Montana Plaindealer

THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Vol. 11 Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. J. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Subscription $2.00 per year, Strictly in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class matter April 12, 1906, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! PROSPERITY! UNION!!! The Snow-Storm The sky had darkened in the west; The sun 'neath clouds had gone to rest; The darkened sky, the prophet old, The coming of the blizzard told. With a roaring blast the storm came down, Over the hilltops. over the town; We gathered 'round the open hearth With hands so full of joy and mirth. The wild wind through the pine trees sighed, And the white snow blew far and wide, And while the wind howled 'round the door We list'ed to Grandpa's tales of yore. Carlotta Virginia Ford Down in Billings the Republicans are broad gauged and up with the times through the leadership of Chas. Browning and others. They have shown at all times they are willing to give due recognition to the colored voters. Last summer they sent to the State Convention a colored delegate, and at this session of the Legislature the preference of the senator from that county was for a young colored man, Mr. William Jefferson, who is now an employee of the Senate. Note the difference in such broad gauged Republicans as Chas. M. Bayer, Mr. Essyltone, and others to the measly attitude of the Republican leaders of Lewis' and Clarke County, and other localities which are dependent on the colored vote for success. With the good work accomplished for Republicani-m in this County in the last campaign not a successful candidate has been even grateful enough to say "Thank You," much less to consider the proposition of giving recognition to them by the way of political preference. And while the local ticket in this County was only partially successful at the last election, in view of the attitude of the present regime, we cannot see how, at the next election they would have any hope of electing any part of their local ticket, if it takes colored votes to turn the trick. Some of the successful candidates for office were prolific in their protestations that the colored boys should be recognized, but have been silent since the election. The usual Jim Crow bill has been introduced at this session this time by an unregenerated fire eater from the Cascades, who is fearful of amalgamation of the Caucasian, Chinese, Japanese, and Negro. Jim Crow signs are in force on upper Main St. in all places except at the poker games, and here the colored brother is given the glad hand, and is bid welcome to walk right up and get rid of his ready cash. As the New York Age grows in age it grows in grace, and truly is setting a high mark in Negro Journalism. --- TO SOLVE THE RACE PROBLEM By President Roosevelt Let the white man remember that to do justice to the colored man is demanded not only by the interest of the colored man, but by the interest of the white man also. Sooner or later every class of citizens will feel the effect of the raising or degradation of any other class. "All men up" is a much safer motto than "Some men down"; and it is to the interest of every class of any community that the members of every other class shall feel that industry, sobriety, good behavior, the conduct that marks a man as being a good neighbor and a good citizen, should receive a proper reward, so as thereby to put a premium upon the development of such qualities. What is known as the race problem is one of the most difficult of our problems, and it exists in the North as well as in the South. But of one thing we can rest assured, and that is that the only way in which to bring nearer the time when there shall be even an approximately fair solution of the problem is to treat each man on his merits as a man. He should not be treated badly because he happens to be of a given color, nor should he receive immunity for misconduct because he happens to be of a given color. The performance of duty should be the test applied to white man and colored man alike. The first duty which each colored man owes both to himself and his race is to work for the betterment both of himself and his race; for its educational, but above all, for its industrial and moral betterment. --- AT REST! The funeral services of Wm. W. Seals, who died at the residence of Albert Napper on the 6th inst. was held at St. James A. M. E. Church, Tuesday, the 12th. The services were conducted by Rev. Greenlea, assisted by Rev. Norris of Butte A large concourse of people, regardless of the inclement weather, turned out to pay a last tribute to one who had, by his life in this balliwick, gained the respect and confidence of all who knew him. William Seals was born in Lawrence, Kans., in 