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ncaiza
SHE GAVE HER HEART TO ME
Cupil one day in idle quest
Fitted a dainty dart
And amcd i at Priscillas brwast
To strike Iriscillas heart
Clean through it went no heart was
thorp
Said Cupid Relieve
rrisda just the girl in avwiij
Her heart upon her sleeve
But there alack it was not found
Aha cried Cupid note
Her frightened air now Ill he bound
Her heart is in her throat
Failure again On sonic slender chance
lie cue more arrow shoots
Assuming from her downcast glance
iler heart was in her boots
Foiled Cupid threw aside his bow
She has no heart said lie
lie did not know that lonu ago
She gave her heart to me
Pittsburg Dispatch
AS IT MIGHT
HATE BEEN
Murder Murder Help Mur
der
It was a womans shrill scream that
rang out on the murky air and caused
a great commotion on the usually quiet
street Men ran hatless from their
supper tables women with frightened
laces followed
What has happened What can be
the matter they asked each other
The cries came from Deans one
man said making haste in that direc
tion
From up ami down the street people
came running and in the dusk they
crowded and hindered each other and
the opposite streams met and jammed
the gate at Deans But men leaped
The low pickets and rushed around the
house for whatever it meant the dis
turbance was in the back yard
Almost instantly one came hurrying
ack
Neighbors he shouted there has
been murder done Mr Dean has been
Icilled lie is lying there all blood his
head split with an ax Somebody go
for a doctor he called back from the
corner of the house
Toliee Police some one yelled
The increasing crowd swarmed inside
and overran the yard and lilled the
house and surged to and fro excited
and eager for a glimpse of the unfor
tunate victim
Bulletins for the information of the
hindmost -were sent back second b
second from mouth to mouth by those
nearest the scene of the tragedy and
whose imaginations supplied them with
their knowledge of the facts and many
were the contradictory statements that
Hew about and enlarged themselves in
passing as is natural and usual
The messengers dispatched for doc
tor and police spread the news as they
ran and n returning heard on the out
skirts of the crowd that stretched far
up the street that not only Mr Dean
hut Mrs Dean and even the two chil
dren had been butchered in cold blood
The screams were from the servant
girl who had found the mangled bod
ies etc
So does human nature love the hor
xible and gloat over it
As Mr Dean was cashier of the bank
the president and other officers were
-notified by swift and willing volun
teers and presently they added them-
selves and their neighbors to the hu
man mass of excitement and curiosity
It was at last definitely learned that
no one was hurt hut Mr Dean that no
one else happened to be at home at the
time that Mrs Dean returning late
from something somewhere had found
liim lying in rhe back yard apparently
dead
A few of the bystanders were so for
tunate as to get a fleeting view of the
5nert figure as it was carried into the
house and then the police with their
bludgeons undertook to drive out the
crowd
Off with you they cried If you
stamp and prance all over the place
2iow do you think anybody is going to
find a trace of the murderer
Yah much good youll do jeered
one
Thats so Much good youll do re
peated another taking it up Id like
to know what the police amounts to
any way when a man can be murdered
in broad daylight within two blocks of
the square
We might all be murdered in our
yards and you not know it said a
third
It was not done in broad daylight
as you know very well and we are not
expected to prowl around in back
yards looking for possible assassins
the police retorted hotly But get out
of here every one of you weve got to
search the premises and with much
Taunting and resisting the mob at last
withdrew
Reporters for the several newspapers
the bank officials and a neighbor or
two were allowed to remain the may
or a personal friend of the family came
in and together they awaited in an
outer room the announcement of the re
sult of the examination by the physi
cian
The wound on the head was found
to extend from forehead to crown
The whole hit of the ax said one
of the doctors but although it was an
ugly gash it did not seem to have pene
trated the skull and aside from that
there was not a bruise or wound of
any kind on the body
The man breathed and it seemed pos
sible that he might recover if he es
caped concussion of the brain
Having done everything possible for
his comfort and well being attention
was turned to a close examination of
the place and everybody concerned in
hopes of finding something that would
explain the murderous attack on Dr
Dean
Encouraged by the knowledge that
Iher husband still lived Mrs Dean had
j recovered her composure and was able
