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SYNOPSIS.
'. Tfc.rtnn- TI -Barnes, "a-'-wealtfiy American."
4ounnK Corsica. . rescues tlie yountt "i.ns
IJs'I .lieutenant? i:I:.'ird 'Gerard Anstrlitli-
-t. " Jratl ' lite . "Oorsiean- bride, Marina,"
lauj,"ls'ir.rf)f ?tl J'aoliS;. "from ihe raur-
WrJii's venil'ltal understandinBtliat KW
rnv'afI is to l-4lie hand of . jr. he. 'girl hu
; Moves; 'Cnrd-'AnptriKhei'. sister'of the Enff-
.-llsh .liouti-nanL. Trie four lly 'from "Ajae-
. -cit- -lo Marseilles "on- hoard tile" Freneii
. steainf"r Cnstaniino. "The vpndutta pur-
u?s-and 'as tlf quartet' are" about to
bb'ard tin- rain. for l.otv'on at Marseilles,
3Iarin.ii is handed, a mysterious . hpte
.-niiit-h rallies her to collapse a"nU-necessU
'atts it "jyvhtpmHiinent of the journey.
" .1iftrn'.".arid ' iZnid arc married. Soon
ajtj-r U)e.r -WMldrnf; Barnes' bride dis
. Jtpi-:ar. "BjcriTfS: 'd5cov.;rs' she- has
lii'i'ri ltldnapw ar.d taJtcn to " Corsica..
"The ".Topm "orures a fishing r-ss(M and
: is.aliMiitvto "Start in pursuit of iis bride's
captors -wli'-n Fir hears, a scream' front
.. tfie.--vi.IlH. .'and . rushes Hack to lieii'r 'that
'.- Anstriitiw'r's .wife." Marina, is also miss-
lnc:"i'l!arnes"-f8 compelled -to depart for'
Corsica ii.tJiout delay, anil sq he l'a"es
-t h -sVarWj" fr "Marina to her husband
-wlnlvMie rocs to hunt-fop Enid. Just be-
"fo'n-'-Barns' "boat lands on Corsicats.
Vjiorfr Mjjtrma. s disco-red IiklLliK In a
. or;eJl.iT -tile viiel. She explains her
-actiim by styttiz sh has comu to help
." OlartuVs ri-s-u. ITis wife Troni the Qdrsl-
mi.s- Wlien Barnes and Marina ' arrive
In .Cirslci lie l Riven, a note written-by
"Enid- informing him that tiw Jcidnaping
is-foc-th' purpose of entrapping Barnes
so tin' vendetta m.iy kill liim. Barnes
aiid.-Marin;i have unusual adentures In
. their -K:irph for Enra. - They come n
"sijjht -)f'hir and her captors in the Corsl-
--uii mountain wilds just as niRht.ap-
nroavlies. In seeklnft shelter from a
.Mtorai the couple ntcr a herniitaRe and
there to their amazeinnt they discover
Toniasso-. the foster father of Marina,
"wiiifc- was supposed to have" been "kilUd by
V le -B-IIKr'.s soldiers, and -for whose death
"'Barnes hud heen vendettaed. Toniasso
-)nantK that .Marina's Iiusband did not
. U-ill her "brother. Many wrong are xlght--d
Bufnes is surprised In th iiermltage
by Koehini and Romano,, the two detest
d bandits, who had been searching for
. hlm'tb tnurdt-r him for -his money. The.
bandits attempt to take away Marina.
Barne darts out the door. The bandits
-Mjart. ro pursue, but as they reach the
" door both are laid low by Barnes revoU
. .Ver- Mt-mbers jof the Bellaeoscia enter
und Barnes Js lionored for Ids great serv
"! to th- community in -killing the hated
"Vtoc.hini and Homarto. The release of
'.Euid is jtromised. Barnes is conveyed In
. triumph to Bocognano. Marina ac-qualnts.
t!;'.' 'Bt'Tlnroscia With Sallceti' plot
'.- JiKRlnst hr IiQhbaiid and tlif people are
Iin.'rnt ttl to vote against him at the
" t-imilng rJectJon, Barnes is taken to the
" mansion of tho"P.ioll to meet Enid.
Marina receives a teJegram. She starts
.for B.ixtj.i to meet her husband. Enter
"Jifg the room to greet his wife Barnes is
:"1.ewiUleriil to find the adventuress I-a
" Belle Blaekxiond. but not Enid. Sho had
" Ta-en .substituted for the American's bride.
lv -t shrewil plot. Ileut. Anstruther-ar-'
"ri"es to llnd Marlnu and learns 'tliat she
- )iks beefi lured away by the telegram
Mhich liad "been sent by another without
Ills knowledge. The two start In search of
:- Marina. Barnes and Ed v. in take different
roads in their search. .
