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Mistress Rosemary Allyn By MILLICENT E. MANN Copyright, 1904, by r.UCAS-LiINOO'LNf" CO. CHAPTER VI--Continued. • comely mother held up in her arms her young babe. Its fat fingers clutched frantically a nosegay of wild blossoms, and its round face was screwed into wrinkles of earnestness lest he drop It. I took it from him and put in its place a gold piece. The mother bobbed her thanks, while the glen rang with the shouts of good luck* to the young lord. All were intent upon wishing me honor and prosper­ ity. No,, not at all, for I caught words the reverse of honor and betterment, --words which made me leap from my horse as quickly as a stone is shot from a catapult. I caught the fellow as he slunk be­ hind the women. It was Jim Scrugs -- a jealous fool. 'Sdeath! if a man dance a few twirls upon the green with another man's, sweetheart, need he make an ass of himself because of it? - <v, •• • Meenie's eyes were black as night, and upon the occasion when I singled her out to dance, they twinkled like, a thousand stars merged in one. It .was no doubt more because she saw her to-be lord and master lividly green with jealousy watching her (diablerie is, I think, in every wom­ an), than delight at the honor the young lord had conferred upon her. "You need a lesson, sirrah," I cried. I jerked him out into the open. "The young lord will take time to teach 'you to put. as it were, a bridle to your tongue," I said to him. "A lit­ tle excitement will not be out of the way." I called to the men: "What do you say to a fisticuff bout?" "Leave him to me," said John, our •sturdy farrier, a young stripling, with arms of ponderous weight. "I'll settle him." Jim Scrugs' face went white as a made an enemy, whereas had you whipped him he would only, have con­ sidered it your rightful prerogative." "Damme Gil, I will settle my quar­ rels as suits myself," I said, sharply. J knew that he was right. A man, when he reaches a man's estate, should put away childish things--but how few of us do? c Gil's answer was a shrug of his fat shoulders, unless he meant the words of the old song, which he began to sing, to have bearing upon the case: *> . "They have ta'en young Waters. And pnt fetters on Hs f«?tf They have ta'en young Waters. And thrown him in a dungeon deep." I could not take exceptions to this, for it was an old favorite of his, and he oft sang it. So we jogged along with patience toward our horses, myself somewhat quiet, but who could be sullen on such a morn, when the skylarks were lift­ ing their songs to heaven's blue! as they flew upward from among the grasses in the fallow meadows? Not I, for one; certainly not Gil, for an­ other. ' ' . ' Soon I joined him in bis song, and in a day," he observed. "You have we both chirruped as we rode through the lanes and short-cuts, like two troubadours: "But I'll ne'er ride thro' Stirling- town, Wi' fetters on my feet." CHAPTER VII. We Overtake the Magenta Colored Coach. I am not going to tell of our journey along that road of sloughs and quag­ mires except as it has to do with this tale. I might fill page upon page of reading interesting enough to some, for we had a few adventures in which wc dirt not come off second best. II 9. 'In front of us there glimmered a light." feiown's floored face seen at a county fair. He was the sneak and bullyv I was so filled with disgust at his cow­ ardliness that I would have let him alone, but the men having begun prep­ arations were not to be balked of their entertainment. One formed a ring by marking out a circle with the heel of ..his boot, other# forced the crowd back. You see the primitive mode of settling disputes was still en­ forced at Long Haut. I could as Lord ef Sackett and future Lord of Long Haut have used "drastic treasures an I chose,; but I humored them by stooping to their level in this as well ! as in their merry making, and I think they loved me accordingly. The men forcibly pulled off his coat and amid much jocularity helped him with an undesired assiduity. They were in their element. It was like a pack of well-fed hounds worrying one mean hare. An upward cut, and the fellow lay prone upon the sward; so soon was it over. Had I known he possesed not as much science as the smallest urchin about the place, I had left him alone. Most of our men were good fighters and boxers, and they practised daily among themselves to keep their hano In. Gad zooks! there was no fun in so easy a victory. He had but floun­ dered his bulky arms about like a wind mm on a stormy day. A man's passions soon blow over. When I saw the fellow lying as help- -less as when his mother bare him I felt sorry for the mistaken wretch. I knelt and felt his pulse. The men mut­ tered, "Dead," and from the huddled group of women there came a faint scream. "Dead!" I said, "not so. Give him air; "he'll live to make-trouble enough in the world.'