Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 11, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 December 1908 — Page 6

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A By VELDON . CHAPTER XIV. "Pne foam of passion and frenzy bathe J Gideon Hone's lips. Like a madman he tore at the bars, raving out incoherent rac anj defeat. Hi prt-y had escaped him and, too, bted and sparred for the flight. Well he knew that before he could reach the .oof an.- descend to earth, Kane won d Le out of the building, speeding through the sheltering labyrinths of the plant to some point of obsecuriiy. Fear would lend hira wings, money would purchase him the means of evading pursuit. Oh ! this man must be overtaken checked, here now ! Hope regained terra Grma, running a race of reckless risks he never realized. He was out of breath, his clothing torn his frame wrenched and bruised. He reflected quickly, then in a flash he acted. Lightning quick he made for a tower a few hundred yards across the molding yard. An engine house, elongated from its läse, nd tteam was hiding thence, but but slowly. In through the open doorv. ay Hope lashed. The man in charge was lolling on n Lencn. smoking. Hope ran up to him, Eeized him, brought him to his feet with a jerk and four mystic words the secret paSTvords of the inner circle of that great Industrial federation, "the Amalgamated." The man started at him in wonder. "Hello!" he stammered. "You understand'"' retorted Hpe in pistol-shot sharpness. "What's np a strike?" "No. an order, postive for the good of th society." "All right" "See, I have the power to comnand." Hope exhibited a disc. The man bowed In profound obeisance, as he traced it3 symbolic inscriptions. "Turn on the arc lights quick!" directed Hope "over the whole plant, clear down the main road." "That's queer I" "Do it !" "You bet it's a mystery, J)Ut the Amali"ve incrir'ntion, ere he handed him over to just ire. "It does." "Then here goes!" He sprang to a dynamo crank. Soon the bright wheels were whirring, the sparks flying. Magic illumination prevailed where grim blackness had reigned, somber and dense, before. "Light!" exulted Gideon Hop-, anA ran cat. id e, darted up the "tower ladder, strained his eager sight across the la J scape. The crystalline streaks of blinding radiance nit air and sky in every direction. At last a great welling cry parted Hope's ardent lips. There, to the west, making for an intricate network of railway tracks beyond the works, a black speck was diving away Kane. What innst he have thought to be suddenly blinded, overtaken by the fast and far-extending circuit of electricity ! He could not hide or evade he could only put on, making off fast as he could for shelter, obscurity, where the jungle of tracks and trains showed a mile ahea of him. " - , One look, one sr.re estimate of course, distance, pitted r-owers of speed and endurance, atd Gideon Hope was on his trail 11V the 'jonml on the track of th fugit've wolf. Od and ca, nearer and nearer now purster and pursued were fairly clear of the ilant li&'nts, but the feebler thoigh more frequent lamps of the vast switchyards still served to guide the former, and the latter was almost continually in sight. A fierce joy thrilled Hope. The very peril of being baSed, the exhilarating zest of a new hunting down, made this second capture the more precious and treasured. I have yoa !" shouted Hope. A moving train of freight cars blocked the fugitive. He turned at bay. Kane snarlec". and showed his teelkrlle glanced wildly about bini for a rock, a coupling-pin aay weapon of assault or defense. None was at hand. His fingers hugged close to his breast the precious fortune so nearly won. "(Jive it up," said Gideon Hope," his eyes glittering with triumph as he advanced "XIa !' His desperate foe had courted death rather than surrender. Kane dropped to his knees. A last glance of bitter hatred he flnng at his unrelenting pursuer. Then he threw himself past the moving tracks of a freight car, scrambling across the road'jed. A howl of agony rent his lips .Quick and spry, infused with terrific courage and resolve, he might have got across the other rail, oily that the money package fclipped from his grasp. Hope sprang forward to seize it, for it lay fat, freed for moment, directly balancing on top of the smooth, silver-clear rail. And then-a grinding wheel struck it, moving quicker than human groping hands. Squarely, evenly, the fiance cot it in two one-half fell outside the rail, onehalf inside. Kane snatched up one fragment, Hope the other. - A fisb, a rustle, and the schemer threw bi.nself free of the tracks on the other aide. When the train had passed he was nowhere to be seen. Gideon Hope stood glancing all about the brightly illuminated switch-yard. - "Slipped me, eh?" he murmured. "But only for a time