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a, A Counsel in Cupid's Court (Copyright, 1906, by Daily story Pub. Co.) "I don't ask your help and advice as o«r family lawyer, Mr. Cleveland," he said, "but as my friend and my father's friend. I am not going into all the details of my trouble. It is banded and gossiped about in every club and at every tea, but that doesn't bother me. What if they do know that my wife and I have separated, and have been apart for a month? The fact that they know all that doesn't affect me in the least, and they are nothing to me, but Helen! She's all the dif ference! I can't forget her, although I've tried hard. Sometimes when I get to thinking of her and see her sweet face and dark blue eyes, and sort of hear her laugh the way she used to before our trouble, why, I can hardly stand it. "I love her just a much as I ever did, Judge, and to me she will always be the one woman in the world but I can't stay here in New York and see her only in some passing carriage or at some chance concert, so I'm going- -TCJtey. Charley White is going AfricaMhunting and has asked me 'to go. "I've a favor to ask of you, Judge, before I go, and I can leave a great deal easier with the knowledge that it is in your trust and care and that all its conditions will be carried out It :1s a letter I have written to Helen, and I've tried to tell her everything about that affair with Mrs. Manner ing which made all the trouble. After I've sailed I want you to see her and tell her all I said, and if I should never come back everything I have will be hers." Young Travers rose and took his hat and cane from the table. He tried to be cheerful, but the keen old Judge saw and understood. "I'm awfully sorry, my boy," he said, as he laid a kindly hand on his shoulder. "It pains me more than I can tell you, and I would give a great deal to help you, but I cannot see any way. At any rate, trust me and wait. It won't do any harm to go away for a time, and perhaps things may come right." Travers tried to speak, but his voice choked and he could only press the Judge's hand in answer, and with head bowed in thought he moved to the door and had opened it, when he start ed back in surprise. "There's Helen, now," he gasped as he moved away from the door. "She is coming in here, and that's the last thing I want when she feels the way she does. Can't I wait somewhere?" "There's the consultation room go in there," answered the Judge, and as Travers closed the door of the private room the Judge waited and wondered what use Fate was making of him. The door opened and Mrs. T.ravers slowly entered. She was all that Trav els had described her to be, but a sad look had settled on the once happy face and the eyes that had sparkled and danced with the joy of living bore traces of sorrow and tears. "I don't know how to begin, Judge," she said, as she seated herself in the Judge's comfortable chair. "I've known you for a long time—ever since I was a little girl with dolls, when you used to hold me and tell me those stories about the bears—so I have come to you first of all for help. Tt's about Mr.—er, about, my—well, it is all about Bob. I've tried so hard to sit still and let it pass, and forget it all, but I can't and no matter how hard I try, he always comes back and I think of the happy times we once had together." The Judge rose from his chair with an eager, happy look. "Will you par don me for a moment, Mrs. Travers?" he said. "I want to make a memoran dum before it slips my mind," and he moved to his desk and wrote hurriedly on a pad. Then with a quick turn he moved to the private office door and, turning the knob, opened the door a few inches. He stood for a moment with his hand on the knob, while a smile lit up the square jaw and battle lined features. "I'm quite sure, Mrs. Travers," he said, and his words rang out loud and clear to the waiting husband as he sat bowed in thought, "that we can talk much more comfortably if some of this heat is let out. The janitor never realizes that spring and a -booming furnace are sworn enemies." He resumed his seat and listened patiently and kindly as she poured out a heart full of trouble. The telephone angrily rang out call after call and downtown a board of directors waited for the Judge's coming, for it was many a hard fought battle that Judge Cleveland's advice and help had won for them. "You know how badly things have gone lately," she began, "and how our home is broken. I thought at first I would not care what became of Bob, but last night I read in the paper that he is going to Africa, and it came home to me then that I did care very much and that I loved him just as much as ever. It isn't as if he were going to Bar Harbor or some place where we have friends, but to Africa, away from all friends, to escape, per haps, the fever there only to be killed by the natives, is terrible. And when