy speculations on the newly
revealed side of his little daughter's na
ture. He was laboriously revolving
her words In his somewhat dull mind,
and striving to comprehend their mean
ing. Until he arrived at a solution of
the problem he would have nothing to
say.
As for Peggy, she was too busy with
day dreams to talk. She felt confident
she was In reality the child of wealthy
parents and that the time was near at
hand when she should come Into pos
session of her rightful property. That
was what happened to Lady Alfreda
and other lovely heroines of whom she
had read in the weekly illustrated pa
pers, and it was but a natural conclu
sion that she was destined to enjoy the
same good fortune. To be sure, there
were many striking differences between
herself and Lady Alfreda. For In
stance, It would require a lively
stretch of the imagination to transform
Peggy's scant ragged locks Into the
luxuriant tresses of which Lady Al
freda Insisted, and the fancy thut could
see lu Peggy'8 red, boy hands any re
semblance to Lady Alfreda's "slender
white wrists" and "taper fingers"
would have to be still more elastic.
Peggy unceremoniously dropped her
pall, much to the discomfiture of the
caged colony of potato bugs, when she
realized this and stuck iter unprepos
sessing hands in her pockets and blush
ed for very shame.
II.
Before breakfast next morning Peg?."
finished reading the adventures of
Lady Alfreda. the had grown quite
bold by that time, In consequence of
her talk with Mr. Illbbard on the pre
ceding duv. and when washing the
breakfast dishes she enlarged on the
subject with enthusiasm to her cousin '
Ifeorg".
"Never mind," she saV. with guuuli;
OF PEGGY.
oquent air, when he refused to empty
the coffee grounds as requested, "I
won't be here long for you to quarrel
with."
"I'm going away," 6he returned
blandly. "I'm going to have a rise In
the world. My name Is not Peggy Illb
bard, at all. Bah, what an ugly name!
I've tried my best to hit Into something
pretty and interesting, but I can't do
It. It always remains Just plain Peg
gy. I don't know what my last namo
is, but I'm sure I was christened
Queenie or Kdlth or Elaine or some
thing like that. My own parents are
coming for me soon."
"Huh!" said George, In derision. But
he emptied the coffee grounds and was
quite obedient for almost an hour af
terward, all of which Peggy regarded
as unmistakable evidence that he had
more or less faith In what she had told
him.
Peggy was kept unusually busy In
those days. She and her aunt, Mrs.
Morrison, did all the housework, and as
a sick neighbor, who had been a life
long friend of the family, required a
great deal of her aunt's nttentlon,
many new duties devolved upon Peg
gy. This additional work was not ex
actly relished, but In one sense the sit
uation was delightful. Peggy was left
alone more than she had been hereto
fore, and the unusual solitude gave her
ample opportunity to converse with
her relatives undisturbed when they
should come to claim her.
III.
The next day," when carrying In an
armful of stovewood, with which to
cook the noonday meal, she heard the
sound of wheels on the white turnpike.
They stopped at the front gate, and
Peggy, peeping furtively around the
corner of the house, beheld a sight
which drove every drop of blood In her
veins with a rush to her heart, and
made her arms so limp and lifeless that
the load of wood fell with a crash on
her bare toes.
A carriage had been driven Into the
shade of the apple tree that grow near
the roadside. Undoubtedly It was the
carriage. It was not exactly what she
had expected, for there were only two
horses. Instead of four, and the harness
was not made of gold, but it was a
very stylish turnout withal, and Peggy
thought she could be satisfied with it.
A middle-aged woman and gentleman
alighted and came rapidly toward the
house. Peggy went forth to meet them,
looking shnme-faccdiy the while at her
bare feet and little red hands.
"Ah," said the gentleman, kindly, "I
believe we have her here, Susan. My
child, are you Peggy Illbbard?"
"No, sir," returned Peggy, promptly.
A shadow of disappointment passed
over the faces of the lady and gentle
man. "That's too bad," said the lady, "but
perhaps you can tell us where to find
her."
Peggy plaited the corner of her apron
nervously for a moment, then, looking
up courageously, she said: "I am culled
Peggy Illbbard."
"My goodness, and are you not she 7"
exclaimed the lady.
