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Teachers' Institute.
At the close of the Platte County
Teachers1 Institute last week the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed: Whereas, The thirty-third annual
Platte Ouunty Teachers' Institute for
the ear 1910, is drawing to a close, and
Whereas, We the committee on reso
lutions, iu behalf of the teachers in
attendance, grateful for the benefits de
rived from its sessions, hereby submit
the following as the evidence of their
appreciation:
Resolved, That we extend our thanks
to the people of Columbus for their hos
pitality; to the board of education for
the use of the High school building; and
also to Mr. M-Tnggart for the services
he rendered .
Resolved, That we tender our thanks
to Miss Frkke for her excellent piano
selections; to Miss Strickland and Prof.
Preston for their vocal selections, and to
all others who have assisted us with their
musical talent, lie it further
Resolved, That we express our
thanks to Hupt. Lecron for the efforts
that he put forth in securing such an ex
cellent corps of instructors, namely
Prof. N. W. Preston, of Fremont, Miss
Mary Strickland, of Fremont; Supt. F.
M. iiunter. of Norfolk, and Prof. H F
Car6on, of Hastings who have so ably
presented their respective subjects.
Respectfully submitted by the com
mittee. 0. A. Otradovec,
Birde Dodds,
losie Richardson,
Belle Newman,
Louise Luedtke.
A SMALL BIRD.
But It Had a Mighty Swat Whan t
Came Down Dead.
W. M. Newson tells of nu amusing
Incident In which u dead duck dis
played more activity than would a lire
one. The incident is as follows:
"We saw a small flock of broadbiil?
upproachiug. They came directly for us,
but unfortunately did not stop for our
decoys. As they arrived almost over
us we stood up and tired. 1 pulled ou
a nice plump looking drake, lie start
ed to fall, so 1 turned my second load
louse rather promiscuously and then
started to load up. Behind me Johnny
was still shooting. Then Johnny yelled,
uud something hit me a mighty swat
ou the buck of my neck, whereupon I
tried to clean a big hunk of stone of
its barnacles by means of my nose aud
frout teeth. This may be pleasant to
look upon, but it is not an enjoyable
pastime.
"I had always liked Johnny, but the
thought that he had hit me on the
back of the neck and was now laugh
ing was too mui'h. 1 started for him
with murder in my eye aud a large
driftwood stick iu my hand. Johnny,
still iu fits of laughter, pointed behind
me and mumbled some words about
'duck.' I looked around, and there be
biud me on the rocks was the same
plump looking drake that I bad shot
at the first time. It was hard to real
ize that such a small bird had such a
mighty swat
"When Johnny had come out of his
convulsions and I had picked the
feathers out of my back hair we look
ed around a bit aud found there were
four dead broadhills, so I cheered up
a bit. Johnny didn't need any cheer
ing up." Recreation.
HE WAS THANKFUL
A Reporter Who Appreciated the At
tentions of His Superior.
A reporter for a Philadelphia news
paper was sent up the state to act as
staff correspondent In an important
court trial. It was the reporter's first
big out of towu assignment, and his
mauaglug editor kept the telegrapn
wires busy with instructions and In
quiries. For two days and two uighis
the reporter had received a dispatch
from his otlice half hourly, and it be
gau to get ou his nerves.
At the end of the second day he
worked until 2 o'clock In the morning,
filed his last page of copy, received
word that his story had been re-cel-ed.
and he went to bed. Just as he
was puttiug out the light the hotel
porter appeared with the inevitable
tray and the inevitable telegram. The
reporter opened it and read:
"What time does court open in the
morning?"
It was too much. He hated the sight
of a telegram. He had beeu fleeing the
curse of the dispatches only to have
them pursue him to bed. He sat down
aud wrote to his olhce the most cour
teous answer he could compose:
"Court opens at J) o'clock In the
morning. It is now 3. Thank you for
waking me In time." Philadelphia
Times.
Balzac's Way.
