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BILL ELLIS RIDES A BEAR. ItED ANTS DROVE A HINTS.VIAN TO MOI ST “OLD CWBFOOT.” Dvrhrtl TlirouKftk tlie Forest—Took Tlmp for Hie Voire to Arrive Af ter the Ride, and the Bear Wan Lane at That. From the Bangor Commercial. ‘‘Did you ever ride a bear?" asked Bil! Elhs one night a? we sat down at the camp fire after hunting ali day. "No. I suppose not,” he continued with out waiting for me to reply. "Lots ot folk haven't. In fact, I'm the only feller I ever heard of that ever did. Ail the ridln' is generally the other way. Bear seldom carry outside passengers. But Oi l Clubfoot packed me one day In great shape. That old aarpent used to rant three hills and if there was anything hi liked it was lead. He was a regular travelin' lead mine. He was so danger ous I never hankered after his pel;, but oee day I nearly ran over him, ar.d he came for me. so that there was nothin' to do but shoot. I fed him some leal right in the gizzard and a.l he .lone was to gulp as if it was good, and come righi on with his mouth wide open for some mere, i accommodated him right in the mouth, too. but one of his big w hite teeth flew Into splinters that whizzed up into the air. I had a Sharp's rifle, ar.d just as I went to load it again the cartridge stuck In the chamber and I -ouldn shut it. Disappointment seemed to make the old cuss only the nrauder. and on he came, bent for a full breakfast. "I suppose \ou h.ve perspired, as the.-' snv in p lit- talk I didn't have tme to got a pore open, for luck was nmy s le and I was on y a few yards from a li e ok I was young ar.d pretty quick, and swung myself in a jiffy unto a b.g lint I felt a rip in my pants as I whirled over. s*d. a ter ge tin we 1 out of r- a h I fe.t there and there was thr e 01 four slits six inches loi.g where his claws had just missed my casin'. You tr.av laugh a 1 you please a out folks tha work wth the seat cf the r parts, but if it ha le t teen for the dry go ds box-’s down at the country store you w u.dn't he entertain in' me with your ear to-night. "I crawled along to the runk of th tree and began vo wonder how- I was to ge' the rifle up. Old ("übf .ot was tore with his big paws clawin' down l a:k on y two feet fr m tr y toes and trvin' to go; up. His breath f it Hk- th- s earn out o' % locomtti\e and his eves would almost ha - -e dene for a headlight, he was so mw-1. I had seen mad l cars before, w ho., they had a foo’ ca ght in a trap b I nee*- saw -u - racin' fur,.' a? tit's oil scamp had when he found I was bevon i his reach and the trunk of that r e too •traight and smooth for him to climb. "Just as 1 began to think of'a Sunday school hymn suitable for a saved sinner. I felt a bite. Then there was another and another and somethin' crawlin’ up my aieeve ar.d on my neck ar.d up my ankles and more bites by the second, with the smell of ants gettin’ mighty powerful. Then you bet I did perspire in no time. Did you ever try an ant bite? How many bites from one of the big red or black ants do you suppose it would take to kill a man? And how long do yoq suppose it would take? A horse stung by enough bees is dead before any pison can possibly peach his vitals. A man dropped in biiin' water would be dead before any heat could ever reach his innar.i-. It's the shock to the nerves what does the busi ness. and before the fifth bite was well in, my nerves was gettin’ terrible shook up. Then I saw the tree was full of 'em and lines ot hundreds of big red ants runnln' up the trunk. No use to mash 'em, for a hundred wi 1 come (o the funeral of every one you mash. It wasn't half a minute before some still small voice inside whispered that I would have to get out of that tree, for it was certain that the ants would kill me, and with more suf ferin' probably than I was likely to get at the hands of the bear. Bears Can Climb. "You’d a been mighty smart and slip ped down the tree on the opposite side ■■om the bear, wouldn't you? That shows what you know about bear. You can have fifty feet start and he'l! climb your back stairs in just one and three-quarter sec onds. I wasn't that variety of squash. It was over 200 yards to the next tree, and that was a low one, where he might claw me down, even if I was lucky enough to reach it. A grizzly standin' on his hind legs is mighty high and his durned claws add another foot onto his long arms, and when he stretches them out you've no Idea how they reach. Ail he's