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At 9ttiby' rfceutljr tleit was of.
frivd for bhIo au luijHMfiK-t dif of
th lutle rlutd I) 1U lturkcr In 1013
tht New Testa uivnt dattnl 1811
valueless ritvit for some MM. lusrrlp.
ttuna of more or le lnt-rvaL TLt
Ulblrt liclonj;tl to W. KLarp Ojidra, of
KukIkiIiiii, MaiietitMrr, wlio grand
father, a well known colI tr of
hooka ami prima, touulit tt fur a iov
rrelgn or two lu IXaj, and litter rt
f u miiI 73 fr It.
' On tha ti' era of tli title of tht
New Tetuineiit U "William bhak
lenre, lou," ami on tht end rover,
"Willm. Wiakaperf, off K. O. A. (Strat
ford on Avon). hl lllbli, 1013. Tbero
art several other luai-rlpilons, ont of
llieao aliow'liiir. tlmt seveiiteeu yeats
after MiakcM(Naro'a death It l-elonired
to John I'oi, of Warwick. Tht ratal
ogtio aUo uce'kU aomt eouueetlon
between Thomas Hull and Jatne
Hall, to whom, early la tht eighteenth
eenitiry, tho little Mong'-d, and John
1 Intl. who nmrrltxl NU'ikespoaru'a
(luitchlrr, Hut no tvltleiit-t ou tht
Miliit la forthcoming.
Tht MlBre of tht book was re
Cnli lijr itfnlcr m satisfactory. .s
ta tht NtiskeajM-nre signature, opinion
rnrlca within wide limit. Tha folio
via started at about i fiV). And
Mert. l'espion boucht It on behalf
of an American client for $1,000
tjulw aa mm-li aa was aatMpated.
Several other rlasalt-s of tht aalt
room ra also taught by private col
leotora for rotialderatilt auma. "Kobla
ton Crusoe," with tht Further Ad
venturee" and "Herloua Hecollet'tlona,"
thret volume, original calf, mitdt
I l.iir-0 not very far abort of tht au
thor'a record establlsh-rd In 1IHC1; tl.o
KM., folio Hiakeari, full. f.V,V-S"10
la tht hlliet auin ever obtained for
It undrr the. hammer and 'Tht Vlenr
of Wakelleld." 1770. published at Ha,
f 175.-Ix)iiiIon News.
FIT0 rrnisnnlljr Cured. Xofllsor Brtouaae
I lid efW SrMtlar'stwruf lr.KllnVslrl Nrv
)(Mi,rrr Mnd trial tlai4iraliM,
Vl. M. II. kiln., 144., M Anh M., rhllatWIpbka. la,
A Wrecked Lift.
Wink OU tirlnii- appeara tt bt all
brkt up.
Jink No wrumlrr. Ilia only son play
tht rare, a (id bl only daughter plays
tha bauju.
Why aboold Ha.
Caaey Md yt taka a vacation thla
ytar, Mikt
Orrlgan 4")! did not. 01 wta tut to
atrikt from May to October. l'uck.
Of lb thirty-eight Fultana wbt bava
ruled tht Ottoman empire ainct tht eon
quest of CotiHtantliiopIt by tha Turk,
tbirty-four hava died vloleut death.
Tht city of Sheffield charges $10.50 for
cremating In tb city crematory tha
bodlea of realdenta aud $21 for lb bodit
of DOo reldeota.
In a recent cat la a Tarla court It
waa atated that tht defendant, a young
officer of cavalry, had apaut $400,000
tu fiva month.
Tht Increaat of Caoada'a txport trada
In 1003 with Great Britain orr tht
United State waa $42,000,000; la 1003,
$17,000,000.
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I bad boils ranging from five to twenty in
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King Victor Kmmsnuel of Italy, a
great admirer of William Lt Qucux.
whoat latest romance, "Tht Closed
llook," baa rtctntly madt Its' appear
a nee, baa beatowj-d upou that popular
uorellat tht Croat of tht Order of tht
Crown of Italy, tht blgheat dUUnctioa
la tht gift of that monarch.
"Three Week In Europe, tht Vaca
tion of a liusy Man." la tht attractlvt
title of a book of travel by John U.
Ulgliibotbam, which Herbert S. Ktout
A Co. bring out Mr. lllglubothain
took tht conventional tour, but bt doe a
not dcacrlbt It lu tht conventional
way. Tht book la llluitrattd with
many admirable photograph.
