THE BED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, MARCH 5 1897.
THE OLD ROMAN LAWS.
OUR STATUTES NOW FREE
PROM BARBARIC MEASURES.
Nea-ly AH the Capital Offfinte Intro
duced Into Onr Law from Foreign
Code Have Ileen F.llmlnated Only A
Crime. runUlialiln ly Death l'euatty.
HE President of
the United Statos
will within a few
days approve an act
of congress which
reduces the number
of offenses against
tho government,
punishable by
death after convic
tion, from Blxty to
five. Many of the
itAtutcs of the United States, as carried
on tho books for nearly a century,
wore copied from the laws of the old
Roman omplrc. Tlnio was In Rome
when the offenses not punishable by
death were fowcr than those that wore.
In countries dominated by tho military
life Is yot hold cheap, and offenses
that civilization now classes as mis
demeanors, or more disturbances of tho
public or perchanco Individual, peace,
arc- by law. made capital.
Tho penalties for crime that It Is
possible for a Judgo In a United States
court to lnflct havo for many years
ben dlsproportloncd to tho maximum
powor of the state courts, For In
itanco: A civilian or a mombor of the
United States army who strikes or
physically assaults an officer of tho
United States may bo hanged, pro
vided that the officer is in commission
ind in uniform. A man who assaults
the governor of a groat state Is guilty
of nn offense measured only by tho
physical damage caiiBcd, and can be
lined or Imprisoned, for no more nor
longer, all things considered, than If
the object of his violence wcro plain
John Smith of Drown street. Con
gressman Nowton Curtis of Ogdcns
burg, over four years ago, undertook
to. bring .tho Federal criminal code up
to tho times, and the final passage of
his house bill by tho Bcnnte recently
signalized a victory that was only
gained by persistency. Under tho net
s reconstructed there will bo but five
capital offenses known to tho federal
law. These are murdor on a territory,
fort, magazine, shop or reservation
wfcorcln tho United States has technical
Jurisdiction; rape on tho Bame; treason,
piracy and treasonable botrayal of
trust in tho army or navy. Among the
:apltal offenses on tho statute books,
most of which, It should be said, are
dead letters, and which are rejected
by the courts aro:
'Being accessory beforo tho fact to
piracy.
Being accessory after tho fuct to
an act of piracy.
Aiding or abetting by advice or coun
ol or commnnd an act of robbery,
uirder or other piracy.
Knowingly concealing tho fruits of
a piracy, or assisting In tho oscapo
'rom arrest of, tho perpetrator of an act
of piracy, robbery or murdor.
Having In possession tho fruits of
.ilrncy.
Treason, In levying war or adher
ing to tho cnomlca(of the government.
Inciting to or engaging In rebellion
)
(gainst tho government.
Aiding, ubottlng, etc., to commit
murder or piracy on tho high seas by
(lie owner.
Destruction of a vessel on tho high
jens by other than the owner.
Tho corrupt casting away of a-vessel
on the high sens by tho owner.
Laying violent hands by seamen up
on the commander of a vessel to pro
vent his defense of the vessel.
Robbery on the high sea.
Robbery on shore by tho crow of a
plrato.
' , Murdor, robbery or hostile act under
-fv,vr,J?ovo- of a foreign commission.
"' Forcibly confining a negro on a ves
sel with Intent of making him a slave.
Landing from a vessel and seizing a
negro with attempt to onslavo him.
. Malicious burning of a fort or a dock
yfrd.
I Burning a vessel of war,
,, Rescue by force of persons found
guilty of capital crimes against tho
United States.
Disobeying or striking u superior of
leer in tho army or navy.
Sleeping on posts of sentry.
Refusal orfnlluro to resist the onomy
Itj the army or navy.
Wilfully causing a false alarm of
military attack.
Mutinous conduct In presence of the
nomy.
Forcibly compelling nn officer to sur
render. Disclosing the watchword.
Relieving tho enemy with money,
valuables or supplies.
Desertion from army or navy In
time of war.
Aiding others to desert In time ol
war.
Correspondence with theeneny.
An equal number of offenses against
the discipline of the navy are in the
books. These are all struck, pufc by
the Curtis bill. In tlmo of war, mar
tial law asserts itself, and the military
Is a law unto itself.
Only n Wlicht Chunice.
