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The Ownership of Ptolemy Caesar. By LEONARD FRANK ADAMS. Copyrighted, 1908, by Jessie Morgan. Ravenor stood in the library in the luxury of early morning negll A gorgeous bathrobe swathed his frame from his chin to his heels. feet were thrust into a pair of c fortable looking Turkish slippers. tween his lips was a cigarette, d drafts of which he inhaled thou fully as he eyed the man in the ch by the window. The latter was sponsible for Ravenor's appeara downstairs at this unseemly hour. Ravenor's early caller was not possessing. Indeed, he was distin otherwise. His eyes were small, tery blue and shifty. His underj was weak, and his seedy clothes frayed linen were none too clean side him, its own smart appearance striking contrast to the man's gene out at the elbows air, crouched a B ton terrier. "Want to sell me the pup, I suppos Ravenor said pleasantly. "That's w you're here, isn't it? That's why y got me out of bed at this un -Christ hour?" The man nodded hopefully. "Sure," he admitted. "I thou you'd like a chance at '!m so long' got to raise the dough." "Where'd you get him?" Raven asked sharply. "Raised 'Im from a pup, e'elp the man responded glibly. "An' wonld>}'t be sellin' 'im if I didn't n the coin the worst way. I 'eard 'ow you was open for a good trade 'Is line, so I brought 'im round. ' all right, now, ain't 'e? Stand up, emy, an' give the gent a good look you." The dog obediently stood up, Ravenor's eyes lighted with lntere There could be no denying that Pto emy was a fine specimen of his breed His clean cut head, his well shap shoulders, even his crooked little to all bespoke that. "I got '!s pedigree 'ere on this p per," the man observed, drawing dirty envelope from his pocket. "Oh, never mind that," Ravenor plied, with a meaning grin. "What d you want for him?" "I'd ougbter get fifty, an"e's cheap at that" "Tell you what I'll do—I'll give y thirty." The man shrugged his shoulders. ' can't be too fussy, boas," he said. ' need the money, an' I need it bad. S long as I know 'e's goin' into 'ands I guess there ain't nothin' for m to do but to take you up, though it' most like givin' 'Im to you at tha price." Ravenor counted out the bills an banded them to the man, who ran th over with grimy fingers and departed, with a sigh and a sorrowful glance the dog's direction, both of which we rather overdone. Once the front door had closed hind him, Ravenor tossed his cigare into the fireplace and pressed the bas ton on the wall. "Annie," he said to the second girl who answered his summons,)"I've j bought this pup. He answers to th name of- Ptolemy. Take him do stairs and give him a feed; then l him out in the back yark. Pm goin upstairs. You may call me at 10." Ravenor went upstairs to resume interrupted slumbers, and Ptolemy having fared sumptuously at the hands of the cook, was turned loose in the back yard, where he galloped about gleefully, enjoying a rare half hour's sport with a bit of trailing clothesline and making desperate endeavors to catch the sparrows which now and again fluttered Into the yard. It was perhaps three-quarters of an hour after the sale that a cautions whis- tle sounded from the alley side of the high fence which inclosed the back yard. Ptolemy, with a yelp of joy, an- swered it. The back gate swung noise- lessly open, just far enough for the dog to squeeze through. He was gathered up by the seedy man who had inter- viewed Ravenor in the library, thrust uncermoniously beneath his coat and borne down the alley at a shuffling run. Therefore when Ravenor made his appearance at 11 o'clock no Ptolemy an- swered his repeated whistlings. Annie and the cook protested weepingly their complete mystification in the dog's dis- appearance. Sure, they had thought him right in the yard all the time, they declared. He'd been chasing the spar- rows and yelping there not ten minutes since. Ravenor searched the back yard thoroughly, the tool house, the lit- tle shed that held the ash barrels, even the coil of hose that lay in one corner, but no trace of his recent purchase could he find. After lunch he went downtown to pat an advertisement of his loss in the paper. The afternoon being particu- larly fine, he decided to walk home. He had reached the little square where Norwood street crosses the avenue and was striding briskly past the statue in the center of the diminutive park when a dog in full cry after a flock of elusive sparrows dashed past him. There could be no mistaking that head, those clean cat shoulders, the distinctive markings of the neck and flank. Ravenor started in pursuit of the dog. "Here, you, Ptolemy, Ptolemy! Come here! Come here, I says" he