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votion and private moral«
m«a«urts
well. It 1« an Ironic comment On evr
tain tradition* once potent and «till ra
garded that Oscar of Sweden, who b»
earn« the kingly office so well, ba<
y-niiv
Qiint
scarce fl a drop Ul
of so-called
“royal” vr o.
f even “princely” blood In his vein«. Uh
paternal grandfather was John Berna­
dotte, a French peasant who found a
marshal’s baton In his soldier's knap­
sack. His paternal grandmother »at
the daughter of a Marseille« stock bro­
ker of plebeian extraction. His moth
er was the daughter of Eugene ft<o*u
barnals, with no claim to MghGr r&n$
by birth than that of the distinctly
"lesser nobleRMf’ of Franc* OStsr II.
was the second kl«0 «f distinction ot
hl« family. There If no qHteklon that
John Bernadotte managed hlf afifaia
well. Called to bg heir off th« chil%
lest ruler over « people of wtea* 'ta>
gunge even he wag Ignorant, ba «fl»!*
ly preserved «nd enlarged th« degni»
lone of the dynasty into which he had
been adopted. Non« of th« print»»
“made” through the 9U’'’-«8Sas ef the
great N«poleon saved so much from ths
Napoleonic wreck. Illg gon and th«
tint grandson who succeeded him mad«
no notable mark upon higtory. Tha
second grandson of BSrnadptt» utfl
third king of the r«cg had abilities
suited to his time» Intelligent, cul
tivated, realizing fully th« fovo <iJ
democratic Idea« and th« clikng« from
the traditional altitude of th« king
toward hte subject« which they Involve,
he conformed cheerfully t« th« te *cs
11« wa« required to Is « thoroughly
"constitutional” mmarcb, and h«
played the part with enthusiasm, H«
deserved and won for hlnteelf and hie
country the respect of ail nation* H»
deserved and won ths love of hl« Pho 1
pie. 11« wag th« only fliig of hl« time
who could go about hlf aountry lib«
any other m«n and ba unattended
When h« gr> desired without tear and
Without danger. In th« cl<MlT* year«
of liia prosperous reign he met with
what was, from certain vtewisflnta, a
misfortune and at least a mortification.
Tber« cam« a day when there must
have echoed In bl« «art the word« of
sn ancient Scandlnarlan king, so finely
paraphrased by an American past:
“Whst was that?” »Id Olaf, standing <«
,
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V uvat>2<«>nax IS an excuse for
•örfnsu. Dy tha Way, whit) la the ex-
cg&> Äty ®fun<enn«6fi?
Iitntb iC always the Mtn« old Btory,
J* Will CO *x*n by the love letter« that
court now and then.
¡1’1® Topeka Journal knows a woman
*Vho «if! Fu»*» when she gets to
UmevOA because she can’t get 8 halo
to Wilt her."
Odu a term«« Who sell« pnttrved
aggg, With the gtttemeint that they gre
fees» laid, pg « (’hrlellan and have
ll'dU) df t glorlou« hereafter?
Srtll, It Beemg crtiel for Tom Lew-
•09i to fiewert th« country in it« hour
of trial, merely fo? the purpose of mak
Utg a few beggarly million« himself.
AO Ohio convict made <20,(NX) while
Moving a five-year term In the penl-
TUBti apy. Some people are ouch flnan-
(4«1 gvnlugag that they can mage «metey
•ay «ter*
Mr Rockefeller 1« pleated
thought of being regarded as •
No dottbt b« find« it a bl«6S«d
that a man duteu’t hAv« to be
be patriotic
at th«
patriot.
thought
¡M<r to
X<wn L««eon h<>i*» th« country Will
Sit «till and b« gotgl white he engag.a
JA th« unpIvnMnt but neeaggary job of
etmftlng a few million« «ut cf th« Byg-
tesi tur 6 i» own um .
