Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1905 — Page 2

CRIPPS, THE CARRIER

B Y R. D. BLACKMORE

Author of “LORNA DOO NE,” “ALICE LORR AI N E,” ETC., ETC.

CHAPTER X.-(Continued.) —“You pretty dear, come and let me pat you,” the young lady cried, looking down • t the dog, as if there were nobody else in the world. “Oh, I am so fond of dogs— what is your name? Come had tell me, darling.’’. “Her name is ‘Grace,’*’ said the master, advancing in a bashful but not clumsy way. "The most beautiful name in the world, I think.” “Oh, do you think so, Mr. , but I beg your pardon, you have not told me what, your own name is, I think.” “I hope you are quite well,” he answered. turning his gun away carefully; “quite well this fine afternoon. How beautiful it is to see the sun, and all the things coming back again so!” "Oh, yes! and the lovely willow trees! I never noticed them so before. I had no idea that they did all this.” She was stroking the flossiness as she spoke. “Neither had I.” said the young man. trying to be most agreeable, and glancing shyly at the hn&' of silver in lily fingers glistening; “but do not you think that they do it because —because they ean scarcely kelp themselves?” “No! how can you be so stupid? Exeuse me —I did not mean that, I am sure. But they do it because it is their nature; •nd they like to do it.” “You know them, no doubt; and you •nderstaud them, because you are like them.” He was frightened as soon as he had

“I HOPE YOU ARE WELL.” HE ANSWERED, TURNING [?]IS GUN AWAY CAREFULLY.

said this; which he thought (while he uttered it! rather good. “I am really astonished,” the fair maid said, with the gleam of a smile in her lively eyes, but her bright lips very steadfast, “to be compared to a willow tree. I thought that a willow means —but never mind, I am glad to be like a willow.” “Oh. no', oh, no! You are not —I am sure you will never be like a willow’. What could I have been thinking of?” “No harm whatever, I am sure of that,” she answered, with so sweet a look that he stopped from scraping the foe of his boot on a clump of moss; and in his heart was wholly taken up with her —“I am sure that you meant to be very polite.” “More than thiit—a great deal mgj/r than that —oh, ever so much more than that!” She let him look at her for a moment, because he had something that he wanted to express. And she, from pure natural curiosity, would have been glad to know’ what it was. And so their eyes dwelt upon one another just long enough for each to be almost ashamed of leaving eff; and in that short time they seemed to be pleased with one another's nature. The youth was the first to look away; because he feared that he might be rude; whereas a maiden cannot be rude. With the speed of a glance she knew all that, and she blushed nt the color these things were taking. “1 am sure that 1 ought •to go,” she said. “And so ought 1. long and long ago. I am sure I cannot tell why I stop. If yon were to get into any trouble ” “You are very kind. You need not be anxious. If you do not know why you stop —the sooner you rnti away at full speed, the better. “Oh, I hope you won't say that.” he replied, being gifted by nature with powers of courting which only wanted practice. “I really think that you scarcely ought to say so unkind a thing as that.” “Very well. then. May 1 say this, that you have important things to attend to, ■nd that it looks —indeed it does —as if It was coming on to rain?” “I assure you there is n<> fear of that —although if it did. there is plenty of •baiter. But look nt the sun—how it ■bines in your hair! Oh. why do you keep your hair go short? It looks as if it ought to be ten feet long.” “Well, (suppose that it was —not quits baa feet, for that would be rather hard ba aaanage— but say only half that length, surf than for a very good reason was all «t off— but this is altogether another tMag, and in no way can concern you. •live you a very good day, air.”

