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TERROR TO BAD MEN. FRONTIER SHERIFF WITH STRONG NERVES. •«*•*« la ■««> M4 »m) la k)w»rh Na* hr*#t Fslis* la lafe* Ml* Mm —Vaattag a I •nU RwlWr IU4» lit* ___ Small Ml body and easy ta speech. Set a terror u» bad men" is tbe days «br» tbe (rantier laws* at the west mere omm safe tough* oi tbe worst wort James C. Uahimoa. wotr a lead ‘fig buataeas mas of O&ili V -> . ah l *e rrUr> of tbe state board of trae* pert* tioc lu* a record which he made while sbenR of list mo const y which rtamp* him as owe of tbe routed men *fc. ri■ drew a gua ‘‘hairon u the cwowty seat aad wbeo be became wiser.f tt was a literal bell. Ilahtmaa legsw bis term of u*< e by notify lag all * owner wed that t*badroa would no ioag*r b* a harbor for horse thieve* ahd cattle rattier*, that mew with wutrha* ow their gun* would be per naw*fitly laid to rest .a the saad dune* if they failed to emigrate toward th* setting sum wad that gambltag would hate to he <oadu>ied oa something like a gratae! hast*, taatead of being a 4rashes orgy, with palated fesaale at tsrtarsu When the wot Ice was pus* «d the had mt« laughed sad the paint ed a owes shrieked with delight at the audacity at the «oa*umpti*e iookiag A work alt*? Itahlaiaa if»u*d Ills ordrr a nutod rattl* rt»(kr a*»*>1 Hiadataa cam* to ('tudrus drank hi# C!l at trxm'krr whiokjr. and :*au*rk*d ia a kmd salt'* that h* would Ilk* to •** that * aa»*d off litti* runt of a sbert* arrest h.m. Afur oo r*markms H.nd aaa proe*«4*d to shout up th* town Th* t(M|kf eaported to M? Dahlrnuu Va«* town am twipurtaat uu»:a*as. hut hr had boaiam* la C'hadruo H* I** ilutdati rwdrratr fur aa hour or t«i sad tbm prepared to rlip h:» wins* i. udmaa a*et (ato Ua< k Sw*m*y's dance hall, and alt*r a hoot; as «P tor place ;aua;r*d aa to th* nh*r*abojt cf '~a* rkmf who was so. ns to do PRESSING AGAIXST HIB SFjCK sack great tbtag*- souae. aad a* made the inquiry than be felt a ring of roll steel pressing again-t the back of bis Mtk. aad then a quiet rather I op tag voice aid: H.adman if you muie a muscle you are a dead man l a Ikthimaa. the sfcsrtfL aad 1 war* yoa lo shack your weapon* aad lay them oa the bar Owe false more aad you are as dead as the Late lam-at* J J. Cae sar." Someth.ng ta th tone of the voice imparted to the drink-erased ms&d of Htndfn that he was up against it. He weakened aad disarm ed w.t&out a protest, aad when Dwbl out bad gathered up the di**ard«-J weapon* Hind maa was nun. a-d to tb Jail aad l arked up One Of Chadroa s gambling hai'» h_ I beep the ateae of sever li coid-blood*- t nasirdar*, the Victims bring ten-i'-rf-e? who had lost their awwy and tka made a ‘"holler ~ They were beaten to death, aad as the astf-defense theory sas always set up. the muiderers man aged to escape justice. Mablmaa turd several nays to rise- »p the disreput able Joint, but without sue ess. One sight he walked into the kali and quietly bought a stack of blues, paying for ti.*m with tl.«m ta gold He then unloaded ft Odd a gres-ab.uk* and au aouaced that he would play It all pro v .d:ag the roof was lifted This meant removing the limit- Ikablstaa had never keen known to pia. faro, and the Ben hacking the gam* nearly Hi Wend from sheer delight. They re moved the limit and the gam began At the end of nine hour* the dealer coroad the case, remarking ‘"Bank's srufce " imhlmma pork-fed his w n •naga which wrere over iM Ot. and turned to go. As he stood in th- door way he said: "I vast this to fnf up this place «; Vaa.se** The room to needed for « Methodist meeting hoove 1 want all » ear traps rrsswd by soon toporrov. «:M if they are sot ID make trouble.’* Hare-Lip CtolVf * ptoe wan rlov i for pood that sight. The folio* .tig Sunday as itiaersst Methodist minis ter prisMri sttMs Its arsllh over the dm religions psotias ever held wttfc ' Om sight S rovhsjr saSH-d Frasro titled a fesule attache of a dan- - hall, e rasoa vaa ippelled hy Jealousy aa I *hi*k? hat shea he saw the dead g.rl •rise at hto for! he sobered op »ad im awdtofeiy ged Ushlpan started after alp v.thta aa hour ft vaa a kmc base asd Ushlsms did not conm> up tMh the goring covhoy for tvo days. dThes Frasce so* that further fiigh: va* ppsumlrF he hilled hto hrosrho «ad lay dova behtsd It. tbrovin* hto •*'ta h—— over the aasatal asd as Mmariac that he would die before he **"AU righti* shouted