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"Groaa Widow" Not SIn.n.
"She is a grass widow , " said the
professor , nodding in the direction of
, ft. lady with yellow hair.
c . "A 'grass' widow 01) , professor , I
' : didn't think you : would use slang. "
! . " 'Grass' widow is not slang , , " said
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I the professor stoutly. It is , on the
't I . ' ' , . . . contrary , a very ancient and correct
:1 I 1 < ' expression. It comes from the French
; 'grace. ' It was originally written
, 'grace' widow. Its meaning is 'widow
'I ' I - by courtesy. :
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i 'Bpectful In the term 'grace' widow. ' A
\ , ' widow may ; call herself that with pro
, \1 \ ' priety and with propriety any one may
; II t t , call her that" - - Chicago Chronicle.
STEADILY GREW WORSE.
, i A Typical Tale of SufTerlnffn from
I Sick Kidney
" Mrs. L. C. Fridley , 1034 N. Main
. ' St. , Delphos , Ohio , says : "Five or
. 1 six years ago I began
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trouble and grew
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p , my health was all bro
p ken down. For weeks
I was in bed and
. _ ' c could not turn over
! _ : ; % ' without being helped.
J : ' My back was stiff and
: = painful , I was tired
and languid and when I was able to
get around I could not do my work.
. . . The first box of Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me so much that I kept on
. using them until rid of every symp
tom of kidney trouble. During the
past three years I have enjoyed excel-
lent.health. "
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
: by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster.
' ililburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y.
. A shopkeeper in Tunbridge Wells , Eng-
. . ' land , is a believer in reform spelling. He
: jdisplayed the other day a placard read.
d . ' ling " ! : " Whewl Trysiceul for Sal. "
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coats : and pleated skirts. The one sketched
_ liere is a single-breasted , fancy serge ill
dark blue , with self-covered buttons.
Ought to ! { : now.
The animal trainer , having been tat
en suddenly ill , his wife reported tor
duty in his stead.
"Have you ever had any experience
' in this line ? " asked the owner of the <
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lrcus and menagerie , with some doubt
"Not just exactly in this liae , " she
aid , "but my husband manages the
beasts all right , doesn't he ? "
"He certainly does. "
"Well , you ought to see how easy ] I
J can manage him.-Chicago Record.
Herald.
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TO LIVE FOREVER.
Thomas Edison has perfected a stor-
age battery which he says will last
Indefinitely and revolutionize the pres-
ent propelling power.
Prof. Munyon says it is only a ques- -
, tion of time until a remedy is discov-
; ered that will supply the waste of the
' 'human body , so that one may live on
Almost indefinitely , barring accidents.
( / This seems almost too good to be true ,
tout nothing seems to be impossible in
, - these days when we consider the fly-
ing machine and the wireless tele-
graph.
Prof. Munyon has certainly revolu-
tionized the practice of medicine. He
-does not believe in building1 hospital
for consumptives. He says that con-
sumption can always be traced to a
cold. Cure a cold and you prevent
consumption. His Cold and Cough
, Remedy will break up almost any form
of a cold in a few hours and positive-
ly prevent Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
To convince the medical world and
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: people in general of the truth of his
claims he has distributed millions of
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.vials of the Cold Cure , absolutely free ,
Irom the leading newspaper offices
, throughout the country , and the cures
that have been reported from its use
- have been most astonishing. These lit
tle sugar pellets contain no opium ,
morphine , cocaine or any harmful
-drug. They seem to relieve the head ,
throat and lungs almost immediately.
In order that no one jnay be de
prived of this remedy he has placed
it with all the druggists throughout
the United States for the small sum of
25 cents , or sent postpaid on receipt
of price , and with each bottle he
gives this guarantee : "If Munyon's
Cold and Cough Cure does not do all
that is claimed for it , I will refund
your money. "
There are four advantages In taking
Munyon's : Remedies. First , they are
absolutely harmless. Second , they are
pleasant to take. Third , they relieve
, almost immediately. Fourth , they cost
nothing unless they give satisfaction.
