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CHATTER VII. (Continued.!
"There! 1 have don what I could,
and I hare told your uncle my mind.
lt n talk of something else. Oh, I
forgot to s.iy that Will has com down.
We shall find him waiting for u at the
church.
"Will? I am glad."
"He got away a week before he ex
peoted."
"He will cheer you up, George."
"Yes; he talks a if nothing mattered
much and everything was a game. The
iAindonere have that way, I suppose.
It is not our way."
They walked away through the nar
row lanes, holding each other by the
hand like two children, as they had al
ways done since thoy were children t
pether, and George, who was three years
older, led little Mary by the baud to
keep her from falling.
This WiP that George spoke of with
Irreverence was none other than myself,
the person who narrates this true history
of country life for your amusement and
Instruction. I am Will Nethereote, in
fact: and though of the same surname
as Mary, am no relation to Mary. I
once endeavored, it is true, to remedy
this accident, and proposed to establish
very close relationship indeed with that
dear girl, but I was too late. My father
was the rector, and when I left Oxford
I found I had no vocation for the life
of the country clergyman. Therefore I
became a journalist. It is a profession
which suits me well, and I suppose if
I live another forty years and arrive at
seventy I shall have written t,00) more
leading articles, and my countrymen will
then be saturated with wisdom. I did
not wait for these young people in the
church yard. I walked down the lane
to meet them.
I declare that my heart leaped up only
to see that sweet, fond girl walking
with her lover, only to see the glow upon
her cheeks and the soft light in her eyes.
Mary greeted me with her usual kind
ness, bearing no resentment on account
of that proposition of mine above re
ferred to.
"And how Is George behaving, Mary?
And has the Dragon relented?"
"George always behaves well," she
Mid. "But as for the Dragon " She
shook her head.
"See, now, Mary," I said, "I mean to
put the case before a lawyer. I will
do it directly I go back. In the will your
aunt leaves you 6,000 pounds, to be paid
to you on the day that you marry with
your uncle's consent. If you marry with
out bis consent, it Is to go to David.
Well, David has gone away, no one
knows where, and perhaps he is dead, or
will never come back. Suppose you were
to marry now without your uncle's con
sent, who is to have the money?"
"My uncle says it will be his own."
"We shall see to that It is a case
for a lawyer's advice. And I will get
that advice directly I go back."
I turned and walked toward the
church with them, in the narrow lanes
between the high hedges. We talked
of different subjects, of what had hap
pened since I last came down.
But that subject of which we were all
thiuking George's impending ruin lay
like a lump of lead on our hearts. And
so we walked through the darkening
lanes, our faces to the west, so that
Mary's glowed in the golden light like
an angel face in a painted window, and
presently came to the church.
CHATTER VIII.
In the church the choir were already
assembled, and as soon as we arrived the
practice began. They sung, right through,
first the chants and then the hymns,
both for morning and evening, so that
the practice took an hour and more.
I sat on the porch and listened, watch
ing the fading light in the windows, and
the shadows falling along the aisles,
while the voices of the choir, uplifted,
rang out clear and true and echoed
around the walls of the empty church,
and beat about among the rafters of the
roof.
The black clouds hanging low made
the evening so dark that outside th
porch one could see nothing. But the
lightning began to play about, and lit
up the grave stones with sudden gleams.
Presently, looking out into the black
ness, I discovered in one of these flashes
a man in the church yard walking about
among the graves. This was a strange
thing to see a man walking among the
graves after dark. I waited for the next
Hash of lightning. When it came, I
saw the man quite clearly; he was bend
ing over a headstone and peering into it.
as if trying to read the name of the per
son buried there.
Then the man left the grass, probably
because he could no longer read any of
the names, and began to walk along the
gravel walk toward the porch; perhaps
because he saw the lights and heard the
singing. The choir were just beginning
the last of their hymns:
"Lead, kindly light, amid the incircling
gloom;
Lead thou me on."
