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By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Co.
COLUMBUS.
NEBRASKA.
News in Brief
Bdward Wilder, treasurer of the
Santa Fe Railroad company, died at
Topeka, Kas.
Contributions to the relief fund for
Russian sufferers has reached a total
of 11,172,639.
Anthracite miners In convention at
Shamokin, Pa., are unanimous for
eight-hour day.
Rock Island directors decided to ex
pend $14,5S7,000 in improving their
railway system.
President Eliot of Harvard deplores
restriction of immigration in an ad
dress In Boston.
"Invisible government" of Russia Is
sues manifesto declaring that treasury
is nearly bankrupt
Federal grand jury returns fourteen
Indictments at Kansas City against
railways and shippers.
The international fleet which has
been making a demonstration in Tur
kish waters has been recalled.
George Memsic and Adam Ryan,
both of Chicago, fought ten rounds at
Denver, Memsic receiving the deci
sion. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury, addressed the students of
Yale university on "Evolution in Self
Government" The Rev. William Bayard Craig,
former chancellor of Drake university,
has issued a statement in Denver de
fining his attitude on Christian Science
Diamonds and other jewels valued
at $15,000 were stolen, probably by a
sneak thief, from the rooms of Mr.
James Morgan at a hotel at Pasadena,
Cal.
Engineer-in-Chlef William H. Shock,
U. S. N.. retired, died at Washington,
of bronchial trouble, aged 84 years. He
was a veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars.
Medical Inspector David Oldham
Lewis, fleet surgeon of the United
State Pacific squadron, who arrived at
Honolulu on the cruiser Chicago, died
of apoplexy.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Sarah
Caldwell at Salina, Kas.. charged with
the murder of her husband, was dis
charged, having reported they were
unable to reach a verdict
Edward Joris. the Belgian, and three
others, charged with participation in
the attempt to assassinate the sultan
of Turkey last July, were sentenced to
death by the native court.
Samuel N. Hoffhelmer. accused of
swindling the banking firm of S. W.
Straus & Co.. of Chicago, out of $250.
000. was held to the grand jury by Jus
tice Cochrane In bonds of $22,500.
All efforts to connect James Kendall
with the murder of Miss Maud Reese,
who was shot and killed by a bur
glar in her apartments three weeks
ago at Chicago, will be abandoned.
President Roosevelt has transmitted
to the house of representatives re
ports from the secretary of state re
garding the Samoan claim of Geary
against the United States for $20,000.
Enormous demand for all sizes of
plate glass from all parts of the coun
try caused an advance of 10 per cent
In the prices, at a meeting at Pitts
burg of representatives of all the in
dependent States.
AH hope of finding the whaleback
barge, Bath, lost by the steamer Bay
view off Winter Quarters' light during
a storm, has been given up, as it is
almost certain that the vessel foun
ered near Cape Henry. Va.
The State bank of Colby. Wis., was
robbed of $4,500 by two highwaymen,
who ordered the cashier at the points
of revolvers to turn over the money
in his position The cashier complied
without hesitancy. The robbers quickly
drove away.
Don Carr, a pacing gelding, who
has won large amounts of money at
grand circuit meetings during the past
season, has been sold to W. T. Wy
nans of London. England. The price
is said to have been between $9,000
and $10,000.
Princeton defeated Harvard in an
nual debate at Sanders' theater, Cam
bridge, Mass. The New Jersey men
supported the affirmative on the ques
tion. "Resolved, That intercollegiate
football in America is a detriment
rather than a benefit."
Dr. Theodore De Ecke, a patholo
gist and expert in chemical research,
died at his home in Utica, X. Y. He
was frequently employed in making
examinations to trace poison and was
recognized in scientific circles as a
microscopist of high authority.
In a duel fought in their cornfield
on a farm twenty miles from Jersey
ville, 111.. William Andrews was shot
and instantly killed by his brother.
James Andrews. There had been bad
blood between the brothers since the
death of their father, neither being
satisfied with the division of the es
tate. Former Circuit Judge Horatio D.
Wood, aged 65 years, dropped dead
from apoplexy at his residence in St.
Louis.
The Illinois supreme court sustains
the decision of the lower courts that
Johann Hoch must hang for nis
crimes, Feb. 23.