I think of him away off there without friends or help, I can't bear it, and I know now I love him with all my heart, and I don't want him to go. "It is almost two months now since we parted and I thought it was for Bver, because, you see, I felt hurt and told him I never wanted to see him again but I've thought a lot about it lately and I can see now that it was my fault, too. He is going away, perhaps never to come back again, and so I want you to see him before and give him this letter. Dont tell him who sent It simply say that it is to be opened on hoard the boat. I've told him everything and asked him to forgive my selfish ness and unkindness, and I've wished him luck. We used to be so happy once." And as the Judge leaned forward and took her hands in sympathy she buried her face on his shoulder and sobbed. "Don't feel so badly, Hefcn," he said, as he stroked her head faA gave her the sympathy that only Judge Cleveland, with the heart and soul of a life of good deeds, could give. He rose from his chair and took a letter from his desk, and then with a smile quietly took her letter from her hand. "I am going out for a few moments," he said, "but before I go I want to give you a letter that was left here for you, and I want you to open it now and read it while I am away." He crossed the room for his coat and hat, and as he passed the private office door skillfully tossed a letter with a heavy seal and faint perfume, addressed to Robert A. Travers, Esq., into a corner of the room where a young man was eagerly watching the Castles in Spain that passed before him. The Judge paused for a moment as he reached the office door and vigor ously wiped out a particle of dust that had suddenly and mysteriously filled his eyes. "I'm getting to be an old man," he said, as he gazed intently at Mrs. Travers, although his voice was rather loud ana he spoke very carefully and seemed to weigh and measure his words, as though he wanted the robins outside the window to hear them, too, and chirp them abroad, "and I look at life very differently from what I did years ago when I was your age. It all depends on how much wo put into life that is going to affect our own happiness and that of others. I always think of a line of Lowell's, 'Not what we give but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.' You see, helping the next fellow who has a heavier load to carry, perhaps, than yours will help you, too, and whether you see it or not, there will be a better feeling in your heart for it. And lots of times things will appear strange and unreasonable, but before you speak or judge look for the motive underneath it all, and often you will find that, although things went wrong, nothing but good-will and kindness were meant. May God bless you both." He slowly opened the door and. with a glance towards the private office, passed out into the hall and rang for the elevator. As lie stood waiting he eagerly and anxiously listened with ear near the office door. All was quiet and the Judge bravely fought a fear that stubbornly rose to his heart. Then he heard a rush from the private office and the happy words that meant so much. "Helen! Robert!" The old Judge passed out from the building with head held high, happily twirling his cane and trying to bring back a boyish whistle that he had lost years ago in the fierce fight for fame. SNAKES AT $20 A FOOT. Big Ones Consequently Come Highr— Some Reptiles Sold by the Pound. "Snakes," said a dealer in wild ani mals and reptiles, "increase in value out of all proportion to their size. So while you could buy a seven-foot py thon for $12, yoa couldn't begin to buy one of twice tha- length for twice that price. A 14-foot python would be worth $150, and a python 25 feet in length would cost $500. "Some sorts of smaller snakes are regularly sold by the pound, and we sometimes buy big snakes in that way of sailors that bring them in on ships coming from snake countries. We weigh the big snake in a bag and pay so much a pound tor it "But big snakes are not sold in that way by dealers, nor are they sold by the foot, though, of course, the length governs the snake's value. Of two snakes of the same length one might be worth more money than the other, for snakes vary in their physical char acteristics, just as human beings do, and their prices vary accordingly. "Of two big snakes of the same length and the same thickness one might weigh 50 pounds more than the other, and then of two big snakes of the same length ona might be thin and spare of body, while the other was thicker and bulkier, and as between these two, other things being equal, the bulkier snake would be worth the more, because It would make the more striking and imposing show. "Thus, while the length does govern, it is not the only thing to be taken into account, and so big snakes are sold neither by the pound nor by the foot, but at prices fixed