Jules Saudeau relates that one time
while liviug in Paris Balzac locked
himself up in his room for twenty-two
days aud tweuty-two nights, refusing
to see any one and keeping the cur
tains closed and the lights continually
burning even in broad daylight. The
only humau being he saw during this
time was his servant, whom he rang
for when he felt the need of food aud
which he washed down with numerous
cups of coffee. He would throw him
self on his bed only when entirely ex
hausted from lack of sleep, aud he re
mained in complete ignorance of what
was transpiring outside, the state of
the weather aud even of the time and
day of the w,ek. He only freed him
self from this voluntary captivity
when he had written the word "End"
on the last paire of the manuscript he
began when he entered his prison.
Coral That Shocks.
On the coast of the West Indian
islnuds a curious kind of coral is
found, called "millepoea." This has a
most extraordinary property which
makes the people who know it very
shy of handling It. The moment you
pick up a piece a sort of electric thrill
runs through you and au agonizing
pain shoots through your Jaws. You
feel as if every tooth and every nerve
and muscle connected with them was
burning. The acute pain lasts gener
ally for about half an hour and slowly
passes off. but the effects do not dis
appear entirely for hours. The reason
of this curious shock or poisoning Is a
mystery.
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HIS DEATH SCENE.
A Stage Performance That Took Place
Under Difficulties.
In an article ou barnstorming in the
Wide World Magazine P. IL Eaton de
scribes a performance which took
place under certain difficulties.
There bad been an Ice ream sociable
Just prior to our arrival iu the hall,
and no one bad cleaned the stage.
Mac bad a new pair of broadcloth
trousers and my scarlet tunic, ulsr
new. When a shot was fired he was
to fall and before dying confess that
he bad killed old Fitzgerald.
The juvenile down frout was not to
speak till .Mac had fallen and con
fessed. There he stood while Mac
staggered about the stage looking for
a clean place on which to falL Mixed
In with bis lines he was making re
marks to us In the wings sotto voce,
while wo were convulsed with laugh
ter at bis autics.
"1 cannot die oh. why didn't you
have a grass mat? I must not die I
.shall ruin my breeches I can't die
oh, this stage Is atloat with ice cream
1 must not- die."
Here the juvenile put in some side
remarks of Ills own "Oh. hurry up
and die or I'll walk off!"
"(Jo ahead." retorted Mac. "and bring
me ii sai'k. I must not die. Well. If
I must here goes it's ruin to your
tuuic. Perce, and my breeches oh.
oh!" (lie went down ou one knee,
then ou one elbow and finally lay full
length.) "The deed is done I confess
I murdered-Old Fltzger" A real
istic shiver aud all was over. Including
the rub.ing of our clothes, as prophe
sied. The natives said it was the
"best and most like! Ike death scene
that had ever been given In that
towu."
THE MUSKRAT.
More People Trap This Little Animal
Than Any Other.
In America nearly 10.000 people tr.ip
I he musquash, or muskrat. every year
More people trap this little animal
than any other It is claimed that the
greatest number of skins are taken in
Minnesota and the Red river district
Most of the pelts are exported.
The skins are very uniform in color,
usually a dark brown. However, those
of Alaska aud the Mackenzie district
are very light In color. The black
pelts or those which are nearly so
come from the southern sections, al
though occasionally n few are found In
other localities.
The muskrat is very prolific lu
some latitudes, says Fur News, it has
three litters of young Iu a summer aud
from three to Gve young iu each litter.
The animals are nocturnal In their
habits, but are often seen during the
day Musquash. It is said, thrive best
iu sluggish streams, lakes and marsh
es. In appearance it is very much like
the beaver, and its habits are very
similar.
The miiskrats that inhabit the ponds,
marshes and shallow lakes build their
bouses of grass, weeds, etc aud plas
ter them together with mud. The
bouse is built in the shape of a dome
aud is usually several feet above the
water. The musquash that lives along
the streams usually has Its home lu
the banks of them. The entrance to
this den is almost always beneath the
water, but as the burrows range up
ward the dens are never filled with
water except In times of freshets.
What the Light Revealed.
A story is told of a simple and de
vout Methodist minister who was not
suliicieutly eloquent or businesslike to
be approved by the presiding elder.
Through the luflueuce of the elder lie
felt sure he was appointed to a small
aud widely scattered settlement where
there was much hard woik. and the
results were necessarily meager. One
day he was commenting sadly ou the
narrowness of his opportunities to a
friend, who said gravely that he ought
to pray for light that he might see the
hand of the Lord iu his apiHiintnieut.
