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The State Firemens
Tournament
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday
AUffUSt 26 27 f 28
The largest Firemens gathering
over held in the state All the
crack teams in the state consist
ing of 400 men will bo hero to
compote for 81500 in prizes
Everything Bigger Bet
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LAWYERS IN ENGLAND
Ths Difference Between the Barrister
and the Solicitor
The barrister in Englnnd is the very
Bait of the earth He it is -who makes
the laws who goes into parliament
who sits on the bench who considers
himself seven or eight degrees higher
up in the social scale than any other
poor or middle class mortal and with
all this he has absolutely no responsi
bility toward his clients That ancient
much abused thing called custom la
this country has created for the law
two separate and distinct limbs which
may be compared In a measure to the
life of the bee One is the drone and
the other the queen The drone is the
solicitor who sits in an office working
up a case consulting clients drawing
gills controlling estate transactions and
controlling the incomes of people who
are unfortunate enough to be saddled
under the trust deeds The solicitor
who has his own tradition to work out
does not ever get to himself any glory
whatever Except in police and coun
ty court cases he Is persona non grata
or in the words of the judges he is
not seen If he has a case on hand
he is obliged to take it to a barrister
who though he may never have heard
of the matter in dispute before dons
his wig and gown proceeds into court
and argues till all is black and blue
as if he knew all about it for which he
draws a most prodigious fee quite big
enough to enable him to appear nicely
mounted in the row every morning
If he spoils the case there Is no chance
for redress because the barrister is
merely a gentleman whom fiction po
litely assumes to be a friend in need
All the onus of failure falls upon the
poor solicitor There are no barristers
in prison but there are a good many
solicitors who wear the broad arrow
which is the trademark of his majestys
prisons The solicitor remains the old
time family adviser to whom all sorts
of foolish people bring their trust
deeds their stock certificates their
government bonds and all such docu
ments which have a tendency to lead a
weak men into temptation and that is
why so many solicitors when they
need money find it impossible to re
sist the desire to take that which Is
not theirs London Letter in Town and
Country
Milk as a Food
Milk is in itself a perfect food that
Is it contains all the elements neces
sary to sustain life and to build up and
repair the bodily tissues As It Is a
food it should not be considered as a
beverage to be used as such in addi
tion to solid foods When so used it
adds to the tax made upon the diges
tive organs Many persons who say
they cannot take milk because they
drink It at meals as If It were water
would find that no disagreeable effect
would follow when used in place of
food and not as a food accompani
mentPearsons Weekly
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Queen
FAR OF GHOSTS
Harmless Visitors From Whom Wo All
Shrink In Terror
Deep down in the heart of man there
abides a firm belief In the power of the
dead to walk upon the earth und af
fright if such be their pleasure the
souls of the living Wise folks versed
In the sciences and fortified In mind
against faitli in aught that savors of
t
the supernatural laugh Ideas of the
kind to scorn yet hardly one of them
will dare to walk alone through a
graveyard in the night or if one be
found so bold be will surely hasten his
footsteps unable wholly to subdue the
fear of sheeted specters which may
rise from the grass grown graves or
emerge from moonlit tombs and follow
on for strangely enough the dead If
not actually hostile to the living are
esteemed dangerous and dreadful to
encounter
It used to be the fashion says a writ
er In Lipplncotts Magazine to sweep
away all such notions by saying that
they had their origin in the childhood
of the race and that they sprang from
fear of the unknown This unques
tionably was the easiest way to dis
pose of them but was it fair The
subject possesses intense interest for a
great majority of mankind and though
the existence of ghosts Is unproved
there is undeniably a vast deal of tes
timony in their behalf that deserves
serious and respectful consideration
Fortunately within the last few jears
