JOHN BURT
IBy FREDERICK
UPHAM ADAMS
| j Author of ••Tbo Kidnapped Millionaires,’’ “Colonel Monroe* Doctrine,” Etc.
! I Copyright. 1902, by
,1 Frkdkbick Uphau Adams
All rights
reserved
COPTRItIHT, 1903. BT
A. J. Dbixel Biddle
CHAPTER XXVII—Continued.
“When I made my start tradin’
bosses I was tickled to death if I sold
a hoss an made twenty dollars’ profit.
That ten thousand dollars meant the
soilin' of more than five hundred
bosses, an’ all I had to do was to reach
out an’ take it. An’ I gazed at that
money an‘ thought how it would look
in my bank book, an’ I said to him.
‘Mr. Morris,’ says I ‘I’m your man.’
An" then, seein’ how easy it was to
E'ske money here in this city coun
cil. I made a deal with him by which
I w as to buy up six other aldermen an’
turn ’em over to him, same as if they
were a lot of hosses or bags of pota
toes. Then we drew up an agreement
io vote for the ordinances an’ gave it
to Mr. Morris. Here, Mr. Chairman,
*is the duly certified copy of that con
tract. Part of the money was in cash
an the rest in a certified check, an’ 1
1 ave brought it here for your inspec
tion. You will note that it is signed by
Mr. Arthur Morris and drawn on his
bank.
“Now, Mr. Chairman, an’ members
of tlifs honorable body,” said Sam,
turnip and facing his astonished list
eners, “I want to say to you that I
have changed my mind about voting
for these ordinances. My lawyer tells
me I don't have to keep this agree
ment with Mr. Morris, an’ I’m goin'
to sacrifice that ten thousand dollars
an’ the ten thousand more which
would have been mine when these or
dinances pass. Acting qn the advice
of my lawyer, I therefore turns this
money over to you, with the certified
check an’ the agreement we signed.
Thankin’ you for your kind attention
to this explanation, I votes ‘no’.’”
A scene of wildest confusion fol
lowed. Half of the members were on
their feet demanding recognition. The
chairman pounded bis gavel into
slivers in a vain attempt to restore
order. The storm gradually subsided,
and Alderman Hendricks secured rec
ognition from the chair.
*ln view of the remarkable state
patience. According to the falsehood
he had told John Burt, Jessie was due
to arrive in New York in a few days.
He saw a thousand chances for the
exposure of his duplicity to one for its
success. Onlyin Jessie’s presence did
his hopes surmount his fears. He in
vented innumerable schemes and dis
missed them one by one. One chance
remained—an immediate proposal, its
urhesitating acceptance, and a hasty
marriage. He would carry the citadel
of her heart by storm, and bear her
away in the confusion and turmoil of
the coming battle.
"Women have been won in a day,”
he mused, "and by knights less well
armed than myself. I’ll propose to
morrow night! She must accept me
—she will acept me. Then, an imme
diate marriage and a trip to Europe.
Why should that not win? It’s got to
win; I’ll make it win.”
Thus argued James Blake during a
lull in the conversation. This whs
worthy of his reckless nature. He
cculd rot turn back. The smoke of
burning bridges was behind him; the
spoils of conquered love awaited his
onward march.
“It seems impossible that I have
known you only a week,” he said, rais
i inr his eyes and looking tenderly into
Jessie’s face. “I feel as if I’d been
acauainted with you for years, and not
for a few brief days.”
Millions of lovers have voiced the
same discovery, and millions more will
do it again.
"You are singularly forgettul,
laughed Jessie, "of our early acquaint
ance in Rocky Woods. That was not
weeks, but years ago.”
"I must give Mr. Morris credit for
that bit of imagination,” said Blake.
“It has become a reality to me, and I
can see you as you were back In those
years, and picture you among the
rocks and fields we knew so well. Do
you go there this season, Miss Car
den?”
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xr.ents made by my colleague,” he said,
“I move a postponement of the vote,
and the appointment of a committee
to investigate these curious charges.”
