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essary quality for the soldier, but a
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declared himself to be braver than
those who faced the battle.
Pat was unmercifully laughed at for
his cowardice by the whole regiment,
but be was equal to the occasion.
"Run, Is It?" he repeated, scornfully.
"Faith, an I didn't, nayther. I Just
observed the glneral's express orders.
He told us, 'Strike for home and yer
counthry,' and I sthruck for borne.
"Thlm what sthruck for their coun
tbry is there yet."
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The' Quest of
Betty Lancey
TJy MA.GTDA.
Coprrifat. !XH, by W. 0. Ctupnus. Copyrlsht In Great Brttaia
CITAPTKR VI. (Continued.)
Tluit's what I'm trying to do," re
plied Jnlinny. "I'm attempting to find
out how that man got In. Horo it Is.
Hoe?"
Ills finder bad touched the spring.
for the Imselioard, which was nt least
two feet high, suddenly spilt and
swung discordantly back, revealing a
square hole and a clumsily constructed
panel opening directly Into the bouse
next door! This building was lower
than the Desterlo home, for while tho
hole In the baseboard ran from the
floor in the Dcsterle house, It was
merely eighteen inrhes or less below
the celling of the room Into which the
excited group was gazing. Well fur
nished, lined with books, and illumi
nated by a green shaded reading lnmp
on a low tabje, the room apparently
served as a library. Portraits of high-
chokered, uncomfortable - looking
statesmen filled the nlrtics between the
book cases, and on the floor beneath
the trap door rested a bronze plaque,
very significantly the size of the trap
door.
"What do you know about that?"
nsked Johnny, narrating the appear
ance and disappearance of the stran
ger.
Because he was the smallest of them
all, Johnny was delegated to creep
through the hole and Investigate the
adjoining house. The others divided
Into relays and began another branch
of the disquisition.
"Say, Farley, go telephone my paper
about this, will you?" begged Johnny
In a whisper. "They're long on ex
tras up there, you know, and they
might want to get one out on this.
Honest, boys, I can't say I much
In for making this twelve-foot desper
ado dive for life before bt, but I guess
it's so long. Put the panel back; I
think you'd better," and he swung
down through the trapdoor.
Meanwhile the first rolay went out
side to rcconnolter. The block was
a crowdod one with the houses stand
ing shoulder to shoulder, as closely as
masons might put them. Midway In
the block the name of the street chang
ed from Ramlkln terrace to Briar
sweet place. The Desterle house was
88 Ramlkln terrace, and the house in
to which Johnny had disappeared was
94 TJrlarsweet place. Twenty years
previous the street had been a fash
ionable thoroughfare, but it had grad
ually become relegated to the second
best, with respectable boarding bouses
of the variety usually catalogued as
"shabby genteel." Borne of the old
houses had been remodeled Into flats.
and In only a few were the owners
now residing. Of these the major part
were those sentimental women who.
long after their families are married
and gone away, still cling to the old
borne that welcomed them In their days
of bridal Joys and happy youth, or of
the conservative set now pushed out
of the lead of tho procession of fash
lonable society by the influx of the
newer and faster ideas of life and liv
ing.
Such a family had long tenanted 94
Rrlarsweet place. The owner, Mark
S. Flanders, was one of the few old- J
style lawyers who are fortunate to
have husbanded their acquired compe
tence before the lean years of age and
OsleriJiatlon have descended upon thorn.
One of the first settlers in the town,
the Flanders residence had at one time
been the admiration and the eye
wldener of the country over, but of
late, and especially since the death of
Flanders' wife, both the old mansion
and the old lawyer had been reckoned
among the hopeless by tho ultra-smart
set.
Flanders had always borne a repu
tation for the highest integrity and
greatest personal honor. He had even
managed to keep his record while
serving his city two terms as Mayor.
That the bricks and stone of the sup
posedly well-bred Flanders mansion
should have opened up surreptitious
entrances to the plebeian boarding
bouse next door seemed incredible, es
Declally In connection with a murder.