"No," said Peggy, glibly. "I must
have been chnnged when I was a baby,
or something, and the mistake has
never been rectified. I have never
been able to find out what the name of
my father really Is. I hoped, sir, that
you were ho. Are you not, and have
you not come to give me a rise In the
world and take me home to your pal
ace?" Teggy spoke with great earnestness,
for she had dreamed over this phase of
her life so much that she had come to
believe In its reality. The lady and
gentleman stared at her In bewilder
ment. "I don't understand what you mean,"
said the lady, sadly. "We have no lit
tle girl. Our granddaughter died, too,
a few weeks ago. But we will think
"i don't think tou'vr got a iught to
ASK ME TO DO SUCH WOIiK." ' -
over what you have said, and make
further Inquiries about you. After we
have seen Mr. Illbbard perhaps you
will hear from us again."
They drove away - down the dusty
turnpike and Peggy threw herself
down on the garden mold and wept bit
terly. "Even they have gone back on
me," she sobbed. "They have left me
here and I'll have to go back Into that
hateful kitchen and cook something
for father and the boys. I can't do It,
so there."
But she did, and her father praised
her effort by saying that he had never
sat down to a better meal.
In the meantime the lady and gentle
man, all unconscious of the grief their
visit had occasioned, were wending
their way thoughtfully back to Squire
Hooper's house, whence they had start
ed out an hour before.
"I don't see what you sent us over
there for," said the gentleman, as soon
as they entered the sitting-room. When
we told you that our errand In this
neighborhood Is to pick out a bright lit
tle girl whose parents are poor and
unable to educate her as she deserves
and wishes we were In earnest, and ex
pected you to recommend somebody
who is worthy. But that Hlbbard girl
Is a regular little lunatic. She said her
name Is not Hlbbard; that she is the
child of wealthy parents who will give
her a rise In the world, and all that sort
of tommy-rot. Wo were so surprised
we came away without seeing Mr. Hlb
bard." "I don't know what to make of it,"
sighed Mrs. Hooper. "Here conies ber
aunt, Hannah Morrison, down the road,
now. I'll call ber In and consult her."
"It's the very thing that's been wor
rying her father to death yesterday
and to-day," said Mrs. Morrison, when
tl:: quest of the middle-aged couple had
been explained to her. "I'm afraid her
mind's upset by reading so many im
possible, sensational stories. I can't ,
vS
watch her all the ttme, having so much
to do, and she will borrow those papers
and read them when I'm not looking.
I'm sure I'm obliged to you all for your
kind Intentions toward Peggy. She's
sharp as a whip. It's a shame we can't
afford to give her more advantages. I
hope you'll overlook her crazy notions
and give her a trial."
But the middle-aged couple were ex
tremely matter-of-fact people. They
felt rather dubious about taking under
their protection a child who talked In
riddles, and after due deliberation they
returned to their homo without having
made any arrangements for the edu
cation of a bright little girl who was
unable to help herself.
IV.
But they came again a year later.
"We are looking for Peggy Hibbard,"
said the old gentleman, with a merry
twinkle In his gray eyes.
Peggy had learned many things dur
ing those twelve months. She had
come to realize that a "rise" had come
In ber way, which, although not the
kind she was looking for, was the best
"rise" that can come to a person In this
world, nnd she deeply regretted having
lost It. In view of all this, she answer
ed, modestly, "I am she."
Wlien they went away Peggy accom
panied them. They did not startle the
neighbors with gold harness and 'an
unlimited wardrobe," but for all that
Peggy was very happy. The next
summer, when she was home during
"MY NAME IS NOT PEGGY HlnnABD."
vacation, she voluntarily hunted a tin
pall and a wooden paddle, and went
with her father to the potato patch.
"I don't really like this kind of
work," she said, "but I've come to the
conclusion that I can't have everything
my own was, as did Lady Alfreda.
Somehow I've lost all Interest in her
golden hair and slender white wrists."
When they returned to the house her
father brought out the big family Bi
ble and opened It at the record of
births. "See," he said, pointing to the
top line, "Peggy, daughter of Hiram
and Alice Hlbbard. Born December 12,
1881." There it Is as plain as life; ev-ery-day,
commonplace 'Peggy.' Have
yo' given up tryln" to make somethln'
flowery out of It?"
