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H I'ujnjriijhttd, in. J, l"J Thr .iilhort I'Mithimj '.i my n
"Mawnin', Marse Hob, yo'se 'most
no airly. I'se Jest dls mlnlt imt ilo
linlshlii' teechos on dls office: yo"
cut'enly do muss up do floo' pow'fully.
1 alius (Iocs dls las' 'case it alius lakes
lie tnos' '
"Too early for what. Km? You
haven't found anything to tickle your
fancy thlH morning, I suppose," In
sintintlngly. "IjRWiI, Murso Rob, yo' needn't do
no s'posln'. I'se a lady, I In. I nebbah
did teetch nulliin' dat didn't li'Ion' C
- mi'." A guilty conscience m'eds o
accuser; the Insinuation was too fa
miliar to lio misunderstood.
If there was one thing upon which
Km prided herself It was her belief
that she was a lady. A typical
Southern darky of the "befo' de wnh"
type, of uncertain use, short, ((ver
sion1 she would waddle along for all
the wori-l like a duck, but with an
inimitable dignity which she alone
could assume.
"I ain't one of ileni uo-'coitnt nig
gers what ain't had no ruisin'," she
boasted. "Dey 'a alius glttln'. dei;
sel'cs in trubbel with white folks,
ease dey ain't got no manners. I'so
got raisin' and manners, ami white
folks r'spec' mo, dey do."
Hut Kin's besetting sin was an un
controllable Impulse to appropriate her
neighbor's property, simply because
f,ln believed she possessed a suzerain's
right over everybody and everything.
Garrulous to an extreme, with a
ready answer for everybody, she was
permitted more liberties than would
be tolerated in another of her race,
f ' How's Mis' Lu' an' H'le Marse Rob
dis mawnln'?" she asked, her face
broadening Into Its accustomed grin.
She was too shrewd to let the conver
sation follow its former drift, "l.ns"
night 1 took her some of de bestest
biskets dat yo' eber et. Did Mis' Lit'
gili yo' one?" significantly. Km had a
way of atoning for past offenses with
choice creation of her culinary art, but
now she was bent uion revenging her
wounded dignity.
"Shaw! They weren't fit for a dog to
cat. I" might use them to"
"Yo'se a lytn' now, Marse Rob. Dey
slio' wus good. I'se a born cook, I Is,
an' yo' kr.ows it. Mis' I. if done sed
so; she wouldn't gib yo' one 'case dey
wus too good to waste on n no-'eount
lawyer." Eiu'a eyes beamed satisfac
tion. She was evening scores to her
own liking..
"To poison my bulldogs, if they re
fuse to make friends wlih my neigh
bors, when they visit my wood idle at
night." lie continued, cautiously, with
out looking up from his papers.
"Ureal Scot! Marse Iloli, yo' 'mos'
scairt me to death, shoot in' like dat.
Yo' miphter killed me," falling blindly
Into the trap.
"What shooting! I never tried to
shoot you. I shot at somebody who
was stealing my wood," innocently.
"Marse Boh. I'se dun sed dat I nch
bah tooked nuthin' dat didn't b'lon' t'
me." with an Injured air. "I didn't
steal no wood "
"So you stole some wood. then. Well,
now you must go to "
"Marse Hob, yo' heam what I sed."
emphatically. "I wus orly tnakin'
fren's with dem dogs, so dat dey'd
what, Em
man. Dat's de
Km
imagination
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"Don't the bible teach you not to
steal?"
"De bible say all men are liars, so
dere, now, Marse ltob, yo' known
what yo' is," Ignoring his question.
The way lu which she said this was
almost too much for her tormentor,
but with a mighty effort he began:
"Well, to-night I want you to pray
like this: O l.awd, help Km to know
the dlf'renee 'tween a live-dollar bill
in Mis' Sally's pocket and her's. If
eber she takes another send the voo
doo "
Kni's eyes flashed. "Deed, Marse
Hob. 1 nebbah teeched no lib-dollar
bill. Yo'se tryln' f torment hio' Km
"Marse Bob" was standing ever her.
I'se hones', 'deed I is. I'se a lady an'
a church membah."