Liberal usages or telephones ana di
rectories elicited the information that
Flanders had sailed quietly -and unher
alded for Europe a week previously.
Qorln got Dunwlddy, Flanders' partner,
on the wire and asked him about It.
Dunwlddy was out of sorts at the call.
The clock showed 4:30 a. m. and Dun
wlddy was In the most delectable dl
vision of his early morning snooze.
Yes, yes," he shouted over the tele
phone, "this is Thomas Dunwlddy,
Flanders' partner, who are you and
what do you want at this disgraceful
hour of the morning? An Associated
Press man? Well, you've got impu
dence to get a man up at this hour of
the morning! Flanders may be lmpll
cated In the Wayne murder? Non
sense U Where Is Flanders? Minding
bis own business, where you ought to
be. I don't know anything about him.
II sailed for Europe the 15th and I
hope he's there by now. A panel cut
through between tne closet and his
house? Pear me, that is unfortunate,
Come to recall it how, Mr. Flanders let
his bouse for the season Just before he
left. I did not see the tenant, but have
the leases on Ale. I think the man'
name is Hamley Hackleye, and I don'
know anything about htm except that
he is an Englishman who has lived in
the tropics. . Now, my dear sir, I beg of
you to keep the Flanders name out of
any affiliation with this unfortunate
affair, it you possibly can. You under
stana me, or course. Yes, I suppose
you may see the leases, but you mus
be careful what moves you make, in
ternatlonal complications, you know,
and all that. Good-by."
Oorln whistled as he hung up th
receiver, and repealed over and over
again the name "Ilamley Hackleye
"Humph," he suld, and dropped an
other nkkel.ln the telephone slot, as
be gave the call, to direct his. office to
cable London and find out if they coul
discover anything about Mr. Hackleye.
A very careful external examination
of the premises at 94 Uriarswcet Place
was made. There was a small back
yard, grass laid, and neat and dignl
ned, with a few tulips a -bloom alon
the path that led to the primly latticed
back gate. The shades all over the
bouse were clustdy drawn and there
was no Indication of Johnny nor any
axy etber s'.tn of life any place at alt
M
F. WEST
aboiit. A quart of milk nnd a 'small
bottle of en .nil had been lcTt on the
back steps, and a morning paper blown
by the wind rotated between tho porch
and the back walk.
"I'xtry. 1'xliy," shrieked a newsboy
on the sidewalk. There was the scrape
of opening windows along the street
from adj.u c nt houses nnd many a tou
sled head and nlgblrnbed figuro cau
tiously KhleMiiiK its deficiencies of cos
tumes by deftly balanced window
shades ami draperies bid In the smelly
sheets as the gamin added his thrill
ing climax.
"All about the escape of the dread
ful monster, the man-aperilla, from It1
cage In the park."
Gorln leaped tho fence and made for
the lad. Tho extra was principally a
matter of headlines glaring and Ink
smutted, chronicling tho escape of the
unknown beast, appended to the news
stories that had gone through the ear
lier editions.
"Whew!" whistled Qorln, "this looks
pretty bad! Nice men, I must say."
CHAPTER VII.
Frankel and Sothcrn went down the
hall from Betty Lancey's room after
the clerk and his companion, who was
so excitedly seeking the papers that
had blown out of the window and a
couple of bell boys.
"We'll go right down through the
bar, it's tho quickest," they overheard
tho clerk say as the couple passed to
await the elevator. The two newspa
per men ran down to the next floor,
caught the car at tho second landing
and rodo to the first floor with the
clerk and his plainly excited compan
ion. The bar was closed and while one
clerk procured the keys for entrance
Frankel covertly watched the man,
and Sothern nonchalantly strolled over
to the clerk behind tho desk.
"Who Is that man?" he queried. "I
don't mean the little Jew, but the dark,
handsome fellow there? He has such
a beautiful wife, looks Ilka a woman I
knew In Paris once."
"So?" asked the clerk. "They have
been here at frequent Intervals this
last year or two. Don't know much
about them, except that his name is
Harcourt Harold Hareourt and they
always register from India. They've
got cash to burn."
