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CHAPTER XXV. Continued.
"If you will save me." I continued,
"I will transfer to your In a block,
all my Coal holdings. They will be
worth double my total liabilities with
ia three months as soon as the re
organisation is announced- I leave it
entirely to your sease of justice
whether I shall hare my part of them
back when this. storm blows over.
"Why didn't yom go to Roebuck?"
he asked without looking up.
"Because it is he that stuck the
knife into me."
"Why?"
"I dont know. I suspect the Man
asquale properties, which I brought
into the combine, have some value,
which no one but Roebuck, and per
haps Laugdon. knows about and that
I in some way was dangerous to them
through that fact They haven't giv
en me time to look into it."
A trim smile flitted over the face.
"You've been too busy getting mar
ried, eh?"
"Exactly." said I. 'It's another case
of unbuckling for the wedding-feast
and getting assassinated as a pen
alty. Do you wish me to explain any
thing oa that list do you want any
details of the combine of the Coal
stocks there?"
"Not necessary.' be replied. As I
had thought, with that enormous ma
chine of his for drawing In informa
tion, and with that enormous mem
ory of his for details, he probably
knew more about the combine and its
nroperties than I did.
-You have heard of the lockout?"
I inquired for I wished him to know
I had no Intention of deceiving him
as to the present market value of
those stocks.
"Roebuck has been commanded by
his God." he said, "to eject the free
American labor from the coal regions
and to substitute importations of
coolie Huns and Bohemians. Thus,
the wicked American laborers will be
chastened for trying to get higher
wages and cut down a pious mans
dividends; and the downtrodden cool
ies will be brought where they can
enjoy the blessings of liberty and of
the preaching of Roebuck's mission
aries." I laughed, though he bad not smiled,
but had spoken as if stating color
less facts. "And righteousness and
Roebuck will-prevail," said I.
He frowned slightly, a sardonic grin
breaking the straight, thin, cruel line
of his lips. He opened his table's one
shallow drawer, and took out a pad
and a pencil. He wrote a? few words
on the lowest part of the top sheet,
folded it, tore off the part he had
scribbled on, returned the pad and
Iiencil to the drawer, handed the scrap
of paper to me. "I will do It." he saiu.
"Give this to Mr. Farquhar, second
door to the left. Good morning."
And in that atmosphere of vast affairs
speedily dispatched his consent with
out argument seemed, and was, the
matter-of-course.
I bowed. Though he had not saved
me as a favor to me, but because
it Glted in with his plans, whatever
they were, my eyes dimmed. "I
shan't forget this," said I, my voice
not quite steady.
"I know it," said he curtly. "1
know you."
I saw that his mind had already
turned me out. I said no more, and
withdrew. When I left the room it
was precisely as it had been when 1
entered it except the bit of paper
torn from the pad. But what a dif
ference to me, to the thousands, the
hundreds of thousands directly and
indirectly interested in the Coal com
bine and its strike and its products,
was represented by those few. almost
illegible scrawlings on that scrap of
paper.
Not until I bad'gone over the situ
ation with Farquhar, and we had
signed and exchanged the necessary
papers, did I begin to relax from the
strain how great that strain was 1
realized a few weeks later, when the
gray appeared thick at my temples
and there was in'my crown what was.
for such a shock as mine, a thin spot.
"I am saved!" said I to myself, ven
turing a long breath, as I stood on the
steps of Galloway's establishment.
where hourly was transacted businessj
vitally affecting the welfare of scores
of millions of human beings, wiw
James Galloway's personal interest as
the sole guiding principle. "Saved!"
I repeated, and not until then did it
flash before me, "I must have paid a
frightful price. He would never have
consented to interfere with Roebuck
as'socn as I asked him to do it, un
less there had been some powerful
motive. If I had had my wits about
mp I could have made far better
terms." Why hadn't I my wits about
me? "Anita" was my instant answer
to my own question. "Anita again. 1
had a bad attack of family man's
panic." And thus it came about that
I went back to my office, feeling as if
I had suffered a severe defeat, in
stead of jubilant over my narrow es
cape. Joe followed me into my den.
