Zelda Dameron
SJSBSSBaS)
By,
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Cop-right, 1P04, far tU BobU-Mmtn Co.
CHAPTER VI. (Contlnued.1
Merrlnm tapped his riding boot with
tno wnip no had kept In his hand.
"Yes; the war's over," ho said, "ou
-war. Thoro's been another since, but
it's preposterous to call that Spanish
iress-paraue nnd target practice war.'
The two men went out together, and
JInJor Congrlevo twitted Mcrrlatn
bout the thoroughbred's pedigree.
seo you again borons you go,
luncheon to-morrow at the Tlppccu
noo Club? That Is well, dood-morn
lngl"
As Merrlnm rode out toward the
street, Captain Pollock camo from one
of the storehouses and walked briskly
Across tho grounds In tho direction of
tho office. A curve In the path brought
mm race, to faco with Rodney Merrlam,
who saluted him with his right hand,
"Good-morning, Mr. McrrlamI" and
the young ottleer lifted his hat.
Captain Pollock's eyes followed tho
houseman to tho gate.
"I don't know who you nre, Mr. Mer
Tlam, or what you do," ho reflected
'"but tho sight of that horso makes mo
Jiomoslck."
"Ho's n nlco llttlo feltow," Merrlam
-was saying to himself, ns ho passed
iho goto nnd turned toward the city.
"lie's a nlco llttlo fellow; nnd so was
Jils rathort"
As tho thoroughbred bora him rap
Idly bark to town, Ilddncy Merrlam
aevernl times repeated to himself ab
-atraclcdly: "Ho's n nlco llttlo followl"
CHAPTER VII.
It I no longer so very laudablo foi'
a young man to pay his way through
college; and Morris Lclghton had done
this easily nnd without caring to bo
praised or martyrized for doing so. He
had enjoyed his college days; ho had
been popular with town and gown; nnd
ho hnd mnnngrd to got his sharo of
undergraduate fun while lending Ills
classes. Ho had helped In thu college
library; ha had twisted the Iron letter
press on tho president's correspond
once lata Into tho night; ho hnd conic:
briefs for a lawyer nfter hours; but ha
had pitched for tho nine nnd hustled
for his "fnit," nnd ho hnd led class
rushes with ardor und success.
Ho hnd now been for several years
4l tho olllccs of Knight, Kltlredgo A
Cnrr at Mnrlonn, only nn hour's ride
from Tippecanoe; nnd ho still kept In
touch with tho college. Mlchnel Cnrr
fully nppreclntrd a young man who
took tho law seriously nnd who could
sit down In n court room on call morn
ings, when need be, nnd turn off n do
murrer without paraphrasing It from
text-book.
Mrs. Cnrr, too, found Morris Leigh
ton useful, nnd sho liked him, because
ho always responded unquestioning
to any summons to fill up n blank .ut
her table. Young men were at a pre
mium In Marlona, as In most other
places, and It was somothlng to liavo
ono of the species, of an accommodate
Jnir turn, and very presentable, within
telephone range. It was through Mm,
Carr that Lelghton camo to be well
known In Mnrlonn; she told her friends
to ask him to call, and thero wero now
many homes besides hers that he vis
ited.
An errand to a law firm In one of
the fashionable new buildings that had
lately raised the Marlona sky-line led
Mm one afternoon past the office of his
college classmate. Jack Ilalcomb. "X
.Arthur Ilalcomb" was the Inscription
n Hie door. Lelghton had seen little
of Ihilromb for a year or more, nnd
Ills friend's name on the ground-glass
door arrested his eye.
Two girls wero busily employed nt
typewriters In the anteroom, and one
of them extended a blank card to Mor
rls and asked him for his name. The
Klrl disappeared Into tho Inner room
and came back Instantly followed by
1 la I co mil, who seised Morris' hand,
dragged him In and closed the door.
"Well, old man!" Ilalcomb shouted.
"I'm glad to seo you. It's downright
pleasant to have a fellow come In oc
casionally and feel no temptation to
take his watch."
Morris cast his eyes over the room,
which was handsomely furnished.
There was a good -rug on tho floor and
the desk and table were of heavy oak;
an engraving of Thomas Jefferson
hung over Ilalcomb's desk, and on thu
opposite side of the room was a table
covered with financial reference books.
"What Is your game just now. Jack,
If It Isn't Impertinent? It's hard to
1;cep track of you. I remember very
well that you started In to earn the
-wholesale drug business," said Morris.
"Oh, tush I don't refer to that, as
thou lovest met That Is one of the
darkest pages of my life. Those peo
ple down there In South High street
thought I was a Jay, and they sent me
out to help tho shipping clerk.
Wouldn't that jar you! Overalls and
a hand truck. I couldn't get out of
that fast enough. Then, you know, I
went to Chicago and spent a year In a
broker's office, and I guess I learned n
few up there: Oh. rather! They sent
ma Into tho country to sell mining
stock and I made a record, They kept
the printing presses going overtime to
keep me supplied. Say, they got afraid
of me; I was too good!"