"I have, brother." he answered,
"again aud again But so far." he
added, with a whimsical smile. "I've
had only light enough to see the in
terfering hand of Klder Brown.
Youth's Companion.
Eyeglasses.
"Did you ever notice." queried an
optician, "that nearly every person
who wears rimless eyeglasses when
polishing the lenses with a handker
chief holds the glasses by the nose
piece, thus putting all the strain of
the rabbim: upon the screws which
attach the glass to the metal? Of
course this tends to loosen the glass
and wear out the thread upon the tiny
screw. Tliis in turn causes the lenses
to wabble, resultiug in groat discom
fort to the wearer. It's strange how
little Intelligence intelligent people dis
play in simple matters, but then it
brings us business." New York Globe.
Hereditary.
Hoax Poor old Henpecke hns to
mind the baby. Joax Yes. It's won
derful how that baby takes after its
mother. Philadelphia Record.
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A STORY OF FORREST.
The Actor's Encounter With an lm
pertinent Critic.
Many years ago Hdwiu Forrest, the
celebrated actor, when in New York,
was in the habit of dining at Wiu
dust's, a noted restaurant on Park
row that was a favorite resort of ac
tors and literary men. It usually hap
pened that Forrest would be joined by
friends aud that the little group would
sit together at one table. On one occa
sion it chanced that an Englishman
with a reputation for conceit and Im
pertinence, who had scraped acquaint
ance with the tragedian., was oue of
tho group.
Early iu the course of the dinner the
Englishman began to make criticisms
which he considered plcasautries about
Forrest's conception of certain roles.
Encouraged by his own appreciation,
he gave full play to his humor and
concluded each of his Impertinences
with "Pardon my freedom, sir It's my
way."
To the astonishment of all who kuew
Forrest's irascible disposition he bore
the Briton's offensive remarks patient
ly and seemingly ignored them as far
as possible. When, however, the nuts
were brought in by the waiter be
took several cracked walnuts In bis
hand and. walking over to the Briton's
place, jocularly snapped them suc
cessively in the face of that individual.
lightly saying after each shot, "Par
don my freedom, sir It's my way,"
aud snapped him out of the restau
rant. SPEED OF WAVES.
Over Seventy-eight Miles an Hour Hae
Been Recorded.
Interesting facts about waves were
given by Dr. Vaughan Cornish In one
of his lectures. In the north Atlantic,
he said, waves had been measured, the
largest of which was somewhat more
than forty feet hlsh. with a length
from crest to crest of TiGO feet. It was
in the southern Indian ocean that
waves attained their fullest develop-
Ulellt. and they had beeil measured !
there with a length of 7St feet.
In the Atlantic it had been found
that waves attained a speed of thlrty
cfcht miles an hour in a wind of about
forty-four miles an hour. Sjieaking of
the swells in the waves that run free
ly on the surface of the sea after the
wind lias -eaed. Dr. Cornish said that
during a storm In December. 1S98. he
recorded breakers near Bournemouth
which moved at sixty-seven miles an
hour and had a length from crest to
crest of 1.000 feet, lu February, 1KW.
he observed breakers on the same
shore which bad a speed In deep wa-
ter of not less than seventy-eight and I
a half miles au hour. London Family j
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CHINESE SAILORS.
They Never Learn to Tie Knot
Properly, Says a Skipper.
"I don't know wby it is." said the
captain of the tramp steamer, "but
you can't teach any of those Chinese
sailors there to tie a real knot
"There Isn't much need aboard a
steamer for the rope knowledge that
used to be so much the part of a
fo'c's'le training, but we do need splices
and knots now and again just tho
same.
"Those Chinese there, who were
signed on as A. B.'s. can do anything
needed In the way of splices that would
make an old tar green with envy, and
they'll flx up dcadeyes better tbau
most of the men I've shipped.
"But you can't get one of 'em to tie
a right knot. Teach 'em ngalu aud
again, and they remember the lesson
for half an hour. Next time there's a
straight everyday knot to be tied the
Chinese fo'c's'le band makes up the
same old granny.
"Every child that tries to tie a knot
makes a granny. This kind of a knot
Is made up by passing the ends around
each other In the reverse direction,
making the ends stand out at right an
gles. The ends should be wound
around each other In the same direc
tion. Wheu they come out of the knot
they should lie alongside the line en
either side of the knot Such a knot
won't slip. But a Chinaman can't
learn it for keeps not he.