I I have clipped his wings I have robbed him of his power half the two hundred and fifty thousand do) Urs!" And he waved the severed bank notes. "A part, waste paper and without money what is he? A skulking, helpless beggar! Percy Kane, a brief respite, if you. choose, but you are beaten, mine I shall ruin the game in the end !" . At daylight Gideon Hope was his old o!d, critical, caculating self. Ilea son had succeeded to the furious' -ehjn of passion and recklessness. He felt that he held the reins of fate cnrely in his grairp. He had modified his plans, nt the sane time giving reenforcement to the power that must eventually enmesh aad drag to justice the fugitive, Kane. A score of trusty, willing aides those same who has assisted in overthrowing the political ring of the state were now secretly, diligently searching for a trace of Kane. He conld not go far a beggar Hop realized, and after setting his new projects at work he calmly reflected over the labor done, the final results attaining mm the closing on of all the strange hks he Lad woven to ruin his enemy and m mm. . a All . PV1 v., tore to nls rignts tne aupea Airwrr iromaine and hl3 beautiful daughter, Claire. Ah! a new inspiration filled the man's oul as he comprehended that hrisk. bright morning that he could so to Cltire and inform her that accident or rather subterfuge had brought Kane' to bay, and no longer need she continue her hateful part, nor her father remain in obscurity. True, no tangible evidence sought for had been discovered by Claire that would jreiy incriminate Kane in the Kverett Hop murder. But had he not "confessed !" And Gideon Hope shuddered now ns he recalled how sternly Inflexible in his reso

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J. COBB lution he had bidden pure, innocent Claire Tremaine go even to the nltar with the arch-schemer, but his secret must be wrested from him. And now he could go to Claire, tell her how his plans had fructified more speedily than he had anticipated; how secret information she had obtained concerning the evil sehemings of the Trust had enabled him to bring the soulless magnates to ruin; how Kane was a beggar ad a fugitive! She could drop her mask, and Albert Tremaine could reap pear and, going into court with the proofs of the swindlers infamy Hope had secured, obtain justice, restitution, riches! He could say to Claire, too the man's heart roused, warmed, as he thought cf her sunny face, of the new impetus love had given to life whenever the brooding tragedy of the past was temporarily obscured. That morning Hope went to the house where Claire had been living since securing her position at the works. He asked for her under the name she had gone by since assuming her nw role. The landlady greeted him, and looked and acted curious and puzzled, as she said: t "She is not here, sir sTie has gone V "Gone!" repeated Hope, blankly. "Yes, sir." "When?" "This morning early." "Where?" a vague sensation of pain struck the speaker's heart. "I do not know." "Alone?" "X no, sir. Peril a p. a note she left will explain." "For me?" "Yes, sir." She went to her room, returned, handed her visitor a sealed envelope. Gideon Hope tore it open an ley hand seemed to clutch his heart as he read a chronicle of unfaltering fealty, of awful sacrifice, of broken-hearted despair. For Claire was indeed gone, lost, and Percy Kane had triumphed. This was what the brief note read: "You bade me wed him, if he asked, because vengeance, justice, demanded. He He was gone insida a moment or two. lie came cut with a japanned tin box. placed it on a table, threw back Its cover. CHAPTER XV. Gideon Hope stood dazed, crushed ; a hideous blight seemed to have suddenly struck down courage, manhood, resolve the sacrifice had been consummated. He had driven into tha arms, the toils, of his mos: bitter enemy the one being on earth lie worshiped next to the memory of his sainted brother. Could aught atone! A recognition of the daring, utter triumph of Percy Kane, aided and abetted by his own unconscious t'o-operation, appalled the man! At that moment, standing blinded and heart-sick at the threshold of fair CI lire Denslow's recent home, in pitiful subjugation to fate, to doom, he realized how puny, how shadow-like, were the vanished powers of will and passion when pitted against the relentless, unyielding force of circumstance. And now, revenge, hatred, the fierce joy of running down a foe, the glory of annihilating a political party and obliterating a giant trust all. all, faded into nothingness, as mere filmy wreaths of smoke. These that had seemed so muc were nothing in the face of a stern new presentment Claire! Claire! He had counted his enemy done for, a fugitive at his sole will, a candidate for th gallows when he elected. He had torn from Kane's grasp the fortune he had sought