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r B$r ?????? i , ,, : %=? | Hunted Mustangs Leap to Death. The annual wild mustang hunt be- : gan in the valleys and mountains j southwest of New Kanah. Utah. Ranchmen from all over Northwestern 1 Arizona and Southwestern Utah, with some from Nevada, gathered, and two- i I score men mounted on the best horses at their command and supplied with relays to enable them to keep up the j pursuit started. A drove numbering fully 500 was discovered, but it divided into three j droves under the leadership of stal- j lions. One drove was forced into a j canyon where from a ledge the horses i were compelled to jump twenty feet to j safety across a gorge or fall on the j rocks below. Then another tried the leap. His i forefeet caught, but he fell backward to the rocks. Another and another followed. Not a member of the drove j failed to make the attempt. Three ! succeeded. The rest fell upon the ! rocks. The little party of hunters came to i the edge of the gorge and counted twenty-eight horses on the rocks be- j < low. Bullets soon put an end to the j 1 misery of the living.?New York World. I : I i A SUPPOSITION, MERELY. j 1 I Tess?Did you notice how that man 1 stared at me? * jess?Yes; he's a reporter. Tess?But why should he stare at me j ' so? j1 Jess?Ke was probably watching your nose. He's supposed to keep his eye on j ^ everything that turns up.?Philadelphia * g.V Press. I 1 < A GRAVE PROPOSAL. - j ( Tess?Did he really propose to voa? Jess?Yes, and it actually made rae : i shiver. 1 ] Tess?Why so? j j Jess?He asked me if I "would care to share his lot," and he looked so ; { funeral I thought lie referred to one in ] * A a cemetery.?Philadelphia Press. < ( Tl?o First Ironclad. S According to records recently diicovered, < tha first ironclad was built in tho sixteenth ] century, but as it proved unm&nag&ble was soon abandoned. In the present century people are trying tbi* medicine nl that one in 1 the hope of finding relief from ailments of the i j stomach, liver and hovels. There is only one . medicine that will cure indigestion, dyspepsia, flatulency, biliousness ana malaria, fever * and ague, and that is Hoctettei's Stomach i |?V- V" Bitters. Try it snd you will be convinced. The man who can never find anything j 1 when he wants it can usually be depend^ cd ur>on to find fault. 4 Best For the Bowels. j No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your ; ] bowels are put right. Cascabbts help nature, 1 cure you without a gripe or pain, produce j jp easy natural movements, cost you just 13 j - cents to Btart getting your health back. Cab- ( cabxts Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up . 1 in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. ^ Even the professional swindler works < his way in the world. ! j n. H. Gbexx's Soxs, of Atlanta, Ga., are * the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the 1 world. See their liberal offer in advertisement ( -* - in another oolumn of this paper. : ^ The girl who marries to please her f family assumes an awful responsibility. j FITS permanently cured. No fiteornervous- ! ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great j Nerve Res tor or. 32 trial bottle aud treatise fres . Dr. R. H. Kliii, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa. A bent pin on a chair is no joke if you 1 can't see the point. ^ Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup for children 1 teething, soften the gums, reduces Inflamma- j tion .allays pain, care* wind colic. 25c a bottle ^ True happiness, -with some people, con- i sists in being able to say "I told you so." Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used ( for all affections of throat and lungs.?Wm. ] "? O. Ekd3I,et, Yanburen, Ind., Feb. 10,1900. ^ Dull care isn't a marker to a dull razor. < ,? 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' . | 'J THE SONC One must sln? of the sunshine; One must sing of the rain; One must sing u? the songs of joy, And one sing woe's refrain; Yet in the end all the songs will blend In one harmonious strain. ** One must sing of the future. With hopes and fearings rife; One must sing of the misty past? Its dreaming and its strife? Yet they will meet in a chord full sweet? The marvelous song of life. I THE MAROONING OF s?\ 3 By R. E, MISS JOAN RYE was having the last hat pin run through the floppiest of ^l hats by her maid, so that, 3uite plainly, she was going out tc brave the sun. She rose as graceful as a panther, and full of spirits, and went out jwiftlv and silently into the park, :aking care to evade any other of lie Wattle House guests who might )e about. The kennels were in quite the op)osite direction, but then Miss Rye lad a passion for the waterside, par:icularly this morning, when the sun vas so riotously hot, and the mere ?ound of the swish in the reeds would jo cooling. Also, nobody ever went lown to the lake in the morning. She vould be alone and unpestered for )nce. Captain Suttlebury could bestow his nsufferable attentions upon the * v _ i J ~ 4. 