(Dakota County Herald
xxajlota crrr, neb.
John H. Rmm, - Publisher
There will always be plenty to do
In the uplift line.
A comblnntlon of dyeing concerns It
talked of. Can't they, wlitn Independ
ent, make a living dyeing?
After long study Mrs. Russell Sage
bat hit an a sage way In which to ex
pend a $10,000,000 chnrlty fund.
A scientist declares Hint In a few
tore centuries the red-hended girl will
disappear. What will become of the
White horses?
There's one good thing nbont egg
hell cars. Passengers who nre not
pinned down can generally llud plenty
of holes to crawl through.
Professor Jenks of Cornell says It Is
possible for an honest man to get rich.
Still, It Is to be feared that the short
cut will continue populnr.
Brander Matthews bus been honored
by Prance, besides having a Carnegie
hero niedul coming to him for starting
the new peekaboo style of spelling.
A man gave hunger as on excuse for
stealing forty loaves of bread Natur
ally the court did not Understand how
man could be as hungry as that.
The mai who was jilted by a woman
Who sMnt 20,000 a year on her dresses
should swallow bis grief and make his
fortune by marrying her dressmaker.
In a recent raid on a gambling den a
(nan named PiKymuvszalluskivltch man
aged ta escape- It la supposed he hung
his name oat of the window and slid
down. .
A French colonel declares that "sui
cide is desertion." The two acts ore
certainly equally effective when a man
can't bear to live with bis wife any
longer. .
A statistician asserts that the aver
age woman carries from forty to sixty
allies of hair on her bead. But that
Isn't a circumstance to the notions she
carries In ber bead.
The Oear ta advocating an Income
tax for Rossis, although, as far as can
be learned, the only people with lu
cernes In Rnssla are the bomb manufac
turers and undertakers.
The Rev. Herbert R. Bigclow says
that men who deajr women the right to
Tote are basbartasa. We have heard
that the see esws worse than that, be
Inf notblag snert ef nnsty, mean things.
la New Mexlc an alleged gold mine
fens turned est te be nothing more tbwi
pd natural sate, with no gold In It
Still, that's seme better than tin gold
mine that exists only ou stock certifi
cates. The King ef Italy and John I). Rock
efeller are said te be the world's great
est coin collectors. But tho former Is
collecting only the rarest kind, while
thm tattor mlloota all lm ...... ..... 1.1-
- mj iflH W UIB
Lands on.
It Is said "the most talkative wom
an In the world lives In Chicago." But
perhaps you have In mind some woman
Who could give her a close ruce for the
championship and two-thirds of the
gate receipts.
Mr. Rockefeller considers himself "a
trustee to God for all his great weulth."
Ifs see, It Is Baer who represents
Providence in the coal fluids, uud Hur
ry Thaw claims to have had n divine
mission to kill Stanford White. Most
of us should be thankful If our luisslou
Is simply te be good.
A woman In a typewriting contest In
" iwvu won a victory iiy writing
sixteen thousand Ave hundred worths In
four hours. A man wrolu seventeen
thousand words, but he made so muuy
mistakes that he was ruled out. An
American woman has stirpaHMtl the
Frenchwoman's record, for iu the ordi
nary course of buslucKs she once wrote
ten thousand Ave hundred words lu
two and a half hours, and made three
copies as she went along.
Whenever you ore templed to growl
agulnst fate or complulu of jour lot
Just look, around and find out what
others are bearing. You will Uud many
inea with more brains and In-ticr edu
cation worse off tliau you nre. Then
compare your lot with that of such men
and if you don't quit complaining and
go In for rejoicing tin-re's something
radically wrong with your mental bal
ance. When an obstacle gets In your
way don't wnsto time and energy in
complaining about It. If you can't push
It out of your path get over It, under It
or around It any woy you can mid
leave the obstacle behind , you. The
second obstoclo will not appear half as
big If you get past the first.
Tho i problem of poverty has been
pretty thoroughly studied In this gen
eration. Without pretending to Inti
mate that all Is known that can be
known or that wisdom will die with us.
yet It appears pretty clear that one of
tho worst possible means of uttucking
the poverty problem is -to give great
sums of money to the isjor. The right
aim of society Is justice and not char
ity. Charity is always to lie regarded
as a palliative, as an attempt to ren
der some measure of equity where the
ordinary processes that Is to say, the
system of society at that lime in vogue
have failed. The Socialists uud
dreamers Imagine vnluly that the only
factor la the failure to distribute tho
benefits of sjilcty Is the tiling called
a framo of government or tbo collective
thing culled the fabric of sovh-ty, wher
ss the greatest factor t :it rltuitl njj to
the failure Is human nature und the in
herent defects of individual.