There were vigorous protests, and
the chair ruled that t-he vote must
proceed. Each of the six aldermen as
sociated with Sam Rounds substantiat
ed the charges made, and deposited
the bribery money with the chairman.
Realizing that defeat was inevitable,
all of the ringsters excepting Aider
man Hendricks recorded their votes
against the ordinances. A motion to
adjourn was declared passed, and the
excited mob poured into the corridors.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Love of a Man for a Woman.
It was not the fault of the chef or
cf the service that Arthur Morris did
rot enjoy his dinner. Jessie’s beauty,
which once charmed him, now inspired
him with jealous rage. For Blake he
felt unalloyed hatred, and for Gen.
Carden a contempt which he did not
iry to conceal. He impatiently await
ed the morrow, when he hoped to
crush James Blake to to extinguish the
general. He prayed the news of the
council’s decision might be brought to
him at dinner.
As he brooded a messenger boy ap
proached and handed Morris an en
velope.
“Ah! I presume this is it!” he ex
claimed. He adjusted his monocle
with elaborate care, broke the envel
ope and read:
“My Dear Morris: The Cosmopoli
tan franchises were defeated by a
practically unanimous vote. Rounds
and six others charge you with bribery.
Rounds exhibited your certified check.
Am on my way to the Hoffman House.
Meet me there at once. Destroy this.
“H.”
The note fell from the speculator’s
hand and fluttered to the floor. He
stared wildly around, but no words
came to his lips.
“Any answer, boss?” The piping
voice of the messenger boy, as he
stood, cap in band, recalled him to
earth. *
“No,” he said pushing his chair from
the table and rising unsteadily to his
feet. “I’m going. Goodnight!”
“Forty-five cents, boss,” demanded
the messenger.
“Get out of th» way, damn you!
Pay this boy, Blake!” and he rushed
for the dressing room.
Blake picked up the note and tore it
into pieces. He knew the purport of
the message which had caused the
precipitate departure of Arthur Morris,
but he did not disclose it.
“Some important Wall street matter,
I suppose,” he ventured, in answer to
the questioning surprise of Jessie and
Edith.
“His expression positively fright
ened me!” said Edith. “Did you no
tice how white he turned when he
r«aad that note? It must have been
something awful! Perhaps his father
is deed?”
The impending overthrow of Morris
fed tho flames of James Blake’s im
boat,” was the reply. Nothing could
have suited Blake better. He would
Sell John Burt that Jessie had post
poned her departure from France. He
then would plead ill health and join
Jessie in Hingham, and their marriage
and wedding trip should follow. The
first cards had fallen in his favor, and
be determined to press bis advantage.
“May I call to-morrow evening, and
not plead business with the general
as a pretext?” he asked boldly. “I
may not get another chance to see you
before you leave. You see I’m already
presuming on these years of friend
ship.”
“Gen. Carden attends a banquet to
morrow evening, but Edith and I will
be at home and we'll be delighted if
l ou’ll drop in to relieve the monot
ony,” replied Jessie. “Uncle Tom
plays a splendid hand at whist and you
csn take papa's place."
Blake’s spirits mounted high as hope
fea the springs of his longing. The
hour was late when he bade his fellowr
guests good-night at the carriage door,
end his being thrilled with the touch
ol her hand and the light of her smile
at parting.
Blake strolled slewiy up the ave
nue, in the direction of his apartments.
He bad not gone two squares when he
met John Burt. In all the years in
San Francisco and New York this was
the first time they had met in a public
thoroughfare. One of the horses haul
ing a wagon laden with stage settings
had fallen and blocked the street.
Blake concealed his confusion by
locking up and dowrn the street for a
carriage. He finally hailed a driver,
and they were rapidly driven to his
apartments.
“We must perfect our plan* for to
morrow,” said John. “The city coun
cil defeated the Cosmopolitan fran
chises to-night, and I shall move
against L. & O. to-morrow morning.”
