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THE RICE BELT JOURNAL WELSH PTG. CO., LTD........ Pu, . WELSH : : : : : LOUISIANA !i,.. Since the begirring of history no nation which has not hern saturatel in all parts with one 'anguaýe has -en joyed a secure an,! peaceful suildar itvy; and subject nations and rnacs have sometimes regained in llcipnence by preserving thoeir mothr ( ti ln . Po. litical divisions behtw on the nationsc fallow differences in language rathe. r than difference. in rare, or religion. One language. may do for two nationi, as in the case of lBelgiulr and France, Austria and Germany, (riar Itritain and the United States. IHot two lan. guages seldom subsist together in har mony Inside one, poittcal unit. The Magyars of Hungary for years have protested against the us( of German as the official langi,:i,. Poland., lpoii. cally divided into threoe pits!t ulnder Rus.ia, Germany anl Aust:ia, is uni ted by the Poloish lan:guog-m, and from the Polish i;iinlt of vi. w, no othe,:. act of the Cir;inan governnmnt is so i oppressive as th. effort to irosl,e rIh,, Ge'rman languag,, on I',i sI! chul children. The atyatl of Hln.rv- Si klewicz, the Polish n v, list, in ith, name of litera.nur, to int,,.vtual p- r. " sons in all ('c ntris tor un athy f,7 With the Poles who ar, Win s i ,,F- ii o t er than Iolitihs, and ha:P sullild, o i Political canmls. i'rnr th,,e conte- n tiois in Eurnoe a hoptul !(.1, can , be drawn a..Id apl,lb,"ed to .Arnf,/icta r( m arks t h, Yoh th's I.ni " " are putting the, chillltn of nimoigrants l il through out l ublic schools lh!i din. . them with the chilliroen of carli r im migrants through the great solvent of , language. We do not force them as Ldl if they were conrlutrrd 'people; thlie'y 'ic yield Willin v!y- to the aimalgani; it tri" penetrates even the c!otted ghettos tiri and foreign colonii. The measure otf i Poland's fear of losing its Iml is I, the measure of (Ur hope that by Inan- th guage, and all that it carries. we shall to bring many races into homogeneity. ol ~--"" belo A vote of thanks is duf the W\iscon- for sin professor who says that our old gini friend the tired feeling which comes the in the spring is not an acquired virtue Il nel but is the result of heredity. If it has ith been handed down to uts from ouir tries forefathers, who acquired it through the much patient endeavor, anyone can boar, see that we are not to blame. Still, They we think more of our ancestors be cause of this discovery. Evidently they were human, remarks the Chicago Vi Daily News, and not mere stern, busy day automatons, as we have been taught Jess to believe, who never relaxed but Thr were busy chasing work throughout iden the livelong day and part of both ends of the night. Besides, we can the a ru more readily resign ourselves to the "F pleasure of being lazy in the spring taker when we know that we couldn't help La it it we tried. to hi altho The British mint has been turning Jim out copper coins at the rate of four shar] tons daily in an attempt to cope with bridl the famine in pence in London and not it the provinces. This stringency al- As c ways becomes most acute toward the men end of each quarter. The explanation quest Is very simple. Nearly all the English well gas companies have adopted the pen- brouF ny-ln-the.slot system of selling gas. head. The automatic meters are emptied at the s the end of each quarter. The popu- let or larity of this system of supplying il- ton lumination is shown by the fact that tome during 1907 pennies weighing 1,336 ered tone were ~aken from the meters in his London beljng to the Gas Light stron and Coke fon~ 0ny. This means an Jesse verage of 00,0( pennies a day. next I Under 1The ral ad companies are obeying state onew lab tpassed for their regula. .on. Repots from 99 per cent. of the had ii lroad mriage of the country have the ri n recelie by the Interstate com- but w eree