"Splffcns has quit tho photography
business nnd 1b now a florist," re
marked McSwllllgan.
"Oh, Well," replied Squlldlg, "It Is
not much of a stop from poses to po
sies." Pittsburg Chronlclo-Tolegraph.
l'aper Floor.
The newest kind of floor Is mado of
paper, which Is spread out on tho sur
face in tho form of a pasty mess, then
covered and pressed. It hardens like
plaster of parls, is noiseless under foot
and helps greatly in preserving an even
temperature.
WROUOHT-IRON FAD.
It Had an Ancient nnit Mont Rupert'
bin Ileglnnlng.
There Is no doubt that wrought Iron
Is more and more used every year In
domestic economy and decoration. De
servedly so, Bays tho Now York Her
ald, Thcro Is nothing that lends Itself
so easily to the requirements of both
utility and art. Besides, It has an an
cient and respectable lilstory. Ger
many In the fifteenth ccntry produced
much wrought-iron work of a rather
special character, such as the grave
crosses and sepulchral monuments to
be seen In the ccmctorlcs of Nurem
berg. Iron was nl.so employed for well
canopies, such as that at Antwerp at
tributed to Qucntln Matsys. Originally
a blacksmith from Louvaln, he camo
to Antwerp to seek his fortune There,
as tho story goes, he fell In love with
tho dnughtcr of a painter and, to pro
pitiate tho daughter as well as her fa
ther, exchanged the anvil for the paint
er'B palette and beforo his death, In
lftfl, he was successful In helping to
raise the school of Antwerp to a celeb
rity equal to that of the schools of
Bruges and Ghent. Iron work was ox
tonslvely produced at Augsburg under
tho fostering care of the Fugger family
taking the shape of brackets project
ing from tho walls and grills over fan
lights or In a balcony. Grotcsquu
knockers are also common In Nurem
berg. Keys were sometimes elaborately
decorated and tho part which Is now a
common ring wns once occupied by lit
tlo figures In full relief, with coats of
arms and the like. Tho French rev
olution was the cause of much splen
did Iron work being iTestroyed, when, In
179,1, certain provinces had to gathor to
gether every available piece of Iron to
transform Into pikes and other weapons.
Our Inillnn Cuword.
"Gowhltoke," Is Indian. It means
fight, charge, advance (collection of
Rhode iBland Historical society, vol. 1,
page 148). There Is no Indian word
for "father." Elliot in the Indian bi
ble uses gosh for God and Our Heav
enly Father. Tho Indians soon learned
that settlors used tho Bame word when
Bwearlng In anger, and the Indians
prefixed gosh to gewheteke, nnd soven
ty years ago, "gosh all hlttlcutt" was n
phrase In common use, called deacon's
swearing; It may fairly be translated
"God and the Bnttle." Indlnn words
so forclblo to tho eye, are sometimes
very pretty when traced to their roots,
thus young girls are "squog," from
"star." When grown to marriageable
young ladles, "nungsquog," which
means "twinkling star." Boston Jour
nal. What a Woman Thinks Of.
What docs a woman think about as a
general rulo? According to a pro
found philosopher following aro the
mental occupations of a woman dur
ing her existence: When 4 years old
ahe thinks of Bwcets and bonbons. At
7 hor doll Is her sole nnx'lety. At 13
sho drenniR night and day of her llttlo
cousin. At 18 sho yenrn for a roman
tic marriage. At 21 her thoughts aro
engrossed by hor llrst baby. At 35
they are transferred to her first gray
hair. When about 40 her mental bal
ance Is sorely tried by her first wrin
kles and the disagreeable perspective
they open up; At DO sho begins to
think of tho past. And Inter she turns
hor attention to tho futuro prospects of
her grandchildren. Exchange.
A lool Timepiece.
Hero is a fish story Tor the truth of
which we cannot vouch, but which nil
fishermen, young or old, will enjoy. It
comes rrom nn English Journal tho
Northampton Dnily lteporter: Last
Bprlng, whllo a party of tourists was
Ashing "up north" n well-known law
yer lost hlB gold watch from the boat
In which ho was sitting1: In tho fall
ho made another visit to tho lakes and
during the first day'B sport caught nn
eight-pound trout. His astonishment
can bo Imagined when ho found his
watch lodged In tho throat of the
trout. Tho watch was running nnd tho
time correct. It being a "stem winder,"
tho supposition Is that In masticating
his food tho fish wound up the watch
dally. Harper's Round Table.
