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OMEM K#A •VWTPrr̂ nhW 1*1. IM D)| D)I LI >A.U, B̂rmZASfZ~ZZP/b&>. An&ra'faAjfoJtrifa'Jfr} $8;?; t £? fr/'4 'J : CHAPTER XII--Continued. ; While they were engaged in, this, I wai trying to think out some way of P~!: letting Mr. Cullen and Albert know where the letters were. The problem waa to suggest the saddle to them, without letting the cowboys under­ stand, and by good luck I thought I had the means. Albert had com­ plained to me the day we had ridden out to the Indian dwellings at Flag­ staff that his saddle fretted some galled spots which he had chafed on his trip to Moran's Point. Hoping he would "catch," I shouted to him: ow are your sore spots, Albert? looked at me in a puzzled way, anff called, "Aw, I don't understand you.*' "Those sore spots you complained about to me the tl-y before yester? day," I explained. Hp didn't seem any the less be­ fogged as he replied, "I ha<| forgotten all about them." "I've got a touch of the. same trou­ ble," I went on; "and, if I were you, I'd look into the cause." Albert only looked very much mys­ tified, and I didn't dare say more, fo^ at this point the trio, with the sheriff, came out of mT car. If I hadn't known that the letters were safe, I coQfd have read the story in their faces, for more disgusted and angry- looking men I have rarely seen. They had a talk with the sheriff, and then Fred, Lord Ralles, and I were marched off by the official, his ilordship loudly demanding sight of a warrant, and protesting against the illegality of his arrest, varied at mo­ ments by threats to appeal to the British consul, minister plenipo, her (Majesty's Foreign Office, etc., all of whlph had about as much influence 'on the sheriff and his cowboy assis­ tants as a Moqui Indian snake-dance would have in stopping a runaway tengine. I confess to feeling a certain grim satisfaction in the fact that if I was to be shut off from seeing Madge, the Britisher was in the same box iwitt me. Ash Forks, though only sit years old, had advanced far enough towards j civilization to have a small jail, and [into that we were shoved. Night was icome by the time we were lodged |the±e, and, being in pretty good appe- rtite, I struck the sheriff for some (grab. "I'll git yer somethln'," he said, .good-naturedly; "but next time yer •share people, Mr. Gordon, just Quit shovin" yer friends. My shoulder ifeels like--* perhaps it's just as well not to say what his shoulder felt like. The Western vocabulary is expres­ sive, but at times not quite fit for publication. The. moment the sheriff was gone, Fred wanted the mystery of the let­ ters explained, and 1 told *him all there was to tell, including as good a description of the pony as I could gfre him. We tried to hit on some plan to get word to those outside, but it wasn't to be done. At least it was a point gained that some one of our (party besides myself knew where the letters were. • The sheriff returned presently with a loaf of canned bread and'a tin of beans. If I had been alone, I should have kicked at the food and got per­ mission for my darkies to send me up something from 97; but I thought I'd •ee how Lord Ralles would like genu­ ine Western fare; so I said nothing. That; I have to state, is more--or rather less--than the Britisher did, after be had sampled the stuff; and really I don't blame him, much as I enjoyed his rage and disgust. It didn't take long to finish our supper, and then Fred, who hadn't slept much the night before, stretch­ ed out on the floor and went to sleep. Lord Ralles and I sat on boxes,--the only furniture the room* contained-- about as far apart as we could get, he in the &ilks, and I whistling cheer­ fully., I should have liked to be with Madge, but he wasn't; so there was some compensation, and i knew that time was playing the cards in our favor: so long as they hadn't found the letters we had only to sit still to w*p. About an hour after supper, the •teriff came back and told me Camp <̂of93mazjsa% * nothing, and we' want to know what there is in it for you?" "I wouldn't stake my chance of State's prison against yours, gentle­ men. AriaT while I may lose my po­ sition, I'll be a long way from starva­ tion." "That doesn't tell us whq£ Cullen gives you to take the risk." "Mr. Cullen