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DAD SAID TO "GIT" THE DOY8 DID 80, AND EACH , MADE Did FORTUNE. Four Druthers Who Left Farm Fifty . Year Ago With $700 Apiece and Plenty of Qood Advice Now 8 Worth $25,000,000. Bridgeport, Conn. A llttlo ovor fifty years ago n fartnor named Miller, llv Ing near Mlddltitown, Conn., called In Ills four Bona Darius, Frank, Nathan O. and Charlos read thorn a lecturo on tli p ueo and abUBO of money, gavo thorn $700 nplcco, nnd told them to go out In tlio world and hustlo. Darius, tho oldest, was not 30 then, tho youngoit was scorcoly 20. Thoy ncattored and workod, schomod nnd thrlrod, and rccontly thoy mot to gether In tho homo of Frank to colo- brato tho goldon woddlng of Darius nnd his wlfo, thoy told how thoy had multiplied thnt $2,800 almost ton thou nnnd fold. Tho estimated wealth of tho brothora today Is $25,000,000. Tho story roads llko ono from tho "Arabian Nights." Tho four Aladdlna apparently had but to rub tholr lamps to gntn powor and wealth, and throughout tho story tho figures 700 Booms to dominate, for nwny back In 3050 tho town of Mlddlotown agreed to pay tholr ancestor, Thomas Miller, 9700 for ORtnbllshlng a mill thoro. Tho payment was novor tnado, but tho fnm lly still holds tho claim for tho sum with tho compound Intorost for 200 yoars. Whon tho boys loft tho old farm, Darius wont to Now Ilrltnln, whoro ho put his money Into a dry goods buBl boss that proBporod so rapidly that bo la now ono of tho wealthiest men In tho stato, owning a big dopartmont ntoro and hating othor largo lntorosU besides, ' Nathan 0 tho socond son, wont to Stow York to scok his fortuno. Ha ovolopod a talent for high flnanco, xnado a fortuno on tho stock market, 'bought n railroad which ho sold at an Immonso profit, organized a Rtnamboat company, backed Thomas Edison In Ma Inrontloun and now possessed mil lions. ' Charles Miliar wont to Watorbury to Invoat his $700, and accumulated monoy so fast that last January ho hstoundod his follow cltlzons by turn Ing oror to his clerks his Immonso (establishment. Ho holds a groat quantity of real ostato, and controls fanny Industrial concoms. ' Frank Miller startod his bUBlnoss tearoor In Hridgoport, studied tho lum ber market and now owns vast tracts of plno lumber In the soutk. To colobrato tho reunion of tho brothers and slstor a group photo Rrnph was taken tho first photograph for which Darius Millar had posod jilnco ho loft tho farm more than bolt century ago. i Tho brothers rccountod their bus. peas triumphs modestly. Throughout ihelr struggles for fortuno thoy had kopt In touch with ono another WAS TOO MUCH FOR POLLY STRAW KILLS TONS OF FISH Indians Health Expert Believes He Has Solved Puzzle Where Pac- tory Refuse Is Dumpted. ' Muncle. Ind, A comploto Invoattga tlon of tho slaughtor of fish In tho JMIsilsslnnown rtvor, whon tons of fish wore found dead In tho atroam, Is bo- Ing conducted In Dolawnra and Orant countlos by State Flub Commlalonor fillies. Tho aocrotary of tho stnto board of hoalth, Dr. J, N. Hurty, has advanced a now reason for tho death of flub In atroama thnt ara used by strnwboard companies. Ho says that In his opln ion thoro Is no potion In tho refuse emptied Into tho wator from straw board and papor mills that Is destruc tive to animal life, as has always boon supposed, but that tho fish nro killed by mlnuto particles of straw, from this rufuao, entering tholr gills nnd shutting off tholr supply of oxy. gen. PRAYERS TIED TO NIGHTIES "Mew York Woman Has Unique Cur All and Lota of f V ' Patients. Now York. Dlfforonco of opinion na to tho therapeutical eftlcacy of scribbling hleroglyphlcd on note paper nnd then tying tho paper "prayers" to n lady's affected arm, hoad or log lod to tho arrnlgnmont of Mrs. Eva Btuln before Magtstrato llutts in tho York rvlllo police court. Mrs. Rtcln Is no- ieusod by tho County Medical society of attempting to dlagnoso tho allmonts Jof patlants nnd of then offering to euro them by sondlng thorn to bod with papor prayers tlod to thulr nigh. itloa and with still othor written pray ere under their pillows. A woman dotoctlyo In tho oinplny of I Intelligent Parrot at Last Become! Disgusted at Frequent Re movals of Family. According to Jimmy Rollly, who la Uio editor of n moving van in Now York, ho has a regular Job with ono family. Tho womnn of tho houso la limply mad on tho subjoot of moving, Sho nlways