com alssbon, giving the infor- tion f on about their operations called which or by the -iepburn law. One pr two which the largest companies put the nine unpopi ou rule I* operation before tarch -was Sthe day aer which the emplo.met enmes t railroad than nine 'hour fo a'l dayr .s.o the ve island Much Is but 4 - ar e num- hould can novels published aa- agfp Sas8 iey constitutedtl the chief tlal. 1 t of j,1ishlag houses, but had r lo orier eiasses of books not , '(ged. In 1907, te hi iexample ~ 1tion :llst show woulhe hi 71 titles, uLt iot) and theology tencies secon twith 876 titles. It is not came. ury f~ anyone to read nbvels hearted the lact, of other literary produc- hamper S". receive -4 ,-And his New J !sey judge S-s. that a of the is tified in slappling and tlehad wesd & anyady wT calls or a lia' . of Pau the dge's,i: hat pInt , ..Y¢11t are b ed. ner at I S the government holds pared al 000 persons wire haSejever appetizil th ir cltims. And still you not like: S nd watr of ba oot handy. was mos no bad z IRNEL I SERIAL IA\\ STORY ry nn irat " i LANGFORD have bati ,y of the Po-" rations I- THREE BARS 4 KATE AND VIRGIL D. BOYLES n atn Im er (tupyrtiibt by A.L MU-. S Ar ., 1'7)..) Sui- SYNOPSIS. from i oth orl Cre V ll .; n. a p,,,r ra,'h 'in, l (h:)', a i ls ; ll- i ll .i , 1 , h ' ', , , ,. ie. i ii.),'i f l.l i') cir t' I , o iiss iri' o r ofh 0 1t') ! I I fh ' , l , rt f " .1,, . , l I . , l 'f tt i l.,I , . I . ,1 , ":I . ,\ ,1 1 m1 I.' 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In Vtl"'1 li 'rd tb lig ll , lit ,T y , tI.ix C ti \V i ll itBr'ow 1 l" It i. old 'IA ag a twell known "onery" st.ir gel belongine to his emtiplon of the "Three Bars" rn o il unson wi n,] Louiise start', On- for aeiffi They take It rxi at the Bon qui Ami resltaurant, coniiti,,l ',l ilv Mrs. ItIg Old gins, a great alimnircr of Richard i(Iorliffn, MU the counfi ty aittollrnii y LIllise is to 11 of a tie, meat poisonitfc plot which resliltell in the Stitnesses for the state ri, the falitrte thief case against Jesse Black. Ah buckboar at the enitrance to pontoon ridge across gh the river. Munson crowds past the buck tboard teai wra kintg the buckboard. They arrive at o itlisten's. ill,ill own be- CHAPTER VII. ev The Preliminary. go Very early in the morning of the sy day set for the preliminary hearing of ht Jesse Black the young owner of the t Three Bars rode over toVelpen. lHe Ut identified and claimed the animal u held over from shipment by Jim's per wd suasion. Brown gave possession with he a rueful countenance. he "First time Billy Brstown ever was ng taken In" he said, with great disgust. eto his journey, einther going or comingth esharp iito hins pistols aned mind the h beldlgerent turn of mind, his boss hade not taken the waords with serioetusness. I h As for the fracas at the pontoon, cow le men uare touchy wo hen it comes to a n question ofi pirecedence, and it night Sh well be that the in flammable Jim had "One n- brought the sudden storm down on his Ja t head. Paul Langford rode throuegh the sweet early summer air without ing ow let or hindrance and looking for noneit with - He was jubilant. Now was Willis- As ton's story verified. The county at- cro. it torney, Richard Gordon, had consid- drew 6 ered Williston's story, coupled with " n his reputation for strict honesty throri t strong and sufficient enough to bind to me SJesse Black over to appear at the thea next regular term of the circuit court. "L Under ordinary circumstances the Paul state really had an excellent chance self I of binding over; but It had to deal in frc with Jesse Black, and Jesse Black "Il had flourished for many years west of flashi the river with an unsavory character, begat but with an almost awesome reputa- throu - tion for the phenomenal facility with by th which he slipped out of the net in It which the law-i-n the person of Its which unpopular exponent, Richard Gordon cowbc -was so indefatigably endeavoring to ranch enmesh him. The state was prepared long for a hard ftight. But now-here was of sts the very steer Williston saw on the smell island with its Three Bars brand un- mate der Black's surt'eillance. Williston and ould identify it as the same. He, The r Langfprd, would swear to his own ant- and r ieal. htd'oefense would not know he were had regained possession and would of cati not have time to readjust its evidence. elper it would fall down and hurt itself for Roseb tAe higher court, and Dick Gordon insati would know how to use any inadver- c.rned tencies against it- when the titie il-tt came. 'No wonder Langford was light- meats hearted-. .In anl his arrogant and un- Yet hampered career he had never before received such an affront to his pride the And his sense of what was due to one toe of the biggest outfits that ranged cat-an tIe west of the river. Woe to him who ar had ditred tamper with the concerns fi of Paul Langford of the Three Bars. ' .W1lUytou drove Jn -from thq Laty iaee pared at home and packed neatly and Hert a appetizingly in a tin bucket. It was a not likely there would be a repetition fad was most important that Williston ate nant on no bad meat that day aa trul Gordon met them in the hot, stutfy little parlor of the hotel. "It was good of you to come." he said to Louise, with grave sincerity. "I didn't want to." confessed Louise. honestly. "Flm afraid it is too big and! Ilonesome for Iime. I am sure I should l have gone back to Vi lpon Ia t night I to catch the arny train h dli it not 1 been for Muar'. She is so--godo." I, "'The worst is over now that you a ha've con(,luored your liirst itlnuilse to I fly," he paid. 1 I cried, tlhiih. I hated myself aI for it, but I c u(iildn't help it. You see ti I never was so far froml home bef)ore." c Ile was an absorbed, hard-working a lawyer. Years of contact with the tl Ilain, hard realities of rough living (, in a new country had dried up, some- el what, his stream of sentii'ent. Maybe n the source was only blocked with w debris, but certainly the stream was ct running dry. lie coual not help tl: l:inking that a girl who cries be- th cause she is far from homne had much bS etter stay at home and leave the fo g-rave things which are nmn's work to th lOn. But lie was a gentlenian and a or lindly one, so he answeril quietly, to I trust you will like us better when a iyou know uis ltter." and, after a few w" '1n. lorl' Co(IlIIIIn la(es, went his way. co , Tebres a iman.", said Louise, 1t' ihouihghitfully, (on the way to McAllis. in t o !'s ollice. "I like, him. Mary." Ihe ".And yet there ;are melin in this Colin qll try who wout l kill himi if they dared." ('e '." . I. "Ma'ry' what d(I ou ,11'an? Are there then so many cut-throats in this daI awful ('country '?"i "[ think there are nany desperate wa Mien am nong the rlustlers, whlo w'(1ll( knie not hesitate to kill either Paul Lang- -i fo 1rd or Richard Gordon since these tai l( prosec.lutions have h nllll. There are c also mniny good leoinle who think Mr. If I; ,rlo!n is just stilrrinlg ull'trouble and l;la iputting the county to expense when lik( hi lho can have no hope of conviction. It 1 They say that his failuire. encourage lies the rustlers more than an inactive tha l`policy would." the S"People who argue like that are Bill t" 1'either tainted with dishonesty them- hell i- selves or they are foolish, one of the 1ie ,i tw,." said Louise, with conviction. i t "Mr. Gordon has one stanch sup- ilin porter, anyway," said Mary, smiling. er a! "Maybe I had better tell him. Precious a s. ;i little encouraenent or sympathy he I1ilil 'r gets, poor fellow." whc rt "Please do not," replied Louise, wi n quickly. "I wonder if my friend, Jim an gn. Munson, has managed to escape 'bat- mig a tie, murder and sudden death,' includ- trun he " ducti l alt h prs .