V
WhifGiiSntl
f A Tale cf tha Early Settlers
I of Louisiana. ,
BY AUSTIN C. BURDICK
CHAPTER VII.-(Continned.)
"Speak to me, Louise," ottered Gou-
part, now (peaking quickly and eagerly,
"and tell me If you have forgotten thoao
wonli I used to speak. Hava you for
gotten them?
"Nonot one,"
"Then let me apeak them again. Let
me now speak them as one who knows
the ways of life; and to one who can
judge for herself of the deep meaning
that panning years hare given to all those
emotions that have outlived the destroy
ing wear of time. In the heart where
thine image was first enshrined, none otli
er has ever come. I have cherished your
sweet face, and in humble prayer have I
begged that I might see you once more
on enrth. And, at times, my soul hits
been wild enough In its flights it hope
to picture that one most holy thought of
all life-union with the dearly loved one.
When my feet first touched these shores,
I dreamed not that I was near to thee.
But I found you, and here I sat me down
to pray with more of hope, and to hope
with more of promise. And now, Louise,
let me ask you, as I have asked you a
hundred times before, will you be my
wife?"
"Gonpart, I have a father whose every
earthly wish Is for the good of his chil
dren, and not for worlds would I I "
' "I understand," said St. Denis, as the
maiden hesitated and stopped. "And be
assured that I would not ask, even for
life Itself at thy hands, against thy no
ble fathers wish. But suppose I ask
him and he bids me take you?
"Then I am by his permission only
what In heart I have been for years.
A short time longer those two sat there.
and their words had a solemn, prayerful
cast, ouch as marks the-holiest gratitude
of the human soul; and as they walked
towards the bouse, they spoke not of the
subject upon which their life joys bung.
It was already dusk when they reach'
ed the hall, and while Louise went to re.
move her moccasins, St. Denis went to
seek Brlon St. J alien, lie found him in
his library.
"How now, Goupart?" cried the old
man, as bis young friend took a seat,
"What has happened? Any more In
dians? What on earth makes you look
to sober?"
"It is a deep and sober subject which Is
on my mind, answered the youlh.
"Then out with It, for I am father con
fessor here."
St. Denis knew the marquis too well to
hesitate, and he spoke boldly and to the
point.
"My friend" he said, "that I love ev
ery member of your immediate family
must be apparent to you; but you will
not be jealous if I also Inform you that
my love for Louise Is rather stronger
than for any one else."
St. Julien arose and placed his band
npon the youth's head, and, while big
tears gathered In his eyes, he said:
"Goupart, my noble boy, you have
made me the happiest of men. O, I have
prayed for this moment many a time,
and now it has come.' Among all my ac
quaintances, you were the only one to
whom my hopes could turn, lou shall
take my child, and you shall take me.
I am growing lazy, If not old, and not
much longer will Simon remain with me."
"Ah," uttered the youth, with a look
of relief, "is Simon going?"
"Yes. He isn't Just the man for mo.
I will not have dissension, and so we
keep peace; but yet much of my nephew's
conduct makes me nervous. I do not like
his pluns about the estate, and yet he
shows an abrupt, willful spirit If I offer
word of expostulation. He seems bent
on realizing all the ready money he can
from the place without the least regard
to Its future worth and Improvement. I
do not like it. Yes, yes Simon must
seek some other home."
"Hark!" Interrupted Goupart. "What
was that noise?"
"I heard nothing," said the old man.
"Let me look a momr:it." And thus
peaking, the youth went to the dour
and looked out. But he saw nothing. He
ttepped out into the entry; but there was
no one there. "I must have been mis
taken," he said, as be returned to the
library and closed the door after him.
Ah! he did not look In the right place.
Had he cast his eyes up to the ceiling,
he would have seen a small hole where
the host once bad a copper pipe lead
down to feed a showering bath. And had
he but gone up into the small lumber
room overhead, he would have found a
man there, lying flat, like a serpent, with
his eye to that small aperture; and he
would have seen at a glance that the
watcher could both see and hear all that
transpired In the library!
CHAPTER VIII.