shifts quartors four times a year, whllo tho man is mad at tho eubjoct, and, if pormlttcd, would stay In tho samo placo until ho took root A third nnd Important mombor ol tho family Is tho parroL "A fine burrd," nald Mr. Ilcllly. "An Intelli gent burrd. Last spring I movod 'cm to Orango, nnd tho burrd sits by me on tho drlvor's sent, poekln' troo the barn of his cago, and now and then mnkln' a witty remark to mo. And last fall I moved 'cm back to Long Islnnd and thoy trlod Swnmpscott And all tho way tho burrd sits In till cago by mo sldo, mnkln' an Intolllgonl romnrk now nnd then, and cockln' hli oyo at mo . So last wlntor I movod 'am back Into town, and I puts me coat ovor tho cago so tho burrd wouldn't got cold, nnd ho sits by m sido troo tho drivo. And last week 1 was called on to movo 'em up intc Westchester county. "Well, sir," said Mr. Ilollly, "you'fl hardly boliovo it but after I got mt wagon loadod I goos In, na usual, tc got tho parrot's cago and lift him ur to tho drlvor's scat And tho parrot looks at mo sad and subdued, wld novor ono of thorn funny crncks he usod to mako whon ho boos mo, fot wo got to bo good frlonds. 'Hollo roily,' says I to him. 'Itollly,' says ho mo good man whoro tho boll aro wf goin' now T" Why He Spoke Softly. Tho lato Justice Urowor was prosld Ing, yonrs ago, ovor a civil caso ir which ono of tlio Important wltnossoi was n horso doctor named Williams Tho doctor was n small man with i woak llttlo votco, and tho counaol on both oldos, as well as Uio court and Jury, had groat difficulty lu hoar Ing his testimony. During cross-examination tho coun sel for tho plaintiff boenmo oxaspor atod and began to prod and harry tin llttlo man. "Dr. Wllllnmn," ho shoutod, "If wi nro over going to got nnywhoro with this caso you must spaak up so tlx court will hoar you. Opoak up loud and strong, idrl" Tho small-sized Totorinnry tried but It was evidently no uso. Whothoi from ombnrrassmont or inability th sound would not coma. "Woll, your honor'" began tin counsel Indignantly, whon Judgi Drawer stopped him with a gosturo .caning ovor tho bench ho said In till kindly tonot "Mr. Attorney, you must bo patient with tho doctor. Ho cannot help It Years spent In tho sick room hnvo np pnrontly mauo speaking low a boo ond naturo with him." MONKEY THAT TALKS PROFESSOR GARNER DRINQ3 Ul A WONDERFUL APE, The Old Men's Complaint. Thoro was no prodigal among tin four Mlllor none, now four rich old men who hnvo met in rounlon a) Hridgoport, Conn. All of them pro pored. And thoy aro convlucod Dial thoy should prospqr ovon mora If thoj woro to bogln tholr climb all arm again In this prcsont day and gonorn tlon. "If," says ono of thorn, "wo won to start out today as wo did, tho fout brothers of us, with $700 aploco, tin chances aro that wo would bo wortb In tho samo ttmo considerably mort than wo aro today." Familiar saylngl Sentences woll worn I Fur who has not noted how In tho last few years tho complaints of tho younger mnn hnvo boon d row nod out by thoeo of tho old er ones. Tho young man com plained bocnuso tho now times wore not llko tho old, not so easy to got rloh In. Tho old mon complain bo cnusa tlio old times woro not ns good as tho now. They wish that thoy might begin at tho point whoro thoy woro compelled to loavo off. And thoy hava repented tholr convictions so often and " ournostly thnt tho youim man Is almost afraid to dwell upon his own sad prospoot, If Indeed ho has not begun to doubt whether It Is so vul aftor all. Animal From Africa Jungle to Dem onstrate Theory of Chimpanzee Intelligence, Go the Profes sor Says. Now York. After living for sovon years In a bamboo hut In tho heart of tho African Junglo with only two negro servants nnd wild chltnpanzoes and gorillas for companions, Professor Richard L. Qarnor, tho anthropologist, hns reached Now York with "Buslo," tho 7-months-old npo, who can talk and understand tho English languago. For twenty years Profossor Oarnor linti mado a study of tho animals that Dnrwln declared woro our nnccstors, and In 1003 ho sntlod on his fourth trip to Capo Lopoz, Wostorn Africa; his purposo being, as ho said, to watch and learn tho habits of tho chimpan zee In Its wild stnto nnd to obsorvo its capabilities without suggestion or training nnd most Important of all, to discover If tho apo la nblo to distin guish different colors and forms. Ho hns returned with proof thnt tho chlmpanzoa