Teggy blushed to the roots of her
hair, which was still carrotty and
stringy. "Long ago," she said, meekly.
"An yo' bieeve the record In the Bi
ble, now, don't you, dear child?" he
asked, anxiously. "Yo' b'leeve that 'm
your sure enough father, an' you ain't
expect! n' any great rise, arc yo'? Yo'
ain't ashamed o' me an' my name?"
Peggy held his hard hand In hers,
and when she saw a teardrop glistening
there, she did not know whether It had
fallen from his eye or her own.
"Father, dear father," she said, soft
ly. Omaha Bee.
Development of Suburban Traffic
American corporations have been
very enterprising In extending their
lines into new districts often. It must
be added, where there was little busi
ness to warrant Buch extensions. With
out questioning the wisdom of those en
terprises, it may nevertheless be said
that there has been, In most Instances,
a failure on the part of these corpora
tions to secure to themselves the enor
mous local and suburban business
which has grown up in and around our
great cities. A great number of cases
can be cited where this business is
handled successfully and profitably on
a large scale by the steam roads of Eu
rope, establishing beyond question tho
desirability of the service that can be
secured In this way. American mana
gers, however, have not only disregard
ed this business, but have actually dis
couraged It; and It Is only within a few
years that a proper appreciation of Its
Importance and value has boon shown
by even a very few of the leading com
panies. There Is, on tho other hand, an
almost total lack, on the part of the
public, of any proper appreciation of
the part which tho existing lines ter
minating In or passing through the
great cities should take In the develop
ment of this local and suburban traffic.
Corporations have been allowed, and
even encouraged, to withdraw their
freight and passanger stations to points
farther from the business centers; and,
with very few exceptions, there has
never been an effort, on the part of
either city or State governments, to
take such action .as would lead to any
development In the line above suggest
ed. Century.
Her Crinoline Killed Kim.
Among the historical Incidents con
nected with the Bathhaus Is one re
lating to an old Judge who laughed
himself to death. One sultry day,
reads the record, during a recess of the
council, the members were leaning
from the windows of the Rathhans, In
the hope to catch any stray wind. It
was tho period of hoops and volumin
ous skirts, and maid shared with mis
tress the mania for distended attire.
On this pulseless summer day a pretty
servant girl in a wide hooped skirt
and a gray bodice made her way
through the loitering groups up to the
fountain. She filled her tub and lifted
It to her head, but In this movement,
lo, the wonderful skirt was wrested
from its fastenings, and It dropped to
the ground. The Judge had seen the
maid approach the fountain like a ship
under full Ball, and when he now be
held her, collapsed and abashed, he
was filled with such humor that upon
the spot he laughed himself to death.
Harper's Magazine.
Librarians Fought It Out.
George Byron and "Bud" Tennyson
live near the thriving settlement of
High Gap, Go, Strangely enough, they
got into an argument on a literary sub
ject the other day, and It was decided
they should fight It out. Both men put
up a good fight, but finally, after sev
enteen hotly contested rounds, Bryon
knocked Tennyson out.
Children complain toecanso they are
compelled to go to school five days In a
week, but after they are grown, they
will find It necessary -to go to school
seven days a week, and occasionally at
night
It is tho easiest thing In the world to
resolve to be good and great while
looking out of a window at a pretty
view, while somebody else is doing tSc
work-
THE FIRST TORPEDO.
Exploded Too Soon to Destroy a Fed
eral Gunboat.
Mr. R. O. Crowley, formerly electri
cian of tho Torpedo Division, C. S. N.,
contributes to the Century an account
of "The Confederate Torpedo Service."
