Nebraska Newspapers

    Dakota County Herald
DAKOTA CITY, 2 KB.
JOITN II. REAM, ... PnbltslK
TT e i Ii 1 1 k I;:. i. i..i.us ii mini groat Is
the iMl,;!a!:ii:i of iiii'n who aren't.
MDtat right ,1ms a candidate for of
fice to fcbui n sweet. Innocent baby?
iJeraebftly has invented n machine
thai wraps up inonoy. Most people
prefer U do It l.y hand.
' A priori ns a t : 1 : t 1 gels $:fi,fvx) lie b
(la.i to fenr t!i:ii s i',!c:x'y is tryliii
to stir up (-!: !. hatred.
Te Kalwr has Inventc-l n new einer
(can)' brake. At the first surd oppor
tunity It vill lie nppllcd to France.
It brats n!l liov- tb sl'o rf women's
hats l.i Iwrrnsiig c.t.d the r-oulcn!
Of the men's pocki ! !,ooks n:-i' deercas-
Though in Home liislnn'-cs tho glory
of woman nuy 1t in 1 Imir, It dors not
In seost rases stark ni to (lint f her
lint
"No woman who wears a 'rat' shall
tieeeaic my wife,'' says nn Ohio col
lege prefossor. i:oui;li on rats, for
are.
Tticrw lire times when Turkey wrnm
to hove more troubles thin there lire
pigeonholes lu the Sultan's roll-top
e.
Rvldrnfly the person who remarked
that history rejicats Itself liad inside
laforninltoa. Knrrlugs nre In style
again.
I.-ct tt be mild to the everlasting
credit ef the English suffragettes that
they barn not attempted lo win by
maklag ase ef the lintpln as u wen)ou.
Perhaps the only thing that can he
Mid la favor of the. present style of
bailee J racing is that when the aero
naut drops Into the sen lie gets a new
TirHj of thrill.
A worana who Is unmarried won flrst
choice ta the Kosehud land drawing. It
abeuld be unnecessary for her to go
Single much longer. Her drawing is
aid to be rery valuable.
Hdlsea expects the flying uinehlnc to
be so well developed within five years
that It will be possible to fly across the
Atlantic Ocean in eighteen hours. Ed
ison has for n long time been one of our
anost enthusiastic expectcrB.
A helpless bnhe bom In St Louis
bears the finnio of Marie Helen Ahren
LoerFterbneuiner, which, however, lacks
great? i4.nl of tying the record of Chi
Cage, the home of the renowned James
J. Pappatheodorokoumniountourgeoto
pouloa. In a recent address to the people of
Bervla Crowa Prince George said: "I
hope that In a few days we shall be
able to give wir lives for the king and
the fatherland." The' crown prince
thould take something for his liver and
try ta get over his pessimism.
The dictionary Is never allowed n
lone rest. The new word Is "dactylos
copy," end means the method employed
lit police headquarters of Identifying
Smlnals by their finger prints. No
ubt Mime poof fellow, bearing this
strange sound for the first time, will
think It la the offense he Is charged
miXh.
The government Is going to lay a
Colasse road In Massachusetts. That
It will prepare a binder for macadam
roads the basis of which will be the
Residue ef sngnr-eano manufacture, a
by-prodaet for which there Is at prcs-
t no known use. But Isn't there some
nger that the small boys and girls
trill carry off the rond for all-day suck
era or some other terrible things?
There is a national righteousness, a
national desire for cleanliness In public
life and standards of politics, that must
depend to some extent on education of
tome sort. And the college which
teaches patriotic duty, patriotic obliga
tion, the resiionslbllity of the Individual
to his training nnd his privileges need
never fear that Its sphere of usefulness
Will end in this country. The world
has a right to expect of the college
trained mnu a high Ideal of life, speech
and action; und the college which lives
op to that expectation Is doing work
Which an can prulse.