1866, graduated from the High School of that city, was married in 1892, at Kansas City, Kan. to Miss Jennie Dickson. He came to Montana in 1893, where he resided until his death, at which time he was the owner of a ranch consisting of 640 acres, near Helena. Aside from a wife and sister, an aged mother and father survive him at Lawrence, Kans. His remains will be temporarily deposited in a vault at Forestvale, and later on will be taken to the home of his birth for permanent burial. His entire life is a mute testimonial of his worth and sterling character. The Plaindealer joins with a host of friends and acquaintances in extending our condolences to his be reaved wife and relatives in this, their hour of sorrow, ```markdown ``` "There is a destiny that shapes our ends, rough-hew it though we may." Helena, Montana, Friday, January 15, 1900 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND EMMET J. SCOTT SECURE RCOGNITION FOR THEM Dec. 21.—The fight for Negro bandmasters for the four Negro regiments in the United States Army came to an end, it now develops on November 18, at which time President Roosevelt issued the order, behind which no technicality can go to keep worthy and capable black men from succeeding the white men who are now bandmasters in colored regiments. The letter files of the War Department show that Mr. Taft, as Secretary of War, on January 26, 1907, issued the first order, upon application of Emmett J. Scott, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, directing that black men be appointed to those four places as rapidly as capable colored men could be found to take the place. After eighteen months, or more, two of the regiments still had white bandmasters; the correspondence which here follows shows that President Roosevelt acted promptly when he determined that while the letter of the order was being followed, its spirit was not altogether being respected. Mr. Scott, under date of October 16, 1908, wrote Mr. William Loeb, Jr., the Secretary of the President, as follows: "Some eighteen months ago, Secretary Taft, with the approval of the President, as I understand it, issued an order to the effect that in the future no white man should be appointed as a bandmaster in colored regiments. "The Chief Musician of the Tenth Cavalry, Fort McKinley, P. I., it is reported, is white, and was re-enlisted to serve with the Tenth Cavalry last August as the Chief Musician. The Chief Musician of the Twenty-fourth Infantry has not so far been supplanted with a colored man, although I understand he is at present on furough. "Would it not be possible for both of these places to be filled by the appointment of suitable colored men, thus carrying out in letter and in spirit the order issued by Secretary Taft, of which you are, of course, well advised." "（Signed) Emmett J. Scott" "To this a reply was set by Mr. Loeb, which led to another communication from Mr. Scott, as follows: "November 16, 1908 "Hon. William Loeb, "Secretary to the President, "I am very much obliged to you for the very complete reply you have had sent to me, in response to my letter of some days ago. "The interpretation placed upon the order issued by the Secretary of War, under date of January 16, 1907, a copy of which was sent to me at the time by Mr. Taft, is not what I expected with respect to the enlistment of bandmasters in colored regiments. "I cordially appreciate, however, the injustice of interpreting the order in such a way as to discharge a man from a position in which he has been faithfully serving. The position of bandmaster is one of the high positions in the army which I believe the col ored people are now able to fit satisfactorily, and I am, of course, like many others, anxious that Negro musicians, who have the qualifications, shall have the opportunity which was opened to them by the order of the Secretary of War, above referred to. "This, Mr. Loeb, explains my interest in the matter, and my excuse for troubling you and the President, as I have been doing. Yours very truly, " (Signed) Emmet J. Scott, "Secretary." Immediately upon receipt of this communication, the following notes were sent from the White House: "My dear Mr. Scott: "Your letter of the 16th instant has been received, and I enclose herewith a copy of a supplemental order which the President has just sent to the War Department in the matter of the colored bandmasters. Very truly yours, (Signed) Wm. Loeb, Jr., "Secretary to the President. "Mr. Emmett J. Scott, "Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, "November 18, 1908. "To the Secretary of War. "Whenever there is a vacancy for bandmaster in a white regiment, transfer a white bandmaster from a colored regiment to it, and fill the place by the assignment of a colored man. This is to carry out the spirit of the order I have already