cried. The dog stopped, seemed to debate for a moment, then came toward Ra- venor, wriggling his twisted stump of a tail in ridiculous apology. "Nice way you deserted me this morning, wasn't it?" said Ravenor se- verely. "Come on with me now. No all gee biy H!! oto Be eel ght ali re nee pre ctly wa as anti Be it: ra. os e,' by ot tar ght el OI me; eed of in E's Pto al and et 1• ed il a• s re - G dirt 00 '1 1 c good e e d em in re be- th. t est e wn et 8 his more back yard orgies for you unless some one has an eye on you." He started homeward, the dog fol- lowing meekly at his heels, but before he reached the other side of the park he caught the quick tread of Light foot- falls. An agitated voice close behind him was saying, "Oh, I beg your par- don." He swung about to find himself face to face with Katherine Gray. Ravenor unconsclou.oly stiffened. It was ti, true disconcerting to come thus abrupt1e I upon a girl with whom be had quer- reled but a short week before—a girl who before that quarrel had been the dubject of big everyday dream. The girl Netts equally surprised and embarrassed. She caught her breath in a little gasp, and the quick color mounted her cheeks. Almost instant- ly, however, she had recovered her poise. "I'm sorry to trouble you," she said coldly. "I merely came for my dog. 1 saw he was following you." "Your dog!" said Ravenor. "My dog," she repeated. Ravenor looked uncomfortable, bu he faced her resolutely. "There must be a mistake abou this," said he. "I'm very sure he': mine." "Tours?" "Let me prove it to you. He know: his name. Here, Ptolemy." The dog came obediently to Rave nor's side. IIe sat down and looked up expectantly. The girl gasped. "I don't under stand it," she said. "Now let me try the same proof. Here, Caesar." The dog trotted over to her and re peated his maneuvers. "Good heavens!" said Ravenor, utter ly bewildered for the moment Ther suddenly he bad an Inspiration. "Did you buy him recently?" ht asked. "This afternoon," she confessed. "Of a seedy, shifty eyed man?" She nodded. Ravenor drew a long breath; then he laughed. "That explains it," he de- clared. e.clared. "I bought him of the same man at 7 this morning." "Oh!" said thegirl; then she, too, fell to laughing. "Come," said Ravenor at length "lel me walk home with you, and there we'll decide who has the better claim to Caesar or Ptolemy, or whatever his name !s." It was a long talk they had before a roaring fire in the cozy hall. It settled many points besides the ownership of the dog. When it was finished it was twilight, and two very contented young people were enjoying their rightful heritage of happiness again. "And about the dog?" Ravenor sug- gested when he finally arose to leave. "You take him," she said. "He's really yours by right of priority. You bought him first." "I'll tell you," Ravenor said, with conviction. "Let's call him Ptolemy Caesar and own him jointly, and—and —let's—er—well, fix It so we can have him with us both, you know. Will yon, Katherine?" The girl fell to laughing until the tears rolled down her cheeks. "Oh, what a way of putting it!" she cried, but there was a light in her eyes that brought Ravenor to her side. And the newly christened Ptolemy Caesar leaped about them with yelps of joy. Forecastle Gourmets, Peeving Hie Mott. "Seouse, or lob scouse, a parson's face sea pie, junk, tack, slush and duffis morning? l, a "Weir," exclaimed the mWionatre, Bathing a Plrin "collet do you want th George IV, while princeo. and .residing there s a meal ye can't beat no- wheres," seld the sailor. "Yes," he went on, "ye can talk about yer ris de veau, yer vol au vent, yer mouses and other French Mahe', but they ain't none o' them 1P it with sea fare dished up by a good sea law- yer. "Scouse is soup, soup made o' salt beef. Add some good sea vegetables to it, sitch as spud sprouts and split /'peas, and ye get an extra fine soup, what 18 gener'ly called lob scouse. Pot au feu is slops beside a rich lob scouse. "Foller up yer scouse with a parson's face sea pie. That's a pie madd,of bul- 1 lock's head- Good? Why, friend, there ain't nothin' like It on earth. "Junk is salt beef. Junk ain't no brain food. It don't strengthen the mind like a correspondence course, but, by tar, I'd ruther have It than caneton a is presse or a supreme de sole. "Tack and slush is the sailor'ti bread and butter. What if ye do have to break yer tack with a tack hammer, and what if yer slush is sometimes strong enough to queer the compass? Sailors need strong food, for they must do their work."