After describing the organization of
the first torpedo service, Mr. Crowley
says:
Having our system now perfected,
we established a torpedo station, some
five or six miles below Richmond, by
submerging two Iron tanks, contain
ing one thousand pounds of powder
ouch. In twelve feet of water, leading
the wires ashore, and connecting them
with a galvanic battery concealed in a
small hut in a deep ravine. From tho
battery-house the wires were led to
an elevated position near by, where
the man In charge could keep a look
out for passing vessels. The position
of the torpedoes In the water was Indi
cated by two sticks, planted about ten
feet apart on the bluff, aDd in a line
with each other and the torpedoes; and
the watchman's Instructions were to
explode them by contracting the -wires
as soon as an enemy's vessel should be
on a line with the two pointers. All
this being prepared, we awaited tho
approach of a Federal gunboat. As
was usually tho ease, one came when
least expected, on a beautiful clear
day, when our entire force except the
man stationed as lookout was absent
In Richmond, preparing other war ma
terial. We were apprised by telegraph of
the rapid approach o? the gunboat, and
Immediately hastened toward our first
station; but we arrived too late. The
man In charge had not seen tho United
Stntes flag for a long period, and never
having previously seen a gunboat so
near, lost his presence of mind, and
fired one of the 1,000-pound powder
tanks when the gunboat was at least
twenty to thirty yards distant. A great
explosion took place, throwing up a
large column of water to a consider
able height; and the gunboat by her
momentum plunged Into the great
trough, and caught the downward rush
of a wave on ber forward deck. The
guards were broken a way, half a dozen
men were thrown overboard, and other
damage to the gunboat was caused.
The steamer then turned about as
quickly as she could, and prepared to
retrace her route down the river, after
picking up the men who had been
washed overboard. There was a bril
liant opportunity to accomplish her to
tal destruction by firing the remaining
torpedo as she passed back over It.
But alas! tho man had boon so astound
ed at the first explosion that he had
fled precipitately, without waiting to
see what damage had been done, and
tho gunboat was thus enabled to re
turn down the river In safety.
HOW TO LIVE IN CUBA.
Yellow Fever Need Not Alarm the Man
Who Takes Care of Himself,
An ordinarily healthy man who" takes
the proper precaution and adjusts his
life to the demands of the tropics may
be as safe among the hills of Cuba a3
be would be while camping out In soms
summering place of our own country.
No such comforting things can be said
concerning the Cuban seaport towns,
where a generally wretched sanitary
condition and unhealthy water supply
combine to make even the briefest s
journ there a perilous undertaking for
the foreigner.
The same Is true of certain marshy
regions like the dire Clenaga Zapata,
between Havana and Mantanzas,
which has ever been notorious as a"
death trap for all who ventured near
It. The best way for a Northerner to
prepare for a possible campaign In
Cuba is to keep himself In good condi
tion by a healthy mode of life some
time before reaching the West Indies,
so that he may step ashore foitinYd
against all the minor attacks which
might otherwise undermine his health
and render him an easy prey for yellow
fever or any other malignant disease
prevailing In the regions he may have
to pass through. Rich food and stimu
lants should be avoided, and all pos
sible allowances to the climate should
be made In tho way of light clothing,
absolute rest after meals and during
the heat of day, and no unnecessary ex
posure to the chilly night dew of the
tropics.
In those respects the conduct of life
among the Cuban natives should serve
as a model. In Cuba nobody thinks of
going about during the heat of the
day, between the hours of 10 or 11 In
the forenoon and 3 or 4 in the after
noon. With the exception of the Insur
gents, who cannot always choose their
mode of life, all natives avoid expo
sure to the chills of night; and even tho
insurgents, as I found , during my re
cent trips through Cuba, put up huts
or use abandoned houses wh rover they
can possibly do so.
During the rainy season care should
be taken to have such clothes as will
stand sudden nnd thorough drenchlngs
and which will dry readily when onee
the rainfall has ceased. Light linen,
cotton or crash suits are therefore pref
erable to wool or flannel, and canvas
shoes are to be preferred to stiff Rather
boots. For headgear nothing Is so gxd
as a straw hat or panama helmet, simi
lar to those worn by the British troops
In East India. Cuban Correspondenca
In Leslie's Weekly.
Saved Others as He Died.
When he felt the warning touch of
death upon him In his lonely signal
tower, William Freel swung the red
danger light across the track and died.
The last act of his life doubtless saved
many others, for trains were constant
ly passing the station of Dunton, on the
Long Island Railroad.
