DOW MISSOURI WAT.
Waaaa'e Rane lw aa4 Oraa
labjact (or Favarable
Ctaatik
Those who have visited Canada are
always Impressed with the atrlct ob
servance that U firm to the lawa of
the country, and the order that la
" prewired everywhere. The editor of
the Gazette of Fulton, Net., recently
paid a visit to western Canad:t. IK
waa ao Impressed with the conditions
that be saw everywhere that on bis
return home he svaa Inspired to write
a follower
"Reverence and respect for law Is a
domlnnut characteristic of the Cans
dlan people. Wherever one goes In
Canada, whether east or west, the law
la supreme. The law la Obeyed because
It is law, seemingly, and not because
violation carries a penalty. Canada
enforces the law and makes every lnw
effective. No country Is more free
than Canada. In name Canada Is a
dependency of the British crown. In
fact, it is almost a third republic. All
Its taxes are voted, collected and ex
pended by the Dominion and the pro
vlnces. The nominal head of the gov
eminent is the governor general, ap
pointed by the English crown. Prac
tically hla only authority Is to veto
the acts of parliament, which hs scarce
ly ever exercises. Canada gives nothing
to the support of the English govern
ment or the English king. She gives
England the advantage in trade regu
lations and tariff laws, and in return
receives the protection of the British
army una navy. Canada enjoya the pro
tection without sharing In the ex
pense. The sule of liquor la strictly recti
la ted. None but hotelkeepers may ob
tain license to vend the stuff, and he
fore a license can be secured an appli
cant muft prove good cbarsctci mid
provide 20 rooms In bis tavern tor ilit
accommodation of guests. The bar
rooms close at 7 o'clock Saturday
evening and remain closed until Mon
day morning. The schools and churehea
In western Canada excite admiration.
(Though new, western Canada Is not
Godless. The finest buildings In every
town are the churches. Next come
the school houses."
Tinning to the wheat ileldi of wert
em Canada, the editor of the Laurel
(Neb.) Advocate of Sept 17, says: "I
have often thought that the reason
that the characters of Charles Dlek
na are so Impressed upon the mind
of his readers la because he dwells
upon them so long and describes them
eo minutely that by the time one has
'waded through bla long drawn out
etorles tbey are ao burned Into his
brain that he can never forget them.
!lt wa-i this way with the Canadian
wheat fields. Had we only seen a few
the memory of them might have worn
away in time, but a long drawn on I
vAinrrirurc aucn as wo naa is sure in
leave an Ineffaceable Impression
Never while we live shall we forgot
the Canadian wheat fields.' They call
It the granary of the British Empire
and we don't blame 'era. Nobody who
has seen their wheat fields can wonder
nt their enthusiasm."
It is worth while to record that
these fields have now been harvested,
and In many cases yields as high as
forty and fifty bushels per acre have
been marketed, while the general av
erage hag been away above twenty
bushels per acre. Oats and barley
have also done well, and the profits,
the prurs or grains being. high, have
paid the entire cost of the farms of
many a farmer. There Is now ion
crea of land given away, In addition
to the 180 acres that the homesteader
may purchase at $3.00 an acre. Par
tlculars of thia aa well aa the lowest
railway rates will be given by the Ca
Badlan government agent.
1 TO CURB A COLD Ilf ONE DAY
Ease LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets,
rusfliti rtfund money If It falls to curs.
W.OHOVICi signature Isoneach box. 20c.
Taoavat Oaly of (he Dynatnlta.
8ome grim atoriea are told of Lord
Kitchener, says the United Service Ca
ctte. and we have read one which. ai.
though we cannot vouch for the truth
f It, has a decided Kitchener flavor
fcbout It A young aubaltern who was
i in caarge of some works that were In
.course of construction In the Punjsb
had the misfortune to lose some na
(tlve workmen through an accident wltb
Hynamlte. Fearful of a reprimand from
headquarters, bo telegraphed to tba
jommander In chief : "Regret to report
killing of twelve laborers bv dvnamit.
ecldent." Back la said to hava enntw
the laconic message: "Do von .
ny more dynamiter
Pablle Hatha of Lara; CKIaa.
Our present national movement to
get the denizens of our congested cities
next to godliness la now progressing
rapidly, according to reports beine- r.
toeived by the Federal bureau of la-
Dor, Which show that about 40 of our
iblf urban centers now provide public
atns. Among these Boston takaa th.
(lead with 10 public bathing beaches, 12
,publlc floating baths and one public
pool. Next to tbla record of 23 public
hatha ranks that of Greater New York
with 20, and then that of Philadelphia
with 15.
Hade Jarry.
What tbtv rail 'honor I- . i.i...
curious wing," observed Uncle Jerry Pee
jklea. "I know a man who would cheer
Jfulry atarve himself to pay a gainblin'
debt, and be still owes tbe preacher thai
married him twenty-seven years ago."
I BED-BOUND FOB MONTHS.
,BW Akaadoata Attar Fhyalelaae'
Coaaaltatlaa.
