Newspaper Page Text
•v K-h: WC :«{6Si« *:fc. 'i* 4 1^' W- t*v ,J I" tfh' 'SS" m: 4$ yX a tlma .friend. Murreli arrives at Judges home Cavendish family en .raft Taney, vho is apparently dead-.—EHce breafca Jalh Betty and Carrlnstqn ^nftye at Belle'Plain., Hannibal's rifle discloses soma startling-things'.to Han nibal and Betty meet again. ,Murrell:ar rlve lh Belle Plain. Is ^playing -tor-Mfr •takes. Yancy awakes from long dream less sleep on board tlip you" tamper with thetn," said Ware He possessed a profound bellef In MurrellVcapacity. 4 Ufa-: SVR- -ic a wA 1 -Z "r r' Look- here.' what do you think 1 have been working: tor—rto stea\ few niggfrs? That furnishes us with money, but you can pusli, 'the trade too hard and top far. The piasters ire uneasy. The, Clan's" got to deal a counter' blow, or 'go out -of 'business. Between here and the gulf—" he mt^de a wide sweeping gesture, with his arm. -'I am spotting the. country with my men there, are two thousand, active workers Op the rolls of the Clan, and as ,many more .like you. Tom—and Fentress-—on Whose friend ship I can rely." "Sure As- Cod, John Murrell,/ you are, overreaching Yourself! Your white mern are all right,. theyfye got to stick by ybu lf they don't they know it's only a question or tin^« un 'tll tbey get a knlfia driven Into their ribs—but nlggep—there Isn't any real fight in a nigger, If there was .they wouldn't,be heire." ,1 ij, "Yet you couldn't, have made the, whites in Haytl believe that," said K''Murrell, .with a slnlsjer smile. vi.*?! W^re, Reeling the entire tiselessness Shrewd Client Paid Fte~In Advance to ~i!- vwirf. Learn If He Had ReasdnaWe Chance of Winning, .- wiM' at yassw •. '^os^SrSi-By•• SYN0PS(8^ ||"y^r^r INE?^* i'^ •'. *&£»' -v The scene at the opening of tne'story laid lit- the library of an old wum-out southern plantation, iKrioWn as the Bar-, ,ony. The placoi 1» tOi be sold, ana- It? history and that ot the owners, 'the Qulntards, Is the subject of dlsqusslgn by Jonathan Crenshaw, a business* nian.^. a stranger known as Bladeri, and Bob Yaney. a farmer,' when Hannibal Wayne Hazard, a mysterious child of the old southern family, makes his- appearance. Taney tell# how he adopted the boy Na thaniel Ferris boys the Barony, but the QulutardS deny any knowledge of the boy. Yaney to keep Hannibal. Captain Murrell, a friend of tho Qiilntards, ap pears and asks questions-alxjut ,the_Bar ony. .Trouble nt Scratch Hill. wnen Han nlbal Is kidnaped by Dave Blount, Cap1 tain Murrell'e agent. Taney overtakes the plaintiff. Bet®y Malroy. a friend o* the Ferrlaea. has an encounter wltli Cap. tAln Murrell, who f&rce^his> attentions on her, and ta rescued by Bruce: Carrlngton. xBetty sets out for her Tennessa* home*. Carrington ta^es the sanie ^ta^e^ Yancy and HarinibaI d]sappear,, with(, MurrelI n, "their-trail. Hannibal arrives at the home of Judge Slocum Price. Thp Judee^ecoK nlzesln the boy, the grandson ot an _old ra*t. Jufee^Price makes startling, discoveries in lopkiiSg ,uj? land titles. (pHAPTER XII—(Continued). '^3Q -your .sister doesn't like..me, f\f -Tom—^that's on your mind this morn Ip is it?" Murrell was saylng. k§?v "Make it worth my'-wiiila and I'll take her,, off your hands," /and Mur \{rell laughed. \r fom favored him with a sullen •tare, Thete was a brief silence, ..during which Murrell studied his friend's faoe.^ When Ue- spoke, it was to give the jconvijrpation a ,neW direction. 1 "Did she bring the boy here last '.Wght? l/saw you dr?ve off with him in the .carriage." "Yes, she makes a regular—p^t of tBe little ragamuffin." i'ls 'the boy going to stay- at Belle Plain?" Inquired Murr^U. "That notion hasn't ,struck her yet, •".-for I heard her say it breakfast that •she'd take him to Kaleigh this after- I "That's .the, boy I traveled all the way to North' Carolina "-to- get for' Vlf, Fentress." '£•&£* ••Eh—you dQn't say?" cried Ware, v,' 1 •'Toni, what do you know about the Qulntard laBds what do you know about Quintard himsett?" continued "He was a rich nlantdr! jlived in North Carolina.' My father met him wj^en he was fh. congress and got him. to invest in' land here. They 'had .some cojoiilzatipn scheinie. onfoot— uis. was, upward ot twenty years ago .—but nothing came :of,.it. Quintard lost interest." tv "And the land?"' & "Oh, lie held on to that/.'^'J," -tT.^ "Qulntard has been .dead two years, Tom, and back yo^d&r in' North, Caro lina they told me" hie left nothjiig but .the' home |plantation.'