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THE ENID ECHO.
J. K. D KT WILL It, Cd. and Fro*.
tfNID,
OKLAHOMA
OL..1HOL1 4HD1MDIANTBREITOET
The Alton city jail has never had an
occupant,
A (ilencoc bank already has 310,000
on deposit
A half-section near Blackwell recent-
ly sold for *10,000.
Amos A. Kwing, territorial coal oil
inspector, has resigned.
A Chandler merchant rings a bell
every time he makes a sale.
Machinery has been ordered for a
nerr ice plant for Ponca City.
Dave Payne's first claim on the Chi-
caska river recently changed hands.
From every town in Oklahoma cocoes
the cry of scarcity of dwelling houses.
Twenty-seven prospectors arrived at
Oklahoma recently from one Indiana
'-own.
There is a movement for the territory
to have its school books printed at
home.
Oklahoma has skating and it is
claimed that it is the first in ten
years.
The new county officers of the 23
counties of Oklahoma are mostly new
men.
An Enid girl received five letters
from the Philippines in one one mail
recently.
Hansom Payne is in Washington
urging the location of a land office at j "m-^\ong
El Reno. petual and proposes 85,000,000 of cap-
Lee Warren, of Shawnee, lost a knee atock
cap by the accidental discharge of a
. r. The Oklahoma LI
shot gun.
Vinita enforces the Cherokee law
making vaccination compulsory.
The I/eader complains because pas-
sengers to and from Ix'high haw to
ride in box cars.
The first patent to a town lot in the
Chickasaw nation was issued to J. M.
Franklin, of Colbert.
A postofHce has been established at
Tucha, Cherokee nation, with Ceo. 11.
Dromer as postmaster.
A postoflice has been established at
Amalala. Creek nation, I. T., with El
mer K. Hayward as postmaster.
The company having control of the
asphalt beds in the Choctaw nation
bus ordered the beds of bitumen there
closed.
Timber cotters are having a hard
time of it in the Kiowa and Comanche
country. Deputy marshals landed ten
of them.
The Rock Island Indian Territory
express commences carrying mail be-
tween Kansas City and Chickasha on
January 14.
A stranger lost a bet that he could
buy a quart of whisky in South Mc
Alester; the town that claims to be the
dryest on earth.
One buyer in Ardnore pays an aver-
age of 81,000 for furs in a season, and
there are buyers in most of the towns
of Indian Territory.
John McGratb, a prisoner at the re-
form school at St. Cloud, Minn., charged
with larceny, was arrested at South
McAlester, several days ago. confessed
bis identity, and has been taken back.
A charter has been taken out for a
railroad from Kiowa. Kansas to "at or
near Shrevcport," I,a. The road would
The charter is per-
Where red clover has been sown in
Oklahoma it is said to have made a
j*ood setting.
Indian Territory cattle aie in fine ^reatcst cattle region in the country
shape; batter than ever before, accord
Stock association
will hold its annual convention at
Woodward February 13-15. No other
meeting draws such crowds. Wood-
ward is in the exact center of the
ing to reports.
Chaa. II. Filson, secrotary of the
school land leasing board, has tendered
his resignation.
Many of the herds ordered off from
the Kiowa reservation will go to the
Panhandle country.
Ituilding operations in Oklahoma
City during 1900 reached about a quar-
ter of a million dollars.
Scottish Kite Masons will begin
their midwinter meeting at their tem-
ple in Guthrie on January 22.
F. 15. Hutchinson, President and Ira
The Oklahoma legislature organized
quietly with George W. Bellamy presi-
dent of the senate and Walter C. Ste-
vens, speaker of the house, i. F. Todd
is president pro tern of the council and
C. G. Jones speaker of the lower house.
The deposits in the banks of Kay
county aggregate about 875,000. The
wealth in cash, farms, business houses,
cattle, hogs, corn and wheat, in Kay
county will show a total wealth ex-
ceeded by but few of equal size in the
United States.
Goodland, I. T.. having been refused
a survey as a townsite. on the ground
Hill, secretary, are the officers elect of that there were not enough people to
the Kay comity fair association. ' warrant settinpr aside land for a town-
The ( hoc taw has been usln* the link I Kile' haTe a Petitiou to the
of railroad between Shawnee and Te-
cumseh, and has now bought it.
