Moro observer., February 18, 1897, Image 4

V an W ert ad m itted th a t It would.
“T hen a s a fav o r to me.” said his fait
rescuer, “do not. please, say a n y th in g
about It. at least by way of connecting ,
her w ith the affair. I'm su re no one •
would regret it more th a n she. If she
knew about it.”
A fter some h esitatio n Van W ert
prom ised, am i presently his rescu er and
lier escort left him. bran ch in g off on a
tra il th a t led to w ard a farm house th a t I
he couiu see in tile distance.
T h e ca n d id a te noted w ith a grim
sm ile, on his retu rn , th e con«’crn atio n
I lls ap p e aran c e created in a certain p art
of th e room, am i co m lu led th a t tw o or 1
th ree men whom he knew to be friends
of his lo iked ra th e r sheepish. but be
kept bis ow u counsel and m ade n » re f­
erence to his ad v en tu re. In th e course
of th e excellent speech lie p resen tly ,
m ade ne “took b ack ” w hat lie nad sa .d
ab o u t his opponent to a m anner so
g racefu l as to win for b in rounds of
ap p lau se, and w hen lie sat dow n It w as
w ith the consciousness th a t he had in
p a rt redeem ed him self.
A s he sta rte d , along w ith some of the
o th e r can d id ates, to leave the ball, he ’
noticed for tin* first tim e th a t th e young
—
—
«
w om an who had rescued him from the I
“ fix” in w hich the cow boys ha 1 left
him had not gone home to «lay w hen 1
one of th e stro n g “cow d istric ts." on she left him. for th e re she was. just
F rid a y night before election, ad d in g : , leaving the ball in com pany w ith an
“ 1 cannot believe th a t p are n ts in te r­ older w om an in w «low's weeds.
ested in th e fu tu re w elfare of th e ir ch il­
“ W ho is th a t? " lie ask ed of tue candt
d ren a re w illing to in tru st th e ir early d a te for Sheriff, who w as at his side.
train in g to th e h an d s au d m ethods of
"T h a t girl?" queried the other. “ W hy. 1
one w ho so f a r fo rg ets h er w ouiaubood boy. th a t's j o u r hated ad v e rsary . Miss
a s to stan d as a candidate for a public Sm ith. H ad n 't you seen her before?"
office." O f course he regret ted th e re­
But Van W ert did uot hear to ? q u es­
m a rk alm ost a s soon as It w as u ttered , tion. H e h u rried to eaten up w ith th "
an d recognized th a t th e silence w ith opposing can d id ate. who s ta rte d when j
w hich it w as received w as th e silence he ad d re ssed her. but quickly reeov.-icd
of a disap p ro v al too stro n g to find e x ­ herself and sm iled sw eetly upon t::n . I
pression in words. But It w as too late
“ Miss S m ith,” he b u rst out im p etu ­
for regrets, and he expressed none.
ously. "1 dou’t kuow w hat you m ust
T he next aftern o o n cam e a brief but th in k
me. a fte r all the low-«lowu
pointed note from Miss Sm ith, in w hich th in g s I've said about you. an d the holy
she gently rem inded him th a t his y outh show 1 m ade of uiyself »Ms evening.
h ad evidently led him a s tra y so fa r as But I hope you'll believe me w hen 1
to forget th e fact th a t she w as practi- i say I’m s< rry for th e th in g s I've sa id -
cally defenseless, au d th a t in sp eak in g au d I honestly hope you'll 1 m » »levied,
of her a s he had he had been both u n ­ a f te r all. 1 shall vote for you. auy way.
m anly an d u n gentlem anly. T his, com ­ an d you can count on k t« of my
ing a s it did. a t a tim e w hen he w as frien d s."
m entally cu rsin g him self for an ass and
But his boyish en th u siasm In bchaif
a b rute, did not tend to soothe him. for of his oppouent cam e too la te to be of ;
H i s w o r k s a n d n a m e s h a l l e v e r li v e
he knew th a t every w ord th e uole con- ! service to her. for the re tu rn s sh o u t'd ’
T ill c h a o s r u l e s t h e e a r t h ;
rained w as tru e. So. instead of a n s w e r­ th a t V an W ert w as elected by a sm all .
ing it a s a m au should, he w rote a t the m ajo rity , for w hich he wns indebted to
L e t e v e ry p a tr io t h a ll th e d a y
bottom of th e sh eet: “ You have no th e m iners. On T h u rsd ay a f te r elec­
T h c t c e le b ra te s h is b irth .
business In politics if you d o n 't w ant tion lie w ent to M ss Sm ith.
to stan d the consequences.” then signed
“ I regret th is as m uch as you do.” be
it au d rem ailed it to th e original seuder. ’ «aid. earn estly . “ 1 wish I had met yon
id Le su rre n d e re d h is v ie to rio im and stain­
less s w o rd to th e c iv il a u th o r ity .
For
An hour la te r he w as sorry he had doue ea rlier In the cam paign. But 1 have a
e ig h t lo n g ye a rs be had c a rrie d th a t
so, au d tried to get the le tte r out of the proposition to make. W hat a re you go­
g n a t tr u s t w ith o u t s a la ry o r pecuniary
postofficc. b u t failed.
ing to do now ?"
o>ni|wnsati««n o f any k in d , n e ve r b u t o n ro
T hus it w as th a t th e next evening, as
“ I dou't know ," she said, try in g to
«•«•mg h i* beloved M o u n t V » ri. n. A p li­
he rode along the lonely trail leading to conceal the sad n ess iu her tones. “ You
a n t a rtu y . s m a rtin g u n d e r g rie v a n c e *,
th e “enem y's co u n try ,” w here he w as see. 1 hud to give up my school. au d
w o u ld have m ade h im k in g o r d ic ta to r. H e
to ad d re ss a b.g m eeting of cattlem en th e re a re no v acancies now .”
crush e d th e ve ry su g g estio n w ith in d ig ­
n a n t reb u ke . C ro m w e ll and N apoleon,
an d m ake an effort to redeem him self i “ W ell, w hat 1 w as going to propose I?
a fte r s n c te s s fo l re v o lu tio n s , had held on
by practically recan tin g all th a t he had th is: W ill you ta k e an appo in tm en t as
to p u n r. T h e re is h a rd ly a n o th e r ease
said derogatory to th e oppos.ng can d i­ my d ep u ty ? Rem em ber, all the work
m h is to ry w here, u n d e r
lik e
c ire u m
d ate w ithout losing too m uch of his al- ' will devolve upon you."
«iane»-«. p o w e r has l***n v o lu n ta r ily s u r­
ready sh a tte re d self-respect, he w as so
M iss Sm ith gasped, and her p retty
render» <1. W a s h in g to n eet f o r a ll sue-
absorbed m entally in th in k in g over face grow a rosy rod. then tu rn ed pale.
