The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917, November 24, 1910, Image 8
TteOm&of CAPWSPLUM ft JAMEJ OUVER CURWOOD wmamt» maerat^zzz^ «yr ^ ^ ivKomi C MAPT E Coc-t e.ueS • _ I Far mail Captain Ptam •t/' d aa IT tto todd~a apparition tad ter M Mb Hr . ct-ced long after (to so rod at rt-ueaUag fooUSrps had died away Ttorr rrciiaed behind a tabu i»«< odor at iliac which »2rr*d his aool and set his blood Cghtmg It «aa a triatifal face that to had see* Hr • aa sure at that and »<■ to raatd hare f ire aa good ser ial praaf af E Only tto ryes aad (to oder at m*e rraaiaed wfih him •ad after a little (to iliac drifted a» -y Ttoa to Bent tok to tto log ■at cat down Hr »‘.H aa to thought of tto Joke that to had ua •rtt!*g*y payed oa tihadiak. From his haw-ledge of tto Bearer Island Manaoaa to was satisfied that tto add maa who displayed gold in sack tokksi profusion mas anything hot a *jartoior la afi protaMiit- 'his aras oar «f his sit** aad tto cabta to*:' >4 k’w. to roarioded. was for mw tcaaoa isolated from tto harem “Fcidewtiy that little salatem la not a lift.' to rmrladed. "er she mould bate tiics ma (tew to speak to her" Tto roatiawed absence at Otediah Frier begaa to fid Captain Paa with teapattettot After aa boar's wait to rwuod (to raMa aad *nade hte y*t to tto fit tie roam, where (to candle trms stiS toratag dimly Ta his as tnsrahuiat to totold tto old man afttmg beside tto table *T we toea waiting tor yaa. Xit' to erbd. stratgbtenitg klawlf a.th apcitg'.jto a stick news "Watting for yaw a kng (isae Nat " He rubbed bis hands and chuckled at tun os a tm- i«*rWy *T saw yoa oat there ea key tag yoarsetf What did yoa thick of tor. kat” He winked with sack a\A> jam glee that, despita hte owe W* nr i shears*. Captain Piaa bunt Into a -sgh /i-adiab Price told up • warning hand "Tot. tat not ao tw4 ~ to adsawlstod His (ace was I taap of wrinkle* His little black ayes shim* with sOrat laughter. There was so doubt bat that to was teareatf pleased os er something "Ted me. Xd—why did yoa cotaa to ft James— He ieaa*d forward o»re tto table. b>« odd while toad almost resting on ft. sad twiddled bis (bombs with won dertol rapidity "Eh XstT" to urged •Why did yoa come Tiaraasa It was tua Lot sad unis lerwsiiBg lying oat (here to n cairn, dad." re piled (to master at tto Ty fhuos "We'ee toea roasting for 3d bojrs afthoal a breath ta DU oar sails 1 came over ta sea what yoa people are like Aay barm done — "Xot a tot. aot a bit—yet." <■ tackled tto aid maa. ~Aad what'c your tmt *H». to. to! sf msm. I might tor* Iton It' Railing -mosCy. Why. certainly yoa «*jj* And why C* to carry a t«-A on on* side of you *tl a knife on the other. Vat?” *Tto«Mobi ' me*. DM Soee Of tt* hsherfoik tVag the Northern E»4 area t rery wreyslwa They look a earns of canned stuffs from me a »e*r hack ” one do poo make of t he tow tint's wrapped up torpnufsn under ywar deck. Vat* And *t«f to the world are yoo swag to do ffkl dee barrels of gunpowder*” “llow In Inin net—" began Captain Vl um “O. to be oore. to be sore—they're for the fisher folk." interrupted Oho dUb Price “Blew 'em up. eh. Vat? dad joo em to he a young man of education. Vat How did yoa happen to make a mistake In year to jet* Haves t yoa 12 men aboard your sloop Instead of eight. X«* Aren't there 12 inaisad of eight* Eh. SatT~ “The desk take yoo*” cried Captain riom. leaping suddenly to his feet, u* to* fasa.-g red “Tea. I tare pec 12 at* and f re got a gun in and f ee got five barrels of • ’ dM yoo lad it owl*" ef the table and stood so close to Cantata Plum that a pmue tea feet away rail a not Lae heard him mbea “I know more than that. Sat” bo whispered. “LVtea' A little while ay two w.*i, t.», , , off the b^ad of Wmmm v one dark sl(L: yoa tw« I by two bos’ .vb.<Ss of • -a yoo and your ere w frtssw yoa «f everything yoo bad the neat day yoa went back u> Chicago EhT* Nathan id stood spa*/ bless “And you made up year as ad the pirates set* K and yaa'r ter* to ma. bet tV isn't It ao. Xif*' The mtV old man was rskt i* Lis to.* 'i eagerly, enckediy “Too tried to get the rerntw rat tor Michigan to eocae dtr*a w Hh you. tot they woaldaT—ho 1.1. they wouldn't' One of ear friends la CU cag» sent prick word ah-»d jf yon to ted me aft ahoot it. and—Strang. He spoke the lant words In intense Then, suddenly, he held out his Land. “Tonne man. vfi yoa =bake hands with ase? Will ywa shake hand** •ad then we win go to St James" Captala Plum thrust awt a bind and the old mas gripped It The th'a ff^r < rv tightened Hte caM damps at ’ fieri Par a moment the fare of IObadiah Price underwent a strange change The hardness and glitter !went out of his eyes and in place tie-re came a questioning, almost an appealing, look. His tense mouth re laxed. It mas as If he was on the point