4 joimds. sue inugueu uiuuu ui mc bought. It was understood, as such matters generally are understooil, that Miss Rye was ilie destined bride of the Captain. He was ugly, vulgar, and >ne of the wealthiest of landowners, >o that he could marry anyone he ?hose. And his choice seemed to be Miss Joan Rye. "Beauty and the Beast." as Lord iVattle remarked to his distant conlection and temporary private secretary, Mr. Dick Maynard, anent this iff air. The young man nodded. "I hope she'll refuse him," he said, drowning. "My dear man," said Lord Wattle, 'how can she? Lady Wattle gives ue to understand that Miss Rye and Shuttlebury have fixed it up, kindly iiakiug my house the base of operadons. He's a vulgar little brute, and ie'll flutter around till she's worn rat. Then I shall have to congratuate him." Maynard shut his mouth at this feeble-minded view and busied himself over his work. He spent a restess night trying to devise disinterred schemes whereby Beauty might le saved from the toils, and woke jarly and angry, with a conviction hat a secretarial post precludes one Tom undertaking the duties of a might-errant. He went down to the lake (because in the morning nobody ever went :here), got a rod from the waterman, and, having punted himself across :o the shady side, fixed the pole in :he reeds by way of anchor, set his 3oat running, clinched his rod in the lows, and promptly fell asleep among :he cushions, with a pipe in his nouth. That Is why the following things :ame to pass when about half an lour later Miss Joan Rye came down :o the boathouse, followed at a discreet distance by the irrepressible Daptain Suttlebury, who by an ill ;hance had marked Miss Rye's direc:ion, and had not therefore taken the :rouble to inquire of her maid as to where she might be found. The Cap:ain was feeling uncommonly sulky ind spiteful, knowing he had exerted [limself for some days past in a manner that "no woman was worth," without marked success. Meanwhile Joan came to the water's ?dge. A shimmering heat-haze lay lightly over the lake, making dim th> further shore under the hill, whose imminent pines would, as she knew, throw the coolest shadows, and all among the rushes on either side of the boathouse the coots wiuged i flustered escape at her approaching. Some white swans, too, oared themselves off shore after the fashion of shocked dignity. The waterman was nowhere about, and Joan had to un moor her own craft. She had fixed on a Canadian canoe, and, having seated herself, made away with broad, gentle scoops of the paddle, rejoicing in her liberty and her solitude. She had disappeared into the haze beyond Captain Suttlebury's view before he was ready with the punt in which he meant to follow. And on the other side of the haze things were happening of which Joan's first intimation was this: Towards her, from the opposite bank, came an apparently unoccupied punt. It came erratically, with slow jerks and swerves to left and right. A stout pike-rod was fixed in the bows and bent almost to cracking. "Some one must have_-been fishing from it," thought Joan. The float was invisible, but the taut line and twisted reel showed her what was the matter.' The fisher must have gone ashore and a pike hooked himself-In the meantime. How annoyed the man would be! And then? "Why, it's Mr. Maynard!" she said, aloud, quite suddenly. "Asleep!" She had wanted solitude, but somehow was in no way vexed to come o 1 a man. Otherwise she would not have done what she did. That was to faddie up to the punt and step aboard. She took up the rod and freed the reel carefully. "What a splendid fish it must be!" she said, feeling it delicately as she reeled in a little. It must have been the sporting instinct that was aroused, tor she forgot her canoe and her de: sire for solitude, and began to play the fish. Now, pike is not the gamest of tnings that swim, but even a pike will mnlrp snnif* stmjrflo nnd this was a big one. Joan reeled in, and the pike resisted, and the punt rocked up and down. Presently from a dream in which he and Captain Suttlebury were exchanging pistol shots across a pocket handkerchief?all for the love of a lady?Dick Maynard awoke and rubbed his eyes. The girl was standing at the far end of the punt, with feet firmly planted, tense in every limb, and beautifully balancing the heavy rod. She had not called out for assistance, or begun shaking, as some women do in their excitement. He could imagine ner lips quite firm and curved, and It piqued him that he could only see her back, and the back, curled clouds or her hair. i OF LIFE. One must sing; of the mountains; One must sing of the sea; One must sing us the song of love, And one in hate's shrill key; Yet all will rise to the blending skies In one grand harmony. Love and hate and compassion, Sorrow and right and wrong, Past and future and war and