••• * « fu l g e n era ’ *, in a il ages a fte r h im . a
w h at he should say th a t he d.d not h ear She did not w ish to lx* u n d er obliga­
noble and im m o rta l exa m p le , when he
a su d d en com m and to halt, au d realized tions to th is m a n —an d yet. th ere was
»ought o u t th a t w eak aud m ig ra to ry m n -
g n «* at A n n a p o l « and in such d ig n ifie d
th a t he w as in tro u b le only when a th e m other to be considered, au d the
and m a n ly w o rd s as these close»! b is im -
sinuous,
sw ishing
th in g
h u rtled Invalid sister in Chicago, whose hos­
pressive «-»»•♦. h o f n * ig n a t io n :
through th e air. p nioned his a rm s to pital bills w ere such a severe tax on the
“ H a v in g now hntshed th e w o rk assig n ­
bis sides, and je rk e J him from h.s sad- fam ily resources.
“ Yes.” she sa.d,
ed me. I r e tir e fro m th e g ro a t th e a te r o f
lle to th e rough ground.
s e t.o n. and b id d in g an a ffe c tio n a te fa re
finally, “an d th a n k you, very much, for
“Good shot, o f m an T said some one offering me the place. You have I f ted
w e ll to th s a :g- -t ls - ly . u n d e r W Inm •
n cowboy costum e, who cam e up au d a groat load from my m ml.”
m l
o n n II Mg a. t . d . I hero o ff.-r
my cotum «« *n a id ta k e m y leave « f a ll
sa t on th e victim 's chest. “ Ye got him
T h ere w as som e com m ent on th is a r ­
LU ros«tv.“ he c o u til
menta of public life."
right 'ro u n d th* elbow s, fu st throw o' ran g em en t by th e voters of th e county,
the rope."
“
It
s
g
•ry.
and
y
but It w as hard ly adverse, an 1 the dep­
w a k e 1 see
F eb ru ary .
“ Let me up. yon ----- scoundrel!” uty soon show ed th a t she w as the right O nce a on
a rim e a l i t t l e
:» « re f u . I o f si j»hy. mushy
fum ed Van W ert. “ You can ta k e my one iu th e right place. She w orked day
y -.r
ft
money w ithout tak in g my w ind a t th? and night, and denied h erself n ecessary R e ro ii i-d a i ttfe b a tch *
,.-« a: 1 w rr g n -te r* ove rt!» w .
fo r a g if t — ’
» • r gara ga! «'.es
sam e tim e, c a n 't you?”
sleep th a t her beloved schools should
•■Ob.
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h
a
t
a
fu
n
n
y
p
r
e
s
e
n
t."
t!
•
ig
*
u
f-
.
“ E asy, m' son.” chuckled th e g ian t not retro g rad e; in fact, in th e course of
A '. 1 .i»>- » th e «.«lewalk »pbishea—
B ilo y r r : « J
*‘ S p p •
L» meberkn » ? -
who w as sittin g a strid e him. as he held a few w eeks sh e succeeded In m aking T h a t boy hsd chopped n » in g e r a o ff aud
b;<
«d
ie
d
a
il
1.1.«
c
lo
th
e
s
;
the c a n d id a te's w rists so th a t th e o th e r h erself alm ost 111. for th e d eath of the
W h rn th . *sr • « l i t t l e b lr ! 'c t pokes ht»
I de«s his i»« t*u p jp a lb«-a w ould ry a lot
man. who now cam e up. could th e more fo rm er su p erin ten d en t had left th e a f ­
h» ..»1
I »a y!
¿its warm sad com forts h e w in te r bed.
W
h
y
d
id
n
't
th
a
t
b
»y
«
rr.totsxa
ta
k
e
the
easily tie them . “ W e d o n 't w ant y ’r fa irs of th e office In ra th e r chaotic con
A n ) ro.»-ives an I y t'.ple t
stuff. Do we. p ard n e r?”
I
r rn ». >;.»nt-. « t r «• « n lp le t.
dit'.vn, and alth o u g h Van W ert a a l his
A
• a ti. ,h o f tue p p . U -
“ N'opey, V an.” sal 1 the second man. de’p uty q u a i l e d a t once a f te r th e m eet­ •d ’ e rb s p * •* e d id n 't ka.»w I t . ” grandp a
V e .y lead —
la -ig fc rd : “ a t any rat«
in a voice th a t Van W ert trie d in Tain ing of th e canv assin g board. It w as a l­ Next
-•
W , en th e e. rth Is In a a t o f fro ro n web.
l i t t l e boy e la te .
to recognize. “ W e Jest w an t f p ut j e most C h ristm as before they got n u tte r s
T o t r y b is l l t t e h a te b e t; In bis fa th e r s g a r­ Vv a« i th e c ig a re tte giv«-* w ay to th e ro b e b .
w here ye w on't m ake no mo' fool straig h ten ed out.
T •• *. oh. th e n .
ve ry d e a r —
den he
A c t I «ay It w ith o u t fe a r—
D is p la y e d l»l< s k d l by c t : i.g d o w n a fa v o r­
r’m ark s ’bout th ’ lady th 's' ag 'n ye—
And it w as Just a t th is tim e, when
•
• f ysat
it e c h e rry tr* e ."
not th is evenin’, an y w a y s.”
U r . te n . Fekt
th e little deputy, m ore th an h alf 111
" W e r e n 't — lls r p e t » I l a t i f
“See here, boys.” said Van W ert, from overw ork, n a s spen d in g a couple " A e h e i’T t t - e f ' c rie d lt.:»:>y
an y wood« a ro u n d ?
m ore calm ly, “th is isn 't a sq u a re deal, j
of d ay s a t home, th a t she got a brief W h y . cL.- r i o - ire th . g vd«-«t th 'a g s to eat
W O R L D S IVO3Y D EPO T.
I e v e r fo-.u l ;
You know I'v e got to be a t th e m eeting note from her su p erio r, w hich read :
t d iu e f e i'o « w a s n 't w . i r i a h it.
a t M eeker a t 8 o’clock? Well, it’s alm o st • “ Miss Sm ith: F o r some tim e jiast I I dess lik th e a u.e—
V t i t j r W h e r e T n « k « A r c A e a v m b tc d
th a t now. so let me go.”
n 'p : ! 1»» you fin k I 'd k i l l a lo ve ly
A ? r e ? a t in j a n K n o r t u o n * U c i ^ h t .
have been dissatisfied w ith you a s D ep­ Say. 1‘a
che
*ry
tre
e?
“Oh. no. Jim m ie 7’ laughed one of hi« uty S u p erin ten d en t of Schools, a a l
T he city of Anver*, iu Belgium, is a
ca p to rs h eartlessly .
“ Not t'n ig h t. y o u r resignation as such will be a c ­ " O f ro u ra e you wo ild n 't . B o b h y . y o u 're too
gro at de|»oi for A frican ivory. T he
f..