Mrs. Enoa Shearer, Yew and Wasb
Itsarton Sts.. Centralis. Wash ov.
,J"h't)T yeers I was weak and run down.
couiu not sleep, my
limbs swelled and the
secretions were trou
blesome; puius were
Intense. I waa fast
n bed for four
. I. .. TM - jk.
! ; JT-'X " W there waa
. V..f,V.',' -V .... - - -. -
A.,vO i. ture ,or me ana i
xftiLi& ' Biven up to die.
Being urged, I used
.-Doan's Kidney Pills. Soou I waa bet
'ter and ,lu a few weeks waa about the
'house, well aud strong again."
- Sold by all dealers. SO tents a box
jFoatar-OlUbiira (X, Buffalo, N. X.
The Chauffeur
and
Copyrlrht, 1), bp J. B. LirriiccorT Conrmr.
Alt richU renrTad.
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CHAPTER X.
8ome days after the Trinre del Pino
made bis first appearance in Washing
tin, two people were talking In the draw
nig room of a small house in S street
at the hour which the French call, so
mriously, "between tbe dog and tbe wolf.'
Of tbe pair in the gloaming, the man
was standing up with his back to an at
tenuated mantelpiece, against which he
leaned bis huge framo, gingerly looking
down from time to time at the girl oppo
site in the depths of a Market-Harbor
ough chair.
"Think of it I" he was saying, in rath
er subdued tones. "I was actually on
my way here yesterday, just coming out
cf the Shoreham, when the cable was
banded me. You got my note telling you
that I couldn't keep my appointment?
bat was it we were going to do? Oh
yes, go up the Monument. Yesterday
seems about five hundred years ago!"
"It was very good of you to come and
tell me about it," the girl said gently;
"very friendly."
"Was it?" Gerald Bulet wheeled ab
ruptly around and stared with sudden
absorption out of the window. It wss
kinder of you to let me," he said. "There's
a certain relief in talking. When that
cable ca.sje yesterday" lie broke off aud'
denly. and then continued, in an odd
choked voice, "Well, that sort of unex
pected shock rather knocks over a man I
To lose poor old Jack my only brother
And then this later news coming right
n top of it "
Again he could go no further.
Annette left her chair Impulsively and
stood beside him, all the womanliness,
the latent strength In her, reaching out
to the poor fellow stricken in a strange
land.
"It Isn't certain yet," she said sooth
ingly, stroking his rough coat sleeve with
sublime unconsciousness, "about your
father; I mean the cable was it quite
hopeless?"
There was a slight pause and Gerald
turned towards her a very set face.
"Quite 1" he said shortly.
Then with a certain shy awkwardness
he took her hand and held it a moment
"Thank you," be said huskily; "you've
been very good to me, Miss Bancroft.
He shook himself determinedly into the
commonplace. "You were surprised,
weren't you, when I turned up the other
day, end asked you to take me in hand
and show me the sights here? I really
don't know what made, me come to Wash
ington ! Can't Imagine, for the life of
me!"
The girt beside him had a shrewd sus
picion that she could 1 Even when the
sttrscting magnet Is removed, the force
of habit still dominates us In a measure.
drawing us all unconsciously in the old
directions.
"Have you seen or beard anything of
Gussie lately?" Bulst now asked, with
massive carelessness, turning to go.
Annette shook her head.
"No," she said, tactfully avoiding his
mharrawcd eye. "I saw in the Post
i list she'd been dining at one of the em
bassies Inst night."
"Del Pino was there, too," remarked
Muist, completing her information with
surprising accuracy, "and be was at the
horse show with her that afternoon. I
oppose they're together all the time."
Here be felt it Incumbent to shrug his
ahoulders loftily. "That's what he's here
for."
"So you think that's what he's here
for?" echoed the girl.
There wss the faintest hint of interro
gation, incredulity In ber tones, that made
Muist glance curiously at the small fig
ure, the dim, opaque shading of tbe June
twilight accentuating the blonde fairness
of her hair and childish outlines of face
snd figure with mellowed distinctness.
"Why," he drawled, "any one can see
that tbe men wanta to marry Guasie, and
I really don't see any special reason why
she shouldn't take him, do you?"
His air of impersonal unconcern and
Indifference waa a sorry mask through
which a pair of miserably anxious eyea
ipiestioned Annette's face.
Woman-like, she outwardly evaded the
appeal even while answering It "Do $&
really think they're in love with each
other?" she asked quietly.
"Love!" Gerald hastily assumed the
liluuk, unrecognlslng expression with
which one repeats the name of an unde
xirahle and half-forgotten acquaintance.
"What Is love?" He nsrrowed his eyes,
viewing the word through a mental mi
croscope with scientific Impersonality.
"Well, I suppose the thing exists, but
it's Just a sort of temporsry disease that
sttneks one at times! Most of us have
it, or think we have which is the same
thing. But If you've been through It
once, you're Immune, that's one great,
great comfort you'll Never catch it
again!"
