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DOINGS OF OREGON’S LEGISLATURE TRADE BALANCE FIRST TIME REAL A Brief Resume o f Proceedings o f the People's Representatives at the State Capital, Rills Introduced, Passed, Rejected, Etc. Proposed Changes in Haz One “ Dry " Measure Boiled ard List Made in House Doicn to Only 115 Words State Capitol, Salem— All pending legislation intended to make effective the prohibition amendment enacted by the people at the election laat Novem ber is embraced in a bill o f precisely 116 words introduced in the house by Representative Cardwell, o f Douglas county. The Cardwell bill, which, its author says, is all that is necessary to make Oregon as dry as the proverbial bone, is: "A n y person or persons who shall, after the first day o f January, 1916, manufacture, sell or have in his, her or their possession for the purpose o f sale, any intoxicating liquor o f any nature shall be deemed guilty o f a mis demeanor and upon conviction^thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum o f not less than $200 or more than $1000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months; provided, however, that this art shall not apply to licensed physicians pre scribing alcoholic liquors for medicinal purposes or the sale thereof for scien tific, sacramental or mechanical pur poses. All laws and parts o f laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed." In striking contrast to this measure is the Committee o f One Hundred's bill containing about 8000 words, and the bill of Representative Lewis, con taining about 6000 words, either de signed to carry into effect the pro hibition amendment. The Cardwell bill is proclaimed by its author as con taining more real legislation than the two others combined. "M y bill will do the w ork ," said Representative Cardwell. "Y ou don't need another word to drive every sa loon, brewery and distillery out o f the sta te ." In explanation o f the provision that will give physicians the right to pre scribe alcoholic liquors for medicinal purposes, he declares that the constitu tional amendment requires that excep tion be made. "T h e amendment specifically pro vides, ” he said, "that licensed physi cians be permitted to prescribe intoxi cating liquor for medicinal purposes. Now this legislature can’t go ahead and pass a bill that will deny them that privilege. Our law would be un constitutional if we w ou ld." Many Sweepidg Changes Proposed in Election Bill State Capitol, Salem — A plan to remedy many legislative ills and to establish a closer relation between the legislature and the people who make laws through the use o f the initiative and referendum is embraced in a pair o f bills introduced in the house by Representative Blanchard, o f Josephine county. Mr. Blanchard’s first bill requires that all initiative measures be filed with the secretary o f state on or be fore January 1 preceding the biennial elections. The second one proposes to change the time o f the biennial legislative sessions from the odd-numbered to the even-numbered years, and post poning the 1917 session to January, 1918. This would place the legislative meetings in the same year with the elections and would eliminate the ne cessity o f holding special elections to consider measures referred to the peo ple by the legislature. Because the initiative measures would be on file with the secretary of state before the legislatures would meet it would be possible for the legis latures to take up and dispose o f the measures proposed by initiative. W hile the Blanchard bill would not compel the legislature to consider those measures, the author is sure that no legislature would refuse to act on them. Free Textbooks in Peril State House, Salem— Oregon’s free textbook law may be repealed by the present legislature. The house com mittee on judiciary introduced a bill providing for the repeal o f the law passed by the 1913 legislature, which gives the various school districts o f the state the privilege o f voting on the question o f free textbooks. Only one district— St. Johns— has adopted books under the provisions o f this act. The present law allows all schools— parochial as well as public— to obtain free textbooks if a district votes to adopt them. Representative Scheubel introduced a bill last week providing that only public schools be entitled to free textbooks. The judiciary com mittee did not agree on the Schuebel bill, so compromised by drawing up a new bill repealing the textbook law and deciding to report the Schuebel bill adversely. State Capitol, Salem — Classifica tions o f occupations and a scale o f premiums based upon the haxard risk involved by every class is pro|>oeed in a series o f amendments to the work men’s compensation act introduced in the house by Representative Schuebel o f Clackmas. The pros posed assessments are to be based on the total payroll in any par ticular hasard. The rates vary from one-half o f 1 per