The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 269, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 12, 1899 Page: 4 of 8
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OKLAHOMA -TATE CAPITA!.: Sl"M>Al MOKM.NG, >! VK< 11 1-,
I
The State Capital. ...
* advan -
fUROUl
By the State Capital Printing
FRANK H. QREER, Editor.
hriltlAI. *U T|\4. OKL\HO A
|* H I % w*S«M I ITION
to
nmu Cfi the doom ar.d ew. •* ir.t >
th* Repubi.c is b^ir4f plusby the
poller o* -*p*r.s: n. Put. unfortunately,
Mr. Ci* ve'and c d n*x ■;->-,«* a"--.! trverr-
f* re b* tent a letter •? r~*rr . ntatr.inc
the following eaplanatlor :
! retrret e-sr^-edana ly thai la: n t prom-
ise m> +*-it the plMtun t par: . a-r.g
m the celebration of Mr. Sihurt # *« ven-
t.eth birthday. I find that an enr ire-
men*, which lhad h >|>ed me t V r- '•«-
p-med. wi ! prv ent my «*
i aint Year
House Now
A U i.ii_ x
A .1: mtrtt' s «.f the Ok jn.-n.
Pr-*s ui>v« • iAUor :> h*-rwb) v. •-! to mw
in Quthrte on Friday, Murvh Id «:
o clock p. m for thv puryoM «f *«-.et-tir.t
ffven *ieirc*tes to the national «- l.t<. rt
O'r.vftitwo t> h* held at IVir.ki Ore
in July, liofa. Th;s mee.r.g i ms*-* n«
aary Ak th re^s. n that the na:. na. It ;> neefl. ss i -. • lat : S *■■ ti
conwatton i# called two n*>r.tha earner 0f tJ*- n*>«t urir r.t rea;*':1* ce'ud have i
tlUlt \•< i ....... : Mr , • . V . ; IV '. 1. «; .*
tribute of admiration to a loyal o'd fr :^d
l'k M S- -t V - T.S
were. and th r.atur ot the previous en-
frajretTxi.: which deprivt?*! the fi*lve
1 of his presence are i.to..)
shown in nhe following d.spa-
Richmond. V i Mat ' 2—F.v-Pr *-ident
Th-* tin nr of the H * Clipper is
rr.«:rv T-r i ^ al>0u 1
• ■ w • • •
•"v.. vo w«... ha aa>> "The
* th- dtt<>na] we. and 'us aaa never
J. R v Akl'rtKIiU PresMeot-
f/)N WHARTON 8«cr. tary.
n>oi \« Eii.AT.
« r. .rxe m •- i a «u.sr. Sate
for eft* e>rk. aut <ot t- the Wtil of the 0
leput; . .m ;
I.. KJCNNKDT
At the * ' '' * f m.'.r.y i« I
hereby announce myaeif a* a CM^ilVl
for the office of city attorney ubi* i to
tne avUon of tr.^ repu - i prir-.i- •
ADELBKRT
I fr^ceby announce mvs#if a candidate
f>r the office -f r.ty attorney aubject to
rhe will of the republican primary elec-
tion.
DANIEL W1DMKR.
E.
Rf
and
j Evans pasaed throug
private car. bound t <r
a huntirx xp*-dH:o:
1 here^\ mnoumv mye-:: a candidate
for re-election for t-.e office of police
}ndr< ivtf '.-ot t.- the will . f th^ repuSlicaa
prtmar>- elodion.
M. I.. MOCK.
T hereby anr v.r my<-!f f r re-nom'.-
nation for mayor, subject to the will of
the republ can primsrf s.
REN". T RERKEi
A", the solicitation ? many friends I
hereby anr u: e myse.f - a • dlda*-
for the office of city marshal aubject to
the action o? the ref :t>!tcan primaries.
W. W. PAINTER.
t <"5rovcr Cle-
Fiftht.r.n Bo
. to-n^icht in *
I Carliona, oi
• r«rty was buialv enpar^l in a iram«* i f
i card* when th* train pulled -.nto :h *:a- j
' tion.
In other wv.rda. Mr. Cleveland had a
previous «*nira«r*^m-nt w:th the du*%ks
wh.ch th1 ae unreasoning b.rd>« r^u>- d t -
poatpoT e. It was exactly 1 k~ a*: ■■■« n
which «. se while he was In th White
House. wh*«n an enxagameot tv r4 ^nlj e '
shootine on L*ecoration Day compelled
hhr. to decline an invitation to part pai?
in the m^m- rial exerclae^ of th- Grand i
Army. Mr Schuri wl!l doubt'ess b -\'-
i5fled with this exp'.an ion If h- isn't
he can whist ur*:l h - r* ..rives a bnttrj
one .
