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CHAPTER XII.
-Had I Wist Before I Kist."
I retampd to The Blue 3oar. ay
spirit azais. soaring. I found there
awakms e a footboy itti a scented
'arte. It was from Lady Dwight, and
iv. it ske invited me to her house upon
tire foilowimr day.
W-at should Lady Dwight, a person "With what do you occupy your
I bad never seen, and the mother of elf?" she questioned.
the mart who- was my cherished foe. ! "Need you ask in London.?" I said
rant of me. I conjectured. I with a smile.
The next afternoon, as I dressed to ' "As e other sparks, no doubt;
zo there, putting on white satin " women and music?" she said.
breeches, lowered waistcoat and ' shrusged my shoulders.
rint lace. Gil watched me with a ! 0 Perhaps, you are more serious--:-jber
face, lending a helping hand ' & inclined you have a reason for
senever I needed one. Presentlv he ; being here in This maelstrom of dissi-
toair a rapier from the rack againzt
ts-e walL and striking an attitude
want through many of the old tricks
we- had ft practiced at home, saying.
Dest remember this and this''"
I was undecided between two cravats-;
T tried on first one and then the
Kher. finally deci-n:r upon the first.
When i had knotted it to my satisfar
tlos I looked at him lazily. Kis so
licitation was beoomin- annoying, and
all on accocnt of the duel I had told
hfa I was booked for.
"Have done. Gil. have done." I
vrled petulantly. "The slitter of that
?t-el makes my eyes to water.
Wcoldst have me attend on Ladv
Dwight whoever in the devil she is
with red eyelids?" Then, as he
r-rsevered. I demanded, "Kast no con
fidence in thy pupil?"
"I like it not.' he said; "if yOC
should give him his quietus there
rredd be a hue and cry throughout
Loncon. and tbn I would not sive a
pinch of salt for the reinstating of
the hocse of Waters."
"Ah. I see. Tis not over your pupil
yon ar so concerned, but over th
;ther fellow." I said banterinzly. "I
pre.-ise yon I wf!! not kill him. as you
are so anxious. Gil. Ke must be one
of your old friends' sens methinks,
you ire so .mawkish over him."
"Kill nni and be damned, for all I
care." he said. "It is about Lord
"ATaters I am concerned."
"Yoa ase right."' I nodded, tuminz
myself about before the zlass. "and I
shall only slightly wound him; for
t:Se saie of a pair of blue eyes I would
tiliv like to put an end to the butterfly
s3igten.es: of 'Cousin Raoul." A good
ly d'jr-e of steel, however, might lim
ber up some of hi cursed pnde."
"Men are not always so fortnra'e
fn doing .artly a they w.sh wh-n
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Men are as well versed :n dueling j
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Loaig Kant. It is all tney do Know
otJtside of love-making in that they !
are iqully expert." ,
I ijcid not take time to argue the '
roiat. and went to the street. Gil
ouowmg. jay seuuii luui. uj ju- ,
in? and I put myself into it. al- ,
though I likei not its swaying mo-,
tlcsi. It was like a ship rolling on the (
ocean, or a dromedary lopmsr alon '
the andy desert, and its smallness of
iaterior made me feel as though
njfwed ia a church pew. But I was
Xo' fastidious to go on foot and off we
started, leaving Gil leaalaz against
the fcatei of the inn door, with a long .
Jace. As we turned the comer I
tooked back. I saw him !ve a shruc
to- his shonlder and r-enter the inn. '
la other words, he threw responsibil
ity to- The winds. J
I gave the order to the chairmen. -"Lady
Dwight's." They seemed fa
niliar with the lady's name and resi
usaee. When ''hey set the chair down
zr. I stepped forth I was surprised
to find that They had stopped m front
of the house I had visited yesterday J
the on? where Mistress Rosemary
Afiya vT held her lever. The men
assured me that it was the residence
of Lady Dwight. aad I was abashed
lor the moment. I trusted I should
cot again Tzeet that lady's son.
What position did Mistress Rose
mary Jillyn occupy in that household?
It looked not at all like a dependent I
or degraded one. Gads zook! it mat-'
tered not to me. Were I King Cop-,
heCua and she the beggar maid I
rrould still wm her love, and be hon
cred sy it.
I followed the footman in bc and j
.cold irvery to the dcor of her boudoir
There, crocchinc on a fur rug. was '
the quaintest little page Imaginable. '
a necro black as ebony and all of a
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"The g-emman am "spected." he said. ; Qaite lost her heart, and if he be
rcSjng his eyes and bowing to the , brought to London to hang on Ty
fiocr. He opened a door j bum 'twould be the ending of her, I
"The ?mman. Missy." he cried, and ! do believe."
acain makmg his tow lower, if pes- j "Hush. Rosemary." cried her aunt:
sible. than before, vanished. "cease your tittle-ta'tle."
