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The Lady in The Picture. By CLARISSA MACKIE. Copyrighted, 1303, by Associated Literary Press. "It Ls the portrait of my ancestress, Mistress Elizabeth Mowbray," remark- ed Dickson to his assembled guests. With one accord the four persons seat- ed at the table in the great dining room turned and looked at the picture. Framed in gold, it hung over the chimney piece, reaching almost to the lofty ceiling. It depicted the life size figure of a beautiful young woman in a pale gray gown in the fashion of a century past. A large gray plumed hat rested on her dark hair, and about her shoulders was a loose rose pink cloak caught to- gether by one slender hand. while the other held a plumy spray of white lilac. Dickson arose, glass in hand. "To 'Mistress Mowbray; always young, al- ways beautiful and" -he paused and added, with a mischievous glance at his wife -"ever silent!" There was laughter from the men and a merry protest from Mrs. Dick- son as they drank the toast and re- sumed their seats. "Rather an unfair advantage to take of Mistress Mowbray," objected Mark Randolph, with a glance toward the portrait "I am sure that Harry's insinuation is quite unjust," said Mrs. Dickson, with spirit "Famlly history relates that Elizabeth Mowbray possessed a very pretty wit!" "I suppose there is a story connected with the fair lady?" insinuated Searles, with a smile at his host. "There is," admitted Dickson cheer- fully. "There is some tale about the ghost of Mistress Mowbray, who is said to step down from her portrait and walk about this room, leaving a fragrance of white lilac in ber wake." "Have you witnessed this appari- tion?" asked Randolph, with interest ,"Never," replied Dickson, helping himself to walnuts, "but I will admit" he continued, with a quizzical glance at his pretty wife, "that I have de- tected the odor of white lilac in this room!" "When does the ghost walk?" asked Randolph. "Invariably on the 13th of March," replied Dickson, leaning back in his chair and looking fixedly at the por- trait. "We have never seen the ap- parition, but some of the servants claim to have seen It. It has so happened that we have never been at the hall on the 13th of March since our honeymoon. I recollect that we ca -me downstairs one morning on the 14th of March and detected a strong odor of white lilac. As the conservatory was empty of plants and as there were no flowers of any sort in the house, It was rather a" - "A shock!" interpolated Mrs. Dick- son, with decision. "It was a positive shock to smell the odor of white lilac that morning, especially as old Hannah had regaled us with the story the night before." "And so you have never waited up to see the ghost walk?" queried Ran- dolph as he opened the door for his hostess. "No. To tell the truth, we always run away," she laughed. "Suppose you come down on the 13th of next month and watch for Mistress Mowbray Hannah will take care of you, and then you can report to us the result of your investigations." "Agreed," he said readily, and as she left the room he returned to the table and remarked to the others, "Any vol- unteers to keep me company?" "Not I," returned Searles quickly. "1 shall be south about that time." "And we," said Dickson lightly, "will be in Egypt" "I had forgotten that," said Ran- dolph. "Nevertheless I shall accept Mrs. Dickson's invitation to run down here and make the acquaintance of fair Mistress Mowbray." He was looking at the picture with dreamy abstraction in his eyes. "You admire my beautiful ancestress, then, Mark?" Dickson shot a keen glance at his friend. "Yes," was the low response. "She reminds me of another whom I once knew." • • • • • • • On the 13th of March Randolph jour- neyed down to the sleepy old New England village where the Dickson homestead spread its comfortable wings behind sheltering elms, now leafless and soughing mournfully in the east wind. Within doors all was cheeriness and comfort, with soft lamplight and blazing fires, When Hannah bad cleared the din- ner table and departed, Randolph threw himself into a huge easy chair before the fire in the dining room and looked up at the pictured face of Mis- tress Mowbray, He compared her face with that of another Elizabeth Mow- bray, a cousin of Harry Dickson and also a descendant of the lady in the picture. It was an old story now, ten years old. He and