-What luck?" asked he. in the tone
of a mother waylaying Ihe doctor as
he issues from the sick-room.
"Luck?" said I. gazing blankly at
him.
"You've seen the latest quotation,
haven't you?" In his nervousness his
temper was on a fine edge.
"No," replied I indifferently. I sat
down at my desk and began to busy
myself. Then I added: "Wrere out
of the Coal combine. I've transferred
our holdings. Look after these things,
please." And I gave him the checks,
notes and memoranda of agreement.
"Galloway!" he exclaimed. And
then his eye fell on the totals of the
stock, I had been carrying. "Good
God, Matt!" he gasped. "Ruined!"
And he sat down, and buried his
face and cried like a child it was
then that I measured the full depth
of the chasm I had escaped. I made
no such exhibition of myself, bat when
I tried to relight my cigar my hand
trembled so that the flame scorched
my lips .
"Ruined?" I said to -Joe. easily
enough. "Not at all. We're back, in
the road, going smoothly ahead
only, at a bit less stiff a pace. Think
Joe, of all those poor devils down in
the mining districts. They're out
clear out and thousands of 'em don't
know where their families will get
bread. And though they haven't
found It out yet, they've got to leave
the place where they've lived all
their lives, and their fathers before
them have got to go wandering about
In a world that's as strange to them
as the surface of the moon, and as
bare for them as the Sahara desert."
"That's so," said Joe- "It's hard
luck." But I saw he was thinking
only of himself and his narrow escape
from having to give up his big house
and all the rest of it; that, soft
hearted and generous though he was.
or that," replied L "Bet I have
learned not to fake snap judgments
too seriously. I never go to-a awn
unless I have something to say to
him. and t never -leave until I hare
said it"
"I perceive, sir," retorted he, "you
have the thick skin necessary to liv
ing up to that rale." And the twinkle
in hi eyes betrayed the man who de
lights to exercise a real or imaginary
talent for caustic wit. Such men are
'like nettles dangerous only to the
timid touch.
-"On the contrary." replied I. easy
in mind now. though I did not anger
him by showing it, "I am most sen
sitive to insults insults to myself.
But you are not insulting me. Yoa
are insulting a purely Imaginary,
hearsay person who Is, I venture to
assure you, utterly unlike me. ana
who doubtless deserves to be in
sulted."
His purple had now faded. In a
far different tone he said: "If your
business in any way relates to the
family into which yon have married,
I do not wish to hear it. Spare my
patience and your time, sir."
' "It'does'noti'waa myaaswer. -"It
relates to my own family to my wife
and myself. As you may have heard,
she is no longer a member of the
Rlleralev family. And I have come
to you chiefly because I happened to
know your sentiment toward the
Ellersleys."
"I have no sentiment toward them,
sir!" he exclaimed. "They are non
existent, sir non-existent! Your
wife's" mother ceased to be a Forrester
when she married that scoundrel.
Your wife is still less a Forrester."
"True," said I. "She is a Black
lock." He winced, and it reminded me of
the night of my marriage and Anita's
expression when the preacher called
her by her new name. But I held
his gaze, and we looked each at the
other fixedly for. It must have been,
should have recognised the
in his caricatures of his enemies. And
you brought the best possible cre
dentials yon are' well hated. To he
well hated by the human race and by
the creatures mounted on its hack to
a distinction, sir. It Is the crown of
the true kings of this world."
We seated" ourselves- on the wide
veranda; he had champagne and wa
ter brought, and cigars; and we pro
ceeded to get acquainted nothing pro
motes cordiality and sympathy like am
initial misunderstanding. It was a
good hour before this kind-hearted,
hard-soft, typical old-fashioned New
Englander reverted to the subject of
my visit. Said he: "And now young
man. may I venture to ask some ex
tremely personal questions?"