The lady was seated before the j -You know. Aunt Elaine. v0u did
replace. A hanc screen protected j 5ay that he had both srace and car
ier dejicate tace from the rosy glow j and - handsome.- she con
cf rls fame. j tinned, unheedins. "Oh. to meet a
I bowed before her and then looked i ma v&s that SOEe dav oUr London
tip. Another surprise! Lady Dwight ers are but women dressed in men'
was- the world-worn beauty whom I ' clothes."
had escorted into London! -t. hard . obtai f, . ...
She vas exquisitely attired in some
sort cf gray cloth, soft and clinging.
embroidered in delicate pink buds.
She never- wore any other color, and
I Teamed how many varying shades
of gray there were, aad how one
' might wear but one color and yet
.have a diversity of attire. Her hair
.was cressed a la negligence. 3auti-
fcrl gray hair? and she had patches
.cir har face. She was also rouxecL
.. I hissed the hand she extended to
me I trusted she had rot heard cf
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the enmity "bet-ween ter sen and my
self; I even felt nr heart soften a
little toward Mm for his mother's
sake.
"Hast found London to your liking.
Mister Waters?" she asked, after she
had greeted me.
"Indeed, yes,"" I replied. " Tis vast-
i Iy interesting."
pation?" she still questioned.
I Iaughinzly disclaimed having any
virtues other than the rest of my
kind. She changed the subject.
"Hast learned anything of that ras
cnllion who stole my jewels 7" she
said.
"Norhinc. Lady Dwlght." I replied.
"But I do not doubt that in time he
will be brought to justice if he does
not stop his depredations."
I saw that the lady had something
she wished to say to me it was ever
hoverinc: about her lips but she kept
delaying it. and consequently the con
versation lagged.
On a sudden we were Interrupted
it was most welcome to me by a
merry laugh, and the sound of a slap.
They both came from the hallway.
Lady Dwisht frowned.
I heard I was waiting breathlessly
for it "Out of the way. you imp of
' darkness. Wouldst bar my passaze?"
It was the voice of Rosemary Aliyn.
I would know it among a thousand.
-The door was thrown back with a
banz and the lady I delighted in en
tered. "Pardon. Aunt Elaine." she said
courteyinz. "31arkie crows more
self-important evry day. Art keep
ing a tryr that the door is barred
from Rosemary?"
Now although the lady had seen
me the moment she entered the room,
if she did not know I was there all
'Ho t-tt"3 he took not the slightest
notice of me.
"Nay. Rosemary." answered Lady
Dwighr. "yoa are always welcome:
but to-day 1 told 3Iacfcie not to admit
anyone I thought yon had gone to
Richmond. He was but obeying or
ders." "I t';d not care to go" she said.
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She turned toward the door .and as
... .4tl iu -jc iutr uae swut glance
rrom under eyelids tringed with long
dark eyelashes saucily curlinc upl
ward.
My face, no doubt. looked my cha
grin ro have such an opportunitv to
oe mirouucec m cue form and to have
it come to naught. I was readv to
do anyrhiac: desperate: Ispranr to
open tne door for her when Ladv
Dwicht said:
"stay. Rosemary."
She turned and came back.
Rosemary, this is Master Quentin
Waters, of whom you have heard me
speak." she said. To me. "My niece.
Mistress Rosemary Aliyn."
The lady mace me a low courtesy.
I returned it with quie as low a bow.
my hand upon my heart Thus was I
introduced to my Mistress.
'Lud. Aunt not the callant high
wayman with whom you danced the
minuet"" she cried. "Know, sir." she
continued to me. "you were honored. I
ndeed. Lady Dwight is the toast of j
five counties around for her grace and
beanty."
"Nay. Rosemary, was. my dear.
was. sne acmittM with pride. "That
time is long past long past. I now -T
yi!.' my place to you. my dear "
"When you are no more, dear Aunt
Elaine." 'she said, kissing the still
smooth cheek of her aunt, "not till I
hen shall I bear the palm." j
--Viiu. r.u5cjai. . von certaiuiv
know that this- gentleman is not the
highwayman, but he who escorted me
into London after the rchbery." she
explained. "You would not expect to
meet a highwayman here you are
but trifiinc. as usual." -
"Oh. lud!" she ejaculated, "whs.t a
l mistake." To me. "Wilt pardon me?"
i "With pleasure." I answered, "for
he was a gallant slip of a fellow."
j "Without doubt." said she. "Aunt
tress Rosemary Allyn's eyes." I said.
"And you can do not else than let
thy tongue run. Rosemary, let it run
to a purpose," said Lady Dwight, gently-
"Get thy lute and sing for -zsr
The spoiled beauty made a moue at
me as she took her lute from the cor
ner nearby. She sat down facing us
and began to sing, lightly touching
the strings of her instrument with her
fingers.
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t 2 had been sae III to win.
I had lockt my heart in a case af sonrd.
Asd pieced it with a. siller pin.
Lady Dwight now took the oppor
tunity to ask me many questions
about my home. She should have
stopped that silvery babble flowing
from those wine-colored lips of my
love had she wanted rational answers.
"You said you came from what part
of England?" she queried.
I did not at first hear her and she
had to repeat her question.