Beth had quarreled, and abe had returned his ring and gone back to her home in the south. They had never met afterward, but he had never forgotten. Randolph placed not the slightest cre- dence in the story of the apparition of Mistress Mowbray, but the idea of spending an uninterrupted evening be- fore the portrait appealed to him. Un- able to longer withstand the glance of the tender eyes, he buried his face in the upturned palms of his hands and gave himself up to unhappy musings. Hour after hour was tolled by the tall clock in the hall, and when the bell chimed 12 Randolph roused himself with a slight start from the half doze in which he had indulged. Involuntarily he gazed at the por- trait, and a great wonder came into bis eyes. He wheeled his chair away from the fireplace and stared- He rubbed his eyes, looked about the softly light- ed room and stared again. There was the same youthful figure, with its gray plumed hat, gray gown y1 NEW TYPE OF LIFE BELT. ' THE SALT WATER CURE. as �,A Merct:nr � Gey, and roie pinTt cloak caught together 1) one slender white hand. It was all it had been before save that no there was life in it -life In the s brown eyes and in a certain tremulo movement of the pink bowed lips. With white face and unbelievin eyes he watched the figure step slow down from the frame, and he saw th movement of the purple velvet dr perles that formed the background. She stepped upon the wide Mantel piece, which was devoid of ornamen and made an imperious gesture wi her hand, and as she did so he conscious of the heavy scent of whit lilac from the branch she carried. "My good sir, pray assist me to th floor," she said in a low, vibrant vole As in a dream, Randolph hastil fetched a chair and supplemented 1 height with a hassock. With gra courtesy he extended a hand to th lady on the mantel, and as she gav him the tips of her fingers he felt th warmth of flesh and blood. Lightly she stepped down, gatherin her skirts gracefully about her dainty gray shod feet, and presently she stood beside him, looking timidly at him from beneath the shadow of her long lashes. w Designed to Keep the Wearer's Head Freezh Scientist Claims That Sea Ws - " When t was „ les saki saki the man ort Always Above Water. who insisted that mei, were more mer• us I The ordinary type of life belt Poe- ter Conquers Disease. The assertion that the ancients knew cenary than women. •'I had a little I sesses the disadvantage that unless friend named Willie. Willie appeared correct! • sainted more about m g y need the Hearers ulllb edicine tha modern physicians seems to be con. •"I'll give you thin ;,le,' he said to • a little girl, 'for Ir;+• issues.' "The little girl a :niazed. That t was not at nil like a Ills. Nevertbe- n less she consented. n "'Shut your eyes.' said Willie, 'Sit down here and shut your eyes, And, mind you. If you open them the bar - pin Is off.' - "The little girl obeyed, and slowly, very slowly. the kisses began to fall • upon her lips. One, two, three, four (a • long pause,, flue, six (another long pause). seven (pause), eight, nine, ten (intolerable pause). "'Oh, Willie. hurry!' "'I'm not Willie.' "The little girl opened her eyes in free from sediment and drew back her pretty mouth from the ndveneing lips of a strange boy, a very common, shabby sort of boy. whom she had never seen before. etl 1y rium is i, erlous danger of being up - e set when In the water. Recently a se- a-, ries of demonstrations have been car- t ried out in Europe by the Societe Cl- - vile pour I'Eploitation des Apparells et te Engines de "Sauvetage I'insubmersi- th ble" of Antwerp with the life belt in- " rented by Jack Focketyn of that city. e which while of simple design is so ar- e ranged that the wearer's bead mast always be kept above the water. As e. may be seen from the accompanying '7 illustration, the device comprises two ts ve e e e "My God!" he mutteref, staring from the vision before bins 10 the empty frame above the chimney piece. With a quick movement the girl slipped the pink cloak from her shonl- ders and removed the gray plumed hat from her crown of dusky hair. "It is only I, Mark," she said wistfully. "I -don't understand -yet" He pas& ed a hand over his dazed eyes. She stepped forward and pressed upon a carved portion of the mantel. Instantaneously there was a movement, and the pa?uted canvas swung into place with a little click- There was