* With a fling I was in the saddle. I Bet off at so lively a pace that I out- vra* the approving yells of the men, " and the admiring glances of the women, but not the flash from Mee- nle's black eyes. That flash betokened undying enmity to the man who had j bested her lover. Feminine logic! for while they rail at and abuse their own, they want no one else trespass­ ing on their prfeserves. They should „ learn that what they themselyes hold up to ridicule, all men, li^e carrion- crows, will flock to peck at. Gil Joined me after he had, done some bullyragging on his own account, M)d, possibly, more on mine. "You are a lusty fello^," said he, "and I rather enjoy seeing a bit of a fight when it comes in a day's run. In this case, however, you might have wielded your whip to some purpose; a sound hiding would have been more in keeping. Why the soiling of your i|»*nd8 on such mud?" "Since when have you become so felicitous about the soiling of my fcands?" I asked him. "It is not so many years, if I remember rightly, when you were ready to thrash me if I 4!d not thrash a certain lad for his fll manners." "A boy reaches maturity sometimes My ht& was swept off by one of the spreading branches, and I might have been left hanging there a second Ab- oloia, Lad I itoi ijLuickiy ducked uij head. We could not evelj look to the prim­ ing or our pistols, damp no doubt, in their hostlers. The powder,, however, was safe, for the flasks were in the saddle bags hanging at the sides of the horses. What a place for gentlemen who take to the road, and have neither re­ spect for time or persons! Fortu­ nately they like nasty weather no better than the rest of us, and on such a day unless in a deucedly tight box, were mostly likely to be found snug and warm, drinking and carousing, fighting and gambling, in some haunt of their own. Gil's head careened first to one side and then to the other. He gave a sigh of relief. I looked up to ask why. He pointed ahead. I saw noth­ ing, but as we had come out into the Open, I supposed that that was the reason. We had traveled at least a quarter of ah hour ere I read that sigh rightly. It meant that the flesh pots of Egypt wfere near to hand. In front of us there glimmered a light. It was like a lone star half way down the horizon. As we drew nearer it proved to be a candle burn­ ing a clumsy lanthorn, set at the end of a long pole curving over, the road^ - "Ah, 'tis the White Swan!" ex­ claimed Gil. "I had not thought it was so near." > Another sigh escaped him. The White Swan it proved to be, and the heaven's .'ightening a trifl^, showed us many things. One was Jock Swan, the landlord, coming as quick­ ly as his fourteen stone would permit him to welcome us. Another was the magenta colored coach standing in the court yard, and the rain restoring it to its former pristine freshness. "Here is the coach," I said, pointing to it, as we entered the inn yard, and jumped off our horses. "And-as they say in hunt the slipper we are getting 'hotter.' Shall we ever reach that, stage in the game known as the 'burning up' one, I wonder?" With a laugh I was about to push open the inn door and enter, when words uttered by mine host stopped me. "'Tis not the old co^nfort, sir," he was saying, "your fauier was used to that you'll find, with the house filled with those damnable hordes of Jef­ frey's." "Jeffrey's!" I exclaimed, my mind harping to one tune only. "Did Jet frey's men come in that?" I pointed to the coach. (To be continued.) HE WANTED TO KNOW. We had gone about fifty miles or so, when it began to rain--a soaking rain, which came down as straight as a hanging curtain and soon made our camlet cloaks heavy with tl^e wet. The water dripped from off us with an incessant drip-drip, and even our boots became soggy. Our last stopping place had been the King's Head, that most hospitable of roadside inns. The memory of its cheer still lingered with me in spite of the concern I had in keeping my skin dry. I was so filled with this delicate occupation that I no longer pondered over what I had learned from its host. It seemed that a ma­ genta colored coach and four with a postillion had stopped at the tavern the night before and taken on fresh horses which had previously been ar­ ranged for. The iady or ladies had not alighted, but had been served in their coach with curtains down. He affirmed that there was but one lady as far as he