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NEED OF UNIFORM MARRIAGE LAWS.
iT Is a long time slnco anything has happened
to Indlcato tho need of uniform marriage laws
jnore clearly than the recent decision of the
United States Supreme Court on the vnlldlty
In New York of n Connecticut divorce.
A huHhttiid deserted IiIh New York wife,
went to Connecticut, secured n divorce from
her there nnd married again. Many years later the New
York wlfo sued the man whom she had married, for pup
port, nnd the New York court to which she applied or
dered the man to pay her an annul ly.
Ho thereupon appealed to the United States Supreme
Court against the New York decree, alleging that under
the constitution Now York was hound to recognize the
vulidlty of the decree of the Connecticut court that he
won no longer tho womau'B hUBband, and not borrhd to
upport her.
Tho Supreme Court hnH decided against the IniHhand.
If the huflband's contention were allowed, the court holds,
"Any person who was married In one State and who
wished to vlolato tho marital obligations would he able
. . . to go Into tho State where the laws wuro tho most
lax, and there avail of them for the Hcvernncc of tho mar
riage tic and tho destruction of the rights of tho other
party to the marrluge contract, to the overthrow of the
laws and public policy of the other States."
Hundreds of husbands and wives have attempted to
do JUHt this thing by going Into Slates where the laws are
lax and securing divorces on frivolous grounds, In order
that they may marry again. This decision, while pro
tecting the rights of tho husband or wife who his been
put uway In this manner, throws a shadow upon the re
lations of thoso persons who have married after such
divorces, affcctH tho title of all property transferred by a
husband after such a divorce, and puts In doubt the right
of offspring of such doubtful marriages to Inherit the
property of their parents.
Such complications will continue to arise as long as the
inarrlago and divorce laws of the States differ m radic
ally nB nt present. Youth's Companion.
THE EARTHQUAKE CURE.
!AN FRANCISCO reports that a number of
persons who suffered from various ailments
previously to tho earthquake and (Ire In that
flclty find themselves completely cured. Quo
! paralytic, who for llflcen years had been
crippled by his disease, Is now "entirely
cured," nnd numerous other recoveries have
been recorded. These are interesting by-products of tho
cntastrophe, such, for example, as tho case of tho young
girl whoso vocal organs would not work after the shock,
but who recovered her voice when overcome by emotion
nt tho sight of her mother.
Travelers In lands subject to frequent seismic disturb
ances have recorded many curious incidents of the effect
produced by shocks .on human beings. During tho war
between Japan and Russia, a party of foreigners gave a
dinner to one of their number In a Japanese city. The
feast was not of food alone, and when it had been in prog
ress some time the diners allowed themselves to act In n
manner less dignified and reserved than Is customary
among grown men. The dinner was ended by an earth
quake. Tho effect of the tremor was to reduce every
person present from the gayety produced by good wines to
his normal condition of sobriety. One distinguished Eu
roncau military olllcor of middle life found himself stand
ing on a table howling a famous drinking song. Another
man of equal dignity was dancing to Illustrate u story he
had Just told. Their confusion was most apparent nnd
the party broke up Immediately. If earthquakes counter
act the effect of alcoholic beverages, tlx experiment of
confining dipsomaniacs In territories subject to shocks
might be worth trying.
There Is no mystery about the cures reported from
California. It does not need an earthquake to demon
strate tho power of fright, or any Btrong emotion or shock
to overcome physical maladies, A farmer so crippled by
rheumatism as to bo unable to do more than hobble along
with the aid of crutches has been known to develop
amazing agility In the presence of nn angry bull. Medi
cal histories are filled with similar cases. The fact that
they are common docs not detract from their Interest.
Now York Sun.
THE RUN FOR SUCCESS.
HE excuses some people make for tholr sto
lidity and failure are like the old woman's
excuse for her Idle clock. She said that as
long as It wasn't running It was right twice
In twenty-four hours, while if she started It
going It might never be right. People may be
rlcht once In a while by standing still. But
It Is no credit to them. Better to make a run for It, even
though there be many missteps.