The Mexican congress has adjourn
ed until next April and a permanent
committee of congress has been or
ganized to sit during the recess.
The Washington Park race track at
Chicago is to be abandoned as the
scene of the American derby and the
ground will be divided into city lots.
John M. Genrin, appointed to suc
ceed the late United States senator,
John H. Mitchell, as senator from Ore
gon; departed for Washington.
E. H. Harriman electried New York
by announcing that his statement as
to the political responsibility for for
mer Governor Odell was only a joke.
The sale of the art collection of the
late Sir , Henry Irving, which closed
at London brought between $75,000
and $100,000.
The dead body of Miss Mary Ann
Virden, 85 years old. was found be
side the Suburban railway station at
St Vincent. Mo.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
ROBERT ENGAL
RAISES PRIZE CORN
LINCOLN The official announce
ment of the result In the state corn
crowing contest for boys Indicates
that Robert Engel of Saunders county
Is the winner of the- first prize from
among the 500 contestants, represent
ing sixty-five counties in the corn belt
of the state. Engel received a score
of 84 and will be awarded a cream
separator valued at $100. The winner
of the second prize is D. O. Stelk, a
Hall county schoolboy, while the third
prize went to Talmage Miller of Cass
county and the fourth to Winfred
Blxby of Lancaster county. State
Superintendent McBrien announced
that the prizes will be distributed as
scon as the necessary affidavits of
parents and guardians have been re
ceived, certifying to the production of
the exhibits from the seed furnished
by the state department
The corn was judged with reference
to uniformity of exhibit, shape of ears,
color of cob, color of kernels, market
condition, tips of ears, butts of ears,
uniformity of kernels, shape of ker
nes, space between kernels, propor
tion of corn on ear and weight of
grain.
PLEADING FOR A
LIFE TERM CONVICT
The friends of Ernest Bush, a life
term convict at the penitentiary, made
another plea to Governor Mickey for
clemency, alleging that newly discov
ered evidence throws doubt on the
man's guilt Several times since Gov
ernor Mickey's accession to office sim
ilar pleas have been made In behalf
of the man. A farmer named Morse
appeared and told the executive that
be owned the place on which Bush and
Bailey, his victim were supposed to
have been at the time of the murder.
He claimed that there is evidence to
show that the crime wasnot commit
ted in that particular section of Dundy
county. Governor Mickey will take
the case under consideration.
New Railroad Corporation.
The Midland Central Railroad com
pany, which proposes to build a line
from Spalding in Greeley county,
through Wheeler, Holt and Rock
counties to Springview in Keya Paha
county, filed articles of incorporation
in the office of the secretary of state.
The incorporators are Ernest L. Mey
ers, C. M. Thompson, Clarence A. Rip
ley, Charles E. Lear and Lyman Wa
terman. Officials believe that it is a
Union Pacific project, designed to off
set the Great Northern invasion of
Nebraska territory. The authorized
capital stock is $500,000.
MARBLE BUST FOR
STATE UNIVERSITY
LINCOLN A marble bust of Chan
cellor E. Benjamin Andrews is to bt
presented to the University of Neb
raska by the University Dramatic
Club, according to a decision made by
the organization at its last meeting.
The chancellor has promised to sit for
the sculptor, who is a pupil of St.
Gaudens, while in New York City some
time next spring or summer. The
bust is to be life size and cut from
the best quality of marble. On its
completion, which will probably not be
for over a year, it is to be placed in
the Rockefeller temple building.
Horribly Bitten by Dog.
GRAND ISLAND While playing
during recess in a district school
grounds seven miles north of this city,
Marie, the 8-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Mader. was fright
fully bitten by a dog. She was about
to jump over the dog, brought to the
school by the children of a family
named Hamerling. She miscalculated
and stepped on the dog, which at once
resented in a savage manner, biting
the girl in the chek below the eye and
again in the calf of the leg, both
wounds being severe and requiring
surgical attention.
In Behalf of Jews.
M'COOK A petition has been
largely signed by McCook people and
sent to President Roosevelt asking
his good offices in behalf of the Jews
of the Russian empire, especially
praying that efforts be made to" protect
the Jews against further slaughter and
pillage by the barbarian and savage
Russians.