Munyon's Guide to Health sent free
on request. Munyon Remedy Co. ,
.Philadelphia , Pa.
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Having stalked indignantly onwa
for a few paces , the doctor discover ;
that his wife had not followed him ] ,
and turning he called savagely : "Pe-
pecta , come ! It is folly to try and p-
p-persuade him. Let us leave the saint
to his prayers : ! But let him rememb
the old p-p-proverb , 'young ; saint , old
sinner ! ' Com-e ! "
He proceeded towards the carriage ;
but Pepeeta seemed rooted to the
ground , and David , was equally inca- ;
pable of motion. While they sto < +
thus , gazing into each other's eyes ,
they saw nothing and they saw all .
That brief glance was freighted with
destiny. A subtle communication hs (
taken place between them , althouj
they had not spoken ; for the eye has ;
a language of its own.
What was the meaning of that :
glance ? What was the emotion that
gave it birth in the soul ? He knev !
It told its own story. To their dyir
day , the actors in that silent dran
remembered that glance with raptu : ,
and with pain.
Pepeeta spoke first , hurriedly am
anxiously : "What did you say last
night about the 'light of life , ? ' Tell me < ! ' .
I must know. "
"I said there is a light that lightel
every man that cometh into the world. "
"And what did you mean ? Be quic .
There is only a moment. "
"I meant that there is a light tin
shines from the soul itself and that 1 in
this light we may walk , and he who
walks in it , walks safely. ' He need
never fall ! "
"Never ? I do not understand ; it is
beautiful ; but I do not understand ! "
"Pepeeta ! " called her husband , an-
grily.
She turned away , and David watch-
ed her gliding out of his sight , with an
irrepressible pain and longing. "I sup-
pose she is his daughter , " he said to
himself , and upon that natural but
mistaken inference his whole destiny
turned. Something seemed to dra1
him after her. He took a step or two <
halted , sighed and returned to his la-
' bor.
bor.But
But it was to a strangely altered
world that he went. Its glory had van-
ished ; it was desolate and empty , or so
at least it seemed to him , for he con-
founded the outer and the inne
worlds , as it was his nature and habit
to do. It was in his soul that th
change had taken place.
Thoughts which he had always been
able to expel from his \ mind before , ,
like evil birds fluttered again and
again into the windows of his soul.
For this he upbraided himself ; bu
only to discover that at the very mo
ment when he regretted that he had
been tempted at all , he also regretted
. that he had not been tempted further.
All day long his agitated spirit alter-
nated between remorse that he had en-
jpyed so much , and regret that he had
enjoyed so little. Neer had he expe-
rienced such a tumult in his soul. He
struggled hard , but he could not tell
whether he had conquered or been de-
feated.
He heard again the mocking laugh-
ter of the quack , and the stinging
words of his cynical philosophy once
more rang in his ears. What this
coarse wretch had said was true , then !
Much of his youth ; had already passed
and he had not as yet tasted the only
substantial joys of eXistence-money ,
pleasure , ambition , love ! He felt that
he had been deceived and defrauded.
A contempt for his old life and its !
surroundings crept upon him. He he-
gan to despise the simple untry peo-
ple among whom he had grown up ,
and those provincial ideas "vhich ; taej ;
cherished in the little , unknown nwol :
of the world where they stagnated.
During a long time he permiteec
himself to be borne upon file current
of these thoughts without trying to
stem it , till it seemed as if he would
be swept completely from his moor-
ings. But his trust had been firmly
anchored , and did not easily let go its
hold. The convictions of a lifetime be-
gan to reassert themselves. They rose
and struggled heroically for the pos-
session of his spirit.
