Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVIII
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 6. 1910.
NUMBER 4s.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSK IN
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CONDENSES rc-aw
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S*n*re el -j. sari. dencmtiu.
xssae ax wen toasd ia ;k<
‘On I Nauc^jJ back were
C ~~,i~r-4 Tfcer hac Wen -ar-joc at,
rim *fiTlin—1 task v. waims
«r. f*»
S^aaiar Will Mi L»mn« vat d’
'ee'tf •"‘Jaeid of obtaining out of the
ten*-* lUt eiened him u> the T'nited
» :uu* by prosit*-.* nbk-n un
«»-r • r.linon eta: aits are dec land
'* ftmim*- briber? State Htpre
ti e Henry A- Bk-fhard of Jar
*- • at '*».. **u that Lbt
®-f pruatbmtf. la r* -u-r: fmr hit vole
Ui t. • two candidates from te
etrt** the jM«ttrji**er*i!ij. of Jersey -
ti:* • nd '« ap|«o‘Hl f friend
I •octet: are rood re eat—Jn^t at
onod aerved as •iocfish “ a» thev are
ab-ad it • tie* as "'ocean a hSlefcfh '
' ■** baas' or ‘ Ja;aw» halibu*"—
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t6*—i h*h cotnmmelot.
I* ®obor- Tbomjnoi. alia Grant.
- - -a -ed a- Sat Francis- o for the
«! Eva C Fane the young
■ea t,-- and i'enagraftber »fco sac
ur.*»< af'er at c;*-ra*ion anu whore
*jm< tn Ironed in ft*, hm-'nimt of
it u joe- urder is the - barge
fbr »ir deiaartiurnr bar ruled -hat
•be jae organisations of edu-iitional
!.»• i• tttian* are not pfoperly a part of
■ c.■■ -• - and 'hat arm?
of! e- , • ouid noi be detailed to In
• f»e rsoniie! of suit orgtniaa
tfOB*
T e n»»-» dspnitnient h.»e received
- :«jci on '%• sinking of the dry
:«*■? In Manila * h1< h or
-red eeve-al niotrt-s ago btit the
->•— tm.i,«s no re tmucosda-ioat
He#ot*ri*ibjiit-. iphundy 1*- left be
"***t *b» ta-.jJ -onstr-jrto- and the
:rii engineer
- ... a* Washington fta.«
b*-* . a ontif^ that a great iui<uaiide
’•■■** !a*e in tV Culebra rat
<*■» ■ . : • »at '-anal representing
nmr* »ua om-hal' of one per eent
w •■*■ total *1 -%-■ :oe of *bf Culebra
:>nd * ha* 1? »1I! !*• i-> •• »m! days
*»f»o '!**- obstruction can be re
1B*»* . 4
: . -%»i *itmdred and ninety-ttree
*’••■■*=■ r..'1cosi troll* -y ear
b- War- K .>os-men* of Pittsborg
*ho baa resumed fom tie New ling
d >’»:< • Tb* ->*41 of the trip
«'«.► til 14
-be -‘it* of ill--• 'irt ha* a ocptila
t - rvr , are* rd:t;g to the tbir
*• -'"h eesjisot statistic* This is an
r-aie «jf i-T.«7G or :1S per etBt.
•o* ia'ior -if !Hi which was
Srl'fMgMCa
v - -••e-. ie m d» -.pon alleged "back
®* abo*»s and fraud mail order
b»»uooa in < i.; ag>. and other cities
b be ted*--*: authorities resulted
ib *•■> t>r* • ng ap of the chain of
braherage off e owned and operated
f h H ft t»e*te> 4 Co.. in Chicago.