Good Price for Land.
MURDOCK H. B. Waldron of Wat
erloo, Neb., has sold one of his farms
near here to Albert E. Lake, a wealthy
and progressive farmer, for $18,000,
being $112.50 per acre. In 1900 Mr.
Waldron paid $9,500 for this farm.
This is the highest price yet paid for
land in this vicinity.
Will Refuse Bonds.
State Treasurer Mortensen will re
fuse to accept the $50,000 of bonds
recently taken by the state board of
educational lands and funds from the
state of Idaho until it has been proven
that the securities were issued in a
legal manner. An opinion has been
handed down by Attorney General
Norrls Brown that the bonds are not
valid because the constitution of the
state of Idaho requires that a bond
issue must be submitted to a vote of
the people and there is nothing is
show they have been voted on.
Clemency for Prisoner.
Governor Mickey has issued a com
munication to Frederick Sargeant, a
Madison county man sentenced in
1893 to twenty years In the state pen
itentiary for wife murder. Sargeant
who has served twelve years, will be
released on New Year's day.
Dairymen to Meet.
The twenty-first annual meeting of
the Nebraska Dairymen's association
will be held in the stock judging pa
vilion of the university farm at Lin
coln, January 17 and 18. 1896.
NEBRASKA BRIEFS
The Park hotel at Humboldt has
recently changed hands.
The town of Reynolds is experienc
ing a great religious' revival.
Hog cholera Is said to be quite
prevalent in portions of Cass county.
The United States Heater company
of Detroit will establish a business at
Omaha.
Rev. William Devor, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Ponca, died
last week.
The Ainsworth High School band
has been reorganized with twenty
seven members.
Rev. J. W. Jones has resigned as a
member of St Paul's church, Lincoln,
and will return to the east
The family of George Kreitman of
Madison, after losing one member
from diphtheria, has emerged from
quarantine.
Mrs. Susie V. Tibbetts of Lincoln
was bound over to the district court
to answer to the charge of shooting
with intent to kill.
The safe in Stanley & Knight's gen
eral store at Clarks was blown and
$200 in cash and all notes and mort
gages were taken.
The Beatrice Fulton bloodhounds
were called to the Omaha Indian
agency to assist in locating a woman
who disappeared from the agency.
Rev. J. W. Swan of University Place
put in a good share of the past week
in Polk county looking after children
that he had placed in different homes.
Leonard Huffman, an old and high
ly respected German farmer, who lived
some nine miles south of Table Rock,
was found dead in his bed at his resi
dence. James Eagan, an employe of
Barnes Bros., grading contractors,
was instantly killed near Bancroft by
falling under a sounth bound passen
ger train.
The Gage county farmers' institute
will be held at the court house in Be
atrice January 3 and 4. An excellent
program is being prepared by the
committee in charge.
A large increase in the working
force of the Burlington shops at Mc
Cook is announced for the near future,
in order to place the company's motive
power in effective condition.
The $20,000 school bonds voted for
the purpose of erecting a new brick
school house at Bancroft were sold to
the Bankers Reserve Life company
of Omaha at a premium of $700.
Engineer Glynn and Conductor Pe
terson of the train that killed Mrs.
Wacha some time ago were each fined
$50 and costs in police court at
Schuyler. They appealed the case to
the district court and bond was fur
nished.
County Attorney Slabatigh of Doug
las county filed a mandamus suit to
test the vrlidity of the act of the
legislature which unintentionally had
the effect of reducing the salaries of
the clerk, treasurer and sheriff in
Douglas county.
In county court at Plattsmouth
Judge Travis ordered the four children
of Mrs. Lulu Taylor turned over to
the Nebraska Children's Home so
ciety. An appeal from his decision
was taken to the district court and
a bond of $1,000 furnished.
The Logan Valley Protective com
pany of Concord, Dixon county, sets
forth in its articles of incorporation
that it aims at mutual protection from
thieves. The incorporators are J.
Hanson, G. Peterson, H. J. Olson, L.
H. Avermann and A. E. Nelson.
McCook has received news that An
drew Carnegie has looked with favor
on its petition and has agreed to give
that city $10,000 with which to build
a public library building. Three fine
centrally located lots on Maine ave
nue have already been secured and
the building will go up early in the
coming spring.