- " CHAPTER XVI. Continued.
As he gallops from the little hamlet,
"""some cyclamen branches greet him, he
urges -on hls'steed.
' And what a-.ride it Is, under the
'';reat trees of "La Castagniccia, where
-.chestnuts big as eggs drop upon- him,-
the'-giant chestnuts that fed Paoli's
' .patriot army, the bread of Corsica.
4ach dozen trees, being a peasant malfl
n'6 marriage dower.
:' But though the woods are all chest
nuts. Edwin still sees in his road cycla
.. men branches, slightly withered "now,
.j" their fragrance fading, and hope
'" -grows higher in his heart.
So he rides along the parklike vales'
, .of La Castagniccia, and before him is
"" the green at the great Davella forest I
fading away down the hillsides toward
. the distant and still unseen Tuscan
r "'sea. " ;
Here Edwin checks his "horse,
springs oft and picks up a cylamen
" branch, and :tj he rides along, looking
at the Jlowers. suddenly ejaculates:
-""Jove, how frqsli .their perfume and
plucked two days, since."-
But the lately cut flowers give no
.- warning to the sailor; he is too eager
" now. Pausing at the littfe village of
-Pietra. Edwin steps into the inn to ask
some questions and .hears news that
.makes liim frenzied.
"-' The landlord, delighted at hls.lib
' cral "hand, tells him to avoid the conv
niunal wh'ere the voting is going on.
" The Lucchese have got full ot wine
and are having a riot in that, direction.
- They are perfect devils, these fellows
''from Lucca over across the "sea that
-Danella imported to work upon his
estates here."
'Count Cipriano Danella has estates
liere?"askH Edwin excitedly..
." "Yes. now it is Cipriano. Down to
" "ward Cervione. where the cliffs rnn
, into the sea, the only place where it is
not sickly and they have no lagoons.
You can know it by the Genoese watch
tower that was in ruins, but the count
';iome years ago had repaired and made
."- .habitable"
- ''It's curious I never heard anyone
mention Cipriano's properties here,"
- -mutters the sailor.
"Oh, possibly not. Till a fortnight'
! since, they belonged to Musso Danella,
- the dead one, .but Count Cipriano has
: now taken possession of them."
. ". "He is thereT'
.. - "Why. I think so. A boy who came
. 'up the pass yesterday said the new
count had come there in a vessel."
"He is there at present"
.; "Quite sure!" laughs the man. "Ci
. priano himself rode through here yes
terday escorting a lady with some of
-: his followers."
-" ''Aha, in a carriage driven, by an .old
Cbrsican?"
"She was in a carriage,- but was -not
- -driven by an old Corsican; a boy
.'. .whipped the horses."'
""She was young and beautiful?"
, "My eyes are old, I could not -see
well, SJgnore. The carriage came rap-
idly past me, three or four riding about
.it The lady' looked as if she would
say some words: she rose almost -as if
- to spring out. but something-In the car-..-riage
seemed to, cheqk hor, and they
- '.whipped up the Jiorses.- Oh, Signore,
how" terribly you look""
''The quickest way to Cipriano's;
'. estates"" asked Anstruther hoarsely.
"'Down; the .-road there, through the
forest; oveprwQ ranges-'p'f hills and his i
land-b"eCins--BHtbe ireful how von!
land--b'egins.--BHt be. careful how you
.go that "way; the iLuccbese" are just
beybnfl." ".th"? " Village. Hear . 'them?
. They are "rioting- now;' as. .Neapolitan
outcries "and. Tuscan' exercratl'ons.and
-""oaths "tcdihe- rattle cf stones are "heard
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1 further, to the' east.
"JJest' take -a bv
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path.': ;".."
Ed w'in takes'- th'e l'oad Vqi.nted.ou'rt6
Jtim; -he""-wishes -no- delay with these
Italian "workmen, whom, :Tiup6rt.ed ' in
great -numbers into the'isjand,- the'Cof-
sicans, would .probably butcher to a.
man "-did'-not their natural 'laziness'.
make' them iVrefer" to". Jet "the"- "Luc -
these" live, and,-work for Jhem
, .' But 'the-by-path doosnt rid '-hi'ni en-.
ureiy oi tne. . juccnese. J.usc alter
he- has Teft the." village ..he" finds 'him'
self confronted by seme .liundred Ital
ian' workmen, who threateningly . de"-;
manu.arinK. money, ano, uniortunateiy
noting" -the ..cyclamen, flower in the
sailor's hand,, tne red "being the color
of. -the candidate .they, do not -favor,-they
rush' "at him-wlth upraised- pitch"-,
forks and'-jfeythe's.