"That's the roice of George Sidcote,"
said the stranger, addressing himself.
"He always sung the tenor. I remember
his voice well; and that's the voice of
Mary Nethereote; I remember her voice,
too. That's Harry Rabjahns, the black
smith, singing bass; a very good bass he
always sung. Ay; they are all there
they are all there."
"Who are you?" I asked. "Who are
you to know all the people?"
A sudden flash of lightning showed ms
a ragged man with a great beard, whom
I knew not by sight.
"I know you, too. I didn't see you at
first. You are Will Nethereote." His
voice was hoarse and husky. "You are
the son of the rector. I remember you
very well."
"I am; but the rector Is dead; and who
are you?"
"Before I go on," he said "before 1
go ou," he repeated these words as if
they ltd some peculiar slguitkuuce to
gj
him, "I thought I would come here first
and see his grave his grave the place
where they hid him: ami I thought 1
would read what they wrote over him
how he died, you know Just out of curi
osity, and for something to remember."
"l4ld whom?"
"I should like to think that 1 had seen
actually seen his grave," he went on.
"But the night has turned d.irk. nnd I
can't read the names, and haven't got a
match upon me. Will you tell me where
they've laid him?"
"Laid whom, man? Who are you look
ing for?"
"I am looking for the headstone of
Daniel Leighan. Old Dan, they used to
call him. Who died six years ago, or
thereabouts."
"You mean Mr. Lelghan of Gratnor?"
"The same, the s.mie' I suppose Maiy
Nethereote got G rat nor when he died.
They always said that he would leave
her all he had, Gratnor Kami and Fox
worthy and Berry Down. Oh. she'd be
rich with all those lands."
"Who told you that Daniel Lelghan
was dead?"
"I saw it." he replied, hesitating "I
saw it in the papers. There was some
talk about it at the time, I believe. A
a a corouer's Inquest, I was told; but
I never heard the verdict. Terhaps you
remember the verdict. Will Nethereote,
and would kindly tell me? I am yes
I am curious to hear what the verdict
of the jury was "
"Y'ou are strangely misinformed. Dan
iel Leighan is not dead."
"There is only one Dan Leighan, and
he is dead," returned the strauge man.
"I tell you that old Dan Leighan is
still living. He is paralyzed in his legs,
if you call that dead: but if you have
business with him you will find that he is
very much alive."
"Not dead?" The man reeled and
caught at the pillars of the porch. "Not
dead? Do you know what you are say
ing?"' "No more dead than you."
"Oh!" he groaned; "this Is a trick you
are playing. What do you play tricks
for? He is dead and buried long since."
"I think you must be mad, whoever
you are. I tell you that Daniel Leighan
is alive, and now In his chair at home,
where you may find him to-night If you
please to look for him."
"Not dead! not dead!" By the fre
quent flashes of the lightning I had now
made out that he was a very rough-looking
man, in very ragged and tattered
dress, looking like a laboring man. "Not
dead can it be? Then I've bad all the
trouble for nothing all the trouble for
nothing. Not dead?" He kept on saying
this over and over again, as If the won
der of the thing was altogether too much
for him.
"What do you mean," I asked, "by
your rnbbish about an inquest and a
verdict? What inquest should there be?
And what do you mean by saying that
you saw it In the papers?"
"Not dead? Then how should his
ghost walk if he is not dead? Are you
sure that Daniel Leighan Old Dan
is alive this day the same Old Dan??"
'I suppose it is the same Old Dan.
There never has been any other Old
Dan that I know of."
"It can't be the same. It must be
the evil one."
"That is possible, and now you men
tion it, I think he may be, and very like
ly is. But I wouldn't say so openly if I
were you.
"Not dead:"
He turned and walked slowly away.
I heard him stepping over the stile, and
then the sound of his footsteps ceased,
as if he was walking over the village
green, which, in fact, was the ease.