IJahlspn who -ode both about eh yards asd dis psasted After hohbl.ng hto horse be made a Are asd preps rod hto aspper ~v flight fefl asd as dark non* rape on ('ran** tiled tv , or three shads at the •hertff. hot the d:>iss«e vis too great IThes porsisg cape Itohlama wa> rshtosg daws hto tore- asd Frasce wan sitting os hto dead aaiapJ The pssdever took aoseral shots at the sheriff, hot Unhimaa haring noth ag o«t hto revolvers did sot fire Is recurs, fatting the day Dshiaps quietly gath er* a pito sf dry prairie grans. and. vhes might rape he renamed his clothe* asd stuffed rhep full of giap He male a head for the dummy Ty ruli ng up hit saddle blanket, and upon the » »p h** >ct his hat He propped up he dummy and then crawled away. He work* 1 around behind France, and '>•! wit'an thirty yards of him before ' *»n came. As goon us it was light Kr. a e peeped up over his dead bron cho anj saw what he believed to be Hallman. sitting up on the prairie a ■ all ..jjf mile away. He stood up and hi«d at the supposed body several tint*-.anxiously looking after each shot to see if he had hit the mark. Sud denly he was paralyzed to feel a touch on bis a.m. and bear a gentle voice •ay: France, the jig's up. If you move 1 i hare to bore a few holes through row.** Fiance d.d move and two revolver ► huts rang out. The fir*t broke Fraa< s right arm. the second one his left. Then Dahlman. chilled to the now. left the wounded cowboy and »«-ut u%er to where his clothes were and dressed Then he took his pris oner bat k to Chadron, seventy miles away. One day a young minister of the gos pel came 10 ('hadron and announced t:.*: he wanted to prea h. There was no church in ('hadron, and no unoccu pied bui'dings. The owner of the most or lerly saloon In town Anally proposed to dose up hi# bar for one hour and let the preacher use the saloon as a ■ hurt'll. The Idea took well, and at the appointed hour the saloon was jammed to s iffo* ati«*n. The young preacher de !.(* red an excellent sermon and at the dose took up a collection. Soon the •ar resumed business. A bad cowboy though: it would be fun to make the prea. her dance a ad sent a bullet into the floor dose to the ministerial feet a# a hint to begin at once. Dahlman. who wa# a witness of the assault, kno. kcd the thug’s revolver from his hand and sen: him staggering against the :ur with a stiff right-hander. Be f-ire the . owbo.v could recover and d'aw another gun Dihlman had him covered with a revolver. **I know the preacher does not ap pro.- of iancing ” drawled Dahlman. "but j» rhaps he would not object to -e-.rg 4 ow boy dame Now. dance, you blankety-blank cur.** The ow ioy objected and Dahlman planted a bullet so near his feet that the bully feit the draught. Dance. juJ 1 nvo a plenty!** yelled the sheriff The cowboy lamed. .Vhenever he . >w-d '.gn> of stopping Dahlman , in.,! um on with a revolver shot t:,at almost grazed the skin. The cow bo> lan • J until h.> tongue protruded from h:s mouth and his feet each ••cigned a ton Then Dahlman made b.:ii g-t cm h.s knees and beg the prea her'*, pardon. Dahlman served three terms. ai:J refused another re- ; • t or. He declined on the ground ..it the ommunity was becoming so mural tt.at there was no fun in being sheriff. He may be seen on the streets of Omaha nearly every day. and a stranger mould pii k him out as being las' n an •> face a revolver with a -n e and go up against a gang of men with r« ords for murder as long as •he moral law. But the man who tries to impose upon Dahlman because he is -mall and quiet and given to keeping in Th<* ha« kg round is bound to meet • tb a - .-prise that will turn his hah gray. Walking In (Urrlra. e has been a great deal of ape i m is to w h> it ;s that people who • '*>e ■ .l-.r way. e ther in forests or open ;> .( • » will always move in a circle. n» almost inevitably to the right. I 1 following suggestion-. while they tiot answer this query, are interest n« 'howlog the attention that the • »j* ' has re*e:ve,1 ' Some phvsiolo -y anatom.st- and speculative phil *P* •:> < iaiin that the left leg in the :i man -p*• ia slightly longer than l - right, and so takes longer steps. (using a motion to the right *■ :n time < iropletes a circle, if the :i * ' " * t»ewildered that it has r.o ■ 'j** - point in view. p<»ri;e**«» mr l i m»* quit Ion ii* - in fit*- fa. t that mos’ |.