hasn't given, or even hinted that he'll give, anything." "And Mr. Gordon hasn't asked, and, if I know him, wouldn't take a cent for what he has done," said-Fred, ris­ ing from the floor. "You mean to say you are doing It for nothing?" exclaimed Camp, incred­ ulously. "That's about the truth of it," I said; though I thought of Madge as I said it, and felt guilty in suggesting that she was nothing. "Then what is your motife?" -cried Baldwin. If there had been any use, I should have replied, 'The right"; but I knew that they would only think I was pos­ ing if I said it. Instead I replied: "Mr. Cullen's party has the stock ma­ jority in their favor, and would, have won a fair fight if you had played fair. Since you didn"t, I'm doing my best to put things to rights." Camp cried, "All the more fool--" but Baldwin interrupted him by say­ ing: "That only shows what a mean cuss I "HI, Gordon!" Cullen is. He ought to give you ten thousand, if he gives you a cent." "Yes," cried Camp, "those letters are worth money, whether he's of­ fered it or not." "Mr. Cullen never so much as hinted paying me," said I. "Well, Mr. Gordon," said Baldwin, suavely, "we'll show you that we can be more liberal. Though the\ letters rightfully belong to Mr. Camp; if you'll deliver them to us we'll see that you don't lose your place, and we'll give you five thousand dollars." I glanced at Fred, whom I found looking at me anxiously, and asked him: "Can't you do better than that?" "We could with any one but you," said Fred. I Bhould have liked to shake hands over this compliment, but I only nodded, and turning to Mr. Camp, said: "You see how mean they are." "You'll find we are not built that way," said Baldwin. "Five thousand isn't a bad day's work, eh?" "No," I said, laughing; "but you Just told me I ought to get ten thousand i| I got a cent" "It's worth ten tp Mr. Cullen, but--" I interrupted by saying, "If it's worth ten to him, it's worth a hundred to me." That was too much for Camp. First he said something best omitted, and then went on, "I told you it was waste of time trying to win him over." The three stood apart for a moment whispering, and then Judge Wilson called the sheriff over, and they all went out together. The moment we were alone, Frederic held out his hand, and said: "Gordon, it's no use saying anything, but if we can ever do--" I merely shook hands, but 1 wanted the worst way to say: "Tell Madge what I've done, and the thing's square." CHAPTER XIII. "All right," cried Camp, and went td \ the doGr. "This is the last call," he snarled, pausing for a moment on the threshold. "I hope so," said I, more calmly In manner than in feeling, I have to acknowledge, for I didn't like the look of things. That they were in earnest I felt pretty certain, for I understood now why they had let my companions out of jail'. They knew that angry xowboys were a trifle undlscrlminat- ing, and didn't care to risk hanging more than was necassary. A long time seemed to pass after they were gone, but in reality It wasn't more than fifteen minutes before I heard some one steal up and softly unlock the door. I confess the evident endeavor to do it quietly gave me a scare, for it seemed to me it could nt be an above-board movement. Think­ ing this, I picked up the box on which I had been sitting and prepared to make the best fight I could. It was a good deal of relief, therefore, when the door opened just wide enough for a man to put in his head, and {heard the sheriff's voice say, softly: "Hi, Gordon!" I was at the door in. an instant, and asked: .. > "What's up?" "They're gettin* the fellers together, and sajrtn' that yer shot a woman in the hold-up." "It's an infernal lie," I said. "Sounds that way to me," assented the sheriff; "but two-thirds of- the boys are drunk, and it's a long time since they've had any fun." (To be continued.) HAD LEGIONS TO CHOOSE FROM. At Fourteen Girl Accepted Her Hun­ dred and First Proposal. "I was married at fourteen," said an old lady. "It Was my hundred and first proposal that I accepted." "A hundred proposals before you married?" "No less." "That exceeds the average, doesn't U?" "Five is the average, as fA course •you know. I doubt If there is another woman alive to-day who has had as many proposals as I. A hundred! It is a vast