Mistress Mowbray in her accustomed place above the shelf, and beside him was -Beth. "It is one of Harry's jokes," she ex- plained In a low, breathless tone. "He wrote me n month ago and asked me to come here and enact the apparition of Mistress Mowbray, It was a favor- ite pastime when we were children, for there is a secret stair behind the chimney, and the portrait is really a door which opens upon it. Harry said that a 'skeptical friend' would spend the night of the 13th here and asked me to play the part I was reluctant to do such a thing, but Harry has been very kind to me -and I consented. They did not tell me who the 'skep- tical friend' would be, and it was -a surprise to me -when I looked down upon your upturned face." She leaned,,against the tall back of a chair with down bent head and quiver- ing lips. "And you could have gone back -and away from me again -and I never would have known," he said, a vague wonder dawning in his eyes. She did not reply. "But you stayed -you made yourself known to me -you came down to me! What do you mean, Beth?" She lifted her head slowly and look- ed at him through misty, joyous eyes, and he understood. Hannah's voice broke crisply upon the blissful silence. "A cablegram, Mr. Randolph!" Mark tore open the yellow envelope. "It is from Harry," be said, gather- ing his love Into his arms, "and he says, 'Bless you, my chlldren;"' He Worked For It Some years ago there lived in Arkan- sas a man named Reynolds, who owned a narrow gauge railroad from Malvern Junction to Hot Springs. It was partly due to the fact that he had put by a neat little fortune and partly to his habit of wearing an enormous diamond shirt stud that he had won the nickname of "Diamond Joe." It was Diamond Joe's boast that no one had ever stolen a ride on his little twenty-five mile road, and not content with telling this to bis friends he of- fered a reward of $100 and a suit of clothes to the man who could do it. One clear moonlight night a man came into his office, dripping from head to foot. "Is this Mr. Reynolds?" be asked. "Yes," replied the owner of the nar- row gauge, involuntarily glancing out to see if It was raining. "Well, I've come for that suit of clothes and the $100. I've beat my way on your road, Mr. Reynolds, in the Boller tank of the engine. It was hard work keepin' my bead above wa- ter, but I did it -and -I guess I earned the prize." -New York Times. The Ale Stake. With the opening up of England by the Romans bostieries sprang up for the convenience of travelers. As time went on the selling of liquor became so lucrative that wherever the traveler broke his journey bis thirst might be quenched. This naturally produced competition among the many tavern owners, especially in the large towns, who vied with one another as to the means of attracting the thirsty. It was in these circ•atnstances that the "ale stake." or pole. to which was at- tached a fur::c bush, first came into prominence. in 1:17S these signs be- came so g'.. it a tele:Ince that a law was passea t., the effect that "ale stakes" prole -'!hs more than seven. feet over the kiers hid hway were pro- hibited, n f.;,•: v',It:n gave rise to the proverb Cr, • - 1 wine needs no bush." There ;. re eery few of the old inns in ecu r rowadays,-London Graphic. Marital Troubles. Most of the people who write about troubles of married life are single- If they were married they would be so busy with their troubles they would not have time to write, -Moorhead In- dependent. Forced Out. She -Mr. Bloom does not pay his • wife much attention, does he? He - No. The only time I ever knew of We going out with her was once when thea. gas exploded. Suited the Case. Tom -Here! You've started year note to Borroughs "Dr. Sir." Don't you know that sort of abbreviation la very slovenly? Dick -No, sir. "Dr?' is all right in this case. He owes me mon- ey -Kansas City Independent. FOCEETYN LIFE DELT buoyant cushions, one resting on the chest and the other across the upper part of the back, connected together by straps passing over either shoulder and a strap round the waist. The belt can be put on or taken off in three sec- onds. Its total weight is between six and a half and seven pounds. In connection with the life belt prop- er the inventor has devised a special helmet resembling a Russian cap, fixed to the head by a strap passing under the chin and provided with a flap at