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RED CLOUD NEBRASKA
CONFLICT OF LANGUAGE.
Austria-Hungary otcnms with Jenl
ousics and bntrcds, with prejudices ol
raco and conflicts of language. It it
admitted that wero tho differences
in langungo overcotno tho quarrels
would cease, Germany 1ms realised
that slio can never hope to subduo tho
Polish national movement until the
Polish language Is destroyed, and so
she- Is forcing German down tho
throats of tho Poles without mercy.
Tho langungcs of China aro said tn
bo ns ninny ns a hundred In number,
sayB tho Toledo Dlndo. Each prov
ince, each district, sometimes cities
and villages, havo their own peculiar
dialects. Tho Mnnchu has dimculty
In understanding tho Chinaman of
South China. During tho heat of tho
rebellion tho Chlncso tested tho Mnn
chu suspects by making them count.
There was ono number at which tho
Mnnchu always betrayed himself.
China hnB been a mere heap of semi
Independent states and autonomous
governments, nut now sho has hopes
of graduating Into S world force, n
truo nation. In tho light of the fact
thnt tho Chlncso cannot get upon a
:ommon piano of Inngungo that hope
seems Impossible of fulfillment
Ono of tho great French aeroplane
builders lms constructed n veritable
acrlnl taxlcab. Tho machine has a
body which looks like thnt of any taxi
cab. Tho puBsongcrs enter by a side
door and view tho landHcapo below
through mica windows. Pneumatic
cushions protect tho ipnsscngers in
rough landings. The pilot sits in
front of the machine, llko a chauffeur.
Thcro Is even a speaking tubo to
facilitate communication between the
passengers within the taxlcab and the
chauffeur. A 100-horscpower engine
is mounted on top of a cab, and with
It the fuel tanks. The spread of
wing Is 43 feet from tip to tip, and
the overall length Is 45 feet Ready
for flight, without passengers, the
aeroplane" weighs 1,540 pounds.
The Eiffel tower changes its dress
every five or six years at a cost of
from 114,000 to $16,000. The date is
at han.d when fifty painters will And
occupation for three or four months in
covering the 180,000 square yards or
its surface with a new coat of paint
The shade has yet to be decided upon.
The Eiffel tower started twenty-two
years ago in orange, wore red in 1803,
golden yellow in 1899 and silver white
on the summit and chrome yellow at
the bsBo In 1907. There nro persons
who would vote for an invisible shade
of khaki for the coming renewal Tho
tower is now used as a wireless tele
graph station, as a post for an elec
tric dovlco to prevent hailstorms and
ob a guiding mark for aviators.
A woman in Kansas City has nnDlled
for a divorce, pleading that Bhe has to
wear tho same dress In which she was
married ir England seventeen yc:ir3
ago. When women servo on Juries or
on tho bench It will not tnko them long
to decide such cases against tho de
fendant or to Buggest laws which per
mlt of his being sent to prison for thf
rest of his natural life.
Debating as to whether a college
man at graduation is worth 915 a
'week is a good deal like arguing about
the worth of a horse. Everything de
pends upon tho individual speclmer
under consideration.
South Carolina wants to erect a
monument to Queen Isabella of Spain,
the patroness of Columbus and his co
worker In the discovery of America.
iAt last it has struck this country that
It is worth whllo to turn some attcn.
tlon to tho woman In the case.
The hen has entered the Industrial
ring and smashed the egg trust to
smithereens. Now the great Ameri
can eagle is hiding his head In shamo
as tho greater American hen cackles
defiance at him ns tho national bird.
A London highbrow tells that a cat
can hear Bounds Innudlble to tho hu
man car, but our neighbor's cat re
fuses to pay any attention to the
heated comment wo make on hit
nightly concerts.
A convict in an Arizona peniten
tiary where the honor system of
parole has lately been established
broko bis word and escaped. This
proves the rule by having tho expect
ed happen.
The increased demand for white
dress fabrics for summer is regarded.
In the New York hosiery market as
an Infallible Indication that white
hoslory will bo popular. Accordingly,
the stacking mills are Etocklng up.
The New Jersey farmor who breaks
his hens of tho setting habit by sub
stituting snowballs ' for eggs has ns
much chance' of winning our sympa
thy as a snowball has In tho regions
beyond the River Styx.
LIKE ENOCH ARDEN
HE WOULD NOT
STAY DEAD
How P. J.Thomson, Wanderer Ex
traordinary, Returned to Sa
vannah After Forty-seven
Years to Find His Wife With
New Husband and New Chil
drenWants Only to Die
Where He Was Born.