to carry away in flight to obscurity, and had gone home and slept, smiling, fiercely confident of holding his victim in the palni of his hand. But Gideon Hope, shrewd, keen reader of mind i.nd master of men that he was, had not weighed aright the boundlt-ss rewwrces, the daring character of Percy Kane. In the apparent death throes of a supreme crucial struggle, the embezzler and assassin had dealt a blow, quick and deep, that humbled, palsied, crushed the victor of an hour. If It were a subtle, ferocious stroke of revenge, the very iron of its cankering essence deprived Hope of momentary thought and action. If it was merely the blundering afterthought of the miscreant ah ! had he not won what was more worthy than fortune, or fame, a radiant. peerless being, who typifid to Hope all that was beautiful on earth in life! Hope staggered from the doorway in which, puzzled and alarmed, stood the wonder-faced landlady. "What shall I say to him?" he gasped: "to Denslow; Claire father!" A sickening, sense of responsibility swayed him. When he had undertaken the scheme that was to bring Kane and his thieving colleagues to ruin, he had promised Denslow restitution. He could offer it now. In such a shape were the affairs of the metal combination, in possession of such irrefragible evidence concerning its underhand, primary dealings was Hope, that in the inevitable reorganization of the wreck Denslow's just and pretentious claim could not be set aside but what of that other element, far more dear to the fond parent's heart Claire? For while Denslow, in retirement at a distance, had consented that his daughter should assist Hope in his schemes, he had no Idea how completely Claire had meant her promise to oley this strange secret friend, how far he, the master mind, would require her to proceed in order io get the toils fast and effectual about the wily wrecker. When the new and unexpected vista had opened that brought Kane within Hope's power, as man to man, the selfconfessed murderer of Everett Hope, the crisis was past and, thrilled with strange new ardor, the possibilities of love and its rewards appealed to his soul, and Gideon Hope had hastened to apprise Claire of a victory only to face a defeat, an unexpected revelation that seemed to sweep the very ground from beneath his feet. He might find "Claire ah ! yes, as he bed known he could drag from hiding hi arcL enemy when he wanted him but how? A wife ! the bride og the blackest scoundrel the wide earth knew; and he, the almoner of this mad, wicked rite, that gave innocence and shuddering, shrinking horror into the keeping of villainy ! The thought maddened him a bloodred mist obscured clear vision I Yet. too late! too late! lie bad willed the sacrifW. and as a Iamb to the slaughter poor Claire had jrone, a very victim to blind davotion and love. It seemed as If infinite pity banished all other emotions now in his sheer helplessness this strong man wince; he even trt-niblvd. Illindly, vaguely, he went from the spo seeing nothing, caring for nothing, hi3 dulled mind directing this course till. the shock of the hour losing its first devastating effect, the slow return of coherent thought might gradually fit him to realise what there was next to be done. When h bad come to the boardlrjg house, high, elated spirits had bidden defiance to suspicion or fear, and Hope had not noted that he was followed at a guarded distance by a hulking giant of n fellow who. in turn, was kept in sight by a wiry, ferret-faced creature evidently of his own Ilk.

Now, as ho left Claire's recent plao4 of abode, this double cynosure si ill l-'ss ftttracted Ms attention. Hope was dirIy incapable of rogmling, of analyzing extraneous environment. As be threaded a lane lined with stunted cedars, the two men came closer together, and then decreased the distance ns to the unsteady figure in advance cf them. When they had come to the most unfrequented and isolated portion of the winding road, the big fellow halted his companion abruptly. "Cut in among the trees," he ordered, in a hoarse whisper. "Right, boss!" "Get abreast or ahead of him." "And then?" "Take your cue from me. If I can't manage him alone" "You can't ; he's built fo- fight." "He don't look it just now," muttered the other. "Kane warned you: Two do the job, and make no miss!" "There tvill be non !" wickedly grinned the big fellow. He showed a lead-ended billy in the grasp of one hand. This leveled from the supporting wrist strap, he stole noiselessly toward Hope, as h's companion darted in among the trees. As a shadow swift and flitting was thrown across Gideon's path, the natural instinct of caution, of alert observation, aroused in him. He half turned, staring vaguely a whistling sound cut the air. Then chug ! He experienced a stinging contact or-r the left evebrow. The blow stirred him.