"The southern part or Sussex," I
managed to say.
"One of the Waters of East India
fame
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"No
I believe we do not boast of
descending from that branch of the '
family." I murmured; "Waters of
Long Haar"
"Your father." she whispered, "is ,
he dead? I cannot bring him to
mind."
"No madame," I answered, "hut he
has not been in London for vars
Roderick Waters."
"And I myself were dead and pane!
And the srreen ?rass growing over me."
The sweet voice sang on; my eyes
were glued to her face. With a little '
cry she ilung down her lute. I fol- i
lowed her glance of distress. It rest-
ed on Lady Dwight, fallen back in her
chair in a dead faint. I
For a second there was great ex
citement, maids rushing hither and
thither with smelling salts, wine and
spir:
calls for a chirurgeon. Upon
the lady's regaining consciousness I
made my adieus, with Rosemary's
anxious face before me and her words,
"What did you say to her? she has
not fainted so in years." ringing in
my ears. .
(To be continued.)
BIT CF REED'S HISTORY. i
Building Where He Once Taught ;
School in Califcrnia.
L'ntil recently there stood in a pret
ty oak grove in the heart of Stock
ton. Calif., a forlorn looking brick
building, which perhaps in its palmy
days had some architectural beauty to
recommend it: but for a long time.
as age and neglect began to show dis
figuring hands upon the structure, its
windows stared blankly and its shut
ters creaked upon their rusty hinges
until people fancied the old place was
haunted.
If the old walls could have spoken. '
what interesting anecdotes they would
have been able to relate of bygone
days! What "tales mizht be told out
cf school": for this building was once '
Van Dora hall, "built expressly for
school purposes." and famous as the
place where Thomas B. Reed, late
speaker of the house of representa
tives, taught school for several
month?. !
He was then a young man. a giant
in size and strength, fresh from Eow- ,
doln college, and he came to Stockton j
to fill the position vacated by his for-'
mer classmate. W. E. Greene, who rec
ommended him highly as his success
or. It was the first and last position
he'd by Tcm Reed as a schcol teach
er: for soon afterward he received the
appointment of assistant paymaster in
the U. S. navy, and he then returned
:n 1S4 to his eastern home. William
S. Rice in Sunset Mazazine. !
FORTUNE IN PILLCW CASE.
Ohio iV!ar. Carried His Distrust cf
Bcnks :c Extremes.
Tie money counters m the Cri'ed
States trea-ury were startled one day
by the appearance of a remarkable
looking "fat can" who entered the de
partment and told a strange tale. He
said he was an Ohio fanner and did
net believe in banks, and so had bur
ied his money in the ground for safe
keeping. He had dug it up. and was
borriSed to nnd that it was slowly
taminr to dust, as notes will when
Ion:: buried.
Panic-stricken, he gathered the dis
integrated money into an old pillow
case, bound it around his waist be
neath his clothes and started for
Washington.
Ke traveled part of the way en
horseback, pari of the way on an Ohio
river steamboat and part of the way
by train. During the journey he never
once took or! the pillowcase. He even
slept with it on. The officials of the
treasury department found it difficult
to cake him part with it. He did not
want to go with a clerk to a hotel for
fear the e'erk might rob him. but as it
was manifestly impossible for him to
disrobe in the office he had finally to
submit.
iney get tne money at last, anc
s--
condition of it was so bad that Mrs.
Leonard had to be called to decipher
farmer lost only a few hundred dollars
out of SlS.t'OO. Everybody's Maga
zine. Wsiting for Their Dinner.
In a village ot Yorkshire (Eng.l a
notice was affixed to the church door
stating that the annual Easter meeting
would be held the following Tuesday
12. the vestry, "at 2 o'clock. D. V."
"What does D. V. mean?" queried one
neighbor to another, and at length the
villagers decided to ask the oldest mar
in the place if he could throw any light
on the meaning of it. This man had
been sexton in his cay. but declared
he had never heard of D V.. when
suddenly a bright idea struck him.
"P. V.? Why, that means dinner in
the vestrv. of course. ihe tol.owing
I Tuesday, when the vicar entered the
vestry he iounc all tne vestrymen as
sembled, each laden with a mug. knife,
fo-k and spoon, according to the fash
ion in which Yorkshire rustics go fur
nished to a tea-meeting.
A Woman's Reasoning.
"What's the matter. Jule?"
Calnurnia.
"I was just thinking." replied Cae- j
sar. "how much we have lost by being
bem too soon. Think what I might
have dene if I conld have lived in
1305. for instance. Instead of being
compelled to put up with such in
conveniences as we have now I'd find
a carriage waiting for me whenever
I stepped out of the house. I'd travel
around in a private car and have
fhampaene a good thing that hasn't
teen invented yet at every meaL I
would conquer not with the sword.
but by running a meat trust or some
thing equally good. Instead of havinz
to fi:tht for things i wanted i could
buy 'em or fix it so the people who
had 'em would be forced out of busi
ness." :
"Yes." his wife sighed, "that is all
very true, but I'd rather have you J
just as you are. If you were a twen- j
tieth century magnate yen d have to
employ a beautiful stenographer, and
I never could be above suspicion
again."