peace? Rise in an anthem strong, And all will grow, as' they ebb and flow, To life's unceasing song. ?Baltimore American. w CAPTAIN SSITTLEBURY. I Vernede. ^ "Can I help?'' he said half unwillingly. She answered without turning her i head. "Have you got the landing net?" "Yes." He went forward, and she held up the pike nearer the side. She was a little breathless, but talked without allowing her attention to be distracted from the business on hand. "You owe me a pair of gloves, Mr. Moynard. Fast asleep?aren't you ashamed?only an hour after breakfast?" "Was I really asleep?" "Were you?" The pike was head up, trying to furrow the tops of the water with his narrow tail. Maynard made an effectual dive with the net, the fish shooting away to the right. "Ahem! Good morning. Miss Joan." They had both been so wrapped up in their fishing that they had entirely failed to notice the approach of Captain Suttlebury in the second punt, and at the very moment that he sent thp linsp nf h5s r.nnt lntn theirs Afnv nard bad the tall of the fish In the net. "^Well?" said Joan coldly. Maynard had relieved her of the rod and was reeling up the slack of the line. "Well?" repeated Joan, tapping her foot. "Er?I supposed I'd find you on the lake," said Captain Suttlebury. "lrou were looking for me?" "Of course; it was just as well I found you." "Perhaps," said Joan. "It made me lose a rather large pike." Captain Suttlebury was dimly conscious from her point that he was expected to apologize. But that was not his way?on the contrary, he felt that he had a right to demand an apology. "I do not imagine," he said in his pompous manner, "that your mother j would approve of this sort of thing." "What sort of thing?" "Fishing with one of the s " He had meant to say servants, but caught Maynard's eye. "Perhaps," she said meekly, "you j are right. You are so often right, Captain Suttlebury, aren't you? And in any case I ought to consider it ; luck in a way that you came, oughtn't 1? because my canoe has drifted off, j and Mr. Maynard has lost his pole, | and we might have been left here in the middle of the lake for hours." Maynard froze up. Nothing would j 1.^ .v. 1 1 J. ~ t. I _ A I na\e utexi more iuck.v, to ms way or thinking, than the contingency men- 1 tioned, but he imagined Joan was ! making her submission. So did Cap- I tain Suttleburv, and he assumed a conquering pose. "Lost his pole, has he?*' he inquired, 1 loftily. ' Yes," said Joan. "It is stuck in the , reeds. You can almost see it from here." "Then, Mr. What's-his-name," said the Captain, turning towards Mayn- j nrd, "you can take my punt and fetch this pole hack here. After that you can go. Miss Rye and I shan't need you, d'ye see?" He held out the pole belonging to his own punt as he spoke, and for a moment his fate hung in the balance. Ihen Maynard puts his hands in his pockets and turned tc Joan "Am I to understand that Is what i you wish?" he asked, stiffly. "Please do," she said. Because she wished it, he stepped across on the other punt, disregard- j ing even the supercilious smile with j which Captain Suttlebury handed him i the pole. Then, without a word, he ' pushed off. As the gap between the j iwo puuis wiueueu 10 u yarn, uerore either of the two were aware of It, Joan had taken a running leap from one to the other. She was beside Maynard now, and the gap had grown a gulf of a dozen yards, and the Captain's smile turned to a stare of dismay. "What the?what are you doing?" he stuttered angrily. Joan settled herself composedly down among the cushions. "Marooning you," she said. "Maroo?maroo?what do you mean?" "For bad manners -on the high seas," Joan explained affably. "I am the pirate queen of the lake this morning, and any one displeasing me has to suffer. Your punishment is to swim ashore or else wait until someone calls for you. The pole is in the reeds, remember, in case you want it, and don't forget lunch is at two. Good-by, Captain Suttlebury!" She waved her hand at him mischievously and beckoned Maynard to pole on. "You are sure ycu wish It?" he asked, anxiously, "rdon't think he's ! 0/-V-I.+- r\f mon fn frvrtrivo It " ( UC CVi I V/l IbUUU I.V A VI v v "That is what I hope," she said. And at that he ha'd. no more scruples. "As fast as you can, please," sa'd j Joan, "for I'm sure he's using bad j language now, and I've been insulted j enough for one morning. And I am I so vexed to have made you lose that ! pike, Mr. Maynard " Later in tne day Captain Suttlebury was observed by 'he waterman and rescued, but that was not until after lunch, and everyone was curious to know what had become of him. Not aving the spirit to confess his dis- ' comfiture, he decided to leave Wat- , tie House by the next train, which i he did, much to Mrs. Rye's grief. Later in the year?much to her moth- j er's horror?Joan marled Lord Wat- j tie's private secretary.?The World's ' Events. SJck of Tigers. A cynical old mr.n once found himself in the company of a large number of Anglo-Indians, and he proceeded to ask each guest if he had shot a tiger. At last one gentleman declared he hatl never even seen the royal beast. "Thank God!" exclaimed the questioner; "may I sit next to you at dinner? I am so weary of hearing about the. death* of tigers."