cannot only distinguish tho dlfferenco botwoon rod, whlto, and blue, but thnt It can toll tho d Iff or enco botweon halt a dozon shndos of rod, tho dlfforonco botwoon a sphoro, a cubo and a cylinder and that it has a languago of Its own, consisting of a vocabulary of about twonty words. Sunlo spent most of hor voyago in a cago in tho butchors room, but part of tho tlmo sho was on dock. Sho has a llttlo chair that sho carries about, and when told to "como horo," "sit down" or "laugh" sho oboys with sol dlorly alnrcrlty, Whon a match is lighted sho crtcn out In a squoaky volco, "Fou," tho Fronch word for flro. "During my four expeditions I hovo had a total of twonty-two chimpanzees and nlno gorillas in my houso," sold Profossor darndr. "Thoy woro young ones, which I bought from na- tlvco to experiment with. I lot thorn hnvo their freedom, but thoy always camo bnck at night to slcop. Tho go rllln.fi woro not so tractablo and occa slonnlly I had to conflno and guard thorn. In my opinion tho chlmpanzeo Is tlio highest typo of tho lowor an I mats and has tho most brain powor." Professor Onmcr doclarod that from his studios of tho chlmpanzoo ho Is convinced thnt It has a bad momory and doos not romembor n grievance for very long and that It has not tho resentment of tho human being. No I thor has tho natlvo of Congo, ho add cd, tho resontmcnt of tho whlto man "In my opinion, It will not bo vory long beforo champanzeos will bo nblo to speak a languago that wo under stand," Profossor Oarnor continued 'They will not only bo nblo to ropoat words, but thoy will know tho moan' Ing of what thoy say nnd hoar." A SOLITARY PICNIC Dy CLARISSA MKCKIC Copyright, 1010, by AAMMlntod UUrarjr Praia. Tho wldo piazza of tho farmhouso was dosertod savo for Holon Kogora swaying gontly in tho hammock noar tho door. Tho on tiro household hnd gono to a clambako throo mllos dis tant; buxom Mrs. Dlako, tho farm er's wlfo; hor maid servant, nnd all tho summer boardors had rumbled away in two largo hay wagons at 11 o clock. Holon hnd stoutly rofusod sacrlflco cd anklo crumpled her Into a whlto, on tho part of her mother and sister, motionless heap on tho floor. If hor sprained nnklo forbndo hor to "Oh, by Jovol What hnvo I dono tako tho Jolting rldo to tho clambako now I didn't guess tho child wns sho could enjoy hcrsolf qulto as woll hurt! Plucky llttlo girl!" Ha bent in tho hnmmock with her books and down and lifted her cnrofully Into tho noodlo work. Sho was not afraid, hammock. "Coo, a sprained nnkl Pontn. t!m hlrr rnltln una linr nlnvn I no Wonder film falntfld nwaV. . w U . ' - - I - .U and tho day would soon pass. Ho picked up tho bottlo ofllmo Julco, llNt oyed It critically and then pourctl 2 somo on a handkerchief. """urn "I won't nrguo that question with you," ho said firmly. "As a matter of fact, I shall enter tho houso now and glvo my credentials afterward.". Ha strotched forth a hand to tho knob. I Holon tossed nsldo tho Bhawl and swung out of tho hammock. Her left hand grasped Farmer Ulako's cane and hied It across tho door, bracing herself against It. Her injurad foot baraly touched tho floor. "Don't you daro to touch that cano," sho cried. His low laugh defied her. "Sort ol 'enter If you must, but It wilt be across my dead body' Is It really worth all this fuss?" A llttlo angry , TAKING tho telegraphic roturns of light gleamed In his bluo oyes and; A every presidential election ALFRED WELLER, WHO IS A REAL TELEGRAPHY PIONEER ho took tho enno and very gently withdrew it from her grasp. With a cry of pain Holon tottered, nnd hor wolght falling on hor sprain Whon tho last wngnn had rumbled away and sbo had cheorfully waved her handkorchlef as long ns tho pic nickers romalncd In sight, Holon picked up hor book. Hut hor eyes strayed from tho opan pago to tho cool shadows on tho grass undor tho drooping elms; to tho distant sunlit Holds whoro tho men woro garnortng a belated hny crop, and with a llttlo sigh of cqntontmcnt lingered on the I from 1S48 to 180G Is tho record of Alfred Woller, formerly of Milwaukee nnd residing in La- porto, Ind. Tho first presi dential election which Mr. Wcllor figured In, thon only thirteen years of ago, was thnt of Zachary Taylor At that balloon, "VJIlo do Paris." and tendod tho motor nnd steering gear In all of tho 31 eolobrated flights. Mcnnwhlle his interest In the henv lor-than-nlr machine Increased. A yoar previous ho had