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Fundy bay in Novia Scotia has a
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3000 expended last year in type
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via
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The Wabash from Chicago will sell
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Kansas City St Louis and Chicago and
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BEYOND THE HEAT BELT
Mountain Breezes and Mountain Sport3
Available for Those Who Would
Escapo tho Sizzling Heat
Out beyond the plains of Kansas
where the snow capped peaks raise
their heads in Colorado is the Mecca
for sweltering residents of the Hot
Belt There has not been such a sea
son of torrldlty for more than a third
of a century and it is beginning to
tell upon the powers of the people
Their minds are less active and their
bodies are tired and their systems de
bilitated The best remedy is close ac
quaintance with nature fair and
robed in cool greens and swept by in
vigorating breezes and fortunately
the opportunities are at hand and may
be taken advantage of by everybody
The Missouri Pacific Railway with its
system resembling a net work of lines
in the great southwest runs fine trains
of palatial cars by a direct and agree
able route to Pueblo and there con
nections are made with Americas
most popular scenic route the Denver
and Rio Grande Railway in whose
cars the pullic are carried into the
very heart of the great mountain
range through canyons of dizzy depth
and along the busy sparkling waters
which came from Snowland and
brought its coolness with them There
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Rockies and plenty of sport for the
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lent judgment who steals some time
from his business and uses it in the
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benefit of his health The Rio Grande
Western is a natural connection f
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carrying their passengers still further
toward the western outposts into still
core remote sporting country and
where forest and canyon wear their
natural beauty the longer and so to
the Desert City by the Great Salt Lake
There is no more delightful short tour
and it can be accomplished with com
paratively small expense Sizzling
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unprofitable and unremunerative self
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when coolness and health are so near
at hand These Tailway systems make
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kind Is the great restorer If you
have not yet decided to taue a summer
trip decide now to do so and get out
of the heat into the coolness of Colo
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Unappreciated Flowers
The New York Times tells a story
about a distinguished gentleman of
that city who came home from a pub
lic dinner the other night and woke
up his wife by exclaiming Got boo
ful bouquet for you darling right off
the govnors table booful booful
flowers Well put them in some
water on the table and get to bed
dear said his sleepy wife Next
morning jwhen his wife examined her
husbands booful floral offering she
was shocked by the discovery that it
was a big bunch of artificial flowers
and they looked very much if they had
been rudely snatched from some girls
hat
Weddlnc Garment for Hire
There are three or four shops in
Philadelphia where costumes for wed
dings and funerals may be hired at a
reasonable rate The renting of mas
querade costumes and of mens even
ing clothes is a business as old almost
as pawn brokering but this renting
of wedding and funeral clothes is said
to be something new
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Ah long ago the force of Asias hate
Was turned on Greece becauseshe dared
be free
So Europe following the self same fate
Shall hurl her combined armies soon or
late
My country upon thee
The world moves on in cycles History
Advancing by some hidden law sublime
Is re enacted as the ages flee
For that which once has been again shall
be
Though changed to fit the time
The monarchies behold with startled eyes
Thy growing shadow casting in eclipse
Their trade and prestige fear arid envy
rise
And he who asks hears ominous replies
Fall from the Futures lips
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For Europe haughty in ancestral pride
With all her mighty armaments of war
Till they are used will not be satisfied
To crush a rival an ner states allied
Will gather on thy shore
She will not brook an equal will not see
The marts of commerce pass from her
control
She hates thy newness hates thy liberty
But most she hates thy threatened mas
tery
Thy fleetness to the goal
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Already growl the war dogs in their lairs
Already come the mutterings of storm
The next decade In silence she prepares
Then as the trumpet call for action
blares
Her columns swiftly form
Her hosts unnumbered swarm upon thy
shore
Her navies sprinkle the surrounding
seas
This is the culmination of all war
The Armageddon prophesied of yore
Preceding lasting peace
And long the contest wages to and fro
And long the clouds hang heavy over
thee
My native land yet in the ending know
Thou shalt prevail and over thee shall
slow
The sun of victory
I
Then as a tempest on a summer day
Leaves all things purer from Its passing
flood
So shall thy stains corruption and de
cay
Thy filth of greed and guilt be washed
away
In that baptism of blood
Then stronger better truer than of yore
The flag of freedom over thee unfurled
Thou shalt the peoples champion once
more
March onward through the Futures open