The New York newspapers recently
noted with genuine enthusiasm the re
openlug of a reMnnrunt which was for
merly a landmark In a remote uud un
fashionable quarter. The proprietor or
the fhop closed it and retired a year
ago, having made a fortune; but Idle
ness proved Irksome, and the appeals
f his old patrona llnutly drew him
back to provide them with corned beef
and cnbbuge. The render, who has
doubtless learned how unsavory 0
this combination sometimes makes, will
hesitate to accept this statement liter
ally. Yet it Is true. It was the corned
beef and cabbage served lu the house
that attracted the gourmets of the me
(ropo'ls and won the cordial approval
of epicures from abroad. Of its kind,
they could find nothing better; and
ineu who have tented the mastei piece
of the chefs are the first to udmlt (hat
simpler viands are, when at their best,
quite gmid enough for anybody. As
such authorities tell It, the story of the
old pnnied-bcer-and-eahbiigo shop soundd
like a chapter from "Se.lMIclp." it be
gins with a long llHtof handicaps mean
location, lack of cnpltnl.u Hloutcle which
seemed without lullueiien to attract n
better or a larger patr init;e. Yet the
success of the plact need cause 111 sur
prise, for the story of umuy uuother
success begins in pm-lttely the tnm'
way. The hai p? cud of the tale ban
been account n! for by Kiin-mon. ' If n
man. des some! bin:: ruperlor. s ild the
philosopher, he cnriiot fco hide himself
that the world will not beat a path to
Ids dir. There should be comfort
for coouuoti folk In the thought that a
Terr rotnmon IMng-rwnrd beef and
cnlihnge, eren may be mads a superior
thing. ,
Man Is I he only creature on tha
enrth that Rives evidence of progress
In physical perfection nad Intellectual
n.'Iiii'vemciit. Pessimists occasionally
tell i:s that man is deteriorating mor
ally, hut enllbteiieil couiuiunltien fall
to substantiate their utterances. If
contrasted with 1 ho dark ages men
has made marvelous progress In edu
cation, personal liberty and consldara
1 1nn for the natural rights of loan.
The cvoluMiin of society from barbar
ism to iiio'lcrn civilization has nut up
l!ff"l nil the members of a eoir.nunlty
to a hlh peiise of moral equity. There
nr,. periods of oit!irMks of irlmo
which startle n coi.imiiuity. but the
1 riinlnnls are reTiirilcd will obhorrence
ami pni'lslied for tlieir nlYt 'ises. Iftwa
nre ciiricted to hold In subjection the
criminal classes, and contemplation of
these- laws troves the progress of mna
l.i defending (lie rl;:hf. learned Jitdgea
preside over trlbmiahi of Justice to pro
tect every member of the community
In his natural and Inalienable right to
life, projicrty, liberty and the pursuit
:f happiness. That man Is degenerat
ing Is contradicted by every clfeum
staiife of life. So far from deterlor
pllng, lpan Is constantly growing
ftronger phynlcally and In the moral
attributes of society. Men are no long
er burned at the stake for an opinion
or i.nnlslicil from n community becaus
'hoy neglect to kneel to popular Idols.
Man Is less bigoted, less clannish und
more humane and charitable than a
century ago. While the world linn not
reached the elyslan of universal hen
csty It has progressed so far that fbta
cral honesty shines on the lor'3ton.
Man has progressed lu estimating the
value of human life. Man as ad
vanced In physical perfection r.a& long
evity. The twentieth century is as far
In advance of the medieval age as the
dark age was superior to the cave
dwellers. The epidemic of plagues that
decimated populous cl'.les no longer
ntTllct society, as science has discover
ed the germs of pevtllence and formu
lated a toxin to citrc it Only one bit
ten by rabid animals now dies out of
seven hundred, where formerly 90 per
cent of the victims died. Man pro
gresses In the knowledge of life and
the sanitary conditions to conserve it.
Fur from retrograding, man Is advanc
ing nnd continually evolving higher
types of life. Never were gifts of char
ity so great or the work of philanthro
py so broad In tho building of hospi
tals, endowment of schools, construc
tion of homes for orphans. Incurables
and Indigent aged as characterize the
present age and emphasize the prog
ress of nuin In those attributes that
tnnke for the general welfare of society.
Tea Is a germicide according to a Bos
ton physician, who claims it is an es
pecially rank enemy of , the typhoid
bacillus.