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Canning's Wedding. I was to be best man, and Pitt, Can- ning and Mr. Leigh, who was to read the service, dined with me before the marriage, which was to take place in Brook street We had a coach to drive there, and as we went through that narrow part, near what was then Swal- low street, a fellow drew up against the wall to avoid being run over and, peering into the coach, recognised Pitt and saw Mr. Leigh, who was in full canonicals, sitting opposite him. The fellow exclaimed, "What, Billy Pitt, and with a parson too?" I said, "He thinks you are going to Tyburn to be hanged privately," which was Tether impudent of me, but Pitt was too much absorbed, I believe, in thinking of the marriage to be angry. After the ceremony he was so nerv- ous that he could not sign as witness, and Canning whispered to me to sign without waiting for him. He regarded the marriage as the one thing needed to give Canning the position necessary to lead a party, and this was the cause of his anxiety about it, which I would not have believed had I not wit- nessed it, though I knew how warm was the regard he had for Canning. Had Canning been Pitt's own son I do not think he could have been more in- terested in all that related to his mar- rlage•—"Letters of John Hookham Frere." Killing a King. In all monarchies the killing of the king or emperor, the Law Journal of London points out, "is perhaps the gravest form of high treason." The Journal adds: "In one country, Italy, sentence of death cannot be imposed, and in Portugal we believe that capi- tal punishment la not used, if not abol- ished. Under the law of treason of the 'United Kingdom, ughich has been applied to most of the king's domin- ions abroad, with or without statutory modifications, the killing of the king is a capital offence by the statute of treasons. It is there described as 'com- passing or Imagining the death of our lord the king.' By later legislation (of 1800) the elaborate provisions special to trials for treason do not apply to as- sassination of the sovereign or a direct attempt on his life, and such offenses are tried in the same manner as willful murder. The result is that in sub- stance, though not in form, the killing of the sovereign 1s triable and punish- able in the same manner as the willfui murder of a subject, but the crown may direct the execution to be by de capitation instead of hanging." Where Politeness Doesn't Pay. "French and German hats," said a hatter, "only last half as long as ,ours. It isn't the poor quality of the hats, but the fine quality of the manners, that causes this. Lifting the hat in sal- utation is the hardest work that falls on the headpiece, and the French and Germans lift it to men and women equally, thus giving it twice as much labor as we do. Naturally, then, it wears out twice as quickly. It goes in the brim in no time over the water."— Cincinnati Enquirer. Advice to a Wife. Advice is often too good to be taken, but a very agreeable variety was once given by James Russell Lowell to a young woman about to be married, "Always give your husband—your own wae." — A Little Card Trick. A Russian priest was so devoted to the amusement of card playing that he played up to the Last moment be - tore commencing the church services. On one occasion, having a particularly good hand dealt him, he thrust the cards into his pocket, intending to re- turn and finish the game after the service. Unluckily the cards fell out on the church floor, to the extreme scandal of the congregation. The wit- ty priest, however, was fully equal to the occasion. At the eonclusiou of the service he beckoned up one of the choristers and asked him the name* of several of the cards, which the boy knew correctly. He then suddenly asked the lad the name of the next saint's day, which the child could not tell. "Seel" cried the priest, turning to the congregation. "You teach your children the names Of every card In the pack and leave them ignorant of their religion. Let this be the last time I am compelled to bring playing cards into the church to shame you." And picking up his hand he made an honorable retreat—London Answers. A Bad Break. "It beats the Dutch," said a young broker, "how much trouble a fellow's wife's most charming girl friend can make for a fellow—or for a fellow's wife." Then he explained what ap- peared to be greatly to need of ex- planation. "I went home for dinner the other night," he continued, "with a friend wbo was married recently. The wife's old chum was there and met the husband for the first time. "'Really; she said on presentation, 'I quite feel that I have known you. You see, that picture of yours in foot- ball costume that Jennie always kept on her dresser so long was very fa- miliar to me.' "Say, you ought to have seen the face of that friend of mine. But he finally found his voice. "'But, my dear Miss Smith,' he re- plied, 'I never was a football player and never had on a football costume.' "Then you should have seen Miss Smith's face."