Apropoa of tht serious lllneaa of
(Jcncral Iew Wallace, tht sslt of bit
"Hcn-IIur" Is reported to bt coustaut
ly lucrcMlng, although It la now 21
years ainct It waa first published by
tht Harpers. It has now reached a
total of nearly ont million roplea. Tht
royalties from tht look and from tht
piny bava madt (leneral Wallace a
rich mau.
"Uf In BIng Ring," la tha title of a
iv I'uiMiRiii'ii v tun ixiuun-.'irw liu
Company. It la written by "No. lX),"
founder and flrat editor of Tht Star
of Hope," tht monthly paper issued by
tht convicts, a gentleman who. wt art
Informed and ran rwidlly believe, "had
an unusual opportunity" to ohservt tht
peculiar Ufa of tht great penological
institution on tha Hudaou.
Iean Ilodgea of tht Episcopal Theo
logical ttcbool In Cambridge, publlshet
through Houghton, Mlfllln & Co., Bos
ton, a little book for children entitled
"When tht King Camt," recounting
tht narrative of tbt goapela In form
of atorlea chronologically arranged, ac
cording to the conclusions of modern
scholarship. Thciw stories bavt stood
tht teat of ten years' reading aloud
from manuscript to children aud art
now first printed.
Utnry Harland for tht flrat tlmt la
several years spent laat summer In
England. He bat a permanent home
In Ixmdon, but usually when the sea
son Is over goo either to tht conti
nent or to bla old home at Norwich,
Conn. Tht early part of last summer
Mr. Harland spent at Hampton Court
whert bt bad aa neighbors Mr. and
Mrs. C N. Williamson of lightning
conductor fame. At the end of tha
summer bt went to Camberly, whert
bt w-aa busy on bla new novel, which,
It la said, will be very different from
his recent work.
Charles Itaymond Marauley, who haa
contributed tht Interesting Illustrations
for tht McClurt-rhllllps edition of
Tot's tales, Isaued under the title of
"Monsieur Dupln," Is probably beat
known by bla cartoons made four or
flvt years ago for rarlout New York
dally paper. Previous to his taking
up the work of cartoonist Mr. Ma
cs uley had many vocations. Iteglu
nlng aa a drug clerk, be was succeaa
lvely a stenographer, a bookkeeper, a
decorator In a watch factory, an ns
tor, a law student a newspaper man
and an editorial writer.
Writing to a friend about Mr. Rog
er A. Pryor'a recent book, "Itemlnla
cencea of Teace and War," Mlxa Ellen
Glaagow says: "Last night I sat up
spellbound utitll I finished It begin
ning with laughter and ending In real
tears. It la vivid, true, aud positively
heartrending at the laat. How won
derful, bow trebly wonderful she la!
Of all tht women I hart ever known,
aht see ma to mt not only the iuot
fascinating, but the richest In all that
makes for a perfectly rounded nature.
And then this book! The tragedy of
it I can understand, 'for lt la not diffi
cult to be tragic; but the delicious,
piquant never-falling bumorv-thn hu
mor that brlghtena tears this. I 'con
fess, lias taken mc completely captive."
PAPUAN CANNIBALS.
They Mnat Murder and Taat Haitian
Wood to Attain Manhood.'
The cannibal Instinct of the I'npuan
of New Guinea la not hard to explain.
In all the 813,000 square miles of New
Guinea there la not a tribe which does
not regard murder aa a knightly ac
complishment Until a mnn bnsHaken
a human life and haa sipped human
blood he Is an object of ridicule. He
la not permitted to tattoo himself, inid
with a skin thus unadorned he it
Bhunnod by Tapuan society.
Immediately after killing some one,
however, tho murderer must undergo
six tlHya of "purification," which are
marked by various uncanny rites, llo
first washes himself nnd his wenpon
and seats himself upon a eta go In :ho
sight of the whole town, but neverth -less
unnoticed by nil.' During this
time he must eat nothing except roust
ed bananas, the pulp of which he bltei
out and the rest he throws away. On
the third day ho has so far purified
himself that his friends entertain him
at a feast, and on Uie fourth day ho
decks himself with, all the ornaments
of his homo and parades up and dowu
the village. After being thoroughly
admired he walks down to' a river,
and, standing with feet wldo opart, he
lets all tho boys who want to become
great men swim through hla logs. 0n
the next day at dawn he jumps from
bed and yells out of the window at
the top of his lungs. Ills shout Is sup
posed to scare away the ghost of hla
victim. 'On the following day he re
turns to his wife, who has spurned
him up to this time, and Is once more
Installed as the respected lord of hi
household.--New York Tribune.