The voices of the choir ceased; the
candles were extinguished; and the sing
ers came out. We two men walked home
with Mary. I told them on the way my
little adventure with the strange man
peering about among the tombs.
"Who could It be?" asked Mary.
"I thought I kuew his footstep, but
I did not know his roice. I cannot tell
who it was. He knew your voice, Mary;
and yours, George; and Harry, the black
smith's Good heavens.'" for here my
memory of the man came back suddenly
with one of the lightning flashes "good
heavens: how did I come not to recognize
him at once? Mary, it was! how could
I have forgotten? Why, the thiug may
change your whole future."
"Will, what do you mean?"
"Your whole future, Mary. Your uncle
refuses his consent because he thinks
that David is dead; well, then, David is
alive! For the man who prowled among
the tombs and wanted to see your uncle's
headstoue was no other than David
Leighan himself come home again In
rags."
CHATTER IX,
The in upon Challacombe Green Is a
small place and bumble, though visitors
may get tea served in a neat and clean
parlor. The lun is licensed to Joseph
Exon. It Is also the smoking divan of
the parish of Challacombe. The room is
paved with stone, and furnished with u
long wooden table and benches, a high
backed wooden settee to pull before the
fire lu cold weather, and a broad, hos
pitable fireplace.
The room was about half full at nine
o'clock this Saturday eveuiug, when the
latch was lifted, and an unknown per
son a stranger stood In the door, look
lug about the room. He looked about
the room as one who remembers It. But
his face was seared, and his eyes seemed
as If they saw nothing. Mrs. Exon, at
sight of him. spoke up:
"Now, my man," she said, "what do
you want? We don't encourage trumps
here. You must go as fur as Bovey to
get a bed to-night."
"I am not a tramp," he replied
hoarsely. "I have got, money. See."
He nulled out a handful of silver. "Let
me come in."
He shut the door and sat down at the
lowest end of the table, taking olT his
bat und shaking his loug hair off his
forehead. Six years a.'o all the uieu lu
twMmiw4Hiwitwmn'HiiimiirwHuHWnmwi
Desire
the room would have risen out of respect
to the owner of Berry Down. Now not
soul remembered him.
His eyes were full of trouble, nnd with
a kind of trouble which the good woman
had never seen before. Not p:iln of h.dy
or grief, but yet trouble, lie drooped
his head upon his chest nnd begun to
murmur aloud as If no one was lu tho
place but himself.
"Not dead! he Is not dead! How can
that be? how can that be?"
Then he fixed his eyes upon the land
lady's and K'i'el upon her as If she
could rend In them wh.it ailiNl him. Re-
wlldernunt and nmntcniont which beat
i. pon his soul, as the old poet said, in a
nutdnMii bents upon a drum this was
the triable which caused his eyrs to
have that terrifying glare and his limbs
to shake and tremble. Mrs. Exon watch
ed him, thinking he must hive a tit ot
ague.
'The poor man Is ill," she sitd. "Here.
my man, drink this." She gave him half
a tumblerful of cordial, which he poured
down.
The dose hid the effect of eoiiips!ug
him a little. His legs ceased trembling,
though his hands shook.
"Yes." he said, "1 am ill. I was took
sudden Just now. I am better now.
"Where may you have come from J''
asked one of the men.
"I've come from Southampton, where
I was put ashore. I've come all ilie way
from Australia."
'And where might you be going next?"
"I'll tell you that, my friend, ni soon
n I know." Racgcd and rough K look-
d, he spoke, somehow, as if he belong
ed to scmcthii.g better than would have
been Juiced by his appearance, "If you
h.id asked me this morning. I !ioulr
have told you that I was going io Bo
vey: now. 1 don't know."
Mrs. Exon mill looked at Mm with
curiosity which comes of a hu'f uneasy
recollection.
'Old Dan Lelghan. now," he went on;
"can any one give me news of him I
mean Oid Dan: him as had Gratnor first
and Foxworthy afterward, and then got
Berry Down, being a crafty old fox. Is
he still alive? Somebody told me he
was dead."