the attitude of science toward the
problem has altogether changed and
actuated by a new spirit of inquiry the
wise men have been engaged thought
fully and without prejudice in study
ing It out
While it cannot be said that any final
and definite conclusions have as yet
been reached an immense amount of
evidence has been sifted enough to
show pretty conclusively for one point
that the traditional specter of the Cock
Lane school with clanking chain and
attributes disagreeably suggestive of
the grave has no basis in fact On the
other hand there are certain phantoms
altogether different in their character
istics in whose behalf a mass of testi
mony Is adduced far greater than
would be required to establish com
plete proof in any ordinary case in a
court of law Nothing short of abso
lute demonstration in such a matter
can bo satisfactory but the evidence
in question certainly staggers incre
dulity
Our fear of phantoms appears to
spring from a dread of the unknown
the mysterious and the intangible
That it Is a groundless terror is proved
by the fact that in many thousands of
cases of alleged spectral appearances
subjected during the last few years to
painstaking investigation not a single
Instance has been found in which an
injury was inflicted by the ghost upon
the person or persons to whom it pre
sented itself So that even if we are
to accept apparitions as veritable Ave
ought to regard them with curiosity
rather than with apprehension and in
stead of trying to avoid such supernat
ural visitors we should eagerly seek an
opportunity to be haunted for the sake
of observing for ourselves phenomena
so intensely interesting
Exchange In Neckties
A South Penn square business man
has evolved a plan of how to dodge
Avifey but there Is merit attaching to
it in this case His wife Insists on
buying his neckties and dotes on laven
der and red or green spots or a pale
shimmering nile green shot with pur
ple Rather than cause her anguish by
seeming to decry her taste in cravats
her husband most deceitfully starts for
the office eAery morning wearing a tie
of her selection Once in the office
however the traitor quickly exchanges
the offending necktie for something
quieter which he keeps under careful
lock and key in his own prh ate desk
It would be interesting to find out his
wifes sensations should she pay him
a visit some day in office hours or
should he forget to make the exchange
again before his trip home Philadel
phia Record
Hats With Tempers
There are hats with tempers as ev
ery woman is aAvare the hats that
go on beautifully one day for pref
erence in the hat shop fiA e minutes
beiore they are bought and which in
the next refuse to assume the right
pose and poise for loAe or money
There are few conditions more trying
than to fall under the ban of a hats
displeasure The only thing to be done
is to put It aAvay for a week or so
and wait till it has recovered from its
temper like a naughty child One can
not argue with a hat and smacking Is
be recommended London
He Understood
A late judge whose personal appear
ance Avas as unprepossessing as his le
gal knowledge was profound and his
intelligence keen interrupted a female
witness
Humbugged you my good woman
What do you mean by that said he
sternly
Well my lord replied the woman
I dont know how to explain it exact
ly but if a girl called your lordship a
handsome man she would be humbug
ging you London Tit Bits
Willing to Risk It
Mr Winks solemnly A noted phy
sician says that deadly bacteria lurk
in bank notes and many diseases es
pecially smallpox are spread that way
Mrs Winks Mercy on us Give me
all you have Ive been vaccinated
you know Philadelphia Inquirer
It Is necessary to hope though Lope
should be always deluded for hope it
self Is happiness and its frustrations
however frequent are yet less dreadful
than Its extinction Dr Johnson
BEWARE OF STRIPES
Animals That Wear Them Are Said to
Be Treacherous
SIioav me a striped wild animal and
I Avlli show you one you Avant to keep
your eye on said the circus man I
have had to do with wild animals noAV
for a good many years I wont tell
you how many because I am getting
old enough to feel the Avelght of these
time posts and I have neer yet come
up with a striped beast that did not
BhoAv mean traits
Sometimes I wonder if this is not
the way nature has of marking up the
bad felloAVS so that they may be
known just as we put striped suits on
the Impossibly bad of the human kind
Take hyenas for instance They come