Cordellot, Oklai, will have a bank to
be opened February 1, by F. C. Finerty
and Son. The capital stock is f'..*5,000,
Tonkawa people counted S04 teams
in one week, each with three or four i
people to the wagon, bound for the
new country.
The bank of Blackwell issued a holi-
day souvenir in the form of a draft
from the Hank of Prosperity to the
National Hank of Fortune, state of
Happiness, drawn by 305 happy days.
* i*
5 Forsaking all Others J
* By AMELIA DUGHEMIN j*
1 been a sore spot with her. Her good
sense, however, told her that it would
be unwise to lose her temper.
"You will make Harvey an allow-
! ance? You surely do not expect us
| to live on his salary?"
! "I expect nothing; I advise noth-
ing. I have not the right, for hence-
forth I shall do nothing unless he
should come to reai want, which is
townsite board which measures five
feet in length.
The insurance policy held by Kear-
ney &. Wise, hardware dealers at Ard-
inoae, contaiuo I a clause requiring the
' insured to keep an inventory of their
| slock iu a fireproof safe. At the burn-
ing of their property their inventory
i was lost. The circuit court of appeals
j decided that the policy was not inval-
I idated; and now the I*. S. supreme
court confirms that decision.
It has been decided by the Indian
committee to report in favor of a pro-
i position to capitalize the annuities of
The Santa Fe will build a S4:>,000 the unnuitios of the Senecas and the
passenger station at Oklahoma City. |*Quapaw agency in Oklahoma and the
o. T. General Manager Mudge has I'hiekasaws. These annuities have
inspected the location and as soon as heretofore been paid the Indians in in-
the plan is completed the work will be bailments representing the interest at
begun. , per cent on the respective sums due
Eleven new, substantia! brick and , them. These amount in the case of
stone buildings, with an aggregate the Senecas, to 873,800 and in that of
frontage of MO feet, were erected in ' the Chickaaaws to 800,000. It is now
Tecumseh during 1900; every one built j proposed to get rid of the entire debt
by permanent citizens for use and not I by a provision to pay the Indians the
for speculation. j full amount in a lump sum.
There aro about six million dollars A Mr. Moody, employed by the Arch-
on deposit in the ninety banks of Ok- ibald Mining company west of South
lahoma, national and territorial. McAlester, flashed a big roll of money
Articles of incorporation are ready "bout some of the all night stands in
for a bank of 850,000 capital to do busi- that city, and then disappeared. Foul
nessat the new town to be located near play s suspected.
Fort Sill, in the Kiowa-Comanche conn- The line of the Santa Fe railroad
try. ! from Purcell, I. T., to Gainesville,
The secretary of the interior decides Texas, is very crooked and some of the
that persons who started into the Cher- ' grades are annoying. The road now
okee strip from the Chilocco reservation has a corps of experienced surveyors in
have legal title to their claims. This the field re-locating the line so as to
settles many contests and cuts off huge ! avoid the heavy grades and sharp
CHAPTER VIII. —(Continued.)
She fully believed in her own rea-
soning. Harvey was not so confident.
He did not understand Mrs. Atherton's
silence and complete withdrawal frdm
the scene of action, and Phebe's pas-
sivity was Incomprehensible. Secretly
he was dissatisfied with the position in
which he was placed toward his moth-
er, and there were hours when he long-
ed for the old loving confidence that
once seemed unassailable.
Helen was quick to detect these
moods, and almost as quick to dissi-
pate them. An artful word, the narra-
tion of an incident that put Gladys in
the guise of an oppressor, and his
spirit again rose rebelliously. He was
not a boy in leading strings, to be im-
posed upon and held in check even
by his mother—not he! Not he. In-
deed! echoed Helen. And he held him-
self very erect as he caught Delilah s
cajoling look, poor Harvey, and
thought himself a fine, independent
fellow.
Meanwhile. Gladys was undergoing
one of the revulsions of feeling that
are inevitable with mercurial persons
who enjoy or suffer keenly. After
having for years considered only
others, she now thought little of any-
thing save herself, and the plans, late-
ly decided upon, that would perhaps
revolutionize her life, and she and
her two servant were busy every hour
that she might the sooner carry them
out.
Slighted love v. ill enable any proud
woman to free herself from a bondage
of the affections, and Gladys was
harder In her pride than most, for her
character was not free from an alloy
of vanity. After a few days of unre-
strained grief, she rose, one morning,
pale but cheerful, resolved to cast
Harvey from the innermost shrine of
her heart, and give him tho place he
had voluntarily chosen. From that
moment life took on a new aspect for
her, and slowly, but surely, the past
began to recede Into the night of
things forgotten.