Missouri led in tho production of
lead In the United States In 1007, push
ing Idaho, tho leader In 1000, back to
second place.
Although tho house fly lays eggs, the
flesh fly, better known as the "blue
bottle," produces living larvae, about
fifty at a time.
A 110,000 plant for the production of
ozone by electrolysis, the lurgest in the
world, has been completed at a ntts
burg hospital.
A Norwegian factory receives power
for six turbines from water that falls
3,287 feet through a tunnel from a lake
seven miles away.
Teru has ofllelally adopted as Its
standard time that of tho seventy-fifth
meridian, the same as "eastern' time
In tho United States.
The electrical equipment of the Cu-
nnrd liner Mauritania Includes over
230 miles of cables, and more than
u.txio id-candle-power lamps.
Three parts by welch t of borncle add
to one of powdered borax makes a good
compound for brazing steel. It should
do appiiou ns a paste with water.
Prof. Arthur O. Lovelov. lis the re
sult of an Inquiry Into the origin ond
meaning of "lire cults," so common
among ancient nations and among mod
ern savage nnd barbarous tribes sug
gests that many races conceived tho
"sacred Are," not ns a practical con
venience or an ancient custom or a
menns of frlzhtenlnir demons, but as
a vehicle of life, or magical energy,
the prosperity of the household or tribe
depending In part on the perpetuity,
vitality and purity of the fire. It was
thought of ns subject to a tendency to
grow old nnd weak, like all natural
forces hence the custom of periodical
ly renewing It. This conclusion Is based
partly upon the statements made by the
Iroquois Indians and the Maoris.
Ir. ltobert K. Coker. writing to Sci
ence from Limn, advocates tho protec
tion of the gunnn-produclng birds the
"gunnoe," n species of cormorant, and
the "alcntrnj!," a species of pellenn
In order that tho Peruvian deposits of
this valuable manure may be In part,
renewed. The great undent deposits,
ho soys, are now almost non-exlsten.
Only the lower grades of guano nre left
Kut the birds annually make fresh de
isislts on their nesting grounds, nnd If
they were properly protected, he be
lieve that the nimual supply of fresh
dcoKlts would be largely Increased.
The birds, he isuys. should no longer
be treated ns wild animals. They should
be regarded as valuable domestic ani
mals. At present they nre decreasing
In number, but this decrease could be
checked. They nre also driven from
their haunts during the season when
they should be allowed to remain (here.
When driven nwuy by the presence of
man during the nestlcg seuson, they
spend h large part of tholr time upon
the wuter. or on small islets and cliffs,
where the ileioslu are either lost en
tirely or are rendered less available.
A woumn gets more ecjoyuicut out of
a good cry than a mua 6nes out 9t a
hearty laugh.
mejieli:: 11 Ai:r nia people.
flabtf Monarch of Alrtnla Wh
tVetconirn Clt lltmnllnn.
Few mightier iiiennrci's than Menellk
II of Al'y.-:i.la enr swnved thi dfHtl-
t' t 'i' pie. Throughout the vnst
territory r ihe a:..kmiiIiiu highlands
his t.'nt.ridiial will Is law to some mil
lions of subjects, luws also to hordes
of savage Mohammedan nnd pagan
tribesmen without the confines of his
kingdom. Ills court includes no conn
cllors. Alono throughout the long
years of his reign Menellk has dealt
with nil domestic and foreign nffalrs
of state.
Hut now this Inst splendid survlvnl
of the feudal absolutism exercised nnd
enjoyed by medieval rulers Is nbout to
r' r v jr .
KINO MKNELtK II.
disappear beneath encroaching waves
of civilization, whloh long spare noth
ing picturesque. Cubles from far off
Addis Abeba, Menellk's capital, bring
news that he has formed a cabinet nnd
published the apKlntmeut of ministers
of war, flnnnce, Justice, foreign nffalrs.
and commerce.