Freel's dead body was found In the
tower at 0 o'clock p. m. A few min
utes earlier the Sag Harbor train had
gone rushing by, and everything was
all right then. Then William Warner,
In charge of a west-bound Greenport
freight, was blocked by the danger
signal. He whistled several times for
an open track, but got no response
from the silent watch tower.
Climbing through the tower window
by means of a box car, Warner discov
ered the switchman dead at his post,
with the door locked. Freel was
stretched face downward In the mid
dle of the floor, stricken by heart fail
ure, the doctors say. The body was still
warm and bleeding about the head
from cuts caused by contact with the
floor. Chicago Tribune,
The Sheriff Was Caught Napping.
At Mississippi City, Miss., where the
sheriff Is also tax collector, thieves
pried open the window of tho sheriffs
bedroom on the night of the day he
made his tax collections and with a
fishllno caught his trousers, and, pull
ing them to the window, rifled his
pockets. Tho sheriff slept with a light
In his room.
A Proper Finish.
Edith So Kitty Adams has captured
that bonanza king?
Helen Yes, he called her his Jewel,
and she intimated that she expected
gold setting. Harlem Life.
'Convict Labor on the Highways.
A few years ago the State of New
Stork adopted a new system for the em
ployment of the labor of Its convicts.
It was decided to employ that labor In
two channels only the producing of
clothing, food and other supplies for
inmates of State penal and charitable
Institutions, and the Improvement of
the public highways. A committee of
the Legislature of that State appointed
to Investigate the working of the new
system has made public Its report, and
It may be safely asserted that New
York has come nearer tho solution of
the convict labor problem than any
other State. While the convicts have
been kept employed, It has been In lines
that have not seriously Interfered with
free labor, while at tho same time the
profits have been of such a nature that
all citizens share alike In the benefits.
In Michigan the convict at work In a
penal Institution Is a competitor with
free labor In any line In which he Is
employed, while the profits of his labor
go to the party or firm which contracts
to employ him, and not to the people
who are taxed to support such Institu
tions. The convict, working on such
contracts, Is more of a menace to the
laboring man employed In factories
than If he was at large, for he will
sooner or later affect the value of his
labor. We have always maintained
that convict labor should be employed
In such directions as will not bring It
into competition with free skilled la
bor, and that the profits of such labor
should go to the State, not to the indi
vidual who contracts for sfich labor.
Road building Is certainly a line of
work In which convicts can be safely
employed, becauso it will Interfere less
with other labor than any other avoca
tion In which they can bo employed,
and the benefits of good roads can be
enjoyed by nearly all classes of citi
zens. Labor unions have been trying for
years to have the present system of
contracting tho labor of convicts to
manufacturing concerns abolished, on
the ground that it gives such concerns
an unfair advantage, and tends to low
er wages In any Industry In which such
labor Is employed. They are surely
right In their position on this question,
Michigan Farmer,
Care of Highways.
We have not had time to learn by
actual experience as much about road
care as we have concerning the con
struction of highways, but this part of
the work must not be considered of less
Importance, writes A. A. Pope, In the
Outlook. Drainage Is essential both for
surface and for understructure, and yet
great care should be taken to so ar
range the grades as to avoid deep wash
outs on the surface or the loosening of
the foundation.
Hedges of sufficient growth to protect
the surface of the road from tlie vio
lence of the wind will do a good deal to
retain the dust, which plays so Import
ant a part in holding together the lay
ers of broken stone. Country byways,
where the shoulders of a regularly con
structed macadam way of narrow
width are allowed to grow over with a
thick covering of turf, will more firmly
hold themselves and the roadbed In
place by preventing the rutting of the
surface at the turnout places for wag
ons and by retaining In the roots of
the grass sufficient moisture to assist In
cementing the whole into a solid mass.
A moderate number of shade trees
along the highways assists In preserv
ing the surface of the road by prevent
ing a complete evaporation of the wa
ter. Their chief danger Is the possible
disturbance of the foundation of the
road by the spreading roots of the
trees.
$30,009 for Gravel Roads.
The Board of County Commis
sioners of Scott County, Ind., has
let a contract for the construc
tion of nearly twenty-six miles of
free gravel roads In FInley and Vien
na Townships this season. The win
ning bid was $30,900, or Just 18 cents
below the estimated cost.