Illnrk cm.
Although black cats have come to b
regarded as mascots they wero not
many years ago looked upon with hor
ror nnd distrust nnd supposed to en
shrine tho forms of familiar domons
patronized by witches. Even now mnny
people find something uncanny about
black cats and refuso to own them.
"Who," It la asked, "would trust a
black beetle? Iiok nt his furtive, mur
derous, round-shouldered deadlincss of
shape a masked, black-cjad headsman
among Insects. Doubly false even to
his own nnmo, he Is neither black nor
a bcctlo but a cockroach."
Acalmt Them.
The native young porson sighed.
"It Is Indeed difficult," she rejoined,
','to maintain a real society In tho trop
ica. It Ja well nigh Impossible for us
to give anything like the cold shoulder,
don't you know, nnd after all tTiat Is
the main thing, I fancy. Ah, yes. Our
latltudo Is certainly against us." Do
trolt Journal. -
Naturally,
Nureo Girl "I lost track of the child,
mum, and ." Mistress "Good gra-
cIoub! Why didn't you speak to a po
llcoman?" Nurso Girl "I wuz speak
ing to wan nil tho tolmc, mum." Lon
don Penrson'a Weokly.
No Mllllonalro Cimti-imrUu on lUcord.
Muuy persons havo lived to be 100
years old, but there Is no record ot a
millionaire having obtained that age.
HE SUCCEEDS PEFFER.
W. A, HARRIS THE NEW SENA
TOR FROM KANSAS.
A Virginian hy lllrtli ami a Confederal
Officer Under Lonuntreet He (Joe
Weft In l'nrmilt of III Vocation a
Civil Knglncer.
HE peoplo of tho
whole state of
Kansas and of all
parties aro nt pres
ent felicitating
themselves u p o n
the excellent Judg
ment displayed by
the Populists In the
selection of a Unit
ed States senator to
succeed Mr. Peffer.
It is tho universal sentiment that the
choice could not have fallen upon n
moro satisfactory wan than W. A. Hnr
rls, who received tho nomination In the
caucus of the controlling party.
Mr. Harris may In truth be classed as
n moderate Popullnt. He was formerly
a Democrat and Is known to be conser J
vatlvo nnd reliable from every point o.
view. He Is on editcntcd man, a prac
tical farmer nnd stock grower, nnd In
thorough sympathy with western needs
and conditions.
Ho Is n Virginian by birth and was
a soldier In the southern army during
tho civil wnr. His education was In
tho lino of work as a civil .engineer,
and It was this occupation that brought
him to Kansas 3oon after the war,
whore he was employed In the con
struction of tho Union Pacific railroad.
Ho was quick to appreciate and take
advantage of the agricultural possi
bilities of tho new and thriving state,
and his Interests have since that time
beon closely Identified with those of his
fellow farmers nnd stock raisers.
Ho acquired a valuable tract of land
In Leavenworth County, where he has
resided since 1884, and is one of the
most prominent and cxtcnslvo stock
men in tho state.
Tho Harris family consists of a wife
and fivo children. Of tho latter thero
aro two sons and threo daughters
Pago Harris of Dallas, Texas; Craig
SOME
Tho new American torpedo-boat,
Number Six, Is a fine typo of the up-to-dato
war vessel. She was launched Inst
September from the famous Hcrrcshoff
works at Bristol, Rhodo Island, and Is
now being fitted up for speed trial in
Narragansett Bay. With a capacity of
only 186 tons, she will carry a crew of
about twenty-five. She Is fitted with
ono bow tube nnd two deep tubes for
dynnmlto shells. Sho will -also -carry
two small quick-firing rifle-guns. Her
sister boat, Number Seven, Is now
building at tho same works and 'will
soon bo ready for launching. Tho
dishing, which appears in tho back
ground of tho Illustration, Is ono of
Harris, now In school; Miss Frances
Harris, Mrs. Isabella Byrnes of Now
York City, and Mrs. Elizabeth Flnlay
SENATOR W. A. HARRIS,
ot Dallas. All art children ot his first
wife, who died three years ago. An
other daughter, Miss Lavlnla Harris,
committed suicide at Luray, Va., In
1894, shortly after a romantic marriage
to a llvoryuinn named Bohannnn, Tho
sad ending of tho young woman's life
waB never satisfactorily explained fur
ther than that no blamo was attached
to the husband or to her father, who
had long before become reconciled to
tho strango marriage.
