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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1900)
- - t-p-t Industrial Distress Unheard of The Laborer Finds Plenty of Work at Good Wages Good Prices for Farm Products. AN ENORMOUS INCREASE IN VOLUME Of MONEY The Republican Parly Not the Party of Imperialism , Proven by the Records of Deeds Performed Fusionists in Con gress Defeat the Proposition of Constitutional St. Amendment Giving1 Congress the Power to Control Trusts , NATIONAL ISSUES OF 'THE PARTY SUMMED UP IN FEW WORDS The Recent Populist State Convention Dominated by Fusion OfficeHolders ers A Portion of the National Platform of 1892 Reproduced Names Taken Prom the poster of the Delegates . ' / No Mope of Reform by Fusion Populists. OMAHA , .Nob , , July 23 , 1900. The republicans enter upon the cam paign this year inspired by resplend ent hope. Unexampled prosperity , to the farmer , laborer and business iifan , the direct result of republican pollutes crystallized Into law , Is of Itself a suffi cient solution to the political prob lems , and completely explodes and dls- elpatos the fallacy of the fusionlsts. The wild and fallacious predictions of .Bryan . , as to the Ills and woes that AvonId ho visited upon the pcoplo In the event of republican success four years ugo , have boon completely shattered. Instead of Industrial distress have como good prices for the farmer's pro ducts , good wages and plenty of work for the laborer and good patronage and prompt payment to the business man. The republicans promised In the event of HUCCQSS the gnactment into law of such policies as would stimulate industry and rontedy the ilia bequeath ed by the Cleveland administration. This promise has boon kept. The factories - . tories have boon kept open , labor lias found good employment at good wngcs , the consequent Increase In consump tion has advanced the value of farm products , and after four years of re publican management the com mercial and Industrial situation has reached that point in prosperity noVCr before attained in the history of the nation. FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. As a result of the financial legisla tion promulgated by republican states manship the volume of money has , in the last four years , increased over $500,000,000 , and a financial policy has been established which Insures equal ity of money , and places this govern ment , from a fundamental standpoint , foremost among the civilized nations of the world. The wisdom of this Htep has been demonstrated already in more ways than ono. First of all it has reduced the rate of interest to the borrower so that now , right hero in Nebraska , whore four years ago as n result of lack of ponfldonco In the stability of fusion dogmatism and the "fear " of fusion success , money was hard to obtain on the best collateral at nny rate of interest , money may be borrowed at rates as low as flvo per cent. This has compelled the creditor to share the burden with the debtor and has contributed aid and comfort to the debtor the ono most needful of it and least able to boar additional hardships. And the inauguration of the gold standard as a fixed policy has done moro than reduce the rate of interest. It has brought money out of hiding , has placed It In circulation building and operating factories , building homes , purchasing farms and farm machinery , more clothing , moro food , more education ; In short , more every thing for all classes. Today no other nation enjoys n moro substantial credit abroad or at home , and no other na tion can present such a splendid ex ample pf domestic tranqulllty , peace and happiness. FINANCE AM ) TAIIIKr. It Is but natural that Hound financial legislation companlonated by judicious tariff laufs should result In commer i cial and industrial prosperity and progress. Under the McKlnloy admin istration new avenues of commerce have been opened , so that in the last year , with a largo Increase In domestic consumption- country produced and sold in excess of its imports pro ducts of the vnluo ofmpwards-of ? GOO- 000,000. The net profit of the produc er , comparing the prices of today with these of four years ago , v/us In excess of $150,000,000. Thus the dif ference in the market prices alone be tween the democratic administration of 189G and the republican administra tion of 1900 put $150,000,000 on the export trade alone