door
The leader of the world
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Forcing a Decision
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON
Author A Romulus of Kentucky Etc
Copyright 1901 by Daily Story Pub Co
Come to think of it said George
Peterson to Will Garrison as the two
stood chatting on the highway I
heard that you said that one of us was
a goin to git a bullet hole in him
afore long
Well now returned Will thought
fully screwing his left eye and digging
at his scalp hit comes to me thet I
hed jest about sich talk
You think we ought to shoot over
Tillie Adams eh
I dont see thet we cud shoot over
ennything more important do you I
shot ole Jim Stacy over a hog last
summer an by gum in my estima
tion Tillie Adams is wuth a whole
drove o hogs
That is all true admitted George
hogs aint to be mentioned in the
same breath with Tillie no man gits
ahead o me in appreciating her worth
but the question is one o policy an
good jegment ort we to kill each oth
er over her
Now that is a matter to seriously
chaw on I admit That we both love
the gal more nor an ox team cud pull
ef they had a down bill shoot on it is
certain That both wud fling our
lives as worthless rags at her feet
is ekally shore but as to whether wed
be doin the proper thing to do it is
a matter to chaw on But the matter
must be settled some way I believe
the one she loves best orter have her
but she wont say I believe Im the
one
An I feel shore Im the one
An this shoreness o both ye see
is what Ive thought would bring
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trouble So I figger it this way If
both live an one gits her tother wud
ruther be dead With one dead hes
at everlasting peace an the other is
happy with Tillie Now what do you
say
Im a chawin on the thing
Have you got yor pop with you
No but I see youve got two
Yas an here is a good place A
nice thick shade yander under that
beech to die comfortable under an
termorry is Sunday an the new
preacher is to preach at High Point
an the feller that gits his light put out
will have a glorious big funeral
I kin jist see Tillie her bootiful
face like er dew wet rose hanging
over me right now
aBassssgn
Hush Go ter drawln a picter like
that an Ill commit suicide to git to
be the one to git hung over
The two men laughed merrily while
at the same ime they were unjolnting
the pops casting out old hulls and
putting new cartridges Into the cyl
inders
How far off had we better get
asked George
Oh we-e-11 say well one hundred
yards and step forward ten steps at
each fire
Thats good say whos them com
in in that buggy
Durned ef I dont believe its Bill
Tom Branner an Tillie
Thats Jest who they is by gum
An old topless buggy drawn by a
thin bay horse rattled up The occu
pants coming opposite inclined their
heads gently smiled pleasantly and
passed on a foam of dust rising in
their wake
She smiled at me George
She smiled at me Bill
Say Bill laughed George Would
nt it be a good un on us if Tillie lovad
that dog dratted rascal with her bet
ter than she do either of us
Huh An him with nuthin but an
vv v O 4- K
Boys dont shoot for Gods sake
edication an not a hoss to his name
Thats bout as redickilus as one of
us bein loved by a presidents darter
Oh I wuz jest funning of cose but
come to think Ive hearn o things
jest as onreasonable Ye see Tillie
has been down to the Bluegrass goin
to school for a year or so an thars
no tellin what sich fool doins as that
will lead a gal to They are curious
critters at the best gals is Why I
hearn of a gal once that refused to
marry Jesse Underwood the best pistol
shot our Kaintuck hills ever had Well
suh she kep on an on actin the fool
till she finally married some poor
lawyer thet never amounted to nuthin
ceptin sumthin like circuit judge or
some foolishness like that Tell ye
gals is curios
Yas thats so but we aint no more
time for foolin Lets step off
The men stepped out took places
and confronted each other They were
to count three in concert then fire
One two three
Spang
A ball passed through a lack of hair
above Bills left ear He hadnt fired
anG for good reason When he went
to cock his revolver the main spring
had broken He had pointed the
weapon nevertheless taking the risk
of being killed rather than to explain
an accident that George might regard
a purposed act to avoid the duel
Well have to adjourn this case
sighed George until you kin git yer
own pop
Say George returned Bill hand
ing George the crippled weapon Ive
jest thought we kin settle this matter
more satisfactory Tillie as well as
she appears to love both mout refuse
ter marry the one that kills tother
about her Then wed be in a nice
shape ne dead and tother wusser
Less fine out which one she really
loves best then let that lucky one give
tother all his property to console him
a little and take her
Thatll be satisfactory to me if we
kin git a bill o discovery as the law
yers say that will wuk
Well I think Ive got it Termorry
at church me an you will let on like
we git in a fuss an pull our pops
Everybody will be excited the wim
men will yell an pirty Tillie will come
screamin out to the one she loves
best an beg him for her sake to put
up his pop
The very thing exclaimed George
slapping a cloud of dust from his right
leg
A great congregation had gathered
for Rev Ball the celebrated revival
ist of Knott county was to preach and
the report had drawn people as a suck
hole draws chips from a broad terri
tory
The house being filled the grounds
overflowed Men and boys covered
the turf in front and at the sides as
thickly as bees cling at the side of a
gum on a hot morn of July all ears
eagerly poised Nothing save the elec
tric voice of the speaker fell upon the
vast quiet
When the preacher began to pitch