"What's your line now? Heal estate,
mortgages, lending money to the door?
How do you classify yourself?"
"You do me a cruel wrong, Morris,
a cruel wrong. You read my sign on
the outer wall? Well, that's a bluff.
There's nothing In real estate. And
the loan business has all gone to the
bad people are too rich; farmers are
rolling In real money and have it to
' lend. There was nothing for little Wil
lie In petty brokerages. I'm scheming
promoting and I take my slice off
of everything that passes."
That certainly sounds well. You'vo
learned fast. You had an ambition to
be a poet when you were In college, I
think I still nave a few pounds of
your verses in tny traps somewhere."
"And then, you remember," Ilalcomb
went on, In enjoyment of bis own rem
iniscences, "I wooed the law for a
while. But I guess what I learned
wouldn't have embarrassed Chancellor
Kent I really had a client once. I
didn't see a chance of getting one any
other way, so I hired him. He was a
coon. I employed him for two dollars
to go to the Grand Opera House and
buy a seat In the orchestra when Sir
Henry Irving was giving The Mer
ehant of Venice." He went to sleep
and snored and they threw him out
with rude, Insolent, and angry hands
after the second act; and I brought
suit against the management for dam
ages, basiag say claim on the Id that
thty bad spumed my dusky brother
a aceuat of his ce, color and pre
vious aeadltlea of swviture. Tss last
muse was a joke, no bad never
tone any work In his life, except for
no state. My client got loaded on gin
ibout tho time the ease camo up on do
nurrcr nnd gnvo tho snap nway, nnd
I dropped out of tho practice to avoid
clng disbarred. So hero I nm; and
.'m glad I shook tho law. I'd got tired
of eating coffee nnd rolls nt tho Uerltn
mkcry thrco times a day.
Ono of tho typowrlter operators en
'ercd with a brisk air of business and
innded a telegram to Ilalcomb, who
.oro It open nonchalcntly. As ho rend
it, ho tossed tho crumpled envelope
over his shoulder In an nbscntmlndod
wny. Then, to tho girl, who waited
with note-book and pencil In hand
'Never mind; don't wait. I'll dlctatu
tho nhswer later. How did It work?"
ho nsked, turning to Lclghton, who had
iiccn looking over tho books on tho ta
bio.
"How did what work?"
"Tho fake. It was a fako telegram,
That girl's trained to bring In a ines-
sago aver) tlma I have a caller. If the
caller stays thirty minutes, It's two
messages In other words, I'm on n
flftecn-mlnuto schedule. 'I tip a boy
In tho telegraph oillco to keep mo sup
plied with blanks. It's a great scheme,
There's nothing like a telegram to
crcato tho Impression that your ofTlco
Is a seething taldron of business."
"You have passed tho poetry stage,
beyond n doubt Hut I should think
tho strain of keeping nil this going
would bo wearing on your sensltlvo
poetical nnturo. And It must cost
something."
"It docs, but Carr keeps a wholo
corps of rascals to spread npplo-but
tcr on tho Legislature corn-bread."
"You'd hotter spmk (0 him nbout It.
He'd probably tell Mrs. Carr to ask
you to dinner right nway."
"Oh, that will coma In tlma. I don't
expect to do everything at once. You
may sco mo up thero soma tlmo; nnd
when you do, don't shy off Ilka n colt
nt tho choo-ohoos. ily tho wny, I'd
Ilka to bo one of tho bright particular
stnrs of tho Dramatic Club If you can
fix It. You remember thnt nmatour
theatricals nro rather In my line."
Ha looked nt his watch and gavo
tho stem-key n few turns before r il
luming It to his pocket
"You'll have to excuse me, old man,
I've got n data with Adams. Ho's a
right decent chop when you know how
to handle him. I want to get them to
finance a big apartment houso schomo.
l'vo got an Idea for a flat that will
mnku tho town sit up nnd gasp."
"Don't linger on my nccount, Jnck.
I only stopped In to see whnther you
kept your good spirits. I feel as though
I'd had a shower bath. Como nlong."
Several men wero wnltlng to see Ilal
comb In tho outer oftlco nnd ho shook
hands with nil of them and begged
them to come again, taking caro to
mention that ho had been called to the
Central States Trust Company and had
to hurry uwny.
Ha called peremptorily to tho pass
ing elevator-car to wait, nnd ns he
nnd Lclghton squeexed Into It, ho con
tinued his half or an Imaginary con
versation In a tono that was audlbla
to every passenger.
"I could have had those bonds, if
I had wanted them; but I knew there
was a cloud on them tho county was
already over Its legal limit I guess
those St Louis fellows will be sorry
they were so enterprising hero wo
nro!"
And then in a lower tone to Leigh-
ton: 'That was for old mun Damer-
on's benefit Did you see him Jammed
back In the corner of the car? Queer
old party and ns tight as a drum.
When I can work off some assessable
and non-Interest bearing bonds on him.
it'll be easy to sell undo Ham's Treas
ury a gold brick. They siy the old
man has a daughter who Is finer thin
gold; yea, than much tine gold. I'm
going to look her up, If I ever get tlmo.