The voice was oalm, but it held a
note of triumph and of quiet confl
uence. It hinted at no suspicion, and
Blake drew a long breath of relief as
he thought of his third escape.
He shuddered to think of what
would have happened had Gen. Carden
postponed bio departure from the din
ing room by a few minutes. He pic
tured John Burt entering the room,
his steady gaze fixed first on himself
and then on Jessie Carden. So vivid
was the imaginary picture that he felt
all the horror of the situation.
“This is my last speculative cam
paign." said John. “For years I have
been a gold-grubbing and money-mak
ing machine, and I hope my better in
stincts have survived the strain. We
shall triumph to-morrow, and when it
is ended you shall bo. in fact as well
as in name, the head of tho firm of
James Blake & Company. I can retire
from active participation iu its affairs
as quietly as I entered, and you have
fairly won whatever of prestige at
taches to the name.f’
Before Blake could find words to re
ply, the carriage stopped in front of
bis apartment. They entered and
fuund Hawkins awaiting them.
“1 m making myself at home, Blake,”
he said. “I’ve kept your man busy get
ting cigars and refreshments. Let’s
get down to business,^gentlemen. It’s
past midnight, and we'll need all the
sleep we can get.”
For nearly two hours they worked
at the plans for the battle which was
to come. At times Blake was ab
sorbed in the discussion, again his
mind wandered to the woman he
would buy at the price of his honor.
Then he thought of John Burt’s
princely pledge, and like a flash there
came to him an impulse which thrilled
hie very soul with a happiness in
which were throbs of poignant pain.
Not many blocks away another con
ference was in progress. Staid bank
diiectors and financiers associated
with Arthur Morris had been aroused
from their slumbers and were assem
bled in his rooms. Bewildered for the
moment by the unexpected blow, Mor
i is took measures for defense with a
vigor which was keyed by a sense of
imminent danger. His suspicion tha<
James Blake was the cause of his
c efeat became a certainty when a re
porter informed him that Blake and
Samuel L. Rounds were boyhood com
panions, and that the latter had beeD
seen in Blake’s offices.
The east was crimsoned with sun
light before the conference ended
The weary men of money left Morris’
rooms and sought a few hours of rest
before facing the ordeal of the day
For mutual protection they had formed
a pool; had pledged themselves to sup
port the market against the expected
onslaught of Blake’s millions.
Why were these masked millions
drawn up in battle array? Why did
men of vast affairs wait with drawn
faces and bated wreaths the hour
wTen the clash of opposing fortunes
should sound the signal for merciless
conflict?
Because of a woman—a woman pure
as an opening bud and gentle as the
dew which kisses it.
Why had James Blake proved false
to the man who unselfishly befriended
him? Why had he sought to repay loy
alty with perfidy?
Because of a woman—a woman
whose loving heart was incapable of
deceit.
(To be continued.)
EVER SEE A WHITE COLT?
According to Texas Man They Are a
Scarce Article.
“Did you ever see a white colt?”
said the Texas man.
“Say,” . responded the driver, “you
are turning ’em out too fast for me.
You want to know if I ever saw a colt
in New York, and now you ask me
did I ever see a white colt. To give
it to you right oft the griddle, I never
did.”
“I don’t reckon you ever did,” said
the Texan. “I've been looking for a
white colt for forty years. I had a
standing offer for a long while from
Barnum to furnish him a white colt,
but none I ever saw come that way.
There are white horses. I reckon
they must have been white colts at
some time, but you may take my ears
for fans if I evr saw a white colt.
And I never saw a man that did.”
“Sorry we have none to show you,”
remarked the lecturer, getting ready
to pull out. ^
“Here’s my kyard,” said the Texas
man, “and if you ever hear of such
a thing in this town or any other
town, yon hold on to it until I get
here. I reckon Mounty Cristo wouldn't
be in it w’ith me if I ever got a white
colt.”—New York Sun.
Red Hair’s Triumph.