of surrendering to some emotion : which be was struggling to stifle. He attempted to withdraw his hand but Captain Plum held to it “Not yet!" be exclaimed. "There are two or three things which your friend didn't tell yon. Ohadiah Price!" Nathaniel's eyes glittered danger ously. "When 1 left ship this morning I gave explicit orders to Casey, my mate" He gazed steadily into the old mans unflinching eyes. ~I said something like this: ‘Casey. I'm going to see Strang be'ore I come hack. If he’s willing to settle for five thousand, well cal] it off. And if he sb t—why. well stand out there a mile and blow St. James Into bell! And !f 1 don't come back by to-mor row at sundosn. Casey, you take com mand and blow !t to bell without me!‘ So. Ohadiah Pric*. If there's treach- ; ery—" | The old man clutched at his hands j with insane fierceness. *Tfcer* will be no treachery. Nat. I swear to God there will be no treach ery! Come, we will go—" i1' 111 Captain Plum hesitated —Who are you? Whom am I to follow?" "A member of our holy Council of Twelve. Nat. and lord high treasurer i of his majesty. King Strang!" Before Captain Plum could recover from the surprise of this whispered announcement the little old man had fre d himself and was pattering aw fully through the darkness of the next room. The master of the Ty 1 phoon followed close behind him. lips Doubled over until his chin rested almost upon the sharp points of bis knees, be gazed steadily at the beacon, and as be looked it shuddered and grew dark, like a firefly that suddenly closes its wings. With a quick spring the councilor straight ened himself and turned to the master of the Typhoon. “You have a good nose, Nat," he said, “but your ears are not so good. Sb-b-h-h!" He lifted a hand warning ly and nodded sidewise toward the path. Captain Plum listened. He h«-ard low voices and then footsteps— voices that were approaching rapidly, and were those of women, and foot steps that were almost running. The old man caught him by the arm and as the sounds came nearer his grip tightened. “Don't frighten them, Nat. Get down!" He crouched until he was only a part of the shadows of the ground and following his example Nathaniel slipped between two of the knolls. A few yards away the 6ound of the voices ceased and there was a hesi tancy in the soft tread of the ap proaching steps. Slowly, and now In awesome silence, two figures came down the path and when they reached a point opposite the hummocks Na thaniel could see that they turned iheir faces toward them and that for a brief space there was something of terror in the gleam he caught of their eyes. In a moment they had passed. Then he heard them running. “They saw not!” Captain Plum ex elaimed. Obadiah hopped to his feet and rubbed his hands with great glee. “What a temptation. Nat!" he whis pered. “What a temptation to fright en them out of their wits! No. they didn't see us. Nat—they didn't see us. The girls are always frightened when they pass these graves. Some day—" "Graves!” aimost shouted the master of the Typhoon. “Graves— and we sitting on 'em!" “That's ail right, Nat—that's all right. They're my graves, so we're welcome to sit on them. I often come here and sit for hours at a time. They like to have me. especially little Jean —the middle one. Perhaps I'll tell you about Jean before you go away." If Captain Plum bad been watching him he would have seen that soft mysterious light again shining in the old councilor's eyes. But now Na “I Know More Than That, Nat.” ti.- councilor hesitated for a moment, as If debating which route to take, and then with a’ prodigious ■ ink at Captain Plum and a throatful cf Us Inimitable chuckles, chose the | 8 h down Which his startled visitor of a short time before had fled. For 15 minutes this path led between thick black walls of forest verdure. OW ah Price kept always » few par*-* ahead of his companion and spoke not a word. At the end of perhaps half a mile the path entered into a arg- clearing on the farther - de of which Nathaniel caught the flUmmer erf a Jgbc They lasted close to this light, which came from the * mdow of a large square hqpse built of logs, and Captain Plum became suddenly eonsc.ous that the air was f'ced with the redolent perfume of ••"me With half a dozen quick stride* h*- overtook 1*.- councilor and caught him by the arm 1 smell lilac’" he eTclaimed ‘ Certainly, so do I." replied Obadiah Price "We have very fine lilacs on the island " "And I rmrtlrd tflac ba< k there," continued Nathaniel. stiU bolding to ti.