What's the matter with him now?"
questioned Sothern. The clerk laugh
ed. "Oh, I don't know," he answered.
'IIo camo bustling down here awhile
ago shouting about some documents
thut had blown out of his window and
lit on the fire escape opposite. Ho
wanted somebody to go up and help
him get out on the fire escape. Tore
around as If he was afire."
"Ho was crazy, too." supplemented
one of tho bell boys. "Old lady In E22
where he went to get out of the win
dow wouldn't unlock the door to let us
at the fire escape. Don't blame her,
but her hubby made her come to the
scratch and let us in, and she was the
tlckledest when the papers were gone.
They's going-down In the court now, to
unt thorn up.
Frankel by now had Joined the
lerk at the door of the bar and was
njoylng thut functionary's attempts
to make the key yield In the lock.
'What's on?" he asked, carelessly, "a
riot or a raid?"
Nothing at all, sir, private busi
ness, private business only," interrupt
ed Harcourt, with the air of giving
Frankel his conge.
Frankel, however, refused to accept
uch a gratuity and followed the two
men, and tne several Den boys, one
with a pocket light and the others
with various boxes of matches through
the darkened barroom. The glasses
and mirrors and decanters gleamed
dully in the half-light and the tiled
floors were slippery with recent scrub
bing. The door that opened upon the
court was heavily chained, barred and
bolted, but it swung wide at last and
larcourt clutching the pocket light
from the grasp of its bearer flared it
Into every corner and crevlee of the
clean cemented rectangle.
"Nothing here, sir, nothing here,
commented the clerk. "What was the
nature of the papers, if you please?"
Harcourt s face was livid. He rum
pled his thick hair nervously with his
long white fingers, oblivious of all his
surroundings. At the third repetition
of the interrogation he roused from
his stupor and remarked:
"A picture of my wife, a very valu
able hand-mado print, one I prize for
Its associations as much as for its in
trlnslo worth, and some extremely im
portant passports. I would not have
lost them for halt a million dollars."
The bell boys poked around In a de
sultory fashion into imaginary crev
Ices that did not exist. Tho clerk led
the way back to the office and Har
court absently met the claims of the
buttons upon his pockets.
"Excuse me, Mr. Harcourt," said
boy at his elbow, "but I guess you'd
better hurry back upstairs to your
wife. She Just Bent a call down thnt
a strange young woman hud run In
there and said she was sick, and thu
we'd better send someone up to take
care of her."
Harcourt thanked the boy and made
for the elevator with all speed. Soth
ern and Frankel instinctively flushed
to each other with their eyes the one
word:
Hetty!"
"Think I'll go up and see If T.eU
needs any help," suggested Sothern
"you'd better stay down here, Franke
and see what you can skirmish up.
Sothern made his way back to th
"E" floor cautiously. He went to ltet
ty's room and knocked on the door. I
flew quietly ajar and ho wus greeted
with a chorus of:
"What'd you tit, Hetty?"
"'Tlsn't Hetty." grinned Sothern
"Isn't she here?"
"No, haven't seen anything of he
since you left but her shoes, that she'
klcted off there," said Hunk Smith
"She must have found a vein," add
ed Larry Morris.
"Most likely a vein found her," add
ed Sothern, narruting the experience;
of below stairs. "Lei's walk aroun
that way and see."
At tho bend in the corridor Larry
. feet entangled themselves in somethln
soft. H ptooprl snd picked It UPv
and gingerly spread It nut to the light.
It whs k woman's shirtwaist of white
linen with n little blue stripe, and the
monogram "it. L." heavily embroidered
on the sleeve.
"Hetty Lancey's waist." erled Soth
ern. "Where Is Hetty?"
"I'm going to llnd out," retorted Tir
ry. Together they nil strode In to Har
court's door. It was open nnd from
within sounded the angered tones of a
woman's decidedly nasal oiee.
"Are you sure you wasn't dreaming?"
earne the words, "what could have be
come of the girl? If she was here,
how did she get nway so quick? Espe
cially If she was slek!"