Then his conscience smote him and
he dispatched a messenger to Cleo
patra, imploring her to send back his
letters.
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Kva Mine is Archibald.
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SCOUTS
Another Instance Where Japanese
Show Much Ingenuity.
Scouting with the aid of the tele
phone has become cne of the features
i of modern warfare, and is now being
i mnde use of by the Japanese. The
I operations are conducted in the fol
j lowing manner: Two scouts proceed
, from the lines toward the enemy, one,
: the observer, is a skilled army offlcer
' fho makes the observations, which
are transmitted back to headquarters
through a telephone line paid out from
a reel carried by an electrician of
the signal corps. A ground return
is used, the ground being made by
thrusting a bayonet or hatchet into
the earth and attaching one end of
the line to it. The electrician carries
a battery on his back. He also makes
the connections and does the talking.
A special conductor is used, which
, ':!! stand the rough usage. In this
manner a scout may be abie to stay
out a long time and give valuable in
formation without being obliged to
make a number of hazardous trips to
the front.
SHOOK HANDS VITH SUTLER.
Dignity cf Official Impressed States
man From Kansas.
When Senator Long of Kansas was
in the house he did not mingle in so
ciety. He cares no more for social
doings now than formerly, but feels
that when in the senate he must do
as senators do. Not long azo he went
with Mrs. Long to a reception at the
home of Senator Elkins. They shook
bands with Mrs. Elkins. who received
them most graciously. Then the sen
ator went down the line, shaking
hands Tith everybody else he saw.
The person at the end of the line was
a very disinguished looking man and
the senator greeted him warmly.
"Who was that man at the end of the
line with whom I shoot hanls?" asked
he senator of Mrs. Long, when they
tad greeted everybody. "That?"
asked Mrs. Long. "Oh. that was the
butler." "That so?" said the Kansan.
pleasantly. "Seems to me he's about
th-- most dignified of us alL" Chica
go Chronicle.
1 Listens tc All Sceeches.
There is no more attentive and pa
tient listener in a!! the senate than
Mr. Gorman of Maryland. His atti
tude whenever he takes his seat on
the minority side of the chamber is
involuntarily that of attention to what
i i going on. If any senior be ex
pounding his views to empty seats
and desires someone to address his
remarks to there is always the demo
cratic leader, quietly taking in all that
is said and never objecting to being
used as an oratorical target. . There
i are ether senators, to be sure, who
, attend the sessions diligently, who
censider it part of their duty to be on
hand promptly to make a quorum.
But no one of them knows more in
detail about what is said or compli
rients more speakers by hearing them
to the very end. Counting the period
of his service in The chamber years
ago as a page, no one probably has
greater variety or a greater ;
f Senatorial StieecheS. !
number of senatorial speeches.
Wild Dee LiVes Civilized Provender.
A wild doe, tired probably of search
in:r for food under the deep snow in
the mountains, came into Chambers
burg on Wednesday and. after inspect
ing several lawns and fruit yards, get
entangled in n wire fence and was cap
tured. It is now comfortably housed in the
bsra of A. Buchanan on Philadelphia
a-verue, and likes civilized provender
tttt-r than the mountain laurel it
as compelled to dig out fro
iti burden of snow.
It present owner i trying to per
suade the game commissioners to per
mit him to keep the doe. which is fat
and s'.etk and fast becoming a pet.
Philadelphia Record.
Chirase Ambassador Works Hard.
Wn Tine-fang, formerly China's rep-
restntative in this counry. was re-
garaed by other diplomats as a won-
der on account of he way he could
set through business. Kis successor.
Sir Chentung Loanr Chenz. has es-
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j tabhshed a reputation outdoinz that
j of the reniai Wu. Ke always gets his
, information for himself, never sending
ked j any of his attaches to the depart
ments. He always wears the cos-
tume of his native land, his gorgeous
hobes being a familiar siirht in al:
:ost
every cerartment i- Washington.
Ecy Didn't Want Baby Sister.
A boy wandered into a police sta
tion at New York city and when he
found an officer asked him to go home i
t with him anc remove a strange baby
' from the house. The officer thought
that the little fellow had probably
been sent around by his parents to
i have a foundling taken away, so went
along with him. When the pair ar-
rived at the home cf the boy the offi-
cr -K'as son-at rattled at being told
by the maic that the strange baby
was the boy's new sister.
Gcod Prospects for Hanna Memorial.
The effort to raise a fund of $130,
00C to establish a chair of political
science in Western Reserve university
as a memorial to the late Senator H.
A. Hanna is meeting with gratifying
success.
Gamblers Pay License.
A bin that would abolish open gam
bling is before the Nevada legislature.
At present the gamoiers pay a license,
the revenue going to the public
schools.