mndo n small modol of an acroplano, and In 1009, whon tho Aoronnutlquo club offered a prlzo for tho bcBt modol that would fly, Paulhan entered his toy machine and won tho prlzo. It was In tho machlno acquired In this manner and without previous ex pcrlenco In actual flying that ho bo gsn his hnlr-ralslng flights. His charming your.g wlfo nccom- panics him on his trips and has mado froqucnt ascents. ttmo ho wns oporatlng In tho village Ho mopped her forehead with tho , of Marshall, Mich. Ho claims tho til b stlcky mess and somo of Its pungent Unction of being ono of tho first, If Julco trickled into hor oyo nnd not tho first, telegraph operator to brought her to consciousness. Ho 1 learn to rend tho Morso alphabet by poured out n glass of water nnd ho:d It to her Hps. Tm very sorry you sco, I dldn t know you hnd a bad foot. Do you feel hotter now?" Ho replaced tho preparation that had boon mndo for glass on tho tnblo and loaned ngnlnst hor comfort tho porch pillar, looking down at her A small table at her elbow hold with friendly eyes. Helen with a water pltchor and gtnss and a bottlo swift upward glanco noted that tho In of llmo JuU:o, Ned Freer had droppod trudor's faca was not a villainous ono; tempting box of chocolates within indeed, thoro wns an air or engaging hor reach, somo ono clso had brought franknosa nbout tho dark bluo oyes. magazines, hor mother hod lnlrt a "What makes you do it?" sho asked gray shawl across hor protty llttlo suddenly, foot. Its slondor anklo now swollen "Do what?" beyond bollof. Farmor Dlako had "Ilurglo for a living. It's so propped his cano against tho door wrong, you know. A mnn as big nnd RIDES HORSE WHILE ASLEEP tho medical society submlttod an nftV davit which tolls of hor experience as n "patient" with Mrs. fltelu, whoso chargo for treatment, tho detoctlvo ears, Is only 15 conts. STARCHED DRESS SAVES BABY tlff Skirt Catohes In Auto Steering Gear and 8he la Carried With Machine. Now York. Tho protty, stiffly ptarchod whlto frock In which hor inothor dressed 2-yonr-old Annlo Wos. tenberg of 1181 Fox street, Dronx, saved tho baby from donth under a touring car driven by its owner, Wil liam Wondolkon of 113C Fox strouL Tho baby trlod to toddlo across tho street In front of hor homo, Wondol kon did not boo tho tiny figure till ho was within a fow foot of tho child. Bbo foil tint and tho big car swept oror hor. As It did so the stlflly starched frock caught In tho steering gear and llftod hor clear of tho pavo menL It was fully half u block be fore Wondolkcn could atop tho car. (Whlto facod ho looked undor his car, oxpocting to seo tho babo'a mangled body. He gavo a cry of wondor and delight as ho dragged hor out and jtound that sho was not hurt at alL When doctors dlsagroo tho patient To Prevent Forest Fires. As tho valuo of lumbor and of the forests Increases and tho nooosslty ol protoctlng thorn from tiros as far ai rosslblo becomes appreciated, the ownors and tho dlfforont orgnntzntlom controlling tho forests aro using uvorj means of securing them against do atmotton by n thorough patrol system, organized flro-flghtlng squads with tools and equipment for extinguishing tires located at nccosslblo points, by constantly warning tho publto agninBt tho carolcsa ueo of lire, nnd by ovory other nvallablo means, Tho numbot of forest guard a on tho National tor cats Is tnndoqunto tor tho work, in somo on so a a slnglo man having the responsibility of protecting 100.000 acres, whoreas tn most places there should bo at lonst ono guard for ovary 10,000 acres, Prussln has a guard for ivory 1,700 acroj. Life Without Food. How long Is It possible to llvo with' out food? We hava all read of a case not many years slnoo, whoro some Fronch minora woro ontombod for twenty-ono days, nnd rescued allvo long aftor everyone thought thoy must bo doad; of course thoy were tn a vory woakonod condition, and re quired tho utmost caro before thoy woro out of danger. This, however, Is by no moans tho longost tlmo that a human being ts known to hnvo ox litod without food, and In a recont is- suo of the Ilrltlsh Medical Journal, there Is tho record of a woman suf fering from ennoor, who could tnko nolthor food nor drink of any kind, yet sho oxtstod in that condition fori titty-six dnys, nnd was, Lad of 12 Years Exhibits Moit Re tnarkablo Case of Somnambulism Ever Recorded In Texas. Taylor, Tex. Ono of tho most, If not tho most, remarkable