You'd better come over soon and pick
out nn office. So long!"
Lelghton walked back to his office In
good humor nnd better contented with
his own lot.
CHAPTER VIII.
"Well. I butted In nl) right," said
Ilalcomb, cheerfully. "I suppose you're
saying to yourself that It's another
case of the unfailing Ilalcomb cheek."
You're a peach. Jack, and no mis
take, us I've said before. I wish I had
your nerve"
ilut say, they Just had to have me
In this show! It proves how every
little thing helps as we toll onward
and upward. You know I was tenor
on the glee club at college, and you'll
remember that when we came over to
town and gave that concert for tho
benefit of the athletic fund I was a
winner, all right. Well, I'm going to
throw my whole apul Into this thins
"You'll leave an aching void If you
da"
"Thanks, kindly. .As I was saying.
I'm going to do myself nnd Mrs. Carr
proud. She's one of the grandest worn-,
en we ever had In this State. Mrs.
Carr knows that all this woman's suf
frage business Is so much Thomas Rot.
She works her sisters Just for fun. and
they never catch on a little 'bit She
Just has to be president of things, and
she's an ornament In the community."
Lelghton thanked his stars that Mrs.
Ciirr had discovered her tenor without
his help. He and Ilalcomb were stand
ing in the Carr library, where the last
undress rehearsal of "Deceivers Ever"
was about to begin. Lelghton, who
was stage manager, also sang in the
chorus, which appeared In one act as
foresters and In. the other as soldiers.
Mrs. Carr always had a reason for ev
erything she did. Her reason for In
sisting that the Dramatic Club, of
which she was president, should give
a comto opera was thoroughly ade
quate, for at this time she was exploit
ing a young musician who had lately
appeared In Marlona, and who wan not,
let It be remembered, a mere Instructor
In vocal music, but a composer as well.
He was a very agreeable young man,
who wished to build up a permanent
orchestra in Marlona. and Mrs. Carr
was backing this project with her ac
customed enthusiasm. Nothing could
help matters forward so well as a so
cial success for Max Schmidt He had
written an opera, which many mana,
gers had declined for the reason that
the music was too good and the book
too bad.
"Deceivers Ever was the name of
the work, and Mrs. Carr was preparing
to produce an abridged verslcn of It on
the night before Thanksgiving. The
cut was set in Germany, and thero
were six men the gy deceivers all
of Uita oAlcsrs la the a nay, Tbs ehief 1
girl character was the daughter of
now commandant of a post hut at a
ball given In his honor sho changed
places with her maid, and no end of
confusion resulted, Mrs. Carr had
urged Zelda to tako tho principal rolo,
and Zelda had consented, with tho un
derstandlng that Ollvo Merrlam was to
bo elected a member of tho club and
given a part In tho opera.
Whllo Lclghton and ljnlcomb stood
talking In tho library, Hdrr Schmidt,
In tho drawing-room, lectured tho rest
of tho company In his dlfllcult English
He now fell upon tho piano with
crash and nodded to Zelda, who began
ono of her solos. When tills had been
sung to his satisfaction, tho director
called for Ollvo and Captain Pollock,
Pollock was greatly liked by tho
people ho had begun to know In Marlo
na. Tho men nbout tho Tlppccnnoo
Club had tho reputation of scrutiniz
ing newcomers a llttlo superciliously,
In the wny of old members of a small
club, who resent tho nppenranco of
strangers nt the lounglng-room flro
side, Hut Pollock fitted Into plnccs ns
though ho had always been used to
them. Ho told a good story or ho
snng a song well, when called on to
do something at tho grill-room Satur
day nights. Mrs. Carr hnd given him
one of tho best parts In tho opera.
The young ofllcor and Ollvo carried
off with great animation n dialogue In
song Into which Hcrr Schmidt hnd
been able to gdt Bomo real humor.
"You haven't told mo how much you
llko my cousin," said Zelda to Lclgh
ton, when ho sat down by her In an
Interval of parley between tho director
and Mrs. Carr. "I expect something
nice."
"Nothing could bo easier. She's a
great hltl She's a discovery! She's
an ornament to society!"
"Humph! That sounds llko sample
sentences from n copy-book, A man.
with a reputation as an orator to sus
tain ought to bo ablo to do batter than
that"
"Not having such a reputatlon-
"Not even thinking ono has '
"Oh, I'm conceited, nm I?"
"I hadn't thousht of It before, but
no doubt It's true," said Zelda, looking
across tho room to whore Jack Ilal
comb was talking with his usual vi
vacity to n girl In the chorus whom
ha had nover met before. Ho was per
fectly nt case, ns though leaning
ngnlnst grand pianos In hnndsoma
drawing-rooms nnd talking to prolty
girls had nlwnys been his mission In
Ufa.
Morris did not follow Zelda's eyes;
ho wns watching her faco gravely. Ho
had tried In many ways to plcnso her,
but sho mnlntalned nn attltudo toward
him that was annoying, to say thu
least
(To be continued.)