- old man’s arm. and pointing a ! :nb over his shoulder. "I smelled 'em back there, when—" "Ho. bo. ho!" chuckled the councilor •r,,-'My. "I don't doubt It. Nat. I don't doubt it. She is very fond of lilacs, i *’• ► wear* the flow ers very often .” He pule d himself away and Cap tain Plum could bear his queer ’ '■ sling for some time after. Soon M-ey entered the gloom of the woods again and a little later came out into another clearing and Nathaniel knew hat « was St James that lay at his ^ The lights of a few fishing , feet. "Ah. It la not time." whispered Obadiah. "It Is still too early." He dr-w his companion out of the path | which they had followed and sat him self down on n hummock a dozen yards away from it. inviting Nathaniel hr n pull of the steere to do the tame. There were three of these hummock*. side by side, and Captain Plum chose the one nearest the old man and waited for him to speak. . liwt the councilor did not open hi* ! thaniel stood erect, his nostrils sniffing the air. catching once more the sweet scent of lilac. He hurried out into the opening, with the old man close behind him. and peered down into the starlit gloom into which the two girls had disappeared. The lovely face that had appeared to him for an in stant at Obadiah's cabin began to haunt him. He was sure now that his sudden appearance bad not been the only cause of its terror, and he felt that he should have called out to her or followed until he bad overtaken her. He could easily have excused liis boldness, even if the councilor had t' <-n w atching him from the cabin door. He was certain that she had passed very near to him again and that the fright which Obadiah had attempted to explain was not because of the graves. He swung about upon his companion, determined to ask for an explanation. The latter seemed to divine bts thought. "Don't let a little scent of lilac dis j turb you so. young man.” be said with singular coldness. "It may cause you great unpleasantness." He went ah» ad and Nathaniel followed him, i assured that the old man's words and i the way in which he bad spoken them no longer left a doubt as to the iden tity of his night visitor. She was one of the councilor's wives, so he thought, and bis own Interest in her was beginning to have an Irritating effect, in other words Obadiah was becoming jealous. For some time there was silence between the two. Obadiah Price now walked with extreme slowness and along paths m-hich seemed to bring him no nearer to the town below. Nathaniel could see that he was ab sorbed In thoughts of bis own. and held his peace. Was It possible that he bad spoiled his chances with the councilor because of a pretty face and a buneb of lilacs? The thought tickled Captain Plum despite the deli cacy of his situation and he broke into an involuntary laugh. The laugh brought Obadiah to a halt as sud denly as though some one had thrust a bayonet against his breast. CTO BE CONTINUED.) BREEDING PEDIGREE STOCK IS HIGHLY PROFITABLE " ■ _ Man Must be Lover of Animals and Possess More Than Ordinary Amount of Patience If He Is to Become a Prosperous Breeder. Perhaps of all branches of farming ; breeding pedigree livestock Is the ' most interesting, and. in addition, it has the further recommendation that when properly conducted it is profit able. 1 know that many persons have dropped money, and some large amounts, over pedigree stock; but I could name several tenant farmers who have weathered bad times and are today in a prosperous condition, i thanks mainly to this Industry. A man must be a lover of animals and pos sess a more than ordinary amount of patience If he is to become a promi nent breeder, says a writer in Country Life. Furthermore, unless he is able to place a large amount of capital in the business he must be prepared to ock his money up for some years, j Those who can afford to buy the best bred and most typical animals of any breed as foundation stock, and who ire content to pay good salaries and I wages to competent men to take :harge of them, ought soon to get a I I neighborhood where It Is not the fash ion. It is true that some breeds seem to flourish almost anywhere, notably shorthorn cattle and Shire horses; but an owner of Shires who brings them up on light, thin-skinned land is so verely handicapped when his horsei \ come into the show-ring. He thei finds that his rivals who occupy stlf fer and richer soil can produce an! rnals with more bone and hair than h« can. Large, well-shaped feet, plenty of bone and good joints are absolutely j necessary nowadays on a first-class animal of this breed. Shire horses are especially adapted for town work and for hauling heavy loads, and one can judge from the photograph of this strong, heavy and yet compact mare how suitable this breed is for that purpose. The Clydes dales are not such massive horses as are the Shires, neither are they so large in the bone, but the strength and slope of their pasterns and the actlv- j ity of this breed are proverbial. A so j J * Champion