into the pockets of the producers of the United States. The producers received a correspond ing benefit on domestic consumption , so that the not profit on the whole approxlmntes an amount that large \ V as to almost challenge comprehension. TUB LAIlOltnil. Nor has the farmer alone been ben efited. The laborer haa rc'aped equal # benefit. Manual labor has advanced fully 25 per cent and skilled labor has advanced fully 30 per cent. True there have been strikes , but in no in stance has there been a strike against a reduction In wages , hut In every instance for an Increase in wages. An other thing to bo considered Is that a laborer must bo at work , must bo employed , in order to strike. Unem ployed labor cannot go on a strike , it was in this condition that labor found Itself under democratic rule , jlu 1896 the great cry was sympathy for ' 'the'unemployed. . Men stood'for hours and days and weeks on street iff corners and In iront of labor bureaus the country from cast to west and from north to south In search of work whereby an honest living might bo obtained. So desperate became the conditions that in largo citioa free soup houses had to be established at public ex pense to feed the honest unemployed What are the conditions today ? La bor finds honest employment every where that allows It to live In luxury. In fact the laborers are so scarce that work Is left undone for want of men at any price. Harvest is dragging for want of men to gather in the grain and a perplexing question that will soon confront the farmers of Nebras ka is how they will gather in the enormous corn crop that Is now as sured. IMI'MIIALISM. Ono of the great bugaboos discussed by fusion orators and editors is that of imperialism. The republican party Is and always has been the anti-Im perialistic party. Not only have party platforms stated this but the whole work of the republican party through its representatives proves the fact con clusively. During the past four years the party has made the Hawaiian Isl ands into a republic. It has wrested from the Empire Spain , Porto Rico , and has given to those islands a re publican form of government. It has wrested from the Empire Spain , Cuba , and has already given her such free dom as Cubans never dreamed of. It has wrested from the Empire Spain , the Philippines , and beside quelling an insurrection there it has established schools and is even now preparing those people for self-government. In regard to China , it has demanded the open door and in this demand stood out against the powers of Europe. In its work on every hand It lias been antl-imporlalistlc and no charge to the contrary can bo truthfully made. TUB NATIONAL JHHUES. In the national campaign the Issues will bo clear , and from a republican standpoint might bo summed up as follows : The record of the administration In successfully handling great questions. The progress and prosperity of the country at the present time. The as sured continuation of such conditions with the republicans In control. Such are the issues and along this line will the stories be told. On the other hand , the fusionlsts have taken up the dead and four times condemned fallacy of 1C to 1. They cry imperialism when every evidence points to the fact that the republican party Is the antl-im- porlallstlc party and they cry trust in the face of the fact that In the last session of congress nearly every fusion- 1st voted against the proposition of a constitutional amendment whereby congress could control trusts. They cry out against expansion when every forward stop made since we nulled our contract with England in 76 has been the result of expansive methods. Ev ery expansion of our territory has meant an expansion of our commerce and our industries and has opened up markets for every producer in Amer ica. DOMINATED BY OFFICEHOLDERS. A reference to the platform of the people's party , adopted at the first na tional convention held In Omaha July 1 , 1892 , shows that the party strongly condemned ofllce holders participating in conventions. Wo reproduce below that part of the platform and follow It with a list of names of delegates to the recent populist ntnte cpnVontlon hold at idncoln. Thq names are taken direct from the roster and are only a partial list of those ofllcoholders of the state who participated in that convention. The platform reads as follows : "We , the people's party , at