Hillsboro independent., March 29, 1907, Image 2

THE CH AHITY ' GIRL
Dy Ef FIE A. ROWLANDS
CHAPTER VI iiio through disarreeable "rk"r4rf
The neire of Mm. Kmr'. sudden Id- t-rie, "I mu.t tell you in "" "'
r ..... .r b. .,,,1 ill h.lih reached nlans to-morrow. Aunt A(aiM. Are inoss
Mra. Thorngate the folio wt afternoon.
lilt l.gbfa of IJnfle-ood? I bad an Idea
I. frfhar jsrsv. "Ml
11 mrrnm uiuiu -
An. nMrU.n. Ir Im! Mies inter la
luckv voun woman. I l ppropriated
... . u...
"Tiers la no definite en,aiemenr i
I don't think I am far s-rnnf ir 1 Bay
Siieila'a fancy bans toward lord John
r.l-nHormo... I thin JTM Bier Dim
h.i ton were here before."
A trim look settled on Beverley Roch-
lort'a handsome fare; bia lipa roiupressed
ih-.rn.K-. Into a tight, mit'jt Una.
"Y I know tilendurwood." waa all
aa the vicar's wife waa re'urning from
some of her parochial niluisfcrings.
"What ia wrong with ber?" aha ukl
Dr. Seritance. anaiously, aa see met bim
riding bnnieward.
"I rnnfcss aha pmzlea me." be answer
ed. "I sounded the beart tin morning,
nnd, ecept for extremely wak action, I
ran trare no definite signs of a malady."
"I think I will go on to Pinglewood
and see ber." .Mra. Th'irnjate aaid to
here. It, a she waa alone again. Cod-
t .1 n ..A !.'.. ..m n. aruM . .Tl - i M 1 ,1
I sant to aee how that cii'ld ia getting lie atid; but a keen listener might Da-
-on. too." ri.lected something naru mi
She waa Juat passing hr own giite aa hia roice. "I
mh i,Ai...ft ..f !.! -mlitpnlv I Ann Affntha.'
astnniH.wd by being confronted by a Mra. Thorngate made no riply to tbia.
hia .'or. truth to tell, the hud weak spot
arms about her and ki.a her cheek moat n ber heart for Lord John, and waa ona
hemtilv. I bi warmest adiiilrere.
"We'll Aunt A-mli h,. I am once "I bate nriz ! I knew one out there'
renin, you see," aaid a aoft, aingularly I with a comprehensive nod backward at
pleannt voice. I some, unnamed biurne "to w'lom I took
"H.ri..r . Anm Ka f Tfnt- .mi I a fnncv." Hevertev touched acftly. "He
startled me! Oh. dear!" nd poor .Mra. wai the surliest chap I ever tame across,
ThorriKnte f.iirly gped for tMatb. i-ut what a plucky one! W knocked
"I'wir Annf tht Vh- a aliame ' axainat each other Dretty o.iei.. i
I am awfullv aorrv. diar. I thought you aorr7 for him. aomehow; hn reemeil al
.iw me. Come in and ait down, you I ya ao glum.. He gave me a packet to
jer old thing. Where'a llacle Cub?" bring borne to aome lawyera here, and
.Mra. Thorngnte allowed benelf to be made me awear I womd hoaontly deliver
led up to the rectory by th- atrong arm. It. He pulled bimaelf John Marah, but
Her urprie w raniahlng and only I am quite aure that waa nc' bia name,
ple.-.aure remained. Heverley come home H must have been a good-looking fellow
once again! She could aca-cely believe when be waa younger, with eyea aa blue
It. IJeverley, tluit dear, handsome, acape- wril, aa your large sapphira ring, Aunt
grace aon of her dead and gone, yet atlll Agatha, and coal-black hair. A atrange
tieloved ainter, Margaret! Mra. Thorn-I con li.'nation .' I never aaw It tffore."
"Why, thafa juat -vhat ll.at child I
like.'71 cried the rector'a wife.
"What child?"
"MiBB Fraaer'a maid, and a protege of
(i'u! Such a lovely ilttle creature,
wian jou could aee her, Heverley."
' I never waste my admlra'lon on aer-
varls," he aaid a thy reached the low,
k. wld. aarneatly and KlnJ'r. "WUI job
uU an w)mi It u I
Aili gaaed bfora Her It -t. tx'i
daaej faair la another nomeut or ao;
ihen aba gava 1 Httlo cry, and pr-aU
her two bauda befora ber eyea.
' Oh ! It i culd have ou y kiiied tilra !
abe aaid. Berc-ely. yet kmUly. now
k.i ll dare he!"
r nrH John atarted and nia pulaea thrill
ita -atiour to jue-tt'on ber, and
,h like a fla.h of lightning, the truth
cue to biui lHwna' ataanjeriug amk-
waidne". the girla anaina euu miaery.