Fashion changes even in the color
of a woman’s hair. Twenty years ago
hair with a reddish tinge was called
“carrots”; now titian-colored locks are
reckoned a definite beauty, and are
possessed b- several oj the most pop
ular women in London.
In an old book written by the late
Mrs. Haweis, entitled “The Art of
Beauty,” there is a clever chapter on
“Visible and Invisible Girls,” in which
the first word was said in favor of
the long-neglected red-haired sister
hood. And they were seriously advised
to dress in the pre-Raphaelite style.
Now how strange it all seems!
Time changes all things. At last
weeks private view of Mr. Reginald
Pannett’s “Sketches of the Women
of To-day,” a charming lady of much
Parisian chic was cleverly pictured
with red hair, attired hi a rose-red
gowrn, and the effect was perfect. The
bright-haired beauty has come to her
own.—M. A. P.
Landsmen Best Naval Gunners.
Three of the best marksmen in the
United States navy, curiously enough,
hail from far inland Oklahoma. One
is C. W. Johnson, who made the
world’s record with the huge 16-inch
gun recently installed at Fort Wright,
on Fisher’s Island, New York harbor.
J. W. Creitz, of the new battleship
Maine, made eight shots in a minute
with a 6-inch gun and hit the target
eight times at 1,600 yards, the ship
meantime going twelve knots an hour.
Earl Barnes, a son of ex-Gov. Barnes,
of Oklahoma, is now a first lieutenant
in the navy, but previous to his pro
motion he made an excellent record
at the target. He is now on duty at
Panama.
A Family Fire Drill.
A family fire drill occasionally,
where there are little children, is an
excellent plan. Provide them with a
wool dressing gown and slippers to
keep near the bed, and teach them at
the first alarm of fire to slip them on,
throw a blanket or rug over head and
shoulders, and if possible tie a wet
handkerchief, preferably silk, over
their mouths and then take the most
direct way out.
Teach them bow to put out a small
fire with rugs or blankets, stopping
direct draughts by closing doors or
windows, and, above all, to keep cool
and collected.
Where He Was Hurt.
An Irish teamster was a complain
ing witness in court the other day.
He had been cut in a fight.
“Where vere you stabbed?” asked
the prosecutor.
“In the hock of my IcR leg,” replied
Dougherty.
Amid laugher the witness explained
he meant that he had been injured
just below the calf of his leg.-— Phila
delphia Telegraph.
NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER I
WAS SPANISH WAR VETERAN j
8ketch model of the statue for the University of Minnesota to commemo
rate the services of the students who served in the war with Spain.
The first monument in honor of the
men who fought and In memory of the
men who died in th'e Spanish war will
t-3 erected by the University of Min
nesota, and a Boston woman sculptor
has been awarded the commission,
Mrs. Theo. A. Ruggles Kitson.
The model which Mrs. Kitson made
has been accepted, and she is to be
gin work immediately on the full-size
figi’Fe of the Spanish war veteran that
is to constitute the principal feature
of the monument and which is to be j
Cast in bronze.
Mrs. Kitson made the type of civil
tvar soldier which will undoubtedly ,
live as the one which most nearly i
embodies the spirit of the volunteer I
soldier of 1861, in the famous New
burypart monument, which has been
duplicated on the battlefield of Vicks
burg; and now she has given to the
world still another type of the Ameri
can volunteer—the man who carried
arms in 1898 in the war with Spain.
Mrs. Kitson has succeeded admir
ably in expressing the spirit of the
soldier of the Spanish war, more espe
cially perhaps the type which volun
teered from the schools and universi
ties; and as this monument is for
such an inst tution and is to be erect
ed in honor of the men who went to
the front from the University of Min
nesota, it is in every way adequate as
well as artistic.
ENGLISH PRIMATE IN AMERICA.
Archbishop of Canterbury Comes to
Attend Episcopal Convention.
The Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. Randall
Thomas Davidson, D. D., K. C. V. O.,
lord archbishop of Canterbury and pri
mate of all England, arrived at New
York Aug. 27, accompanied by his
wife and the vicar of Windsor. The
archbishop went direct to Quebec,
and on Sunday preached in the cathe
dral in that eity, the occasion being
the 100th anniversary of the dedica
tion of the church. With his party he
will also go to Montreal and Toronto. *
Dr. Davidson Is to receive an honorary
I degree from the Toronto university.
He will then visit friends on the coast
of Maine, hoping for a mucl^ needed
rest while with them. After this he
will pay bis respects to President
Roosevelt and make various visits.
On Oct. 4 he expects to reach Bos
ton for the sessions of the general
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convention of the Protestant Episco
pal church. He will sail for England
from New York on Oct. 14.
Bishop Potter and a delegation of
clergy of the New York diocese met
the distinguished visitor at the dock.
The archbishop said he had greatly
enjoyed the, ocean voyage and was in
excellent health.
Fearful and Wonderful Name.
At Hamilton, Ohio, James Gill of
Toledo has married a girl whose father
Insisted on having her full name of
‘Missouri Arkansas Napoleon Four
Hundred Miles Below the Mouth of the
Ohio Absher” placed on the records
when the marriage license was ob
tained. Henry Absher, the man guilty
■>f inflicting such a dreadful combina
tion of words upon his daughter, ex
plained that she was named in honor
it an aunt who lived at Napoleon, on
the Mississippi river, in Arkansas, 400
miles below the mouth of the Ohio.
Senator Platt's Joke.
Some New York notables, including
Senator Platt and Gov. Odell, were
chatting not long ago when the latter
told of a visit he had been paying to
a prison. He was admitted by a
“trusty” who. on closing the gate be
hind him, said: “Governor, one good
turn deserves another. I let you in;
why can’t you let me out? Honest,
I’m no more deserving of being in
here than you are.” Senator Platt
cackled grimly as he remarked: “No
wonder that fellow is a ‘trusty.’ He’s
a good judge of men.”
\
REVIVAL OF THE CELTIC.
Irishmen in Eastern Cities Are Study
ing Ancient Tongue.
In Brooklyn and Manhattan, and in
fact in most of the eastern cities,
there seems to be a revival of the Cel
tic language. Classes are being
formed every day in Gotham and in
the city across the bridge over which
scholars of the ancient tongue preside,
and the membership of these classes
is daily increasing. One of Gotham’s
police captains joined a class the
other day because he said he was
ashamed to acknowledge that he did
not know over a dozen words of the
Celtic toague. The Germans, he con
tended, use their mother tongue when
they pet together, and why should not
the Irish do the same thing? The
spread of the Gaelic tongue, however,
is little noticed or known outside of
Irish circles, although cultivating a
new language in the polyglot United
States is such an unusual thing that it
ought to compel attention, especially
from scholars and sociologists, when
it becomes known that the Gaelic
tongue, according to some authorities,
was the first language of civilized man
In the new world.
Erie County’s Oldest Inhabitant.
Mrs. Delilah George celebrated on
Friday. Aug. 12, the one hundred and
seventh anniversary of her birth. She
resides, with her son and daughter, in
a weather-beaten, two-story frame
house about two miles east of the vil
lage of Lancaster, Erie county. James
George, the son, is eighty-seven years
old, and has been blind since he was
twenty-one years of age. He lost his
sight by going in bathing immediately
after a day’s work at cradling grain.
He was in his younger days noted for
his great strength. Mrs. Harriet D.
Norton, the only daughter, is seventy
three years old. Mrs. George was
was born at Wells, Rutland county,
Vt., Aug. 12, 1897. She is a pensioner
of the war of 1812, her husband, Joel
George, having served in the militia
at the same time as her father. It
was during the war of 1812 that the
British and Indians burned Buffalo,
and it is probable that Mrs. George
is the only living person that can viv
idly recall that event.—Buffalo Times.
Russia’s Foremost Statesman.