New 1 or* »**•*: on Phila
•> V.'as liaaion Jjstroit and
Proeideaoe and tee arrest of Alfred
H ' or'oe president of tne Globe
a»w sot. a sd order buiw in
f'hp'igo
Kn—- -n* in 'to* raIds- of a bonfire,
w birt she had cu4- of pages of rell
cun.* books and magazines and satura
ted w th cdi. Man.!*- McCarthy, clgij
-t >>id sioar - burned to death
*■ h-- home *e 3 Louis. while she
prayed
*n* hiradr d •hcusand gallons o*
»*- cti and worth of olives
w -- iraed w b*-t th- American OliTe
‘■t»pnr> - plant in Isos Anr*!--s. Cal..
i: - ro-ed by fere The plant was
»*• --*--st of !:► kird in tne word
and tfe— loss was t-‘*r .**••*■
• - - mjr»~nt !n-7““. -or* who irv«*s*<
c 'fee . re* k • * he I'eunrr Pere
a- e • tan- fee cepta'n. Pet**r
F. Py tor holding 'he <-re* ot hoard
•«■ one Kilty was on*- of ’how who
fi '"Tlwhrid
htu :* lilH IO l» OE tkr
-rye .rnit'b-*r upr.i-;ti^ similar to
'.t* borer u:~isiiȣ and *be lire* of
for ignm are in jeopardy. Advices
'♦-cptkj’T a: Wiekispot fro®
. •nnr.i oS-i*b in CMui expirs
tV b~l:~* that an outbreak at any
•io> «o«ii eh' «n—them The
• -• ■ippar'owo: has instructed o£
o a. !n «io- natch or
ti»» latcraa! -und ion*
~r i -'oohitr- 1: a Wrijfc: b;
- -msi bed all re-*Tds for cross
waitn aat t*a: urn ar-4 »"f!.h oulr :»o
- «*••* u* .tfcer V irfc rt tt.ts j -t tally
n» • -sary made 'he t“i;; i:om Chi
=«* '<■■ ?:>*5ari.- J -h> ^ ■» of :*r
sr i - .it f -.r |w‘ "s *Ei lorry tin*
• - • ”k : *. • ;:£ ut: averrst
•»'i d 22“ KiW an bwnr end ror
»fc» ft* •-* ptfar ofered b' a Chi
%ao aPO-Si^|«cr
H J C IV eaocTe ■ -.-a ted a
van'ioa f *h» be»-?tr o' ; :« s«-st, .
win *e» a’ Ctirajo ifc::t |s faquir
• r In i' i nr fie.»*• of Senator Wi!
'a® lantttr stre be >4iSff th_
f--r If O'Neil Brrrr^ fad askfi
:n to ws« Jo* 1 ariater he handl'd
«■ B-- . emer-e: » ?’ •«- t-'ih tie re
mart- “That is ! .on®-* ~ raor.ee "
* iorkoc! of !•.•*»« i.-rrtii-er* or
t*»reti t- the \r* York BnT!Jc~s as
k*< aaoa. tr in fn!; awing The era ■
»w aaecrt *he ante vjoiatod ar.
*£T«"*»ent and rrei.-»n to brine non
met: from .all Tarts of the rout*
t»y.
Soaator D W HotrtJav. *rbo poo
tba- Senator Mi B»ryJorirt
emrp kin. t.V»i to v.->t«- top ly'Ttm-"
®Br w*’®. took th» T<ta»ss <tsj)j
tb* seturorial tovp^icatinj:
*■**:---:pp « Cbiasr ini ’pstiSod
***** hr h&d ijr-ni to -not* fop Uirlrarr
*w"*3r tb* hrib* cff*r made to
Ho nii tha- tli* bribe ha4 no*,
afwaoed bte TKe.
' St- P»«l ¥!«..» shltirfiirfper
*b* was rribbed of t’.te three roar?
»bor a h-rbmajTaar held tip and
bearfy kilbc tus bmcader. has Jast
-«rm«d a postal order for the amount
PIHE LOSS ESTIMATED AT OVER
EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
Vlfn*t is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Ha . rre. Neb.—Fire hay totally de
str'\ <-d p;r¥t Presbyterian church
■ < v AJ! efforts of the fire de
Iia'tni-ct to rave the bunding were
i- lit.ei-j. F W Raw y, a fireman,
v bo had a;j. ro.*ched too ciose to the
tructnre afn Jt had tieen thorough
■> Futl- ' by fire, was unable to escape
a v.a which fell on him. killing him
. instantly.
