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Classical Example of Check
Surely It will remain a classical ex
titaplo of check that Is described In
tho following story told by the Coun
try Gentleman One of the English
generals during the Boor war hav
ing secured a turkey asked his
friends to dinner When the day
camo tho bird has disappeared It
was traced to the quarters of the
naval brigade and a young midship
man owned to having pinched it
The infuriated general exhausted his
vocabulary In abuse of this delin
quent who replied Im very sorry
sir But you wouldnt have liked ft
Wo tried to get our teeth through it
but it was so tough we had to throw
it away If Id known you would have
taken it so much to heart Id have got
tho carpenter to make you another
Sensible Housekeepers
will have Defiance Starch not alone
because they get one third mdre for
the same money but also because of
superior quality
A Dogs Fidelity
Last week a gamekeeper named
lenry Osmond In the employ of Lord
alinouth was fatally shot in a poach
ing affray at the Tregothnan Woods
The evidencs shows that Osmond
must have died between 630 and
oclock on Tuesday evening January
2G His body was not discovered un
til 5 oclock on the following Wed
nesday afternoon All these hours
during which It rained pitilessly a
retriever puppy remained immovable
by the side of the her dead master
and in her fierce affection would not
allow the search party to touchv the
body At last is was secured and
fastened to a tree but the faithful
animal gnawed through the rope and
returned to Its guardianship of the
dead
Balzerj Earliest Cane
Another new thing Can be cut sis
times during a season and sprouts
again with lightning rapidity Next to
Salzers Teoslnte it will make more
green fodder than anything else cheap
as dirt and grows everywhere
Of Salzers Renovator Grass Mixture
Just the thing for dying out pastures
and meadows Mr E Rappold East
Park Ga writes I sowed Salzers
Grass Mixture on soil so poor two men
could not raise a fuss on it and in
forty one days after sowing I had the
grandest stand of grass in the county
Salzers Grass Mixtures sprout quick
ly and produce enormously 100000
barrels choice Seed Potatoes
SALZERS 2JEW NATIONAL OATS
Here is a- winner a prodigy a mar
vel enormously prolific strong
healthy vigorous producing in thirty
states from 150 to 300 bu per acre You
had best sow a lot of it Mr Farmer
In 1904 and in the fall sell it to youi
neighbors at 1 a bu for seed
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
to the John A Salzer Seed Co La
Crosse Wis and receive in return
their big catalog and lots of farm seed
samples free W N U
Some Rich Germans
The richest citizen of Berlin has
an income of 5704000 a year If he
realizes 5 per cent on his investment
a tremendous interest in Germany
his forttfne is about 14000000
The next richest man has 12500000
There are thirteen millionaires be
tween 5000000 and 10000000
thirty three between 2500000 and
5000000 and 621 between half a
million and 2500000 The numbei
of those whose fortunes are over 14
000 is 53S99 and less than that sum
37S4S4 All of these pay an income
tax The population of Benin is 2
000000 A million and a half pay no
income tax
WiggIeStick iaundbt blue
Wont spill break freeze nor spot clothes
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of
any other bluing If your grocer does not
keep it send 10c for sample to The Laundry
Blue Co 11 Michigan Street Chicago
His Last Request
Representative Maddox of Georgia
who is soon to retire from congress
has received this letter from a con
stituent Dear Mister Kongressman
Sum JLime ago I writ you asking il
their were anny thing the guvment
could do to make a fightin wife be
have herself I aint heard from you
and things is no better Will you
please let me know how I can get
one of them big pizen snakes from
Afriky I have always voted for 7ou
and this is mity little to ask of you
v specially when a mans wife is always
a peckin on him
Dealers say that as soon as a cus
tomer tries Defiance Starch it is im
I possible to sell them any other cold
water starch It can he used cold
or boiled
Nicholas Turns Composer
According to a Belgian paper the
czar is among the composers It is
stated that a soiree in the winter
palace several works irom the im
perial pen were performed among
them one entitled The Song ot
Peace This stands in three sec
tions tin first of which depicts the
turmoil of battle while the second
suggests the stricken field covered
with dead and wounded The third
invokes retribution upon those who