The failures, who have never honestly tried, always
hnve a lot to say about bad luck. They forget that thoso
who have tried and succeeded might also have sat down
and summoned a hordo of hindrances, but had something
better to think nbout, and stepped boldly out and marched
ahead. The unsuccessful person Is he who has said: "The
way is dark, and I have no light; mountains are to bo
climbed, and thore is no path; rivers to bo crossed, and
no bridges. No, I will not attempt the journey. I am
safe where I am."
Tho successful one hns said, "Well, I'll try ; bore
goes!" and, saving his breath and energy for bettor pur
poses than melancholy croaklngs, gets there. Often when
defeat seems to be crushing us some slight adjustment re
verses tho entire situation. Hindrances that wo sur
mount becomo helps, because surmounting strengthens.
Kansas City "World.
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THE COST OF WAR.
HE United States every year expends about
$M0,000,000 In pensions for wars that aro
past, nnd somewhere between $1SO,000,000
and 200,000,000 In being prepared against
iwars of the future. In tho Inst llscal year
there was paid out for the naval establish
ment $1 ',000,000 ; for the support of tho army and the
Military Academy, $77,000,000. Taken altogether, pen
sions, tho navy and the lleet called for ?.MO,()00,000. A
comparison between the cost of the arts of war and tho
arts borne by the government Is afforded by tho fact that
the agricultural appropriation for tho last fiscal year
was !?.VJ t-,0 10. The comparison is made even more strik
ing when wo realize that from 3S;:u to the present day,
counting tho present proposed appropriation, the aggre
gate appropriations for the Department of Agriculture
aro ?G.".7:7,72.Hi, or ?1'J,000,000 loss than was expended
on the army last year. Yet we aro a peaceful nation, de
pending largely on agriculture for our prosperity. Bos
ton Transcript.
RIDING THE "H0KSESHOE."
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Tho announcement that the railroad
which owns the famous "Horseshoe''
curve, live miles west of Alloona, Pn.,
Is nbout to tunnel under tho mountalu
there and abandon tho old lino over It,
will be received with pleasure by many,
railroad men, especially by tho brake
men wlio, In winter and summer, In
rnln, snow, sleet and sunshine, have
had to ride on tho roofs of freight curs,
braking heavy trains down this tre
mendous grade. Tho curve lies down
u mountainside, Into and out of an Im
mense "cove" In tho mountains, with
n deep chasm yawning at tho brink of
tho outer of four tracks. Coal, coke
and Iron from tho Pittsburg district
go cast tlint way, and often comedown
tho curve at terrific speed. Tho brake
men run along tho tops of the swaying
cars with stout sticks, which they twist
In the brake wheels for additional lev
erage. Tho bulk of tho traffic Is with
In the State, so that tho atr-brako lav
docs not greatly affect It.
In snowy weather tho dangers for tho
brakeman are Increased many fold, and
glvo rise to many thrilling escapades
nnd Rome failures to escape. A Chicago
party traveling cast on tho limited
train were helpless witnesses to what
fortunately was merely thrilling. Tho
limited was speeding eastward on the
Bccond track from tho edge of the
chasm. Tho day was snowy and windy,
and the plntform of tho observation car
at tho end of tho train was full of
heavy buoav. Nevertheless, the prospect
of tho ride down tho Horseshoe tempt
ed the party outside, whero they stood
sheltered by the projecting wnll of tho
car.
AlmoBt at tho summit they overtook
freight train on the outer track
hlch shut off their vlww. The freight
'as soon running as fast as tho ex
press. The tops of tho cars were cov
red with snow, nud the train was
twnylng frightfully, so thnt It seemed
every moment as If it must leave the
track.
Aloiig the top of that swaying train
came a brakeman running, stick in
hand, to set tho brakes. How ho kept
his footing n moment was a mystery
to them as they watched him In expec
tation of seeing him dashed to death;
yet for a time by wonderful skill he
ran along each car, jumped from one
to tho other, and kept to tho running
board. But at last he slipped, missed
his footing, threw up his hands, and
shot suddenly, horribly, feet first, to
ward the chasm on the other side.
Tho men on the passenger train were
sick at heart, but they could do noth
ing. They thought the man was gone.
