tA THE GIRL r, AND THE DOG ! 1 By Rol Cooper Megrue "Hollo, Chum!" he snld, ns ho disappeared Into the Mr chnlr ho fore tho fire. "I hnvo boon having a KorReous time. Tho devil Invent ed afternoon tons when he was par ticularly keen; I mot all the pco;le I've been trying to forget for ton years." "She wan there," the man said; "she was there. Ah, she's a bully rlrl. the prettiest, the daintiest; the befit; she han the dearest mouth and the softest voice, and the gen tlest band. Hut you don't under stand, do you. Chum? Come hero, old boy." The bull terrier, with un cut ears for the man was tender, even with his dop. "You'll like her, old boy; she won't ever whip you when you ehnse cats" the don lifted his head, and then, seelnR no feline enemy, sank down again. "Just think, she said 'Yos' that wonderful girl said 'Yos' to me aren't you surprised? No, of course you wouldn't bo. I ptioss you love nie ns much as she does may he more, which Is It?" Hut Chum was snoring comfortably beyond dog dreams of henvon. Hut tho Man wont on talking; slneo he had boon alone. Chum asleep or awake, was his confidant and one who never criticised. "I can't quite believe It that It's me she. loves. Out It must bo. Money? Not with those eyes. We'll miss each other n bit, you anil I" the Man said softly. "We'll miss all our good times and romps and fun vlfh tho call and the snapping fox terriers nnd the walks, nut of course we'll have them now nnd then," the Man added hastily, "Just for old times' sake, eh, old boy?" The Man sat quiet nnd drew the ter rl"r closer to him fondly. The Olrl did look fair, wonderful, as she snt there In her radiant ki mono with her ankle boldly peeping out. "You do lovo me," said the Roy, "I.ovo you? You usl( that?" and the Roy know In his heart there was no need to ask. "P.tit I hoar everywhere that you are going to marry tho big Ameri can." "Money," she answered tersely; "money; but I shall bo still yours, all yours," und she took him la her arms. "What's that?" said tho Girl, drawing ewny. "Thut, why, that's Chum," said the Man, laughing. "I don't believe you two have met, so I brought him around ; you don't mind, do you?" "I hate doss," said tho Girl; her voice was not gentlo now. "Oh, eomo," said the Man, unbe lieving, "you don't hate Chum. You two are going lo see a lot of each other, and he's my best friend eh. Chum?" Hut Chum did not wag his tail; ho was pulling with nil the forco of his forty pounds toward the Girl. His tail switched almost like au angry oaf;;; his lips twitched, baring long pointed teeth that made the Ulrl shiver slightly. Then Chum growled low, rumblng. "I hate dogs." The man had never seen hor look like that before. Then Chum barked, dangerous, threatening, and growled even Dioro, thought the Man, than if the Girl had been a cat. "Vou must aet rlI of him." "You must get rid of him." said the Girl, tensely. "I could hardly do that," began the Man, apologetically, "you see " "You may do as you please," she said, coldly, "but you must choose between me and that that brute!" She trembled again slight ly; that angry dog, seeing behind bar inaak, waa not a pleasant Right. "Please go at once, now get rid ot him." "Well, ot course, I will still poor Chum he's my best friend." "You'll be very good to him," be said to the man at the kennel, with Just a tremor In hla voice. "You aee, he's never been alone much and he's a good dog." Chum waa quiet, very; be seemed to aoent something wrong. "Oood bya, Chum, good bye." The Man turned to leave, and the dog, la Um angutah of being left, threw himself again and again, nt the wire netting; his face was bleeding fron the shnrp Impact; one of his nails, caught In the mesh, had been pulled out. Rut he was watching the Man, who was slowly getting further and further away. Once the Mnn, honr Inn; these pitiful yelps, stopped and turned back; tho yelps changed to those of Joy; tho dog had seen. Rut the Man, thinking of tho Girl, went on. Ho entered the room; there was no great white bnll bounding from tho lounge to greet him, with wag ging tall. It was lonoly this room, now. "I hnvo done as you asked," he wrote the Olrl, "but It seems rather unfair to the dog and to mo. I am sure he would love you and th'nk you would come to love him. Shan't I get him back?" There was no one to talk to this night; and so he went to bed. He waa In no humor to see tho Girl. , . , The next morning there was a reply from her. "You may do as you please, but as I told you, If I am to marry you I can't have that horrid, nasty, treacherous brute arourd. lhat Is final; surely this is a sir.ull thing for me to ask." " 'Nasty, treacherous' poor old Chum, who's stuck by mo, richer or poorer, better or worse, for six years. I wonder if she'd do as much." And ho pondered. The sight of Chum's whip, of the frag ments of a rubber bnll he could Und none which Chum could not de molish the u n mussed pillows, nnd a few white hairs all smote him keenly. It was lonely without the terrier! 