"That won't do here. You can't
hoodwink me. You are a thief nml
must go to "
"I ain't hoodooin' yo'. Mis' Sally
nebbah sed I wus a thief," uneasily.
'Ie knowed Mis' Sally eber sense she
wus a teeny baby, and Mis' Sally nlltis
Fed what was hern wus mine, 'cause
she 'most b'lon' f me. 'Tnin't steal
In' f take what's your'n, Is It. Marse
Hob?" speaking rapidly, but with in
creasing assurance.
"I am afraid it is"
"Yo' needn't be nfred, Marse Hob,
I's a priv'leg'd puson."
"I am afraid that you must go to
Jail for this and also for stealing my
umbrella"
"'Deed I didn't know dat wus
your'n. I thought some of you' cli
ents Jest (trapped it," anxiously inter
rupting him.
"China plates, watch chain, sack of
Hour, coal, chairs, shoes"
"Marse Hob. I nebbah took no shoes
'case 1 wears de ones de l.awd gib me
un' dey nebbah wears out," eagerly.
Km plainly showed that she was
very uneasy. "Marse Hob's" manner
was not at all reassuring. I'sually lie
joked with her. but now he appeared
to he thoroughly in earnest. To avoid
further embarrassment she picked up
her broom and started to leave tho
room, but was stopped by "Marse
Hob."
"Tho people of this town are tired
of your (onduct. Now you must go to
Jill until you learn to know what is
rightfully yours," he said solemnly.
Km looked at him sharply a moment,
ntld then burst out: "Marse Hob. I'se
a lady; yo's been 'suit in' me Jest 'care
jo' Is a lawyer. I knowed yo' when
yo' wus a teeny baby, an' I knowed
ou paw an maw tieto yo. ir wus
a good boy. only yo' wus tricky, Marse
Hob, yo'd be a gein'man if yo' wasn't
a lawyer."
With thai she turned and started
out In perfect indignation over such
Insulting treatment. She was thor
oughly nn.;ry. something unusual for
her. "Mar-e ltob." however, barred
the way.
"See here, what became of those
oysters I had s.'iit lure yesterday?"
"I ain't seed ni oysters." sullenly.
"I wouldn't I. live cared about the
oysters if the pail lul l been left. Now
I mtii't pay for both and I didn't get
cither."
Km's face brightened, "is dat all,
Marse Holi? .lest wait a mlnlt an"
i ll get de pail." And she started out
again, forgetful of In r stati tneiit of n
moment previous, in her eagerness to
I'M-apo persel'lll loll.
"Marse Hot " was hi ui:
Joy a hearty laui-.li over :!
when lie was sia"tled by
ing tn en-
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uniiitciidoil. In pur-
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tlmi'iuli's Kin had turned the dog's Ire
upon herself. lighting iiciinst over
nhctinil g odds Several other men
cnine running to her aid. but too Into.
The chllit was rescued and placed
In his father's aims, uninjured; but for
ran lid allli', i.r I'S III
ti lliih. ami tills fcivcs III"' I'l
Km. ala cam (..hi la'e. She ha I re !
celvd fatal Injuries before tin? dot?
could be dispatched. Tenderly th
men carried her into the room which
she had left only i lew iiihiih jn be
fore, in a rage, she had forgotten cl!
that in her unselfish effort to aid an
other. "Marse Hob" was sumding
over lnr. h!s cms ovet f1nwl;i with
tears, trying to iha:ik her. uod beg
ging forgiveness for the pHin he had
caused her. Faintly a'nl brtiktiily hhe
spoke:
"Marse Holi ile vooiIiki ipan got
tie dog." Then, as she sank lower:
Poor Km neb bah " S: the paiu
left her body the wimted smile spread
over her face.
In the town cemetery there is a
carefully kept grave, marked s'mply:
"KM -A LADY."
NUT WAS A BOOMERANG.
Object Lesson Intended for Congre
gation Had Effect Upon Minister.