Lit Co Boy King's Big Titles.
Now that Spain sseins about to lose
all or nearly all the remains of her
once proud empire beyond the sea, it
Is Interesting to note how the memory
of her past grandeur is to be found In
the official designation of her Infant
King.
Here are his names and titles In full:
Alfonso XIIL, Leon Ferdinand Maria
James Isidore rascal Antonio, King of
Spain, of Castile, of Leon, of Aragon,
of the two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of
Navarre, of Grenada, of Toledo, of Va
lentin, of Galicla, of Majorca, of Minor
ca, of Seville, of Cerdena, of Cordova,
of Corcega, of Murcla, of Jen, of Al
garra, of Algezlra, of Gibraltar, of the
Canaries, of the East and West Indies,
of India and the oceanic continent,
Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgun
dy, of Brabant and of Milan, Count of
Hapsburg, of Flanders, of Tyrol and
of Barcelona, and Lord of Biscay and
Molina.
As his little Majesty was only 12
years of age upon the 17th of May, one
Is forcibly reminded of old Eecles' com
ment when ho hears the long tale of his
little grandson aristocratic Christian
names: "He doesn't look big enough
to hold them all." London Dally News.
Had Learned by Experience.
Funny things will happen, even In
the Supreme Court at Washington,
which seems as solemn a place as any
imaginable. One such occurrence,
which took place several years ago, 13
thus described by the Chicago Record:
A "young attorney was arguing his
first case before the court, an appeal
from the Circuit Court of a Western
State, and was declaiming at the rate
of one hundred nnd fifty- words a min
ute on some of the simplest principles
of law, which every attorney should
understand before he gets his diploma,
when Justice Miller, becoming weary,
interrupted the speaker In a sarcastic
tone, by saying:
"I hope that learned counsel will give
the court credit for knowing the rudi
ments of law."
"I beg tho pardon of your honor," re
plied the attorney In his blandest man
ner, "but I made that mistake in the
lower court."
Diamonds in South America.
It Is estimated that over eighty tons
of diamonds have been unearthed In
the South African fields during the
last eighteen years. These represent
a total value of $280,000,000.
There Is good excuse for the man who
tells pleasant lies; we are all frauds,
ami enjoy thein.
Don't imagine that your friend en
joys being abused, even In fun,
Scrofula
Ears and Eyes Were Affected
Little Girl the Victim.
"My little girl had a very bad scrofula
trouble, which affected her ears and eyes
and cansed her great suffering. I got a
bottle of Hood's Barsaparilla and she be
gan taking it. The sores soon healed, and
after the use of two bottles she was cured.
Mrs. Howard Pope, Alpha, Or.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine, fl; six for fa.
Hood's Pills cure Indigestion, biliousness.
Cows With Bar Rings.
A cow is the last creature one would
expect to see with eat-rings, yet every
cow in Belignm must wear them now.
The iff ector-goneral of agriculture has
issued a regulation that all animals of
the bovine epecles are to wear ear
rings as soon ae they have attained the
age of three months. Breeders are
obliged to keep an exact account of the
animals raised by them' and the ring
on which Is engraved a number is fast
ened in the animal's ear to prevent the
substitution of one animal for another.
THY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE.
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous, and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Alien's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes
timonials of cures. Try It today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c Sent
by mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le
Roy, New York;
Yon May Fire When Ready, Gridley."
"You may Are when ready,Gridley."
That phrase of Commodore Dewey's,
as the Olympia steaming slowly, was
getting the range of her guns on the
Spanish fleet, Is likely to be long quo
ted and widely remembered. Surely,
Bays The Criterion, it breathes cool
ness, care, confidence in the face of
an enormous ami pressing responsibil
ity. Compare it with the thunder it
instantly wakened, the tremendous for
ces it let loose, the terrible destruction
that followed, and you will find it tho
most typical Americanism of the quarter-century.
Mark, too, its politeness,
as well as its touch of comradeship.
WAGONS IHCHOVED.
The new improved Stoughton wagons
stand the racket. Two car loads have just
arrived. It pays to have the best. Write
for tree catalogue. JOHN POOLE, sole
agent, foot of Morrison street, Portland, Or.