oh each individual snake. "We import annually hundreds of big snakes, the great majority of them ranging in length between seven and twenty feet. The very biggest snakes are becoming scarcer and more diffi cult to obtain. Our collector in India, while in the course of that time he has gathered many big snakes, has in the last six months obtained but ona snake measuring 25 feet in length. "Big snakec and little ones are sold to zoological parks and to show people all over the country. For the very largest snakes the demand is greater than the supply." ry.f.'Sj S .V -T Hopeless. ,v Flynn—Oi tell yez they*s no on thrryin' to iddica-ate thim Chinese. Muihooley—An' phwy's thot? "Oi jist asked wan av thim the Choi nese wur-rud for St. Patrick's day, an', bedad! he couldn't tell ma."—Americas A*. STORM SPREADS DEATH AND RUIN CYCLONES CAUSE ENORMOUS DAMAGE IN SEVERAL NEAR BY STATES. EIGHT KNOWN TO BE DEAD LIST OF VICTIMS INCREASES AND STORIES OF DEVASTATION MULTIPLY. St. fcaul, June 9.—Eight dead, many seriously injured and thousands of dollars' worth of property blown away, briefly summarizes the effects of the storm which on Wednesday devasta ted sections of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, and last night wrought havoc in Michigan and Kansas. There were two separate storms v°dnesday, one in Southern Minnesota and West ern Wisconsin and another in the northern part of Minnesota, which also swept over into Wisconsin. The Dead: Near StoMard, Wis. Halvor J. Haivorson. Near Caledonia, Minn.—Mrs. Peter Meyers and two children, Near North Branch, Minn.—Mr. Engdahl, Sr., and Andrew H. Olson, the latter killed by lightning. Near Plainwell, Mich.—Alexander Ferguson, killed by lightning, and W. West, killed by wreckage of barn. Terrible Ruin Wrought. Fortunately, the stonn did not strike any large towns, but the devastation wrought in the rich farming country through which they passed, is said to be terrible. Crops are ruined and sub stantial brick and frame dwelling houses and barns were literally blown into fragments and scattered for hun dreds of yards about the country. Sunrise Escapes Disaster. Sunrise, Minn., a little town of 800 inhabitants, about whose safety much anxiety was felt last night, escaped uninjured. The storm devastated the country three miles from town, but did not hit the village. The large new frame house of William Stevens was blown to kindling wood and Stevens and his wife seriously hurt, but not fatally injured. Scores of Buildings Wrecked. North Branch, Minn., June 9.—The reports from the scene of destruction wrought by the cyclone passing east of here Wednesday afternoon are com ing in very slowly on account of dam age to the telephone wires. More than a score of farmers have lost their homes and outbuildings. It is hard to give an estimate of the loss caused by the cyclone at present, hut it will have been ruined, even to the grass, so complete was the work of destruction. Three Dead Near La Crosse. I.a Crosse, Wis., June 9.—The loss of three lives and terrible damage re sulting from Wednesday night's cy clone in the farming country between Caledonia and Freeburg, Minn., where a wide strip several miles long were laid to waste, became known yester day. The farm of Peter Meyer was de vastated and his wife and two chil dren were killed. Meyer escaped seri ous injury. The residence of C. T. Inglett was also destroyed and all the members of his large family are in the hospital except the father. The prop erty of L. T. Kruger was blown away with the exception of his house. At least a score of persons were injured in that vicinity. List of Injured Grows. The known injured list near Stod dard has been increased to eleven. Damage at Chaseburg, Coon Valley and Viroqua was small, but at Leon many buildings were blown down. The farming country where the storm spent its fury is almost entire ly ruined and the property and crop loss will be extremely heavy. Tele phone and telegraph communication is still hampered. Iowa Suffers Heavily. Decorah, Iowa, June 9.—Between 4 and 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon a cyclone passed over a section of Win nesheik county, doing much damage and injuring a number of people. Re ports of the storm did not reach here until yesterday, when it was learned that within a radius of a few miles of Locust, a postoffice twelve miles north, not less than $50,000 damages had re sulted. Kansas Town Wiped Out. Hillsboro, Kan., June 9.—The town of Goessel, near here, was practically destroyed by a tornado early yester day. About eighty persons were in jured. The tornado laid wastd a strip 200 wides wide. Several stores and twelve residences were demolished and every residence in town was dam aged. Man Killed in Michigan. Plainwell, Mich., June 9.