—New York Globe. Animals Are Not Proud. Professor Schuster asserts that ani- mals lack moral feeling entlrely, none of their acts being immoral or moral in the broad sense, and that they have no trace of a sense of shame or of honor. Their courage, he declares, is "a mere Impulse of nature," and of moral cow - age they know nothing. He continues: "And animals have no pride In the sense of man's conception of that qual- ity. They are not proud of their kind, of their kindred, of their individuality. They neither have an individuality nor are individual. Animals are not proud because they have no consciousness of the scope of the. value of their kind, of their enterprise or of any other form of their capability. They are neither supercilious, proud nor the contrary— that is, grieved, wounded or depressed in regard to a possible pride." Where Beggars Have Trades Unions. Begging is a vocation In China and beggary an institution. In every prov- ince there is an organized beggars' trade union or guild—in some districts several. These guilds have presidents and officials and are in every respect thoroughly well organized. There is a membership fee of about IH, and all members swear to abide by the rules. The chiefs, or "kings," as they are called, are under the protection of the magistrates, and their power In con- siderable.—Wide World Magazine. The Age of Artificial Beauty. Writers on topics concerning wom- en's matters would fain have us be- lieve that the present is the age of beauty. The fact is that never before have the arta of artificiality been so widely adopted among all classes as they are today.—London Opinion. Sam Weller. It was Sam Weller who made Dick- ens famous. "Pickwick Papers" were a complete failure financially until this unique character was introduced. The press was all but unanimous in prais- ing Samival as an entirely original character whom none but a great gen- as could have created. Dickens re- ceived over $16,000 for "Pickwick Pa- pers," and at the age of twenty-six he was incomparably the most popular author of his day.—London Standard. Tame Your Rattlesnakes. A tame rattlesnake belonging to an Arizona farmer sleeps every night on the front gate of its owner's garden, coiling himself around the gate and gatepost, so that a lock and chain to keep out Intruders are not needed.— Pittsburg Dispatch. Foiled. "Ah!" said Bragley, with a view to making Miss Wise jealous. "I wu alone last evening with some one I ad- mire very much." "Ahr echoed the bright girl "Alone, were your—Philadelphia Press. "I've come again to ask for your daughter," said the poor but ambitious young man, "Haven't 1 told you six times over on as many oat of the question? What do iyou mean by bothering me in this way? You are making a nuisance of your - Self!" "If 1 seem to be more persistent than circumstances warrant, I must insist that you, sir, are to blame." "Me!" shouted the indignant old man. "I don't understand you." "There," said the man who loved his daughter as he pointed to a motto over Use banker's desk, "Is my excuse for coming here day after day, 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again,' Do you believe in that sentiment, or have you put It up there simply to de- ceive people?" After he had scratched his head awhile the mean old plutocrat said: "Yes, I believe in that I haven't succeeded yet In making yen under- stand that my daughter shall not be- come the wife of a fool, but I am going to keep on trying till I do! Good morn- ing!" And that time he did it—Strand Magazine. What the Cat Had. The teacher of the Sunday school class was telling the little boys about temptation and showing how it some- times came in the most attractive form. She used as an illustration the paw of a cat. "Now," said she, "you have all seen the paw of a cat It is as soft as vel- vet, isn't it?' "Yessum," from the close, "And you have seen the paw of a dog?" "Yesaum" "Well, although the cat's paw seems like velvet, there L nevertheless con- cealed In It something that hurts. What is itr No answer. "The dog bites," said the teacher, "when be is in anger. But what does the cat do?" "Scratches," said a boy, "Correct." said the teacher, nodding her bead approvingly. "Now, what has the cat got that the dog hasn't?' "Whiskers!" said a boy on the back seat—Home Magazine, Bible Blunders. Some curious errors have crept into the Bible at various times, giving names to the editions containing them. Here are some instances: The "Un- righteous" Bible, from the misprint "the 