TORN from tho arms of his young
wlfo and bnby daughter by tho
fortunes of war, exiled from
Snvannuh by the order of
1 (Icnorul Sherman, whoso army
had Just complotcd Its famous march
through Georgia to tho Sen, P. J.
Thompoon, recently of Kentucky, wan
derer extraordinary, has returned to
his natlvo stato for tho first time In
47 years, only to find his wlfo hap
pily married to another man and the
mother of many children; his daugh
ter, whom he left an infant,, grown
to womanhood and nursing babies of
her own, and his sister scarcely able
to recogulzo him.
With tho lines of tho years Bcarrcd
deeply Into IiIh weather-benten fnco,
und I1I3 back bent with ,tho burden
of many dnyB, tho heart of the old
man cried for tho red old hills that ho
had wnndorcd over us a barefoot boy,
and for nows of the little family from
whom ho had parted In his youth. Ho
wished to rest his bones In the ground
that nourished him, und to fcol for
tho lata time tho brcozes that tho
"Gulf Stream, that wandering summer
of tho sea," brings totlborgla'B shoes.
And so ho turned his footsteps buck
toward tho land of his nativity, and ns
a consequence Involves his wlfo In u
matrimonial tanglo not yet unrav
eled. For after having spent the better
years of a long llfo as the wife- of an
other man and the mother of his chil
dren, the old woman is Inclined to
look askanco at this husband of her
early youth, whom she can now re
member only dimly, and whom she
has soUong believed to be lying In an
unknown soldier's grave upon one of,
tho many battlefields with which tho
bosom of tho. south was reddened. Sho
is as shy as a girl In the presence of
her former husband, but bug continues
to llvo with her second husband.
A Man Without a Home.
Bcrty Jones, kindly eyed, white
whiskered, who wooed and won the
young Mrs. Thompson, after sho had
given up her husband for dead, Is not
inclined to part at this late dato with
his llfo companion. He looks upon
the advent of Thompson as n rather
humorous incident that will break the
monotony of existence for his women
folks a little while, and then bo for
gotten. Ho cannot conceive that thcro
may bo a real Interruption In tho es
tablished order of things, and as to
his wife's leaving him ho accepts the
suggestion with a laugh. Thcso two
together havo been tho architects of
too many human lives to allow a dead
man como to life to break tho placid
ity yof their conugal relations. Enoch
Ardcna aro supposed to look through
windows upon happy firesides and
then to disappear again.
Tho story of tho adventures of
Thompson Is of Intense Interest.
Through all tho years he has been a
man without a home, a wanderer, seek
ing always after tho wlll-o'-the-wlsp of
a fortune that forever eluded him.
The one discordant noto in tho har
mony is that ho never made an at
tempt io return to his wife and home
after having been Bent north by the
federal soldiers.
Thompson's Early Life.
When the war broko out Thompson,
not yet of age, enlisted for six months.
On the expiration of that period he
went into a cavalry troop and saw
much service in Virginia and Tennes
see. The beginning of the last year of
the war found him in a hospital In
Savannah. Becoming convalescent,
ho obtained leave to visit bis family
In Pembroke, where he learned for the
first time that ho was a father, and
for a brief and only porlod of his life
held his baby In his arms. While he
was still at Pembroke Sherman and
his legions Bwept across the stato.
Hlddlng his wife a hnsty goodby, tho
Confederate soldier took refuge In tho
Bwnmps. That wbb tho last that Mrs.
Thompson now also Mrs. Jones and
tho wlfo of two men, ever saw of hor
husband. ,
Driven from his hiding placo by hun
ger, Thompson made his wuy across
tho Ogeecheo river bridge and fell Into
tho handB of a federal outpost, by
whom he was promptly dispatched Into
Savannah, a prisoner of war. Ho was
detained thcro and furnished with ra
tions for a time, but an order finally
camo that no more nrovlslonn .-m
to be served, and this, together with
an offer of transportation north, lort
Thompson and others in similar pro
dicamont no alternative but to go Into
the land of tho enemy as hostages of
war. Ho was sent by a boat to Now
York, where ho remained until tho
war closed.
Escaped Death In Cyclone.
After tho war Thompson wandered
Into tho west. Why he choso tho west
Instead of the south and homo has
never been satisfactorily explained.
Ho lived for a tlrao In Cincinnati, but
driven by tho unrest thnt was in him,
he continued his wanderings over tho
greater part of tho western country,
stopping for a tlmo llko any bird of
passago whorover chnnco placed him.