In the flush of her new hopes and
schemes she seemed more like the girl
of old than she had for years. She
laughed and sang, and darted about
her rooms like a humming bird,
Phebe said, delight in her eyes. She
could not understand the suddenness
and the completeness of the change;
there was no mercury in honest Tom-
linson's mental make up; but she dim-
ly comprehended that after an age of
self-suppression Gladys' free self was
coming to the surface, and a new era
of feeling had begun.
One day Helen received the long-ex-
pected summons to Mrs. Atherton s
room. She was glad it had come it
last; nothing would bo gained by idle
talk, but when everything was ex-
COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS
CATTLE—Heary
HOGS—Choloo to heavy
WHEAT-No. 1 hard
CORN-No. I
HAY—^hoioe timothy
Ohoioo prairie
BUTTEK
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Chicago,
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matter in hand, it is absolutely neces- almoet impossible. The events of the 30rn-no.|
sary for Tomlinson to have the keys, Past year have convinced me that it
because I am going to New York im- better for him to depend upon hlm-
medlately, and there is packing to be , self, and work for the money you both
done." 80 much desire. With your help he
Going to New York?" Helen al- may eventually become a rich man.
At the worst, the struggle will be mor-
ally strengthening."
There was no longer any indiffer-
ence in Mrs. Atherton's tone. She
spoke seriously, without anger, yet
firmly, as one who through reasoning
had reached a just and unalterable de-
cision.
"It is true I have money enough and
to spare. But the lonely days I have
endured since Harvey's marriage have
suggested a probability long ago dis
most gasped in her surprise. "Isn't
the decision very sudden?"
"Yes. It was made on the day Har-
vey wrote me that note—you of course
remtmber it." The two looked at each
other full, each reading the thoughts
of the other. "I should probably have
gone eventually, however, for life is
too quiet for me here, and I want to
enter society again."
"Then your visit will be a long
one?"
"I hardly know when I shall re-
turn."
Helen looked relieved.
"In that case, we need not go into
anything that is past. If you are go-
carded—that of my own. In view of
it, you can readily understand why.
even were there no other reason. I
prefer to keep control of my property."
Helen's face was a study. Gladys*
ing away, the changes 1 have made in j arguments were unanswerable, but she
could not, would not, believe that her
own cause wes lost.
"I will bring Harvey to you," she
said faintly. "This afTair cannot be
settled between you and me. There
are other things to be considered."
"Do as you please; but my resolve,
precipitated by your own action, is
taken. However, as I leave early in
the morning, perhaps I'd better bid
my son good-by tonight. There is no
need of your being present at the in-
terview. I prefer to see him alone."
"That you may poison his mind
against me?" cried Helen, instantly
on the defensive. "No, Mrs. Atherton,
I will not trust you with my dear hus-
band. God, who reads all hearts,
knows I have tried to do my duty
only. That I have blundered is be-
cause I have been treacherously dealt
with. But I will fight for his rights
to the last."
j "Be careful; you know not what you
i may do," replied Gladys, earnestly.
I "I will, at least, try to undo the evil
I I have done," said Helen, a break In
her voice, and then she was gone, and
Gladys, with a fluttering heart, await-
ed her return with Harvey. A great
1 dread was upon her; she felt that the
I hour she had foreseen all her life was
: near at hand, and the sacrifice of
years had availed nothing.
(To be continued.)
the establishment—and believe me, I
Intended them for the best—will no
longer affect you."
Gladys smiled, and the smile
troubled her daughter-in-law exceed-
ingly.
"You do not understand. The house
will be closed when 1 go and the furni-
ture sent after me. I do not care to
keep up two establishments."
"You intend to close the house!"
Helen cried.
"Yes. Saunders and his wife will
have charge of it for the present. The
other servants, to whom Tomlinson ,
has been paying board wages during
my illness—an unnecessary expense
occasioned by your kind interest in
my affairs—will go to the city with j
me or follow me there."
"Do you mean to say that Phebe
took the liberty of paying wages to
the servants I discharged?" Helen de-
manded, her fine eyes blazing.