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THINKS ELECTRIC CHAIR CRUEL
Edison Would Abolish All Forms cf '
I Capital Punishment. i
, mumai a. t-cison was recently
asked if he had invented the appara-
tua used tor the electrocution of mur-
derers in New York and Ohio. "I did
( not." he said, "and I am sorry that
cicuiniruy nas oeen put to sucn a use.
Of course that is the most painless
method of putting anyone to death,
iuee is a sensation or -a moment :
only as quick as he bat of an eye. .
But in that second there is pain in- j
describable. The fiash comes and the !
' shock
it is ten times more excruciat-
i ing than the feeling that results from
one's placing his hands on live coals.
i It is a burning, devilish, harrowing
; feeling. Imagine the quick thrusting !
I of 10.000 hot needle points into the '
body at one time and you may have ',
a faint idea of the shock when the
current is turned on." Mr. Edison is j
' opposed to capital punishment, hold- j
ing that murderers should be locked (
. ur and put to work for life. Indeed. !
he think
s that this would oe greater
,nt than killing thm.
punishmen
KNEW MORE THAN LECTURER
Indian Thoroughly at Heme When J
I Bruin Ws the Subject. '
J Ernest Thompson Seon was ad- ;
, diessing the Cosmos Club of Wash
; ington on the habits of animals. In .
i the audience was a delegation of
' Pueblo Indians from New Mexico.
One of them, evidently an edncaed
man. asked permission to interrupt.
' This beinc rranted. he subjected Mr. i
, Seton to a cross-examination such as
' would have delighted 'a lawyer. The '
I lecturer finally acknowledged that he
had no more information on the sub
ject, whereupon the redman took it up
and :rave the audience an intenselv in- '
te.-estinz discourse on the habits of ' ?e:ir3 PPl cave been searching for
bears, living details of adventure with , the iU-?otten hoard of Capt. Melville,
bruin such as Mr. Seton never con- : a "mous Australian bushranger, who
ceived. The latter was inclined to ' robbed hundreds of gold-diggers be
b huffy at first, but at the conclusion ! tween Melbourne and Ballarat. and is
of the Indian's remarks joined heartily supposed to have accumulated a pile
in the applause. " j t $250,000. which he so careiully
Berlin's Many Newspapers.
About 1.5'to newspapers and peri
odicals are published in Berlin at
the present time. Amons these are
about thirty political dailies, thirty j
enhnrhnn nfi-ori: rVi' TT-.r-r-n ril;ri5T !
suburban papers, thirty-two political
and social-political journals, over six- J
ty comic papers, and over forty worn- i
en's journals dealinz with the "Fem
inist" movement. There are about a
dozen purely literary organs, twenty- I
eight musical and literary journals. ,
appearing weekly. fortnightly or
monthly. There are twenty-five art
rragaz"ns and twenty-five military cr-
eans. ihe journals concerned with
n
trade industry and crafts are in their
hundreds. Each various trade has a j
journal devoted to it alone. There '
under ' are religious, ethical and aesthetic ' and after he had pulled himself to
j journals, an even greater number of gether he gasped: "Say. -xho was
publications cevoiea to law. states-
manship. administration and political
economy, and there are about 100 j
special papers for architecture and s
engineering.
First Sock by Felix Adler.
Though Felix Adler of the Ethical
Culture society is the most active and
vigorous reformer in the great ethical
movement of the day. he has never
written a book for publication. It is
now announced, however, that he will
scon bring out a work which will give
complete expression to his ethical
ideals. JJr. Adler is a doer of deeds
rather than a writer of books. He
first came into prominence outside his
particular field in the agitation for
tenement-house reform in New York
city some ten years ago.
Health Officer and Preacher.
Rev. w. D. Williams is health offi
cer of Pottsville, Pa. He Is a resu-
iarly ordained cler:
:an of the
Welsh Congregational church and is
a splendid orator. For the past two
years he has held the post cf health
officer of Pottsville, receiving a salary
ot $600 a year for his services. On
Sundays and sometimes during the
weekdays he finds time to preach and
his services are often called for from
the Wilkesbarre region and various
parts of Schuylkill county.
New Kind cf Pavement.
A German journal describes a new
kind of pavement, the "iron-band"
which is said to excel in durability
other kinds twice is expensive. It is
made of all sorts of stones, granite
chips, etc., held together by iron
bands.
Peanut Plant Disease.
The peanut crops in German East
Africa, are threatened by a new dis
ease which makes the plant turn
black and kills it-
MUCH TALKED OF KANSAN.
Representative Campbell the
Great Oil Monopoly.
Representative Campbell of Kan
sas, who has sprung into sudden fame
, by his championship of the oil pro- I
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VOUUS rr:an pnr vr JO veois n7r We
tcok up a cause at which many an
older man might have hesitated, and
got a resolution through the house of
representatives caling for an investi
gaa'on of the premier trust of the
United States without the slightest op
position. The idea was developed so
quickly there was no time for any op-'
position to develop. The trust lobby
ists didn't have time to sit up and
take notice. Philip Pitt Campbell is
a Canadian, but uas been a resident of
Kansas since he was 4 years old. His
home is in Pittsburg. Kan. He was
graduated from Baker university and
read law on his father's farm, being
admitted to the bar in 1SS3. His rise
since then has been consistent. He
was elected to the Fifty-eiglSh Con
gress and re-elected again this fall by
; an increased majority Since coming
j ro Confess Mr. Campbell has made
-j tanfr one of the caief stadie5. and
; recognized as an authoritv in the
j nouse. Mr. Campbell is married.