Ho peddled goods for n livelihood,
worked on farms, cut timber In the
forests did anything thnt camo his
way that offered bread for his hungry
mouth. Ho nover wroto to find out
what had becomo of his wlfo and
child.
After a brief tlmo he found himself
tho proprietor of a cross-roads Btoro
near Mound City, Kan. Here, he Bays,
ho cherished tho hopo of Bom'o dny
achieving a competency and of return
ing to Georga with means to Bearcn
for his people. Dut at night a cyclone
swept over the land whllo bo cowered
In a cellar and In the morning ho
found his Btoro distributed over a num
ber of counties and himself again
homeless and penniless. Nothing re
mained of his possessions but an old
tub, which alono had withstood tho
storm and remainded to mock him in
hlB loss. He again became a wander
er, setting his back steadily upon wife
and home and child.
He moveQ into Kentucky and again
began to build up hU shattered for
tunes. He became tho proprietor of a
general store and again began to
dream dreams of n competence. But
a disastrous fire visited him, and ho
watched all his earthly goods go up in
smoke. After tho fire he peddled
fruit trees in the mountains, and
watched the distillation of the yellow
corn that had waved its golden ban
nerets' over Kentucky's sun-kissed
hills. Ho walked with the feudists in
tho Kentucky hills for a number of
years, braving flood and storm in tho
pursuit of his several peddling occu
pations. Worked His Way Home.
Recently ho decided to carry out his
long cherished Intention of returning
to .Georgia. Old ago was now coming
upon him fast, and with tho coming
of age his mind turned upon tho past.
Ho worked his way acrosB the Inter
vening states and came at last again
to Pembroke. Dut all tho friends of
his youth had disappeared. Many of
tho old families wero broken up. Tho
llttlo Blabs in tho churchyard told him
where most of tho people ho knew
had gono. The graves of his father
and mother ho found there. No trace
of his wife and child could he ilnd. A
chance acquaintance told him that his
sister had married and wns living in
Savannah.
He found his sister, Mrs. Jessie
Davis, after some search, and con
vinced her, with some trouble, of bis
Identity. From her he learned that
his wife, after giving him up for dead,
had married again, and with their
daughter, who was also now married,
lived in Dlltchton. He offered no rea
son for having abandoned his family
so long, and his sister did not press
him upon the point.
May Woo His Wife Again.
Thompson went on to Dlltchton to
see tho wife of his early manhood and
his middle aged daughter, whom he
remembered as a little child. Ho spent
a day at the home of L. A. Schuman,
tho husband of his daughter, whom ho
saw mothering sturdy men and wom
en whom sho hnd brought Into the
world In the years that bad trans
formed hor father from a veteran of
twenty-ono to a bent and broken wan
derer of sixty-eight With the as
sistance of u plcturo taken before he
went away, and by recalling intimate
instances of her baby days, ho suc
ceeded in convincing his daughter
that he was her father.
Meant to Stay In Savannah.
Thompson hns announced that he
will spend tho rest of his dnys In
Savannah. Precisely what aro his in
tentions regarding his wlfo aro not
known. He has given no Indication
of whnt uroceduro bo will adopt in
this respect. It is generally believed
that ho will not make any endeavor
to lntcrfero with present nrrango
montB. JoneB will cortalnly 'fight for
his wife, although ho has exhibited
every indication of being friendly to
Thompson unless tho latter puts up
a fight. Mrs. Thompson Jones will un
doubtedly prefer to remalu with tho
latter. Sho mourned Thompson for
dead many years ago, and Bhe cannot
recognlzo tho father of ner daugntcr
In tho aged visitor.
Dut hor position Is dellcato ns well
as humiliating. Sho has two living
husbands, which Is a llttlo beyond the
pale of tho law. However Innocent
she may have been, one Is now living
In a stuto of polygumy. To desert her
last husband after all these years and
go to a perfect stranger is a little
more than could bo expected of her,
and yet her position ns tho wlfo ot
Jones Is a trying one. Nobody blumes
her, but thoso who know tho circum
utanccB nro wondering what tho out
come of tho tanglo will he. Hor nu
merous offspring by her lust husband
would not consont to her leaving the
roof of their father even If she wlBhet
to do so.
Not Sure He la Her Brother.
If Mrs. Tliorapsou had gono into
court and bad her husband pro
nounced legally dcud before she mar
ried the second time all would have
been well. Out so certain wob she
that he was dead that she did not
take this precaution. Possibly some
technicality of the law will come to
her rescue. The matter has not been
Inquired Into. With her tho matter
is simply that here are two men, both
living, whom Bhe bos recognized as hua
band, and both of whom are the fa
thers of her children.
