Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 100, Hammond, Lake County, 14 October 1907 — Page 4
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CHAPTER XLV. "Mrs. Weber," said Mr. Methven as he and Marshall entered the natron's office, "we would like to speak to you privately for a few minutes." "Very well, sir," responded the matron. "Be seated and we can have the door closed," and, after suiting the action to the word, the matron sat down at her desk and waited for her visitors to proceed to the business in hand.
I have reason to believe," said Mr.
Methven, "that Mamie Dougherty is
larger Paid Up Circulation Than Anv Other NewsuaDer in Northern ray daughter. Doris had a sister a
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Indiana.
CIRCULATION t t g YESTERDAY I I 9 0 0-2 I
little over a year older than she, who was kidnaped in infancy when but a
few weeks old. I guess it happened before you lived in this city, so you may not have heard of it. Everything in the world that human mind could conceive of, or that money
could do, was tried in an effort to recover the little one. We now have a theory that Marnie is the child
that was lost. Will you please look
in the record and see what entry was made in connection with her admission to the institution?"
With every radical change proposed ln any important branch of the govern-j 'Mrs. Weber's breath had been
mcnt service, there is naturally more or less agitation, for there are many fairly taken away by the suddenthing's to be considered pro and con. It was not unexpected therefore that the ness of the revelation, but she had postmaster general's proposition to Institute somewhat of a reform In con- recovered herself while Mr, Methnection with the parcel postal service of this country was met with opposition ven was speaking, as well as favor. She broueht forth the volume in-
On the face of the proposition it looks like discrimination when it is j dexing the records, and soon had the
imown that the reduction in rates proposed under tha change would apply to page on which Mamie's name ap-
those of Uncle Sam's citizens who are served by the rural delivery branch of peared.
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SPORTING GOSSIP By OIL.
the corner uppermost a spray of pe
culiar, small flowers. Marshall un
folded the little blanket and beheld, in the opposite corner a monogram which there was no chance for mistaking. It was as plain a double M as two letters curiously wrought A AT- i
tuBttuer couiuwen De j Colorado g Col.-The dona-! Washlngton.-The bureau of labor
Margaret Aietaven, said war- . J100000 t thft home of m. oC the federal department of corn-
shall, simply. ternational Typographical union, made merce and labor has published an ln-
10 .vir. luetnven. it was as a w a nwitwmo rii n-nman tprestlnsr comparison, snowing wuat
voice from t.hp ripnri Tint Ha wrmi.i -n-. tivvai,i Ko ousT n hrmp's wacrps. on the average,
not trust himself to really believe, a halt in plana for immediate building would buy of food in 1206, as corneven now. I of the Cummings memorial addition at pared with the average during the
$30,000 cost This addition as planned decade from 1S00 to lb9J. me reiau will practically double the size of the price of the principal articles of food. -tn v. , , 1 1 j : nri, iaaa.ia A-r,n xncJ rcir ai-mrHlnff tn fnmilv COHSUIHD-
If It is her child s she will identify ( , . . . ,ti,loa -15 7
1 uon, nowever, is a nucleus to secure iwu ui uip anwu iwv,, it. Please God, it may be as I trust cottages on the grounds for tno fam. Per cent, higher in 1906 than the averit is. Mrs. eber, I am greatly in- llle3 of ingrm or aged inmates. The age price for the ten-year period; but debted to you. Of course, you will ! constitution of the order will be taking the Increase of wages into ac-
I amended to admit of this innovation, count, the purchasing power of an
families are interested, hour's wages in 1906, as measured by
This will admit of war on tuberculo- food was 7.3 per cent greater, and of sis that cannot be well waged now, a full week's wages 2.4 per cent, with close proximity of aged and sick greater. The reduction in hours of patients In one building. Tents are labor explains the fact that tho purused limitedly in fair weather, but chasing power of a week's wages inthis is not permanent, as cottages creased less than the purchasing powshould be. A fund much larger than er of an hour's wages.
"There Is one thing mors," he said. "Mrs. Methven must see this.
