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* THE BACKWARDS ROAD. I know that somewhere there must be A Backwards Road, A road like this. Lending to all old lovely times, .Picnics last year, forgotten rhymes. And dolls I used to kiss. But every road beneath my feet Leads farther off From yesterday; And, when I creep into my bed, 1 feel it rock beneath my head Like ships upon their way. If I could only find that road, The Backwards Road, How quick I'd walk, And change the naughty things I've done, Pick up my playthings one by one, , And near the baby talk. ?Florence Wilkinson. 1 I ' IN THE 4 A a a ^ 9, CvvvCVv vw | HOG PASTURE. | I ^BYJ.S-ELLIS^ | w ihhiibb; W ************* The domestic hog, grunting lazily about his pen, Is as harmless a crea.ture In appearance as can well be 'imagined. In their wild state, according to travelers, hogs are fierce and cruel, unrelenting in their fury, and will attack men when roused. ' .Circumstances occasionally arise >which show that this wild strain has not been wholly lost, even in the jnost obese porker. i Mark and Carl Perkins, two Chicago boys, aged eleven and fourteen, .while spending their vacation last summer on their Grandfather Triggs' farm in Central Wisconsin, had an ,experience with hogs which they will not soon forget. 1 Among the many delights which the farm afforded, the one which gave the boys the most pleasure, dur (dng the early part of the summer, was picking wild strawberries in a pasture a half-mile from the house. Tue ' most convenient route -to this field . was across the hog pasture, a tenacre lot which lay between the "strawberry pasture" and the house. On these berrying trips they -were Often accompanied by Mack, a farm !dog of uncertain breeding, with the -color and intelligence of a shepherd idog and the heavy jaw and persistency of a bulldog. The boys had Itaken a strong fapcy to the dog, and ihe in his turn appeared to like the society of youth, after long association with Grandfather Triggs. ?. One forenoon, the week after their arrival, they started for strawberries, carrying with them two tin pails I, and a lunch which their grandmother (had ^ut up for them. ? "Boys," their grandfather called after them, "see if there are any ; gophers in those traps I set on the ihill! The little pests are going to kill all the grass if I don't manage to get rid of them somehow." The boys went to the place indicated, and found the traps, nicely hidden, but no gophers. "I guess it's too early. They Jiaven't come out yet," said Carl. The boys went on to the strawberry pasture. After their pails were filled, they sat down to rest, and suddenly remembered that they were hungry. .They brought out their bread and jjam and cold chicken. ^ "Let's go back by the traps," said iCarl, after they had finished their lunch. "There might be a gopher in one now." The traps were near the centre of the field. When they were near them they heard a pig squeal. The squealine erew louder. "Well, that's queer," said Carl. "It mu^t be hurt." \ "Maybe it's lost," suggested Mark, j They could hear hogs all over the pasture grunting in response to the squeals of the pig. "Come on, Mark!" cried Carl. "I see it. It's in a trap!" He began to run, holding the pails carefully so as not to spill the berries. "Take them," he said, handing these to Mark, "while I get it out. Its leg j may get broken." He stooped to bend the spring, but the pig made such franctic efforts to escape that it jerked up the stake iwhich held the chain and hobbled away, with the trap clinging to its foot. "Carl, I'm afraid of the hogs!" cried Mark. J They were indeed acting stangely. ,They were running toward them from all quarters of the pasture, uttering a noise that was more like a roar mail a gi uui. "Hogs?" said Carl, scornfully. "'Hogs won't hurt you. See, I can drive them away with this stick." He picked up a stick and rapped a hog smartly over the back. The animal squealed and ran to one side. Mark was reassured. His confidence in his older brother was unlimited. Together they set out after the crippled pig, chasing it hither and tfiither, in and out of the drove |l of excitsd hogs. Finally Carl caught the end of the chain and stopped its progress, at which the pig squealed more wildly than ever. The old hqgs , .were making a deafening. uproar round them. Even Carl began to get nervous. "You'd better get out!" he shouted to .aiars. nun anu cnmo over me fence." "Shall I take the berries?" asked Mark. While Carl hesitated, a snout struck the back of his leg, and he heard his trousers rip. "Run quick!" he cried, and the next instant was knocked down. A babel of hoarse grunts and