John Spencer H.issett of Trinity
college, N. ('., in a recent lecture
scored religious intolerance. lie be
gan in this way:
"I was lsirn in Tarboro. ind in Tar
boro in my hod hood I went to church
every Sunday. 1 shall ni -ver forget
an object lesson that a clergyman im
pressed on me there. I if- arose one
Sunday evening in the fall with a
fresh, green walnut in his hand, ""lie
held the walnut up so that we could
all see it and said:
"'Dearly beloved, with this walnut
I am going to give you an object les
son. See me now remove the nut's
rind. This rind Is soft, dirty, useless.
profitless. It is like the church.
Now 1 come to the shell. It Is a
hard, strong shell, a difficult, thing to
crack, but there is no taste to it;
there is no nourishment in it; it is
valueless, a thing to be thrown away.
This shell, my friends, is like the
church. And finally breaking the
shell we come to the kernel, which is
like our own church. 1 '
"At this point the clergyman took
out the kernel and found it rotten. He
reddened, coughed and pronounced
the benediction, and I understand
that lu; wus after that day liberal in
all his views."
REFUSED TO BE INFLUENCED.
How a Judge Fortified Himself
Against an Attorney's Argument.
Committeeman Robinson of North
Carolina used to he a judge in the
Tarheel stale. Cope Kllas, an attor
ney of considerable reputation In
those parts, cnee appeared in a case
before him.
Robinson's mind was fully made up
concerning the judgment to be ren
dered, and he accordingly informed
Elias that no argument was
ISCem
bU-v. Notw.-Uiandlni? this. Elfas be-.
Ban to argue. Judge ftb1)Viii?on again
Informed hlra that he need not con
tinue, but again his word was not
heeded.
"Sheriff, said the jtidgi calling
t lint otlit iai to his desk, 'have you
any cotton hereabouts?"
The sheriff allowed that there were
several bales of cotton just outside
the co'thouse and, complying with
Instructions, he brought the judge a
handful of the fluffy staple. The judge
stuffed a wad of it in each of his ears,
gathered up the legal papers on his
desk, and, beginning to read them
carefully, observed:
"Now, Mr. Klias. you may proceed."
From the Washington Host.
Herbert Spencer on Boy-Raising.
Herbert Silencer, Cue great Knglish
philosopher, gave the fcllowing advice
concerning the raising of a boy: "Do
but gain a boy's trust; convince him
by your behavior th.it you have his
happiness at heart; let him discover
thai you are the wiser of the two; let
him experience the bene!U of follow
ing your advice itnd the evils that
arise from disregarding it, and fear
not that you will readily enough guide
him." Mr. Spencer was a bachelor,
and any father wtu has had trouble
with his boy will at once recognize
how thoroughly thft philosopher un
derstood tho business of rearing chil
dren. I'nfortunately. however. Mr.
Spencer neglected to explain how a
father mny let tils son discover that
Ik. -the lather is the wiser oi tho
two.
Dietetic Requirements.
It has been laid down as a physio
logical rule that the requirements of
adult diet depend not on the weight
of the eater, but on the extent of his
bodily surface. An Infant may weigh
one-eighteenth as much as a grown
man, but its surface Is more than
one-seventh as great. As the first re
quirement of the Infant's food Is to
replace the heat that Is continually
being lost by radiation from alt parts
of the-body, the latter friction deter
mines the needed proportion of nour
ishment rather than the former. Hut
in the case of a growing child food
is also needed to supply the increase
of the bodily weight. In all an In-
tant s ration may lie Ave times as
much as would be estimated from its
netnnl weight alone.
Extending a Welcome.
"Tom Turner and I boarded at t'.ie
Kiime shack in a raw Western camp
one winter." said Senator Clark the
oilier day. "We paid a big price and
got mighty little for our money. One
day Tom came homo with two or
three lingers (lengthwise) of liquid
courage under vest, nud said some
thing about the money the landlady
must be making out of us.
"'Why. Mr. Turner,' said he, Indig
nantly. 'I am bandy keeping tho
wolf from the door.'
" Well.' Tom responded, recklessly,
if that's what you're trying to do, Just
open the door nml Invite him In to din
ner once. I'll bet he'll never coinfl
within four miles oi the place a":iln.' '
- I'rooklyn K.ig!e,
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Commoner
TEACHING HOYS TO SHOOT.