Pa thnmerman, of Olnclnnatl, la Mid
to ba buey Battling th« deb» of bi« erm-
l«-l«v, th« Duke of Munchgater. Th«
dnt«’« cradltora will doubtlaw 1» glad
that pa h«« decided not to hoard hie
uwney
uiup
The Wawhlngton Poet has dlerover«d
M number of CongnOMnan In Washing­
ton «Itk «Dewha« In th«lr poteet* In-
tha quarter deck;
asBux’h o» th«M 1« no law again«» car­
rying «nncMted a ¡»ver ha» it (kwan’t "Something heard I like th« Wruffigg ef
a ehsttersti wr«ck."
seem that there * anything that o*n ha
A oom
A public «-tool principal d«*1«r«8
that “<tikr«go boy« «nd girl« twist
their parent« around th «Ir finger«.
One «f tlma’w change* A generation
«go 1« w«w th« hoya ata! girl« wh« wer«
twisted, «nd not around the Angora,
but over th« parental An«*
Einar then, the arrow taking fHwB the
lonsen«« wring
Answered. “That we« Norway tweaking
from thy hand, O King."
Yet Oscar of Sw«d«n had not the
mortification of Otef of Norway, that
misfortune bad com« to Alm fwun go­
ing ton fast and far and getting «heed
of hi« tim«s, and be had th« aerwDllng
knowledge that through im fault of
hte wer« tte lands over wklek his
I'wmler •tolypla haa given the Dgm anepter extended and th« dominions of
to «iMteretand that th« Ctef’a will son bis bouse diminished. Two psopl«« had
ttau«e te I« tli« only law In RiMBg
got at cross purpose«, and It was not
Pvrhsi« th« CM« cr«et«d th« Duma
Ctwroly horaiga he though* U Would ba In ths yow«r of « constitutional king
to lead s<ethar those who bad te be
an assy way to beep It« maniliwnt frota
drlvwi tf they were not to separata
wtlrriAg up tnauhie eiaewU««,
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Ws m «» tiiat the America« press
generally refem to IzHBlo Caectyvnyi a«
‘Uta Vanderbilt count.” Thia 1« «ot
tn*«nt •• any a|gn of fll«re«i»et to 8
noble Austrian houte, but merely lllu*
trataa the fact that the democracy is
airing « propar consciousness of Its
own aristocratic values
Miagnirl boast« • nsw society, "The
Vnltsd Veteran« of the Civil War,”
m>«d« up of Union and Confederate sol­
diers Missouri was on the border­
land bstween North and South, and
"brother against brother” was more
♦h«n a figure of speech. The Missouri
society may tend to a united grand
•riuy of blue «nd gray.
Tli« Finnish Diet I mi I pawed unani-
anousiy • bill providing that no alco-
•ol shall hereafter be manufaceured
In Finland or imported into the coun­
try. In Russia, of which Finland 1« a
part, th« manufacture of nlcohol 1« a
8t«tg monopoly. The Finn« evidently
Object to many thing« from Russia be-
«Ideg th« government of the Gear.
•JI«« I thy gam««, heiilthy ft»»!« and
bed thy homte" would lie enjoyed by
«Very youth. If the blrtlulay wish of
Field Mnrghal Ixvrd Rolwrta could come
to ^*as& "Anfl keep young,” adds the
f«n«>ug <v>mmander-ln-<*hi«f of the Brit­
ish army. “I hnvg kept mygelf young
o& purpt««
I n«ver drink and I
don't amok«, «nil I «m r««lly not a day
Older than 1« 1M0.” At that rate
"Bolte. ’ who W6B Item in 1832. Ig ¿8
instead «f 78, Ind th« boy« be gpt*aks
ot si* generougly n«ed not hwttats to
wiah him m««y mor« happy rsturng
Of tli« many Wonderful things In the
Wlfl, tew. If any, are more wonderful
tha« th« manifestation« of the care
Which i eJd taksa nf the helpteM There
Wite a splendid Illustration of this care,
•X«rcl»«rt through human lugtruments,
fti th« will of the late Robert N. Car-
ten, of Philadelphia. Mr. Carson be­
queathed an eMate worth $5,000,000 for
th« puriswe of founding and maintain­
ing a college for orphan girls between
Chfl
of 5 and 10 year» who have
•either tether nor mother. They are
to rOcetve such training as will fit them
a life of usefulness, and are then
to b« discharged at the age of 18 or
lost The girls are not w> l>e dressed
in unlRwiu. but nre to be allowed the
♦»•ret» of some degree of Individual
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®Eff BESEW® FROM TUB
C1RTAIN troop ci cavalry had about
twenty desertions in one year. The writer
took i>ains—knowing the nifin personally—
to loquire a* to the reason of the deser­
tions. Most of the men left because they
hated and despised the first sergeant,
claiming that they did not Stun« into the
service to iis ruled over by any man Who wa« not, and
tetver could be, their Superior in intellect «nd education.