'unrighteous' shall inherit the kingdom; the "Placemakers' " Bible, "blessed are the placemakers' " (peace- makers); the "Printers' " Bible. "the 'printers' (for princes) have persecuted me;" the "Treacle" Bible, "Is there no `treacle' (balm) in Gilead?' the "Vin- egar" Bible, "the parable of the 'vine- gar' " (vineyard); the "Bug" Bible, "thou shalt not be afraid of 'bugs' (bogies) by nigtlt;' the "Breeches" Bi- ble, "they sewed fig leaves together and `made themselves 'breeches; " the "Idle" Bible, "woe to the `idle " (idol), and finally the "Wooden Leg" Testa- ment, so called from the frontispiece depicting Satan limping with a wooden leg. Just a Fish Story. We cannot refrain from recording the most curious capture of a fish that has come to our notice. Tbe circum- stance was retailed many years ago by Mr. Heathcote, one of the great au- thorities on the tens. A Mr. Richard- son of Peterborough was skating on the dikes when the ice was very clear, and be noticed a large pike swimming in front of him. The Esh was terrified by the apparition and swam in front of the skater until It stopped from sheer exhaustion. The skater broke the ice and took out the fish with his hand, which proved to be a pike weighing twelve pounds. It is a story difficult even for a fisherman or a local histo- rian to cap.—London Outlook. Not Disturbed. Nassau William Senior, the English political economlat, was a frequent guest of Lord Lansdowne at Lans- downe anedowne House and on one occasion wait busily writing, quite abstracted as usual, in a room full of company when Tom Moore was singing. The scratch of his pen was not an agreeable ac- companiment and at last 'one of the' company asked very politely, "You are not fond of music, Mr. Senior?' "No," he replied, "but it does not dlaturb me in the least , Pray go on." Careful About Worry. A physician was recently attending a patient whose husband came to see him concerning her condition and greeted him with the words, "Mr. Irving, do you, think there is any need for any unnecessary- auxtety about my Wife?"—Argonaut. A Losing 6cheme, "They tell me that poor .lolly is a victim of bis own gu•e$ fellowship." "That's so. He Inst his own health 1n drinking other people's."—Baltimore American, The Coop. 'This fiat Is a mere coop." "Yes, John," said his wife sweetly, "and the cook has just flew It"—Pitta- O+r. ..e• Guessed It. Guest (suhpieluusly eying the Bat- tened pillows and the crimpled sheets)—Look here. landlord, this bed hu been slept in' Landlord (trium- phantly) --That's what It's meant tor! Renovated. Puffer—What's happened to my meer- schaum pipe? Mrs. Puffer—Why, dear, I noticed It was getting awfully brown and discolored, so I put a coat of that white enamel on It Variety. Mato,—Why do you make some of your pies round and some of them square? Wife—Because my husband bee been complaining of sameness of his diet lately. In his Brighton palace kept In his bed- room a portrait of Mrs. Gunn, an old bathing woman who used to dip him into the sea when be was the little Prince of Wales. A picture book mucb prized by children showed the old lady bathing the little fellow. Beneath the picture was this stanza: To Brighton came l», Came George the Thlyd'a eon, To be dipped In the sea By the famed Martha Gunn. A companion portrait, to Martha Gunn's was that of Thomas Smoaker, wbo had charge of the horse which drew the bathing machines into and out of the sea. One day the little roy- al oyal highness, having learned to swim, swam out farther than Thomas judged to be sate. He called to him to come back, but tho self willed boy struck out with more vigor. Thomas went after the prince, overtook him, seized him by an ear and drew high to shore. "Do you think," he replied to the boy's angry words, "I'm a -going to get myself hanged for letting the king's heir drown hlsself just to please a youngster like you?' Only a Dodge. An insurance expert was relating in Chicago some oddities of Insurance, "And then," sold the expert, "there was that case Of the general store man in Ohio. Thla man's store burned down, and, because his stock was so heavy, the company disputed his claim. I remember one item in his stock list - 17,500 mourning hatbands, Wheu I came to thls Item I thumped it with my pencil and said to the storekeeper severely: "'Look here, this is unreasonable. Why should you have had 17,500 mourning hatbands in stock? «'hal poesibillty was there that death would create In a single small shop like yours a demand for 17,500 mourning hat- bands?' "The storekeeper smiled at me in a condescending way and replied: "'I didn't keep those hatbands tot men who grieved for the death of retie tives or friends, but for men who went Into mourning for the grease on their hats.' "—Boston Globe, Misfires of Young Idea, Air usually has no weight, but when placed In a barometer it Is found to weigh about fifteen pounds a square inch. If a small bole were bored In the top of a barometer tube, the mercury would shoot up In a column thirty feet high. A right angle is 90 degrees F. Hydrogen is colorless, odorless and insolvent. A cuckoo is a thing that turns from a butterfly foto a moth. Horsepower is the distance a horse can carry one pound of water in an hour. The earth revolves on Its own axle 865 times in twenty-four hours. This rapid motion through space causes its sides to perspire, forming dew.