He spoke with ssvsge conviction, con
scious of scars which were still painful
to the touch. "No, I think Gussie and
Del Pino are too entirely sane to fall iu
love lucky for them I They're simply,
in cold blood, making what your papers
would call 'a brilliant match.' He has
tbe title, and she everything else!"
"He has the title!" repeated Annette.
She was staring at the honest-fsced
man before her, marveling at hla utter
unconsciousness of his own probably
rual advantages in that respect at that
moment. Certainly, as far ss rsnk snd
us devotees were concerned, there wss
'Ittle to choose between the Prince del
I'ino snd the new Earl of Lindsay. If
Gerald only realised It, chance the eter
nal chance was bis to-day.
Annette's lips parted Impulsively and
i lien closed again. It seemed such a pit
iful waste that a loyal, unselfish love like
his should be sacrificed on ambition's al
tar. Tbe girl spoke with sudden heat, "aus-'
ie is my cousin, Mr. Buist," she said de
terminedly; "do you think, knowing her
as we both do, csrlng for her," she look
ad away as she spoke "tell me frankly
do you think that she eouM m.v. .
man who loved her happy, that he would
be content -well! with what she has to
give?"
Gerald did not hesitate an lnstsnt. "I
should rsther think she could." he said,
with a sincerity that wss almoat pathetic.
"The man who loved Guasie would be
thankful for anything she could give
him."
Then, stiffening with the inevitable
contraction that followed such unaccus
tomed expansion, he shook bands formal
ly with bis small hostess.
"Got all my boxes to pack, you see
have to be off by tbe ten-thirty train so
as to take to-morrw's steamer front New
York. Good-by."
Annette followed hm to the eW.
the Jewels
LJIth Morgmn Wlltett
"Don't you think" she made np her
mind quickly "wouldn't It be posslbl
for yon to stop In and see Gnssle if only
for a moment this sfternoon? I think
she'll be hurt If she finds you've been
here without looking her up."
"I'm afraid I can't flatter myself."
Bnist's tone was determinedly brisk. "Be
sides, why should she know? You'll hsve
to keep my secret, Miss Bancroft." He
backed Into the hall. "There's a great
don I to be done and it's getting beastly
late."
Indeed, the little hsll outside wss nn
deniably dim.
Feeling for his hat with some haste In
the shade, Buist dislodged a sheaf of
csrds, stuck In the rsck, that came pelting
him with light touches, and, even as he
opened the door, one fell fluttering ou
on to the step outside, where the faint
Italian script stared up at him Impudent
ly, revealed by the fading light: "Prince
lloderlgo del Pino, and a curious crest,
Tbe mark o the besstl Again the
track of those alien footsteps that bad
Invaded his hunting ground.
Buist stared at the little atrip of paste
board with a puiiled frown. When had
he been here? He closed the door with
sn exasperated slam and stalked down
the steps.
Certainly Annette had had very little to
say about Del Pino, yet on the other
hand, what waa there to be said? Why
shonld not one fellow pessenger of tbe
Majestic hunt up another? and what pos
sible concern was It of bis Gerald Buist?
His mind reverting to nearer, more
personsl, more painful matters, the Eng
lishman made bis wsy thoughtfully to
the S street corner. But at the lamp
post he came to a sudden halt.
Standing quite still, he looked ahead
of him, a very keen look In his eyes, for
there, coming up the avenue toward him
with familiarly jaunty gait was a slim.
supple, unmistakable figure.
"Ah !" ejaculated Bulst.
His face set In uncompromising creases,
be went forward again, looking stiffly
ahead of him.
"Not my friend M. Bnlstr Del Pino
stopped short. "This Washington, In
deed, supplies the unexpected." He sera
tinized the Englishman with smiling eyes
that told nothing. "What In the world
are you doing here?"
Buist ignored the cordially outstretched
hand.
Very much what you are, I fancy,'
he returned, with such conspicuous lack
of cordiality on his part that the other's
smile broadened and deepened.
"Then you must be amusing yourself
very successfully," he commented airily
ror me my kind friends here provide
continually some agreeable divertissement
Mais a propos you come perchance from
S street?" The smile died out of the
slanting eyes, which acquired a sudden
metallic glint. "How Is the charming
Miss Bancroft?"
For an Instant Bulst contemplated the
Italian somberly, and then, turning on his
heel, "You will probably have an oppor
tunity soon of judging for yourself," he
rejoined curtly. "Good afternoon." And
be strode on with a somewhat unneces
sarily martial tread.
Why In the world waa Del Pino hang'
ing around here? That waa a question
that was agitating him aa he tramDed
down the avenue.
Annette waa an uncommon good sort:
with unwonted enthusiasm the English
man admitted that, even though his loy
alty, his Irrepressible pride in the wom
en he had loved for so long, told him
that the girl's modest attractions could
not be considered In the running with
Ou sale's.