the snapping of tusks surrounded him, above which rose the shrill squeals of the pig. Carl had clung to the srtick, and, half-rising, he laid about ^vigorously, and soon had a circle jeleared, round which the hogs stood iwith snapping, foaming jaws. \ j In this moment of relief he saw .that Mark had reached the fence. He isprang toward the hogs that stood i [between this and him, and beat them I lover tfcr head. They gave way, and i |he started to run, when he was I jerked back by something that tugged ' at his hand. ^ In the excitement he had slipped a | finger through the ring In the end of tie chain and could not withdraw jt. He was chained to the pig! Th danger of the situation really cam to the boy now for the first time. H struggled madly to release his finger but the ring had slipped over th knuckle, and his struggles onl: served to blacken and discolor th ! fineer. i If he was to escape he would hav< . to fight his way through. He coul< I not run. The pain in his finger fron the continually tugging of the pij was becoming excruciating. Slowl; he moved toward the fence, nov about a hundred yards distant, drag ging the pig. The drove of hog moved with him in a solid and con stantly narrowing circle. To increase his difficulties, the dia tracted pig began to run about him winding his legs in the chain am threatening to overthrow him. Car was becoming terror-stricken, frantic He struck a hog which was disputin; his way, and saw his stick fly t pieces. He looked up and cried alou in terror. The fence was so near, ye he could not reach it. He could see Mark running abou excitedly on the other side o the fence and?whistling? Yes whistling. He was calling Mack. Carl turned eagerly toward th house and his heart gave a grea bound. Help was coming! Up th long slope that led from the hous Mack was coming like an arrow spei from a bow. Would he be in time Pari tn rnpii and heean to kicl savagely at the hogs. The frightenei pig ran between his legs, and whirlei about, wrapping him hopelessly ii the chain. He struggled to keep hi footing, but fell under the rush of th hogs. For a brief moment they rai over him, and he covered his fao with his hands, expecting with eacl breath to feel their teeth. Then t( his amazement they left him, and hi was lying alone in the sunshine, un molested. Even the pig had escapei by freeing itself from the trap. The explanation for this came fron an uproar at one side. In the mids of the drove Mack was spinning liki a top, snapping right and left, . bleeding snout here and an ear then showing that these leaps were no futile. At last the dog made a lungi at a particularly large hog, and fas tened so securely that his hold coul( not be broken. The squeals of th< victim sent the entire drove fleeinj in terror down the hill. , Carl got up slowly, crossed th( fence, and sat down. The worlt seemed to be traveling round in a cir cle. Mark, the clouds, the trees am the two pails of berries all seemed j part of a huge merry-go-round. "I'm glad you didn't spill them,' he said, thickly. "Grandma ' Then it suddenly became dark. When he opened his eyes agaii he was in the cool /north bedroom and his grandmother was rubbing hii forehead with arnica.?Youth's Com panion. THRIFT MAKES WEALTH. French People Own the Securities o: Other Nations. The public debt of France Is $6, 000,000,000, all held at home. Ii addition, the French people own for eign securities to the stupendous ag gregate of $15,000,000,000, and it i! further estimated that an equa amount is placed in home securities These figures may be exaggeratedall but those representing the pub lie debt?but they illustrate the vir tue there is in thrift, which is also ? German usage. There is no Rockefeller, no Carne gie, in France, though there may b< a lesser Russell Sage. The Frencl people do not speculate; they save They do not get rich at a hop, ski] and jump; they accumulate by slov degrees?they economize. The crinit of crimes ia rural France is waste and France would subsist on wha America throws away. Within th< past yeaT there have rotted on Amer ican farms enough machinery anc utensils to supply agricultural Franci the next quarter of a century. A peasant of Normandy would as, leav< subject his household plunder to th< rage of the elements as his plows, o harrows, or harvesters. And the sam< is true of the German on the othe: side of the Rhine. Waste makes wan everywhere, and , frugality make; wealth everywhere. France is blessed with a soil mori fertile and a climate more favorabl thnn iliirmonv o n H thot -i c TxrVitr tai wuuu u rnuuj p aau iuai, 10 " uj iui gets richer return on the French sid of the Rhine. It was