casos of sumunmbullsm on record in this stnto Just occurred at Jonah, near horo whon Arthur Nygrln, n lad of twolvo, nroso from his bod at his father'i homo lu hla night clothes, and without hat, coat or shoos, saddled a horso at 2 a. in. and rodo a dUtnuco of four mlloa. (Mapping at tho rusldonco of Mrs Osoar Hwonsnit, tho boy dlamouutcd hltohed tho horso nnd wont Into the house, stumbling ovor chairs ami chll droit who wore ulauplug on tho porch, Tho intruder nwoku Mrs. Swotison who culled out, "Who Is It" Ho an swored, "It's Dock; I oamu to toll you tlmt brothvr U slok and thoy want you to como." llellovlng tho boy was nsloep sho told htm to llo down, which ho did and alopt soundly until breakfast. Mrs Nygrln, tho boy's mother, was away from homo at tho tlmo of tho boy's wandering, but whon his fnthor nwoko nuxt morning and found his sou gouu, ho wan very much alarmed and bo enma so excited that ho fainted in his hurry to glvo tho alarm. Ho foured tho boy hnd ridden Uio horso over ono of tho numerous proolplcos which abound along tho rlvor near his homo, Whllo tho excitement was at Its height, with tho father, frlonds and neighbors scouring the woods for tho boy, ho roturnod homo his mind bo- Ing n blank slncu ha retired tho ulght boforo until ho was called for break fast that morning four miles from tlio homo of his aunt. Aside from all oth or evidences that tho boy was asleep and oblivious to his movements tho fa thor, who gtvos this Information, states that ordinarily no amount of money or other offering would Induce tho boy to venture out of tho yurd nlono, ho being of a decidedly timid and scareful disposition. HUNG HER CASH OUT TO DRY Delaware Woman Forgot Dig Roll of Dills Until it Was Almost Too Late. Rchoboth, Del. A wobk'a washing of $5 bills, pinned on a lino to dry, wns tho result of a bath which Mrs. Daniel Towusond took and In which no ono can understand why tho money did not drift out to sea. Mrs. Townsend Is tho wlfo of a prominent Uohoboth hotel man, and in taking her usual surf bath sho did not romovo that portion of hor npparol which the average woman uses as hor pockotbook. During tho bath tho surf played Its moreover, usual nrnnks. and. althouah tho bnn.i qulto conscious till hor doath. In In- used to hold tho money in Its nin-n din tho fakirs Includo among their jwero Bovoral times loosonod, tho wonderful porformancos nbstontlon mnnov was found Intact, nlthouch r. from food, for n vory long period, but when thoy do this thoy put thorn tolves into a condttlon oloooly resem bling sloop, and, of courso, during that tlmo tho body la called on to perform nono of Its usual functions, ind wasting of tlssuo U reduced to a minimum. v duccd almost to a pulp when Mrs. Townsond started to removo tho bath ing apparel. It took several hours of careful dry Ins on an Improvised lino boforo tho bills woro In shapo to bo taken to a bank and redeomod for mora sub it&Btlsi ones Jam and Mrs. Dlnko had packed a lit tlo baakot of lunch In ordor thnt tho wakoful hours. Helon'o book droppod from hor flngars, her lips closed. In strong as you nro should work." A quiet smllo curved his lips. "Uut sound. In n letter sont rccontly to a tolo- graphic Journal ho rcfutos tho stnto- mont of Alonzo II. Cornell, who clnltnB to havo been tho first opcrntor who took telegraph messages by sound, nnd gives tho proof of his own claim to tho distinction. Ho writes: "I notlco in a recent numbor of your papor an Interviow with Alonzo D. Cornell, wherein ho claims to havo discovered, In tho early fifties, thnt ho could tako press dispatches by sound, nnd considers thnt ho was tho first telegraph operator that mado this discovery. "Tho Interview docs not Btnto In WIDOW OF LEOPOLD WEDS A FRENCH BUSINESS MAN WHILE still greatly rcsrottlng tho death of King Leopold of tho Pnlglans, his wi dow, Daronoss Vaughnn, has mar riad Emmanuel Durlor, a Fronch citizen. Tho ba roness Is only twanty-soven yenra of ago and lacking oxporlenco In worldly affairs. Her friends oar tho finds it dlffl cult to mnnngo tho huge fortuno left her by Leopold and alio fonrs that tho legion of lawyora ttltt hnttfl VSnnn ft tvlt t li I (im ft ftlft what yenr of Uio early flftlos that .,.