Plymouth Tribune, Volume 7, Number 52, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 October 1908 — Page 6

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4"iÜ jJC OLITSCAL 'I'hu Sanguine Mack. T r- ,1 1. I I .-i iii.ii .uaciv, uauouui cikmiiikmi of the Democratic- iarty. doesn't intend to betray any signs of hopelessness, lie is carrying around the vf ry best quality of o;.l:ra5.s:n which the si.e of the contributions to the campaigu fund will warrant him hi purchasing. Every Interview er finds him uiore cheerful than ho was the thy before. If he continues to wreathe himself in smiles of a constantly increasing diameter there will hare to be some anatomical readjustments very shortly. Mr. Mack received some reports from the Facile coast the other day whhh sent him Into the seventh heaven of elation. They were so stimulating that he Imnit llately decided upon a trip to the coast and sent word to Mr. Dry an that he wculd be expected to clinch tilings with a vr;s of rear-platform speeches. The vice presidential nominee is booked to driver a number of his illuminating add rosea out there, and Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, is going to give a few jumar.d-hoiler talks. The Hon Mr. Mack d :irly loves a roseate rumo. but he Lt-lievcs in works as well as faith and so starts out to bring the good news i;:t.j Iiis corral for keeps. - Suppose we turn to the statistics and fee how 3Ir. Bryan usetl to stand in the voting looths of the fartberest west. In ISOtf, ho carried the State of Washington. He lost Oregon. He obtained one electoral vote in nine in California. Four years later the returns showed that McKinley had carried the States of Washington, Oregon and California. Mr. Bryan, it will appear, fell some distance in the estimation of the Pacific coast between th periods of free silver and anti-imperialism. There is nothing to indicate a change in sentiment in the last Bryan race. The Pacific coast has undergone no shattering convulsions in political opinion. Landslides have been infrequent and the earth .puke, though it scarred the fair face of nature into streaks aud pea ms, failed to play hob with a predominating preference for Republican principle.-. It is joy to sve Mr. Mack looking happy. lie is a pleasant gentleman, but one with some years of experience in the ups and downs of the world. His Intimate friends feel confident he will I smiiing on November the Fourth, though iawardly wishing he had leeu able to elect Mr. Bryan President. The Poo Fnrme. Mr. William J. Bryan and his staff of weeping Jeremiahs are bathing the nation's soil with tears over the unhappy lot of the farmer. We have made previous references to tb? absurdity of this lachrymose spectacle. We shall take special delight in doing so frequently throughout the campaign. The total value of farm proierty in the United States In 1SS0 was $12,isn,OOO.fiOO. Iat year 1007 the total value was S,n77,Wo,00O. During the same icriod the value of fsnn products Increased from $2,212.DOO.ttX) to $7.112,001 ,(X). Iu 1SSO the value of farm projwrty per capita was $JiQ7. Last year it was $ 2,3 11. During the same period the per capita value of farm products Increased from $180 to $tils. The Republican party has been in power in all brandies of government except during" the two administrations f tirover Cleveland th" first of which It controlled the House, and the second :he Democrats being In full control. And the farmer has brn increasing n prosperity all the while. ' If there Is one Iowa farmer who feels ;hat Mr. Bryan's sympathy is justified, liiere am a dozen who know it to be Ridiculous. The Iowa farmer is tlie most Independent individual on cafth. Des Moines Capita!. Explain Itelf. Said Mr. Bryan i:i his speech on the tariff : "How will Mr. Taft exphru to the average man the benefits cf p.oteetiour Why. bless your heart! Mr. Bryan,. tie doesn't have to explain. Mr. Taft has only to jHlnt to the difference .a wages paid in th'S country and iu England, for instance. Why do laborers from about evorjwliere come to this country If net to Uiter their condition? Under the protctive tariff wages have been kept up. During the "tariff reform days of the Democratic party under President Cleveland wages went to smash where there were any wages at all, for the "average man" rememlers quite clearly that the principal Industry of those trying times was the fr?e soup house. The advocate of a tariff based upon the fundamental principle of protection points to results and needa to make no explanation. It is the other, fellow the one who advocates thi? free trade idea or a tariff for revenue only who must do tho explaining. Philadelphia Inquirer. FnrewfU to the Spellbinder. Mr. Cortelyou's campaign management in 1004 did away entirely with the barnstorming variety of "spellbind er." We an: inclined to think tha. the popular taste has outgrown thl; method of campaigning, and that more IcopIe are to be reached through a pictorial presentation of the Issues