under the head of a dog species How
seldom you ever hear of a dog snipping
the hand that feeds it These ugly
things are liable to do It any time
Zebras are pudgy little horses with
stripes that give aAvay their tempera
ment EAery now and then you hear
of zebras broken to harness Well I
have seen a few of these but they
didnt go far before something else
Avas broken besides the zebras mean
nature Thej are strong and good
looking but so infernally cussed that
there is no doing anything with them
Sometimes a lions mane is marked
with uneAen black circles When this
Is the case it is Avise not to get too
familiar It Is the sign of a bad streak
someAvhere in Leos makeup and there
is no telling Avhen this strain might
turn his strength into savage danger
The elephant is good natured and
obedient The camel takes life easily
and doesnt seem to Avorry about any
thing so long as he is left to munch
by himself A bear with a fur of sev
eral shadings is a bad one to take
risks with
The tapir is a harmless beast and
rather affectionate He can even cry
Big rolling teardrops show this Avhen
his keeper cuts him out of a meal or
goes away for a day or two The
llama is an animal sort that may be
properly classed with the spotted ani
mals BroAvn and white and black and
white in huge splashes lend to the
good looks of its curling coat It has
big lamblike eyes and would run from
a baby Boston Globe
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
There are a good many rabbits play
ing lion parts
If you let others do jTour bragging
for you it isnt so apt to be OAerdone
When authority spoils a man it is
also apt to be hard on those over
whom it extends
Careful comparison makes any oth
er heritage look insignificant compared
AAith common sense
You often hear impolite children
criticised Ever realize that there are
a good many impolite grown people
Some houses are so prim and orderly
they remind one of the systematic ar
rangement of the tombstones in a well
kept graveyard
If you Avant to know how people
speak of you behind your backs listen
to the reckless manner in which the
pitch into others
We admire a patience that doesnt
parade it The hen for instance when
sitting doesnt look as if it felt that no
rooster could ever be such a martyr
Atchison Globe
Pocahontas and John Smith
The pretty story of Smiths rescue
from imminent death by Pocahontas
when he was in the clutches of her
redoubtable father Powhatan has
been rather blown upon by later his
torians It has been shown that
Smith in his earlier narrative only
mentions the princess incidentally as a
child and it Avas not until she came
afterward to England and Smith wrote
an account of her for the edification of
the court that he described viAidly
hoAV she hazarded the beating out of
her own brains to save his By that
time the romantic Pocahontas had
been metamorphosed into Mistress Re
becca Rolfe wife of a Virginia settler
of standing and her portrait with
plumed hat ruff and fan has been
duly handed down in this capacity
Loudon Times
Vife Appreciated It
They hare just blown themselves
for a neAV bed an old fashioned colo
nial sort of bed that looks as though
it might haAe been in somebodys fam
ily for a hundred years or so and they
think a great deal of it They haA e
discussed its many merits time and
again but it remained for the young
wife to discover one feature of the
new bed that had never appealed to
the husband
Theres one thing I like about the
bed said she about the sideboard
and the way its put on
Whats that asked he
Its so low I dont believe a man
could crawl under it said she In
dianapolis Xews
The Taps on the Wall
His mother Avas superstitious afore
im and always knew Avhen er friends
died by hearing three loud taps on the
wall The ony mistake she ever made
was one night when arter losing no
less than seven friends she found out
it was the man next door hanging pic
tures at 3 oclock in the morning She
found it out by im hitting is thumb
nail Strand Magazine
They Didnt Know Paper
Scholars haA e wondered why it was
that the ancient Roman genius never
achieved the art of printing The se
cret of the failure lies probably in the
fact that the Romans never discovered
how to make paper for recent investi
gations prove that they had in general
use wooden and metal stamps for
marking wares packages etc Pitts
burg Post
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ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO
Japanese Naval Officer Who Helped