In a pamphlet issued by the Nation
al league of Republican clubs, In 1891.
and describing the principles and doc
trines of the republican party, it was
said; It a the affairs of the United
States, lapplly enough, the war de
partment does not cut a conspicuous
ligure."
Evidently "the principles and poli
cies of the republican party" have un
dergone a marked change since the
pamphlet referred to was issued. In
bis annual report, Secretary of War
Hoot tays that he knows of nothing
more important in the way of prepara
tion for war "than to teach the young
men of the country to shoot straight;"
and he adds, that "it Is of no use to
pay, equip, subsist and transport a
soldier to the battle Held unless he can
jiitfTKe'iiemy when he shoots at him."
Mr. kooi says tnai iwo recent
changes in conditions require that we
make continuous and active effort In
this direction. One of thesa changes
is "the greatly Increased range of the
modern rifles which determines bat
tles while the combatants are at a
great distance from each other, and
which make practice more necessary
for good marksmanship than ever be
fore." The other is "the decline In the
use of Are arms among the greater part
or our people." Mr. Root says that
it is not now the case as it once was
that every house lias its rifle or shot
gun, and that every hoy is taught to
discharge these weapons; and he ex
plains that It is probable that a major
ity of the young men in the thickly
settled parts of the country have never
fired a gun and would be quite harm
less to an enemy until taught to shoot,
lie thinks that we should not wait un
til we are actually engaged in hostili
ties and he recommends an appropria
tion for the promotion of rille prac-
nd the formation of rifle, clubs
mid contests to which citi.ens general
ly shall be admitted.
it nm not be doubted that if such
.-l.ilia worn r.rna nized there would be
many applications for membership
The eun Is a very attrac-.ve weapon
nud there would be little difficulty
in
tuMsnmiinff the bov to engage In
tar-
get practice. And yet is it
to the best
interests of this country
that the
iiiniurhts of war be kept uppermost in
thn minds of our cltb.cns? Is It to the
interests of our government, to the in
tPtPBtR of civilization, that on every
occasion the boy be taught that war is
nn nf tho chief featured of life? Would
it not be better if the boys of our land
could he trained in the art of peace?
Would It not be better it they were
persuaded to devote their energies in
obtaining an education, not merely
frm,, thp text books, but also from
humiinltv's statutes? Would it not be
imttpr to tench them that the greatest
tuition Is the one that is foremost in
that makes every effort
,'. iiv.il In Dip irood order of the world?
Is It possible that our boasted civil
i-..,ti.,n has made no greater progress,
..,... .1 im ,inv In the presence of
ti, nn?ne court of arbitration and
within h few months after the c.nr of
all the Russians made bold to suggest
thp iiunnnnment ot all tne worm, man
t H,it an American secretary, referring
to preparation for war, deems it neces-
mv to sav tnai nounns m ui'"
imriant than "teaching Hie young men
of the country to shoot straight?'
At this particular time of the year a
large number of Rood resolutions look
vrrv much like this republic a reputa
.!.', r,.i- disinterested friendliness for
South American republics.
wii.-n n nubile official is caught tn
im.tlonable practices he always d.
( -Ian that he wants a speedy trial on
the rra Issues, ami men Kcuciauj
.,1.'. fur lime and tries .to get away
on k chnlcalltlea. f
in niher words, while denying that
Iip nlnted the ghtplmlldlng.gold hrlck
Mr Schwab coyly admits tnat he did
kt In nalmlng It off on indiirtrlal
"Reubens" at. a fancy price.
In the meantime Perry Heath clings
to the Hanna life preserver and make
uglv faces in tne directum 01 tne unite
llOlli'C.
it will he noticed by every shrew
observer tlmt the g. o. p. managers
nevir thing of (leiimiticltig "graft" and
"fiaflers" until exii,siiie threatens to
have a deplcssing effect on g. o. p
chances.