. The. boy lived there up to the time of Quintard's ^eath, but what relation ha was to the old man no one knew. Offhand, Tom, I'd sa'y. t)»at^by: getting hold of the. boy Fentress expects to get^hold pf the .Qulntard^land." y1' "ThSt's likely," said Ware then "struck -by a- sudden idea ., he added, "ATe ybu going to take all the risks ,and let blip- pocket the' casl}?- If it's the' land he's 'after thoi stake's big* enough to divide-" "H^ can ha\:e the whole thing .and welcome.:: I'm playing 7or a bigger staked' His' friend stared at him in astcmishmfent- '"rm Jfcking a specula tion into shape that wil^l cause me to be remembered while there's "a.-white' man alive ih the Mississippi Vftiley! Suddenly a shadow fell' obliquely across the foot of his narrow .bed, and Caveiidisli. bendlng his long body somewhat, thrust bis head In.at the opening. He found himself looking into a pair of eyes that for the first time in many ar' io^s day held the light of consciousness., "How are you', stranger?" he de manded, in a soft drawl. ,v "Where am I?" Thp words were a xbisper on'Taney's bearded Mps. "Well, sir, you are In the Tennes see river fo' certain. Polly! you Jes£. ste^iere." IS. 1 .Didn't Trust His Lawyer luncheon ar the Law- yers' club the day before the Eqult able bulldliig»burned down. "A group of ,l?gal .' luminaries w,ere gathered about a table, discussing the Apparent impossibility of insuring the honesty of "any man, and it was contended that tiiere was no,'rem'pdy for tit save to pick out your man and trust him, ab .»sblutely. ,-No matter what fekfefeuards. you might hedge him about with, if be was dishonest he would .'contrive to* cheat somenbw,./i One of the law yers. told this story to emphasize' his point:- I A client went into a lawyer's-office In Fulton street and said ..that he had a grievance witfl his neighbor .and wanted to go to law. He Stated all the circumstances' of the^ case and counsel'llstened attentjvrf/.7 .The case hilly stated, the fclient" asked:— *v 'mas®: |M 0 Wn^y •i*i\ .i-: .,'"V' of argument, uttered a" string ot im precations, and then rell^silent.. 'Weil, how about the girl, Tom asked Murrell 'at length.: "Listen to" me. Tom. I'll take her away, and Belle Plain Is "yoursi-r^nd, stock and nlggeral" said Murrell^ Ware Blilfted and twisted in his seat. "Do you wajijt the land and the nig gers? I reckon you'll have to take them whether you want them or not, for I'm going to have the-girl." 5s" CHAPTER XIII. •. •. iV: '"Bob Yancy Finds Himself. Mr. Yancy awoke from a long dreamless sleep heavy-lidded his eyes'. slid open. For a moment he struggled Kith the odds and ends of memory, then'he recalled tbe lfght i\t the ^tavern, the sudden murderous ai *tacfc, the flerce blows Slosson. had dealt htm, the knife thrust which had ended the struggle. Therefore, the bandages that pow swathed his head and Moulders:/' therefore, the need that he should be up and doing—-for where was Hannibal? S' But Polly had heard/, Cavendish 'speak, and the murmur o{ Yancy's His'FacsWsnt White and'the Book Slipped From His Fingers.' ap volce ln- reply. Now' her. hea.i peared beside her husband's, "La.yyou are some better,5 ain't you, sir?" she cried, smiHng down on Jjim, "It's been right smart of a spell, too yes, sir, you've laid like youwas dead, and foot fo^ a ihatter of hours either—but days.'^ ,v, ,, S "How Ion^r^ & "\yell, nigh on to. three weeks." 1 Thoyi sa\^ Yancy's e?%9 widen with a-look of dumb horror. "And. you don't know Nothing about my nevvy?—you ain't sben or heard of him ma'am?" ^faltered Tfaiicy. Polly shook her head regretfully. "Ten or'^thereabouts, 'ma'am. He werfe a heap of comrort to me—" and the whisper on, Yancj^s lips was won. derfully.tender,and: wistful. He 'closed his ey^s and presently, lulled by the soft ripple that bore them company, fell into a restful sleep. 1 Tho. raft drifted "on into the day's beat and when at last Yancy awoke, it was to find Henry and Keppel seat ed'beside blm, eacb solactng him with a smalt moist hand. Mrs. Cavendish appeared, bringing Yancy's breakfast. "Wisll, those are the facts. Dp you think I'm In. the right safe, enough to win if "'l go to law with him?" "if the facts* "Sre as statetj y6u cer tainly have got a case. If I were ,in your case I should begin suit," an swered the lawyer. "And how much would your fee.be for taking the case and poshing it clear through?" "Oh, I'll see it through f6r you for a hundred dollars." The -shrewd client produced from an inslde pocket a'we^l worn wallet, from whjch he extracted a roll of bills and peeled off one1 huhdred dollars "There," safd he, "that's yours. It's your fee. That's iall you'd get If you tried the case. Now, without. doing any .work on it at all, Just tell me. honestly, whether I've any chance of winning the case.