Ground has l>een broken for the
new Burlington depot at Hoidrege.
Chicken thieves have been doing a
big business among the farmers in the
vicinity of Tecumseh.
Archibald L. Scott, who has been
identified with Lincoln banks for
twenty-five years, died at his home !n 1
that city iast week.
Hay is selling in Lincoln for from
*2 to $3 more than it was last year
at this time. This is due to the gen
eral shortage throughout the state.
Beatrice gas consumers will fight
the additional charge of twenty-five
cents for maintenance service recent
ly inaugurated by the Gage County
Gas. Light and Power company.
October 12. the anniversary of the
discovery of America, will be eele
I brated in Lincoln by the Italian
American Christopher Columbus asso
ciation with its second annual ban
| oner.
Rev. G. TV. Snyder, pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran church of Omaha,
was robbed of his pocketbook at Bea
trice while he was attending the
Fynodica! convention. The purse con
Tained about $25. There is no clue to
the thief.
the - if estimated at $>0,000.
• • ; *2" 'hm) neine covered by insur
aac*- Th- oiiiding was erected in
's '> at a cast of and the fur
bi'-^re mas valued at $5u.t)00. The
i c.'iAtk HJ-- a mem ership of over 7o0
end a movement for reconstruction
a-- already beet; started. The board
o: ~ rti't-es is in session and. ic ali
i '.-.-ii ii.ii'es v ill authorise th° l>ojrin
!.:ue oi a nes. building at once. The
build it. 3 which sras destroyed was one
"f the hn« : rditaous edifices in Ne
i bracks. -
Planning a Big Parade.
i-’-c.-m. Xeb — Historical and ihdns
trati ealures representative of noth
American and German nationalities
»iif form a prominent par. of the pa
-d* u» be given in connection wuau
I '•**■ German dr ce h utlon at 1™
■ :. Orion- .. K« a hundred floats
ij,. ,d-;,tf and *raditions in
The Methodist conference was in
session at York last week.
The Farmers State bant at Cort
land has opened for business.
Modern Woodmen held a bis: picnic
at Weeping Water last week.
The Nebraska bankers’ association
will meet at Omaha this week.
Gage county drew over $400 inherit
ance tax from one estate last week.
County Superintendent S. F. Story
! of Cherry comity died a; his home a:
! Yaientine Wednesday of typhoid fever.
Twelve thousand names were af
fixed to a petition against having the
.'ohnsor JefTries pictures shown at the
Ak-Sar-Ben carnival m Omaha.
A young man named Harrison, serv
ing time at the penitentiary for a
burglary in Cass county, made his 1
getaway one day last week and is
still missing.
Ga: =way Beef Cow. Ladylike. Winner of Stock Yards'Cup. Nebraska Stat*
Fair.
history. songs old and modern eus
•<>n.~ «.:i ... included in the paetant.
An equal or greate- rmu}>: of indus
f—*al and tr..:i«- flx.'s is being ar
ranged lor. The landing o’ the Amer
ican mlgriais and Oie old liberty bell
■»i’l i< v . ,»u l)E two of the vehicles.
Large App'e Crap.
Get vs. Neb.—This immediate lo
cality ha an unusually large crop of
apples. Tue pe-ch crop was light on
arroc. t of the e«i-iy freeae las: fall,
whirl. = *1 ia ri; ::»e trees. One firm
her« v ; n-j oat their fourth ear of
apr-es
5* <*• - Itlif w ill erect a $:i«».00t>
s- h'Ni. holding
t da w. i r—.lure t!te municipal
deb: by Jl 30.000 h-v March
B*;t s'v •; enV- d with the
Gre*itwi- 1 riniva1 las- week
The Lincoln Commercial club is
T.r.-nirc r trad* excursion for Octo
ber
T - ‘ I-'.m* J. G. Heniryx a; Dun
r*t._ was >i-« n.red an explosion of
keros* ng.
•L'L:. Fox. . i 'scoU boy. was acci
■ eT't« \ s.: vhilr oat hunting, ard
may re: r» —jvcr.