got o do is to get one hook into your meat and you're his’n. There was only one thing to do and that was to scare the stuffin’ out of him. They're just like wild cattle on a plain. If you run from 'em they'll make a bulge on you sure, but if you run at ’em ami wave your coat you stand a show of scarin' 'em off. There was only one thine to do. and that was to ride him, for swearin' at liim didn’t have no more effect on him than it does on you when you make a rank miss on a first rate shot at a deer. "There was no time to lay out any fine plans, for the ants bit worse and worse and came thicker and thicker. So I ran on a big limb and the bear followed me out there and looked up and showed his big white teeth and seemed to say: 'Ain't you got more lead to feed me? I’m tired of waitin' so long.’ I gave him my hat for a change, and as it fell to the ground he dropped his head and began to chaw on it. Before he had a chance to show any disappointment, because a bear's fav orite teethin’ ring—a man's Rkuli—wasn't inside of it. I Just dropped square a-straddle of his back. Mode Fust Time. "What are you lookin' so queer about? Ton don't believe it. eh? Wei', now. 1 ain't n-yyin' to make out that 1 was par ticularly brave. I was only a Moke o' genius. There wasn't any courag? thru it. It took more bravery lo stay wi'h Ihe ants. There was millions of 'em and I ju*t, had to ride out of there. It w s 'he only way to beat the grave. Of cour.e a man must be somethin' of a bareback rider and know how to keep his bea in's-- no Joke intended—but when you t*: in such a scrape as that there’s nothin' else to do, especially fo the bear. for he had ri'den so many hunters that I thought a dunce would be beneficial to his conslUnHoi. You might not have been as good a rider is I was and probably would have rot off at the fits l P' l * of r0 ’ 1 ' ~ "" s * 14 hrough But you'd have mounted rim just the same as I did because you'd a had to. , .... "Did he snort 1 " Not much. He. had ro time for that. Did you ever watch a fly antin' on an arrow when you let go the rlng? Thai was about my fix only I didn't drop off. Fact is I didn't dare l\ for he wasn't soared enough !<n i e started fast enough, but a lien 1 got a S'od grip With each hand into his woo dug my heels into his flanks, and hollered. •GU out o’ here, you son of a gun. he shot out like one of these rifle balls you hear tell of that gather speed so fast that When we went under the first tree. I didn't have time to unload him and catch onto a limb and swing up again, as Ina I meant to. That would have been ,i laid) trick to play him. for if he'd over token a notion to come buck he and a tound a te A ehootin' star might as well tty f find the cloud It went through before li ibusted. • Things the Riders Saw. "In about half a second somethin' green whisked past It wa't in my eye, for you never saw nothin' green in that whin it come to a question of bear. I’m green on theosophy ah' l 8 f - w other fine pints of relgion, but tiot'n hear, thank you. It mu*t V been another tree, but I wan t very particular about stopping to find out so on I Journeyed. Just as we cleared that somethin 1 gray went a-swlinmln' around on all sides with a thousand quails u w linin', equelin'. and dartin' around my hi ad. It sounded as if the Ugh nln' had a'. ick all the crockery and turned the flies loose. It might have been a rock pi we went through, but I waiyi t parttcu- • • - w ■ - for Infants and Childrens Hie Kind \ou Have Always Bought lias borne the signa ture <<f ( has. H. Fletcher, and lias been made under liis personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you iu this. Counterfeits, Imitations and ** Just-as-good ” are but Experiments, and endanger the health, oi Children—Experience against Experiment. Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. ■I—JM I. ■■■ ... |*•' " CCN’-atlß CCMPRhf TT MURRAY STREET, MEW YORK CITY *- • w* *** ■ * v r.?y~ i Ty. ~ yryTtfr grmwaM lar trough to g- : off and look. Just then I saw a co pi* of brown spots a’ e and. with somethin’ behind that looked like the la.! of a coyo c and then two streaks of hr w Wtiu i is: u from in fron:, but ti ey fe’.: beh n.i so fas I coul .n’t tell, b-.it. I rati er y u ;h y was cry tes. Just r rn Th- e archer flash of sreen and th n a : ar 1 ud of it sw m ir.in around m<- an such a rippin’ an’ leann of clothes an t - awful'.est :n an eras. :, of bru han such a of my eye? an' scran n off of mv 'kin where the cl had b en. an’ ad at cnee I come . a lead stoj so :'a c t tl a* it turned me v*; Me down As soon as 1 could g t t o bl ou out of my eyes enough to s- l fun } my. elf in one of these g -a* Mg' mon-Min manzanmitas with my he Is a-lo kin* a r the si*~v an not a urne 1 r ug <n \ e but a bit of court lls i r I had on th buck of one tar. 1 ke,* v p t :11 lor :<• oi;d, ee pe tin’ a thun derbolt or mm th n . tut the coa? was a 1 lear an the sun a-smilin’ as only our dear California sun can smile, with the buds a 1 a-jiivi ’ praises to their - Maker an I not an ant or a durned thing in sight to bother anvb dv. Jus then I li aid some on ■ h Mr ‘G : out of here, y u 8 ® ’ it made me jump up, but it sour ded so na.urai like It set m SENATOR CHARLES. W. FAIRBANKS He lias been nienlinnptl n* n probable candidate for Vice President. to thinkjn,’ and dtirncd if it wasn't my ori vdee*—just arrived "Oh yes, he done ’re’ty well'for a lame 'bear, but, gif I Lordv, what sport Id a hod if I’d only had spurs on." A\ fieri* Panama Hots Ire 'fnde. From the New York Press. Ecuador is the real home of (he hats wrongly designated under the t ame of "Panama." This Industry afterward ex tended to Peru and other countrie-. . ve ,o ) u* atari in Mexico. Everywhe r in Latin America the hni Is known under the name of "jioijapa." in honor of tin rti where Its manufacture was : r t started It is only outside ofter producing coun tries that tin* hal receive* he tn (■> city which net make It. The tin S ft. JlplJnpa and Mont - cristi. tn the province of Manahl, this In dustry being one of ihe greatest resot ce of the coun.ry. The toq illlo, or leaf o a small plant. <s used for this purpose, it grow-s abundantly in til" t'd • >\ t e leaves coming up in >h" shop, of a fan The plant Is the earindiviea p.dmata. There are Jip japns of ad q all ies. (rm those* costing <r few eentivo 1 -. or American dents, to those worth sev.ral hu t !r* and su cres. or American da.’are The merit of these last, rt>l ini'v*l Ol t ■■■■■■ ■■' n sists as much in 'he scarcity of t:ie straw as In the difficulty of the weaving, nnd therefore Is it exceptional to find th-*so hats on the generttl market. The hats of current sale cost a 'enr sucres, the tin st not exceeding from CO to lt sucres in prior. In buying a panama It Is n .'swrry to learn two things—lf the straw * whole and if it is not stiffened It is r.ot easy to recognize the fits, condition. The weavers aplit the straw with eudi | ■ 1 unless n person Is accustomed <o *uch ex aminations it is almost im saibl lor him to distinguish the difference; Of equal fineness, the hat made fr. *i whole traw ls worth three or four time* the one man ufactured from the straw :ha has been split. The second condith nls re< ognlzed easily, for the hats are stilTemd to make the straw firmer and whiter. Good to qullla Is white and stiff enough not o tlce,i any gum. and only ordinary pin m s are stiffened. The Jlpljapn la strong and la the hat for durability, fineness, lightness and- ie ganoe. The shape of the hat, iNvarinb y the same for so many years, perhaps has hindered it from coming into gene al use. but if the dealers would co-operate with the makers they could obtain all the ehapeti they would need to mtlafy the whims of fashion, M THE IIOKNENG NEWS: THURSDAY. JUNE 21, WOO. HOGTS PEWIES IRE PLEXTIFIL. New York Counterfeiter* Are Turn in Out I.arse Amounts of Small Col ns. From the New York Journal. Wholesale counterfeiting of pennies is being carried on in the downtown Italian quarter. Rej r-~on:atives of the govern ment secret service bureau have been at work on the case for several weeks and a number of arrests are expected very shortly. The discovery of the counterfeits was made by an agent of the American Mu toscopc* Company. This company has a large number of moving picture machines in different places all over town. One of their branches is in Park Row, not tar from the downtown Italian quarter. It is tile custom to turn in the pennies taken in by the machines to the main office, a: Fourteenth street and Broad way, twice a week. From there the pen- n s es are taken weekly on a truck to the subtreasury. Three or four weeks ago 200 pennies were rejected as fraudulent. The same ex- porlne* was met with the following week. I Then n wan h was se' on the arriving pennies, and it was finally discovered that i all of the counterfeits came from the showroom in Park How. When the au