*"^ Reinforced Concrete of Old Rome. "Although concrete has been used for many centuries. It Is generally cup- tA"? W ««C rV ij r^'1" ^By \fcUGHANKESTER. fiit/sr/yurtwi ByD.MELViU Co#r0"6"t9". &b/!A3 Mevfri CpMP*n* In her wake came Connie with, the baby, and the three little brothers who were to' be accorded the cher ished prlvilegeofseelngthe'pborgen t'leman eat. Cavendish pre^bnted him self at the opening thtit did duty as a door. V/ "This looks*likp bein' alive, strang er,'* he commented genially. me "You-all ain't told yet?" said Yancy.' ."It's Cavendish. Richard Cavendish." \t. "My name's Yancy—Boty Yancy." Mr., Cavendish '.exchanged glanceB with Mrs. Cavendish. "Stranger, what I'm a-goin'' to tell you, you'll take as beln' sald.'-'man to man," he,began, with, the impressive air of one who had a' secret of Sreat moment to impart'. "Ever hear tell of lords?" "... "Ntf." .Yancy. 'was quick to notlep •the lo'olf of' disappointment on the faces of his new friends. "Are you ever heard of royalty?" apd Cavendish tfxed the Invalid's wandering glance. "^'ou lbfan kings?'!.' "I shore do." J* Yancy made a mighty mental effort. "There's them"-Bible kings—" he ventured at length. Mr.bpavehdistt' shooK his head "Them's satred kings. Are you fa miliar, with any, of the profane "kin'gi Mr.-Yancy?" "Well, taking, tbejn as they come, tbem Bible kings seemed to average pretty' peofano''' Yancy was disposed to defend- this point.. "You rilust a heard of the kings or England. Sh9', wa'n't any of yo' folks In the, war agin'him?" "I'd plumb forgot, why my' daddy fit all through'the war!" exclaimed Yancy. The Citvendlshes were im mensely,. relieved. "Now. you-aill keep still," sald Cav endish. "I want Mr. Yuncy shoald get the straight of'this here! The. vari ous orders of royalty are kings, dukes,: earls and1 lords.^ Earls is the uyi^i from the top of the1 ljeap/'but lords ain't no slouch." "Dlcjs hacl bught tb know, fo,"he's an earl ^himself," cried Polly exultant ly. "8ho,'' Richard Keppel Cavendish, Earl of Lambeth! Sho', that was what he^-was!. Sho'!" and ''somer transient feeling of awe stamped itself upon their small faces as they viewed the long and Umber figure of 1 ent., "These" here titles their par-' tgo to the eldest son. He begins by beln'ja viscount," 'continued Chills and Fever. "It was my great grandfather- come over here from England. -His name was Rich ard Keppel Cavendish, same, as mine is. He Uved back yonder on the Caro lina coast and went to raisin', tobac co. I've *heard nly grandfather tejl all about posed that reinforced concrete is a modq^n invention. This, however, has been disproved, according to Populan Mechanics by the- finding of bronze reinforcing rods in the concrete, roof an ancient Roman tomb, and in the discovery/ of reinforced ^concrete in the construction of one of/ the walls of the old palace of the Louvre, Paris. The reinforced concrete In -the hit ter dates back, only SOO or 400 years, but^ created much. comment because the walls were thought to consist en tirely of asMar agd quarry stone. The discovery that the stone casing, con cealed, a core composed In part ot rd1 inforced concrete was made while 'workmen "were piercing the wall for an elevator Installation. ,.V Would Not Part With Dog. Not only in England and America, but in Germany, fanciers pay high prifced for dogs. At the recent exhi bition of dogs at Cassel a Frenchman offered |3,000 for a police dog. The dog belongs to Sergeant Dacker, who refused the tempting offer, observing that his dog should not quit Germany at any nrlce. ''%VV !A. "I'"'.: 'My. grandfather said he never knowed a man wllh the same' aver sion agin labor ais his father -had. Folks pni it down to laziness, but thejr misjudged him, as come out later, yet he never let on. "Then one day he got his'hands,on a papW that had come acrost in a ship, from England. All at_once." lie lit. on something in the paper, and tie started up and' let out a yell like he'd peJbeen shot. 