Though not without reproach, Serge
Witte is not a reactionary like the
late Von Plehve, who so recently paid
with his life the penalty of his ambi
tious illiberality. A successful finan
cial manipulator, a sort of political
tight-rope walker, personally clean
but politically corrupt—throwing a
sop to Cerebrus here and a bone
there, so long a# he might hold the
balance of power—such is a recent
estimate of Serge Witte, the man to
whom Russia seems to look as her one
hopa in her hour of need.
Governor Had the Power.
Gov. Herrick of Ohio is aocustomed
to taking a spin in his automobile
every morning when in Cleveland. A
park policeman reported him as hav
ing exceeded the speed limit nnd
Chief of Park Police Goldsall went. to
see the governor about it. The latter
owned up that he had been going at a
lively gait, whereupon the chief said
that a repetition of the offense would
mean arrest. “That’s right, chief,” said
the governor, “always do your uuty.
But if you put me in jail, Joe, I’ll par
don myself out.”
Reports received by the Northwest
ern Miller from 500 millers in the Da
kotas and Minnesota give the spring
wheat crop of the three states at 170,
000,000 bushels. This is 30,000,000
bushels less than indicated thirty days
ago, before the rust struck it, and
3.000. 000 bushels less than last year's
yield. The acreage of Minnesota is
5.393.000, an increase of 2 per cent
over 1903. This state has a larger
acreage of good wheat harvested than
was lost in some of the others. South
Dakota’s acreage is 3,424,000, an in
crease of 2 per cent. North Dakota's
acreage of 4,350,000 increased 8 per
cent. All the crop is harvested in
South Dakota, and mostly in North
Dakota and Minnesota except in north
ern portions. Average yield per acre
of three states in 1903 was 13.2 bush
els, the highest being 13.8 bushels for
North Dakota. Thrashing returns this
year give Minnesota 5 to 20 bushels
South Dakota 5 to 15 bushels and
North Dakota 8 to 15 bushels.
MRS. MAYBRICK TO REST.
Unfortunate Woman Now Sojourning
in the Catskiil Mountains.
Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, immediate
ly on landing in New York from Eu
rope, left for the Catskiil mountains.
She goes there to visit in the home of
Dr. Emmett Densmore, where she will
remain for some time.
Dr. Densmore was extremely inter
ested in Mrs. Maybrick’s case while
she was imprisoned in England, and
was energetic in aiding to secure her
release.
Mrs. Maybrlck will recuperate in
the mountains from her long confine
ment in prison. While thanking Amer
icans earnestly for their endeavors in
her behalf, Mrs. Maybrick declined
Mrs. Maybrick as she looked upon her
arrival in New York.
to give details of her experiences in
England until she has entirely recov
ered her health and vigor.
Secretary Morton’s Pun.
Secretary ot the Navy Morton, al
though he has possessed the navy
portfolio only a short time, has al
ready achieved something of a repu
tation in Washington as a “punster.”
The other day when, through a mis
understanding, Miss Margaret Tread
way of Dubuque, Iowa, and Miss Anna
Hull, the daughter of Representative
Hull of Iowa, were both asked to
christen the gunboat Dubuque, launch
ed at the yards of the Gas Engine &
Power Company at Morris Heights,
Mr. Morton was called upon to
straighten matters out. He deliber
ated for a while and then remarked
gravely: “I guess Miss Treadway will
have to officiate. I never heard of two
‘hulls’ at one launching before, did
you?”.
Progressive New York Women.
There is a young woman in New
York who makes a' good living by
acting as a visiting valet to lap dogs
owned by rich women. The girl bathes
and combs and makes the toilets of
the dogs, and in some instances even
takes the pampered pets out for air
ings on the avenue or in the park. An
other young woman lias built up for
herself a profitable business in the
polishing and keeping in order of the
silver on my lady's toilet table. She
makes it her specialty and has ob
tained for herself quite a number of
fashionable customers. Her f<*e is $1
a week and she does the cleaning and
burnishing without taking the silver
from the owner’s home.