: > f t'. * Dir., r.v." -aid J .in
Branson aj#t U nday he atepped into ,
th- • tinulr.it he ?s>d. "M> w'.r >
re*d a merchant'® advert # ment who w«
ffer.r.g rallco at IS cents a yard and ne
told m<* to buy 5 mt f :t and I ve' rfO «
ten w a merchant It was" He wa
ha: Vd an -xtra and a' - r • ki*.*
over th paper «• x ■>aimed, "H re It is"
a: d :n- !r . • -t M- r-
•Jie erntor.v as to the *tent of the d.*m-
*eat' -r It a« ems *hat no fren^ra! Inquiry !
has be*-r. made «rv > this important mat- i
ter by any parti ular peraon. but ttoaxe i
irr«- wers have, for their own interest In
the matter, rt.tmin^ to a limited extent
and th y find that about two-thirds of
he rop has be- n killed. Th:a Is a rough
estimate. The nature of the peach tr -e
Is to put out quite early In thia climato. .
and as a const-quen a great many buda ,
will prr-.-d. their fellows several da; «. In
thia . i.-- buds,, would, of course, be kill- j
ed by such severe weather. The tendency |
•f peach tr - s in Ok' > >ima is to over-
bear and many or hard 1st a claim t*v ? :
crop will be large enough anyway. j
El Reno News. There la some reason j
for the belief that Judge McAtee w . take |
A IMP. OP TH F. II ti 4 HOP.
WLe rd r.i to government statu s the
hay crop of 1^*" was * rth In
3IS* the acreage was larger and the yie I
better, although prices were not so high
and th, total valui was Th*
people realise that the hay fit-Id is one
of the riches: sources of our national
wealth richer than the coal or iron mines
or the !um4«er forests or any other pro-
duet of the soil or fact on* with the ex-
ception of corn. The value of the wheat
crop In 1M* was l.tSC TV " and the value
of th^ corn crop was $m£&3.4> L-ast
year s bay crop ji the 1'nlted Stat«s was
worth one-third more than all the g. d
the w<orld produced and twice as much
aa th*- silver. During the ast fiscal year.
we inn* rted worth -f hay
fr. m Canada. T ■ re would havt? ber. n
more but for th. high tanff Imposed by
t.ie Dingh y law We exported more than
r.. «• - ' • M' X ; Soutn
America and ::.e -ti" : - T xport*
will be much larger next year beoaus--
we ar.- . a v to C ar.c
Porto Rk j to feed e h r> s ft armj
which have not y : me accustomed v \ ' n - j*
to the aifa'.fa snd *ut.i: cane that cor .
stttutes the fodder of t* et ropics. Xo hay ] everybody
la giv wii In th*- hot e*Mintrtes: grn«r« will \ g« d chlten at a glai
nrt rtand the hot rays of the sua. Th. no avoiding him He
chief food fi>r a&hnals Is alfa'fa. a kind In thf ty ard is as a
of dow which is JuKy and nutrit >us. : vemment as aw
and grows the who!e year r jn ! It 1> carlsm is of an h -res
never ..r -d Y at - « u; - >h e\ • - > *r m- . 4-. • t r-e t
!nr and peddled f - vrh the streets Vrr> ' - • r r <
the back of d -akeys t • th «se who art- publican pr.mariea.
——
fcsrse*. New Tork Is the best hay market J-v - V. V Bar I
anno
J -.Klg" M k • • r i
t9 himself for re-norolnatlon for the of-
fice of police judge. This may be the flr«t
news to a great many cltisens that such
an Inst^ut'on a* a police c urt ext<s T >
all such It may be necessarv to state that
Judge M k has mad. * ry po-
lice judge, both to the clt zena whose
peace and quiet, he has protected and ,.i
culprits who at an evil hour mistook 'he
purpose for which they were pla **d on
this narth and proce«led to raise a little
sheol. Jud(r«' Mock is consider 1 a u*t
3ud^e by even those whom he punished.
There is no malice added to his assess-
ment of fines for interest that makes the
cuJprlt ren.'h d wn in his pocket for the
fr. w with * meahat of a christian s con-
vlOdM of dut/ and ; «n!tenc*v Or t .•• r>:h-
er hand. Ml |W| rn.in ever escaped.
This is a rare dual virtue of a ; Jdge that
few posses.
mars
W. W. Paltfter ha
aa a candidate for
Painter has held several position#
trust in this county and city and has i
ed them aaiis fact only, e ka> .ever t«t
defrtited when he started out to get
v ffice. If elected as marshal, he wo;
Ice force on an unlf r-m ri
metropolian form. He kno
nd can tell a riminaJ fr rr
a -• e -
cr tear;.
ti* of
sK*t..d
trary .-.