IRON MAIDEN OF NUHEHDURQ
stiillluir Mhe HUM Mtnmta In Torlura
Cltntnlirr of Ancient,
In nil tho history ot Europo nothing
exceeds In horror tho record ot tho
iron mnlilcn of Nuremberg. Tho titlo
nnd tho gulso ot hor nro nil that sug
gest tho gentler mix. From her origin
till now her story Is ono of cruolty.
No wlio tntvolor In Qormany (alls
to visit this nnclont city with Its
quaint ntcdlwvnl buildings nnd Minos-
phoro of calm contemplation, says a
correspondent writing from Nurem
berg. More, nioro than nnywhoro In
Europe, excopt perhaps Hothenborg,
tho Inhabitants cling to tho eobor ways
of yorn nnd avoid wtth dellberato In
tent tho modernlzer nnd hustler.
On tho top of a very steep hill, In-
sldo a dry most, rises tho burg, or
fortress castle of the German Empe
rors, begun In Roman times, strength
cned by Frederick Hnrbarossa nnd
sometimes used nowadays by tho
Knlier nnd Knlserln or the Regent of
navarla.
Of nil Its picturesque nnd odd-shaped
towers, the Funfocklger Thurin (flvo
sided towor), Is the oldest, queerest
and most terrible, for within ono of
Its dark, inner rooms malefactors nnd
Innocent victims allko were pasted out
of existence by all-powerful magnates
with tho aid of every fiendish devlci
kifowri to the dark ages.
Still these grim engines of torture
confront you rncks with horrible
stains upon them, thumbscrews, spiked
cradles, cat o' nlno tolls with ruity
wire ends filling tho Imaginative
mind with visions of long-gone scenes
of torment. Hut even nfter seeing all
(Iioao It with a shook that the vis
itor makes the acquaintance of tho
"Iron Maiden of Nuremberg."
There she stands, riveted to the floor,
smiling as placidly as when political
prisoners were committed to her
ghastly embrace, while the gigantic
cowbell on the ramparts told with Its
grisly note how a state captive was
on his last Journey.
With this weird humor tho designer
of this monstrous maiden dressed her
In n Ilavarlan woman's rloak nnd high
fluted cap. Her hair Is neatly parted
over her broad brow. Pretty features
have been given her. to make the grim
Jest more realistic.
Ily pressing a bolt with the foot and
vigorously pulling open the cloak, the
mask is opened, to disclose within tho
head two hideous sharp splkt's about
Ave Inches long. These come from the
back of the maldon'a eyes, to piece
those of the victim forced within the
cloak. More spikes are arranged to
transfix the heart nnd other vital
parts. Below is a trapdoor connected
with another bolt nnd spring. Press
the bolt nnd the door flies open to
drop the mangled body into the moat
below.
The history of the maiden Is a mys
tery. To the Nurembergers she has
always been as now, and her record
lie concealed In the musty archives.
Pictures and Print.
"I see you have sent for a lot of
seed advertisements."
"Yes," answered Mr. Crosslots. "I
always read a lot of catalogues."
"You are fond of gardening?"
"That isn't gardening. That's art
and literature." Washington Star.
It Is a high, solemn, almost awful
thought for every Individual man, that
his earthly Influence, which has a com
mencement, will never, through all
ages, were he the meanest of us, have
an end. Carlyle.
The turkey's real name was oococ
eoo, by which It was known to tho
Cherokee Indians, and so called from
its call.
The mineral products of the United
states for 1907 and 1903 were 12.071.-
607,964 and 11,895,670,186, respectively.
It U better to count your cfcaage
tha to go away short.
SKR
VOTES BY WOMEN BRING
VICTORY TO MRS. Y0UNQ
A N tndtcntlon ot
rV what might ba
tho results ot oth
eroloctlons should
women have tho
right of suffrngo
was given In tho
convontlon ot tho
National Educo-
tlonnt association
In Boston several
days ngo when
Mrs. Ella Flogg
Young, suporln
tondent ot Chl-
cngoa schools, wns chosen president
ot mo organization after n man had
boon nomltntod for tho position.
Mrs. Young wont back to hor desk
to work for tho wolfnro of Chicago's
young Amoncn, ploascd with tho
honor conforrod upon hor by hor fol
low tenchors of tho Unltod Stntos, but
slightly ruffled in tompor becnuso ot
tho Charges mndo by cortaln dl
gruntled persons thnt monoy had been
used nnd womon dologntos registered
nt tho Inst mlnuto to bring about hor
victory.
"It Is propontorous to char go thnt
I usod money to win tho presldoncy of
tno association," sho said,
"I understand thnt it wns nn un
procedontod honor conforrod upon mo
nna l nm ono of tho happiest womon
In Chlcngo todny, dcsplto tho nasty
tilings tnoy snld nbout mo."
Nntlon wido attention wns nttrnct,
od to Mrs. Young when tho board ot
education of Chicago soloctod hor ns
superintendent ot tho publlo schools.