knew, for the youth riding with them and tending to their needs, had spoken of but one. A hostler declared, however, that peeping under the curtain he had seeu two. This produced a laugh among the stable men to whom he had gossiped. They said that he had not recovered from his «spree of the night before since he saw double. Being a vinous man be had taken their joke in a huff, and offered to fight any one who doubted his word or sight. He said that they were any­ thing but doubles--their masks being off--he needed no spectacles to see that one was bold and black while the other, here words failed him for a space, then he added with a watering mouth: <'An angel from the gates of heaven." All this the landlord told me with a great deal of gusto. I assure you it left a vague unrest In my mind that perhaps the old dame of Castle Drout had not tried to deceive Gil; that Mis­ tress Rosemary Allyn's maid had gone by the river road; and that we were pursuing the wrong coach. It was pitch-black about, though It was yet morning. It was no unusual thing for people traveling from one shire to another, to be lost in the bog. Such an occurrence would not pleas­ ure us, for we might wander about for days until discovered. Our only safety, therefore (for it was next to impossible between the darkness and the slough to keep our way), was in giving the horses their heads, trust­ ing to their instinct. Now they sw&n, how their feet touched bottom, and so on, we went but with slow progress. We entered a space where the for­ est abounded upon both sides of us and the top branches of the trees meet over our heads while the low ones swept the ground in places. It was a narrow path way and secretive enough for lover's trysts. Beautiful too no doubt on a summer's day, but riding through it in the dark Was quite an­ other thing. One Day In the Life of Human In­ terrogation Point. "But, mother, why?" "Because, Kenneth, little boys wlio get wet when they play in the foun­ tain, have to have their suits changed. Gome along." "Why do little boys who play in the fountain get wet, mother?" : »' "O, because the water is wet, that's all." The small boy trotted upstairs and the suit was changed. "Now, Kenneth, don't go near the fountain again." . "Why, mother?" "Oh, because I wouldn't." "But I would. May I go in the foun­ tain, mother?" "No, Kenneth. Now go down to the porch and see if you can find Chris­ tine and Josephine: Run along, that's a good boy." Kenneth went down and after a fruitless search for the two little girls, he proceeded to "play he was a steam engine." At last Christine appeared and with a whoop of joy Kenneth flung himself upon her. "Where were you?" he demanded. "In the hammock.", "Why?" "Because I wanted to." . "Will.you play houses with me?" "I am busy now, Kenneth; I must get ready for supper." "What for?" "Because." The answer pleased and Kenneth went to look for his mother. Soon after supper this little human Interro­ gation fioint fell asleep, after a last sleepily murmured, "What for, mother?" GYP8Y MOTH NATIONAL MENACE. To Manage Three Roads* Traffic. Siiice the reorganization of the Van- derbilt 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.TDOLY the cshore, to that of Passenger Traffic Manager of the Lake Shore, Michigan Central and Lake Erie and Western. The General Passenger Agents of these lines retain their posi­ tions, Mr. Daly came to Chicago three years ago from the Lake Erie & West­ ern, where he had been General Pas­ senger Agent. His promotion to so responsible a position is a deserved tribute to Mr. Daly's ability as a rail­ road operator. Some further changes in the Vanderbilt lines are expected in the near future but have not yet been announced. In all the" changes so far made no one has been displaced. The promo­ tions being to newly created offices. LAWS LIKE WHITE MEN'S.' Hop! Indians; in Seven Villages in Northern Arizona, Elect Rulers. The seven villages of the Hopi, in northern Arizona, have complete dem­ ocratic government. Eyery person of age has a voice in the city control. A governor, lieutenant governor, sher­ iff, war captain, together with two or more caciques, or religious chiefs, and a board of principles, or city council, are duly elected and they serve with dignity and honor to themselves or the reverse, just as'whTtelmen do in their cities. There, as elsewhere, personality has much to do with power. As soon as a man ceases to be a controlling force he can no longer be elected to office. There are competitions for honors, and sometimes an election is delayed for weeks owing to the tac­ tics of one candidate or another. For many years certain of the Hopi