'By gum, I'm the Earl of Lkmbeth!' he says, and took out to •the nearest .tavern and got b'llin* full. Afterward he showed 'em-, the paper and they seen with their'own .eyes where* Richard Keppel Cavendish, Earl of Lambeth,' had died In London^ My great grandfather told 'em'thak' was bis uncle that when 'be' left home there was several cousins—but' they'd tip and died, so the title corns to him. He" never done a lick of work after that. "I'jm ah orphan man of tltlepoow and It's been my^Sream to take TPoIly and .the children, and'go back to Eng land'and see the king about my title. Don't you reckon he's, got the n^t)ou the Cavendishes iias petered out?" Mr. Yancy considered-this likely. The furious 'shrieking of a stpam packet's whistle brokfe In upon tbem. "It's{ another of' them hawgs, wajnt in' all the river!" said Mr. Cavendish^ and fled' to Ae, steering oar. chapter' xiv.- ,:':'| |£p ThS Judge Sees a Ghost. Charley 'Norton's good offices did not end when he, had furnished Judge Price with a-house, for Betty required of him that_ he should supply that gentleiban wish legal -business as well. ', 5 ... 'V-r-4 "Thus It happened that Judge fries, before he had. been Jhree days in Raleigh, received a civil note from Mr. .Norton asking him to search the title, to a certain tlmber tract held by one Joseph Quaid. Ti»e,-Judge, i»owe,r fully excited, told Mahaffy he'was be ing understood and appreciated. The Immediate result of Norton's communication- had been to send the judge up th.c( street to the court house He would show his client' that he' could be punctuaL" and painstaking:. Enterlng^the cobrt house, he lound himself'in a narrow hall. He. entered the coiipty clerk's office. He was ai ready known to- this olficlair who^e name was Saul, and he now greeted "A little matter of business brings me here, sir," began the Judge, with a, swelling' chest and mellow* accents. "I am l&'somd haste to Iodic up a titla for my client, Mr. Norton."^ .... Mr. Saul,scrambled, up put 'of the depths of tils chair arid exerted him self in the.'Judge's behalf., "This 14 what ypu want, sir. Better take the ledger to the window, the ligkt In here ain't much." He drew forward a., chair as he sppKe, and the /judge, seating himself, began to pol ish his spectacles Vith'great delibera tion. "You've set on the, bench, sir?" sug gested Mr. Satil. "Hn onp of the eastern counties, but ray inclination has never been toward the Judiciary." He was turning the leaves of the ledger as he spoke. Sufa* denly the movement of his hand was 'arrested.'1 Found it?" asked Mr. Saul. But '.Judge gave him po answer he -was 'staring down'at'the open pages of the book. "Found the, entry?" re peated' Mr. Saul. •'. "Eh—what's that?* No—" 'he ap peared to-hesitated "Who 'Is thfs mar^ Qulntardf" a "He's the owner Afra hundred-thou sand-acre .tract. Inf this and 'abutting a it S a "Who has charge of .the land?".'^! "Colonef Fentress he was old^Gen eral 'Ware's law partner. I've heard it was the general who got this %nan Quintard to make the lnvestnfent.^but jthat was before my tlnies" The judge lapsed into 'silence.5' .' A step soutfaed in the:narrow h^il. An instant later the door w^s pushed open, and grateful for any interrup tion that', would serve to take Mr. Saul's attention from himself, the judge abruptly turned- his back on the clerk and began to examine the record before him. Insensibly, how ever, the 'cold, level tones of the voice that was addressing Itself* to Mr. Saul quickened the ^eat of his pulse,: the throb of his heart, and struck back through the fears to a- day from which.he reckoned' time. He turned slowly, as If In dread. What het saw was a man verging on, fltfty, lean and dark, with thin, shaven cheeks of '^bluish* cast above the Jaw, and a strongly aquiline pro file. Long, black, locks swept the col lar of his coat, w&lle his tall, spare tigurp was .habited in slefek .broadcloth and. spotless linen. -For a moment the judge seemed: to straggle with doubt, then his face went white knd the book slipped from his fingers "to the win dow ledge. -..