But the lieutenaht, reniemh'efjrig'Na-"
poleons je.clpe" far mobs, pulls' but his
"pistol. Dodging one. yolleyof stones;
some bwhich.'coqie dangerously near
to him,.. he dashes 'on, and there are'
two wounded '"Lucchese"' as .he rides-f
away and. three empty cylinders .in
.his revolver.-
Here a broken cyclamep- branch
makes "him' forget all else, and riding
.'hurriedly after some -hours of moun-'j
tain vista8,.he reaches a little hill. and
gazes .at a view, which causes him for
one moment to pause. The dark emer
ald of 'the- woods descending quite
rapidly, reaches, the paler emerald of
the sunlit Tuscan sea.
Few sails are on the quiet waters'
of the tropic sea, though a sailing
' fisher craft of some burden is ' an
chored pff the shore.
But what holds most strongly the
There Are Two Wounded "Lucchese" as He Rides Away.
hungry eye of Edwin Anstruther is
the foreground of this wondrous pic
ture. Running into the gentle waves about
half a mile from him is a cliff, topped
by a fairy green of foliage; upon It
stands a ruined turret. Its time-stained
stones Indicate it had been a watch
tower of the Genoese in olden days
and that from its top centuries ago
had flamed beacons warning" the flee
ing people that the galleys of Barbary
pirates were ravaging these shores.
The mass of ruined masonry rising
above the foliage has been now appar
ently repaired. The Englishman sees
the sheen of glass in some of the little
'loop-holed windows. Beside it on- the
"same cliff some 50 yards away is a
comfor'able Corsican farmhouse, in
creased by a long modern addition
whose windows are large and whose
portico is spacious. Of a sudden he 1
thinks he sees a white hand waving"
some piece of woman's lingerie from
the tower, and gallops down the road,
careless of all except that It may be
his wife. Though it is nearly dusk,
the cyclamen flowers still greet him
with their perfume. He rides across a
little bridge that spans a chasm awful
in its depth through "which the sea
rushes. It is light enongh to see very
indistinctly, and he finds himself -on a
lawn planted with ilex, citron and
orange trees. On one side is the farm
house;, o'n the other the lone Genoese
tower.
Some "broken, branches ,bf cyclamen.
flowers lead him" toward the turret. A.
light is.no'w streaming, from its upper
story. Riding 'his horse tq the low
arched masonry that is the entrance
to" 'tne, lower story, he springs- off to
.alight upon cyclamen blconis. The
odor of the flowers .Issues .from the
.building Itself.
"The heavy oaken doors of the en-
trance- are- open invitingly, but, he
scared notices-them-. Thpr " nnh'
one'tjhotrht in-his heart: ."Is my wife
upstairs' . " ' . .
Vith his revolver ready in his. Hand,
he dashes-xapidly up the circular stone,
stairway, upon which op'en little loop-
holes.- '-After nightfall, these-give him
no- light. ; But -the illumination of -a
lamp or candle comes down the stair
way -as he. pe jses hjgher op. He calls :
. '.'Marina; a.re you- there?" and enters
the chamber -at the. 'top of the. tower.
.- It is lighted: by a lamp and 'fitted up.
f or occupancy. There- is 'a. little .bed
in., it, some old. chairs- and an oaken
table. Upon the bed are. a bunch of.
-cyclamen.'now'ersahd. articles of -wom-..an's:
apparel He flies to etamin't-
them. -They arb not those of his .wife
Upon the table is. an "envelope ad
.'dfessed'. " . . . "'.;
"'Lieut "Erfwin Gerard' Anstruther."
.It's, -content's, -written -in '"th. same-'
hand as that of "Carina's -letter'. matkes.
.thetj-oung-mari's eyes roll. In his head:
.Moa Cher -Anstruther: ..-.'' ,t ' '
I-h'zrve been wat'chingiyour coming, over
the li'ijls, following the 'c'yclameh flowers
the cliarmfng Maripa sp" astutely, dropped-Into-'ilie
patli'to blng you here and am
prep'ared for your visit: .-.. . -
I thdnght you'-would be attracted to the
light, in this vHam.becwh'en all. else was
T.dfirk;
As. you read -this' you ard ttlready trap
ped: "-';. ' ;. . ..'.
"Do you think: I will 'spates anyone, who.
brought" about .my bT"otl.ier'sr"deat!rr." Asljt
Toniasso, rwho-fs- already-, gone..-"
Dq . yotf- imagine, .English .lieutenant,
w.ho call "yourself- husUand -to-. trie woman
I have "decreed shall. be"mine,.t'.at'you
shall bel seathless - " -..- -..
"The. sharp-clang' of the .doors, below
: makes: 'Edwin -drop, the letter and
spring like a topmah down the -stairs.
Ttiough "he. is; quick,- somebody is
. . Mr . .? i - .... a
quicxer.. yae strong aoqrs, are ciuacu.
