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An Old, Old Slory.
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i nANDSOMIQ Denver woman lert n goou
husbnnd because she was "tired of him" and
married n man who was a rnko. The expected
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linnnrmeri. !L WIIH tllC mntl WHO KOI urcu una
Mmc. He did not take tlio woman nway from
he other man because he loved her. Ho mere-ii-qnlrwl
to lmw whnt he could do. One dny
this Bccond husband Intlmaled Unit ho was through with
foer. Mudo dCHpernte, tho woman shot the brute and killed
him.
Tho wholo thing, tragedy and nil, was logical. The
woman Invited retributive Justice. And so did the man.
When the woman left hor faithful husband, lured by the
tempter, sho cut herself from hupplncsH. She was too
proud to crawl back and beg tho forgiveness of the mnn
tho had descried for a whim. And she lived every day
8f her llfo In tho scorn of the man who had done with
her what ho would. What wonder Bhe wan desperate to
madness? And as for him ho got what he wanted when
toe took tho woman from tho aide of hor husband. It wan
small satisfaction. It was too easy. And when the do
wived, allly creature realized her status the man got what
lie desorved. A real man would have staid by tho woman
to the blltor end. Hut real men are not In tho business
f stealing men'u wives.
Tho wholo mlnerablo business, from divorce lo mur
der, Is only another lining of tho curtain on the old, old
vorld-trngcdy entitled, "Tho Soul That Hlnncth It Shall
i)Je." Tho play docs not always end in murder, na In the
JDcnver case, but it never ends happily You can kill a
axul without taking n life. Dos Moines News.
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careful physician would probably iu-ist upon an interval of
at least two hour.i between nmul and bath; one hour Is a
fair compromise between zeal and prudence, and a half
hour the absoluto minimum for 3afety. Finally, don't enter
tho water timidly and by degrees, but boldly and with a
plunge, wetting the whole body at once. If one is not ablo
lo dive In, ho should wado in to knee depth, then wet his
head thoroughly and plunge la bodily. These rules have
been repeated often enough to be familiar to overyhody,
but they are continually disregarded.
When in distress In the water, cool presence of mind
and calm self control are the essential means of salvation.
It Is a panic of fear that carries the struggling victim to
death before rescuers can reach hhu. Anyone who has con
fidence can float, especially In salt water, almost indefinite
ly, and with yracUcally no ruusculur exertion. New York
Sun-
Why tho PostoHico Doesn't Pey.
iHE managers of tho ponl office announce tear
fully that the rural free delivery nyntem will
causo a deficit. Rural free delivery enables
farmers to get mall regularly. It enables a
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good many people to rnako a respoctable llv-1
lug and, above all, It keeps tho Inhabitants
of the nation In touch with each other and
vrltlj civilization. Where tho rural free delivery goes
&iere Is no more of that dreadful unbroken monotony which
(311s Western Insane asylums with farmers wives.
-.Postofllco olllclals and others, more or loss Interested,
fcltrlbulo lo the rural frco delivery system tho national
postoffioo deficit and attack rural frco delivery by Impli
cation. They aro wrong. In the find place, tho rural
free delivery system should be constantly extended even
It does cause a deficit. In the second place, It Is not
ffural free delivery which Is at fault, but tho national sys
tem of allowing tho railroads to swindle the government
jSirough tho posslolllce. Tho fifteen millions deficit la a
Very amall flca-blto compared to the enormous sum that the
fallronds steal every year from the government.
The government hires Its mail enra from the railroads
and pays for a year's rent an much aa tho car costn to
4-alld. And those cars, outrageously overpaid for by the
.government, aro such flimsy deathtraps that no company
vlll insure- tho lives of tho postal clerks that work In
Jbcm. For hauling (heso mall cars on the same train that
featils prlvato express cars tho railroads charge tho gov
)rnmcut nuywhorc from one thousand per cent up In ex-
teas of the rnto that they charge the express companies.
The Last West."
niiN the convulsions of war and of politics
bring into existence a new State, it attracts tho
attention of the world. Not less worth noting
are the great economic movements which aro
constantly changing tho pageH of our geogra-
itrrrphles.
a'"" It Is not many years since there was llttlo
to nay about Western Canada, exrept that great stretches
of unoccupied prairie extended north nnd west, from Win
nipeg to the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Out of this
territory west of Manitoba two now provinces Saskatche
wan nnd Alberta will, on Sept. 1, come Into existence us
full-fledged members of the Canadian confederation.
In this great Western Canadian area, including Mani
toba, there were, by the censiis of 1001, only about as
mnny people ns In tho single city of Cincinnati. Yet Its
agricultural resources will support twenty millions, nearly
one-half tho population of the Rrltish Isles. The room
for development Is thus ample, and that Is tho first essen
tial In the building of a great commonwealth.