thorities were notified of the counterfeits an -live- igation was at once set on foot, which resulted In the discovery of evi dence that an ex-tensive plant l for the manufacture of the spurious cents is in existence somewhere in the Italian quar ter. The coins are a very fair counter feit and seem to be made of something much like the alloy used by the govern ment in their manufacture. When ex amined closely It Is easy to detect the difference Horn the genuine, however. It is not customary to look at the small Coins with much attention, however, so that the counterfeits seem to pass al most as readily as the genuine coins. Tlie magnitude of :he operations of the counterfeiters is indicated by the fact that the Mutoscope Company alone has token In an average of moie than 200 of the coin's each week in one of the places alone where its machines have been exhibited. —Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, one of the be:t known men in the British j navy, who is now dn a tour In this eoun ! try *r.d Cancda. was senior naval officer iln th- Asaantee war in 15.3 '74. and was s \ etc Iwounded in acilon. For h!s ser vices in this cam, ago h was thanked I by h.th Houses of Parliament, and was made a companion of the Bath ami of the Order cf 8.. M c ael and St. George. He also sor ed during the bio had on the e st coasi of Afrl i in IS.sS-'X{>. and in the Vila punitive e p and iinn, 1 •!0. He was in nr \dm r .i, sc* nd It: command cf tue channel qua’inm. ", ti- 87 commander in cl ief In the East In it s. 18 : S to Hl;c m munder In chief on the China staton, IS9J tT ad o. maunder In chief at Plvmou h. 1:16 '99. —The Rev. Dr. Robert D 6'eprnird la being m> k n ol as the pro’aile success < r of H< nr.v Wade Rog< rs as pres and -nt of ho Northwe. t> rn l r nlvrlty. The do tor was born in Cn ago in 1817, and is a g ■! ate of the old Chicago University, and studi and In Europe thr e yens. "Every thing that Dr. Sheppard touches turns to gold." said eng of the true eex of the in verity, who it s tongly In favor of hla selection. Many people interacted In •he university remember that Dr. Shep pard is the man who on one occasion, a, out ten years ago. made BL’OOO9 for the I university in three minutes by a real es • tate transaction. INDIAN HUNT CALLED OFF. ItOLD CAPTAIN IIAROLD, AGED NINE, TICKED IN HIS LITTLE BED. He Started From New Jersey for the Rooky Mountain Region—>l embers of Ills lln ml Failed to Join Hint as They %grreed Harried Return Home on Finding Papa Was in Hot Pursuit. , From the New York Sun. The shades of night were falling about the commuter’s home. It was a time of anxiety and dread to the commuter’s wife for two reasons, which all subur banites will understand. In the firt piace, the commuter was lata. The S:o3 train had come end gone without him and the 7:21 was Long overdue. All the dire possibilities of the case came into her mind. Either the ferry boat had gone down with all on board or there had been a collision on the road or the engi neer had misunderstood the signals and the train hod plunged through the open draw and been swallowed up by the Hackensack river. It mattered not that by actual count, as the records of the Village Improvement'Society would dem onstrate. the 7:21 had been from eleven to twenty-nine minutes late every night for the last seven months. That could not be admitted as qualification of the probability that before bedtime the commuter’* wife would be receiving con dolences as the commuter's widow. So much for anxiety No. 1. The other was not less ominous nor was it less characteristic of life in the suburbs. Not only was the commuter late, but the commuter’s son could not tc found. This also had happened before. But.” said the commuter’s wife to herself, 'Harold promised me the last time he stayed out af:er dark that if I wouldn't punish him he would never do it again, so J just know that something has happened.” Fired by Indian Stories. The commuter’s son had recently ar rived with great satisfaction to himself at the age of 9. and, having been per mitted to exercise a certain latitude of choice in the selection of his birthday gifts, had induced the commuter to buy for him the alluring fictions contained in tue Rocky Mountain series. Harold hal of late evinced a desire to discard the conventional dress of effete Eastern civ ilization. to cook his food over bonfires and to prepare himself by the possession of firearms and hunting knives