"She wasn't sick," replied Harcourt
"She must have been a thief, trying to
Impose hoiseir on my wife's confidence.
Well, as she's gone now. my pood
woman, you can go, too. There's noth
ing here for you to do,"
"No," burst In Larry, whose worry
over Hetty was now at fever heat,
"but there's something here for you to
do. That girl Is a friend of mine, and
If there's uny harm come to her, you'll
suffer for it. Here is her shirtwaist
It's been torn off tier body do you seo
that and where's she? Look at that
blood! She started out half an hour
lien to come over here and speak to
your wife, and she hasn't been seen
since, but we find this garment of hers,
blood-stained and kicked into the cor
ner at the foot of the corridor. What
have you done with Its wearer?"
Mrs. Harcourt,' still In the sllker
negligee and the diamonds, flung hei
hands wearily behind her head, bent
like an overweighted reed, and passed
beyond into her dressing room.
"This is an outrage, an outrage,"
stormed Harcourt. "At this hour of
the morning to Interrupt a guest of the
house in this wanton fashion! You'll
pay for these Insults!"
"Perhaps," said Iirry Morris, "and
In the meanwhile If you or your wife
attempt to leave this hotel till we have
found Betty Lancey, you'll find your
serf face to face with a warrant that
will land you in Jail, charging you
with either her murder or her abduc
tion. Do you understand me, Mr. Har
court?" "Oh, say, Larry," hinted Hank Smith,
"don't you think you're going too far?
A man has his rights, you know."
"Indeed I know," said Larry, "and
that's why I'm going to find Betty.
This matter doesn't look straight to
me. Where's Frankel gone, anyway?"
"Don't know. Nothing more doing
to-night for me," announced Hartley.
I'm going home and to bed, boys.
iood-by."
"Here, too," chimed In a chorus. But
arry Morris was silent. He left the
boys at the corner, then sought out
and dug from their slumbers an official
or two whom he knew well, and swore
out a warrant against the Harcourts,
charging thorn with abduction of Betty
Lancey with intent to kill!
"Don't care if I go down the road
for it," he told himself. "You can't
tell me something hasn't happened to
Betty. I can seem to feel her calling
to mo, there's an instinct tells me she's
in fearful trouble. Hello, what's this
another extra. So that beast got
out, did it? Wonder where it went
to!"
(To be continued.)
THE ESKIMO'S PIPE.
Small Howls with Mem a of Walrni
Task Handsomely Carved.
The pipes used by the Eskimos are
quite different from those of any other
North American race, and in the shape
of the bowl more resemble the opium
pipes used by the Chinese than any
thing else. The old pipes were very
email In the amount of tobacco that
they would hold, for In former days
tobacco was extremely scarce and in
Its use was moot carefully husbanded.
There was therefore a wide flaring
margin to the pipe to catch any grains
of tobacco that might be spilled In
filling it, then there was a hollow
which would hold a pinch of tobacco
half as large as an ordinary pea and
a rather wide hole passing down
through the bane of the bowl which
fitted into the pipe stem. The bowl
of the pipe was ef Ivory, stone, brass
or copper.
The pipe stem was carved and had a
mouthpiece. It Is said that the small
hole running down through the base
of the bowl and into the pipe stem was
usually plugged with caribou hair to
save any grains of tobacco that might
otherwise have passed down through
this aperture and so be lost. The
smoking of such a pipe would not last
long, and we may presume that a very
few draws would exhaust it. Th
smoke was of course taken Into the
lungs.
The Eskimos are known to be ex
tremely skillful in the representation
of scenes and objects, while the In
dians of Queen Charlotte's sound and
generally all the natives of the north
west coast of America are famous fS
their carving in wood and in a black
slate. Handsomely carved Eskimo
pipes of walrus ivory from northwest
ern Alaska have on each side of tht
pipe, that Is to say on four more or
less long fiat surfaces, scenes from th
dully life of the Eskimo. Of these thi
two sides on the right hand of tht
pipe, as it is held in position foi
smoking, appear to represent the p
rlod of cold weather, later autumn,
winter and early spring, while those
on the left hand side of the pipe rep
resent the summer life of the Eskimo,
Forest and Stream.