'Gad, what a baby I am, but Chum stuck by mo, I ought to t ' him." He went out for a walk, but It was unenjoyable; there wns no Chum trailing nt his heels, or frol licklng about. lie met throe cats and they passed him unmolested poor Chum! Homo ho found a loiter from the kennels. "You asked mo to let you know how your dog was. He cried all night, nnd won't eat this morn ing. He'll probably bo better la a week or two, they usually are." Then suddenly he remembered he had been too love blind to do so before In all their six years to gether, Chum and ho. Chum had only growled nt three people like that, and all three had proved rot ten bad roten bad. Wus s-bo? No Bhe couldn't be. Yet now when ho thought it over she had loo'-pd venomous yesterday when she hud said, "I hate dogs," nnd people who didn't like dogs, and whom dogs didn't like that had nlwnys been part of his creed of friendship. He caught sight again of the orderly lounge, of the whip, of the half eaten slipper und in his mind ho could hoar Chum yelping patheti cally and refusing to eat, and Chum was always so hungry! He rose un comfortably; Chum had proved himself time and aguln had he Girl? "You told me to do ns I pleased," he wrote, "on b?cond thought I choose the do;." Chum was standing In his wire prison as his master eamo walking quickly clown the road; his head and tall drooped pathetically; he was misery. There was the sound of a familiar whistle, but Chum was inattentive; he had boon deceived so often theso last few hours. The Man Blood before him. Chum could ot believe It; then suddeuly ho did. Tall, head, body, legs, In whirling contortions, nil testified madly to Joy, supremest Joy. Staccato barks, expressive yelps, a mad desire to chew his master, made Chum a fair demon of hupplness, and the Man had a bit of a lump in his throat as he looked down on his small white friend. He walked home, and it was all very natural, very Joyful. Chum was trailing at his heels, now Jumping all over him, now in a mad scramble after cuts. The Man disappeared into the big chair he fore the fire. "It's good again, Chum, isn't it? Come, old boy." "A note for you, Sir," said the buttons. "Get it, Chum." The dog wagged his way back with the "oto In ills mouth. "Dear old Pal: Forgive my intru sion ia your affairs, but I have Just heurd of your reported engagement to tfiat girl. I hope it isnf true. Her husband, one of my clients, Is suing her for divorce, and we've only Just located her whereabouts. Let mo kuow when I can come to toll you all about it." "Ruttona," said the Man with a Jump thut sent the dog sprawling to the middle of the floor; "Uuttons, get mo pounds of raw meat, and a steak, and some chops, and some liver. Hurry." 'There you old rascal, you Intelli gent, nasty, horrid brute; that's all for you. This Otrl business is all your fault," and he hit Chum over the head lovingly, and Chum bit back affectionately. "Chum, you axe a friend." It Oldii't Work. "George," said the' Colonel to a colored man whom be met on the atreet. "I wish you would spread news around among your people that I am going to sot a spring gun In my hen house, and that If uuy of them are ahot it won't bo my fault. "Yaa, Bah, I'll do so, but I dou't reckon It'll do any good." "But why won't It?" "Bekase, sab, aa I understands de Bkuashun, dey dun oleaned your hen house out last night and won't have any occasion to go back dur!" I W I Germany Has an Abundance lOf Legal Restrictions. DRUG STORES LIMITED Government Regulates Number of Apothecaries Strangers Have to Register at Police Station News paper Slights to the Emperor Pun ishable by Fine and Imprisonment A correspondent writing in the Chi cago News says: The law keeps close track of everybody who comes into Ger many. Strangers must be registered at the police station, at inn latest within throe days after their arrival in any place, so that if the police have occa sion to want them, they will know where to look. Wage earners are obliged to have re ports, amounting to recommendations, which each of their employers must sign and which every new employer may, and generally does, ask for. This Is a custom excessively hard on both parties concerned. The law requires that employers and employes give each other notice of a full month's time when either intends to discharge or to change his position, as the case may be. Hasty discharges must be paid for by the employer. Everybody knows, of course, how ex traordinarily careful people must be In speaking or writing about the emperor. An Insult or derogation Is punishable by a fine and imprisonment. Editors must be on the constant guard, but as it Is impossible for them to be respect ful under all and any