to wa r d off the assault* of the savage men and beasts which, as is well known, infest all of the region within a radius of twen tywflve miles of New York and especial ly that part which lies within the state of New Jersey. His views in theee mat ters had not met with the consideration to which he thought they were entitled. Hi* frequent earnest requests that jerked buffalo meat be substituted for the ordin ary diet of the family, that he should be allowed to array himself in a som brero and fringed trousers and that he should have a rifle, a bowle and a mus tang had awakened no response. “I almost wish w'e hadn’t bought him those books.” mused the commuter’s wife, as Fhe took ‘‘Frank Among the Ranch eros” end ran over the leaves. A paper fluttered out from between the pages and fell to the floor. The commuter's wife picked it up, carried it nearer to the gas light and read: THE WESTERN CLUB. Captain Harold Nelson age 9 six of may P JUANS each boy to get somethin to oat to last him four or five days and get n cowboys' suit or any kind of uniform and if net all right, and a ticket to the West and 5 dollars in hi? pocket, every boy be in Perkins woods at 9 oclock at night May 4, 1900 get a time table on the P. L. & X. R. R. and about the 11. of May we will be roaming oN the Western PlainsDo not tell your mother About it. each boy bring a real revolver and knife about 10 or 11 inches LONG and a blancket. every boy take anew name, mine is Jack Bowers. The commuter’s wife gasped and wrung her hands, and she herself probably hasn’t the faintest conception of what she wou- and have done if at that moment the com muter’s latchkey hadn't rattled in the door and heralded the appearance of her hus band. Trailingr the Fugitive. "Late again. Mary." growled the exas perated man. “We've decided to appoint a committee in the morning to call on the superintendent of the railroad and raise— Why, what's the matter, Mary? Anything wrong?" "Oh. Henry, read this!" and she pressed into his outstretched hand the prospectus of the Western Club. "Whew!” ejaculated the commuter. “The little devil! Now, Mary, len't that the " Oh. Henrv, how can you laugh and be so profane?" "Why. you don't think it's serious, do you?" "Serious! Henry, do you realize what night this is?" "Why—why, ye*. It's the fourth of . Where’s HaFOld?" "1 don’t knovh He’s gone.” "Gone! Gee whiz! Well. then, there's no time to spare Where were they to meet? At 9 o'clock. I guess I can make it." About an hour earlier a solitary figure— to borrow a phrase from romantic Action— might have been seen wending Its way toward Perkins’ woods. If it had been seen the person who saw it might well have wondered why it had strapped to I's shoulders a flannel blanket. And cou and he have looked Into the poekets of the wayfarer's coot it might have given him some pause to determine why one so young and apparently well nourished car ried about in his immediate possession fi\e corned beef sandwiches, half a dozen hard boiled eggs, sundry cold potatoes and a package of sa’.t and pepper. A glance un der the buttoned-up Jacket would have disclosed a belt In which was thrust a blade that might have seemed formidable enough had It not have been so rerently a factor In the kitchen economy of the com muter's household. That none of these facts was noticed or suspected was due to the policy pursued by the joung capta'.n who conceived that thus earl)' In the ad venture a proper regard for hi* own safe ty demanded the exercise of extreme cau tion. "Give me hut a few hours the start of them and I'll defy them.” he soliloquized, and suiting the action to the. word, he con cealed himself behind a fence, a tree or a bush whenever any one approached on the road. Thus stealthily directing his steps and adopting various devices io con fuse the trail in case an attempt suouid he mode to track him by the marks of his feet, the captain arrived something more than an hour bfore the appointed time at the meeting place in Perkins' woods. Harold's Ousting Cnursgp. His first act after halting denoted the alert and crafty woodsman. He bent over and examltfed the ground catcfully in all directions. "Injuqs!" he muttered, "or my name's not Jack Bowers." A little further Investigation satisfied him that the danger was not Imminent, so he sat down with his back against a tree and resolved to keep a strict lookout till he should he Joined by his trustv band. "And now,” said he. ' for