The lat rassed. all
fond
say nothing of this to Marnie
should like to have Mrs
X l- 1 1 1 i m 1
me uianKet oerore anyining 1 said to the child." After they had left, Marshall suggested: "Before we go home, let us go to see this Jennie Cowles and ask her if Mother Lundie knew
juetnven ai present i-o
the bets on k
series have been paid, and everybody with the remark that they ar tb" best team. There 1 no us, USsns fhT, 0t.Xt? WhS and wheto! of tha last few games, so w wlU , soodby to the noble gama of baaebafi and chew the fat over this winter oa the next season's possibilities. Many of the favorites of last seaaon will ba among the mining and many wVl be with the minors while new blood and new names will mark the score card. There will be the usual wtnter layoff for the athletes who have fought on many a diamond all season long ad who deserve a rest and a chance to see their family and get back to their various trades and sports. But active
uaseoaii is over until next Erring. Tha Cubs played a buffoon game yesterday to wind up the season, they were all feeling so Jubilant over the series that they Just had to get rid of some of the steam. It was a hot game with everybody taking a try at
tvcr)ooays else position and a mad
scramble- for pitching honors. Tha regulars trimmed off the Zeephoe br
a score of 10 to 6 In the scramble.
That was a bad trimming the In
diana team took from Chicago last Saturday, but there was a little bit tf glory in the fact that six points were
of her incarceration in the Reform j the $100,000 may be secured by philan- Alexandria, Ind. The 600 striking scored. At the same timo the Marooa
thropic donation, possibly for con- Fenn-American plate glass workmen, team 6nowa UP in fine style and win
structlon
New
School."
"That will settle it," cried Mr. Methven, "if she says she did not!" It was a long way to the Reform School, but the journey was finally made, Jennie's answer to Mr. Methven's inquiry being that she had not seen nor heard of the old woman since Marnie was first suspected
; uuna-uuii, yvasLuij iui luuu-Amencaa piaie glass workmen, - -" Dn and endowment of colleges, who went out on a strike recently de- be hetv flm, 6tron affain- th,s 6a" . . . , son. The back field was in excellent York. The question of a strike mandlng pay days every two weeks f d th s . 11
Everythlng then, was most en
couraging, but it remained for Mrs. Methven to identify the blanket, be
fore the matter could be proven
absolutely. Mr. Methven declared this last test, in case the blanket
proved to be the one that Mrs. Meth-
the service. But when the reasons therefore are taken into consideration the "It looks peculiar," said Marshall, j of having stole the money
rair-minded should be ready to acquiesce to Its provisions. The main idea is to who stood over Mrs. Weber while protect the country merchants from the ravages of the big mall order houses she ran her finger down the page, which are gradually driving them out of business the country over and give and who had found and read the them a fighting chance for existance. entire entry silently before the maAn article by Raymond, printed Saturday in the Chicago Tribune gives tron had discovered the name, some Interesting facts concerning the parcel postal service in foreign countries. "Look here," he said. "She was In many of the European countries, notably Switzerland, Germany and England, entered originally only as Marnie, the mails take the place of the express companies to a large extent, making it it seems, with no sur-name. A more possible for residents to transport bulky and heavy packages from place to recent entry has supplied the name plac at very reasonable rates. In some places in great Britain it Is possible of Dougherty over the space left vafor the farmers to send cheese, fruit, vegetables and eggs to the neighborhood cant by the absence of the last name, market places by mail, receiving in exchange fresh meats and fish, coffee, tea There 13 a foot-note that reads: and other groceries. All at the rediculously low rate as compared with the " 'April 3, 18 It was discovered twelve cent rate current here, of two cents a pound. today that the entry in 'Mamie's' There can be no question but what conditions here are different from those case has failed to note a sur-name. of other countries which It is the postmaster general's plan to emulate with Marnie has asked that she be called moderation, but there is likewise no question but what certain practices In Mamie 'Dougherty.' operation In Europe could bo used here to advantage both to the people at "in the same handwriting in large in the localities for whose benefit the change Is proposed and to certain which Mamie's first name was enbranches of trade. tered, Is the following notation: The plan as proposed by Postmaster General Meyer Is not to be universal " 'Xo information. Left without throughout the country for long distances. In the first place, such a system explanation, by a woman who failed would so clog the postal department branches in large cities as to render them to give own name or that of child, absolutely untrustworthy for the transmission of letters, without an enormous Calls herself 'Mamie as nearly as increase ' In the machinery of the department and an attendant, enormous ean be understood. Age about three.' outlay to the government "Hurray!" exclaimed Marshall. Distances