circumstances, they not Infrequently find themselves In trouble. And in order that tho right person may be punished if there be any such occasion, all publications boar tho name and address of the one responsi ble for the contents. The railroads In Germany have been owned by the government since the years Immediately following the Franco-Prussian war in 1S70-1. At that time !t was found difficult to trunsfer the troops and to prevent another such situation the government took over tho management of trains, bo that It could have every train at its disposal In case of war. It lias succeeded wonderfully well in this undertaking. The German government controls drug stores. I was a good deal shocked to learn this coming from a country where almost any man can settle down in peace in almost any business he may choose. Far different Is It with Ger man druggists, and far different has It been, too, for several centuries. The government decides the location of the drug store, and does it in this way: For every 10,000 people in each city there must be a drug store, and for every 4.000 people in the country. Thero Is a similar kind of arrangement In re gard to chimney sweeps, whose wages are paid them by the government out of a special tax fund. These particu lar drug laws apply only to Prussia. The other divisions of Germany Ita varla, Wurtcmbtirg and so forth have other, but similar, regulations. The Prussian laws are exceedingly numerous and complicated. After the prospective druggist has passed his ex amination, he must obtain a eoncexsioti from the government to open n place of business. There is a great variety of concessions, too. When a mnn has opened a new place he must keep his books In good order for inspection. Af ter three years he is pledged to give over to the government a specified per centage of his profit, year by year, ac cording to his concession. The govern ment also fixes the maximum profit which a druggist can make on various goods. But what are the objects and results of all this? The fundamental object is the security of the people, the second ary object, security for druggists. For the profession Is not dissatisfied with all these laws and all this government. On the contrary, the United German Druggists' Association is very decided ly In favor of It. The business, which very easily becomes overcrowded, la kept in a normal condition. The Ger mans have observed in other countries that free competition In this as in other lines lowers prices. Dy restraining the freedom of druggists, the profession is ' ninde secure, because when there is ! only one drug store to 10,000 persons the owner is sure to be kept busy, and as he Is protected In demanding profit j all his colleagues are doing the same as he he is assured of a livelihood. ! Rut the public, generally at tho merry j of the npotheeary, Is also benefited; I fraud and exorbitant charges cannot 1 bo made. Every community, too, is ' sure of having a drug store. The "Coming Nation." I Now the American Immigration ques- tion In Canada has reached a climax. It takes only three years for an immi grant to cam a vote In Canada, and 75,000 former American voters will soon come into their Canadian suf frage. There are, in round numbers, 190,000 males more than 18 years of age In western Canada who formerly llvort In tho. United States IKn HOA nf whom are old enough to vote. There ' are now between 750,000 and 800,000 settlers, with a possible voting popula tion of 240,000, a high percentage be cause many cattlemen without families are emigrating from Montana and Wy oming. In eastern Canada thousands of peo ple believe that this Invasion means tho ultimate annexation of western Canada by the United States. It is called "the coming nation." World's Work. Galallth, or "milk stone," Is being much used for decorating, and promises to take the place of marble. King Edward baa appointed King Al fonso a general In the DrlUsh ana. CHINESE D0CT0P8 POPULAR. , Hav4 a Lucrative Practice In Western Cities. The method of treating sick persona In some cities is similar to that of ihe other physicians of the United States and thus,, of Great Britain. They de pend much, howovor, on the examina tion of the pulse. Their sense of loach is so wonderfully developed that it ia said thoy can determine the condition of the heart as well as Bom of tin oth er organs merely by the fe-iblenesj or strength of the boats; bin. thi y ay there are no loss than twelve different movements of the arteries in the hu man body, all of which can b dart ed by feeling the fingers, wrist and arm, says an exchange. When a patient calls on him for ex amination, the doctor first presses the arm, wrist nnd fingers, touching nearly every part. Sometimes ten or firteen minutes Is occupied with this examina tion. Then he may ask If the patient Is married or single, and