"Surely." replied Mrs. Exon; "he is
alive and hearty, except for his lgn,
poor man."
"Oh. hes alive alive and heaty? I
thought, perhaps somebody toid me
that he died I forgot how six years
ago come Octoln-r it was. That's what
they told me; six years come October."
"He had an accident Just about thst
lime six years ago. Terhaps that is
what you are thinking of."
"How," he asked, without taking any
notice of this reply, "can a lire man
have a ghost? How can a lire man
send his own ghost to travel all round
the world? Won't he want Us own
ghost for himself sometimes?"
"He s got a touch of fever, tid the
landlady, "und it has gone to hi li-vt
Y'ou had getter go home, my mio. aud
lie down, if you have got a bed any
where." 'I want to know this," be rep-ated.
earnestly; "did anybody ever hear of ,t
living man sending his ghost o-i. on
errands, to keep people awake aid
threaten things? It can't be; it isn t in
L-ature."
Nobody conld explain this fact, wh'.ch
was new to all.
"How did he do It, then?" he kd.
Impatiently, banging the tabic with Irs
fiBt; "tell me that? How did he do it.'
Then he pulled himself together and be
came natural again. "About his legs.
now. What's the matter with Dau
Leighan's legs?"
"Why, after his accident tbey began
to fail him," said Mrs. Exon, "and now
he's paralyzed, and never leaves hU
room unless he's wheeled out f a hr.e
morning. But hearty lu appetite, aud as
for his head, it is as clear as ever."
(To be continued. I
Animals' Wandering.
The fable of the country mouse nm
the town mouse has a foundation in
fact, says Ixmdou Answers. Mice oc
casionally migrate In large numbers
when food grows scarce, and travel
considerable distances to fresh houses.
Farmers In a part of Terthshlre had a
good reason to become aware of this
fact when, a couple of years ago, vast
swarms of mice Invaded tlielr corn
fields at harvest time.
But the mouse only travels when It
has to. The rat, on the contrary,
seems to take a yearly outing. In very
much the same fashion as do human
beings. Rats are the most migratory
creatures lu the world. Whole troop
of rats leave the towns at the end of
summer and spend a month or two lu
the country, apparently In order to en
Joy the change of food which the
country affords at that time of the
year In the way of fresh fruit and
grain. Before the cold weather seta
In they are hack in their old quar
ters. Reindeer migrate with the an run
regularity as swallifivs. They move
south when winter sets In, but as
soon as ever the snow begins to melt
they travel steadily north, sometimes
for as much as 1,IMX miles.
To end a holiday by deliberate sui
cide Is so strange a phenomenon that
for a long time naturalists looked
upon the stories of the migration of
the lemmings as an Improbable Ac
tion. Yet the facts are beyond dis
pute. At irregular Intervals these rat
l'.ke creatures start out from their
homes In the fastnesses of northern
Scandinavia In huge droves, number
ing tens of thousands, and travel
steadily southward. Death pursues
them in a hundred forms. Hawks aud
other birds of prey hover above them.
Thousands are drowned lu rivers. Yet
the rest struggle on until they reach
the sea. They do not stop. They
plunge in, swim out and struggle on
until their last strength falls, and they
drown. Not one ever returns from
this Journey of death.
Practlcul KxercUe,
"I hear that your daughter is going
to take lessons In physical culture,"
"Wa-all, yes," drawled Farmer Si
las, "an I've been bus. getting her
the necessary articles."
"Indlau clubs and dumbbells, I pre
sume?"
"No, a new washtub un' a patent
Ironing board."
'PAli I '"ver luij seems also to cause tlielr
CK?rFlVit, excessive salivary secretion. I'll
v4': treatment consists In the removal of
I'oniloi Is for Morses.