The new provinces will be largely devoted, as Is Mani
toba, to wheat, with some cattle-grazing. They have not
been fully occupied heretofore, because the world has been
able to get along without their products But tho United
States must, before many decades, cease to export wheat,
so large will be the demands of its own inhabitants. Tho
densely populated countries of the world aro ever seeking
their food supplies from Its newer areas.
This great region of Canada has been called "tho Inst
west." It might also be called the "first north" of tho
American continent, since the successful cultivation of tho
soli, through Improvements In agriculture, is steadily mov
ing northward, and It Is possible that another generation
will see the tide of humanity rushing Into nrens not now
deemed sultablo for fanning. The length of the summer's
day, toward the arctic circle, offsets to Bome extent tho
shortness of tho season. More Important still, areas gov
erned by Pacific temperatures arc everywhere warmer than
In the older half of the continent. Youth's Companion.
Summer Drownings.
N nine out of every ten of tho numerous cases
of drowning which sadden tho summer season
he fatal accident may be traced 'back cither to
gnorauco of a few simple rules that should be
mown nnd observed by bathcr3, or elso to a
rash and reckless disregard of them when
known. In tho cases of tho drowning of good
irwlmmors, the fatal cramp Is generally duo to their having
gone Into tho water too soon after eating or when over
heated, nnd therefore with their strength, unconsciously to
ftemsolves, below Its par value.
Here arc the cardinal rules for swimmers: Never go
-to tho water when overheated, or soon after eating. Tho
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A Dwarfish Murderer.
ID have before hnd occasion to note tho grow
ing public Indifference to the brutal murder of
Innocent men coincident with a sentimentul
repulsion at the thought of tho legal execution
of the brutal murderer. A ense In point: Tho
Chicago papers tell us that a fellow of tho
direct, 17 years old, with a shocking record of
fiendish crimes, concluding with a particularly atrocloua
murder, was let off because he Is dwarfish In stature. It
appenrs that this youth, with others, broke Into u butcher
shop, but found no money, which angered him. He selected
tho biggest knlfo In the shop, and ns the gang left, said:
"Watch me; I'm goin' to get even wit' some guy fer tils.
Do foist guy we meets gets dls sticker in his gizzard."
It Is said "Richard Carvel" has
yielded Mr. Churchill $120,000 In book
rights atomy It Is not generally known
that this popular author's first aspira
tions wero toward the navy, and that
he actually begun u courso at tho An
napolis Naval Academy.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke's "Story of
tho Other Wise Man" has just been
translated into Spanish. This has
been from the first one of the most
popular little classics over written. It
has been translated Into German,
French, Welsh, and, most remurka
blo of all, Into Turkish.
"Trilby," once on all lips, lately for
gotten "like a dead man out of mind,"
Is to experience n revival, It is predict
ed. At least tlio llurpors are printing
a new edition, to be sent to England.
and It Is said to be the third that has
been on the press within a few weeks.
The revival of the play has, of course,
had something to do with the renewed
call for the book.
Dr. William Henry Druiumond, the
author of "Tho Habitant," "Johnnie
Courteau" nnd "The Voyagcur," for
many years set so Utile value on his
poems which appeared from time to
tlmo In various periodicals, that he
made no attempt even to keep copies
of them. It was his wife, who shares
his literary tastes nnd who has her
self written some clever stories of the
Jamaican negroes, who collected the
scattered fragments of his earlier
verse, kept copies of his poems, and
finally persuaded him to submit them
to the publishers.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., author of "The
Clansman" and "The Leopard's
Spots," Is the most picturesque person
ality the South has given us In many
years. Ills portraits show a strong,
virile force, full of character. Though
but 41 years of age, he has been suc
cessively lawyer, minister, lecturer
and author, achieving distinction In
ench vocation. As pastor of the Peo
ple's church he was tho most talked
of preacher lu Now York, though his
views proved too liberal to please tho
orthodox. Ills resolution to become nn
author was made when ho was still a
boy, though he even then determined
not to attempt a book until he knew
something of life, and his previous oc
cupations ho looked upon us prelimi
naries to his real life work as writer
Wo reud too many books, declares
Richard Le Galllenne, who has per
petrated a few himself, "and too many
that, as they do not really Interest us,
bring us neither profit nor diversion
Even from the point of view of read
Ing for pleasure, we uianago our read
ing badly. Wo listlessly allow our
selves to be bullied by publishers' ad
vertisements Into reading the latest
fatuity In fiction without, In one case
out of twenty, finding any of that
pleasure wo aro ostensibly seeking.
indeed, we nro bored and onervuted,
where we might have been refreshed
either by romance or laughter. Such
reading resembles the Idle absorption
He planted numerous trees and tt&
big flocks of birds that know him and
came to his homo every morning to.
pick the crumbs of bread which hs
threw In the patio.