?The Athenaeum. Recommendations of the Congress. -j- EWIS M. HAUPT of the | r* Isthmian Canal Commission; J V Captain H. M. Chittenden, of the United States Engineers at the Yellowstone .National I'ark, and William Flerson Judson, Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor, presented soihe Interesting stereoptlcon pictures before the International Good Roads Congress at Buffalo. Mr. Haupt showed some examples of neglected highways in various parts of the United States, and in contrast some of the modern paths of business and pleasure travel here and abroad, and pointed out where ihe inability to get produce to market at a critical time had resulted in the less of much more money to farmers that would have been required to keep the road in decent condition for travel. Captain Chittenden's illustrations were of road construction, and maintenance in the vast National Park. One remarkable contrast between cost in different parts of the country was brought out by Captain Chittenden, who stated that the sprinkling of the Yellowstone Park roads in dry weather costs about $125 a mile, while at the session of Wednesday Professor Holmes, State Geologist of North Carolina, cited instances where durable roads had been built from clay and sand in South Carolina for $125 a mile and did not require watering. Ztfr. Judson showed how the HigbioArmstrong law was working out the salvation of country highways in New York State. Senator H. S. Earle, of Detroit President of the League of American Wheelmen, made a vigorous address, In which he spoke or trie worn: accomplished by wheelmen for road improvement, and advocated placing a tax on every seat in every wheeled vehicle used on a road In the United States to form a fund for the repairing and rebuilding of roads. The Committee on Resolutions made a long report, some of the principal recommendations being: That* the work of the Government Office of Public Road Inquiries in the Department of Agriculture should be enlarged Into a bureau, and that an appropriation of $150,000 should be made by Congress for this purpose. That it is necessary for the purpose of carrying on the work of good roads construction to complete and protect a chain of organization in each State, Territory and county for thorough, concerted action, and that the VicePresident of each State for the National Good Roads Association be authorized to organize a State Good Roads Association in his respective State or Territory. That we recommend the plan of State supervision and co-operation to the several States. That this congress indorses the use of the wide tire on all public roads ; nd the payment of the usual road j* ? '-nftf aa/1 af {r% IoKa** lUAt'5 ill I'U^U lujicau U1 ill 1U uui. A committee of five was appointed to see that the matter of a national appropriation is placed before every Representative and Senator in Congress. A Fine Argnixient. One of the best arguments yet offered for road improvement is contained in a report of the Industrial j Commission on the distribution of farm products. The important fact Is 1 there brought out that the cost of hauling farm products to markets over country roads is in excess of the cost of operating all the railroads In the United States. It has been shown by careful inquiry that the average haul of the American farmer in getting his produce to market or to the nearest shipping station is twelVe miles. The average cost per ton for hauling over the ordinary country roads is twenty-five cents per mile, or $2 per ton for a twelve-mile haul. Careful estimates place the total number of tons hauled at 300,000,000 per annum, and this, at the average twelve-mile haul, would make the total cost $000,000,000, as compared with the $81S,000,000 expense of railroad management. These figures ought to appeal to farmers. On them tlie burden falls largely, as few of them probably add the expense of online trt tin* rnst of the Droduct. Yet, with few exceptions, this class of producers has stood in the way of road improvement. An Example to Imitate. They have a very commendable way j of displaying patriotism in China. The I wealthy Chinaman who would seek popularity at v;ke hands of his country does not endow a hospital or get some j one to raise a statue in his honor?no, he just goes out, finds a bad bit of road and has it carefully made up into first-class form. Mrs. Bishop, the well-known traveler, says she passed some remarkable "highways of commerce," cut through the rocks in mountain passes, scaffolded over rivers and carried through galleries in which were tablets in honor of the givers of the road. Cycling is not yet a popular institution in China, but at some future date when the Flowery Kingdom has contracted the "infection" of western countries the names of these pioneers of the good roads movement will ' - * ? i- ^ C be Honored, not as xue ueueiauiuis ui their particular locality, but of the whole country. An Automobile Highway. "Some enterprising man has suggested to Mr. Carnegie that instead of building any more libraries he construct a model road suitable for automobiles clear across the United States. That would surely be a high way of spending his surplus million's."