Xbt man had eviuenuy .ubj.i-u u-r
pei.iapa had kiaed ber I A lot tida of
color surged to waca uuu "..
't .i.ll noi .-cur again, do aoomea
her. anj atlll claaping ner raiua, ju
niut not come out bera In the dunk alone
If vou can help it i you are too young.
loo too tretty, my child. e you are
ioiiig to be brave, you will no. cry any
nic.tr
lint tha teara were raat o':rmng ona
anosber down her fair, waite cbeeka.
1 am going away, at aula, aa wen
at h could apeak. "MUe i 'iiaer won t
ket n me any longer. 8ha laid I waa to
iii...
go at once. I 1 Know i jj aiupiu, out
If alio would only give me a chance I
ahoulu do better but -he won t. and
now I must go back to the home and
tbey will acold me, and
'St-nt you away like t hi at tbia time
of nifcbt? Oh, there must Le aome ml
talt !" Jack 'a voice wia full of Juat
hid .-nation.
Audrey aasured him t vaa only too
true, and eaaed ber aorrowf j little heart
by pcuring out ber diaappointment and
niipciy. until auddenly .lie remembered,
with a atart, that Hhe waa preaiimlng
dreadfully on tils kindneaa, au.i came to
a p: mature alop.
I aball never, never rorget all you
have done for me! a lie aid in low, brok
en t( tea, and then abe had Irraened her
iio'd and waa out of aight.
He atood gazing after her, and then.
a . tl ough urged by ao.ue wil I, unconquer
able impulae, be lifted hia innt and kia
ed Hie apot lier lipa had touted.
I love hrr!" he aaid to uliovlf, ague-
ly. yet with a rush of joy fiU;nf hia heart.
'I love her! My darling! My darling!
(To be continued.)
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TST1CE THE OF THE HOCS.
By Rev. Newell Dwlght IHIIIm.
Among tlio dark robleuia of llf
uiuat make la for the Inju
tlce that noble Uieti Boinotlinea Buf
fer. Ixitig ago Jerusalem rruelHwl
lta Saviour, Atlicna jhiIhoiioiI It nma
ter, I'lon-uce buriifd lta lit-ro, but to
day ever town, and Tillage bolda at
IfHHt one martyr to cruet and uajuxt
Jiidjjiiietita.
Ourt u world In which the clerk Bufferi In the flnan
clu' failure ot hia employer; where the otliceholder la
ruined he tb political iniatanea or uie party leaaer;
a I a .1 I . M tl..
Where t!i child l tieatroyeu uy iub aiua ui iub miuer,
Kmployera miiietlniea auffcr grlevounly hy reason of
vonoiai,. .veut over wDh n tney nave no control ; aome-
tliuea tiie cWn aufrera tnrougn tne Bensntionai ireMa;
oiiietln, the author or editor auffera through cruel
crltlclmn over events for whone evil rouaequentt! he I
In no aae reKiiiHlhli. ThU prohletu of unjust Judg
i"f"t and thla bearing of JuJiiHtUe In alienee la one of
Hie bunk'Ht pnibleinx that niiiti experiences. Injustice
public men have to endure lu alienee.
The nivd of "lr nour 'r J"H",,e n' truth In Judg
nient. The full fw't Hre perhaps never liefore any of uh,
Hut lu general men are fur better than they are believed
t The "1 'n tne world outwelgua the III. The
pniphet Naw man as part gold and part clay, hut the
proiMirtloi, of gold is more and more and the clay la Iomh
and levn. The world hna had too many teachers h1h-
one( unjustly. Too many reformer martyred without
caue. Too many hemes who are victims of malignity,
Jealouxy and bate. There la too much good In the
worHt men md too much had In the tet mcu to leave
any place for Injustice, harshness or cruelty.
companies Hn.'.CHiO.OOO, goodly portion of which aum
they theuiaelve contributed.
It la late In the day, but at last people are beginning
to learn that of all "Insurance" the beat la to build prop
erly In the first place, to construct ao that Internal Ores
or conflagrutlona can Inflict but the minimum of damage.
Ami It can be done ao easily and at such alight additional
cotit above that of the most flimsy construction. Why,
take for Instance, the Board of Underwriters' laboratory
In Chicago, the moat perfectly fireproof building Id the
country, with all the "frills" and accessories that we
have been clamoring for for years to make buildings
more thoroughly proof against Are, and, In spite of all
that, It haa cost but a trifle over 10 per cent more than
If It bad been built In the usual shoddy way. Consid
ering Its longevity, freedom from repair a, and the elim
ination of Insurance, or, at least, the payment of bftary
premiums, and that building within a few years of It
erection means an actual and great economy to the Indi
vidual, and from the day of Its completion a godsend to
the community.
fcatea child bereft heart mg to this
jount mnn with the tenn-ry of ao Ivy
plant. He was, after ber huaband, her
deare and moat treaaured .OKeaiiion on
earth. Once inside the coiy dining room
she embraced him warmly.