and personalities of a canvass through cartoons, epigrams and moving picture fihows. Those have crowded the "spellMnder" out of his occupation, and a wise committw will look for them, perliaps, for quieWr u'.l better results. So far, however, as there remains a Held for the minor orator It would be better for the sneaker and the audience that tha relation between them be not tainted with professionalism. An orator t-peaklcg solely because of conviction can reach his auditors more easily and Is likely to do far better work than a "spellbinder" talking chiefly for pay. There are plenty of men who are ready to go on the stump because they have principles which they wish to advocate. With their aid the national committee of either party can probably accomplish all that Is necessary In the way of conducting a speaking ' campaign.Xew York Tribun. How' o Answer Ilryaii. There Is only one effective way to meet Mr. Bryan on the tarier question, and that L to show ud the beneS?ent

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ff OMMEAIT I 1 a ! effects of the protective system from its inception down to the present hour. To declare boldly that the only purpose of the' Republicans in devising Ihe Dingley schedules is to correct any inequalities that may exist, and that the aim is to make the successor of the Dingley law as thoroughly protective in prineiple-as its predecessor. If any other course shall !o pursued. Mr. Bryan will have a distinct advantage ; for if the principle of protection Is uot correct, or in its application has leou grossly abused, then it follows as a matter of cours? that the Republican party is not the party to be trusted to deal with the matter cf revision, for if the Republican party is not the party of protection It Is nothing at all. Cedar Rapids Republican. Rlaee to a Revenue nasi. With the tariff reduced to "a revenue basis," in accordance with the Democratic program, the entire country would suffer from the palsy of idleness, and the farmer would find himself minus the best market In the world, because the great army of wage earners would be unable to buy his products. The elimination of the protective principle would spell ruin for the industrial life of the nation. Reducing the tariff to a revenue basis would mean, idle workshops In the United States and increased activity in the industrial centers of Europe. The ieople will do well to study this phase of the campaign closely. If they do they will see that the Republican tariff policy Is the correct iolIey for this nation, and that the Democratic policy is a policy of disaster. Rcrantcn Truth. llefntcd Ity r?xxerlenrc. The workingman is sure of his high scale of wages under protection, and lie is not such a fool as to exchange a certainty for a mere Bryan promise of the same scale under free trado on a theory that has been refuted by the experience of every nation that has tried it in modern times. That theory Is that if goods come into the United States from countries with a third or a half our scale of wages, and are sold at cut prices, the American factory can still go on making the same goods and pay the present high rate of wages. Buffalo News. What Make the Sky Ulnar The sky has long been a puzzle to physicists. There are two mysteries to explain about it its reflection-of light and its color. The old view was that the blue of the sky was due simply to atmospheric oxygen. Oxygen has a faint blue tint, and the Idea was that several miles of the gas, even when diluted as it is in the air, would bne a bright blue color. But this did not account for the intense Illumination of the sky, and of recent years Tynd all's "dust theory' or some modification of it, has leen "generally accepted.- This regards the llue color a3 an optical eTect, like the color of very thin smoke, due to excessively tine particles floating in the air, which would also account for the large projortion of reflected light from the sky. Recent calculations by Prog. Spring, of Liege, Belgium, however, indicate that the dust In the air Is nt sufficient In amount, nor finely enough divided, to supiort this explanation, and he rejects It for this and other reasons. He has gone back to the oldoxyen theory, and accounts for the general illumination of the sky on the hypothesis, first advanced by Ilageubacli, that intermingled layers of different destiny, in the atmosphere glvelt the power of reflecting light. Success Magazine. The Power of a Voice. When you live in hotels a great deal as have I more or less this summer, you realize the power of the humau voice to soothe, or quite the opjosite. Oil, what a lot of harsh, disagreeable voices there are In this world women's voices, too! The pity of it! The other morning I was oa tha beach at the bathing hour when I heard someone call "Tommy!" In discordant tones that se t my nerves a t ingle with their acid sharpness. The child so called frowned and answered back in a peevish way. I turned, expecting to se some uncouth nurse maid, and to my surprise I beheld the extremely elegant mother of the little boy. Now, that woman's husband is always Irritable and peevish. Just like the boy, and who shall say her voice Is not reFjonslble for It? One of the worst-teuqvered men I know married a woman with a sweet, low voice and an even disposition. He is now completely changed. You know you simply can't quarrel all by yourself when everything Is peaceful and soothing all aroünd you. It seems to me if more women realized this there would be more happy homes. ICate Clyde. The InevitaMo Jake. ''Say, old man," remarked one of UU neighbors, "why have you given your home a new name? What was the matter with 'The Nutsh.