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; MR RAYNOR'S SHARP ANSWER,
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Occasion When Ccncressicnal
Cour-
tssy Was Suspended.
Isidor Raynor. the new renator
from Maryland, has been a leading
lawyer in that state for thirty years.
He was in congress while the McKin
ley tariff bill was under discussion. -
One day. while arguing an amend-
ment. he casually remarked that I
"everything is either a luxury or a I
necessity." Here he was interrupted
with a question from a- member who
generally kept himself in most un- j
kempt condition. "I understand you
to say that everything is either a lnx- '
, "; w " -c-- " -""
I Ied member "Now I have just tak-
ury or a necessity." said the dishev
I en a unui. uica wouiu you cuii tuut .
Angered at such a trivial interruption. '
Mr. Raynor replied icily: "In your j
case it is both a necessity and a lux-
ury; a necessity because you need it '
so badly and a luxury because you '
take it so rarely." Mr. Raynor is a
Hebrew and the first of his race to
win a seat in the senate since the re
tirement of Mr. Simon of Oregon.
BANDIT'S TREASURE STILL HID
Unavailing Search for lll-Gctten Gold
cf Australian Bushranger.
ihere is plenr
of buned treasure
within the connnes of the British em-
pire besides that which a no Die lord
has faiIeii lo Ioca:e- For nearly fifty
concealed that nobody has so far
been able to find it. Ke died in Mel
bourne jail. At the time of his ar
rest a curious map was found upon
him. but even with its aid the most
skilful detectives have failed to lo
cate the spot.
Guesticn of Senatorial Right.
Speaker Cannon was on a crowded i
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when a lot more passengers began to
climb en board. A big man in the
middle of the car protested, saying ne
wanted to get off. "Then get out
through a window." said a man near
by. The big passenger began to
shoulder his way to the door, pushing
people right and left. Mr. Cannon
was slammed up azainst a window.
tnat : senator t;ay ot ueorma.
said the man next to him. "Well."
said the speaker, "he must think his
getting out is guaranteed by the con- j
sutntion.
Not All a Mistake.
The Ellsworth American apologizes:
Through an error of the editor, cot
of the correspondent. Guy Chick's fam
ily was made to number fourteen
daughters: the item should have said
that he and his gcod wife recently
became the parents of a 14-pound
daughter. We fear that the little
rossip" item, which has zot 1
ted on its .ravels through the '
"county
well started
newspapers, can', be overtaken by
this correction, but as Mr. Chick
hopes for tins number in due season
he says it's all richt.
Governor's First Silk Hat.
When Edward Caspar Stokes was
inaugurated governor of New Jersey
the other day he wore his first silk
hat. Kis friends had been at him
for four weeks to wear one. Ke de
clared that a silk hat did not become
cne of so small stature and that he
would not wear one. As he left his
residence, however, he had a silk hat
on and the crowd cheered. Immediate
ly after that it was hinted that Gov.
Stckes would seen marry. He is a
bachelor.
Forgot Commissioner's Name.
Vespasian Warner, the new com
missioner of pensions, got a letter the
other day which was addressed "To
the Honorable the New Commissioner
of Pensions, whose name I have for
gotten, Washington. D- C"
Largest Glass Bottles.
The largest glass bottles ever
blown were recently made at the plant
of the Illinois Glass Company at Alton.
TJL The capacity cf eh hottie ia
Xorty-Sve gallons.
THINK PR OSLER WRONG
His Declaration That a Man Is Practically Useless
After 40. and Absolutely "All In After
60 Is Sharply Criticised.
Dr. William Osier of Baltimore
started trouble when he said: "Noth
ing material is accomplished in the
world by men who have passed the
age of 40 years, and after 60 years a
man is useless and should be chloro
formed." Dr. Osier's own record at Johns
Hopkins shows a great part of his
fame has been acquired since he
passed his fortieth year. He was just
that age when he was called to Johns
Hopkins in. ISsS. and during the last
twelve years he has published most
of the books and accomplished much
of the work which have made his rep-
i utation world wide in his particular
line of medical science.
Glad Hs Is Still Alive.
Dr. Gildersleeve. the Greek and
Latin scholar of Johns Hopkins, said:
"I am 73 years old. and I am glad no
body thought to chloroform me thir
teen years ago. I believe the answer
to the question as to when it's time
to stop depends upon the age ot the
man who gives it. We are all in
clined to believe the time for knock
ing off work is just a little ahead of
". - E-iLter liU Utt we are.