are respsonsible for such horrors
Another work is written in honor of
the saints of the Orthodox church
GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS
Use tho best Thats why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue At leading grocers 5 cents
As the wise man knows he is a fool
he is miserable the fool imagines he
is wise and is happy
When Answering Advertisements
Kindly Mention This Paper
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CHAPTER FOUR Continued
Jim aimed a -blow at Johns head
which was parried John swung to
the chin and the -next instant Jim
clenched and both fell eight feet into
the water
The pool was deep and It seemed
to Jim as if they never would come
to the surface When ho did and had
gasped for breath a pair of strong
hands gripped his neck and he went
down again The water sang in his
ears the world grew black around
him Then it suddenly becanfe light
The cool and splendid air filled his
nostrils and a voice sounded in his
ears
Say enough or down you go
again
E nough Ill quit
spluttered Jim Blake throwing his
arms about wildly
With one hand firmly gripping Jim
Blakes collar John Burt swam ashore
with tho other It was ten minutes
before Blake recovered his breath
then they shook hands with the grav
ity of trained pugilists
A week later John met Jim and
was told of a flogging he had re
ceived from his father who was no
torious as the village drunkard
Thereupon developed in John Burt
and James Blake that strong friend
ship so frequent between boys of con
trasting natures They seemed to
have only two traits in common
both were frank and both generous
When Jim Blake was seventeen
years old he decided to run away
from home The two boys talked it
over many times To the scanty
hoard in Jims possession John Burt
added thirty five dollars all the
money he had saved from sums giv
en him at various times by Peter
Burt So with forty odd dollars in
his pocket and with tears in his
handsome eyes Jim Blake shook
hands with John and went out
into the world to seek his fortune
kittle did these two boys think as
they parted that October afternoon
that their acts and passions and lives
would one day be woven by fate into
a web of marvelous workmanship
CHAPTER FIVE
The Runaway
Three years elapsed before Jessie
Carden returned to the Bishop farm
John Burt was now twenty years old
and had successfully passed the ex
amination which admitted him to
Harvard General Carden came with
Jessie delighted with the prospect of
a weeks rest in the old house
General Carden was an enthusias
tic horseman Jessie Avas still un
packing her trunks when her father
sent word that the carriage was
ready and that she was to drive with
him A few minutes later they were
speeding down the old beach road
They drove for miles along the wind
ing shaded roads The hreeze came
cool and salt from the ocean and the
air was fragrant with the breath of
summer
A bit of the harness had become
unbuckled Handing the reins to Jes
sie General Carden stepped to the
ground to adjust it His feet had
hardly touched the ground when a
prowling hunter a few rods away
discharged a gun The report was
terrifying and the affrighted horses
leaped ahead Jessie was thrown vi
olently backward the lines slipping
from her hands General Carden
sprang for the horses heads an in
stant too late He caught one
glimpse of his daughters white face
as she swept past him The agony
of years was compressed into the
succeeding moments
The frenzied team dashed down the
steep grade at appalling speed At
the base of the hill and almost in
front of the Burt farmhouse was a
sharp curve Then the road skirted
the cliffs for a quarter of a mile Be
yond lay a crooked hill lined with
ragged roclcs the most dangerous
slope for miles around
Through the cloud of dust the old
soldier saw the team as it passed the
old house A few rods beyond a man
lightly vaulted a fence and darted
towards the road General Cardens
eyes were blurred but he saw a
flash ot blue and white as if some
thing had been hurled in front of the
maddened team It clung to the head
of the off horse and was tossed back
and fortli by the frantic animal For
an instant the figure seemed beneath
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the hammering hoefs Could any
human being hold fast in such a po
sition
At the turn in tho road the general
distinctly saw a man clinging to the
horses bits bruised by the swaying
pole a pigmy who dared check the
flight of giants They swerved
sharply at the curve The off horse
stumbled lurched sideways and fell
There was a crash the sickening