As "he." reaches ttie lower "step, .he hears
steel bars falling into their Bockets out
side. From "without a jeering " laugh
makes, him know 'this- ias" "been"
planned.' This is. confirmed. -by .the
creaky tuming'qf a great key. -
. ".Unlock this door! " ne commands'in
quarterdeck tones. .'." .""'.:"
. -Without .a" 'word '"Aristrnthe'r" 'discharges-his'
revolver'jnto 'the lockof
the. door'.. He has exh(usted.,hls 'three
remaining- cartridges, -when -the im
pingement of the bullets shows that
the lock is protected by' steel and his
attempts abortive.-
He 1s interrupted by. loud, cries ot
terror from almost -beneath his '.feet:
"Hang it. quit that shooting!" . Do you
want to blow us up? I saw that scar
faced chap shove sticks of nitro
glycerin all around in the crevices.
This tower's mined, and that scoun-
drel has got a fuse or electric wire
running to it."
His own language with a Yankee
twang coming from below startles Ed
win.. He' has some matches in his
pocket; strikes one, looks round and
sees a trap door in the flooring almost
beneath his feet He pulls it up and
peers down. "His eyes glare into those
of another man gazing up from an un
derground vault. Holding the match
so that he can see the face he gasps:
"Great guns, Emory! I thought you
dead!"
"I'm almost dead," growls the detec
tive. Edwin,- almost stunned by sur
prise, gazing at him petrified. "By
the living Jingo, where's. Barnes? I
guessed some of you'd find me. out,"
adds the Pinkerton man in relieved
voice. "I reckoned you'd rescue a
chap who's been risking his life and
getting a good deal the' worst of it in
your employ."
"J came to find my wife," cries Ed
win shortly. "Have you seen her?"
"Oh. there's a lady, I think, in the
house.-"
"In the house? And they have
cooped me' up in -this tower." Anstru
ther frantically assaults the door,
again. .
"Oh, I reckoned they'd be doing
something underhand to you," calls
Emory. "Come, down and help me out
first." .''
'Why don't you come up? There's
a ladder." . .
; "I can't. Dash "it. they've .got leg
irons on -me. They feed me on soup
"and bread -and. don't even leave a.
spoon with' me to dig out. I was seized
and smuggled from SU Tropez In" that
fishing craft that followed your, yacht
just the moment I had it 'fixed "so -I'd
hear their "plans. They're, crafty as"
.snakes"." " . .
'.."A Binkerton man like yon captured
in. this disgraceful- way!" says An
struther "sternly. For he thinks" had
Emery kept his eyes open and done
his duty, Enid -would have escaped ab-ductlon-and
the rest never "have come
to .pass.. ."...."
. - - (TO BE COICTINU'ED.)
The State Capital
Matters f Geier'al Ia'terest
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NekraskWs Seat" at .Gave rfcil'
Cannot Discontinue- Trains'.
Slany" cdmplaints having 'been made
tb the. rail w'ayc6mmission in regard;to
the. changing ."of" time- schedules-' and.
the discontinuance, gf local freight .an.i
passenger trains -bptween.'.stations ""ir.
Nebraska" the" commission .".upon .in-
..vestigation tmd due"-coiJsideatiQri.nnd!r
that where-a carrier, fias'-jjeen opefat-."
ing and furnishing, a givMv-train.ser.-"
vjee .to-.-a community,- tae.-"d.lsc"6nlin-"
' uance'of any'sweh service without aily
. substitute-being made thore.fcr', results
in great inconvenience -vnd not 'ih-
frequently": "n great loss 'lb the -snTp-
"plng and traveling" publlq... . .".
In such cases .the inconvenience. 'and
loss .thus occasioned may be far out
'of proportion. -to any saving 'that may
" - ii a- ! i-.t. :
accrue a me carrier,. ji1r-.iu.e.iiuuun
l of. the commission, -therefore, that the
carriers-. operating local . freight;. and
passenger trains'', between- "stations -Irt.
the. state" of -Nebraska. should not-be,
permitted to discontinue- any such -ser-
.vjee except u'pen good cau,se.shown.-
In.the ease "of changes in'the-.timi
schedules or an v such .trains: the.com-
missiort, without waiving, any- rlghts.or J
releasing the-carriers .from any penal-.
ties which .thfey" may "incur by reasdn
of any violation of the "provisions of
sub-section (c) of paragraph '15 of
house roll No. 305, approved-March 2.7.
1907,. recommends that the "carriers refrain-f
cm making any changes 'in this
'regard except upon careful considera
tion and with due regard to the needs
and 'conveniences ot the public.