"Let me look at you, ('jMlng." ahe
said, holding him off at arm length and
fieai.'ng her eyea on bia extremely hand- wide porch-like entrance of Dinglewood
oine face, with its dark oroe olive akin. Houe
clear cut featurea and abort-cropped Mies Fraxer waa dispensing tea to her
oraiu. -on, my dear! I am glaa to grace the Duchese of Ha.forough and
ee you once more, lou oad creature, one oi two other people. Phe received
never to have written me a line all theae J Mrs. Thorngate In the wr rm, pretty
inoctha! And now you waut something I fagi,.0n ahe always asumed before Jack'a
' eai, inu mere la nollilug iKccul in tue mother.
h"1" "How good of you to rjmel Dear
lou will at down and take your ease, mnmma will be ao pleased to aee you t
I fca.e already ransacked tha larder, and Thanla. she Is really better this afternoon
wlla very good reunite. Voir cold beef sl i (,,. f ()h , lightened
was beyond reproach, my l-ur aunt." lt (erribly ahen ahe fell down in that
Mr. Thorngate laughed. falptlng fit ! I did not wa.it ber to go.
jijw good it la to aee you in your
THE REAL LINCOLN.
but ahe would do It. Mr. Koehfort,
sill you come and alt aere? lear god
mamma, may I Introduce .Mr Beverley
Kocllort to you? He hna ju.it come back
fdu chair," ahe aaid, tenderly. "How 1
wish (jus was at home."
' lie aill be back in a few !ays, I anp-
.nt. . i
j.-.r, neveney .ociirori oi.w rvea cas- frotu foreign parte, and will entertain
ually. after having learned the tvfifton j you, I nnj mire I
of hi uncle being away. To an onlooker ,,lrtlPM ,nor,j h(, ..r,, .ulrt.
t down. laord
in the rector's absence; but Mrs. Tboru- I ,nily
- r in an i i ne iiuciiess moved her
a might easily have been perceived that N0 t;ist Uoverley might sit
he ywing man had no very great regret Jlln . p,,a.aiin, Ttr, a(a
In I ) i a .... I . ' . I . . . a I Tl. . -
gain diil not uliserve It.
"And now you will make up )our mind
1 atay with u. will you not. my deareat?
I can asure you we are nit very dull
down here, now : we have the Iuchea of
llarSnrniiih. with the Mari lis of Iverne,
mm-' Ixtrtt John Jlealijrwd at Craig
lnnd. The r'ras.'r are at Hirglewood;
the Kviwesls settled In liiou for the
hunting; no end of smart people one
wa;- and another."
Beverley ' amlled complacently and
atrnled his short, silky ard. Sines.
iec.ity would force him o make the
tectory bia heailiimrters for at least
some few month, he wna not at all
atcrae te hearing h! aunt's tewa.
"I am not surprised :hey should come
l.re : It Is a good country. 1 don't
now a better, and 1 hava traveled
hrocgh a good many in my 'ime. I sup
1osc 1 can get a aort of aioujt In either
tiaston or Moiuberry?"
"No need ta go ao far," smiled Mrs.
Ihongaie. "Veur ancle lias two burn
er In the stables, and bo U. be infi
nitely obliged to any one who will give
their, a little exercise, mors esecially
as he cannot be here to use them himself.
Would you like to go and save a look at
.hem. my dear boy? Van e-iil find Pot
ter still in the stable. ; In fact, very
llitle la changed In the year and a half
jor have been away."
"I doo't mind if 1 do. But where are
Jo-i off to?"
Mis. Thorngate explained lur reasons
lor going to Oinglewood.
"1 think 1 will leave the horses, and
accompany you," he aaid; 'it ia Jint as
well to resume ac,uaiutaa.-e(!iip with the
4ol : aioitnd."
And so, chatting languidly in hia soft,
musical voice, Beverley i.oehfort walked
through the muddy lanes to Birglewood.
lie r menibered he had made a distinct
impiession on Sheila IW hen he met
lier before, and, altloiigh lie bad no defi
nite plans In his mind, he f -It he should
1 wise ta renew the friendship with this
extremely wealthy young woman.
He let Mra. Thorngua'a C.ieery tongue
run cn. and was not ve.-y -omn unicative
bout himself.
"Just back from the Cape," he ob
servtd. when hia aunt pinned him on
thia point, "and aa uncomfortable time
I have had of It. Oold miues, Indeed!
iwoie uae ireaiimiiis. ever worked ao
liard in my life, and nothing for It!"
ne laugneo sotuy. "Aunt Agatha, I
hava come home with empty pockets!"
A alight shade passed over Mra. Thorn
gate a face.
'wr must not let that ias Beverley"
alw replied; then a little mora hurriedly
you atill have your email Ucome. of
fours ?"