ever so. Cen turies ago France recovered from th< devastations of war much more rap idly than any of the German States and for ages it was the trade of botl countries to avail themselves of th> blessings of peace to make accumula tion that would allow'them to indulg in the horrors of war. Now that i all changed, and another thirty year of peace between the two peoples ma; make impossible a war betwe* them. If our population were as thrift; as the people of France, and our till age as thorough, we would have t build new barns fbr our harvests am open new banks for our savings.? Washington Post. Let Everybody Plant Trees. If every land owner would plan in every available place such tree as would not only give present beau ty but also insure a future suppl of valuable timber, it would so sur plement the larger work of a Goverc ment forest reserve that reforests tion and the preservation of an ad( quate supply of good timber woul be much simplied. The precious and almost indisper I sable white oak is naturally only ! forest tree, but the black walnu which intrinsically is even more va uable, will grow almost anywhere an in a much shorter time, and it wi pay for itself from the time it begic to bear. The same is true of tb chestnut. There is no question that cabim woods will always be in demand, fc no other material can possibly tak the place of wood in the making t xurnuure.?wraiibuiau. Thomas King was fined in a Lot don police court for taking his bab to a pawnshop and trying to pawn for fifty cent-, wherewith to huy_ gli / a New York City.?Such a pretty I little princesse frock as this one cults y the younger girls admirably well and v can be made from almost any childish material, as fashionable stuffs are s almost all thin and soft and pliable. - In this instance rose colored voile is | made with a yoke and trimming of i- green lace and is finished with fancy i, stitching. But not alone are the d light weight wool materials of the 1 present appropriate, the design is a charming one for the many silk and g cotton materials and other similar o fabrics that will be worn throughout a J the warm weather and that also make very charming, fascinating dancing j school and party frocks. The dress consists of body lining, which is faced to form the yoke and , on which the tucked and shirred por, tion is arranged, and the skirt. The skirt is hemmed and tucked at its j lower edge and shirred at the upper and joined to the waist. The pretty j sleeves also are tucked and gathered ' at their edges and are finished with bands. e The quantity of material required for the medium size (ten years) is '' five yards twenty-seven, four and one11 fourth yards thirty-six or three and e one-four yards forty-four inches wide, '* with three-eighth yard of all-over e lace and three yards of lace for' frills, s 8 The Proverbial Good Thing. A The old proverb that one cannot have too much of a good thing apy plies to velvet, or, rather, chiffoni velours, and to the kimono sleeve. 0 Very pretty, especially for carriage j and evening wraps, is this form of drapery, and the wearer can keep cozy and warm without crushing her evening frock. ,t Flaring Skirts Preferred. Q TVfnnv mnmon nrofor flarincr clHrfc i- of many gores for t-he tub frock, and y these will be a boon to the launi dresses who have for several seasons i- past wrestled with pleated skirts, i- The danger of sagging with wear and ? of losing shapeliness in the launderd ing is, of course, the objection to the circular wash skirt. i a Stitched Straps For Coats. Stitched straps that have their beginning at the shoulders and cross d at the back, with the ends secured at N the waist line with buttons or buckles, IS are another outcome of the suspender e vogue, and will be much used for trimming the back of tailored and semi-tailored coats. >r :e I Geisha Bow Vogue. "Geisha" bows are seen on nearly every garment nowadays. The bows are nlaced between the waistline and the shoulders, and are formed with long ends reaching almost to the hem of the coat. *1 ft 0 Pompadours Going. Slowly but surely is the pompadour roll in the front of the hair losing its hold on fashionable favor. The front and side locks most certainly stand out around the face, but the hard, stiff and uncompromising line of the pompadour is no * longer thought smart, and the hair must be in soft waves over the forehead. Braid Wraps. The newest little wraps cli will accompany smart wardrobes are made entirely of braid like that which trims the cloth skirts accompanying them. The extensive use of braid promises to continue into the next season. Many of the coats found In the lace robe department are made of braid held together with lace ' rP V* 4 r> IrnAmn o a I OUIUUCO. X Uio uiaiu 1UV.