Sheriff Charles Shean of Kalama
zoo, Mich., arrived in Lincoln to take
possession of a young man wanted
in his city for burglary. James Mc
Cormick, who was employed in a hotel
in Kalamazoo, has been living near
Clay Center, Neb., for some time. The
alleged burglary, which the officer says
is more like larceny, was committed
last July.
The supreme court has affirmed the
fifteen-year sentence of Clarence Swett
of Holt county, who was convicted of
criminal conduct with a five-year-old
girl, who subsequently died of a se
cret disease. Swett alleged error in
the admission of testimony and
claimed a right to a change of venue,
but the supreme court holds that the
conviction was legal.
Attorney General Brown has written
an opinion withholding his appeal
from the purchase of the $50,000 of
Idaho bonds recently contracted for
by the state board of educational lands
and funds. The attorney general
states that his action is based on the
omission of the history of the securi
ties to show that the people of Idaho
authorized their issuance at the polls.
W. H. Pitcaithley, a painter em
ployed with Randall Bros of Beatrice,
fell from the roof of Hepperlen's hos
pital, badly fracturing his ankle and
sustaining severe bruises about the
body. His foot may have to be ampu
tated. Kearney business men have again
been trimmed up by a forger and at
least six of them have nothing but a
small piece of paper to show for sev
eral good, hard dollars which they
gave up to a fellow who traveled un
der the name of Smith. He passed
forged checks, selecting Saturday as
the day for operation.
Martin Bush of Bartley, Neb., a
paroled prisoner from the state pen
itentiary at Lincoln, who was arrested
for drunkenness and disorderly con
duct, a repeated offense committed by
him in that city since his release from
the penitentiary on parole, was return
ed to the state's prison.
A large barn on the farm of George
Gutzmer, four miles south of Hum
boldt, was destroyed by fire, which
started in some unknown manner.
The blaze started about 10 o'clock
at night and besides the building con
sumed a quantity of hay and grain,
harness, etc The lass is about IL000.
SlfiBOQGC
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CHAPTER I.
The Belle of the Jardln Bullltr.
Paris is unusually gay in the early
fall, and her boulevards are thronged
with people, many of whom come from
various parts of the world to enjoy
the whirl of revelry experienced here
as in no other city on earth.
The gardens of the Closerie des
Lllas, known also as the Jardin Bui
Her, are profusely Illuminated, and as
night advances those who promenade
or dance increase in number. It is
one of the sights of Paris, not whol
ly a fashionable or hardly a respecta
able place, but thousands annually
visit it, for to do Paris and neglect
the Jardlns Mabllle or Bullier would
be a mistake, since their notoriety has
become world-wide.
About ten o'clock on the night In
Question, two men, undoubtedly
Americans, saunter into the Jardin
Bullier. Their dress and general ap
pearance would attract attention al
most anywhere In Paris, for both
wear broad-brimmed, cream-colored
felt hats, and wear their hair long.
One is rather small in stature
when compared with bis companion,
but as quick as the spring of a tiger;
he has a handsome face, with restless
blue-gray eyes that have the faculty
of seeming to look through one.
The second man is well proportion
ed, possesses the figure of an athlete,
and a face that Is certainly a bold
type of manly beauty; those who
have associated with Dick Denver in
the past can bear witness that he is
a comrade worth having, as true as
Eteel and courageous as a Hon. at the
same time diffident in the society of
women; just such a man as might
please the taste of a girl who has
grown weary of society's darlings,
with their lazy habits and aimless
lives.
That it is not wholly curiosity that
brings these two comrades to the Jar
din Bullier on this particular night
might be discovered from the man
ner in which they look around, and
the frown that appears upon the face
of the smaller man.
"Disappointed again, I'm afraid,
Dick," he says, after they have wan
dered around for a while, observed
the dancers, and eyed most of the
audience.
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"I'm deuced sorry it's lucky you're
a man of such wonderful patience. Col.
Bob," remarks the other, who is
watching a handsome girl whirl
around in the mazes of the waltz,
clasped by the arm of a tall student
who has the appearance of a Span
iard, and smiling to think what effect
it will have on his companion, the
sheriff of Secora county, when he, too.
discovers this charmer.