—Unl• versity Correspondent. Senate and Lords. The British house of lords Is a sur- vival of the ancient aristocracy of the kingdom, which for a long time was supreme in all national matters. When the democratic sentiment won a place for itself in the shape of the house of commons the natural and apparently indestructible conservatism of the Brit - fah people held on to the house of lords as a check upon the commons and a perpetual reminder of the ancient insti- tution. The senate of the United States was the result of the compromise struck between the Nationalists and States' Rights parties in the convention that formed the constitution. Some were for merging the representatives in a single body, while otters Insisted upon the second chamber (the senate) as a recognition of the political equality of the states, Lacked Something. "You Germans have no sense of hu- mor," said an American. "Try me and see," said the German. "Well," said the American, "you know America is the home of very large things—the highest mountains, the greatest waterfalls"— "Oh, yes, yes, yes," said the German. "And our trees," continued the Amer- ican, "are so tall that In order to see to the top of them one man looks as far up as he can, and another man begins where the first man leaves off and looks up to the top." "But dat vass no joke; dat vasa a ms" A Boston Correction. /Bikini had recently moved from New York to Boston. The other morning be went to the butcher's. "Give me a nice porterhouse," he or- dered- "Extremely sorry, sir," said the pro- prietor of the establishment urbanely, "but we are not giving anything away this morning."—Harper'■ Weekly, The Truth. Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth. When perfect sincerity is ex- pected, perfect wisdom must be allow- ed. Nor has any one who Is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear tt—Tacltus, Too Healthy. "Do you believe that mosquitoes car- ry malaria?" "Not the mosquitoes around here," answered Farmer CorntoseeL "They couldn't possibly do it and be so healthy,"—Washington Star. Persistency is the road to success. The only known exception to this rule Is the case of a hen sitting on a china egg.—Exchange. Worth Two mon. "Len made the glee elnb." "Why, his voice is cracked." "I know, bot It split the other night, and he's singing duets now."—Yale Record. And Now He Doesn't. Howell—Do you like congregational Jesters must be cosbnt to tuts ofI singing? Powell -I did until tbo atethat broth.—Latta Proverb. 1* our • Coincidence. The strange story told by a default• tng debtor of his being recognised atter he bad • been for six years trying to live down the past is not so strange a story as one which came within the keu of Professor Jowett. A good than went wrong, was caught and sentenced at Liverpool to imprisonment After the sinner had served his term Jowett and others helped him, and be obtained a colonial editorship where his past was unknown. He did well; wan a new ratan. One day a tornado swept off tltc roof of his office. Under the roof was discovered a batch of old English papers which bad -been placed there and forgotten after the mall had brought them. Ile set memhers of bis staff to work to get out of the derelicts anything which might be futerestlug enough to print Tbe first thing that they found was a full report of the trial and eouvicUon of the man him- self, their editor, at Liverpool all those years before. --St. James' Gazette. Pants and Trousers. Everybody talks well when he talks in the way he likes, the way he can't help, the way he never thinks of. The rest is effort and pretense, The man who says "trousers" because be likes to say it and the man who says "pants" because be likes to say it are both good fellows with whom a frank soul could fraternize, but the man who says "trousers" when he wants to say "pants" !a a craven and a truckler. equally hateful to honest culture and wholesome ignorance. He belongs Ir. the same sordid category with the man who wears tight shoes and high col- lars that