“No. no! you will give me a very bad day if you hurry away so suddenly. I am anxious to know a great deal more about you. Why do you live in this lonely place, quite as if you were imprisoned here? And what makes-you look so unhappy sometimes, although your nature is so bright? There! what a brute I tun! I have made you cry. I ought to shoot myself.” “You must not talk of such wicked things. lam not crying; I am very happy—at least. I mean quite happy enough. Good-bye! or I shall never bear you again.” As she turned away, without looking at him, he saw her pure young breast was filled with a grief he must not intrude upon. And at the same moment he caught a glimpse through the trees of some one coming. So he lifted his smart Glengarry cap, and in sad perplexity strode away. But over his shoulder he softly said, “I shall come again—yon must let me do that —I am sure that I can help you.” The young lady made no answer; but turned, as soon as she thought he was out of sight, and wistfully looked after him. “Here comes that Miss Patch, of course,” she said. “I wonder whether she has spied him out. Her eyes are always everywhere.” “Oh, my darling child,” cried Miss Patch, an elderly lady of great dignity; “I had no idea you were gone so far.

Come in, I beg of you, come this moment; what has excited you “Nothing at all. At least, I mean, 1 am not in the least excited. Oh! look at the beautiful sunset!” Miss Patch, with deep gravity, took out her spectacles, placed them on her fine Roman nose, and gazed eastward to watch the sunset. “Oh, dear no! not there,” cried her charge in a hurry; “here, it is all in this tion.” “I thought that I saw a spotted dog,” the lady answered, still gazing steadily down the side of the forest by which the youth had made his exit; “a spotted dog, Grac’e, I am almost sure.” “Yes, I dare say. I believe that there is a dog with some spots in the neighborhood.” CHAPTER XL The carrier, with a decisive gesture, settled his face, and whole body, and members into a grim and yet flexible aspect, as if he were driving a half-broken horse, and must be prepared for any sort of start. And yet with all this he reconciled a duly receptive deference, and a pleasant readiness, as if he were his own Dobbin, just fresh from stable. “I need not tell you. Master Cripps.” said Russel, “how 1 have picked up the many little things which have been coming to my knowledge lately. And I will not be too positive about any of them; because I made such a mistake in the beginning of this Inquiry. All my suspicions nt first were set, on a man who was purely innocent—a legal gentleman of fair repute, to whom 1 have now made all honorable amends. In the most candid manner he has forgiven me, and desires no better than to act in the best faith witli us.” “Asking your pardon for interrupting —did the gentleman happen to have a sharp name?” "Yes. Cripps, he did. But no more of that. I was oversharp myself, no doubt; he is thoroughly blameless, and more than that, his behavior Ims been most generous, most unwearying. I can never do justice to him.” “Well, your worship, no—perhaps not. A' would take a rare sharp *un to do so.” “You hold by the vulgar prejudice—well. I should be the last to blame you. That, however, has nothing to do with what I want to ask you. But first, I must tell' you my reason, Cripps. You know I have no faith whatever in that man, John Smith. At first I thought him a tool of Mr. —never mind who. Since I was so wrong I am now convinced that John Smith is ‘art and part* in the whole affair himself. He has thrown dust in our eyes throughout. He has stopped us

from taking the proper track. Do yM remember what discredit he threw on your sister's story?” “He didn’t believe a word of 'un. Had a good mind, I had, to a’ knocked ’un down.” “To be sure. Cripps. I wonder that you forebore. Though violent measures must not be encouraged. And i myself thought that your sister might have made some mistake through her scare in the dark. Poor thing! What a brave girl not to shriek or faint!” “Ay. your worship, that her bo.” “And now for the man with this villainous voice. You know; that I never was satisfied with that wretched affair that was called an ‘inquest.’ Enough that the whole was pompous child's play, guided by crafty hands beneath; as happens with most inquests. I only doubted the more, friend Cripps; I only doubted the more, from hawing a wrong way taken to extinguish doubts.” “To be sure, your worship; a lie on the back of another lie makes ’un go heavier.” “Well, never mind; only this I did. For a few days, perhaps, I was overcome; and the illness of my dear old friend, the Squire, and the trouble of managing so that he should not hear anything to kill him; and my own slowness at the back of it all; for I never, as you know, am hasty—these things, one and another, kept me from going on horseback anywhere.”