"In the circumstances;" replied 1
"'you have the right to know every-
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Current Gossip from the
STATE CAPITAL
Legislative and Otherwise
8. F. ,by Root of Cass, providing
for tamping packages of liquor
shipped Into any community has be
come a law without the signature of
the governor. While there were
some objectionable features In the
.bm, affecting wholesale druggists who
desire that it be vetoed. Governor
Sheldon saw in the bill also some
thing. I did not come to yoa without ! good features, so while he would not
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man I was to find." At this he
blushed, pleased as a girl at her first
beau's first compliment. "And yoa.
Mr. Forrester, can not be expected' to
embark in the little adventure I pro
pose, until yoa have satisfied your
self." "First, the why of your plan."
"I am in active business," replied
I, "and I shall be still more active.
That means fin"11 uncertainty."
His suspicion of me started ap from
its doze and rubbed its eyes. "Ah!
You wish to insure yourself."
"Yes," was my answer, "bat aot ia
the way yon hint It takes away a
man's courage just when he needs It
most, to feel that his family to In
volved la his venture."
"Why do you not make, the settle
ment direct?" he asked, partly reas
sured.
"Because I wish her to feel that It
Is her own, that I have no right over
It whatever."
He thought about this. His eyes
were keen as he said, "Is that your
real reason?"
I saw I must be unreserved with
him. "Part of it." I replied. Tne
rest is she would not take it from
me."
The- old man smiled cynically.
"Have you tried?" he inquired.
"If I had tried and failed, she would
have been on the alert for an indirect
attmnt"
"Try her, young man," said he,
laughing "In this day there are few
people anywhere who'd refuse any
sum irom anybody for anything.
And a woman and a New
York woman and a New York fash
ionable woman and a daughter of
old Ellersly she'll take it as' a baby
takes the breast"
"She would not take it," said L
My tone, though I strove to keep
anerv nrotest out of it, because I
needed him. caused him to draw back
instantly. "I beg your pardon, said
he. "I forgot for the moment that I
was talking to a man young enougn
still to have youth's delusions about
women. You'll learn that they're hu
man, that it's from them we men in
herit our weaknesses. However, let'e
assume that she won't" take it ""Why
won't she take your money? What
is there about it that repels EUenUvn
daughter, brought up to the sewera
of fashionable New York-the sewers,
sir!"
"She does not love me," I answered.
I have hurt you." he said quickly.
to'the demendr-of the whole
salers, neither would he sign the bill.
The fight la the legislature over a
2-cent passenger fare came to a close
when the senate passed H. R. 287. the
Joint committee bill, hurried it over
to the house, where the senate amend
ment was Immediately concurred in.
The bill was then enrolled soon after
was In the hands of the governor. The
railroads took a last stand in an effort
to hill the emergency clause, which
will pat the bill in force three days
after It Is signed by the governor, but
the attempt failed in the senate and
all bat four of the senators who gave
this clause as their reason for oppos
ing the bill hurriedly changed their
votes before the final result was an
nounced and lined up with the major-
tety. The vote, as finally announced,
stood 27 to 4. two senators. O'Connell
of Johnson and Latta of Burt,. absent
The four senators who persisted in
opposition to the bill, even after thy
saw it had secured the required ma
jority were Burns of Lancaster, Glover
of Custer. Gould of Greeley and Hanna
of Cherry.
On the first roll call Gibson.
Thomas end Saunders of Douglas and
McKesson of Lancaster voted against
the bin, giving as their reason the ob
jectionable emergency clause, but be
fore the vote was announced all of
them flopped to the affirmative. Glover
of Custer at first voted for the bUl. but
when it appeared that a change in his
vote might defeat the emergency
clause and after consultation with
some of the opposition, he changed his
vote to the negative. His change came
first and it reduced the rate for the
bUl to 23, just one more than enough
to carry the emergency clause. When
It was found the emergency clause had
carried there was scurry to get on the
I popular side of the fence.