- weas :h acco! sI he b t. ' s _sands u This e Ae Iorte "H( amusi t terest 1 "One of 'Em, I'm a Thinkin', Was charn s Jake Sanderson." age, t ing death by poison, and is on hand toug with his testimnony." tallow As they approached the office the i crowd of men around the doorway lieved drew aside to let them pass. tied "Our chances of worming ourselves atr through that jam seem pretty slim add: to me," whispered Mary, glancing Into them the already overcrowded room. right 1 "Let me make a way for you," said a fac'. Paul Langford, as he sepl)arated him- "Wh self from the group of men standing thieve in front, and came up to them. "I have wateredl my horse," he said, strpe flashing a merry smile at Mary as he us to began shoving his big shoulders with t through the press, closely followed "At by the two young women. bout It was a strange assembly through A which they pressed; ranchmen and thesto cowboys, most of them, just in from aw ranch and range, hot and dusty from my mo long riding, perspiring freely, redolent mh, of strong tobacco and the peculiar she's a smell that betokens recent and inti- h mate conpanionship with that part "On and parcel of the plains, the horse. ne The room was indeed hot and close Jake E and reeking with bad odors. There whoca: were also present a large delegation or Wye of cattle dealers and saloon men from knows Velpen, and some few Indians from stepped Rosebud agency, whose curiosity was through insatiable where the courts were con- tl other corned, far from picturesque in their Ill-fitting, nondescript cowboy gar. ments. ' Yet ~iey were kindly, most of the plain hi men ga hered there. Though at first long by they refised, with stolid resentment, or sai: to be t s thrust aside by the breezy upright and aggressive owner of the Three corner( Bars, panting their feet the more ly abovl firmly o the 'rough, uneven floor, and per sasI :enely blltous to any right of way toward -I arr ba'nt demanded by the big dow cas shouldelS,' i",G!h they perceived side ofa for who th~yway was being made, wishing most o thenia, 4tepped hastily aside free side with m tterd ,and hbashed apologies., possible. Here aRd there, however, though all er sash. made way, there would be no red- outside, faced or stammering apology. Some- sash bell s e little party was followed lowered. y no t eyes, sometimes by malig- will not nant ones. Had Mary Williston spok- dow, and as truly when she said the will for en the a sturfy bloodshed was not Iac'ng in the country? .e." he But if there was an:ht of hatrel or erity. enmity in the h v air of t1, i: ,ro Louise. wised courtroom fl ;r otl:, rs in .i ,le8 uig andr the high-l ini ded coun, I ii' laiw and should order Mary \\Williston +tnited -,: :tne fnight ly unicolns-ious of it. Sh.' h1'Ic1 her it not head proulll. .lost o;f tle,.e II. ni she d." I knew. She had donle a ian s work at you ialong them for two y'ears Aln more. lse to In her ma;l's work of ril'inig the ran ges she had had gord fello.ship with myself n many of thlem. After to-l,y i tuch of on see this must end. . iuch bla l , wo;l/d ac. I efore." crue to her father for this dy 's work orking amiting friends as well as enemies, for h the , the fear of the law-tdeters was an living nm ni-present fear with the small own. sonie- or, stalking abni ,ad by ,lay and by \laybe night. But Mary was glad and there with was a new dignity about her that be i was came her well, ani that grew out of help this great call to rally to the things s be- that count. much At the far endl of the room they e the found the Justice of the peace eon irk to throned behind a long table. tHis lion and a or, Mr. James It. Mc.Allister, more lietly, comilnonly known as .Jinmmie Mac, was when a ranchman on a smiall scale. le a few was ignorant, blt of an otverwoe ning iy. conceit, lie haill , been a justice of the mnse, lPeace for several years and labored Allis- 'nder the iiista!,n imflirtssion that 1hi knew law; it e! tlin. on short ac coun