«d
.
f
th
in
g
s
to
e
a
t;
'S q u a r' deal? I b'lieve ye said ? W as It cepted. I will do m yself th e honor of
B i t . Just fo r f .u. »; pp •■« you d id . and then
Noveu 'n r «ale. the fo u rth of las: year,
a squari deal f r you t ’ git up a n ' m ake calling upon you and explaining m a t­
had cbance«) to m eet
assem bled tu sk s w eighing a b o at 123.-
T
o
u
t
fa
th
e
r
In
th
e
g
s
rd
e
a
.
and
be
s
te
rn
.y
th ' talk y ^ did ’bout th ’ little school- te rs m ore fully to m orrow nigbf. Very
2i<? pounds. Among them w as one re­
a*ke»l you who
m a'am las* n ig h t? Not any. So sta n ' tru ly yours.
C u t d o w n hl« fa v o rt'e c h e rry tre e
N ow . te ll m ark ab le i<air
w eighing alxiut 33«»
tt ie » i u l y o u 'd d o .'■
up. Jim m ie, an ' let th ’ gen t tack le ye
“JA M E S VAN' W E R T . "
pounds, lo asso rtin g tusks, those arc
to th ' tree. W e'll let ye go ’fore ye git
a l le t me (In k.
I f I c u t d o w n considered th e choicest w hich perm it
Miss S m ith b u rst Into tears. “J u s t to "W e !,. hist D a c n h 'p
e r r j tre e
cold. E asy , lad. E f ye git gay we
cam e and ca u g h t me w ith the of th e m aking of billiard (»alls from
w on’t do a th in g but haw g-tie ye au ' think, ma in ma! A fter I have worked A nd pa<>a
h a t« b e t. w o u ld n 't he
th e larg«‘st p art of the tusk. Among
so
hard!
W
hat
sh
all
we
do?”
K u o w « » rta in sure 1 d id it? I f I to ld a s to ry ,
leave ye lay till m aw n in '.”
the tu sk s most sought for. w hich inu»t
“
I
suppose
they
w
ant
th
e
Job
for
I
why
*
T h e next h o ar w as as long a one a s
Ile 'd w h ip me tw ic e as h a rd , you kn o w , fo r weigh from about 40 to 155 pounds,
som
e
politician
th
a
t
d«x*sn't
need
it.”
Jim m ie Van W ert ev er s p e n t T he
te lllu g h itu a lie.
the most esteem ed are the class called
night w as a chilly one, aud the ropes com m ented Mrs. Sm ith, grim ly. “ But " B u t I f I l» « k ® l real so rry and I d id n ’ t skip ,
by th e E nglish 'b a n g le s ,“ w hich are
to
th
in
k
h e has th e atnlacity to com e
a r d aa-fl.
«
w ith w hich he w as bound prevented
sound.
ro»und an d glossy, an d serv e the
her«-
a
f
te
r
th
a
t!
I
w
on’t
let
him
In.
the
•D e a r po p! f rg lv e p < » t B obby, w ho cut
the free circulation of blood, so th a t in
d o w n y o u r tre e .' Instead
n ativ es for rings and bracelets for arm s
trea
ch
e
ro
u
s
th
in
g
!—
d
isch
arg
in
g
you.
a very short tim e hi« ex trem ities w ere
O f g e ttin g any w h ip p in g w o u ld n 't papa u y .
an d ankl*»s.
•M y »on.
ach in g w ith cold. To ad 1 to bis dis­ a f te r bing so frien d ly , and all th a t.”
S ta rte d but five y ea rs ago, the Ivory
“ Yes. you will, m am m a." in terjected Because vou d id n 't te ll a tie, no w h ip p in g
com fort. an owl took its sta tio n >□ th e
w ill be done?* ”
b usiness of A nvers Is now the m ost
the
girl,
recovering
herself.
“
We
m
ust
brush n ea r by and booted derisively
" A b e m !” »aid G ra n d p a , s ta rtle d by the w is ­ Im portant in th e world.
T he sale for
w henever th e p riso n er shouted, and the uot forget ourselves in our ow n home.”
dom o f th e to t.
Ju s t th en the door bell rang, and the " T h a t 's ju s t th e th in g th a t happened In the ’ 1885 am o u n ted to nearly tioo.ooo
cries of the owl w ere responded to by
pounds, of w hich over 455.061 {touuds
s to ry . N ow yo u tro t
sev eral wolves, whose voices sounded girl h asten ed aw ay to hide the traces A w a y to tied ana say y o u r p ra y e rs before cam e from th e Congo F ree State. Some
of
lier
tears.
W
hen
sh
e
retu
rn
ed
to
the
you
close
y
e
u
r
eye».
as though they were very close a t hand
A nd d r am s lio iit th e w h ip p in g s bad boys d ay s before the sale a t A nvers the pe­
Several tim es Van W en b eard people little p arlo r Van W ert w as sta n d in g
get fo r te llin g lle a .“
riodical collection is show n to in te r­
go by on horseback an d In w agons, and there, big and handsom e, in front c f the —D e tr o it F ree Press.
ested dealers. Most of th is Ivory conn's,
fireplace.
He
advan
ced
to
meet
her
as
shouted to them at th e top of his lungs,
a s above stated , from the Belgian Con­
W A SH IN G TO N S C O A C H .
her m other vanished from the room.
but th e tra il w as some d istan ce from
go. though large q u an titie s a re s h ip p 'd
“
You
got
my
note?”
he
said.
“
I'll
tell
th e clum p of brush, an d they did not
you how It is.” he w ent on aw k w ard ly . I t l a N o w a K o o s t f o r C h ic k e n s i n a n from th e re th a t E m in P ash a and L up­
h ear him. At last, how ever, w hen be
O 'd B a r n i n N e w V o rlc .
ton Bey h a d 'g a th e re d In th e Soudan.
had about given up all hope of escaping “ I’m uot satisfied w ith you as a d eputy i W a s h in g ,o n 'a coach, in w h ic h the fa th - I T he average an n u a l consum ption of
because -b ecau se I w ant you to take e r o f his c o u n try rode to bis iu a u g u ra tio n
u ntil bis ca p to rs should com e an d re­
Ivory from I kso to 1803 w as not fa r
the office itself and me w ith It.”
and w h ic h sh o u ld be tre a s u re d as a pre-
lease him. he beard the sound of hors* s
And th a t w as the way they arran g e d cio n s re lic , is n o w ru s tin g a w a y in au old from l . ’sHi.OuO pounds, of which A m er­
coining along th e trad , th e ir riders
At A nvers,
s ta b le in N e w Y o rk , s e rv in g a * a r»»»», ica took nearly 200.000.
it.—New York Daily T ribune.
laughing and ch attin g , au d he lifted up
fo r c h ic k e n s and a c a tc h -a ll fo r discarded th e w orld's Ivory m arket, the product
his voice In a m ighty effort to m ake
th in g * u s u a lly th ro w n in to g a rre ts .
A is w orth about $1.65 a pound.
T h e D a n g er s o f a S c r a tch .
him self beard. T h e riders evidently
fe w y e a r* ago th is coach w a s p u rchased
Is the elep h an t being ex term in ated ?