villages have looked with disfavor upon the advent of the white man, and no place more so than Shungo- pavi. But with the election of Loma- wini this was changed. The' governor is an active and hard-working man. He is a good sil­ versmith, a necklace he wears'being of his own work. First O^e Escaped from an Entomol­ ogist's Laboratory. After spending over a million dol­ lars in trying to exterminate the gyp­ sy moth the state of Massachusetts has given up the struggle, and the in­ sect, which is considered by^gome to be worse than the San Jose scale,' is now free to spread over the whole country, says Country Life in Amer­ ica. A dangerous colony already ex­ ists in Rhode Island. The caterpillars eat almost anything green, and they work from tk» time the leaves come out until about the 1st of September A list has been made cf 536 kinds of plants they will eat. They have been especially destruct­ ive to the grand old elms for which New England is famous, and they are also fond of oOr native oaks and wil­ lows and all kinds of fruit. Ever­ greens are stripped and killed in a single year. The caterpillars - some­ times crawl all over a house, and many houses have been abandoned by the disgusted tenants. Jt is flvtf years since the legislature; retused' to give any more money, and it would now cost far jnore to exterminate the gyp­ sy, moth than Massachusetts has spent so far. Nevertheless the .leading en­ tomologists declare that the insect can be exterminated. Efforts are be­ ing made to get the New England' states to co-operate. If they fail to do so it will be'time for the national government to take a hand. The gypsy moth is a European in­ sect, which escaped from an entomol­ ogist's laboratory, and did not attract much attention for about twenty years. , --1--: ~--' - • A Ruthless Critic. ."What do you think of my latest poem." asked the man with hair like a skye terrier's. "It means a great deal more than it sfiys." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, "1 don't see tow it could moan any less." Cured Her Diabetes. Halo, Ind., Feb. 27th.-- (Special.)-- If what will cure Diabetes will cure any form of Kidney Disease, as so many physicians say, then Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure any form of Kidney Disease. For Mrs. L. C. Bow­ ers of this place has proved that Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure Dia­ betes. "I had Diabetes," Mrs. Bowers says, "my teeth all became loose and part of them came out. I passed a great deal of water with such burning sen­ sations I could hardly bear it. I lost about 40 pounds in weight. I used many medicines and doctored with two local doctors but never got any better till I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. They cured me so com­ pletely that In three years I have had no return of the disease. 1 am a well woman now, {hanks to Dodd's Kidney Pills." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all kidney ailments from Backache to "Bright's Disease. Cure your Backache with them and you will never have Bright's Disease, Diabetes or Rheumatism. Took Canon at His Word. Canon McAlpine recently delivered an address to Irish unemployed at Clifden, County Galway. .declaring that people would be fools to starve "so long as fat sheep were grazing on the hillside or sleek kine were brows­ ing on the plaift." A few nights after­ ward a humorist stole all his rever­ ence's* turkey's and left a note thank­ ing him for the hint. Most legal difficulties arise from ignorance of the minor points of law. "Law and How to Keep Out Of It," by Paschal H. Coggins, furnfehes to the busy man and woman information on just such points as are likely to arise in every-day affairs, and thus fore­ stalls them against mental worry and financial loss. (Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia.) Those Who Have Tried It Wi!l use no other. Defiance Cold Wa­ ter Starch has no equal In Quantity or Quality--18 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. TO LIVE LONG AND WELL i | How Tuberculosis and Kindred. Ills May Be X Avoided. Alleviated and Cured. 