It wns tho first time n city of tho
first class had over choson a womnn
for tho posttlon of suporlntondcnt al
though tho mnjorlty ot tho tenchors
nro womon nnd thoro Is llttlo rcnion
to bollovo thnt a womnn could not fill
tho position ns nbly ns n man.
In tho enso of Mrs, Young after n
yonr's trial Chicago has found thnt no
mlstnko wns mndo in oloctlng a wom
an, pnrtlculnrly Mrs. Young, Pre
viously tho school systom wns In n
stnto of chaos much of tho tlmo nnd
thero woro wrangles nnd political wlro
pulling thnt caused much troubla.
Mrs, Young has strnlghtoncd out those
kinks nnd has Chicago's schools run
ning smoothly.
Only n tow days boforo sho loft
for lloston to attend tho convontlon
sho ndoptod a plan of protecting tho
oyes of tho Chicago school children.
Now thnt sho Is tho bond ot tho great
tenchors' organization sho probably
will try to put hor plan Into effect In
all ot tho country schools. It Is hor
plan to have pasted In tho front of
every school book thoso rulos:
Your oyos aro worth moro than any
book.
Your safety and your succoss In
llfo dopend upon your oyes; thoreforo,
take enro of thorn.
Always bold your bond up when you
rend.
Hold your book 14 Inches from your
faco.
lie euro tho light Is clear and good.
Never read with tho sun shining di
rectly on tho book.
Nover faco the light In rending.
Avoid books or paper printed Indis
tinctly or In small typo.
Host your eyos by looking away
from tho book ovory few moments,
Cloanso your oyos night and morning
with puro wator.
AMES STARTS HARD FIGHT
TO WIN LODGE'S TOGA
n BPRE8ENTA
IV tivo U utter
Ames, in n n ot
wealth, noted an
cestors and an en
viable record in
congress, has
dared to beard
tho llou in his
don, so to speak.
Mr. Ames wants
to bo Unltod
States senator
from Massachu
sets, and to win
the coveted toga must tear it from
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Now Mr. Lodge has been a senator
slnco 1693 and hns been in politics 30
yoars. Consequently bo knows a
great deal about senatorial races and
can bo depended upon to run "true
to form," to use a race track expres
sion.
Mr. Ames Is setting tho early pace
and has started at a clip that will re
quire a lot of clever Jockeying on the
part of his opponent Mr. Lodge oc
cupies what might be tormod the pole
position, and, to borrow another
phrase from tho raco track, is
"backed by tho wise money,"
Mr. Lodge has long been regarded
as the most learned man In the sen
ate. He is a scholar, a lecturer on
American history at Harvard, member
ot several societies high In the world
of education and an author of no to.
No member of the senate was closer
to Theodore Roosevelt, and it was
Lodge who In his quiet, scholarly way
often rose In the upper branch ot the
nation's congress to defend tho presi
dent In the stormy days of the Roose
velt administration. With Roosevolt
Indorsing other insurgents tho poli
ticians are anxious to see what stand
he takes in connection with the Ames-
Lodgo race in which the spirit of in
surgency rulos to no small extent.
Mr. Ames has already flrod somo big
guns with Intent to puncture the
Lodge senatorial record, and says he
has more ready to use at the proper
time. While speaking ot Senator
Lodge's scholarly traits it is well to
say that bis opponent is a man of
more than usual education. He Is a
grandson ot Gen. Denjamln F, Outlor,
and a son of MaJ. Geu. Adalbert
Ames. He Is a West Point graduate
and was an officer In the Massachu
setts volunteers serving In the Span
ish war. His career ia statesmanship
Jtjm
began ns a momber ot tho common
council of Lowell, Mass., whero ho
was born in 1871. Ho entered con
gross In 1903 and Is n man ot social
standing.
JORDAN SAYS FOOTBALL :X
IS SPORT OF BRUTES
w
HILE nil tho
ngltntlon wns
going on ngnlnst
prlzo fighting nnd
tho showing ot
tho moving nlc
turcs of the Jot-
fries-Johnson con
test thoro nroso n
mnn woll known
In tho field of cdu
cntlon, who throw
a bombshell Into
tho ranks of tho
thousands who favor football.
David Starr Jordan, president of Ice
land Stanford untvorslty In California,
addrosBlng tho National Educational
association In lloston, donounccd col
lego football as a combination ot bru
tnllty and pugilism.
IBomo day," ho said, "tho college
presidents nnd ochool bends ot till
country will bo called cowardly nnd
brutal bocauio thoy did not put n stop
to tho dangers ot football, a sport thnt
destroys t.io best thero Is In Amori
can youth.
"Tho game," ho continued, "nrousod
tho samo lovo of tho sordid that fo
cused tho Interest of tho country In n
ring nwny out In Navndu, whero
binck mnn nnd n white mnn woro
pounding each other.
"No Intelligence Is required In tho
gnmo of football," ho nasortcd.
"Htncksmlths nnd bollormnkors enn
piny tho gnmo ns woll ns men of tho
flnor Intollocts; In fact, thoy nro con
sldcrod tho best rnw mntorlal for tho
gamo"
President Jordnn favored tho substl
tutlon of tho English gamo of Rugby.