At tho commencement ©f the Spanish-American war,
When the army « *» increased to war etreugth, Intelli­
gent non-commlAslon«rl officer« received promotion« to
various vacancies with greater pay. What wa* the re
gtilt? Th« old Soldiers who could hardly write their
•wn name« wer» promoted to the vacancies caused by th«
Increase. In • great many cases where good sense and
intelligent discipline one« ruled, arrogance, ignorance
•nd pr«ten«e uow hold full sway. Organization com-
•nandtr« depend on the old soldier first «ergeaute. and
the« latter take advantage of that trust, with the idea
that it «aa their general superiority which caused their
promotion. What was and always will be the result?
Desertion» What does the new recruit expect front
those in authority when h« joins his troop or company?
>l«.»Mpf»tg to find that those in authority are th« most
intelligent What is tire* must natural result when he
finds Ignorance and pretense where h« should find In­
telligence? II« Is disappojnted. No man can respect ig
Borane«. Ignorant authority 9 desplard «nd gradually
hated, and hated to such an extent that men under such
authority will commit themselves in, a «bort tirii« and
get into ««rtoug trouble, ending with deaartion.—L»«lie’e
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Legal Information «
*<»••■« Twfce tk»t ««.I«,» «8» Negro
*<>««•* twt, **ir« wi««.n
The constitutional guaranty of im­
munity from criminal prosecution, ex-
Ths pawnshop of Morris Eelngolfl, at f cept by indictment, is held, in State
fit)« Kansas avenue. West Bids, was In 1 vs. Lewis (N. C.), 7 L. R. A. (N. S.)
tii« care of Mrs. Felngold nawntly, 0G9, not to prevent the legislature from
Say» the Kansag City Tlmss. Ch« was 1 permitting the grand jury of one coun­
in the storeroom, whsre th« Sate Is. ty to indict for crimes committed in
when a customer called liar to another an adjoining county, since, although
room. This left the mfs without • Indictment requires a grand jury, venue
guardian. But Mr« F«!ngold Was alert. Is not an essential element of it.
She beard a noise In the storeroom and
A municipal corporation maintaining
went In quickly. Tli« door of the safe •n electric light plant, which, for com­
• as open and she remembered It bad pensation, Installs in a business place
been closed. And there, crouching In a light which is imperfectly fitsulated.
front of It, she saw a negro.
Is held, in Thomas vs. Somerset (Ky.),
The pawnbroker’s wife didn’t screen. 7 I*. It. A. (N. S.) 9i»3, to be liable to
a«d she didn't faint She is S Stuall An employe of the consumer for in­
woman, but she grabbed th« negro by juries caused by his coming in contact
the coat and put her hands In his with an electric current when, to warm
pockets. There she found $18P In bills bis hand, he puts it to the globe.
and checks which had be«n In the «ate.
A statute Iteilting the time for pres­
Then she dropped the money Into her
entation of State bonds which have
apron.
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‘‘Don’t you take that $11.10," fh« Tte been overdm* for a period of eighteen
gro told her. "That’s mine. I’ll hav« months, to six month« from the time
you arrested If you take it Please, of notice; and which provides for pub­
mfacus, give me back my $3.10. ¥<wi lication of notice In a newspaper pub­
wouldn't take a man's last cent, would lished at the capital city of the State,
and for filing of cople« with the secre-
you?”
tarieg of variou« boards of trade. Is
But Mrs. Felngold was pitiless,
‘‘I was «frald he'd tak« «ll th« held. In Tipton v«. Smythe (Ark.), 7
money from me If he got a chance.” L. R. A. (N. S.) 714. not to l>e unreW
she said afterward, "; ’so I turned and •onahle, and therefere not to impair
threw It In the wife and locked the the constitutional right« of • txmdhold-
door. When I turned •round h« we» er, although, by reason of absence from
the country, he actually receives no ao
gone.