between points In this county ate so much greater than they are "We're getting on famously!" In countries in Europe that the government could scarcely afford to under- jje paused, out of breath, while take the transportation of bulky and weighty packages, say from one coast jr Methven, carefully went over to the other, at any smaller rate that is at present charged. In small towns the entry a second time, where the machinery of the postal service presents no intricate problem In Then turning to Mrs. Weber, Mr. handling the malls, the extra work entailed would not prove any serious Uethven said: "Do 3'OU ever keep Btumbllng block. If each rural route is confined to its own individual business any 0 jne effectg of children who the distances between points being limited, the expense of getting the packages are received at the asylum under from the Bender to the recipient would not be very considerable. myterious circumstances?" Raymond explains the plan in his final summing up paragraph, as follows: "Why yes, we do. It is, however,
The rate of 12 cents a pound will hold good for the whole country, so that unlikely that any of Mamie's things
If a mall order house in Chicago wishes to send a package direct to a farmer Would serve as a key to her identi
living on a rural route it would cost 12 cents a pound. If that farmer desires fixation, since she was kidnaped to do business with a neighbor or with a storekeeper at the end of his own when but a few weeks old and route or anywhere along it he could have his package forwarded to him for 5 brought here at the age of three, cents for the first pound and 2 cents for each additional pound, the result being However there is no harm in lookthat he would have to pay 25 cents for an eleven pound rackage originating jQg matter up." anywhere on his own route, as compared with $1.32 for the same package from "We must leave no stone unturned anywhere outside that route. This of course would be an immense advantage jn following up this clew," reto the local merchant and would make it profitable for mall order houses to do gponded Mr. Methven. "Of course
of printing pressmen and press feed
ers in cities where recent demands of the union for an eight-hour day, with increased wages, have not been granted, is now being decided by a referendum vote of the members of the In-
Pressmen's and
uu uma,, iia.o w u.v,UUiVuu Jing3 and Merrlam aa regulars and
anytnmg and went back to work. Ihe VagQ as ultility man, any of the big company will perhaps stick to Its de- .school team will have to work hard termination to pay on the 10th and to outclass them.
25th of the month, or as near that with the Wabash-Mlchigan irame but
time as it chooses. The ten days of a few days away, the backers and
Assist- Shutdown has been improved by the grads of the home college are bgin-
ning to get excited and flogety. X
big bunch of rooters led by Superin
tendent McDanlel will go down for the
game. It is the prize package In
the way of football In Indiana and great things are expected from the
ternational
ants' union. The vote was ordered by factory in making repairs to machinPresident George L. Berry, of Cincin- ery and buildings.
natl, following the completion or an ; Washington. After a conference agreement entered into between the with President Roosevelt, Postmaster
New lork locals and the New Yor General Meyer announced that the
printers" league, comprising aoout bu attorney general bad completed an Wabash, boys. The Michigan boya
firms of employing printers, which be- opinion sustaining the Meyer modifi- realize they are up against an excep-
comes operative November 19, and cation of the Cortelyou mail-weighing tionally fast team, and are working
will last until January 1. 1909. By the order, which, it Is stated, will save with that end ln vlcw- The UbMl
ven had embroidered for her lost terras of this agreement the emDloves the frnvernmpnt several minion dmiara tpa hAS a fast light set of backs and
Margaret, would amply satisfy him i will work eight hours a day and the a year in railway mail pay. The Mey- wlth the open eame anJ he forward . , . . , , , , , . , .,, . . j , ... pass down to a nicety, ought to worry
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Lixcii .a6 vi. vixKj uuiiai .i., 1U5 Uuy m u.u cases wuwt? uio mans Yost has no poor team to show out at making their wago3 $23. The feeders are carried and weighed on that day. Indianapolis and it ought to be a
business through crossroads stores. O O
HORRORS! CHIEF SHirPY says that Bridge Whist even for a quarter of a cent a point must be barred from Chicago. He evidently expects that there will be some bomb throwing or dynamiting after one of the social afternoon games where the women folks get off a little of their enthusiasm. O IT IS certainly an unfortunate circumstance when you have the disagreeable experience of running your automobile into a ditch, but it is adding insult to
it is unlikely that any of the child's clothing, which Ehe wore wrhen
taken from us, would have been on
her when received at the asylum.
So if nothing is found, I will not be
discouraged and it will be no cer
tain proof that the child is not my
daughter."
All this time Mrs. Weber was rum
Injury when an unscrupulous thief comes along as you are hunting up a garage malng iQ & iarge closet which.
and steals everything that is not fastened.
O MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRACY seems to be in an awful state, owing to the entrance of cheap ward politicians with thug measures Into the higher branch of politics. They seem tn get the savory odor of the presidential election graft coming around. O THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION hits the little red school house traditions of our fathers pretty hard when they condemn the reading of the Holy Bible at the opening hour to the scholars. Watch for the outbreak from the pulpit. WE WILL now have to listen to the -various kind of excuses as to why the Tigers lost the games, but wo won't hear anything from the Cub crowd but "I told you so," and the rustle of the greenbacks as they count their gains. THERE WILL be another uprising in China after the edict forbidding the use of opium becomes generally known throughout the country. The edict is now being tried out on the members of the nobility.
since the asylum had been burned and the children quartered in their
present home, had served in place of
a vault.
"It is fortunate," said the ma
tron, "that all of such things were kept in the safety vault in the old
asylum, else they would have been destroyed in the fire. As it Is, some of the effects of more recent ar
rivals were burned, for the vault was crowded and we had discon
tinued placing things in it. But If any things of Mamie's were put aside on her arrival, they are sure
to be safe."
There was silence for a while.
while Mrs. Weber continued her
search.
"Here it is!" she said at length,
ANOTHER BIO DONATION from John D. Rockefeller to the University of bringing forth a small paper parcel
labeled "Marnie " and having
an almost obliterated entry alon
Chicago and another chance for a fair co-ed to get into the limelight with an
essay on the dangers of accepting of tainted money.
side of the name, which had once
IT SEEMS that it is an easy r a:ter to "get next" to my lady's Jewels when j been the date of her arrival
employed as a maid, place confidence ln.
If the dep- ones can't trust their maid who can they
Many Nations Have Bagpipes. The Assyrians are the first nation mentioned as using the .bagpipes, and they introduced them into India, though they were probably indigenous over nearly all Asia. Certainly the Chinese had them. They are quite as common in Italy and Afghanistan today aa ln Scotland.
Pantomimic Golf. To play behind a foursome com posed of Frenchmen one must resign all attempt to play golf, and in place of it you must feel that you are com pensated by watching the pantomime of the quartet preceding you. Trusi me, you will be amply repaid. That is, if nature has endowed ycu with a sense of humor. Golf Illustrated.
Mr. Methven took the parcel with trembling fingers, hurriedly broke the seal, and unfolding the wrapper, he brought to light a shrunken blanket, yellow with age and with a frayed embroidered edging that betokened much wear. Such a little blanket, it was, as is used to wrap about very young babies, and Marnie had it about her head in place of a hood cr bonet, when brought to the asylum. Marshall seized It eagerly. On
daughter
to him In the person of Mamie
Dougherty.
On the way home, Mr. Methven
said to Marshall:
"I believe now in my heart, that
Marnie is my daughter. If she is so proven, I can never sufficiently repay you for giving her back to me." "If she is," rejoined Marshall, fervently, "I will have made the only return it has ever been In my power to make, for your more than fatherly kindness to me, and for Mrs. Methven's unceasing loving care." Mr. Methven's heart was too full to say more. Reaching the house soon after, he and Marshall sought Mrs. Methven. They found her in her room and the marks of the old sorrow which
depressed her so frequently, ' were upon her. Mr. Methven went up to her and took her hand gently. "Margaret," he said softly. "I have something to show you. Tell me if you recognize it." And he
drew forth the poor little frayed and yellow blanket and spread it out cross her knees. He dreaded the effect the shock might have upon his wife, if the little garment was what
he hoped it was, but the thing had to be faced.
Mrs. Methven viewed it for a
seconds, with dawning recollection. Her lips were quivering. She looked
up into her husband's face.
It was my little Margaret's" she
said with a sob in her voice. "Oh,
husband! You have found her! I
know you could not be so cruel as
to bring me this without my child! Tell me where she is!"
There was an agony of suspense
in the suffering woman's face and
her words ended in a great sob of
pain. "Hush, dear, hush!" he said gently. "Yes, we have found her.
She is not here, but she will be here soon. Probably in less than an
hour." The danger was passed. Mrs
Methven did not faint as she had
done on those two other almost
fatal occasions when her lost child
naa oeen reterred to. Ine agony passed away from her face and left
it sweetly beautiful. In spite of the traces of care her features bore, she was still a woman of unusual beauty. "My prayers have been answered at last," she said. "And I thank God for his goodness. Since we were last in England, I had hoped until today. How strange that my hope
should have left me on the very day when she i3 to be restored. I will not ask you a question about her, until I have seen her. After that you shall tell me the story." "Marshall found her," interposed Mr. Methven. "Come here Marshall, please," said Mrs. Methven. "I have not kissed you since you were a little boy. I want to kiss you now. You were always a blessing, Marshall. How can I ever, thank you?"