lie recognized that he was attacked, and raurderouslj'. "You coward!" "Easy take if again !" The fellow was a giant in build; stolidly confident in his superior weight and ox-like ponderosity, c threw himself forward precipitately for a finishing blow. How it came about he could not precisely analyze, it was done so quickly, but in a flash Hope's arms were about bis own. imprisoning him at the cllows and rendering the dangling slungsbot ineffective. (To be continued.) THE HONEYMOON. How the Xewly Mrrlerj5Iionld Act to Avoid Emhnrr.iMsment. Some thoughtful - advice ns to tho honeymoon suggest that the selection of a companion for the trip be made with can, thus giving to the counsel :m air of triviality. Of course, nobody goes on a honeymoon without attention to so obvious a detail. The honeymoon is a trying period. In the first place, misguided friemU seek to invest the beginning of It with terror. The rief they throw clings with telltale pertinacity. The spectacle of tho hurtling shoe promotes gaycty. Then," in their eagerness to nppoar as a hardened married couple, the pair are certain to betray themselves. If sMken to they nre frightened as a couple of criminals at the service of a warrant. At the hotel they are at ouce "spot ted." The clerk unable :o do this would never have been a clerk. The instant recognition of their status is annoying. A honeymooning couple should act naturally. To do'tUs is possible. If they could only remember that th mere" fact of marriage was In itäelf not remarkable it would help some. People nre getting married every day. Some have been known to crowd several marriages Into a short span of years. There nre countless precedents for marriage, it obtains among the best people. Why so sedulously endeavor to bring about the conditions of the honeymoon nnd then act us though ashamed of success? Let the honeymoon j.alr be brave, If the admission of being married can be construed ns bravery, for the fact I one they cannot conceal. . They have a way about them. Their fathers and mothers had a similar way. So, while the placarding of bassc with the legend, "Just married and glad of It," is an extreme not to bi upheld, it really Is not betrayal of a secret, for there Is no secret. The honeymoon Is relatively expensive. The wisdom of devoting n year's income fc It and making up the deficit by life In a flat may be questioned. Nevertheless the newly married am going to have one, and to enjoy it must forget that they are under surveillance. If they can. Beyond this they have to make their own rules. Jost o. N Mr. Stubb Maria, what was that electrician talking about so long this morning? I Mrs. Stubli Why, John, he said for ?2 he could put In a bittery that would run the electric fans, tiie door bell, the sewing machine ami furnish enough . heat for an electric range. What do I you think of that? - ' Mr. Stubb I I'm! Maria, I'd cull that current fiction. Disappointed. The old countryman with tho faded satchel stol in front of the side-show J tent with a look of disgust on tils fate. ; "What's the trouble, sir?" asked the olly-tongued Individual who was tell ing the crowd about the wonderful wild man Inside. "You look disappointed." "I am," gruuted the old man. "I heard that there was a crowd of barkersjdown nt the side show and 1 ain't heard one of you bark yet." Information. "My wife told me to go to Dargen's to-day ami buy a taboret," said Marry at. "For goodness' sake!" exclaimed Dumley, "what does she waut with a thing like tkat? "Why, what is a taboret, anyway?" "Don't you know? That's what an end man at the minstrel show uses." Philadelphia Tress. Uaually tne Wmj. As a pleusant-faced womau passed the comer Ihrrls touched his hat to her and remarked to his companion: "Ah, my boy, I owe a great deal to that woman." "Your mother?" was thepicry. "No; my landlady." Detroit NewsTribune. Well Started. "If I were you," said the old bachelor to the benedict, "I'd either rule or know why." "Well," was the reply, "as I already know why, I suppose that's half the battle!" Atlanta Constitution. Probably with Cold Chll. "Does ycur husband give you all the money you need?" "I can't sny be gives It to. me, but I manage to separate him from It." Houston Post. A StiKieeatlon. "P.efore I was mjir-isl I could goi all the money I wanted by simply jkIn; my father for it." "Well, why don't you try It now? It might work yet." Detroit Free Press.

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Wee Elsie had been told, By some hobgoblin bold, To hang her stockings neat And then this verse repeat: 'Twickledee, brickledee, fee fi fo fum, Stocking, oh, stocking, much bigger become." On Christmas Eve, therefore. She said these lines thrice o'er, Lo! hardly were they said. When right above her head A pair of stockings were That surely seemed, to her A giant to belong "Good-night to you," she said, And clambered into bed. Quite suro next day would s'now Them filled from top to toe. Whoa there! my Jupiter, Gallant and Grnyl Quietly, i idoer, a" moment here stay." And leaving them his sleigh, Old Sunty made his way Quick down the chimney flue And through the fireplace, tos. "Dear m?, what's this I see? It 6urely cannot be None but a greedy miss Would hang such things as this ! Which shows that even our So Santy sadly took " The stockings from their hook, And in their place he put One meant for smaller foot: Nor did he leave behind A gift of any kind. Next day, at sunrise, a little maid sobbed, Ritterlv rrvln? th.it cho bad been robbed. When fight before her the goblin appeared "Greediness robbed you," he said, as he leered. The Koy and Margy thought and thought and thought. Finally they went to Ylolet Amanda In the kitchen, for they did not want to let father nnd mother know. It was to be a surprise. This Christmas they had planned to keep the spirit of old St. Nicholas in their hearts, and there were to be gifts bought with money of their own earning. How to earn It was the questionViolet Amanda had no suggestions to ffer, but Kotiert, the hired man, had an Idea. Now, to look nt Robert you'd never believe he could have an Idea stowed away under his black skin and woolly topknot , but looks are sometimes deceiving. 'Out In de nielder," he said, slowly, 88 Violet Amanda poured him a second cup of coffee, "dey's a pow'ful heap light ob hlck'ry.nuts on dem big trees, in' deys mo' in do wood lot. Yo' alls could git money fo dem' nuts ef dey wuz gaddered. Dey's Jes ripe fo' fallIn' out do shucks." 