Thompson Is back in Savannah, at
the home of his sister. She declares
that while she has accepted him, she
is not at all sure that he is really her
brother. She does not believe that
a real flesh and blood brother could
drop suddenly from nowhere in par
ticular after an absence of 47 years.
Everybody 1b afraid to take the mat
ter into court for fear of further com
plicating the situation and bringing
out trying points heretofore over
looked. The consensus of opinion
seems to bo that Thompson ought to
disappear again and remain dead. Or,
better still, ho ought to havo remain
ed in tho weBt, and not come back
to troublo his wlfo at all.
Jones Is apparently waiting for the
other man to raako tho ilrst movo in
tho case. Ho holds tho trump cards
In that ho 1b in possession of tho dis
puted wife. "And possession iB nine
points of tho "law, you know," he
says with a laugh. Ho is not letting
tho situation worrk him much, either.
It 1b pr6bablo that ns long as Thomp
son docs not movo he will allow the
matter to drop. And Thompson ap
pears inclined to bo quiescent. He
will remain with his sister for rhe
present. There Ib plenty ot time tc
mako his plans for tho future.
Hat Fund of' Strange Tales.
This Is tho basis upon which the
matter stands at present' Thomp
son's anibltion seems solely to be
among his own pooplo to make a llt
tlo nlcho somewhere where he can
spend the remainder of his daya and
earn five feet ot ground in the end
In which his bonea may rest aiong
sldo those ot his father and mother.
Why Thompson did not tramp to
ward Georgia instead or continually
away from It la a secret that remains
lnnkod In his own bosom. On thW
point ho has been consistently silent
He talks of his adventures pleasant
ly and of the affairs or his family hu
morously, but any questions leadlnB
up to hlB reasons for remaining away
bo long Invariably bIIciiccb him.
' Thompson shows his ago raoro than
his wife. His faco Ib finely lined and
wrinkled. HlB shoulderB are a little
bent, but they nro of groat breadth, and
would indicate that-ne was a man o
great physical strength In his young
er days. His teeth aro white and fine,
and his smile Ib pleasant and Infec
tious. Ho has at his tongue's end the
"blarney" thnt comeB to all who pul
their feet upon .the road. Ho has a
fund of strange tales always roady to
tell, and ho apparently takes delight In
relating them. Ho Is a pleasant com
panion, nnd there is much crudo wis
dom burled beneath his experiences.
All Georgia and the south is inter
ested in the strango case. Everybody
has a solution of tho dlfllcultyy to of
fer. The theories advanced aro at
thick as dust in vacant houses. But
It Ib not theories that are troubling
thoso old people. It is hard facts
facts that drive thought home as with
tho Impact ot a hammer. What la tc
bo' done? Suppose Thompson de
mands his wlfo at tho hands of Jones!
What will tho consequenco be? Mrs
Jones cannot deny that sho la tho wife
of Thompson under the law. Thee
what will the consequences bo to the
children who have been born to hei
In the Intervening years since Tbomp
son disappeared?
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WARM WEATHER STYLE
COSTUMES FOR LITTLE MAIDS
ESPECIALLY BECOMING.
Short Sleeves and No Collars Will Be
tho Rule Very Little Trimming
on Hate- Wraps Continue
Short -In Length.
Tho llttlo maid's dressy Bummer
frock Is still to bo collarleES and short
sleeved, but when thla cut Is unbecom
ingly to u child, no it would bo for a
thin llttlo muld not In iiio best of
health, it is nn easy enough mntter
to add a guimpe and undcrslccve of
tucked or plain net to cither style.
In point of coats and hendgcar, tho
mother who wants her child to look
well must surely consider tho Btylcs
set forth by the Juvenile shops, for
somehow these people seem to get the
best Ideas going for children's wraps
nnd millinery. There Is a delicious
uklmplncBs about tho trimmings ot
tho little hats Just enough nnd no
more nnd while suggesting the adult
cutH of older garments the wraps nro
also slmplo and bewitching. With
tho long coat there Is a tendency to
round tho fronts of all, but ir called
"long" tho wrap Ib still some Inches
ohort of tho skirt bottom nnd often
quite as short as the kneeB. For
dresBy uso one shop showed n number
of thcso curtailed cbatB In pongees of
various sorts, silk, poplin, satin and
lined veiling. Tho pongee affairs
sported deep collars and cuffs of the
popular ratine lace, the collars often
with the deep back dip used for the
The Lingerie Hats the Wee Lassie
Wears With Her Little Wash
Frocks.