It Is ii good plan to give the horse In
tho stubU nil the fresh nlr possible
and some stables are arranged so that
ti window- Is In front of the horse. ThU
Is an excellent plan, for by arranging
such a window the horse may have
plenty of fresh iilr day nnd night. Here
Is the way to do It: Have n sliding
sash and also n sliding screen, which
may bo put In place when doslded.
Have this screen of lino niesh wire of
(he regulation size used for windows
of houses. Then, mi the outside con
struct n sloping roof over the window,
posts resting
WINDOW Kon TIIK HOUSE STAt L
on u hoard shelf, which. In turn. Is
held lu place- by hrnrcs from Its bottom
to the side of tho burn. On nit suitable
occasions have the window open so
that the horse may get Its bend out
The roof will shade Its head from
tho sun. yet the opening w ill be large
enough so that It will get plenty of air.
During the night the screen inuy be
placed over the opening to shut out In
sects and In the event of n heavy storm
the glass sash may be pulled In place
wholly or lu part. Indianapolis News.
Ciiltl Vut Ion of Corn.
In considering this operation In corn
raising. It should be borne lu mind that
the object of cultivation Is to keep the
soil lu the most desirable physical con
dition by controlling, ns far as possible,
the amount of moisture ami air In It
and to destroy the weeds that hinder
the growth of the com in various vuys.
The yields of this crop depend much
upon the sklllfulness and thoroughness
with which Uils operation Is per
formed. The best method to follow In .-o
cultivation of a corn crop will de
pend upon the character of the soil;
the way lu which tho seed bed has
been prepared; the weather conditions
tltirinir tho season: tho number and
kinds of weeds the soil Is Infested
with, and the stage of their develop
ment at the time the corn I cultivat
ed; the age of the com plant when
any particular method Is to bo used,
and the conditions that follow any
cultivation. The fundamental truth
Is, In order to obtain the best results
In cultivating corn, the method must
be varied to meet the conditions named
above.
Hnnd'lnn linakets Kim II jr.
Baskets holding one bushel or more
are used to considerable extent on all
farms where there Is much lu the way
of heavy vegetables or grains to han
dle. As the ordinary biiHhel basket is
made the handles easily pull out with
the weight of the contents ami men
one is obliged to hande the basket In
any way possible unless some plan Is
arranged for Inserting handles. The
Idea here described shows n plan for
attaching handles which costs but lit
tle and which will make the basket
serviceable until the body portion Is
worn out.
Attach a small piece of leather to
the basket by slipping n piece of nar-
FOB HANDLING BASKETS.
row flat Iron or small piece of hickory
wood, run through the silts. See B
and the diagram in the lower part of
the drawing. The projecting ends of
the Iron or wood are thrust under the
strong splints of the basket, on tho In
side, the end of tho piece of leather
drawn through on tho Iron and servea
as a handle to assist In dumping the
basket when full. A. A. In the draw
ing showa where the second handle Is
attached.
Heraedjr for the Htobbers.
Why do horses slobber? The ex
cessive secretion of saliva hns a vari
ety of causes. It may be a symptom
of some affection of tho mouth, teeth,
throat or stomach, or due to direct
irritants In the food, such as lobelia,
muscarln, tobacco, wild mustard, gar
lic or ginger. Brown or second-crop
eld In place by corner
WT 1
ft A
the cause. If further treatment seems
to bo locessari' simple astringent
washes for the mouth may be used,
such as vinegar nnd water, bivrnx,
boric acid, sulphate, tincture of eloiide,
or Iron. Two drams In n quart of
water should be used for any of these
remedies.
Home Tusk for Knliir tiny.
Rainy day Job for the fanner nnd
his boys are as necessary as the plow
ing of the land. Tho farm Is no place
for the buy man, says a writer In
Michigan Farmer. It Is the successful,
active man who Is watchful for a loose
plank, a leaning post, u broken hinge,
a fallen panel of fence, who Is found
grinding axes, sharpening hoes, cutting
weeds, grubbing out hushes, mending
ami cleaning harness, grinding the
sli'Ulcs, putting new handles lu the
place of broken ones, t Ightculug nuts,
replacing old, worn out bolts, seeing
that the hay rigging Is In order, hunt
ing out the torn gruln bags, etc., lu un
favorable weather for Held work.