“To bo sure, your worship, to be sure. You ought to be always a' horseback I've a seed you many times on the bench; but you looks a very poor stick there, compared to what ’ee be a horseback.” “Well, after the weather- began to change from that tremendous frost and snow, and the poor Squire fell into the quiet state that he has been in ever since, I found nothing would do for me, my health not being quite as usual, except to take long rides.- I Will tell you just what happened to me. I never believed, and never will, that poor Miss Oglander is" dead. The coroner and the jury believed that they had her remains before them, although for the Squire’s sake they forebore to identify her in the verdict. Your sister, no doubt, believed the same; and so did almost every one. I could not go, I could not go—no doubt I was a fool; but I could not face the chance of what 1 might'see. after what I had heard of it. Well, I began to ride about, saying nothing, of course, to anyone. And the more I rode the more my spirit and faith in good things came back to me. And I think I have been rewarded, Cripps; at last I have been rewarded. It is not very much; but still it is like a flash of Tight to me. I have found out the man with the horrible voice.” “Your worship—the man as laid hold of the pickax?” “I have found him. Cripps. I do believe. But rather by pure luck than skill.” ' “There be no such thing as luck, you» worship; if you will exeoose me,” “Well, it was last Wednesday night, I was coming home from a long and wet and muddy ride. I had been to the foreman of the nursery whence, the potatoes came. It was raining hard, and he was in a shed, with a green baize apron on, seeing to some potting work. I got him away from the other men. and I found him a-very sharp fellow indeed, lie remembered all about those potatoes, especially as Squire Oglander had ridden from Oxford, in the snowy weather, to ask many questions about them. But the Squire could not put the questions I did. I threw away all little scruples, and I told the good foreman every word, so far ns we know it yet. at least. He was shocked beyond expression—not at the poor Squire's loss and anguish, but that anybody should have dared to middle with his own pet ‘oak leafs,’ and, above all, his new pet seal. “ ‘I scaled them myself.’ he said, ‘sealed them myself, sir, with the new coat of arms that we paid for that month, because of the tricks of the trade, sir! Has anybody dared to imitate —’ ‘No, Mr. Foreman,’ I said, ‘they simply cut away your seal altogether, and tied It again without any seal.’ ‘Oh, then,’ h< replied, ‘that quite alters the case. 1 they had only meddled with our net arms, while the money was hot that w paid for them, what a ease we migh have had! But to knock them off—n« action lies.’ (To be continued.)

Story of “Las Meninas.”

The story of “Las Meninas” is that Velasquez was painting a portrait of the Spanish king and queen (who sat where the spectator is when he looks at the picture). Their little daughter, the Infanta Margarita, came in with her maids of honor, her dog, and her dwarfs, and accompanied b/ her duenna and a courtier. The little princess asks for a drink of water; a maid of honor hands it to her with the elaborate etiquette prescribed by the formalities of the “most rigidly ceremonious court in Europe. The scene presented so charming a picture that the king desired Velasquez to paint it. The artist has included himself in the group, at work upon a large canvas on which it is supposed he was painting a portrait of the king and queen when tlie interruption occurred. The reflection of the king and queen appears in the mirror at the end of the room, and the chamberlain. Don Jose Nieto, stands outside the door, drawing the curt'ain. The scene is, indeed, represented with such wonderful realism that a famous French critic said of it: “So complete is the illusion that, standing in front of 'Las Meninas,’ one is tempted to'aslc, 'Where is the picture?’ ” —St. Nicholas.

Optional.

Soiled Sooner —Dis town makes me tired; dey's too many free baths iu it. Walker Wise —You oughter be glad dey are free. Soiled Sooner —What? Walker Wise —When a ting's “free” dat means it ain't “compuls'ry.”—Philadelphia Tress.

A Young Critic.

“Papa,” said the pastor's little girl, watching him constructing and reviling his Sunday sermon, “does God tell you what to write?” "Yes, my child, God tells me.” * “Then what do you scratch it out for?” In order to join the great silent majority a man must either die or get married.

AIDS FOR PRESIDENT.