It is 'therefore ordered i he' commission-that
no carrier operating local
'freight or passenger trains between
stations in Nebraska shall discontipue
any .such 'train service until applica
tion, has been made to this commission
and its permission had for, that pur
pose. Corn Show Good Thing.
- "In appropriating 81,000 lot an edu
cational exhibit at the Omaha Corn
show, we believe "we".have done, the
best thing for the University of Ne
braska," "said George Coupland, a
member of the Board of Regents. "In
no way could the people of the; state
be better shown what is being done
at the university farm than by hav
ing an exhibit and a demonstrator at
the National Com show. If we had
more money we certainly would have
doubled the amount appropriated,
and- still believe the. money well
spent The experiments in horticul
ture and plant, breeding being- made
at the farm are little short of mar
velous. . These experiments will be
shown at Omaha and experts will be
on hand to explain cverj thing. It is
our opinion farmers from every coun
ty in the state" wjll. be in attendance
at the Corn show, and .every one of
them will be benefited by the. state
farm exhibit-
"Nebraska must carry off the first
prizes at that Corn show. It will not
do for this state to take a back seat
for any other in the union. In order
to assist those who are going to com
pete, the university will send out ex-,
perts to assist in selecting the corn.
' "The National Corn show will be
the -greatest advertisement 'Nebraska
has ever bad. . It 'will do more for
this "great state than anyone can
know. Every man in Nebraska
should assist in making a good show
ing for the state."
Governor -Roasts the Jury.
Jurors who convict "an accused per
son and then sign a petition for hi3
pardon may expect little considera
tion at the hands of Governor Shel
don, unjess good reasons are given
for their action.
This the governor Plainly set out
in the hearing granted on the appli
cation of Dr. W. A. Cate of Nelson,
sentenced to serve eighteen months
in the penitentiary for cutting Lea
Gress while the two were fighting.
Seven of the jurors signed the peti
tion for clemency and none refused
to sign. While Mrs. Cate was ad
dressing the executive on the peti
tion, Governor Sheldoni interrupted
her to remark that she was asking
him to do what the jury had refused
to do.
The jurors who signed the petition,
after they voted to convict Dr. Cato
and send him to the penitentiary, cer
tainly should explain their action. If
they thought him innocent they
should have voted to free him. Their
conduct needs explanation.
Want Husband Released.
Mrs. Charles Knimsick of Oxford
has written to Governor Sheldon ask
ing clemency for her husband, who is
confined in the penitentiary. She says
that she has a hard time caring for
herself and little child and that she
Is hounded by other men.
Western Union to Show Why.
The State Railway commission has
set Wednesday of this week as the
time when N. P. Gadd of 'Broken Bow
is to be heard on his complaint against
the Western Union Telegiaph company
for closing its night office in the Cus
ter county town. Numerous, informal
complaints cf a like nature will -be
.taken up at the same time. .These
informal complaints against the West
ern Union have come from, the follow
ing towns: Crete, Lorton. Gladstone,
Friend, Wabash and Rynard. Others
are expected to "be .heard" from. ""
Case Against Student Pails.
'The case, against William T. Youngj
charged, with breaking the' city health
ordinance, has been dismissed. He is
the university student- who lef c the"
.isolation hospital where he had been
confined with, a mild case .of smallpox,
without the consent of the physicians.
He left .the hospital without the knowl
edge or. consent of tlie nurse- or city
physician and. came back, to a room-.
Ing house in Linccjn. He gave as" his
reason that he was not side and that
he was .neither fed. nor cared for at
the hospital. -."."
Express Rates-Will Be Cut ,. ,
. 'Express rates In Nebraska -will be
cu. April 15 25 per .cent Tbis-'much.
was decided by the Nebraska supreme
'court which granted a temporary, re
straining order, enjoining the express
companies from violating" the Sibfey
law,which" provides for the reduction.
Pendtng.a trial of the merits -of the
cas'e, involving- the reasonableness .of
'express rates, the lower charges will
therefore be in k Je'ct .
,xae supreme court appointed former
Supreme Judge Jj J-'Sullivan of "Co
lumbus referee in the case- to take
testimony and the injunction -'is imposed-
that. he" Conduct, the hearing,
with ali"io'ssioie celer'ityrand raak'erau"
immediate report of his findings ba.cl"
'totive court ..-. ."' ..."
.. The-decision is-a.-victory for. the
sta'te which" ha's-'.oeed .securing' advan
tage", s't'e'p-'liy step in. its c6ntest"..vith.
.'the-express companies, -it means that
."until the' litigation over -the".rates s
'settled, at..'east"' the ..reduced -charges
only" .may be. in force"." : " . ".