Clydesdale. good return for their Investment. Per sons with limited means must be sat , tsfied to start with a few animals less , perfect in type and conformation or with aged Individuals which can be picked up for comparatively little Honey, and then gradually breed up a itud herd or flock. The latter plan, unless one Is a good judge of stock md a practical farmer. Is the one I should advise. Clever and experienced breeders are apt to make mistakes In buying, mating and rearing their stock ind a novice Is sure to purchase his sxperlence very dearly if he starts breeding on too large a scale. The situation and soli of one's farm should govern, to a great extent, the tarlety of stock which it is decided to keep. Not only does It take some time for a breed new to the district to become acclimated, but it is always difficult to dispose of one's surplus stock in a perabundance of hair on a Clydes dale’s legs is not considered neces sary, as it is on those of the Shire; this can be 6een by glancing at the il lustration of Royal Guest, the cham pion Clydesdale stallion at this year's Royal. The Suffolk horse is preferred when quite clean-legged, 1. e., with no long hair on his legs. It is a very active, quick animal, with any amount of pluck and endurance, and no breed Is better suited for fannwork. Suf- 1 folks, like Clydesdales, are also suit able for working in towns, where strong, quick-moving horses are need ed. SEVERAL KINDS OF LEGHORN Of the several breeds of Leghorn, the white is the most popular and the brown next, says the Farm Poultry. The Buff Leghorns of the best strains have about all the good qualities of the white variety and are fast gaining popularity, the color being more at tractive to some tastes. The Black ind Dominique Leghorns also have their advocates. Each of the Leg horns, although naturally having sin gle combs, are bred also with rose combs. The rose comb is obtained by introduction of Hamburg blood, and the result is in general a tendency ' to smaller bodies and smaller eggs in the rose comb varieties. The single combs vary greatly in size and weight, according to strain. Some of the larger strains are almost equal in size to the average of some of the medium weight breeds, and it Is claimed that the size is not obtained at the expense of laying powers. The Leghorns, like most of the breeds, need to be bred wfch care to prevent the tendency to smaller sizes. Small bodies, pinched or cramped in 6hape, are considered undesirable, as tending to small egg* and lack of constitBtion. Eight or ten years ago Leghorr cockerels were in considerable de mand for crossing. The Leghorn and Urahma cross, Leghorn and Wyan dotte, or Leghorn and Plymouth Itoch were preferred by many poultrymen to breed crossbred chickens for broil ers and roasters, and of late years the tendency of the poultry plants seems to be toward the use of one or anoth er of the pure breeds. Cross breeding is more trouble and results less uni form than from the pure breeds. Poultry Business In Mexico. Consul Alexander V. Dye, of Nogales, says that conditions in the Mexican State of Sonora favor the building up of a poultry and egg busi ness. During the past year $119,088 of eggs were imported into that con sular district from the United States and sold at an almost uniform price of 50 cents per dozen in Nogales, with higher prices at the mines in the in terior, where many of them were con sumed. Chickens sell for 62% to 75 ! cents apiece, weighing 3 to 4 pounds each. Owing to the difficulty in se curing fresh eggs, nearly all the min ing companies raise their own chick ens. some of them devoting consider able attention to it and having large poultry yards. . In fact. It is some times said jestingly that such and such a mine has quit the mining busi ness and gone into the poultry busi ness. Rape. We are aware that chickens are very fond of young cabbage plants. They devour as readily dwarf rape. Rape undoubtedly is an economical green food provided we have yards ir sufficient numbers. Rape should have a growth of a foot high before ole j fowls have access. Otherwise thej will eat it so closely that it will nol* ■«take much of a growth. It is a de light to see the hens eat at the green • rape leaves. Rape also is a good plant to furnish shade for young poultry. Also flies and other insects will alight on the leaves, furnishing insects foi the fowls. In a favorable season rap« will grow very rapidly. Four weeki from sowing ought to make a fall growth. Uniting Bee Colonies. Queenless or very weak colonies may be united with others by placing i them on top with a newspaper be tween, leaving a hole so that only one bee at a time can pass from one hive to the other. In a week or two the top hive may be taken off and