sound of splintered wood and clinking
steel then a silence as the dust lift
ed and revealed the jagged outlines
or a mass cf wreckage
As General Carden neared the fate
ful spot he saw an old man run from
the Eurt yard and plunge into the
wreck A moment later he saw some
thing in the rescuers hands A
crumpled blue hat above dark curls
showed plain in contrast to the white
hair of the aged giant who handled
the little figure as if -it were a feath
er laid it gently by the side of the
road and again darted into the twist
ed mass
General Carden breathed a silent
prayer He was a few rods away
when Jessie moved slowly lifted her
head and sprang to her feet
Im not hurt papa she exclaimed
bravely ram not hurt a bit Oh
what has happened
Thank God Thank God He
caught Jessie in his arms gazed
fondly -into her eyes and tenderly
embraced her
General Carden turned to the aid of
Peter Burt Tangled in the harness
a horse was plunging and struggling
in an attempt to regain his feet The
other horse was dead and beneath
his shoulder was pinioned the leg of
a young man Blood was trickling
down his face and he lay in the dust
of the road limp and deathlike His
right hand still grasped the bit his
head was near the hoofs of the fran
tic animal
Hold that horses head down or-
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dered the old man General Carden
threw his weight on the beasts neck
Jessie was hovering near wringing
her hands in pity and excitement
When I lift that horse will you
drag my boys leg from under
Yes sir oh hurry sir
Crouching down Peter Burt threw
tho head of the dead animal across
his shoulder He grasped the trace
with one hand and the foreleg with
the other In his prime he had raised
twelve hundred pounds dead weight
With a heave of his massive should
ers he raised the forward part of the
horse clean from the ground and Jes
sie quickly released the pinioned
limb of the motionless young man
The old man gathered the body in
his arms and carried it to a grass
plot by the side of the road He rest
ed his gray head for a moment on the
young mans chest and heard the
faint flutter of the heart In accents
which thrilled Jessie Carden he ex
claimed
He lives He lives Praise God
my boy is not dead
At that moment Jasper appeared
and was dispatched for Dr Randall
General Carden cut the traces and
the uninjured horse regained his feet
Mrs Jasper brought a basin of water
and when General Carden joined the
silent group Jessie was washing the
dust and blood from the white face
and smoothing back the curling locks
Why its John Burt Its John
Burt papa she exclaimed tears
starting to her beautiful eyes Will
he die Mr Burt Will he die Oh
papa is there nothing we can do
He will not die my child said
the old man in a clear calm voice
It is written that he shall live these
many years
Just as Dr Randall arrived John
regained consciousness and begged a
glass of water Jessie and her father
waited anxiously for the physicians
verdict The old man appeared first
and though he spoke not his radiant
face told the story
He is badly cut and bruised in sev
eral places but no hones are broken
said Dr Randall Jessie clapped her
hands for joy He will be up and
about in a week
Jasr er was ready with the Burt
family carriage and leaving a kind
ly messagefor the grandsire they re
turned to the Bishop house Jessie
found that she had a few bruises but
she laughed at her aches and talked
only of the heroism of brave John
Burt The next day she sent him a
beautiful bunch of roses and another
eacn succeding day until word cam
from Dr Randall that the young man
was able to sit up and might receive
visitors They drove to the farm
house and were ushered into tho
library Johns study room for seven
years
General Carden advanced and
grasped Johns hand My boy God
bless you I do not know how to
thank you Jessie have you nothing
to say to the young man who savod
your life
I never thought said Jessie
placing her hands in his that the
boy who taught me how to catch
crabs would one day save my life
But you know I always told Miss Mai
den that you werent riffraff and you
see I was right
John looked handsome as he lay
back in the great arm chair Im
glad I had a chance to be of service
to one I had met before he said as
Jessie took a seat beside him
though I confess I should not recog
nize you as the little girl who visited
here several years ago You are a
young lady now and I should hardly
dare address you as Jessie and thats
the only name I knew you by in those
days
I am not yet sixteen and you can
call mo Jessie until I tell you not to
