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COURSE DINNER FOR TEN CENTS.
Clever Sharpers Systematically Beat
New York Restaurants.
The manager of a New York restau
ant, where several hundred persons
at every day. has discovered that
ome of his customers have solved the
>roblem of faring sumptuously on a
lime, and the head waiters are on the
lookout for these clever beats. The
restaurants rambles through several
rooms and has entrances on two
streets. The man who has discovered
how to make 10 cents satisfy his hun
ger goes Into one of the side rooms
and orders soup, receiving a check
calling for the payment of 10 cents.
This course properly disposed of, he
goes out into the main dining room
as if looking for a seat and finding a
place to his liking he orders meat,
vegetables, dessert, and coffee, and
rolling the check up Into a little ball
he drops it under the table. Going out
by the entrance most remote from
where he has eaten last the man pre
sents the first check he receives and
escapes with the payment of 10 cents.
Charcoal Eph’s Daily Thought.
"Dey am some men dat got too much
conscience t’ fool wid money," said
Charcoal Eph In one of his ruminative
moods, “an’ den dey am some dat got
too much money to’ fool wid con
science, Mistah Jackson."—H. E. War
ner in Baltimore News.
Iowa Banking Law.
Iowa authorities have decided that
any one can open a savings bank in
that state so long as he does not use
the word,, "savings bank” or "savings
institution” in describing the busi
ness of the concern.
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American Brewery in Ghent.
An American brewery has been es
tablished at Ghent. Belgium. The en
tire plant of the American brewery,
with the exception of some copper ves
sels, has been brought from America.
The nine glass-enameled steel tanks,
each weighing 5,500 pounds empty and
holding 135 hectoliters (3,445 gallons)
when full, were likewise sent from
America. The beer never comes in
contact with the atmosphere. Steril
ized air only is admitted, under per
fect regulation, during fermentation.
The yearly output will be about 300,
000 gallons.
A Test of Faith.
"Now, brother,” said the conserva
tive, "1 want to convince you that
your what you call higher criticism is
wrong, and that the only way to do is
to take the Bible as a simple act of
faith. I .have answered every one of
your arguments, and, looking at it
talrly, why shouldn’t you believe as
1 do?” “Do you believe,” asked his
opponent, with solemnity, “literally be
lieve, that the whale was swallowed
by Jonah?” “Of course I do!” replied
the conservative, eagerly. "Well,” the
other observed, over his shoulder, “I
am afraid you will never convince me
of that. Good night.”—Washington
Times.
Good Guessers.
It is quite remarkable that not less
than six persons guessed the exact
number of votes cast at the recent
elec .ion in Kansas, and more than half
a dozen came within one vote of ap
proximating the actual ballot. The
true figures—287,168—were not what
are called round numbers, and it
seems little less than marvelous that
they should have been foretold, with
out any data excepting the returns
of previous elections.—Kansas City
(Rio.) Star.
Wife or Donkey.
It. may not be generally known that
amongst the peasantry in Connemara
it is the custom for the women to
draw turf and seaweed in baskets on
their backs whilst the men stand
about and smoke. A bank manager
was once electrified by being solemn
ly asked by a young peasant whether,
as the turf season was approaching,
he ought to marry a wife or buy a
donkey.
The Season.
“Ah!” sighs the gentle damsel, “see
the bare limbs on the beech. Does
not that bring forcibly to one’s mind
the sorrowful fact that summer has
gone? How many pleasant recollec
tions of the summer such a sight calls
up, don’t you think?” “Well, to tell
you the truth,” replied the caidid
youth, “I have never been ci the
beach in summe* ”—Twtpp
Old Egyptian Manuscripts.
The National Museum at Washing
ton helps with funds to support the
explorations in Egypt which Dr. Flin
ders Petrie, the great Egyptologist,
is making. As its share of this year’s
finds it has just received ten papyrus
manuscripts, dating from about the
birth of Christ. They are mostly bills
of lading for camel trains, receipts
for goods, etc.
Value of “Worthless” Material.