"Oh, no—to the servants you dis- !
pen3ed with; she aid not recognize
your right to discharge them. So you
see that instead of lessening my ex-
penses by your considerate kindness,
you materially increased them. For-
tunately, it does not matter; I have
plenty of ready money in hand."
Nothing could be more careless than
Gladys' tone. She spoke as though she
had scarcely a passing interest in the
subject discussed, and met Helen's
amazed look with calm Indifference.
"I can hardly tell you how much all
this surprises and shocks me," said
the younger woman, after a pause.
"It would have been only fair for
Phebe to take me into her confidence,
and so avoid such wicked waste."
"Money Is never wasted," said
Gladys, in a languidly philosophical
tone. "Wherever expended it does
good to eomebody. The spendthrift is
always a benefactor, though he may
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legal fees.
John Charles, of Alva, has won a suit
for 115,000 against the Southern Pacific
for killing a trainload of his cattle.
President Bellamy of the territorial
curves.
According to the Chickasha Express
all non-citizens have been ordered to
get out of the Kiowa reservation.
( ominissioner Bradford, at Ardmore,
council, caiue to Oklahoma a penniless says that the percentage of witnesses
youngster and took a claim near Nor- j before him who could not sigu the
man in 1880. lie proved up his claim psy rolls is 2H. Most of the illiterate
and sold it and went into the drug store j ones are young people who have lived
trade. in the territory all their lives. Wit-
Mr. Flynn is always at it. He told 1 nesscs from the country districts who
the committee on territories that Okr j writ* the best hand are Indians. This
lahoma had more children attending j is due, he says to the fact that Indians
schools than either Arizona or New have schools and the non-citizens do
Mexico had population. not.
The ArtnOur Packing company pro-
poses to put poultry aud produce
houses if! a number of Oklahoma and
fioutbero Kansas towns.
The Orleut townsite Officials have
sold 3'OjOOO worth of lots in Augusta
and hav«* premised the people that they
would have the road built into the
town by the flr.>t of June.
Oklahoma banks have an aggregate
of capital of $714.177; surplus and un-
divided profit*, $:'.lfl,4H4; deposits,
S3,07l ,94. . This the report from 83
banks only, which are doing business
under territorial law. Their resources
aro .VI per cent of their deposits.
A special session of the Choctaw
conn« il convened last week. Kx-Gov-
The Sunday school woj-kera of Okla- * ruor McCurtain was made president
homa have completed arrangements for ( and A. W. Hunter spcakerof the house,
a grand jubilee at Oklahoma City uuder Au act creating a commission to act
the auspices of the t<*rritnrial Sunday | with the Dawes commission, in final
school,association on March | action on the roll of citizens was passed.
At Dewey there is reported to \>e a A corn sheller at Vinita was badly
pile of corn with C..OOO bushels iu it i 'busted" by having a big stone fed to
Seven or eight cars arc loaded from the \ it with a load of corn which a guileless
pile daily, but the farmers bring it in farmer had brought in.
so fast as to prevent the pile from get- i 'j j,e choctaw council meets at Tisho-
ting any smaller. mingo, .launary 2 it) special session to
Agent Randlett is clearing the In- complete arrangements incident to the
dian reservations over which he has j closing of citizenship rolls and pre par-
charge. Under the terms of their lease* ; tug for the final allotment of lauds,
the cattlemen must leave upon 00 days" j An engine was backing to the water
notice. This notice is being given and tank at Hartshorne when an incoming
the large herds will soon be on tho i freight train struck the tender, crush-
move. Most of tho cattle will will be ing it and killing i'rauk Pierce, au em-
shipped to the market. I ploye of the Coal corn pan v
plained and definitely understood, life not be his own. We are apt to take
would be pleasanter for all concerned, a narrow view of this broad question,
Harvey missed his mother, and for and regard as wasted the good we do
policy's sake a reconciliation was de- not Individually enjoy. None tho less
slrable; it could be easily effected, now it fulfills its mission somewhere, more
that Gladys had indicated a wish to j worthily, perhaps, than when with
come to terms. And she obeyed the us.
summons promptly, determined to Helen looked bewildered to hear her
bring the interview to a successful butterfly talk in such wide measure.