Cant he papa
I suppose so said General Car
den She is a spoiled child Mr
Burt turning to the old gentleman
and I have ceased making rules lest
she should break them
During the hour which followed
Jessie and John talked of a score of
topics John deftly turning the con
versation from the runaway accident
How dainty yet how healthy Jessie
looked The July sun had begun its
etching of tan The slender neck
where the brown tresses protected it
was dazzling shading away to cheek
and brow in blendings of cream pink
and tan which defied touch of brush
or skill of words The arched eye
brows and the dark silken lashes
framed eyes which glowed with the
smouldering fires of dawning woman
hood The mouth was not too small
and the lips were ruddy as ripe cher
ries
And this was the being he had
saved from mutilation against the
cruel rocks As he looked at her
heard the rippling music of her voice
and felt the subtle inspiration of her
presence the thought came that there
was something selfish in his joy and
pride
What was it Is love selfish
CHAPTER SIX
Summer Days
John Burt sprang into his saddle
with an ease that showed complete
recovery from the runaway accident
and cantered to Jessie Cardens side
They waved their hands gaily to Mrs
Bishop and galloped away under the
arching maples that formed an ave
nue before the old mansion It was
Johns fourth visit since Jessies ar
rival and his suggestion of a ride to
Hull had been smilingly accepted
An hour later they stood on the
heights above Point AHerton Below
the wide crescent of Nantasket Beach
swung to the south and east within
it crawled the wrinkled sea Every
foot of ground was hallowed by his
tory and legend From that point
their ancestors watched the Chesa
peake as she sailed proudly out to
fight the Shannon there they had
wept when they learned tht the
brave Lawrence had gone to his death
shouting encouragement to his crew
Thence Captain John Smith first
sighted the harbor The red warriors
of King Philip camped where thev
steed A short distance away the
Mary and John had anchored with
her freight of pioneers A mile to
the north stood Boston Light and
they pictured Lord Howes fleet sail
ing past it swelling disdainfully out
to sea
To be continued
GAVE UP HER MEAL TICKET
Comical Mistake Made by Woman in
New York Theater
At a recent matinee in a New York
theater a middle aged woman bought
a single ticket for the gattry and
mounted the stairs to the upper part
of the house says the New York
Times She handed to the ticket tak
er at the gallery entrance a check of
the size and shape of the gallery tick
ets which gave no coupons attached
He dropped it into the box and tho
little weman hurried to find a good
seat
The first act had been on but a lit
tle while when the woman hurried
almost out of breath to the ticket
taker and cried
Let me have my ticket please
What
The ticket I gave ycu Let me
have it again
But its in the box locked up re
plied the man coldly
Oh dear me Oh dear me the
little woman wailed
Whats the matter asked the
man growing very slightly sympa
thetic
I gave you the wrong ticket she
said weeping Here heres yours
And she drew from her handbag the
ticket that should have been taken
up
But what was the other one de
manded the man in astonishment
It was my meal ticket she
sobbed and I cant eat
The little woman would not go back
to her seat until she had been assured
by the man that she should have her
meal ticket which she afterward re
covered
Not a Shopper
She Shes very mannish isnt she
He Yes indeed She cant force
her way through a crowd at all
Philadelphia Ledger
SHOULD COME TO US
TRADE WITH CANADA OUR NAT
URAL RIGHT
Chicago Record Herald Believes That
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Reasonable Reciprocity Would
Strengthen Our Hold on the Mar
kets of Our Northern Neighbor
In a speech in the House Represen
tative Dalzell of Pennsylvania an
nounced the reciprocity policy of
the Republican party The announce
ment is a notification to tho cham
pions of the Iowa idea that the
stand patters propose to control and
shape the party policy upon the tariff
question
Mr Dalzell declared that the reci
procity of the Republican party must
bo a reciprocity of protection In
other words the only reciprocity that
wiil be considered will be a recipro
city In non competing articles If wo
are to admit articles free of duty in
exchange for tho free admission of
certain of our products to other coun
tries the articles admitted must be
such as we do not produce This is
the Dalzell idea of reciprocity and
the one we are assured for which the