And this change has come not from
the pressure of any party or faction
within his kingdom, for such do not
exist; but out of the fount of his own
wisdom, a wisdom so sound as to
prove him a most worthy descendant of
the suge Hebrew King Menellk claims
as ancestor, If Indeed more proofs
were necessary than the statesmanlike
way lu which he has dealt with Jealous
diplomats, and tho martini skill with
which, at Adua in DH, he defeated tho
flower of the Italian army and won
from Italy an honorable truce.
Whether or not the claim of Menellk
that ho is lineally descended from n
son supposed to have been lorn to the
Queen of Shebn and King Solomon of
old Is true, and there Is no renl reason
to doubt It, It Is certain that In race
type Abysslnlans plainly resemble the
sons of Israel, crossed and modified
with Coptic. Ilamlle nnd Ethiopian
blood, nnd to this day cling closely as
the most orthodox Hebrew to some of
the dearest Isrnelltlsh tenets, notably
In their antipathy to pork and to other
meat not bled before dead, to obser
vance of the Sabbath nnd the rite of
clrcumcimon. And this notwithstand
ing that the Abysslnlans have been
Christians since the fourth century of
this era, when, only eight years after
tho great Constantino decreed the
recognition of Christianity by the state,
a proselyting monk came among them
with faith so strong, heart so pure, ami
eloquence, so Irresistible, that single
hnndod be accomplished the conversion
of the Abyssinian race.
Old Kaahloned Breakfaat.
How dear to my heart la that scene of
( my childhood
; t a . ...
tuicji ionu recollection recalleth' to
view ;
;Che dumiuik-clad board with ita lavishly
piled food,
Delectable fare my young appetite
know.
The thick, juicy beefsteak, the omelette
by It,
The crisp, fried potatoes, seductively
brown,
The rampart of toast with the marma
lade nigh it
Ambrosial breakfast, where now thy
renown?
The old-fashioned breakfast, our fore
fathers breakfast,
The long-ago breakfast of vanished re
nown. 'rtiose rkh-tiuted waffles, how toothsome
and tender,
Their dimpled delights on those morn-
iocs of vore:
How oft to their delicate charms I'd Bur
render, How sweet the libation I'd over them
pour.
How calm the content that would softly
enfold me,
As each melting mouthful slipped lus
ciously down.
And how I'd have sari-owed had any on
told me
That opulent breakfast would lose Its
renown.
The old-fushloned breakfast, our fore
fathers' breakfast.
The long-aRO breakfast of vanished re
Uown.
IIow Monk is thin modern repast of the
morning,
It differoth far from the fenst of my
dream,
That succulent fern the bare tuble adorn
ing, I yearn to devour with sugar and
cream.
I'm weary of hay, predigested and shred
ded, On health-giving sawdust I look with
'a frown,
The pangs of dyspepsia are less to be
drended
Oh, bring back the breakfast of ancient
renown j
The old-funhioned breakfast, Ae dear,
deadly breakfast,
The long-ago breakfast of vanished re
nown. Hut la there no hope? Must I ever con
tinue On flakes of dried science to nourish
my brain?
While "vigor" and "force" feed my niun-
cie aim sinew,
My poor, patient palate petitions in
vuln.
Dear meal of my youth, with what rap
ture 1 u uau inee,
ouiu 1 out before xty abundance sit
aown 1
With keenest enjoyment I'd bast to
sail thee.
Thou memorial breakfast of blessed re
nown ;
ine oiii-iuanioncd lrakfaiit, our fore-
lainers breakfast.
The long-ago brnakfaat of vanished re-
uoua.
Uichinoud News-Leaser.
"cmcx" iirsrMOTiiER.
1 1
It LIUr H Even After II
Thnnaht II Woaldm't,
"Chl" had never bei a a bod boy, and
there was no rensun outside of the
Mory books why h should begin now,
Just becnuse a swect-nafiired woman
bad come to mother hlui and LI two
little sisters; but Chic could not :
It In thit way. lie knew abani step
mothers, how they told talcs to wbls
UTs, and poisoned the hearts af klul
fathers against their own children, sa
he divided to have his fliug.