Issue as soon as possible. There was no room in her neatly
She expected to find Mrs. Atherton docketed brain for so large and im-
pale and weak, with the inertia of an personal a truth. She felt she was not
invalid; but Gladys' convalescence had keeping the upper hand at this inter-
been rapid, and she looked even bet- view, so carefully arranged in ad-
ter than she had before her illness, vance, and said with less than her
She was fully drossed. and Annette customary assurance
had arranged her hair in the latest "I can't believe you really Intend to
style, which chanced to be especially shut up the house, Mrs. Atherton.
becoming to her delicate beauty. Even What is to become of Harvey?"
Seen
Helen felt that it was absurd to affect
to consider this radiant woman feeble
or 1 neap a bale.
"I was not prepared to find you so
well," she said rather awkwardly,
when the greetings were over.
"No? Oh, 1 am quite myself again;
the rest has done me good, and
smoothed away Incipient wrinkles."
answered Gladys. Her tone was con-
ventional, as if she addressed an ac-
quaintance. "I suppose you know why
1 have sent for you? '
An old feeling of doubt kept Helen
silent. She was no longer sure that
she did know. This fashionably
dressed woman, with the superficial
"Oh, my friend, I leave him in your
hands: you have shown yourself so
well able to manage his affairs that
I shall not even offer a suggestion."
Under the circumstances the words
were cruel; but there is a touch of the
tiger In every woman outraged by in-
gratitude and injustice, and Gladys
was very human.
Helen could not speak. She put her
hand to her throat to still Its telltale
throbbing.
"1 leave it with you to tell your hus-
band my decision." Gladys continued,
undisturbed by her silent rage. "He
can readily find other quarters within
a month. Phebe will remain here for
cordiality of manner that holds others a few weeks to superintend the pack-
aloof more surely than the coldest re
serve, seemed a stranger to her. She
felt she was not of her world, and
the thought gave her an uncomfort-
able sense of Insecurity.
"There seems to be a little difficulty
about the household keys," Gladys re-
sumed. "I understand that you wish
to deliver them to me In person."
"Yes. if you have fully decided to
claim them," said Helen, quickly.
"Hut I hope, as does my husband,
that you will leave them in my hands.
I am sure you will approve of my
methods If you take the trouble to
look into them."
"I detest petty details, as you know.
You have been very kind to interest
yourself In my affairs during my Ill-
ness, and 1 hope you will oblige me
further by accepting this check for
$500," Gladys carelessly pushed the
scrap of paper toward her caller and
smiled as Helen, with Involuntary
eagerness, took possession of It, mur-
muring her thanks. "This closes the
matter as far as 1 am concerned—that
is, when you return the keys."
CHAPTER IX.
Helen paused a few moments before
answering.
"1 really do not feel Justified In re-
signing them until we have talked the
subject thoroughly over. Mrs. Ather-
ton, and come to an understanding
concerning our general future. This
should have been done when my hus
band fame of age. it is true you huve
told him that he has no direct claim
upou your money; but he is one of his
grandfather's heirs, and in passing
him over the old man committed an
act of injustice which we hope you
are too honorable to perpetuate."
Gladys bit her lip to prevent herself
from making a sharp reply. This self
conscious young woman, with her cut
and dried platitudes and Implicit be-
lief in her own virtues, brought every
bit of evil iu her to the surface.
"No doubt you reason correctly
from your point of view, but you are
not Informed concerning the facts,'
she said calmly. "To return to the
ing of the furniture and close the
house. By that time you will be set-
tled somewhere. The furniture in
your own rooms and the nursery, with
Harvey's piano, books, pictures, easel,
everything, in short, that he accumu-
lated during his boyhood and youth
I regard as his and Phebe will see
that It is sent to you. I think there
is nothing more to be said."
A few moments oY silence ensued;
then Helen said in a choked tone:
"So this is your revenge—this my
reward—"
"Don't waste words" Gladys broke
In, "not talk fustian. I am only doing
what I should have done when Harvey
married. I wanted to go to the city
theu; but 1 had a foolish Idea that I
was necessary to him, and so re-
mained. Now I find I am not neces-
sary, and count for nothing in his life,
I intend to take myself out of it."
"A man should forsake all others
and cleave to his wife," said Helen,
piously.
Do you know I fancy you wor-
shipful wives construe that passage
rather too literally?" said Gladys, in
the half philosophical, half mocking
way Helen found new in tar. and
which held her at an Impassable dis-
tance. "No one will deny that when
a man marries a woman ho should
forsake all other strange women, and
keep to the one he has chosen, or who
has chosen him; but there is no reason
why he should forsake his kindred of
either sex. This Harvey seems to
have done, however, and he cannot
complain when the forsaken follow
his lead."