Suffer from White House Glare.
Inflammation of the eyes is a com
mon complaint among police officers
and secret service men detailed for
duty at the white house, particularly
among those whose duty it is to patrol
the grounds immediately adjoining the
mansion. The trouble is caused by
the constant and brilliant glare of the
white building. A coat of fresh paint
was applied recently and the reflected
rays of the sun constantly keep those
in range squinting their eyes. Sev
eral of the officers have had more or
less trouble with Inflammation.
Wealthy Tot’a Birthday Party.
Fife Widener, the 3-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Widener of
Philadelphia, celebrated her third
birthday in Newport by giving a gar
den party and luncheon. Her grand
father, P. A. B. Widener, the million
aire traction magnate of Philadelphia,
presented the little child with a check
for $500,000, but she was more inter
ested in a big birthday cake, on which
blazed three tiny candles, and gifts
from Masters Cornelius and Alfred
Vanderbilt, George Widener and other
infant swains.
PROBLEM OF WHEAT RUST,
Urgent Need for Discovering Method
to Exterminate Pest.
Aside from showing the vast dam
age to the growing wheat crop of the
Northwest—due to rust—investigation
has emphasized the noteworthy fact
that this ravaging fungus, for years
subjected to scientific investigation,
still offers a problem in the solution
of which little progress has been
made.
Authorities seem to be fairly agreed
as to the origin of the pest. They un
derstand how it is propagated and how
it spreads. They realize the great loss
it causes to the farmers—some esti
mating it as high as $60,000,000 in a
single year; but when it. comes to suc
cessful methods for exterminating the
pest or of preventing it from attack
ing the wheat, science and our own
Department of Agriculture appear to
be completely at sea.
The government experts have been
watching with some interest the ef
forts of the Australian farmers to con
quer the rust fungus by opposing to it
resistant varieties of wheat; but not
withstanding the encouraging measure
of success that has followed these ex
periments no systematic study of rust
resistance has been made by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. After reading the effect of rust
on the wheat crops of Minnesota and
Dakota, it will appear to the public—
and particularly to the farmer—that
the Department of Agriculture should
make the solving of this problem a
prompt, earnest and persistent enter
prise.
The cost of the necessary invest! ga
tion and experimentation is not to be
considered in view of the immense
losses sustained in seasons favorable
to the rapid growth of the rust fun
gus. If by spending $1,000,000 the gov
ernment could save to the farmers of
this country even a quarter or a tenth
of the estimated loss now suffered
through this pest in one year, it would
prove to be a permanent investment
of practically incaleulable value.—
Chicago Post.
REDMOND A LEADER OF MEN.
Hae Position So Long Occupied by the
Late Charles Stewart Parnell.
Although John E. Redmond Is very
unlike the late Charles Stewart Par
nell, many of his countrymen recog
nized in him a leader possessed of
the same great qualities of leadership.
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He is one of the conspicuous figures
in the convention of Irish National
Leagues, now being held at New
York.
Extreme Woman Suffagist.
Frau Ellse Schaaf, who recently
committed suicide in Berlin, was one
of the most prominent champions of
woman suffrage in Germany, but she
was so extreme in her views and so
violent in language that the more
conservative suffragtots repudiated
her. The manuscript of a book which
she intended to call “How I Became a
Suffragist" was submitted to several
friendly members of the German par
liament, all of whom counseled her to
suppress it because it would result in
a number of libel suits.
Family of Railroad Men.
Four brothers hailing from Bloom
ington, 111., are railroad superintend
ents. The men in question are:
William Cotter, manager of the Mis
souri Pacific with headquarters at St.
Louis; John J. Cotter, superintendent
of the Southern system with head
quarters at Birmingham, Ala.; Ste
phen E. Cotter, superintendent of the
Wabash at Decatur, 111., and George F.
Cotter, superintendent of the Colo
rado Southern with headquarters at
Trinidad, Col. The quartet stand high
in the railroad world.