A minute later and the two friends
separate. Bob Harlan to continue his
search through the whole of the gar
den, with its dancing pavilion. Dick
Denver to lean against a pillar, and,
smoking, contemplate the exceedingly
gay scene before him. x
The New Mexico sheriff moves In
and out of the throng, apparently
idling his time away, and enjoying
the singular sight to be seen In the
Closerie des Lllas, but all the while
keeping a bright lookout for the party
be seeks. That he himself is an ob
ject of considerable importance does
not seem to occur to him.
A hand clutches his arm he turns
and discovers the queerest little man
cne could well conceive a pompous
individual despite his lack of stature,
end with a keen visage.
"Col. Harlan. I am delighted to
meet you again. Perhaps you may
have forgotten me, but we met In a
peculiar way some time since on the
Ring strasse in Vienna," says this in
dividual, with extended hand.
"Ah, yes, Prof. John Fitzsimmons.
the little English naturalist, in search
of rare bugs. Permit me. my dear
sir," but the other instantly draws
back his extended hand and nods.
"Consider it done, Col. Bob. One
experience of that grip is enough for
yours truly.' I saw you with a com
panion a while back, but the press of
the crowd was too much for me, and I
failed to get near I presume that
was your friend?"
"Dick Denver, my chum," quietly.
"A fine looking young fellow, I must
say."
"See here, professor, looks don't
generally go far with me I seek deep
er to find the truth; but In this par
ticular case they strike home. Dick
sn't much of a dandy, but he's a man,
?very inch of him. He's been a cow
boy, miner, and a rolling stone gener
ally, because he has no real aim in
life, so home ties to a rs tedder.
ton see. What he doesn't know about
life to the mines of Mexico and on the
plains isn't worth plckine: up. Talk
about a square man, professor, that
fellow you see leaning against yonder
rost, as though he had little life about
Mm. is Just about the squarest that
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ever dropped into Paree that's the
size of It. I believe. Just two years
ego I was in the tightest hole of my
life trying to capture a desperado,
when I was set upon by a gang of his
sympathizers. I held on to my Man.
but they downed me. and Col. Bob
would have ended his life right there
only for him. He came. Heaven-seat
just la the nick of time, and stood
over me met the crowd face to face
yes, and by thunder, whipped 'em, too!
I saw it all, though too dazed to help
I could only hold on to my prisoner
and see a man beat back half a dozen
cowardly wolves. That made us
friends, comrades. I' would lie down
to-morrow and die for such a man
as Dick Denver, the truest, noblest
specimen of manhood God ever
made."
"Bravo, colonel: it pleases me to
see one so enthusiastic," clapping his
hands gently as If in applause "Da
mon and Pythias over again and in
the modern nineteenth century, by
Jove! Of course you are here taking
in the sights?"
"Well, yes. You know we couldn't
leave France for America, and fail to
see the Bullier and Mabllle. though I
have little interest in the latter."
"Ah! It is at the Closerie des Lllas
one sees beauty unadorned here the
ical belles of Paris show themselves
here we see no powdered faces, no
padded figures, such as one wearies of
among the higher classes. Rosy
cheeks, painted by nature, reign in
stead. And of all who dance. Col.
Bob. I am ready to swear perpetual
devotion to the belle of the evening.
See her willowy figure, note its sup
ple bending, pay attention to her
charming face zounds, man! Prof.
John is her slave already he will
wade through seas of gore to win her.
and If there is another Richmond in
the field, by Jupiter Pluvius, I'll I'll
throttle him!"
The excited and enamored little pro
fessor has just reached this climax
when he comes to a sudden pause, for
be hears his companion utter an ex
clamation that almost paralyzes him.
"Death and furies! if it isn't my
Pora!"
In an instant he has an aroused
specimen of British assurance clawing
at his arm, while the sharp, penetrat
ing voice of the little man cries:
"Your Dora! Who the deuce may
your Dora be? Not that charming girl
vitfi the rosebud face, the eyes that
magnetize, the mby lips that invite
a kiss! Don't tell me. Col. Bob. that
is your Dora, for by the gods, man,
I'll have to challenge you I will, so
help me, Moses."