Tne Bgnt in ine senate was wucura
with considerable interest from the
other end of the state house. If the
assault on the emergency clause had
been successful it had been agreed
among the leaders that the house
would take up and pass with the
emergency'', clause the Sackett
bin which went through the
senate several days ago with the
emergency clause. This would have
put the senate in the awaward position
either of receding from its hostility to
the emergency or killing a part of a
bill it. had already passed.
The presidents of railroads, it was
announced from Chicago last week,
AepropriaUoas by the
lag sums aggregating jthwaaande. eft
dollars poured into the legislative
hopper on next to the last day within
which bills could he iatrodaced. Prob
ably the most important to a recom
mended appropriation by the finance
committee of $250,000 for the erection
of a building for the state library and
the supreme court on the capltol
grounds. The erection of each a'
building has been argeatly requested
by State Librarian Lindsay, who
points out that -the present quarters,
of the Ubrary are so overcrowded
that there Isn't room for another vol
ume. whUe-'ts entire -library is in
constant danger of 'fire damage ia its
present quarters In the central por
tion of the state capltol buildiag. Ac
cording to the apportionment of the
1 mill levy for the university that levy
is expected to .-bring-in. abouti $645,--000.
Its apportionment" has been rec
ommended by the finance committee
as follows:
Salaries and wages $175,004
Fuel. gas. water and lights.... 38.000
Incidentals ..................... ??
Departmental expenses I22l?
Farm department maintenance.
Printing, postage and station-
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Books .
Repairs .....
Boilers -....
MHectrlcal generator
furniture inu ayiMiu
Equlpnwnt ..............-
Engineering building
Total ..i..uli:i: f45.m
The people of Thurston county are
anxious to have brought 'about some
method of securing an adequate re
tain of the expenses which the Win
nebago reservation causes them and
for which they now have to pay out
of the small taxable area of the
county. They will attempt to have
this brought about by means of a leg
islative solution to congress. As this
county is at present organized there
are about 35,000 acres of taxable ter
ritory vin the southwest portion. There
are 250.000 acres in the remainder of
the county, which are occupied by In
dians and which no not pay any taxes
into the county treasurer. In spite or,
this the white citizens of the county
complain that they nave to keep up
a number of bridges and roads on the
reservation and that the county Is put
to a continual expense in trying In
dian cases.
! WHITE FROZEN PLUM PUDDING.
If This
Delicacy la New, Try
It at Onee.
35.MA
13.000
5,000
10.000
i5.es
4.000
13.000
. 7.00
100.000
This padding made of one capful oi
sugar and oae capful of water, cooked
until it threads, then poured slowly
over the whites of three eggs and
beatea thoroughly and is cold add one
pint of whipped cream, one teaeaoon
fal of vaaiUa. and one-half cupful each
of seeded raisins, currants. English
walaats. aad almonds., aad candled
cherries. The currants and raisins
should be plumped in boiling water.
Pour this mixture at once into a mold,
cover with parafira paper.' pat oa the
zover. seal with lard around the edge
to prevent salt water from creeping
in, pack in ice and rock salt and leave
it three or four hoars to ripen; then
remove, from the mold, place it oa a
cut glass round dish and garnish with
holly. If a round bomb mold is used
t will look quite like a snowball, es
pecially if the fruit is kept well to
ward the center.
Serve with a sauce made of bananas
as follows: Boii oae capful of granu
lated sugar with two of water until it
threads, pour thin iato the well-beaten
yolks of two eggs, add the mashed
pulp of six ripe baaanas and enough
lemon juice to give flavor. This sauce
may be used hot and passed after the
pulp pudding has been cut and served,
or it may be served cold, bat to bet
ter hot
Tiny balls of delicate white cake
covered with Icing, then rolled in
ocoanat is an addition to the esthet
ic side of this feast
SOME HINTS ABOUT EGGS.