-ll":" "Why?" responded the man, with some warmth. "Because I was tired of fvdiig joked. There isn't a boy for a mile around who hasn't stopped and rung the door bell every time he passed to ask if the colonel was in'." Philadelphia ledger. Ktrry liny Im Celebrated a Snndny, Few people know that other days of the week than the Jir-t are being observed as Sunday by nunc nation er other. The (2 recks observe Monday; the Persian. Tuesday ; lbt Assyri a:, Wednesday; the Rgyptlaus, Thurs.lay; the Turk, Friday ; the. Jews, Saturday : and the Christians, Sunday. Thus a perrtetua! Sabbath Is boh:? celebrated on earth. Success Magazine. Xatnral Deduction. Peckem I can't understand why s-" many people look upon Friday as th: unlu'klest day of the we; k. Mrs. Peokeni Why, do you consider it lucky? Peckem It must be. Few people get married on that day. Facti in ih CVe. She So your friend singleton h voluntarily joined the ranks of tli benedicts, has he? He Not exactly ; he was drafted. A widow married him.

BOYHOOD

Kind Go3, look down on Boyhood Town and keep it green forever, The long main street, with thade trees sweet, the wharf and the dreaming river .' Oh, lead Is there when bowed with care to hear its childhood story, Its song and speech of love that teach the light of love and glory j Ah, lead us down to Boyhood Town, when we are old and weary, To taste and know the gafden glow of spirits fresh and cheery 1 Look down, we pray, on all that play In childhood's bloomy valley; Keep sweet the street where little feet of youth and gladness rally; Keep fair the place, with pristine grace, that in our gray December We may be led with blithesome tread to love's undying ember! Kind God, look down on Boyhood Town and keep Its soft lights gleaming In gardens fair that blossoms there along loved paths of dreaming! Look down, look down, on Boyhood Town for we are fain to follow The homeward way some well-a-day when all the world grows hollow! Guard, thou, and keep its yards that sleep along the old main highway, Its lanes that went where meadows end in Bloom-o-ChIldhood bj-way! With all Its gleams, Its Joyful dreams, keep it, dear God, forever, Its shade trees sweet that lino the street, the wharf and dreaming river!

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As Mr. Vance entered the drawing room he caught sight of Enid Strangeways peeping out at him from amid an enormous shower of pink aud white roses. "Good-morning. 'Mr. Matchmaker, she ."aid, shaking two or three roses apart, and holding them up critically. "Aren't they lovely? Alfred has just this minute gone. If I had only known you were coming I would have got h'm to wait. We have had no end of talk." "And everything is Tedded?" inquired Denzil Vance, stooping to recover a fallen rose. "Yes. Everything. We wanted your advice on a host of things. You knowhow undecided Alfred is." "On most points, yes. But on this one " "He was of two minds about everything, and his Indecision became quite Infectious, until I began to realize that" "That - 'Well looking uo at Denzil and laughing, "that unless I took everything into my own hands our engagement would drift Mi and on until it became as permane it as a national Institution. And everybody would point to us and say, 'Look, this is the Engaged Couple,' Ju3t as ieople go to the Metropolitan museum and say, "Look, those are the Japanese Gods." "And so you put the matter to Alfred" "Quite practically? Yes, and he fully agreed with everything I said. So now everything Is arranged and nothing will be altered." "But I suppose your people will have the opportunity of nr.odifying any little arrangement should they wish It?" 'Xo," said Enid deliberately. "I mean," expia'aed Vance, "you consulted" - "We didn't consult anybody. You see, Denzil, Iu this one Instance Alfred and I are determir . 