Scarcely a day passes th a t m any per fo r
beard him, and stopped. He shouted
b u t to -d a y it is v ir tu a lly neg
Ye«. Is nothing Iteing done to p re­
sons
do
uot.
iu
some
way
or
other,
get
lected.
again, an d presently heard them com ­
serve It? Yes, in th e Congo a t least.
a scratch, a sm all cut, or a b ru ise th a t
W ith w h a t d e lig h t, says th e N ew Y o rk
ing to w ard him.
By official decree it Is forbidden to
may
b
reak
th
e
skin.
P
re
s
*
in
c
o
m
m
e
n
tin
g
on
th
ia
,
w
o
u
ld
th
e
“ W here a r e you?" called a fem inine
F re n c h ta k e th is g ra c e fu l re lic and a rra y hunt the elephant outside certain pre-
In
m
ost
Instances
not
the
slightest
voice, in response to a n o th er bleat from
scrllwd seasons. T his prohibition Is a d ­
V an W ert, and in a m om ent th ere was atten tio n Is paid to this beyond the
dressed to the n ativ e chiefs of E u ro
tem
porary
annoyance
of
th
e
pain
anil
•
a crash in g of u n d erb ru sh , au d th e fac?
I»ean d istricts.
M oreover, th ese chiefs
the possible irritatio n when the hands
an d form of a young w om an w ere o u t­
an
d
th
eir
dep
u
ties
alone have th e right
a re p u t into w ater, or some subsequent
lined in th e m oonlight, followed a sec­
to hunt th e elephant, and, besides, each
blow in th e sam e spot brings an e x ­
ond la te r by t 1»«* w ondering c o u n te ­
chief m ust pay a tax equ iv alen t to half
clam ation ou account of the h urt.
nance of a lad of ab o u t 12 years.
th e Ivory taken by him or his people.
This, w hile a common practice. Is by
“ H ow did it h a p p e n '” queried the
F u rth e rm o re , It Is discussed w hether.
no m eans a wise one. T he a ir Is full
young w om an, a f te r she aud the boy
In the Cong«» co u n try , th ere should not
of floating d isease germ s, especially
iiad released the candi late from bis
l»e estab lish ed some elep h an t farm s to
the a ir of cities aud tow ns, aud au in ­
uncom fortable predicam ent, an d he
per|H*tuate th e elep h an t In the «nme
ju ry of th is sort, be It ever ao slight, 1
was u n tying his horse from a neighbor­
way the E nglish are fostering th e os­
m ight
fu rn ish
excellent
breeding
ing tree.
trich In E gypt.—P aris L*Illustration.
ground for some deadly bacteria.
Van W ert explained In a n Injured
It la a good plan alw ay s to keep a
N o T a r if f «»n t h e P r i n c e .
tone, adding, w ith as much dig n ity as bottle of p rep ared carbolic acid and
P rin ce U au jitsin jh l, the cricketer! a p ­
hejcould com m and: “ I am the candi glycerine, aud freq u en tly touch all
p ears as one of the articles on the free
d ate fo r S u p erin ten d en t of School«, anil b ru ises or sore spots w ith It.
list In the New South W ales tariff. He
W a s h in g t o n ’ s m ih v s k d c o a c h .
I suppose th is is a sam ple of th e m eth­
T his is oue of the m ost convenient
ods Miss Sm ith and her cowboy frien d s and effective germ icides Im aginable. It i t in th e M usee de C lu n y beside th e N a- Is going to visit the country w ith an
h av e ad o p ted to d efeat me. They knew is believed th a t m any cases of fever poleon c a rria g e * g u a rd e d so re v e re n tly ! E nglish team next year, and has been
I w as to speak a t M eeker to-night, and and o th er serious alim en ts can be con­ None w o u ld esteem it b e tte r as a p u b lic excepted by nam e from the penalties
th ought th a t by p rev en tin g me from trac ted by a floating germ com ing In possession th a n th e S w iss o r T y ro le a n s , of a bill Imposing a tax of £100 on all
w h o have h is p o rtr a it a m i th a t o f A b r a ­ colored alien s th at land In the colony.
doing so they could gain a few votes. co n tact w ith the ab ra d ed skin.
ham L in c o ln in honored places on the T he bill Is Intended to exclude H in­
I’ll show ’em when I get th ere.”
Once snugly lodged in th is m ost con­ w a lls o f th e ir homes. H is apiautl is ns doos. Chinese aud Jap an e se from A us­
T he young wom an laughed m errily. genial dw elling-place, the germ m u lti­ s tro n g as th a t o f th e o th e r w h o “ ma«b*
tralia*
“ P olitics Is a funny business, isn't it?” plies w ith am uziug rapidity, and soon w a y f c r lib e r ty ” —b ra v e A rn o ld W in k e l-
U s e f u l H i n t t o r t h e L a d l s.
she said. “T he idea of reporting to o v erru n s the en tire system . T h ere­ rie d . A u d w o u ld n 't th e Ita lia n s lik e to
A few drops of cam phor put into the
such m easures! But.” she added sobr r- fore. w henever th ere Is a b ru ise or w h eel i t in to th e g re a t a rm o ry nt T u r in !
ly. “you should not blam e Mias Sm ith scratch, or any Injury of this sort, g er­ I t w o u ld look in te re s tin g beside th e s tu ff­ w ate r when b ath in g the face will p re­
for w hat h er trier-zealous friends have micidal applications should be at once ed s k in o f th e horse th a t c a rrie d th e hero vent the skin from shining.
o f M are n g o , a m i th e p ic tu re s q u e a c c o u tre ­
done. I—Mis« Sm ith is a frien d of resorted to.
m en ts o f G a rib a ld i. H e re in N e w . Y o rk
If all men knew w hat they say of one
mine, an d I know she would not sa n c ­
it is fa llin g a w a y w ith neglect.
another, th ere would uot be four frleuds
tion su ch a thing. I t—it would be most
To K eep O ut W eeds.
in the world. T his ap p ears by the q u a r­
W a s h in g t o n '* G r e a t e s t G lo r y
u n fa ir to accuse her of it. don’t you
A thick sp riu k liu g o f sa w d u st under
rels which art s ...ctim es caused by In*
The
transcendent
glory
of
Washington
think, w ithout being certain of your gravel on gard en w alks will prev en t
weeds growing.
I ns a soldier is that when the war was end- discreet reports.