On tho socnliel "r.ico suicide'' ques
tion there is o g od deal of loose talk
and generalizing without kaowieu
Trofessor R A. Ross' article on civile
cation and the birth rate In a recent
Issue of a sociological periodical Is one
of tho many Illustrations of how not
to treat the question. It is apparently
bared on n few facts and-cavalier dis
regard of all farts that are adverse to
the theory held by the author. It Is
easy, on the one hand, to say that the
restriction of the size of the family la
due to selfishness, love of pleasure,
shirking of the duties and responsibili
ties of life, lack of moral courage. It Is
equally easy, on the other Jiand, to ar
gue that restriction Is both a symptom
of progress, material and physical, and
a cause of It Professor Ross cheerful
ly assumes that all those who hate fam
ine, vice, Ignorance, pauperism and dis
ease hnll the decline of the birth rate,
while those who deplore It he consigns
to such categories as "mystics, clerics,
sentimentalists, militarists, capitalists."
Now any man of average experience
and Intelligence Is aware that the re
striction of the size of the family Is
neither necearlly a blessing nor nec
essarily a curse to society. lie knows
of Instances where tho restriction Is un
doubtedly the result of unworthy mo
tives, and he also knows of cases where
tbero Is too little rather than too much
thought of restriction. In England two
attempts have been made to get at the
facts all the facts of tho birth rate
In a really scientific manner. A report
ou the subject was Issued some time
ago by the mathematical department
of the London University. That report
showed that the restructlon was prac
ticed "at tho wrong end." The rate is
low for the su(crlor, the thrifty, the
educated and prosperous; It is not low
for the morally and socially Inferior
classes. The evidence showed, accord
ing to the report, that "the birth rate,
of the more capable stocks was decreas
ing relatively to the mentally and phy
sically feebler stocks." The families
were largest where the conditions -f
life were least favorable, and smallest
whero the opportunities for healthy
growth were ample. The London Fa
bian Society made a careful Inquiry
Into the same subject and reported
that, while the rich boroughs of Lon
don showed for a given year 2,004
births per 10,000 of population, the in
termediate boroughs showed rates be
tween 202 and 2,490, while the poorest
boroughs bad a rate of 8,078, or 50 per
cent more than In the rich quarters.
Professor Ross puts the cart before the
horse when he assumes that restric
tion will give us healthier and better
offspring, and that economic pressure
Is responsible for It lie forgets to
ask where the restriction Is practiced
as a rule.
TOBACCO THE CHIEF CROP.
Great Preflts Yielded by the Iads
trr In the Philippines.
Tobacco has played a most Important
part in the history of the Philippines.
Ne other Industry has done so much to
support them in the past, and at the
present time no Industry contributes
more to the support of the Insular
government lu Internal revenues than
tobacco.
The Cagayon valley bas produced to
bacco for the government manufac
tories of Snaln and Austria for mora
than 140 years. ' For 101 years of this
time (from 1781 to 1882), when the
tobacco Industry was a monopoly of
the Spanish government, the taxes or
revenues from the production, of to
bacco In the Cagayan valley paid half
of the entire expenses of the Insular
government. During the time of the
Spanish monopoly it was tho Intention
of the government to force the natives
to raise not only more tobacco but a
better quality. In this they succeeded.
' What can be done In this line by
private companies Is well emphasized
by tho success of several companies or
ganized after the abolishment of the
Spanish monopoly and some of them
eveu since the Spanish war. The
lorgest of these companies is known as
C'ompnnla General de Tabacos de Fill-
pinna, or, as known In English, the Gen
eral Tobacco Company. The stockhold
ers of this corporation reside mostly In
Spain, although there are a few In the
Philippines. One of the largest stock
holders Is tbo mnrquls de Camillas, one
of the wealthiest men of Spain. This
company grew so rapidly and made so
much money out of the cultivation of
tobacco that to-day It is one of the
largest commercial enterprises In the
orient. It U capitalized at 3,000,000,
on which it Is paying heavy dividends.