The house committee on claim1
spnt three nous at, night trying to
get at the bottom of the old claim
filed before the legislature four years
ago and. two years ago by Allen G.
Fisher of Chadron. first for $8,000 and
then for $11,500 and again this year
by Henry Kaup of Cuming county
ifor $1,500. Ft. Fisher was not pres
ent but a letter from him was reaa
in which he offered to appear before
the committee after March 7. He is
now in Rapid City on business. The
claim is for the value of a section of
land in Sioux county formerly owned
by Herman Goedde. At his death it
escheated to the state because he had
no heirs living in this country.
Papular Time far Ceeking Hew Their
Freshness May Be
in great distress at having compelled had decided to fight 2-cent fare bills
TURNED HIS BACK OJC ME AND GAZED OUT TOWARD LONG 18
' ' LAND."
to those poor chaps and their wives
and children he wasn't giving a
thought
"You've done a grand two hours'
work," said Joe.
"Grander than you think." replied
I. "I've set the tiger on to fight the
bull."
"Galloway and Roebuck?"
"Just that" said I. And I laughed,
started up. sat down again. "No, I'll
put off the pleasure," said I. "I'll let
Roebuck find put when the .claws
catch in that tough old hide of his."
XXVI.
.A CONSPIRACY AGAINST ANITA..
On about the hottest afternoon of
that summer I had the yacht take me
down the Sound to a point on the Con
necticut shore within sight of Dawn
Hill, but seven miles farther from
New York. I landed at the private
pier of Howard Forrester, the only
brother of' Anita's mother. As I
stepped upon the pier I saw a fine
looking old man in the pavilion over
hanging the water. He was dressed
nil in white except a sky-blue tie that
harmonized with the color of his eyes.
He was neither fat nor lean, and his
smooth skin was protesting ruddlly
against -the age proclaimed by his
wool-white hair. He rose as I came
toward him. and, while. I was still
several yards'away, showed unmistak
ably that he knew who I was and that
he was anything bat glad to see me.
"Mr. Forrester?" I asked.
He grew purple to the line of his
thick 'white hair. "It is," Mr. Black
iock.'Vsaid.ie. j'I have the honor to
wish you good day, sir." And with
that! he turned his back oa me and
azed out toward Long Island.
"I have come to ask a favor of yotC
sir," said I; as polite to that hostile
back as if I had been addressing-a
cordial face.---And I waited.- -r :
He wheeled-) round, looked at. me
from head ,to toot- I withstood the
inspection calmly; when it was ended
I noted that in spite of himself he
wasrsomewbat relaxed from the opin
ion "of me he had formed upon what
he had heard and read. Bat he said:
"I do.ur.gknojv yo.sirajuLLdo-aot
wish 'to know you."
"Vol have made me painfully aware
full half a minute. Then he said cour
teously: "What do you wish?"
I went straight to the point My
color may have been high, but my
voice did not hesitate as I explained:
"I wish to 'make my wifenaaidally
independent I wish -to settle on her
an income that will enable her to live
as she has been accustomed. I know
she would not take it from me. So,
I have come to ask you to pretend
to give it to her I, of course, giving
it to you to give."
Again we looked full and fixedly
each at the other. "Come to the
house, Blacklock," he said at last In
a tone that was the subtlest of com
pliments. And he linked his arm in
mine. Halfway to the rambling stone
house, severe in its lines, yet fine and
homelike, quaintly resembling Its own
er, as a man's house always should.
he paused. "I owe you an apology,"
said he. "After all my experience of
this world of envy and malice, I
me to expose my secret wound.
"The wound does not ache the
worse." said I. "for my showing It
to you." And that was the truth. I
looked over toward Dawn HIU whose
towers could just be seen. "We hv6
there." I pointed. "She Is like a
guest in my house."