&, auv/Tr ** v?w I dentelle de soie, also forms panels of skirts. - In coats and trimmings it Is often dyed. Gray Garb For Travelers. "Have you ordered your new gray traveling dress? Paris has decreed them." So runs the phrase frequently heard from the woman who keepi up with fashion's mandates. "The new color for traveling costume is a shade of grayish green, best known in connection with menis light overcoats. This, carried out in covert coating, makes an exceedingly neat costume, and every Item of the toilet is chosen by the Parisienne to correspond with it. The new idea is to have the gloves in exactly the same shade as the dress. White gloves have been discarded except for wear with a white gown." Child's Double Breasted Coat. Such a simple coat as this one suits the small children admirably well and is always a favorite. In the illustration it is made oC dark blue broadcloth with collar and cuffs of velvet combined with the cloth and is a very chic little garment, but it is adapted to velvet and to velveteen, to the beautiful fur plushes, to cheviot, and, indeed, tp every material that is used for children's coats, it being just as good a model for the spring ones of light weight cloth as it is for those of the colder weather. In this case it is worn by a little girl and is buttoned over from right to left. But *the design suits the boys just as well as the girls, .the only difference being in the method of buttoning, so that when the left side is lapped onto the right it becomes truly masculine in style and suited to the wee men. The coat is made with fronts and back, fitted by means of shoulder and under-arm seams, and is finished at the neck with a comfortable rollover collar. Its sleeves are in regulation coat style with roll-over cuffs, and it is closed with buttons and buttonholes in double breasted style. The quantity of material required for the medium size (six years) is three and one-fourth yards twenty m. seven, one and seven-eighth yards forty-four or one and five-eighth yards fifty-two inches wide, with three/%? rt/Wf K aP trnf f rv m I/o O o 4 1._ cigiiLn jam kjl Tci r ci tu ao xiI lustratod. I BOWIE DIES NEGLECTED I III CITY HE FOlllED? Neither Wife Nor Son Was at His Bedside. ( SHILOH HOUSE SEIZED AT ONCE ,, Prophet's Wealth Gone-?Voliva and the Receiver Announce That His Death Will Not Affect Future of Zion. Chicago.?John Alexander Dowie, one of the most remarkable characters of modern religious history, died at his home, Shiloh House, in Zion City. The founder of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, a sect that had its followers in every quarter of the globe, passed away peacefully, after a period of unconsciousness preceded by delirium. He was nearly sixty fears old. The end was not unexpected. For hours the old leader, deserted by all except a few faithful followers, had been sinking slowly. Paralysis and a complication of dropsy and other maladies caused death. No relative was with him at the last. His wife and son were repulsed when they made a final effort to see him three on/9 nnHK nr TT7Q a of VH CI uxuutuo auu uv/ivuvi ttum beside when the end came. , Mrs. Dowie and her son arrived ' late at night from Ben MacDhui, their home in Michigan, which is practical- ' ly all that remains of the wealth once controlled by Dowie, estimated to have been many millions. Soon after -Dowie's death Shiloh House, with its furnishings, was seized by John C. Hately, the Zion City receiver, in the name of the United States Court, for the benefit of the creditors of Zion City. The house is valued at $50,000 and the furnishings at $80,000. The future of Zion- City, it was declared by General Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva, Dowie's "successor as head of the church, will not be affected by the death of the founder. Mr. Hately made the same announcement. When the end came Judge Barnes announced it to the people in Zion City, though the' great majority of them long since deserted Dowie for Voliva. A large crowd had gathered outside the house when the news of his serious condition spread. "The / first apostle has passed away," was all that Judge Barnes said and he returned to the house. There were few dry eyes among the gathering, and for the time all the faults of the dead man were forgotten. The news quickly spread through the city. The ,work in the factories and stores was stopped. The employes of the great lace works, brought from England by .Dowie, came out and gathered around Shiloh House. Voliva, though Buffering from tonsilitis, went to the house