the back to drop over the neck as a protection from the beat of the sun. etc. In the front of this cap Is carried a small electric Inmp fitted with a powerful reflector, charged from a small battery of from three to four hours' capacity. The light thus pro- jected can be seen at sea for a dis- tance of some 400 or 500 yards and is of great utility in assisting the rescue of persons at night. Moreover, owing to the position of the life belt. both the arms and legs are left entirely free and unlucumbered, so that the wearer can either keep himself afloat or assist himself by swimming if desired. CONC_RNING REPTILES. Sight Their Most Acute Sense -At- tracted by Water. In the last number of Btologiscbee Centralblatt Dr, Werner of Vienna publishes the results of an unusual series of observations upon reptiles and amphibians, members of the ani- mal kingdom of which comparatively little is known. Both amphibians and reptiles are strongly attracted by water, even in distances too great for it to be detected through any sense known to us, and the writer explains it as a sort of chemical attraction. Sight perhaps is the most acute of the senses in both reptiles and amphib- ians. Alligators and crocodiles see best sideways and can also see back- ward at an angle of forty degrees. These are the only ones of both varie- ties which an bear, and then only to a slight degree. Boa constrictors are entirely deaf. Taste is not lacking In any of these animals. The snake has a sense of taste sufficiently delicate to distinguish between different species of snakes. The snake's tongue also presents the only remarkable point observed with regard to the sense of touch, either in reptiles or amphibians. By means of this organ the snake doubtless obtains knowledge of surrouuding objects which it has newer touched. The tongue is moved rapidly up and doyen, and apparently the air vibra- tions produced strike against objects and are reflected back from them in such a way as to give an idea of their position. • The Home of Edam Cheese. The northern part of Holland is the seat of the Edam cheese industry. In making the Edam cheese fresh cows' mllk is carefully strained and the ren- net added. As soon as the milk curdles the whey is drawn oil, and the curd, thoroughly kneaded, is pressed Into molds. This process is repeated until the whey has all been extracted and the curd Is comparatively dry. It is then wrapped in a linen cloth and kept for ten or twelve days until quite solid. Then the cloth 1s removed and the cheese put into salt lye. Afterward a little more dry salt Is sprinkled on the cheese until the maker thinks it is salt enough to insure its keeping. It Is next put into n vessel and washed with whey and scraped to remove the white crust It is next carried into a cool room and laid on shelves, where it is frequently turned. The ripening proc- ess lasts from two to three months, the round balls growing the fine yellow or reddish color peculiar to Edam Cheese. The cheeses intended to be ex- ported to this country are rendered still more brilliant by dyeing the rind with a vegetable dye. Bleeding France. In the coarse of a paper read to the French Academy of Medicine Profess- or Grimber' -ecently stated that the Central p rmacy, which dispenses supplies to the public institutions in Paris and the department of the Seine, annually furnished 12,000 leeches for use in the hosDltals.-Medical Record. one day with a flue #;+pie• firmed by the salt water cure" discov ered by a young French scientist, M Rene Quinton, who is proving tha Some of the most serious ailments ea be rapidly cured by the mere injectlo into the blood of ordinary sea water. Paris has now two dispensaries where "piqures" of sea water are administer ed. Nearly all skin diseases, infantile ailments and various forms of con aumptlon are amenable to, the treat meat. The "plasma de Quinton," Si It is called, Is merely very pure sea water taken at Arcachon some forty feet be- low the surface, where the water ib absolutely clear. The water, already went and organic mat- ter, Is sterilized and used for injection under the skin. In 15 per cent of the cases cure immediately followed the first injection; in 70 per cent cure fol- lowed after the sixth Injection. Gastro enteritis, which carries off 70,- 000 French children every year, is easily cured by the "plqure." Children admitted Into the dispensary