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i tiUlttinc Time IS U.
t
Dr. Daniel C. Gilman. former presi
! dent of Johns Hopkins university and
! the Carnegie institute said: "With
i sensible methods of living a man
I should be ashamed to show his face in
teaven before he was TO years old."
Calls Theory Absurd.
William Hanna Thompson. M. D..
LL. D.. over 70 years old. medical au
thor of text books, and many years
president of the Medical Society of
New York, said in discussing Dr. Os
ier's age limit statement. "The theory
is too absurd to require discussion. I
cannot think Dr. Osier was correctly
quoted. It is inconceivable that a
man of his marked mentality could be-
' lieve in such absurdities. What
would the world be without Aristotle.
Plato. Sophocles. Bismarck. Von
' Moltke. Gladstone? I misht continue
, the catalogue indefinitely "
j Osier Convicts Himself.
j Dr. Charles L. Dana, about 56 years
' old. president of the Academy of
Medicine, said: "You can quote me as
saying that Dr. Osier'-; own life is the
t best possible refutation of his belief."
History Shows Osier Is Wron.
Dr. John D. Quail-enocs. about 60
I years oiu. sa:a une cas out to
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ism&
ur. vv uliani r who u.a nst aK
, cured, ia fc.s f.irw-rU aiiirss ia this
I country, the sntiiant that wane a csan
, of 4ft may be useful one t years oi
aB has ceased to b? so. has been recest
! Iy cn.-ea n-.rius professor of nsedioute
1 at Oxford university. ani eoes now to I
i aiS,:!ae Us new dutie. He fa a Canadian
c-iuntrv ir. ts& as profeor of ciiaicnl
caeilicine in tne l aiverstty of Pennsv!-
vaala. Five yar later he -aras siren !
tee same professorship at Jobai Hop
kins, aa office he is jnt cox restrains.
His "Theory and Pnetice of Mediciae"
i a text-book tarou-hout the world. He
is now 5S years of .ice.
glance at the work performed by great
minds from the beginning to see that
Dr. Osier is wrong."
President Butler's Comment.
Nicolas Murray Butler, on the shadv
' side of 4. president of Columbia uni
i versity. said he preferred to leave
j the discussion of such a question to
! medical men. He added: "Dr. Osier
himself is much above 40
years of i
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age. and just now is going to Eng- nia. who recently ran for vice pres
land to take a most imcortant nosirmr i ij. ,.!. ,t. -,. n
a a" Pfi7f-n- rr v-i,'s- i -hu.
7".. . . e.ru" ?nl 'etIue' of on?-!.
i tmn-t this statement ilone i mf. -
ficient vithout anrument or denial
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DISPROVE OSLER'S THEORY.
United States Senator Chauacev v.
Depew made pertinent comments on i
. f?116"36"11 of PtoL 0sIer of Johns i
Hopkins university that when a man i
40 years old he is comparatively
useless, and when he reaches 50 he
should be chloroformed for the benefit
o the race.
"I don't know Dr Osier's a:re." said
the senator, smiling, "but I recall a
somewhat similar statement made bv
a young man who had l ecome a mem- i
be.- of the United States ?enate. He !
Returns From Exploring Tibet.
Lieut. Wilhelm Filchner. an oScer
of the Bavarian army and an explor
er, has arrived at San Francisco en
the Siberia. af?er about eighteen
months of travel and exploration in
i ibet. The purpose of the lieutenant s
travels was scientific research and a
deTire ro b the to br
o country records
briu:r from an
which will i
be of great value to Travelers and ex-!
plorers, who will doubtless fiock to
Tibet, now that the way has been j
cleared by CoL Younghusband's expe
dition.
Tc Grew Bananas in Mexico.
Mexico is to be exploited by banana
dealers. In the United States 40,000.-
OoO bunches of the fruit are consumed
j each year, and the demand is increas-
ing at the rare of 25 per cent. In
i Europe, although the consumption at
present is less, yet the rate of in- '
crease is quite 3m per cent greater.
3Iore than. 15 steamers are now en- '
gaged in the collection and distribu- j
' tion of bananas, including the new
M J. T?. W
i trail. Doas. waica nave a carrym:
capacity of 50.000 bunches each.
Mrs. Langtry's Racing Ventures.
Mrs. Langtry. the actress (in pri
vate life Mrs. Hugo de Bath), has had
a fair share of success en the turf.
her horses being entered under the
nonce de course of "Mr. Jersey." For
the privilege of using aa assumed
name on the English turf a fee of
$150 must be paid to the powers that
be.
A Definition.
Teacher What is a gondola?
Pupil a Venetian canal boat.
solemnly assured me that sa
ever attained distinction in the senate
who had cot entered that body before
he was 35 years of age.
"Commodore Vanderbilt at 70 was
worth about J17.0flO.QCO. At that time
he saw the possibility of railroad con
struction and extension. He began
with a railroad 120 miles long. witJa
stock selling at $5, and bonds sellirs
at $50 on the f 100. Between the ages
of 70 and S3 he increased the mile-.
age of his road from 120 to 10,000 aad
added about $100,000,000 to his for
tune. "Gladstone began his great Mid
lothian campaign, which upset the
conservative government and put
himself and his party In power, at Si
years of age.