\e ask. real men hi've get: rativ
advanced he 0; c, jlI from
cent, to Si a ton
The .Vii *'i.ersoa cour.tr fair asaocig
tios area permanently organist d
and oOcfrt elected.
F G. Garris a. a Lincoln railroader,
vt- be..3 tj • anu shot, near the via
e. --, while returning home one nigh;
fast week.
Nearly 600 cadets will be enrolled
in the first regiment university cadets
this semester.
Will M. .Vaupin. st.'t. labor com
missioner. has tiled eou; i.iints a?:>inst \
three Omaha business can' erns for al
ieged vioiations of the woman and !
chiid labor laws.
Professor Alway. E. ? Bishop ar.d
n. It. M Hole are m the western part j
of the slate, where they will secure
soil samples for analysis at the state
experiment station.
The commercial club has been noti j
fied by members of the state teach- !
ers’ executive committee that pros
pects are now excellent for a record
breaking attendance at the meeting o;
the state teachers' association to be
he'd in Lincoln in October.
Frederick A. Abbott, first lieutenant
o" com; any E. First regiment. Ne
braska national guard, at Blair. has
been elected captain of the company, i
Second Lieutenant Paul M. Kelley has
cen elected first lieutenant and Ser- '
ge&nt Fred W. Jones, second lienten- j
ant.
The Gresham state bank of the |
trwn of Gresham has received a char- !
er from the state banking board. The
:n w Institution has a paid up capital 1
" of $12*SGQ. The officers of the j
■auk sre: A. F. Johnson, president; j
J. T. Quigley, vice-president: W. B.
Thorpe, cashier.
neeist ration officials are comment- '
li g on the fact that all parts of the !
state are represented in the enroll- !
tttert of new- students at the univer
sal'- The distribution this year is
.-aid to be unusually even, population
ceasei red. There Is a considerably !
larger number than usual from the ]
western end of the state, some of '
these being applicants for advanced !
standing. The official says: ■ We j
cat ’t cal! that country oat there the \
rhort-'grass’ very much longer.”
State Oil Inspector Arthur Muller, j
has turned over to the state treasure*
$2,300.91. This is the amount of col
lections for oil inspection fees re
ceived during August, less salaries
and expenses of inspectors.
The supreme court has overruled
the motion of the Bell Telephone com
pany to modify the court s temporary
injunction to permit the connection of
the Bel! company with the Piatts
mouth aud the Nebraska City and the
i'aptllion independent companies, the
three companies which the Bell com
uany had bough*
v u~z *n re»elrv prove a; Auburn
- ■arftlai'izptl Thursday nigh; am:
s»'v*’al hm-dred dollars' worth c>
goods taken.
WU! HvDougal! ard Will Tiehen.
pesifltr^s c.f Salem, were badly ’
t ura.-d clioat the fac- and hands and
ti-« > crea!*ed losing their lives whet
;h« latter * aa’omr lle causa: ftre. bj
* '•••*•• =• gasoline striking a lan
tern.
The men hauls; of l.ouisville bare or
gs-t.-ec u::*i« r tbe dlr*^ lien of tbe na
tional ret»ti.>rs' federation for the |tur
►»*e of t.revea ins further losses from
had accounts
Tht Teccwseh city council is going
to call a Si>ecial election for Xovem- i
her ' U» vote on herds in the sum of
to extend the water service,
ana bonds in the sum of $7.0t*0 to give
the city sewerage mains.
Toe Nebraska school for the deaf
at Omaha oi<ened with an attendance
of nearly ?t»p. which is an increase of
twenty over last year.
Neut Ncurs
ot
Tbu ^J.Qmards
Uncle Sam’s Best* Watch Dog ’
bet'll creditably done that, instead of
feeling any annoyance. I am actually
pleased when some one speaks of me
as the great objector.' and especially
pleased when I ain called the match
dog cm the treasury.' "
(Copyright. Sid. by K. J. EdwjrJsJ
Ail Scientific.