in the Rue d'Oueeaant in the last stages of pulmonary tuberculosis have shown improvement after the first Injection. Some of these children were living skeletons, weighing less than at birth! and unable to retain any food. The first Injection gave them a healthy ap- petite, and the Improvement continued with each successive "plqure," The fundamental Idea of the sea water cure Is that salt water is the base of all organic life. All organ- isms existed originally in the sea, and blood is itself nothing but a modified sea water. A human being, says M. Quinton, is "a veritable marine aquarium," and one-fourth of his total weight consists of blood serum, which Is In essence nothing but the sea water In which his ancestors, the monera and amoebae, lived. More than a willlon Injections of "plasma de Quinton" have been ad- ministered in France during the last four years. The cures number thou- sands, and there is no recorded case of a patient's disease being aggravated by tbe treatment • CONCRETE WATER TANK. Largest Structure of Its Kind -Has a Capacity of 200,000 Gallons, The latest daring innovation in re - enforced concrete construction is repre- sented by an elevated water tank jest completed at Anaheim, Cal. This tank, the flrst of Its kind ever attempted, is thirty-two feet In diameter and thirty eight feet blgh, supported on concrete posts seventy feet high above ground. Itscapacity is 200,000 gallons, It is made of concrete throughout, re -enforc- ed with rings and vertical members of twisted steel. The walls of the tank are but three InchAs,thick at the top and five inches at the bottom and absolutely tight The floor Is supported by concrete beams Wa nB TJ,MI OF 0o/wares, radiating from the center, and the twelve posts, each sixteen inches square, are stiffened by two lines of horizontal struts at equal intervals above the base. The foundation of the tower consists of a heavy slab of re - enforced concrete extending four feet into the ground. The tank has a conical shaped roof two inches thick, with a cornice slight- ly raised to give ventilation for the water within. From the lowest foun• dation to the extreme top the height Is 112 feet. The cost was $11,400, or 75 per cent of the lowest estimate on a steel tower and tank of the same di- mensions. • Soil Impoverishment. The grow h of a number of succes- sive crops of the same plant has been lately found not only to exhaust the soil for that plant, but to develop an active poison for it Steam distillation of a wheat sick soil yielded • crystal- line substance that is toxic to wheat" and from a soil exhausted for cow - peas a crystalline substance was ob- tained that is toxic to cowpeas, bat not to wheat A Difference. Young Aspirant -Sir, may 1 count o0 your supporting me? Practical Citltten -That depends, young man. Are you going to run for office or do yon want to marry my daugbterf-Philadelphia Ledger. He conquers twice wbo restrains himself in victory.-Syrus. ) by, where's Willie?' she cried. "'tae's down the street,' was the re- ply, 'renin' yer kisses for two apples apiece. Better shut yer eyes again. The next three boys Is terrible ugly.'" -St. Louis Republic, On the Verge. Be considered it a parental duty to see tbat his daughter kept only the very best marriageable company. "Mary," said her father, "you hate been going with that Mitchell fellow for more than a year now. This court- ship must come to a termination." "Oh, pa, how can you talk so? He is, oh, so sweet and nicer "Ah"." And the fond father arched his eyebrows. "Sweet and nice, eh? Has he proposed?" "Well, pa, not exactly." And the girl hung her head and lingered the drapery of her dress, "Tle hasn't ex- actly proposed; but, then. last evening, when we were out waiking, we passed by a nice little house, and he said, 'That's the kind of cottage i ant going to live in some day; and 1 Field 'Yes,' and then he glanced at me and Squeezed my hand. Then, just as we got by, 1 glnneed back at the cottage. and -and I squeezed lila hand. pn." "Oh. ah, I see! Well, we'll fry him another week or two." - London Tit - Bits. His Feelings Wire Hurt. It Is strange how anteaeonable some people are In business -how unreasou- able and how Inconsiderate of the feel• lugs of others. As an example, there is the case of a fidelity conspany in New York which suddenly and arbitrarily canceled the bond 1t had Issued for a man attached