Doctori Versus Lawyers.
Most lawyers take a keen dellghl
trying to confuse medical experts in
the witness box in murder trials, and
often they get paid back in their owb
coin. A case is recalled where thi
lawyer, after exercising all his tan
gling tactics without effect, looked
quizzically at the doctor who was teg
tlfylng and said:
"You must adu lt that doctors some
times make mistakes, won't you?"
"Oh, yes, the same as lawyers," wai
he cool reply.
"And doctors' mistakes are buried
six feet under ground," was the law
yer's triumphant reply.
"Yes," he replied, "and the lawyer
mistakes often swing in the air."
Philadelphia Ledger.
t-rdlras lo Worry.
Mrs. Newly wed (at the table) M)
gracious! You are spilling the gravj
on the carpet, Jaue.
Jane (captured wild on Ellis Island)
There's plenty more In the kitchen
Tca'am.--Urooklyn Life.
GOOD SHORT
STORIES
The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes of Lon
don, who, speaking on a recent Sunday
evening of the desertion of certain
places of worship In the city and East
End, which a few years ago were
thronged by devout, congregations,
said:, "What has become of these
good people? Some have gone to heav
en and others to tho suburbs." The
contrast has never lieen more felici
tously expressed.
An envoy now representing us abroad
was onco asked to dine by the King
of the Belgians. The king had par
ticular reasons for wishing to be civil
to the L'nited States and Its represen
tative. He accordingly, when the la
dies had retired, got up, and, going
to the American envoy, sat down be
side him and handed him a cigar. The
minister said: "No, I thank you," and
taking one from his pocket proceeded
to light it.
A famous dean was once at dinner,
when. Just as the cloth was re-moved,
the subject of discourse happened to
be that of extraordinary mortality
among lawyers. "We have lost." said
a gentleman, "not less than six emi
nent barristers in as many months."
The dean, who was quite deaf, rose
as his friend finished his remarks,
and gavs the company grace "For
this and every other mercy, make us
truly thankful."
A Boston girl the other day said to
a Southern friend who was visiting
her, as two men rose in a car to give
them seats: "Oh, I wish they would
not do it." "Why not? I think it is
very nice of them," said her friend.
settling herself comfortably. "Yes,
but one can't thank them, you know,
and It is so awkward." "Can't thank
them! Why not?" "Why, you would
not speak to a strange man, would
you?" said the Boston maiden, to the
astonishment of her Southern friend.
Senator Tillman at a recent banquet
told this story: "The pastor of a Tal
lapoosa church," he began, "said
rather pointedly from the pulpit one
Sunday morning: 'Ah sutny am re
J'lced to see Bruddah Calhoun White
in de chu'eh once mo'. Ah's glad
Bruddah Calhoun ha" saw de error of
his ways at lawst, fo' dere Is mo' Joy
obah one slnnah dat repenteth dan
obah de ninety an' nine ' But at
this point Brother Calhoun White in
terrupted angrily: 'Oh,' said he, from
his seat, 'de ninety an" nine needn't
crow. Ah could tell some things er
bout de ninety an' nine ef Ah wanted
ter.' "
It is told of Gambetta that once,
when in the heyday of his power,
when he went to some agricultural
department to oust a reactionary can
didate In favor of one of his friends,
he Inquired about the agriculturists'
wants. "We are sadly In need of
rain," came the answer. "I'll see
about it when I get to Paris," prom
ised Gambetta. And his listeners
believed in his promise. The record
runs that the rain came down in tor
rents a day or two after, and that
when the reactionary candidate pre
sented himself he was hooted at.
"Let your party do as much for us
as Gambetta, and well elect you,"
they said.