cent in the printnig trades to 8 per cent for structural steel, subaqueous w orts and powder works. Every workman coming under pro visions o f the act is required to con tribute 1 cent a day regardless o f the occupation he is engaged in. and the employers are required to retain the money from every man’s wages and remit it to the commission. Whenever the money paid in any one calendar year to the workmen o f any one employer coming under pro visions o f the act shall not exceed 60 per cent o f the contributions into the fund by such employer, his rate of assessment^ shall be^_ decreased by 10 per cent. Whenever, in the opinion o f the commission, the money in the indus trial accident fund shall be sufficient to meet all payments then due, with a surplus o f 30 per cent, the employers shall be exempt from payment for the next calendar month. A waiting period o f six days is pro vided, but if the incapacity or ina bility extend beyond a period o f four weeks payments shall be computed from the date o f the injury. The commission is authorised to in spect factories and workshops for the purpuse o f determining whether em ployers have taken all possible precau tions to protect their employes from injury. _________ Portage Line Men Report. State Capitol, Salem— The Portage railway commission in a report filed in the senate requests that action be taken with a view o f turning over the railway, its rolling stock, etc., to the regular state board o f supervision when the Celilo canal is completed May 1. It announces that there re mained January 1, 1916, in the state treasury $22,841.40 o f the last appro priation o f $26,000 to the credit o f the Portage railway. It is requested that $5000 be left in the present fund and that the balance_be turned over to the general fund. Joseph T. Peters, L. A. Lewis and W. J. Mariner, the com missioners, who have served continu ously since they were appointed by the legislature February 23, 1907, tender their resignations, to take effect upon the completion o f the Celilo canal. Oregon Capitol Near Destruction. Salem, Or.— Oregon’s historic State- house was endangered for a time Sun day by a fire which started shortly be fore 5 o'clock p. m. following an ex plosion o f oil in the central heating plant, just outside the baserrfent o f the Capitol. The entire interior o f the heating plant was a mass o f flames and the blaze leaped out the skylight and up along the side o f the State- house. Quick work by state officials, state employes and the Salem fire de partment soon had the blaze under control. It was feared that two filled oil tanks would explode, but this danger was eliminated by Joe Bemardi, fire man, who rushed through the flames and shut the pipe which feeds oil to the burner o f the heater. Merger Work Begins Soon. State Capitol, Salem — The joint committee to investigate bills and sug gestions for consolidations and aboli tions o f boards and departments will start work at once, announces Presi dent Thompson, o f the senate, who named Day, Barrett and Bingham members o f the Benate committee. The house committee is composed of Speaker Selling, Hare, Hunt, Eaton and Wentworth. It is the plan to make a thorough investigation o f con ditions and make recommendations for reform in the state government. Annexation Bill Signed. State Capitol, Salem — Governor Withycombe has signed house bill No. 23, introduced by Representative Lewis, which will enable cities to merge under a constitutional amend ment passed at the recent election. The measure is primarily for the bene fit o f St. Johns and Portland, both of which will vote upon a proposal for a merging o f the smaller city with the larger one in a few months. Anti-Advertising Bill Liked. State Capitol, Salem — The house committee on roads and highways voted to report favorably on the bill introduced by Representative Smith, o f Multnomah county, to prevent ad vertising along the Columbia High Absent Voters’ Bill Filed. State Capitol, Salem— A bill provid way. This measure is fathered by the good roads and motor enthusiasts, who ing that registered voters who are want to preserve the scenic beauties of away from home at general elections the highway. _________ may, by presenting the proper certifi Immigration Board Dead. cate, vote for presidential electors, state officers and on constitutional State Capitol, Salem—The economy amendments wherever they may be in program was given impetus when Gov the state, was introduced by Senator ernor Withycombe signed the bill o f Perkins, o f Multnomah. It is styled Senator Dimick abolishing the im “ Absent Voters’ L aw .” The act pro migration commission. An appropria vides that the voter must obtain a cer tion o f $60,000 was made for the de tificate from the judges o f election in partment by the last legislature and the district in which he lives. It will $71,000 was asked for the present bi also be necessary to identify himself. ennial period. Markets of World Now Open to People of United States. Economist Sags America Is Keep ing Her Money at Home on Account o f Har. Chicago— For the first time in his tory the United States is "experien c ing the sensation o f a real trade bal ance in its favor,” Dr. Edward E. Pratt, chief o f the Federal bureau o f foreign and domestic commerce, told the Illinois Bankers’ association at its annual dinner here Thursday. As a result o f the developments abroad during the last six months. Dr. Pratt said, "w e have turned the corner and are facing a new era o f business expansion in this country—an era which has made the term ‘ home market' ob solete and rachaic and put in its place the unfamiliar term o f ‘ world market.’ He explained that while the export excess in favor o f the United States had ranged annually for 14 years from $250,000,000 to $660,000,000 "inviei- ble factors” had made this only (an ap parent favorable balance. Foreign investment in the Unite«! States, the speaker said, totalled $7,- 600.000,000, with an annual interest o f $350,000,000, constituting a fixed charge on American industries, while American investments abroad pro duced a revenue yearly o f only $75.- 000,000, reducing the balance against the United States on this count to $276,000,000. Moreover, he pointed out, American tourist traffic poured millions into European coffers each year, the 1914 figure being approximately $286,000,- 000; foreign-born Americana sent home annually at least $150,000,000 and foreign shipping concerns collected freight from American foreign com merce amounting to $25,000,000 a year The result o f all these invisible fac tors during the fiscal year o f 1914, Dr. Pratt declared, had been to produce an actual excess o f rem ittance over re ceipts o f $55,000,000. The change began on July 1, 1914, he said, and by December 31 last year the trade balances exceeded remit tances by $133,000,000, due to the huge exportation o f foosdtuffs, mer chandise and gold and silver. At the same time came " a period of export capitalism, and we are just at the point o f expanding into the world's markets.” To illustrate "exp ort capitalism ," Dr. Pratt cited the Swedish loan of $5,000,000; the Argentine loan of $15,000,000 and the Russian loan of $25,000,000, all floated in this country during the last six months. Austria Will Make Big Display at Panama Fair San Francisco— Austria will be rep resented at the Panama-Pacific Inter national Exposition with exhibits cov ering between 8000 and 10,000 square feet o f floor space. Construction was begun in the center o f the Palace of Varied Industries o f an enormous cov ered booth with a front facade 300 feet long. This block o f one-fifth o f an acre will be filled with a varied assortment o f products o f Austrian manufactures to come directly from Vienna, Prague, Carlsbad and Budapest, via Rotterdam. Some o f these exhibits already have arrived in New York. The work o f gathering and install ing these exhibits is in charge o f Os car Moser, who was appointed by the Austrian government as exposition commissioner; Louis Kainz, o f the Austrian board o f trade; and Landor Decsenyi, assistant commissioner. In the Austrian exhibit are elabor ate and comprehensive exhibits o f Bo hemian crystal glass from the Carls bad factories, porcelains, rare Vienna bronzes o f great value. Bentwood fur niture, precious and semi-precious stones in great variety, carpets, rugs and a variety o f textile products for which certain districts are famous. Also there will be exhibits of fine Aus trian wines and models and large painted scenes illustrative o f the scenic railways and celebrated water ing places of the country. Many Cadets See Service. London— One o f the unusual features o f the war is the number o f naval training ships and cadets that have been in action. The Highflyer, which fought the ill-fated commerce destroy er, Wilhelm der Grosse, in the early days o f the war, was a naval training ship. Two seagoing training cruisers for cadets, the Cornwall and Carnar von, distinguished themselves in the Falkland Islands battle. A large num ber o f cadets also perished in the Hawke, Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy, which were sunk by submarines. Ban on Absinthe Favored. Paris— The license committee o f the chamber o f deputies has decided to submit a report favoring the prohi bition o f the sale o f absinthe. The commerce commission o f the chamber began the consideration o f the rehabil itation o f industries ruined by the war, methods o f manufacturing products formerly supplied by now hostile coun tries and the question o f finding a for eign market for the output. thirty one. Naow, haow many o f yaw Is willin' ter try It?" Every head untlded, "1 a m ;" every • ye was wet with the dew of inerolful kindness; and Mrs. Homan and Harah Jane, who had flung plates at each other only that morning, were ob served to be holding hands. “ But haow on artli bn we a goln' ter