"I am aorry to say, dear aunt, that
my h.come Is a thing )f ;!,o n.f I
iealiel the capital when I waa In Eng
land before. I had ahsohite re. of the
money, anu inere waa nothing rise to do.
t thought I told you of thia."
Mrs. Thorngate nttensl j ntiiot "'n
Ji.l a . '
i.-ai, 7 um ii.ii, anil somehow the
lani grew misty netore ner. u recall
ed how hard her aister had afnggled to
keep this small amount of noney aafe
for her boy. Beverley'. Indifferent tone
jarud on her a little, but sue waa too
fond of him to let that last.
"You must have a chat wi'h Cua when
he tomea back, and until ih-n, dear, look
upon me aa your banker," ahe said, gently-
"iwar Aunt Agatha!" Bevrrley mnr
mured, preeslng lier hand. Ilia gratitude
waa entirely assumed, since he had set
tled thia arrangement In hia mind before
1m left Tort Elisabeth; but Mra Thorn
gat' never doubted It for a moment
'Too will be a rich mat some day,
Heverley, you are so clever. Brains like
orra always succeed."
"They certainly have servj me eery
well so far." agreed Mr. lt'hfort. Thera
waa a curloua amile on hia fact aa he
called how :: hia brains ba4 carried
"Helln," he aaid, as he lrsw the girl
apait from the rest lor a uuinent. "bow
conirs that man here?"
"What man? Oh. Mr. Koehfort?
Vij he la dear Mra. Thorngate'a nephew.
Stupid Jack, as if you did not know
that .'"
"1 did not know It, or I ahould not
have asked the question. I have never
seen bim down here before, nnd I have
mver beard Mrs. Tborngira speak of
bin-."
Oh, he ia her Joy and her beloved. I
rah him handsome, don't yiu? But, of
roime. no man ever aaiutre another; I
lorKot. -
"Whoever he may be, I snow hlra aa
one of the greatest blackguards It haa
ever been my lot to meet."
Good gracious, Jack, hoa- awful; and
Mr Thorngate a clergyman, too!"
"Mr. Thorngate hna nothing to do
with him. I doubt if he would ever let
hin. Inside hia house If be ruew as much
about bim aa I da"
Biverley was in the est of spirits.
He tad carefully noted .hat whiapered
.on.'.ience at the fire, ut as be had
toted that Iaord John lendurwood did
not vouchsafe him any greeting. He waa
much relieved aa Sheila came op to them
and treated him to a amile. He did not
qu.te understand her expression, but he
studied It well and determined to think
it oxer. He was a most amusing man;
he could tell an anecdote w ith Juat enough
dimtgard for the truth aa to joint it well
ana make it more palatable. Hia voice
waa so pleasant, his b-.iri.ig so grace
ful, and his face so haul-time, that he
won ever j body -a heart.
"lou nuiMt come to Craignda," cried
the niciex, with deciaion.
Meanwhile Jack Olenlii-wood was
string through the chill February af
ter neon ; a alight frost and tall of snow
had prevented the meet that morning,
and he felt a trifle bored.
By this time he was it Mie stables,
snd, going In, he examined Sheila's mar
iiaie and gave a word of praise to tha
bead grootu. Aa he was aauntering
tcruas the court yard he ran against a
man hurrying In from a side avenue,
which was the aervant'a entrance and
exit from Dinglewood and tlu village.
i "WU,,V. ,,wn J" """I Is Urd
Ivetn. ill, or what Is the matter?" he
cxcln med In nrprlae, aa he recognised
bia own aervant.
iKiwns etammered out son sort of
"Plmation about having left aomethlng
be oi glng to him at tha hou th. day
befoie.
had him long. .,. nilJ not psrtlpular
car. for bim. He felt that lowns w
.vmi at this moment. Ha whistled to
down the avenue from which hia aervant
bad hurried. He had not r-n. m"n.
Thr.e J,,t In front of him. her hand,
prersed cl, to h,r hrmwt , ,
M-.cs cloak and veil n which he had fir,,
""I Ainiry.
Slie waa perfectly erect, a-rf held her
nead proud and high. The ligh wll
ht. her f.e. waa, and how her eyjl
were glowing. '
excll' In 'r', T0X d',ln hr :oo'
cC'uo h ,n,,1 T'r. coming
ti.T kP h'T- A h d"1 noticed
1 ber breath wa, coming 'T.
tantit.e mka " ereai
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Xot
( Waa Neither Inarraeef al.
Awkward, Mar Igly,
For many years It has been the
fashion to call Abraham Lincoln home
ly, says a writer. He was very tall
and very thin. His eyes were deep
snnken, his skin of a sallow pallor,
his hair coarse, black and unruly. Vet
he was neither ungraceful, nor awk
ward, nor mtly. His large features
fitted bis large frame, and his large
hands and feet were but right on a
body that measured six feet four
Inches.