"I thought only of t b« monty
i ties of the statute until after the os
dldu't even think of calling for help, plration of the limitation period.
“A. rented a farm of B. for two
tiwmgh there wer« three men In the
next room. The negro was Wrgfl. He years. At the time of renting nearly
was a lot more scare«! than I wa«. all the land upon the farm was plow*!.
No, he didn't try to strike me, but kopi R «old the farm before the term «f
repeating, ‘I ain’t got nothing; I ain't the Hase expired. A. releaaed bls in­
got nothing.' But I held on to hto coat terests under Ills tease at the time the
with my left hand mud ■earcbad big place was sold, but told B. that he
pockets with the other. And I found would uot plow the land ba<» Can
I A. or the purcbagrr of the farm now­
the $180 In money «nd cbe<*g
Mr. Fglngold e»amlned bis b'iok« force B. to plow the land back?” Ans.
last night to learn if the negro tray •—No. Unless there Ig a definite agree­
ment in a lease to plow back ]nnd
truthful about the $3.10.
"I don’t know exactly how much which Is plowed at the time of enter­
money we had," the pawnbroker Mid, ing into the lease, or Unless It can be
“but I don't believe we have any of shown that It is n general custom to
that negro's cash. Of course he can plow l»ek Ouch land, a tenant will not
be compelled to plow It back. If par­
come back and help utv Investigate
ties do not provide for this in their
he wants to.
"Besides the $180 In money anfi agreemegt and If there is no gengral
checks there were diamond« W«rth ffJVf custom throughout the country to do
and Jewelry worth $300 In tffe afif».” I »>, the law does not presume that the
TAe police hav«u’t found the n«g»>. fc*n«nt agrees to replow the land.
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HE American farmer is emperor of the tu»l-
versa. Tlier« is no doubt altout it, for
Sscrttary Wilson tells us go, and he backs
up hia assertion with figures that simply
appall with their immensity.
Weakly.
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THE XODQB HU.vBAJHD.
of the Anterican farmers’ product for 1!M>7
KCK there was a man, and he was a lodge at 17,412,000,000, mor« than 10 per cent higher than th«
man. He belonged to a dozen different valuation of the 1Ô0G crop» in l'JtK). And 11MMJ wag a
fraternal orders, and- he wag interested in rword-brenkiug year.
The troubles of the bank«* and the fear of a finaoeial
•very on« of them. He wag «ecretary of
on», treasurer of another, Eastern Po­ Stringent- dis.1pj»ar in contemplation of these figures.
tentate lu « third, Keeper of the Sacred What mw<l to worry whan ttg« tillers of the anil are per­
Coal Scuttle in a fourth, and so on through forming such wonders?
During the last nine year«, say» the secretary, th«
<he entire list. Now, the» manifold duties kept him out
American
farmer ha« added (53,UU),0U),UU) to the wealth
although,
In
itself,
there
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no
partícula»
harm
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of the nation.
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la that. It’« only a question of what a man doeg when
Of course corn I« bli<, with « valuation of <1,350,-
ha’« out. «nd whether there lBn’t worn« better reason for
(Ito,(W, «nd, lest wa may not comprehend this vast total,
him to stay at home.
Mr. Wilson kindly volunteer« the information that thir­
A« It happened, this nten wag married. IF* lov«d hi«
wlf*. tan. Sometime« h« said he thought he’d have to teen «uch cr<>[*s would replac« tli« banking power of the
give up a f«w of hie ladg«A they kept hi* out k> much., United States, it« capital, ourpltM, deposits and circula­
But he tool it oat in thinking. He didn’t do It Now, tion, «nd that «eventeen such crop« would be equal to
•11 the money in th« World.
th* littl* woman at horn«, sh« began to d« «mu« thlnlt-
And Uncle- Ram appréciât«« the effort* of thotw who
- Ing hew»lf, end et laet •!>• formulated a pla«.