Had the battle been with the simple
abstraction of philosophic doubt , the
good might have prevailed , but there
obtruded itself into the field the con-
crete : form of the gypsy. The glance
of her lustrous eye , the gleam of her
milk-white teeth , the heaving of her
agitated bosom , the inscrutable but
suggestive expression of her flushed
and eager face , these were foes against
which he struggled in vain. A feverish
desire , whose true significance he did ,
not altogether understand , tugged at
his i heart , and he felt himself drawn
by unseen hands toward this mysteri-
ous and beautiful being. She seemed
to him at that awful moment , when his
whole world of thought and feeling
was slipping from under his feet , the
one only abiding reality. She at least
was not an impalpable vision , but sol-
id , substantial , palpitating flesh and
blood. Like continuously advancing
waves which sooner or later must un-
dermine a dyke : , the passions and sus-
picions of his newly awakened nature
rere sapping the foundations of his
belief.
At intervals he gained a little cour-
age to withstand them , and at such
moments tried to pray ; but the effort
was futile , for neither would the ac- .
customed syllables of petition spring
to his lips , nor the feelings of faith and i
svotion arise within his heart. !
CHAPTER V. v
Violent emotions , like the lunar tides ,
lust have their ebb because they have
teir flow. The feelings do not so
uch advance like a river , as oscillate
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David's determination to join his for-
mes to those of the two Adventurers :
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unknown future and hesitated befo :
untried paths.
Already the strange experien * !
through which he had passed began to
seem to him like a half-forgotten
dream. The refluent thoughts and feel-
ings of his religious life began to set
back into every bay and estuary of <
his soul.
With a sense of shame , he regretted
his hasty decision , and was saying to 1
himself , "I will arise and go to my
Father , " for all the experiences of life
clothed themselves at once in the fa-
miliar language of the Scriptures.
It is more than likely that he would
have carried out this resolution , and
that this whole experience would havo
become a mere incident in his life his-
tory , if his destiny had depended up-
on his personal volition. But how few
of the great events of life are brought
about by our choice alone !
Just at sunset he crossed the bridge
oven the brook which formed the boun-
dary line of the farm , and as he did so
heard a light footstep. Lifting his
eyes , he saw Pepeeta , who at that
very instant stepped out of the low
bushes which lined the trail she had
been following.
Her appearance was as sudden as an
apparition and her beauty dazzled him.
Her face , flushed with exercise , gleam-
ed against the background of her black
hair with a sort of spiritual radiance. *
When she saw the Quaker , a smile of
unmistakable delight flashed upon her
features and added to her bewitching
grace. She might have been an Oread
or a Dryad wandering alone through
the great forest. What bliss for youth
and beauty to meet thus at the close
of day amid the solitudtis of Nature !
Had Nature forgotten hehself , to
permit these two young and impres-
sionable beings to enjoy this pleasure
on a lonely road just as the day wa
dying and the tense energies of the
world were relaxed ? There are time
when her indifference fo : her own most
inviolable laws seems anarchic. There
are moments when she appears wan-
tonly to lure her children to destruc-
tion.
They gazed into each other's eyes ,
they knew not how ICing , with an in-
comprehensible and delicious joy , and
then looked down upon the ground.
Having regained their composure b ) : \
this act. they lifted th.eir eyes and re-
garded each other with frank and
friendly smiles. -
"I thought thee had gone , " said Da-
vid.
"We stayed longer than we expect-
ed , " Pepeeta replied.
"Has thee been hunting wild flow-
ers ? " he asked : , observing the bouquet
which she held in her hand.
"I picked them on the way. "
"Thee does love the woods ? "
"Oh , so much ! I am a sort of wild
creature and should like to live in a
cave. "
"I am afraid thee would always turn
thy face homeward at : dusR ! , 6 s thee is
doing now , " he said with a smile.
"Oh , no ! I am not afraid ! I go
because I must.
The path was wi'3e enough for two
and side by side they moved slowly
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forward.
The somber garb in which he was
dressed and the brilliant colors of her
apparel , afforded a contrast like that
between a pheasan t and a scarlet tana-
ger. Color , form , motion-all were per-
fect. They fitted into the scene with-
out a jar or discord , and enhanced
rather than disturbed the harmony ot
the drowsy landscape.