«*rsons use ght hands in 5*:»-ierence to their u l are a* u-iOi’.ied to passing ob 03 their right-hand side, and so. in -Ms. -nifdy. ke-p edging ofT to the rg' On a prairi**, however, where • nothing in the way of obstacles 1 ■:' h> of mention, this cause or rea | *•* ’• ' • I A right-handed' < !e W lul l hardly hold good." N«.»el Ummtf Taken by IhievM. are sotje remarkable thefts ■ ■*" !|ioi>■ e are called upon to o/n. b'.t two of the strangest ' !i» 4je->• rohlteries that ever came to • *.- not <e of tie* seventeenth dis tr ! were reported a few days * • ia ua#* rase a ragman had push • art up an alley at Seventeenth i ** ' ■ UB4 'eft ni - , nnvcy »'bi h • attained two bags of to enter the rear of a house in ■*» »f mo-e rags. When he :*ame o» the house three minutes later a - two bags of rags were gone. There ►r.s»d the empty .art. So trace couid >* f‘» ‘i*'i ol the thieves. Not a square about the same time, there was - Tied off a tubful of infant's clothe?. Mi h had '*een put out to soak pre ' • *u- to washing. The thieves took « < tub and ail. even the water in wbi.h the .iothes were soaking._ Philadelphia Record. «»a*»r I'rrdUim*nl of • Dead Man. in the New York Assembly the other day. ||r. Week*, author of the bill abolishing common law marriages, mi-c arguing in favor of the measure and attar ked the common law mar rtag on the ground that as the law now stands no man can tell whether as is man led or not. He astounded the legislator* hv thU statement: “A man dies and along comes a woman heatil) veiled and in deep mourning and rla'm* to be bis wife, and for the •r*t time the man hears that he is married “ Not until the Assembly bad re» overed from its fit of laughter did Mi Weeks realize that he bad clothed the dead man with remarkable power in permitting him to retain his senso of bearing. Compared to the waters of the Dead Sen. those- of the Jalt Lake are com- i para lively freah. AFLOAT ON ICE CAKE. WITH A WILD STEER FDR A COMPANION. Thrilling Adventure of a Cattleman on the MiSKOurl ISiver — .Succeeded In I* >rclng the Latter Off—A Hairbreadth Escape from an Awful H<atli. Afloat in the Missouri river on a cake of ice barely large enough to support the weight of a man. with a wild range steer fer a companion and certain death staring him in the face unless he was able to force the animal from the frail and unique craft, was the experi ence recently of John Q. Anderson, a prominent South Dakota cattleman. The scene of the thrilling adventure was near Crow Creek Indian Agency. Anderson had a herd of cattle which he wished to water in the river. The recent cold weather had frozen the river out about 20 feet from shore and by sanding the newly formed ice An derson believed he could water the beef herd in a long trough he had cut through the ice, and that by getting in front of the animals himself would be able to keep them from slipping into the channel or getting so far out as to break through. Being wild and thirsty. MARKED CARDS That Failed of Tlieir Purpos* la • Poker Game. “It has been my luck on several oc casions to butt into a good thing,” said Sam S. Colison. a traveling man from Milwaukee, "but only once did it ever turn out this way when I was intended to be the good thing. It happened a good many years ago on a Mississippi river steamboat, in the days when the common mode of traveling was by riv er, as railroads were scarce. On a long trip down the river a man made many acquaintances. To while away the long hours there was generally a re sort to poker playing, and there were some men who did nothing else but travel up and down the river, fleecing the innocents whom they inveigled into their games. If there was one thing I was at home at it was poker, and all the tricks that had ever been sprung I was on to. I knew most of the card sharps that frequented the Mississippi, but on one trip there were a couple of new guys who got into a little game with me. They sprung all their little tricks, which were as familiar to me as if the men had told me what they were going to do. We were about matched, and that night we quit even. The next morning they met me with i pleasant smile, and appeared overanx FLOATING OFF INTO THE CUR RENT. the animals rushed down upon the ice I in a bunch. The cattleman realized the danger, but before he could ‘drive , enough of the cattle back to shore to relieve the pressure on