1 to be Independent, and we solemnly vowed that nobody should have any power to upset our plans. Up to the present, everybody has been arranging our affairs, and and we haven't had a chance. We both agreed that we hadn't a chance to do ns we like, and we decided that the time had come to put both feet down, as papa says." "And what does the process of putting both feet down Involve?" asked Denzil, Inhaling the perfume of a rose. "Well," a little pause; "we thought It best to put the matter In writlDg. In that note on the writing table Alfred has told you everything we propose to do." Denzil . went towards the table and found the' letter among a number of cuttings from fashionable papers announcing In the usual terms the engagement between Alfred Callaby and Enid Strangeways. In some it gave the additional Information that "the marriage will shortly take place." He took up the note and poised It between his fingers. His face was rather-solemn. "But before you open it," said Enid, tugging resclutely nt a refractory fern stalk; "I want to thank you for ull you have done." Vance looked abashed. Tor all I have done?" "Yes. Don't you remember that It was you who brought us together. It was exactly this time last year " "Oh, of course ; on" this very day " "In this very room" Tes" nodded Denzil, gaining a -little more assurance. "That you were called in and consulted on a most Important question. Nothing less than " and the girl broke off with a laugh. "Than the future of Miss Enid Strangeways. Yes, I recollect. But why do you recall the fact so pointedly? I hoped " and here the voice became lower and more deliberate; "that you had forgotten about that." "I was to arrive home In three days from the convent of St. Ceclle. The whole household was in a flutter of excitement. Everybody wondered what I should be like. Should I be frightfully prim and old-world like, or lumpish, or what ! I had been away so long that mamma was afraid I should be tremendously old-fashioned and 6tlff and and generally impossible. 'Remember she said, as she shook your hand. 'Enid wfll be an heiress her uncle's favorite. Above all things, she must marry well. Xow, Mr. Vance, you must help us.' I can Just imagine mamma's earnest way: 'Now, Mr. Vance, you must help us."' "Miss Stranegeways," protested Dencll: "is this kiinl?" "Here's a thing, and n wry pretty thins," laughed Enid to a luuioh of nodding rose. ; "who shall be the owner of this pretty thing?" "Why do you repeat it all like this':" The roses were shaken rather violently as the voice behind then proceeded : "'I will call the owner you at onco cried, thereby al'ayin? to a great extent the family r pprehenslons. 'Fortunately,' you said, 'I have somebody who will take the pretty thing off your hands " "Remember, I had not seen you then." "All the more praise for your generous choice. Now. If It had been a mere chance, a haphazard suggestion on your part "

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"A uaphazard suggestion," he repeated, with more than usual seriousness. "Yes; that would have been different." "And supposing " began Vance, with the air of a penitent. But Enid cut 1dm short. "Of cevrse, you are a lawyer and a man of the world. Mamma has such perfect confidence in your Judgment that she fell In with your scheme at once." Miss Strangeways, I assure you I never dreamed for an instant my suggestion would have leen taken up. Can't you see how It all happened? The draw.' ng room full of people chattering rtbout you, drawing imaginary pictures of your taste, appearance, and bo on. Uncle Herbert, in one corner, saying you ought to be worth at least a railroad president. Aunt Sophie confiding to her opposite the difficulty of getting off some of her sister's children?" "Yes, dear Aunt Sophie " "You see, the whole thing was in the air, so to speak : you were to be thrown Into the society of some one." "It was a tremendous Joke." "All sorts of Impossible people's names were mentioned," said Denzil, half in self-defense. "To save me from which you very nobly suggested Alfred." "Oh, only in fun. We were all laughing " "You knew him?" "We have always been close friends." "And you promised mamma," said Enid, stroking a rose softly; "to to throw us together " "I had not seen you. If I had only known " "Oh, but that Increased your latitude. I might have been simply horrid." "I was half In jest. I never thought for n moment the thing would be received so seriously." "Of course not. It Isn't really serious at all. Marriages nowadays " "Don't be cruel. Surely you can see how I have meted out my own punishment. I would give anything not to have Tsald it. The only consolation I have Is that Alfred Is my best friend." It was strange how the brlary stems of the roses would hang themselves cn the sides of the bowl and refuse to be placed In an orderly manner, and when they kept tumbling abcut they drew so much water away with them that soon the little rosewood table was in a state of flood. Vance took out his handkerchief and built up a little cambric dyke. Enid watched him unprotestingly, and both stood together In silence for a few moments. Presently she said: "After all, Alfred is not so bad. He has at least one idea In three wee!rs, which, as men go nowadays. Is encour aging. Isn't it?" "He's better than hundreds,'" began Vance. . "Oh, yes ; I know I ought to be very grateful. After all, as you say, I might have done worse. He's a capital polo player, isn't he?" "Vis." "And a tolerable