"We are all more or less scientific.
once declared Mine. Curie, mho was
recently awarded the Albert medal or
the Royal Society of Arts for the dis
covery of radium "The boy who
wants to know what makes the wheel
go rottnd Is the embryo discoverer of
some new force. Inquisitiveness is an
essential to scientific research “ As a
child Mne. Curie was inquisitive, and
on more than on*- occasion she ran
narrom escapes of blowing herself and
her father's house and laboratory to
bits In making experiments. Instead
of playing with her dolls, she found
greatest hapoiness In watching her
father at work. Ultimately she went
to Paris, and there met Pierre Curie,
and together they made the great dis
covery of radium
Muddy Pike.
“How far 5s it to Kaiameso *' asked
the tourist.
"Twenty miles as the crow flies,
responded the native.
"H'hl You mean as the mud fliew
I am going by automobile.''
Congressman W. S. Holman of In
diana When a Judge Determined
to Assume the Task of Guard
ing the National Treasury.
T ncuestionably th* most famous of
all the so-called "watch dogs" of the
I nited States treasury has hai in the
1H1 years of Its existence was the late
^ illiam Steele Holman of Indiana,
with the exception of eight years Dem
ocratic representative in congress
from 1S59 till his death, In 1897. So
great were his "watch dog” qualities
that for more than a generation he
tk as known from one end of the coun
try to the other not only as 'The
watch dog of the treasury." but also
as “the great objector,” and in these
two appellations his fame lies.
“Well, In time I -was sent to con
i press, and 1 had been there but one
j term when I became convinced that
j there was gross extravagance !n the
I ’rational appropriations Then I began
; to investigate a little, and pretty soon
I made up my mind that the majority
of the appropriations were anywhere
: from ten to fifty per cent, larger than
\ they should be That excess represent- ,
! ed waste, careless waste. It wasn't my
understanding of good, old-fashioned
j Democratic doctrine, ar.d I made up
my mind that it was my duty to mv
constituents and my country to take
upon myself—since no one else, appar
ently. would—the onerous task of
watching appropriations from the '
standpoint of plain, simple living.
“I realized that the pledge I made
| to myself to do this would cost me
, some friends, and that occasionally I
I should have to resist many personal
i importunities. But I have kept that
| pledge from that day to this, and in
! doing so the government has been
saved millions of dollars that would
otherwise have been wasted.
“That is all there is to It; you see,
my motive ail along has been a very
simple one. And I am so well con
vinced that what I have done has
One evening, in the middle eighties.
I called upon him by invitation at his
modest W ashington home. He was
seated at a somewhat dingy desk, evi
dently the working desk of a student.
Around him was a veritable encyclo
pedic library, offering him every pos
sible help In his sell-appointed task
of tracing a proposed governmental
appropriation form its source and ana
lyzing it down to the most insignifi
cant item. It was plain to be seen
that he took a real delight in his
workshop, as from behind steel bowed
spectac.es and from beneath bushy
eyebrows he keenly scrutinized an ap
propriation bill that lay before him
on the desk.
“Judge." 1 said, after a time, “how
did it happen that you got into the
habit of becoming a treasury "watch
dog," as most people put it?"
The old gentleman—he was then
past sixty years of age—looked medi
tatively at the open grate fire for a
moment.
“I think." he began slowly, “this
habit of mine—It is a very fixed habit
by this time—is very likely due to my
experiences as a judge. Ton know, I
was elected a Judge in my younger
days in my home county and served
in that capacity for some vears. I
was conscious of my deficiences for
that exalted position, for 1 was quite
young, and, 1 will confess to you. had
not had very thorough preparation for
the practise of law when I was ad
mitted to the bar. But I had been
trained as an old-fashioned Democrat,
and the fundamental principle of the
Democracy of my youth was to resist
extravagance and constantly to incul
cate plain and simple living As a
judge I decided 1 would do all I could
to uphold this principle and so 1 got
in the habit of carefully examining all
accounts presented to me for approval,
scrutinizing every detail minutely.
Greeley’s Secret Ambition
Famous Editor Earnestly Wanted to
Match the Record of Benjamin
Franklin by Servng as Post
master Genera!.