"Don't try," saM Marshall huskily
as he bent his face to hers. (To be Continued.)
signed a scale of $16 per week last
March and will not be affected finan-
I daily.
New Orleans. About 500 longshoremen and teamsters went on a strike here on the river front, when the crews of the Leyland line and AustroAmerican line steamers started stowing cotton in vessels. The strike was expected, the steamship agents having
HoJsingfors, Finland. The bakers cracker of a game, went on a strike and the master re- The local high school team played solved upon a new departure. They well against the strong Michigan City invited women and girls to take the team on Saturday. The boys showed vacant places at the same wages the tnat they have practiced hard and with strikers had refused. The places were a little rounding off should be in flno Instantly filled to the great satisfac- fettle for tho rest of the seasontion of both emDloves and employers. Tommy Murphy baa had another at-
Heretofore baking has been a male tack of "!alarla, as ,he T'a" I6 , r j to go with Packy McFarland, and haa
pursuit only in Finland. Men and
left Indianapolis for his homo in New
failed to make an agreement with tho i women here receive exactly the same York. Tommy has had frequent at-
cotton screw men. Other union laborers besides the screw men, longshoremen and teamsters are interested and It i3 probable that 8,000 men, representing practically every class of labor along the river, will become Involved. Wheeling, W. Va. Judge A. G. Day
ton, In the federal court here sentenced John Beymer, a striking telephone lineman, and his wife to 60 days for contempt of court. Some time ago the court granted an injunction against the strikers. Two days later Beymer and his wife were arrested. Their offense consisted of calling nonunion men "scabs." Judge Dayton scored labor unions for attempting to interfere with the right of man to work if he chooses. Brockton, Mass. John F. Tobin, national president of the Boot and Shoe Workers' union,, with which the W. L. Douglass Co. had a working contract, has sent a letter to the striking lasters of that concern announcing that unless they went back to their places immediately they would be liable to fine and suspension from the union. The strike of 250 men followed the refusal of the company to recognize an officer of an independent organization secretly formed. Wabash, Ind. The 200 employes of tho Pioneer Hat factory walked out pending an agreement on the new schedule of prices. The hat factory employes are the best paid of any in Wabash and the strike is severely felt. There is no attempt to make the plant nonunion, but the men declared to work no longer unless the schedule decided upon by the union is signed. This Nathan Meyer, the proprietor, refused. St Louis. The joint executive board of the St Loui3 Union of Retail Clerks' International association ha3
wages ior tne same mna or worK. tacks of thes ame trouble and has Berlin. Letter carriers here begin called off fully four matches to my
nn a Mlair nf 90(1 marksf mark finn.ils knowledge for the same reason, la
23.S cents), with an allowance in ad- the east he haa bad three goes Pched-
dition ot 360 marks after years of ulea wlth Boston "rappers and whea
cotofl rraxr n9 nnra n jqw he found that they were gooa ana go-
. . , , . ,, ' ing fast he took malaria, and the averairo welrht of maL deliv- "
iw ( ika -n,.v,T. I Jockey Beckman was released by
fv, a.,o 0,i .v, I Frank Farrell last week and his con-
T V tract was taken up by Paul Raiuey. crease it to 300 pounds. Appoint- Farrell Bet tha boy down Bfter the menta are made by examination and Saratoga meeting for poor riding anJ
preference is given to those who nave ha haa not had a mount since. . i j it . r" . I
served in me uermany army. Football Is popular with the Ham-
Pawtucket, R. I. The scarcity of mond people and yesterday fully 1,500
help in the mills and factories through- people were present at the game be-
out the Blackstone valley is proving wood eleven.
a serious offset to the general pros-1 The White Sox barnstorming team
perity resulting from a favorable mar- was defeated yesterday by the Logan ket for the product of the mills. Most Squares. Altrock and Owen pitched
of the factories are beinz rushed to and were mt hara-
th limit and at the samo time are A picked team of the American Ieag-
refusing orders for goods. Nearly uers defeateu the Gthe" yesterday
. r.A tctff t crvi. I by a score of 4 to i.
encing the same shortage of unskilled ;-" -
, , I l WO 111 LB.
lauor.