bridge partner. Perhaps ids laugh is a little too strident, and Ids expression Just a wee bit vacant, but we can't all be Intellectual, and, ns Uiicle Herlrt says, Intellectual peoplo are frightfully rapid eateis. And then, he's so rich he really doesn't need brains. And as you have arranged he is to marry me of course It doesn't matter only " "Only what. Enid?" "Well, I seem so horribly ungrateful and fault-finding. But I was going to say, I wish Alfred had a little more sympathy and charm, and one or two of thoso hundred littlo unnameable graces that attract a girl. And I suppose all men are selfish, and mamma Is always saying plain men make much the best husbands In the long run. So I suppose taking Alfred all round, any girl who marries him ought to feel very fortunate." "I think so," acquiesced Vance, with a quaver. ".nd to mint mat it was all your doing." "Only the first part," in tones of eager denial. "And then Alfred's presents. Look at these lovely roses! Aren't they per feet? Do you tell him to get me roses because you know I love them best of all flowers, or Is It quite his own Idea?" "Well, I did suggest " "I knew It. And the operas. Always my favorite one. That was 5u, too. I must say, Denzil, you have thrown us together under the very best clrcum stances, nnd If you should ever set up ns a real matrimonial agent " Euld lot ked up, end, catching sight of Denzil's rueful expression, began to laugh. He tried to Join in, but failed. "Well," he said, turning aside; "I deserve It.' Enid dropiXHl softly on to the sofa "I think I ought to tell you." she said, pressing her fingers Into th springs of the sofa nnd becoming suddenly very crave and mysterious, "that I lure found out things about Alfred. Denzil became alarmed. "Why, what do you mcliu?" - "I mean lie l.n't ns fond of me as lie was." "Xonsense." "In fact he ho has admitted It."

"Admitted It! Alfred has?" "Um !" Eni J nodded. A look of per

plexity came over Vance's face as be stood there following with his eye the girl's forefinger which ran up an down the pattern of the sofa. "You mustn't believe it; really you mustn't," lie said, rather huskily. "I try not to," returned Enid, brave ly. "As long as you you love him," continued Vance, with a convulsive ef fort, ns if "love" were an extremely diifieult word to pronounce. "Yes," acquiesced she. "I understand that, but even if he is tired of me he might have kept It back for another fortnight. Would you think It hard to pretend to be very, very much in love with me for a fortnight?" Thus directly appealed to, Vance stammered out some quite Inaudible reply. Then he tried to explain what he had said and became Incoherent. In the midst of his confusion, Enid came to his assistance. "Anyhow, we dont mean to alter our plans now. And if Alfred doesn't care for me, it Isn't his fault. Is it?" "But, Enid " began Denzil, rather hopelessly. "I know It's very horrid and unrea sonable." "But you are really convinced that Alfred returns your love?" "I thought he was very fond of me until this morning. But now I know he doesn't caro a rap for me. But there, what s the use of discussing it? Every thing's settled." "But it must be altered." protested Vance. "Xo,"rsaid Enid, with Imperturbable decision. Vance bent over the arm of the sofa, and sike with great fervor: "It would be madness." Enid answered with an air of stoical lesignatlon: "We we were thrown together. You ought to be the Jest person in the world to try and upset our plans. It was your Idea from the first." "Yes," admitted he, lamely. "But I thought Alfred " "If he slips through our fingers it may be years before we can find an eligible substitute. And and Fm aging very rapidly." Vance leaned forward and gazed Into the fresh, glowing face. "Enid, you are not serious." "Oh, I don't know; but I am deter mined." "What to do?" To carry out our plans to the let ter." 'in the face of your w hat you have found out aliout Alfred's real feelings towards you?" "In the face of everything." Denzil, bewildered by the girl's deter mination, walked In a reflective way towards the writing table, where his eye caught sight of Alfred's note which he had lalJ down In order to administer to the roses. He regarded it with mixed feelings. Wns It a sarcastic diatribe against matchmakers? No, Alfred's re sentment would take the form of a mild, childlike Invective against Fate, custom and Vance; a helpless sort of appeal, the timid censorious cries, and the waving of the arms of a drowning man. He would not actually blame Vance, but he would hit all round It Vnd already Vance felt the stinging little reproaches of a man who Is per petually squaring himself menacingly. but never actually delivering a blow. He picked up the letter and opened It. This Is what he read: "My Dear Denzil Enid and I have agreed to break off our engagement. We both feel that the whole thing was arranged by disinterested people, without any consideration of what we hold to be really Important, that is, our own