number, isn't it?",# She looked dreamily into the fire. Then she went on: "This is the secret. My father emi­ grated to California in 1848, and in 1849, when the gold fever inflamed the land, I, a girl tof fourteen, was on the scene. I was, as my grandson would say, 'Johnny-on-the-spot.' I was in, as It were, on the ground floor. I lived in a town where, to one marriageable girl, there were a thousand marriage­ able men. , "What a happy time that was. What attentions were showered on me. Drives, flowers, candy daily, and daily two or three proposals, soipe written, soma oral. "The proposal I accepted, proposal one one, was made by the bent old gentleman in evening dress, smoking a cigar and drinking coffee, who is seated with the countess at that lit­ tle table by the window. He is very old now, wrinkled, feeble, but some­ how he still seems straight and young and handsome in my eyes. "I have never once regretted ac cepting proposal one one," said the old lady, with a tremulous laugh. y m '• t.-'i i' ^ 1 " ^"•rched off by the official, gj^ ' sand Baldwin wanted to see me. "I Saw •it' iBO reason to object, so in they came, ^accompanied by the judge. Baldwin topened the ball by saying genially: mV*. - 1 !. "Well, Mr. Gordon, you've played a ^pretty cute gamble, and I suppose y<W •""link you stand to win the pot." 'I'm not complaining," I said. "Still," snarled Camp, angrily, as if ]&y contented manner fretted him, #vu,- '**'our time will come presently, and we lean make it pretty uncomfortable for jiyou. Illegal proceeding's put a man In "• St* in the Jong run." i' • "I hope you take your lesson 'to remarked cheerfully, which i»ade Camp scrpwl worse than ever! ' "Now," said Baldwin, who kept-cool, ^Ve know you Are not' risking loss of ̂'Ijosltion as* r4be State's . prison for A Lesson in Politeness. Within five minutes we had a big surprise, for the sheriff and Mr. Bald­ win came back, and the former an­ nounced that Fred and Lord Ralles were free, having been released on bail. When we found that Baldwin had gone on the bond, I knew that there was a scheme of some sort in the move, and, taking Fred aside, 1 warned him against trying to recover the proxies. i "They probably think that cfne or the other of you knoWB where the letters are hidden/' whispered, "and they41 keepii watch on you; so go *lQW." •• He nodded,.and followed the sheriff and Lord Ralles out. ,yy The moment they were gone, Mr. Camp said, "I came back to give you a last chance." "That's very good of you," I said. "I warn you," he muttered threaten­ ingly, "we are not men to be beaten. There are fifty cowboys of Baldwin's in this town, who think you were con­ cerned in the holding up. By merely tipping then* the wink, they'll have you out of this, and after they've got you outside I wouldn't give the toss of a nickel for your life. Now, then, will you hand over those letters, or will you go to -- Inside of ten min­ utes?" , • ' ' Discouraged Him. ' "Just one kiss," begs the enamored youth. "No," whispers the coy young thing. Whereat the enamored youth grows huffy and arises, saying that it is time for him to be going home. "Why, it's early." remarks the coy young thing. * "I know. But when a fellow asks a girl sixteen times for a kiss, and she won't give it to him, it's pretty plain that she doesn't care much for him." "Well, if you aren't tfye most impa­ tient man I ever knew!" "Impatient?" "Why, yes, Mr. Smith asked me twenty times for a kiss before he got it; and Mr. Jones asked me thirty-two times for one before he got it; and M» Brown asked me twenty-three times the Itrst Wettlng he called and fifteen times 'the second. making thirty-eight times in all before I " But the enamored youth was leaving without waiting to put on his overcoat. Standing, meditatively, at the door after she had closed it behind him, the coy young thing tosses her fair head and murmurs: "If he Isn't the most easily discour­ aged man I ever saw!" Giant Waves on Lake Superior. ' "I never before saw the waves run­ ning so high on Lake Superior as they were during the big storm of No­ vember," said Walter Peters, one of ' the keepers at the Passage Island light­ house. Passage island is located about four miles east of Isle Royale. "The house is 60 feet above the level of the lake," continued Mr. Pe­ ters, "and the waves were so high that all the windows in the kitchen were broken and the floor , was flooded. Our new pumping house was swept en­ tirely away. "When the storm had subsided wo found some stones weighing as much as 100 pounds strewn about in the vi­ cinity of the house, washed there by the force of the waves. "The wind was from the northeast, and our Island, which is long and nar­ row, points in a northeasterly direc­ tion. .It was a great sight to see the giant waves racing along."