the Mikado Vanquish the Czar
Another highly distinguished Japa
nese fighting man Admiral Baron Ya
mamoto is on a visit to the United
States accompanied by several officers
of the mikados naAyt to inspect our
shipyards docks and other points of
Interest to naval men
The admiral Is a graduate of the
Japanese Nnal academy He was
raised to the rank of full admiral along
with Togo In 1904 During the war
with Russia he Avas in the cabinet as
minister of marine a post correspond-
ADMIRAL BARON YAMAMOTO
Ing to our secretaryship of the naAy
He Avon his first great distinction in
the war with China and after the bat
tle of the Yalu River his promotion
was rapid He became a cabinet min
ister at the time of the Boxer uprising
Admiral Yamamoto is a great favor
ite of the mikado ne is a man of en
ergy and of remarkable efficiency in
directing naA al construction and prep
aration for war Much of the success
of the Japanese naA y against that of
Russia was due to Yamamotos admin
istration A Japanese writer has said
of him The real greatness of the
Baron Gombei Yamamoto is his qual
ity to be a statesman admiral The
same writer quaintly remarks that in
the time of peace a mechanical achieve
ment in the naAal circle is a marked
triumph for Japan Yamamotos
mechanical achievements make for
the greatness of the Japanese navy
Count Okuma is quoted as having
said that Yamamoto is the first man
in the Japanese army and navy
With all these honors and compliments
preceding him the admiral is consid
ered entitled to a cordial reception in
America and the naAal officer detailed
by Rear Admiral EA ans as his escort
during the Aisit has an assignment
much coveted by fellow officers
MRS A J DREXEL
American Lady Who Is a Favorite at
the British Court
Colonel Anthony J Drexel of New
York and Philadelphia and his Avife
are very fond of European society
and there are few circles abroad which
they cannot enter if they desire Mrs
Drexel recently presented her daugh
ter Margarita at the British court
The court held by King Edward and
Queen Alexandra at Buckingham pal
ace Avas the most brilliant of the year
Miss Drexel was greatly admired for
her beauty and talent Her mother is
still a handsome woman and is fa
mous for her jewels with which she
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was resplendent on this occasion The
Drexels were neighbors of Englands
royalty when they lived at Norris cas
tle and King Edward Is said to have
a special liking for Colonel Drexel
Avho approximates the British idea of
a true all around sportsman and is
especially devoted to yachting He and
Mrs Drexel have entertained the Rus
sian royal family on board their luxu
rious yacht Margarita Last spring at
Biarritz Mrs Drexel made an especial
hit with King EdAvard who was im
mensely amused by her diverting sto
ries At one dinner at which both
were present the American million
airess kept the British monarch in
roars of laughter throughout the meal
Properly Named
Mr Ferguson about to make a trip
Laura where is my traveling umbrel
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Mrs Ferguson On its travels I sup
pose I havent seen it since the last
time you took It out Chicago Tribune
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A WOMANS QUICK EYE
It Was the Means of Gaining a Fortune
at Monte Carlo
Nearly every one avIio lias been to
Monte Carlo has heard of Mamma
Vlaud a little bent old French avo
man a widow Avho played for years
Mamma Vlaud played roulette each
day from morning until night Her
beady eyes twitching nervously saAV
nothing but the Ivory ball as It fell
into the cell As they Avatched her
staggering from the gaming tables
late at night people pitied her
Her whole soul her life seemed ab
sorbed in the aAvful desire of Avlnning
The old woman at times lost heavily
for her then she regained her losses
For a long time she was enabled to
live and continue her feverish pursuit
of the game
One night the old woman lost nearly
all her store As she passed from the
table despair in her eyes her attention
was attracted by another wheel She
stopped and bent over the table
Again and again the wheel spun
around and stopped The old womans
eyes sparkled A flush suffused her
pallid cheeks
As she left the room she clnpped her
hands and her laugh a shrill mock
ing chuckle startled the gamesters as
ominous uncanny
Better watch the old woman one
of the official lookouts told a detective
He folloAved Mamma Viaud to her
hotel ne listened outside of her door