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la tht remote fastnesses of tbt
Southern mountains there art many
cabins In which suar, even of the un
refined variety, is unknown. Most
thlugs go unsweetened, but for espe
cial occasions there Is reserved a jug
of molssset or corn syrup, known fa
miliarly as "long sweetening."
It wss In such a cabin that an Itin
erant preacher waa called upon to pass
the night The mountaineers were de
lighted at the honor of entertaining
such distinguished compsny. When
supper time camt, tbt usual repast of
biscuits and frizzled pork waa Increas
ed by the addition of boiled potatoes.
Iiut when It came to pouring the cof
fee, the bostcsa was In her glory. She
produced a demijohn of "long sweeten
ing," and filled the minister's cup more
than bslf full of lt
Tbt minister viewed this proceeding
with alarm.
"There, there, my good woman," he
protested, vehemently, "thai will do,
that will do! No more, I beg of you!"
Hut "my good woman" mistook the
cause of bis protest
"lawsy me!" ahe exclaimed. "Don't
be worrited, parson. Why. all 'lanes
ain't too good for the minister."
If other will Hod Mr. Window Soothing
Pyrup tb bail remedy ton lor Ihtlr caildxea
duttog the tMUtLlog rtrlod,
Alfa Fair la Lova.
Ml Million So you know Mia Tip
top, tht bell of the eon?
Mr. Kharuwit (after MUs Million's
heart, hand and bank account) Oh, yes;
ht and I niovt In In ah much the
ame set.
Mi Million By the wsy, hert comet
Mix Tiptop now. Wt will meet her
fc to fse. Why, sht did not
rcrognl you.
Mr. Shorpwit Sli slwsys art that
way when I'm with a prettier girl than
litis.
lit TToaitd 1lke to Know.
A Jspanest of an Inquiring tarn of
mind haa recently addressed a note to
the Village Improvement Society of
South Orange, N. J. The subject of
his investigation is one that la fa
miliar to most parts of the world, but
no doubt the community of which tht
inquiry Is msde will feel flattered by
this evidence of Its popularity.
The honorable of the South Orangea
are asked In what way they rid them
selves of him the much troublesome
mosquito? How do they approach him
In his house among tht reeds and
marshes, so aa to remove him effec
tually from the dangers that be does
to people of good minds whose skins
he niust puncture? All this I would
like so much to know.
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mired by the younger generation of
students, both German and foreign,
many of whom were proud of having
bad hlm as their preceptor.
Among them, says Dr. Newcomb In
Ids "Reminiscences," was Dr. B. A.
Gould, who loved to tell this story of
the professor's wit:
When Dr. Gould was In Germany aa
a student be had abundant balr but
no beard. On his return there from
America, years later, he had grown a
beard, and had become completely bald,
lie entered Argclaudcr's study unan
nounced, and the professor looked
blankly up.
"Don't you know me, Ilerr Profes
sor?" asked the visitor.
The professor looked more closely.
"It's Gould!" be cried, at last "It
la Gould wit his hair struck through!"
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One Hundred Years Ago.
British West Indian ports wero
closed to all American comuierre.
Napoleon and bis wife Josephine
were crowned at I'arls by Pope llu
VII.
The governor of Ilaytl ordered a
duty of $2 per gallon on all liquor Im
ported luto that Island.
The elector of Salxburg suppress!
In Lis states the tax Imposed on Jews.
The legislature of South Carolina re
jected by a single vote the bill pro
hibiting the Importation of slaves Into
that 8tate.
The first accurate map of Virginia,
prepared by James Madison, waa com
pleted. By a treaty concluded between tha
State of Georgia and the Creek Indian
tht Okmulgee River was named as the
boundary.
Seventy-five Yeara Ago.
The United States government sent
a commission to Georgia to discover
the true boundaries of tho Cherokee
and Creek nations in that State.
Tbt British government abolished
the right of "suttee," or Immolation of
widows on the funeral pile of their
husbanda.
Ei tensive cotton factories were
being erected at Calcutta, India.