His was a sad and thoughtful face,
and from boyhood he had carried a
load of care. It Is sinnll wonder that
when alone or absorbed In thought the
face should take on deep lines, the
eyes apear as If seeing something be
yond the vision of other men, and the
shoulders stoop, as though they too
were bearing a weight. But In a mo
ment all would be changed. The deep
eyes could flush, or twinkle merrily
with humor, or look out from under
overhanging brows, as they did upon
the Five Points children. In kindliest
gentleness.
So, too. In public spenklns;. When his
tnll body roue to Its full height, with
head thrown back and his face trans
figured with the Are and earnestness
of his thought, he would answer Doug
las lit the high, clenr tenor that came
to him In the heat of debate, carrying
his Ideas so fur out over listening
crowds.
It has lioen the fashion, too, to say
that he was slovenly and careless In
his dress. This also Is a mls'ake. His
clothes ?onld not fit smoothly on his
gaunt and bony frame. He was no
tailor's figure of a man, but from the
first he clothed himself ns well as his
means allowed and In the fashion of
the time and place.
In the same way he cared Ilttle for
the pleasures of the table. He nte
most sparingly. Tie was thankful that
food was good and wholesome and
enough for dully needs, but he could
no more enter Into the mood of the
epicure for whose pnlate It Is a matter
of Importance whether he eats roast
goose or golden pheasant than he
could have counted the grains of sand
under the sea.
THE KATTEB OF TIRE INSURANCE.
Dy F. W. FltxpairUk.
Since 1800 have paid In Insurance pre
miums i3,ti21!.t)tiO,())0, or Just In the last ten
years. l.tllOSS.'.tXX). In liMKi we carried iuto
the Insurance companies, over $1!1,0(K,(X)0 In
premiums and got bnckln paid losses the sum
of !I5,0K),0(X). which was supposed to consul
us for the- loss of atsjut $1SO,(Ms),(kh) In smoke
and fully that much more for fire departments
and other alleged "protection." San Fran
cisco offers the latest Illustration of how much Insurance
really does protect I'roperty to the value of fully
foTrfUHXyHM) was destroyed; the city and country suf
fered a business loss by the fire In that city of nearly a
billion dollars; It will take at least $12,(KHJ,(M)0 to clean
up the city, and undoubtedly SHJ),(HK),0(K) and twenty
years' time to rebuild It. For all of that terrific loss
and cost the citizens will receive from the Insurance
PTJEE FOOD IS GREAT TRIUMPH.
Dy P. M. llmnnev
Well and properly administered, the pure
food law cannot fall to work an Immense Im
provement In the condition of the general peo
pie. to elevate and dignify the tone of the
nation. It is Indeed high time for It to come,
for serious and pressing Is the need of It. If
there la one thing In the world that needs
looking after and repairing It la the American
stomach. It hna long been the most ntmal
and outraged of organs, with the result that we have
almost become a nation of dyspeptics. It has been the
victim of legalized wholesale poisoners before whom the
Borglas of Italy and all other Infamous toilc.il.Mrt.ta e-
history fade Into utter Insignificance. There Is no mora
ominous nnd appalling sight In the world than the In-
numerate red lights that flash from the drug stores of
American cities; they are the danger signals that tell
every citizen of the continual menace to health and life
mat mrKs in bis dally food.
The world keeps moving, and the march of sclonc nA
civilization goes on over shams, frauds, and humbugs of
every kind. Without reviving the days when every man
smoked his own bacon and grew hia own cabbage, we
nre neuing: so mat every mnn may obtain genuine and
wholesome diet be he carnivorous or vegetarian that
every man mny know what he Is eating, even If he Ire
newly married and his wife does the cooking. Tha era
of the wooden nutmeg Is gone, the era of the painted
strawtierry Is going. The clouds of gastronomic doubt
and danger drift away behind; the sun of health and
digestion glowa In front; and soon, according to the signs,
we may reach the happy period when the food color
artists cease from troubling and the adulterators are
nt rest. '
Th Heal Attrartlon.
It Is giaxl reportorlal fiction or fact
that Salld Abdullah, a native Arab
brought over by Homer Davenport to
tend Ills Arabian horses, was taken Into
the .New lork horse 1mv at Mudlson
J .. di
fiunre wuroen yesterday. When he
saw the hors.-s with docked tails he
i.roke out: "It Is a pity. It Is wrong.
Uliere Is their glory? Where Is tbelr
tan. When It was explained to him
that the tails Were docked because
some fieople thought It Improved the
nerses npjiearaiice, Salld Abdullah
muttered. a prayer to Allah ami cried;
"It is not so. Tue tall, the leg. the
head! They are all the horse. If you
take one away, why not the other?"
Altogether he did not think nwh of
tlie display of horseflesh, but when his
attention was called to the women In
...ce. ne cwsikm his h:mds snd
GOLD MLNINQ IN SIBERIA.
im'. - Jh rrn
if'y ixs.iy rjLtil3 M
! SIBERIAN PEASANTS WOUK1NO THEIU OWN MINE.