Then suddenly they saw his stick wav
ing In tho air over the roof of the car:
and one, climbing to the rail, discov
ered that In falling ho had caught the
running-board with one hand, and was
hanging over the chasm thus supported.
It did not seem possible for a man
so to hang for more than a moment.
Far less did It look as If ho could pos
sibly climb back. Yet while they
watched absolutely powerless to aid
him, the bund which held the stick
waved uncertainly in the air for a
minute longer, then turned until the
stick caught under the running-board.
The brakeman pulled himself with that
leverage until he could catch that
hand, too, on the board, and soon up
ho scrambled to tho roof, his face
scratched, his cap gone, hut tho whole
man there.
Ho gave a single white-faced glance
down Into tho chasm he had escaped,
shook himself, felt of his arms, stooped
down and picked up his stick, and then
with a glance along the roof, sped to
tho next car, and began again the task
of sotting brakes, for which there was
evidently the most urgent need.
WJien the foot of the curve was
reached the Chieagoans went bnck Into
their enr weak with tho strain of wit
nessing the Incident, with a last
glimpse of the brakeman sitting on a
wheel and knotting n bandanna, hand
kerchief for a cap.
KnUcr's Irving' Iliinncr. '
Kaiser WlUiolm mny not have ob
tained entire diplomatic eatlefnctlon In
Morocco, but he got something he want
'd there, Mohammed ben Assnn, an In
dispensable element In the Kaiser's col-
ir scheme. Prussia's colors aro black
and white, and the Kaiser hired Mo
hammed, who is bjnek, to march in ti
white uniform, a living regimental ban
ner. Mohammed tried it for u time, but
found Prussian military discipline not
to his taste. He was overtaken by 111
uoss possibly of the diplomatic kind
and obtained leave to revisit his native
land in November last, giving a solemn
promise to re:urn by March K. When
the early days of March were passed
without news of him, tho government
began to make Inquiries, only to learn
that Mohammed had left Tangier for
Fe. In a hurry. Mut the mailed fist has
a long reach. Iiml now tho Moroccan
government has consented to hand him
over to the Kaiser again. So thnt Ber
lin may look forward to seeing tho liv
ing banner once more marching at tho
head of tho Kaiser's guards.
I)riiKUrt"tN mid iloi-i'owlnu.
New York druggists aro frequent bor
rowers. Only the most complete phar
macies are constantly supplied with all
the drugs required In compounding
medicines. When a druggist is asked to
fill a short nolle proscription calling
for some drug that ho does not happen
to have on hand, ho does not tako time
to telephone to a wholesale houses for
tho missing Ingredient, but sends
around to tho nearest drug store and
tries to borrow It. It Is a peculiar fea
ture of tho situation thnt druggists sel
dom buy anything outright from each
other. They merely borrow, then,
after having replenished their stock
from tho wholesale houses they pay
back tho loan. Now York Post.
I CiuuiirlloU f0t
Editorial Writer You can't Imagine
how tired It makes a man to write all
thla stuff day after day, year nftcr
year.
Proofreader Ah, yes, i can. I read
It Somervlllo Journal.
his head was sent to his sisters as on
announcement of his fate. They In vain
tried to bury It, and were only able to
secure respite from the haunting by
placing it In u niche on the staircase of 1
the hull.
Tho peculiarly horrible disturb.! neon
at Tlnton Sumpner manor houv In
1770 have been nan;atetl in more than
one collection of ghost stories. The full
est account Is to bo found in the Goik
tloinan's Magazine for November and
December, 1S712. It is there mentioned
that when the house was being taken
down In 171)7 "there wns found by
the workmen tinder the floor of one ofj
the rooms a small skull, said to be U'4ji
or a monkey; but the matter was nevfs
brought forward by any regular Inquiry
or professional opinion resorted to an
to the real nature of tho skull."
All tho letters a married man gets
are ehort ones, If ho Is a perfectly
proper man.
As we understand the law of South
Dakota, any personal property, which
Includes growing crops, Is exempt to
the head of a family to the amount of
$700; and personal property to the
amount of $;ir0 Is exempt to any other
person.