In addition to the collection of old
junk from private houses the salva
tion Army colony in London is now
systematically gathering up waste pa
ler. Nearly 6,000 tons of this material
vns collected last year, sorted and re
ou, nearly 2,000 business houses be
-ig visited every week. The colony
•ow gives employment to 360 men
simply in recovering materials that
would ordinarily be destroyed.
Growth of Japanese Navy.
An idea of the wonderful growth of
the Japanese navy witiyn the past few
years may be gained from the fact
that Japan has decided to establish a
squadron on our side of the Pacific
ocean, and is also thinking of station
ing a fleet in European waters perma
nently.
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Aged Irtm&tes of Poorhouse.
In Sculcoates workhouse, Hull Eng
land there are sixteen inmates wnose
unite! ages amount to 1.218 years.
Cur Superiority In Coal.
Britain’s coal measures cover 9,000
square miles, against the United
States' 222,500 square miles.
"Coming" and “Arriving.”
“And so,” said the talkative person
to the man who had just undergone
that particular form of financial hem
orrhage known as crossing the conti
nent, “you came through without
change?” “No,” responded the pa
tient man, “I didn’t state it so. When
I used the term 'wholly without
change’ I referred only to the condi
tion in which I arrived here.”
Nelson’s Old Flagship.
Nelson's old ship, the Victory, is
still to be accessible to the British
public, although she i& shortly to be
superseded as the admiral’s flagship
at Portsmouth.
Chamberlain’s Trip to Africa.
One hundred thousand replicas of a
special medal struck to commemorate
Mr. Chamberlain’s tour have been
ordered for the Cape.
Celluloid Eye Shade Burned.
Congressman Hilderbrandt of Ohio
is going about Washington with a
startled look in his eyes and no orows
above the optics. Mr. Hildebrand!
was sitting at his desk in his com
mittee room, wearing a green cellu
loid eye shade. He struck a match
to light his cigar, and the flamt
touched the celluloid. The shade ant
his eyebrows went up in the taim
puff.—Philadelphia Press.
Kansas Working Overtime.
Two crops of strawberries and the
second yield of early apples is the
reported record of Kansas during tha
past season. What’s the matter with
the Sunflower State?
Blessing the Danube.
In Roumania tnene is a custom ol
publicly blessing the River Danube
on Christmas day. A large cross of
ice is carried before the procession.
Not a Protest.
Representative Mudd of Maryland
has frequently been in conflict with
the other members of his delegation
over the question of patronage. “At
last I have succeeded in placing two
men without receiving protests from
every other member of the delega
tion,” declared Mr. Mudd. Who are
they? Charles Carroll of Carrollton
and John Hanso:., two of Maryland’s
most distinguished sons.” Mr. Mudd
meant the two new bronze statues
Maryland has placed in Statuary hall.
Trees in England.
Christmas trees were unknown In
England until the reign of Queen Vic
toria. The first one was ornamented
by Prince Albert for the amusement
of the Princess Royal and the Prince
of Wales, who were children of 3 and
4 years old at that time.
Work of American Astronomers.
Within twenty-five years American
astronomers have won as many an
nual medals of the Royal Astronomi
cal Society of England as astrono
mers of all other countries, except
England, combined.
The Largest Holly Trees.
The largest holly-trees in the world
grow in the Northern United States
and in Canada, where the tree attains
a height of 70 feet, and a girth of
six to eight feet.
Superstition in Venice.
There is a curious superstition in
Venice that if a stranger dies in a
hotel the number of his room will
be lucky at the next lottery.
Brilliancy Versus Plodding.
“Some men.” said the original phil
osopher, “see more than others sea
at first sight and then devote so much
time and energy to the task of being
pleased with their own brilliancy that
they miss all the benefit of the sober
and maturer second thought that
comes to those less gifted.”
Irrigated Lands In America.
The irrigated area of the United
States is 7,510,598 acres, of which
Colorado contains 1,611,271 and Cali
fornia 1,446,119.
Origin of “Gazette.”
The earliest newspaper was pub
lished in Venice and called a’gazette
from the name of the coin for which
it was sold.
BRO- DICKEY’S PHILOSOPHY.
"Don’t rain’ a man w’en you hear
him Bayin' de devll’B to pay. De devil
la de patlenteBt creditor in de country.