slnttp him?” proceeded the matron un easily. "Thar haln’t a extry corner In the hull place. Ihittln' te w ^ e o p ’. » In No. 30 Is out of the question— It’s jest erbout the site of a Cinderella shoe box, anyhow, an' the garret leaks— “ Hhe paused, for Mossy was (Hilling at her sleeve, the real Mossy, warm hearted, generous, self deprecating. “ I think No. 10 Is just the cosiest little place for ouel Do let me take It, Miss Abigail, and give the oouple my great big barn of a room." ’ Aunt Nancy eyed her auaplcloualy. "Yew ain't a-gwlne tor make a fool o' yeraclf, an' jump over the broomstick ^ Cui-yn*ht by lbs Century Co. ag'ln?” For Mossy's old suitor, Ham- SYNOPSIS. uel Darby, had made one of his semi annual visits only that morning. C aptain A braham linee and Angelina, Tha belle burst Into hysterical and hta «rifa, hava Inat (hair Itttla huma Ihruush A b e's unlucky pun-hoes o f Tana self-conscious laughter, ee she found fly Qold mining »t>«k Thalr household sonda sold tha IMO auction munay. all every glance boot upon her. (bay bava loft, will placa Aba In tha Old "Ob, no, no; not that. But I con M an 's hotna, or A n gy In tha Old lAdlaa* homo, noth aro aoTrsacrificing but Aba fess that I am tired to death o f this dacldaa: "M y daar this la tha fuat tima perpetual dove-party. I just simply I’ va had a chanco to taka tha wuat o f It " T h o old couplo hid *»o d -b y to tha llttla can't live another minute without a houao T a rro r o f "w h a t folk s w ill s a y " man In the house. sands thrm along by paths to tha gata o f "Now, Miss Abigail," she added Im tha Old I a d loa' hums. periously, "you run acroee Iota and fetch him home." C H A P TER III— Continued. Now tho Araasoutan Mrw Homan, n CHAPTER IV. widow for the third lime, made sturdy One of Them. retort; Ah! but Abraham had slept that "That's Jost tike yew old maids - al ways a blamin' tho men. Yew kin jest night as If he had been drawn bet I never would have let one o f my to rest under the compelling shelter husbands go ter the poorhouse. It of the wings of all that flock which In would have mortified me drntful. It happier days be had dubb«td contemp must be a purty poor sort of a woman tuously "them air old hens.” Never what can't take the care of one man afterward could the daxed old geEUe and keep a roof over his head. Why. ■ man remember how he had been per my second, Oliver O., used ter say—“ | suaded to come Into the house and up He ouly "O h !" Miss Elite wrung her bauds, i the stalre with Angelins. know that In the midst of that heart “can't we do somethin'T" "I could do a-plenty," mourned Miss breaking farewell at the gate. Mies Abigail, "et I only had been savin'. Abigail, all out of breath with ruunlng, Here 1 git a salary o’ four dollars a red In the face, but exceedingly hearty month, an' not one penny laid away.” of manner, had suddunly appeared. “ Bhoo, shoo, sh oo!” this stout angel “ Yew lerglt," spoke some one gently, "that It takes consld'able ter dress a had gasped. “ Naow, Cap’n Abo, yew needn't git narvous. We're as harm matron proper." Aunt Nancy, who had been sneeslng less as doves. Run right erlong. Yew Don't furiously at her own Impotence, now won't see anybody ternlghl. say a word. It's all right. Hash! found her speech again. “ We're a nice eet ter talk erbout Shoo I" And theu, lo! he wai not In dewin' som olhlnV-a pass el o ’ poor ole the county almshouse, but lu a beau critters like u s!” Her cackle of em tiful, bright bedchamber with a wreath bittered laughter was Interrupted by of Immortelles over the mantel, alone the low. cultivated voice of the belle with Angy. of the home. “ Butterfly Hlossy." Afterward. It all seemed the blur of “ W e've got to do something," said a dream to him, a dream which ended when he had found his head upon a Mossy firmly. When Mossy spoke with such de cool, white pillow, and had felt glad, cision every one of tbe sisters pricked glad -dear God, how glad !—to know up her ears. Mossy might bo ”a shal- that Angy was still within reach of ter-pate;" "h e, might arrange the I his outstretched hand; and so he had But when he awoke golden white hair of her head as be fallen asleep fitted tho crowning glory of a young In the morning there stood Angellne girl, with puffs and rolls and little In front of the glass taking her hair curls, and—more than one slater sua- j out of curl papers; and then he slowly peeled with the aid of “ ra ts;“ she began to realise the tremendous might gown herself elaborately In tbe change that had come Into their jives, mended finery of tbe long ago, tbe when his Wife committed the unprece better years; ebo might dress her dented act of taking her crimps out He realized that tbvely big room—the only double bed before br-ik fsst. chamber In the house, for which she they were to eat among strangers. He had paid a double entrance fee—In all had become the guest of thirty "w on - No doubt he should be sorts of gewgaws, little ornaments, <>n (oiks." hand-painted plaques of hor own pro- ! called "Old Gal Thirty-one." He got duclng, lore bedspreads, embroidered up and dressed very, very slowly. The splashers and pillow shams; she might bewildered gratitude, the tncrodulooa even pormlt herself a suitor who came thanksgiving of last night, were as far twice a year more punctually than the away ae yesterday's sunset. A great line-storms, to ask her withered little seriousness selllod upon Abe's lean hand In marriage— but her heart was face. At last he burst forth: "Ono to thirty! Hy-guy, I’m In fer In the right place, and on occasion she had proved herself a master hand at It!” How had It happened, he won dered. They had given him no time to “Axin’ things." “ Yes,” said she, rising to her feet think. They had swooped down upon and flinging out her arms with an elo him when >bls brain was dulled with quent gesture, "w e've got to do some anguish. Virtually, they had kidnaped thing, and there's just one thing to do. him. Why had they brought him here girls: take tho captain right here— to accept charity of a women’s Insti hero”—she brought her bands to the tution? Why need they thus Intensify lacee on her bosom— "to our hearts!” his sense o f shame at his life's fail At first there was silence, with tho ure, and, above all, at his failure to ladles staring blankly at Mossy and provide for Angelina? In the poor then at one another. Had they heard house he would have been only one aright? Then there came murmurs more derelict; but here he stood alone and exclamations, with Miss Abigail's to be stared at and pitied and thrown a sickly satisfying crumb. With a voice gasping above the others: sigh from the very cellar of his being, "W hat would the directors say?" "What do they always say when we he muttered: "Aye, mother, why didn’t yew let ask a favor?" demanded Mossy. ’“ How much will It cost?’ It V o n ’t me go on ter the county house? That air's the place for a worn-out old hull cost a cent.” Hy-guy!” he ejaculated, "W on ’t, eh ?" snapped Aunt Nancy. like me. "How on earth be yew goln' to vlttle beads of sweat standing out on bis him? I haln’t had a second dish o’ forehead, "I’d rather lay deown an' die th'n face them air women.” peas this year." "Thar, th ar!” soothingly spoke “ Some men eat more an' some less," remarked Sarah Jane, as Ill-favored a Angy, laying her hand on his arm. spinster as ever the sun shone on; “ Thar, thar, father! Jest think haow 'generally It means so much grub ter dretful I'd feel a-goln' deown without yer." so much weight." "So you w ould!" strangely comfort Miss Abigail glanced up at tbe cell ing, while Lazy Daisy, who had re ed. "S o you would, my dearl” For fused to tip the beam for ten years, her sake be tried to brighten up. He surreptitiously hid an apple Into which Joked clumsily as they stood on the threshold of the chamber, whispering, «be had been biting. "L e’s have ’em weighed,” suggested blinking his eyes to make up tor tbe a widow. Ruby Lee, with a pretty, lack of their usually ready twinkle. “ Hoi' on a minute; supposin' I fer- well-preserved little face and figure, "an* ef tergether they don't come up git Whether I be a man er a woman?" Her love gave Inspiration to her an to the heartiest one o f us—’’ Miss Abigail made hasty Interrup swer: "I'll lean on yer, Abe." Just then there came the loud, Im tion: “ Gals, haln’t yew never noticed that perative clanging of the breakfast- the more yew need the more yew git? bell; and she urged him to hurry, as Before Jenny Bell went to live with “ It wouldn't dew" for them to be late her darter I didn't know what I should the first morning of all times. But he dew, for the ’taters was glttln' pooty only answered by going back Into tho low. Yew know she used ter eat room to make an anxious survey of twenty ter a meal, an’ then look hun his reflection In the glass. He shook gry at tho platter. An’ then ef old his head reprovingly at the bearded Hquare Ely didn't come a-drlvln' up countenance, as If to say: "You need one mornln' with ten bushel In the not pride yourself any longer on look farm wagon! He’d been savin’ ’em ing like Abraham Lincoln, for you fer us all winter fer fear we might run have been turned Into a miserable old short In the spring. Gals, thar’s one woman.” thing yew kin depend on, the fore- Picking up the hair brush, he held -tlgbtedness of the Lord. I haln't afraid It out at arm's length to Angy. “ W on’t ter risk a-stretchln’ the board an' yew slick up my hair a leetle bit, keep o’ thirty ter pervld“ ••»nUi far mother?" he naked somewhat shame facedly. 