When I glanced at him again, his
face betrayed a feeling of which I
doubt if any one had thought him ca
llable in many a year. "I see that yoa
love her." he said, gently as a mother
in all western states. For the purpose
of bringing on the fight before the leg
islature adjourns it is said a majority
of the members decided to rush the
bUl through with the emergency
clause so that the contest may begin
as soon as possible, and perhaps per
mit the -legislature to take a hand in
the fight
With Harvey of Douglas and Hamer
of Buffalo only voting in the negative
and ninety-one members voting in the
"Yes," I replied. And presently affirmative, the house passed the anti
went on: "The idea of any one I p Dm prepared by the railroad com
love being dependent on me in a jttee, with the emergency clause,
sordid way is most distasteful to me j biu was jigcusged at length in
And since she does not love me, doe the committee of the whole and nu-
not even Ilk me, it is doubly neces
sary that she be independent
"I confess I do not quite foUow yoa,'
said he.
merous amendments were defeated
and later it was called up and voted
upon, though Hamer tried to get it
MumnmtHoH and then rnshed to the
How can she accept anything from !aenate It t emergency
me? it sne snouiu nnauy w u
pelled by necessity to do it what hope
could I have of her ever feeling to
ward me as a wife should feel to
ward her husband?"
At this explanation of mine his eyea
sparkled with anger and I could not
but suspect that -he had at one time
in his life been faced with a problem
like mine, and had settled it the oth
er was. My, suspicion was not weak
ened when he went on to say:
clause. Both Harvey and Hamer ex
plained their votes by saying they
were In favor oi an anti-pass bill
each as the platform contemplated, but
this measure, each said, was too dras
tic and not in line with the sentiment
of the republican state convention.
The bin allows bona fide employes of
railroads to receive passes and the
care takers of Uve stock, vegetables
and poultry and fruit It knocks out
the political railroad lawyer and sur-
U . ll-u .Mini flsAW hAl
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loose lawyers aau surgeuus wuu nr
you do not know women.
deceived by their delicate exterior, by
their pretenses of super-refinement
They affect to be what passion ae
ludes us into thinking them. Bat
they're clay, sir, just clay, aad fat
less sensitive than we men. Dont
-you see, young man, that by makinfi
her independent you're throwing away
yodr best chance of winning her!
Women are like dogs like dogs, sir!
They lick the hand that feeds e:
lick it and like it"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
irwBsww.
Country of the Cow Puncher
Armstrong of Nemaha county be
lieves there are too many inquests
being held and if the number could
be decreased the taxpayers In the
various counties would have their
burdens just that much lessened. To
remedy what he considers this evil
Mr. Armstrong has introduced a bill
providing a fee of $5. to be paid the
coroner for viewing the body of a per
son, whether he holds an inquest or
not. and the same fee now provided
for in case the 'inquest is necessary.
Mr. Armstrong says the coroners' in
quests are held on the slightest pro
vocation. The two big appropriation bills in
troduced in the legislature, total $2,
922,410. The salary biU aggregates
$991,180 while the current expense
bill with $131,820 of miscellaneous
Items will total $1,931,230. The de
ficiencies bill and the miscellaneous
claims bill will require so many
amendments that the totals may not
yet be given with any degree of accuracy.
Randall of Madison presented a
joint resolution asking the regents of
the university to report to the legisla
ture in regard to receipts and ex
penditures of money and why they
have not complied with that part of
the law which says that the regents
shall furnish text books to students
at cost The resolution will take the
course of a bill.
The fresher eggs are the longer
Jme they require for boiling. In tim
.ng the boiling remember that they
should be put iato water already boil
ing in the same nan or skillet
To boil them very hard la order to
-slice them or prepare them for a
mayonnaise they should cook for ten
minutes. For eating the soft-boiled
egg is supposed to be the most di
gestible, and this is boiled for from
three to. five minutes. "
One of the best ways to judge the
freshness of eggs is to place them in
a pan of cold water. Those that sink
soonest are the freshest Stale or
addled eggs always float on the sur
face. Upon breaking an egg if the
white and yolk are aot clearly de
fined and separated, no matter how
carefully the shell has been broken,
the egg is not good aad should be dis
carded, for eggs the least bit off color
win spoil good cooking.