One of the historic announcements
made during the exciting political
days a few years prior to the outbreak
of the Civil war was that hy Horace
Greeley, then the powerful editor of
the New York Tribune, to the effect
that the political firm of Seward.
Weed & Greeley had been dissolved
by the withdrawal of the junior part
ner.
The announcement was a sensation
in the best meaning of the term.
“What!” exclaimed the politicians.
“Horace Greeley at odds with William
H. Seward and Thurlow Weed* 'Why,
that was the combination which cre
ated the Republican party In New
York state. It made Seward senator,
and it was planning to make him pres
ident."
There were all sorts of explanations
as to the cause of the withdrawal of
the junior partner, but Greeley him
self never explained. Finally, It be
came to be assumed that he had quar
reled with Senator Seward and Thur
law Weed, and this surmise became a
settle conviction when Greeley en
tered the Republican national conven
tion nt 1860 as a delegate. by proxy,
from th»- state of Oregon. and earnest
ly oppose-! the nomination of Seward
tor president.
Many years after this convention
had passed tnto historv—in fact, after
Horace Greeley himself had b**eome
a badly defeated candidate for presl
dent—Mr Weed met Montgomery
Biair. who was postmaster general in
Lincoln's cabinet. The conversation
turned m>an Horace Greeley and his
nomination and defeat for the presi
dency
"Mr. Weed." ashed one of the party,
“did you ever know the reason why
Mr. Greeley announced the dissolo
tion of the famous political firm of
Seward. Weed & Greeley bv the with
drawa! of the junior partner?"
“I ne\cr knew" replied Mr. Weed.
“I have tried time and again to de
clde for myself what occasioned that
breach in our long-time friendship. It
is the one great mystery ©t my eR
tire political career."
“Well. 1 thick I can tell you the
reason" spoke up Mr. Blair. “At
least I will tell you the reason as I
have he.'.rd it from a source very close
to Mr Greeley.
’ You know that they have some
times called Mr Greeley "Our late*
Franklin.*
“ ’Yes.' Interrupted Mr. Weed, and
I have always thought that Mr Gree^
ley at one time was a little vain of
the fancied facial resemblance be
tween himself and Franklin *
“Well.” continued Mr. Blair. “Frank
lin was a printer, and so was Greeley
Franklin was a great postmaster pen
erul in the days before our present
government was established. an.! Gree
ley. for many years, had a secret an*
hition to match the record of Benja
min Franklin in that resoect by serv
ing as postmaster peneral. He wouM
like to have been t*ostniaster peneral
in President Taylor's cabinet. But be
was not. as you know, nor was he
ever asked to accept any important
office, never holding any office, tr. fact
except when he served a brief term
In congress to fill a vacate; caused
by death He thought that all the
political honors were going to Seward,
he got tired of that, and so. finally be
dissolved the all-powerful “olttV-al
firm of Seward. M eed * Greeley by
withdrawing from it.”
For a moment Mr Weed looked the
astonishment he felt. "I never knew
that. I never even dreamt ft." he said,
slowly, as if to himself. “I thought
he had come to the same determina
tion respecting public offiet that 1
had—never to accept any. Why. gen
Demon. If we bad suppose*! tha* Hon
ace Greeley was anxious to hold office
we should have fairly crushed him
w ith offers. And to think that he kept
this secret from ns all those years,
when to get office he had but to iatf
mate what he wanted. Now. Indeed,
after al> these years, the great no
terv of my political career Is closed
«p“
(Cg»TWtt :>f . - K. J.
Heir To Throne Unrecognized
How George V.. Then Duke of York.
Attended Divine Service at St.
Andrew’s Church in Que
bec Long Ago.
Some fifteen years ago. at the time
when King George V. of England, then
heir presumpt ve to th< British throne,
was in Canadian water with her ma
jesty's ship. The Thrush, he elected
to make a brief visit to Quebec.
On the Sunday morning of his ar
rival in the old French capital a party
of Americans, including General James
Grant Wilson, went &t an early hour,
and bet ore service began, to St. An
drew's church, the oldest Church of
England edifice in Quebec. Through
the historic little cemetery that lies
about the church the party wandered.