?San Francisco Call. Value of Object Lessons. The United States has one service able road where France has a hun- j dred. A person who has bounced over our country thoroughfares in the mud of an early spring is willing to state the case more forcibly. Cows in the United States. New York State has more cows than ! Pennsylvania and New Jersejr com- | bined, and more than any other one State in the Uonin, Iowa being second, Illinois third and Wisconsin fourth. The entire number of cows in the States and Territories, in the exact census figures, is 1G,292,360, with a total valuation of $514,812,106. The railways of Austria belong largely to private companies, while those of Germany are a Government monopoly. _j EXECRATION, IGNOMINY OBLIVION, j Such Is tli? Fate of Wretches Like ; Czolgosz, the Assassin. The savage attack upon the wretch- I ed assassin of President McKinley by { the crowd gathered at the gates of , Auburn prison is another reminder of j the execration in which such a criminal is held by all the people. In the World's interview with the ; assassin of King Humbert the mur- | derer complained of tbe fury of the bystanders. "Everything and every- 1 body was against me," he said; "every mother's son, every woman and child present seemed bound to kill me, or at least to harm me as much as was in their power." And he professed surprise and bitter dls- I appointment that none of the "poor people," or even the soldiers, whose cause he thought he was serving, ' * .1 LU Slioweu in? sugniesi rt'g;iru iur ma life. It has been the same here. Not a solitary human being?not even the most wild-eye of the Anarchists?has expressed any sympathy with the assassin. Only the armed guard of marines at Buffalo saved him from instant death. Only a strong detachment of police prevented the crowd at Auburn from despatching him. Even his father bitterly lamented in bis presence that he was ever born. Hl3 family are to change their name to escape the ignominy and reproach that attaches to it. And for what? "It was a mistake!" wailed the doomed man on his way to prison and death. "Nobody was helped." To complete the lesson, consider the cowering and whimpering wretch., his bravado all gone, "shaking in the palsy of fear" and collapsing iri abject terror as he was dragged limp and shrieking to his cell. And in "the week beginning October 2S" a lightning bolt of death, the body destroyed with quicklime, and an unknown grave! Is it not well to recite these facts for th? everlasting remembrance of other half-baked intellects that contemplate serving some nebulous "cause"' or gaining the notoriety tney mistake for fame by attacks upon the heads of governments? Their reward Is execration. Ignominy, oblivion!? i New Tork "World. WORDS OF WISDOM. The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.?Franklin, j An apt quotation is as good as an original remark.?Johnson. Progress is the activity of to-day and | the assurance of to morrow?Emerson. To be vain of one's rank or place Is ! to show that one is below it.?Stanis| laus. j The desire of appearing clever often I prevents one becoming so.?Rochefouj cauld. God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers-it, and whoever deserves it dreads it.?Colton. Despite all refinement, the light and habitual taking of God's name in vain betrays a coarse and brutal will.? Chapin. Human nature Is so constituted, that all see, and judge better, in the affairs of other men, thon iu their own.? Terence. The mind that is much elevated and insolent with prosperity, and cast ilown by adversity, is generally abject and base?Spurgeon. A Notable Bridge Feat. In the transportation of logs from the heart of the California timber belt to the mills, an important engineering feat las been accomplished. A canon on the south fork of the American River had to be traversed, and as It was 1000 feet deep.it was determined to build a steel-wire suspension tramway. The distance across the canon is 2850 feet Between the two terminal towers the space is 2650 feet. Two parallel cables span this immense gap, without support between the towers. On these cables runs a cage conveying a car capable of carrying 3000 feet of greeu, and, therefore, very heavy, timber on each trip. The tower terminals are anchored in the solid rock, supporting the cables, on which, over the canon of a depth of 1000 feet, where the river's course seems like a rivulet, passes to aud