11^ II • «11 W w Suppression of Consumption. Tuberculosis can be suppressed. It is not necessary for a person to die be­ cause he has consumption. Thousands of* men and women have been sacri­ ficed who might have been alive to­ day if only the right 4 procedure had been adopted. That which is neces­ sary for the mastery of this disease is to return to nature--to live natur­ ally In the fresh air, develop the lungs and eat proper food. Tuberculosis is a low-level disease. Pecpjle are not subject to it until their tissues have become vitiated and their whole bodies weakened. To live a natural life is the only safeguard against tuberculosis. One climate may do as well as another if only one lives out of doors, gets plenty of cold; fresh air, bathes the body with cold water several times a day, and takes as much exercise as he can stand. Now that the supply of vermiform appendices is running low the sur­ geons are whetting their knives for tonsils. COME SOUTH TO BUY CHEAP HOME*. Tidewater Virginia has uneijualled advantages, mUd Climate, uliort wlntem, productive noil, best marketi. Fish. Ka»>e anil oysters abound. We have ouperlo* facilities tor aecurlug desirable locations. VVrlUJ tot particular*. Southern Land Agency, West Point, •», A motto: To-day--so utilize it that you will not regret it to-morrow, when jt has become yesterday. No chromos or cheap premiums, but a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. It is announced that celestial radio­ activity is universal! Such a relief! Child Labor in Factories.' v', The physician in attendance at: * municipal lodging house in Chicago has within the past year been making a careful inquiry into the history of the tramps who have become the city's guests. He has found that a large proportion of the tramps give a history of having been employed in factories or in other debilitating occupations in boyhood. Our artificial modern life is making multitudes of human wrecks, one class of whom Is represented by the homeless, friendless, disheartened men known as tramps. Fortunate, in? deed, are the boys and girls who live in country homes and have the oppor­ tunity of growing up in contact with nature. , Tent Life Cures Consumption. A doctor in Denver some time ago made some experiments with consump­ tives. A tent colony was established a little way out of Denver, and the patients progressed fairly well during the first part of the winter. But by and by there w'as a blizzard, and the thermometer went down to 20 degrees below zero, and then they began to Improve very fast. One woman did not seem to improve at all until the temperature reached this mark, and then she improved rapidly. She had had no appetite, but that 20 degrees below zero weather gave her an appe­ tite, which was an Indication that the body was beginning to work naturally, that the assimilative processes were being resumed, and from that time she kept on improving. - How do You Eat? It is safe to say that modern cook­ ing develops business for both the sa­ loonkeeper and the undertaker. When a boy eats mustard plasters in the form of food that is almost saturated with fiery spices and irritating condi­ ments, a thirst is created that nothing but liquor or cigarets will satisfy. Man is admonished to "eat for strength, and not for drunkenness," but fn these days anything that will tickle the four square inches of taste surface is con­ sidered good food, although it may contain scarcely any of the elements that nature requires to replace broken- down tissues and to rebuild the worn- out brain. As a consequence, the vi­ tality and physical resistance soon reach such a low ebb that the Individ­ ual falls an easy prey to any microbe with which , he may chance to come in contact. J? 4 If my next door neighbor chooses to have his drains in such a state as to create a poisonous atmosphere, which I breathe at the risk of typhus or diph­ theria, he restricts my just freedom to live just as much as if he went about with a pistol threatening my life.-- Prof. Huxley. Natural Cure for Tuberculosis. A Swedish doctor some fourteen or fifteen years ago succeeded, by a very crude method, in curing patients who have been given up to die. His prac­ tice was first of all to rub the patient three times a day with a towel wet in very cold water. A little later he put the patient in a tub of water at about 60 degrees, rubbing him vigor­ ously for about a minute, and later, as the patient became better able to endure the cold water, he was plunged into a tub full of ice water. This was done three times a day. Think of those poor consumptives! Neverthe­ less they got well. The cold water, with the rubbing following, produced such a powerful reaction that the whole body was stimulated to in­ creased vital activity and recovery fol­ lowed. Here is another case: A young man In New York who was getting ready to go to the Klondike went into prac­ tice, to convince his friends that he would not freeze to death. Out of a large buffalo robe he made a bag, pitched a tent in the back yard and slept in the tent in the buffalo bag, *11 the winter, without suffering any in­ jury from the cold. And another: A cultured lady In Tribute to Power