Days flew on now upon golden wings,
and suspicion had ceased to work In even
Goupart'a mind. Old Tony had watched
carefully, but he could find nothing to
excite fear. Only one thing came up to
help the doubts the young men had en
tertained, and that was a sudden visit
of .Simon Lobois to New Orleans. He
'professed to have business there. He
aid he would see how much corn he
could find a market for, there being sev
eral hundred bushels now In ttie granary;
but the marquis informed him that he
need not trouble himself about the corn,
as he already had a use for it, meaning
to keep a large quantity on hand to serve
In case of a failing crop. Yet Simon
must go, for he had business of his own;
and one fine morning, down the river he
went, in company with soma men who
had come down from Fort Rosalie.
Lobois had been gone a week, and tha
remaining members of the family were
having some joyful times. In a few days
more, the priest would be there, and then
the two waiting hands would be united.
Father Languet sometimes made It his
home at St Julien'i place, bat he had
now been for some months npon a mis
sion among the Yasoos; but he had been
heard from, and he would soon be there.
It was a bright, moonlight evening, and
the young people had been more gay than
usual. Goupart, and Louise, and Louis
had been playing at childish games, and
as they went out and snuffed up the
swet, baimy air of the beautiful even
ing, Louise clapped her hands and pro
posed a game of "hide and seek." The
others shouted acquiescence, and even
the old man was bound to join la the
sport. Ixmise and her brother knew all
the hiding places within the enclosure,
and the former pulled Louis aside, and
whispered merrily with him.
"Now, none of that," said Goupart
"none of that! It Is not fair for you to
conspire against me. If yon te put
your heads together Ml go and charter
old Tony to tome and help me. Now
indr
But the only answer he received ws a
joyous laugh as Louise ran away to dress
herself for the out-door sport.
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The moon rode high In the heavens,
and her face was but slightly turned
way from earth. In the wide courtyard
the merry voices rang tunefully out upon
the calm night air, and the glad note
were caught up and flung back by tne
distant forest.
Away over the brow of a gentle hill,
where a copse of beautiful acacia trees
were left standing, moved many dark
objects. Thev were crouching In tha
wood, and listening to the shouts that
came from tha distant dwelling. Anon
thev rathered tnzetW and conversed In
a strange tongue, and then they moved
slowly up the hillside, and crept oown
towards the corn field. On they moved,
like specters In the moonlight, until they
neared tha high barricade, and then set
tled lower down and crept on like hugs
cats approaching their prey. Straight
they moved towards the postern, and
there they lay, beneath the wooden wall,
and listened to tha merry voices from
within. Soon one of them arose to his
feet. He was in the shade of the wall,
but yet the many colored paint upon his
dark skin could be seen, and the dusky
browed warrior was no more concealed.
They were all a score of them painted
In tie same fantastic manner, and the
same dusky hue marked the brow of
each. He who had arisen to his feet pro
duced something from his pouch, and
applied it to the lock of the heavy post
ern. It was a key! And how came that
child of the forest by the key of St. Ju
llen's gate?
The shouts now come from the garden.
Hark! Yes they are all there npon the
other side of the house. They have just
found Goupart, and are now dragging
blm forth from his hidiug place.
Carefully the Indian turns the key in
the lock, but the gate la fastened within.
The heavy bolt has been surely thrown
back, and yet the gate opens not. But
there is no time to be lost. The red men
whispered together a moment, and then
one of them bends npon his knees, and
when a second has mounted npon his
shoulders, he arises. They are both tall
men, but he who stands upon his com
panion's shoulders cannot quite reach the
tops of the stout pickets. Another man
stands firmly by the side of the lower one
and then he above places one foot upon
the second shoulder thus offered him.
Now a third man springs nimbly up, and
having mounted upon the shoulders of
him who stands thus elevated, he gains
the top of the barricade, and In a mo
ment more he drops upon the ground
within. Soon the postern Is opened and
six men enter, leaving the remaining ones
without, and then the gate is almost
closed, and thus held, so that It can be
opened when need comes.
Away towards the stable these specters
glide, and soon they are hidden; for they,
too, will play at the game that the pale
faces have set on foot.
Many times had Goupart hidden, and
as many times had he been easily found.
And now he and the marquis chose to
hide together, and after a deal of shout
ing, the brother and sister pull them out
from behind the thick cluster of vines
that grow against the garden fence. Next
Louis and Louise scamper away, laugh
ing and clapping their hands, for the
utter delight of the father, when they
purposely let him find them, has warmed
them Into almost a freney of joy.
"Stop stop!" cried the marquis, as his
children start. "Isn't It becoming too
damp for you Louise?"