be doe
te
of that
ongly He
*. >ns a day. I
-rr.a- ; - -*-
off with the j the j* •> '
attorney general «
tion f the Scandar
good. He char
hio to
v. Tms
-• cars. On
Bl KkMs V N N M
Mayor Berk-; - :.tsver pit . e
noucc-es lumaeif a can: f r re-
e* . v fcr ma r It is
ta n&ak- any fv-*--r Raiakr.t
ca . He has beea a dUin of Gath
lr.ess and poiiirc® ever s - Hi ! . a • rf
never bees found wanting when .: csx
to tar pr.; - to tsiitst i ta. • f:. ' 1
es:> of GWfene. ii > eaergy .v - h.s c.
fcav« ahway. been ax the dfepoaal ; aver>
r*ac or public etarttt. Iwk'tfcL"
In aaothsg place are r^-nt^-d soma fig-
ures f the c-ni . r. of the .y *drr.:- .. . -
tration d-ring his term of offi.-e iha: The y
speak f r tbemselrea. They abow a g #at
saving of rr r.ey f r the c*.-,.. aa*-ra tm- a ~
a r- : .f taxes.
Tae c.tixema can lo;k at •-*■** gur
and study : e tnnari'.'.ve f^ --
1 II I t \I.O \ l Us i'liiti I I! H«.
guide lu *ffair-
> ears .tgo the supreme
! regulating the matter
■which ♦ strict " The r
! the chief justice, wo 1
t adopted rule
rhlch judge t
Ml I
Way- each associate justice, should be
privilege to select his district in .2 or- 1
der of seniority on the bench. When this
rul* was adopted Dale was chief justice
and Burford senior associate justice..
McAtee has always wanted the B R 0 j
d.strict or at least it is so reported, and
as he r >w holds the pla. . senior ass -
idju
It he would be entltW
after Judge Rurford t
It - not knnrn whether the present su-
preme^ court will abide by these rules or
trn kf new ones, and it is a matter that
the people and esp. ia«ly l«ar of t.iis
city will watch aith no little interest.
HATE THE GERMANS.
Eipalilos uf Daar* from gorth ,
Si'klrin i( Vcuuori Bitter Feel-
lag la Scasitaatla.
Trof. Georsre Brandes Mime time aro
t^rerd to visit Berlin lc Mhrtr *u !
t.".;reis before the Preu tiMciaiion of
that citv, but later on declined to keep
his engagement md acoouct of tfce ex-
pu *. r of Panes fr. \orth 6cii esw r
In an explanatory .etter be says that
the Germans do cot seem to realize the '
bitter fcelil| which the expulsions |
; a - i \ thv Scar :ravia rer-
eral.t. He then writes: "It is prec.se-
Iv because our government preserves
si er.ee that the w unds caused to the
nationaJ feeling by these measures
burn the deeper Into the hearts of the
people The theory -hat ac agitation is
beir r conducted from Copenhagen to
restore, by force if necessary. North
>chie*wig to Denmark ,e u>o absurd to
require serious notice. In a- Denmark
r. -. a sinr.e man thinks of such a th.nj.
T to-day cr.e cant *. ecsv r.s'.ze a
pt:p> by force." The Danish inhabit-
ts f S r leswlxr, be rees on to ssy. do
not i::?n"d to pive up their mother-
ror.pue even shou"c their children re-
cede to ins*r s in it. nor dc they
• • c • rtf . a I ti - r ti|[I t of f ree-
■ 1 .'tii vrltll ti r '
brother* o: sisters serosa the fret tier,
r,. — i - s :: >• * .-• ur.
that just as they inv ke the sympathy
7*. • - t -e .: 1 - • r r .. • r e «
- iS' erer • _■■ - •.- -f w ; speak
It may be i.i.:? .n a strange .and.
vi K. (I.IMI %MI w RM.RIT
^ - v - - . S" • a i
this w~-k in honor oi Carl Sirr.ura w as " FRa.v >' " V} - v
a br-:: i*n: anJ flattertng ff&ir, 1; Wat
nev«rtbeW i di«ap>>.nt^ng la that am :>f
(he most eminent of the nv-.t«<il gvea^s
of Ol-aton, taae* ts* ; of oat n. a..
was unaUe to gUend. It wa> intimated r.oima> ax^a fcreaata^. foods. i ~z sais
a seek cr two ago chat Mr. Grovtt C«eve-1• grocrca.
THE ACEM.: HIGH GRADE PAIXTS AP.E THE MO?T Dl.TV.KBLE OF
ANT ON THE MARKET. GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS MOST
fEAUTirn. LEAR TONED SHADES. WILL COVER • SC. "ARE F.l-IT
T*VO COATS. DON'T PAY C.5® POR INFERIOR PAINT la WHEN YOU
CAN GET THE A ML HIGH GRADE FOR I". ia.
Eagle Drua Store.
I UNARD ^lCMOL*, Pro-jrUtor
harritoi AieM Ttliphsai Id.
REMOVED..
W. M. BEiONSON.
Loans, Abstracts
and Sns^rance.
Has Removed to 118 OJai.oma \\enue. Black Building.
Farm Loans a Specialty.