of Press. Senator Money tells a story of the tribute a Mississippi minister recently paid to the press. The town in which his parish was located had been visit­ ed within a short srace of time by several catastrophes, " all of which, with harrowing details, had been duly exploited in, the local papers. The clergyman was moved to make the misfortunes of his townsmen a subject of prayer. He knelt In the presence of his congregation and began fervent­ ly: "Oh, Lord, doubtless thou hast learned through the papers of our recent and grave afflictions." Literary 8ecret Well Kept. It has often been said that the 1|est literary secret ever kept in America was entirely In the hands of a wom« an, namely, the authorship of the book appearing with the name of Saxe Holm on the title page. In his "Auto­ biography" Moncure D. Conway now prints for the first time a letter from Mrs. Helen Hunt distinctly avowing her authorship and saying frankly: "I Intend to deny it till I ille, then I wlsh it to be known." s New Jerse'y who made up her mind that she needed a little hardening, slept out of doors all last winter. She had her bed put out on the second- story veranda, and an awning put up, with a net around it to keep the night hawks away. Plenty of clothing was provided, a cap worn to keep the ears from freezing, and she got along so well that she slept out of doors the entire winter. • „ A National Error. Our cities are growing so "rapidly that only about one-half of our popula­ tion are now living in the country. Dr. Gould, speaking of the wrong of shut­ ting men and women up in houses and forcing them into sedentary occupa« tions, says: "There is enough land and opportunity, if both were allowed and utilized, to give every human being a livelihood that will permit life of a normal length." He adds, that with proper hygienic living, especially in youth, and with right lung expansion and development no person should have-tuberculosis. Home Sanitariums. In New York city consumptives fitre building little huts on the tops of the* houses, and are recovering. Outside New York, Boston, and other large cities, tent colonies, where consump­ tives can live out of doors, are being established. Every city ought to have outside it a camp where tubercular patients can live and get well. The air inside the city is not so good as it is outside; but on the tops of the houses, where the sun can shine, it is a great deal better than It is in the damp, dirty buildings in which most city people live. Some "Don'ts" About Dress. . Don't dress the neck too warm when going out in cold weather. A little extra protection is required for the ears, but it is not necessary to muffle up the neck* with thick furs to protect the ears. Warm wrappings about tlie neck cause the skin of the neck to become moistened with perspiration. When'the wrappings are removed In­ doors, the slow cooling which takes place in consequence of the evapora­ tion chills the part, and may produce sore throat or nasal catarrh. Don't wear rubbers indoors, nor out of doors, except wheh it is necessary to prevent wetting the feet. Rubbers, being impervious to air, prevent evap­ oration, so that the perspiration is re­ tained, and the shoes and stockings become damp from the perspiration. When the rubbers are removed, evap­ oration chills the feet, thfe same as if they had been wet by the rain or by walking <jn a wet pavement. On re­ moving the rubbers after they have teen worn for some time it is a good precaution to remove the shoes and stockings and put on dry ones. If this cannot be conveniently done care should be taken to keep the feet warm until the shoes are dry. The rubbers should be dried before ̂ wearing again. SOME WHOLESOME RECIPES. Green Pea Soup. , Press through a colander one can of green peas. Add to this two cups of water, one teaspoonful of salt and one heaping tablespoonful of cocoanut butter. Cook in a double boiler until the butter is melted. Dried peas may be used by first cooking until tender, then pressing through a colander. Hoecake. Brown slightly together In the oven two cupfuls of cornmeal, four table- spoonfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of sugar and two-thirds teaspoonful of salt. Heat one cupful of rich milk, add 'this mixture to it, beat it until cold. Add to this the beaten yolks of four eggs, lastly fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Drop-by spoonfuls on a hot oiled tin and bake twenty min­ utes. Vegetable Salad. Wash three medium sized potatoes, and steam until tender. Peel and cut into one-fourth inch cubes. Add one cup of celery, chopped fine, one lea- spoonful each of salt, celery