--Duluth Herald. FOE THE CONSUMER. FACTS OF VITAL INTEREST RE­ GARDING HOME PATRONAGE. -. hifh * *'? Menace to tfical Prosperity in Contri­ butions to Centralized Wealth of Metropolitan Con- ;:7/vT*« Dear Mr. Consumer: What'sllaTfl It profit you if in saving >25, |50, |100, |600 on the one hand you injure your­ self ISO, f£00, *200 or*?1.0ri0 on the other? We are writing to you at this time, says the Retailers' Journal, of Chi­ cago, JjO say that we believe every dol­ lar you save by buying goods away from home costs you two. If you are a farmer, did you ever stop to inquire what makes your land valuable? It is not the land itself, nor you; that's certain. Suppose your land, with all itsjjeat natural fertility, and your splendid methods of cultivation, were located in the middle of Texas, With no other cultivated ground and no railroads within hundreds of miles of it. It wouldn't be worth much, would it? The sole reason why your land is of more than nominal value is because a community has grown up around it • If you acquired your land years ago When the neighborhood in which you live was sparsely settled, yoti have had the pleasure of watching it grow in Value as the community has grown and prospered. First came the neighboring farms, then the town§, and finally the rail­ roads, which the towns brought near to your land, all contributing to your's and the general prosperity. It must be clear to you, in the light of history, that your interests can con- ttnue to grow and prosper only if the entire immunity in which you live shall continue to grow and prosper. It your community goes backward, you go backward; if its growth and prosperity are retarded, the growth and prosperity of your individual in­ terests are retarded. \ • • How, then, can you expect to ad­ vance your interests by taking a pound weight from the prosperity of your community for the sake of a tempo­ rary, personal gain in the measure of pennies? The greatest menace to this coun­ try is admitted to be the centraliza­ tion of wealth, which carries with it, under our present economic system, the tendency to build to tremendous proportions a few chosen communi­ ties, at the expense of the many less favored ones. Yet, let us tell you what you of the smaller communities have done in a single year to hasten forward this tendency, instead of resisting it as might have been expected of you: In the year 1905, out of the money earned In your communities, and be­ longing to the commerce and indus­ try of your communities, you contrib­ uted to two mall order houses alone, located in the city of Chicago, the stu­ pendous sum of 180,000,000! Think of this for a moment, and 4fcen consider that it is only the be­ ginning; that dozens Of other con­ cerns of the same kind gleaned from the farms and the small communities of the land a golden harvest of a size •Which only can be guessed at. Startling when you try to jjWKMue it •11 at once, isn't it? 'Contract this tremendous acevmu- latlon of your money in a few hands, for the benefit of concerns in which you have no Interest, located in com­ munities from whose prosperity you derive only remote benefits, with the commercial conditions in your own community. The two Institutions which ab­ sorbed $80,000,000 of your money in one year, although the largest of their kind in the world, still are reaching their hands for more. One already has expended not less than $1,000,000 for ^n immense new building, and the oth­ er has bought the site for an addition­ al structure which will cost as much. If the business of these two giants shows the same percentage of increase during the present year as in 1905, their draft upon the country for the year 1906 will be over $100,009,000! Will you give it to them? I lost my temper in turn. "IM-much