Tho constitution of Minnesota pro
vides that u homestead shall be liable
to seizure and sale for debts Incurred
for work or material In the repair or
Improvement of such homestead. Tho
proper way to enforce such a claim Is
to sue upon It, got judgment, and then
get out an execution and sell the prop
erty. A rents his laud to B without re
serving any right to go upon tho land
to ditch his sloughs. Now A waul
to ditch; can ho legally do this? Ans.
He cannot, unless the right to ditch
Is reserved, or unless tho renter con
sents; the owner of tho land cannot
go upon the land to ditch or In any
other way Interfere with the renter's
right of possession.
The rule of law Is well settled that
If there bo doubt or uncertainty, or a
dispute as to tho true location of a
boundnry line, the parties may by
agreement tlx a line which will, at
least when followed by possession with
reference to the boundary lino as fixed,
bo conclusive upon them, although the
possession may not have been for the
full period of llfteen years. Definite
settlement of the boundary Is a sulll
dent consideration for the agreement.
Ono may provide In Ills will that
alter hla death his wife shall hold all
ot his property In trust for tho use
and benefit of his children during her
lifetime; nnd ho may provide further
that If his wife marry before the chil
dren are of age the trusteeship shall
puss to u third party. There Is no legal
objection to such a will; but the stat
ute gives tho wife an absolute right to
one-third of the husband's real estate
after his death; and If tho wife chooses
she can refuse to take under the will
ot her husband, and can Insist upon
taking what tho statute provides she
shall have.
The Postmaster General rules that
mall carriers have the right of way on
all country roads, and other travelers
must give carriers the whole road. Tho
new code of Minnesota says that when
meeting on tho highway each party
must turn to the right. Can the Post
master General repeal n State law?
Ans. c have not the text of the
ruling referred to, but we think the
Postmaster General does not empower
mall carriers to disregard tho common
courtesies of highway travel, nor to
break any State's law. "Bight of way"
means, we think, that no ono shall un
necessarily obstruct or delay carriers
when on their ollicial business. Mull
carriers should bo as courteous as less
exalted mortals ; and as a rule we
think they are.
SOME TALES OF HORROR.
StnrlcM of the rneuny Skulls of Mur
lr'tl Men Hint Wom:n.
There Is a skull, said to bo that of u
negro murdered by his master, a Ko
man Catholic priest, at Bittlscombe
house, near Brldport, In Dorcetshlre,
says Notes and Queries. Several at
tempts, It is said, have boon made to
bury or otherwise dispose of this.skull,
with the Invariable results of dreadful
screams proceeding from the grave, un
accountable disturbances about the
house, and other equally unpleasant
occurrences. An account of the house
and skull, on the authority of Dr. Rich
ard Garnett, will be found In Ingram's
"Haunted Homes and Family Le
gends." In the same volume is a no
tice of another haunted house, Burton
Agnes Hall, near Bridlington. Here
the skull is that of a woman of the
Boynton family, who was attacked and
murdered by two ruffianly mendicants
in tho sixteenth century. Before slio
expired she Implored her sisters to pre
serve her skull In the family mansion,
which wns then being built. This was
not done at llrst, hut finally the sisters
were compelled to comply with the
strange request by the noises, resem
bling claps of thunder, which resound
ed through the house every night until
the skull was taken from tho grave.
Several attempts have been made to
bury It, with the same results as at
Bettiscombe. At page '2? Is a rather
unsatisfactory account of a skull, said
to bo that of a murdered heiress, kept
at Tunstead farm house, near Chapel-cn-le-Frlth,
Derbyshire.
"Tho Skull House" Is tho title of one
of Boby's "Traditions of Lancashire."
Tho house referred to Is Worsley, or,
ns It Is sometimes called Wardloy hall,
an ancient building nbout seven miles
west from Manchester. It was an old
seat of tho Downes family, of which
a member who lived in the seventeenth
century nppears to have been In the
habit of first getting more wine Into his
skull than was good for him nnd then
brawling with his brother sons of Belial
In the London streets. In one of these
uocturaal rambles he was killed and
TREASURE OF KING JOHN.