"The Lascar and Malay and Kanaka
learn the right knot easily enough. In
a storm that's one of the things we
have to guard against if we have Chi
nese sailors." New York Sun,
EYE DEFECTS.
Some Things That Are Said to Affect
tho Sense of Vision.
Many eye defects, of course, are due
to the bad habits of their possessors.
Tobacco, for iustance. is generally held
to Impair the vision, usually iujuriug
the color sense so that gold and silver
become Indistinguishable. According
to some medical authorities, again, the
connection between eye and tooth trou
ble is more than an old wife's fable. In
his book dealing with the subject Han
cock relates the story of a boy who
woke up one morning to find himself
blind. On examination his teeth were
discovered to be crowded together, and
a few of them were removed, with the
result that by evening he could distin
guish between light and darkness.
More teeth were removed, and In elev
en days his sight was fully restored.
Other cases which tend to show the
connection between eye and tooth trou
ble have also been noted. Very fre
quently occupation has much to do
with one or other eye defect. Thus
nystagmus Is sometimes known as the
miners disease.
Nystagmus Is an Involuntary oscilla
tion or the eyeball to and fro or round
in Its orbit. la contradistinction to
glaucoma, it Is a youug defect, having
been noticed in infants, but sometimes
it attacks miners after forty. Miners
are Inclined to attribute the faillug to
the bad light, but it is more likely to
be caused by the continual upward
glance so often necessitated by their
occupation. Strand Magazine.
CHINESE FANMAKING.
The Industry Carried on In One DIs
triet For Centuries.
The fanmaklng Industry In China
was started centuries ago In the vli
logo of Pengsbow. at Ampow, about
three miles from Swatow. It was for
merly confined to women In various
households, but for many years past
every family in the village has beeu
devoted to the work, all the members
of the families being occupied In the
manufacture. Only the open fan Is
manufactured In this district
For the frame the spilt bamboo is
repeatedly rived until each piece Is
sufficiently slender and flexible There
threadlike pieces of bamboo are ar
ranged In n row, attached to each oth
er by a thread passed crosswise
through the middle. This thread is
fastened to a semicircular strip of
bamboo, giving the fan Its shape. The
ribs are then slightly heated and bent
at the ends. The fan has now the
peculiar and characteristic shell-like
shape at the top. Very flimsy silk
gauze Is then pasted on the face and a
kind of tissue-like paper on the back.
After the handle Is attached the bor
der of the fan Is black varnished and
tho gauze is coated with a chalk and
water mixture. The handles are made
of bamboo, various kinds of hard
wood, bone and ivory. The band paint
ing on the fans is cleverly done. In
some Instances being works of art.
Exchange.
A FAITHFUL FRIEND.
The Secret of His Loyalty to tho Con
demned Man.
A negro was executed in a prison not
many hours' journey from the city not
long ago, says the Philadelphia Times.
For several mouths prior to his de
parture he had been visited by a faith
ful friend who brought him chicken,
possum, sweet potatoes, cigars and
other things.
The bearer of these good things
seemed to be under some trouble. It
was suspected that he had some Inti
mate knowledge of the crime for which
the other was to be executed. The se
cret came to light on the morniug of
the execution, when one of the guards
overheard this conversation between
the two men:
"Now, Jim. didn't I done do every
thing I could for you?"
Yes, Bill, you has suo fu'filled all
ob yo obligation an squared 'counts
fn riom rrnn nm: nn' I shn la
'bilged to yo'."
"Aud. Jim. does yo swear that yo'
won't come and ha'nt me after yo's
doue gone an been hanged?"
"No. Bill: yo has sho acted like a
mau an' a brudder. an' I ain't low
down mean 'nuff to ba'nt yo now. hut
ef yo hadn't brung me dem things
wheu I told yo I sho would bar'
ha'uted yo every night of yo life, au'
don't yo forget it."
His Illustration.
Taps, what Is faith ':"
"Well, my boy. they say your baby
brother sleeps, but I've never seen him
do it. Vet f I believe he does that's
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EFFECT OF SUGGESTION.