Col, Harris' present wife, whom he
married in 1895, was a Mrs. Bernard
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Murray of Lawrence. Kas. Sho was
divorced from her husband a short
tlmo before her mnrrlago to Col. Harris,
and the husband instituted proceedings
against Harris for damnges on a chargo
of alienation, but tho suit was subse
quently compromised without serious
reflection upon cither of the parties.
The Harris home Is at Llnwood farm,
In Leavenworth County, twenty-seven
miles west of Kansas City, on the lino
of tho Union Pacific railway, and is ono
of the most beautiful and dcslrablo
locations In the state. The farm prop
er comprises 300 acres of land, much
of It In blue grass, which the Colonel
prizes highly nnd in which he has
great faith In connection with the
breeding of fine cattle.
Tho family residence Is on a gently
rising eminence situated nearly a quar
ter of a mile from the main road, It
is distinctively a southern house, with
broad and Inviting porches, large halls,
library, open fire-places, and every
thing suggesting convenience, comfort
and refinement. Thero are delightful
shade trees about the place, the build
lugs are all kept In excellent condi
tion, and the broad lawn with Its rus
tic seats and carpet of grcon give n
hearty wolcome to tho visitor. Not far
away aro the houses of the herders of
the famous imported short-hornB the
CruikshankB of which Col. Harris has
a herd well known to stockmen all over
the United States. Tho cattle wcro Im
ported direct from Scotland and are of
tho very best strains.
Mrs. Harris has already spent ono
winter In Washington, whllo her hus
band was filling the post of congress-mnn-nt-large,
to which he was elected
in 1892, defeating the Republican
nominee, George T. Anthony, who had
been a Union soldier. This was ac
cepted In Kansas as a timely and com
plete burial of tho "bloody shirt" Issue
In politics, on which so many former
battles had been fought and won. Two
years later, to show that the Issuo had
not been entirely wiped out. Col. Har
ris was defeated for re-election to tho
same office by Col. R. W. Blue, a Re
publican and a distinguished Union
soldier. This year the war again cuts
no figure In tho campaign between the
two lending pnrtles, and Kansas, the
great soldier state, sends to tho senate
a Confederate officer who was n pupil
TORPEDO BOATS OF THE NEW
tho three torpedo-boats new in com
mission. Sho has been In use tor about
four years, and is at the torpedo Bta
tlon ut Newport. She has a tonnage of
105 tons llttlo more than one-halt
that of Number Six. Her equipment
of tubes and guns is very similar.
Threo torpedo-boats, Numbor Three,
Number Four and Number Five, are to
bo all of tho same size 132 tons. They
are now building at tho Columbia Iron
Works, Baltimore, and will be ready
this spring. Eleven other torpedo-boats
aro In process of construction. Service
on a torpedo-boat when in nctlon will
bo extremely hazardous. With tho ex
ception of a very thin "turtle-back"
of Stonewall Jackson In tho Virginia
Military Institute nnd a member of
Gen. Wilcox's staff in Longstreot's di
vision. Col. Harris Is countod upon
by, his friends to mako a" meritorious
record during his term in the senate
and to greatly strengthen tho People's
party in the stato and nation.
The Cxar Carrie a Itetolvcr.
Ever since the assassination of the
Czar Alexander II the young emperor
of Russia, It Ib said, has' carried about
with him a small revolver, which was
given to him by his mother, the dowa
ger empress' ot Russia, who exacted the
promise that' whenever ho was away
from tho royal palace he would carry
It with him. Since ho has beeen
traveling In Europe the emperor has
kept tho rovolver ever by his bedside,
tho Idea haunting him, as It haunted
his mother, and still haunts his young
wife, that whenever tho fated assassin
appears (as appear he will, they all
firmly bellove) he will bo as swift and
determined as was tho "patriot" who
blow up his grandfather, surrounded
as he was by his trusty gunrds and
hundreds ot police. When driving, tho
emperor has his rovolver, nlways load
ed In Its six chambers, In n pocket of
IiIb carriage, Just near his right hand.