Republican party will stand in the
coming campaign
Gov Cummins of Iowa has declared
in his inaugural address last month
and in numerous speeches that this is
not reciprocity and that such a policy
tends to deprive American labor of its
just rewards Singularly enough both
Representative Dalzell and Gov Cum
mins argue from the case of Canada
and each of them uses our trade with
that country to prove his contention
the former maintaining that before
the reciprocity treaty with Canada the
balance of trade was largely in favor
of the United States and that while
the treaty was in operation the bal
ance was in favor of Canada
Upon this question Gov Cummins
in his inaugural address said
In the last ten years American
manufacturers have expended 100
000000 in the establishments of plants
in Canada which would have been
kept at home with all the labor which
that implies if there had been a fair
and permanent relation existing be
tween the two countries Not only
so but every student of affairs knows
that the chance we now have across
the border will be completely de
stroyed unless we treat with our
neighbors upon a fair reciprocal basis
The farmers of Iowa have lost
something in the foreclosure of the
opportunity to feed the men who are
operating the plants to which I have
referred and they will lose more when
Canada raises the barrier so that Eng
land France and Germany will supply
the material for the wonderful devel
opment upon which she is just enter
ing and which Ave are so Avell pre
pared to supply
In an address at the annual Lincoln
day banquet at Minneapolis he said
We want to sell Canada the things
she must buy We are better fitted
to produce them than any other peo
ple in the Avorld Her needs are
growing Avith greater rapidity than
any other market which Ave enter All
that I say is that we are blind if Ave
do not make an honest faithful effort
to maintain our hold upon that coun
try and to increase our exports into
its markets
Mr Dalzells conception of reci
procity is that of most of the party
managers Avhile Goa Cummins speaks
for the dominant sentiment of the peo
ple of the West upon this question
Chicago Record Herald
Why They Hate the Tariff
There is not a Democrat Avho dees
not believe in tearing doAvn the tariff
walls that limit commerce and breed
corruption From the speech of
Charles A Tcwne former United
States Senator from Minnesota
at the Democratic club in New
York Feb 17 1904
That is exactly the position of the
Democratic party regarding the pro
tective system Here and there may
be found a Democrat who is a protec
tionist at bottom or who is anxious
to preserve protection for some in
dustry or interest in his state or dis
trict but when it comes to A oting in
Congress every one of them votes
with his party to tear down the tariff
walls Not because the tariff walls
limit commerce for they haAre won
derfully increased commerce Not
because the tariff breeds corruption
for it does nothing of the sort it
breeds industry breeds employment
breeds wages breeds deposits in the
saings banks breeds plenty and com
fort in the homes of many millions
of people It is not for these things
that Democrats hate the tariff It is
because the tariff walls have for more
than forty years stood between the
Democratic party and the control of
national affairs because the tariff
Avails have all in all these years kept
a million or more of Democrats out of
office That is the chief reason AAy
all Democrats hate the tariff
Dangerous to Democracy
Republicans naturally oppose the
agitation of the tariff issue for the
soundest of reasons They hold pri
marily that the tariff is to day in the
hands of the party of protection
that it has been adjusted to suit the
economic policy of the nation that
an agitation of the issue at this time
would naturally tend to unsettle
business as it did in 1S92 They be
lieve in tariff revision by its friends
The Democratic motive in clamor
ing for a renewal of the tariff discus
sion in the coming campaign is little
less than an indecent exposure of
their unscrupulousness in politics
First they do it with a view of un
settling business for partisan pur
poses They would gladly accopt
Bryans issuo for sumo reason
but they know that freo silver can
no longer frighten tho business mon
of tho country It is no longer a
dangerous Issue except to tho Domo
crntlc party
Let thorn stir up tho tariff question
if they can find nothing else It too
is a settled question from tho Re
publican standpoint though by no
means a dead one Tho opportun
ist Democracy will rcvlvo it In this