The first thing be aid was ta g down
to Jim Harding's one evening after din
ner and stay until 11 a'clock. That wu
ns far as he really planned. It wis no
fund of bia that the cbl broke and
that he finally rea'bed home at 1
o'clock of a cold winter morning, t
discover that the latch kay with which
his father bad entrusted him a few
days before bad duuippwered fraai bin
(Kslcet.
Here was trouble. The house was
dark nnd silent, and Ctiie knew that
his father, enlled fraai his slumbers at
that hour to admit a 12 ywar-old son.
would need no stepmother's prompting,
but would b quite eapable af acting for
himself. With this In mind. Instead of
ringing, be discreetly prowled round
the house In search of a basemeut win
dow that he could force. He found
one nt last, openii g aver ta ooul bin :
but the door leading upstairs was se
curely barred, and nt 2 o'clock In the
morning n dejected boy lay down on
the cement floor, with feet propped
against the furnace, and fell andly
asleep, to dream of the things an Irate
father, egged on by a stepmather, would
do to him In the morning.
Tho next minute It was daylight, and
a pleasant voice close ta him was say
ing,-") James, look! Oa that cold floor
all night 1 lie must have forgotten m.i
key. I saw It ou his dressing tabic
when I went in this morning. And we
closed the house so early! He did ll
for me, James, I knew be did. You
sioke nt dinner about my headache
and he wouldn't disturb me by ringing ;
but I couldn't have slept a wink if I
bad dreamed he was dowa here. He's
waking up, James."
"There, son, there!" said Chic's fath
er, with unheard-of gentleness, as h I
helped the astonished boy to his foot
"Pretty hnrd bed, wasn't It? You might
have rung, my boy, but I'm aroud of
you ror being so thoughtful. Wash up
now and come to breakfast."
With that ho started uivstalis, bu!
Chic, still blinking, stood and etared ut
Ms stepmother. Could It be was she
really so Innocent, or
To think Chic," she was saying, soft
lyand there wus a look on hex face
that made him remember his own moth
er "I was afraid you didn't like me!"
Pooh!" he answered, with a sudden
lig lump in his throat. "I guess I do!"'
Youth's Companion.
Hardahlpa of the Tery Poor.
Little Marlon, having few real play
mates, has supplied herself with sev
eral imaginary ones, with whom she
has mnuy surprising experience. Her
mother recently overheard her playing
with her large family of dolls and en
tertaining a visionary caller.
"Yes, Mrs. Smlf," she said, heaving
a deep sigh, "wo are poor, terribly
poor. We are so poor that I have to
spank my babies to keep tbein warm."
Woman's Home Companion.
Soon Available.
Scene Matrimonial agency. Man
ager nnd gentleman applicant.
Mat. Agent You want a wife?
Customer Yes, sir.
Mat. Agent Ulondo or brunette?
Customer I am not particular. I
Insist on but one thing she must be a
divorced woman.
Mat. Agent Sorry, sir. I have none
on hand, but If you can wait a few
days I have one In preparation. The
Iiohemlun.
llnlo of Three.
Wei!," said a persevering governess,
"I will put it in another form. If it
takes one servant nine hours to do the
entire housework of a family how long
wl" 't take three servants to do It?"
Tommy Oh. I know. tenehr 1
heard mamma speak of It only this
morning.
Governess Well, how long will it
take them?
Tommy Three time as loog. lion
don Tatlor.
Very Icy.
"Yes," said Miss Back bay, "Ifcuemm
appeals to us women of P.oston. Al
though he has passed beyond, we al
ways keep him in out hearts, you
know."
"You don't say," replied Miss Ooth-
am. "I wonder how It feels to be
kept In cold storage like that after
death?" Catholic Standard and Times.
Coats Soiurt hlnit.
"There's no ue talking aboet it a
chronic disease Is tin expensive thing
to have."
"That depends. Mine never emt me
anything."
"What's your trouble!"
"Kleptomania." Cleveland Lender.
Tempting; Pate.
"What Is your lino of work? I tun
see plainly that you nre due for a
breakdown."
"I guess you're right, dov just
written my 400th motor novel." St.
Iouis Post-IMspatch.
On( Cure.
'I believe I'll rock the boat,"
de-
clared the mtn In the stern.