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I H E ‘•m achine" of one of the polit­
ical p a rtie s of B utte County w as
a t work. T he w heel-horses of
th e organization w ere in executive ses­
sion and the m a n u ta c tu re of a “slate"
fo r the ratification of th e county w n -
vectjon w as In progress. E v ery th in g
had been settled w ithout friction up to
a certain point, but here th e m akiug of
c a n d id a te s cam e to a full stop. Some
one m ust be selected to ru n for S uper­
in ten d en t of Schools, and som e one else
m ust be found who w as disin terested
enough to sta n d for the place of County
S urveyor, w ith th e nom inal em olu­
m en ts p erta in in g thereto. T h is la tte r
problem w as settled, a f te r a brief d is­
cussion. by the pow ers insisting th a t Al
Wood, the ineuutl eut, w ho w as prescu t,
m ust sta n d to r re-election, w h eth er he
liked it or not: but a duly qualified ca n ­
d id a te for S uperin ten d en t of Schools
w as not so easily found. T he m an who
had held th a t position for tw o y ears
p ast had the bad ta ste to give up his
office an d his g ra sp ou life a t th e sam e
tim e, only tw o w eeks before, th u s leav ­
ing his p arty in a q u an d a ry for a ca n d i­
d a te to succeed him. O f course, th ere
w ere plenty of a s p ra u ts for the nom ­
in a tio n . but m ost of them w ere u n av a il­
ab le for reasons political, an d the ca n ­
d id a te m ust be a person who w as pop­
u la r w ith the voters of the county.
“Jim m ie” Van W ert, the handsom e
young assa y e r of th e S pread Eagle
Mill, had been sittin g in a d ark corner
of th e office in w hich th e conference
w as being held, sm oking quietly and
sa y in g very little until now : but he
finally put in his o ar long enough to
suggest th a t “ P ro fesso r” S triker, the
young principal of th e local school,
w ould m ake a good m an fo r th e office.
“ Y a a s .” assented Ju d g e Bullock, the
v enerable Ju stic e of the Peace, “but
they d o n 't know him out in th ' kentry.
an ' we got t' have som e feller th 't c n
ketch th ' aou tsid e vote. Now. Jim m ie,
look yere. W h a t's th ' m a tte r w ith you
ru n n in ' Tr S u p e r'n te n d 'n t y'rself'f*
“ D on't get me m ixed in on a deal
like th a t!" eja c u la te d Van W ert. f~r
vently. ” 1 d on't w ant an y old office
I'v e got troubles enough now .”
B ut Ju d g e B ullock's suggestion met
w ith unanim ous approval on the part
o f all the o th e rs present, an d . very
m uch a g a in st his will. Mr. Van W ert
w as slated fo r the nom ination, and
duly placed in nom intion by the conven­
tion a few d ay s later. It w as two
w eeks before he found out w h at sort
of a n opponent he w as to have, and
th en , m uch to his disgust, be learned
th a t th e o th e r p a rty had nom inated a
girL
T his w as alm ost enough to m ake him
th ro w up the canvass. T h e idea of the
o th e r fellow s th in k in g th a t he could be
b eaten by a w om an. T hen he consoled
him self w ith the reflection th a t perhaps
they knew they cou ld n 't b ea t him . an d
h a d m erely put up th is Miss S m ith to
a c t as a forlorn hope. T h enceforth be
did not p a t m uch ac tiv ity into his ca n ­
vass. but atten d e d to business p retty
m uch as usual, serene in the belief th a t
th e voters of B utte C ounty w ere not
y et a rriv e d a t th e sta g e of progression
w hen they would perm it a w om an to
hold office. A nd all this tim e, be it
know n, this heretofore unknow n and
m ysterio u s Miss S m ith w as becom ing
know n to the voters of the county, and.
w h at was more, she w as w inning a
good deal of support from sources upon
w hich Van W ert confidently counted.
I t lacked only about ten d ays of elec­
tion day when Van W ert, w ith a su d ­
den shock, cam e to bi3 senses. T w o or
th re e thin g s had occurred to d etra ct
from bis overconfidence. Am ong these
w as the avow al on the p a rt of several
perso n al and political frien d s of th e ir
Intention to support Miss Sm ith, giving
a s th e ir reasons th a t she bad a good
record a s an ed u cato r an d w as w ithout
* -ubt well qualified for th e office: th a t
cue w anted the office, and was m aking
a hard fight for It; an d th a t Van W ert
d id n 't w ant it and d id n 't need it. On
top of th is be w as inform ed th a t his
opponent had been out in the “cow d is­
tric ts." and had the cow boy vote p retty
well “cinched.” T his cheering a n ­
nouncem ent cam e from tw o or three of
th e “ bosses” who called on hi in to see
If he d id n 't think it w orth w hile to get
out and save bis political scalp by “ ru s­
tlin g ” like the rest of th e candid ates.
“ W e’ll have the com m ittee fix som e
d ates for you to speak, and you've got
to fill 'em . Jim m ie; If you don't y o u 're
a gone goose." said they.
So. w ith the inw ard fea r th a t be
m ight, a f te r all. be defeated. Van W ert
began in earn est the effort to save him ­
self. He did not care for the office, but
he dreaded d efeat a t the hands of a
w om an, being one of the kind of men
who do not believe th e g en tler sex has
any business to politics. He pictu red
Miss Sm ith as a big. g au n t, red-baired.
self-assertiv e person, w ith Large red
han d s and a snappy way of speak in g —
au d w as q u ite surprised to learn th at
sh e was really a very ladylike young
w om an, tipping the beam a t about Hit
pounds.
It lacked but four d ays of election
day. and the various ca n d id ates w ere
p u ttin g in every hour possible In mak
ing speeches aud seeing th e ir c o n stit­
u en ts and o th e r people. Van W ert had
p u t in som e very telling work in several
places w here It would do th e most goxJ.
but in tw o or th ree precincts it was
found th a t a strong se n tim e n t In favor
of his opponent had developed, and
m ust be overcom e by som e m eans if he
hoped to win. U nfortunately, be w as
w orried, and his actions show ed it; on
one or tw o occasions w hile speaking be
bad given w ay to puerile b u rsts of tem ­
per th a t by no m eans enhauced bis
chances for success. Some of the older
bead s had w arned him th a t by m aking
slu rrin g rem ark s about his opponent be
w ould only hu rt him self, to which he
responded by ibe childlike rem a rk .
"W ell, If a w om an doesn 't w ant to get
h erse lf talked ab o u t she’d b e tte r keep
out of politics.”
T h is he practically repeated to a mix­
ed crowd at C onover's schoolhouse, la
T
w as sw ept aw ay from D onald by tbe
cu rren t. C harley expected th a t D on­
ald would not be seen again, for surely
no one could live lu such a to rre n t;
but presently he was astonished to see
the boy's head ami shoulders rise from
the flood, and to hear him cry lu stilj
for heli».
W hat D onald had succeeded In doing
w as to lay hold of a w ire, w hich had
I mm 'O stretch e d across the river, below
the m ain ferry cable, to prevent the
ferry-boat from blow ing too f a r a w a y
from the cable In a high wind. O rdi­
narily the cable and the wire a re sev­
eral feet above the w ater, but iu thi.«
i flood Ixith were p artially subm erged.