There was no alarming sound In a
short while she extinguished her lights
and evidently had retired
The following eA ening she reappear
ed in the gaming hall nor eyes still
sparkled her cheeks were still flushed
With her were several notorious game
sters They approached a table Mam
ma Viaud began to play
She won The gamblers who had
loaned her money watched She play
ed a second time and Avon and a third
time and Avon The gamblers looked
on amazed and saw the old woman
raking in thousands of francs
During the eening the old woman
sat by the table playing persistently
Her winnings doubled trebled quad
rupled and piled up about her
The management became alarmed
A consultation was held Special de
tectives Avere sent to watch her Scores
had gathered about the table looking
on breathlessly at her wonderful run
of luck The detectives reported to
the management that Mamma Vlaud
was playing a certain combination of
numbers that invariably won
One of the directors besought the old
woman to desist playing The bank
would be broke he declared She
smiled and continued to play
The director offered her 30000 to
cease playing no doubled the figure
If she would tell him the secret of her
success ne importuned her to take
200000 20000 only cease waging
her successful battle for gold
Finally he offered her 300000 Ac
cepting this Mamma Viaud gather
ing together her fortune told him Aery
quietly that in passing the table the
night before her quick eye had detect
ed that the ball of this particular
wheel stopped at a certain place at
regular intervals The managers ex
amined the Avheel found that it was
out of order and congratulated them
selves upon haA ing compromised with
the old woman Philadelphia North
American
Music and Digestion
I haAe often spooned up my soup to
waltz time and carved a steak Avhile
Waiting at the Church appropriately
symbolized my Aexation at the delay
of the waiter in bringing the table
sauce But perhaps the most thrilling
experience is to eat a mutton chop to
the toreador song from Carmen That
even rivals eating squash pie and
cheese to Liszts Second Hungarian
Rhapsody There are two gastro
harmonic combinations I have not yet
met with howeAer but which I live
in hopes of meeting as a climax to
my musical career One is to eat
roast goose to the Aorspiel of Parsi
fal the other to find honey and the
dance of Salome from the Strauss op
era in happy conjunction Somehow I
could take a grim sort of satisfaction
in the irony of these combinations
But I am still waiting Atlantic
A Waitress Too Optimistic
A mistake was made Avhen I ate
at this place fiA e years ago said a
man to the Avaitress at the lunch coun
ter in the Union depot
Suppose I gaA e you too much
money in making change said the
3oung woman
No thats not the trouble I was
short 20 cents
Well I wasnt here fiA e years ago
she snapped as she left to wait on an
other customer Kansas City Star
Tears Not Idle
My doctor tells me a
beneficial
good cry is
The second woman opening her
purse displayed a first class return
ticket to Europe
A good cry gained me this she
said NeAV York Press
True Love
Tom But perhaps she doesnt love
you Jack Oh yes she does Tom
How do you know Jack When I
told her that I had no money to get
married on she offered to borrow some
from her father Philadelphia In
quirer
The Habit of Nervousness
What an extremely nervous woman
Mrs Tompkins is isnt she
I hadnt noticed it my dear
Then you havent been paying atten
tion Her neAV silk skirt doesnt stop1
rustling a moment Milwaukee Senti
nel
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cursions to Saratoga Philadelphia north
ern Michigan Canada and St Lawrence
River resorts Niagara Falls and Boston
Consult Agent as to makinguse o these
excursion rates for jour eastern trip
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WESTWARD
During July low round trip rates to
Pacific Coast San Francisco Portland
Seattle etc Yellowstone Park Salt Lake
Colorado reports Rig Horn Basin Black
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BIG HORN BASIN AND
BILLINGS DISTRICT
We personally conduct hotnescekcrs ex
cursions on the first and thirdTuesdays of
each month to these localities to assist you
to secure fine irrigated lands at low cost
AVrite D Clem Deaver General Agent
Land Seekers Information Bureau Half
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braska homeseekers excursions west
northwest and southwest
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