"*me or the earnest civ izatlon. "the j
strict between Moi.rt Ararat :.:.d the
upper reaches of the Tigris and F.u«
phrates.
A FEAT IN GLASS DLOWIHG.
—
it t npretention* llutian IVannni
Expert* a Trick la Tkelr
Om ■ Trade.
Ftr.peror N'icl:. !as wished to illumi-
nate tht Alexander coiiran in a pnutd
tyk* The style of tie rouoc lamps to
t«e used for the purp-** was indicated
atxi tiie y asees ordered at the. manufac-
tory. where the workmen exerted them-
telves in vain, and almost blew the '
breath out of their bodies in the en-
ieavor to obtain the ceairt-c siie.
The cemmissioa mn>t bv executed—
ha; waa self-evident; but how?
A great premium was - ffered to the
ne who could solve the problem. Again
ho human bellows toiled and puffed.
Their object seemed unattainable;
when ti ast a lon^-bearded Euasiaa
Itepped forward and declared that he
:ocld do it—he bad strong lurg-s, he
would oniy rir.se hi mouth first with
1 i.ttie water to refresh them.
He applied his mouth to the pipe.
\rJ. |r ifft-U to «ieh i urpose that 'he
trecus ball swelled and ; ,.:ffed near.;>
0 the required dimensions, up to X'lcs.
>eyond them.
"Hid! H old 1** cried the lookers on.
You are doing too much; and hew die
iou do It all?"
"The matter is simple enough." ar.
• vered the 1 ng beard, '"but nrst. wh(r
s my premium?"
And when he had ciut< bed the pron
-t d nty. he explained.
Re had reta t ac some of the water in
lis n> th. which had, pas^d therce
to the glow -,g ball, and then becom-
j steam hoc rec^ered him th.s good
service.
snail-hungry paris.
PI rr Ton* a I>«y Are Fatten la th*
Preach Capital—>ote uf
later eat.
Upward of 100.000 pounds of tnailt ]
are eaten every day by the res; ients of
the gay French cap;ta thf ar.ail market
being the bu^es-t .ncusiriai mart in <
Paris
A Swiss society ha§ laid otit an Al-
pine garden at Montreux a: an ele a
tion of 6*000 feet, where the character-
istic trees and flowers of the country
are to be cuhivated.
Experiments seem to show that a
large octLr. steamer, going at 10 knot*'
an hour, will move more than two miles ,
after the engines have been stopped and
re* - rsed.
i . re l.7* r. vr over ?v/CO hox^Js in
the English language acknc wledged by
the bt-st authorities, or about 70.00C,
more than in the German. French.
Spa:.:sh ar.c I ta .at combined
The Dritish steamship Grsr.eewood
ran out of coai when 300 miles from Hal-
ifax. and in order to reach her port used
her cargo of beet sng-j* for fuel. The
sugar was wtrtfc $6 a ton.
In Iceland met. aa . wenen ere 1c
every respect p^lttics e^'.ui! . The na-
tion. wh .h numbers about ? X*) peo-
ple. is governed by representatives
elected by men and women together.
The curious fact that corn, potatoes
and other planta thrive better when
placed in r w« running north and south
has now been proved P.anted thus
they obta.n more unif rm and regu.a:
light.
.-even miles ar hottr is the camel'i
be*t p&ce r r can i*. maintain this rati
over two hours Its usual speed i*
about five miles an hour—a slow, lour.g
:r.g pace, beyond which it is danger
ous to urge them.
Pithon in Polanl.
Whn* .* sender, -ays the New York
Times, than the way in w hich the Poles
' P r issla weTe forced to gr'< ■
the comirg oe n tell try of their rre^t
give m r ey * •- he erect ion of a moc-
ment wh_ich wa? to keep alive the
memory oi Mickiewicx. but were not al-
to print or m-rtlcr in any way
s name The day the monument was
nreiled «-r-eeche« were profcifc t«ed. and
no applanse was heard Wha* the
-r wd d'd wj r. the tdo men w&*
f *r wy *o k"ep a dead iriience. but
'verv . 1 w<« - **red
eistoric wi:ce cellar.
Iicprrian Dltrorfrtf Vtdr by T^*€
urro is l iplorfM la
Asia Minor. -
T ei: er. I r i.eick W: was a«-
i* ■ *. n ."•ptcoer i.s- wL..e pro—
c-ting h.i it . * r. Assa Minor, has
Lake Wan Re and Dr. Lehmanr. are
ui, :he st of thtir txpec*: n is be-
'ng defrayed from a f^nd to wh:ch the
pr.i , #1 con.tr . _"< rs are the aaiser
a: ::e \ rc. « w ititute. mijs a Ber-
. : _. . .. • • . T - s N c-
*e~>r l't the *rj rers. in ex*
can* ng amct.g the r_ cs of a paia<-«
o' •- r oii Cha -ar r. rg Arrastea II-
h c«c u t *ne eighth century before
1 . Tke Arm- nian patn^. - : s have
r rery gra<- —_a to the two Grrra^
f * : 'era and have e*en a. w«e<l them.