the out set , to secure permanent control of the party organization unaffected by the Interest of these In public service , do hereby in national convention assem bled at Omaha on this 4th day of July , 1892 , establish this ordinance as the fundamental law of party organiza tion , viz , : "No person holding any office or po sition of profit , trust or emolument un der the federal or any state or munic ipal government , Including senators and congressmen and members of the legislature , state and local , shall bo eligible to sit or vote In any conven tion of the party , and a copy of this ordinance shall be annexed to every call for any future convention. " How this fundamental law of the party was observed at the late fusion convention is best shown by a repro duction of a partial list of officeholders who participated as delegates in said convention. It is but an incomplete list and doe not contain the names of hosts of sub ordinate officials and employes who oat as delegates In the convention. Senators and Cbngrcssmen W. V. Allen , Madison ; William Neville , North Pintle ; J. S. Robinson , Madison. District Judges C. Hollenbeck , Fre mont ; J. A. Orlmlson , Schuyler ; Doug las Cones , Pierce ; E. L. Adams , Minden - den ; J. R. Thompson , Grand Island ; C. A. Munn , Ord ; II. M. Sullivan , Bro ken Bow ; W. H. Westover , Rushvlllo ; J. J. Harrington , O'Neill. State OHlcers Governor W. A. Poyn- ter , Albion ; 0. J. Smyth , Omaha ; W , F. Porter , Morrlck ; J. F. Cornell , Ver- don. | Members of Leglnlature J. S. Cana- day , Mlnden ; Thomas Farrell , Central City ; F. J. Hale , Battle Creek ; F. M. Howard , Aurora ; A. J. Knepper , Octa- vla ; J. E. Miller , Majors ; W. A. Mor gan , Allen ; W. D. Schaul , Springfield ; Q. J. Spohn , Superior ; Charles Crock ett , Nlobrara ; T. J. Flynn , Omaha ; T. F. Memmlnger , Madison ; O. S. Moran , Crcston ; J. R. Morrison , Chester ; J. W. Tanner , Fullerton ; W. II. Taylor , Exeter ; W. J. Taylor , Merna ; F. A. Thompson , Clay Center ; 0. P. Watson , Pierce ; A. J. Weaver , Falls City ; J. H. Wright , Ruskln. State Institutions. Dr. S. P. Tracey , Milford ; Dr. J. S. Bennett , Kearney ; Dr. I. C. Canine , Geneva ; Thomas , Welch , Lincoln ; Dr. J. T. bteel , Hast ings ; Rod C. Smith , Shelton ; E. Von Forrell , Kearney ; J. N. Campbell , Kearney ; G. N. Smith , Kearney ; W. F. Bryant , Hartlngton ; J. Sprecher , Schuyler ; D. Rowden , Omaha ; E. E. Thomas , Omaha ; C. A. Whltfprd , Washington ; C. D. Casper , David City ; S. E. Starrett , central City ; G. W. Lcdigh , Nebraska City ; P. L. Hall , Wahoo ; D. H. Wentworth , Hastings ; Dennis Sheedy , Hastings ; V. E. Wil son , Omaha ; O. Grothan , St. Paul ; J. M. Gllchrlst. Nebraska City ; J. J. Cardwell , Nebraska City ; A. H. Hip pie , Omaha ; George Corcoran , York ; Ed. P. Smith , Omaha ; J. F. Goad , Omaha ; J. C. Dahlman , Onmna ; R. E. Herdman , Omaha ; P. H. Barry , Gree- ley ; H. M. Casebeer , Lincoln ; C. J. West , Lincoln ; H. C. Demareo , Lin coln ; Thomas Welch , Lincoln ; L. W. Edwarda , Lincoln ; C. S. Jones , Lin coln ; Fred Jewell , Platte Center ; James Whittaker , Falls City. Clerk District Court Fred J. Mack , Albion ; F. A. Sucha , Schuyler ; C. F. Orr , Broken Bow ; J. M. Hurley , Pon- ca ; J. M. Crulckshank , Fremont ; G. H. Cleaver , Alma ; C. Guenther , Colum bus ; J. S. Crawford , Wanoo ; II. M. Davis , Ord ; F. P. Heston , Bartlett. County Treasurers Will Brookloy , Hastings ; P. W. Murphy , Alnsworth ; C. F. Bodlnson , Kearney ; Fred Hoff- melster , Imperial ; Theodore Grless , Clay Center ; Jacob Kas , Chadron ; E. M. Humphreys , Greeley ; H. R. Henry , O'Neill i C. Apple , St. Paul ; G. E. Lundgren , Niobrara ; W. McLaughlln , Lincoln ; J. G. Besher , Columbus ; D. D. Remington , Seward ; H. F. Was- mend , Rusnvllle. Register of Deeds George Mitchell , Clay Center ; N. H. Mapes , Schuyler ; A. F. Walla , West Point ; G. W. Ells worth , Fullerton ; W. R. Wyatt , Falls City. County Commissioners W. R. Wood , Sidney ; C. R. Peterson , Chad ron ; E. Manning , Beaver City ; John Callis , Stanton ; W. C. neers , Hebron ; Fred Llndborg. Sidney ; George Kittle , Hayes ; R. Saling , St. Paul ; J. J. Hughes , Madison ; J. G. Stroble , Ne braska City ; William O'Connor , Wa hoe ; H. Maskenthlne , Stanton. Sheriffs G. W. Secord , Clay Center ; A. C. McLeod , Schuyler ; H. W. Phil ips , West Point ; J. R. Cameron , Bea ver City ; W. Waddlngton , Beatrice ; F. F. Dunn. El wood ; P. Hanson , St. Paul ; W. F. Bonawltz , Fairbury ; H. A. Pat rick , Ogalalla ; Matt Leach. Fullerton ; J. C. Byrnes , Columbus ; T. E. Housh , Rushvllle , H. D. Heuck , Ord. Surveyors R. C. Beatty , Lexington ; F. F. Ashly , Bloomlngton. County Attorneys E. D. Kilbourne. Noligh ; E. M. Davlson , Newport ; A. M. Morrlssey , Valentine ; G. H. Thorn- is , Schuyler ; G. G. Martin , Fremont ; Beorge W. Shields , Omaha ; W. Miller , Elwood ; J. G. Thompson , Alma ; W. R. Ellis , Niobrara ; H. H. Mauclc , Nel son ; II. F. Barnhart. Pierce ; E. E. Stanton. Oscoola ; C. E. Woods Rush- rtlle ; T. S. Nightengale , Loup City. County Clerks J. M. Conklin , Ne- ligh ; S. M. Smyser , Alliance ; John J. Sraham , David City ; George Mitchell. Slay Center ; N. H. Mapes , Schuyler ; \ . Walla , West Point ; G. W. Tillman , Mlnden ; Henry Vogler , Kimball ; P. B. Clark , Niobrara ; F. A. Werslg , Tay lor ; G. W. Ellsworth , Fullerton ; Seorgo E. Schneider , Falls City ; J. P. Hale , Red Cloud ; E. S. Heston , Bart lett. County Judges A. H. Bowen , Hast ings ; Charles Plumloigh , Hartlngton ; [ I. C. Palmer , Clay Center ; I. Woolf , Dhappel ; C. M. Miller. Alma ; J , C. Thomas , Niobrara ; E. C. Ewlng , Cen tral City ; W. M. Peebles. Nelson ; W. iV. Garrett , Holdrege ; John Gagnon , Palls City ; J. H. Barry , Wahoo ; A. W. Comstock , Ponder. County Superintendents J. W. Baumgardnor , Alliance ; J. J. Tooley , Broken Bow ; H. J. Hopeman , Dakota ; Claude Smith , Lexington ; C. Smyrah , Geneva ; E. M. Hussong , Bloomlngton ; T. V. Norvell. O'Neill ; C. Manuel. St. Paul ; F. A. Carmony. Fairbury ; C. W. Crum , Madison ; A. Softley , Grant ; L. H. Leavy , Columbus. "How the mighty have fallen. " What do the honest reformers of Ne braska think of such a record ? To them the record must be appalling. The independent thinkers among the fusion populists must certainly see that they are being led to whore no re form can be expected. THE 189G THREAT RENEWED. It is most unfortunate that the allied forces of reform have renewed the throat of-1890 , without abatement or modification. They denounce the gold bill and demand that It bo repealed. Therefore , with nil its dire consequences quences to credit and confidence , to business and to industry , the menace of 1C to 1 still hangs over us , The scattered forces of the enemies of sound currency are being rallied and the public must once moro unite and overcome the advocates of repudiation and thorp must he no relax in energy until the battle for public honor and honest money shall again triumph. Moonlight nights nro too bright for burglars and for lovers. Men' , llko bulfets , need to bo almod" right to hit the mark. Story Illustrating * + CHAPTER IV. "Margaret , " he cried , "what is it ? What is it , my darling ? Speak to me ! " "It is nothing , " she breathed pain fully. "You must let me go , Doctor Cleland ; you must leave me. " "I shall not let you go ! " Paul an swered vehemently. "You dare not send mo from you , Margaret you can not ! If nothing else gives me a right to you , surely my love does ? " She made no answer , but shivered as if with cold. Cleland went on passlpnately : "If you can say to me , Margaret , that you no longer love me , that the past is dead and burled to you , or that you have been self-deceived when you Imagined you did love mo , then I shall go away and trouble you no more. It may be that I shall shortly bo leaving this country , perhaps forever ; and I felt I could not go without knowing the truth. " Ho felt her shiver again , but her strength came back , and she stood erect , looking at him with eyes that had something of the look of a hunted animal at bay In them. "Margaret , " he went on slowly , after a pause , "you must toll mo , now and hero , have you ceased to love me ? By your answer I will abide ; it will be Anal with me. " A strange look crossed the girl's face. "If I refuse to answer ? " "I shall not leave you till you an swer , " said Cleland. "Margaret , if you can say these words after mo 'Paul , I no longer love you' I shall be satisfied and go my way. It is all I ask. " Again the white hands moved con vulsively. It gave Cleland a curious sensation as if she had wrung them pltcously. She began slowly : "Paul , I no longer " Then her voice dropped and broke into a half sob and her face fell between her hands. In the silence