campaign at tholr peril It is not
only settled but it will stay settled
Dayton Ohio Journal
No Service Pension Lav
Those men Avho served In tho civil
Avar and avIio Avero even slightly dis
abled in consequence should and do
receiAe liberal pensions That la
plain justice
Thoso avIio served and Avho are
now irapoAcrished even though their
poverty is in no way the result ol
their service should and do recoie
liberal pensions That Is plain grati
tude
But it Avould bo an error to extend
tho already generous limits Avhich
now mark the pension laAvs and to
pay pensions not merely to thoso who
are in Avant or Avho were disabled but
also to thoso who are at once sound
healthy and in comfortable circum
stances
The service pension law proposes
to bestow pensions of 12 a month
on every man who Avore the union
uniform for ninety days Avhether or
not he Avas at the front and whether
or not he needs a pension Unless
Uncle Sam has Fortunatus purso
this is unwise and Avasteful legisla
tion
Ample provision Avas made long
ago for the pensioning of men suffer
ing from disabilities due to service In
the Mexican Avar In 18S7 congress
passed an ill advised act giving all
survivors above the age of 02 years
a serAice pension of 8 a month The
adArocates of service pension legisla
tion ask congress to do on a grand
scale Avhat it did on a small scale
seventeen years ago and to force pen
sions on something like 200000 men
AAho are not pensionable under exist
ing liberal laws
A serAice pension laAV Avill be a
costly affair and congress should be
slow to saddle new hoaAy expenses
upon the taxpayers Since 1805 tho
disbursements for pensions have been
2042000000 and while the country
Avill not be ruined if heay payment
on acount of pensions continue for
several years there ought to be somo
regard for economy It is not because
ot the amount of money involved that
the Tribune chiefly objects to service
pension legislation but because of
the Aicious principles underlying i
This paper protested Avhen service
pensions Avere givrn the compara
tively small number of Mexican Avar
soldiers and it protests now when it
is proposed to copy that evil prece
dent Chicago Trjune
Panama Canal Commission
The Panama canal commission is
composed of experts Avho Avill Avorl
harmoniously together and be a most
efficient whole In selecting the men
Avho are to have charge of the greatest
Avork any nation has yet undertaken
President Roosevelt Avas uninfluenced
by political personal or sectional con
siderations He Avas properly deaf to
appeals that he recognize a particu
lar state by appointing one of its citi
zens a member There are senators
Avho are displeased because there i3 no
patronage for them in connection Avltn
the canal The public will not sym
pathize Avith them in their affliction
Something to Fall Back On
The Democracy still has the tariff
to fall back upon and may be able to
do something along that line
Springfield Republican
The Democracy will of course fall
back on the tariff It must do so It
has no other issue on which to base
an appeal to the people Take from
the Democratic mind its seated grudge
against protection and you remoA e
the last remaining reason Avhy any
man should continue to be a Demo
crat The Presidential election of 1904
Avili be determined almost exclusively
on tariff lines
British Free Trade a Failure
Last year the British government
spent 35000000 more than its reA
enue The foremost question at this
time in the foremost free trade nation
is a proposed return to protection
The battle may be a long one Aith
A arying fortunes but the fact re
mains that the system of free trade
has been weighed and found wanting
by the nation best prepared to sus
tain it The United States had a
treasury surplus last year and the
balance will again be on the right
side for the fiscal year ending Avith
June
Loss a Billion a Year
Although the population of Great
Britain has increased largely in the
last thirty years yet she sells about
110000000 Avorth of goods a year
less to foreign countries than she did
thirty years ago while her imports
haAe increased in the same period
more than 800000000 a year which
is nearly a net loss of a billion dol
lars a year or 1G5 for each adult
male in England Ireland Scotland
and Wales No wonder they are think
ing seriously about adopting protec
tion as a national policy
Just a Suggestion
For the Democratic vice presidential
nomination we take the liberty of sug
gesting Goa Jeff Davis of Arkansas
He is the only man in sight who Avould
kaA e Avhat might be called a fightinj
chance of being elected