and visited the room where the body lay. Then, with bowed head, apparently deep in thought, he returned to his dwelling. Flags were lowered to halfmast on the principal buildings, on the roof of the great tabernacle and the college building. i In accordance with the often expressed wish of Dr. Dowie and also of Mrs. Dowie, the body will be laid to rest in Lake Mound, the cemetery in Zion City where the body of the daughter Esther, who was burned to death, is buried. MERCHANT AND ROBBER DEAD. Bodies Fonr.d Where First Had Been Waylaid by Young Highwayman. Columbia, S. C.?C. B. Green, forty-five years old and married, a merchant of Shandon, a suburb of this city, was waylaid and killed by Edward Marshall, who himself was . killed by Green. Robbery was the motive. When found Green's clothing was on fire, his body being badly charred ? - iL - 1 " -i- X 1. -nC-Ai A wnere iue Duueis iuuh. eueti, auu ? roll of greenbacks was burned In twain. . At Green's right hand lay a revolver with four empty chambers. Near Marshall's right hand was a sixshooter with five empty chambers, while another pistol which had not beenred was at his left hand. Un*der his body was a well made leather 3lungshot. Near his head lay two burglars' masks, one having two bullet holes in it, and it was clotted with blood. Marshall was the son of the manager of a large store in this city. ST. LOUIS HEIRESS SHOT DOWN. Ruffian's Heels Lacerate Dying Mrs. Quernheim's Body. St. Louis, Mo.?With a thumb mark forming the only clue, as in the case of Mark Twain's story, "Pudd'nhead Wilson," Mrs. Katherine Quernheim, who inherited a large fortune from her father, Charles Dreher, a ; retired capitalist, and whose husband is a wealthy hardware merchant, was i shot to death in the family home, in this city. The murderer also jumped on the woman, terribly mutilating the body and head with his heels. i There was every evidence of a j desperate struggle, and of the most careful preparations for the murder. The woman's husband was out of the city on business. The body was found in the basement when a servant went to open the door to the milkman. ( Woman Commits Suicide. ' "*r T ~ ? V ? ? AmAitUon ?arflaf 4 iVJLI'b. ct L LL cl ill) LUC AUlCiltau ui ?.?wv, f who killed herself in Paris, was in ( financial straits, though she received i remittances regularly. Her father ] had curtailed her allowance because ] he wished her to return home. Unprecedented Business Activity. It is significant that business ^ placed in most lines and sections dur- 1 ing the last two months exceeds that 1 of a year ago?a very active period. ^ Feminine Notes. Nightcaps are coming into fashion among women. j Miss Ada L. Howard, first president of Wellesley College, died at , Brooklyn, N. Y. Rosina Brandram. who was prin- ^ I cipal contralto of the Savoy Theatre, died in Lionaon. t During Elihu Root's Canadian visit he was accompanied by Mrs. Root and by Miss Root. Helen, Duchess of Manchester, Is now lady-in-waiting to Queen Alex* . andra, ani the first American to re* .L celve that honor. 1 . .... r. x.^ * '{US RESTORES pf lew York Life Receives $54,019 Contributed Through Financier. Company Reimbursed For 1904 Republican Campaign Gift?Money and Interest Returned. New York City.?George W. Pertins has returned to the New York ..ife, with interest,the $48,500 which le contributed to the Republican Na:ional Campaign,Committee in 1904 )n behalf of the company, which later eimbursed hi.m., That Mr. Perkins, >ut of his ow:a pocket, would restore ;he money to the company's treasury ivas foreshadowed more than a year igo. Mr. Perkins sent the following lat;er, dated March 6, to President Orr, )f the New York Life: "In 1904, at the request of the :hen president of the company, I advanced $48,500 as a payment on belalf of the New York Life Insurance Company to frhe Republican National Campaign Committee. I did this with the understanding with the presiderft that I should be reimbursed by the company. Subsequently I was so reimbursed. The payWrta tttHVi ah f ontr f All f Lucut vrao wauc nuuuuv uu; vuwu?u.?. on the part of the president or myself of personal advantage, but solely in the belief that it was for the best and broadest Interests of the policy holders, both at home and abroad. In dismissing the criminal proceedings instituted against me for accepting the reimbursement, the courts have intimated that the payment and, therefore, the reimbursement was not for a proper corporate purpose. I therefore return to the cotapany the amount of money paid by it to me, inclosing herewith my check.for $54,019.19, to cover principal and interest." According to the Fowler investigating