" Attorney .Gjeneral Thompson,-j"uly -3,'
1907-, bega-tf the action in .which'. the.
restraining order was granted. w.
sbugbt-to prevent the ex press - companies-.,
ftom violating the Sibley act. The"
case-was .soon', after 'transferred to tlie
.federal court and later sent back to the
statecourt The- express, complies'
"then .filed an inaepe,hdenf action on
their'.ow'n "part in federal codrt which
is not yet 'decided.-
'." .Stringent Liquor Rules.
Lincoln is up-againsVthe most strin
gent liquor rules 'in :its 'history. 'The
rules were adopted by the excise board
after It had. been officially determined'
the. tpwnhad -gone against prohibition
by. "221 votes. Fololwing are the rules
adopted:
The license 'fee .'will be $1,500.
.-'Druggists, must furnish a $5,000
bond. They may sell alcchol for med
ical purposes.
. Clubs are forbidden to sell liquor.
No saloons will be allowed on O
between Tenth' and Nineteenth.
Whclesaie liquor house? and whole
sale druggists 'must pay license fees.
Saloons will open at 7 a. m. and
close at 7". p. m.
Number of saloons restricted to
twenty-five. t
The new rules become effective May
11th.
The action" of the board hits the Elks
and Eagles and other organizations
which have in the past dispensed liq
uor to memb'era for a consideration.
It' was discovered a mistake had
b.een-jiiadc by nn election clerk in cer
tifying in -the vote from one precinct
This error-made the city dry, but as
it was so clearly an error only those
not at all conversant, with the fact
paid attention to it. A recount was
made of the ballots and the official
majority against prohibition was 221.
The vote against prohibition, 4,025;
for prohibition, 3,804.
Hearing on Grain Rates.
Tho hearing which the railway com
mission ence commenced on its own
motion and which was abandoned la'cr
because the Aldrich commodity rate
law requires tii'e filling of a complaint
by an interested person will be taken
up the railway commission April 20 ou
complaint: of Senator Sibley of Lincoln
county, 'ilie complaint on file is
against the Burlington road and a re
duction of 15 per cent in freight rates
on grain is asked for. This hearing
piomises to be even more interesting
than the general hearing docketed by
the commission for the reason that the
complaint is definite and affects one
of the principal commodities produced
by the farmers cl Nebraska. Mr.. Sib
ley will concentrate bis contest on the
Burlington roau because he lives on
that line and ships over it. but it is
intended to make this a tect to be J
applied to all roads in the state, with
possibly a. different percentage of re- k
duction for rue various ronds.
The Builjngtcc requested the com- j
mission to require Senator Sibley to b
more specific in his complaint and that ,
lie be compelled to show whether or
not ho repres6nts other grain growers
as he claims, and whether he ships j
grain himself and to give dates and
the amount of Ike shipments. This
was overruled by the commissicn. ,
Solomon Made Comptrsller. ;
County Commissioner E:nmett Solo
mon may become comptroller of Dou-,
glas county whenever he desires, the
supreme court holding the oHlce to
which he vas elected in November to i
be legally constituted. The casu .
brought by Jams Allan of Omaha
against the county board to ascertain
the constitutional; ty of the comptroller
law was dismissed, the injunction
granted against Mr. Solomon's filling
the office was dissolved, and the de
cision of Judge Rcdick was reversed.
The decision of tho court is that
the chapter of the session laws pro- L
viding the ccunly cqmptroller shall be
ex-officio city comptroller war. not an
inducement to the pasaage of the coun
ty comptroller act. Chapters xxxviil,
x'xxvi and .xxxviil were held to be
cognate acts and complete In them
selves,, these being provisions for the
-regulation of tho o"f ice of county comp
troller. The supreme court has reappointed
the members of the preseut commis
sion ,to serve a.r . indefinite time.
Should the constitutional amendment
providing for an enlarged court fail
to carry, tho commission will servo
until the present upprorintion is ex
hausted. The commissioners will bo
-permitted to select their own sten
ographers.. Tae commission Is Divl
sion No. 1. E. R. DuSc. Omaha; E.
E. Good. Vahco; A. C. Epperson,
Clay Cenlcr; division No. 2. Jacob
Fawcett, Omaha, E. C. Calkins,
Kearney; Jfs'nv L. Root, Plattsmouth.
New Chancellor for Wesleyan.
The board "of trustees o'f the Ne
braska Wesieva'n uiriversit- elected 1
Rev. W. J. Davidson of Decatur,- III.,
to be chancellor of the- ,ittstiuition.
Dr. Ddvidbou is pas.tor of. the First
Methodist Episcopal church of.. Do
ca"tur. 1
. .Stock. Yards Files Its Rates.
The Union Stock Yards company has
filed with the railway commission a
schedule of its switching- fees, in ac
cordance with a recent decision of the"
supreme court finding the company a
copiuoa carrier.