(TO BE CONTINUED.) rs The Difference. Late one afternoon a western sen ator chanced to run across his col league, who sat musing Idly in com mittee room. "Hello, Tom!" said the second Sen ator. "What are you doing here?" "I was merely reflectlng^upon the peculiar* difference oratory has .upon different people," said the Other statesman. "And what induced that train of .thought?", asked the first senator, mucl) amused, by reason of 'the. fact, well "known to him' and to others. that his colleague was anything but an "oratorical" personage. v. "Mjf' speech of this afternoon," ex plained the senator. "Do you know, that speech kept me awake for four nights, and today it put all who heard it asleep!" Real Object of Life. Pay as little attention' to discour agements as possible, plow ahead* as a steamer does, rough or' smooth, rain or shine, to earry your cargo and make-your port is tiie point—Maltbia B. Babcock. -4 THE 4 14s slatght€r and the record has never been equaled Everybody at the yards knows, Johnny. He has a pleasant word for everyone and kno^s more farmers BOY MARVEL PLAYS FOR XING Solomon^ Aged 'Nine, Amazes Royal Audience'at Buckingham S .Palace. tondon^—A youthful pianist whd ,1s known as "Solomon',' played before the king, and queen, Queen Dowager Alexandra Princess Victoria, Princess Mary, and Prince John at- Buckingham palace recently. »He is nine years of agp, and exhibited his astonishing gifts in a ldiig program of classic pieces, to the delight of his audience. The boy was not in the least abash-' ed,r but full of high spirits, and after the serious part of his, performance, he played with gusto at the king's spe cial "request a humorous piece caUed .''The Teddy Bears' Frolic," in which he introduced a quaint drum effect in bass, i"Solomon" played for .about three-quarters of an hour. ^Salomon," who is tht rfon- of^an East End tailor, was discovered IS months' ago by a ^oman -musician, who made herself responsible for his whole education. In these 18 months he has learned a wide repertoire, which includes no fewer than three concertos, two by Beethoven and one by Mozart,- as well as a quantity of smaller pieces. He-has appeared'twice in public in London with great success. .At a con cert in Queen's hall last year, in which he was accompanied by the Ldndon symphony orchestra, he used a piano specially constructed with small keys.( Since then, however, his hands hav,e stretched, and at Buckingham palaCe the plano he used was normal, save fon.the pedals, which were specially constructed-to come within the range of his lggs. Low A*~Y •J"*"*1*- y" m, COW PUNCHER Johnny Wall Retires After 33 Years' Work. Champion Cattle Driver for Armour and Company Quits on-$1,200 r::. a Year for Life After Long 'i'' Service. Chicago.—Johnny Wall, the oldest cattle buyer in {he- stock yards, ap peared at the offices of' Armour &» Coi, and was''notified that h§, was one of the first,men to receive the bene fits of the pension, fund to- which J. Ogden Armour contributed 1,000,000. "Johnny, you can home now and you needn't push any more steers, be cause the trustees of Armour & Co. have pensioned you off at $1,200 a year for the rest of your lif.e," said John Brown, the head cattle buyer,,to Wall. For a few minutes Wall, who had faithfully served Ijis employers for 33 years, stood sitenL Tears began to stream down his cheeks.1^ ."I didn't like to give up,work," he said- He looked toward the rows of peos In the stock yards through which he had tramped for nearly two-score years, and as he.pplnted his old hick ory cane, the veteran cattle buyer, Bajd: "I remember when' we had but a few pens Jn\the yards, but the com mercial world has moved so fast that I», suppose I'll have to give up for younger blood." W^iil earned the ititle of champion cow- puncher many years ago. One day a herder employed by Swift, & Co. claimed the title. after he had driven a sjngle herd of 1,100^ cattle to their death. A few weeks'after that, how ever, Armour & !Co. bought up a herd of 2,280 steers. Wall drove them" vt-o Pay Chief Inspector Gets $840 a Yean As Little as $1.25 a Day for ,\-r- Others. Paris.