He had courted her for years, never
missing his evening call, and finally
was landed. On the day of the mar
riage a friend observed the bride
groom wandering about his new front
yard In a restless manner and with
a very dejected expression. "Why,
what's the matter, old man? be asked.
"You should be the happiest man alive,
for today at least, and you look like
a mute at a funeral." The bride
groom started. "Er of course, I am
very happy!" he asserted. "Then,
why these glooms?" "Well, to tell
you the truth, BUI," the bridegroom
said in a burst of confidence, "I was
Just wondering where I am to spend
my evenings hereafter!"
WHEN STANLEY QUAILED.
Dinner Flatteries Too Mark for tho
Mas, of Iron.
"Before I met Henry M. Stanley,"
says William H. Rldeing in McClure's,
"I had talked with men who had been
under him In his African expeditions,
and all they told me about him was
more or less appalling.
"He was not inhuman, but In desper
ate straits ho, spared neither man nor
beast, nor would he defer to the coun
sel or the pleas of others or have any
patience with less than Instant and
unquestioning obedience to his orders
under all circumstances. He would
not forbear untler arguments or ex
cuses or relax his severity by any fa
miliarity or pleasantries, even when
his object had been gained. He was
both despot and martinet; stern, ex
acting, uncompromising, silent, humor
less, inscrutable, Cromwellian.
" 'I cannot say we loved him,' one
of his lieutenants said to ne; 'we were
all afraid of him, but we all believed
In hlip. When he hadn't his rifle in
hand he had his Bible, and no mat
ter where our camp was or how long
and distressing our march had been
he never missed his bath and shave
In the morning.' "
This aspect of the explorer was very
much dffterent from that which he
showed to the guests at a dinner
which the Papyrus Club of Boston
gave in his honor.
"Whether he sat or stood," said Mr.
Rldeing, "he fidgeted and answered In
monosyllables, not because he was un
suitable or unappreclatlve, but because
he this man of iron, whose word In
the field brooked no contradiction or
evasion, he who defied obstacles and
danger and pierced the heart of dark
nesswas bashful even in the com
pany of fellow craftsmen.
"His embarrassment grew when
after dinner the chairman eulogized
him to the audience; he squirmed and
averted his face as cheer after cheer
confirmed the speaker's rhetorical
ebullience of praise. 'Gentlemen, I In
troduce to you Mr. Stanley, who,' etc.
'The hero stood up slowly, painful
ly, reluctantly, end with a gesture of
deprecation fumbled in first one and
then another of his pockets without
finding what he sought. It wns sup
posed that he was looking for hia
notes, nnd more applause took the
edge off the delay.
"His mouth twitched without speech
for another awkward minute before,
with a more erect bearing, he produced
the ohJet of his search and put It on
his head. It wns not paper, but a rai;
of a cap, and with that on he faced
the company its one who by that act
had done all that could be expected
of him, and made further acknowl
edgement of the honors he had re
reived superfluous. It was a cap that
Livingstone had worn and that Living
Rtone had given him." '
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When Peter Jenkins returned to
Laneshoro for a short visit after hav
ing lived ten years In Colorado, he ap
parently could not say enough In
praise of his new home and in dis
paragement of his birthplace. lm
sentiments were, as a general thing,
received with the uUmost good nature
by his old friends, but occasionally ha
met with what the Lanesboro people
called a "come uppance."
"Now there's the climate," said Mr.
Jenkins one day to a group of listen
ers in the postofflce, "why, the cllmaU
here isn't anythln' that's worth talk
ing about, but out here! It's fatten
ing Just to be out there aud take in
the climate.
"Why, when I went out tnere I only
weighed a hundred, and thirty pounds,
and now I turn the scales at a hun
dred and ninety-five."
"I can tell you a story of Lanesborc
climate that'll go ahead o' that, Petea"
remarked Obed Strong, quietly.
"Well, I should like to hear it," said
Mr. Jenkins, with a somewhat skeptl
cal Btnlle.
"It's veracious, an' relates to my
self," returned .Mr. Strong, calmly.
"When I conK to Lanesboro I weigh
ed It's in the f.'m'ly Bible jest sevej
rounds, an" now I settle the scales
down at an even two hunderd."