IEI ARRIVALS II CJUMM
lEiRLT 300.000 II 1307,
ABOUT 'SIXTY THOUSAND FROM
THE UNITED STATES. '-
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' Now that It. is. known that In the
year just "closed nearly- sixty . thou
sand from the United States declared
their intention of making, their homes
in Canada, it might- not be out of
place.-to search 'for some, reasons' that
-would bring this .about These people
.are but following -the example of the
fifty-five 'or. sixty thousand who did
th'e same thing -the year previous,-and
an almost" equal number who the year
before, that .but- followed. the example
of the thousands of the year" preced
ing." An excellent climate, certain and
-positive crbps of 'grain pf all kjnds,"
good markets for their produce; land
.-l-and good .kind, toor-r at low prices,"
easy terms-"of payment, (not ..forget
ting, the -160 acres ot land" given free
by" the- Government. particulars' of'
which th'e'Canadian Government Agent
whose name appears elsewhere will
tell .you about) and then the splendid-
social, conditions. The- situation is
pretty well sized.' up by a" writer 'in ono
of' the magazines. - Quoting, from this
article,: we .find 'this:- -".Those of us.
, who' made good- in the States," inter
jected ' another settler as if to con
tinue .the story of his neighbor, "have
had ltv easy-. from the- start; a "Utile
money is a mighty good' thing, on com
ing into' a new country- But those
who make an' entry, or even-buy" lands
at low rates, are -able to square things"
in two. or -three seasons' crops. There,
are hardships in building shanUes,
and" then with increasing' prosperity
getting things into shape for -better,
homes. But affairs go much as- in. the
States.. We have the largest liberty in
the world; there is more home rule in
the Provinces .than in the several
states of the Republic. Taxes are
light and with "only a few million peo
ple west of Winnipeg we don't get in.
each other's way. One's friends over'
the .line probably thought we would not
live. through the winter; and while' it
Is cold, real cold, It is free from the
moisture experienced In the east.
.Schools are. good as encouraged by
the Government; . the enterprising
American promoter and Yankee .drum
mer see to it that we take notice, of
the latest improvements and best agri
cultural machinery. Altogether we are
as near to affairs as we would be on
our own farms In the States. Winnipeg-bears
the same relation to us as
Chicago did at home; and Edmonton
with the surrounding region advances
as Omaha did in the days when we
were as young as the boys yonder.
We get together much as they did in
the granges over the border; the gov
ernment has established experimental
school's of agriculture, and progress in
every line is stimulated. This is a
great region for grazing,"' we hear the
Calgary citizen continuing, "and then
with building elevators of wheat at
one dollar a bushel, many of us find
time to go over to the live stock ex
hibition in Chicago or visit old friends
during the course of the winter.
Every man is taken for what he. is
worth or for what he can raise; and
in this good air and on this fertile soil
we intend to show our old friends
that we are made of the right stuff
that we are chips of the old block
who built up the American West"
ONE LESSON WHOLLY WASTED.
Little Surprise Planned by Billiger
McSwat Not a Success.
"Lobelia," asked Mr. McSwat, who
was rummaging in one of the closets',
"have you done anything with that
old coat of mine that used to hang, on
the last hook In here?"
"Yes," answered Mrs. McSwat "I
gave it to the Volunteers."
"You did, did you?" Well, you'll
be sorry to learn, perhaps, that there
was a five-dollar bill in it which I
was going to give you if I found that
coat undisturbed at the beginning of
March."
"O, I think not Billiger. I searched
it thoroughly before I gave it away."
"You're a pretty Smart -woman,
Lobelia, but it didn't occur to j"ou to
look inside the lining."
"O, yes, it did, and I found the five
dollar bill. I spent it Tor the rubber
plant in the front parlor that you have
admired so much and wondere'd how
I managed to buy out of my allowance.
You're a pretty smart man, Billiger,
but there are times when you don't
look the part"
There being no further business be
fore the house, Mr. McSwat adjourned
without form.
Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in -a
manner to enhance their textile. Beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If- proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised "at -th'e
Improved appearance of your work,
His Great Fault
"Yes," said the would-be author,.'TTe
taken a home in the country," -but it
will be necessary for" me to engage
a gardener. There's quite a plot ot
ground around the house;. too much
for- me to handle."
"Yes," replied Crittlck, "you" never
could handle a. plot, could you?".
Catholic 'Standard and Times. ..
' Catarrh Cannot Ba Cured
Vttk LOG AC APPLICATIONS, a tUej caasot readl
tksieatof tbedlaesM. Ckurrh Urn blood or conitP
tMloaal dtoeaM. aad la order to cur 1 1 yoa most uke
tottrnsl remedies. HsU'tCaurrh Carets takes tn
tanallr.aad acta direct) on ti blood and mucous
Mrfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medj
ctac It was prescribed byose of the ben physicians
ta tab country for years and Is a regular prescription.