Quaker model, and tho cuffs in a
straight, loose piece merely buttoning
over the bottom ot tho sleeves. With
the plain satins and silks, which were
In every color as well as in black,
thcro was sometimes an under collar
in a stripe, thus and a touch ot the
same on the sleeves giving the coat
a very dashing appearance.
A favorite hat of tho season Is
shown in the picture, the two pretty
MUCH FUN AT HOBBY PARTY
Clever Idea of Girl With 8ome Origin
ality That Is Well Worth Being
Imitated.
A party given recently by a clever
girl which was both original and en
tertaining and proved to bo a great
success was a hobby party. Tho in
vitations were worded in tho following
manner: "Como to my party on Wed
nesday night and wear your pet, hob
by; also state in your acceptance
what Is your favorite dish."
Tho groups that aBsembled In the
big living room were Just the funniest
conglomeration Imaginable, the "ec
centricities of genius personified," as
one girl expressed It.
There wob tho postage stamp fiend
wearing a motley collection pasted on
various parts of her clothing, even
her face, hands nnd hair bore a stick
er rrom some placo. Tho girl who
was mnklng silk quilts out of her
party gowns and thoso of her friends
was arrayed In a costumo by tho side
of which Joseph's historical coat of
many colors would have looked a sad
nnd sober garment. Bugs, butterflies,
toads and lizards played In most life
llko attitudes over the clothing of the
naturalist in tho crowd, und the girl
who went In for physical culturo wore
a necklaco of miniature Indian clubs
nnd dumbbells. Of course tho camera
crank went around trying to "tnko"
everybody nnd the nutograph collec
tor was on hand with book and pencil.
A golf enthusiast wore a golf suit
made ot calico tn a brilliant Scotch
plaid and topped it with a Tarn 0'
Shanter. Fastened to his buttonhole
was a small case of golf clubs, such
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NEW TAFFETA WRAPS.
Instead of a regulation cape the sum
mer girl will wear over her thin frockB
at the beach or for out of door dining
one of the new shades. The wrap pic
tured is sleeveless, though often
sleeves are added; and the coat tails
falling almost to the skirt hem at the
back are particularly smart The
wrap Is made of blue in a smoky violet
shade and plaltlngs ot the silk trim It
all around the edge. The long slk
gloves, embroidered on the wrist, are
lavender to harmonize with tho coat,
but tho smart buttoned boots aro
white, to match the frock.
little mushrooms being tho sort of
headgear liked for llttlo maids who
will spend a good part of tholr time
in tho country 'or elso wear rather
simple wash frocks all summer long
in town. The top hat is ot whlto
linen with n hand-scalloped edgo and
a gurnlsh of pink satin ribbon. The
lower ono Is of white duck, braided
nnd embroidered, nnd ot course each
lint may he unbuttoned from the crown
for laundering.
This washable species of millinery
Is very convenient for the wee girls
who soon ruin mora elegant hats,
and despite its simplicity such milli
nery has, nevertheless, a very choice
air. Tho dainty little hats can easily
be made nt home, and it there is no
gift for tho embroidery and braiding
stitching may finish tho edgs.
MARY DEAN.
Vicarious Penance.
"Have you given up any pleasure aa
a penance during Lent?"
"Certainly. I've given up giving my
wife money for matinee ticketa."
SB are sometimes used for dinner
favors.
One ot the drollest figures was tho
man devoted to making band-made
furniture; he had a set of doll's
chairs, tnble and bed, which he had in
a basket, and insisted upon showing
everyone how perfectly they wero
constructed. Altogether It was a most
amusing party.
When refreshments were served It
was seen how tho hostess had endeav
ored to cater to the likes of her
guests.
Children's Wear.
Great variety exists In the applica
tion or punch-work, says tho1 Dry
Goods Economist. This stitch Is used
in medallion effect, as a background
to bring a design Into strong relief, or
to form the whole or a portion of a
design. An excellent Illustration of the
last mentioned method of application
Is noted In a poppy design with punch
work petals, wltch comes in scarfB
and pillow tops, and in a highly fa
vored butterfly design with punch
work wings, Ue latter being one of th
favorite designs ihigueut towels.
Fashionable Fixings.
Many of tho latest blouses which aro
worn under coats have lace ruffles at
tho wrist.
Many of the newest coats still show
tho sldo fastenings, soma starting
slightly below the wnlstllne, and oth
ers up at the shoulder.
Capo collars extending over tho
shoulders nro a feature not only of
many heavy coatB, but clso of houso
anu street gowns.
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