tlualntanlce, had Idublthe hita 1 )l Ne. r'ed." e ,t'.l y,"1C, In toie a ll!'d- in) ll l i )',n , a t,,r' a Are `ertain hifh lelht of early ter: iturial this days who "knew -no i't w." The ptrison-r wa.t ht-oa-dlt in. Ils wrate was a familiar l'rs,,tnality. Ite was itld kn1(inli to most nIutn west of the river ang- -if not by p'trsoiial actlt:,,ata:ie, cer i tse lainly by hearsay. are Then caime the first great surprise Mr. of this affair of I .a-v surpri'es. Jesse and Black waived examination. It canoe then like a thunderbolt to le pIre section. tion. It was not IfIlack's way of doing busl rage ness, and it was g'enrally believed tive that, as 3Munson had so forcibly though inelegantly exolrtssed it to are illy Brown, "lie would tight like fer- hell" to keep) out of the circuit courts. the ie would kill this incipitent Nemesis n. in the bud. What, then, had changed sup- himn? The county a: trney had rath. ing. er looked for a hardfought defence- ti os a shifting of the liarden of reslionsi. e hility for the nmisbranding to another, l who would, of course, be off some where where on a business trip, to le absent San indefinite length of tinle; or it ati might be ie would try to make good a al ud trumped-up story that he had but late ly plurchased the animal from sonei 1 Indiana cattle-owner from up country I who claimed to have a bill-of-sale from ILangford. lie would not have been f taken aback had I}lack calmly pro- of duced a bill-of-sale. The absoluteness of the surprise an flushed his clean-shaven face a little c although his grave immobility of ex. th pression underwent not a flicker. It dr Swas a surprise, but it was a good surprise. Jesse Black was bound over under good and sufficient bond to ap. - - pear at the next regular tern of the Scircuit court in December. That much accomplished, now he could buckle down for the big fight. How often had an he been shipwrecked in the shifting yet sands of the really remarkable decis. Fe lons of "Old Necessity" and his kind. ins This time, as by a miracle, he had es- to caped sands and shoals and sunken t rocks and rode in deep water. t A wave of enlightenment swept over ing Jim Munson. to S "Boss," he whispered, "that gal re, porter's a hummer." fro "How so?" whispered Langford, din amused. HeI proceeded to take an in. fun terested, If hasty, inventory of her her as charms. "What a petite little person. A age, to be sure! Almost too colorless, ba though. Why, Jim, she can't hold a mot tallow candle to Williston's girl." Fer ji"Who said she could?" demanded " Jim, with a fine scorn and much re. he lieved to find the boss so unapprecia. fice tive. Eden might not be lost to them arnii s after all. Strict justice made him add: "But she's a wise one. Spotted TH o them blamed meddlin' hoss thieves right from the word go. Yep. That's Laid da fac'." "What 'blamed meddlin' hess g thieves,' Jim? You are on intimate St terms with so many gentlemen of that tiro Sstripe-at least your language so leadsI ties e us to presume-that I can't keep up nigh Swith the procession." 00 tI "At the bridge yistidy. I told you 'fh 'bout it. Saw 'eii first at the Bon e Amy-but they must a trailed me to tne the stockyards. She spotted 'ema right to away. She's a cute'n. Made me shes o tr( my mouth when I was a blabbin' too ed i much, jest before the -fun began. Oh, pe she's a cute'n!" 