issued. As soon as it can be done without injustice, I wish all the colored regiments supplied with colored bandmasters. "Theodore Roosevelt" The Negro people have had to fight for every recognition which has come to them during all the forty years since the Civil War, and it is only to put on record the successive steps which have been taken to open this "door of hope" in the United States Army that this correspondence is submitted. The Negro people owe President Roosevelt an especial vote of thanks for this additional proof of an earnest desire to open new opportunities for them. More new positions have been opened to capable Negroes under Mr Roosevelt than under any former national administration. A JIM CROW DECISION The Court of Appeals has affirmed the fine of $500 imposed on the Louisville Railroad Company for failure to comply with the provisions of the "Jim Crow" law. The Louisville & Interurban Railway Company, which leases its track from the Louisville Railway Company, escapes a fine, as the Appellate Court reversed the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court in its case. It was held that the Louisville & Interurban was not responsible for the acts of the Louisville Railroad. We are not acquainted with the facts in the case. The supposition is that a colored passenger rode in a coach not especially assigned to the colored people. Of course it could have been the other way—a white passenger riding in a coach set aside for colored people. It is said that this is quite frequently the case; it listhe thing so often complained of when rowdy white men force themselves on the colored people. According to the laws regulating such matters, an offense is committed in either instance. Five hundred dollars is a good-sized sum of money to pay The New York Dry Goods Store. Helena, Mont. SPECIAL NOVEMBER FUR SALE Our Redoubled Efforts Make this the Most Exceptional Money Saving Fur Sale Ever Offered the Discriminating Fur Buyer. out for violating the laws; the company will not pay it often if it can prevent it. We will remember this fact through it all, that it is not the companies that bring about the separate car business. In railing at the situation we unthoughtedly see the railroad company as the object of attack, when in fact they pay the thing no mind, excepting when forced to do so through sentiment that has taken shape in law. The companies do not care to run an extra coach that is in so little demand most of the time; simply because it means extra expense. In spite of this we get mad at the railroad people—see the railroad people, supposedly, when it is the state, through the laws, made in accord with the ruling forces of that state. The railroad companies will not do, it is noticed, any more than they are forced to do. The vigilance of the white patrons guards against any intrusion on their "domain;" they are not interested in good accommodations elsewhere. In fact, they have no thought of what is going on elsewhere. The company's aim seems to be to satisfy them; so your equal accommodation notion gets a nt attention. They are not compelled to furnish them in that extra sense of comply or pay and similar to most concerns stave off the complying until "you show them." We say, again, that among the good traits being taken on is that of race regard. This thing is growing, and if it does not result in some hurting quality—quickto be shown—it will mean very much good. In the past Negroes have actually been known to have been ashamed that they were associated, objecting to classification as much through the disregard of the race as to the thought of breaking down race lines; that condition is changing. Today Negroes are learning o put value on the raceto which they belong—"not ashamed of my countryman." The tendency will take out the sting of the "Jim Crow" situation and which, if continued, everything else being equal, will make useless the system. Washington, D. C.,—A Special Lincoln Stamp is to be issued, of the denomination of two cents, in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln. CARACUL FUR SETS Large Muff and Stole. Regular $10.00 Values 6.50 MISSES' FUR SETS Sets Made Imitation Ermine 6.50 CHILDREN'S FUR SETS Of Brown Imitation Squirrel 3.75 BABY FUR SETS Angora Fur 1.50 DID HE CONFESS? Boyd Conyers, who has been reported as confessing concerning the Brownsville shoot-up, has the following to say: "I was asleep at the time the shooting at Brownsville took place, and knew nothing of it until I was awakened by the shots and ordered to 'get your gun.'" "I was in no way connected with the riot, and I don't know anything of the guilty parties. The alleged confession secured from me is bogus, and the story that I tried to take my life, as told by the Government detective, is laughable. I have told all investigators that I