in n fiduciary capacity to an important eoncern. It was the most natural thing in the world for the man to display some feeling and to demand to know the reason for such action. And the Inconsiderate head of the bonding company wrote him to this effect: "Because you were convicted of for• gery under another name in the year — and served a term in the state prison at —." The recipient of the note felt so nurt that be couldn't reply. He still is sllent-New York Globe. A Singer's Avarice. We hear a great deal about the enor- mous salaries paid to fatuous prima donnas nowadays, and we naso hear a great deal about their charity and good nature. In the reign of Queen Anne one of the most celebrated singers was Mrs. Totts, who had a veritable craze for money making as well as a great deal of personal conceit, Pope, who never spared any persons or objects that be satirized, wrote SD epigram that must have greatly annoyed the avaricious singer: So bright is thy beauty, •o charming the song. As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along, But such is thy avarice and such is thy pride That the beasts must have starved and the poet have dled. -London Standard. H• Was ■ Judge. One of the consula to Persia during a visit home Bald at a dinner In Chi- cago: "Lady Drummond Woitfe once got permission to visit the late shah's harem. She took a friend with her wbo was about to be married. The two Englishwomen wandered over the palace, and presently the shah encoun- tered them. 'Come here,' he sald to Miss Blank in his crude French. "'You are about to be married?' he said. "'Yes, your highness.' "'It's late! "-Boston Post. Not 1n His Line. "Whey tell me," said the new re- porter, who was doing an interview, "that you have succeeded to forging your way to the front." "Sir," replied the self made man cold- ly, "you have been misinformed. I'm no forger." -London Globe. Foresight. "Talk about foresight!" "We117" "Old Gotrox left a thousand tons of coal in trust, not to be touched until the youngest child is of age." -Kansas City Journal. How to Be Strong. Man is strong only by union, happy only by peace. Be firm, not obstinate; courageous, not turbulent; free, not un- disciplined; Prompt, not precipitate. - Comte de Mirabean, Practical. "I didn't notice you at the mothers' congress." "No," replied the woman addressed "I'm not a theoretical mother. you know. I have six," -Philadelphia Ledger. Wrong End First. "Willie," said the infanta mother, agitated by the sudden appearance of a rich relative, "Willie, dear, kin your Linde John and then go and wash your face at onee.5-London Telegraph, Changed HIs Mind. ofDizzioess. A gentitman wbo once served on a0 Irish jury tells an amusing story of hisvexperiences, When the h ing wasV over and the jury retired to their room to consider their verdict they foun that they stood eleven to one in fav of an acquittal, but the one happen to be a very complacent old gentlema d or ed Oome to Hundreds of Hastings Penple. n who rented bis chin upon the head of thick bamboo cane and announced d Santis' that he was ready to stay the as long as any of them. The hours dragged on, evening a rived, and the old gentleman obstina ly held out The other jurors wearil arranged themselves to make a night() it. Prom time to time the old genii man would contemplatively suck th head of the cane. Finally he fell asleep, and the can dropped heavily to the floor. Then 013 of the jurymen picked it up and foun to his surprise, that it was nearly to of Irish whisky. The eleven passed the cane round, relieved it of its con tents and then awakened its slumbe Ing owner. Slowly be lifted the cn to his mouth, looked at his watch an then arose with the announcemen "Boys, i'w afther ctlangin' me moind. -London Telegraph. a There are days of dizziness; e- Spells of hesdache, sideache, beckacbe; re Sometimes rheumatic pains; Often urinary disorders; r- All tell you plainly the kidneys are sick. te- Doelfs Kidney Pills cure all kidney ills. y Here Is proof in Hammes. Mrs. E. Rentner, Hestiags. Minn ,says. ••1 used Doan's Kidney Pills end found e i most satisfactory results. For some time e I bsd been suffering from nervous spells. e At times 1 was very dizzy and generally d, run dew°. My beck was very lam,• and 11 weak and there was ,t constant pain across the kidney regions My health • kept gradually running down and I re- criveed no relief