'Don't do It," advised his conitmnlnn.
"It might discharge this unloaded pis
tol I have In my Jeans." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
There Is nothing bo unsatisfactory
as to announce that you have a secret
which no Inducement cun prevail upon
you to reveal, nnd then have ne one
to coax you to break your resolution.
Perhaps a wife's tenderness with a
worthless husband is governed by the
same Instinct which makes brr nreud
of anything she gets at a bargain coun
ter.
Somehow we don't enjoy v tailing with
anyone who calls it a "chat"
In a little country town, che ex-
treni In fashion always look fact
1, '-, .'.' - '', .;''- -t-.V-r i. -,,--.
fztikzMi' kK'-;B&J 3tifwmrs .ww
The stateuieut that an army inarches on Its stomach
la recognized by the Oeruian military authorities as
containing much truth, nnd thus have come Into being
the portable field kitchens of the typo Illustrated. Meals
efj(jj he cooked In these kitchens while the kitchens them-
OCTOBER.
Iieneath the tender autumn sky
Silent the hills and woodwaya lie.
Half folded in their robes ef mist;
And o'er the mass of turning green,
Keyond the hyaline, serene
The ejouda in tint of amethyst.
The crickets sing about our feet,
And there's a glenui of winter wheat
Far down the hill, in mellow beams ;
In fields, and dells, and sleepy woods
A very heaven of stillness broods
Till life see ma on a sea ef dreams.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The'One and Only
"Are you quite sure?" asked Adela.
"Absolutely sure!" answered Dick.
lie leaned over the back of the chair
in which he sut, nnd let his long thin
bauds frame her face, with the fingers
locked beneath her chin.
"Absolutely sure!" he repeated.
His tone convinced himself, but left
Adela a little doubtful still. The care
less, nlmost furtive, kiss with which he
had brushed her lips a moment ago, was
not the kiss of which she bad dreamed
had dreamed through times of tens
and twenties up to and beyond her last.
her thirtieth birthday. For he was,
aud always had been tbe only man for
her ; though sue, for him, had remained
Just one of the many women to whom.
under various disguises, discreet, re
strained, but always artistic, love could.
at pleasant Intervals, be made.
"And are you bappy, dear?" she won
dered.
"Of course!" he fervently told her,
without pnuslng to analyze his emo
tions. And his hands caressed the brown
smoothness of her hair.
Then, in the quiet half-light of the
February evening, his thoughts ran
away with him and gave the silent lie
to his words. They carried him back
to the dunce nt the concert hull three
months ago, when he had quarreled, ir
revocably quarreled, with Kathleen
Steele. He had not seen licr since
dear, fluffy little person that she was.
with big blue eyes which he used to
think foolish before they learned to
spurklo for him. She, conquered as all
his captives were more by the intense
sympathy which he, exhaled than by
ufiy physical or facial charm, had prom
ised to marry him as soon as he could
save enough to furnish the little house
and studio somewhere near llogent's
Park. And now lie was here In this
big. proper, many-band-maldened su
burban villa, engaged to Adela Adcbi
Wlut, to whom he had come for conso
lation In that trouble, just as he had
come to her for consolation ever since
he put on his first dress-coat.
Aud he realized that be wasn't happy
at all and half a hundred other things
besides.
"Tell mo," said Adela, "tell me you
love me, DJck!"
"You know I love you, dear!' he said,
knowing that bo lied.
"Why do you ask?" he went on.
"I wondered," bhe explained. "I just
wondered whether it wasn't the need
for sympathy that made you ask me
to marry you! And that you thought
you were In love with me because we
were beautifully In tune together uud
because I was nble to console you!"
She was right; as always, so won
derfully right. They had been, as she
put It, so beautifully In tune together,
und he had got carried uwuy by his
confounded tciuioraiueiit and the neces
sity for putting au artistic finish to
the cpls.Hle.
For the moment he paused lu conflict
with himself. Honor aud honestly
wurred with indecision and weakness.
Then honor and honesty lost the day,
betrayed by the too noticeable absence
of chin which RH)!led his face.
"There's no one quite like yon.