"And is it possible that you have
so little natural affection for your only
son that you can coolly leave him to
poverty while you. his mother, are
rolling In wealth?"
"Fustian again, Helen. Twelve hun-
dred dollars a year is not poverty. In
Rockville it Is a competence. You are
an excellent 1 ousekeeper; you man-
aged your father's house on much
less.
PRIMEVIAL PEDANTS.
to Be the Only One* Who Psil
t'liineup KxamliiMtlonH.
There are four different examina-
tions In the Chinese University at Pe-
kln. The first is for the degree of Bud-
ding Genius, corresponding to our B.
A., says a writer in Frank Leslie's
Monthly. This examination is held in
every prefecture. The second is for
the degree of Promoted Scholar, or A.
M., and is held In each provincial capi-
tal. Li Hung Chang has never advanc-
ed beyond this degree. The third is
for Fit for Office, a sort of D. C. L. or
LL. D. The fourth is for admission to
the Hanlin Academy, or Forest of Pen-
cils, which makes the successful schol-
ar one of the. great men of the empire.
Each degree is open only to the men
who have won the lower degrees. The
lowest is open to any one. "A man of
talent," as Dr. Martin says, "may
raise himself from the humblest ranks
to the dignity of viceroy or premier."
In each provincial capital is an exam-
ination hall. It consists of long rows
of cells open at the end, and just large
enough to hold a scholar with his bed-
ding, teapot and food. There are 12,-
000 cells in the Canton Hall. A great
wall surrounds the grounds, and at the
end is the hall where the officials sit.
The candidates are all admitted at
the same time assigned to their cells,
and the gates are sealed. If a student
dies, as often happens, his body is put
through a small hole in the wall. Each
examination lasts twenty-four hours;
then the students are released for
twenty-two days, only to return for
two more sieges. A paper with blots
or defacements is thrown out. Such
innocent questions as this are propos-
ed to them: "The art of war arose
under Hwang Ti. forty-four hundred
yearB ago. Different dynasties have
since that time adopted different regu-
lations in regard to the use of militia
or standing armies, the mode of rais-
ing supplies for the armies, etc. Can
you state these'briefly?" The men who
pass these examinations are a lot of
pedants, varied as the desert and pri«
meval as the patriarchs.
IMPERIAL TROPHY.
Wni
C hlneso Kinperor'* "Black Kittle"
Bought for a Trifle.
| Capt. Potts of the Maxim company
! of the Hongkong volunteer corps has
just secured an extraordinary trophy
of war—nothing l^ss than the Order of
the Black Eagle, set with precious
| stones, which the German emperor
sent out by Prince Henry to the Em-
1 peror of China. He has also the auto-
j graph letter from the kaiser which ac-
! eonipanied the decoration. The lucky
, captain obtained this remarkable relic
of war in a quite haphazard fashion,
says the Ixjndon Mail. Recently at
Tientsin he came across some Russian
soldiers who had been present at the
looting of Pekin. One of the Russians
had the rarely bestowed order among
his share of the loot, but he was too
Ignorant to recognize Its great value.
Capt. Potts had no difficulty in arriv-
ing at the correct conclusion when he
set eyes on the Insignia and the Em-
peror William's letter, and for a tri-
fling sum he secured possession of the
two. When tho captain arrived at
Shanghai and exhibited his prize the
German consul said that he must take
charge of it. but Capt. Potts declined
to part. He said that he was not at
all anxious to sell aud put a fabulous
price on the trophy. The consul Im-
mediately cabled to Berlin for Instruc-
tions and ('apt. Potts is now calmly
awaiting the reply.
Laborers who are employed In driv-
ing wedges Into a block of wood, aro
careful to use blows of no greater
force than Is Just sufficient. If they
The color deepened In Helen's face; j strike too hard, tho elasticity of the
her father's limited means h d always wood will throw out the wedge.
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF
I.arge finds of diamonds are reported
in the interior of British Guiana.
There is a bill in the Missouri legis-
lature to punish kidnapping by hang-
ing.
Thousands of people gaze in wonder
at the new trolley cars in San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
A meeting of Kansas retail hardware
dealers will meet in Kansas City, Ks.t
January 14 and 15.
General Merriam will recommend
that the post at Fort Whipple. Ariz.,
be re-established.