One morning h« epted a que«r kind *f pin oe her make t«o Made« of gra«g grow wfiere only one grew be­
waist. "Whit's that?" asked th« man. ‘Tlite?” •lie fore. Tlnxnigh the Department <ff Agriculture h« is
•aid; "oil, till« 1« the badge of the Daughter« <# the lendiog co-opgrafion and encouragement to th« farmer,
Munn. I Joined laot -night while you were «t the baa- ertu<*atiig him to employ «-tentlfie method« In th« treat­
ment of the «oil and Intelligent*« in the rotation of crop*
gu«t of the Ioe Aw«l«re’ Society.”
Then, for thr»* «olid monthw he Watched th« appalling Re«ult9 «how that it I» worth ills Whll«—Toledo Blade.
"Ever «fee« his wife 1»
( Mlf) ,
suit for divorce be hits ldt>k<A tberlkiy
VO » ®o Vtgrkr 0->UO*>-(&,Bo.
•irar It, King of Sweden, who tiled worried."
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<«),’ Dec. fb—Any one who lives
tacitly fffter a rfilgu both iottc and
“I^e oughtn't to wotey,; dtift’R pf*6r r in a aenfill tow* or upon a farm should
y>rosj>ero^A- -except for one Incident— Jdy jg*t It”—Houston 4’ost
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te very careful «bout the chajgcter
amid thg sincere mourning of Wls
of the* cfcalk maflis which aUiay be
pie and the esteem of good men of all
What
hat an added redf>e^t a ffttl* WÇ" fentyj 0» the Alices.
nations, was one of the most 0votn- ha« 1 for nls sister’s knowfelge when
Ilf affinor cases It Is s good thlÿj to
pllshed gentlemen and best tuen of his he *e-*a iler mixing liG) favorita KluSÌ MS fjiem gtand; in otiqyra^th«
otlMra^the w [»eat
tlma. By «very standard of public d«- of cak«
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thing «<> on. Th« «xwrait olfennttntlon she jiflned was
th« Loyal Vertiefia
Then came the Prophetesses,
ftiiioWed clos«ly by »lie KaWniis. After this she selected
tli« Paughlrrs of I.llwrty und the Woman's Reform As-
giciation. TUo llttl« wom«n w«s g-ldoin in now. S<wn*-
tiino« lie would g< li<«n« fo« «up|»r and find a note on
the table, “Gone h> lodge Cold ham In the pantry.”
Finally, in o «Ingle tseoa she Ateled to her I Mt of mem-
hgrshlps, by taking oa the Knights and ixidies of the
Gr««n Harp, the Ladite Auxiliary Brigade and the
Daughters of Re«f.
That *es the Uist Straw Sunday morning the man
Stood over the’bed and l*K>ked at a sleepy-ey«d little
woman.
Here —
— •• ” he said, "i’ll quit if you will. 1« it
a bargain t” khe put tier grms right up, and grabbed
him «lid hissed him. “ It ia! It is!” she cried. “And
we'll have hum« again!
I «on't thinh this is any preachment against frater-
nal order». It isn’t, They Hre too useful. They help
too much. Too many of them are real Influences for
good in this busy old world of oura. But a man can
bO too mtich of a lo< i«e man, can’t he, whan be lets bis
lutlges interfere with a finer thing and a holier thing
and a th.ng which inuAt mean more to him than all the
lodges that •ver were? Because, be It ever so lodge-
le*. thtee'8 im > place like home.—Chicago Examiner.
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course 1« to gw them olt ju*t as »«am
»• pimibl«.
It 1« wltk the chalk m«r> *><« th»
tenc« th«t the trnmp p:i®sws th« word
along to hjs fellows regarding th«
character of th« pvopl« who Jiv» In «
house and th« tr«atm«ftt which may I*
ekpvctvd.
Now, if you re*e a clrcl« with a cross
Inside of It, erase that mfirk as soon
us you can. It means thgt «ome time
you or some one within the Rouse gave
a meal to a trawp and I m * I s passing
the word along that “food Is given
here.” That sign is an invitation that
no tramp wil! overlook.
The best thing ybu can fio Is to rub
that syuibdl out and draw another cir­
cle with an arrow running out of it.
That sign means "Gtet u«a.v as quickly
as poOBibte-”
You may also draw n bog and Inalile
of this chalk two “N’s1 which run to­
gether. This Is the high Sig» that there
is a dog in the garden.