grub A trap per must always eat when h* can, 'cause when he wants to maybe he can't. Once wet get started we must cover many miles ere daylight, and If the redskins BAKIXG roWOEIt, Pare Cream Tartar 40c lb. l\}\ s'\ \• • £ fir* M ----- H tw ru, n rn I { j I ! I j hiju. Wl3fL* makes it vouthful and hannv a-zam. It makes deli :ate people strong, s j c k people Bi, queenly bearing, and to men that power and H.'SCj"! dy health. >Blcnl blood purifier It replaces the es<nU*l, ot Bl •lng. overwork, brain or excesses. S~rj'i JsK i, clears the brain makes the blood pure and rich, and ud manly vigor. Within three days at er taklnz the OSjXaM snap vim. and enerity .you have counted as lost tor- BettrW s an tm- orement both satisfactory and lasting. BoT/HttS s prvrea direct from the formula of Elmer E Barton. BsCttßH merO. B nion. Ph D.. R s ne box win work wonders! VstvimS asforrijO. Bar-Ben ts aold by all live drurrtew or will B SOM esa Dr Barton A Benson, 106 Ba- Ben Blk.. Cleveland O. Ws, oppose us more than one of their braves shall bi e the dust Sormhow or other his apr-etite was less voracious than he ext>ectid it to he. It and sa)p inti-d 1 im und caused him to feet that he was not doing himself cud t. Try as he would, it couldn't finish more than one sandwich and one egg. and as for the cod to aloes they were out of the question. The silence of the woods op pressed him and the darkness became p o pkd with imaginary things that caused even the heart of Jack Bowers to sink Then arose ’he sickening thought that perhaps the Western Club had betrayed its leader. He wondered if it cou and r ally be that this or that companion, the brav est and boldest as he had prophesiel, the boys who w ee to be almost as heroic and almost as tameus as himself—if they could have oaten their suppe .s at home and If percha'ce they were at that mo ment lucked away in their own trim little beds And this train of thought led him to rtfleet whether it m.ght net have be n belter after all if he had oaten his sup per at homo and bsen tucked away in his little bed. "I guess I'll .’•eeonnoiter," he said to blmself. as he stood up and tiptoed off to the roadside. It seemed lo be go and there, so he went on. Each step brought him ntarer the h me which he bad so la'ely left "forever." He was trudging along at a lively pace now aid he though: he hoard someone approaching. Ho crouched behind a bush. "Papa!" he whispered, as a tall figure stalked by. "I wonder If he's after me?" Just then he saw a great tight I'd bet ter get hem J before lie does," was the thought that lent speed to a pair of tfoit young legs. date at Home Again. Ten minutes later a shamefaced lad rang the door b. 11 of the commuter's house Why his m thcr rec.ivcd him with open arms, why she hugged him, why she didn't ask hint sterniy for an acco nt cf hln self he couldn't understand nor did he stop to ask. ■ Mamma. ' he said, "1 want to go to bad." ' Don't yon want some supper, deary?" "No: I just went to go to Bed.” All the time she was helping him to un dress lh boy wondered why his mother said nothing about his absence He al most wished the would. She iiad hade him got and tilth. end was moving out of the r.oor when a plaintive voice call and: "Mamma." "Well, deary?" "I’ve get a secret, mamma." "Yes, deary, what is it?" "Yeti won'i tell papa?" "No.” "I was going to run away to-night, mama ” "Ar.d why didn't you my boy?" ••W-e-l-i—because I didn't want to after all.” "And you won't leave mamma again?" "N-o-o." She was almost out In the hall when fh heard his voice once more "Where are you going, mamma?" "Only In the front room." "All r-i-g-h-t." "You're not afraid, deary?" “Nr. *not*if 1 know wh ro you are " Presently the front door opened again. "I can'i find him." was the commuter's anxious greeting "Never mind, he's here," replied the commuter - wife. "Where?" "In bid.' • Mary, what on earth are you going to do ate ut It?” "No'htng at all Henry,'< she answered. "Nothing at all." TIRRI) OF BEIXG A TWIN. Radical Xlcnenrcs Taken by Johnny Hopkins to Alter His Cftpcnranre. From the Indianapolis News. L-ittle Johnnie Hopklr.s was tired of be ing a twin. For almost seven years he hod been compelled to share the Joys ana sorrows of existence with his twin brother, Oscar, with whom ho had always to divide his apples and candy, and even the bed in which he slept at night. It seemed to him that on account of Oscar he was only gening half of what he was entitled