the ice, the weight of the cattle cracked the ice. tore it loose from shore and Anderson suddenly found himself, in company with one steer, floating out in the cur rent on the cake of ice. After super human efforts, he succeeded in pushing his unwelcome companion into the river, when it swam back to the shore. The cattleman now found himself float ing rapidly down the deep channel of the river on a cake of ice that was none too thick or too big to bear his weight, this fact having been impressed on his mind while it was sinking under the weight of himself and the steer. About a quarter of a mile down the river heavy ice reached from shore to shore. His situation was now very critical, for only by the merest good fortune could he hope to reach the heavy ice before the frail cake upon which he was being swept down the river was sucked under the heavier ice by the swift current. At what seemed to him lightning speed the cake of ice upon which he was riding approached the heavy white line which marked the edge of the heavy ice’stretching across thu river. With rare presence of mind the cattleman saw that his chances of escaping being carried under the heavy ice would be materially bettered by hir. riding as near the rear end of his strange craft as possible, thus causing the forward end to tilt higher out of j the water. Swiftly the cake of ice with its human freight neared the icy barrier. Anderson braced himself for a leap for life, and just as the cake came in contact with the heavy sta tionary ice he put his whole strength into the bound for life and safety. His leap was well tim^d. and.reaching safe ty on the heavy ice. he glanced back just in time to see the cake of ice upon which he had taken his involuntary ride disappear under the ice which he had succeeded in reaching. To Be Tried for Cannibalism. Three chiefs of the Alberta Bay tribes have been taken to Vancouver, B. C\, to be tried for eating human flesh. The offense was committed at a “potlach" several weeks ago. In re sponse to a call for martyrs two young bucks and an Indian maiden stood naked in the center of a circle of paint ed savages, who danced around them, darting at them and biting pieces out of their arms and legs and-eating the bleeding morsels Where Brlcandaee Still Reigns. Sardinia, although one of the regions most loyal to the Italian sovereign, is one of the least considered. Poverty, squalor and malaria have in one way or other depopulated the island, which has an average of 28 inhabitants to every square kilometer, while in the peninsula the average is over 104 and in Sicily 113. It is the only part of Italy where is has not yet been possible to uproot brigandage. The woman who can put on her shoe3 without sitting on the floor is about as rare as the man who goes to bed with out banding his necktie on the gas Jet. ions to commence again. I thought ; something new was up. and this was : confirmed when I saw they were trying to lose to me in order to throw me Cff my guard. Pretty soon one of them called for a new deck, saying he thought his luck would change with new cards. His partner went out for the pasteboards, and as I was on the watch. I noticed a peculiarity during the first deal. The becks of the cards were red designs, i and 1 noticed written in small charac- j ters in red ink on the red signs th? ! name of the card. For instance, thp jack of diamonds was written ‘j. d.,’ the queen of clubs 'q. c..’ and so on. j The letters were almost microscopic. ! and but for the fact that my eyes are very sharp 1 would never have noticed the marks. The fellow that dealt th? ; cards saw what he gave me each time, i but I soon found out that they had made their figures and letters so small . that it was impossible for the other fellow to see what 1 had. I didn’t let on that I knew the cards were marked: didn’t even close my cards up aft°r looking at them. You see what my game was? Having remarkably keen | eyes. I could plainly read what was on ! the backs. This gave me two chances to their one. and when it was my turn to deal I had three to their one. and th? result was. as they were game enough to keep the thing up. not dreaming that 1 was on to them, that I won nearly every dollar they had before the day was out.”