are a torment to the flesh, who eats olives that he doesn't relish and drinks uncongenial clarets In imi- tation of his genteel neighbor la the brownstone front—Atlantic. Book Evolution. "Books" have progressed from the days when they were only wooden rods or blti of bark. For the derivation which connects "book" directly with "beech," both having been "hoc" In Anglo-Saxon, 1s the favorite One. "Buchstaben," the German word for letters of the alphabet, means literally "beech staves." Many book words go back to such vegetable origin. The Latin "liber," a book, whence comes our "library," was properly the inner bark or rind of a tree, especially of papyrus. The Greek "biblon," whence "Bible" and "bibliophile," meant much the same thing. A "codex" was a block of wood, and "leaf" is obvious. Shut Her Off. First Deaf Mute (making signs)— Did your wife complain because you stayed out till after midnight? Second Deaf Mute (chuckling)—Did she? You should have seen her! But when it began to get monotonous I just turned out the light IF WOMEN ONIYMNEW. What • Heap of Happineaa It Would Bring to Hastings Homes. Ilard to do hnu.ewurk with en aching .rack. Brinks you hours of misery at leisure r ill. wurk. If women only knew the cause ihet Backache penis come from sick kidney it. 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There you will and healthful climate, good neighbors, churches for family worship, schools for your children, good laws, splendid crops, and railroads convenient to market. Natty fee in each case is 1110.00. Por pamphlet. "Last Rest West," particulars as to rate., routes, best time to go and where to locate, app.) to S. T. HOLMES RS Jackson Street, St. Panl, Minn. Canadian Government Aged SUMMONS. State of luinseeot• county of Dakota —is. District court, ant judicial district, John Pelee, plaintiff, vs. William L. Ames, Harbert Ames, Amelia Ames, Emma H. Ames, John Ames. Reginald Hall Ames, Eleanor Ames, Oliver H Ames, Luella B. Ames, Luella Ames, Ruth Anes, Susan Trench, the unknown heirs of 011,er Ames. deceased Albion P. Hamilton, the unknown heirs of Altair* Brfebin, deceased, also all other per• son■ unknown, claiming any tight, title, estate. Interest, or Lien in the real estate de - T1 The state 1 ofwtu to h Minnelaint rthe above named defendants: Youdefendant., ofyare ou, summoned said drequiredeachto answer the plaint complaint ison ala iof the n a the°Moe olaintiff f which JohnMarta. clerk of said court, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint upon the sub- scribers at their office in the city of Hastings. In the oounty of Dakota and state of Minnesota, within twenty drys after the service of this •ummona upon you, exuluslve of the day of such .ereloe, and if you fall to answer the said nom• plalut within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff herein w•111 apply to the oonrt for the relief d.•manded In his said oomplaiot, together with the costa and disbursements of this action. Dated February 818. 1908. HODGSON & LOWELL. Plaintiff's Attorney., First National Bank Ilullding, Hastings, Minnesota. NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS. State of Minnesota, county of Dakota.—ss. Ms'riot court. ant judicial district. tobu Peine, plaintiff. vs. William L. Anes, Herbert Ames, Amelia Ames, Emma H. tmes, John Ames, Reginald Hall Ame,, Eleanor Ames, 011ver H. Ames, Luella 11. Ames, Luella Ames, Ruth Ames, Susan Trench, the unknown heirs of Oliver Ames. deceased, Albion P. Hamilton, the unknown helm of Alm,ra Hrisblu deceased, also all other per- sons unknown, (Maiming any right, title, estate, intens:, or )len In the real estate de• scribed in the oomplalut herein, defendants. Notice Ie hereby given of the pendency in the above oourt of an action between the above named plaintiff snd the above named defendants. That the oh sot of said action 1s to determine Nay and all claims of the defendants In or to be lands herein described, and W bar and es - dude the defendants from any and all such claim's, and to quiet and perfect the title to said I= ads In the plaintiff. Said lauds ere situate In Dakota County, Min• nesota, and are described ,u follows. .,•wit: The north one hundred and twenty acres of the southwest quarter of section thirteen, township one hundred and fourteen, range nineteen. Dated February 8th. 1908. slew• HODGSON A LOWELL. Plaintiff'. Attorneys, Hastings. Mla*ttsota. ‘' ()TICE OF MORTGAGE SALE. 1.`Whereas, default has occurred is th • ooadl- '80ns of a certain mortgage- bearingddi• Novem- ber 3d, lei. made, executed, end delivered by 11'tllir* Schwegter and Christina E. Schwegler, his wife. as mortgagors, to Jacob Lauf as mort- gagee. which said mortgage was duct• r••corde 1 in the otnoe of the register of deeds in and for lb, county of Dakota and state of Minnesota, on the 4th day of November. 