to state quMe clearly the little she knew
of the affair in compliance with the
somewhat pompous request of the chief
of police who felt that his hour had
come
It was late she began And I
came home in a great hurry it was so
dark that I could not see distinctly
across the street I hurried in and
lighted the lamps wondering where
Mr Dean couldbe The children I did
not expect home until after tea at their
aunties the girl should have been here
but was not Mr Dean I knew had
some work he was anxious to finish
and it was a surprise to me to find the
house dark and no one about
Did you see or hear anything at all
unusual on the street or about the
house or yard as you came in asked
the chief of police
All felt that it was a very serious oc
casion indeed and they crowded closer
and listened with intense interest the
reporters pencils Hying as Mrs Dean
answered
No 1 noticed nothing unusual about
the place except that the lamps had
not been lighted
Did you meet any one who might
have come from here he asked
I met no one on this street she an
swered and then went on with tier
story After lighting the lamps 1 went
into the kitchen and found the outside
door open
Ah ha ejaculated the chief know
ingly Outside door open Was it
wide open he asked
The bank president frowned at
the
interruption
Yes said Mrs Dean It was wide
open that was strange and I felt that
something was wrong I called Mr
Dean several times but got no answer
so I ran out into the back vard and
found him stretched out on the
ground she faltered a little at rec
ollection of the dreadful sight but ral
lied immediately
It was lighter on the west side of
the house and Mr Dean had on his
gray clothes and so I saw him quite
plainly at once He was lying on his
back the blood had streamed down
over his face and I thought he was
dead and I began to scream and to
try and lift him up He was so limp
and helpless that I grew more fright
ened at touching him and I thought I
would faint before any one came It
seemed so long that I called and called
for help before anybody heard me lust
for an instant I couldnt think what
had happened and then I knew that
some one had murdered him or tried
to and she paused wiping the tears
from her eyes
If you had been obliged to search
the back premises for Mr Dean you
would very likely have discovered some
trace of the assassin but coming upon
him at once in that condition the shock
and excitement would of course ren
der it impossible for 3011 to observe the
surroundings carefully said the chief
It is my opinion that the murderer
heard you coming and made off down
the alley
And I am sure he ran up the alley
as he could more quickly get in hiding
behind the business houses said the
bank president positively and added
Very likely he slipped around and
came down into the crowd
The chief sniffed a little as he re
plied
He would have to have a great deal
of nerve to do that Anyhow it is plain
that he was frightened away before he
accomplished his object as the contents
of Mr Deans pockets were not dis
turbed
His object was to obtain possession
of the keys of course said the bank
president twirling the bunch in his
fingers
The servant girl when she was ex
amined stated with much incoherence
that she had stepped out to see a friend
a couple of blocks away for a few mo
ments stayed longer than she meant
to and was still away when Mr Dean
came in that as she was hurrying
home she saw a man come out of the
alley and cross the street and a few
seconds after she heard Mrs Deans
screams
The chief rubbed his hands and cast
a triumphant glance at the bank presi
dent as he said
The very man He ran down the
alley and was making for that string
of old sheds and stables I am seldom
mistaken in my surmises and the man
whom I sent out to search in that di
rection will probably bring him in
The girls testimony was very impor
tant and she was looked at with inter
est as one who had seen the murderous
villain Questioned closely it was
found that she could not give a de
scription of him that he was almost
on a run and held his head down that
he made across the street diagonally
and was at least a half block from her
and she could tell nothing as to the
color of his hair eyes or clothing
The men presently returning did not
bring him in had found no trace of
him and nothing had been discovered
to give them a clew though the whole
place and the alley behind the store
buildings had been very carefully
searched
The bank president grew impatient
It seemed to him that the miscreant
might have been found at once had it
been rightly managed
We must have a strong guard at the
bank to night he remarked to one of
the directors as they wended their way
thither the chief accompanying them
I am satisfied that the fellow who at
tacked Mr Dean was only one of a