In going down w hen he was sw ept out
of th e boat, D onald had been carried
ag ain st thia wire. He bad seized it,
N e w I ac f«»r t h e I 'h o n n w r a p h ,
am i w as keeping his head above w atei
T he exploring ex|»editlon under Lieu­ by its aid.
ten an t Ilo u rst, w hich re«*ently retu rn ed
C harley had no tim e to plan a rescue
from the u pper r«*achea of the river
by m eans of a lx»at, nor did he take
Niger, carri. tl phonographs w ith w hich
tim e to sum m on assistance. H e sim ­
the war-songs of the natives were re­ ply sprang Into the river, ami Jbegao
corded.
going hand over hand out along the
N ine M it« m I ’p.
wire to the place w here the little boy
D uring th e experim ent* lately under­ clung.
tak en at P aris for the exploration of the
T he distance was alxiut on«- hundred
upper air, a free balloon, carrying self- am i fifty feet. C harley could make
recording Instrum ents, attain ed an ele­ this easily enough, hut he was struck
vation of 49.2)10 fe«*t. or nearly nine aud w ith consternation before he reached
one-half miles and recorded a temi»cra- Donal«] to sec th at their com bined
tu re of 76 degro-es F. below zero.
w eight w as sinking the wire so th a t
the boy w as being carried under the
A ‘ e ’ f - x t o v in u C ab.
surface. But from moment to m o
T he first autom obile cab, shaped like
m eat the rush of the to rren t brought
a lan d au let and driven by a petroleum
him up again, ami every tim e It did so
m otor, has Ju st been placed Iu the
the sm aller boy, who was hanging on
stre e ts of P aris, and the experim ent ex ­
m anfully, caught a little breath.
cites gr«*at In terest In the F rench ca p ­
At any rate, there was nothing to do
ital. T he speed of the vehicle can l>e
now but to persevere, and C harley kept
varied a t will betw een six and sixteen
rapidly on until he had seized in his
m iles au hour. It en tire length is less
a n u s D onald, who w as already half-
th a n ten feet, w hile the leugth of an o r ­
drow ned. T he Increased weight all at
d in ary cab w ith horse ataeh ed Is more one sjxit now sank Ixith boy«, but C har­
th an six teen feet.
ley clam bered ba«-k w ith Donald, now-
out of the w ater for a m om ent, now
I . t t f h t W i t b o ii t H e a t.
One of the things which Inventors u nder It again, thinking each mom« nt
would like m uch to accom plish Is the would be his last, and fearing th a t
production of light w ithout heat. N a­ D onald w as alread y drow ned.
At last both reached the shore. Don­
tu re proves by the exam ple of the fire­
fly and th e glow worm th a t the thin g ald w as ap p aren tly lifeless, but C harley
can be done. E xperim en ts a t the P h y s­ sum m oned all his stren g th an d sta rted
ical In stitu te In Berlin have lately off. w ith the lim p body in hi« arm s,
sh o w n —w hat ha«l long l»»«en believed to his pa ren ts' house. Mr. and Mrs
w ithout d irect m easurem ent of the tem ­ C lam o saw him com e up. and heljx-d
p e ra tu re —th a t th e light rad iated from him Into th e bouse. T h ru they devoted
a G eissler tube, when an electric c u r­ th e ir a tten tio n to the seem ingly drow n ­
re n t p asses through It. Is accom panied ed D onald, whom they «oon revived.
by very little heat. T his accords w ith C harley w anted nothing m ore th a n a
the view th a t we m ust look to electricity little rest am i a good deal of supper.
for a solution of the problem of “cold T hese m a tte rs a tte n d ili to. both tbe
light.”
rescuer and the rescued w ere soon as
brisk as ever.
<» s v k c h a n d M n a h r o ^ m a .
A s.n g u lar w ay of rem oving oxygen
from th e a ir by the aid of a plant Is d e­
scritteli by Dr. T. L. Phipson in the
C hem ical News. Inside a glass hell-
ja r. sus|»ended over w ater. Is placed a
m ushroom , and tAudlght is allow ed to
fall upon the p lant. The m ushroom a b ­
sorbs the oxygen from the a ir in the
Jar. and th e carbonic acid form ed d u r­
ing th e process is absorbed by the
w ater, which g radually rises in the ja r
to cn«'-flfth of its height. The m ush­
room now dries up; but Its anim ation is
only suspended, as m ay be proved by
Introducing beside it a green plant,
plant, w hen it will ro^'ornnu-nce to vege­
tate. being nourished by the oxygen ex­
haled from th e fresh p la n e
A M y t U r lo n a A n im a t .
In describing his recent explorations
am ong th e Solomon Islands. L ieutenant
Som erville of the B ritish navy tells of
“a rarely seen hairy a n im a l” inhabiting
th e Jungles In th e interio r of New G eor­
gia Island. T he n atives fea r It as an
evil spirit, believing th a t It can inflict
sickness and d eath upon th<»se who see
It. L ieu ten an t Som erville w as unable
to obtain a glim pse of the anim al, but
his com panion. L ieutenant W eigall. on
one occasion saw a hairy anim al a t the
edge of th e Jungle, but could not get
n ear enough to form a clear Idea of Its
appearance. It Is thought th a t It m ay
resem ble an anthropoid ape. but a n a ­
tive who had seen a monkey on ship­
board said It w as not very like th e a n i­
m al of th e Jungle. G reat difficulty is
experienced In p en e tratin g the Jungle
on account of the w onderful density of
th e vegetation.
A W a m U r ln y L a k e .
T he Sw edish explorer of C entral Asia,
Sven H edin. gives th e latest Inform a­
tion concerning the “ w andering'' of
latk e Nor in the Gobi desert, a phe­
nom enon alxiut w hich contradictory
view s have been entertained. H e says
th a t th e T arim River, entering the lake
from th e west, brings dow n, during the
period of high w ate r late in sum m er, a
g reat q u an tity of silt, which has the
effect of d riv in g the lake, lying ou the
level floor of the desert, tow ard the
so u th east. But th e sum m er wind, drift-
lug the su rfa ce sand and darkening the
heavens w ith dust, blow s generally
from th e n o rth east, and it. too. tends to
d riv e th e lake liefore it. The com bined
effect of th e urging by the wind and the
riv er Is to force th e lake south w ard .
Yet Sven H edin th in k s the m igration of
the lake Is not constant In direction, but
It sh ifts back and forth In term ittently,
according ns th e circum stances change.
B r illia n t
M r > a n ta tn F l o w e r «
All who have m ade ped estrian tours
th ro u g h th e Alps remember the vivid
b eauty of the m ountain flowers. Com-
¡»arisions lately m ade by D octor D ufour
show th a t th e superior purity and splen­
dor of floral colors in the Alp« are not
im aginary, or a m ere effect of contrast.
T he reds, blues and yellow s of the
m ountain blossom a re m uch more In­
ten se th a n those of the sam e species of
flowers grow n a t ordinary levels. The
leaves, also, have a deeper and richer
green, and m icroscopic ex am ination
show s th a t chlorophyl Is m ore ab u n ­
d a n t in Alpine plan ts than in those of
th e plalus. One fact which seem s q uite
n atu ra l, y et is very in teresting. Is that
on the m ountains p lan ts have relatively
sm aller aerial orgaus and larg er su b te r­
ran ean oues. T hus, a graceful flower
which. In tin' plains. Is seen nodding at
th e sum m it of an asp irin g stem , will be
found ou th e m ouutaln slopes hugging
th e soil, anchored by w m p ara tlv ely
heavy rovots. and beam ing up w ith ac­
cen tu ated b eau ty from th e grouud.