Siberia s phenomenally rich In the precious metals and hus developed a
ystem of mining peculiarly Its own. A curious feature la the way the ground
Is prosptcted "d opened up by the peasant "trlbutors," aa they are called,
rermlsslon la readily granted to sink shafts whereer they like, subject to
the conditions that they can only go down as far as water-level, usually about
sixty feel and that all the quurta extracted must tie treated at the mill of the
grouud landlord, and all gold extracted sold to him at a rate previously de
cided upon, leaving a fair profit for the peasant and an extra good one for
the landlord. There Is no philanthropy about the transaction, and the peasant
' In no ay bound to accept the terms. No charge whatever is made for
the use of nillL The field Is thus practically develoired for nothing rich
reefs which would probably remain undiscovered are opened by up "trlbu
tors." who frequently make fortunes out of rich strikes. The mine owner
Is thns continually In touch with all that Is going on. and duly records the
results of the operations for bis own benefit In the mining operations women
s well as men do their share of the work.
NOVEL CUBES FOB SNORING.
.xn: u,,.y are te h)(urs
of paradise. They are perfection." f.
ter all, what Is the horse show for?
Springfield Republican.
I srt,nM,,
Claud BrowuliacU nt
m me
nun nail
vvk . . frih-''l. "What I, it i
iwm ,h m","r h hurriedly
W "I yon not apeak to me. t.
"I have no frien.t. - .i "nV
-'"3 "Will in tn a.
eg.
i am an aljne in the worl.l
Jack (.lendurwood moved a sten M.e.
er. .n(1 hi. foo, krkH Aa-
k Southing haa kappened,-
Llttle
Some 'lnsss !
I'apa Brownhack (reprovingly) To
ortuh Is. mo' grammatlc. lllh mml
Iont say 'lasses; any molasses,
I-lttle Claud Brownback it.. .
gwlne to say mo'la-sea. ,s,ppy, when I
Un t had none a tall ylt? pu, k.
. '0 n"ar Mother Is
Uin uiiiiiey DOW.
Miss 8ue Brette Yea, he la
"What's that for?"
"He's gng on tue r .
"7 .Hm 'n1 dlvered that
-''in statesman.
Their RraB.
."Did you know that politicians have
P.rt!cu..r kind of aweeU to which
they are partial?"
"I didn't know It shoot .i... .
"r...ly. What l.Z?nMtM
"Candled dates, of wursa."rum
more AaiMIcan. Daltl-
Caae of otewdlnal Polleeasaai -
RetnedleB for DI.esise.
Very many of oar readers will b
Interested la the ultimate fate of tle
unfortunate snoring policeman who has
been banls',ied from his fellow sleepers
and caged at night In sound proof quar
ters. IVrlups the dreadful Infirmity,
now that It has the ofllelal recognition
of his superiors, may cal' for some
suitable scientific treatment If so the
great army 0f snorers can covertly
watch the outcome with all the cunning
and complacency of undiscovered transgressors.
We are glad we can make the start
with a perfectly fair case, for convic
tion of the nuisance Is always most dif
ficult ta obtain. The culprit must be
caught with the spore on bim and In
the presence of rellablo ear witnesses.
io one Litis Ver been known to ac
knowledge his fault coluntarlly. On
Hie contrary. nne of the surest signs of
the coiifimud niiiliuiy Is his persistent
enlal of its erlntence. He is not satis
fied to plead hick of premeditation and
absence of accountability, but openly
Impugns the natives of his clamorous
accusers. The worst of It Is that on all
atiier matters he Is perfectly reason
ble. Thia it extremelr diffi
cult to obtain his consent for treatmeut
of any sort
We speak now of snorers as a class.
The only easy way l to tackle them
when they cannot resist There are
various approved methods not only In
genious but effective for temporarily
arresting the sonorous, rasping and vi
brating respiratory spasms. The most
popular, perhaps. Is the elbow thrust
In the ribs. ,it Cornea the gentle
pinch of the none, wherefiy part of th
wind current la shut off. tome have ad-
visea that tha nose b clasped Dy
clothespin even before retiring, but un
fortunately the subject of the experi
ment almost Invsrlabfy demurs. Others
have recommended sitting on the chest.
but this Is rather basardous procede
Ing for both parties, and ao also la a
temporary twlat ot the windpipe, n-
less performed by skilled manipulator.
But no matter what ts done the dis
ease Is well known to recur Indefinite
ly. In most Instances death appears to
be the only common relief for the peace
dlsturlier and tils surviving relatives.
But the end should never be (listened.
The poor policeman for the present can
Ire safe In his cupola, but how long re
mains to be seen. Twice last summer
the place was struck by lightning. The
main hope now Is that man and cnpol.i
may both alter their habits liefor It be
too late. Meanwhile the neighborhood
must plug lta ears and wait New
York Herald.