As they walked onward , they vague-
ly felt the influence of the repose that
was stealing upon the tired world ; the
intellectual and volitional elements ot
their natures " Becoming gradually qui-
escent , the emotions were given full
sway. They felt themselves drawn to-
ward each other by some irresistible
power , and , although they had never
before been conscious of any incom-
pleteness of their lives , they suddenly
liscovered affinities of whose exist-
ence they had never dreamed. Their
two ; personalities seemed to be ab-
sorbed into one new mysterious and
indivisible being , and this identity gave
them an incomprehensible joy. Over
them as they walked , Nature brooded.
sphynx-like. Their young and healthy
natures were tuned in unison with the
harmonies of the world like perfect in-
struments from which the delicate fin-
gers of the great Musician : evoked a
melody of which she never tired , re-
serving her discords for a future day.
On this delicious evening she permit- I
ted them to be thrilled through and
through with joy and hope and she ac-
companied : the song their hearts were
singing with her own multitudinous
voices. "Be happy , " chirped the birds ;
be- happy , " whispered the evening
breeze ; "be happy , " murmured the
brook ' , running along by their side and
looking up into their faces with laugh-
ter. The whole world seemed to re-
sound with the refrain , "Be happy !
Be happy ! for you are young , are
young ! " Pepeeta first broke the si-
lence.
"I had never heard of the things
about which you : talked , " she said.
"Thee never had ? How could that
be ? I thought that every one knew
them ! "
"I must have lived in a different
world " .
from yours.
"And thee was happy ? "
"I thought so until I heard what you
lid. Since then. have been full of
ire and trouble. I wish I knew what
you meant ! But I have seen that
wonderful light ! "
"Thee has seen it ? "
"Yes , to-day ! And I followed it ; I
lall always follow it. "
"When does thee leave the village ? "
David asked , fearing the conversation
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would lead where he did not want to '
go. .
"To-morrow , " she said.
"Does thee think that the doct
would renew his offer to take me witb
him ? "
"Do I think so ? Oh ! I . am sure. "
"Then I will go. "
"You will go ? Oh , I am so happy !
The doctor was very angry - ' he has not <
been himself since. You don't kno
how glad he will be. "
"But will not thee be happy , too ? "
he asked.
"Happier than you could dream , " si-e
answered with all the frankness of a
child.
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Having reached the edge of r the
woods , where their paths separated , ,
they paused.
"We must part , " enid David.
"Yes ; but we shall meet -to-moi .
row. " . , '
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"Good-bye.
"Good-bye. " I
At the touch of their han'ds theh
young hearts were swayeJ by tend *
and tumultuous feelings. A too stro-ng
pressure startled them , and they loos
ened their grasp. The sun sank behind
the hill. The shadows that fell upc
their faces awakened : them from their
dreams. Again they said good-bye and
reluctantly parted. Once they stopped
and , turning , waved their hands ; and
the next moment Pepeeta entered the
road which led her out of sight.
In this Interview , the entire past ot
these two lives seemed to count for
nothing. If Pepeeta had never see
anything of the world ; if she had is-
sued from a nunnery at that very mo-
ment , she could not have acted with a : .
more utter disregard of every princi-
ple of safety.
It was the same with David. The
fact that he had been reared a Qua-
ker ; that he had bee dedicated to
God from hvs youth ; that he had strug-
gled all his days to be prepared for
such a moment as this , did not affect
him to the least degree.
The seasoning of the bow does not
invariably prevent it from snapping.
The drill on the parade ground does
not always insure courage for the bat-
tle. Nothing is more terrible than this
futility of the past-
Such scenes as this discredit the
value of experience , and attach a ter
rible reality to the conclusion of Cole-
ridge , that "it is like the stern-light
of a vessel - illuminating only the path
over which we have traveled. "
It was to this moment that their
consciences traced their sorrows ; ; it i
was to that act of their souls which ]
permitted them to enjoy that momen-
tary rapture that they attached their
guilt ; it was at that moment and in
that silent place that they planted the
seeds of the trees upon which they ;
were subsequently crucified.