The Sheriff of Secora county
brushes him aside as he might a trou
blesome fly; his eyes are on the fig
ure of the girl his face has assumed
a frown that gives it a terrible look.
"Keep back, sir out of the way! I
may be mistaken I'll wait till she
comes around again. Now I can see.
Yes, it's Dora, by all the powers! The
girl is surely crazy to come to this
place. She needs a protector," he
mutters, and the professor catches bis
last words.
"Yes, yes, that's It, a protector, and
I'm the man who stands ready to as
sume that office. I'm not a hulking
giant, but in Intellect I tower above
the best of them. I'll be her protec
tor," he cries.
"You!" sneers the colonel. "Why,
Dora would call you only half a man.
professor. Women go a good deal by
appearances, my dear fellow."
"Of course they do I'm quite aware
of that, which accounts for her pref
ence. You didn't see me dsnee with
the beauty watch her look this way;
row, she smiles like an angel she
sees her devoted John Fitz eh! she
throws a kiss, the darling!" and he
rapturously sends a dozen in the
direction of the girl who goes whirling
I ast them, with a new partner, a man
nl middle age, with dark features and
the general appearance of a Castillian
It seems as though this belle of the
Jardin Bullier has a decided penchant
for gentlemen of Spanish blood.
As for Col. Bob, he deliberately
turns his back on the scene," an acticn
the dancing girl cannot fail to see.
Over his face flits an expression of
leen pain; he grits his teeth savagely,
end then the agony is over no one
would guess what he has just passed
through.
Col. Bob abruptly leaves the profes
sor and pushes his way through the
crowd. He is almost savage in his
advance, and more than one beau of
the Closerie scowls at the American
vhen his patent leather dancing
pumps are trodden on, or his well
brushed dancing coat rudely rubbed
against.
He keeps looking right and left,
as though still in hopes of discovering
the one whom he came to find, and all
the while he mutters:
"Confound It all, I didn't believe It
of Dora. I knew she was full of spir
its and enjoyed fun as well as the
i ext one, but I never thought to find
fcer in this place, dancing with strang
ers. I'm disappointed mad. The pro
fessor is welcome to the jade I think
he'd suit her better than Bob Harlan
ever coald, for he doesn't seem to
anything out of the way in her betas
here. As for we, I swear rlht worn
I wash my hands M
"Bob!"
The voice sounds close by his ear
he shivers as he never was known tt
when facing a dozen tough despera
does out West, but he does not tuns
around, continuing to look away froa
the magnet so close to his elbow.
"Bob. are you very angry with me?
Now a hand steals through his aru
it touches his own. and thrills the
man. Unable to longer resist, he
slowly turns his head and looks into
that charming fresh face, those daz
zling eyes and Bob Harlan is again
in fetters.
"Yes, I'm very, very mad. Dora
boiling over with indignation. What
brings you to this place? I never
thought to see you here when I stroll
ed In from curiosity."
"Am I bound to tell your' she pouts,
walking beside him.
"Not at all you are at liberty to do
as you please." he replies, coldly.
The girl melts at once, evidently
she cares much for this man's good
opinion.
"Bob. did you notice my partner la
that dance?" she asks, but he shakes
bis head.
"I saw only you, it seemed as
though a mist came before me then,
and I was blind. Heavens! girl, what
ever Induced you to come to this
place?" he almost fiercely demands.
"A stern duty brought me here. Col.
Bob. You would not hesitate to face
danger where it is duty that calls
why should Dora?"
"Nonsense! what mission could
bring you here?" he asks, in an In
credulous tone, while they promenade
cmong the cowds, with the music
thobbing from the stand near by.
"My duty to Miss Pauline I would
go through fire and water for her,"
declared the girl resolutely.
"I can't quite understand how you
co'Jd serve Miss Westerley by being
present here. Perhaps you will con
descend to explain that is. if you
care," quickly seeing a shadow pass
over Dora's face.
"There's no reason I shouldn't, es
pecially as you are already interested
in the Mexican mine business. Yob
know Senor Manuel Lopez?"
"I should say I did; he is in Paris
now with his daughter. Juanita. and
his nephew, Carlos. We have taken
dinner with them."
"Meaning yourself and friend. Mon
sieur Dick?"