HltJliiir rinee Hum .Vnver liven He-vi-nli-il
Ito.vnl Iti-tralla of fecotlniid
It would bo highly interesting and
romantic If, after all the centuries
which have elapsed, King John's treas
ure should now be discovered. Not long
ago they ploughed up In nn Irish field
the regalia of some dead kings of sav
age days; why not, then, the treasure
of the king from whom the charter was
wrung? Quite as strange things havo
happened. The Koh-l-Nur was lost for
six weeks, and turned up In an old ci
gar-box ; the English crown Jewels havo
been stolen, and sixty years ago wero
only saved from total destruction by
lire by the Iierolsm of a little band of
police and firemen nt tho Tower. They
hauled up the Great Seal In a fisher
man's net from the Tlmmes, and a trea
sure llUIlt or two lit tho Tower noil
Westminster Abbey may have been at
tended by more profitable result than
those participating- wore prepared to
admit, says the St. James Gazette.
"Who does not know the romantic
story of the royal regalia of Scotland?
It would make the fortune of a novel
or drama. When In tho troubled days
of the Stuart dynasty, It was feared
that the advance of the English armv
Into Scotland Would be followed by thu
seizure of the Scottish regalia, the lat
ter was secretly carried to Duuottai
castle, a strong baronial fortress bull!
upon an Insulated rock, projecting into
the German ocean. And there George
Ogilvie, a faithful soldier, kept watcb
and ward over the treasure.
The castle wns besieged and the gar
rison repeatedly summoned to surren
der. Ogilvie stoutly held out. and
made repeated efforts to get his trea
sure carried oversea. This was ren
dered Impossiblo owing to the closeness
with which the castle was blockaded
Tiifn uimiiwul nil tlui uldn if tlu lite liiM.
tallons, and the crown Jewels desjy
to fall Into the hamb". of the enemy.
Came u woman to the rescue. Chris
tian Fletcher, u'ife of the minister of
Klneff, obtained permission from tho
English general to visit the wife of the
governor. Her maid accompanied her,
and when they came out from the cita
del they bore with them tho crowd, tho
sword and scepter, hidden in bundles of
material which they said wero to ho
spun Into thread. The English general
himself helped the lady to her horse1
as she rode away from Hie castle, ho
little suspecting what her .bundle con
tained. "When eventually the castle was
carried, It was represented that the re
galia had been smuggled away to tho
continent. Imprisonment and torluro
of the persons implicated failed to ex
tol t a variation of this story. As a
fact, tho treasures had been burled be
neath the pulpit of Kinoff church, and
there lay concealed until tho vest ora
tion. Afterward they were locked up
In a great chest In the crown room of
Edinburgh castle and lost for over u
century. The story of their reappear
ance Scott has made well known.
PAPER KERCHIEF TO STAY.
I'nltUc I Ik- I'ulp Collar, It Hun ii
Good ItciiNon for Ki 1st lnr.
"The paper handkerchief," unlike tho
paper collar, is here to stay," said
physician. "It has a good reason fog
remaining, and that Is what the paper
collar never had.
"Tho paper handkerchief comes to u?
from Japan, where for centuries It hat
been In use. It Is soft and thick anO
strong, and It looks like silk. It cosli
a cent less than the cost of Inuudcrliif
a linen handkerchief.
"The linen handkerchief, physlclani
agree, Is the most dangerous article It
the human wardrobe. It swarms wltt
billions of germs of consumption ani
grip and pneumonia, and hence, Instead
of being laundered It should be destroy'
ed. But It can't bo destroyed; It Is tooc
expensive.
"Tho paper handkerchief is destroy
ed. It Is thrown Into the lire.
"The rarity of consumption in Japan
is attributed, with some show of jus
tice, to the exclusive use of pajter hand
kerchiefs by the Japanese. New York'
Press.
rotable Cnime.
"I see there was a slight eruption felt
down on the Isthmus of Panama?"
"Is Poultuey BIgolow down there
again?" Milwaukee Sentinel.
This is a rather sure rule: If a man
has accumulated money ho Is smart
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