"The best and wisest bud most bril-
liant work of one of the ablest of the
popes, Leo XIIL. was done after he
was 70 years old. and the wisest and
most beneficent of it after he was SO.
"The leaders of our banking system
and the controlling elements la our
financial operations in this country
arc all past 50. and most of them past
60 years of age.
"The speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, who more than any oth
er man who has ever held that posi
tion dominates legislation, is 69. The
acknowledged leaders of tne senate
on the Republican side are Aldrich.
Allison. Frye. Hale. Foraker aad
Spooner. all past 60. while on the
Democratic side tne most astute and
aggressive cf them Is Senator Morgan
of Alabama, who is past SO.
"In the campaigns of 1500. 1302 and
1S04. if I may speak of myself. I trav
eled more miles, made more speeches,
spoke more times, indoors and out-
r doors. In tents, from car platforms, ia
groves, and in halls, than any half
dozen men in our state and I am 70."
The following are cited as well
known men whose powers age has not
diminished:
RUSSELL SAGE Wholesale grocer
at 41. went to New York at 47.
Now S3.
IAN M'LAREN Did not begin to
write until he was more than 40-.
Published his first book. "Beside
the Bonnie Brier Bush." when 44.
Now 35.
LORD ROBERTS of Kandahar, Preto
ria, and Waterford Only a brevet
lieutenant colonel a: 40. major gen
eral at 4. lieutenant general at 51.
general at 55. field marshal at $2.
Now 73.
EMIL LOCBET. President of France
Obscure member of the French
house of deputies at 4 senator at
47. minister of public works at 4D.
minister of interior at 34. president
of the senate at 57. president q
France at 61. Now t7.
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS Vice
President -elect Had never held po
litical office at 40. United State
senator at 45. vice president at 53-
DR. SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Un
known to literatare at t0, author at
60. Now 75.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Has
heaped, up a stupeadoes fortune
since 4. and is sail vigoroes head
of Standard Ofl. Now 85.
JOSEPH G. CANNON Elected
speak-er of Congress at age ot So".
JOSEPH H. CHOATE One of the
committee of seventy at 33. cade
ambassador to England at 67.
Now 73.
ANDREW CARNEGIE Made great
est part of nis wealth after 40.
Now JS.
HENRY CO DM AN POTTER Made
bishop of New York at 52. Now 70.
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW Made pres
ident of the New York Central at
51. United States senator at 64.
Now 71.
J. P. MORGAN Organized steet
trnst at 64. Now 6S.
WKITELAW REID Newspaper man
at 40. Just appointed ambassador
to England at 6S.
SOME GREAT "OLD" MEN.
Edward Everett Ha and Theodora
L. Cuyler. eminent preachers a: S2.
Prof. Goldwin Smith and the
T?rirhr!v Henrv G. Davis of West Vtr-
, "." . ".,
Levi P. Morton and United states
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Senator Monran. who are SO.
D. Oden Mills, financier, and still
busy at the age of 73.
President Angell of the University
of Michigan, who Is 75.
Joseph Jefferson and Senators Cul-
lorn and Allison. 73.
United States Senator Thomas C.
Piatt, 71.
President Eliot of Harvard aad Car
dinal Gibbons, both of whom have
passed 7".
Marshall Field. Thrma Bailey Aid
rich. Speaker Cannon. Grover Cleve
land. Admiral Dewey. John Hay.
John Wanamaker. and Admira! Schley,
all of whom are between. 0 an: 7v.
Physical Benefit cf Walking.
During the year 1204 W Alfred
Green, a business man. wa!ked a dis
tance of 5.2$5 mile-;, an average ef
14H miles a day. Writing of this in
Outinir. Mr. Green says "At the begin
ning of my walk my weight was 132
pounds In street clorhs while at the
end of it my weizht war 175 poends.
This loss of fourteen poaads was in
ever
I feir.
tronzer
j JLj .iM-try ui..
MoriH.
result, more active.
ana
harder. In he matrer of health, I felt
decidely better than I had done for
several years."
Anniversary cf King's Beheading.
Jan. 2i was the anniversary of thi
beheading of Charles I of England, So
the statue of the King, whi-'c standi
m Trafalgar Square. Lbndon, wa3
cec&ed with wreaths and other me
morials by rhe Legitimist societies of
England. One wreath had attached tt
it a large bow of bIack-bordere white
silk ribbon, bearing the inscription:
"To the memory of the illustrious
King Charles I. beheaded by hi rebel
subjects en the 3ttth of Janearv.
1645."
Guard Old City Bell.
Because of the lack of a fit place
to house the ruined bell which fell
from the tower when the city halL
was burned. Springfield. Mass.. is
now paying special oScers $23.50 each
week to protect it from the relic hunt
ers. Tocth Brushes for Soldiers.
Tcoth brushes are to be supplied
ia the future by the government of
India to all British soldiers serving ia
that country.
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