The Rev. Dr. J. O. Boyd has been
pastor of the United Prsebyterian
church in Lebanon, Pa.. 40 years, and,
it is said, has not missed a day's
preaching in all that time on account
of illness.
Pjso's cure for consumption Is our only
medicine for coughs and eolds. Mrs. (1
Beltz, 439 8th ave., Denver, Col., Nov. 8,'95.
Holds the Trace In Place.
A Kansas inventor has patented a
whiffletree attachment to hold the
traces in place, consisting of a hooked
rod running parallel with the whiffle
tree mounted on each end of the latter
and controlled by a spring so that it
may be polled out to slip the tiace in
position, the hook holding it in place.
"Unloading Machines.
Railroad oars can be quickly unload
ed by a new machine which is provided
with a section of tubing laige enough
torecelve the car, which runs in on
two rails, after which the tube is lifted
and rolled upward at an angle until the
top of a chute is reached, an opening
in the tube permitting the load to fall
into the chute.
The trade injmctal buttons, in which
Germany once played an important
part, is now almost entirely monopo
lized by the Japanese, thanks to their
extraordinary oheap prices. The ma
chinery, however, used in this new
Japanese industry comes almost en
tirely from Germany and Great Brit
ain. Tiie Peruvian Central railroad covers
a distance of ten miles at an elevation
only about 2,000 feet lower than the
summit of the highest mountain in
Switzerland.
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hoffman Describes How She
Wrote to Mrs. Plnkham for
Advice, and Is Now WelL
Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Before using
your Vegetable Compound I was a
great sufferer. I have been sick for
months, was troubled with severe pain
in both sides of abdomen, sore feeling
in lower part of bow
els, also suffered
with dizziness,
headache, and
could not sleep.
I wrote you a
letter describ
ing my case and
asking your
advice. You
replied tell
ing me lust
what to do. I
followed your direc
tions, and cannot praise your medicine
enough for what it has done for me.
Many thanks to you for your advice.
Lydia E. PInkham's Vegetable Com
pound has cured me, and I will recom
mend It to my friends. Mrs. Florence
E. Hoffman, 512 Roland St., Canton, O.
The condition described by Mrs Hoff
man will appeal to many women, yet
lots of sick women struggle on with
their dally tasks disregarding the
urgent warnings until overtaken by
actual collapse.
The present Mrs. PInkham's experi
ence In treating female ills Is unparal
leled, for years she worked side by side
with Mrs. Lydla El Plnkham. and for
sometimes past has bad sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business1, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year.
Hill mm Make money by succesf ul
iSfULfl I speculation in Chicago. We
HH n I U I kuy and sell wheat on mar
WW 1 1 bis I glos- Fortunes have been
made on a small beginning by trading in fu
tures. Write lor full particulars. Best of r
erence given. Several years' experience on the
Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the business. Send for our free refer
ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS & Co.,
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers. Offices in
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash.
A GOLDEN DISCOVERY,
THE "ROYAL" HAIR RESTORATIVE.
Gray hair restored to its natural color and
youthful beauty in 4 to 8 weeks.
Stops hair falling out ahd prevents baldness.
Causes luxuriant growth of glossy hair In
youth or age.
Equally successful with both sexes.
It never falls. Try it.
Sold la bottles at 50c and $1.
8ent in covered packages to any address
upon receipt of price. Address
MKS. B. FALLOWS,
253U Washington street,
Portland, Or.
MORPHINE
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iODAMVM
H mmr B w H .Stopped at once
Da. J.C. Hoffman, 484 Isabella Bldg, Chicago, ill .
Bells in Jerusalem.
Turks and Jews, as well as Chris
tians, according to The Kolnschie Volks
zeitung, have been much excited by
the sound of the three bells of the new
Protestant Church in Jerusalem. For
several centuries the use of bells by the
Christians in Palestine, or eisewhore
within the Ottoman Empire, had been
prohibited by the Great Turk, who has
conceded it now, however, to his friend
and ally, the Evangelical German Kai
ser. In the TheatTe de la Turquie,
published in 1688, it is said, "The
Turks hate bells, as a symbol of Chris
tianity, and do not permit even the
Christians to use them. Only in a few
remote mountain convents, oi in lonely
islands, where there are no resident
Mohammedians, is the use of a bell
tolerated."
bailors and theiu grievances.