—Memphis Scimitar. H»«l Driven Mule* Before. Daniel C. Pomeroy, once a prominent New York criminal lawyer, in his early life was a stage driver on the old But i terfield line, and gleaned his legal ed | ucation largely upon the box seat of Ins coach, or while change of horses was being made at the stations. He i was associated with others in the de fense of one Mrs. McCarthy, on her trial at I'tica for the murder of a man named Hall of Ogdensburg, who was killed by a bullet from her revolver, which was aimed at another man. , Judge Doolittle presided at the trial, | and seemed to believe in the prisoner’s guilt. The judge was bitter—and so was Pomeroy. The latter made an ob jection, and insisted upon it rather i strenuously. “Mr. Pomeroy," said the judge. "1 am not a horse, and can’t be driven.” “Well, your honof. I learned in my early experience to drive mules, and I will try to keep up my former reputation.”—Philadelphia Call. Whipped by Whiter* u«. Because Peter Huffman, a miner liv ing at Layford, Clinton county, Ind., assaulted his wife and nearly bit the end of her finger off. he was made the victim of a white-capping outrage. He is in 2. critical condition. When the ; act became known a mob of about 30 persons was formed and each armed himself with a mule driver’s whip. Huffman was taken from his bed and led to the edge of the town, vrhere he was unmercifully whipped, some of the strokes cutting through and inflicting deep gashes in his flesh. You can always tell when a girl Is in love. VtTben you catch her smiling at nothing, she acts foolish as a man when you catch him scratching his wooden LONG SEARCH ENDED. PATHETIC HUNT OF MOTHER FOR DAUGHTER. The Girl Disappeared Twenty-Fire Years Ago and the Mother’s Effort to Find Her Did Not Cease Until Death — Crazed With Grief. A life story of peculiar pathos was closed at Linton. Greene county. Indi ana, the other day, with the death of Mrs. Polly Barnett, at the advanced age of 72, 25 of which were spent in almost ceaseless search for a missing daugh ter. Mrs. Barnett was a sister of Smith Miller, who represented the first Indi ana district in the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth congresses, and another brother was a lawyer of note back in the ’50s and for several years was an honored judge on the circuit bench. Like her brothers, the sister was pos sessed of rare talents, and her intelli gence and vivacity made friends and admirers in a half dozen counties, where she was esteemed alike for the graces of her person and the beauty of her Christian character. She married rather late in life, and settled down to a life of domesticity on a farm. Two daughters were born to her. there be ing five years' differences in their ages, and during the infancy of the younger the father died. The widow carried on the farm with the assistance of hired help and was considered wealthy when her eldest daughter Grace attained her 18th year. One morning. 25 years ago, when Grace was called to breakfast she failed to respond, and upon going to her room it was found that she had not occupied the bed during the night. None of the girl's clothing was missing except the suit she had on the night before, and it was surmised by the sur roundings that, instead of going to her room that night, she had gone out at the rear of the house and disappeared. From that day to this her disappear ance has been an unsolved mystery. Rumors were circulated that she had been decoyed from home and murdered by a young man who had occasionally GRACE BARNETT. visited her and for whom she seemed to feel admiration, but he was never formally accused of participation in her disappearance, and his after life, as well as his high character at the time, soon disarmed what appeared to be an unwarranted suspicion. The best de tective talent in the west was employed in the search for the missing daughter, and the mother spent thousands of dol lars in feeing detectives and following up what in the end proved to be false clews. Then the farm was mortgaged, the stock was sold off. and even the household furniture was parted with to get money to continue the search. When all her means had been ex hausted the mother herself, crazed with grief, began her hopeless search in person. Month after month it was con tinued through all of the surrounding counties, and the cold of winter and heat of summer were alike braved without one word of complaint. It was soon apparent that Mrs. Barnett’s mind