gang who have planned to rob the
bank and they may try it yet although
he failed to get the keys He ought to
have been taken before this
The chief Avas nettled and interposed
hotly
You intimate sir that carelessness
and incompetency on our part has al
lowed him to escape 1 can assure you
that no one could have been more
prompt and thorough in the search
than we have The depots are watch
ed itnd every spot where a fugitive
could be lurking has been or is now
being overhauled
Oh of course Jenkins the bank
president answered You are doing
as well as you know how I suppose
but this is beyond the common town po
lice 1 shall telegraph to the city for a
good detective at once
You can do as you please snapped
the chief in high dudgeon
Certainly answered the president
blandly
Such a bold attempt at crime had
never before been made in the quiet
town and it was excited beyond meas
ure The Morning News being the
only morning paper in the place had a
big scoop on its several evening rivals
and made the most of it Column after
column was filled with the stories of
different people narrating all that was
known suspected or imagined and it
sold like hot cakes
The city detective arrived early and
excited much interest and comment
but like the great man that he was he
preserved a dignified reserve and si
lence
The physician who had cared for Mr
Dean through the night reported him
as much better that he had passed
from unconsciousness into natural
steep and wouiti prooauiy awaken ra
tional and able to give an account of
the attempt on his life The detective
requested the privilege of being pres
ent out of sight of course as a strange
face might excite him when Mr Dean
rallied enough to be questioned
The night had passed quietly as far
as the bank was concerned A num
ber of arrests had been made and sus
picious characters were reported as
having been seen on all sides
It is surprising how after events Avill
clear the mental vision Many remem
bered distinctly the villainous appear
ance of men whom they had observed
slouching along the streets The de
tective had made known nothing of his
mind on the case except to intimate
that ho should probably telegraph for
several men from his force in the city
and his manner only served to strength
en the air of mystery that brooded over
the place
People looked at each other with
questioning eyes as if wandering if
some of their own townspeople might
not prove to be implicated in the affair
It was supposed by everyone that Mr
Dean had seen enough of his assailant
to be able to identify him if known or
describe him if a stranger and busi
ness was almost suspended in the anx
iety and eagerness all felt when it was
whispered about that he had awakened
rational
Only the officers of the law and the
bank president were admitted to the
room adjoining the one where Mr Dean
lay After uneasy movements partial
ly arousing and drifting off to sleep
again he had finally opened his eyes
and looked about Noticing the doc
tor he said
Why doctor you here
The doctor merely nodded watching
him closely as he rubbed his eyes again
felt his head and then exclaimed
Oh I remember now This is to
morrow is it not
Yes this is to morrow the doctor
answered How do you feel now
All right he answered promptly
and then added smiling but that
blow was a swinger Avasnt it
The listeners out of sight craned
their necks and strained their ears to
catch every Avord He seined to come
suddenly to a full understanding for
he said quickly
AVhy I must have been pretty badly
stunned to lie so all night Were you
frightened Alice he asked his Avife
Oh yes she answered almost in
tears I thought the wretch had killed
you
Who he asked then added
There aavs uo one
There neA er mind said the doc
tor soothingly Drink this and dont
get excited
Though everybody Avas aching to hear
AAiiat he had to say about the assassin
they feared the abrupt Avay in Avhich
Mrs Dean had mentioned him Avould
retard matters
Ought to have been led up to very
carefully muttered the detective
I am not excited said Mr Dean to
the doctor But I want to knoAv Avhat
my wife meant Is it supposed that
somebody attacked me AA ith an ax
Certainly said the doctor seeing
that the truth would be the best And
he very nearly killed you too Can you
tell us Avho he Avas or what ho Avas
like
In their eagerness the listeners edged
inside the door Mr Dean lay and
laughed then catching eight of the
bank president said
Good morning Mr Akers You here
too
Yes said the president AA e are
anxious to Iciioav all you can tell us
about it Avhat he was like what he
said and if he let out anything about
the gang
The doctor put up his hand Dont
hurry him he said Take your time
Mr Dean
Mr Dean laughed again as he said
There Avas no one here but myself
positively no one
But you Avere struck a murderous
bloAv by someone Dont you remem