Iersonal feelings In the matter. We arc sorry these should not accord with everybody else's and particularly yours. To be quite candid with you, I have considerable hopes In another direction. This makes It a little rough on Enid, I know. But don't drop the case Just because I have fallen out. She quite expects you will see her through ahotWr stage. Who else have yoi got on your books for her? Yours evr, ALFRED. Vance folded the note cogitatlvely and directed his gaze towards the girl. whose beautiful face was turned slight ly nway from him. "It's very humiliating." she said. "What will everybody say? After all our preparations. Mamma so counted on my being married this year. She has taken such a lot of trouble about my clothes, and told everybody what what a splendid matchmaker you are. It will simply ruin your reputation." "Couldn't I see Alfred?" suggested Vance, enthusiastically. "Perhaps, after all, if I put It to him how devotedly you were attached to him " "But I'm not," protested Enid. "What, you, too, feel that that " 'I was never deeply, really deeply In loe with him. Of course, he's nice " "Enid, if I had only known this before," said Denzil, coming closer and speaking with a quite surprising degree of emotion. . "You you might have seen It. Other people did. I thought you knew, too, but that your professional pride prevented you recognizing any feelings that might endanger the carrying out cf your Idea. Because, of course, mamma's confidence In you will now be utterly shattered." . "I don't mind that," said Vance, heroically. "That's all very well, but think of me," said Enid In Injured tones. "I'm stranded, you know. You promised mamma you would marry me I mean to somebody." The little quit er of the lip was not lost upon Vance. He was so near lie could hardly help seeing it. The morning sun broke out, shedding a soft golden light across the room and on to the sofa, bathing the girl's brown head In a warm radiance. "What are j-ou going to do?" 'asked Enid timidly. "Kemember your reputation as a matchmaker is ' at stake. Mamma and and I shall expect something from you." Vance's tones were more assort"! th-m they had been all the morning Wiir.1 will you say, Enid," he said, tenderly, "when I tell you that Alfred's was rhsoluiely the last name I ha l on my books." "Oh, dear," with a little touch of chagrin. "But I see what a dreadful predicament it places you Iu. You ourht to be married." "Yes, If only to save yoir refutation." "Then I see no other course cpen to me." "Why, what do you mean to do?" "Marry you myself." She laughed ns she looked p f-ito Denzll's face and gave him to .tTler stand that under the circumstances the would consent to sacrifice Ltmif to

sare his reputation, ana he made a ol enm promise to give up matchmaking. "I think you had better, dear," said Enid, "if it would mean having to marry all your failures." Black and White.

A PECULIAR VERDICT. An Occasion When YVnlt Whitman Warn Tried for Ansanlt. One of the favorite resorts of Walt Whitman, the famous poet, in his younger days was a pond that formed the boundary between ids father's Long Island f.rm and that of a family named Carman. Young Ben Carman. It seemed, formed the mischievous habit of annoying Walt by throwiiig stones toward the boat where he sat angling, and scaring off the fish. Walt endured this interference with his pastime for some time in patience, until one day he lured the youth within reach of his fishing ixile, when he administered to him a sound castigation and sent Ben home crying. In his usual easy-going fashion Walt thought no more of the matter, but the elder Carman, in a rege, swore out a warrant for Whitman's arrest before Justice Joel Harris, of Huntington. In those days Babylon was a land of "rum and romance," and an event like this important arrest aroused universal interest. When the constable produced his prisoner before the magistrate all Babylon had flocked to the court room. den. Richard Udall, nfterward member of Assembly from Suffolk, prosecuted the case, but Whitman pleaded in his own defense. He did not dispute the evidence offered by Gen. Udall, but he told the jury the facts Iii the case. He admitted that he had trounced young Carman, but lieaded in justification that Carman Lad interfered with bis vested rights and mada himself a nuisance. This nuisance, Whitman said, he had abated. Then the jury, headed by John Edwards, a stubborn Englishman, filed out. They were out but a few minutes when they filed back again, and In response to ids honor's question said they had agreed upon a verdict, which was, "We find 'e did not 'it 'im 'ard enough." That verdict the Jury could not be persuaded to alter by the magistrate, and it stands to-day in thi case of '"The People against Whltr man," one of the most celebrated verdicts ever rendered in the "merry old South Side." The recent life of James Thompson, the poet of "The Seasons," by G. C. Macaulay, reveals the fact that his first patroness was the Scotch