—The Paris police who risked thelir lives in trying to arrest the members of the automobile bandit band are not overpaid. The chief inspector, Colmard. ,re celves,$&40 a year ana has reached the highest rate in the service. Sergeant Fleury has $600 a year. After him comes Inspector Rohr, who arrested Carony, for which day's work he got $1.50. Inspector Leroy has $1.34 a day and Inspectors Stevetre and Huet, who af ter watching for seven consecutive nights arrested Raymond la Science, do not receive quite $1.25 a day. Inspector Naessens, who arrested one of the gang, P^ul Doebol, gets the same amounts' It is true that pensions are paid after a certain length of service, but it Is not surprising in view of the •r .f, T 1 «v-i mum mm if 5 *v_ & last resting'place of Col. John Jac«b Ast^r, ^ne of the victims and heroes of the Titanic disaster, is the old Astor family vault in'Trinity cemetery, Riverside, drive and One Hundred and Fifty-third street. New York. .His father and grandfather are burled there, and in. the same vault rest the bones of John Jacob As tor first, second and third. than iny other employe at the yards: "It seeqjs like -a dream," said the gray-taaired man after he reached his home,- 4235 Fifth avenue. "I had been earning $1,800 a' year, and" now that I .have been pensioned, I really don't'know what to* dp with myself. For~tiiIrty-three years I have been ac customed to get up at five a. m. and. go out to'the yards. "I'll miss the old boys, but I'll go to the yards often on the quiet and visit them. I* never missed a day's work during the long years I was em ployed at Armour & Co." Wall started to work for Armour ft Co. in 1879. The fund which permits Wall to re tire was created for the benefit of sal aried employes who'have reached the age of from fifty-seven to sixty-five* years and who have been twenty years- or more in the service of the company. Women- may I be retired at flftjt years of age after having served twenty years. All -employes over sixteen years of age, »nd drawing a salary of $10 or more, contribute three per cent of their salaries to the pension fund. Seventeen thousand employes eontrib-. ute to the fund. It was established on N 6 1 9 1 1 OSTRICH, HARD TO BREAK London Zoo Plans to Make as Many "Exhibits" as Possible to^X, -'j,' Amuse Public. London.—All of the animals at the Regent's Park zoo are not merely ornamental, and, the directors are add ing to the working force by breaking. In several ostrichs and llamas fo ride and drive. The best workers are the elephants and camels,,which not only provide favorite mounts for the chil dren visitors, but are used about'the park for hauling supplies and provid-. ing motive power for lawn mowers: The, ©strict trainers have been hav ing exciting times with the three birds which t&ey are breaking to the saddle. Offers Liberal Chariie, Green 'of London Wants to Give Away Wealth Engllshrnan Who Threw Coins About Fleet Street, Desires to Dispose of His -Fortune Jn Small, Paris Police^ scale of the pay that good men in the Paris detective service should be at tracted by private 'worje. MAN 86 IS SENT ^ro~i PRISON Whlte-Halred Prisoner/ Pleads Guilty, of Working Confidence Game on Widow. London.—Stating he was an infa mous scoundrel and ought \o be locked lip for life, Judge Rentoul-, at the Central Criminal court sentenced Wil liam Henry James, whose age was stated to be eighty-six, although it ap peared on the calendar as ninety-three, to 12 months' injirisonment in the sec ond division. A white-haired, feeble looking man, James was' indicted for obtaining the title deeds of a house in Wood Green, N., from a widow and with obtaining $750 on the deeds from solicitors.- In a shaky voice James said,, "I plead guilty to everything. I fcsk for ww7«r. -tv av 1 "J •u- ii,,. Amounts. 'v London.—Charlie -Green, who recent ly/got into tfSiible with the London police by flinging handfuls of coins atyout Fleet street, thereby, creating a' nuisance, is the possessor of a for tune, which he .wants to give away. He Is now offering a reward ot £200 ($1,000) to any one who will suggest a scheme by which he *an carry" out that object. One essential of the scheme is that Green shall give his fortune''away personallyIn small amounts not exceeding a sovereign. "Green has a secretary, who says his employer has. been giving away gold and silver for'years. He has Indulged In the habit all over the world, and. recently paused- some excitement in Brighton and^'Liverpool. His greatest sensation was made, in London, and it was the only occasion where he-after-, ward made his appearance in the police court. The notoriety he gained led to his being inundated, with appli cations. from persons who were will ing to relieve him of ^s mucl^ spare change as he cared to bestow. "Mr. Green'was borri in Newcastle," the secretary added, /'but has been in America many years, The money was left him, and