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tIIg tills little story of life In that regtoa One night a man came to usmysteriously He said that In his vil-

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there were three traitors Beforeanything further could bo done theymust be destroyed They cculd notbe shot for this would probably bring4 wn the authorities and it was impos-sible

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to buy poison because the law onthe sale of it was very strictly en-

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But madama myself was afriend of the doctor No doubt if sheasked him he would write her some-thing

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that could be put In coffee Thenthe three gentlemen could be asked torapper and their political differencesqmietly arranged Nor bad be anydoubt that I should fulfill this tumblerequest

Of the dangers of smallpox and likediseases Miss Durham says that theB kan people show a childlike igaoance She writes At one villagewten I was leaving I was asked togive a little back hee b to the priestsirtfe Poor woman they said TwoSf her little children are ill of thesmallpox one baa died she has had Itherself and la not yet well but shecooked your supper In her own houseami brought It here for your Anothertime a woman rushed out of a houseseised me fai her arms aad kissed me-

UK either clMekuntil struggledfree Her three children were downwith smallpox and this warm greetingwas aa appeal to me to give help

POMPEII A TOY CIT-YItIt Give rv to Imltmttoa ad-

Lszwry RRIa1g ePestpeii as can be seea on every

Mad was what BalwerLytton de-scribes

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Ita tegr city given over toIstttatkm and luxury Rome set boththe example aad the pace

The excavatteM which have proceed-ed

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for more tham a century and a halfsaay be said now to be fairly com-pleted

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Nothing more Is needed toenable the archaeologist to reconstructthe life of the ancient Roman colonyLlothing else to startle the modern see-

krr after truthThe temples the villas the theaters

the baths the gardens disentombed atlast lie gaping to the skies in heapsof variegated marble and granite whis ¬

pering their story mayhap to the moonyet telling it plainly enough to thepasserby under the common light ofdaya story of Indolence and frivolitymistaken by the semibarbaric mindfor pleasure of gorgeous displays inpublic places mysterious orgies in pri-vate

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feasts incalculable vinous liba-tion

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to the gods gladiatorial combatschariot racing human beings fed tolions all In mimicry of Rome of Romealready beginning its downward coursetoward the fall

Art they had to decorate the scenewithin and without the peristyle pic-

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aid statues arches and colon-nades

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In bronse and alabaster porphy-ry

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sad Carrara made luminous by Tyrian dyes and a local red we have notbeea able to repeat though much of it

quit toledLoulBvllIe CourieriJourmal

Zaglud State RecsrdEagiaBds state records are kept in

a great building known as the recordaee hi London Here are 130 strong

fS L and in these rooms the rollsaad records for over eight centuries-are kept There Is the chancery rollroom containing over 40000 rolls ofthe chancery court each roll consistlag of thirty or forty skins of parch-ment

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stitched together and rolled up-tight into a cylinder Another set ofrooms is set aside for the records ofthe kings bench and common pleasthe latter extending from the reign ofRichard 1 to the present time Eachroll Is formed of a number of longparchment skins fastened together atthe head anti inclosed In stout vellumcovers Each roll weighs from 100 to

pounds and contains from r>00 toKJ skins of parchment

Twin-Earthquakes

EartIiqunkewhich consist of two

ahoeks separated by a brief interval ofv quiet or 01 two maxima of intensity

are known as twin earthquakes InGreat Britain one in about every twen-ty

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earthquakes Is a twin and the stronJest Nlioeks experienced in that coun-try

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bcloni to this variety It is be-

lieved that twin earthquakes are dueto impulses arising from two deachedfoci separated in different cases fromfour to more than twenty miles butlying along the same fault in theearths crust

Its Different When Its Tour OwnYoung Dr Keelhyuie always im-

pressed¬

me as having nerves of iranjudging by the cool way he performthe most serious operation remark-ed

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his friend but yesterday when 1

met him in consultation he was themost excited and rattled min I haveseen In a long while-

It must have been a most unusualand extraordinary case

No one of the doctors own childrenhad n mild attack of measles NewYork Times

Iv rr Con jrrn taint IonA very famous American dentist met

the English husband of an Americanfriend of mine with the genial congrat-ulation

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My dear sir I wish you joyYou have married a first rate set ofteeth Fortnightly Review

IaeaUke-Here lies Jane White wife of Thom-

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White stonemason This monu-ment

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was put up out of respect for herc memory and as a specimen of his work-