- m ,...,.ii.. .,.iw .,n this occurred. It may not bo nmtss - .... . ..... , Invalid might onjoy tho flavor of pic- -you soo I do work. As a matter of for mo to state, however, as a mnttor ,. T Hurler " I. n a nicking If nothing more. fact I'm n Jolly old grind- soo 0f early telegraphic history, that In fh" ' " Th two sons An nour passed, tho night nororo rm a doctor lntorno at mo Jivia.i848 I took by sound tho returns of nnu ooon a painrui ono witn many hospital nnd" tho election of Prosldont Znchnry you must know Mrn. HinKo-s son - Taylor. In tho vlllngo of Marshall. oh, dear, of courso you aro Jacx Mich. Illakol" HoIon'M faco was crimson i was thon thirteen years of ago now, and was oncratlntr nt that nlaco un- "At your boitIco," ho said, with a dor tho manngomont of Jnbcz Fox. sweeping bow. Ion tho old Speed lino, tho first tolo- "You can't blamo mo for tho mis- graph wlro that wan Btrung woat of tnko," returned Holon saucily. "You Dotrolt to Chicago. mnn .-.- - m.i.i . . I In fart, lint olnvnn dnva tiAfnro hta Ihn .tntlnn to Loeuit fnrmi I"' -'. "' ni omn, mauo up Ol r mllcsl" Ho looked nnnlinelvl ",o territory o that name and In- " Her Eyes Strayed From tho Open Page. her whlto gown, thoro waa nocolor about hor -Just a tlngo of roso In tho delicate lips and tho blue-black luster of her hair. Tho tall clock In tho dining room chimed noon nnd tho long hands iwung around to tho half hour. Ileos tumblod in and out of tho hollyhocks, a humming bird poised trembling above tho honoysucklos. Thoso wore ill tho sounds savo a cautious step on tho grass. Panto lifted tils noso and sniffed as young man approached tho houso, scanning tho ninny windows with a swift, searching glanco. Ha mur mured samo words to tho arousod dog nnd Panto's hoad wont down on Its towsy paws. Tho man paused on tho top step and stared at Helen Hogers, asleep In tho hammock. With a sharply In- drawn breath tho stranger turnod his dlan Torrltory nnd admitted to tho Union In 1007, con tains nbout 05,000 Indlnns, more than any othor itato. It I certainly nro a suspicious looking charactor." Hn olnnrnl down nt his dimtr bluo clothes and rumplod his hair Into ma tno first porson who dlscovorcd worso untidiness. "I don't know mm "o Aiorso aipnaoot. could bo .),.(. nn (k . ul1lnAnnt n rOAU UV BOUnd. r. t. . n nub itiui uiu iiiuiflv ... - vchlclo of any sort nt tho station nor I ... on tho road. lost my straw hat OKLAHOMA SENATOR IS climbing a fonco and a hungry cow bit Into tho crown, so I let hor havo tho rest of IL It's a hot, dusty walk from throo at tho llmo Julco, and at Helen's quickly voiced Invitation ho prepared himself a cooling drink. "Hnvo somoT" ho askod, holding out tho glass. "No, thanks. I'll Just removo this from my faco and then you may sharo my lunch. Everybody's gono to the clambako and I was hooping houso alono." I forgot to explain that I wanted to got In and surprise mother; sho wasn't expecting mo until next wook." Ho brought her a basin of water from tho kitchen and a clean towel and watched admiringly as she removod tho traces of his roatorntlvo. "Is llmo Julco ono of your remo dies?" sho askod. "I uso whatover Is at hand you should bo thankful It wasn't Ink." "I am," said Holon domuroly. "Now, let us havo lunch your inothor has, prepared a plcnlo basket for mo but wait you will want to Join tho shrewd business mnn. Tho two sons of tho bnronois havo bocn sent to school. Since hor dramatic flight from not- glum on tho death of King Leopold, which closed hor regal career, tho baroness has boon living sumptuous ly, although In tho greatest privacy. In tho Chateau Ilallncourt nt Arron- villa. Tho penniless sisters of tho baron ess, who nro living in Paris, aro stupi fled at tho nows, nnd exprcis thorn- solvos na amazed that sho would mar ry so soon aftor tho doath of tho king. Tho caroor of the Ilaroncss Vaughn reads llko a novel. Tho daughter of a Janitor, alio roso to bo tho acknowl edged wlfu of tho Ilolglan king. Tho NEARLY ONE-HALF INDIAN "wlngo P'"" on Docombor 7, wnuo Lcopoia wns on nis aeninuoa, "Inasmuch ns this antodntos Mr. Cornoll's claim by nt least two roars. wo will need to go back to 1848 to Tho thtrteonth child of a family be longing to the lowor class of "In pottto bourgoolso," though arrlvod at a daz zling degroo of fortuno, Dlnncho Caro lino Delacroix novor, bo far as Is known, cxhlbltod tho loast Intention i. ri..M h nrnn. of alkylating tholr lot, and all of er, thoreforo, that tnom Pa,( of ll0r wlln unmlstaknblo tho rlfliona nf oocM, nborlKlnal blood 01( ""or. mo- hnni.1 ,a fobro. fifty years old, was until re sented