Gerald thought he understood what for
eigners of Del Pino's stamp' admired in
women, which made it seem all the more
mysterious to him that this man in fact
that any man, whom Mrs. Waring de
lighted to honor, should have the oppor
tunity, let alone the inclination, to appre
ciate Annette Bancroft
What ax did the Italian expect to rrind
In S street? Waa he playing s double
game with two women, or a very alert
look came Into Gerald's eves was he
sit tt It entirely as far as one of them
was concerned? Could it be possible that,
even at tun tbe eleventh hour, with ev
erything in his favor, the Prince del Pino
had been turned down?
Buist reached this overwhelming ques
tion point and Dupont Circle simultane
ously, and stood a moment considering
the situation ; then, half mechanically, he
turned Intn Masaachusetts avenue. He
walked rapidly, with an absorbed look on
bis grave face, bis rather slow mind grap
pling with a problem that' was bewilder
ing enough. Why should Mrs. Waring's
accepted lover have called on Annette
Bancroft twice within three days unless
he was not Mrs. Waring's accepted
lover?
Gerald's steps unconsciously slackened.
Half a doxen doors away from him loom
ed up a white exterior of ornate lines,
an exterior with which, though Geruld
bad never crossed its threshold, he seem
ed oddly familiar.
"I suppose," he muttered, consulting
his watch intereatedly, "that it would be
better form to stop In there for a few
minutes! One likes to do tbe decent
thing."
He stepped up the drlvewsy and hesi
tated again In front of the Imposing door
of Mrs. Waring's bouse, ss diffident and
self-distrustful aa if bo were the humblest
book agent instead of the possessor of
unquestioned rank and several millions of
good English pounds sterling.
"It's ridiculous, my calling here under
the circumstances!" he told himself
sternly. And then, "Perhaps." the after
thought came eagerly on tiptoe, "she'll be
sorry when I tell her the news from Eng
land." And buoyed up by sudden hopefulness
Gerald Buist rang the bell.
CHAPTER XI.
Dinner at Chevy Chase was nearins
Its close.
Along tbe broad, trellised versndss,
hung with Chinese lanterns and vivid
posters, were dotted the small, round ta
bles, each surrounded by half a dozen
members snd their guests, whose chatter
rose interruptedly.
Ixwking around him, his Impression
able senses pleasantly thrilled by the
light the color, the movement of the gay
scene, the mock Prince del Pino felt
an exhilaration, a rich enjoyment of the
present, which was not entirely due to
the champagne he had drunk.
This waa to be hia last night he told
himself that, as bo had many a time be
fore during his Washington weak, with
the secret consciousness tbat the marrow
would find him still on the stage, playing
aie Part to tne ssme appreciative andW
V -a AIIf lll'mi IJITmill Ul HI lUrSf aWir"
rlnvl RaMn kannma A m nn nlan M.sa
h. . '"7""
the glare of the footlights. He really
msUks hLlTfJ y00 u
?mA I.a u m d ' ,'V "P J?'
which fasd become second nature to him.
' Sested at Mrs. Wsring's right with
five other chosen spirits surrounding her
table, himself the bright psrticulsr In-
minary of the occasion, the mock prince
kept the talk and laughter up to concert
pitch, while efficient waiters kept hlra
t!.1 .L. ...II ,
u,.iinj witn mo uencnciPB wmca am
syDarmc soul crsved, while on every aids
",','..' '
"'"SnYld 'ST Lev one.,,, at .
Psrislan cafe In the Bols," he acknowl
-
edged, with a reminiscent sigh.
Gussie met his glance smilingly. In
deed, her attention had been pretty obvi
ously consecrated to him throughout the
entire meal, much to the disgust of her
host, a stodgy Senator, at whose right
hsnd she sat.
"Yes, it is a bit like Paris," she assent
ed, In answer to the other remsrk. "The
open-air restaurant effect, and then the
cosmopolitan type of the crowd I"
"The crowd!" echoed the mock prince.
He shrugged his shoulders, lowering his
voice significantly, then, In rapid French.
"Must there always be the crowd? Can
one never see yon alone?" Ills heavy
eyea met hers for the fraction of a min
ute. "Remember, I am to drive you back
In my motor!"
Gussle's answer wss drowned In the
sudden rattle of chairs as the people at
the tables rose to their feet.
"No, I shall not forget 1" she smiled at
him over her shoulder, moving off and
leading the way towards the veranda
steps.
A moment later the little party were
out on the lawn, grouped under the dense
shadow of a copper beech, Its rustling
tops blotting tbe night sky. Settling him
self some distance from Mrs. Waring,
now tete-a-tete with her host, Sarto lean
ed back lazily in the wide garden chair.
a curiously sardonic smile on his Hps, aa
be watched the Senator eagerly making
the most of Gussie's brief attention.
How little he imagined this man of
politics and money that, under the
Prince del Pino's mask, a very humble
rival had already distanced him I How
little the woman opposite realized that
her hopes, Inclinations and ambitions
were all centered on her ex-chauffeur 1
During the whole course of Sarto's
present perilous career never had his star
seemed more ln the ascendant, never had
the winning cards seemed more certainly
in his grasp, than at that very moment
when fate, ln the person of a middle-aged
Russian diplomat, was pursuing him all
unconsciously over tbe Chevy Chase lawn.