.Many or its employes ore stockholders
In tho coriKirulion. Leslie's Weekly.
Slum Iteallr Math Hoar.
"Not many people know that what It
celebrated us noon was originally at 3
p. m. Tho reason for tho change li
Interesting," said n Columbia universi
ty philologist the other day. "Noon,
or 'nones, as it was then known, was
the hour at which the monks said their
'mines,' which were prayers at the
ninth hour, or 3 o'clock. The monks
reckoned time from the time of eating
breakfast at 0 o'clock a. in. That was
the beginning of thel day. The monks
were not permitted to eat their dinner
until after they had said their 'nones.'
This was a loug time for men who hud
so much time to think of eating. They
were ull very hungry ut 3 o'clock. By
uud by some of them cut tho time a
little short- prayed a little earlier. As
time went ou they clipped off enough
time to bring the eating hour lu Its
projH-r place, at midday, and 'nones' be
came VI o'clock lustad of 3, even
though It meant the ninth hour."
Drowning lb Mule,
"MU Chuttertou says It's her proud
boast that she has never heard au
opera U her life."
"Ob, you must be mistaken. She's a
society girl and she frequently alteudi
the opera during the season -"
"Oh, yes, out she never sues except
as one of a box party." -Philadelphia
Press.
Tho Kind Th Wnttl.
He Si-me girls are awfully conceit
ed.
Kb -Why?
lit rbey'll brnn nbout making a
fool ef a mnn the. wm cure rjaytblug
Detroit trr Press.
Amc-rlea'a Dark Hoar.
Late In 1778 Sir Henry Clinton sent
British expedition of 2,000 men to In.
rode (Jcorgla, and on l)ec. 2.1 It arrived
at the mouth of the Savannah River,
where the soldiers disembarked. Gen
eral Robert Howe, with about 000 Con
tinentals and a few hundred militia.
endeavored to hold Savauuuh igalust
the enemy, but the Americans were
overpowered and put to rout, the town,
fort, munitions and supplies fulling
Into the hands of the British.
In August, 1770, !ount d'Kstulng ap
eared off the southern coast with
twenty-two French ships of the line.
General Lincoln, then In command of
the American army In the South, was
at Charleston when n frigate came
there to announce the arrival of the
fleet, nnd at his request the French
commander agreed to assist In the re
duction of Savannah. Lincoln and his
small army reached the Savannah Riv
er on Sept. 12 and ou the same day the
French troops landed and innrehed up
to within three miles of the town, which
had been strongly fortified by the Brit
ish. Surrender of tho post was de
manded, but General Prevost, the Brit
ish commander, requested a truce,
which was unwisely granted, for dur
ing the Interval he was reinforced and
then gave a defiant refusal to the de
mand for surrender.
A siege was begun on Sept. 2.1, last
ing until Oct 8, with varying success.
Just before dawn on Oct. 0 an assault
was made by the allies, nnd after five
hours of fierce conflict there was n
truce for the purpose of burying the
dead. While the British ha-! lost but
120 men, the Americans and French
had lost 1,000 in killed and wounded.
Among the latter was Count dEstaing,
who was carried to his camp. Count
Pulaski, while lighting at the head of
his legion, was mortally wounded by a
grapeshot During tho truce D'Kstalng
and Lincoln held a conferem-e. The
former, having lost umny men, wished
to abandon the siege, while Lincoln,
confident of ultimate success, desired
to continue It. The French commander
refused to further participate, and on
the evening of Oct 18 the French with
drew to their iJlilps ami the Americans
to the Savannah River. Thence Lin
coln retreated to Charleston,' and at the
beginning of November the fleet sailed
for France, thus closing tho Revolu
tionary campaign of 1779.
Ilia Mother.
We sit In one big chair, for mother's
little,
And rock and talk, sll in the firelight's
glow ;
She pats my hand, perhaps yon think It's
funny.
It's somehow easier to visit so.
She loves to read the very books that
I do,
That tell of Launcolot, and all the
rest ;
She thinks that Charlemagne wss such a
hero.
But maybe Bayard, bravest knight, was
best
She knows about the school, and what I
I atndy ;
She likes the boys,' remembers nick
names, too.
t tell her everything that I am dolug
Why, bedtime comes before we're near
ly through !
She's glad that I'm a boy, and growing
taller.
She Isn't sorry that my hair does curl.