"Yes; you see, the senor's lovely
daughter was always about half in
love with Dick, but he never cared
for the woman, and gave her little en
couragement I've half believed that
they are in Paris now because Jua
nita knew we would be here."
(To be continued.)
Crack Fourteen Miles Long.
The second largest crack in the
earth in the United States has been
discovered in a remote part of the
Terlingua quicksilver district, about
ninety miles south of Marathon, Tex
as, according to Dr. William B. Phil
lips, formerly director of the State
mineral survey, who is now operating
quicksilver mines in that section. Dr.
Phillips says that this wonderful
crack is fourteen miles long, and is
&t no place under 700 feet wide. It
is 1.800 feet deep. The walls are al
most vertical. So far as known, nc
exploration of the crack has ever
been made. The country where It is
found has an altitude of about 3,000
feet. It is believed that an explora
tion of the crack may reveal rich min
erals, particularly quicksilver.
The search that has been made re
cently for quicksilver prospects in
that section has brought to light
other interesting geological wonders.
It is stated by Dr. Phillips that fifty
extinct volcanoes have been found
there. A number of rich quicksilver
mines are being operated in the dis
trict, and preparations are being made
to develop many other promising pros
pects. Dr. Phillips says that the
quicksilver output of the district this
year will be at least 6,000 flasks.
New York Times.
In St. Petersburg.
"There is something repulsive in
the climate of St. Petersburg in the
early spring and autumn." says a
writer, "when the thermometer often
falls 30 degrees in a few hours, when
the roads are ankle deep in snow
broth, or mud, when the winds blow
raw and cold from every quarter of
the compass and the quickmovHig
droskies shower the abominations of
the roads impartially upon noble and
peasant. It is no consolation to the
visitor to know that the Neva Is seal
ed by ice early in November or late
in October. Long indeed before the
frost king has talked down to the"
latitude of St. Petersburg the lordly
river is completely blocked. Great
ice sheets from stormy Ladoga float
down the current; they crash against
the mighty buttresses of the bridges
cling to the banks and gradually ac
cumulate until the whole length of the
river, which unites the greatest lake
in Europe with the gulf of Finland, is
completely choked. The ice Is rear
ed higgledly-piggledy at every con
ceivable angle. It is a strange sight
this broad stretch of water. Impas
sable and Icebound while the temper
ature of the surrounding country is
often many degrees about freezing
point"
The Boy and the Samaritans.
The other night two women hurry
ing around the avenue corner at Sev
enteenth street almost stumbled over
a man who lay on his hack across the
nagging; his face silver white in the
moonlight. Near him stood a boy.
The women were terrified and the boy
explained :
"I don't know who the man Is. I
think he must have been drinking and
stunned himself In falling. My friend
and I found him here, and he has gone
for a doctor."
"Poor fellow!" spm one of the wom
en, "how pitiful br looks with his head
on the bare ?"n."
The brr v.ust have thought so. too.
for f took out his handkerchief and
'"iuMed It into a tiny pillow. Then
the doctor came and the crowd gath
ered. And the Samaritans passed on.
Washington Post.
THE EARTH'S AREA.
One of the best authorities esti
mates the area of the earth's surface
at 196.791,984 square miles, of which;
about 53,000.000 square miles Is land,
the rest water. Throughout most of
this 53.000.000 square miles Pills
fcery's Vitos has saade its way be
cause It's so good. It is the Ideal
breakfast food, and may be had at
aay np-to-date grocery.
Nineteen In One Reem.
la Investigating the death of a child
London lodging-house inspectors found
a room at the east end ia which nine
teen Russians slept Their beds al
most touched. There was a stove la
the middle of the room and no ventila
tion, and water was running dowm
the window panes in streams.
Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for Chifdre
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
Ib the Children's Home ia New York, cur
Constipation, Fevcrishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Vorms.Ovcr 30,000 tes
timonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy.N.Y.
Asbestos.
Asbestos is a mineral, a silicate off
magnesia and lime, together with Iron
oxide. It is worked in commercial tie
posits in Italy, Tasmania. New South
Wales. Canada and the United States.
Its distinguishing economical charac
ter lies in its resistance to heat and in
destructibility through fire.
Competition.