had given way under her great afflic tion; but she was so kind and gentle that none of her friends would con sent to invoke means to restrain her of her liberty but threw open their homes to her and did all in their power to contribute to her necessities. For the first few years of her wanderings her younger daughter accompanied her, but the exposure to all kinds of weath er soon told upon her constitution and she fell sick and died. The mother seemed wholly unconscious of her loss and went on in her wanderings as though the second daughter had not been taken away from her. One morn ing. however, an empty coffin was found near the open grave of the daughter in the Olive Branch cemetery in Greene county. The mother was questioned as to the removal of the remains and confessed that she had ex humed the body with her own hands and had borne it to some other resting place. She refused to say where she had buried the body and the secret died with her. Xo one could ever be found who had assisted in the disinterment, and it is possible that the mother not only took up the coffin and removed the body, but bore it in her arms to the place where it w'as finally deposited and where she had also dug a grave. After the death of her daughter the mother continued her wanderings alone for many years, but more recent ly she always appeared with a large black cat that trudged along from place to place at her heels, and which was her sole companion. This cat was nevar out of her presence day or night, and seemed to have taken hold of her af fections to the exclusion of everything else except her missing daughter. On her deathbed she requested Mrs. Cook, the friend at whose house she died, to ♦urn the cat loose that it might con tinue the search for Grace. When Mrs. Barnett first began her search her travels extended over a wTide range of territory, but in recent years she confined herself to a smaller circle, and was thus expected at certain times at the homes of those who had so long taken a kindly interest in her. Many a night, when rain or snow was falling, some kind-hearted farmer would start out to find "Grandma Barnett," as she was called, and often she was discov ered trudging along the road w'ith her cat at her heels. Though she passed along the same road hundreds of times she never I seemed conscious o' the fact that she had prosecuted her search in that di rection, for she would stop at interval? and call “Grade! Grade!” as if she expected an answering voice to come out of the woods. Then she would cal “Where are you, Grade?” and this was repeated year after year at the same place, only to find that Grace did not respond. Mrs. Barnett was endowed with a remarkable constitution, and through her 25 years of exposure to al1 kinds of weather was never known tc be sick a day. MATRIMONIAL "STEERER.” A Novel mid Debasing State of Attain in Indiana's Gretna Green. Jeffersonville, Ind., is to lose the dis tinction it has long borne of being tno most famous Gretna Green of the coun try. The decree to this end has been issued by Judge Marsh of the Clark county circuit court, who interdicts the employment of “marriage steerers”— men and women who drum up prospec tive brides and grooms and bring them before the local squires to be married. These squires have advertised their business of tying the nuptial knot, just as the grocer advertises his wares or the hotel its location and advantages. In the mountainous region of Ken tucky, which yearly contributes some thing like a thousand pairs of beating hearts to the mart of Jeffersonville, business cards and posters are distrib uted informing the love-stricken that Squire Blank at Jeffer.-.onville performs ceremonies with dispatch and feeling, that his parlors are located near the wharf—elopers always come by water —and that gentlemanly agents will take the bridegroom in charge and in sure a license. The rivalry between the three local squires, who made a specialty of mar rying, became acute a long time ago. Like rival hotelkeepers, they put “steerers" to work, and the steerers for each place rapidly multiplied until most of the steamer men on the river became "subsidized agents.” who slipped advertising cards into the hands of trembling lovers as they came across the river. Then women entered the business of conducting bashful lovers before the squire by whom they were