salt, and grated onion, and the whites of three bard-boiled eggs, chopped fine. Mash thik three hard-boiled yolks, add three tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and two of olive oil; beat until smooth. Pour this over the salad. Garnish with either lettuce or parsley. Mince Pie. - Five cups of tart apples, chopped fine; five cups of protose, minced; one cup of prune marmalade (prunes thor­ oughly cooked, seeded and pressed through the colander); two pups boiled apple juice (boil the juice down until it is almost as thick as syrup); one cup of crushed nuts (walnuts or pe­ cans); one cup of malt honey, one- half cup of sugar, one cup of raisins, butter the size of an egg. Cook all the Ingredients (except the raisins) to­ gether slowly for two and one-half or three hours. Cook the raisins about half an hour. This is enough for five large pies. It may be sealed in glass cans and kept for any length of time. Georgia Gentlemen's Dispute. Two Georgia gentlemen, N. A. Mor- ris .and W. W. Osborne, have had a misunderstanding. Mr. Morris writes to Mr. Osborne in this gentlemanly fashion: "The only alternative left me is to denounce your assertion as a willful and deliberate lie and brand you as a malicious and common liar." What the assertion was is of no con­ sequence of course. With equal dignity Mr. Osborne re­ plies: "The language used being the purest blackguardism, coming from a typical blackguard and being used for no other purpose than to disgust the public with the controversy, is treated by) me with the same contempt in which I hold the author." i - - - Z-Jot,-., * w • • J" ... v.- . Newspaper Men Come, to Top. r Hudson, Minn., used to hkve a rest* dent known as "Hod" Taylor, who ed­ ited its local paper, the Hudson Star. He had a boy in his office who every* body in Hudson called "Mose" Clapp. Taylor is now assistant secretary of the treasury, and Clapp has just been re-elected as United States senator from Minnesota -Baltinjc'rc. Arshitccts Usem ts Evolved Fireproof Structure. Two Baltimore architects have drawn plans for a building entirely without wood. It will be six stories and will have a frontage of 41.5 feet. The entire structure is to be of re- enforced concrete and steel.' Even the doors, trims, window sashes and door jambs are to be of metal. The windows will be glazed with wire glass. The frame for the show win­ dows will be Of steel, into which the plate glass will be fitted. The side walls, columns and rear walls as well as the supporting columns of the front walls will be of concrete. The floors will also have a top dressing of ce­ ment one and a half inches thick. The stairs will be of concrete, with slate treads and wrought iron balus­ trades. The elevator shaft will be of concrete, as will also the inclosure around the stairway and the elevator hall. The cellar and roof are to be of cement. In order to eliminate all wood, even the flagstaffs on top will be of steel.--Engineering Mining Jour* nal. . M. Witte's Wife Under Suspicion. , A story is current in London that the czar suspects M. Witte's wife of conspiring against the throne. Mme. Witte was born a poor peasant girl, but was of a remarkable type of beauty. She married a tradesman and went to St. Petersburg, where Witte saw her. Her husband was in­ duced to allow her to get a divorce and Witte afterward married her. Later she was concerned in the enor­ mous speculations ot Adolpn Roth- stein, president of the Imperial Bank of Russia and organizer, of the Russo- Chinese bank, and was exiled from Russia by the czar. She is now at Nice. Rumors have been in circula­ tion tha,t Mme. Witte has been impli­ cated in the plot to shake off the rule, of autocracy and is in part responsi­ ble for the present turmoil in Russia. The Progressive Movement. A people once started on the march to freedom never stop until the goal is reached, however far off it may be. As Tolstoi said in his letter to the czar three years ago: "One can soon­ er arrest the flow of a river than that incessant progressive movement of mankind which is established: by God."--New York Tribune. Mark of Chinese Progression.' Chong, the viceroy of the Chinetie province of Chili, has endowed the University of California with five scholarships for Chinese students, to whom employment under the celestial government is promised when they have graduated. Pupils Earn Much Money. "Principal Ames of the Browft school at Hartford, Conn., states that a thor­ ough investigation about a year ago showed that the pupils earned 118,000 a year In selling newspapers. Abused Nature has a long memory. 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