Mr. Jenkins gave a sniff, but the
citizens or Lanesboro felt that the
reputation of the village climate had
been established.
Her Dime.
Somebody had given the east side
woman a bad dime. It waa composed
largely of lead. She tried to pass It
at several places, but they are wary
for some reason or other on the east
side. They invariably ring a dime on
the counter once or twice and bite it
besides. When she got home with
the dime it had several holes In it
from the pressure of east side teeth.
"It is more impossible than ever," she
said.
The impecunious man called that
evening. He had a dollar with him
which was wholly intact that is to
say, It had not been broken.
"I am afraid they'll give me bad
money for it," he said upon taking
his departure, "over here in these east
side cars. Will you change it for me?"
"I shall be delighted," said she.
He called a week later with a
grouch.
"Yon can't seem to get away from
the bad money over here on your old
east side," he complained. "Somebody
or other stung me with an old lead
dime that was full of holes." New
York Press.
I '"rye Has Looked Seared for Ages.
Senator Frye and Senator Hale
don't love each other much, but they
get along largely because Senator
Frye prefers the quiet of a harbor to
the thrill of the open sea. Mr. Frye,
as president pro tern, of the Senate,
shoulders hla duties solemnly. He
does everything solemnly. Most of the
Senate time he looks solemnly scared
as though he were afraid that some
one might jump out and "boo." If
any one ever does that It will be un
kind, says a writer In Success Maga
zine In an article entitled "Fighting
Faces of Our Senators."
Some of those who knew Senator
Frye in his youth assert that he looked
scared and solemn even then. Others
maintain that the expression has been
acquired by long association with Sen
ator Hale and the constant fear that
the latter may bite him. But anyhow,
Senator Frye Is a very learned per
son, and has been LL-D.'d by a lot of
colleges; also he has held office, with
appropriate solemnity, since 1861.
Whoever Lves Is Never Old.
When life has been well spent age
Is a loss of what It can well spare
muscular strength, organic Instincts,
gross bulk and works that belong to
these. But the central wisdom which
was old In Infancy was young in
fourcore years and dropping off ob
structions, leaves in happy subjects
the mind purified and wise. I have
heard that whoever loves Is In no con
dition old. I have heard that when
ever the name of man Is spoken the
doctrine of immortality is announced.
It cleaves to his constitution. The
mode of It baffles our wit, and no
whisper comes to us from the other
side. But the inference from the
working of intellect, having knowl
edge, having skill at the end of life
Just ready to be born affirms the in
spiration of affection and of the mor
al sentiment. Ralph Waldo Emer
son. Old K.nitllab Flue.
In the past if one Englishman called
another a liar there was something to
pay. The seventeenth century mayor,
sheriff and city grandees generally
were keen on this point of etiquette.
The direct accusation cost lis. Gd.
(2.70); the subtle hint 6s. 8d. ($1.60).
And there was a reduction on repeti
tions. Swearing, too, was promptly sup
pressed, in 1650 a law was passed
laying down fhe penalty for a first
offense. The fines were graduated.
That for a lord was 30 shillings
($7.20), for an esquire 10 shillings
($2.40), while all "inferior persons"
could have a "few words" for Ss. iL
(SO cents).
" TRIED REMEDY
l f r-rr-i t-i I nnin
. j run i riu wnin
Whicliri- t Ixiiur.
Pilgrims used to visit Whlttler con
tinually. A typical one came from
Missouri. Though told that Whlttler
had a headache he forced his way in
to the poet's study, where he declared
that he adored all Whittier's works,
which he knew almost by heart. lis
asked Whlttler to write hU name sev
eral hundred times on a large sheet of
foolscap, so that he could cut out and
distribute the autographs among his
Missouri friends. In fact, it was all
the poet could do to keep the enthus
iastic MIssourian from clipping all the
buttons from his coat as souvenirs.
"And all the time" so Whlttler
would end the anecdote pathetically
"all the time he called me Whltetak
r. STEADILY GREW WORSE.