stored away. Some hives will be found with more honey than others, and equal izing of stores may be practiced, tak ing care not to move any combs from diseased colonies or the light hlvea may be fed with syrup or liquid honsy in a feeder. American Gibraltar in Manila Bay WASHINGTON—About two years hence if passengers on steamers i entering Manila harbor and passing be tween the several small islands that, guard the principal port of the Philip pines should Inquire with Indifferent interest as to the name and use of a small dun-colored rock, hardly discern ible any distance away and looking much like an irregular shaped house boat floating on the ocean, they will be told that they are looking at El Fratle island. Perhaps, also, they will be told that the little island, scarce two hun dred feet square, is the most diaboli cally effective fortification of its siie in the world. For eighteen months army engineers have been directing the work of forti fying what is intended as the backbone or keystone of the strong defenses in Manila harbor. They have resorted to a plan suggested by a young engineer officer after their superiors had thrown up their hands in despair at the pros pects of attempting to fortify the rock < which showed its head above the water 1 for so small an area. It involves the leveling of the island almost to the sur-! face of the sea and erecting a struc ture in the form of a battleship deck stripped for action. The artificial forti fying will be of steel and cement. The defenses of Manila bay entrance present me most as . a* the most complete set of tMtlficatioos I'ncle Sam possesses Stretching across the mouth of the harbor are a series of islands. The largest of these Islands and the one which will be used as a base of supplies for the others is Corregidor. from which the first bottle gun was directed against Admiral IV*. ey’s fleet in 1SSS On Corregidor the army Is instalUng a 14 company post. Warehouses of a capacity to con' n supplies for a whole year for U. W tnen have been built. This island is considered impregnable from tbe sea side. But tbe most interesting of all The islands is the El Eraile. at press's: a tiny rock rising in a pinnacle ISO feet above tbe bay. The shape of the island will, as stated, be changed by means of steel and concrete walls which will extend below the water line, to resem ble the hull of a battleship. No sec tion of the island ground will be ex posed to fire. It will be surrounded and covered over by steel and concrete walls, about fifty feet thick on the sides and almost solid steel on the top. On the surface of this "deck" two tur rets will be placed, each turret con taining two 14-inch guns. Besides the four large guns, four six-inch rapid fire rifles will be placed in embrasures at tbe seaward end. and like batteries of small guns will be placed at other jwlnts of advantage. Quarters will be provided for only a sufficient number of men to work the guns and machin ery. The cost of this powerful little fortress, the most dangerous fort of its size on earth, will be J3.000.000, guns, walls, turrets and all. Treasury Building Is Overcrowded WHEN' the small army of architect* and artisans has finished the work now In progress on the Uni ted States treasury building, the beau- i tiful old structure will show the first : material change since 1869. Architec- ' turally it still will represent a pagan temple, indicating, many folk say, the American people's worship of money. But visitors to the nation s capital who have not seen the treasury in 40 years will find some changes for efficiency and economy. The nucleus of the present building, located where President Jackson, irri tated by the procrastination of con- 1 gress in choosing a site, put his hick- j ory stick down with a thump and ex claimed. "Put 'er there, on that spot." will remain unchanged, but the double stone staircase leading up to the colon nade on the Fifteenth street side has been torn away. Architects said it spoiled the beauty of that side of the ' building, plans for which were drawn by William T. Elliott, a surveyor, who came to Washington in 1S13. The 30 granite monoliths, each o* which cost 35,500 and weighs SO tons, now stand in an unbroken row. They are said to be the finest example ot their kind of the stonecutter's art. It required ten men. working 60 days, to prodv.ce each of them, and a solid train of 30 flat cars brought them to Wash ington from the quarries in Massachu setts. To make more space Inside the build ing ail the files ot letters and docu ments will be stored in the old coal vaults under the lawn oa the Pennsyl vania avenue side, and new coal vaults are being built on the side opposite the White House. The completed building, as it stands, represents three