he doesn't know where *y •t- 1 A bucking'broncho is a rocking chair compared to one of the birds in an.ob streperous mood, and several of-the riders have not only suffered_ the hu miliation of being thrown, but have been kicked by their mounts /before they could regain their feet The woolly llama proved to be as gentle a£ he lopks, and tl?e odd-appear ing animal is kept busy every day pulling a pony cart loaded with chil jdren about the park. Tl\e white alpaca recently presented to. the zoo is .now being trained to re lieve the llax&a of some of his passen gers, and he' takes' to the training so kindly'that he will soon be trusted with a load of youngsters. it comes from, although he has an idea.: AU can say is Uiat It- comes In large quantities. "There is /no stlpulatl6n that he must give it away as he does.. It is his hobby to give money away per-. sonally because he likes io. see the surprise and delight on the faces of poor people who receive it" ALLIGATOR GOES FOR WALK Saurian with Wanderlust Harms No Person, But Scares Them,. V|v-All the .Same "fcc' San ^Francisco.—The peregrinations of a pet alligator have caused the ^own trustees-of Mill Valley to con sider the advisability' of passing an amgator muzzling ordinance. Dr. S. L.. Higgins of that town has an alligator that is affected with wan derlust, and each time the animal Jour neys from Its home women and chil dren in the' neighborhood become grqatly agitated. The cavernous-faced reptile, how ever, has committed no more serious offense so far than attempting to be friendly with those met on his' wan derings, but the attention of the trus tees jhas been called to the fact that the t)ite of an alligator might be dan gerous, and Dr. Higgins has -been re quested to muzzle his pet or provide the animal with an "Oregon boot.'" Dr. Higgins informed one of the trustees that he would willingly muz zle the allegator If some one would devise a bridle that would restrain the beast from openmg its jaws. mercy." It "was stated that he had first induced, the woman to sign .a "civil contract of marriage'." Several other frauds on women were alleged agaldst him, and he was stated to have undergone a number of terms of imprisonment. The police stated that he had eluded arrest for IS months,- and, despite his. age, was a*.man of great mental ac tivity. He was found in Birmingham in February. While awaiting trial he has been in Brixton prison infirmary, and the doctor said he was physically a "He sha^nmed most beautifully for half an hour the other day in the dock," 'declared the judge. "He pre-, tended he did not hear anything and that he did not know what was going on." In passing sentence the judge said the prisoner was such a dangerous man, altogether, that he \could not take account ef his age as the might otherwise do. One Way. Would you be shunned? Then teO people things for their own good. I A i- I 1 Howell- 7 V,. KILLSHERSELF ON THE STAGE Father of .Paula Naumann's Sweet heart Offered Actress $20,000 to ...i G'Xe Youth,l^p. Berlin.—Rarely has there been a-the atrical sensation such as was provided by Paula Nkumann of the Royal the ater at Gera when the popular actpess committed suicide upon the ktege. She was. betrdthed to the son .of a wealJJ^T woolen manufacturer riamed-Faistkorn. The young couple .expected to -be mar ried shortly, but their plans were, in terrupted by 4 he fiat refusal of the millionaire to consent to his son'\ union with any actress. The elder Feistkorn sent a message to Frauleln Naumann asking her to dismiss her lover and offering to pay her $20,000 J£ she complied with ^the request. He added that if his son mar ried her be would cut him out of his will and stop all' allowances. The -actress was so upset by the, Idea that her affection could be'bought and, sold by a plebeian parvenue that she committed sulclde_ln the most dramatic manner she could. Weeded by Sign Cersmony.^*' Stamford, Conn.—Miss Grace L. Ap* gar,' associated with the ^Wilson home at ^^mford, and, a deaf mute, was irtarried by the sign language to Ira E. iWoricester, also a, mute: Rev. John Chamberlain, an Episcopal clergyman of New York, performed the wordless cenemoihr. -, V- 't Ms Together Toll of Weak or Disordered i«I Kidneys.: 'Much palA that masks as rheuma tism is due to weak kidneys—to their' failure to drive off uric acid thorough* iy. When you suffer achy, bad joints, "Evtn Pieiurt backache, too, with some kidney disor ders, get Doan'a TV//* a Si(*nr "Did the 'dissolution of your gigan tic corporation cause you MJconve-J nlence?" "Not the" slightest," replied Mi 'Dustin Stax. "I deeded an enlarged and Improved flees, anyhow." Divination. "I am very observant, sir, and from^v? the way you winced when-I stamped on your foot I conclude, you have The quarrelsome man should bear In mind that a chip ob, the, shoulder nev-x er won a jackpot. Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Sjrnp for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamraa tUui. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottla. ,, Tact Bometimee consists of knowing enough hot to know too much. Garfield Ted helps cleat a muddy complex* Ion, dispel foul breath and sweeten the temper. Man's favorite braind of love Is usu slly. the latest Write Foir This Free Book—Shows 20 Beautiful Modern ty&w fV Kidney Pllls. whlcli have cured' thou sands. Anthony Ruf, 604. W. Elm St., Chip, pewa Falls, Wis*, says: "My limb# were stiff and sor» and almost paralyx. ed with rheumap ti3p. IJy condition became so serious I was taken to the' hospital but was not helped. Through the use of Doan's Kidney Pills/1 gradually Improved. however, until entirely cured." "When Your Back Is Lame, Remem ber the JJadie—DEAN'S1." 50c all stores. FOster-Mllburn Co-. Buffalo, N. Y. ONLY ONE OF EACH. Org?. •Sk •'--'-A' son always has "of Boston' name. Powell—rNelther do I It Is no more, necessary than it was in* the case ot''- 3 John L. Sullivan. 1— /y •'/$ VW -I don't see why Tom Wat after hia---r Jewels ln a Flower Bed. The recovery of a quantity of stolen Jewelry from a flower-bed was de scribed at Kingston-on-Thames police^ court the ^ther day,' wh^p a general servant was,charged with theft from j^-* her mistress, a. resident ,of Ivydene, -. Soutbborough roa'd, Surbiton, London." The lady had missed a pearl pin and a pearl and diamond ring, Thinking she might have lost the jewels in the street, she issued printed notices of ferlng a reward for their recovery^rt^i-'i When^ she lost a number of other things she placed the matter in the '. yj hands of the police.- The detective Said that from what the prisoner told fi him. he searched the garden, and in' 1 one, of the flower beds found 3oinex»f^. the' jewelry^ The rest he found In •\he prlsoner'abedroom. His Veracity. ft®, iim Slocum of, Montgomery county, avers the Kansas City Journal, was -pH": called as a witness to Impeach the tes timony of a man in that County. Jim was asked'if he was acquainted with the reputation ot the witness-for,truth £'Vf and veracity. Jim said that he guessed .jg^ maybe he was. /•Ik it good or bad?" f.' Z'i.X "Well," said Jim, t'l don't wdnt to do the man: no injustice, "but I will Ym'" say that if his, neighbors were to see him looking as If he was dead they would waqt some corroboratln'"evi dence before tbey would be willing to him." Not Inconvenienced. 4 & iM system of branch ol-i, Use Allen's Feot-Eao^ 5 The antiseptic powder to be shaken into?'* the shoes fdr tired, tender, smarting, ach ing, swollen feet. It makes yonr feet feel easy and \make» walkina-a Dellpht. Sold \,-s ,*!t everywhere, 25c. For fee triafrpactoge, address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. l,a vl-, pedal affliction." "Say no more. I acknowledge -the'144' corn." *13. To be sweet and clean, every wom-,J," an should use Paxtine in sponge bath- r,s ing. it eradicates perspiration and all other body .odors. At druggists, I 25c a box or sent postpaid on receipt of price by The Paxton Toilet JCo.. Bos' ton, Mass. Rooms— MaTmaHne The Beautiful Wall Tint comes in 16 exquisite tints. More artiitic than wait paper or paint at a fraction of the cost. ICalsbmme colors ar» harsh and common beside the soft-hued water color tints of'Alabastine. Absolutely sanitary-—, easiest and quickest to use^goesfurthert and 'will not chip, peel, or rub off.' Doesn't need an expert to pat cm. Euy directions ia every ptdaze. Full, 5 lb. Pkg.. white. $0cs Rsalar tints. S5«. Alabastine Oompany 58 6fio4tflle Rm. Gru4 RitMs, Ikk. fc» tirt Dlj, Desk J, 105 *iio Street DON'T FAIL to WRITE fORTHEfX£££OOK| S vfn. "Mr mi I v" tells how you can get the very latest? effects on your walls. Contains a sample of the Color Plans out artists will furnish ySu, FREE, for any rooms you wish to decorate.' "v •a. e-r Mr j,