It Can Fill Our Lives With Gladness or
With Miser.
There Is nothing that plays so impor
tant a part iu the daily life of men
and women a does suggestion, says
II. Addlugton Bruce in the Delinea
tor. Mentally, morally and to a large
extent physically we are what wu
are because of its influence. Sugges
tion can make of us saints or crimi
nals, heroes or cowards. It can lift
us from beds of sickness or doom us
to a hopeless Invalidism. It can fill
our lives with gladness or with mis
ery. It is a great force ceaselessly
operative, unecapable. But It Is a
force that we can nevertheless direct
and utilize if we only understand its
laws, and the more wisely, the more
persistently, the more thoroughly we
use It. the happier and healthier we
shall lie.
No matter how many setbacks come,
keep repeating to yourself optimistic
autosuggestions. I'cpctjtion is one of
the most forceful instruments of sug
gestion. Then is : great truth under
lying the familiar saying "As a man
thiiiketh. so is he." Moreover, you can
utilize the law of repetition to draw
from your surroundings beneficial sug
gestions that will powerfully re-enforce
your autosuggestions. You can
do so because every detail in your en
vironment is or suggestive value to
you. and. -ilthough no one can make
this environment all that it should be.
nevertheless it Is quite within your
power to modify it in such a way that
it will give you a maximum of help
ful aud a minimum of harmful sugges
tions. A FAMOUS TIMEPIECE.
The Astronomical Clock at Hampton
Court Palace.
The famous astronomical clock at
Hampton Court palace, near London.
Is the first timepiece of that character
erected in England and was made for
Henry VIII. iu l.THl. According to Er
nest Law. the historian of Hampton
Court palace, it was the creation of
Nicholas Cratzer. a German astrono
mer, who visited Englaud at the Invi
tation of Cardinal Wolsey. who intro
duced him to the king.
It Is possible to learn from it the
hour, the month, the day of the month,
the position of tho sun and the number
of days since the beginning of the
year, phases of the moon and its age,
the hour at which it crosses the meri
dian and the time of high water at
London bridge. The winding of the
clock occupies half an hour every
week. The weights descend to a depth
of more than sixty feet.
Like many other things about the
palace. It has its legends. It Is related
that when Anne of Denmark, queeu of
James I., died In the palace the clock,
which was striking -I at the mo
ment. Immediately stopped. This it is
said to do whenever any old resident
iu the palace dies within its precincts,
and alleged modern instances of tho
fact are quoted solemnly by the credu
lous. Argonaut.
How He Won Her.
A man who married his stenogra
pher won her through sheer persisten
cy. Although it was evident to the
wooer that the youug woman did not
regard him eutirely without favor, he
found it extremely ditlicult to get her
to listen to his plea. The stenographer
refused to lunch, sup or go to the the
ater with her admirer. Finding every
avenue of approach blocked, the de
termined courter. who possessed some
literary facility, wrote a short love
story, in which the girl and lie were
the leading figures. This story he sent
to the stenographer every morning for
a month uud ordered her to typewrite
it for him. She dared not refuse to
do as her employer commanded, and,
realizing through the story that he
would uever give up until she married
him, she finally acquiesced. Chicago
Itecord-Hemld.
They Paid the Price.
The corporation of the city of Glas
gow wanted to purchase the Whistler
portrait of Carlyle aud In due course
waited on the master of the geutle art
of makiug enemies about the price
(1,000 guiueas). They admitted it was
a magnificent picture, but "Do you not
think. Mr. Whistler, the sum a wee.
wee bit excessive'"
"Dldu't you know the price before
you came to me':" asked the master,
with suspicious lilaudness.
"Oh. aye, we knew that!" replied the
corporation.
"Very well, then." said Mr. WhisUer
iu Ids suavest tones, "let's talk of
something else." And as there was
nothing else of interest to detain the
"conoratlon" they paid the price and
made an excellent bargaiii.
How Inspiration Works.
"This sea poem of yoqrs fairly
smacks of the salt gale. It Is palpably
the result of genuine inspiration. You
evidently planned it while upon the
hounding deep."
"Well, to tell you the truth," said
the poet. "1 got the idea one day while
fitting In a shop having my shoes cob
DlPd " -New York Journal.