heroine. Lady Grizel Balllie, his very distant relative; but In Scotland fortieth cousins count. She, too, was a poet. The eldest of eighteen children, Lady Grizel was a caretaker from early childhood. When her. father's frlemL Robert Baillle, was In prison under accusation Of treason, Grizel was trusted with messages from his friends and his son George, her youth rendering her free fmm suspicion by the authorities. Under the shadow of prison and scaffold her love-story began, although many years of exile and poverty intervened lefore she became the wife of George Baillie. After his father's execution, his own life was proscribed; and It was she who nightly carried him news and food while he lay hidden In the family burial-vault. Later, he, young BaHlie, and most of her family escaped to Holland; but one sister. Julianna. remained behind, and Grizel was sent back alone to bring her. Once she failed. A lone Journey for a young girl was a perilous undertaking In those days; bu: Grizel tried again, and succeeded. Independent and competent In a day of stay-at-homes, Grizel was athletic, too, before the athletic girl was dreamed of. When at last the two sisters landed nt Brielle, they could not afford a carriage, aud started at once to walk the ten miles to Rotterdam. A fellow traveller escorted them, but, loaded with the luggage, he could give no help when, but a little out, the delicate Julianna's strength began to fall. A little farther, and both her shoes were sucked oil In the deep mud and lost. She sank down, weeping, and vowed she could walk no farther. It was indeed plain that she could not; so Grizel hoisted her upon her back, and carried her the rest of the wayno small feat of muscle, as well as of affection. When ' nt last the family troubles ended, Grizel, declining to become maid of honor to Queen Mary, married her lover, and entered upon forty-eight years of happiness on his restored estates. . Once, with her children, she revisited Holland, and was eager to show them the room In the little house at Utrecht where their father had courted her during their long exile. But alas for the cruel cleanliness cf Dutch housekeepers ! Even though they offered to put off their shoes, the" mistress of the house would not allow them to set foot on her niirror-like polished floors, aud they could but peep from the threshold. Of the sweet nnd simple songs which Lady Grizel used to scribble in hr little dingy leather book, tucked in among cooking receipts and domestic accounts, but few have come down the centuries. The best-known bears the refrain, true key-note of the author's brave and buoyant character: Werna my heart licht, I wad dee. An Improved Climax. They wanted an original closing episode for the great' melodrama. Ordinarily the baffled villain walks away with the flippant sneer and the sheriff meets him at the left upper exit. But this was old and crude. So the playwright set his wits to work with the following result: Just as the villain uttered his fare well curse, . the low-comedy servant rushed forward nnd after smiting him over the head with a suet pudding, violently pushed a custard pie In his face. "Waste no sympthy on the wretch, my darling." the hero remarks to Ihe rescued heroine, ' he has received only his Just deserts'." Quick curtain. Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'I Uerllner. On the theory that might goes before right the Berliner fights his way past old ladies nnd tired women into crowded tram cars and ruthlessly jostles from his path the' passerby in the streets with an obstinate insolence that goads the visitor accustomed to the higher civilization of other capitals to Impotent fu.y. Berlin Cor. London Outlook. When a boy sees a eat, he tries to hit It with a rock ; a girl tries to pet It

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MEXICAN BELL BINGESS. Form a Dlatinct mnH Important Cl of the Population. It takes a great army of men to keep the church bells going in Mexico. It U stlmated that In Mexico City alone tlwre are more than 2,000 bell ringers. 1Mb is the number regularly employed. On days of religious celebrations the number Is augmented, as the ringing af bells must be kept up tlmost constantly through the day and night on juch occasions. One of the most striking features of Mexican life to the casual visitor is the noise of the church bells. Every little hamlet and many of the ranches in the country have one or more Catholic churches, and each la quipped with one or more bell towers. The great cathedral which stands near the national palace In Mexico City has sixteen of these towers. In some towns the constant ringing of tlie church bells Is prohibited by the, local authorities. The sounding of the bells Is permitted once or twice every hour. Some churches toll the quartei hours and others toll every five minutes. Most of the churches in Mexico City toll the quarter, half and hours. The profession of bell ringing la looked on by the lower classes as being honorable