The grievances of sailors examined by the
authorities in ports ol entry, where
tho seamen belong, often turn out to be
imaginary or greatfV exaggerated. But there
are plenty of cruel and conscienceless skip
pers who abnse their crews. Violence is al
ways objectionable, and pointedly so when it
is exerted upon an unfortunate liver, stomach
or Dowels by dosing with drastic purgatives
which weaken the intestines. Use Hostetter'n
Stomach Bitters.
Torpedo-Carrying Balloon.
A Virginian has designed a torpedo
carrying balloon which has the explos
ive snepended by a number of cords,
with a guide rope to assist in holding
it until it reaches the right current of
air to carry it toward the enemy, when
a second cord is pulled which ignites
a alow fuse to drop the torpedo at the
proper place.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys
tem when entering it through the mncons sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi
cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold" to
the pood you can possibly de. ive from them.
Hall's Catarrh (Jure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo. ()., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upd
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you ge
the genuine. It is taken intemolly, and mad
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi
monials free.
Hold bv Druggists, price 73c. per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A curios fact has been noted by Arc
tic travelers snow when at a very low
temperature absorbs moisture and dries
garments C1TO Permanently Cured. No fltsor nervousnes
rllO alter first duy'n use of Dr. Kline's Urea'
Nerve Restorer. Send for J'itr fc; sa.ou triui
bottle and treatise. DR. B. H. irt.ix ;.; xd.i aje.
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa,
Good
Health
Is the working capital
of humanity. He who
loses that is wrecked
Indeed. Is your health
falling you, your am
bition, vigor, vitality
Wasting away T
When others fail con
sult DOCTOR
RATCLIFFE,
For the speedy, sate and permanent cure of all
Nervous Chronic and Special diseases, even
In their most aggravated forms. There is no man
in the world who has effected so many permanent
cures in both Men and Women of troubles which
other physlcans of acknowledged ability had given
up as hopeless as this eminent sieclalist.
NKUVOt'S DKBILITY and all Its attending
ailments. Of YOUNG. MIDDLE-AGED and OLD
MEN. The awful effects of neglected or improp
erly treated cases, causing drains, weakness of
body and brain, dizziness, tailing memory, lack of
energy and confidence, pains In back, loins and
kidneys, and many other distressing symptoms,
unfitting one for study, business or enjoyment of
life. Dr Katcliffe can cure you, no matter who or
what has failed.
WEAK MEN. He restores lost vigor and vi
tality to weak men. Organs of the body which
nave been weakened through disease, overwork,
excesses or indiscretions are restored to full power,
strength and vigor through his own successful sys
tem of treatment.
VARICOCELE, hydrocele, swelling and ten
derness of the glands treated with unfailing success.
SPECIAL DISEASES, inflammation, dis
charges, etc., which. If neglected or improperly
treated, break down the system, cause kidney and
bladder diseases, etc.
DISEASES OF WOMEN. Promptand es
pecial attention given to all their many ailments.
WRITE If you are aware of any trouble. DO
NOT DELAY. Call on Dr. Ratclitre today. If you
cannot call, write him. nis valuable book free to
all sufferers. CONSULTATION FREE and confi
dential at office or by letter.
E. M. RATCLIFFE, 7F3 First Ira- SCUTTLE WASH
will k ran u IaS'Jmdlm.?""
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ket. Used by all sack sewers. For sale by all gen
eral merchandise stores, or by
WILL & FINCK CO.,
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YOUR LIVER
Is It Wrong?
Get it Right.
Keep it Right.
Moore's Revealed Remedy will do it. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house , or
trom Stewart Si Uolmes Drug Co., Seattle.
N. P. N. C.
No. 0, '08.
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It ia announced that Italian experi
ments on vegetable life with Roentgen
rays have shown that the effect is
identical with that of sunlight.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of tho combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the Califounia Fig Svbup
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ties. The high standing of the Cali
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