ber said the rather impatient presi
dent
Nobody struck me at all I did it
myself said Mr Dean flatly
There was a sensation
lie doesnt know Avhat he is saying
He is not rational said someone
Mr Dean looked at the blank faces
and put out his hand saying
You Avill find my pulse quiet doctor
I have no fever I knoAV Aery Avell
AAhat I am saying I remember Iioav
it happened
He certainly is all right said the
doctor Tell us about it Dean he
continued
I usually split wood a while for ex
ercise after coming home from the
bank There AA as no one at home and
J I left the kitchen door open meaning
to carry in a big armful I got hold of
a particularly tough stick and I avlj
bound to split it I sAA ung the ax AA ith
all my strength to fetch a tremendous
IIoav and it caught on the Avire clothes
line above me bounded turned and
came down on 1113 head before I could
possibly dodge it You see how easily
that could happen So easy that I avoii
der you did not discover it for your
selves and he laughed again
Yes they saw now how easily it
could happen They Avere convinced
Well Ill be bloAved exclaimed the
bank president sloAvly and as they
dlonrlv disnersed Mr Dean sent his
parting shot after them
If I had killed myself 1 suppose you
Avould have always believed me to havu
been murdered and Avould have fast
ener it upon some poor felloAV and pun
ished him for it New Orleans Times
Democrat
WHEN THEY MADE TAPE
The Housewife of Colonial Days Kne tv
This Art -with Others
Among the many household indus
tries of colonial houseAvives which in
cluded spinning dyeing weaving and
caudle scap pen ink wine glove shoo
and lace manufacture was the making
of tape though tins was considered of
minor importance says a writer in the
Philedalphia Press The preparation
for Aveaving tape on the small hand
loom was the same as for making yards
of linen cloth on the great looms that
stood in the Aveaving room attached to
the kitchen of colonial farmhouses
The tlax when harvested was rip
pled on the field the rippler being a
large comb fastened on a plank Thd
tlax Avas beaten on the comb to remove
the capsules containing the seeds Then
it was rotted to make the fiber soft
and llexible This was generally accom
plished by laying it beneath the waters
of the meadow brook or pond Some
colonial farmers laid it on ttie ground
for the winters snow to render it lit for
the scutcher the machine that whipped
out all the particles of bark and stalk
adhering to the fiber
The next and last process before it
was ready for the spimiing Avheel was
hackling to straighten the ilax free it
from tangles and bring it to the re
quired fineness This was done by a
very primitive machine called the
hatchet an immense comb AAiiose
long teeth were set perpendicularly in
a board
The operation of hackling required
much skill and this part of the long
preparation was particularly womens
work as it needed delicacy of touch
After the flax AAas hackleld it Avas c v
fully sorted according to the degrees of
fineness This process was called
spreading and drawing Then it was
ready to be wrapped in its soft fluffy
fineness about the spindle
The spinner seated herself at the ma
chine and soon the music of the
wheel and the deft fingers of the colo
nial housewife brought the fiber into
long even thread ready for the small
loom and shuttle to be converted into
tape
The shopper to day little realizes the
long and tedious processes practiced by
the woman of colonial times before she
could AAind her linen tape into a neat
roll for the workbaskets use
Wars Growing Shorter
With the exception of the Franco
Prussian war the greatest war which
Europe has seen since the days of Na
polean was the Crimean war which
took place more than forty years ago
and lasted about two years The cam
paigns of Napoleonof course while they
were considered short as compared
with some preA ious wars in Europe
were certainly long as compared with
the wars of the past few decades A
distinct movement in the direction of
the shorter duration of Avars is to bo
noticed in the past f oav centuries
The campaign in the Spanish Netiher
lands lasted fonty two years Then
folloAAed the thirty years war in Eu
rope ending in the peace of West
phalia Civil war in England lasted
from 1G42 to 1100 although hostili
ties were not in progress all that time
The wars of the Spanish Succession
of the Austrian Succession the
Avar and the Seven
Years war folloAved averaging about
ten yeais apiece The Napoleonic cam
paigns covered nearly fifteen years
The Crimean war lasted from 1834 to
1S30 In the war of the rebellion in
this country the world saw the latest
Avar -which extended over four years 0
time
Since 1805 with the general introduc
tion of the telegraph the electric cable
and the modern system of railways
Avar has become a matter of a feAV