'K "Who were they, Jim?" whit "One of 'erm, I'm a tlinkin', was a dat Jake Sanderson, a red-headed devil TrIrd who came up here from hell, I reckon, hatch or Wyoming, one of the two. Nobody l'niv knows his blz. But he'll look like a lege stepped-on potato bug 'gainst I git through with him. Didn't git on to t' other feller. WIllI next. you bet" Cin (TO BE CONTINUED.) kept I Keep Burglars Out. coian Buy at any hardware store a small, in ti3 plain hinge, one and one-half inches currom long by one inch wide when closed, in an or smaller. Screw one side of hinge At tir upright on to the lower righthand by thwe corner of upper window sash, direct. couldi ly above the slight -flange on all up. should per sashes. See that the hinge is Whi toward and almost touching the win. back i dow casing. This will leave one and q side of ,ne hinge free to turn. Whda found. wishing to fasten window twrz theo free side of the hinge as far back aa N, possible. This brings it over the low. Aurt or sash. It will be invisible from the raised outside, but will prevent the lower to Bar sash being raised or tha upper one er. TI lowered. When hinge hs -closed: it. eped t will not interfere with raising win. sold, a dow, and doea not disfigure or weak. dodge en the window sash ting In t SUICIDE PLAYS MATADOR; I; ru ALLOWS BULL TO KILL HIM w aN RANCH OWNER COURTS DEATH , e-> AFTER STIRRING BEAST TO FURY IN VIEW OF GUESTS. worshk ( work. (u;?rI ti al ra. .\! . Iei - thl ir:; that Ille)l', [In fi(d the co( 'ra';o, of the ulata S.ith a r ,'i; whl()s, comba) l in thl' ar.na had p ith ttriled iin sin . chiihlh(wd, .loss, (.'h of; .. 111l ac 11ria .ln n), o1lwn of t i St;n Pedro ear , 11' , in ('." . )llo) i tl . cou l u itIt d sul Wor i'k i,' by allowing a hull to g're him to s, or l ,ath1 in full vi( w of 3e( pI, l,t.h' Is an fh,' sptcrattr's wcor, frl:uls and -d by w '"i.hbors Whot) hIe had invit ed to the td by Sct'l, Iiromilsint" an exhilbition su at be- the tion ll lijht. I ut f'r sevral IiouIIntos they watched tit of him as he toin.entld a bhull in the cat ings tie en. which he had ett'rd arnid only with a stick, at the 'n11( of which they Was tfastened an ironll prong, and ap hlon eainIe If thu cored that rt ac- , : is The Animal Struck Him. Suddenly it 1eame apparent that her a, wa. taking risks greater than the c went u from the crowd whe he tood dirtly in the ath of the bull lie hopenerate near his its. heart is The animal struck him, and as he fell it became maddened by the sight of blood aned ored his cleverness in side-speateppindly. is and somf the of th menrag went to hims res atsi ilSudldenl it became a pparent that er, e was tking e risks gbattle witer than theast *me* profi'ssi unil btill-tighter usually c ent succeeded in drivinges elf toit back and horror it went p firomu tihe crowd when he d a stood di iwing the lifeless ath of the bull ate- and adIsted his body so that oe ofWED. en fell it becays e maddened by the sight ,ro of blood and gored him repeatedly lo le hesomen in the crowd fled shrieking, o ise and some of the n' en went to his res- 15 year-old Tisha Halpn when Steven tie, cue. After a bttle with the beast they succeeded In driving it back and teh It drawing the lifeless body away.promise tud GIRL, 15, REFUSES TO WED. ver sha was at aping Fance Was 45 and "Too Old," Sheummo we hto Says-He Gets Trousseau. tin Icli 'le Chester, P.-"Yoth 're too old for me y so ad and I won't marry you," declared 15 fung year-old Th whisha ch Tishan when Steven didbu i Fer weddinga old enough to be her father, to id insisAfter that he grfulfill herad promised to give s back the lothes and return all the t money intendedsha was firm in her resolve not Feto marry Steven, who owns up to be- theharge. er ingut I still love her," he walled, a yea n fines with hich Tisha was trousseau under hise Sarm. "I guess I've been 'stung. SLaidfter the girl had promised Egg Aftero give teall, s, a O'c the clothck and return all the r Stoerling, Mass.A hen's egg ofnery, men Ftraordina ithdrew the charge. forcpcular ties was laid after sev" he wailedock as then o1 the aLucius E. Shepard falerman's o.- lect SfThe eggwith Tisha's three inches long ander his they STHIseven and one-fourth in circumferME, oly ens . Mrs. Seard opened the egg he the other day, and found, in addition c to the usual contents, a second egg wick otr ordinary soportions and pe, surround.