until Deeica Kiduev Pills can Inheritance of the Blind. The bliud child -the deaf blind chit -has inherited the mind of seeing an hearing ancestors. a mind measured tire senses. Therefore he must be In flueuced, even If it be unknown to him• self, by the light, color, song, which )nit's been transmitted through the language he is taught, for tbe cham• hent of the mind are ready to receive flint language. The bruin of the race is so permeated with color that it dyes even the speech of the blind. Every object 1 think of is stained with the hue that belongs to it by association and memory. The experience of the dent blind person In a world of seeing. hearing people Is like that of a sailor on an island where the inhabitants spenk a language unknown to him, whose life is unlike that be bas lived. Ile to one; they are many. There Is no chance of compromise. He must learn to see witb their eyes, to bear with their tars, to think their thongbts, to follow their !deals.-1lelen Keller in Century. .eme to my Fitt -, lien Hud i procured a box at F. W. Finch's drug store. TI,.e have proved of great benefit to mc. 1 am still taking them and notice a steady im- provement in my condition." For sale by all dealers. Price $0 cents. d Foster -Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y,. td sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's-and take • no other,. Sheridan's Star Actor, 1V hen Sheridan was a manager he even indulged in such entering to the public taste as offering to the public a dog piece by Reynolds. entitled "The Caravan; or, The Driver and the Dog." Of Its first presentation It is recorded that Sheridan after witnessing the per- formance suddenly enterer] the green- room, shoutiug: "Where 1t he? Where Is my guardian nngel?" !'resuming be meant to congratulate the author, Reynolds replied, "Here I am!" "Pooh," replied Sheridan, "I (100'1 mean you; 1 mean the dog." Later one Dignnrn, who played in the piece, approached Sheridan one night with woeful counte- nance, saying: "Sir, there In no guard- ing against Illness. it is truly lamenta- ble to stop the run of a successful play like this, bet really"- "Really what'!" cried Sheridan. Interrupting him. "I stn so unwell that i eannot go 013 longer than tonight." "Yon!" exclaimed Sheridan. "My good fellow, you terrh fled nue. 1 thought you were going to say the dog was ill." The Life Plant. There is a strange wild plant In Gua- deloupe called the "life plant." it a leaf be broken off and pinned by the stem to the wall of a warm room, each of the angles between the curves of the leaf margin soon throws out a number of very white tentacles, or roots, and soon a tiny new plant begins to sprout and in the course of a week or two at- tains n height of two or three inches. When the old leaf shrivels, the new plant Is cut off and planted. When carefully cultivated, the life plant pro- duces curious red and yellow blossoms. As a plant freak it certainly Is as in- teresting as the everlasting plant of Mexico. Why Go to Bed? It seems to me we make a mistake iu prescribing special hours for going to bed and for getting up. Why should we thus gorge ourselves with slumber? Wby should we not follow the example of the dog and take an occasional nap when we have nothing better to do? Why should we go to bed when we don't feel sleepy? Why should we not take forty winks when inclined there- to? it strikes me there is too much method and regularity about our som nlferous arrangements. - Ashby-Sterry In London Graphic. The Beauties. Cary of Virginia surveyed the Met- ropolitan Opera House tier and par- tierre with critical eyes; then be turn• ed to Monks. "When is a beauty not a beauty?" be asked. "Give it up," said Monks. "Ninety-nine times out of a hun- dred." Raid Cary. -New York Tribune. An Awful Threat. That was an awful threat of a pu- gilist to bis antagonist, "PI1 twist you round your own throat until there's nothing left of you but the ends of your shirt collar sticking out of your eyes."