My mother Is not like a grown-up lady;
I'm sure she always seems just like a
girl.
'Youth's Compauioni
Lincoln's Murb-qaoted Word a.
Perhaps the most famous address
ever made by Presldeut Lincoln Is the
one that he delivered nt the dedication
of the soldiers' monument on the bat
tlefield of Gettysburg, and the words
most quoted from It nre "the govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people." This phrase was, no
doubt, an unconscious quotation, for
the same words were used by Theodore
Tarker In an address to tho Anti-Slavery
Society, May 13, 18.14. Nor was
the phrase original with Purker. Dan
iel Webster, In 1830, used the wonbi,
"tho iieople's government, umdo for
the people, made by the people, and an
swerable to the people." And even be
fore Webster, Chief Justice Marslm!!
bad expressed tho same Idea In similar
phraseology.
Sblnlns: Urea.
Why do the eyes of some animals,
notably of the dog, the cut and the
horse, shine lu the dark? Naturalists
suy that It Is because their eyes secrete
a pigment of a brilliant metallic luster
nt the bottom of the eyeball, which acts
ns a concave reflector, causing tho rays
of light to traverse the retina a second
time. This probubly Increases the pow
er of vision, particularly where only a
feeble light Is admitted to the eye. The
choroid of tho human eye, on the con
trary, Is lined with a dark brown or
black pigment, which does not reflect
light. This peculiar construction of ani
mals' eyes Is part of the protective
tcheme of nature.
Topay.Turt x.
Jjp o) sjqjop qj Juuq
Mi) Ittds joiupttls aijj jjB s.ii u-itiAY
UUing early, Mrs. Hurley in her garde
Him ta iu ryv ;
The Century Co.
Alexander Hamilton.
Every now and then, a boy or a girl
who Is studying United Stotes history,
wants to know why Alexander Hamil
ton, who was born on the Island of Ne
vis, West Indies, was spoken of for tho
Presidency of the United States after
tho adoption of the Constitution. That
constitution, with the framlug of which
he had more to do than any otner man,
crhaps, says, "No person except a nat
ural born citizen, or n citizen of the
United States at the time of the adop
tion of this constitution, shall be cllgl
bio to the olllcc of President." Ilamll
ton wns eligible because he was n cltl
zcu nt the time the constitution was
adopted. No foreign-born citizen Is now
eligible, of course.
HEff COMES INTO HER OWW.
She Una a Pedigree Mow and Is
('arrfollr lira red hr Parmer.
It is not many years since a hen was
just a hen and nothing more. She had
no jiedigree, no aristocratic traditions,
no excluslveucss, no distinguishing fam
iiy traits or features. The black hen of
one season might lie. tho progenitor of
the bluck and while speckled pullet of
next year and her granddaughter of the
year after be of yellow or ml coloring.
It was all very uncertain. They were
Just simply barnyard fowls uud not
v,ei'.v much was -x;ected of them. Most
of them hud to scratch for a living ami
tj find roosting places where Is-st they
could.
All this has been changed. The hen
Is now a cherished part of the farmer's
live stock and the comfort nnd well be'
Ing of herself and family are well look
ed after. Special accommodations are
provided for her .md much Interest Is
tnken In her various forms of develop
x'lent. She Is no longer a scrub; she
has a linkage to which her owners point
with pride and which Is registered In
took of authority.
She must live up to a standard, too,
If she exjiex-ts ever to le rewarded by
being brought to a show. If she Is a
Plymouth Rock tiie markings of her
gray feathers must follow an establlsh
1 model ; If she Is a Cochin the feath
ers on her legs must extend only to a
certain mcusurc over her toes; If she
Is a black Spanish or a I-eguorn her
comb must have so many notches nnd
no more, and so on throughout the list
of Wyandot tes. Brahuius, games, etc.
A display of these aristocratic fowls
Is an Impressive siectaclc. Their vo
calization, too, It may be remarked, Is
a thing to bo remembered. Fed and
cared for with an especial view to their
visit to the city, they ere gorgeous to
behold and once having seen them the
observer can no longer think lightly
of the egg he consumes at breakfast or
of the fried chicken wliose toothsome
lies helps to mitigate life's asperities.
It Is right tbut the lien should come
to town now and then to be looked at.
It Is her due that the public for which
she does so much should come and ad
mire her. She nnd her tribe add vastly
to the wealth and prosjterlty of the.