also his uge; but this is about the limit, of the ex amination. Apparently he can tell the nature of the disease without question ing further, and if the call, r wishes a prescription he writes one in the ordi nary Chinese characters on a generous sized square of paper. Hinging a bell, he hands the prescrip tion to the Chinese attendant who en ters, for each physician has his own shop, filled with the ingredients which he uses In treatment. If he has a large practice he may employ a native chem ist, who makes up the prescription. One of the curious features of Chi nese medical treatment Is the way in which tue physicians administer their remedies. Nearly all the offices of the principal doctors have what may bo called a tea room attachment. This is n spacious apartment, well lighted, fre quently ornamented with oriental pot tery and pictures, nnd containing small tabks. each with two or three chairs. If the Invalid does not wish to take his medicine ut home, he Is ushered Into this room, and. while seated at one of the tables, drinks his presc ription as ho would a cup of tea or a glass of wine. With but few exceptions the medicine Is In liquid form, and served hot in dainty Chinese bowls, for most of it is composed of a decoction of herbs. Each table contulns a bowl of rais ins, and when the attendant brings In the medicine he also brings In a glass of tepid water. If the drink is bl.fr, ns It usually Is, the patient can eat some of the raisins to ramove the taste, while with the water he rinses his mouth and throat. Then lie Is re-.uly to go home, returning the next day for another examination and dose. ! Charities of Joe Jefferson I "There need be no surprise at the comparatively small estate left by Jo seph Jefferson," said A. I.. Erlanger. "To be sure, the immense earnings from his many seasons In iUp Van Winkle' and his keen sense of business led the public to believe that there would be millions of dollars left when I the great old man of the American stage died; but to those who knew of , the charitable side of his personality, ! and the free hand with which he gave money away to members of the profes sion who needed it, there should be no surprise that this is not the case. "1 was associated with Mr. Jefferson for many years, and knew, probably, more about his charities than any one else. In fact, I distributed thousands of dollars every year for him. without being asked to account for it In any way. At the least call for aid Mr. Jef ferson would say, 'Look up this fellow 1 used to know him and if he needs the money let him hine it; only he's kind of proud, so don't let him think it's charity.' "If I wanted to, I could tell you the names of a dozen or more actors, some of them now living, who received reg ular weekly amounts from Mr. Jeffer son, ranging from $25 up to $100. The late C. W. Couidock I used to pay $100 every week, and it was Mr. Jefferson's orders that Couidock should never want for anything. "Couidock was a peculiar old man, honest and candid, and a little thing like $100 a week did not prevent his saying what he thought of Mr. Jeffer son. Once Jefferson bought an apart ment house up in Harlem, a fine, new building, then very fashionable and well appointed. " 'Couidock needs a good place to live," he said to me. 'Furnish a nice apartment in the house for hhn, and tell him to occupy it, rent free, with my compliments, Just as long as he wants to.' "I sent for Couidock and gave him the glad tidings. His gratitude was something surprising. He stormed, fumed and swore, and finally blurted out In his most approved 'You are no longer a chee lid of mine' tone: " 'What! Live In a tenement on that old miser's bounty! No, sir. No, sir. Never-r-r-r-r!' "He stalked out of my office, pound ing the floor with his cane, and I uever dared mention the subject to him again." The Power Behind the Puree. The determining factor in all modern life is money. The hand that holds the purse rules the world, though the spirit must regulate It Man la the wage earner, but the purchasing power ot the nation is in the hands of the wom an that is, among the only women who are of any account In the empire, the women of the middle (in all its tiers) and the lower classes. London Mall. Liberia exportu about 50,000,000 gal lons of palm oil a year. It is made from the outer part of the palm nut, not from the kernel. In Bangkok you travel from the steamer to the hotel on the back of an elephant THE JEW A9 A RACE. Modern European Jew Probably Not Connected With Biblical Jew. That J,000,(IU() out of tho 1O.OUU.UU0 Jews now existing may not bo Israel ites in the strict sense of the word, but may represent a largo proportion of Slavic, Gorman, and Ilun intermix turo, was tho suggestion mndo recent ly by Dr. Maurice Flshherg as tho result of ills long study of the anthro pology of tho