In tho law. commlaBlon merchant at the- making bodies at con,rft ranrseis in raris. Anoiucr, WnaMnirtnn nf Miiio, Mnrla Lnlultt, koops a fruit and bklulionm's two United States sons- vcgotnblo stand In Oobellns mnrkoL tors, ono Is thn fnmnn nr.m, Anothor sister of tho baroiioss Is Mmo. Core, and tho othor Is Curtlss, who J,llloUo .v.erur wh" f"Y was , . I Sim.. Bilkl I m a TilaiiA A a r Intl. m Is part Indian. Of her flvo congress- "ow"r ",' u" mon nt least ono. Sonaior nhnrin. Tho only surviving brother of tho Doughorty Carter, Is noarly ono-half uironoss is a waiter In another cafa Indian. Strictly speaking ho Is 7-10 ?.ot (nr tro. tl,. .lnc. nPW'l' Chickasaw and Chorokeo iin.i o.i n o mono or ma inmny nns sometning ono o'clock, nnd If you hurry you will bo In time, I know thoy loft Ilrownlo In tho stablo, and there Is tho beach cnrL" 'No, thnnks," said Dr. ninko with emphasis. "We'll have our picnic here, and then perhaps whon it Is cooler I may drlvo you down to tho bench so wo may camo with tho folks. 1'vo been to plonty of clam bakesbut Uita Is tho first tlmo" Ho did not finish tho sontonoo nor eyes away from tho sleeping girl nnd dlJ He,cn ncd explanation of his Scotch and Irish. His ancestor, Na than Cnrtor, foil Into tho hands of tho Indlnns during a massacre, was adapt- aii Into thn trfhft nml mnrrlml n full. clambako. Thoy were to servo It nt ! blooded squaw. Slnco then thoro hnvo been sovernl Intermarriages. laid his hand on tho kuob of tho screen door. Ponto growled, the clock struck tho half hour, and as If watching for thoso signals, Helen's dark eyes open ed suddenly on tbo vision of a dusty, meaning. In sllonco he doftly laid tho llttlo table for two and then sitting down smiled across Its breadth, "Well, Miss Summor-boardor?" "Oh. I forgot I'm Helen Itogera. We've been hero since Juno, Mother travel-stained youth about to entor W ho ahull como every summer.1 the ompty formhouso. Sho sat upright with a stifled cry, and ho withdrew his band from tbo knob, llo faced hor. What do you want?" sho demand ed. "I r really, must I explain my errand V "Of courso." Holen's voice was crisp and did not harmonize with her soft eyes and winsome face. "Of And you?' "I suppose I shall, too." "I'm sure you will," said Dr. Jack In his slow drawl. There was strength and purpose and an underlying tone of authority in his volco; tho color flickered In Helen s cheeks and her eyes evaded bis and looked over Into tho sunlit fields, Dut wherever she looked sho saw nothing elso savo the doop, steady kindly to say of tho widow of the Uel- glnn king, whom ho cullod, half Jocu larly, his brother-in-law. The New Woman's Danger. This now clement in reform which Recently Senator Cartor has been aeism bo oklnK tho, nro rrom tbo before tho nation ns ono of tho wit- lop' 11,18 u8, . 1 . nodios In tho Indian land fraud In- now t0 wait. Hastol That Is surely vestlirntlnn no anngor which woihh ai wiu eiuaw Senator Cartor was born In 1868 of our .rost D0,b,1 ,i't,nlct ot near Iloggy Depot, an old fort In the responsibility. It Is this hasta which Choctaw nat on. Hla education wna "a nueiy um... uu. obtained In tho common schools and In tho Chickasaw manual labor acad eniy. In youth ho worked as a ranch man and ns a clorl: In a store. From of us Into ludicrous and wicked disrespect for law; It baa made us, with mistaken kindness, scok to interforo with indi vidual development which comes by 1893 to 1894 ho was auditor of publlo wrong doing nnd pa n; It has robbed accounts for the Chickasaw nation. UB ot Pmw ind differing opinions; Slnco then ho has been superintendent 11 ,1M created ft god In Its own Image, of public schools of Indian Territory. nnd crlea out thnt ho ahal be wor- member of tho Chickasaw council and ""'P4 onl ,n .way8, of wh,ch "P congressman. Ho Is a banker, Methodist, a Mason and an Elk. OARING AVIATOR WHOSE proves, un, 101 us team to wait; It doori not follow that we must bo Idlo because we refuse to be precipitate: it may only mean that wo havo a faith that is largo In time, and that which courso you must explain whom yau glanco of his friendly eyes, so her wish to see. You havo no right to I glanco wandered back to bis and met enter tho houso." 