"6, no! Never fear for me."
"But the dewds now fairly wet npon
the grass, and I fear you'll take cold.
"No no, father!" cries the joyous girl.
"Don't let the first chill frighten you."
"Well go this once, and then we'll
go in. I'm growing chill and cold."
"Ay you shall hava a job before you
find us. Now watch for the word."
Away they went towards tha barn,
and as they turned the angle of the
house, and were thus lost to sight, Gou
part remarked:
"It Is growing cold."
"Ay," returned the old man. "This dew
Is falling fast, for I can feel the damp
ness on my feet. While we were excited
I did not feel It. But I can stand It,
only I feared that Louise . might take
some cold; and you know that would not
be pleasant.
"No," said Gonpart and the tone of
bis voice showed that he, too, had enter
tained some fesrs. "Hark!" he added,
"I think I heard them call. Ah, they've
got some deep hiding p'lace this time, for
I heard the voice as though It were
stifled. But we'll find them. Come!"
And away they ran towards the point
from which the voice had proceeded,
They searched all around the barn, under
the cart. In the straw, behind the doors;
and then they went to the stable, and
here, too, they overhauled everything
they could move, the old man even mov
ing a board that lay against the fence.
They must have slipped around into
the garden, said Goupart.
And so back to the garden they turned.
They hunted and hunted, but the hiders
could not be found.
'It's getting too late," said the mar
quis, at length. "I think I must call
them."
"I'll give np In welcome," returned
Goupart; "for I'm sure I should never
find them. Shall I call to them?"
"Yes."
So Goupart shouted that he gave up
the game.
'I give up!" he cried, at the top of his
voice. "Come, Louis!"
He waited a few moments, expecting to
be assailed with a burst of joking at his
want of success. The smile was already
on his face, and the exclamation with
which to meet the hidden ones was npon
his Hps all ready for utterance. But no
one came.
They could not heva heard," suggested
St. Julien.
"Ah," ottered Goupart, "they must
hs.va gone Into the house."
"So they have." said tha father. "That'a
hardly fair. They ought to hava spoken
to us. But we'll find soma way to pun
ish them."
They then went Into tha house, but
neither wss thara.
"Why, lt'a funny Isn't it, Gonpart?"
"It Is, surely."
"Ml atart np some of tha boya."
And accordingly, half a dozen of the
men were sent out In. different parts of
the enclosure to Inform the hiders that
tha game was up. But they returned
bootless. It was old Tony who announc
ed that they couldn't be found. The
marquis gated upon Goupart, and Gou
part gated upon tha marquis, and thua
they stood for soma momenta.
"Do yon think any danger can have
befallen them?" whispered tha youth,
with a trembling Up.
"I don't think thara could,' returned
the old man, nervously. "But we must
search."
In a very few momenta tha whole
household waa la alarm. The atartling
adventure with tha ladlana some time
before had prepared tha minds of tha
people for an easy accesa of fear, and as
aoon at it waa known that Louis and
Louisa were not to be found, consterna
tion waa depicted upon every face. Huge
bundles of pitch-wood were alwaya kept
la readiness to be used la case of alarm
at night, and some of these were lighted,
and soon the whole household were In tha
wlda court. They divided at tha bars.
and In fifteen minutes they til met there
again. But they had found nothing.
Pale and trembling, tha old man turn
ed to the gate. It was locked, but the
bolts were not shot. He called for tha
key. Tony had It, and the postern was
soon flung open, and the torches flashed
out upon the broad hillside back of the
buildings. Suddenly sharp, quick cry
from old Tony startled the party, and
quick as thought, Goupart was by hia
side.
"What Is Itr the latter asked.
"See that foot!" the black man gasp
ed, trembling like an aspen.
"What of it?"
"It had no heel! It la the print of a
moccasin I"
While the people were crowding about
the apot, one of the women found aa
arrow, and la moment more a mocca
ain was picked np.
"The Chlckasaws!" exclaimed Tony,
aa soon as he saw the moccasin.
"O heavens !" gasped Brlon St. 3
lien. And with a deep groan he stag
gered back. But he quickly revived, for
the thought of pursuit came to blm. Gon
part hastened the men to pursuit In wild,
frantic tones.