NEW STAR ON THE FLAO.
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The War Department has ordered
the alteration of the flag made nec
essary by the admission of Oklahoma
Into the Union, now an aggregation of
forty-alx States. The department has
also fixed on the spot for the new star,
and now flsgmakera are hard at work
preparing new banners with an addi
tional star In the lower right-hand cor
ner. It Is now In order for every patri
otic American either to provide himself
with a new flag or to add a star to the
old one.
Kartt WIlllasT We4.
Maiden lady (rescued from drown
ing, to ber rescuer) How can I ever
thank you, noble young manl Art yoo
married?
"No ; hare yotj pretty daughter?
Mecgsudorfer Blaetter.
HOME FROM ADAM TILL NOW.
I'laca Where Painters and Plumbers
Meet at Intervals.
The home Is supposed to be a place
where children can congregate, pro
tected from the allurements of the
world and the advice of the neighbors,
md where parents can quarrel Judi
ciously without too much Interruption,
raye Life. In reality, however, the
home Is a place where decorators, paint
ers, furniture men and plumbers meet
at Intervals In order that they may re
vel In luxury cf their own.
Homes have been In vogue for some
little time. Adam and Eve started the
find one, and It would have been well
with them had It not been necessary
to send out the washing. Thus the ser
vant question was started and the ruin
of mnn followed.
A home Is what Is left after yon have
paid the taxes, the Interest on the uiort
page and the Installment man. To own
more than one home la not to have any,
Homes were at one time popular In
this country. When, by going out In
the back yard to milk the cow, one waa
In danger of being scalped, the home
waa at the height of lta popularity,
Owing, however, to the decreasing de
mand for bablea and the Increasing
demand for alimony, homes are being
locked upon with disfavor.
In the suburbs the home still flick
era on, kept alive by certain Instincts
handed down from a past age.
It Is Impossible at present to say
Just how long the home will continue
to exist. It Is hard to raise children
and mortgages at the same time.
It I quite evident that cooks and
children are gradually dlsapiearlng.
This greatly simplifies the problem.
In all probability the race of the fu
ture will be divided Into two, classes
thos.- who, having become worn out
I, Hiking for servants, are now In aanl
tiir'.iiins trelug taken care of by the
government, and those who still con
tinue to work for the trusts, unincum
bered by babies or bank accounts.
Ylrtaea la Varloaa titmi,
There is hardly a precious stone that
has not some superstition connected
with It The Neapolitans will wear
amulets of coral to avert the evil eye,
and perhnps some will reme-.uber wear
ing a string of amber beads about tbelr
necks during their childhood to ward
off sore throats. A piece of agate worn
on the person Is supposed to be an In
fallible guard against lightning fend
some persons have asserted that It waa
a cure for thirst what kind they did
not mention.
The beryl was by the ancients sup
posed to be a sure cure for leprosy and
to promote happiness between man and
w ife. Turquoise Is said to be a protec
tion against falls and sudden Injuries.
The topax was highly prized by the an
cients, who believed that It had magi
cal powers of dlsjielllng enchantments
and calming frenzy.
The sapphire was believed by the an
cient to Ire emblematic of chastity.
The pagans dedicated It to Apollo. The
green emerald ts held In highest es
teem by the Teruvlans and the wor
shipers of Mantu atlll believe that the
mines whence are extracted all emer
alds are guarded by terrible genii and
dragons.
I'erhaps more superstition attaches
Itself to the opal nowadays than to any
other stone. On the contrary, the an
cients considered that this fiery gem
bad the power or rendering Its owner
lovable and also of bestowing on him
tha gift of Invisibility.
Ton can live way off on a lonely
farm, but trouble will coma to yon out
there.
A critic la a man who couldn't ban
don It himself.
HOW DO YOO SAT TTIEMF
( CIttea rruaoaaeeal llllr.
Prof. Hart, In his Interesting article
on Oklahoma, admoulshed his New
England readers that It U pronouiKvd
Oak, not Oklahoma, auya the Boston
Transcript Prof. Hart did well, as
an editorial paragraph of the same Is
sue thereby noted. The same paragraph
iumeiiUd on other pronunciations of
places, used by their residents that are
quite different from our usage. The
editorial notes) Iowa, Virginia and Ore
gon among other names not pronounced
here as at home. Then there Is Ohio,
which the native Jerks out "Uhluh."
disregarding our solemn "Oh hl-oh." We
and the gazetteers say "New Or leans,"
accent on the "Or." Down there they
stress the last syllablo and call It
'leens. Omaha Is "Oinahaw." not
Omahah." Las Vegas Is "I.as Vayas
.Missouri Is "Mlzzoura." Vou are more
likely to hear "C'oloraydo" than "Colo-
rah.lo" In that Suite. Six.kmie ), as
If there was no "o" In It Manitoba Is
accented on the penult, not the ulti
mate. Qulrvy (111.) Is not "yulnzy."