Don't grumble at the rain; there Is
plenty to do. The aetlve mail bus Ills
planter ready, the tools are all In shape
f !. nf a iii.'-iiO-iit' liol lie. This ni
the man doesn't wait upon the weath
er. Each day brings Its work, be It
wet or dry.
Cool Fruit When Shipped.
Fruit should not he picked on a .
warm day and put Immediately Into
cold storage or Into cars for shipment, j
It should be put Into some place w here
It will have a chance to cool off nnd
penult the latent heat to work out.
Tutting fruit Into close cars where no
refrigeration Is provided Is a fruitful
source of trouble In the shipping of
fruit. The heat In the fruit causes
rapid tpolling, especially with fruit
that Is of short keeping iiiallty, like
some of the apples that ripen lu the
summer. If the nights are cool, fruit
can be cooled off by simply leaving It
over night exposed to the air, but not
to tin dew. In other cases cellars are
found deep enough to have a tempera
ture of under ' degrees. These can
be used lu such cases. In some parts
of the territory over which this paper
circulates storage pit have been dug
Into the side hills and these may be
used ns storage (daces.
A Shock Corn I.onder.
For the man who has loaded corn
fishier from the Held to the wagon
with a fork all day until his bak
feels as though It had been pounded
with a chili, the arrangement shown In
the picture will be much appreciated.
It Is a device for elevating shocks or
bundles of fmlder from the ground di
rectly to the wagon.
The upright standard, n, may be at
tached to wagon frame In the center
or at the front or on the bind end and
braced In such a manner as will bold
It rigid. The boom, b. Is attached to a
by an Iron bund or collar shown at d.
so arranged that the boom may swing
roiiN roniiKn loader.
entirely around upright, a, which may
be secured to the bed of wagon by an
chor Irons or by setting Into block a
shown at c. The cable, e, I used to
adjust the height of bm, elevating It
to highest point lu lliilshlng out the
load.
Ae to llrced Heifers.
Our own opinion and practice to
breed heifers to drop II rut calf at as
near twenty four mouths of age as
may be practicable. We would not
like to have them freshen In midwin
ter or midsummer, and this for various
reasons. We want them to make up
the udder for first freshening under
the most favorable circumstances both
as to feed and temperature. Hoard's.
Farm Notes.
Don't use medicated cattle food.
Hot days, tilth und sour milk
hand In bund.
Have the cow barn well ventilated,
but keep It cool.
Make the harness as light as possi
ble. Tut stops on the shafts and take
off the breeching.
Iiook over screens and screen doors
and repair holes. Damp weather Is a
great breeding time for flies and mos
quitoes. '
Tick up apples that have been blown
from tho tree. A good market will be
found for them If not too badly
bruised, for they make pod pie.
Legs of mutton cun be cured and
smoked just as pork hams are and
they are delicious eutlng when pre
pared this way.
Keep roads aud driveways looking
neut, and pull weeds as they appear.
Sprinkle the drive morning und even
ing to keep down the dust
It is of no use to think that contin
uous crops can bo produced without
continuous effort. When one crop Is
taken off the soil must be dug as deep
ly as In the first Instance and fertiliser
used m for the first croc
Tho Shall of Tcrsla, now lu Tarts,
who Is being bothered by person who
wish to sell htm quaint nnd eurloua
things, Is tho II C tli
monarch of the dy
nasty of the Kie
jar. His iiniiirt
Is Mur.afTer ed din,
und he succeeded
hi father. who
was asNasstnntcA
ou May I, I Hi Hi.
The Khali was born
March V.", IS.Vt.