. Just as the great old clock In the hall
told the hour of four in the morning, the
Darty returned to the house, pale and fa
tigued. The first gray streak of dawn
were pencilling the eastern horizon as the
marquis and Goupart stood In the sitting
room. One of the women brought In a
lamp, and the youth started when he saw
how pale his host looked. And St. Ju
lien started, too; for ha looked into hia
companion's face, and It looked terror-
stricken even to d?ath.
They spoke not a word. The old man
moved forward and extended bis nana,
and on the next moment his head waa
pillowed npon Goupart'a shoulder, -and
such deep, mighty sobs broke forth from
his Hps that It seemed as tnoiign nit
heart were rent In sunder. 'And one by
one the eager servants came Into that
room, for they dared not yet trust them
selves to sleep. They stood ana witness
ed the great grief of their loved master,
and with one accord they wept with him.
Truly that was a dark hour!
(To be continued.)
COULDN'T FOOL THESE GIRLS.
They Had Heard of City Frauds and
Were Wary.
It wag a brand-new and enterprising
advertising dodge that caused these
two young women to think they had
been "bunkoed" and likely to get Into
difficulties. The "dodge" consisted In
a 15-mlnute vaudeville performance
which one of the big retail houses put
on la a room In Its building to amuse
customers and to make people talk
about the store.
The two young women were, from
one of the suburbs of the city, and on
the lookout for traps and sharpers.
Having finished their shopping they
were In the elevator on tbelr way out
when the elevator man called:
"All out here to see the famous
show!"
With the other passengers the two
young women left the-car, and found
themselves In a little theater, gays the
New York Tlmea. It was dimly light
ed, had a small stage, a smaller orches
tra and chairs In which a number of
people had seated themselves. Bud-
deuly an Idea occurred to one of the
young women.
"Helen," she whispered to her com
panion, "this Is some trap that we have
fallen Into. I know mamma told me of
a similar case once. When she and
papa were spending their honeymoon
twenty-three years ago at Niagara
Falls they went Into a show that wag
all just as this Is. On the outside
there was a sign which said: 'Entrance
Free.' All went well until It came to
going out, when there was another
sign, 'Exit $1.' That Is what this thing
Is, and I know it. Let's get out before
the show begins."
They made at once for the door of
the elevator shaft "The show will be
gin In an Instant," politely announced
the attendant, at whom the young wo
man looked scornfully.
"You must think we are easy," said
one of the girls, falling Into slang to
show that she was no ordinary proposi
tion to be dealt with. "We know this
dodge, and have seen It before."
Then both went down to the street
feeling sure that they had escaped one
of the shrewd "dodges" of a great city.
His Servant Was Well Trained.
At an auction sale of snuffboxes
which enlivened London some time ago
one of the most valuable mysteriously
disappeared and has not yet been recov
ered. The loss has brought up a hoet
of similar occurrences, and one news
paper corespondent recalls a story cur
rent two generations ago, the Duke of
Sussex being the hero. He had presided
at a dinner of virtuosi, and a distin
guished diplomatist among the company
produced a snuffbox set In precious
stones, the gift of a crowned head to
one of his ancestors. The precious sou
venir was handed around for everyone
toexamlne while the conversation went
merrily on.
Presently the owner said to bis next
neighbor: "Kindly pass me the snuff
box." The Inquiry went around the
table, but nobody knew what had be
come of the article. A thorough search
of the room and the servants failed to
reveal any trace of It, and the party
broke up In a gloom. Some months
after the Duke had occasion to don
rnce more the particular uniform worn
on this occasion, and, putting his hand
Into one of the pockets, felt a bulky
substance and drew out the missing
box.
"You rascal" he said to his body ser
vant, "you must have noticed it when
you put away my coat"
"Yes, your royal highness," was the
reply. "I noticed, and Indeed I saw
your royal highness put the box In your
pocket"
'And you never mentioned Itt
'Certainly not I hope I know my
duty to your royal highness better than
that" Pittsburg Dispatch.
Paid the Freight.
'Your wife," remarked the old friend,
"telle me you are getting Into society
now.
"No," replied the plain man, who had
to pay for hia wife' ambitions, "society
la getting Into me." Philadelphia
Press.
Dead ancestors are said to occupy too
much of the areable land In China.
Famines would be less frequent If tha
country waa not one vast cemeery.
Tha only reason some men leave an
estate la because they can't take It with
them.
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IDEALS OF UNIONISM.
By George H. McNeill, Labor Leader.