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HUNTING IN CHINA.
Variety of Game Found Among tli <
Royal Tombs.
Four hours by , train southwest 01 :
Peking lie the Hsi Ling or Western
Tombs , the mausolea of the reigning
dynasty. The tombs lie in a large
parklike inclosure containing some
sixty square miles of 'broken , hilly
country in which the Chinese are not
allowed to settle and which may not
be plowed up. In consequence of this
it's a refuge for all kinds of game
and about the only sure find for pheas-
ants within easy reach of Peking.
A kind of chamois ( the Indian
goral ) and spotted deer are found on
the higher hills and are preyed on by
the panther and the wolf. As soon as
the frost sets in for the winter the
Chinese begin shooting the pheasants ,
and although they seem to do their
, best to exterminate them , a good many
Apparently escape and provide the
stock for the following year.
The birds are shot over dogs , some
of which have really good noses , '
though in appearance they differ in
no way from the scavengers of the
village streets. If possible a tame '
hawk is also taken out to mark down
irds that are missed or not fired at.
'he ' man with the hawk takes his stand
on a commanding hill and the hunter
with 'his dog proceeds to draw round
im. If the dog puts up a pheasant
'hich is missed by the Chinaman , or
a brace , only one of which can be fired
at , the hawk , is at once loosed and
heasant and hawk disappear together.
The hunter reloads and follows and
finds the hawk : by means of a small
ben attached to its back probably sit-
ing on a rock or tree stump.
He then sends his dog-in to put up
the pheasant , which is invariably hid- -
ing in a thick bit of cover within a
few yards of the hawk. As long as
the 'hawk ' is sitting there the poor bird
will neither run nor fly , and thus falls
an easy victim to the hunter. In this
way a couple of Chinamen with a . gun ,
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a dog and a hawk make : comparative-
ly large bags in places where the for-
eigner : vainly attempting to walk up
I his game with a straggling line of
I seless Chinese beaters will probably
only get a few shots in a day , and
; sr-tainly : never find a pheasant again
hich he < has once missed.
On the stonier hills where there is
ess cover , chikor are found in con-
; tlerable quantities and give very : fair
port ; except for their indefatigable
powers of running uphill ; but the
hinese keep them still by using a
iwk. Along the , streams , fighting
hard to keep open in spite of the se-
vere frost , a few duck : and snipe may
. be ! picked up , the latter heavier and
umper bird's than regular spring and
itumn visitors.
He "Was Satisfied.
"People praise my work : , " said the
tist , boastingly.
"And they laugh at mine , " rejoined
the sad-faced party ; "but I don't
mind. "
"What is -your line ? " queried the
tist.
"I'm a professional humorist , " re-
lied ! the other.-Chicago Daily News.
All that are lovers of virtue , be
uiet and go angling.-Izaak Waltom.
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Secretaries of Congressmen Employ
Tactics of Wall Street to
Satisfy Constituents.
BECOME SHARP BARGAINERS.
One Wants Agricultural Reports
While Another Needs Geodetic
Surveys , and They "Swap. "
HE big white mar-
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hie office buildings
in Washington in
which are the busi-
ness places for the
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t9' > ( n..I resentatives lack
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tickers and a pit
and the other signs
of exchanges in
r Wall street , but it
i probable that as
l much "trading" is
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a'ffrrT-r- done in them as
the buildings of
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' : .t"lftYil1W " ' IJl : IIi ! t U U' New York's great
financial district.
Whenever the government issues
publications , maps or other goods of
which portions are given members of
Congress , the several members are
credited with their quotas and the
government relinquishes all right and
claim to them.
The government takes no cognizance
of geography , climate or location in
issuing the goods to members. All
get the same number of anything that
is issued.