Adela !" he truthfully assured her. "No
one who understands as you under
stand!" "Ah!" she happily smiled. "Hut I,
you see, have made a ilfe-long study
of you I And If I didn't understand,
who in the world should?"
The picture of Kathleen flashed
across his mind; Kathleen in a blue
frock which match, d her eyes, Kathleen
with the blush rose checks und laugh
ing lips that challenged and provoked
his frequent Ulss. Not even Kathleen
understood us Adela did. but then
well, Kathleen was Just everything
that Adela could never lie!
Hut be put tbe picture out of sight.
mOTTDINO HOT MEALS IN TIME OF
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MOVAULE KITCHEN Of
turned Its face, as It were, to the wall.
"Have you, then, made nn exhaust
ive study of your servant?" he ques
tioned, searching her heart with feign
ed humility.
"Always! Always!" she answered.
The sincerity, the look, the self-abandon
that underlay every word which
she spoke killed the last genu of com
punction in him. To-day was to-day;
to-day with its groat moments, such ns
he loved. They should live the present
hour, nt any rate. To-morrow he would
write what he could not bring himself
to speak.
So for the next half-hour he made
love to her out of the ripe fullness of
his own experience. And his philoso
phy was as the Spaniard's. To-morrow,
to-morrow, always to-morrow
which means the completest plucking
of to-day.
Then ho met Kathleen Steele at a
dinner party.
Kathleen was there, not fortuitously,
but by design. For she hud found out
how much she cared for him, and, In
capable of hiding her emotions, had
worn her heart quite openly upon her
sleeve. So people were trying to bring
them together again, and the dinner
party was a ballon d'essai.
As he went into the drawing room
she was the flrst person who caught
his eye. His heart hammered at his
ribs and a swift desire to take her,
then nnd there, In bis arms came upon
Idm. He shook hands with his hostess
In a dream, looking over her shoulder
to where Kathleen sat with half-averted
head; and, tho borest civilities ex
changed, he walked straight across to I
where she sat. She was talklncr to
IS ANYTHING THE MTTKB?"
another man hut that dlun't matter to
him.
"Kathleen!" he said.
ue put out her hand. He took it
with a new surprise at Its comparative
limpness, which he never remembered
having noticed before.
"How d'ye do, Dick !" she began with
lll-ucted coldness. "It's ages since I've
seen you !"
Somehow her voice jarred upon hlni.
There was a curious quality In It
but what that quality was he couldn't
quite detect.
He took an oblong piece of cardboard
from his pocket and showed it to her.
"I'm to take you in to dinner!" he
told her.
"Iteally?" she nsked with brows de
lightfully nrvhed. "Keally?".
Ilcr surprise was so obviously spu
rious that it gave him tbe key to the
whole situation. And a certain dull
resentment against his hostess and
even against Kathleen herself ame
Into his heart.
So It was ull u put-up job, was it,
he thought. A reconcllatlon over the
soup and declaration of eternal affec
tion after dessert, lie would see him
self somewhere first. If they came to
gether agalu they chould come together
In his own way and not nt the time and
place dictated by well-meaning friends!
Then they went down to dinner. And,
though she was us beautiful as ever,
she failed, in some Intangible, elusive,
Indefinable way, wholly to please his
critical eye. Hut how she failed he
was utterly at a loss to discover.
Then, hating Kathleen's voice, he
tried to lose himself iii the contempla
tion of her beauty, to watch the pleas
ant lights In her blue eyes, eyes which
were, it seemed, always gay. They were
too gay, he thought. Adda's eyes could
be gay ; but then he loved their sadness
best. But, of course, though in a way
he was very fond of Adela, he could
never love her as he had loved and
could still love Kathleen.
Still at 10 o'clock next day be went
to aee Adela.
She saw him come up the short drive
as she sat writing letters at the study
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THE tJEUMAN AKMY.
selves nre being driven from place to place at full 'speed
and each kitchen can provide thre hot meals a day for
"00 men. The contrivance was tested during the reaent
maneuvers with much success, and was Inspected by the
Kaiser, who tasted some of the food cooked In It and
-,."c;','Hineed It excellent. Umdoii Illustrated News.
window, nnd she, herself, opened the
door to him.