to. Not only Whs he disgusted because of this state of affali . bin he was also tired of looking exactly like his brother, for he and Oscar so closely resembled each other In appearance that no one save members bf the family could tell them apart. This resemblance their parents tried to strengthen by dressing them ax- SURFER COMFORTS. f Awnings in summer will add more than tongue can tell to your comfort. Ask us for an estimate. Dixie Mosquito Frames — > '‘tj Any grade of nets can be used. This is the best tiling SgCTMMiwrf of the age. Sy-aw Matting on your floor will make you feel' cool. A nice Hammock for your sweetheart and yourself is nice. Carpets taken up and cleaned. 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Oilier boys were not mins, and it did not seem fair that lie should have to he one. It was humiliating. Only that morning. Jim Brace, th* tough boy in Ihe second square below, had walked up to him as ho stood with Oscar watching a game of marbles, and demanded. “Biy, which of you guys 'is which, anyhow’" He could not eland H. He would he * twin no longer. Jumping out of the chair, he ran qultkiy upsisirs and took from its pl.ics on th" mantelpiece th** savings bank whi.h Ms father hid given l him and Oscar nt Christmas time. This hank was Supposed fo be burglar-prooi. but Johnnie possesses considerable me chani el ability, atsd soon Its content*: were lying on the floor—Pi cents tn all. ' Johnnie counted them carefully. Twenty-j three of them he pu hack In the honk for Oscar. An equal number he placed in his pocket, seized his enp and left Ihe hens* . "What can I do for you?" asked the barber In whose shop he npjvsred twenty minutes later. "I want my hnir cut." replied the re bellious twin, with ari ai' of such author ity that the ! über took it for grants 1 that he h*.l Ms mother's consent, and soon relieved his head of its superfluous growth of curls. "I'll pay you the other two cents next we*k,” explained Johnnie as he left the shoo, proud of his new appearance. When h reached home, there wag a scene. Johnnie had never supposed that Mich a simple thing as a halt-cut could create so much cotsfluslon. When quiet wax restores! and he wae asked why In: did it. Johnnie said: " '/Cause I'm tired of being a twin, and if you cut off Oscar's, I’U cut off my foot—honest truth," nd the Hopkk* fam ily, fearing he might try to oarry out hi* threat, has allowed Johnnie to have tu TWIIN n\ THE FIRST PRINTER. tDiirlran Humorist Trlla Vital thu World (lwe to (>u 11 c nlterg. The Maimer Zrltung publishes the fal lowing 1< tier received by the commlttea the Outtenberg celebration In Mayem-fc ft -n the author of Huckleberry Finn:" ' pear Sire Your request to have rna iontrloute my mit to the Guttenberg cel ebration Is both a plra-ure and an honor. The world at lurge unhesitatingly admits that Guttenbetg's Invention Is the grand ee! event. In profane history. It helped to create not only anew world, but also h new hell, both of which for nearly flva enturies it hos annually provided with now exporter new ideas and new won d' 1 it found Truth erring about tha w -Id atvj g i e > wings—buP Ll* was also roaming and managed to appropriate two eete of wing- it found Selene* perae ■utrd and ht ling In dark'corner*. tut It gave It freedom on land and sea and in the heavens and made It the welcom* aim of human study. It found but Ht tp- art. and Industry, but It ad.led to thatn year by year. It made It* inventor who was shunned and despised, great, and gave him the mastery of the globe. Tt transformed religion, which was then the nil-powerful ruler. Into a friend and hen ifa tress of mankind. 'War was then • omparatlvely cheap, hut of restricted eflt-r:; now it Is very expensive, but glveat ■•. ro satisfactory results, it has brought freedom to some peoples nnd thrown oth c r into slavery; It is the founder oral protector of human liberty, and vet tt Has fostered despotism where formerly 1t wa- Impcaslble Whatever the world Is ;o-day, good or bad. It Has become through ' .uttenbers'a invention, which is at th bottom of it. And yet arw offer him our homage, for what he said in hit dream to the angel of wrath has been fulfilled and the e\U caused by his 'grand discovery has hem a thousand-fold balanced by tha good with which It has blessed humanity i Very truly yours. "Mark Twain." i— Hid bananas are coming Into the mar | ke.t again. 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