G a lla n t R e s u c e b y a H o y .
T he heroic achievem ents represen t­
ed In fiction a re now and then q uite
su rp assed by som e brave deed done In
very tru th . Such a deed, the sto ry
of which stirs the heart, is recorded
iu th e O regonian of P ortland. Ore.
At C laruo F erry , on the Jolm Day
River, a large stream w hich flows Into
th e Colum bia, lives a ranchm an nam ed
D onald McRae, who has nn invalid
wife and a little boy 10 y ears old. One
day recently McRae had to tak e his
w ife aw ay for m edical treatm en t, and
left the boy, whose nam e Is D onald,
to sta y al»out the place ami get his
m eals at th e Claruo«’. w ho live on the
opposite side of the river.
Ju st at this tim e a flood arose, ami
the river becam e a raging torrent. At
6 o’clock In th e eveuitig C harley C lar­
uo, the «on of A ndrew Claruo. the fer­
rym an. w as about to go a fte r little
D ouald, to m ake sure th at he got safely
across the riv er to supper, when he
saw D onald, who w as a self-reliant fel­
low, alread y on bis way.
At that moment, in the very middle
of tbs river, tbe boat eapsixed, and
“ S o m e Y o u n g F e llo w « ."
An A m erican who had lived in Mexi­
co fo r tw enty y e a rs cam e hack to this
country a few m onths ago. and visited
’he places an d people th a t w ere once
f a m ilu r to h;iu. ills opinion of his n a ­
tive land, as reported by the Mexican
correspondent of the Boston H erald,
is by nv m eans flattering. T here a re
“nice people” here yet. but be th in k s
th a t the prev ailin g tendencies in Am er­
ican life favor ex trav ag an ce, preteu
tlon. h urry and w orry; and along w ith
th e overdriven m an we have th e lazy
m an also.
“J u s t to test this lab o r question.” the
visito r to ll the eorrosjx-»adt-nt. “ I went
to p la n tatio n s in V irginia aud to farm s
| In Ohio, d r e s s 'd in my old dud«, an d
ask ed for work. T here w as plenty of
it. T he p la n ters and farm ers were ail
w illing to give me $!«• a m nth an d
good hoard and a clean bed all the y ear
round. 1 reckoned it cp th a t I could
sa v e $100 a y ea r a : th a t rate, and get
fat, t«jo. 1 have w orked hard in my
tim e in rough em ploym ents, and have
no fe a r of sw eating.
“ M eli, then 1 met some young fellow s
in W ashington, loafing about the liar-
room s sn d In front of the hotels, ta lk ­
ing about hard time«.
“ ‘Boys.’ I said, ‘th e re is no need of
loafing aud grum bl ng. I'll tell you
w here yon can get w ork: go over to
A lexandria, an d th e re 's Mr. So-and-s-»
w ants a m an: a n o th e r w an ts three, and
still a n o th e r two. W ages $10 a monti»,
bread, b u tte r and m eat, and peaches
an d cream la th e season.
“ \ o u can read S undays an d learn
som ething, and come out w ith money iu
your pocket a t the eud of the year. Why
loaf on your friends and talk politics?
B e tte r w ork.’
“ My roc»'ption by those young men
w as uot en thusiastic. Some said th y
had never work«nl a t hard m anual la­
bor; o th ers hated farm ing, it w as so
dull In the country. All so rts of ex.•»»«es
w ere given, but not oue prom oted by
good sense and a w illingness to do hou
est. h a nl work.
“ Now th a t's a fine lot of young men
for you! You call them . I stipitate, the
‘H ope of A m erica.' and all th a t!”
T he fact Is. our cities aro crow ded
w ith men. eo th a t there Is a surplus in
every dep artm en t of Libor. T he coun­
try has l»een em ptied of the b raw n an 1
m uscle th a t should be given to ag ric u l­
ture. On a farm a man can a t Irosi
raise food enough to avoid sta rv a tio n ,
and if he is uot able to purchase lam i
and cannot find ocupatlon In our cities,
th ere a re farm ers in nearly all p a rts of
the country w ho will lx* .dad to em ploy
h ’.iu.—Yout li's Com panlon.
Good Ko»«l* T ear.
more ai d m ore a p p a re n t
th a t w hat w as form erly a public re­
q u est for gixui r o a d * is now becoming
a public dem and
W here th e people
w ere once s.itisfied to n ak e a sugg«- tion.
they a re now di*(x»«ed to d ic ta te . W hat
Is good for «-verylxxly, notxxly should
oppose.
It I* now pretty well understood th at
good road« a rc the nex t econom ical in ­
vestm ent a [xtople can p u t th e ir money
In How to Im prove the public high
w ays is now the topic of discussion.
T h ere is no longer any question th a t
they should be Improved.
T he alread y over-taxed farm ers are
beginning to kx>k upon the securing of
g«xxl roads as a local m rons of Increa.-e
lng th e ir w elfare ra th e r than as som e­
th in g to add to th eir present heavy b u r­
den of debt. T here is a getting tog«»tber
of all forces inter«-«»-1 in the subject
th a t w a rra n ts the prediction th a t 1SD7
Is to lie a notable year in highw ay im ­
provem ent. T he law m akers and the
road m akers a re being encouraged by
all classes and 3ges to do som ething of
a p ractical nature. Are you doing your
sh are?
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I t b ^ e n tm s
A F a rm e r G o v e rn o r S peaks.
Good roads are essen tial to our high­
est developm ent socially, intellectually
and financially. Many counties in our
Sta:»*, a<tuate<i by a eom m endabl?
sp irit of progress, a re rapidly im prov­
ing the highw ays. In the n ear fu tu re
w in e of our counties will have a com ­
plete system of free gravel roads. T he
m ain thoroughfar«*« in these counties,
having been graveled and received by
th e county com m issioners, are kept in
rep a ir a t the county's exjx-nse. T he su­
pervisor, being thus relieve«! from care
of th e m am thoroughfares, is enabled
to concentrate the la lo r and tz x a t his
disposal upon the lateral roads. hen«-e
all will soon be Improv«*!. The economy
in road im provem erit will soon be dem ­
o n stra te d by th e fact th a t the counties
having tb e best roads will m ainta.u
them a t less cost th an th e m ud roads,
w ith all th e ir Inconveniences, are m ain­
tain ed in th e ir w retched condition. The
w ork required by law of able-bodied
men. tog eth er w ith th e road tax. givea
to the road snpervls» rs of our S tate the
expenditure, in money and labor, of a
vast sum . Much of this is w asted by
reason of Incom petent uuuagt-Loent.