I.ouls I'of.t, editor of the Chicago
Republic. ciiUs uttenilon to the fa
that the young ninn who ."carried
message 1o C.arciu" received thanks
while the young man who vvrpctrnt'
n forgery on AgnliinKio fa promoted
lo he a brigadier ".eneial
Ll I i.
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into ifjy parlor?' said the
Comment.
A TilREK HART COMBINATION.
The superstltiously Inclined are
pointing Mr. Roosevelt to the fact that
the next national convention of the
epublhan party will be Its thirteenth.
They add to this to them sinister
fact the other fact that, no vice pres
ident who succeeded through the death
of his chief js ever been nominated
and elected president to succeed him
self. These superstitious people feel
that this makes a combination that Is
sure to result, disastrously to the
hout.e of Roosevelt. If they add to
this combination the other and well
attested fuct thut the people are grow
ing weary of words not backed up by
deeds, they will have a resultant com-
biijition
be.
TiAlPKli
bi ilit ion thut will indeed be hard to
HXNC'K LESSON IN FIG
I'RES.
Medical statistics often furnish 'hcl-
temperance lessons than those
fri.en ny orators. . These statistics
sh'iw that 70 per cent of pneumonia
eai.es. a disease unusually prevulent
In many section of the country at this
time, are fatal where the suffe.rer Is
addicted to the use of alcoholic stimu
lants. On the other hand, only1, 23 par
ent of the cases are fatal wherein
the sufferer Is not addicted to ,the use
of liquor. These statistics are' all the
more emphatic when it is taken Into
consideration that the non-users in-
lude very young children who are
treated wjth great difficulty
THE POSTAL DKPARTM ENT i TROU
BLE.
The Sioux City .rlbitne strikes a
lear note when it says that the trou
ble with the postofilee department fs
that "it Is used too much to reward
politicians who act as if they think
they have already earned their salar
ies In the party service." The Tribune
further says that "they would'nt both
er their heads with practical and econ
omical business plans, and probably
they couldn't if they would." , There
is entirely too much truth in the Tri
bune's statement concerning the trou
ble with nur postal department. It
contains entirely too much chicane and
too little business method.
THE PORTRAIT OF THE Oil
MON
ARCH
The editor of McClure's Magazine
seems lo have grounds for a damage
suit against the American Svren and
Shipping. Syren and Shipping de-
lares that the now famous portrait
ol Rockefeller, printed in a recent is
sue of McClure's, Is really the portrait
oi "Orintilu. a miserly character In a
story published In Harner's Weekly
r.:ore than forty years ago, and drawn
by "Porte Crayon." Hut perhaim Sy
ren and Shipping "r.peaks sarkastlkle,"
Artemus Ward would say. At. anv
rate, the rest of that interesting puli
ation s remarks antnt Mr. Rockefellet
have a deliciously sarcastic flavor.
If Mr. Koos-velt. is so "sot" against
man like Heath being secretary of
the republican national committee why
did he want Mr. Hanna to continue
as chairman? It is not recorded thai
Heath ever bought a seat in the sen
ale or spent a year away from home
dodging service of a committee that
had reported against him.
While shyly accepting the fneoiiliims
showered upon their patriotism, those
Panama revolutionists whose "ruse aa
one man are not neglecting to keep a
sharp lookout for the arrival of that
little consignment of ten million Amer
Ic'in dollars. 1
The "Iowa Idea," according; ti Col
oncl I.r.fe 0u11g, is to stand In with
the gentleman who presldi s at th i s-pl
got of the g. o. p. campaign barret!.
Colombia Is the victim of hcrl
own
folly," says the Sioux City
.loilrnn!
Ptrhans, but can the Journal
make
any defense of a strong man liking
advnnloge ol a weak fool
The managers of Motile Carlo cUared
$7,011(1,01)0 last year, which Is almui lis-
much us Mr. Rockefeller can male In
a week by hoistings the price of oro
sent a half-cent a gallon.
Is (here any moral dlffereturt he
tween selling a pnslotllce npjuilnl (neiit
for money and 1 railing It for atlvr
Fuppcrl In a campaign for rr-elcdloiiT
The re-il t 't of that i'muiiiia ripub
lie will (oiiie when an attempt Is mule
lo divide the bum h of swag the ndn
iHtrr.'lon at Washington held 11:1 lor
si'i ce; ii'ul . ci cm'.Ioii. .