months at most In ISOO Prussia de
feated Austria in seven weeks Prus
sia defeated France in about Tavo
months The war betAvee11 Russia and
Turkey began in April 1STV and was
practicady finished by the close of that
year The war between China and Ja
pan began about midsummer 1S04 and
ended in March 1805 The present war
betAveen Turkey and Greece seems to
be practically ended in about four
weeks from the outbreak of formal hos
tilities It seems to be sIioaaii by expe
rience that tavo important eiA ilized na
tions in these days of telegraph and
railway cannot conduct wars for any
length of time unless the contending
countries are separated by the ocean
natural barrier
or some other
The Cause
Visitor in Kuralville This is a very
pleasant and homelike place and I
cannot understand Avhy so many fam
ilies should have moved aAvay from io
during the last few months as you
say
Native You havent heard our young
ladies brass band yet Judge
It probably pleases every man to re
ceive a letter AAiiich speaks of encroach
ing on his valuable time
AMERICAS NATIONAL GUARD
The Several State Organizations Con
atitnte an Army
The National Guard organizations of
the several States of the Union form
Hie nucleus of the lighting force that
this nation would put on the field
should a Avar arise The aggregate
strength of these bodies is about 173
000 men of whom about 110000 are
infantry Of this whole number 93
per cent are prepared to do active ser
Aice on one days notice
It Avould be difficult to find anywhere
an equally large body of men who are
of a better class mentally and physic
ally than those in the Guard It is
considered an honor to seiwe in the
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Guard and a favor to be admitted to it
and consequently -the rank and file
are selected men the very flower of the
youth of America No one is enlisted
who cannot pass a severe medical ex
amination or who is not acceptable as
a companion and friend to his future
comrades and Avhile a captain has a
legal right to enlist any man subject to
the approA al of the colonel and sur
geon he seldom exercises this right
without unollicially consulting his men
So great is the conservatism and ex
clusiveness in some regiments that
members are actual- selected precise
ly as they Avould be elected by a club
and four or five black balls Avill ex
clude a recruit The term in this coun
try is not an officer and a gentleman
as in Europe but a soldier and a
gentleman by the term gentleman
being meant not a person avIio is not in
trade but a person Avitli the manners
and feelings of a gentleman and no one
avIio is likely to disgrace the Guard is
admitted If a mistake is made the
man is expelled as from a club and
expulsion is a disgrace keenly felt
The armories of the Guard are in
many places very magnificent and
costly structures equipped Avith all the
coiiA oniences of a gymnasium and a
club house In the Greater Ncav York
alone S000000 have been expended
on armories and the famous Seventh
OAvns a million dollar structure in
Boston the hcav armory of the First
corps Cadets on Columbus avenue is
one of the finest buildings in that city
and in the West the armories are
among the most important structures
in large cities
There AAas a time not so long ago
when Americans were the poorest
shots in the world A soldier of the
civil Avar period shot away 300 pounds
of lead before he shot his man But
during the last ten years there has been
a most remarkable revival of interest
in rifle practice in the United States
In Ncav York Pennsyh anin Illinois
Massachusetts Wisconsin and other
States nearly every infantry and
officer and man is a marksman
avIio has Avon the State decoration at
the short ranges And the sharp
shooters and experts who have
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tied at the long ranges are numbered
by the thousand When the iioav rifle
already issued to the army is also
issued to the Guard the Americans
Avill be almost as formidable antagon
ists as the Boers or the Kentucky rifle
men avIio defeated the best troops of
Europe at Ncav Orleans
The minor tactics of the Americans
are borroAved from the Indians Avhom
their forefathers fought The Ameri
cans in battle never adA ance in masses
alloAving themselves to become a tar
get for the sake of sentiment but line
after line of skirmishers come creep
ing tOAvards the enemy hiding behind
trees rocks or hillocks and
the enemys flanks like a SAAarm of
angry hornets infuriating him because
he cannot reply to unseen sharpshoot
ers AA hose bullets are decimating his
men Only at the last does the reserA e
and support come up and a force in
close order reveal itself This sort 01
fighting it Avill be seen throAvs great
responsibility upon individual riflemen
and every effort is being made to make