committee's report of February 14, 1906, the New York Life contributed $50,000 in 1896, $50,000 in 1900 and $48,702.50 in 1904, Treasurer Gibbs, who is now dead, having made the first two payments. These contributions the Fowler report characterized as "illegal and recoverable at law." The Perkins contribution, according to this report, v/as entered on the company's books merely as "$48,702.50" and "By order of the President," the Fowler committee finding no account of the manner of its expenditure, except in the Armstrong testimony of Mr. Perkins and exPresident McCall. HAKRLMAX AS AX EXAMPLE. Colonel Hepburn Says He is a Living Justification For Radical Laws. Washington, D. C.?Colonel Hepburn, Chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, talked about E. H. Harriman. "I believe that Mr. Harriman is the living justification of all the railroad legislation that we have enacted," he said, "and all that we have attempted to ena^t, and that by hia owt admissionsx we should have passed laws much more drastic than we did pass. If I understand the testimony of Mr. Harriman and hla associates, it is possible, under our present financial system, for one man to increase the indebtedness of a railroad corporation by $92,000,000 without adding to It one cent's worth of visible property. If it is not high time that such a condition of affairs should be ended, it seems to me that no evil under the sufi should be corrected.'1 f "Mr. Harriman announced that he was sightseeing," remarked one of Colonel Hepburn's friends. "Well, perhaps he was," admitted Colonel Hepburn, "but I think the public saw the greatest sights this trip." REAL "RAFFLES" LAWYER'S SON Lake Forest College Stndent Robs and Makes Confession. Chicago.?Richard O. Hoops, a student of psychology in the Lake Forest College and a reader of "Raffles,'' became a victim of auto-suggestioD and turned burglar. He has confessed to robbing the home of H. C. Chatfleld-Taylor of $5000 in jewels, and is believed to be the person who recently robbed the home of Robert McGann of $10,000. Hoops is a son of Ira C. Hoops, a prominent lawyer of Kokomo", Ind., and is twenty years old. ENCAMPMENT AT SARATOGA. Next Gathering of the G. A. R. to Be Held at Famous Resort. Zanesville, Ohio.?Saratoga has been definitely decided upon for the National encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic this year. The Executive Committee, to which was referred the question of confirm ing the action of the Minneapolis meeting last fall, or changing the place of meeting to Atlantic City, made Its report of the vote taken, which has resulted in favor of Saratoga. New State Adopts 2-Cent Fare Idea. A two-cent fare provision was made a part of the constitution of the new State of Oklahoma. Safe Blowers Get $4000. The safe in the Farmers' Savings Bank at Masonviile, Iowa, was blown apen. The robbers took $4000. Union Pacific Must Sell Stock. Wall Street heard a report that :he Government would begin suit to :ompel the Union Pacific Railroad .o sell its 900,000 shares of Southern Pacific through which it controls this naturally competing line. " I Living Costs Outrun Wages. Chief Statistician Pidgin, of the Vlassachusetts Bureau of Labor, nade public a bulletin which shows :hat living costs for 1906 outran vage increases. Far Eastern Notes. Western Australia is buying minng pumps freely. At present Russia's Asiatic ports ire free of customs duties. Japan-'s six sardine factories are to >e increased to thirty during 1907. Borneo tobacco sold this year in he United States for the first time. Japan's exports of porcelainware /\ f U a TTnlf a/^ Qf nf ah n ?a )nAf>A40(n<f u iuc wuiidi Mtauco aic niu^aoiug apidly. It is reported that tin lias been liscovered on Mindanao Island, PhilPDiJtft. Islands.... " * """"" aw rHE STBOTHERS ACflUlfTED | "Unwritten Law * Frees Brothers Who Defended Sister. Virginia Judge Says American Juries Will ?ot runisa Men wno uphold Sanctity of Home. . ' 1 ' .;72? ' t Culpeper, Va.?James and Philip Strother were acquitted of the murder of William F. Bywaters, whom they shot to 'death as he was fleeing from the room of their sister the night of the day they had forced him to marry her. The verdict was regarded as a practical application of the unwritten law. This was borne out by the ' comment of Judge Harrison, who said after the Jury came in: "Gentlemen, I am glad to hear you say that our women must be-protected and that no punishment shall be meted to those who deal with a man who Invades the home. I have no censure for your verdict. Go to yo?r homes and I hope you will find them as you left them. "Your verdict, gentlemen, has followed