knew nothing of the shooting, and that is all there is to it. I was promised the broadest kind of immunity by Mr. Brown, but I have seen no reason why I should confess something I did not do." In a letter to Senator Foraker, Conyers speaks of the visit of Lawson to Monroe, Ga., where he has been living. Conyers says he learned that Lawson was there to "pick him," and that he had the "high sheriff" (E. C. Arnold) arrest Lawson. As Lawson had no opportunity to have a private talk with Conyers, his (Lawson's) "fake" report to the Baldwin Brown detective agency which President Roosevelt used in his message to the United States Senate on December 14, made Conyers angry, and he says Lawson "told lies" about him. That is undoubtedly true. Senator Foraker called the Senate's attention to the fact that the President's "high sounding, smooth, logical report is signed by Lawson with his mark," and pausing to look around the Senate, the Senator added: "When this thing is gone to the bottom of, all honest men will be ashamed of it." Sheriff E. C. Arnold, of Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, declared that he has known Boyd Conyers all his life, and did not believe him guilty of complicity in the Brownville riot. "I was present at all the conversations between Herbert J. Brown and Boyd Conyers," said Sheriff Arnold, "and was anxious to get at the facts in the case. Conyers did not state the things attributed to him by the detectives. Conyers has a good reputation here, and I would believe what he said about the Brownsville affairs. I did everything I could to aid Brown and Lawson to get at the facts. In his conversation with Brown, Conyers was asked to name the members of (Concluded on last page) TTC STC TTT TT TT OTT OC UCT TT VOC ee EEC TC TT TTS - bre W /; eee > HA, D7 A 4 OD [Me EDITORIALS 2s. : Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. eho cherhorhecfeefuefecheafeofeofe ofecfoejoefe heefvoheofeojerjooheejreheefoofeefeogeehvefeajeoheoGeeheeBeng oof. SURPRISINGLY large number of other- wise Intelligent persons still entertain the belief that, according to law, those who disvover a presumably dead body must GRR) icave \t as they find tt until the coroner SSSR P orrives or authorizes its removal. It is true that in case of a murder, or even of death by accident, It 1s well for those who find the dody to leave it and {ts surroundings as nearly unmo- Jested as 4s consistent with common sense. This is in erder that no clew as to the manner of death may be @estroyed. But to find a man hanging by the neck and Bot cut him down, or to find a man floating in the water and not make every effort at resuscitation—pro- viding, of course, that the condition of the body does not preclude the possibility of life—ts to do that which can be ealled less than homicide only on the ground of ig- norance. A case In point was that of Monday at Greenwich, @onn. Dominick Bond, supervisor of construction on a sea wall, fell Into the water. His companions finally got hold of him, parsed a rope about his body and tied it to @ pier, supposing the man to be dead. Then they sent for the corouer. When that official arrived he found the man certainly dead, but declared that had he been removed from the water and ordinary means employed at the time his companions secured the body he could have been resuscitated. Strange how some of these old beliefs survive !—Utica Giobe. ANKIND Is learning rapidly which of the myriad kinds of lving things are friends and which are enemies, Pests that ruin crops are zenlously studied and fought by SEG] the termes, but some pests that endanger REY truman life are tolerated because their rarages are not visible to the unscientific eve. It took brave experiment to discover that the mos- quito is a deadly euemy of man, and a long cam- paign of education was necessary to prove the fnet to the public. The rat, being odious and a destroyer of property, was more ensily proved to be a disease-bear- fmg scourge. ‘The International Association for the Sci- entific Destruction of Rate, founded in Denmark, ts not & fantastic society, as is attested by the work in San Francisco and other cities against this creeping vehicle ef the bubonte plague. ‘The mosquito and the rat have “got to go.” And so has the housefly, which, far from being only a buzzing muisance, causes thousands of deaths a year. During the etvil war it was found that files carried gangrene. This early discovery has been explained by the later Knowledge of disease germs. ‘The fy ts attracted to all kinds of filth; his feet are barbed brushes which pick up dirt; and his track across the food we est is a path of pestilence when seen be- neath the microscope. He is the “principal agent in the “Spread” OF TYPHORIP MNS" Mricredse “OF "Tummer com- plaints,” intestinal diseases, is not due to hot weather— the human body easily adjusts Itself to mere temper- A FATAL FOOL BELIEF. FLIES. ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY. ‘The new Institute of Zoological Psy- chology has a plant on a farm in the Reighborhood of Paris, The exact lo- ation, the New York Sun's corre- spondent says, is kept secret, to avoid hindrance to the work by crowds of merely curious visitors. The property ineludes meadows and barn-yards, & ‘wood of considerable size, and « large Pond stocked with fish. There aro spacious buildings, including modern stables, a riding school, stalls for 1so- Jating animals under special observa- tion, am aquarium and a laboratory. On the roof of the main building is « dove-cote. How far the desire to study the habits of living creatures under nat- ural conditions may be carried {s {llus- trated in the fact that a complete div- ing apparatus has been provided in which observers descend to the bottom ef the pond. ‘There they remain for hours, until the fish become accus- tomed to their presence, and follow thelr natural impulses in playing and feeding. ‘The student ts thus enabled to note their habits at first hand. The other extreme of observation ts the construction of sheltered platforms fn the branches of trees, where stu- dents sit through the night armed with am electric flashlight to watch the doings of owls, bats and noctur- val insects, One of the conclusions reached by the students of the institute is that some animals possess a special sense by which they can detect the presence of water even though they cannot see it. The experiments were undertaken at the suggestion of David Allen, a resident of Australia and a corre- sponding member, who wrote to the institute of his experiences with sheep and cattle when being driven across country. In a place where the pres- ence of water was wholly unexpected, he says, “the leading animals would suddenly lift their heads and draw long breaths. Then they would abandon the beaten tracks and start running through the brush.” Sometimes they would run a mile and a half to two miles, and could not be stopped by the rivers, thelr course invariably leading to a pond or spring hitherto unknowa. The experiments were made on a water-rat, First {ts eyes were blinded by 2 bandage, and then it was placed in a turntable, which was whirled round unt! all sense of direction must bave been obliterated. Upon belag released, witli a moment's hesitation it started Airretly fer the pond, several hundred yards distant ature—but largely to the Increase of flies from May to August. The tradition of the relation between filth and dis- ease Is sound; and the clean housekeeper has always fought files with screens and Gy-traps. ‘These old-fashioned defenses are still practical. In addition, the keeper of horses should screen his manure pile and spray it with creosote or chloride of lime. To allow files on food is to run the risk of disease; to al- low flies to breed tn or visit poisonous matter is to en- danger one’s neighbors—Youth's Companion. ‘THE LIFE-INSURANCE “TWISTER.” from one company to another. He is like the bee who, Instead of getting honey from the flowers, robs the hive of his neighbors. In the past twisters have been agents of other companies, but a new (ype has sprung up. He usually calls himself an insurance expert, or an insur- ance adviser, or sone other name that anything but de- scribes him. He writes to the policyholder and asks for the privilege of showing how the latter may get more Insurance in some other company for the same rate. It Is needless to say that this other company Is often some company which has no financial standing. Just at the present time the twister Is Uving up to his name by trying to twist a wrong Interpretation into the Armstrong law, by saying that deferred or tontine divi- dends are outlawed, and by attempting to scare policy holders In other ways. The only way to treat the anarchist of life insurance is to drive him out of busl- ness by having nothing to do with hin.—Leslie’s Weekly. PERSONAL EQUATION IN SUCCESS. may be exerted, at one time or another, to add to your success. The oftener you cause that force to be ex- erted, the faster your business will grow. You can at- tract these Individual forces, 1f you choose, and get the most from them. Or you can repel them and suffer actual duinage from having come in contact with them. Or you msy take a middle course, as many business men do, and drift along in purely negative manner. Looking at business in this light, it is apparent that the underlying element which contributes most to the success of any undertaking, and to business in the aggre gate, is the art of Sinding the vital points of human con- tact that will set In motion these forces, The personal ‘element must be stamped upon your business —Systein. __ Frogs and toads were taken to a dis- tance of three or four miles from water and turned loose. It seemed to take them only a few seconds to locate the ‘water, One old blind toad showed the Instinet in the same degree as the others, | ‘The nature or source of this is not yet clearly discerned.’ ‘The observers ‘have named it the sense of humidity. ‘They believe it consists in a perception of the direction in which the atmos- phere contains most moisture. An effort ‘will be made to discover whether any men possess It. Among the subjects of Investigation ts the sight of birds and the homing Instinct of the carrier-pigeon. Many of the members of the Institute are in- clined to consider this a phenomenon of far sight. They have been taking by triangulation the height to which the birds soar, and from that figuring out the radius of vision they attain. A bird which reaches a height of eight bundred yards can see objects more than sixty miles distant, and that they are keen-sighted enough to recognize them cannot be doubted. At three miles a vulture gan desery the carcass of a kid hung on a pole. When Wilkins’ family arranged ‘To go away & month oF 0, Fits facial expression changed ‘To one of sorrow and of wor. He said he wished they wouldn't leave, But they refused to be misled. O, don't pretend that you will grieve,” ‘The family in concert said, “For you'll be having a big time.” And when at last their train had gone And he stood looking down the track And watched it rolling swiftly on, And wished that it was coming back, He turned and met « friend and sighed: “They've gone—I don't know what to do.” His friend looked at him, merry eyed, And sald: “Old man, I'm on to sou— ‘And you'll be having big time.” He ate wherever he might be ‘And tried to find a little fun; A show or two he went to see, But left before the plays were done; And those who knew him nodded then— His mood and manner well they read: “His family’s away asain.” With knowing wink and xmile they said, “And he's just baving a big time.” But Wilkins slowly homeward went And wandered through the silent rooms Where memories persistent blent ‘Themselves with all the hollow glooms, He thought of her heart warming smile ‘And how the children used to play, And then he said: “It's quite a while Already since they went away— Bot ain't T having « big time?” | —Crlicaro Tribune a al Hle “Big Time.” HE “Twister,” according to an insurance re port of Illinois, is the anarchist in life in- surance. We hate anarchy in any form, and are giad to sve that one of the old- line companies Is hard on the trail of the twister. The twister, as most of our read- ers doubtless know. seeks to switch policies F you stop for a moment to analyze success in business you will see that it comes through contact with people. It !s all Linged upon the manner of your contact. On every side you are surrounded by a multitude of persons, in every one of whom there exists a potential force that CANADA HOME OF GOLF. First Club in North America Feund- ed at Montreal. As In the case of that other great Scottish sport, curling, the honor of baving founded the first golf club tn America belongs to Montreal, the Cans- dian metropolis, says Recreation. Early in the '70s of the last century a Mr. Sidney, a well-known golfer and curler of his day, approached the Caledonian society of Montreal, whose charter pro- vides for the encouragement of Scot- tish sports among other things, with regard to the desirability of forming a golf club in Montreal. Nov. 4, 1873, saw the Montreal Golf Club founded. A course was laid out on the side of Mount Royal, the eminence from which the clty derives its name, and a club house was built. Mount Royal is a public park, but arrangements were made with the authorities for the use of the course and ever since then, year after year, the course has been kept up at considerable expense, until at the present time {t is one of the brightest freshest and most wholesome looking stretches of Mount Royal. To perpetu- ate the memory of the man who had been mainly Instrumental in the found- Ing of the club a hole was named after him and when fn later years the club took up fresh quarters at Dixie, on the shores of Lake St. Louis, the same thing was done on the new links. In 1884 the Montreal Golf Club, through the Intercession of the Marquis of Lans- downe, the governor general of Canada at that time, with her Inte majesty Queen Victoria, obtained the privilege to assume the affix “royal” and to be known thereafter as the Royal Mon- treal Golf Club. What It Was, “O. John!" she exclaimed, ‘now that you've seen my new bonnet you simply can't regret that I got it. Isn't It Just a poem?” “Well, if It is,” replied John, “I guess proper title for it would be ‘Owed to a Milliner’."