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MARGIEDopeople get into heav¬

No of course notThey have to be good

Papa are there such things as locksof hair

Certainly my sonAnd is a wigmaker a locksmith

papa rTommy said the teacher can you

tell me the meaning of repentant-Yes maam answered Tomm-

yIts how a fellow feels when he getscaught at it

Mamma Willie did you see anyonetake my blackberry jam from the pan¬

tryWilliewhose mouth looks suspicious

Mamma I guess I must be like someof the Bible people who had eye andsaw not-

Doctor to Gilbert aged fourPuty-our tongue out please

Little Gilbert protruded the tip of histongue

DoctorNo no put it right outI cant doctor its fastened on t

me

Now Freddie said his mother whowas entertaining company you mustnot talk while the ladies are talking Itisnt polite

Huh exclaimed Freddie in disgust-Do you want me to grow up and be a

dummy 2 Chicago News

His GvarmwteeA local horse dealer recently bought-

a horse of a colored citizen and sug-gested that the latter give a guaranteethat the animal was as good as repre-sented

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To this the colored brother demurred-I don nevah give no guabrantees

when I sells a boss he expostulated-Well I want a guarantee the deal-

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persisted Its largely a matter ofform perhaps but I want It just thesame

So the colored man sought pen Inkand paper and presently returned withthis somewhat surprising document

To whom it may concern I heahbyagree dat be said boss is free from allIncumbrancis whatsoevah ClevelandPlain Dealer

A Strange AnimalMrs Johnson was the owner of a fac¬

tory building which brought in moretrouble than rent To cap the climaxan unknown man sued her because hisson had fallen down the cellar stairs

Mr and Mrs Johnson discussed theimpending lawsuit in all its phaseswithout noticing the Interest of theirfiveyearold daughter To their greatsurprise the child suddenly exclaimed-at breakfast

Oh mamma I wish I could see yourlawsuit Lippincotts Magazine

TIle Vital Question

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SileI learned so much at cookingschool

lie Did you learn how to keep a-

cookst Louis PostDispatch

Already There-Of course said Miss Pert if he

should propose to you you will accepthimI dont know replied Miss PassayI should want to be sure that he will

love me when I am oldBut his proposal will be proof that

he does wont it Philadelphia Ledg-er

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The Point of ViewThe Beauty Ive had lots of poems

written to me both serious and hu-morous

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but Ive kept only the seriousones

The Other GirlThey were betterthan the others

Oh no but they were much funuierSinart Set-

A Sure SicrnWhen the grass is faintly greening in the

shelter of the fenceWhen the daring maple blossoms make

the tree tops shadow denseWhen the baby dandelions peep above the

chilly moldHiding in their startled bosons all their

wealth of splintered goldThen we rightly may conjecture that the

spring is drawing nighWith Its snowy clouds asailing in a sea

of purple skyBut the only sign thats certainyouveo-

bserved It like as notIs the bunch thats batting grounders on

the old back lot

Mickey Peters Fatty Johnson SkinnyBrown and Nosey Watts

Ump Wilson Buster Thompson and thatsassy Rabbit Potts

This the gang that pools their pennies andtheir nickels and their dimes

Kicking as they note the total on thehardness of the times

Then they go and buy a bat wr two and J

bargain for a ball I

Though they owe the man a little whentheyve pungled up their all i

But we know that springs approachingthat its nearly on the spot i

When we see the bunch bat grounders oathe old back lot

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HENRI MURGERSCOATSIt Ia Kurd to Say IB Whlefc He WM

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A pleasant Incident of the penuriousdays of Henri Murger the author of thefamous Vie de Bobeme Is relatedby a French writer Murger when inthe extreme of poverty was one dayInvited to a party at the house of apublisher at which it was of great im-

portance¬

that he should be presentUnfortunately he possessed only onesuit of clothes which was in the lastKtage of shabbiness He therefore ap ¬

pealed to a friend who gloried in thepossession of two black coatsone oldthe other newto lend him one Thefriend not overwillingly lent him theold one It was too small for him andvery shiny at the seams but by a lib-

eral use of Ink he managed to make itpass muster and attended the partyUnfortunately the friend was theretoo and in great anxiety over his coatfollowed Mnrger about the room with I

such remarks as Dont stand so up-right You will split my coat or Forheavens sake mind what you are do-

Ing with that coffee You are splash-ing

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it all down the front of my coatShortly afterward a similar occasion

arrived Murger determined that noth-ing

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should make him apply for thesame coat Accordingly he went to an-