It has boon tho contention of ninny
who llko to sco n boxing contest thnt
footbnll Is moro brutnt than prlzo
fighting nnd this nrgumcnt Is put for
ward by tho advocntos of tho so colled
"manly art" Profossor Jordan scorns
to hnvo nttomptod to kill two birds
with ono stono when ho mndo his com
blnntlon attack ou fighting and foot
ball.
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
ONCE BASEBALL PLAYER
uiiiiu is one
class of votos ol
which Congress
man John K. To
ner, candidate on
tho Republican
ticket for gover
nor of PounsylvA'
nla, may bo ren
sounbly certain. II
Is tho baseball
players.
From 1885 to ltiOC
Mr. Toner played
protesslonnl baseball, lie was a pltoh-
or on Anson's Whlto Stockings team
In Chlcngo nnd ns a twlrlvr ranked
high. Thoro aro thousnnds of bnso-
ball players In tho state of Pennsylva
nia nnd Mr, Toner fools certain they
will bo on his sldo whon tho battle for
votos begins,
Mr, Tenor was nomlnnted by the
briefest ami most harmonious convun
tlons the Republicans over hold In
Pennsylvania. There was no kicking
against the umpire's decisions and the
whole team pulled together like the
old White Stockings used to do when
Tener was In the box.
Tho gubernatorial candldato still re
tains his love for the national game
and when ho Is In a city whero the big
league teams play seldom mUvos a
gamo if he can avoid It. Ho often
holds fanning bees with the plnyert
and If it were left to tho men who now
delight thousands dally with oxhlbl
tlons of tho groat pastime they would
quickly place Mr. Toner In tho oxecu
tlvo chair.
Tho Irish vote llkowlso Is protty
sure to be cast for Mr. Toner, for In
wns born July 2S, 1803, In County T.
rone, Ireland. He camo to tho Unltod
States In 1873; received his oducatloa
In tho public and high schools of Pitts
burg, and was employed by mnuufuo
turlng Arms In that city until ho bo
Ran playing baseball. Mr. Tenor saved
the monoy he made on the diamond!
nnd in 1891 went Into tho bonking
buslnoss at Charlerol. Ho has Borvod
but ono term In congress, being oloct
ed by a majority ot 10,000 votes. He
Is expected to resign his soat In con'
gress about October 1, to glvo his cn
tiro attention to tho campaign.
Filial Devotion,
A remarkablo story ot filial devotion
and lovers' constancy Is reported from
Rralla in Roumanla, and It has Jusl
culminated in the marriago of Marls
Llcga, aged eighty, and Joseph Stoles
co, aged elghty-flvo.
Sixty yoars ago Maria and Joseph
wero anxious to wed, but tho girl s
father refused his consent and tho du
tiful daughter agreed to remain a
spinster until death removed his oppo
sition. Tho father, In a country whoro.
thanks to tho use of sour milk, cen
tenarians aro common, kept her wait
ing until he reached tho ago of 113
The Rtshop ot Dralla, who performed
the long delayed ceremony, held up
tho newly married couple as an exam
ple to all young lovers.
Rule for Health,
, Pessimist Jones How Is It, Smith,
that you look s halo and happy and
well?
Optimist Smith Every time I sit
down to worry I fall asleep. Wasp.
Making pf a Summer Resort.
Farmer Hayrick Hero's whero the
feller Jumped his board.
Farmer Corncrlb Call it Lovers
Leap and charge fer it
,
I IT
HAYING IN RAINY WEATHER
Not Advisable to Cut Too Much Grass
at One Mowing Will Dry
Quickly When Stirred.
It Is not advisable to cut much grans
nt ono mowing. If posslblo wnlt until
tho weather settles. Cut In tho after
noon of a clear day, tho noxt morning
put tho horsotodder to work and koop
tho liny flying nnd whirling in tho air,
Keep tho hny stirring tho gross will
dry out and euro much foster wheii
It la flying In tho nlr thnn when sproad
out on tho ground. If the gross Is
hoovy and you havo no todder, lot
ovory holpcr tako n fork and turn tho
unlf curod hny over so tho bottom will
dry; ns soon as tho hny Is partly
cured, put In tho rake nnd mnke small
windrows. After tho Hold Is forkod
over commence at tho beginning and
rnko two windrows together by turn
Ing tho hay over with tho rnko sovoral
tlmos most ot tho molsturo will evap-
orAto and all of tho hand-labor will
bo avoldod. As soon as It settles
bunch It In caso thoro nro Indications
of rain, haul two or throo loads of tho
lmlf curod hny Into tho barn or bar
rack and deposit ono load in each
mow. Then if rain wenthor continues
let the hoy In tho barn bo placed on
tho scaffold ovor tho drivoway, whoro
It can get tho moist nlr. Sproad ono
pnek ot salt over each lond ot hny,
Whan hny Is heavy spread It out thin
for a tow days. Hy spreading a Inyor
ot straw or old hay botweon every
half load put In tho mow most of tho
molsturo will bo taken up by tho
straw. Dy this means sovoral loads of
clovor hay may bo secured without be
ing damaged by rain. Tho sldo de
livery rako, In connection with tho tod
dor is a groat holp In tho quick curing
of hny In showery wenthor, Tho clovor
and mixed grosses nnd orchard grass
should bo secured In tho bosO posslblo
condition, as such hny contains Just
tho nutrlmont required for tho making
of milk, boot and mutton.