A farmer, during a long-continued
arought. invented a machine fer wat
ering his fields. The first day he waa
trying It there suddenly came a down
pour of rain. He put away his ma
chine. "It's no use." he said, "ye can
dae naething nooadays without com
petition." The Kindly Word.
A kindly word Is a little thing a
breath that goes and a sound that
dies. But the heart that gives and
the heart that hears may know that
it sings and sings till at last It bends
with the wild bird's song and the coo
of babes in what men call the celes
tial choir.
A Highly Developed Auto.
A Brooklyn physician who used to
be an automobile enthusiast owns a
machine which has been educated to
such a high stage of efficiency that he
solemnly informs his friends it breaks
down while standing still in the gar
age. He Doesn't Curse Now.
Washington. Kans.. Dec. 25 (Spec
ial) Jesse E. Mitchell is a telephone
lineman, and also a well known resi
dent here. Everybody acquainted
with Mr. Mitchell knows that he was
a man who held very positive views
about Patent Medicine. Hear what he
says now:
"I used to curse all kinds of Patent
Medicines, for they never did me any
good, but Dodd's Kidney Pills have
caused me to change my mind. For
twelve years I suffered from Kidney
Trouble. There was a hurting across
my back that made it positive agony
to stoop, and as I am in a stooping
position nearly all day, you can imag
ine how I suffered. After a day's work
that any man would think nothing of.
I would be tired and worn out. In
fact, I was always tired. I began us
ing Dodd's Kidney Pills anil after
taking four boxes I feel like a new
man. I am as fresh at night as when
I begin work in the morning. I have
no pain in my back now, and L am
stronger than ever."
In a sad world the old saints who.
have a right to sleep are the ones in
the graveyard.
The trouble with much preaching Is
that it is advertising truffles when the
people need potatoes.
A OUARANTEED CCKK FOK VICES.
Itching. Ullnil. lilredlwr. ITotritdlni: I'll. ItniK
ptstn are authorized to refund numey If PAZO
OK5TMEST falls to cure la 6 to 1 1 days. 5UC.
The best way to estimate the force
of a man's alleged good nature is to
serve him indifferent meals at home.
You always get full value in Lewis
Single Hinder straight 5o cigar. Your
dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
When a man has had a quarrel with
his wife he tries to look upon himself
as entitled to sympathy.
Some men are powerless to make
themselves understood by a woman.
THE COUPON BELOW IS GOOD
FOR $1.00 IF SENT AT ONCE.
It Is Wrong for You to Neglect Your Duty
to Yourself Constipation, Bowel
and Stomach Troubles Grow
More Dangerous Daily.
There is now a remedy called Mull's
Grape Tonic that cures these troubles
absolutely.
A full sized bottle is furnished you free
to prove it see coupon below.
Have you noticed the large number of
cases of Typhoid Fever lately? Typhoid
Fever, Malarial Fever, Appendicitis, Im
pure Blood, Pimples, Skin Diseases, Sick
Headache, Biliousness, Piles, Female Trou
bles, etc., ate the result of Constipation.
Don't allow it to run on without nroixT
treatment. Mull's Grape Tonic cures
Constipation, Bowel and Stomach trouble
in a new way, different from any other,
and it is permanent.
Alcoholic, opium and morphine prep
arations arc injurious and dangerous.
They destroy the digestive organs, and lit
terally tear the system to pieces.
Mull's GraiHJ Tonic strengthens and
builds them up. It cleanses the system of
impurities, incites the digestive system to
natural action, and cures the disease in a
short time. To prove it to you, wo will
give you a bottle free if you have never
used it.
Good for ailing children and nursing
mothers. .
A free bottle to all who bavo never used
it because wo know it will euro you.
COUPON.
139 GOOD FOR ONE DOLLAR 1230-3
Pendtbfs coupon with your name and address
and jour drus.vt.fa nauie and loc. to par postage
and we will ; supply you a sample free, if you have
nrer used MulPa r.rape Tonic, and will also
send you a certificate Kiod for (UK) toward the
purchase of more Tonic from jour drugUt.
Mcix's Grapz Tosic Co.. M8 Third Ave.
Koclc Island. 111.
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TtV,:,01 n,, lM tome at all dniHrtst.
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a the 33 cent bottle and about three ttmea a.
much a the SO cent bottle. There uiTireat
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