—Philadelphia Press, Slow Bat, Pearl—Down on the porch last night Reggy was taken for a burglar. Ruby—Why, I'm surprised. Reggy never stole anything in his life, Peari—No, he is even too slow to steal a kiss. About half the people like personals in the newspapers, aud the other half hate them. Between the two crowds, the newspapers are always thoroughly abused. When a girl says that » young man is “Just perfectly horrible,” she means that he is just too sweet to live IN AUTUMN. I want te go where the leaves are bare ing, Burning in scarlet and gold; ‘The wind is up and my heart is turning Again to the forest old. I want to go where the leaves keep drop- ping, Dropping in crimson and brown, From dawn till dusk, not a moment stop- ping, ‘They are drifting, drifting down. I want to go where the leaves are blow- ing, Blowing in russet and red: ‘The brook, like a voice, through the si- lence flowing, Still whispers of summer dead. Yet, why go back where the leaves are falling, Falling again on the hill? Though woods await and the winds are calling, Thy voice is forever still. —Ainslee’s Magazine. The Chance that Came eee Se ee) See eee ee) ee eee | the ticker was clicking out its mes- sage, but he paid no heed to it. From the streets outside came men’s voices uplitted in mingled despair and rage. ‘Yivogmorton street was like pande- moninu, Men seemed to have lost their reason, Many were shouting in- vectives against this man who sat alone in his empty offices. People did not know that he was here. Some declared he had bolted from the country; oth ers were equally positive he would stay and face the music. These last had judged his character accurately. ‘The schemes which that wonderful Gnaneial genius had built up, and in which the public had placed confidence and theit money, had fallen to the ground in one fatal hour, Perhaps there was hardly a soul in London who would have believed it, yet the fact re- mained that Reuben Stern was himself Leggared. He left his office, passed from the place which had seen his triumphs, and finally reached the West End. Enter- ing une of the fashionable streets in Mayfair, he paused before a house. ‘Then, setting his mouth a little more grimly, he walked up the steps, and, ringing the bell, asked to see Lady Gertrude Kingsley. . She detected at once the anxlety tn Lis eyes, and came hurriedly forward. “Reuben!” she exclaimed. “What is wrong?” “What is it?” she questioned again “Tell ue at once, please!” “I am ruined!” He spoke the words with a dull, life Jess tone, and watched her face. The color died away from it, The sweet mouth ruddenly hardened. The eyes lost their softness. Every feature stiffened. Sbe glanced at him in amaze- ment. “Ruined!” she murmured. “What do you mean?” “My plaus have all miscarried. - All that yesterday was mine I have lost, except the most precious thing of all, and that {s your lore!” She laoghed hardly. “Do you think me a sentimental schoolgirl? Was it iikely that 1 should Jove « man whe sprang from ob- scurity, from nothing? Let me be frank with you in this hour. My sisters have, most of them, married well. I meau to marry a rien man. I would have ‘preferred a man of good family; but ‘when you proposed you were too good ‘@ match for nu to refuse. As for love, am I the woman, do you suppose, who ‘would let love influence her? I would have made you an excellent wife, 1 have no doubt. I should have Ilked to be the mistress of a great London house. I wanted to entertain, to be a woman of real Importance in my world. And you led me to imagine that every smbitious soctal dream of mine should oe realized.” She paused for a mo- ment, and then went on in a low, chok- Ing voice: “And now you have the audacity to ask me to share your pov- erty!” Her gaze was pitiless In its cold- ness. A quiver of rage shook her. Her restless hands were tearing at the flowers in her bosom. She was suffer- ing au agony of disappointment. she bad felt so secure; bad gloried in the anticipated social triumph which this man’s money was to purchase for her; had even boasted of the future among her own set, and of the rich gifts It would bold for her. And now to see every promise it had contained melted away. “Will you please go now?” she sald. The Atlantic lMner was plowing its swift passage through the sea on its howeward way to England. The day was brilliantly fine, and the smoke that rose in a floating column from the steamer’s funnels was the only dark patch against the cloudless sum- mer sky. Two people were slowly pacing the upper deck—a man and a woman. The former was Reuben Stern. He had altered a great deal since that time, four years ago, when his failure had caused @ sensation in the financial world. During the official investigation of his bankruptey he had remained in England; but this concluded, he safled at once for the United States. And ir, these four years, commencing