prefer going to some place where I was! lfss sure of, meeting you," I re­ torted; "and As for the cowboys, ypuH have to be as tricky with them aa you want to be with me before you'll get them to back you up In your flirty i sentenced the prisoner to six monthB WQr^" • in jail, and the attorney for the de- At "flUtr point the sheriff called baek | fense, seizing hts books and papers, to ask Camp If he was comtng. ' W'-j hurriedly left tike court nvm. His Novel Plea. This Is an Incident In the court room of a village in Alabama. A prisoner who had been found guilty of larceny was arraigned be­ fore the judge to receive his sen­ tence. "Have you anything to say before sentence is passed?" asked the judge. With his eyes resting upon the young attorney who had defended him, he replied: "Your honor, there is only one re­ quest that I wish to make of you. That is, in passing your sentence, I wish that you would take into consld eratlon the youthfulness and Ignor­ ance of my attorney." A broad smile spread over the coun­ tenance of the Judge as he calmly OLD CLOTHES BROUGHT OUT Oact-Offs That Come to Light &nd Delight til* Heart of the s Owner. "It's en-odd circumstance," *h» re­ marked, as he whisked himself and critically serveyed himself in the glass preparatory to going out for a nibble at crackers and cheese and a glance at the latest tract, may be, "it's queer, but you'll take off a suit and hang it in the closet forever and a day. You'll vow that you've worn it for the last time. It's shiny in the back and on the seams, and there's a suspicion of fringe at the end of the sleeves and trousers, the collar is grimy anff the color "is faint in pfaces. For weeks you've been ashamed of that suit, and now you're through with it for keeps. "What I'm coming at is that 10 or 11 months later, hard pressed for clothing and money, in desperation you'll hunt through that closet and be tickled half to death to come across that same discarded and forgotten suit. It's as bright as a new dollar, it Isn't worn, it fits well and you're so proud of It you hate to hide it un­ der an overcoat, even If It is freezing outside. This is one of that kind^of suits and I'd like to know what's the matter with It." "Nothing, as far as I can see," re­ plied the man who had been compelled to listen, "but you must live in a queer house and have a peculiar sort of wife. I've never laid hands on one of my old suits since I was married^ My wife gives them away or sells them. If I'm sick in bed two days she gives away my clothes. I see them afterward, of course; keep passing them and repass­ ing them on the streets. Sometimes they startle me and make me wonder if I'm I.* I don't know whether the men who are sporting them are de- : serving pensioners of my wife or not. I hope to goodness that all of the?) I aren't her friends." THE WHITE WHITE Kbt&E. The White House at - Washington* which has been the "Kings Palace'^ of the American People since it was *flrst occupied by President Madison In 1809, has recently undeigone a thorough course of remodelling, renci- vatiou and repair. Every American citizen is owner of an undivided eighty or eighty-five millionth part of the White House, as well as of the other Public Buildings and Monuments In the Capitol City. An item in the renovation of the remodelled White House was repainting. Every visitor to Washington knows why the White House is so called--because it is lit­ erally a "white house". The exterior paint must therefore be white. Now while the pure white surfaces and sim­ ple lines of the White House, Bet in the midst of green lawns and beauti­ ful trees, produce a very satisfying effect of dignified simplicity, white paint from a practical point of view, Is about the most unsatisfactory kind of paint that could have been selected by the original designers. First, be­ cause any white paint is easily dis­ colored by smoke and dust, and sec­ ond, because ordinary ^hite . paint itself gradually turns graj or brown­ ish yellow from exposure. But white the White House is an3 white it must remain or it wquld n$' longer be the "White House". So the1 renovators, making the best of a dis­ couraging situation, sought for the best kind of white paint procurable^ The average citizen if asked to gues^ what kind of paint they