Mnny years ago, nnd this Is well rh
membered by the peasants, It wn
Good Friday. Everybody In town had
attended the religious services of tha
morning nnd they wero going to thcit
homes when a terrific nolso was hcurd,
They rushed to the street where It
cainn from, to find ort what It was,
and saw how the earth had opened
under the cursed man's feet Ho was
enveloped by thick flames and smoke,
nnd disappeared beneath the surfngf
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tno enrtn. Tins was couamcicu
most deserved punishment.
While the faithful wero In tho churcH
tho cursed man was loafing around
nnd hnvlng seen a big crucifix upon an
altar erected on the street, ns was doiw
In those days, he placed n burning
cigarette in the lips of tlio Imago,
Scarcely had he made eight or tej
steps, when he was engulfed by the lo
ferno.
That day all the trees ho planted,
except the cursed one, dried up, an
nil the birds he had fed died.
An nttemnt wns made to cut down
tho tree that had not dried up, bu
tho man who made tlio attempt drop
pod dead upon stepping upon" tin
shadow of Its foliage. The man's bodj
had to bo left thero to bo eaten up
by crows, because nobody had tha
courage to approach and removo it.
Since Unit day numerous person
have mot a tragic death under tha
tree. A pedestrian who went under It
for shade on a hot summer dny was
bitten by a snake nnd died In two hours.
Three men, on different occasions,
sought shelter from rain under Itl
branches, and were struck by llghb
ning. A woman who wns hanging som
clothes to dry from the trunk of Uii
tree was attacked and killed by a blllyt
goat that came from nobody knowq
where, nnd that wns never seen again,
Two years ngo a little boy wns riding f
burro, Innocently led his nnlmnl to thf
tree. The burro threw him off and
kicked him to death. The last victlnl
of this fatal tree was a man nnmccj
Mclhiundes Arevalo, who, during
heavy rainstorm, ran under tho trol
for shelter; like his predecessors on
such occasion, he wns stmck by light
ning. Mexican Herald.
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EAGLE HUNTING IN THE ALPS,
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young fellow came swinging along, unconscious of danger, of innocuous but uninteresting bever-
anu tno uwarr stubbed blm to death with the butcher ages, which cheer as little as they ln
knlfe. The Judge refused to sentence tho murderer to bo ebriate and at tho pnme time make
hanged because he was "too small." Mistaken Bontiment. frivolous demands on tho digestive
ti .a uiK unuiign to xuuraer ue in uig enough to uuug. functions. No one but n publisher
OUIl I' UHIL-ISCO ArgOHUUt. follld (Mill
COMPARATIVE S1HENGTH OF THE WORLD'S NAVIES IN COMPLETED SHIPS.
could call such reading 'light Actual
ly It Is weariness of the flesh and
heaviness of the spirit No reading
docs us nny good that Is not a pleas
ure to us."
MEXICO'S "DEVIL TREE."
Great Urltnlu,
1,595,781 tons.
Franco,
003.7.1 ton.
German)',
411, 49 tout.
Vnltecl State?,
C-16.523 tons.
Italy, Ja-v.-,
.'54,510 lonu. 252,061 tons
!usia,
,' , 37 tons
Austria.
112.330 tons.
JUST GETTING A NEW SUIT.
When a Ulrd Moulin It In in the Hum!
of Itrt Till lor.
Wo get a now suit sonio of us be
causo our old one wears out. That Is
the most apparent causo for the now
annual suit of tho birds. Yet with
entirely lost. Here in my woods la a
crow with three of the large quills In
his right wing gone. I can see tho gap
as ho files over. Ilo has been shot ut,
and nature must replace those feathers
If that crow is to survive, oven though
ho comes juslly (human standards!) by
bis loss from stealing corn. Tho feath-
iKrtm ii fi will) Hniiin nf Mm fnvnml of
8 humans, the feathers go out of fash-! cr of this crow ,uul ()f n Wr13 might
Ion. Rut the annual moult Is, first of tov two years or longer, but to
oil, naturo's wlso provision for tho , tl, raco at il lM!l- nuturo Im8
afcty and llfo of the bird. Feathers lt "ccessary to provide u now
,,r,r nnv roverlu.r but also moans Plumngc at leant onco a year.
f locomotion, nnd nonce tlio bird's
nlv menus of llfo. A year of use
Rut thero aro other reasons, t least
thero nro ndvanlnges taken of tho
leaves many of them worn and bro- i moult for other onds; such as tho tem
fcon, some of them, through accident, , poruturo of tho Beanona heuvJer tn
winter and lighter In summor, also the
adaptation of the oolor of tho plumage
to tho changing colore of tne environ
ment ns tlio change from tho dark
summer color of the ptarmigan to its
snow-white winter plumage to mulch
tho snows of Its fnr northern homo;
then, and perhaps most Interesting of
all, Is tho advantage taken of tlio
moult, for tho adorning of the bird for
the mating season. Indeed, nature goes
bo far, In somo cases, ns to causo a
special moult to meet tho exigencies
of the wedding as if fine featliors do
mnko a Hue bird. All this to meet the
fancy of Uie bride! So at least the
scientists tell uo, Country Calendar.