. * .tec : r > ■ ?r ' -«> - e a*f.y
ln extreme nt - ■ e iaacrptlo*
frc m ws., A w mcra#tery
It Re^k ar d r « ew e n^e-nd
row v visit tie upper Tigris Mocaul
n 2 Nineveh and *0 nur. .e their ; n-
rest £■+'. : s what ti probably
th + y Tirk -t .I«p«n#-* Wnrkm «
T!very w - - ;r Jsrar. •'« *•'-• 4.
abels attar'-ed to his cap and rack,
•ar;e > s rame. his business ani hi«
John • Onnd *t^«l
^everel aiies sat in one ? - o
icntai dab tariors a few e>er: . c
and discuaaed the virtues cf the r a_;v
bards.
wr Pir £ f*oc." said one cf them,
referring to her Hfe partxer "nevei
iftekl MW tm ear* - - - - • tw."
1 e> : e e -r smc.- • - r«
asked.
"Yes he a'ways likes a clear ;su
after be has e-^-en a g"<v E'.t
I s*:pp «e t; at on ar average he doesn'1
amoks ro'-re thar once a ■OBtfc **
Some of her friends langl" ec but shi
didn't seecn to cncerMa:.. why.—
C.cve.and Letter.
The U roll Hrsmrt
Fmr-Vyme: ' Agent—T: ** ar #rt
recotatnecon* ens ^fca* z~-r has n .
S'ra I send f-: r ber to come - a *
M -J I - nstoc —! she t*. :r short"
"Rather tall. roam, but—"
"Is *hf 'at r. t h n ""
"Rather stent, mum; a good
*rr * i*—"
of e^e-
! I ha'e."—> a Wee
tee indian game of golf.
T%i mty Rfdaru Will Play Tkelr Ci
cltlns I'URr at tke Paris
Fair Sen leur
Arrarrements have just been com
pie ted with a band of 40 Creek Indians
sa\s a Wichita Kan correspond
ent cf the Chicago Inter Ocean .
to go to Taris in and give the vis
it-rs there ar. exhibition of the t
game w--ch : the most excilitg an;
r_:> gane am ng *he Indi. n tr?be
The In-f.ar.-~ are now exgage<? in prac ,
tice in their reaerratior tear K-jfat,
a and reports from there say that c
number have been fatally wounded
w .e gn>t:g thr; agh Ute game On'}
about 20 Indians are required to p'ai '
. - rate • -jt *he red«►. ns are s ng *c
tike alorg econzh ex'ra players tc
-on; e*e the e*r;es of b games fct
excer
- e - r. c. 1
i-ime .; stmt Jar to g
:t is rr. ich ruder The Incians are ci
vided cn >ide and tie scramble com
mences whti the itauer throws a
e : * •; • h e ' s t L e p a y e r.
•■•art i'-<r it vrith their s* cks. on
ead of which there is a !ittle basket
They are supposed to catch thia bal
with tr.eir sTick? before it r#*jhea th*
g* r. ar-d carry it abcut ur'« tc
• .- il; Umu witb one aifhtjr throw
"f1 it over a high pcie. arc the gnme f
w' n This -riek is n t easily acrom
pi.shed. w_-n the fs : ♦ is r ;.ught tc
1 tbat 1 thar 1 liaaa, with betvi
er none *har. he escapes The twiftes-
nat w r en ther • r• * 'he ball it cat
e : arr ed t the g i. and tr.t rame
w d'd h<
to the cc
-rers : *
nt emcn of the t rvss.'and ir.ritec
em * stay p c • : - a Times
A '.riinitt.
Getting Her Consent
-Won t yc ur wife s*ng for usT' asket
one of the ca era.
-I guess she will; I just asked heme
to*" rep - 'he kriw-.^r husband.— !
Yoa « e rs - a :es ma m
\ Modiltd Title
Bcna-'l Daughter—Mttr.tr rh-
says her papa .« a bet .teas m: Is m;
pa;<a a bar.nes* mac?
V n ^ ma - pr: fi t r icon y) — No
sf ore—Harlem Life
* -e- rep.>d the har
ene-c fe* '" "I sp>ent eight years :
Pr. cress A i *as s- r.g tt t:
IMH ti -er ut...f tue a Bf 01 Inany. bu ,
the had not been tb re very ag be:or sti
n.ais hrrst t i : - - • . Her !«
kavior waa a ru.e aru r^r temp er a«^ ucf \
eraase that n . ^ u i macve br
waer ste wji *r t. vt.• r *- t 'r
i rt ; ■.* | a i .. i k a HrtltWH
■senrr thai oecas oaal.y t:.ey rest-nted
exceed ng ♦ and rem- i t; do hert.ee: r.
and then she indulge 1 .r su pnr a;
rage because ahe tad leen thwarted tha
the most uruui con;. ...eacea wcu.- t-
feared.