finally decid-. ed on would probably answer--"white' lead and oil," but he would gues* wrongly. Tbe paint selected as the; best obtainable was a ready mixed; paint, such as can be bought in any well furnished village store, such as< is used by more than half of the eighty or eighty-flta million owners of the White House on their own homes. That one brand of mixed, paint was used instead of another is a mere accidental detail--there are fifty or a hundred brands pn tha market that might have been selected In other circumstances, and in fact, a different brand was used in paint­ ing the Capitol. Every property owner, therefore, who paints his house with a high grade readyrmixed paint is following the example set by the Government Authorities at Washington, who used ready-mixed paint, because they could find nothing else as good. She First Simple Tricks Which Must Be Mastered to Become ,a \ *; > • Conjurer. i ' The youtag magician who would entertain others with success must start with or early acquire a cool head, a capacity for untiring practice and the ability to keep up a contin­ uous fire of explanation which does not explain. The cool head comes in time, of course, with practice, iand It is not difficult to memorize and adapt to the progress of your work a good line of "patter," so that the best of all re­ quisites is--practice. faiming is the foundation of all good sleight of hand and is the first thing to learn and the last thing to neglect to practice, says the New York World. You will find In the market many more or less expensive machine illusions, but th/ese are sel­ dom as effective as tricks performed with little or no apparatus and with such "properties" as you can borrow from your audience. - The Straight . Palm.--For the straight palm take a half dollar or an aluminum pocket piece of about PERS6NAL PARTICULARS. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, of Bos­ ton, attributes his excellent health at the age of 84 to the serenity with which he takes life. He sleeps nine hours every night. John D. Rockefeller is to livq for two months of the year at Pasadena. Cal. He purchased Carmellta, the magnificent home where Helen Hunt Jackson wrote "Ramona." Mrs. Virginia E. Bland, widow of "Silver Dick" Bland, has become one of the most successful agriculturists and horticulturists in the country at her place in Lebanon, Mo. Theodore A. Cook, brother of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, Is building three motor cars at his home in Callicoon, N. Y., for the use of the south pole expedition, Which is to start In W07. Miss Esther Whitman, the strongest woman in New York, has married Herman Hyan»s, a Jferlem real estate num. whom she rescued from drown­ ing three years ago. She is an ex­ pert swimmer, ohd can lift a dead weight of 600 pounds. Dr. Fridjof Nansen, the arctic ex­ plorer - who has been appointed Nor­ wegian ambassador to, Great Britain, is a firm believer in woman's rights. He and his wife are almost equally proficient In all that relates to athlet­ ics and the strenuous life. Apart from his fame as an explorer, Dr. Nansen is well known as a writer on scientific topics. Miss Nora Stanton Blatch has been elected to membership In the Amer­ ican Society of Civil Engineers, the first woman so distinguished. She is a granddaughter of the famous Eliz­ abeth Cady Stanton and the first woman to win the degree of civil en­ gineer in Cornell university. Miss Blatch has under consideration an of­ fer from the Chinese government to undertake some important work in the Interior of the eastern empire. CONCERNING CITIES. In live years Krupp's town of Essen has Increased 93 per cent. Cologne, with its 426,090 people, has had an as­ tonishing growth. Any city of more than 100,000 inhab­ itants is considered a great city. Of these Germany has more than any other country, namely, 41. Great Britain and the United States have 39 each. Then there Is a brea^ till we reach Russia with 16, Franc# with 15, Italy with 12, Japan and Aus* tria-Hungary with eight each. 5 REPAIRING BRAIN A Certain Way by Food. Every minister, lawyer, journalist* physician, author or business man It forced under pressure of modern cons dltions to the active and sometime! overactive use of the brain. Analysis of the excreta thrown