the precedents of American juries generally, so far as they have come under my observation. Law. books may lay down correct doctrine. but American juries will not punish a man who kills another If that other, by aggravating and base treachery, invades the sancity of his home cir- .? cle and destroys its peace. "You have listened to this evidence .with scrupulous care. You have been assisted by able and eloquent representatives of the commonwealth and defense to reach a righteous verdict. I know you to be men of high character and high purpose and the verdict is in accordance with the dictates of your conscience. This ris all the Court could wish, and with it the Court is satisfied." A poll of the Jury showed that every man voted for acquittal on the very first ballot. The jury.was out an hour and a ?*3 half. ' James Strother burst into tears when the foreman announced the verdict. His wife also wept. Lawyers Moore and, Lee, for the defense, sprang to the jury box, and shook the hands of every juryman. Judge Harrison could not keep order in the courtroom. A roar of ap- * plause greeted the verdict, and the hand clapping lasted more than^ a minute. Evidently the verdict re- % {' ceived general approval. "It is just what we expected/ said Philip Strother, his brother James - ' , concurring. "We kenw that we had not dpne wrong," they stated, "but we had to wait a long time to know that the jury believed it." Judge Harrison was deeply affected as he expressed his thanks and approval to the jury. ' The story of Mrs. Viola Bywaters, widow of the murdered man/ did much to exculpate her brothers. Bywaters, a handfiome, dashing, foxhunting Virginian, was her cousin. He took her to Washington, where she nearly succumbed from the effects of three operations. Her brothers, becoming cognizant of her plight, demanded an accounting from Bywaters. He promised to marry Miss Strother. The ceremony was performed while the girl was dangerously ill in s bed. Under the Virginia law a marriage is void if the bride and the bridegroom do not remain in each . other's company. Bywaters taunted the Strothers . s i: and a bitter quarrel ensued. He insisted upon leaving the house, and . they declared he should not. Their . y story was that Bywaters dashed out of the window of his wife's room to a porch, evidently intending to flee. They shot him, and he died instantly. Within an hour after the verdict telegrams of congratulation began to come so fast that the newspaper men were forced to file a continuous story in order to hold the wires. The telgrams seemed to come from everywhere. . John L. Jeffries, senior counsel for the Strother brothers, said: "It means that the traditions of the past in our State are adhered to and that no man who in good faith defends the women of his family, even to the taking of life thereunder, need fear condemnation rrom our juries. SUGAR CO. SUED FOR $30,000,000. Alleged That It Pot a Rival Concern Oat of Business. New York City.?A complaint in an action for $30,000,000, with costs and attorneys' fees, was filed in the United States Circuit Court here against the American Sugar Refining Company by the Pennsylvania 8ugar Refining Company, of Philadelphia. The latter is the company in which Frank K. Hippie, president of the Real Estate Trust Company, of Philadelphia, held 26,000 shares of stock (the controlling interest), and which in turn he had placed in the hands of Adolph Segal, the Philadelphia promoter. Hippie killed himself when his enterprises went to smash about a year ago and the trust company of which he was president went into the hands of a receiver. V Conspiracy to ruin a rival concern is alleged in the complaint and the v $30,000,000 is three times the amount of'damages alleged. Green Stuff Scarce. The season has been so cold in the South that hardly any green stuff is being forwarded from there. Germany Announces African Peace. Herr Dernburg announced in the Reichstag that the German Government expected to declare peace established in Southwest Africa on March 31, and to adopt the conscript system in the colony. Honduras Gained Victory. Advices from Honduras confirm the reports of a Nicaraguan defeat at NamfLsiquo, and say that the Hondurans were victorious in an action at Tuguare. The Field of Labor. Unions in Spain are said to have a membership of 56,900. British Amalgamated Engineers now have a membership of 104,632. Dockers in Germany increased their membership in 1905 from 5900 to uowu. Boston (Mass.) sheet metal workers' helpers recently organized a union. A ten per cent, wage increase for flooring mill employes has been announced by the Lumbermen's ?sso? elation.