- rita oed by the yolk of thepad big egg. Each The shell ofwas three big egg was long and whiten and that of ourth inner egg wacircumfei " The hen that lai opened the egg w mist, hatc the usual contents, a secongg produced at thegg "T Universityolk of thMaine agricultural dolia ----- - --- ----" Y o gg wRats Hoarded the Coinevery exercarticular the I: Thea bank, or ratherll of the big egg was clear when"Ou in the and thabit of thconcealinneg fractional That's in an obscure place back of the bar. the down At times he noted the ravages made promis by the rodhents on the canvas sack, butch hatculdn't understom an egg produced atwhy the rat should carry of ain e agricultu oin ol RaWhile the help was overhauing the "Isn' Cinback bar, a nice pile of nickets, dimes, doors and quarter, nickels, dimaggregating $3.3u, warter Real found. an osue lace ac of the bar. the d"No at tiomes he notled theattractvages ade Piom Sto Barodents on Theissen, a Dutchk, brutd couldn'er. The milkunders atand the arm threat- s ehd to strike unless the help was overhauling the solund, oas they found t too hard to dodge tW tails while milking I l own tL" I Americ, ALL AFTER i'= LUE2 RIBBN o the University P sylvania was issent to one ,)f our southern states for th pur ose of observing a solar he < Jipse. h The lay before the evet one of the g that ii1 .i . 'lilt3U~ l rofassors said to an ohl darkv be g long to the household wherin theo eds scie t was quartered: sl : t, if you will watch your chickt 11d el: o-morrow morning youto1 find thi they'll all go to roost at 11 o' -'k." ,1m was, of course, skeptical; but at the ppointed hour the heavens Whe were (:a kened, and the chickens re tired t. roost. At this the negro's amazen:,,lt showed no bounds, and he n 1 ban, re sought .a : the scientist. 15- "Profer. Jr," said he, "how long ago n did you ow dem chickens would go tr, to roost?" S "About a year ago," said the pro lull?,F 11 l; r ii fessor, smil ing.i tt "Well, ef dat don't beat all!" was Shatched !"; Harper's Weekly.. One of Britain's "Little Wars." hodi I o Trouble is expected in India, where the most troublesome and pugnacious of the Afridi tribes, the Zakka Khelsa \i'thu't r!. 'n sil t It'sp ak lit luill Sit .,~a i ii. tall, powerful, fierce and cunning, have l Worn out the patience of the govern ment, and a punitive expeditionary force had been dispatched against Walk1 hoillun .1. lil~t tli " 's h them. Seven thousand carefully se lected men cohd ose the force and they will be pitted against 30,000 war eriors. The present ex edition twas only decided upon after a number of the most serious raids, in which treac hery, plunder and murder fig ured in great degree. On account of the inherent treachery and natural wickedness of the warlike tribes Great Britain is called upon to e)lgage in a ar with them about once in every Te h ee r lo keitp b y Wit'!.a vears. A Comparison. "What we want" saih the ectono the mist, "is some pla by which a dollar can be made to hdo uorel w ieork." "That's right," answered Farmer aCorntossel; "my experie nce with alu edollar is like my experience with the horse over n that rold. Even when I manage to get hold of st I find it has kicked up itso heels and run e before I can get it half-way tirced turos." A hsth lgo in Wrong. amoer ,husat sdhs greatd y in ndad h "pHroife, .r said toan "owl ong ak enodid you kch. deml chicken would. go~ more."oot? S"AOut aoe yexcarigo"ead the wiro Realizing that he was in th h wrm. the doctor left a prescrtion an .ot "Well, ef dayon' bel atc all!" wasc thpromised toy' c oall later. ros a The Ways of Counts.e ar at trobe asep ecited inu tndia wherven "Isn't t trange that foreign countsr ofthred Afd tribes.A thesZahekaegre's, aever see anything a nttractive , about p)oor American girls?" "No more strange thanc the fact tgt counts with money don't se, anyThino n A ,Difficulty) g . . ... "My boy, marry a wifte who car frve you a home." "I'd like to, but so few girls I know own their own thousa."-Baltimore Amer 'a mr