In places where soda water Is made
tho atmosphero runs sometimes higher
than 2 per cent of carbon dioxide, yet
without harmful effect,
WHAT'S A PATTERAN7
The Oypty Method of Leaving a Trail
Vl.tlile Only to Their Fellow.
"You don't know what a pattcran
Is!" Inquired surprised ly of tho group
about him a man at tho Authors' club
tho other evening, says the New York
Journal. "Why, that was ono of tho
flrst things I learned when I began to.
study the gypsies. Tho patteran, or
patrln, Is what the Romanies use tor
Indlcato tho route taken by a party of,
their people Journeying from place to
place. It has a great maay forms
which would pass unnoticed by thoso
not initiated. In some instances a clod
of turf, lying at the intersecting point
of tour cross roads, Is sufficient to tell
a straggler from tho gypsy camp the
direction to which hlB friends bavc
gone. Only Inst summer, out in Penn
sylvania, I camo across It many times.
Onco I remember Just because some
school children had kicked the clod
into a ditch an old gypsy woman who
had lingered behind to tell a fortuno
wnsn't nble to find her peoplo for two
days. Seeing the clod at tho cross
roads, you know, the straggler will
glance down each of the different ways
until ho sees a similar sign which
shows him the right one. In every
country where there nro gypsies, thoro
you will find the patternn among tho
Zlgeuncr of Germany, tho Zlncnll of
Spain, tho Czljanyok of Hungary, all
those roving tribes which aro descend
ed from the original wanderers from
tho East and there Is very little doubt
that tho pattcran dates very far back In
the history of their race. Sometimes
It takes the shape of a cross, scratched
on the ground with a sharpened stick,'
tho longer line of the flguro being
drawn In the direction In which tho
trail leads. A cleft branch or two
sticks so placed as to point In a certain
direction Is also used. Stones, leaves
and handfuls of grass are occasionally
employed, and many of the gypsy
families formorly had their own parti
cular signs, understood by none but
themselves. By following these pat
terans or trails the first gypsies on
their way to Europe never lost each
other. It is strange that this curlout
practice of the Romanies has so long
escaped the attention of the romancist;
but It is only comparatively recently
NAVY.
steel covering over the bow, the boat
has no armament; A single well-directed
shot from an enemy's gun would
send her to the bottom. Even the
magazine is unprotected, save by be
ing placed below the water-line. How
dangerous the service will be can bo
determined only when a naval battle
shall have been fought by fleets of
modern construction. An essential
requisite for these boats is high speed.
They must have the power to mako
sudden attack or rapid retreat. If once
they are ablo to plant a dynamite pro
jectile against tho hull of an enemy,
no weight or strength of steel can
withstand the deadly explosion.
that a writer ot detectlvo stories made
his astute man hunter track a gypsy
desperado by means of tho patteran.'
Kicyptlan Kmhalmed Alive.
Professor Maspero, tho renowneo
Egyptologist, is authority for the state
ment that among tho royal mummies
unbnndagcd In 1866 was ono of a
young roan who had evidently beon
embalmed alive. Tho body bad boen
tightly bound In three places and then
coated with bitumen,' llmo nnd pounfi
ed resin, and then wound from head
to foot with bandages which had been
soaked in some glutinous preparation,
Tho agonized expression ot tho face
and other evidences gave tho scientists
their clew. His age was probably
about 23. Tho gold ornaments on his
body Indicated that he was one ot high
rank and likely the victim of some
terrible tragedy.
Chalk for the Whole World.
The English Island ot Thanot (form
iuga part of tho county ot Kent) Is al
most wholly composed of chalk. Tho
Island Is ten miles in longth and abdut
five In breadth, and has moro chalk
exposed on Us surface than any other
spot of equal area on the globe. Brit
ish geologists say that thero are not
loss than 42,000,000,000 tons of chalk
"In Bight" on Thanet.ttmd that It would
take 10,000 men and 5,000 horses and
carts 20,000 years to move it, provid
ing it were dug up ready to be carried
away.
A COMPLETE FAVORITE.
How a Conversational Terror Wm Vaa
quhheil by Huprrlor Force.
"Well," exclaimed the man with tho
fur-trimmed coat, according to the
Washington Star, "I never expected to
see It, but I'm glad It happened." He
was so busy talking to himself as he
hurried through the depot that ho ran
Into a policeman. "I beg your par
don," he exclaimed, as ho observed the
policeman's offended dignity. "I reully
didn't mean to do It. Things have
gone so strangely with me today that
I am liable to make most any kind of
a blunder; I really am."