Or, if you want to be put entirely
beyond the pale of annoyance and mo­
lestation, Just draw a heavy line, which
look« like a snake with an upraised
head and three curve« Tn its back,
That will mean to the tramp who*
eye looks upon it, “Poor peopl« in this
house.”
Or, you can «Imply make ■ cipher
mark. That means "Nothing doing.”
That these signs are accurate IS
vouched for by Inspector GvorgePatter-
sou, of the bureau of criminal InSper-
tlon of the Boston police department,
He has mad* a «)>ecial study of than®
sign«.
ta'ffi Cromer luis placed In the hands
of a London publlsiier for publication
early In I'.HiR the manug rlpe of a ixnte
of mod«rn Egypt
Mt*. Humphrey Ward'« Juvsnlle
story, “Mllly and Oily,” in reissued by
Doubleday, Page A Co. It wa» pub­
lished oMgfnaly in 1881.
HcrnrSiin Sudermann’s fiftieth birth­
day wn« recently celebrated by the
printing of the hundredth edition of
“Frau Sorge." This novel first ap-
pegged in 1»87.
Prof. Richard Holbrook. of Bryu
Mnwr Colle**, has discovered In Italy
two unedited letters of Byron, one of
them c<M>tninli* a mention of Allegra.
He intends to publish them soCli.
Clevemos Is usualy heretVal, but
Mr. G. If. Chesterton lifts always used
his clevernesg to*iog e»*ellence
th •
orthodox wajg <♦ thinking Hence fre­
quent panHtyflcf on hunH1ff>. As an
cx^jiifr of ImmfilTty®w’e *■«$! the ltg|n
that ai^ad^pgaFwas rekntly dihvered
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• r the New Reform Club in Ixmdon on
"Wli*t I Want the Gov«rnm«nt to Do,"
,bj- tt. <$. Cheaterton.
MAY COVER DEALS IÖ STOCK.
Ida« Threatens to Place an Embargr
ou Market Speculation of
All Kinds.
* a«blngton correvpondene*!
HERE has heci
a sudden awaken
Ing
tiirougiusi
the country to th«
fact that Borne
thing is going ot
I n WaXhlngtoi
which threaten
gambling in cot
ton and grain
and possibly, too
which alma t<
place an embarg«
on speculation It
stocks.
I nd lea
tlons of thli
awakening api*a;
in a regular Hoot
I of letters from the Interests threaten*«
i to the members of Congress, who nr«
Identified with the proposed restrlctlv»
legislation.
The reason which call« forth thes«
letters lies In two bills introduced by
Senator Culberson, of Texas, and Rep
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resentative Burleson, of the sain«
State, designed to wipe out sjax-ulatlor
in cotton futures. The bills nre ldentt
cal and while they apply only to cot
ton, ns originally drawn, there Is tike
lihood that If either of them Is report
ed out of ti>e committee to which they
have been referred the provisions wil
be extended to apply to wheat nnd oth
er grains.
The central Idea In the Burleson bll
Is the application of the power to reg
ulgte Interstate commerce so ns to re­
strain telegraph and telephone comp»
nles from trans­
mitting messages
relating to a con­
tract for the fu­
ture delivery of
cotton. The use of
tile mails nlso |g
prohibited to pub­
lications contain­
ing notices or rec­
ords of the trans­
actions of any pro­
fl u c « exchange
wherein the cog­ c. A. CI IJIKHSU.’V
tracts atinad at in th« mea sur» «re
made, Heavy penalties provide the
means of restraining the telegraph and.
telephone companies. It Is the conten­
tion of Representative Burleson that If
Information of the kind prescribed cat«
be kept away from the people living
outside New York and New Orleans it
will put the New York Cotton Ex­
change out of business. Frankly, It is
admitted, that such is the object of the
Mil.
The B< >ards of Trade In several
cities are aroused. Probably what
they chiefly fear is that* public senti-
nient against spec
ulatlon
In both
stocks and bonds,
which has ti»*en
accentuated by the
r e cent financial*
condition, m a yr
hasten a demand
for the passage of
the bill.