■ :.e afternoon, a\ ""at a m ' th tf'.er t
cotnta en cement of her v - t, the k*r.g w
-: zt m . x ■ :■ '
cba bcriaia mvwcM s* d craved i-rt j
ai-a# n to admire#* r. m
.Suddei.ijr a loud screim rang through th-
ree r- T'-.e do?rs n re r :- g • r. and t
enraged pr.ncess rushed . In •
hani *ne bare a large haodfu. ot ha-r wh
SLe hac tom from the beau t . us-' rn.
nate attendant, and ;r. the tctr she bra:
dinned toe fcr-teo eg of a chair.
■ MM "•-«• - k f e riei, as s*. |
humed jorward. "I have eome t. ,n;;st tha
Lady Gertrude be speed; y iltapatched, ii
she hu answered me motk.ngly thrt*
times this ver>- day. J-ee, 1 have tried
puaiah her myself by clinging to he.,
abundant tresses, but I grow weary of t!.«
battle, so now I come to y. j and demand t
h- a- eifadL I detest the weman. (she ahs
die "
"Gently! gently!" said the k r.g, soothing
It. "Mt do wn by nr.y s de, and we will tai;
this natter ver
Bat the pnxccas net listen to rta
s u JSl.e imir.t l.atr > «./rked herself •; nt«
another iury, an-d ft iug her arn.> ruad.y il -
Um air, it. f1' ated aildly that ta
k r.f was qu .e t rr ncd *t her eitraorc.c .
behavior. He rt- : that it w« ul<i v e im j
p.oaaible to interruj t her cr to che- k the tor .
rent of angry w .rds she * as pourit.g forth '
so he sat and listened to her fl of abu« ,
in s «nt amazen-.ent. But suddenly t■ i
coise ceased. The princess' eyes nea:
started from ^er Lead, ar*d w th an od
choking sound ti h*.r throat ahe fell on t
her face an i did r. t movt aga n.
"W2! your majesty five orders for th( j
princess to be emnakned he lore she is re
moved to her own home?" a ked the !> r.
chamberlain, as he cnsu.ted with the k.: (
a; at the tina. arrar.^-metts ilcr roys
mother woalu natura, y w *h t-"> receive her
and m the meantime I will take rare thai
the bad news is gently broken to her."
"Certainly not," sa.d the kirg. err.fhsttr
al'y My n:eoe .► « t^ answerable ii-r be>
death, and she ma ' her* : so thorough!} !
d a.iked cunng htr br.et visit here that I
will not be put to the exj«erse of embalm
tng her Pr.ucesa Alicia never was a fa
vorite of mite, and I will not aik w on«
penny to be aper.t in buying the aec-easary j
drugs and r,-.••-* I do not carvah^t hap ,
pens to her. If you th.nk she .• stiU worth)
oi 1/tiL.g treated with ceremony, then yot
m-«: arrange .; among yourselves. I c«r«
not."
The lord chamherla.n then «uggested t
the council of ; :«? that the prir ees b*
packed :n sugar and sec* to her mother wit!
the annual gift of preserves from the king
Tha p.:a. seemed to be so Mnsib-e tha
e^eryor^ expre-wd himself will.ng to try
«. and accor4mfiy tha body A -.^a pr.nw-a. .
vis conveyed cut cf the ^nd plscet
where the rara of the s>jn w^uid shine upct
;t. While this was he-.ng done the nance 1
lor had an oblong shaped box made for him
and when it was ready they .a;d the pooi
pr n ess gently ins.de t, then they tn \
sprinkled her witb the finest sugar they
could obtain and carefully ck#t-d the lid.
When the sweets were placed n :. e s:
room of Alic.a's mother s palace by iu .
keeper the latter's boy hungered for them
At midnight he • e :ntc the apartment am
t-egan to eat. But a no.s<r .n one cf tn.
b'xes alarmed h.m and he • reamed :r. ter
ror. h^ner coming to n.s resc-e fcun
the pr.ncess sittinjr it upright in the . 5r
"Your roya. h.gimesa." 0e gasped, in as '
tontshmen*. "What are you dc.ng herev
Then ne recollected * nat a terr.n e tempe
the prn *aa p-oaeessed. and he feere- -.La
sr.e w - nat-r*.ly he vex-, d at
herself packec among the dr.ed frmts s-
tn order to prevaat a aett, he humL.;
threw n.mse.f at her feet.
Pardon, princess, hr entreated. "11 u
througn i ■ t m.ne that oai ^ersstn
home m this condition. I cannot understai.
how .; o. _rred But, to h s amazement
:ne prnoess sm.ie-r u;; i h befcre sh«
sp.ke. and wnen she . d s ...ere n:'
.ne trace ,i anr yance n hervo.ee.