"Ah, Meeses Wareeng!"
At the sound of the familiar sibilant
tones, Sarto leaned forward with a start,
hardly able to believe his eyes and his
ears. For, standing under the beech tree
only a few feet away, shaking hands
effusively with Gussie, waa a lithe, well
known shadow.
Well, you are a gad-about!" Mrs.
Waring was ejaculating. "One minute
In Newport the next in Washington, and
welcome everywhere. Prince !" she rais
ed her voice. "Here is a joyful surprise.
Your long-lost friend Count SouravleSl"
(To be continued.)
VERY KIND.
The Caller, lloivever, Waa TrrlaaT
oa One'a genalbllltlea.
Elizabeth, giiinciiig out of the win
dow, gathered up her embroidery with !
an instinct of tllght, then sank resign
edly back into her chair.
"What Is the mutter?" her cousin
Jessie asked, curlouk.y.
"The matter Is Miss 'Liza Pettln-
glll," Elizabeth replied. "I waa too
late I m discovered. You may enjoy
the next hour, Jessie."
Miss Eliza came up at once, preceded
by her own cheery voice. She waa an
alert smiling little woman the last ;
one to be suspected of a gift for brula-
ing susceptible feelings. She greeted !
me ramny, met Jessie with warm cor
dlallty, and then drew a piece of em-
broidery from her work bag.
"It's for your birthday, Alice," she
said. "You thought I'd forgotten,
didn't you? But the older one gets the
more I make a point of remembering
the birthdays. When you were twenty-three
there were plenty of beaux and
all to send you things, but when a
girl gets to be thirty It's different and
old friends count more."
"You are very klud," Alice replied.
with difficulty.
Oh, I like to do It," Miss 'Liza an
swered, cheerfully. "Ellznbeth. I've
been ' so distressed over something I
said the other day. Jane Cartwrlght
was speaking of the way you were
changing in your looks lately, and I
snld you were growing to look Ilka
our Aunt Lydla Wndsworth. After
wards I was afrnid you'd hear It add
not like It girls nre so sensitive attout
such things for Lydla Wndsworth was
n fine woman, but her best friend never
could say she was handsome. So I
wanted to tell you that It was Just the
Wadsworth nose und mouth. Your hair
and eyes are better thun here. I've
been so disturbed over it."
You are very kind." Elizabeth
echoed Alice.
Miss 'Liza was chatting on blithely.
It was to Mrs. Chase now.
"I met your boy Stuart downtown
yesterday, and I declare I didn't know
him. I hope he didn't think I meant
to pass without speaking, ne bad
grown ao sort of hollow-cheeked. I
hate to think I've pnssed a boy that
way, for they're real sensitive some
times underneath. I wouldn't worry If
I were you. I think he'll pick up be
fore long. I've always Bald If Stuaii
could only grow stouter he'd be aa line
boy aa I'd care to see." j
"You are very kind," Mrs. Chase
said, faintly.
When Miss 'Liza left at last, after
unierous cheerful farewells. Jessie
looked at the others comuilseratlngly.
iou poor things, how do you stand
It?" she cried.
"She Is a living example of the fine
art of how not to apologize," Elizabeth
answered, wblmslcnllv. "V tr tn
ccpt her In a chastened spirit of meek-'
liess. She is. I Biinnosn .ww1 tn. ...
souls. And underneath she la realle
very kind." Youth's Companion.
Another Thruat.
Eva 'reading novel) She riveted
her eyes.
DW-k You don't say?
Eva And then she dropped them.
Dick My! My! Just like a woman.
She can nsver null or rivet anything se
curely.
i XBIS 13 A FAIR "FOR LOVERS.
essaaaa
fear m . .
""" "ie oi Laaembsrx Chooaa
, Thie Kntara ii.aband.
r,Ey'Ty mr' " t,,e nrat Thursday In
recen'r, the peasants of tbe province
- -.mu. - , , ,., . .
Luxembourg flock Into Its chief town,
ArJon' ln "-a-banca, mrta and every
0cr p"'rlPtln of vehicle ln order to
,ttpn Ue "lovers' fair." The young
people strike up acquaintance, while
their parents exchange confidences as
U. " . "
m wie prmsiDlllty Oi a match. The
, young men, who Invariably are dressed
, in their best black clothes, offer pres-
h. their choice "and
pron e as r .. a m
..... i,v, lul u, i-1 a wii B lornini
m a
engagement. These operations take
Place openly In streets, In houses of re
rreshnient nnd in the public gardens.