It la composed of die best tonics known, combined
wltn the best bloodpurlfler. acting directly on the
mucosa surfaces. The Perfect cbmblnatlon'of the
two Ingredients Is what produces such wpnderful re-'
Mitt la caring catarrh. Send fur testimonial, free.
P. J. CHEKEY CO., Prop.. Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, price 75c"
Taka HalTa Family Pills for constipation.
. 'A 'Gentle-Request
"Charley, dear"," said .young Mrs.
Torkins, VI. wish you -wouldn't pay so
much attention to the personal popu
larity of horses this year,"
"What do yon mean?"
'"You have a dreadful habit of .pick
ing out animals who are favorites be-,
fore the race and absolutely friend
less aiter." . . . . "
I
STUDY NOT A
NECESSITY. b
End and Aim of Woman's Life, a UtV
"derstood by "Roths's Mother.
In one of the Philadelphia pnblie
schools is a little girl pupil whose an
cestors and coceligjonists have ever
held that the principal end aad aim ot
the lite of a woman is marriage. This
little girl, is well up in most of her
studies', but she has an Inveterate dis
like .of geography and it seems impos
sible to teach thes.tudy to. her. The
other day her teachermade impatient
by her seeming. unwillingness to learn
-her geography lesson, sent tb Rosie's
mother a note requesting her to see
th'at the girl studied her lesson. The
next day. showed .no improvement
"however, 'and-the teacher asked Rosie
whether she had delivered the note.
."Yes, ma'am," was the reply..
"And "did your- mother read the
note.RpsIe," said he teacher.
"Yes, ma'm."
"What'did she say.?'"
. "My mother said that -she didn't
know geography, .an she got married,
an my aunt -didn't know geography,
an she' got married, an' you know
geography, an' "you didn't "ge.t mar
ried." . . . ' ..- - -.
..An ktnd Missing.
An Irishman' "who served on 'board
a man-of-war-'was selected by one .of
the officers to haul in a-towline of con
siderable, length that waa towing over
the taffrail.. After pulling in 40 or 50 '
fathoms, which' had -put his patience
severely to proof, -as well as -every
muscle of his arms, .he 'muttered tut
himself: .
"Surely it's as Ipng as to-day and to
morrow' . Its a good week's work for
any five in the ship. 'Bad luck to' the
leg or the arm ifll.leave at last. What,
more ot it yet? Ocb". murder! The .
say's mighty deep," to be sure!"
After continuing in a. similar strain
and conceiving' there was little prob
ability of the completion -of hrs.Jabor,
he suddenly stopped .short, .'and. ad
dressing "the officer of.the-watch, ex,
claimed: "Bad manners to me, sir; if
I don V think" somebody's cut .off the
other'end of lt!""-The Pathtmder. .
. . .
Hope .
Walter Damrosch Jells of a matron
In Chicago' who, in company, with "her
young nephew, was -auenawg .a
musical entertainment .
The .selections were, apparently .entirely-
"unfamiliar . td . the youth; but
when the vWedding" March" of Men
delssohn was begun he' began td evince
more interst. -..".
"That sounds-'. familiar,' he said."
'"I'm not strong ..on these classical
pieces, "but that's a" good" one. What is
That," "gravely ' explained the
matron, "is -the 'Maiden's Prayer.' "--Harper's
Weekly. - .-.:
.'Rubbing.lt jn; .
"What's that crank ln 38 kicking '
about?"" asked the hotel clerk. .
"He's explaining that everything's
too old -and shabby"," replied the-bell-'
boy. "He wants'everything" new.'
"All . right Begin; by. giving hint
those'new" stiff, towels."
Omaha Directory
-.This
Bright Maid
used " '
Swift's--
Pride Soap
becadseit made
.-her clothes
-whiter and
brighter
Ask.
your
dealer for it."
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COOTFO'RjKJVyW007 '
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aa4 restores the fiailh. Caq act ia'uro
, the wood in aay way. Cmrinlrrd to give
perfect, tartrfacnoa. . .Absolutely the best
torBkufe'polisKoBthe raai"t.-Myowclea""cr
"doesa't cany t.sead-us his name aad "we
will see th.at.you ate supplied. Price 25
- aad 50 cents. ' .
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Orchard & Wilhelm
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Rooms from-tt.00 up Mnjrle. 75 centa.up donbleu
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" Tets, Awnings, etc' -Largest west of
Chicago. Write for -prices and estinfatea
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Why pat tbo cheap, rank, bitter flavored coffe la
your stomach-when para QCRMAtCAMERICAM
COFFEE cots do mars! Iatust on having It. Yoar
grocer sell It or can get u.
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