April Snow Blockade in Kansas
FOUIt SCENES TAKKN ALONC. THE ST FRANCIS BRANCH OP THE U. M. l'hotos by Roncau, Atwood. Kan.
Tics that Bind
"Talking 'f family records and (if early
marriages," wild a South Carolinian, "ro
iiiIiiiIh mo of tho most inarvulouH record 1
over litard of. Thoro lives In l'lckons
county, ono of tliu mountain counties of tho
state, a woman 2G years old who has four
teen children .ind ono grandchild. Tho
woman was married when 11 years old and
when sho wn at tho ago when ninny women
are Just marrying sho wns tho mother of
fourteen children, all of thorn nllve. Ono
of these children married early like hor
mother and has ono child. 1 do not helluve
that this record Is easily beaten."
A newly wedded pair In New York recently
Hlcit with nieces of their wedding enkc
hidden beneath tho pillows. This, as peo
ple with a mingled dash of sentiment and
superstition know, In a sure means to bring
gooil luck ami pleasant dreams. I'oHHlbly
tho dreams were satisfactory, hut the good
luck was lamentably absent, Hurglara
broke Into the house that very night and
stole everything of valno that could be
moved without a derrick.
Tho number 13, which gives some people
cold chills, occasionally finds a friend. It
had no terrorB certainly for M. l'aul Des
chanel, tho president of tho Krcich Cham
ber of Deputies, who was rocontly mar
ried. Neither was his llaucce afraid of It
In fact, both tho bride and groom thought
It a lucky number.
When they announced that they were
going to ho innrrlod on tho 1.1th of the
mouth tho l'urtsluus rolled their oyes so
unanimously that tho entire city had uyiup-
A DASHING LITTLE HAT OP BLACK
velvet bands threaded with golden tissue
for a young girl. Low on tho right side
ono scarlet cbou rests against tho hair.
tome of au epileptic tit. Hut tho tlaucees
had their reasons.
They were both borm on the 13th day of
tho month. M. Deschunol was born Febru
ary 13, 1856; MUo. (Icrninlno Urlco April
13, 1870. Tho namo and surname of tho
bridegroom contain thirteen letters. There
Is the sumo number In tho bride's name.
Tho two met In Florence when M. Dos
chauol was traveling incognito under the
namo of l'lerro Duclaux nuother thirteen
letters. It was on tho 13th of January that
Mile, Urlco formally consented to the mar
riage, and It was on tho 13th of February
that tho ceremony took place.
Thirteen yoars from now tho Doschnnols
will probably bo able to state positively
whether the numbor has really bcou a lucky
ono for them.
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A war-tlmo wooing has Just been dis
covered through advices from l'ekln, China,
that will throw a romantic color over tilt
horrors of the slego and its aftermath to
many Americans. The heroine Is no less
,, , ,. . a personage than Miss Mary Conger l'lorco,
THIS PRETTY IIONNBT WITH STRINGS nloco of Minister K. H. Conger, and the
Is one of tho fentures of n summer trous- lover First Lleutonnnt Harold Hammond
seaii. It Is a palo, rough goldon straw of tho Ninth Infantry, tho first body of
with cream crepe strings, a tall, dark Uncle Sam's soldiers to reach tho Ill-fated
blue velvet bow In front, and a block and city with relief.
scarlet poppy on either side tho face. MB8 Pierce, who Is an orphan, has for
buine years been a member of Minister
lunger's household. Lieutenant Hammond
is a West, l'olut graduate and hulls ironi
Hushvlile, 111.
Miss l'lorco is now uu the sen with her
undo and lila family on her homeward uip,
but sho has left behind hur a gallant olll
lor happy In tho security of u promised wltu
and a regiment ready to acclaim her its
mascot.
'Ihu whole affair came about with u Bud
deuiiess that surprised tho young people
no less than tho real of embassy society.
They met in tho midst of war and disaster
Miss l'lerce In the glow of thanksgiving
over a foarful peril escaped, tho lieutenant
with all his uatlvo chivalry aroused toward
u feminine compatriot in distress. Formal
barriers Boon disappear in times of trial.
Told Out of Court
Tho nvorugo layninn who mny atteud uuy
of tho more conspicuous trials in tho civil
or criminal courts, says the New York Sun,
is usuully uinused at lirst by tho wrangles
and tilts of opposing counsel, but in tho
end ho becomes bored and wonders what
is tho point of all this furious recrimina
tion. Some light was shed on this matter
tho other day by a prominent criminal law
yer, who said:
"I never engage In any of theso con
troversies without un object. When I have
a witness who Is going along swimmingly
and keeping his head I never mix it up
with my opponent, but when my witness
begins to got rattled, under cross-examination,
for lustauce, I am pretty apt to In
terject a remark that will bring a retort
from my learned frleud on tho other side.
Ono word leads to another and in a Jiffy
wo are at It hammer and tongs until tho
court stops us. Meanwhile my object U
accomplished. Tho witness' mind Is di
verted, ho gots a chanco to recover him
self, mid, f I happen to have had tho better
of the argument, ho feels reassured aud
his coulldenco Is restored."
feverish head and parched lips the old man
went down to the levee nt the appointed
time and met tho planter, not yet nblo to
deckle what charge he should make. With
out asking him for his bill tho old planter
snld: "Sit down, snh," and ns he took
out a hugo roll of bills added: "Now, snh,
I'll Just count out about what I think, sah,
would be a fnlr amount, sah, and then,
Bah, I'll seo whot you have to say about
it, son." Then, picking off a $500 bill from
tho roll, the planter Inld It on his knee
and added another ami another and an
other until there were live of them, and,
looking up, said: "Now, sah, that is about
what I thought was right, sah, and what
havo you to say about It, sah7" Tho old
attorney, bursting with suppressed omo
tlon ub he saw the bills laid out, never
theless struggled to bo equal to tho occa
sion. Ho strove to speak, but did so with
difficulty. At last his lips parted and he
said, with dignity: "Well. 1 think perhaps
you hnd hotter make It another live "
A story Is told of an old attorney In
southern Illinois during tho war times,
who, when nil tho younger lawyers were
at tho front, was engaged ono day by an
old planter to draw somo affidavits of loy
olty by which to obtain tho roleaso of cot
ton that had been seized for confiscation.
The old attornoy drew tho affidavits, and
tho planter succeeded In getting his cotton,
whereupon, with grent satisfaction, ho told
tho nttornoy to meet him on tho loveo 'ho
noxt morning nt 9 o'clock and he would
pay him. Tho attorney, who wnB sadly In
need of funds, lay awko all night trying to
decldo what chargo ho should mako, won
dering If 50 would bo too much, and If
possibly $100 would be willingly paid by
tho old plnnter, who hod succeeded In get
ting very vnlunblo cotton by his aid, With
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