1905. in Book 91 of Mortgages, on page 83, end. whereas, there 1s claimed to be due, and at the date of this nolle. 1. due, on Bald mortgage and the indebtedness secured thereby the sum of eight hundred, aereut)-nue end 38I00dollars ($01.38) dollars, a d no notion or proceeding at law or other- .ke has b,•eu instituted to recover said mort- ant, debt or an part or portion of he same. Now, there ore, notice is hereby given tbet pursuant to the power of sate 1n said mort- gage ooatalued an the statute in such case Mede and provided, the said mortgage w111 be foreclosed, and the promisee therein and here- inafter denorlbed will be sold at public vendue by the sheriff of said Dakota County. at the north front door of the to. urtbou e. In the city of Hesit ige, ecoid county. on the 91st day of A pelt. 1908, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said 4.y, to a defy the amount that .hall then be due ou said mortga e. together with the costs and ex l., neer of salt. including the tum of fifty dollars attorney'. fees stipulated In said mors- or, gage to to paid in case of f"reclosure. The lands described In said mortgage and so to be sold are situate In Dakota County. Min- eesola. and are described as follow., to -wit: Commencing fifty ell and two-tbIrde 166%) feet south of the northeast corner of block fifteen (15). village of Farmington, Mlnneaota, thence west across lots one (11, two (2), aud for e (3), of .a14 block fifteen 115), one hundred and eighty (189) feet, thence south fifty six and two- thirds (5691) feet, thence east one hundred and eight • 1180) feet. thence north to lace of begiu- utug efty•slx and two thirds 0630 fee. the same being the critter one•third of lets one il), two tai. and three (8). of block fifteen tit), village of Farmlugton, Minnesota, on tile and • f record In the reInter et deed's office in and for Dakota County, Minnesota. Dated this With d.y of February, 1908. JACOH LEUF. Mortgagee. Hopesoa S Lowsa,t. Attorneys for ortgegee, tlasltog•, Mfnnteota. 21641w ., l STATE OF DECEDENT. State of Minnesota, county of Dakota.—ss. in probate oourt. In the matter of the estate of Hubbard Nichols, decedent. The state of Minnesota to Mary A. Nichols, Charles Nichols, Hester A. Lyon. Almira Martin, Violet M. Horten. Celesta V. Swan. Harriet M. Dennison, Frauoes E. Poor, Frank Nichols, George ErH. nest Nichols. Arthur`icMchole. Bora Mandel. Hurtle Sanford. Laura White, Stella Williams. Edward Stone. end all per- aops lntetested in the final amount sod 41.- trlbutloa of the estate of said decedent. The represantative of the above named deoedent, tt bavin, filed 1. this oourt bis final aocount of the administration of the estate of said decedent ether with hi. petite. praylug for the adjustment and allowance of said Beal ecoonn1 and for distribution of .14 estate to the person+ tgerrunto relit!. 4. Therefore. you, and eeob of you. are b»reb cited d required to show cause, it *ay you h.n ave. before this court, at the probate court room In the courthouse, In the elty of Hastings, In Abe» uof Dakota, state of Mlaoewta, on the day of Marsh, 1908, at tea o'clook a, m., why said petition sboald not be granted. Witness, theudge of said court. and the seal el said overt, ibis Nth day of Febar, . 1905. [aau.l 'ro Htra P. MORAN, #iaw Probate Judge. ESTATE OF DECEDENT. Singe of Mienesota, otiosity of Dakota„—ss. In probate taunt. Is the matter cf the estate of John H. Bryant. deeedsThe state of Minnesota to Yoram) L Bryant, Olive akeltoe, Henry L. Buret. W. A. Bryant, E. A. Dry *t, Dors W•rtberw•ax. +'lor••n e Whinier, and ■11rs,s Ito re.,ea to :b.• graetltsg of admiatii•nrntion of the reinl.• of aaid decedent: The petttioo of Margaret Young h•vlag beau Sled In this court representing that oho B. Bryant. then a warden, of the .aunty f Los An dra, state of enigma' , died in testate ,•a the $d dal of At,rl 79 3. and or„1,.,' batt letters of rdmlolstra,ioa of hl- estate lie fauna, to Jtwph M Puttgirsrr and the court baying axed ,he time and p see for he.rinu said ?.thou.. Th• rafon, you. and ...et, of ou, ate hereby cited and required to show e-»ee, it say yes have, before ties evert at the probate 0earl rooms le the oourthoua-', in the city M Jtaattaas. in the twenty of Oskota, state of Mfaaeeota, on the 30tb dry of Marsh, 1904, at Lb e`oluck a, s., why said pedtioe should net berwasted. uiiitasss tateudge of said poen. sad seal et said eo.rt, this Id day of March, Nein !Coyne!Snout Tem P. MORAN, M. Carwt. Attorney fere k$o , Bs. Pall, Mina. J Old peons tor We at. Ilbo Sawa, 1