All this, however, In only a prelim
Innry nnd of but slight Interest com
pared with what follows, says the Kan
sns City Star. If two young folks be
eome mutually attracted nt this "fair."
tho respective families apply to a mar
rinse broker, or. as he Is called, "a holy
man." This person becomes the hnn
ored guest In the house of the parents
of both contracting parties. He mnke
himself acquainted with their exact so
fl.il position, their habits of life, their
tastes; transmits these details to th
"other side," Indicates how housckeep
Ing may be best started on the given
conditions; In short, he "fixes up" the
marriage. These brokers or holy men
nre generally counted as first-rate
trenchermen and wine swallowera
All the same, they are held in consld
erable esteem by the two families, at
whose tables they are accorded the
place of honor.
A month later that Is to any, on the
first Thursday In the New Year there
Is a second "fair" at Arlon. Here the
lovers formally plight their troth, the
families give their mutual consent to
Hie union, nnd the broker receives his
remuneration consisting of a eommls
sion on the amount of the dowry, and.
In accordance with an ancient custom,
n pair of top boots and a to? hat
Legal Information
By the laws In force ln the Indian
Territory nn action at law may be in
stituted against a person usurping an
oillce, either by the State or by the
party entitled to the office. This is In
lieu of scire facias and quo warranto
; or nn information ln the nature of a
I quo warranto. But according to the
, decision of the Court of Appenls of the
j Indian Territory in Re Le Bosquet v.
i Myers, 103 Southwestern Reporter, 770.
I he statutory provisions apply only to
public ollicers, nnd not to proceedings
' for the ouster of officers of a private
! corporation.
The United States Circuit Court for
ibe Southern District of New York, in
United States v. l!elware, Lnckawnn
m nnd Western Railroad Company,
112 Federal Reporter. 20!), holds that
i shipment from New York City to Buf-
ijo by way of New Jersey nnd Penn-
vlvnnln' is interstate commerce, and
Unit, therefore, the giving of rebates
on such shipment violated the inter
state commerce act As supporting au
thorities are cited Hanley v. Kansas,
etc., R. Co., 187 U. S. 617, 23 Supreme
Court Reporter. 214. 47 L. Ed. 333;
Lord v. Steamship Co., 102 U. S. 541.
M L. Ed. 224; Pacific Coast Steamship
IX v. Railroad Commissioners, 18 Fed
eral Reporter, 10.
In order to protect the levees ln the
I esha Levee District agnlnst the well
snown proclivities of hoes to root, sn.l
i bus weaken the levees, the Arkansas
, Legislature has provided for the sum
J innry destruction of hogs running at
Luge on such levees. This law is ln
I Koss v. Dcslm Levee Board, 103 South
: western Reporter, 3S0, by the Arknn
: ".is Supreme Court, held to be a valid
exercise of the police power of tho
state. The court says: "The State.
; vliere It has the power to provide for
oestructlon of property, may authorize
I ilii'J lo be done summarily la cases
white the property is of no great value
j Mid the emergency is auch as not to
-Limit of delay."
Wrordlng to the decision of the New
' 'Vk Supreme Court ln Brooklyn Du
elling Company v. Standard Distilling
.mil Distributing Company, 105 New
York Supplement, 204, the New York
:ntl-trust law does not Invalidate a
''iie of a distillery to a corporation or
1 unitized to create a monopoly In the
iiiinufacture nnd sale of alcoholic and
ilrltuous liquors, even though the
: issor knew that the motive of tho
I'Hsee In taking the lease was to create
i monopoly. The court takes the posi
lioii that the law does not prevent a
' ; Troon from buying or lenslng property
n furtherance of the creation of a
i Monopoly. The controlling point with
j lie court was that the lessor did not
'n nny way become a party to the llle
1 .sn I combination or participate to any
extent ln the scheme to avoid the law.
Mala Had a Good Memory.
"I was at Tampa when a negro tean
ier waa Instantly killed by an army
ii ule, and it furnished a good Illustra
tion of the wonderful memory that a
mule hns.
".y"!?" 1
' that mule unmercifully. Instead of
using strategy and coaxing his mule
into submission, he used to beat It hard
I enough to kill a horse. Well, for two
I months tho teamster didn't drive that
niuIe' But the luu,e never forgot hu"'
ue never maue nny auempi 10 injure
his new driver, who knew enough to
treat him decently. But one day the
old teamster came back. The mule re
membered him. He waited with as
much docility and patience aa au ox
until ho was harnessed, and then, when
",e 'a nis gunra. ne
" l u' ",lu u"lu UCL,D' "S"i i"" "eKro
In the pit of the stomach and stretched
him out as dead as a hammer. The
other teamster waa atanding right
there by him, but tbat mule didn't make
any attempt to kick him. He bad Jurt
'been laying for the fellow who wal
liic1 him two months before, and when
he hnd flnlslied him he waa satisfied."
Buffalo Hcise World.
A farmer would rather drive tweu
ty-flve mile than write a letter.
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laa lis F
BE GAVE AWAY HIS STORE.