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The violent deeds performed In an in
dustrial battle are as a speck of dust In
a cyclone aa compared to the great bulk"
of violence performed In the name of
property and luw. Intimidation begets
Intimidation, and some of the workers
having learned the lesson by bitter ex
perience use the weapon agaiwt others,
but Intimidation Is no part of trade
union ethics, Ideals or laws. The boy
cott of third parties may not only be
Justified, but may be commended. We
ow. H. m'hkixl. do not agree thnt laborers should work
all the hours they can. Work under present conditions Is a
monotonous, mlnd-dcstroylng operation, and a reduction of
the hours of lubor to eight or six would be Justified If for
no other reason than that such labor Is destructive. Trades
union Ideals are exalted as humnn aspirations are quick
ened by the divine Inspiration of comradeship in the old, old
cause of the emancipation of lubor and the achievement of
equity. ,
PROSPERITY WILL CONTINUE ITS REIGN.
By James R. Kecne, Wall Street Financier.
The prosperity of the year 1903 will, I
think, In every respect keep pace with
that of the years that have Immediately
7ll 5 serve any evidences
the situation. Business in every branch
continues to be conducted on a profitable
basis. Manufacturers are finding a grow
ing market for their output, the farmers
are prosperous and happy, and domestic
trade will also Increase in volume. The
railroads will take care of their Increased
jam i s b. kefke. cogt 0f operation by a moderate advance
rates, and their physical condition has been brought to such
perfection that the large sums heretofore devoted to better
ments will now become available for the dividend or sur
plus account. The only difficulty In the situation Is the
fact that there Is not enough money In tha country to trans
act the people's business.
GAMBLING A GROWING EVIL Of SOCIETY.
By Julia Ward Howe.
I fear thnt the evil custom of playing for
money hns made considerable progress In fash
ionuble society. Heads of families In our gny
cities are sometimes made aware of tbe Inter
change between their own and other young peo
ple of checks Intended to cover recent losses at
cards. Young Indies are heard to boast of the
gains of a season at Newport those gains, In
some cases, exceeding one thousand dollars. We
hear of Invitations to .fashionable houses' which are de
clined by youths of small or moderate Incomes, who cannot
afford losses at the card table. This feature of our time
appears to me a reversion to the- habits of a low stage of
civilization, In which poverty of object Induces the passion
for games of hazard which Is common
people.
The better culture attainable in modern society should
A SEQUOIA FOREST FIRE.
Sublime Spectacle Witnessed by John
Mnlr Near the Kaweah River.
In the forest between the middle and
east forks of the Kaweah Hiver John
Mulr met a great fire; and as tbe fire
Is the master scourge and controller
of the distribution of trees, he stopped
to watch It and learn what he could
of Its ways with the giants. He de
scribes the Impressive scene In an arti
cle on the sequoia.
It came racing up the steep chapar
ral-covered slopes of the East Fork
canyon with passionate enthusiasm In
a broad cataract of flames, now bend
Ing down low to feed on the green
bushes, devouring acres of them at a
breath, now towering high In the air,
as If looking abroad to choose a way,
then Btooping to feed again, the lurid
flapping surges and the smoke and ter
rible rushing and roaring hiding all
that Is gentle and orderly in the, work.
But as soon as the deep forest was
reached tbe ungovernable flood became
calm, like a torrent entering a lake,
creeping and spreading beneath the
trees where the ground was level, slow
ly nibbling tbe cake of compressed
needles and scales with flames an inch
high, rising here and there to a foot or
so on dry twigs and clumps of small
bushes and brome-grass.
One of the most Impressive and beau
tiful sights was made by the great
fallen trunks lying on the hillsides, all
red and glowing like colossal Iron bars
fresh from a furnace 200 feet long,
some of them, and ten to twenty feet
thick. After repeated burnings have
consumed the bark and sap-wood, the
sound, charred surface, being full of
cracks and sprinkled with loaves. Is
quickly overspread' with a pure, rich,
furred, ruby glow almost nameless and
smokeless, producing a marvelous ef
fect In the night.
The Immense bonfires, where fifty or
a hundred cords of peeled, split,
smashed wood have been piled around
some old giant by a single stroke of
lightning is another grand sight In the
night. ,
Perhaps the most startling phenom
ena of all was the quick death of
childlike sequoias only a century or
two or age. In the midst of the other
comparatively slow and steady work
of fire one of these tall, beautiful sap
lings, leafy and branchy, would be
seen blazing up suddenly, all In one
heaving, passionate, booming flame,
reaching from the ground to the top
of the tree, and fifty to a hundred or
more feet above It, with a smoke col
crun bending forward and streaming
way on the upper, free-flowing wind.