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIFE.
To prevent a gas stove oven from
rusting, as they do if care is not
taken, rub the entire inside with a
flannel cloth saturated with sweet oil.
A teaspoonful of nitrate of soda add
ed to three' quarts of water and poured
upon the roots of a Boston fern will
stimulate it to renewed .life. Apply
several times at intervals of about
three weeks, but care should be taken
not to touch the fronds.
A clothes hanger may be econom
ically made by using a barrel hoop.
Cut from a hoop a piece of the de
shred length, and. after inserting a
screw eye in the middle of the hang
er, tie a string in it for a loop to hang
it up by. Such a hanger is easy to
make and answers the purpose very
well.
To clean leather upholstery wash
the leather with warm water to which
Is added a little good vinegar. Use
an absolutely clean sponge. Wipe
.dry with soft clean cloths. To re
store the polish.' prepare the whites of
,two or three eggs with a teaspoonful
of turpentine to each egg. This
should be whisked briskly, then
I rubbed into the dry leather with a
piece of clean flannel ana ariea on
with a piece of clean linen cloth.
Turkey Olives.
When there are some smaU pieces
of cold roast turkey or chicken try
serving them ia this way: Trim the
meat into neat slices, spread each slice
with a little of the stuffing, adding, if
necessary, a litUe extra seasoning.
Roll each one up. fasten with a wood
en toothpick or a small skewer, and
fry to a good brown in butter; add one
or two tablespoons of cream or milk
and let simmer five minutes; serve
on small squares of hot buttered toast
calve a salary of at least 1,000 from
the railroad which employs them.
The house committee on railroads
granted railroad representatives a
final hearing on reciprocal demurrage
bills. 'Several hearings have been
granted, at which alleged defects In
pending bills were pointed out by
railroad men, who have, however,
contested against any legislation of
the hind proposed. An entirely new
measure will be drafted.
Life in a Little Town in the Untamed
Land Out West,
On all sides of the little town lay
the glorious sweep of -untamed coun
try. To find another railroad to the
northward was to ride 150 miles to
the Canadian Pacific, to find a rail
road to the southwest meant as long
a ride to the Northern Pacific says
Outing. On the" ridge of the' town a
freighters' outfit was making ready
to pull out four days to a camp near
the Little Rockies. Ten horses led the
string of laden wagons, behind which
trailed the covered chuck-wagon,
equipped for sleeping and cooking, for
there, wem. no hotels on this, route.
.The;basand.bis two helpers were
wrestiriig'witiiavbroiicho which. Inn til
this ill-fated day. had never felt a
harness across his back. He was need
ed as aa off-wheeler, and he had to
go. He fought like a hero possessed
of seven devils, aad three men tolled
foraa hour .to, gt hJnUato thejtraeea
aad to keep clear from his infernally
active heels.
The senate has killed several of the
Insurance bills introduced at the re
quest of the state insurance "depart-
At leneth his nine comrades jumped: mart, including one to require me
The house will attempt to get back
from the governor H. R. 116 by Quack
enbush the WUto increase the fees
of court reporters. If the house
doesn't get the bUl back the governor
will veto it It has beea discovered
the bill increases the sauries of the
court reporters of Douglas and Lan
caster counties out of all proportion to
the work done. --'
The committee on public lands and
buildings selected to visit the vari
ous state institutions reported back
a clean bill for all of them and prac
tically recommended giving to the su
perintendents everything asked for
in the way of appropriations.
Cheese Pie.