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Address by Prominent Nebraskan
Races and Games
Ball Game Nebraska State League
Columbus vs Kearney
Automobile Parade
Fireworks Display
Band Concerts, day and evening.
Moving Picture show all day
Merry-go-Rounds and numerous
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Rest Rooms for Ladies and Children
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NERVOUS JTWITCHINGS.
An Affliction From Which Men of
Genius Often Suffer.
Many men of genius, like the insane.
are subject to curious spasmodic uud
choreic' movements. Professor Loui
broso In one of bis books pointed out
that Lenau and Montesquieu left upou
the floor of their rooms the signs of
the movements by which their feet
were convulsively agitated during
composition.
Uuffou. Dr. Johusou. Santeull. Cre-
blllon and Louiburdiui exhibited the
most remarkable facial contortions.
There was a constant quiver on Thom
as Campbell's thin lips. Chateaubri
and was long subject to eouvtilslvt
movements of the arm.
Napoleon suffered from au habitual
spasm of the right shoulder and of the
lips. "My auger." be said one day
after an altercation with Lowe, "must
have been fearful, for 1 felt the v II. ra
tion of my calves, which has not hap
pened to me for a long time."
Peter the Great suffered from con
vulsive movements which horribly
distorted his face. "Carducci's fare
at certalu moments." writes Maute
gazza. "is a veritable hurricane; light
nings dart from his eyes, and his mus
cles tremble." Ampere could express
his thoughts only while walking aud
when his body was iu a state of con
stant movement. Socrates often danced J
and jumped in the street without rea
son. A Gambler's Philosophy.
"There's no use in trying to buck
against bad luck." said the success
ful gambler us he put down his glass
or vicby and milk. "If you see luck is
;oiug against you. drop out. If the
tickle goddess of fortune is with you.
woo her for all you are worth. That's
the whole secret of the game. I've
been gambling all my life, and I rare
ly lose Why"; Because I never take
u chance against bad luck. Luck Is
fcoiinii to be either with you or against
ton You win or you lose. The
chances of breaking even are mighty
slim. So I uever buck bail luck."
New York Times.
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Better Plumbing
I
TTANY homes should have better bath rooms
than they now have. We have always
tried not only to do better
plumbing than we ever did
before, but better than any
body else can do. The vol
ume of work we are now
doing shows how we are suc
ceeding. We use only genuine 9tMMfsj1
plumbing fixtures and employ only
experienced workmen. Our repair
ing service is prompt and reliable.
I
A. DUSSELL & SON,
Colnmlms,
IN
Committee
Khartum.
Khartum owes Its existence to an
oriental form of treachery. When
Khedive Mohammed All Invaded the
Sudan In 1820 he marched triumph
antly to Slieiidi. where his troops were
entertained at a banquet by the sub
missive natives Cut while the k he
dive's high officials were seated at the
feast thv shared the fate "of thw
viands and were themselves reduced
to funeral baked meats. Full of fury,
the army fell ou Sbeudi aud demol
ished it. Marching south, the invaders
reached the junction of the Blue Nile
and White Nile. With the conquer
or's Instinct they recognized tbnt the
strip of laud, with Its few fishermen's
huts of straw, formed ideal strategical
headquarters, so Khartum finally grew
iuto the most sensitive part of the
Sudan organism.
Doubling Up.
A boy of eight years was asked by
his teacher where the zenith was. He
replied. "That spot in the heavens di
rectly over one's head."
To test his knowledge further tho
teacher asked
"Can two persons have the same ze
nith at the same time?'
"They can."
"How?"
"If one stand on the other's bead."
A Faithful Servant.
Carlyle told once of a lawsuit pend
ing hi Scotland affecting the succe
siou to a great estate of which he had
known something. The ease depended
on a family secret known only to one
old servant, who refused to reveal it.
A kirk minister was sent to tell h-r
she must speak on peril of her soul.
"I'eril of my sauI!" she said. "And
would ye put the honor of an audi
Scottish family iu competition with the
sail I of a poor creature like me?"
Could Have Got It More Easily.
.Mrs New i wcil People are saying
that you iimrried me for my gold. Mr
Newly well What nonsense: If I'd
simply wanuil gold I could have got
It with far hss hardship and suffering
Iu South Africa or Alaska. Scraps.
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