A man who says he was one of the
Cudahy kidnappers writes an offer to
give away his partners.
Promoters of the Pan American ex-
position expect Kansas to provide 8" 0,-
000 for its state exhibit.
An effort to have the union label put
on the Missouri governor's message
was defeated in the legislature.
Christian DeWet, nephew of the Boer
general, has sympathetic audiences p.t
his speeches in South Germany.
The advance of sterling exchange in
London is expected to draw considera-
ble gold from the United States.
The Cuban constitutional convention
decided, with only one vote against it,
to provide for universal suffrage.
All records of the New York stock
exchange were broken on January 7
when 2,150 shares changed owners.
The gold product of Oregon for 1900
amounted to 83.770,000; and the state's
output of lumber was 808.100,000 feet.
The amount of customs receipts in
Cuba for the first eleven months of
1000 show an increase of 81,171,000 over
the previous year.
The Alaskan Indians have agreed to
abandon their several totems and other
emblems and unitedly adopt the Ameri-
can Hag as their tribal emblem.
Delegate Flynn is active for state-
hood for his home territory. He ex-
pects a favorable report on the question
from the committee on territories.
Russia has made a dAnand equiva-
lent to annexation of Liao Tung pen-
insula aud Port Arthur, as well as the
complete title and possession of the
Manehurian railway.
The New Orleans camp of Confederate
veterans protests against inviting the
President to attend the Confederate re-
union in Memphis next May. The pro-
test will be ignored as far as Memphis
is eoncerncd.
The United States is asking Kansas
to co-operate in the work of the geo-
logical survey, instead of both going
aver the same ground separately.
A coroner's jury find the members
rjf the company of druggists, where tho
great explosion, fire and loss of life oc-
curred in New York city, criminally
liable.
The distribution of congressional
garden seeds will be greater this year
than ever before. The appropriation
is 8170.000, which adds 'A,000 packages
to each congressman's quota.
The o It. T. officers scoff at the idea
that the loss of >00 members will
affect their organization which has
24.000 members, and which is now
growing rapidly. They still talk of
their men routing business to other
roads, from all over the country.
Miss Agnes Curry, of Nortonville,
Kb., arrived at Iloilo, Philippines, safe-
ly, and with her soldier boy, Sergeant
Luther C. Douglas, the young couple
went to the home of Rev. 1). S. I lib-
bard. Presbyterian missionary, and
were married.
The reapportionment bill will pass
the senate withbut little change. Lead-
ing senators aided in its passage by
the house.
The Santa Fe company contributed
the freight on a car load of furniture
and books for the new city library at
Albuquerque.
Count Waldersee whines out that
there are no expeditions scut out with-
out adequate cause, and when neces-
sary for protection of life and property;
all of which does not agree w ith state-
ments from other sources.
Judge Kohlsaat, of the federal court
in Chicago, has enjoined that city from
enforcing the recently passed 7r. cent
gas ordinance.
The Hret iron war vessel ever built
in the world was the United States
steamship Michigan, which is still on
duty o® the great lakes.
Seventeen hundred workers in the
employ of tho Continental Tobacco
company, in Louisville have quit
work. They find fault with their
wages and with rules formulated by
the new superintendent.
Cohan Editor Admirae America.
Don Nicholas Rivers, e lltor of El
Dlario of Havana, Is an ar ent Carlist.
but a *«rm «dra"'<>r ot An rlcan tnatl"
tutlons. His children ar being edu-
cated In Washington.
Sen.tnr Foraker'* Three Uunnhl.r.,
The three daughters of .'iiator For-
aker Miss Julia, Miss Ur se and Miss
Florence, are the three pettiest sla-
ters in Washington. Mo: ? than that,
they are very sensible «irlB, having
been carefully trained by their wise
and still handsome mother ^
•Son Fwllow# F«ttier*e Footltepe.
It Is a remarkable colli' dence that
John M. Francis, the fou.ider of tho
Troy Times, should have h Id the same
office which his son has nc ./ been call-
ed to fill. Th senior francis was
made Minister to Greece In 1871 by
President Grant and hel I the office
for three years, resigning to return to
active newspaper work. The son, suc-
ceeding the father as editor and pro-
prietor of the Times, is now chosen to
occupy the same post. <
Aluminum for Wind InntrnmenU.