"Is anything (Tie matter?" she asked
a little anxiously.
How soft her voice sounded and
how different from Kathleen's!
"Quite a lot!" he answered. Rat he
smiled.
She turned towards the study with 11
gesture. As he followed her the quiet
neatness of her dress and hair gave
him a sense of perfect taste. Bvcry
thlag nbout her was, he felt. Just right.
Impossible to better.
Inside tho study she shut the deer.
"Now," she said, courageously but
with fear cold at her heart, "tell me
ull about It!"
For answer ho walked up to her nad
took her In his arms, und kissed hr
passionately upon the lips.
"You never kissed me like thut be
foe!" she marveled, us he held her
away from him to look Into her eyes.
"Perhnps not, dear:" he admitted.
"Hut now!"
And he caught her in his arms agaia.
"What is it that you have to ask?"
she presently ventured.
Then, since the crowning wisdom was
ojme to him he answered gravely: '
"I wnnt you to marry me imme
diately!" And for once, perhaps for the first
'Jme in his life, he knew his own ffimd.
Half Ilreed la Dyluit Off.
"There will be Indians in the flana
dlan northwest when there nre n half
bieeds." These were the words of it
veteran trader just from the far north.
Henry A. Onbler n stalwart Nutty
Rumpo in corduroys. Consumption,
this observnnt Leather Stockings says.
is the blight which Is fast wiplg the
half-breed out of existence.
"Nine out of teu lialf-breedB die of
cwiMimptlon," he continued. "Sa swift
are the ravages of this disease among
these people that tho fire iq the oeme
tcry is always kept burning te thnw
out the ground that the graves may be
dug. J
"The Indian does not seem te iwfTcr
like his half-brother. After watching
these people for a number of years. It
seems to me that they are bora with
the disease In them. Then his eas-eless,
slovenly life helps It along. In the
spring the half-breed wades out Into
the sloughs and ponds and eateaes a
cold, and, unlike the Indian, Is weahle
to throw it off. Tbe half-breed nierally
Is also weaker than the Indian, ne
has all the vices of loth the red maa
nnd the white man, and but few of
their virtues." St. Paul DIspateh.
Gatlierlua; Koaea.
I've gathered roses nnd the Nke in
many glad and golden Junes, but now,
os down the world I hike my weary
hands are filled with prunes. I've gath
ered roses o'er and o'er, and seme were
white and some were red, but when I
tcok them to the store the grocer want
ed eggs Instead. I gathered roses long
ngo, in other days, in other sceaes, nnd
people wild, "You ought to ge and Mg
the weeds out of your beans." A million
roses bloomed and died ; a million more
will die to-day. That man Is wLse who
lets them slide nnd gathers up the bales
of hay. Emporia Gazette.
SconpluK Up tbe Wreckage.
The owner of the racing automehile
was a novice at tho siort. Naturally,
he felt rather mystified when the ex
pert driver handed him tbe following
bill on the morning after the race :
(Jasollne, $tX; repairs to car, $7; cut
ting expenses, $1,000.
"What the deuce," said the amateur
owner, "Is the meaning of this item,
'Cutting expenses?' "
"Oh, that," observed the chauffeur
carelessly "represents the surgeon's fee
for renovating my mechanic' Judge.
hfttinu It Htirbt.
4In jour paper this morning, sir, you
called me a 'bum actor.' I waet an
explanotlon."
"I shall be happy to explain, young
man. That word 'actor was Inserted
by the proofreader, who thought I had
omitted It accidentally. I shall take
care that It doesn't bapjicn again." '
Chicago Tribune.
Olhrrntu lniioaall,e.
Calvert Jr. Tolsoy must use white
ink.
Halty Moore IIow so?
Calvert, Jr. He Is said to have been
writing ou the Russian government "
and dark iuk wouldn't show oa a Mack
surface. Baltimore American.
A turkey is never tough eevawse he
Is so good be is never allowed V be
come old.
A divorce seems to have the etteet of
making a father very foud at tala can.
drea.