Denth to All Who Vent Within Its Fate
ful Bhudow.
Recnuse of the mnny fatal accidents
that have occurred under a huge tree
that grows In the Ilaclendlta ranch, In
the Zumora district, Michoacan, pens
ants of the region are growing more
and more superstitious about its sup
posed fatal omen, nnd they begin to
call lt "arbol mnldlto" (cursed tree).
The tree is supposed to be over seventy-five
years old, and Is snld to have
been planted by a man who, because
of his enormous crimes nnd his forgot
fulness of tho divine law, was swnl-
lowod up by the earth. The man nover
went to mass, never confessed, did
not have the Imago of a saint In his
house, did not carry a rosary around
hl3 nock, and never made tho sign of
tho cross. There was not a beggar In
the town who had ever received a
"tlaco chlqulto" (old coins equivalent
to 1 -. cents) from him. lie never gave
anything for the church and never look
off lils hnr wlii'ii hn mnr n "ivuli-nnNn"
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on the street.
It was rumored that ho was respon
sible for mnny murders and other atro
cious crimes, but he was never in Jail,
neither could he be Incarcerated bo
cause ho hud n compact with tho tic. 11,
and whenever ho Invoked his sntnnlc
majesty the latter rendered him cither
Invisible to human eyes or smaller than
nn nut, so that lie could easily escape
dang'r. He hnd no friends nor rela
tives, because ho was shunned by all.
Tu Uilugk" ha loved, birds ana trees.
l'criloiis anil ICxcltltitr J-port for Bloun
tain Climburt).
Eagle hunting in the Alps Is a peril
ous and exciting sport which Is be
ginning lo attract the attention of Eng
llsh as well as Swiss Bportsmcn, tele
graphs the London Express' iiyti
correspondent1.
During the past few days scores o(
plucky climbers huve been trying la
scale the almost inaccessible rocks oq
which the nests of the eagles are built
In tho hope of capturing eaglets. In
tho Rcrnese Oberland, and In the Gri
ons, their efforts hnvo led to some Bar
age encounters with the parent eagles
and to some wonderful escapes.
In the Engadine an English sport
man has captured a line young eagle Id
tho Val Chumuern. The .nest was on
the face of an almost uncllmable rock,
protected from above by an overhang
Ing cliff. After somo perilous climb
ing, the spot wus at length reachetj
from below, and after a severe tussle
tho young bird wns captured, and ht
describes the sport as one of tho most
exciting that he knows.
At Entlcbuch a mountaineer scaled
a rocky peak and hnd succeeded In so
curing two englcts, when the pnren
birds attacked him with such violence
thnt ho fell from the rock and was
badly Injured. One of the old birdi
wns, however, shot by a spectator. lj
measured over seven feet across tho
wings.
Near Oberborgll two peasants so
cured a fine eaglet, while the parcu
birds wero absent from the eyrie, by
descending on a swinging rope 1,00(1
feet over the face of an overhanging
precipice. In the nest were part of H
lamb, a small pig, several large fowls.
bones ol
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and an enormous store
birds nud animals.
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Hiuu.'i o KI morv.
Melissa is u vail, line-looking colored
girl, nnd Mrs. Compton, with whom
Melissa lives as cook, is a small, fair
haired woman. The mistress enter
tains great respect for her maid's cull
nary powers, and Melissa adores Mr
Compton.
"I reckon I's done lenrned nn awfuj
lot since I come hynr to lib, Missy
Compton," said Melissa, t ' niphantly
one day. "I's done learned hovfco
walk an 'pear Jes like do quality fT3s ,
when I goes out. An' now you's glb.
ben mo tint handsome yallcr pa'sol, I "
'spects nuHln but tint do first tlmo I
walk out under it do riilnlster'll step
up to me nn' he'll say, ' 'Sense me, but
am I spenkln' to Mis' Gen'ral Comp
ton?' "
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Knew II - lijibn-4.
"Don't you think," suggested tlio old
friend of the family, "that you would
do well to keep a watch on your son?"
"Impossible," replied the father of
young Wlldrake, "lt wouldn't bo lony
before he'd exchnngo it for it puwn,
ticket." IMiihidelphla Tress.