out by the pores shows that brain work breaks down the phosphate of potash,< i separating it from its heavier compan­ ion, albumen, and plain common sense teaches that this elemental principle must be introduced into the body anew each day, if we would replace the loss and rebuild the brain tissue. We know tnat the phosphate of potash, a3 presented In certain field grains, has an affinity for albumen and that is the only way gray matter in ths brain can be built. It will not answer to take the crude phosphate of potash of the drug shop, for nature rejects It. The elemental mineral must be pre­ sented through food directly from na­ ture's laboratory. These facts have been made "use of In the manufacture of Grape-Nuts, and any bralh worker can prove the value of the proper selection of food by mak­ ing free use of Grape-Nuts for ten days or two weeks. Sold by grocers every­ where' (and In Immense quantities), Manufactured by the Postum Co.. Bat life Creek, ^ "ite5 SLEIGHT-OF-HAND TWCiCS. but re^liy drop It la your left)-- French drop method. Now watch closely and you will see that this coin will go through solid bodies as well am through thin air. See, I throw it through my body and catch it back; of me, thus." Make a motion of throw­ ing through your body, put your left hand behind your Lack, then bring it forth with the coin. This, of course, will be easy, as th* •fcoin has been snugly lying in your left hand all the time. You may vary this by saying that "It goes in one ear and comes out the other" (apparently plac­ ing the coin in one ear and taking it out of the other). Or you may rub it through a solid table, etc. If you wish you may tell your audience to mark the coin. The Magic Hat.--Fig. 5. This .is a favorite with stage performers, as ft always takes well with an audience. iFor this trick you should have a magic wand. A black piece of wood about a foot and a half long and a half inch in diameter will serve as a wand. Have concealed In your left hand about eight half dollars. You can do this easily and naturally by holding the wand in the same hand. Borrow a hat, taking it with the right hand, In which one half-dollar is palmed. Transfer the hat from the right hand to the left, so the crown K ( f ] 5 ./' * >'• h.yi !' tit ) •» " "V* i. mmm •rig & HOW THE VARlOLitf TRICKS ARE DONE the 8ame^giae. Hold it between,.the thumb and'the middle and third, fin­ gers, as shown in Fig. 1. The little finger and the first finger are to take a graceful and natural position. Now make motion as if. you intended to throw the coin, and as your hand swings remove your thumb to its natural position, and at the same time let the second and third fingers press the coin half way down , the palm against the large muscles at the base of the thumb. Ypu must be careful to let your fingers straighten out before your hand ends Its swing. The Thumb Palm.--This method of palming is a very safe one, and easy of' accomplishment, the only objec­ tion to it being that it holds the thumb a prisoner. The coin is held between the thumb and forefinger. Then, whe4 the motion of throwing is made, the coin is slid down be­ tween the fleshy part of the thumb and palm. Fig. 2. The Reverse Palm.-rStand with your palm toward the audience. Hold the coin (a small one) between the tips of the forefinger and thumb, with the edge lying against the side , of the middle finger. Now pretend to throw the coin in the air and as the action of throwing is imitated the forefingei is slid over the coin, the thumb re­ moved and the coin is thus made to protrude at the back, between the first and second fingers, where it Is invisible to the audience. Fig. 3. The French Drop.--This is one of the most useful passes in sleight ?f hand. Hold a coin or any article be­ tween the forefinger and the thumb of the left hanu. Then apparently take this coin with your right hand, but instead of so doing let the coin drop into your left palm. Fig. 4. To do this so it will uot be noticed en­ circle the coin (held between your left forefinger and thumb) with your right forefinger and thumb. As1 you do this drop the coin into your left palm. The back of your tihnd con­ ceals the coin in the act of dropping. Immediately close your right hand as If the coin was actually there. Never look at the left hand. The Wonderful Dollar.