T he railroad tax for highw ay im prove­
m ent. iu som e road d istric ts of our
S tate, is so m anipulated by tbe road su­
pervisor th a t th e money inures m ore to
bis lxmefit th a n th e im provem ent of the
thoroughfare*. In som e instances in
ou r S tate, a brokerage business is c a r­
ried on. and money is m ade out of tr a f ­
ficking in th is road tax.
W hile som e of our road law s need re­
form ing. th e m an n er of th e ir execution
needs revolution. W hen com petence is
m ade the test in selecting supervisors,
and ta x -ja y e rs see th a t they discharge
th e ir duties, we w ill tied som e im prove­
m ent In o u r highw ays w ithout a d d i­
tional ta x .—From the In au g u ral Ad­
dress of Gov. Mount of Indiana.
G r e tn a G r e e n 's M a r r y in g Ht ic 'a s m it h
L ew spots in the I nited K ingdom a r t
possessed of more rom antic in terest
thaii G retna Gr. » n. on the S cottish bor­
der, where, according to tocal records,
m ore th a n I)».'«»» ruflaw ay m arriages
have been celebrated
A ccording to
Scotch law. an ac k n o w b lgm ent l*efore
w itnesses th a t a w om au w as one'«, w ife
con« itu ted a legal m arriage, and so
ru n a w a y couples m ade th e ir way from
all p a rts of E ngland to G retn a G reen,
w here they w ould a»'kn«»wledge th e m ­
selves to l»e m au and w ife at the sm ithy
in th e presence of the blacksm ith, w ho
would ta k e h.s position Ix h ic d the a n ­
vil. rei»eat a short p ra y e r an d give them
his blessing and a certifii'ate.
Some tim e ago an ac t of p arliam e n t
w as passed forbidding these t»r< ina
G reen m arriages unless the p a rtie s had
re sid e d th re e w eek s in Sm »tland. and
G re tn a G reen m a rria g es w dl « on l»e a
th in g of the past. W illiam Igiug died
recently. Old I-ing. w ho receutly cele­
b rated his eightieth birthday, v.as the
last of four generations of these m a rry ­
ing blacksm iths. Among tb« s • w h o
have been w edded l»y th e I«augs have
been the E arl o f D undouald. who
eloiwsl over th e border w ith Miss
B arnes, an d Ix»rd E rstine, who posted
all th e w ay from London to the Scot­
tish b o n ier w ith S arah Hu. k.
T he sm ithy stand« w ithin fire m in­
utes' w alk from the bridge which
m ark s the line betw e n the tw o king­
doms. and looks ou G retna G reen, an
open v erd a n t space, surrounded by a
few one-storied ancient cottag»«. Few
to u rists ever visited this rom antic spot,
w hich figures in no guide-book and p»»s-
sessi-s no'hotel. s».«l yet which is asso­
ciated w ith the thrilling ad v en tu res and
m arvelous escape's of some 10.000 E n g ­
P lu c k y W e s t e r n W o m e n .
lish lovers of the aristo cracy and the
T here are w in e plucky women In the w ealthy classes.—New York W orld.
new S tate of W ashington. W. H. 11.
G rant, who has been prospecting with
A H o m e ly I n d u s t r y .
a party lu the tnonntaius back *»f F or:
A corres|x»udeut w rites from P aris
Angeles, found ou the ex trem e lltn ts th a t potato cu ltu re is likely to receive a
of civilization, uine miles from the city, new iuqietus since the plau of selling
a widow nam ed Monroe, w h o . w iih them peeled, sliced and dried, like cer­
tw o children. 10 and 12 y ea rs old. had ta in fruits, seem s t«j be tbe ta ste of the
taken up a fine m uch and w as in- export m arket.
dustrlously m aking a clearing. She
The «Irving of the potatoes can fol­
now h ss about an acre and a half ch ar low; the i»er»od of the desaicatiou of
ed and jilanted In vegetables. Nc.u fruits. The m ethod obviates decay and
Mrs. Monroe. Miss Res ter. a hand geruiiuation of the tu!x*r. and occupy­
some young lady of Id. and her m other ing a less volume, tra rs p o rt will be
have a ranch, seven acres cleared aud cl»eai»er and less difficult.
T he potatoes are p e e le d by m achin­
plantetl iu a garden. She al«.» has a
large variety of flowers in bloom, ery; next carefully w ashed, sliced iu
which she has set out and carefully ut- rounds, ami left for tw enty m inutes iu
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tendeil. It w as a great su rprise to the a strong solution-of kitchen salt.
T he brine produces firnittess in tbe
prospeeting party to em erge from i
deuse forest and com e upon these la slices an 1 (»rev« i. s •!:• ;r changing color
dies busily m aking a home in « > « - —th u s securing w hat sulphur does for
lated a spot. T hese tw o fam ilies were fru its. L ater the cuttings a re left to
out of food, ex iv p t potatoes and «alt. drain.placed in the dry ng a p p a ra tu s on
and the gallant prospectors gave them hurdle shelves, and subm itted to a te m ­
w hat e x tra provisions they had. Due p e ra tu re varying from one h nudred and
need not w onder at the rapid devel­ ninety-four degrees F ahrenheit.
They m ust rem ain a little longer In
opm ent of the N orthw est when women
will v enture Into unknow n wilds and this hot bath than fruit. Before using,
the slices have to lx* steeped tw elve to
m ake them selves homes.
fifteen hours iu w ater, w hen they w ill
To D r i v e o r N o t t o I r i v e .
becowp as fre sh au«l as flavory as new
R oberts H allo! W h at’s wrong, old p o ta to 's.
fellow?
Betisou I’m alm ost crazy. 1 se n t a
W as H e a R enegade?
le tte r to my broker asking him w hether
Two Irishm en, differing in political
he thougbt 1 was a fool, and an o th er
opiuions, w ere discussing in an imiias-
one to Miss W illets asking her to come
sloned w ay th e ir respective creeds. A t
for a drive w ith me. and I don’t knew
last, ard o r overcom ing good n atu re, on •
which of them this telegram is from.
accused th e o th er of being a renegad»
R o b e rts -W h a t does it say?
Benson Simply “Yes.” — London An­ to p a rty and fam ily tradition.
T his aceu«ai!«>u tin second m an sto u t­
swers.
ly denied, a v e rrin g th a t his political
C r » n a tio n C o tn m o u in I t a ly .
view s w« re baaed upon his ow n couvic-
C rem ation Is more extensively p rac­ tlona la th e r th an ou an accident of
ticed in Italy th a n iu any country. T he birth, « till his accu ser usisted th at he
first crem atorium w as established In w as a “ tu rn co a t.”
Milan In 1876 and there a re now fifty
“ You call yourself Daly!” he cried,
In operation lu Ita lia n territory.
scornfully. “ You call y o urself Daly,
and everybody know s th a t when you
E a rl and baron w ere titles created by first stru ck this country you had an O
William I. Instead of the old Saxon on your nam e big enough for a IU»>
titles alderm an or earl and thane.
pree^rver.”
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