-Pearson's Weekly. One For Each Life. "I waut a good revolver," began the determined looking man. "Yes, sir," said the salesman. "Six chambers?" "Why-er-you'd better make it a nine chamber. I want to use it on a cat next door." -London Express. .sage V OTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE. Notion is hereby given that default hes been male in the000dltlons of a mortgage executed by Thoma* Callahan, John 11. Callahan, and Sows Callahan, mortgagors. to "I GAmerica. of Hastings, Mlonesota, mora can lupe tyres, dated the twenty-fifth day of February, 1 no reoorded In the office of the register of deeds of said Dakota County, Mlooesota, on the diteeath day of May, 1205. it 1u:1to'clock e. m., 1n beak 50 of Mortgages, on piers 811 to 20 it:ideatee; that the amount claimed to be due on said mortgage at this date, and hereby declared tette due thereon, is six hundred and nioety- Avedolisra and thirty Dents (150.5.50), and the further sum of twenty-ar5en dollars and ten cents (#27.10) lases and penalties restw the teal property in said mortgage 0o0ve)'ed for the rare .d d fifty to lsrs attorney's flee ut puleted�In sand mortgage to be paid In case of foreclosure thetwor: that the premises described In and conveyed by risk! mortgage are situated In the count of DekotaIs the state of ' Innesota, and are known and described as the northwest quarter of the o northeast t section *1* (6),In tow ship one hundredand hY ,Irtue of the !power of leale�cont,t(ned Inn (11, that said mortgage and pursuant to the statute in such as. o tide and provided, said mortgage will be .1 p blitveadu, by a to he highr t bidder for cast t -y the sheriff of said Dakota County, Minnesota, the earth front door of the courthouse, to the city of Hastings, in raid county and state, on Monday,the eighth day of Ju,, '1000, at ten o'clock lo �c he forenoon, to satisfy the amount then due end owing on Bald mortgage, together with the 2191.10 taste so pad by the mortgagee, the tao.to attorney's fee stipulated to be paid in case 01 toreoloeure, and the legal dlabursemente and costa of sale. Dated this twenty.thlei dry of Appril. 1900. THS GERMAN AMERICAN SANK OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA. Mortgegee, E. A:. Warm.. Attorney for Mortgagee, HasUag(, Minnesota. 31 Sw ESTATE OF DECEDENT. Stet. of Minnesota, county of Dakota. -sae In probate °mart. in the matter of the estate of John N. Moate!. decedent, TheStoffel. Catharine Kitimat, AnoaLucking, Peter N.Stof• ts1, and all persons interested in the allowance iii au probate f P,eatofei belag duly Alod n this court, representing that John N. Stoffel, then a resident of the county of Daketa, (tate of Minnesota, died on the 17th dry of sprit. 190e, leaving a last will with�met which Is sa dpetitiion. and ppnytng tusthlsald in• •ltumeotlie allowed as the last will and testa. meat of said deoedent, and (hat letters teatam0atsry be Issued thereon to him. Now, therefore, you, and each of you. are hereby cited and required to show cause, if any you hare, before this court, at the probate court room■ in the courthouse, In Hastings, count of Dakota, state of Minnesota. on the sub day of May, 1903, at eleven o'clock a. m., why the prayer of said petition should not be muted. Mtnaaa, Thor, P. Moran, judge of said court, sod the seal of raid amort, this 27th dry of April, 1906. 1(b01ri'ss LA THOS. P MORAN, �t#w Probate Judge. Eaglet!. Orta, Attorney for Petitioner. ESTATE OF DECEDENT. State of Minnesota, county of Dakota. -ss. In probate court. In the matter of the estate of Ann ,Tudge, deoedeat. The state of Minnesota to John F-. Judge, Ellen H. Tanner, Annie Judge. Patrick Judge, Miobael J. Judge, 'Thomas Judge, lieroard for Mary Faagaini nu Agnes Judge, ElizabethJu . Annie Mahar. Nellie ldge John Judggee, Owen Judge. Dan Judge. Frank Judira,CatherineJudge. and al' emu interested in the anal account and distribution of the rotate of said decedent. The rereuen• tative of the above named de°edent, having tiled in this court his dual account of the administration of the estate of said decedent ,o tber with his pettt,on prayfog for the adjustment and allowance of saki Steal 5000001 and for distribution of the residue of ssld estate to the persons tberruito entitled. Therefore. 0*, and each of y.u, are hereby cited end rt' ulred to show Guar. If any you 'bare. before this court, at the probate court room in the oourtbouae, In the city of Haatintrs. In the count) of Dakota, state of Mlnoeeota. oo the Atli der of May, 1908. at ten o'clock a. m., 'he *aid petition should not be g.anted. *Wiese, the judge of mild court. and the seal of said court, this Sooh dry of April, 1900. time P. MORAN. Horwwx d Lowatt, Attorneys foraP tlt(o Der. first. 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