Experiments are being made to dis-
cover If aluminium may not be used
in the manufacture of high-class wind
instruments. If this could be done it
is thought it would be very desirable,
on account of its light weight and its
freedom from verdigris deposits, and as
it is not easily affected by changes
of temperature the instruments would
be less likely to get out of tune.
Widening of London lJrldjre.
The widening of London bridge will
be one of the most interesting street
alterations that modem London has
witnessed. It is proposed to take Into
the normal width of the bridge the
space now represented by the "bays"
which occur above the piers. The
space so gained will be given to the
footways on either side.
I.aw AKHlxat Str«vrlnf( Ktil>bUb«
In New York the board of aid men
has passed au ordinance declaring it
a misdemeanor for anyone to throw
paper or rubbish on the streets. Vio-
lation of this law will be punished by;
a fine of not less than $1 and impris-
onment for not more than five days.
The suggestion came from Brooklyn.
Women of the Health Protective league
favored its passage.
LIEUT. MABEL C, HUNT.
A Itrlght Salvation Armf I-awlr. Who
Knows How to Keep Her Corps
In (iooil Health.
Ogden. Utah, Jan. 12, 1001.—(Spe-
cial.)—The Pacific Coast Division of
the Salvation Army, whose noble work
in the interests of fallen humanity has
done so much for this western country,
has its headquarters in this city. One
of the brightest and most enthusiastic
workei-3 is Lieut Miss Mabel Clarice
Hunt. Everyone knows how these de-
voted people parade the streets day or
night, exposing themselves to all kinds
of weather, that no opportunity may
be lost of rescuing some poor unfortu-
nate from sin and suffering. In some
cases, their reckfessness In thus expos-
ing themselves hn;. been commented
upon as almost miicidal. Their answer
to such criticisms invariably is their
unfailing faith in the Divine injunc-
tion to "do right and fear not." Lieut.
Hunt explains one of the means she
employs to keep her "Soldiers" in good
health, as follows:
"I have found Dodd's Kidney Pills of
great value in cases of Kidney and!
Liver Trouble and Diseases contracted
from severe colds. Several of our lads
and lassies have been repeatedly ex-
posed to cold weather and rain, and
have spoken for hours out of doors,
often with wet feet and chilled to the
marrow. As a consequence of this ex-
posure, Pulmonary Trouble, Rheu-
matism and Kidney Disorders often en-
sue. In such eases I always advise
Dodd's Kidney Pills, for I have no-
ticed better results, quicker relief, and
more lasting benefit from the use of
Dodd's Kidney Pills In such cases than
from all other medicines I know of
combined. 1 hey cleanse the blood,
regulate the system and destroy dis-
ease."
A medicine whieh can do what Lieut.
Hunt says so positively Dodd's Kidney
Pills do is surely worth the attention
of all who suffer with any form of
Kidney Trouble, Rheumatism, or Blood!
Disorders.
ElMlrlclty Oonnunrlnif the World.
Electricity is conquering the world
with greater rapidity than did Its
mighty predecessor In mechanical
achievement, steam. The gradual op-
ening of the trans-Siberian railroad
has led to the introduction of electrlo
light and electrlo machinery into tha
towns of Siberia.
AjkI Ainhasnndnr K«*lgn«.
Prince Muenstei* Von Derneburg,
Orinan ambassador to Paris, has re-
signed, owing to his great age. Th.
prince, who is SO years eld. has heen
fifty >ears In the diplomatic service,
the last fifteen In Paris. Previously h
was ambassador to London.
CnlenUt. flm-led in Iowa.
So far as is known, only three pap.
tlclpanU in the revolutionary war II.
hurled ic Iowa soil. These aro Charle.
Shepherd and William Blair, who
fought with the colonists, and William
Ross, an ensign iu an English regi-
ment.
KBK"r 1'roiluotloli In llnirall.
Some of the lineal sugar mills In tb.
world, costing *1.00(1.000 each. ar.
found in Hawaii, and there aro plant-
ers in the islands who produce }80 >
worth of sugar and $500 worth of rlc
to the acre.
The riunet Alleffhanls*
Alleghenla is the name bestowed on
one of the planets recently discovers!^
Iu tho solar system bv a Berlin a*,
tronotner. The great photographic !en
used was made In Allegheny, Pa.
Kail ron d Eitenslon In Mexico.
During the period from August L
1899, io July 31, 1900, thu Mexican
Central railway expended for the con-
struction of new lluca und equipments
*3,840,000.
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