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friend and related the whole cir-cumstance

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This friend willingly lenthim a new black coat which fitted ad¬

mirably But matters were not im-

proved¬

after all for the lender was atthe party and followed Murger every-where

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exclaiming hi tones of audiblegood nature Do Just what you likewith my coat old man Tear it rightup the back or cover It with greasejust as you like I shall never say aword Only delighted to lend It to

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WONDERFUL MONSTER-

Deaerllltfoa et m New BaWeshIp Ithe 9eve teemth mtmrr>

Is it true that our ram battleships arebut old Inventions in new forms l Itlooks like It Some one has unearthed-a curious announcement which ap-

peared¬

In the Mercnrius Politicus forDec 6 1653 to the effect as stated bythe Dundee Advertiser that the fa-

mous¬

monster called a ship built atRotter4am by a French engineer isnow launched In a description of thevessel its capabilities are thus detailed

1 To sail by means of certain in¬

struments and wheels without mastsand sails as swift as the moon or atleast thirty miles every hour 2 Bothends are made alike and the ship canbe stopped at pleasure and turned aseasily as a bird can turn 3 In time-of war it can with one bounce make ahole under water In the greatest manofwar as big as a table and in anhours time will be able to sink fifteen-or sixteen ships and in three or fourhours will destroy a whole fleet 4She will be able to go to the EastIndies and back again in eight or nineweeks 5 She may be used to killwhales in Greenland so that a hun-dred

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ships may be laden In fourteendays 6 She may be used to breakdown any pier or wooden work withgreat ease

A wonderful monster this musthave been What one Is curious toknow was her fate

Fling Out Your SunshineWhat a satisfaction it is to go

through life radiating sunshine andhope instead of despair encourage-ment instead of discouragement andto feel conscious that even the news-boy or te bootblack the car conduct-or

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the office boy the elevator boy oranybody else with whom one comes incontact gets a little dash of sunshine-It costs nothing when you buy a paper-of a boy or get your shoes shined orpass into an elevator or give your fareto a conductor to give a smile with itto make these people feel that you havea warm heart and good will Such sal ¬

utations will mean more to us thanmany of the so called great things Itis the small change of life Give it outfreely The more you give the richeryou wIll growOrison Swett Hardenin Success Magazine

Long Lived CarpThe ordinary carp if not interfered

with will it is said live 500 yearsThere are now living in the Royalaquarium in Russia several carp thatare known to be over 600 years oldand it has been ascertained in a num-ber

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of cases that whales live to be over200years old A gentleman in Londonhas had an ordinary goldfish for fiftythree years and his father Informedhim that he had purchased it over fortyyears before it came to the presentowners possession

The Kinds EnglishThe following appeared as a London

coster tailor sulvprtisfirentA slap up tos and klcksles builder

with upncr Benjamins snipped on adowny plan with moleskins of hankypanky design with a double fakemendown the sMes and artful buttons axbottom with kicksier cut peg top haitight or to drop loose over the toterI

with fancy vests made to flash theI

dickey or to fit tight round the scrag

Comforting HintAnd now whispered the lover a-

be

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do about the rope lauuer Wi shouldnt leave it hanging there-I Dont worry about it replied the

eloping damsel Papa said hed pull itup again so I couldnt get back i

Not ReliableDaughterJack promised that It I

accepted him he would mend his waysHer Mother Humph I havent muchfaith in this repairing done while youwalt

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BRUNSWICK PINEMAINE TOWNS SUCCESSFUL EXPERI ¬

MENT IN RAISING TREES

sam Plains Ma e to Yield a GoodIncome by Public Spirited CitizensThousands of Trees Xiare Been SetOat and Sold-

Brunswick Me Is probably tIle onlytown in the United States engaged in apractical demonstration on a Ups-

cale¬

of the possibilities of municipalforestry says the Boston Globe It isplanting and raising pine trees for thegood of the community in general antias an example to farmers and othelandowners In the vicinity It nurs-ery of pines contains about 40000 seed-lings

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inn flourishing condition and ithas already set out on wild laud aboutGOOCO trees

The towns activity in this directionis due to the Influence Austin Carey-one of Americas foremost foresterswho is a graduate of Bowdoin collegeand a resident of Brunswick In thishe was seconded by a few farseeingcitizens the most active In the venturebeing Dr F X Whittier of Bowdoincollege R W Eaton a mill managerand Leslie A Lee professor in geology-at Bowdoin