employed. It was not long before these steerers began* to fight over the “victims.” as they are called, and while one pulled the prospective bride toward “one matrtimonial bliss foundry,” the other yanked the bridegroom toward his "shop.” But it was something beside this in decorous state of things that induced Judge Marsh to take action in the mat i ter. It is necessary in Indiana that affidavit be made that bride is of age. Affidavit making became a profession, and this was also taken up by the steerers. who helped to get the license. J Though in many cases they had never j seen the bride before, the affidavit was ! made out and sworn to. Judge Marsh proposes to put a stop to this whole sale perjuring. REMARKABLE WOMAN BURGLAR A hairpin as a subtle picklock in the delicate fingers of a woman is the ex planation of the many mysterious cases of burglary in the Manavunk district of Philadelphia. Laura Hilton is the extraordinary woman burglar. By her an intricate lock is as well understood as a watch by a jeweler. A hairpin in her skilled fingers Is a magic open sesame. For years this woman, protected by her dexterity and her catlike manner of creeping through sleeping houses, has pursued a criminal career undetected. Her life is a strange mixture of ro mance and crime. Young, beautiful, refined, she fell in love with a fascin ating scamp, and against the wishes of her parents, who are of a good old southern family, eloped with him. It was the old story—the man sinking lower and lower in crime, and the woman clinging to him through all. Finally he became a professional crim inal. and the woman was his “pal." Then came arrest and conviction for the man. and the woman was left to fight the world alone. She followed the plan of battle that had been taught her. This unique woman burglar is 33 years old and is very prepossessing. She is about the medium height, with a slender, graceful, girlish figure. Her hair is intensely black, and she has the big. melting black eyes of the Creole type. Laura Hilton is now in Moya mensing prison awaiting trial. She was arrested in an outbuilding in West Philadelphia. It was her way to hide in such places until everybody was asleep and then enter and plunder res idences. The woman has made Phila delphia her headquarters for at least three years, but where she has lived during that time is not known, for ail the addresses she gave to the police proved false. ■... .- . ___ A Carious Story of Complications. The marriage of Isaac Williams and Mrs. Lydia Ruby, at Oklahoma City. Usings into print a curious story of complications which arose out of the lax administration of the territory's divorce laws. Some years ago Mrs. Ruby procured a divorce from Mr. Ruby in the probate court. She then married Mr. Williams, and they lived together happily for two years. At the end of that time it was decided by the supreme court that the probate judges had no jurisdiction in divorce caaes, and that all decrees issued by them were null and void. Mr. and Mrs. Williams at once separated, and she brought suit in the district court for divorce from her former husband. In due time this was granted, and. after the lawful time had elapsed, sh ‘ was married again to Williams. l»«cr Avenged Murder of Fawn. In the park of Lord Grantley, at Wonersh, near Guildford, a fawn, drinking, suddenly was pounced upon by one of the swans, which pulled the animal into the water and held it un der until drowned. This was observed by the other deer in the park. Shortly after this swan, which had hitherto never been molested by the deer, was singled out when on land and furious ly attacked by a herd, which sur rounded and killed it.—Weekly Tele graph. the mountaineers. live practically AS »N COLONIAL TIMES. Bnt with Lew of Ambltiou und L«» Enlightenment — Kully Two Million Americans Who Are Absolutely Be nighted. (Special Letter.) The political conditions in Ken tucky, culminating in the recent as sassination of Senator Goebel, the Democratic contestant for governor, have brought the mountaineei s of that commonwealth into considerable no toriety, owing to their presence in the capital at the time of the sination an* the part they have taken in support of Gov. Taylor. These mountaineers are of a ^>Pe common to a large and rugged region, extending from the Ohio river to Bir mingham, Ala., and Atlanta, Ga. The extent