To burn these green trees a strong
fire of dry wood beneath them Is re
quired to send np a current of air hot
enough to distil Inflammable gases
from the leaves and sprays. Then, In
stead of tbe lower limbs gradually
catching fire and Igniting the next and
next In succession, the whole tree
seems to explode almost simultaneous
ly, and with awful roaring and throb
bing, a round, tapering flame shoots
np two or three hundred feet, and In a
second or two Is quenched, leaving
the green spire a black, desd mast
bristling and roughened with down
curling boughs.
HERMIT CRABS ARE SQUATTERS.
They Take Aar Empty Shell They
Chance to Fancy and Live la In.
Hermit crabs are like squatters
anion men. who take anv nnoccnDled
land which they chance to find and erect 1
world Is rich In
fessions and In the
this bind of ours
tem. The church
at fairs.
theirs. It should
based upon a conceit of life poor, mean and empty.
TRUSTS RE CHECKING INVENTION.
tions of
of retrogression in
cidentally
ent.
consolidation the
economy, efficiency,
take It at our price,
"Yankee" to his
among barbarous
our Industrial supremacy?
HUMAN "FREIGHT
In several parts of Mexico all freight Is carried on tbe backs of burros.
Heavy seems the burden which Is resting on this patient animal's back, yet
he bears It stolidly, and doubtless never murmurs at hls,hard fate.
For many generations his ancestors have borne equally heavy burdens
In this fashion, and presumably his descendants will continue to bear sim
ilarly heavy burdens until that golden time arrives when all freight will ba
carried by railroads.
Mexico, however, Is a large country, and some time must elapse before
It Is thoroughly honeycombed with railroads. Meanwhile these patient
freight carriers will continue to form one of the picturesque sights of the
country.
a house of slabs on It. These crabs
back Into the best shell they can find
which fits them and nroceed as if It
always belonged to them.
There are two snpcles at th Npw
lork aquarium water and land her
mlt crabs. They both have tbe same
characteristic of living In shells left
empty by other animals. It does not
seem to matter whether It Is a conch
shell or a snail's shell that they creep
Into-Hhey adapt themselves to the
shape of either with equal facility and
nimbly carry It around on their nere-
grluations until they find one which
suits them better. It anDears to be ensv
for them to move out of one house
and take np their abode In another.
Probably Thoreau would count them
among the most fortunate of living
things, for they appear to have no su
perfluity of goods to prevent them from
getting out of life all tbe happiness
there Is In It.
Evidently they do not believe In
nelghborllness, for they enlov a little
fight or appear to. They are armed
with a claw that would cause consid
erable pain If Inserted In one's flesh.
This claw Is of such a shape and size
that It fits tightly over tbe onenlnir In
the shell and seals It against tbe In
trusion of an enemy. When the enemy
Is of a size and aggressiveness that
makes discretion the better part of
valor, the crab pulls bis small claws
Into the shell and locks the door after
him with his creat claw. This Is hnrd
as well as large, and acts as an effective
barrier. The water hermit crabs are
fed with bits of clam and fish. They
do not wait to be fed, honever, says
the New York Tribune, and spend much
of their time digging up the sand In
the bottom of their jar and throwing
it into their mouths In search for food.
The land crabs eat bananas and other
fruits. Their only use for water Is for
drinking.
High-Water Mark for Ileal Eat ate.