These gentlemen In town meetingpresented to the voterslfce plan of MrCarey They mentioned the steady ad-

vance¬

in the price of pine lumber andthe constant decrease In the naturalsupply and claimed that should Bruns-wick take up the culture of pine treesit could not tall in the process of time-to secure a considerable financial re-

turn¬

from its Investment and labors tosay nothing of the beneficial example Itwould set its citizens and other towns-In the state

They also represented the towns spe-

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facilities for raising pines on thetown land or common known as theplains Here the town owns 1000 acresof wild land presented to it manyyears ago by the owners of the Pejepscot grant on which the town wasbuilt The soil Is sandy and adaptedonly to the growing of pines or ofblueberries

Parts of the plains are covered with-a rich growth of blueberry bushesfrom which not less than 3000 worth-of berries are gathered each year bythe residents and persons from othercowns Other parts however formerlycovered with heavy pine growth havebecome barren Mr Careys plan wasto raise young trees and set them outon these barren spots between existingareas of pine The voters listened andvoted though not without doubt as tothe wisdom of their course to appropri-ate

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100 to begin the work A commit-tee

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was appointed to carry out theplan

The white pine was selected for ex-

ploitation¬

though the pitch pine andthe Norway pine are also found inBrunswick and thrive there quite aswell as the white pine The white pineis commercially more valuable thaneither of the others and is a rapidgrower A majority of the fine trees atBowdoin those tall academic pines-of Hawthorneare of this variety

The spot selected for starting the mu¬

nicipal nursery was about two milessouth of the town on the farm of D GPurington who was appointed custo-dian

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of the nursery though without ti-

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and a fire warden as well to guardthe young trees against their worst en¬

emyThe first years work at the nursery-

was largely transplanting seedlingsfound in their natural state in old pinegrowths fields and other places A con-siderable

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number came from the rail-road

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embankments in the town whith-er

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the wind had blown the seed fromthe fine old pines of Bowdoin and near

I there Some of the young gentlemen ofI the college taking a sentimental inter-est in the work contributed their laborta transplanting the seedlings and sev-eral

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thousand were placed in the bedsthrough their efforts

The cost of fire protection has beenestimated at 3 cents an acre annuallyThe first cost of stocking an acre withtile see Ililg3 is about 5 At the endof fifty years when the trees will be

I ready for lumbering their cost perarro will have been but G50 The

I market value of lumber that each acrenay reasonably be expected to yield

I even at such prices as now prevail willI

bo about 73 3Ir Carey has estimatedthat at the smallest ratio of increasethe trees that will have been planted

I vlin ready for market will yield S 3-

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worth of lumber while the growthleft will continue to produce a steadyannual yiod It is thus seen that in

I time the barren Brunswick plains withcare can be matTe to bring the town a-

very pretty incomeThe public spirited citizens who have

devoted their time to the tjwns exper-iment

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in forestry are much gratifiedst their success thus far with the whitepines and contemplate extending theirplanting to embrace other trees Al-

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3000 hardy red oak seedlings agift from the late lIon C J GIlmanhave been set out on the plains They-are now four years old and a foot highand are doing well At maturity theywill form a very valuable asset to the

l town Experiments have also beenmade with white spruce seedlingsthough not as yet with a great degreeof success It is probable that experi-ments

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with spruce will be taken upagain as opportunity offers

Brunswick has thus far appropriated-but 300 for tree planting at the rateof 100 a year The first appropriationcame hard but they come easier nowas last year a demonstration of themoney value of the pines was had ina sale to the metropolitan park com-

mission¬ I

of Massachusetts of over 20000 twoyearold seedlings which net¬

ted 100 or 33 per cent on the townsInvestment to date

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1-r THE-PALMETTOPIANO CLUB-

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joining our Piano Club you will l>e able to get aS400 grade Piano for i262 on payments of 10 downand membership dues of fi per month without intrestPiano delivered free to nearest depot as soon as thefist Ten Dollars is paid-

AOIArAGE IF OUR CLUB PLAN

To introduce and get this piano before the public we 4will form a club of one hundred members and eachmember will get a piano at the wholesale price Theclub is limited to one hundred members and all in- ¬

struments will soon be taken

THE PALMETTO PIANO

Is an instrument that has been manufactured in ourown factories with some special features that wrUmake it stand the climate conditions of this state betterthan any piano made

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