State and it Is only fair that tho debt
to her stould be recognized. When her
week at the show Is over she will go
home und settle down to the steady
business of producing more eggs and
more prosiierlty, for In these modern
days she has nothing else to do. In
dlaiiapoll Star.
Marriaare No Joke In Kaaaaa.
Brides must not laugh while a mar
rlago is being performed In Kansas.
Because a young woman laughed while
the ceremony was being performed
Judge McCabo of Topeka stopped In
the middle of It and refused to con
tinue until she ceased, says the Phila
delphia North American.
The bride was MIna Brown of New
York, who wns being married to Wal
ter Jones.
"Marriage Is not a laughing matter,"
said Judge McCnbe when he stopped
the ceremony. "I will not perform a
marriage ceremony which Is regarded
as a luughlug uffulr. When you can
stop laughing and seem to realize Just
a little more that this Is not a side
show perhaps w will resume th cer
emony." Then the Judge wulked out of tho
clerk's otllce, where the ceremony was
being performed. The couple were Just
half married. Jones had sworn to
love, cherish and supisirt Miss Brown,
but Miss Brown owed br.n no allegi
ance of any kind. Miss Brown seemed
to enjoy the situation of being single
herself und still having Jones married
to her.
Jones exisistuluted with her for some
time, und nt length Informed the Judge
tliut the "lady Isu't laughing now."
The Judge went back to his perform-am-e
of the ceremony which made a
Jones of a Brown.
t'arlrle.
Thomas Carlylc, "the snge of Chel
sea," died without whining much per
sonal iKipuhirity, a fact, however,
which Is forgotten In admiration of his
genius. Carlylc exerted a greater In
fluence on Britlnh literature during
the middle of tho nineteenth century
and on the religious nnd political be
liefs of his time than possibly any oth
er British writer. lie never wrote a
line that he did not believe, and in
regard to style lie certainly bad no
suiKTlor. From the position of school
master in mi obscure village this great
Scotsman rose to ls a leader in tht
world of letters. Loudon Standard.
HreMkliitc the .enra ivntlr.
Foreman (at the door) Did ycr hus
band hov a new suit uv clo'cs ou this
mor-rnin', Mrs. O'Malley?
Mrs. O'Malley-He did.
Foreman They're roolued entirely.
Mrs. O'Malley How did ut happen;
Foreman He wus blowcd up lie n
charge av dlnuymite. Cleveland Lead
er. fteeda Sluoke 4'uuauoier,
"Frank, if you didn't smoke, I he
lleve I'd marry you."
"But, my dear, how can you e.oct a
man who Is burning up with love to
keep from smoking?" Denver post.
The Ouly a.
"1 Just put on a good faiv ulsmt tho
matter," remarked Miss Oldglrl.
"Indeed!" said Smartlcus. "What
surgeon did you go to?" Baltimore
American.
Travle.
"For the consideration of the edit
ors," prcMcrllMM the heeler, but he
found same short on said commodity,
he thinks. Yale Record.
Urt hiiurai-b '.
The comparative of broke is broker;
the suierlatlve is pawnbroker. Wis
consiu Sptiiux.
asn-aBBa-Haaasa-tiHavBaBasMS-B-BBBSS
Cincinnati Post
BROKEN TIES.
No use to weep for broken ties;
Betttr soar onward toward the skies.
As the silken thread that's broken
Is Just a sample token
Of a finer, stronger tie In silken gloss.
If you ve won that silken strand.
Know 'twas broke before the brand
Of your heart's own mold of true desire;
Then be happy that 'twas done,
Helped you nearer to the one
Tour ardent lov stamped deep in fire.
f Miss May hew's
psy Burglar
Obeying a sharp premonitory click
from the direction of the curtained al
cove where but a moment before all
had been quiet save for the steady,
sonorous breathing of n human being
behind the heavy drapery, Mr. BUI
Garlln dropped bis black bag of booty
to the floor and held his hands high
above his head. Experience bad taught
Mr. Garlln a number of things, and
one was that the etiquette of "the
drop" is not always recognized by a
peaceable householder awakened In the
dead hour of the night by a prowling
burglar. Therefore It was discretion
rather than cowardice that prompted
him, In the present Instance, to assume
the formal position of surrender with
out waiting for the verbal command.