There . notr. eg to forgve, si e si :
kindly . I can't remember what broug:
me to th«s p' *rht. : _ . I am sure y.u ar j
not rea^oaatre for t Pernsps a nota ha
beer, ser.t u m* Let as seek it
So the he-rsef tne rtill room rum
•naged tmcr.g tae .gsr. and present^ h '
t'rund the letter ly *.g m a ver- crumple.
i *' tr.e I ttOfll f re box. Um
pr.ncess read the etter ■" . ti.y thrcugh
wi.; then sne . aeu ^eart..} -nam< d : ner
You had better *ee t, 1 th nk." she sa d
shyly. "Ur stay, I w.i! read it aloud
Tc Ir ~:«t r* --5 *w.«
.ui g4tn Mad - - eba!fof thi
members of tfce counci. of state. 1 • :c
forward herewith tfce preserved reman
yc-r daughter Prin.r-es A.lcia and «c
o Inform yoj that sr.s met rer death it
n unexpected rr.*- ;:*r or Mir ia) ast
Ow::.g t. :.v.e many unrecessary quarreii
vtat took ; ^ • during per od of fcei
roya fcighnesa %is:: r. s ma; « tfce k:-|
of Inary considers that bt . entitled tc
refuse ' tt ; -• t: ar.y exper.s- concern.r.g
ure young .ady. tfcerefor^ we. the mem
t-ers of :re state ;. . r.ive enueavore:
to p ease you y em r.g tfce prim eai
. - we;. _r i - - -1 * * a : > .. ^
r . * say s |ht ktoaai the sugar aa)
-FUtatea haseeUor.'**
-en the pr.t eas came to the end ot
tn.s extraordinary uc rumen; sne sighed
"1 am afraid I r ave neen very tiresome,
she sa d regretiu y. But at 1 aii
cnange. I uo not th.nk I couid be crus
new. however much I m.gnt w.at to. "ha:
cat have caused th.s alteration, I wonder
Percapa is the e-gar. suggested thi
kee; er ! tne st.1 room, and the pr.ncea*
\es. that must be it." she de".ared
"Tr.e s^reetueHf ' e ► .ar ua^ a- - ' ere J
into my system wt. e 1 «y r. tre o-x that
t Las emp.eteiy trar. ' rmed my nature
It must have beer, a ttt ; rage that a: ne^r
ly k.. ed me but h w g ad ! am to be a rt
st a.t. -g:i I am very i-rgry 1 w..i
never -«se r. y tern tier 71 "
And the pnn.ess sept ner wcrd so thor
cughly that tn ae . t her rever ever, saw
ner fr -*n. and her g--w*. anp: vement *-.
. Jv. • rl r -• 0
been so rrarre u* tnat t became tf.e fast
• n t. wear a ttle urnp of sugar a; and ths
r- i as t hara. ^-a nst rage, and very srrn
the an try *er wr. n the pr.r.cess reigned
T1«ere 1 * L rs«v ln> Xonej
Traauy 1ub il*e Lafclero
\\ mid*.
Trmppirc a bimcm litis ibcu)
ecu. i in ;Le ««i-ri. A few bo;.,
«nd improv.Ctirt men .-.lill set trap*
aJocp ti.e vari( u* ^ streams o!
Pennsylvania, N' >v \orli and Maine
but the oM-timi tra; ;« r ii gcintf. 1 h«
time was when men had line-.s of trapi
up streams, over rklg ^nd throi. ■
swamp a fcr score > of miles throu. L
densest forest, a ste el trap or dead fail
large enough to hold a mink or marten,
every quarter of a mile 1 r so, and 1
double-spring trap at Mlik« iy" plac 1
u.on.„' tin line. lai p-«- enough to hold «
:tx. wolf. L - n- i" or other l .t ti .••£. A
couple or tltree bear traps were cora
rr.or.ly on the line. Ever} 1< or 12 mi., i
was a little shanty, with ite pile of drj
hickory, fry ing par., a bag of s-alt an;
stretchers fcr the skins, ail of whiei
had iw-er. prepared in the fai! before th<
fur was prime.
Thv lonp- t lineR took a week or II
days to cover. Progrrtis waa slow
B 1 w ift t«> bt olttwd 1 ■ ay from tin
tmp6 after a storm, tlie \ietims had tt
be skinned, the traps re-set and re
baited. Deer were shot to supply th#
bait. All alone, the trapper, with uv
ax or rifle and a light pack containing
food, followed Lis line by tlae biavt«
marks he had cut on the trees. It wa<
a life of toil and hardj\hip. Sometime'
the men were lost, and in the sprit r
< r years after, their bones would bi
found with the ni^e.: a* or rifle*. Thi
remuneration wan. not great, but larc
• be tea^tfof la Umdaj iwhei
a prime mink brought $10 to $12 each.