Timothy And red top should bo cut
boforo tho seeds bocomo hnrd. Tho
timothy harvest should bo dolayod un
til nfter tho grnln Is out and hauled
Ini two woeks dulny with tho timothy
hnrvest will not Injuro tho hny scrl
ously. fTocuro tho clovor nnd mixed
hny nnd got tho grnln In tho barrack;
iiioso aro tno two important crops.
AMERICAN APPLE IN EUROPE
Desirable Thst Europssn Market for
Fruits drown In United (Jtstss
Be Dsvslopsd.
Thnt n dostrnblo European mnrkot
for American-grown fruits tnny bo do
vulopod Is tho opinion ot Orlando Har
rison ot Harrison's nursorlos, Ilorltn
Md., former president ot tho Amerl
can. Association of Nursorymon, who
tnscio An oxtcnslvo foreign trip lost
season, in nn address boforo tho Pen
Insula Horticultural society, Wllinlng
ton, Dol., Mr. Harrison made tho foi
lowing statements:
"In rocommendlng tho growing of
wmtor apples, I wsnt to assure you
that If you will grow nnd pnek only
good fruit, It can bo sold. Whllo In
Europe last senson I visited the fruit
markets and found tho fruit dealers
welcomod our fruit Moro fruit from
America should bo sont over. Wo
should form nn apple loaguo of soma
kind and Introduce our apples thero,
putting tho prlco so tho people would
buy them.
"I was told tho demand for bananas
wns Incrnnsed n.nny times over what
It was some years ngo by a mnn send
ing a cargo thero nnd soiling them at
n very low prlco. nnd nfter thnt he
gradually Increased tho demand and
tho price as woll, The prlco ot nnnles
should ba In reach of ovory working
man. Ry doing this many times tho
quantity of fruit would be consumed.
Tho Europeans are not fruit eaters
llko the Americans, nnd It Is up to us
to cultivate that trade."
To dot Rid of Ants.
To rid your garden of ants effectual
ly you must And the location of tho
nests. They can then be easily de
stroyed by benzoin, gasoline, blsul
phldo of carbon or boiling water. Tho
large ants which sometimes make
their nests above tho surfnee of tho
grass on the lawn should be destroyed
by blsulphldo of enrbon, Punch a
number of holes In tho nosts and pour
teaspoonful of carbon down each
hole. Throw a dark blanket over tho
holes for a few moments, then removo
It and explode tho carbon by means
of a light at tho end of a polo. Tho
slight explosions drive (ho fumes
down through tho underground tun,
nels and destroy tho ants.
8ueceis In Rearing Chickens,
Wo aro Having splendid success
with our chickens, tho host wo havo
uvcr experienced. In fact, tho reports
irom an over mo country aro moro
encouraging than I havo over known
thorn to bo before, says a writer In
naltlmore American. This leads us
to conclude that gradually tho poultry,
men of the country are becoming more
thoroughly Informed of tho principles
Involved In tho successful rearing of
chickens.
Making s Garden.
Keep the hoe going In dry weather
and you will not need tho watorlng
pot often.
The wheel hoe will save many a
backache and do the work of throe
hand boos.
Plant tho rows all ono way north
and south so tbo sun can strike both
sides.
Do not plant short rows, but let
tbem run tho wholo longth ot tho
garden If nocd be why not?
Wild strawberries havo tho most
delicious flavor. Thoy aro easily
transplanted to tho garden.
Rape for Lsmbs.
A good growth of rapo Is flno for tho
lambs, but somo say whon It is sowed
In tho corn It docs moro Injury to the
corn crop than It has vulue. How
about It?
Tha Neat Lawn,
A neat lawn and surroundings at
tract the attention of every passerby
and aro infectious la a community.
JOKE ON HALSTEAD
MARK TWAIN AND HENRY WATJ
TER80N THE PERPETRATORS.
Readers of "Interviews" Must Havel
Been Considerably Astonished When!
They Read What Cincinnati Man
Was Made to 8sy,
Mark Twain wns tho llfo of ovory
company nnd of nil occasions. I ro
niombcr n prnctlcol Joko ot his sug
gestion played upon Halstcod. A par
ty of us woro supping nfter tho tho
ator nt tho old Ilrovoort houso. A
card wns brought to mo from a re
porter of tho World. I wns nbout to
deny rnysolf, when Mnrk Twain soldi
"Glvo it to tno, I'll fix tt," and left
tho toblo.
Prosontly ho camo to tho door and
bockonod mo to como to him. "I rop
rosontod rnysolf as your secretary and
told this man," sold ho, "that you
wero not hero, but that It Mr. Haw
stood would answer Just as woll, ij
would fetch him out Ha Is ns Inno
cent nn n lamb ond doosn't know eith
er of you. I nm going to Introduce!
rou ns Unlstond nnd we'll bovo somm
tun."