'Margy!" cried the noy, "It's Just the thing. How much could we get for bushel of 'em, Kobert?" "I hterd ftomebedy say," said Kobert, ns he wiped his mouth on tho back of his sleeve, "dat yo' could git two flollahs fo' dem dis Fall up in de city." "We'll start the minute we've finished breakfast," they cried. Mother's consent to a nutting party was given without question. Hags and baskets were provided, and a lunch of bread nnd butter, with honey spread between, and off they started for the clump of hickory trees In the sheep pasture. As they crawled through a hole In the garden fence they could hear the trees rustling in a very queer way for a still day, and pretty soon they espied somebody la one of the trees, shaking it vigorously. "It's a man!" cried Margy, dismayed. "It's a thief!" shouted the Hoy. Comj onl" And from far away I.e yelled : "You thief! Come down out of cur trees!" But before they reached the spot the man swung himself down from the branches, and behold. It was Robert, grinning and chuckling. 'I reckoned yo alls couldn't get dose ruts out de ta lies' tree, so I done shuck em down foh you." So their first effort was made easy. That day's labor showed a line start on the nut heap, that grew and grew In the corner of tho garr . It was not always s.i easy. After the meadow trees were stripped thoj- had to hunt In the. woods, and often the trees were too high for the Boy to climb. Other times he and Margy could go

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up together and they would both dance oa the limbs with all their strength, till the nuts came rattling down in a Jolly shower. Som etimes, as the Oetoler days grew colder, they would come home with teeth chattering and Gngors and noses '.lue with cold. Thon mother would ;hnw them out and give them hot lemonade. And the pile of nuts In the corner of the garret grew nnd grew. You inusn't think that picking up tje nuts was all of the work. Not by any sort of means. For every nut had a little green house of Its own ; and although sometimes the four little walls of It fell away at a touch, oftener the nut gatherers had to try force. Two stones would do the business one to poufid on nnd the other to pound with, ringers and thumbs got pounded, too, sometimes, and If you want to know if it hurt or not. Just try pounding your own finger sometime when It is half frozen. But that was part of the affair, and mother's arnica bottle and salve would stop the ache and dry the tears. Then, too, It was very Interesting to unwind the long, narrow rag and show the wound to father after supper. All through the nutting season neither father iror mother asked one single troublesome question, so that made it easy to keefc the secret, although both Margy nnd the boy were nigh to bursting with the importance of It. And the nut pile. In the corner of the garret grew and grew. Every time they added to their hoard tho whole was carefully measured till nt last there were three full bushels, heaped to running over. Uncle Tom was let Into the secret, and he came over one day when father nnd mother were gone and took away the nuts.

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Two days laterhe came back looking very important. . "Hullo, children," he said, "come out in the woodshed wfth me a minute. The old black cat's out there washing her face." Out there, lehlnd the chip pile they never looked at the black caf, but Uncle Tom cpened his liand and showed them six big round silver dollars. "There's your Christmas money," he said. "We'll divide even," said the boy generously, "even if you are the llttle-est, because you worked Just as hard. So there's three of 'em for each of us." 4 What a Christmas we'll have," cried Margy rapturously. "The best ever. It's greit fun doing tilings ourselves." And so the sweet kindly spirit of good old Saint Nicholas lived again, nnd grew and grew In the hearts of Margy f and the boy, Just as the nut pile had grown In the garret. No, Indeed, the soul of Saint Nicholas Is not dead, and will never die so long as there nre hearts on earth full of generosity and love. Portland Oregonlan. Chrlstmai Day. There are no definite allusions In the writings of any of the disciples of Christ as to the date of his birth, nor has tliere ever been produced proof of any character as to the exact period In the year when Christ was born. There are, very true, occasional references to tho event la the Scriptures, indicating that the Nativity occurred in" the winter, season. The Institution of the anniversary dates back to the second century of Christendom, and it has been since uniformly celebrated by nearly all the branches of the Christian church with appropriate rejoicings and ceremonies. The frequent and somewhat heated controversies, however, relative to the date of Christ's birth early in the fourth century led Pope Julius I to order a thorough investigation of the subject by the learned theologians and historians of that period, which resulted in an agreement upon Dec. 20, and that decIsVui seemed to have so settled all disputes that that date was unlv?rsally accepted except by the Greek church. While this date was never changed, the reckoning of it is made according to the (iregorlan calendar, which was adopted in the latter part of the sixteenth century, nnd upon which computations of time In nearly all civilized nations have since rested. American Queen. Hovr to Stall ChrlMma Gifts. In mailing Christmas gifts have the package weighed by some responsible person, place the exact amount of postage needed upon tho parcel, and In nine huudrexl and ninety-nine eases out of a possible thousand your package will reach its destination safely nnd promptly. In addressing the package write tho name of the person who is to receive It in ink, selling both the city and state, and do not abbreviate. Place your name in small writing In either the upper or lower left hand corner. Neiv Handkerchief Dag, Have you seen the handkerchief bag? It Is Just shown in the shops. To make It .or Christmas requires tn-o tlat disks crocheted of silk and bended, about three Inches In diameter. Join these flatly together, leaving an open lng at the top. This quaint little nf fair, which looks like an exaggerated

beaded watch and may be any color de sired, Is swung from the belt, with my lady's little lace handkerchief tucked therein. And, In truth, tiny as tha kerchief is, it just fills the bag.