“I makes no doubt but what deys a
few politicians in heaven—but dey
ain’t makin’ no stump speeches ter do
angels.
"De sayfn’s is. Poverty teaehes les
sons ter folks, but w’en I secs him
cornin’ I mighty quick decides dat I
don’t need a eddlcation.
“Ef dey wus a raHroad runnin’ ter
heaven some folks would wake up too
late ter ketch de train, en den blame
de engineer for not blowln’ de whistle.
"Dcy’s so little er de place what
Satan lives at preached in dls day en
time dey has ter put stsam heaters in
de churches ter climatiro f.e sinners.”
—Atlanta Constitution.
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THOUGHTS of prayer.
"Pray often, and you shall pray
of toner.”
"God is nearer to us than we aro
to ourselves.”
"Are you living for the things you
are praying for?”
"Let us ask God to teach us what
"he would have us do, and do with
out."
“Prayer is the attitude of the needy,
helpless soul, whose only refuge is
In Gn-> ” . _
Tombs of Cur Presidents.
An argument in favor of having our
dead presidents buried in a national
cemetery at Washington may be found
in the proposition to increase the
guard at the temporary tomb of Presi
dent McKinley, it is proposed to put
the garrison on the basis of an army
post. Hospital and dispensary facili
ties are to be increased, and a new
site selected to accommodate sixty-five
men.
Recommends “Volcano Cellars.”
Prof. T. A. Jagger, Jr., Harvard,
who has been making investigations
of the eruption of Mont Pelee, believes
that people of volcanic countries can
escape destruction by building cel
lars or chambers of masonry In which
they can seek shelter when the erup
tions occur.
The Liberty Cap.
The red liberty cap was really the
headgear of the galley slave. The
Swiss of the Chateauroux regiment,
sent to the galleys for their share in
the Nancy riots, on their release re
turned to Paris with their caps and
were hailed a» victims of despotism.
Many Specimens of Clover.
Specimens of four, five, six, seven,
eight and nine-leaved clovers have
been presented to Queen Alexandra by
a Welsh lady.
Few Churchgoers In London.
The bishop of London sayB that
only one in every eighty of the popu
lation of London go to church or
chapel.
Pin Has Seen Long Service.
At the marriage of Miss Aimee
Stagg and Augustus Post in Paterson,
N. J., recently, the bride wore a pin
which had been worn by sixteen other
brides in the same family. It was first
worn by her grandmother, Mrs. Ste
phen Courter, 66 years ago, and since
then all the girls in the family have
tried to make it a part of their mar
riage outfit.
Australian Song Bird.
Another marvelous voice has come
out of Australia. It is that of Miss
Marie Narelle, and is described as
"the nearest approach tp (he pure dra
matic soprano that New South Wales
has produced since Miss Kate Slat
tery retired from the concert plat
form." Miss Narelle is now having a
large success in London.
Merely Precautionary.
“You succeeded in life in spite of
the fact that you did not give much
attention to study during your youth.”
“Yes,” answered Mrs. Cumrox. “But
that doesn’t prove that education isn’t
a good thing. I was so much afraid
that people would make fun of my
spelling that I was compelled to hustle
and get rich in self-defense."
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Status of the Lottery.
It is told of an East Indian law
student that he once threw his examin
ers into confusion by declaring matri
mony to be an illegal state. “How
so? How so?” he was aBked by the
perturbed examiners, many of them
married men. The student smiled
beatiflcally. "Marriage,” quoth he,
"is a lottery, and lotteries are forbid
den by law.”
Long Lawsuit Decided.
The ownership of a plot of land
near Brooklyn has just been decided
by the courts after a lawsuit of thir
ty-five years.
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Oldest Printed Calendar.
The most ancient printed calendar
in the world has been found in Wies
baden. It was printed by Gutenberg
in 1448.
Tailors’ Resourcefulness.
If men knew the many artifices the
tailor has to resort to in order to
make them presentable they would be
less ready to make him the butt or
ridicule, says the Tailor and Cutter.
Truly the tailor has need of padding
and wadding, haircloth and canvas,
to enable him to clothe his customers
In such a way as to hide their defor
mities and bring into prominence
their points of beauty.
BITS OF PHILOSOPHY.