Tbe highest priced land in the world
Is that bounded, by Wall and Broad
atreeta and Broadway, In lower New
do much to eliminate this false Impression. Our Western
opportunities of social Intercourse. Our
young men and maidens meet freely In college. In the pro
diversions appropriate to the season of
youth. Pity were it If this Innocent freedom, profitable
for mutual help and good understanding, should be made
subservient to unworthy tastes and dangerous passions. In
the State has prohibited the lottery sys
has set herself resolutely against raffles
Tubllc opinion in either avenue ought. to set itself
against this cruel love of a gain which necessarily Implies
loss to others. It Is a truism among us to-day that the
exercise and enjoyment of liberty must found Itself upon
good sense and good morals. If we wish to avail ourselves
of American freedom we must adhere to American ideas
of good conduct. The standard of the Puritans may be
enlarged and advanced by a culture more liberal than
not be degraded by a course of action
ByJtmetM-Huymontt
The aggregations of capital and the combina
manufacturing Interests have (1) dwarfed
the peculiar characteristic, the pride, the ambi
tion, and the. successful activity of "the Yankee;"
(2) to the detriment of the public good have ham
pered, marred, and dwarfed the public benefits of
the patent system, have resultod In great flnan
coal loss to our great army of Inventors, and In
in loss to tbe whole great craft of
patent counsel; and (3) have, to an alarming extent, de
stroyed the mainsprings of the Inventive genius of Ameri
cansnamely; pride of Invention and hope of reward, to
which genius more than to all other facts, conditions,- or
characteristic Is to be Justly attributed the. great measure
of our national prosperity and prestige, both past and pres
-
A single illustration out of many at hand will suffice.
Three great concerns consolidate. The three had been In
active and benlthy competition and practically comprised
tbe production of all the tools and machinery used In one
of our largest and most Important Industries. Prior to the
president of one company devoted fully
one-third of bis entire uctlvity, and was assisted by three
men who were Inventors, engineers, or expert machinists,
and who devoted their entire time and energy to making
inventions and Improvements which should produce greater
speed, quantity, quality, and safety.
both in construction and in operation. But after the
commercial monopoly was formed, the three assist
ants and those of the other companies were dls
But after the commercial monoply was formed, the three
assistants and those of the other companies were dis
charged, for the patterns of the three companies were com
pared and "standards" or "leaders" Involving that which
could be mnde1 and marketed the most cheaply and still
answer tbe purpose were adopted and offered to the public,
with the Implied statement, "Take this and this only, and
or go to."
Will publicity, discussion, a pronounced public sentl
ftient, a public demand, and foreign competition restore the
throne of inventive pre-eminence, or have
these aggregations of capital and these commercial mo
nopolies permanently dwarfed our Inventive activity and
CAR" IN MEXICO.
fflni s
York city. A square foot of ground on
a corner of Broadway and Wall street
cannot be bad for less than $-150. The
most expensive land In London sells
for $300 a squnre foot ' The average
price of land In New York city's finan
cial district Is about $17i Next In the
scale comes the woman's shopping dis
trict, from Fourteenth to Twenty-third
streets, on Sixth avenue, and .from
Thirty-fourth street to Forty-second
street, on Broadway. Here land ranges
all the way from $00 to $350 a squara
foot On the northwest corner of
Broadway and Thirty-fourth street the
latter price was obtained. The real
estate man who can tell the future
movements of population on Manhat
tan Is In a position to realize a for
tune. The growth of Brooklyn and
Jersey City has checked the movement
of the population north, and It Is said
the most valuable land on Manhattan
island will always remain south of
Central Park. The lower half of tie
Island will soon have nothing on It ex
cept office buildings, factories and ten
ement houses. Success.
What Made Hlm'Feel Badly.
Auntie (finding Jackie anhhin i .
rfacaie, wnat has hap
pened to make you feel ao badly thia
morning?
Jackie M ma missed some Jelly.
Auntie Ho. hoi I see. A nA w J...
picions fell npon yon, eh
Jackie No, auutle, it waa her lit.
per.
Mamma I was anmriaoi .i ,. '
' mmi.
ed by the coldness with which you
ism-ieu iiiss Horesum when abe call
ed. Ethel Yea. mamma hnt t
for It later.
Mamma Did yon?
Ethel Yea. Indeed rn hM ...
' wuivi ii a y vi
"eD DQW cordial I bade her "good-bye."
Mia Position.
Wigwag "Are you a female aurrra.
glstr
Henreck "No: hnt mv mifm u t'r.
merely one of the stiff ere fa."
GEO. P. CROWE!!,
"Successor to E. L. Smith,
Oldest EtUblfshed Uoute Id the valley.
DEALER IN
Dry .Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-established house will con
tinue to pay cash -for all its goods; it
pays no rent; it employs a cierk, but
does not have to divide with a partner. -
All dividends are made with customers
in the way of reasonable prices.
Lumber
Wood,
Posts, Etc.
Davenport Bros.
Lumber Co.
Have opened an office in Howl River.
Call and get prices and leave orders,
which will be promptly filled.
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