Finally near the grave of Thomas
Scott, who was Sir Walter Scott's
brother, one id the party tound a four
leaf clover and handed it to General
Wilson, who declared his intention of
sending it to the descendants of Sir
Waller Scott. Then the genera! an
nounced that he would leave the
party.
devoutly, in all the responses and the
hymns that were sung He paid close
attention to the reading of the les
son and when the short and si tuple
sermon teas preached he bowed his
head reverently and unostentatiously
at every prayer; and when, finally .the
service had been brought to Its cu»
■ ternary close, he and his companion,
waiting their turn to leave their pew,
joined in the congregation as it de
parted from the church, and once out
side walked leisurely In the- direc
tion of the harbor front
An hour or two later General Wil
son met his friends at their hotel. He
seemed somewhat disturbed.
“1 did not see the duke, as I had
planned,” he explained. "Everybody
v.s disappointed. He did not attend
rciigious services this morning."
Yes, he did." was the reply of
Y.'.omas H. James, former postmaster i
general under Garfield. He attend
ed services at St Andrew's church. He
came in shortly after us and was I
shown to a pew right in front of us
1 recompiled him instantly, having been
introduced to and having chatted
with him in Montreal a few days ago:
and once during the service he turned
and saw me and gave me a smile of
recognition. Of all that congregation
about him I was probably the only :
person who knew the heir presume
five to the British throne was a fel
low-worshiper. 1 am sure that the
“I must hasten, too," he added, "be
cause I am anxious to secure a good
seat in the cathedral. The duke of
York, who has just arrived in the city,
is to attend services there at 11
o'clock, and I want to get a good view
of the possible future ruler of ring
land.”
With General Wilson on nts way to
the cathedral, the other members of
the party lingered in the cemetery un
til the bell of St. Andrew's called
them to worship. Presenting them
selves at the door, they were shown
to a pew off the center aisle about
half way from the chancel.
They had hardl> got eomior.ably
seated when the same usher w ho had
escorted asm showed two young men
into the vacant pew immediately la
front of them. And jus: as the usher
had displayed courtesy towards the
Americans, so he treated the two new
arrivals, who. according to custom in
the Church of England, knelt for a
brief space in silent prayer before
settling themselves in their pew.
A few moments later the ehoir and
clergy entered the church In solemn
procession, and all through the reg
ular service that followed the elder
appearing of the two quiet-mannered
young men in front of the American
party joined quietly, but none the less
usher who showed him to h!s pew did !
not know it. Nor. evidently, was the
rector any wiser. And lust as he
came quietly and unannounced and un j
identified into St. Andrew s, so at the !
end of the service, the duke w ith his i
companion, left It."
(OopvTt*ta. by the Associated U«- i
erary press i
Civic Rivalry.
Square Durnltl—The cewsus 'll give
LonelyvlUe 250 more people than I
you’ve got iu your little old village.
cd' I'm willin' to bet on it.
Vncle Wei by Gosh (of Dreary hurst) I
—Countin' them that's In your citue
tery. 1 reckon you're about rijftu.
In the Rural Wilds.
T::e two summer boarders were
Sgt'lng flies and mosquitoes on tbs
front porch of the old farmhouse
"Vsre you here last summer?" 1
*sk"d the latest arrival.
"Say." retorted the other. ”do you '
think I'd be here now if 1 had been !
here last summer*"
“Ro*n*ry.“
V»d« siiKK' -uons l»a*e been man*
to explain the ua: Rom or Romani,
applied to the gypsies Tt< last ta
that o! l«eo Wiser ir the Journal of
the G>psy Lore Society fo- April He
points out that the name Is current to
Christian countries only Knrope.
America and Armenia Prom the low
of Charlemagne It appears that too
gypsies r*v tended to he pilgirms. and
their name was usually connect**
with that of Rome, I'ittottRt, he
thinks, it originated in the Greek “*gv
mites." a hermit, and that when tho
popular KymdltdSi connected all hoe
mils and pilgrims w ith Korn*-, all oth
er terms designated pilgrims were mm
transformed as to bring them lot*
keeping with this new Idea.