Remedy the follies of the past by
omitting them from the future.
The touch of kindness that makes
the world kin is seldom applied.
Men who travel in a circle will get
home occasionally, at all events.
Life’s comedies do not hesitate to
’tread upon the heels of its tragedies.
It is easier to criticize another’s
mistakes than it is to avoid them
yourself.
It is probably impossible for a man
to be on the right side of every ques
tion, but he should manage to be on
the right side of some of them.
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in (lie House of the Prophet.
BY TIIOMAS BARGE.
(Copyright, 1908, by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
In the background among the shad
ows behind the desk—-a man of medi
um size with white, luxuriant silken
heard and mane, thin of frame, albeit
■somewhat wiry, with white anae
mic skin, a marvellously shaped
head, showing great intellectuality
and dominant will power, albeit
strangely uneven; light-blue eyes into
which shot now and again the light
ning flash of the eagle and the shifty
uncertainty of the lunatic—altogether
a most compelling personality. In the
foreground a woman bearing at once
the marks of refinement—those un
mistakable evidences of "quality folk”
which never come except to those
possessed of birth and breeding; not
a strong face, however, the weak re
treating chin and nervous mouth kill
ing the effect of the high forehead,
which latter, truth be told, was a
trifle too bulging. She was well
dressed and her entire aspect be
spoke a person well to do. Near the
door a burly man with burning, fanat
ical eyes, stout jaw and heavy beard,
standing with arms folded across his
brawny chest, grim and menacing.
This was the inner sactum of Dow
furth, the self-announced Prophet and
reincarnation of the Deity—according
to his own claims and those of his
followers.
“I "ill willingly give all that Is
fairly mine to the cause,” the woman
was saying in pleading tones, “but
is it right to give up that which be
longs to the boy? I have the legal
power, I know, but is It right?”
"Oh, thou of little faith,” replied
the Prophet In deep solemn tones, at
which tho woman shuddered and
bowed her head contritely, “how long
must thou go on stumbling in the
darkness? How long before thou ac
quirest faith and walk In the light?”
Then raiding his voice into a men
acing key: “Would the chosen of God
give false advice?”
“Oh, no, no,” she replied passion
ately, “I do believe, I do, 1 do. But—”
“There are no ‘buts’ to the true be
liever,” the Prophet Interrupted im
peratively. “I see that thou art not
fit for communion with the elect.
Deacon, see that the sister leaves
Elysium at once. Her presence here
can only contaminate the elect.”
“Verily, I hoar,” replied the heavy
man near the door, grimly moving
a step learer the woman.
“Oh, no, no; not that,” screamed
the woman, paling, “I will sign the
papers. I will do what you say. You
know what is for the best. Who am
I to set my judgment against yours?”
“Very well,” replied the Prophet,
permitting no sign of triumph to come
into his voice, and extending a pen
toward the woman at the same time.
“But I fear a long course of training
will be necessary before you learn to
submit your strong and obstinate
worldly will to come into subjection
to the Holy commands.”
Weeping silently the woman signed
her name to the paper, relinquishing
all her right and title in
the property left her by a
provident and trusting husband
for the maintenance of herself
and the curly-headed little boy who
bore the father’s name. Silently the
burly figure near the door signed his
name as witness and the woman was
dismissed looking, with silent and
pathetic appeal, but in vain for a sign
of aproval from (he Prophet. His face
was set and stern. When the door
closed on her retreating figure, the
Deacon relaxed just a trifle to say:
“Blessed is the name of the Lord,”
responded the deacon piously “I
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“Oh, no, no, no,” she cried passionate
ly, “I do believe, I do-”
would speak with you about the wo
man—McClellan—who has abode with
us for the past two months. I would
take her to wife, Most Holy One. She
is comely, and I am passing lonesome
since Jeannette passed to the other
shore.”
The Prophet started and frowned
slightly. “It would stir up trouble,
Jonathan. She is married according
to the law of the land, and the out
side world do not yet understand our
divine law.”
“But she is married to an un
believer and renounced all ties when
she became one of us. The inildel
husband shall never know. Verily out
siders know naught of what happens
in Elysium.”