1 his smiling gaze. Courtesy Should Be Mutual. Persons who complain about the lack ot respect for ago exhibit od by Amorlcan youth do not always think It necessary to set an examplo ot good manners t,o the rising gonora tlon hy treating tnom wua respect. Such persons might loam a lcasou from tho Japanese. "Not only nro children gontlo and courteous to tholr elders in Japan," says a recont writer on tho Lotos Land, "but tholr eldors nro also gontlo and courteous to them. Courtesy is mutunl. Tho old folk novor forgot that thoy thorn- selves woro at ono tlmo young, and the young scorn to dlvino instlnctlvo ly what Is duo to ago." Christmas In Yucatan. Christmas In Yucatan la kopt as i Oesta. Tho Indians for miles around Tlzlmln flock Into tho town, bringing with thorn their wives, their children and tho Inevitable pack of dogs. Most ot them coma on horseback, two, and sometlmos three, at a time, the horses dragging two 'stout poles behind thorn bearing the total "household effocta" tii o lr masters. Others como en foot, tho mothers carrying their babies, Eastern-fashion, across their hips, tho fathers loaded with their world's goods, slung on tholr backs, with a band across their foreheads to bear tho weight, Tho plaza Is turned Into a fair, with rows ot tiny wooden booths, where choap gewgaws and tasteless finery tn cottons and tinsels, necklaces of beads and gaudy-looking ornaments are sold In hundreds at fabulous prices to the Indian women, whllo their husbands fuddlo themselves with "firewater" (lucktly more water than flro) In tho drinking Bhops. Wide World Magazine. Some Comfort. Tho young mother ot tho Siamese twins was Inspecting tho llgamont that bound them togtther, "Woll." she said, with a sigh of re lief, "there's ono consolation, ni novor havo to answer the question, 'How do you tell 'em apart P Later, however, when the press agents camo along they succeeded In convincing her that thoro were othtr anA store substantial eoasolatloss. FEATS THRILLED THE WORLD shapes it to some perfect end. In- deed, mere seems 10 me a certain un- ONE of tho most daring aviators, humorous arrogance to this bustling whona fent h hHii , feminine hasto to make ovor tho world world Is Louts t 18 BB u w" i"u"Bi uurseives sn Pnnih.n p, important inui noming roum go ngnt slnco ho wua without us. Margaret Doland In toe- mere boy ho has Atlantto Monthly. talked hand in hand with ro- Cheaper tnance. Hie parents I A medico tells of two physicians Ir were ordinary poo- a certain town, the ono elderly, with pie, unable to bo-1 a long record or cures, the other stow upon him any young, with his record still to make. of tho luxuries of I Tbo older doctor, it appears, was in- life, so at on early cllned to surrender somo ot his night ago bo ran off work to tno younger man. with a traveling I Ono night in winter the veteran was circus. At first ho did odd Jobs about I aroused by two farmers from a ham- tho tents, but between performances lot eight miles away, the wife ot one be practised on the tight-rope, and the I ot whom was seriously 111. The doc- proprlotor, observing his skill, docld- tor at onco reforred them to his young ed he was sufficiently proficient In colleague, but they refused the lat- that art to bo exhibited. Deforo long tor's services. he waa the star artist, doing difficult "Very well." replied the doctor. somersaults and glides with reckless thinking to put a convincing argument abandon ana grace. It waa while he beforo them. "In that case my tea- Uius envorteu on a siacjc-wiro that he is two guineas, payable now.' scquiruu me uuiuucmg lacimy wmcn i wcereupon tnere ensued a rernon- haa enabled him to attain hla rank I stranco on the part of tho farmers. among tho "bird men." but tho doctor was obdurate. Finally VITVn . V. .1 V . ,. I ... . ... .. uuu uiu imun mo uc&uu iu uuii, i one oi luQ men assco me otner: Paulhan signed as a sailor. Later he "Well, what do you think I ought to Decamo a soiaier, enlisting in tne dor' Aerostatic battalion of the French "I think you'd better pay him tho army. Here ho attained the practical two guineas," said the other. The Knowledge of air craft which resulted funeral would cost you more." In bis adoption of his present profes-1 ' I i i on. Rather Sticky Substance. Owing to hla comparative poverty "And aftor we cast our bread unoii Paulhan waa not able to own a ma- the waters, what do we havo thonr chine ot his own, but in the tall of asked the Sunday school teacher. lO0 he engaged himself to Hurcouf, J "Mush!" piped the little tad' wlta. tu deMgaei- oi Lbe famous dirigible I freckles on his nose.