Ill olhVtnl tltlo Is
'SliahlnNhah," or
s ii Ait or iMisiA. K1( r Kings, nnd
he Is absolute master of the lives and
good of nil hi subject. The rut Ira
revenue of the country H lit his dis
posal. Most of his personal posses
sion nre represented by diamond,
two of which weigh, respectively, I Mil
ami 1 tit carat. The precious stones
forming the crown Jewels are wonu
'millions. The Shah lias six sn.
twelve daughters and six brothers.
! The heir apparent Is the eldest son,
Mohammed All Mlrn. but the Shall
ha the power to leave the crown In
any member of his family. Generally,
however, preference Is glen to n sou
w hoso mother wa a Kujur prim-ess.
Constantino T. ToblodotiostselT, tho
Tmeurator General of the Holy
Synod, who narrowly escaped death
nt the hand of as
sasslns. Is regarded
n the power be
hind the Russian
throne. Toblcdo
nostsefT Is n belated
survivor from the
day of the Spanish
Inquisition. He was
born In 1H-J7. While
acting a professor
of ii II law lu Mos
cow In lst'l be was
roiu i imimin ini vv.
appointed tutor to
the Grand Duke Nicholas, Alexander
and Vladimir, and from the moment
of hi nppoliitmetit be began to exer
cise a remarkable Influence upon tha
pupil who was afterward Alexander
III nnd whose most Intimate adviser
he became III the end. As the year
went by M-. TolileilnlioMfsefT rose In
power until he wu appointed Tn
curntor General of the Holy Synod In
IKSi). (n that high ottbe he ha bml
full scope to Indulge himself In a sue-
cession of callous bigotry, blind super
stition nnd willful Ignorance of the
real need of the people.
Tnlted Stitcs Senator Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, who I being sharply
criticised throughout the country for
hi dealing with
the Equitable graft,
I perhaps noire In
timately known to
the people of tho
country than any
other man, except
ing only those who
have been circled
Tlehldciit. E v e II
his mi me. t w Isied
by the Bowery con
tingent of bis na
tive state Into
Teach," stands for
i3
SKNAToll I):T.W.
"Chauncey M. Di
li smile, while bis
genial good humor
und his ever ready
stories have m.'idfl
for him the heartiest
welcome at the
banquet tables of this generation.
Ills
broad, sunny "expression has always
seeiued to the people to be merely the
echo of his own sentiment that "ev
erything Is all right all the time ami
everywhere." Senator Depew, before
! his election to the Senate In 1 s: n , hrnl
I represented the Vaiidd'hllts lu the
huge financial affairs of that opulent
family for many years, and wa presi
dent of the New York Central Koad
for a long time.
Francis E. McGovern. who Is ener
getically pushing the tight ou graft In
Milwaukee, ami who bus Just Hiiccetsl-
ed in p r o c ii r nin
t wenty-foiir n e w
Indict in e n t
a g a I n M fourteen
persons, was elect
ed District Attor
ney last year, and
previous ly luul
served ns Assistant
District Attorney.
Ho was educated
lu the University
of Wisconsin, grad
uating In both let
M (.OV l.H.N.
ters nnd law, and Is described as an
active Republican of tho energetic La
Toilette school. He began his anti
graft campaign when he first been me
connected with the District Attorney's
olllce, and the manner In which ho Is
continuing the work Is cunning dismay
among corrupt officials. More sensn
tlonal disclosures and additional In
dictments are expected before Mr. Mo
Govern completes his task.
Dr. Joseph Spencer Konnnrd of Tarry
town, N. Y., receives larger royalties
from his novels published In Italian than
any other author with the exception of
Guhrlnllo D'Annuii.io. Ha to ha
knighted by the King of Italy in Janu
ary. Major J. II. Sllue, president of thu
United Suites Historical Society, In soon
to establish hruiichc: lu all the Stales,
and believes It will eventually become,
one of the greatest historical bodies ever
formed lu the United States.
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