Galveston stresses tlie "ves" rather
than the "Hal." "Terra Hut" tle na
tives call It
More say "Looslana" than "Lotiez-
lnna," "Tucson" Is "Tooson." accent on
the ultimate, and soon. Vou have jier
haps heard of the Frenchman who
came to America to see the city of
Winona, Minn., attracted by Its beauti
ful name, which he pronounced "Wee-
nonah." Landing at New York, he
scarcely gave any attention to the nie
troiMills, but pushed on to the west
Chicago was seen only In changing cars.
and as the train glided along the Mis
sissippi and approached what Is a beau
tiful city, surrounded by the rich ver
dure and romantic bluffs of the upsr
Mississippi, tlie Frenchman was en
chanted. The train slowed up before
stopping at tlie station, the Frenchman
half rose from his sent In feverish an
ticipation, when the brakeman oiened
the door and yelled "Welnony!" The
Frenchman collapsed In his seat heart
broken, and did not leave the train at
Winona.
What queer pronunciations!" ex
claim my New England readers. In
deed! Here I let my nelghlsir, an Iowa
man, take hia jkmi In band ami put In
type the glowing words he has often
emitted In my presence. This U what
he says:
"Ves, I am from Iowa and I never
heard any other than the prononncla
tlon 'I-o-wa' (accent on the first syl
lable) until I came east. Oh, yes;
occasionally the older and more rural
people would call It 'I-o-way,' which Is
really the original Indian pronuncia
tion. But this 'I-oh-a was unknown to
Lowndes or anybody else In the Hawk-
eye State. Vet no one here calls It
anything else. When I go to register
and I am asked where I was born, the
solemn clerk puts It down Ireland and
(inks If I have my naturalization pa-
tier. Sow, how do you folks get such
pronunciation? It Isn't found In any
cyclopia or gazetteer that I ever saw.
Nor do your own pronunciations con
vince me. Why on earth do you say
'Qulnzy' when the syllable begins wffn
a 'c.' never . pronounced other tl V
or 'K'? Why do you say 'Waltham'
and 'Wrentham and slam out that
'tlmm roundly? 1'sed to those pro
nunciations and the dwelling on the
last syllable in Newburyirort, etc., I
once Innocently pronounced the name of
that Cape Cod town as It Is spelled,
"Barnstable, thinking stable a good
a word aa barn and as well worth
dwelling on, and tlie oWlce roared at
me. Why soy 'Wooburn' when you
spell It Woburn? But worst of all Is
that pretty little Middlesex town, w?iose
name I rather liked until I heard It
over and over again blared out 'Bill
Bicker.' "
1 am afraid my Iowan's case Is a
desperate one. But 1 confess some sym
pathy for him, don't you?
SAVINQS OF THE SOLDIERS.
Tha Parsnaater'a leparmeat lias
i,ll,T3T of nesralara Money.
The American soldier la not highly
paid, yet he is a thrifty chap. I-ast
year o4,2f!0 enllst jd men saved and de
posited with the paymaster's depart
ment 1,4!5,228. This Is a respectable
sum and represents almut 12 per cent
of the total pay of all the enlisted men
for that irerlod. Had every enlisted
man made a deposit the average sav
ing for tho year would have been
f27.."rO, but that Is the (east Interesting
feature of the system.
The figures show that the soldier can
deposit under the law of 1872, only
sums of $3 and over. As the pay Is
small, the total deposits for the year
allow that the saving bnbtt ts continu
ous with many enlisted men.
These dejioslts bear Interest at the
rate of 4 per cent a year, but they can
not be withdrawn until the soldier re
ceives his discharge. Last year there
was repaid to soldiers the sum of
$ 1,108,2.16; Interest was also paid to
the amount of $70,112. The number of
men discharged Is not given, but tha
amount repaid ahows that their aver
age saving must have been considera
ble. Since the enacting of tlie law of 1872
the total deposits have amounted to
$27,789,5."3 and dlsctiarged soldiers
have received $1,582,00.1 tn Infrest on
deposits withdrawn. There remains on
deposit with the paymaster general tho
sum of $2,011,737.
Mow Ha Did It.
"The real hero of the Ore was little
Crlmmlns. Did you see bim run Inlo
the blazing house and carry out tho
tout lady?"
"Ves. I can't Imagine how he de
veloped the strength."
"Why, he lived In the suburbs a doa
en years or more and worked up bta
musc) carrying home packages at
night" Waahlngton Herald.
Ha Haa las 0.
Yeast Tha population of the United
States on Sept 1 waa estimated by tho
Treasury Department at 84,897.000, and
the money In circulation per capita.
$32.59.
Crimson beak Wonder where mf
$32.50 lr? Tonkers Statesman.
Before calling a man a liar be aur
jou are right then don't.