--With any one or a combination of these sleights j^ny years that he now believes a number of tricks can be performed.! ^ selected his own career in the ci<?dle, and that all infants do like- to wards the audience and the finger* containing the money are inside the hat. (You will, of course, tuck tha wand under .your arm, as it is not needed for the time being.) Then sud- ' denly run up to one of your audience in a surprised manner and say: "What a ' queer place to keep money! I thought that the Chinese were the only people who kept their money, there." As you say this, apparently take the coin (that you have In your right hand) from his ear. Flip the coin i& the air to, show that it is a real one. catch it, and then retire to the end of the room in which you are giving the performance and make a pass, u though throwing the coin through the crown of the hat, but in reality palm­ ing the coin and letting one from your% left hand fall into the hat. Shake tha hat to show that there is really a caia In the hat. Then, after looking about Jhe room for .a minute, say in^tSHgg^Sf astonish­ ment: "My, but we should get rich, quickly here; the air is full of money." As you say this, make a quick step forward and apparently pluck the eoin you have palmed out of the air. Pre­ tend to throw this into the hat as jovt did the other, letting another coin drop* from your left hand. In a similar manner snatch coins from a candle flame, out of people's clothes, etc., un­ til you have dropped all the coins from your left hand into the hat. Then hand the hat around the audience t» show that it is an ordinary hat, and to let your audience count the moneii in It. Again I repeat that you must prac­ tice before a mirror until you ous palm and pass perfectly. When yoa make a pass towards the hat look at It 98 you would if you actually threw the coin. Never look at the hand in. which you are palming a cobs. A Modeet Ambition. Hon. Mr. Sweet was making friend* with Johnny, his host's son. "And how old are you?" he asked. "I'm five." said Johnny. "Ah, quite a little man! And what pure you going to be?" queried Mr. fcweet, who has been a senator so For instance, you may say: "Ladies and gentlemen, this dollar that I hold in my hand looks like an ordinary coin, but it has some properties that no ordinary dollar has. Would you like to examine it?" You may pass the dollar around for examination, but the.audience will discover noth­ ing mysterious in its appearance, for it is a plain everyday dollar. After you again receive the coin you con­ tinue: "It looks like an ordinary coin, doesn't It? I will show you, however, that It Is not. Behold, I take the coin in my hand thus (appar­ ently take the coin in your right hand, wiffe. *Tm going to be six," Johnny re-- turfbid with conviction.--Youth's Com­ panion. ' f- Fortunate. "So *ou are single at your agi you utffdrtunate in a love affair?" "Nopt: I've never been sued for breach Of promise yet."--Houston Poet. For Good Luck. A trt^.mphal arch of horseshoes wa* include?, among the decorations at m* wedding at Fiimwell, Sussex. CONVENIENT ILLNiSSS. Fond Mother--Come, dear, take your medicine. Are you any better Lktle Katie--I dunno. Is It too late to go to school? Fond Mother--Yes, dear,' ~ •;* .*• •' ^ *•' \ Little Katie--Well, I guess I'm well enough to get nip, then.---Bt. XauHt Glo ̂ -Democrat. r . -v ^ ,-.a*' • tnotfcW ® ' Unequal Advantage* Mrs. Rt/under isarcasticaily)--Going to "lodge" again, eh? I suppose some' of your crowd Is going to ride the "goat" to-night? Mr. Rounder (leaving)--No, not the goat this time, my dear. We're going out on a little lark.--Cleveland Leader. Peculiarity. wecry Wilson--Marriage 'to*"*- life sentence, pard. Dusty Rhodes--Yep; but you Cau it commuted by bad behavior.-- Do you think the orators of th« present day compare with those of pasft generations?". --•-'- "Certainly," answered the cheeryr modernist. "The only difficulty is thaC our orators have not yet hau a chane* to be advertised by getting into that School readers."--Washington Star. 4 „ c- riower-8hop Town, In- proportion to its size number of its inhabitants, Stockholm has more flower shops than any oibtc town to Burope, •• .i-"' "' . «... ii&asaaaSSil it' .4' kf- ; '. • > .4 i-jL, rei