Hot the Mest Pay Ho Derided He
Wonid sni it
To a certain city there came, once
upon a time, n certain man with
. 11111 " "rlam "1,ln
glorious Ideas of fads and fashions and
tl:o goods to represent them, snys the
, Kansas City Star. He opened up a
pretty little shop, placed some "erea-
Hong" In the windows and then waited,
' Mnr nffoe fin 'nt i, ih. n r.t
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customcrs he confidently expected also
rushed hy. They didn't even hesitate
at Ills window display, and the man
wnxed exceedingly sore.
"It's a jay town," snld the man. "It
s a I don't core what It Is. They
cn't know the real goods when they
o them. Here I've paid duty on all
-hese fine tilings. Just to bring them
rrom Tarls, nnd the women . Hr. !
They go somewhere else and buy Amer
ican goods. Think of It, American
goods !"
And the man stood In his doorway
nch day with oppenllng Invitation in
ii eye to nil who passed. Flunlly the
ppeal was gone from his face snd he
Hked grave and hnrd sot. His fine
frocks and pretty hats were still In the
tore. and Ills friend found him with
teeth grit as he stopped to call.
"Business?" he growled. "Business?
There's no such thing ns business.
Here I've got the finest stock of dainty
things and say!" His excitement was
setting the better of him. "Say! If
somebody would only come In nnd ask
'or something It wouldn't be so bad.
I'd "
A fashionably dressed woman at that
moment turned Into the doorway, and
he proprietor, wreathed In smiles,
iiowed his acknowledgment of her
all.
"Something I can show you, madam?"
he Inquired.
She looked carelessly at the finery In
the cases and said :
"Have you nny men's overshoes?"
The poor man's hands went to his
head and his agonlzd countenance
warned the customer that Bhe bad
made a terrible mistake. When she
had gone the man crept meekly to his
friend.
"Overshoes!" he grasped. "That's
what I get with a stre full of it's
all over. I give everything away.
Take the place I don't want It. Over
shoes ! Bah !"
And be clapped his hat on hla bead
ind marched out of the store.
The next day a sign in the window
read: "I'm sellincr out."
New York has an area of 209,218
acres.
Irish cows yield from 300 gallons of
milk to over 1,000. In one case the AH things were glad and free; :
yield was 1,409 gallons. , Lithe squirrels darted here and there,
American nnd English locomotives An !:ild birds f h6 ecboins tir
are to be used largely on the private Wlth "DgS f 1,berty
railway lines ln Austria, about 2.000 0n him alone was the doom of pain,
mil AD s u1.lk A. a . .
"l nmuu ure 10 ne purenasea by
me government next year, at n cost of
about $15,000,000.
Among the applicants at Carrlck-on-Shaunon
(England) post ollice for an
old-age pension form was a man named
rat Reynolds of tho Cootehall Dis
trict who has attained the patriarchal
nge of 109. He is hale and hearty and
In full possession of all hla faculties.
Ogden Mills Reld, only son of White-
Jaw Reld, publisher of the New York
Tribune, hns begun work as a reporter
on hia father's paper. Young Mr. Reld
I who is 25 years old, is a Yale crndu-
I
ate or the class of 1904. Subsequently
he took a course at the Yale ' Law
School.
A supply of sponges from Yucatan
may be looked for ere long. There U
a large growth of fine sponges left ui
touched so fur, as the native divers u.
not usually take sponges nt a greater
depth thnn fifteen feet. The better class
grow In the greater depths, nnd these
are now to be gathered.
MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood was in at-
tendance nt the maneuvers of the Ger
1 man army In Alsace Lorraine, wbk-n
came to nn end Sept. 10. He speaks
' highly of the courtesy of the Germnn
! military authorities. From Saarbruckuu
I Gen. Wood went to France, where lie
wns present nt the French mnneuvers.
The foreign trade of Japan In th
lirst five months of this year decreased
by $13,000,000. Imports exceed exports
by about $ 40,000,000, against $:tO,000.
000 in the first live months of l!)t)7. Of
the decrease $12,000,000 was In exports.
Imports of machinery, however, cmi
tlnue to Increase steadily, showing that
manufacturing In Japan Is developing
The imports, ns n whole, totnled $1011.
000,000 and exports $00,000,000. a total
trade of $178,000,000. reckoning the yen
at 50 cents American.
The Congress ut La Tuz, the capital
of Bolivia, has passed tbe bill which
orders that hereafter the export duty
paid on copper and bismuth, the chief
products of the country, shall be In ,
projmrtlon to the price of those articles
in Europe on the day they are exported
from Bolivia. The Congress la discuss- j
ing another bill presented by the gov-
eminent, to the effect that the national
- -nd a,,- j
ver bars to European mints, and when
they return, coined, the lnw shall pro
hlblt the export of that money.
Old Theory Coslrmcd.
Tommy, whose nose was out of Joint
, tiad been permitted to see the new baby
in its bath.
Where's his other leg?" he asked,
ejelng the Infant with strong disfavor.
"It's doubled up under him," ex
plained the nurse.
Yes!" he snorted. "Jes like de
lamed stork what brung '1m!" Puck.
Mr. Oaaymaa.
"I Just dropped In to kill a little
lime."