stages of construction. The nucleus, located by Jackson, was finished in 1842. The south wing was finished in 1S64. The north wing, fin ished in 1869. is on the side of the old state department building. The long colonnade of brown stone, erected in 1864, deteriorated in the southern climate and was replaced by the present granite monoliths a little more than a year ago. Big Job to Fill the Supreme Bench I Jt * ■ _2=_ __I THE seven justices of the Supreme court of the United States, led by the venerable Justice Harlan, called on President Taft the other day to pay their respects. This annual call of courtesy reminded the president of a duty which is uppermost in his mind and occupying it almost to the ex clusion of any other consideration, for the president is called upon to re model the highest tribunal in the land. The president has appointed two justices already—Hughes in place or Brewer, who died, and Lurton in place of Peckham of New York, also dead. These deaths removed a Republican and a Democrat, and their successors were of the same political faith. Since then Chief Justice Fuller, a Democrat, appointed from Illinois, has died, and Justice Moody, a Republic an. of Massachusetts, has resigned because of ill-health, and President Taft will have to fill these two va cancies. in addition to Judicial ntness. poll* | tics and geographical qualifications i must be considered. Moreover, the ! president is brought face to face with a task which will be of tremendous importance to the United States for the next generation. With political beliefs chrnging over night and great er zeal in governmental supervision being urged by the dominant party, the court which President Taft must reconstruct will pass on all the changes in the organic laws of the United States which may be made by congress. The problem will not be solved for the public until after congress meets, as it has been definitely an nounced at the White House that no judicial appointments would be sent to the senate until the Monday fol lowing the reconvening of congress. The president is also head over heels in the consideration of the ap pointment of five additional judges of the circuit court, which will constitute the new court of commerce. In addi tion to these judicial vacancies there are several district judges to be ap pointed. It is no stretch of the imagination to believe that the pres ident will almost reorganize the fed eral judiciary before he leaves the president's office. Society Soldier Out at Fort Myer ALBERT J. MYER. the American A army's gentleman soldier, is no longer wearing the uniform of an en listed man. He has left Fort Myer. :he army reservation named for his illustrious grandfather, and has gone i back to Boston. Xot only was the passing of the landy soldier sudden and unexpected, but tbe manner of bis going sensation il. Mr. Myer, who was a corporal in :he signal corps, has been in the guardhouse since August. A recent verdict of a court-martial which tried him sentenced Corporal Myer to be reduce*' to the ranks, to be confined at hard labor for three months and to forfeit $50 of his pay. The court-martial was a little slow and Myer escaped its imprisonment penalty, having been discharged in the meantime. He was given an hon orable discharge and the army knows him no more. I Myer created the biggest sensation the army has had for a long time. He tried to get into West Point, but was barred by age. and from the naval academy because of hi> sire. Then he enlisted in the cavalry, but that did not suit his liking and he trans ferred into the signal corps, where he was promoted to be a corporal. At Fort Myer the dude soldier was the envy of his comrades and a par ticular bore to his officers. After a hard day's drill, or the attendance on some other military duty. Corporal Myer would go to his bachelor apart ments. have his valet rub him down and then don the habiliments of a society man. That night perhaps, his commanding officers would find him in the same ballroom with themselves. He had the entree Into the most ex clusive clubs, and It was a source of much regret to Colonel Haversack and Major Canteen that Private Myer took precedence over them when it came to getting the attention of the waiters. The youngster rode and walked with the fairest of Washington’s belles^ and had money to burn. He never did anything to excite the anger of his superiors except to play the dual role of a soldier and a dandy, too. Where They Balk. i The average man is truthful." says the Philosopher of Folly, "but not one I man in fifty will tell .you the real rea- ; son he wears a silk hat." Evidently a Mistake. "They say his wife has Indian blood in her veins.” “That must be a ml*, take Indiars are supposed to be stoical and silent."