A glance toward the alcove convinced
Mr. Garlln that he had Indeed acted
wisely. The shining weapon peeping
from the parted curtains was held with
disconcerting steadiness, and above and
beyond were two unwavering points of
optic light which contained & deadly
purpose not to lose the advantage held.
The marauder reassuringly spread his
fingers widely apart, realizing that the
very appearance of evil was here
menace to his physical wholeness, and
stood before his captor in the obscure
light more like the shadow of an elon
goeed statue than Bill Garlln, alias
Crackey," alius "Bill the Brick."
"A pretty fellow!" came In a rasp
ing voice from the curtains "a pretty
fellow to rob a lone woman ; and what
I'm going to do with you, that's the
question !"
"A leddy, by hookey," was Mr. Gar
Iln's inward comment "Beggln your
poldon, leddy, I've bloludered lnty the
wrong room," he continued aloud.
Hopln' you'll excuse me, I'll Just take
myself off."
"You villain, don't you dare to
move I" said the voice. "Do you think
that kind of a subterfuge would de
ceive anyone? As if you didn't know
that I have the entire proceeds of last
night's lecture here In my traveling
bag! Oh, this isn't the first attempt
that's been made to rob axe In my trav
els; hut no brute of a man ever en
tered my room before. Mighty lucky
I go armed and know bow to protect
myself. Now, I'm going eo keej) you
covered with this revolver while you
empty your iwckets of everything In
them. Then you'll step Into that ward
robe there and be locked lu while I call
the people of the house."
'Your poldou again, loldy," said Mr.
Garlln In a peculiar tone; "are you
Miss Gertrude Muyhew that lt-ctured
In the town hall here lust night?"
"Yes," came the brisk auswer. "Now
you lay your coat ou that chair and
hurry I"
'Then you'll remember .me, Miss
Mayhew," pursued tho burglar, losing
no time lu complying with tho sharp
command; "you'll remember little Wil
lie Garlln, surely why, you Joined me
to read, you did. In Sceneryvtlle, Ohio,
years aud years ago."
A queer sound came from ebe lips
of Miss Gertrude Mayhew, temperance
advocate and ex-schoolma'am. and tho
revolver In her hand descloed a nerv
ous seml-clrcle that i,ruught to Mr. Gar
lln a poignant fear of Its accidental
discharge. Then the curtains were sep
arated to permit the protrusion of a
head and a hand; In the latter held a
small night lamp, and the burglar saw
dimly the face of Ms boyhood's In
structor a face be would even yet
have recognized auywhere, though the
girlish features he remembered were
shadowed by the hard lines of a self
dependent woman of the world, whose
fifty years were umrked by straight.
Iron-gray hair, which in youth had
been of Inky blackness.
"A (iarllu and a burglar!" he heard
her murmur as If to herself. She re
placed the lamp behind the curtains,
not forgetting her control of the
weapon. "1 d know a Garlln any
where," lihe continued raptly. The
harsh tone cams back to her voice sud
denly, and sbo weut rv: "Yes, you are
Will Garlln, but you are a dangerous
criminal. Now, I want you to take
from each hip pocket a revolver, muz
zle down aud mind, ono little move
tho wrong way and I'll shoot."
"Honest, there's only one," be pro
THE SPRING'S CLEANmO-TJP TIME.
tested, and the weapon wns laid on the
floor.
Disarmed, be made a step toward ber
with a plea for mercy ou his lips.
"This means a good long trip for me,
Miss Mayhew, for there nre two or
three other things will come up against
me when I'm taken. I want you to
think a minute before you do what
can't be undid. I'm not as bad as many
of 'em. I never robbed a woman and
I always picks on the high-toned ones."
"Oh, I think you're bad enough, Will
Garlln bad enough to be put behind
the bars for a term, and I doubt not
your family would thank me for put
ting you there If they knew."
"My family!" he exclaimed. "Why,
they're all gone, Miss Mayhew all
gone. For the sake of them and the
days when you knew me an Innocent
boy In Sceneryvtlle, won't you let me
go? There was Art my older brother
you'll let me go for the sake of Art,
won't you Arthur, with bis blue eyes
and his gentle ways, that was so differ
ent from the rest of the Garllns?
Why "
Unconsciously he lowered bis bands
and placed one of them to his fore
head as If hhi memory troubled him.