Old Cabinet Retained, Except that Corteljron Succeeds Wynne. President Roosevelt Tuesday nominated his new cabinet and sent to the Senate in addition a long list of diplomatic and consular appointments. All the members of his pld cabinet will remain with the exception of Mr. Wynne, who is succeeded as Postmaster General by George B. Cortelyou. Mr. Wynne goes as consul general to London, a lucrative post. Whitelaw Reid of New York succeeds Ambassador Choate at the court of St. James, the latter retiring. Ambassador Robert S. McCormick of Chicago is transferred from St. Petersburg to France, Ambassador Porter retiring. Mr. McCormick is succeeded at the Russian capital by Ambassador George V. L. Meyer of Massachusetts, transferred from his present post at Rome. Edwin H. Conger of lowa is transferred from China to Mexico, succeeding Ambassador Powell Clayton, a promotion in rank. Henry White of Rhode Island, now secretary of legation at London, Is the remaining new ambassador, being chosen to fill the place at Rome made vacant by Ambassador Meyer's transfer. William Woodville Rockhill, who goes as miu'ster to China, is now director of the Bureau of American Republics. He is an acknowledged authority on Chinese matters and was selected because of his special qualifications. Dr. David J. Hill of New York, formerly Asssistant Secretary of State and now minister to Switzerland, is transferred to the Netherlands; Heury L. Wilson of Washington from Chile to Belgium, and John B. Jackson of New Jersey divides his old post with John W. Riddle of Minnesota, retaining Greece, Montenegro and Bulgaria himself, while the latter is given Romnania and Servia. The nominations of former Senator Quarles of Wisconsin to be district judge at Milwaukee and of former Senator Cockrell of Missouri to be Interstate Commerce Commissioner were confirmed by the Senate without reference to committee. - •

NEW TRAFFIC MANAGER.

Promotion of C. F. Daly to Responsible Position with Three Roads. Since the reorganization of the Vanderbilt roads east of Chicago, a short time ago, several changes have been made In the operating department. The most important is the promotion of Mr. C. F. Daly from the position of assistant general passenger agent of

C. F. DALY.

the Lake Shore to that of passenger traffic manager of the Lake Shore, Michigan Central and Lake Erie & Western. Mr. Daly came to Chicago three years ago from the Lake Erie & Western, where he had been general passenger agent. His promotion to so responsible a position is a deserved tribute to Mr. Daly's ability as a railroad operator. Some further changes in the Vanderbilt lines are expected in the near future but have not yet been announced.

GOTHAM CAR LINES TED UP.

All the Employes on Subway and “L” Roads Go on Strike. A strike by 5,000 employes of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, operating the subway and Manhattan Railroad elevated lines In New York City, which took effect at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning, was one of the most complete in its early stages of any in the history of New York. After the hour set no train was started with union crews, they all having quit when the terminals of the various lines weye readied. The calling of the strike was precipitated by the action of the company, through General Manager Hedley, in issuing a final and flat refusal to accede to the demands of the men. These demands were as follows: The elimination of physical examination for motormen save for color blindness. A workday of nine hours or less for all classes of employes except tower switchmen, who shall work only eight hours. A 10 per cent Increase In wages for all classes of employers except motormen. Train schedules restricting motormen to 100 miles a day. Relays of six minutes for rest at southern terminals of all lines. All motor work to bo done by motormen. All work over the nine-hour limit to be paid for at overtime rate*

Foreign News Notes.

The Colima volcano iu Mexico is again active. Father Gopon, the Russian labor leader, is hiding in Paris. The German Government will adhere to its naval policy of building battleships. Great distress prevails In western Ireland as a result of the failure of the crops. The railway strike In Italy is extending, and the trains for Rome and Florence are delayed. Twenty people, four of whom were Americans, hav een killed by Yaqul Indians in Mexico. The Hungarian Parliament was formally dissolved by Emperor Francis Joseph at Budapest. Several Americans have been captured smuggling tobacco into Canada In the Rainy River district The railroads running from Warsaw to the German and Austrian frontiers are tied nyby strikes.