Flurld;i wauia a shl,! canal, mil II
mnv be Hint a little stei'iKloti pliant
hae prukiaUe Iv.lhict'cc m, Waililng
ton. v
spider to the fly."
Courtesy of The Commoner.
THE DEATH OF MRS. HOAR.
Regardless of party or (reed Ameri
cans will extend their heartfelt sym
pathy to the venerable Senator Hoar
because of th death of his wife. The
Christmas festivities of 1 103 contained
no cheer for the Massachusetts states
man, for the companion of nearly fifty
year was laKen from him. Mrs. Hoar
whs not prominent in society circles,
chiefly because she preferred devoting
her energies and her talents In other
direct ions. Hut she had a circle of
Irlends wh.) were devoted to her be
cause of lnr wnnianly worth.
Those yhose views concerning fu
ture punishment coincide with those
of the late Colonel lngersoll are ear
nestly asked to explain what fate
should b meted out to those Phila
delphia dealers who burned 40,nm)
Ctiristmis trees In order to hull the
p'ice of the remaining stock. Heforo
undertaking the explanation they
should ask themselves If there we're
no poor lamfies il'.'jl:idenula t
ul'.nll tliu.M' trees could Tiavi f
iv en wit limit atlecting I he pre
the remainder.
Financiers dread the results
may follow the withdrawal of J.iO
Odd to nay for the Panama deal. This
natuia'ly leads to the inquiry: Is oir
financial system as stable as some
financiers would have us believe if the
withdrawal of $:tVitN).l" Is calculated
to cause a money stringency?
The tin plate trust has all the pro-?
lection it asked for, but the tin plate
trust's employes have been compelled
to accept, a SO per cent reduction in
wages. "Protection to American work-
ingmen" is a great g. o. p. cry, but.
the tiusts that furnish the campaign
funds get all the wool.
The administration declares that it
there Is war with Colombia It will be
because Colombia strikes the first blow.
My nagging aril insult, by contempts
and intrigue, die aitmtnistration hones
to goad Colombia into striking the
blow.
The exploiters want It distinctly un
derstood thai the "stay put" policy ap
plies only to the (lag when connected
with a chance for spoils, and not to
wages. They reserve the rlirht to haul
down the wages whenever they see fit.
The special Panama message would
seem lo indicate that the presidents
hief reliance in proving his case Is to
have a vast preponderance of testi
mony without much regard to the kind
ol tetdimony it may he.
.1. Pierpont Morgan Is
reported to
the original
"Paradise
the maiiii-
have offered $2r.(i.(lno for
manuscript of Milton's
Lost." Money may buy
script.
The rumor Ihat Ihe Roers may make
another effort may be an Indication
that the Roers have discovered an im
port unity to sell a canal to us.
Editor Charles Emory Smith Is kept
quite bushy these days explaining Ihe
official record of ex-Post master Cien
eral Charles Emory Smith.
Emperor William's voice may be
weak, but his whispered remarks about
Waterloo seem to have echoed through
deal ltrltaln.
"I inn see no reason why I sho.ild
resign," says Perry Heath. Have Mr.
Roosevelt's chances, then, grown bo
small?
Post master flencral Payne's laughter
just now has that hollow and Insin
cere sof of sound.
The wrong Is not so much towards
Ccloinbla, as It Is towards our national
tradition and our national honor. This
Is tne Important fact to remember.
Mr. Mi Kiuley may have said that he
hoped to be succeeded by Mark Hanna
but (here Is a very general suspicion
!hut he did not make Perry Heath his
confident.
Abdul 1 lam Id's physicians have in
Vrmed him that be can live only three
vears more, nnd those who have ultl
natums lo (brow at him should lose
no time.
11 is quuc a 1 uimnon tiling tor an
H'cused person to demand a court of
'nqulry niter all ifforts lo get free
through political pull have failed.
Ten years ago repuiiiicBii papers
aid wiigis were "going democratic."