—Sweeping a path one mile and a quarter wide for a distance of three miles early last night a tornado that, struck the vil lages of Martin and Monteith, re spectively six and four miles north of here, killed William West, a farm la borer, aged fifty-four, seriously injured several others and did much damage to stack and farm buildings and up rooted a number of large orchards farmer named Miller, and many lives were sp.ved. Many farms ar6 reported to be com pletely devastated. CONGRESS. Minority in the House 8tarts Another Filibuster. Washington, June 7.—The members of the minority of the house, believing that the majority had taken undue ad vantage of them in limiting general debate on the on the sundry civil bill to one hour, yesterday started another fiilibuster and for two hours roll calls and points of order kept the house in a turmoil. Later, when the sundry civil bill was taken up under the five minute rule, but a few pages were completed ^hen the house adjourned, much of the time being given over to a discussion of the sale of the old cus tom house in New York city, and the payment of the rental to the National City bank. This is an annual occur rence and the same charges and de nials were made. POSTPONE HERMANN'S TRIAL. Congressman Will Not Be Tried Until Fall. Washington, June 8.—Justice Gould yesterday granted the motion of Dis trict Attorney Baker for the postpone ment of the trial of Congressman Binger Hermann of Oregon, indicted for destroying public records while commissioner of the general land of fice, set for June 18, until after the trial of the Hyde, Dymond and Ben son cases. Mr. Wortliington, counsel for the defense, agreed to the post ponement. This practically means that the case will go over until fall. FORMER JUDGE A MURDERER. Kentucky Ex-Magistrate Indicted by Grand Jury. Jachson, Ky., June 8.—The Beathitt grand jury returned an indictment yesterday against Judge James Har gis, former county judge of Breathitt county, charging him with the murder of DJ B. D. Cox, who was assasinatei nearly three years ago here on the streets by being shot to death with a shotgun. He was a kinsman of James Cockrell, of whose alleged murder Hargis is also under indictment in the circuit court at Lexington. GO TO SEE HAAKON CROWNED. Norwegians to Number of 1,000 to Sail on United States. Chicago, June 8. Three hundred Norwegians left Chicago yesterday for the fatherland, whore they will at tend the coronation of King Haakon VII. on June 22. The party is made up of Norwegians from all over the Middle West. At New York it will be joined by an Eastern contingent., and it is expected that more than 1,000 will sail for the old country on the steamer United States. LIGHTKEEPER MISSING. John Povey Is Thought at the Soo to Have Been Drowned. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., June 8. John Povey, a keeper of the govern ment lights on the river, is missing, and is believed to have been drowned. The lights began to go out on the river, and messages from below said the boats could not run. A search for Povey revealed his upturned boat on the beach at Sugar island, but no other trace of him has been found. He was fifty-six years old. MINING CAPTAIN KILLS. Blows Off Top of Head of Discharged Employe Who Threatened Him. Calumet, Mich., June 8. Captain George Smithum of the Globe Copper mine in the South Range district shot and killed George Quail at a late hour last night. Quail was discharged by Smithum yesterday, but came back at night and threatened to kill Smit.hum Smithum went into his house and pro cured a revolver, blowing the top of Quail's Lead off. MARRIED TO SPANISH GIRL. New York Young Man Secretly Mar ried to Heiress in Arizona. Los Angeles, Hal., June 8.—A dis patch to the Herald from San Diego states that George Boldt, Jr., son of the owner of the Waldorf-Astoria of New York, and Miss Estella Savin, daughter of a wealthy Spanish mer chant of Tia Juana, Mex., were mar ried secretly at Yuma, Ariz., last Mon day. Kills Cousin's Widow. Findlay, Ohio, June 8.—Herbert Os trander of St. Louis sh5t and instant ly killed Mrs. Anna McKee and th'in killed himself here yesterday. The tragedy occurred at the McKee home shortly after Ostrander demanded $10 of Mrs. McKee. Ostrander was a cousin of Mrs. McKee's husband, who died more than a year ago. .Two Boys Drowned. Benton Harbor, Mich., June 8.—Les ter Thompson and Benny Runyan, aged about 11 years, were drowned while bathing in Pawpaw river at Watervliet A younger brother of Benny Runyan was pulled out of the river unconscious and. resuscitated. Cupid's Records Smashed. Chicago, June 8.—All marriage rec ords for Chicago and Cook county were smashed yesterday, when 536 persons were licensed to wed. The nearest approach to these figures was on June 14, three yearB ago, when 165 licenses wer* issued. HxS? TWO STATES ARE BIT BY CYCLONES MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN SUFFER FROM SEVERE WINDSTORMS. LOSS Of lift IS RUMORED VICINITY OF NORTH BRANCH IS SCENE OF RUIN—MAN KILLED AT STODDARD. North Branch, Minn.. June 8.