1 can't see extry welt this uiunilu'." "W hy, Abe! It's slicked es slick es It kin be naow.” However, the old wife reached up as he bent bis tall, angular form over her, and smoothed again his thin, wet locks. He laughed a little, self mockingly, and shs laughed bark, then urged him Into ths hall, and. Slipping ahead, led the way downstairs. At the first landing, which brought them Into full view of the lower hall, he paused, possessed with tho mad desire to run away and hide, for at the foot the stairway stood the entire flock of old ladles. Twenty- nine pairs of eyes were lifted to him and Angy, twenty-nine pairs of Ups were smiling at them. To the end of his days Abraham remembered those entllee. Reassuring, unselfish and tender, they made the old man's heart swell, his vmotlous go warring to gather. He wondered, was grateful, yet he grew more confused and afraid. He stared amased at Angellne, who seemed the embodiment of self-posses sion. lifting her dainty, proud little gray head higher and higher. Hhe turned to Abraham with a protecting, motherly little gesture of command for him to follow, and marched gal lantly on down the stairs. Humbly, trembling at the knees, he came with gingerly steps after the little old wife. How unworthy he was of her now I How unworthy he had always been, yet never realised to the full until this mom ent He knew what those smiles meant, he told himself, watching the uplifted faces; they were to sooths his sense o f shame and humiliation, to touch with rose this dull grey color of the culmination of his failures. He passed his hand over his eyes, fiercely praying that the tears might not come to add to his disgrace. Aud alt the while brave little Angy kept smiling, until with a truly glad leap o f the heart she «atia'il sight ol a blue ribbon painted In gold shining on the breast of each one of the twenty-nine women. A pels blue rib bon painted In gold -with—yos, peering her eyes she discovered that It was tho word "W elcom e!" Tbe forced smile vanished from Angelina's fa ce Her eyes grew wet. her cheek white. Her proud figure shrank. Hhe turned and looked back at her husband. Not for one Instant did she appropriate the compliment to herself. "This Is for y o u !" her spirit called out to him, while a new pride dawned In hex working face. Forty years had she spent apologl» Ing for Abraham, and now she under stood how these twenty-nine generous old hearts had raised him to the pedes tal of a hero, while she stood a heroine beside him. Angy It was who trembled now, and Abe. gaining a manly cour age from that, took bold of her arm to steady her- they had paused on a step near the foot of the stairs—and, looking around with his whimsical smile, he demanded of tbe bedecked company In general, "l-adles. bo yew 'sportin' the president?” Cackle went tbe cracked old voices o f the twenty-nine In a chorus of ap preciative laughter, while the old heads bobbed at one another as If to say, “ Won't he be an acquisition?” And then, from among the group there came forward M ossy— Mossy, who had sacrificed most that this should come to pass; Bloesy. who had sat till mid night painting the gold and blue rib- bone; Hlossy. tho pride and beauty of the homo. In a delicate, old. yollow, real lace gown. Hhe held her two hands gracefully and mysteriously be hind her back as she advanced to the foot of tho stairs. I«ooktng steadily In Abraham's eyes, she kept a smiling until ho felt as If the warmth of a belated spring had beamed upon him. "The president!" Her mellow, well- modulated voice shook, and she laughed with a mingling of generous Joy and tender pity. "A re we expect ing the president? You dear, modest man! W e are welcoming— y ou !" Abe looked to Angy os If to say, "How shall I take it?” and behold! the miracle of hts wife's bosom swelling and swelling with pride In him. He turned bark, for Mossy was making speech. His hand to his head, he bent bis good ear to listen. In terms poetical and touching ehe described tha lonellnoss of the llfo at the home as It had been with no man under the roof of the house and ouly a doaf- aud dumb gardener who hated her sex, In the bant. Then In contrast she painted life as It must be for the sla ters now that the thirty tender vines had found a stanch old oak for their clinging. "M e?" querlod Abraham ol himself and, with another silent glance, of Angy. or a (T O B B C O N T I N U E D ) Puritan Jury. That the Puritan fashion of nomen clature produced some very odd r e suits la very generally known. The London Chronicle recalls that James Brome, in bis "Travels Over England, Scotland and Wales," published la 1700, gives a copy of a "Jury Return, made at Rye, Sussex, In the Late K » belllnue Troublesome Times.” The names of the 12 good men and true were: Meek Brewer, Graceful Harding, Klllsln Pimple, Earth Adama, Weepnot Billing, More Fruit "Fowler, Hope-for Bending, Return Rpelman. Fly Debate Roberts, Stand Fast on High Stringer. Be Faithful Joiner, and Fight tha Oood Fight of Faith White. Origin of "Uncle Sam.” The name Uncle Sam was first used In Troy. N. Y., In 1812, when some goods bought for the government and marked U. H were Inspected by Sam uel Wilson, a government employe« whose nickname was Uncle Sam. The similarity of the Initials suggest ed the adoption, and the familiar p i» tarn was soon created.