The Kansas member who hasn't
enough water in his district to swim
a . tadpole gets as many surveys , pro-
jections , maps , etc. , of the hydro-
graphic or geodetic bureaus as the
member from New England with two
to five hundred miles of coast , while
the member from the Harlem districts :
in New York City gets as many vege-
table seeds to distribute to the tene-
ment . and flat dwellers as though his :
district lay in Kansas or Missouri.
It follows' that the member who has :
geodetic surveys ; and needs seeds is
anxious to meet the member who has
seeds and needs geodetic surveys. : It
would be undignified , of course , for :
members of Congress to take part in
such trading.
That is where the members' secre-
taries get busy. It is a common occur-
rence for a young man to stop at the
door of the room of some member and
shout :
"What'll y' give f'r eight ags ? "
Language of Trade.
Now , "ags" is short for the annual
report of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
"Give you a ge-od , " replies the sec-
retary addressed.
"Not for mine , " replies the N'Yaw- -
ker.
ker."Haven't
"Haven't much call for 'ags , ' replies
the rural secretary in a tone as casual
and uninterested as possible. "Fact
is , we have a big stock on hand. "
The N'Yawker knows that isn't true.
Nobody in Congress has too many of
anything that constituents may get
for the asking.
"I'll tell you what I'll do , " says the
westerner. "We get 900 'ags , ' and only
forty-five 'ge-ods. ' I'll trade you one
'ge-od' for twenty 'ags. ' "
"Not for mine , " replies the
N'YaTvker. "Let's trade on the cash
basis. 'Ags' are worth 8 cents and
'ge-ods' 40 cents each. I'll give you
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one 'ag' for five 'ge-ods. :
Each needs what the other has so
a trade finally is arranged on some
basis. An odd thing about the trad-
ing is that what the New York secre-
tary said about the money value of
various federal commodities is true.
Dickering' for "Eulogies. "
The saddest sight about Washington
is that of a secretary to a member of
Congress trying to gather eulogies.
When a member of Congress dies the
Speaker or Vice President goes to the
ball game , or any other place far re
moved from Congress , puts a substi-
tute in his chair and other members
from the deceased's state pour ora
torical flowers on the late honorable's
memory. : In due course of time the
eulogies are printed in one volume.
Persons out in Oregon might not
know that such a person as the de
ceased ever existed. But he has had
stanch friends in the state . which hon-
ored him , and every one of them is
eager to get one of the books. All
the secretary has to do is to tap gently
on every one of the 400-odd doors in
the House office building and ask most
humbly if there can be spared for him
two or three or more copies of the
eulogy of "his member's" colleague.
Inasmuch as the secretaries who are
asked probably never heard of the late
lamented , it may be thought that in
such a sad event they would willingly
. band over their entire quota. But the
chances are that they have become so
Imbued with the spirit of trading that
the colleague of the departed member
may have five copies of the eulogy for
forty 'ags , ' or ten 'ge-ods. " or an im-
possible number of "veges , " but never
for nothing. So the secretary plods
on , hat in hand , until he has obtained
a sufficient number of eulogies to fill
the : wants of "his member's" constit-
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Sioux Indians to Eesume Primitive /
Life in Nicaragua.
Two hundred Sioux Indians , grow-
ing tired of the joys and benefits ot
civilization as introduced on the Indi-
an reservations of the West , have de-
termined to emigrate to a country in
which they may return to the primi-
tive condition of existence before the-
coming of the white man. The move-
ment has been under way for many
months , but has only just come to-
light since an emissary of the discon-
tented Indians returned from Nica-
President
rauga with the news that
Zelaya had granted to the Sioux an
immense tract of land upon which
they may settle and live according to
the ancient customs of the tribe. The-
lands granted them are in a wild
state and so high up the mountains
that the climate approaches that of
the present Sioux country. Game-
abounds there and except for the ab
sence of the buffalo the Indians can
live the primitive life of the early
Sioux.