A Typical Tale, of Sufferlnas from
Sick Kidneys.
Mrs. L. C. Fridley, 1034 N. Main
St., Delphos, Ohio, says: "Five or six
years ago I began to
suffer with kidney
trouble and grew
steadily worse until
my health was all
broken down. For
"weeks I was in bed
and could not turn
over without being
helped. My back was
stiff and painful, I
was tired and lan
guid, and when I was able to get
around I could not do my work. The
first box of Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me so much that I kept on using them
until rid of every symptom of kidney
trouble. During the post three years
I have enjoyed excellent health."
Remember the name Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster
Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Kflleney of I'm yer.
Violet Mummy, dear, are our pray
ers answered?
Mother (in shocked surprise) Why,
yes, dearl What a question!
Violet Then, mummy, why do you
smack me? Why don't you pray for
me to be a good girl it would be so
much more comfy? M. A. P.
Sore throats are not only painful but
sometimes dangerous. Hauilins Wizard
Oil is a good, honest remedy, promirt and
certain. For acbes, sprains, biuises, cuu,
burns, etc., there is nothing Oetter.
No fewer than 8,282 medical students
attend lectures at the universities of
Germany this winter.
ALLEN'S I, UNO HA 1. 8 AM
will cure Dot ouly afrrsbcold, butoneorttmasstntv.
born cougha that uaually hang on for months, lit
Us trial and prore I la worth. 'M.UKand II. UO.
Only 10 per cent of Japan's popula
tion may be classed as illiterate.
EIGHT KEN YEARS AGO HE TTAT1
LESS THAJf THREE DOLLARS.
II la How Oa of tike Richest Farm
en la Saskatchewan, Central
Canada.
Arriving in Canada in 1891, Just
eighteen years ago, E. A. Qulllemin,
could speak but hla native language
He is a Frenchman. He had but a
Little over $2 in his pocket, thus be
ing short over $7 of the $10 required
to secure entry for a homestead o(
160 acres. He eventually borrowed
the money, and, near Forget, Sas
katchewan, ha started life in Canada
n the homestead In which to-day h
Is the fortunate possessor of fifty quar
ter te-ilons of land, or 8,000 acres.
Now Mr. Gnillemin did not acquire
all these acres as a result altogethet
of his farming operations, which were
extensive. He looked with satisfac
tion upon what he was doing on hit
limited area, he was saving, careful
and had foresight. Surrounding land
could be had for about $3 per acre,
and he continued buying as his sav
ings would permit, until now he has
fifty quarter sections, some of which
be can sell at $25 per acre.
Threshed Fifty Thoasand Dashels.
- This year he was engaged in thresh
ing on his place for 54 days. H
threshed out 50,000 bushels of wheat,
Of which he sold 34,000 bushels, one
train load, at a price varying from
84 to 87 cents per bushel. He has on
hand still 16,000 bushels. In addition
to wheat he raised 30.000 bushels of
oats, 7,000 bushels of barley and 500
bushels of flax. He owns 104 horses
and a number of cattle, but since the
construction of the railway be ha
been engaged chiefly in raising wheat
This year he bought his first threshing
machine, paying for It the sum ol
$2,100. He estimates that the machine
earned for him this full $3,000. thut
paying for Itself In one season, and
leaving him $900 to the good. The
weather was very propitious for farm
threshing, not a single day being lost
In the two months which were spent
In this work. The wheat averaged 21
bushels to the acre and graded No.
1 and No. 2 Northern. In the past
Sine years, seven good crops bav
been harvested on this farm. For six
successive years the returns were ex
cellent, that is in the years 1901, 1902.
1003, 1904, 1903 and 190S. In the two
following years there was a partial
failure. As the years have passed th
Quality of the buildings on the farm
have been steadily Improved, and r
Dow as good as can be found in tht
district About $10,000 has been in
vested in this way by Mr. Oulllemla
The farm consists of 6,880 acres, ot
which about 6,000 acres were unlet
Vop this season.
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