"Well, please drop out again. I
haven't any time that needs killing."
Houston Post.
Every one is occasionally shocked
when be reullzea how easily be be
comes reconciled to tbe death of a
friend.
Old Favorites S
Mra. Lofty and I.
Mrs. Lofty keeps a carriage,
So do I ;
She has dapple grays to draw It .
None have I ;
She's no prouder with her coachman
Than am I
With my blue-eyed, laughing bsy,
Trundling by ;
hMt hi, face Ie9t he ;houIJ
, The cherub boy. and envy me.
j
i
Her fine husband has white fingers.
Mine has not ;
He could give his bride a palnca
Mine a cot;
Hers comes home beneath the starlight
Ne'er cares she ;
Mine comes in the purple twilight
Kisses me.
And prays that He who turns life's sand
Will hold His loved ones In His hand.
Mrs. Lofty hss her jewels.
So have I ;
She wears hers upon her bosom
Inside I ;
She will leave hers at Death's portal,
By-and-by ;
I shall bear my treasure with me
When I die;
For I hsve love snd she hss gold ;
She counts her wealth mine caa't be
told.
She has those who love her station.
None have I ;
But I've one true heart beside me
Glad am I ;
I'd not change it for a kingdom.
. No, not I ;
I God will weigh It in His balance,
! By-and-by ;
; And the difference define ''
j Twixt Mrs. Lofty's wealth and mine.
I Anonymous.
I
I The Slavs la the Dismal 8wama.
In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp
The hunted negro lay;
He saw the fire of the midnight camp
Heard the bloodhound's distant bay.
j Where will-o-the-wisps and glow-worms
7 shine,
In bulrush and in brake; ,J
Where waving mosses shroud the pine,
And the cedar grows and the poisonous
vine
Is spotted like the snake. a
""11
Where hardly a human foot could pass.
Or a human heart would dare,
On the quaking turf of the green morass
He crouched in the rank and tangled
grass.
Like a wild beast in bis lair.
A poor old slave, infirm and lame;
Great scars deformed his face;
On his forehead he bore the brand (
shame.
And the rags that hid his mangled frame.
Were livery of disgrace.
' All thlnea above were hriaht and fair.
From the morning of his b'rth;
On him alone the curse of Cain,
Fell like a flail on the garnered grain,
And struck him to the earth. 17
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
FOOLED BOTH WATS.
Tba
Experience of a Vlalto la a
Ltinatle Asylum.
"I was staying," says a writer in the
Liverpool Mercury, "with an uncle who
W8S on verT frlend'y terms with a
"wtor who kept a private asylum, and
wno occasionally gave a dance for the
patients, while also inviting some of
his friends.
"During my visit we received an In-
vltntlon, and on the appointed evening
I we hrrlved to find the room crowded
with people all In evening dress.
"My first man was a man whom I
thought looked decidedly queer, such a
restless, hunted expression In his eyes,
nnd occasionally during the dance be
topped and glanced searchlngly around.
Dear me, how glad I was when the
(fane war nvpr n ml mnklntp enma
ene t hnrrti nt
against my hostess and to be Intro
duced to my second partner.
"Ah, me, what a handsome man, and,
glrl-Hke, I fell head over ears In love,
I put out my most bewitching ways and
hoped I looked my best and took care
that I helped him find a cozy corner
for the sit-out.
"It waa delightful, and I was Just
lamenting that It was about time for
the next dance, when, horrors, clutch-
Ing hold ot my hand nnd frantically
waving his other hand, he started roar
ing out texts, when suddenly, to my re
lief and astonishment, who should
come up, followed by two men, but my
Brst partner, whom I found to be a
doctor, while my handsome partner woe
t religious maniac:"
Sally's Iron.
In describing some of her fisarwiw
of the stage. Ellen Terry, ln McCIure'a
Magazine, tells of her dresser Sarah
Holland. She hnd nn extraordinarily
open mind, writes Miss Terry, nnd was
ready to grasp each new play as it
came along aa a separate aud entirely
different field of oiH-ratlons
She was extremely methodical, and
lis rr-fr 1 aal ...1 I.. 1
When we ""A n ."3
the acquaintance of that dreadful
thing, a "one-night stand," she was aa
precise and particular about having ev
erything nice nnd In order for me aa If
we were going to stay In the town a
month. Down went my mut square
of white drugget; all the IlKhts in my
dressing-room were arranged as I
wished; everything was unpacked and
ironed.
One day. when I came Into some
American theater to dress, I found
Sn!!y nearly In tears.
"What's the matter with you
Sally?" I asked. '
"I 'aven't 'ad a morsel to heat all
day. dear, and I can't 'cut my iron."
"Eat your irou, Sally! What do
you mean?"
'"Ow am I to iron all this, dear?"
wailed my faithful Sully, picking up
my Nonce Oldtield apron and a few
other trifles. "It won't get 'ot!"
Until then I really thought that
Sally was being sardonic about aa Iron
aa t aubatltute for victual
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