his tone to the scale of concluding ex
hortation Bill and George as per pre
vious arrangement came into the
crowd from opposite directions They
were radiant in their new clothes and
their new boots announced their
entrance through proud meas
ured squeaks Being the richest
young men of the section
their appearance made heads of
reverence silently incline and a whis
per of admiration ripple through the
wide throng
Quietly the young gallants worked
toward each other and before the si
lent company knew they had met or
knew they had occasion for quarrel a
rapid fire of denunciation began be
tween them
You did fep on my foot vo
ciferated George
You are a liar shouted Bill
Boys dont shoot for Lords sake
shouted a score in concert
The hitherto passive throng ws
now in rolling surging motion The
timid fell to the rear and the bold
toiled madly toward the danger swirl
The windows of the house became
mouths for rapidly expelling wads of
color The doorway was a choked
channel for the emission of a feminine
flood Wild shrieks went up and
benches tumbled down Dogs yelped
and white faced wild eyed women
cried Oh wheres my baby or Sal
lie or Tommie where are you
A rolling commotion of voices on the
outside finally killed all distinct ex
pression
Bills white faced sister got to him
and seized him by the arm but a big
firm hand pushed her back The con
stable wedged his way to George but
he fell back limply against propping
men his face gushing blood The
justice of the peace who commanded
peace found the peace of Bills paral
yzing fist All was in swirling roar
ing confusion when the thunderous
voice of the preacher broke above the
crowd with the aweing power
Ef ye aint got no respect for me
an the day an the Lord respect yer
neighbors who now leave single life
for the holy ways of matermony I
now peform a sarimony Be ye silent
in the face of this awful sacred in
ordinance uv heavens disposition
Jine hans Thomas Benton Brammer
and Matilda Jane Susan Ann Adams
Silence fell and so did the spirits
of Bill Garrison and George Peterson
They looked up at each other and
though agony loaded their slow-chugging
hearts they smiled through sick
feeble lips as thought answered
thought What fools us fellers be
BABYLONIAN EXPLORATIONS
Discovery of Great Temple Library of
City of Nippur
Prof Hilprecht of the University of
Pennsylvania the Babylonian explor
er has discovered the Great Temple
library of the ancient city of Nippur
which was destroyed by the Elumnites
in the year 22S B C For eleven years
the professor has been exploring the
mounds of ancient Nippur the city
that antedated Babylon by centuries as
the capital of Babylonia Within the
past year he has found among thot j
prehistoric ruins the library of the
Temple of Nippur This is the first
Babylonian temple library that has
ever been discovered and it contains
the oldest and most important records
of the earliest civilization of which
even an echo has come down to our
own age Already 18000 volumes
have been taken from the ruins md it
is expected that many more thousands
will be recovered Inscribed on clay
tablets in the cuneiform characters
which the explorations of Nineveh and
Egypt have made familiar to archaeo
logical students these literary works
of men who lived 5000 years before
the Christian era began include dic
tionaries architectural plans histori
cal and chronological data legal and
commercial as well as religious liter
ature that bear witness to the form
and pressure of time in which Abra
ham lived They also show says Prof
Hilprecht that ages before the reputed
appearance of Adam man was not only
existing but that developed a high
state of civilization comparable in all
its essential points with that which we
ourselves possess
Americas First Protestant Church
The first Protestant church in Am
erica was made of the sails of Capt
John Smiths ship hung between the
trees at Jamestown Va The pulpit
was a stump and the congregation sat
upon unhewn logs during the service
until 1611 when a log cabin was erect
ed under the direction of the governor
Sir Thomas Dale In 1638 a brick struc
ture fifty six by twenty eight feet in
dimensions with a tower through
which it was entered eighteen feet
square was built with the most sub
stantial material as its endurance tes
tifies It was partially destroyed by
fire in 1676 but was restored and occu
pied until 1723 when the capital was
removed to Williamsburg Chicago
Record Herald
Church Tarda in Bad Condition
Many of the church yards in the
Highlands are reported to be in a
shocking condition There has been
a scandal in North Harris where the
sanitary authorities have had to step
in and prevent the people from bury
ing any more bodies in a small piece
of ground while the churchyard at
Moraig another small Highland place
is so full that it is described as sim
ply mounds of human beings The
Highlanders have a great liking for
laying their lost ones with those who
have gone before and this accounts
greatly for the over crowding This of
course applies only to the old paro
chial cemeteries as the newer ones are
under government control which stops
or is supposed to stop anything like
overcrowding
Kings Ten Maces
The King of England has ten maces
which are kept in the Tower of Lon
don They are all of different degrees
and all will be used at the coronation
The lords have their own mace and will
not allow the house of commons mace
to enter their house It accompanies
the commons to the door of their lord
ships house but it is always left out
side
By the will of the Baroness Na
thaniel Rothschild the Paris Conserva
toire has just come into possession of
a valuable collection of MSS- of the
works of Chopin and Auher
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