A Nuisance.

What? Who? Any one who rings the door bell and leaves a bandbill wound about the door knob. A man or boy may not be seriously thought of who ventures upon private property and noiselessly leaves his advertisement; but. he who comes to the door, rings the bell, takes one from their work, simply to find the program of a minstrel troupe or even a sacred concert, takes an unauthorized liberty, and, as the matter stands now, through an almost daily repetition, becomes a nuisance. Whoever you are, man or boy, remember this, you have no more right to pull a door bell for the purposes of advertisement than you have to pull a person’s nose.

Found at Last.

Alston, Mich., March 13th, —(Special.) —After suffering for twenty years from Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles, and spending a fortune in doctors and medicines that brought him no relief, Mr. James Culet of this place has found a complete cure for all his aches, pains and weakness, in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Naturally Mr. Culet—feels much elated over his cure and gives great credit to the remedy that gave him health. “Yes,” Mr. Culet says, “My Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles are all gone and I feel like a new man. Dodd’s Kidney Pills did it. Before I used them I spent a small fortune on doctors and one remedy and another. I cheerfully’ recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to anyone suffering from Rheumatism or Kidney’ Trouble.’ Dodd’s Kidney Pills always euro «ick kidneys. Healthy kidneys take all uric acid—the cause of Rheumatism—out of the blood. That's why Dodd’s Kidney Pills always cure Rheumatism.

Salzer’s Home Builder Corn.

So named because 50 acres produced oo heavily, that its proceeds built a lovely home. See Salzer's .catalog. Yielded in Ind. 157 bu., Ohio 160 bu., Tenn. 193 bu., and in Mich. 220 bu. per acre. You can beat this record in 1905.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE YIELDS? 120 bu. Beardless Barley per acre. 310 bu. Salzer’s New National Oats per A. SO bu. Salzer Speltz ami Macaroni Wheat. 1,000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre. 11 tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay. 60,000 lbs. Victoria Rape, for sheep —per A. 160,000 lbs. Teosintc, the fodder wonder. 54,0,00 lbs. Salzer’s Fodder Corn —rich, juicy fodder, per A. Now such yields you can have in 1905, if you will plant my seeds. JUST SEND THIS NOTIC" AND 100 in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lq Crosse. Wis., and receive their great catalog and lots of farm seed baniples. LC. N. U.j

A Religious Measure.

Doctor J. Everist Cathell, a clergyman of Des Moines. lowa, was spending a few days in Montreal while off on a holiday. lie visited the different churches, and in one Of them noticed an odd arrangement of the prayer desks. Wishing to understand the reason, he looked around for the sexton. No one was about except a workman in thi“ rear of the church. Approaching him,’ Doctor Cathell said — “My man. I am an American clergyman and have found much of interest in these Canadian churches. But there Is something here that 1 do not understand. Can you tell me if this is ‘High Church’ or not?” The workman considered the question seriously for a moment, and then replied—"l never heard that question asked before, sir, but I believe it is thirtyfive feet to the ridge-pole.”

NERVOUS HEADACHE

MARRED A YOUNG WOMAN’S HAPPINESS FOR SEVEN YEARS. Interfered With Her Social Duties and Threatened to Cause Her Retirement —How She Was Cured. Every sufferer from nervous headache knows how completely it unfits one for the duties and pleasures of life. Any little excitement, or over-exertion, or irregularity brings it on. Sometimes the pain is over the whole head. Again it is like a nail driven into the brain, or a wedge splitting it open, ora band tightening about it. At one time it is all in the top of the head, at another it is all at the base of the skull. Most headaches can be traced to some faulty state of the blood. When the blood is scanty or charged with poison, and the nerves are imperfectly nourished and the digestion weak, one of the commonest results is frequent and severe headaches.