fro the skeleton iron cage, running on deep-grooved trolley-wheels, and carrying its enormous load of green tim? ber with great apparent ease. The Blessings of Flowers. There is pleasure in seeing our pretty girl acquaintances wearing at their corsage the violets or tea roses of our ie nlooonrn In UU U l<aiO!ll?, IUUC AO ?M v?w? Irg our elderly visitors in the modest splendor of lavender, purple, blush and white sweet peas; and there is a hopeful optimism that comes to the owner of a garden when she shares it with the boys and girls whose homes are bare of all beauty. Hopeful because they are so grateful for the little breast knot of flowers; hopeful, because even that little thing wakens a love of the good and the beautiful, and then to better things. The one so fortunate as to have a garden is blessed with the means of conferring much happiness and doing a vast amount of real good.?Los Angeles Times. Late, Indeed. The chairman of a lecture committee of a literary society sat restlessly on the stage before a large and waiting audience, wondering why the expected lecturer did not arrive. Finally, he felt that some sort of an excuse was necessary, and stepped to the foot lights. ' Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "I regret this delay and am unable to account for the absence of Professor Smvthe, who was to lecture here tonight. He told me that he would be on time if he was alive, and, as he is not here, we must conclude that he is dead." Just then the professor rushed on the stage all out of breath. "Ladies i ;inii fpntlpmpii." continued the chair man, "allow mo to Introduce to you the late Professor Smythe, who will now address us on The Inferno."?New j York Herald. Turkish Fla^s Half-Masted. The most remarkable feature of the memorial services held in Con| stantinople in honor of President McI Kinley was that on the day of the funeral the Ottoman guardship at Therapia half-masted her flags. This is quite unprecedented, as Turkish flags are never half-masted. The Egyptians do it regularly, but the Turks look upon it as a bad omen and insist that the Turkish flag shall always be at the top of the mtst The commander of the French gunboat went on board the English gunboat to thank the captam for having landed a large party of marines and sailora to attend the services at the Chapel.? London Telegraph. Worth Knowinf About* No need of catting off a woman's breast or a man's cheek or nose in a vain attempt to cure cancer. No need to apply burning plasters to the flesh and torturing thosj already weak from suffering. Botanic Blood Balia (B. B. B.) gives a safe, speedy and certain cure. The most horrible forms of cancer of the face, breast,womb, mouth, stomach, largo tumors, ugly cancers, eating, festering sores, p9rsistent pimples,blood poison,cata rrh, rheumatism, terrible itching, scabby skin diseases, etc., are all successfully treated and cured by Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.). Druggist*, $1. Sample of medicine sent free, also many testimonials, by describing your trouble and writing Blood Balm Co., 12 Mitchell S treat, Atlanta, Ga. "It's all right to pick your company,'.' I says the Manayunk Philosopher, "but don't nick them to Dieces." ' The Japanese and Their Shirt Collars. I The increase in stature among the i Japanese is very perceptible; and the : substitution of tepid and even cold wa' ter for the hot baths among many of ; the people is responsible for an increas! ing floridity of the complexion. Before j the advent of military discipline on Eu| ropean models the Japanese were not[ able as the smallest necked race in the world, a firm of London collar makers ! with a large trade to Papan asserting I that thirteen inches was the normal circumference of a full-grown Japanese's throat. In a little over twenty I years, owing to more athletic develop| ment, the average has risen an inch and a half! To athletic development should j also be added greater avoidupois, inasmuch as a more generous diet and abj stention from parboiling is bringing its i reward in an accumulation of muscle | and tissue.-'Chambers' Journal Largest In tlie World* Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorches' ter, Mass., are the largest manufactnrj ere of cocoa and chocolate in the i world. They received a gold medal from the Paris Exposition of last year. ; This year they have received three : gol^fl^dnle from the Pan-American j exposition at Buffalo. Their goods are the standard for purity and excellence. Unmentionable. Teacher?"Wha t does b-u-l-I-y spell ?" Johnny?"V.^iy, er?u'm?m " Teacher ? "Come! Come! Suppose a great big boy were to strike a little fellow, what would you call him?" Johnny?"I don't dast to tell yer Ma'am." ? Catholic Standard and Times. THE ORIGINAL WAS PRESERVED. i Clara?Well, aunt, have your photo- i j graphs come from Mr. Snappeschotte's? j Miss Maydeval (angrily)?Yes; and! 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