"What's the matter with you?" In
quired tho policeman. "You aren't get
ting hysterical, are you?'
"Certainly not. I was holding a lit
tle Jubilee a sort of Jollification meot
lng nil to myself. You see, myself
and the other people connected with
the dime museum which I manage
hnvo been domineered over for a long
time by the bearded lady. She's a pop
ulist, and I never saw anybody so opln
lonntcd. She won't even admit tHat
McKlnley's elected. She talks Bllver
by tho hour and when anybody tries
to nrguc with her she Hlmply opens
tho flood-gntcs of her eloquence and
washes 'em clear out of the debate.
Sho started. In just as soon as we left
Now York "to make life a burden to
everbody In the car. Talk7 She can
articulate faster than Russell Saga
makes money. We nil gave up trying
to outtalk her long ago. We knew
thero was nobody that stood any
chance. So we Just let her havo her
own wny. But she met her Waterloo
at last, and it's ull I can do to keop
from singing for Joy."
"How did sho meet it?' 'inquired tho
policeman, who had condescended to
become Interested.
"Tho two-headed girl Joined us hero
this afternoon. They're mighty bright
I mean sho's a mighty bright girl.
The bearded lady started In to talk
politics and in a few minutes she didn't
know what was happening to her. One
of the two-headed girl's headB threw
the protective tariff at her in sentences
a yard long, and the other head gave
her hark-from-the-tombs about tho
gold atandard. It came like a cy
:lonc and tho bearded lady hasn't had
word to say for more than three
luarters of an hour."
"The two-headed girl is quite a hero
ine, then, ain't she?"
"I should say bo. She was kind o
bashful at first, because she has been
out of an engagement and wnsn't
dressed very woll. I'm going out now
to look for a millinery store. I want
,o buy her a couple of handsome new
bonnets Just to show her how much
we think of her."
RECENT INVENTIONS.
A recently patented chopping ax has
its head in three sections, the blnde
having a recess cut In each side to re
cctvo tho ends ot the head portion,
which Is hinged in the head, the two
back pieces surrounding the handle and
being attached to tho blade by means
of a screw.
One ot the novel uses for electricity
recently patented consists of a pair of
lint, separately Insulated conductors,
surrounded by a flexible Insulating and
nonconducting material, tho conductors
being connected to an ordinary electric
light socket by means of a wire, tho
current passing through the conduct
ors, heating them and warming tho
rson using the device.
A now handle bar for bicycles has a
loop or ring at each end of the bar, thus
onabllng the rider to turn his hands
at any angle he may desire.
To prevent water from freezing In a
trough for watering stock a new de
vice consists of placing a reservoir in
the center ot the trough and placing
therein a' number of alcohol or ordin
ary lamps to raise the temperature.
Bookkeepers will appreciate a new
device consisting ot a flat rest, fastened
to which Is a telescoping tube to slide
up in the back of a book and a flat pro.
Jectlon on the opposite side ot the rest
lying on the edge or tne book, thus
making a support for use in writing at
the bottom of the book where thore la
nothing to steady the hand.
A Chicago man has patented an ex
plosive propelling engine light enough
to bo attached to a bicycle and which
needs only the use of the pedals for
tho first few revolutions, whon combus
tion Is started and power applied to a
piston rod working on the axle ot the
rear wheel.
A novel fly brush for use In connec
tion with doors to prevent files from
entering consists of a rotary drum
hung on brackets and provided with a
number of strips of cloth or paper fas
toned only at ono end, so that when the
drum Is rapidly rovolved by means of
a cord wound round .the drum and at
tached to the -door the strips spread
out nnd scare tho files from the door
way. A' string in the drum winds up
tho cord again, thus also closing the
door.
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ltoiejto the Occmlon.
Wlflieboy That.doosld Jones girl
tried to be sawcasttc at my expense,
but I think I made her feel that I was
wespected, don't you know.
Hargreaves Yes; sho told me about
It. Sho said you wero positively queen
ly In your Indignation. Indianapolis
Journal.
Human Nature.
A man may battle against fate for
fifty years and when ho Anally does
reach tho long fought for goal his
friends will invariably romark: "Well
that lucky old fool!" Now York Joun
nal.
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