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In return for the big tract of Ian ,
the Indians have agreed to take the
field and fight for Zelaya whenever
called upon by him , and hereafter
when an overambitious Nicaraguan
starts a revolution against the rule of
Zelaya the revolutionists will run up
against a body of the fiercest and best
fighting Indians on the North Ameri-
can continent. Many of the bravos
fought jvith Sitting Bull , Gall and Red
Cloud / and while these - men . are - up- .
ward , of 50 years old , their mode of
, living has kept them in fine fettle and
they : are a formidable body of men.
The Indians who will emigrate are
all landowners , their holdings having
been allotted by the government last
year. ; Each head of a family received
320 acres for himself and 160 acres
additional for each child. In leaving
this country the Indians will not lose
possession of this land , nor can they
dispose of it by sale until 25 years
after its allotment. However , the land
can be rented or leased for as long a
term as desired and the Indians are .
preparing to lease their lands to
white men. With the money received
from these leases the trip to Nicarau-
gua will be made. The start for their ,
new home will be made in the fall.
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TRAMPS MADE BY HARD TIMES
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Government Inspector Describes Ret "
suits of Recent Depression. ' \
_ The recent business depression had
certain classes-
a demoralizing effect on -
of laborers , according to the report ot
C. L. Green , inspector in charge of the-
New York city branch of the division
of information of the department ot
commerce and labor , submitted to L.
V. Powderly , chief of the division , for
the six months ended June 30.
"Enforced idleness during , , this-
period caused men to resort to every
known device to live without employ-
ment , " the inspector declares. "Find-
ing it possible to exist , idleness seems.
to have become a habit , and now that
the parks are pleasant and the fields. "
, are hot they prefer to enjoy them , liv- /
ing as best they can. " /
Inspector Green makes it plain , how
ever , that he does not mean by thi
foregoing statement to say or to im
ply that he refers to all persons , but
only to certain classes.
The report shows that during the
fiscal year just closed 3,812 men ob-
tained employment in the various
states through information given by
his bureau. It is stated that , com
pared with previous periods , the de
mand for farm laborers has been ab -
normal , as has the demand for com
mon laborers , and wages showed con
siderable improvement during the last
six months. Recently a marked im - . 'J
provement has occurred in quality : , ,
though there was a decrease in num ,
. ber of men applying for information ,
it is stated , and the percentage of ap
plicants directed to employment has- -
increased materially for these reasons
Doubts Xevrton'N Speed Lu'\Y.
Prof. Henri Poincare , in a recent lee
ture at Paris before the Associatioi
for the Advancement of Science , an-
I nounced that scientists now question- , +
ed one of Newton's fundamental law ! > > " ' ' "
of mechanics , namely , that if a certain
force acts on a moving body for onf
second it communicates a certain
speed , and that if it acts for anothej '
second it gives a new increase equal
to the first , and so on. The critics
now say that the increase in the speed
during the second period is less than
, given in the first , still less- in the
third and so on. Hence there is a lim-
it to the speed that can be produced 1 +
and that this limit is the speed oJ
light , from which they argue that tht
mass of a material body is not con-
stant but increases with the body's
speed. One of the rays latterly ob-
served in connection with radium is
elieved' to offer proof of the nevi
heory. :
theory.Berliner'
Berliner's Aerial Torpedo.
Emile Berliner , the Washington in-
ventor , is believed to have perfected
his plans for the construction of a new
veapon of destruction which will out-
lo the submarine torpedo and the
heaviest gun in destructive effect. The
Berliner device is an evolution of the
fish torpedo into a winged engine of
warfare. Small aeroplanes and the
use of engine-driven propellers accom-
plish the transformation. The machin
will have horizontal motors or gyro-
scopes to preserve its equilibrium. Car-
rying a charge of from 150 to 250
pounds of the powerful explosive
known as cordite the torpedo would t
go : at a speed which would enable it to S
overhaul the fastest ship and it IJB-
thought that rapid-fire guns could not-
do ! much damage to the terrible visitor _ f
A speed of 100 miles an hour Is anlici *
f iated for the aerial torpedo. iJ
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