every American soldier a sharpshooter
When that result is attained they Avill
be brave men indeed avIio can stand
before an equal force of Americans
Stopping a I ealc in a Boat
In ihe narrative of his journey to
Burmah Captain Gill It E incident
ally giA es some scraps of information
that may be found practically useful
In one of his stories says Harpers
Iiouni Table he describe the way in
winch a leak was stopped in a junk
which met with a mishap A hile sailing
up te Yang tze river The skipper of
the toat was an old lady a widow
whom the Captain with shocking lack
of gallantry designated Jezebel Her
force of lung and store of bad tempee
were such that none of the coolies or
boat men could witlistrnd her and It
was only when ascending the rapids
she tvould for a time yield her com
mand to the pilot On one occasion
the junk ran aground and knocked a
big hole in her side Jezebel looking
at it with unconcern remarked be
tAvecn the wiiiffs of her pipe cotton
wool by which she meant that the
breach was to 12 repaired with that
material The coolies first put on a
plaster of whity broAvn paper mud and
grains of rice Over that they nailed a
piece of wood and stuffed the in
terstices with cotton avooI and bamboo
shavings The patch was of course
put on inside The operation was a
long one and extraordinary as this
method of boat repairing may appear
it proved tolerably effectual although
from the amount of bailing that was
always necessary afterward one voy
ager suggested that the vessel should
be called the Old Bailee
LIVED ON MILK-
Contracted the Concentrated
Iyo
Habit in Infancy
Man doth not live by bread only
Deut viii a That is as true as the
gospel from which it is taken Man
lives for the most part on Avhatever ho
can get hold of the flesh of bird beast
fish and insects the animal and veg
etable kingdom are ransacked to tickle
his palate and the clay eaters of tho
Carolinas even tackle the mineral king
dom in search of sustenance But if
man does not live on bread alone nc can
on milk alone and this publication-
brought to the front Mr W F Kitzele
of Burlington loAva whose picture ac
companies this article avIio offers him
self as an aAvful example of tho
nutritive properties of the juice of tho
eoA Mr Kitzele has subsisted on milk
for the last tAventy five years right
along Mr Kitzele has not only demon
strated that man can live on milk alone
but he has solved the problem of cheap
living lie pays 5 cents a quart for his
r it
gyp jraft
AV F
KITZELE
milk and as he lives on three quarts a
day he can Ha o on 13 cents a day 105
a week or 3700 a year
Mr Kitzele has not always lived on
milk TAventy five years ago when he
AAas an irresponsible infant he dranlc
concentrated lye not as a steady tip
ple but just once In the words of tho
song Once was enough for him He
gaAc up lye and took to milk as a mora
soothing if less exciting beverage
Ever since Mr Kitzele filled up on
lye he has been unable to eat solid
food Occasionally he has tried to do
so but with most uncomfortable re-
suits WheneA er he has succeeded in
swallowing the smallest piece of meat
or other solid food he has been unable
to take a drink of water until the
offending morsel was ejected lie has
not experimented for a long time now
and he takes his milk three times a day
in quart doses Mr Kitzele puts just
enough coffee in his milk to giA e it a
flavor and he SAveetens the mixture
with sugar
He Is 5 feet 7VS inches high and
weighs 140 pounds He is actively em
ployed as a collector for the Burlington
Water Company and does some cler
ical work besides He is strong and
THROWING A LINE TO WHEELMEN
Great Possihilitics of the fcheme in
Hilly Centers of Population
The problem which confronts the
tired and short Avinded bicycle rider at
the foot of every hill how to climb it
without dying of prostration would
seem to be solved by the traction
scheme Avhich has been used Avitli
great success All that is necessary is4
a good horse a rider and a bieycleJ
crank avIio cannot push his Avheel up
the hill The party A ith the horse sta l
tions himself at the foot of the hill
where he can accost and easily reach
every bicycle rider approaching If a
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bargain is struck up the horseman
throws the wheelman a line which is
fastened around the handle bars and
a vav goes the horse tugging the wheel
behind At the top of the hill the line
is cast off and the horseman gets his
fee a nickel usually and returns to-
aAA ait another fat man with a bicycle
The plan has almost endless possibil i
ities in a hilly city and ere long doubt-
less the Bicycle Traction Company
limited will be
organized to ran at
trust in the hauling of heaA y riders up
steep hills
A 10000 cash Avife is more desirabla
fiau a 30000 bcautr
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