Then raising his voice until there
was a suggestion of menace in it he
continued: "I have been a faithful
disciple, and if the rewards are not
for the elect who are to have them?
I do not question the stewardship of
the funds and the properties. It is
due that I should have some of the
lovs of the world.”
The two men looked into each
other's eyes & moment Then ths
Prophet said:
“It shall bo as you wish. I will
speak to her this evening."
The door opened and there enter
ed a thin, lanky man with a lanky
law and a scrawny growth of beard.
Ills eye was furtive and he 'seemed
to glide rather than walk.
“Well, Benjamin?” said the Propir
Interrogatively.
"It Is about the girl, Rose," replied
the newcomer deprecatlngly. ”!•
pleased your holiness to give her to
me to wife, and she will have none of
me, nor does her mother urge her
she might. She has a goodly inhe
ance. It should be kept In the fold.
"Summon the girl and her mother,”
commanded the Prophet to Jonal
Presently they came, a thln-fa<
shlfty-eyed woman and a girl of r
beauty just budding Into yoi
womanhood.
"I hear that the girl Is obetk
and refuses to obey the will of t;
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Doubled him up like a jack;..
Prophet," remarked Dowfurth sten
addressing the elder woman. "Liston;
unless you make her see the error of
her way all your sacrifices shall e
as nothing and you will be cast o t
of the fold.”
"The woman trembled, and replo
“I have told her she must. W
more can I do?”
“She Is your daughter. You m
make her obey. To-night at r
o’clock Elder Lanson will comp
your room for his bride. He will
with him enough of tho elderB t<
sure her obedience if you show
proper authority. See that she a
arrayed for the bridegroom.”
The girl wrung her hands in des
pair. During the months she had
resided in Elysium she had •>
enough to know how helpless
was.
“Oh, mamma, mamma; not to
Crawling thing. Let us leave a
terrible place. Or you stay ami let
me go. I can make my own way. i
know I can. Let them have my in
heritance, but let me go.”
Just at this moment the door opou
ed, ar ’ an illy-dressed, foolish-lool.li
boy shuffled in with a pail of wan
in on° hand and some cloths in the
other.
"Who is that, and what does he in
here?” exclaimed the Prophet, fro a •
ing.
“It is a new boy to do the me I
work. I took him in because he ~a I
he was a believer in the faith. What
do you in here boy.”
“1 was sent in to wash the win
dows.”
xou nave maae a mistaice—not at
this hour. Get out."
Jonathan strode toward him fo
eject him and the Prophet turn -d
toward the woman.
"It shall be as you say,” she replied.
"The girl will be ready.”
The girl threw herself on her knees
In a paroxysm of grief. “Oh, Harry,
Harry,” she shrieked, "save me; save
me now or It will be too late.”
And then a rew kind of miracle
happ'ned In Elysium. Jonathan
had just reached the boy and reach
ed out his hand to eject him when
the lad lost his shuffling gate and
foolish looks, straightened up Into an
athletic young man, and gave the
Elder a punch In the pit of his stom
ach that doubled him up like a
jacknlfe, and followed It with a blow
under the chin that sent him rolling
to the floor in contortions Quick
as a flash he let Elder Lanson have
one in the chest that caused him to
expectorate blood for many days.
Then seizing his pail of soapy water
he dashed It into the face of th^
Prophet who had risen to give an
alarm. Then throwing open the win
dow which opened onto the broad
verandi. he exclaimed:
“Rose, Rose; now or never. Come."
With a startled cry of “Harry,” she
sprang toward him, and they leaped
from the veranda and In a moment
were tearing out of the grounds sur
rounding Elysium in the Prophet's
own carriage, which had been stand
ing awaiting for him.
When the carriage and horses were
returned late that afternoon the burly
colored man who diove them carried
also a note to the Prophet. It read as
follows;
“Lest you should want to take any
action regarding the escapade of this
afternoon, I will give you my correct
name and address. Should you do
so, however, or make any son of
trouble regarding the estate of my
wife, nee Rose Walker, I will be
pleased to meet you in a legal battle
that will go a great deal further than
you suspect.”
“Harry L. Pearson,
Attorney-at law,
“Room 114, No. 327 Fifth St".
There was bo sign from tt«
Prophet and his followers.