I-tttlo Johnny' Ilenol utloiia. "Next Tuesday'll be New Year's day," Said little Johnny Lake. "Some reserlootions, rnoui declares, I really ought to make. Mom's promised to stop gossiping An' so has Sister Sue. I guess I'll resolute a bit. Le's see what shall I do? "I'll resolute, I guess, to quit A-splittin' kindlin' wood; Then popU have to do that work, Like fathers always should. An' then, while- I'm a-doin it, I'll resolute to quit The Sunday school, fer goin ther With me don't make no hit. "I'd like to resolute some way To git myself a goat; I want a buttin' billy ram With whiskers on his throat. An' then I'll res'ute, I guess, To beat up Tommy Hunt ; He's took an' stole my girl frum me, The doggone little runt! "I reckon that's enough fer me To resolute jist now; At any rate, I'll make that do It's plenty, anyhow. Le's see I start on New Year's day. Well, that ain't very fur. . Won't mom be tickled when she finds How well I've minded her?" Denver Post. ChrUtntai fit Kins Alfred' IIcIkii In King Alfred's time, and al' through the middle ages Cnrlstmas be gan on St. Thomas's Day and laste until Twelfth Night, and was moreove: as much n festival for fathers am mothers as for their children. Ther( was no pantomime, it is true; but there was a Lord ot Misrule, elected In every lmjwrtant household, at court, at the universities and above all, at the Inns of Court ; and It was his business to see that there were no lapses Into seriousness during the Christinas holidays. He was a very expensive Institution, it seems; for In Edward VPs reign, when It was the business of the authorities to make the poor little boykhig forget all the murders that were keeping him on the throne, the Christ mas revels were particularly costly and the Lord of Misrule's costume alone cost 52 Ss. Sil. New York Globe. The Worm Turned. Mrs. Cobwlgger While it's true thU women wear men's neckties, you surely couldn't expect me to appear in public in such a monstnjslty as this. Where In the world did you ever get such a tie? Cobwhrger My dear, that's the on you bought for me last Christinas. Judge. A Time of Peril. Clarissa I'm always glad when New Year's day is safely over. . Fidelia Yes ; it is saddening anni versary. Clarissa Oh, I don't mean that. Clarence and I always have n horrid quarrel suggesting Improvements In ach other's conduct. "Jeitale Christina:' Little Jessie woke up on Christmas xuorning and ealled to her four-year-old sister Mary: "Merry Christmas!" "Jessie Christmas!" promptly an swered the baby. Stock on Hand. P.mdds (Jolng to make any new res olutions this year. Spikes? Spikes New ones? I should say no I've got a lot of old ones I've never v.sed, by Jove! The Minister Would you like to come and be my little boy, Kobert? Bobby (promptly) No, sir. Minister Why not? Robby Mamma says you get alout twenty pairs of slippers every Christmas. "Oh, I'm s.j glad Mrs. Sltmklns' clothes have come," said the washerwoman to lier daughter. "I was Just wondering what wo would wear to the Christmas entertainment to-morrow night" Cleveland Leader. III I'lalnt. The Christmas cynic's here again To irritate the soul. He 6ays that he gets neckties when He needs a ton of coal. DISCOVERED!!