—At 5 o'clock last evening a funnel-shaped cloud appeared in the southwest, which proved to bo cyclone moving north, and appeared to be moving di rect for this place, but fortunately about two miles south cf town it took a turn and moved in a more easterly direction, passing half a mile east of here. The path of the cyclone is about 500 feet or more wide. The wind has laid everything bare in its way, even cut ting the grass as if it had been mowed with a scythe, and stripping the bark from small bushes and uprooting trees. Stream Carried Away. Ben Legoo and three other men were in the path of the storm and took refuge under a bridge crossing a small stream, where '-he water was three feet or more deep. The bndge was taken from over their heads and the cyclone also took all the water from the stream, leaving the bed of the creek perfectly dry. All the men were slightly injured. The twister played some queer pranks on Charles Strait's place. All the buildings were blown down. The barn was lifted completely, leaving the horses without cover, but none the worse for their experic-iice. At Mr. Magnuson's farm all thb buildings were destroyed. Magmison and his family saved themselves by taking refuge in a root house. May Be Dead in Debris. The Engdahl residence, located at Pine Island, three miles northeast of town, was destroyed, and it has been reported that Mr. Engdahl, Sr., was killed. No other member of the fam ily was fatally hurt. The cyclone apparently moved in an easterly direction after it passed here, and much alarm Is felt as to the safety of Sunrise, a small inland town eight miles from here. There Is no way of getting information from that point, all telephone wires being down. Damage Is Great. Undoubtedly a great deal of proper ty has been destroyed, and perhaps a number of lives lost that has not been reported, as it is known, as it is known that the cyclone covered a stretch of territory at least fifteen miles in length. Word has just reached here from Fish Lake, a country village six miles northwest from here, that a cyclone passed there yesterday afternoon, de stroying several barns and outbuild ings, and also moving two buildings from their foundation. Two Cyclones Merge. Wyoming, Minn., June 7.—Late yes terday afternoon a cyclone coming from the west in the direction of Lindstrom met another cyclone of like force coming from the south in the neighborhood of J. H. Saur's South side dairy farm about a half mile south of Wyoming, passed through the village, and then the two storms merged, went north, doing a great deal of damage to property. The wind destroyed many small buildings and moved some of the larger dwellings. Under Heavy Weight. Henry Funk's house and barn were utterly ruined, and his son was found pinioned under a cook stove and a mass of timbers about 200 feet from where the houie originally stood. He was severely cut and bruised about the head, and his nose was broken. May Be Saved. Dr. Porter of Forest Lake was im mediately called and after dressing the wounds said there was ground for hope of recovery. Linwood reports the La Due stock farm buildings are totally destroyed, with loss of stock and mechinery. Leveled by Tornado. La Crosse, Wis. June 7.—One man, Halvor J. Haivorson, was killed, four other persons were seriously injured, and ten buildings were leveled by a tornado near Stoddard, Wis., last night. The storm swept over La Crosse and also did much damage at Leon, Wis. Sweeps Through Valleys. The hurricane centered, apparently, one and one-half miles east of Stod dard, Vernon county. It passed up Coon valley and Mormon coulee, strik ing Stoddard and Brinkman most heavily. Telephone communication la crip pled and telegraph wires are down to ward the south. In La Crosse there was considerable damage, though no one was injured. Washouts are reported on the rail roads in this vicinity ZOO Persons 8aved A bridge on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road near Stoddard was car ried out and a Burlington passenger train, carrying 200 passengers, was Sagged at the brink of the gap by a ANNUAL STATEMHST For the Year Kndinsc December 31, A. 1). IOCS. P* Of the condition of the MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA,' Organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, made to the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of South Dakota, S.. ui suant to the laws of said state. A. Talbot, Head Consul C. W. Hawes, Head Clerk. Incorporated Hay 5, 1884. Commenced business Jan. 2, 1883. Prin cipal office, Rock Island 111. BAUA.NCE SHEET. Amount, of net or invested assets Dec. 31 of previous year $1 4T7.478.0T INCOME DURING YEAR Gross amount paid by mem- 7 bers to the Association or its agents without deduc tlons for commissions or other expenses, as follows: Mortuary assessments ...... Ji.twl,706.88 Annual dues as per contract, without any deduction whatever 7.16.201.00 Interest and rent 32,128.64 Cash received from all other sources 101.870.16 Total income $8,503,072.68 Total net resources 0.5)41,450.75 DISBURSEMENTS DURING TEAR. Loss ., and claims •... $0,011,300-86 Advance payments returned to rejected applicants 4,083.53 Commissions and fees re- «M taln by or paid to agents on account of fees and dues 280,524.90 Salaries, etc., of managers and agents not paid by sKjat commiss ons 11,804.54 Salaries of officers, directors and Midis 43,544.03 Salaries and other compensa- yt-.t Hon of office employes 158.097.30 Salarv supreme medical dl rec 12.000 00 Vi Rent, tuxes, ndvei *ing and K'lf printing 17 5S3 53 All other items 404,915.55 jsrfj Total disbursements $7 "54,004.30 Balanae 2.J87.3S0.39 NRT OR INVESTED ASSETS. Cost value of real estate In cash, exclusive of Ineum hrances $321,894.40 Loans on morti -jcs Total net: or invested assets. $2,387,380.39 NON-INVESTED ASSETS Interest accrued $10,!O7.35 Rents accrued 50.00 Total non-Invested assets... Gross assets T.T ABILITIES. Losses adjusted, due and un paid Salaries, rents and office ex penses due and accrued..... Total actual liabilities Balance, net assets CONTINGENT MORTUARY (OR RESOURCES). Mortuary assessments, called and not yet duo. Net amount due from mem bers CONTINGENT MORTUARY TIES. Losses in process of adjust ment Losses resisted SS" wtf' r-i (first gsJSti liens) on real estate, furnl- SS# ture 84.533.S9 Loans secured by pledge of bonds, stocks and other marketable collateral, 11 br:i'v 5,207.40 Cash In offices 'Vj 703.80 Cash deposits in banks on fSgp emergency or reserve fund "J® account 1,074,080.03 S10.nw.3S 2.30S,043.74 $00,519.04 30:707.00 $1!1,2't0.04 2,270,810. KO ASSETS: $870,000.00 $870,000.00 .LIABILI- $400,500.00 77,500.00 Total contingent mortuary liabilities $5(58,000.00 BUSINESS IN SOUTH DAKOTA DUR ING THE YEAR. 1005. Amount of policies Issued during the year $1,508,000.00 Losses paid during year 140,000.00 Total receipts in state during1 year 159,222.05 Total expenses Incurred dur ing year 8,472.58 THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, Department of Insurance. Company's Certificate of Authority. Whereas, The Modern Woodmen of America, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, has filed in this office a sworn statement exhibiting Its condi tion and bsulnesB for the year ending December 31, 1005, conformable to the re quirements of the laws of this state reg ulating the. business of insurance and Whereas, The said company has filed In this office a duly eertilled copy of lta charter, with certificate of organization, in compliance with the requirement? or the insurance law uforesald Now, Therefore, I, John C, Perkins, Commissioner of Insurance of the State of South Dakota, pursuant to the pro visions of said laws, do hereby certify that the above named company Is fully empowered through its authorized agents to transact Its appropriate business of Fraternal Life Insurance In this state, according to law's thereof, Until the 31st day of December, A. D. 1008. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Pierre, this 7th day of February, A. D. 1908. (Seal.) JOHN C. PERKINS, Commissioner of Insurance. By H. E. Walsfith, Chief Clerk. Plants as Strength is not a thing usually connected with maidenhair fern yet, if its roots have not sufficient room, they will break the pot iu which the plant grows. Blades of grass will force tibe kerbstone# between which they may spring up out of their place and in a sin gle night a crop of small mush rooms have lifted a large stone* Indeed, plants have been known to break the hardest rocks. The island of Aldabra, to the north west of Madagascar, is becoming smaller and smaller through the action of the mangroves that grow along the foot of the cliffs. They eat their way into the rock in all directions, and into the gapa thus formed the waves force their way. In time they will probably, reduce the island to pieces. An Honest Man. Casslus R. Peck, assistant United Btates district attorney of Oklahoma, it a banquet in Guthrie recently spoke on honesty. One thing lie said was this: "What are we coming to? Are we ,. coming to such a pass that our ideas of an honest man will correspond with the 'v idea of old Hiram Stroode? "Hiram Stroode, for the seventh time, was about to fail. He called in an expert accountant to disentangle his. books. The accountant, after two days'! work, announced to Hiram that he would be able to pay his creditors fobr cents on the dollar. "At this news the old man looked vexed. •. "'Heretofore,' he said, frowning, 1 hare always paid ten cents on the dol lar.' "A. virtuous and benevolent expres slon spread over his face. V' -'up' 'And I will do so now,' fib *1 will make up the-difference out of my own pocket'" pr mPs S»®.' is® M at Sp it