Twelve slaves, who mutinied on the
acbooner Lafayette, were tried by the
United States court of Louisiana.
ltusala ordered all ber troops to
evscuate Erzerum and all territory an
nexed to ItUHsIa by the treaty of
Adrianople.
J. K. MItchel. of Philadelphia. In
vented a method by which India rub
ber could be made Into thin ai'd almost
transparent sheets.
London papers were anting parlia
ment to repair the cloisters and In
terior of Westminster Abbey, which
was In a sad state of dilapidation.
fifty Years Ago.
Admiral Hamelin resigned command
of the French Blark Sea fleet
The United States steam frigate
Susquehanna arrived at Acapulco to
coal and water.
The conference of Roman Catholic
btahops at Rome adjourned.
Austria concluded a convention with
the western powers, denning Its future
policy In time of war.
The people of Mexico completed
three days' balloting and unanimously
decided that Santa Anna should con
tinue as governor.
The Panama ITerald published a
statement that a treaty had leen rati
fied between the United States and
Ecuador by which the latter ceded to
the United States the Galapagos group
for $3,000,000.
Forty Years Ago.
The taking of evidence at the trial
of several persons for treason at In
dianapolis, I ml., Involving the Knights
of the Golden Circle, closed.
The first fire alarm box In Chicago
was placed at Tolk and Canal streets,
' Sixty natives of the Southern States,
residents of New York, were arrested
and examined as to their knowledge
of the dynamite pjot to destroy the
city.
President Lincoln In a message to
Congress urged the curtailment of the
Increasing circulation of State banks.
Presidential electors met lu the sev
eral Union States and cast the ballot
that re-elected Abraham Lincoln.
Thirty Years Ago.
Many thousands of miners were ldl
In the Lackawanna valley.- Pennsy)
vanla, and misery and crime prevailed
to an alarming extent
The managers of the western rail
ways at a meeting In Chicago voted to
abandon the free pass.
President Grant made his sixth an
nual message to Congress, and recom
mended a return to specie payment
The United States Supreme Court In
denying to a litigant the right to col
lect from the government for cotton
brought from the Confederacy, and
selrod by Union troops, held the Con
federacy to have been a conspiracy.
The strlklug from the budget by Bis
marck of the appropriation for a lcga
tlon at the Vatican precipitated a row
lu the German relchstag.
Reports that the Czar was ill and
Insane were sent out from Ixmdon.
The famous Washington "safe bur
glary" case was dismissed on a techni
cal ruling, which declared the grand
jury which Indicted the defendants
had been Illegally drawn.. .
Twenty Years Ago.
The Halifax (N. S.) chamber of
commerce voted to open negotiations
looking toward a reciprocity treaty
with tho United States.
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Uses Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grip and Ca
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In every country of the civilized
world Sisters of Charity are known.
Not only do they minister to the spir
itual and intellecutal needs of the
charges committed to their care, but
they also minister to their bodily
needs. -
With so many children to take care
of and to protect from climate and dis
ease, ' these wiHe and prudent Sisters
have found reruns a never failing safe
guard. Dr. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich., reads as follows:
Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir: "The young girl wbo used
the Peruna was suffering from laryn
gitis and loss of vokt. The result of
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
further use of the medicine we hope
to be able tosay she Is entirely cured."
Sisters of Charity.
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the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat with good re
sults aa the above letter testifies.
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Dtfflcnttiea of Anthorablp.
Struggling Author Eldora, can't you
keep that baby quiet for about two min
utes? His yells art enough' to drive ont
wild.
Wife No, I can't I've got to finish
tht dUhes, and knead tht bread, and
mend Tommy's clothes.
Struggling Author Well, anyhow, you ,
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Toung Wife (time, midnight) Quick!
Quick! Wake op! I hear aomt ont
down stairs.
Husband (sleepily) What do they
seem to bt doing?
Wife Hark! Hear that! They'rt
in tht pantry. I heard my cakt box
rattle.
Husband (wearily) Tell them to
please not die in the house.
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Said a young physician named Proctor,
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But according to his statement by letter.
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The following letter is from Congress
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The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,1
0.: Genltemen: "I have used several
bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly ben
efited thereby from
my catarrh of the
bead, and feel en
couraged to believe
that its continued
use will Mlv eradi
cate a disease of
thirty years' stand
ing." David Meekison.
Pr. Vartman, one of the best known
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; States, was the first man to formulate
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