and distlmrutshed. The bell ringers are reverenced as being an adjunct to the clergy. The bell rlnger themselves are usually' proud of thelt work. In many cases this place In a church is handed down, from father to soti through generation after generation. ' The towers of the large cathedrals are spacious, and are frequently fitted with rooms which are occupied by tha bell ringers and their families. Here, far above the noise of the traffic of the streets below, the faithful tollers of tha bells live a peaceful life, seemingly unmindful of the crashing noise wh'h constantly resounds about their heads. They are away from the other noises of the city, but are In the midst of the bell clangings, which go on all through the days and nights. All of the church bell ringing In Mexico is done by hand- Some of the belli are of ponderous size and great weight To operate them requires the exercise of powerful muscles and much bodily strength. The bell ringers are divided into day and night shifts. They art required to tell the hours with precision. It Is cot ncessary to carry i

watch In Mexico unless one is traveling in the country, out of sound of thi church bells. At any hour, day or night a person can learn the time by listeninj to the tolling of the bells. jiouj yjL lue wis huhu jiuu iu iui church towers of Mexico were brought from Spain in the early days of Spanish rule. Some of them contain larg amounts of precious metals, which glv them a clear, rich tone. The bell rlnj?rs take great pride In their bells, and much care and attention are given tc keeping them well burnished and thelt parts oiled and always In a state ot good repair. TUB HUMAN TONGUE. It In Vry InqmUltlTe, With Strong Will of Its Own. The curiosity of the tongue does nol cauae the human being so much troubl as the curiosity of the eye, but th tongue, within its limits, is the most curious of All. - Let the dentist make a change Is the mouth, let him remove a tooth ot replace with his admirable artifice on that has long been absent, let him change the form of a tooth by rounding off a corner or building cp a cavity, and see what the tongue will do. It will search out that place, taking careful and minute account of the change. Then It will linger near the place. If It Is called to other duties, it conies back as soon as they are dls charged and feels the changed place all over again, as If It had not explored and rummaged there already. It makes no difference that tLese repeated investigations presently cause annoyance to Its supposed master, the man. The tongue in nothing more thai: la this matter proves that it Is an unruly member and will not be con trolled. It seems to have an original will and consciousness of. Its own, and nothing will serve it except the fullest satisfaction of Its curiosity. It will wear Itself out, perhaps, but It will find out all about the strange change. Boston Transcript The Faster A a. A writer, relating seme or the Incllents of General Grant's last days, telli In the Century Magazine this anecdoti of the ex-President. He was, as everyone knows, very fond of horses, and while' spending a summer . at Lonj Branch w as accustomed to take a daily drive behind a noted trotter. Dy courtesy, Although often against his wish, he was always given a free and open course. One day while Jogging along he noticed In a casual waj a farmer and his wife, who, with a single horse and errand wagon, were Just ahead, evidently returning from market. On attempting to "draw alongside" and pass the couple, there was a race on In a moment. The farmer chirped In a peculiarway, and his horse squatted into a longgal ted and easy trot. Altogether It wai a veritable surprise to the other driver, with his "professional trotter" and light road wagon. But the farmer kept the lead in spite of General Grant's efforts to overtake him. Occasionally through the dust he could see the farmer's wife look back to note their relative positions. Finally, after a mile heat, the farmer "slowed up" a little to allow the general to come within hearing distance. "Did he know who It was?" General . i .ran i was asseu. ,40h, yes," he replied. 'The mm simply said, "General, you've got a good one, and then I allowed him to go on." Wbot She Ake4 the Governor. Governor R. R. Woodruff of Connecticut, while on his way to luncheon at the Union League Club la New Haven Saturday, encountered a stout niatrou who had caught Ight of him from the Ben net c Memorial Fountain across the street. She was hurrying to head him ni-auu nan uragcu a iuau uvj vj iuc iand. "Oh, excuse me; I beg pardon," but s not this Governor Woodruff?" she isked breathlessly. "Yes, madam, that's my name," aniwered the Governor, raising his hat uid bowing. "I thought so. I recognized youN fron Ictures In the newspapers. Well, can rou tell me, please; where I can get my little boy's hair cut?" The Governor escorted the boy and His mother to the nearest barber shop. Look long enough, and you will Cud ihe weak spot In everyone.