No sooner sold than dono. Tim ro
portor provod to bo n llttlo bald head
ed cherub nowty nrrlvcd from tho Isla
ot dreams, nnd I lined out to him a
column or mora of very hot stuff, re
versing Halstcod In ovory expression.
of opinion. I doclorod him In favor oC
paying tho notional dobt In green
backs. Touching tho soctlonnt Ques
tion which was then tho burning Ik
suo ot tho tlmo, I mndo tho mock Hoi
stood soyi "Tho 'bloody shirt Is only.
a kind of Pickwickian battlo cry. It
Is convenient during political cam
paigns nnd on election dny. Porhnpa
you do not know thnt I nm rnysolf of
good old North Carolina stock. My
fathor nnd grnndfnthor camo to Ohio
from tho old north stoto Jusl boforo I
was born. Nnturnlly, I havo no soo-
tlonnl prejudices, but I llvo In Cincin
nati nnd Am a Ropubllcnn."
Thoro was n good donl moro ot tho
snmo sort How It pnssod through
tho World ofTlco I know not, but noxt
dny It npponred. On returning to to
blo I hnd told tho company what Mnrk
Twain nnd I hnd dono. Thoy thought
I wns Joking. It did soom Inconceiva
ble. Without n word to Any of us,
noxt dny Hnlstond wroto a nolo to
tho World brlofly repudiating tho "In
torvlow," nnd tho World printed his
dlsclntmer with a lino which snld:
"Whon Mr. Hnlstond tnlkod with our
reportor ho hnd dlnod." It wns too
good to keop. John liny wroto an
amusing "story" for tho Trlbuno,
which set Halstcod right nnd turned
tho laugh on tool Henry Wnttorson
In tho American Magailno,
Stniltlvo Souls.
In ono of tho schools on tho out-;
iklrts of a wostcrn city, whoro a largo;
porcontago of tho pupils oro ot Italian
porontago, tho teachers wore startlod
ono day by tho descent ot a delega
tion of Jnfurtntod mothers, nil gesticu
lating wildly and pouring forth floods
ot oxcttod Italian. Ono ot tho oldor
pupils, having boon sont for to net aa
Interpreter, reported that their causo
of complaint was that tholr chtldron
had been rldlculod and mado fun of
by teachers and pupils.
"In what osslblo way?" detnnndod
tbo astounded teacher.
"Why, by u song that you aro teach-t
Ing tho children, whoro you call themj
dagoes. M
Not until tho teachers reollzed that1
tho song won "My Old Kentucky'
Homo," and (hot tho offending words
woro. "Tho day goes by llko a shadow!
on tho heart," was tbo wholo affair'
mado clear, nnd tho mothers, assured
that no offenso wns Intended, departod
In pooco, Youth's Companion.
Teeth Msde Prom Psper,
One ot the oddest uses to which pa
per has been put Is that which has re
sulted In tho manufacture In Germany
ot artificial teeth, Thoy are said tu
retain their color nnd r es likely
to chip than ordinary falsa toothy
When tho wlno growers of Grceco
wore badly off for wood with which
to construct their casks thoy usod pa
per to mako barrels.
Out of tho shoots ot an Austrian pa
per an Ingonlous englueor constructed,
for his own uao a small yacht, 30 foot
long. In the construction of tho hull,
dock, masts, sails and rudder sovoral
thousand copies ot the Journal woro
usod. Each plaik required 2,500
leaves, and enormous pressure was
used to proourti tho necessary solidity.
Sovoral countries have etporlmonted
with a vlow to utilizing paper for tho
paving ot roads nnd streets, but tho
cost was prohibitive.
Taking Census In Chins,
Two magistrates of Rooohow, Chlnfc,
saw trouble recently In the towns ta
tho south ot H ooo how. Tho disturb
ances woro caused by tho consus
takers, states the North China HoraK
Tho country peoplo say that their
names are being taken for tho build
ing ot tha new railways; that each
crosstle requires that a norao ba
placed beneath It and the persoa
whose name is thus used dies nt once.
In ono town Ave persons aro said
to havo died Immediately after their
names wore takon. The mob forced
ono unfortunate maglatrato to Issue a
guarantee, stamped with bis official
seal, that no ono in this village would
dto within ten yoars.
In the Presence of Death,
A peculiar importanco attaches to
the words of a dying man, for then all
self-consciousness drops away and tho
Innermost feelings aro laid bare; thero
is no further need for tho conceal
ment of what a man may bo Justly
proud, nnd tho Ideal of a Ufa-time, hid
den away Just becauso It was so
sacred, so entirely tho man's own self.
Is brought unreservedly to tho light ot!
day,
Concealed Value,
"Hi.iv did you manage to get all
those potatoes safely Into camp?'
asked tbo Alaskan prospoctor,
"Uy strategy," replied his partnor.
I gilded them und tho desperadoes.
thought they war nothing but augi
ets."