Jews of New York. Tho problem which tho doctor set himself to work out was whether there was uny truth in tho statement generally accepted by anthropolo gists that tho .lows of today uro direct descendants of the Israelite's of an cient times, and that little if uny intermixture had taken place between' them and the various peoples among whom thoy had lived. Dr. Flshherg measured about two thousand persons as to tho stature, cephalic Index, oye color, and hall color, and found that by comparing tho averages of these several measurements with those of the corresponding characters of the Christian races of the countries where the Jews had boon born that Jews coming from Itussla, Germany, Poland, Galleia, and Itoumanla resembled In type the Christian Inhabitants of these countries. The possibility of racial Intermix ture is strengthened by the fact that tho Jews have lived In those several countries for many hundred years, monuments proving conclusively that they have been In southern Russia for 2,000 years and In Poland for 1h. Thero Is one source of difficulty, however, and this Is In the matter of eye nnd hair color. A largo propor tion of Jews of all localities are light haired or ligH eyed or both. But, strange to say, whore tho Chris tian population Is most blonde the Jews are least, as in Lithu ania or northern Hussla nnd Germany. In soul horn Germany and Kussl i, on tho contrary, whore tho natives are darker, the Jews are lighter. Or. Fmhborg is r.ot yet able to explain this contradiction One thing Is clear from nil this. The modern European Jew Is much more allied by physical characters with the native Christian population than with the races generally looked upon as pure Semitic ns the Arabs and the peoples of Palestine. It Is very probable, therefore, con cluded Dr. FIshbTg. that the modern European Jew Is not Intimately con nected by blood with tho true. Semitic Jews of tho Biblical times. New York Evening Post. Fighting Fires in China. "I was in Pekin," said a tourist, 'when a fire broke out a few doors Lciow the house in which I .vas lodg ing, and at tho first alarm I rurhud out and into the burning structure to Bee what could bo saved. I was at once aiTestod, and, later on, discov ered the Chinese way of fighting a fire. "A policeman first required an afll davK of the head of the houshold to the effect that he did not deliberately Bet the hou:;u ablao, and, for this pur pose, took him before an olllc'al half a mile away. A second was stationed to see that no one removod any furni ture until the papers had been made out. "After a lapse of forty minutes the firemen arrived. They looked at the burning house and decided that It was on fire. After much argument. It was further agreed that it would bo a waste of water to try to put out the flames. After the name, age and hab its of the owner had been taken, tho Are department retired in good order. As tile flames wero unhindered, tho house burned to the ground, and when tho owner returned ho was beaten by his neighbors for endangering their property. I was held In durance vile for two hours, and then fined 35 cents." Lost Language. A monument to a lost language is to bo found in tho village of St. Paul, near Penzance, in Cornwall, and it is believed to bo tho only monument In existence which marks the death of a vanished tongue. It commemorates the death of the last woman who spoke in the Cornish language, and was erected by a Frenchman. It is a granite obelisk about seven foot high and Is built into the church yard wall, the front facing the high way, where It Is plainly discernible by all who pass that way. Tho upper part is in tho form of a Maltese cross. The inscription reads as fol lows: "Here liotli interred Dorothy Pentreath. who diid in 1777, said to have been tho last person who con versed In the nncWt Cornish, tho peculiar lnnguago of this country from tho earliest records till it expired In the 18th century In parish of St. Paul" Professional Cards. N. U. FUNK. ATTORN KY-AT-LAW, Ent'i Building, Court House Square, BLOOM SBURG, PA. J. H. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, INSURANCE AND RIAL ESTATE AGENT, Office, in Townsend'i Building, BLOOMSBURG. PA. A. L. FRITZ, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office Bloomsnunr Nat'lBank Bldg.,8d floor m.uuaiaisijKij, fA. JOBNO. rSIIII. JOBM e. BABMAH FREEZE & HARMAN, vAITOIBYBAND COL N 8ELLOHB AT LA W BLOOMSBURG, PA. Office on Centre Street, 1st door below Orvxs I fonts. II. A. McKILLIP, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Columbian Building, 2nd Fluct. BLOOMSIilKG, I' A A. N. YOST. ATTORN EY-A T-J.AW I'.nt Building Court House Square, BLOOMSBURG. PA. RALPH R. JOHN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hartman Building, Market Square Bloomsburg, Pa. 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