Indianapolis, Ind. F. M. Ryan of !
Chicago was reelected general presi
dent of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
at the annual convention here, over
Falkenburg of
allowed only
FITS ROOSEVELT'S CASE. Had Carlyle lived today and been
writing the history of Theodore Roosevelt instead of that of Frederick the
Dave Jennings of Cleveland. The con- Great of Germany, he might have said
vention decided to meet here again the following Just tne -ame as e oaiu
next vear I is or. me "
tVl,,A .a8 gome excuse. He had on
Mount Carmel transit line between f his side illustrious examples and popu-
this place and Ashland, which was iar prejudice. Greviously as he erred tied up since last May by employes he erred in company with his age. In going on a strike, has been sold by other departments his meddling was al-
the principal stockholders, residing in together whmui j. t o-Tot- , , 6 , fered with the courea of Justice aa well
wuuy, w wancsiuu citpi- ... th. -nursa of trade: and sent
laLB v ' ... .
talists, headed by former Congressman E. W. Samuel of Mount Carmel. The road, which Is 16 miles long, will be reopened at once. Pittsburg, Pa. Tho big Bessemer departments of the Homestead Steel works, as well as the Duquesne works of the "United States Steel corporation,
Inaugurated a movement to enforce ! have been closed. The Dequesne de-
the Sunday closing law against retail stores In St. Loui3 and for the eight-
hour workday.
Washington. The percentages of the total number of strikes in the principal industrial states last year were as follows: New York, 27.75; Pennsylvania, 11.31; Illinois, 9.86; Massachusetts, 7.55. and Ohio, 6.99. Of the strikers 25.12 per cent, of the total were in Pennsylvania; 21.15 In New York; 13.31 in Illinois; 6. 36 in Ohio and 5.25 in Massachusetts. In these states the greatest number of lockouts also occurred. Sharon, Pa. Three hundred tonnage employes of the South Sharon
sheet mill of the American Sheet and Tinplate company have been informed of an increase in wages of 2 per cent, effective Sept. 1. The advance is in accordance with the sliding scale, and it is said that all the sheet workers in the employ of the United States Steel corporation are affected. Boston. As a result of conferences held between the Boston & Maine railroad officials and the union 1,500 employes in the freight, biggage, signal, switch and crossing departments, have secured an Increase in wages.
partment will not be reopened. The Homestead bessemer department will be closed for at least 30 days. Thia is one of the first movements at reducing expenses. Providence, R, I. The Rhode3 Island State Federation cf Labor ha3 petitioned the members of congress for the enactment of a law which would prohibit government band3 competing with civilian bands. Toronto. According to the census returns, wages in Canada have increased 27 per cent the past five
years. Charleston, W. Va.. The outlook In the West Vireima coal fields for the
coming winter is considered grave by the coal operators owing to the scarcity of miners. In the Pittsburg district, however, both miners and operators declare that conditions are normal; ln fact, a little better now tian they were at the same period a year ago. St Louis. The general executive board of the Independent Boot and Shoe Workers' Union of Missouri has extended the strike begun by the cutters of St Louis so as to Include over 22.000 members of the allies! trades.
up his own crude motions of equality against the law as expounded by the unanimours voice of the gravest magistrates. It never occurred to him that men whose lives were passed In adjucatlng on questions of ctrll rights were more likely to form correct opinions on such questions than a prince whose attention was divided among thousand objects and who had never read a law book through. The resistance opposed to him by the tribunals inflamed him to fury. He reTiled his chancellors. He kicked the shins of his Judges. He did not, it is true. Intend to act unjustly. He firmly believed that he was doing right "Yet this well meant meddling probably did far more harm than all the explosions of his evil passions during the whole of his long reign. We could make shift to live under a debauchee or a tyrant, but to be ruled by a busy-body is more than human nature can stand." Caryle's "History ot
Frederick the Great"
Living and "Deed." A man died very suddenly, and tha undertaker was called to do the necessary, but getting to the wrong door he asked: "Is this the house where the dead man Is?" whereupon the answer he got was: "No, sor; but thor is a man livin' next door that 13 dsed!"
Needs Another Crutch. Out ln Wyoming a Mr. Prop la being sued by his wife for consupport. She ought to get a divorce and take to herself another husband. Then she would have a brana. Law Notes,