of vhe region has been concealed from the fact that it is parceled out among nine different commonwealths, writes William Goodeli Frost, presi dent of Berea College, in the current number of the Atlantic Monthly. It has no coastline, no navigable stream and no inland lakes. The lack of wa terways. or other means of communi cation. has barred all progress. In this region are 2,000,000 people, who are living practically in condi tions of colonial times. The difference is that the colonial people were con sciously in motion and felt themselves to be in the front of the progress of their time, while the mountain people have a depressing sense of being be | hind. Yet the people are not to blame. The conditions affecting them are the ; result of environment. These people are more destitute of all the opportunities that go with ed ucation than any other people of our race in the world. There may be 20 counties in one group which do not ; contain a printing press. The average preacher of the mountains is inclined to be suspicious of the “book lamin’ ” 1 which he has failed to acquire. Re ligion itself is a melancholy affair , chiefly connected with funerals and ; sectarian squabbles. The fighting propensities of the mountaineers are to be classed with other survivals of old-world temper and ideals. It is well to remember that the whole south is far nearer than the other parts of the country to the age of chivalry, when all gentlemen wore ! side arms and felt that the govern ment was simply to defend them from foreign foes, while they were to relj upon their own prowess to protect ! their households and their honor. So far, then, as the backwoodsmen ar« A MOUNTAIN SCHOOL HOUSE. affected by the example of those who have enjoyed superior advantages, they have been continuously taught to i avenge their own wrongs rather than appeal to law. And quite naturally they have shown less restraint and good taste in such matters. It is to be added that the administration of justice in the mountain counties is at tended with even more delays and un certainties than elsewhere. Add to this the fact that the mourtaineer has the independent spirit born of solitude, constant practice in the use of fire arms. and that the civil war. in which the mountains were plundered by both armies, rekindled the belligerent spirit of their ancient blood. It gives us hope for their future that the frequent homicides are not committed wanton ly nor for purposes of robbery, but in the spirit of an Homeric chieftain on some “point of honor.” DUTCH CHURCH AND BOERS. Tradition* Whkh th« Ailv«nt of Colo nists Failed to Frase. This Dutch church was a privileged church and it had long traditions of its own which even the advent of colon ists of all nationalities failed to erase, says the Fortnightly Review. It has furnished the backbone of that curious oligarchy which has been cited as such an anomalous feature of the Boer states. Its peculiar religious tenets have been narrow and Calvinistic, and we cannot really expect much from the pastors and elders and deacons of a church that has fostered on one hand the pide of the Koopman and on the other the pride of the Calvinist in re ligion. Here is almost the worst pos sible combination for a colonial church. Setting out from perfectly dif ferent standpoints, the old Dutch co lonial church seems to join hands with the antiquated despots of a Spanish South American viceroyaltv. Such a ' ice royalty, with its cumbrous church, and state apparatus, presupposed a home monopoly in all things, from the manufacture of a horseshoe to the ap* pointment of a prebendary. In the same wav a Dutch Bast India com pany, with its precise and silly rules about colonial trade, official etiquette, precedence and ceremonies, all framed and manipulated by a chamber of sev enteen at Amsterdam, meant a close monopoly. To-day the Boer states have proved thenffeelves worthy suc cessors of a clique of monopolists. Her Opinion. The wealthy widower felt that it was time for him to say something, so he asked: “What is your opinion, Miss Passay, of this outcry against great fortunes? Do you believe it is a dis grace to die rich?” “Oh. Mr. Truster leigh, this is so sudden! Let me have time to consider. Let me think it aver. Ah, I have considered. Yes, I will try to love you. I will be a icother to your dear little children.” . j