that followed Paul Cleland felt his heart quicken its beatIng - Ing , with an emotion that was half joy , half pain. She loved him still , then ! These proud , pure lips of hers could not utter an untruth. But the agony that could wring that sob from self-contained Margaret Crawford al most frightened him. He could not even guess at its cause , He spoke at last , In a voice un steady and uncertain. "Then you love mo still , Marga ret ? " She looked up then and at sight of his agitation her own calm seemed to return. That one pitiful yielding to weakness had startled her back to her old self. And her woman's heart , for getting Its own pain and trouble , tried to find some comfort for his. "Paul , " she said , gently laying her hand upon his with a touch that thrilled him through and through , "I cannot hide the truth from you. I do love you I shall love you always ; but there Is a reason why I can never al low you to speak of this , why wo can never , never be anything to each other. There is a terrible barrier be tween us which can never be removed. Do not ask mo what it is I cannot tell you. Do I seem cruel ? Believe me , it Is because I wish to save you pain that I cannot tell you more. Paul , God has laid on us both a heavy burden ; but ho will surely give us strength to bear it. " "You ask a hard thing of me , Mar garet , " said Paul Cleland , huskily. "You ask me to give you up forever , and I am not even to know why. If I knew your reason , I might submit to your decree ; but you cannot expect mo tamely to give you up without knowing why I am to do so ! " Margaret was silent. She felt that it would be easier for her also could she tell him the whole truth ; but what cruelty it would be to Inflict on him the knowledge that his father had died or taken his own life , as Paul himself seemed to think believing his son guilty of so fearful a crime ? No , she must never tell the truth. For Paul's own sake , for the sake of the dead , she must not. "Will you not take my word for it ? " she said at last , very gently. 'The barrier between us la insuperable , and I cannot , must not , toll you the nature of It. Oh , spare yourself and mo further pain , Paul , by leaving me now ! We must try to forget. " "I shall never forget ! " said Paul , a little harshly. He was a Scotchman , and "dour" and obstinate rather than passionate. "You are sacrificing your own happiness and mine , Margaret , to some absurd notion of honor. You think I am coward enough to shrink before the sneers of the world over a dead man's memory ; you have , per haps , learned after all your father was guilty , and you will not confess it to me. You would rather wreck my life and my happiness ! " But the next moment ho stood hum bled and contrite before the look of those tender , dark eyes , and the cour age and sweetness of the pure , pale face. He raised her little white hand and kissed the hem of her sleeve rev erently. "Margaret , Margaret , forgive me ! " ho cried. "Only say it is that alone that divides us , and I shall sweep the phantom from our path. " "It is not only that , " she answered , In a low voice. "If It were , then I should leave It to you to Judge wheth- cr it was a real harrier or not ; but it would only make your pain the great er if I wore to tell you what the bar rier is. It can never bo done away with ; it must stand between us for ever. " "And I am to go from you , Margaret , knowing no more than this ? " "It must be so. It Is as Heaven has willed it , Paul. God has laid the bur den upon us , we can only submit. " But from her woman's heart there was rising a heartbroken cry. "Oh , my love , my love ! It is hard , God knows ! " Paul Cleland turned away suddenly. His face had grown pale and set. It seemed to him that any further plead ing with Margaret would bo like beat ing against the rock. A little quiver ing sigh broke from her lips. He heard It , and turned quickly. "You will relent , Margaret ? Tell mo there is some hope ! " She shook her head. "There is none , Paul we must part. Oh , can we not do &o quickly ? The pain would bo less if wo did not see each other ! " "It shall bo as you wish , " said Cle land , after a moment's pause. "I can leave Greystoke at once , and in a short time I shall be far enough from England. Do you care to hear where I am going , Margaret ? " She bowed , making no answer. "I am going to Egypt. I have had an