In addition to*
Th« major dram»« of Richard Brin*
l«y Sheridan, ”Ph« Rivals," "The
School for Scandal" «nd “The Critic,' »i
have been issued tog ether as • volume
of the Athenieum Press Series for th«
u«* of loth students
i
and general read-
era.
"Between the Dark and the Day-
light" Is a collection
*
of short stories
by William Dean Howells, dealing,
more or less, with those curious mental
experiences, those fantastic metaphys­
ical phenomena which have embroid­
ered life for some and furnished the
rest of us with an endless source ot
after-diimer speculation. These stories
of Howells are leisurely worked out
and politely, too, with no particular
strain ui>on the credulity. The opening
narrative, "A Sleep and a Forgetting,'
Is a skillfully handled story of a girl
who, in :< moment of deep tragedy, has
lost her memory; uot only her recol­
lection of the past, mercifully blotted
out, but the actual faculty of remem­
bering,
that she forgets her father
and her acquaintances the Instant they
the Burleson
are out of her sight. A physician drifts I w- f- hbpbu « w .
ineosure,
Repre-
into the case and the story Is worked sen ta five Hepburn, of Iowa, has in
out to, presumably, the correct pmtho hand a plan to regulate dealing In
logical as »ell as spiritual ending with stocks.
the doctor, the girl, her father and a j ’Both France nnd ’’Gejrmany bare
tteld adventur« on the Italliui coast as' adopted radical restrictive • measures
the factors. probably most readers relating to dealings In stocks, grain,
will regard “Editba” as the best, as it cotton and other things on margins,
is the moat subtle, story In the colle«'- I and their example Is being pointed to
tlon. A shallow, romantic girl, caught by American legislators who are ear
up io a wave of war-time hysteria, nest in their intention of doing some­
overt ales her lover’s scruples and sends thing along the same line. The laws
him to the front with spiritual result« of
... . France
____ , prohibit
........ gambling ,,,
in several
not ordinarily charged up against War. securities and provide heavy fines and
In R m ' Oil of ills ffubject* lias the au Imprisonment for infractions thereof,
tbo» Veen »• happy as In these two. I The French penal code also prohibit»
“Th« Chick of the Easter Egg” Is so i ‘‘comers’’ or attempts to control tb»
trivial in matt**? that not even the mas­ supply or affect the prices of grain,,
ter’s m«nn«r can redeem It. The oth- flour, bread awl other food products.
•ra, however, are good examples of
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
Mowglis ghortrr gtarfeg.
St. Chrietopfcer la the patron saint of
motoring.
IF»««»' Bred.
Brazil has no miffclle class There ar«
"Did your wife finally consent to you«
taking that sticky tty paper out of tb« but two classes there—the rich and th«
poor.
dialog fijom?”
Countess of Warwick, on return to
“Of course she did."
London, says America'« only nope is u>
“How «¡id you get her consent?”
socialism.
“Oh. just by sticking to It"-*—Hous
Three daughters and one son of Batn-
tab Post.
uel W. Carpenter of Allegheny, Pa., hava
•loped In a year.
SyrnCMng nt Voters.
The- grand jury at Oakland, (%!., re­
The Foreigner—Vaccination Is one m fused
to vhle an indictment against Har­
the qualifications for a voter in Nor. ry Kleinschmidt, accused of murdering
way.
his friend, Frank Bellows, and the youg*
The American—We are opposed to a man was released.
marked vote or a marked voter over
The establishment of the William Budd
her«.—Yonkers Statesman.
Furniture Company, in Petersburg, Va.^
was burned the other day. I xjss 975,000, •
He Side-Step«.
partially covered by insurance.
Husband—<es, dear, of course we
For the first time in the history of
must eoono*lze.
New York county a man has been con­
Wife- Well, then. I’ve concluded that victed for attempted murder. He is Pie-
tor Giannone. a photographer. He was
I wight
the cooking myself.
¿lusbnnd hastily)—Oh. no,
It's charged with hiring Bruno Cardea to kill
cheaper to keep a servant in9he 'CtJlise Lw gi Favata, that be might wed Favata’ao
wife. Favata was wounded, but recov­
than • doctor.—Philadelphia Pre««.
ered.
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Measures
Introduced by Texaj
Members Would Prevent Op­
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