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The Meniinge. The President's message is a document which will be read by a nation of ninety millions, and will convey to the collective mind ideas which will fructify widely. It Is, in other words, an utterance of great moment, which will have a pervasive and lasting effect upon the social and-political present ! and future of the republic. President Roosevelt, as he himself has said, does not try to compel, but to lead public j opinion, and his practical statesmaufhip has kept him from getting too far away from those he leads. His messages, and very notably his latest toessage, are remarkable expressions of the newer convictions and aspiratlois of the American people. They are essays In practical democracy, formulating the better purposes aud aspirations of our people, and leading us on to our next stage of development. The sophisticated aud the cynic may sueer at their truisms, but in public documents end as militant expressions of practical political policy these truisms are dynamic facts to be dealt with. j The President's reference to the Incompatibility of the Democratic party's positions on centralization aud on the trust problem is more specific than ever. They are "twin denunciations," as he declares, which nullify each other. It Is well at this time to have it driven home, even at the expense of reiteration, that centralization in business has taken place in large measure and must be met, in so far ns it needs to be contiolled in the public interest, by the central government. It is well also to have it recognized that combination and concentration are an Inevitable economic tendency, to be accepted and taken advantage of, not wildly and disastrously tilted against. It is well also that certain interests of the nation which transcend State lines like the conservation of our great national resources must be dealt with by the national government and from the national point of view. The message also is significant in emphasizing the importance of a recognition jjy the courts of certain clal facts to which they are called upor to apply the enduring principles of our law. The palpable Injustice and profound social und political unwisdom of the rulings against work hour laws on the ground of preserving the freedom of contract, nnd the still greater wrong of that interpretation of the doctrine of assumed risk which nu s safety appliauce laws, and which the sound Judgment and humanity of the President-elect brushed aside in the Narramore case-rr these mistakes of certain of oyr courts illustrate the legal mind at its narrowest and accentuate the vital Importance of a Judiciary which shall be in touch with the controlling facts of the social organism and not a mere automatic follower of literal precedent. Chicago Tribune. Farmers and the Tariff. The National Grange will urge upon Congress the necessity of Immediate tariff revision, relerring particularly to those articles that are alleged to be sold by American manufacturers In foreign markets at lower prices than In this country. In this class are said to be agricultural implements, and naturally the farmers object to paying more for the same article than the Lu ropean farmer has to pay. Iiut how about the farmers' own pro ducts? Are not many of them sohl cheaper in foreign markets than at home? Are not the prices on them as a l nie proportionately higher and better maintained than the prices of most manufactured articles? The iron and steel men have been compelled to reduce, their price, glass and pottery have come down, lumber is cheaper, all except the stuff the farmer produces. Standard Oil never stood so solidly together on prices as the farmers are doing to-day. Of all classes they have the least to complain of 4n the Industiial conditions that have prevailed the past 10 or 12 years. In fact, the farmers have done so well the average city man's idea of tariff revision Is a kind that will cause a reduction in the price of foodstuffs. Wheeling (W. Va.) News. Sound Logic. The' logic of proectlonisin was recently enforced with Intelligence and consistency by the Loudon County Council, which contains a protectionist majority. A large contract for steel rails for the street railways was awarded to a Itrltlsh firm at a price $10,000 higher than the tender of a Belgian firm. Of course the free traders were enraged at this waste of the taxpayers' money. They Insisted that the rails ought to have been bought In the cheapest market. Buf the protectionists replied that it was better to spend the extra 10,(HH) nnd keep British workmen In the rolling mills than to spend two or three times 510,000 in keeping them In the workhouse. The answer should satisfy any sensible man, even though a free trader. A Baptlat on D Ivo roe. Kev. Dr. Spencer B. Meeser, pastor j of Emmanuel Baptist Churchy Brooklyn, says of divorce: "I abhor divorce. It trafiiees n virtue. The white robe of the bride ts the cloak of sin. -Think of it. In one county In Michigan 410 divorces have been granted and iu 330 of the eases no defense was made. Why? Because the parties to them had beeu guilty of infidelity and had no sound defense. Is not this a lamentable condition? And a bad thing about It is that the country is as deep in the mire as the city. "Divorce proceeds from hidden causes and Is due much to low ideals of the marriage relation. "Divorce and remarriage are without fear of Cod, dangerous to the courts and the well being of society, and nothing but legal polygamy. "Secondary causes for divorce and remarriage were silly sentlmentallsra, seoret marriages and the easy method of granting marriage licenses. "All ministers should refuse to marry any divorced person. That was one of the best remedies. It would be better for those who desire divorce to be bound together for life than that society and the well being of the State be destroyed." Sllffhtly Tvrlnted. Fnstboy Keally, dear, you shouldn't wait supper for me this way when I'm detained at the ofllee. Mrs. Fastboy Supper, you Idiot! The maid Just laid the table for breakfast, Puck.