The important thing is to get rid of the diseased condition of the blood that causes the attack by the use of a remedy that will do the work quickly and thoroughly. What is that remedy ? The experience of Miss Ellen McKenna furnishes the answer. She says : “ For more than seven years I was a great sufferer from nervous headache and dizziness. My stomach was disordered, and I became so restless that I could not sit still any length of time. Dizziness interrupted my work greatly. At first the attacks were not so severe, hut they gradually grew more violent, aud finally became so acute that I was on the point of relinquishing my membership iu the different organizations to which I belonged.” “What saved you from that necessity?” “A very simple thing; the call of a member of one of the clubs,who strongly advised me to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills before giving up. I acted on her suggestion at once, and after steadily using this great blood and nerve remedy for two months, my headaches aud my dizziness entirely disappeared. Miss McKenna is secretary of the Associated Ladies’ Guild, and resides at No. 48 Wait street, Roxbury, Mass. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have cured many hundreds of similar cases, and can be confidently recommended to drive all poisons from the blood aud to give needed strength to the nerves. Every druggist keeps them.

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

One Hundred Years Ago. Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated for the second time President of the Uniled States. M'mne.-ata, east of the Mississippi, was made a part of Michigan territory.. The month of the Cuyahoga river, where the city’ of Cleveland now stands, was made a port of entry on Lake Erie. Nine French gunboats, attempting to get into Brest, were captured by British frigates. Seventy-five Years Ago. Bread riots occurred in Liverpool. The French Chamber of Peers and Deputies met at Paris. The "Book of Mormon," written,by Solomon Spaulding, was published in New Yorff. William Cramp established his famous shipyards at Philadelphia. The Indiana State road from Lake Michigan to Madison, on the Ohio, was begun. Abraham Lincoln's father moved with his family from Indiana to Macon comity. 111. The first regular news boat to intercept packet ships for foreign intelligence was put in commission in New York.

fifty Years Ago*— President Pierce* vetoed the French spoliation bill, and it failed in the House of the requisite vote to pass over the veto. The House of Representatives received President Pierce's veto of the ocean steamer bill and attempted to pass it over the veto, but failed. Ratifications ol the treaty of alliance between Sardinia and the western powers were exchanged. Sardinia transmitted to -other governments the declaration of war against Russia. The first steain tire engine built for the city of Boston was exhibited in Baltimore. forty Years Ago. Confederate deserters to the Union lines at Richmond brought report of the capture of Waynesboro by Sheridan. Gov. Oglesby of Illinois issued a proclamation urging the citizens to respond in tilling a deficiency of 14,000 in the. State's quota of troops. Reports from Washington, D. C., stated that 2,000 deserters from the Confederate lines had reported ami taken the oath of allegiance within a month. Forty of these were officers.

Thirty Years Ago, Fifty lives weredost by the burning of a factory in Gottenburg, Sweden. Tlie Forty-third Congress adjourned after putting a damper on the Jjarce bill. Ot an original population of 52.000 in one district in Asia Minor, 20,000 had died of the famine then prevailing. The German government issued a decree prohibiting the importation of American potatoes. A snow storm with a precipitation ranging from two to eight inches occurred along.the Ohio river. A bill to admit Colorado as a State was approved, and a similar measure concerning New Mexico was defeated in Congress. The Pope ordered the Austrian bishops to comply with the civil law requiring reports to be made to the State of the roster of priesthood. It was taken as an unusually conciliatory move. Twenty Years Ago. Grover Cleveland was inaugurated President of the United States. President Cleveland signed the order placing Gen. Grant on the retired list with pay. There were 900 armed boomers in Arkansas City, under Capt. Couch, ready to start into Oklahoma. President Cleveland sent to the Senate his cabinet nominations. Objection was made to Bayard for Secretary of State and the confirmation vote went over. News reached the Occident that French re-enforcements from Tonquin had raised the siege at Tuyen Kwan and driven tlie Chinese besiegers away in confusion. Ten Years Ago. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt in New York secured an absolute divorce and tlie custody of their three children. The marriage of Anna Gould to Count do Castellane took place in New York. In a battle between bank robbers and citizens at Ade), lowa, one robber was killed, six citizens wounded, afid the other robber captured.