offer made me , and I was only doubtful as to what my answer should be until I saw you ; but now my mind Is quite made up. I shall probably sail in a fortnight or so. " A stifled exclamation came to Mar garet's lips ; but she checked it , and the next moment turned to him , her face as pale as ever , but quite calm. "I can only wish you every suqcess and and happiness in your new lifo , " she said , and laid her hand , cold and trembling as it was , in his. "And , after all , what happiness Is better and deeper than that which comes to us from our work ? If we can help to allay suffering , and to bring back health to others , surely we can ask no greater joy on earth ? Doctor Cle land , I wish you that happiness with all my heart. " "Thank you , " he said , a little husk ily. "I do not think I shall be able to call myself happy , Margaret I have not reached such a height of self- abnegation yet ; but as the great apostle tle of work says , 'Thou canst do with out happiness , and instead thereof find blessedness , ' I suppose that Is what you mean. Well , shall wo say good- by now ? We may not have another chance. " Margaret looked at him. It was a look ho was to remember for very long afterwards. In it he read all the deep love of her woman's soul for one moment , without veil or reserve , bared before him. Her hand still lay in his. He drew her a little nearer , and his eyes seemed to devour her face. "For Heaven's sake , Margaret , think once moio what you are doing ! Do not part us for the sake of an imag inary barrier ; do not sacrifice us both for another's sins ! It is not too late yet to say the word that will change our whole future lives. " He felt her hand quiver ; hut she answered steadily : "Paul , this is the only thing left for us to do to part. There is no other way none. Good-by. " "Good-by , " said Paul , hoarsely. Then , after a pause , still holding her hand , he said : "Margaret , it is the last time perhaps that I shall ever speak to you alone on earth. Will you kiss me once , because of what might have been ? " And in the tenderness of that mo ment a tenderness that for the tlmo seemed to blot out all her own agony and weakness Margaret raised her pale , pure face and kissed him with a kiss that held parting and grief and death in it. CHAPTER V. The blazing heat of a sultry Egyp tian noon , tempered and softened as much as possible by ingenious ar rangements of softly moving fans and waving curtains. An elegant apart ment , furnished after European style , and with every sign of wealth and luxury around. And two people sit ting together , talking very earnestly and In low tones a man and a woman. The man , looking many years older than when we saw him last , though only two years have actually passed , whoso bronzed face wears an anxious and serious expression , is Paul Cle land ; and the woman , whoso dark , rich beauty , soft liquid eyes and ex quisitely molded figure , gowned in some "confection" from Paris , have already won for her a conspicuous place In the European society of Cairo , is the widow of a wealthy government official , and has , since her husband's death , lived with her brother , Colonel Bcauchamp , ono of the most gallant officers who had gone through the ter rible campaign of 1883. A soft-footed native servant had Just brought In the afternoon cup of tea , retiring as silently as he had en tered ; and the two were too deeply en grossed in conversation even to notice that. "I trust matters may not be so bad as the Colonel makes out , Mrs. Breyn- ton , " Paul Cl Inml was saying. "Theso turbulent Arabs seem to require a llt- tlo blood-letting now and then ; butt they are no match for European sol- dlery. The affair cannot be moro than a mere skirmish at most. " Adrlenno Breynton's soft eyes mot Cleland's face for a moment , and thun suddenly dropped. "You do not know the fantastic der vish as I do , " she said , and her volco was ono of the sweetest ever woman possessed. "There is nothing in all the world will make men fight llko religious zeal , Doctor Cleland , and they nro intoxicated with it. They fight like men Inspired. Ah , I have reason to know how , they fight ! " She sighed , but there was not any thing deeper than a gentle regret in the sigh. Cloland had heard the story of how Oscar Breynton had been hewed to pieces in mistake for an ob noxious officer by a horde of shriek ing , half-mad