Mr. Drylin Doesn't L'ndrrnfanC. "The principles for which our party stands, the policies for wliich our party contends, these are not dead." Such Is the central Idea of Mr. Aryan's latest proclamation to the Denwc-raej-, urging it to regard iU recent d feat as merely "a bati'.o Inst a war begun," and to enlist for the war. The question Is, of course. What are the principles for which the Democracy Is to fight on to final victory? Even Mr. Bryan can hardly expect the Democracy to fight on for perpetual defeat. - " " The extremely 'personal nature of the recent contest happens to make it easier to see with what principles, as embodied In men, the Democracy may be strong and hope for victory. They are evidently not the principles emb5died by Mr. Bryan. They have been fought for three times under Mr. Bryan's leadership, and always with disaster. It Is evident that the country will have none of Mr. Bryan or of principles In politics as Interpreted by him. It is also worthy of note that where the Democracy showed strength In the recent contest if was with leaders whose difference from Mr. Bryan made them at least seem to embody principles very distinct from Mr. Bryan's. "The Democratic party must continue its fight or dissolve," further remarks Mr. Bryan; "It could not exist as a plutocratic party." Nor could any party. No such party ever has existed In this country. The V-'itocratlc party" against which Mr. Bryan is always raising shouts of defiance and appeal is like Sairey Gamp's. "Mrs. Harris." In the words of Betsy Prig, "there ain't no sich person." This Is one of the things that Mr. Bryan docs not understand and which it is apparently impossible for him to understand. And that Is what makes it Imiossible for the Democratic party to succeed under such leadership as Mr. Bryan's with its principles Interpreted iu the light of such personalities" as that of Mr. Bryan. ' There Is need in this, as In erery popular government, of two strong parties, either of which can at least be trusted with the business of government. And the conditions under which the Democracy showed real strength Li the recent contest show what Is the character of leadership with which it can inspire trust. - But, of course4, Mr. Bryan does net understand. He never will. And the sooner the Democracy leaves Mr. Bryan iu a graceful but permanent retirement, ns a personally estimable gentleman w hose political ideas and manners are not acceptable, the sooner will It have a reasonable hope of success la the nation. Chicago Inter Ocean. Cnrneele and Protertlon. Mr. Carnegie has written an article upon his experience with the tariff in which he states that st. is now produced cheaper here than aL. where else, notwithstanding the higher wages paid per man," and that the great manufacturing plant in which he Is cxmcerned needs na further irotectlon. It

does not follow that less powerful Aniericau steel making establishments are as well prepared to gUe up protective duties, or that if the tariff ou steel Is abandoned competition with the vast Carnegie plant would be possible. Protection was the ladder by which the Carnegie industry was developed and it is certain that other steel makf.'rs are hol us auie ua im: ia iu miun the ladder down. He Is inuch'stroug:r financially, for example, than the steel makers of Alabama and elsewhere In the United otates. Wages of steel workers might suffer without protection, and so might competition, Ur. (Jaruegie, thanks to many years-of protection, may now feci strong enough tc do without It. but his competitors nt not luultlmilllouairvs. The position Mr. Carnegie occupies U exoejtlonaL Ills fellow citizens are In quite mother class financially. Many of them are struggling along as he was many years ago, and have as much need for protection now as he had then- Mr. Carnegie should be able to see that he does not represent the avertga A uier icau " in a n uf t .ctu rer. The TiUe la Price. To . the complaint that prices have risen under a protective tariff there can be but one reply. Back in "L according to a story that Congressman Madison, of Kansas, is telling, a fanner came to town r.nd bought a wagon. He cr.me again last summer and aokea for another of the same kind. ,"l'ou paid ?G0 for that wagon, didn't you 7" asked tlie dealer; "well, another llko it will cost you $70." The farmer began to use bad language concerning the tariff, but the dealer in wagons bade him be patient. Tou had to give me COO bushels of corn for the wagon, didn't you?" be inquired. "Well, this year If you will give me COO bushels of corn I'll glt you a new wagon, the best cook store in the store, the best self-Muder In the shop and all the kitchen utensils your wife can use." The dealer's arithmetic was correct Corn was selling at 10 cents Iu 1834, In 1908 It Is selling for 70 cents and upward. Syracuse Post-Standard. Inconsistent. "I actually felt sorry for you when you proposed to me." "Your actions and your statements don't seem to show that you care much for the truth." "I'd like to know why? I did feci sorry for you." "Yet you married me." Houston Post. Safe. "Love letters are dangerous these days," remarkel the wise man. There Is only one safe course that I know of, and that is to w rite them and then read them carefully." "And then send them?" queried tho wealthy young man. "No, then burn them.' Going th Limit. "What would you consider a diplomat r "A man who is courteous to his cook." "Even when she happens to be his, wife?" "Even then." Birmingham Age-IIer-aM. ' A Gmv nbt, Caller So your cook has passed away to a oetter place. Hostess Yes but I don't know if she'll stay ; poor Bridget was very hard to suit. Boston Traveler. Cither Trnthfnl or L'nlneky. "He's a cry truthful man. Isn't be?" "I guess so. He goca fishing and never seems to catch anything." Detroit Free Press. It's easier to talk a man out of a dolla( than it Is to fight a man out of it