Strange to say, no admonition came
from the curtains as he thus passed the
line of the woman's stern decree. In
deed, the revolver held In Miss May
hew's band rested there In a meaning-
I'm not as bad as uamt or 'eu.
less way, as If she had forgotten the
need of defending herself.
"Someway," continued Garlln after a
brief pause, "I'd forgot about Art and
you, so many things have happened
sluee I landed In that cursed New York.
After Art died, you know, we moved to
tho city, and that's where I got Into
tho company that's brought me to what
I am to-night"
Miss Mayhew's voice, high and
strained, came to him with a question.
"When did Arthur that Is, what year
did you move away from Sceneryville?
I I have never heard a word . from
there since I read of Arthur's mar
riage." Garlln. took another unheeded step
toward her. "You're ' mistaken. Miss
Mayhew," he said in an anxious tone
of explanation. "Art never married.
Dldnlt you know, Miss Mayhew,
he "
"William Garlln," Interrupted the
woman, and her voice still contained
Its note of some strange emotion, "don't
yon lie to me! Why do you say Arthur
never married? I saw tho notice of
his marriage to Kate Lenox In the
POEMS WE AIL REMEMBER. '
"CURFEW SHALL NOT RING TO-NIGHT."
Emily's white lips never faltered, for she tore the air to shreds,
Though around her was a circle of such sadly aching heads,
And she tangled up the hearth-rug, as she wildly would recite
To our awful admiration, "Curfew shall uot ting to-night!"
Sceneryville paper the week after t left
the town."
"Must have been another Arthur
Garlln, Miss Mayhew," averred the
man. "That part of the country's full
of Garlins, you know. He never forgot
you, Miss Mayhew; I'll swear to that
Why, he waited and waited for a letter
from you. and some wastln' disease
took hold of htm at last, and the doctor
told him he couldn't get well If he didn't
go to some new country. But he never
had but one reply when they wanted
him to go sway. 'When she writes to
me,' he'd say, 'then I'll go not before.'
And he never give up that he'd bear
from you some time. None of us ever
knowed what trouble had come between
you and him. He told us the da you
left that you'd be back In a month as
his wife, and that was all. But we
fcuowed It wasn't his fault you bad
never come, for in the last days of his
lifo he thought you was there, and
when be died be held the little locket
with your picture Inside tight In his
hnnd so we couldn't take it away."
The curtains rustled violently, and
Ms. Garlln, who had talked with down
cast eyes before the woman's stern
gnee, looked In thetr direction, sudden
ly realizing that he had been talking
rather feelingly of that which was mere
retrospect when the precious moments
should have been used to his own ad
vantage, ne stared, scarcely able te
believe his eyes when he found the
spot that bad so recently held bis lire
and freedom In subjection. The menac
ing revolver and the purposeful eyes
so longer confronted him ; the draperies
met in a heavy fold. Mr. Garlin tip
toed to his coat, to his weapon, and
softly made his way to the open win
dow. Still no sound, threatening or
otherwise. And yet
Did the sharp ears of the burglar
play him a trick as he lowered himself
from the sill, or did there come to iaton,
from the room he had Just left, faint'
and smothered, like the cry of an tin-,
prisoned thing at the door of Its cell, a
sound that was like a woman's sob?
Waverley Magazine.
Drerfna' Ilerolo Wife.
Oh, that poor dream of the wlf whn
should meet him with outstretched
arms. She was there, Indeed, In that
somber old city, Rennes : but as he
suffered, she, too, was to suffer. If.
among all the personages of this tragic
qr&raa, one was wortny of all respect,
thnt one was Lucie Dreyfus. During
five years she hod borne her suffering
with noble dignity : her faith had never
wavered; she had hidden from her ehii.
dren all knowledge of the awful trage
dy ; you bad thought there could go out
to ber only pity and admiration. Ah
you do not know how fierce a hatred
ournea in r ranee, in inose aays. Mad
ame Dreyfus was turned awav from
every hotel lu Rennes. Not one would
take tnis poor wire in ner name was
Dreyfus. The old woman who flnaliir
gave her house-room was stoned and
uooiea in me streets. Ana an tills night
of the "traitor's' return a mob hung
round her doors or drank In a tavern
over the way, shouting the while a
song of "Death to the Jews!" Sue
cess Magazine.
The boy who plays truant fr.n
school never has us much fun us he1
anticipated.