Arabs ; but ho had also heard how his wife , beautiful and good as she was , had been strangely neglected by Breynton for years , anJ he guessed that her grief must have been less than her horror at his ter rible death. "Our cause is ono of Justice and of mercy , " said Cleland , after a pause ; "and I think there is no man who would dare to say that wo do wrong in trying to free the Soudan from the rule of these barbarous , bloodthirsty , massacrelng hordes. I confess to shar ing the enthusiasm of the war spirit so far. I have made up my mind to go on to Atbara , Mrs. Breynton. " A strange expression flitted sudden ly over Adrienne Broynton's face. It was like a quiver. "You are not going to the desert ? " she asked , a Ijjttlo pantlngly. "Yes. They require a doctor , and I have offered my services. I am going next week. " Adrienne's white hand moved the fan it hold to and fro gently. Cleland could not see that her cheek was grad ually growing as white as that hand. "You don't know the Soudan , " she said at last , in a low tone. "It has killed our best and bravest men. It ia a man-eater , sucking the life out o strong men , not by Jmttle or murderer or sudden death , but by slow , ignoble disease. Think of the days of weary march through storms of sand , be neath a sweltering sun ! And the nights , sometimes icy cold , sometimes hot and close as an oven. Think of sickness there ! " She shuddered. "I shall not think of It at all , " said Cleland , quietly. "Others do not , and why should I ? I could not stay here and lead this life of ignoble case while others are bravely facing dan ger or death. You would not think the more of me for doing so , I am sure , Mrs. Breynton. " A lovely color , soft and warm like the blush of a pale damask rose , swept over her face for a moment. Did Cleland notice it ? It was not likely. For two years only one wom an's Image had dwelt In Paul Cle land's mind , and ho had never even imagined that any other could obtain an entrance there. Yet there was no woman for whom he had so high a respect , so warm an admiration , so true a friendship , as for Adrienne Breynton. But the soft blush in Adrienne's face was not In response to respect or admiration or friendship. "Why , tea Is in , and we have taken no notice of it ! " she exclaimed the next moment , as If to cover her mo mentary embarrassment. "I will pour you out a cup , Dr. Cleland. " As she crossed the room , her pale- blue teagown falling in soft folds around her , the door was opened , a servant announced "Major Rayburn , " and Mrs. Breynton paused , and turned towaids the door to receive her second guest. ( To bo Continued. ) The Care of Cut Glnis. A wooden tub should be used for washing cut glass , and the water in which it is cleaned should not be too warm for the hands. A sudden change 3f temperature Is bad for glassware , and It should never be left upon mar ble or stone. The deeper the cutting , the moro liable It Is to bo broken. Decanters and water bottles which tiave become discolored may bo cleansed with a soft cloth guided by a tvlre. Discoloring may be removed t > y placing shot with bits of paper and strong soap suds In the vessel and making them well together. Beans are sometimes used instead of shot. A ablespoonful of muriatic acid to a ) int of water will remove obstinate rtalns. For cleansing the outi-ide , sloths and towels and a brush are accessary. The washing and rinsing .vaters . should not vary'much In tem- ) orature. A soft towel should bo placed mder the dishes when draining. To secure a high polish vigorously rub ; lassware when it is warm , with a per- 'ectly clean towel. Glass which is minmented with gold should bo vashed in suds made of castile soap , ind should bo wiped dry as soon as it s washed. Finely cut glass should bo tept In a closed cabinet and not han- 11 ed much. Il o Mlloi un Hour. There Is no shadow of a possible ihadow of doubt that the day of the notor car and automobile fiend is" at in end in Paris and the same may ha mill of the scorching cyclls * . The oar , the hissing sound and the cloud ) f dust are no more. Their desperate ecklessness has led the police to iut down to eight kilometers , which s only a shade over five miles an lour , their authorized speed , and wenty-threo summonses were issued n one day In a single arrondlssemont. Often wo don't like to be alone for A' 'ear of meeting our worst enemy.