The old trappers are mostly dead
The new ones are guides, and trappini
for S!00 to $ 0 a winter is r.ot over
tempting t the men who get $C; to U
per day guidi:
marriage of "perkins."
in Object I.M*on In the i;conoalst
of Matrimony In the City
of Cliloaeo,
They calied him "Perk" fcr short
because they were too busy u get the
"ins" to make tiie full name, sayi
the Chlcayo Inter Ocean. IYrk r.eMi
did much in the way of support
ing himself, but h- let his marrud -
ter do the pre *. 1: 1*. She h .d do ♦
this for so many years that he began to
think that * was her -v. Ir *1 .
summer time he p yed a i rr.et at t
**chutes" and flirted witb the girls
La.vt summer he me t a ng L-irl
the "chutes" arc fell in . ^ w.-i 1- -
^Vhen w .j;ter hit <. •. .j-ati ti wai
gone, and he *ai too .<zy t i t
Other. He spent his time rt.!.:rg
an bi 11 c'~ . ■« hi waa • - ; - wor
Ir. a restaurant at seven dc.lars pei
week to suppior* herself
On< Sunday recent Terk *'• _■
that life would be unbearable wit:
money she ha r h .^am<
s in from Bow
manville, found his ir.ar
do the tiiir.g up In romai
aticst • ihej
eloped to Wisconsin. It
tc ok the cir''*
week's wages to ] r ti.
e railroad far*
across the state line.
Thev micl1
have had the knot tied 1
!.e-re at le*- x
pense. but that would 1
. a ve taken <•■ti
all the romance. Nobo
dy would have
prevented their marryii
Dig. as no on
cared. After Perk had
been ixxarried
he wrote to his slater.
saying: "V.
be home Monday night.
I hope every*
thing wi.l be aii r ght.
It was ail wrong For
when Ferk ar.<
his brice ret
v-mn: ^ 11 • -i t
d^-r v a.= - .t a* .1 •• •
were told tha
there was no ron: ' r
them there
in parlous times.
MckB«lon« of the Olden Tin 6
to Be Railt *vlth Many
Seert-i l*i«M^r«.
The enward march cf bu -11- g pr; 7.
resf has unearthet manv secre-> con*
ree'ed with th** c'; ■ • t nana: * 1
this city Tie la- -<r to \ !-'•! up its >*-
CTets tc the wor'.-" is the «-• Hamilton
mansion, v. hi ?h has .fTeted the storms
of a cent .. a ha f in W ; ar j
cemetery say s the Philadelphia Record.
In tt-ar „* . m : • . . f t i.i- - • wa .a
the i>-s'r vers tii.- overed several in-
geniously concealed stairways These
led fr, in secret panels 1 t th- gr> 1 1
floc-r to rooms in the secom! :u il tl:'r4
stories. Another secret stairway lea *a
; blind room? which :i!s h.as a secret
existence. Why thes< rooms were
built there is much dot.I t. It is pretf*
well settled that Will ni liar- -
who bought the grounds ar.d rransi n
:n 1T4T, had t: m n t pan - . -
ranged so that he could escape if it. be*
came necessary He wa« . t or.e time
resting under the charge of high trea-
son. aad tha times al <;
of the rev t on were a: \ t' rg b t
quiet. The Han.. 1 ton mar.si n is by nti
means the only 1 wi h these !
retreats. Tha old Pci 1 use t •
Zoologt 'al gardens * . -1 >. • - ...
aages and stairways There are
sage ways in that ci* h .st - r
living to-day can tell the
ity of. If people pa«*sed
it must have bees lone bj yin^di • n
«r<i ,T1« :ir«r ui..: f '. r :t'w ,.:C ad.-..t
cf pr: gress in no other w s r.
perl in en t rrlth Sulphur
A Port ... .1 Hi . ; • s.
found that he exhales nlphnroua
ftJir'a and -1 - - - . T.r ' tc - 1 s
pocket ti-ne-d quite i lack. He savi
that the st w r watch cf the mate of a
vessel which brought a carco of mj!«
ocghJy blackened from ti.e same cause
"e nt.
V ~ Mnefa Gral> Akwil.
11 • trr.'wer-Bcw i y:u ^rst dis
e- yc*.r ao^l 'y to abstjwn foo«
Through joining 1
t ocT t.a.' 7- toeraag in thf
r Sicutr
: ua
s; en. c exirp e of A c.a a. ways b-efcrt
tnea aer sut.er.s qncl.'y learat never tc
ppear croai • r pat t, ho«-rv-r r'eat
might be the t rrv •• ?.- - — Myra Enm_t t
n '.'noago Times-Hera t
'toonx Cannon on Sled*.
The Cars tj r verr rt vrt rr ordet
to have the : ver.tei.t« of -s nrtl 'cry
made quick and effective, has mounted
mar.y earnor; on sJeda sn that they rrxv
b* swr-.ft t ^rawn over the siiOwr ws-tea
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