The cheese for this dish may be
either the cream cheese put up in tin
foil or plain cottage cheese. Press it
through a sieve aad to a large cupful
add one tablespoon of powdered sugar
a level tablespoon. of butter, melted,
the beaten yolks of two eggs, the
juice and grated rind of half a lemon
then the beatea whites of eggs; if the
mixture seems too soft add a heaping
teaspoon of flour. Salt to taste, and
hake In one pastry crust.
into their collars and the rebel simply
had to go with them. He lay down
and was dragged on his ear until hie
addled wits perceived there was noth
ing In this sort of mutiny. He rose
and sUd stiff-legged until, outnum
bered.- outvoted and outgeneraled, he
surged into the collar like a thunder
bolt aad thereafter tried to paU the
whole load in the vain hope of tearins
something out by the roots.
j - The long string of horses and wag
ons wound out into the open country
and in a little while dipped acnes a
grassy undulation and was gone. A
swirl of dust marked its progress fot
several miles, this plodding caravan
with its tanned aad bearded men. aa
lettered and alow of speech, need to
living out aader the sky. seeing fea
of their kind. It was thus the pk
neers crossed the plains a half
tury ago.
companies to apportion and account
annually for the surplus as to policies
heretofore Issued, but several of the
number considered regulating insur
ance companies were placed on the
general file. The friends of the an
nual accounting plan saved one bill
from destruction which came up to
day. It provides for an annual appor
tionment only on policies issued in
the future.
Heme of Freeh
r The Island of Ceylon is' the
remarkable gem depository la
world.
the
Senator King called attention of the
senate to the fact of the fortieth anni
versary of the admission of Nebraska
Into the union. He made a brief ad
dress reviewing the history of the bill
which was vetoed by President John
son and passed over his vetoe and the
Issuance of the proclamation March
X.- At his suggestion Senator Saun
ders, who was governor at that time.
Senators Root 'of Cass, Patrick of
Sarpy, McKesson of Lancaster and
Wntse of Cedar were named as a com
mittee to draw ap suitable resolu-
Wine Cake,
Rub Into a light cream two cupfuls
of sugar and a cupful and. half of but
ter; add three eggs, one at a time,
beating five minutes between each;
sift together two cupfuls of flour and
n teaspoonful of baking powder and
add to the butter and sugar mixture
together with one gill of wine; mix
into a medium firm batter, turn into a
square, shallow pan and bake about 40
minutes in a moderate oven; frost
after taking from oven.
South Omaha people went to the
legislature to protest against forcible
annexation with Omaha. They ap
peared, beaded by a band, carrying
banners and a Roosevelt big stick
and during the short time they
swsrmed through the capltol building
and the legislative halls they made
It understood with emphasis that they
would not be attached by legislative
enactment to any big city that hap-
s: : it -. rr j r & to show 8!gas of growth.
hour in joint session to listen to their
speakers. . v
The revised county option bill
Introduced in the senate by McKes
son of Lancaster. Tne measure is
somewhat different from tne one killed
in both houses several weeks ago, but
is backed by the same people as that
one. It provides for a special election
to be held the last Tuesday in July.
1908, where 20 per cent of the voters
petition for it If the county goes dry
no saloons may be licensed, except
In cities of 5.000 or over, which may
vote license if they wish. If the coun
ty goes wet Ucensing boards stiU have
1 the power to refuse license.
About Repotting Plants.
Plants growing in pots in which the
soil has not been changed for a year
should be repotted as socn as they be
Yoa
cannot grow a good plant in wornoat
soil, even If you do give liberal supplies
of liquid fertilizer. A good soil is to
plants what bread and butter is to
man. But remember to let it become
established before giving it very rich
food to digest
Mixed Fruit Sherbet,
Mix one-glass of raspberry or straw
berry Jam with a cup of hot water, and
strain through a cloth; add a small
cup of sugar, the Juice of two lemons
and four oranges, the liquid from a
can of pineapple, and a wine glass of
sherry. Strain all these, add a quart
of cool water, and partly freese; be-
I fore finishing the freezing add a
candied cherries cut ia quarters.
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