And ihty are now going Hannapntic?
The Co!irad-Itona;arte report seems
o lrive pretty effectually cooled Poi
masli r Ceneral Payne's "hot air" blast.
One potato was the admission at a
Wichita church Foclal and many of the
Gitrsts (Ouiplalucd ui btiuH clualcj. '
A C Tilt? IV,
RLfl
REVOLVES
IS NOW SAINTlJOAN
Maid of Orleans" AwaraVt B.
tion by the Churc).
Aftir nearly five centuries"
u preseutiitlou mid nf calunil
Congregation of Rites of th
Catholic church has taken
Mips toward the cniiolilzatloij
of Arc. After having sufferi
lifetime from the greed of
coimtrymeu, represented by Ij
ihe English by the Duke of
by royal ingratitude repri
the indifference to her f
worthless Charles VII.. for
saved his throne, by the r
as represented by Cam hoi.
ol Rouen, who, after u
guilty upon unproved
heresy, witchcraft, nnd
tion with evil spirits, tie
to the secular niithorltl
at the stake, which niitl
nor the English prevent
declared tit for beatific
It is probable that
toiiial point of view tl
the peasant girl Don
her father's sheep at
"Ihe voices and oln
Hons of Saints Call
garet by revealing li
worthless dauphin, h
of Orleans, driviiiK
most, of their Kreneli
finally by conductii
his coronation at Ii
be (old In all Its .
temporary hlstorla
Ing to the extent
beliefs in supernal
were guilty of he
render Invented all
excuse (heir nctli
tans, unable to u
way for her niai;
themselves elth
that (hat. carter
or to dopiit her
some haVe ihui
hard facts? "
rrom the n
It is clear th
been done lo
There ncier '
herent of the
more deeply
.loan of Arc.
believed she
favorite saiJ
their voices I
when she si
no point hj
m
Ur
I VHJV vt
lot. sel'k spiritual
110I
he wiU under
saints, nut if iid-'
tion of the daiip.
mission, she n 111
his order and lie'
that her saints hud lors.aM
was sold for gold by a greedy
one of her own countrymen. In allil
with the English. She was delivl
by her purchasers lo a mallei
bishop, one of her own countrl
who, when be failed to convict I
Heresy, condemned her upon ch
of Intercourse with evil spirits, at
llvered her to Ihe civil atithorlti
Rouen, who soon regretted their n
and eventually erected nionumen
her memory.
The archbishop of Orleana acnl
the beatification as an honor
France. It may bo ho. In any evert
Il Is an honor to the church, though
has I n a long time coming, that
will add to its list of saints a peasau
girl who followed the commands cj
the voices and liberated France frojj
Knglish rule, and for that service dbL
the death of a martyr.
Disdained All Titles.
Herbert Spencer, in dlsdaJ jing
titles lianpened to follow a 1
for him by others of his name
Spencer, second Lord S',
would not, when he sat In
for Tiverton, allow himsc
called my lord and express
that ho would live to see th
not a peer would bej left I
Another and a laier Spciic.
Spencer, HO years ago as
father, the hail Spencer
by dropping his tlllo at,
name, when he became a Ii"
lie and entered the Pas
as "Father Ignatius."
c--
Vie.man Tax Collector.
Mrs. Mary Conway has beeni
pointed tfx collector of (lordonj
She Is a widow and a scuool teat)
and she Is the llrst woman overt
pointed to a position of this klndV
that, section. Collection of taxes!
Cordon Is very (iimcuit nnd can!
little emolument, and no man resld
could be found to undertake tlie w.
New Fog Fighting Device. I
Sir Oliver Ixidtfe Is a man laliV
about In London, lie has conceived
device for fighting fog by tdcctrlclh
The current is to be shot from
masts. Electric light polos will ,
Sir Oliver believes ins invention vy
be of great utility pending; I-ondi,
acquirement of t ie ability to ei
It i own fog making smoke.
Tragedy of a Wasted Lid
If 1 cniild get the car of
young man but for one word, It
bo (his: Make (he most nnd
yourself, mere in n,, trvodyj
wasted life a life faf,R
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