at the bottom again, he bad regained a cer- tain standing among the minor finan- ciers of that country. But the longing to return to Eng- Jand had come over him, and, badly tp need of a rest, he had decided to go there on a brief holiday. His compan- fon was a woman whose acquaintance he had formed some weeks back at a mutual friend’s house. I was with a certain degree of pleasure that he had learned she was also going to England by the same boat. “To morrow, I suppose, we shall say good-by, Mrs. Poole,” he remarked to her’now. “I trust, #f you are staying in London, you will let me call on you, or do you any service thut is pos- sible?” “You can do me a service,” she re- sponded, quietly, “it you will, And that fs, help me find some one—some one who, I am convinced. is hidden in that great wilderness of a city, and whom I have come here to seek.” “If It Is possible,” he said, “you may rely upon my doing my best. But you had better give me your confidence.” “There Is little to tell,” she an- ewered. “I am that despised thing— a deserted wife! My husband left me. We had shared three bitter years to- xether, and then, without a word, he went away.” “And you want to find him; you care for him still?" “Oh, no—but, yes, I do want to find him. He treated me as badly as a man can treat a woman, And yet 1 must find him!” “And what Is your tdea as to the cause of his disappearance?” She paused some moments. “It seems a strange fancy,” she sald, at last. “But what I believe Is this: He left England under a cloud. In America he continued the same reckless folly. THe married me for love, as I thought; but it was merely that might act as decoy to a gambling den which he secretly ran, Our final quar- a i SW (Seas ores rel arose from my objection to this in- famy.” “But what shall you do, even though you find him? You would sure- ly never live with him again, if be treated you so shamefully?” “Not for the world!” she said, with a faint shudder. And yet I must find him. It has become the fixed purpose of my life. Some money was left me a few months ago, and this enabled me to start upon my humiliating quest. Until then I was poor. 1 bad to work hard for @ scanty living.” He looked at her keenly, “I believe,” he said, “that you must care for bim still.” She shook her head once more. “It would cost me hardly a pang to hear that he was dead,” she replied “And yet I must find him. Perhaps people's pity has galled my pride, and made me determine that my husband should acknowledge me as his wife no- der his right name, although we should never be more to each other than mu- tual bearers of that name.” “You are a woman whom most men would be prond to cull their wife,” fe answered, seriously, ee OO a hnie ee oo) ey When they reached London Mrs. Poole gave him all the knowledge she possessed of her missing husband. The details were meager enough, and rhe hadn't even a photograph to aid them. Stern sound that he possessed aptitude for detective work ; but profitless weeks passed by. ‘One afternoon, however, he received a telegram from Mrs. Poole: “My" search is at an end!” He went at once to her rooms, “We met face to face In London yes: terday,” she said. “For a moment he tried to deny me; but, seeing it was useless, he hurriedly promised, upon my giving him my address, to let me hear from him today. He would not Jet me deiain him, but broke away from me in a few monents 1 was helpless.” “What shall you do If he does not write?” But she did not answer bin. Her eyes were staring strangely at an even- ing paper which he held in his hands. Some words at the top of the page had caught her gaze. She snatched the paper from his hands with a ery, aud read the few lines beneath the heading, “Is -1s that bis answer?” she asked, In a trembling voice. Stern read where she Indicated. “We regret to announce that Sir Stephen Jesson met with a fatal accident in the hunting fleld this morning. It will be remembered that the unfortunate bar- onet came into the title, quite unexpect- ediy, a couple of years ago, three strong young lives having dropped out. Breryeue will sympathize with Lady Gertrude Jesson, who, "ay trude Kingsley, was the longa? tante of her year.” , “He was a villain al! see," sald Edith Poole, Sa, this woman while T still tiveg = sained her life, as well as ming, ye shall 1.40? Shall 1 put forty pith to ths imnn’s name, and tae yet from her? Or shall 1 toreye, back the truth that woulg rip everything?” « He ald not answer, 43 were fixed. He saw clearly tt tare before him, a certain gore’ Me Masfalr drawing room—he he woman's hard, merciless Yolce, ber 7 sulting words. ‘He remembered te, ter desolation which this ‘momma it created in hls darkest hour aye Whitligi had turned, indeeg Mrought with it this miracuow at of crying quits with the one The crueity Mt bad taken bin four yeamte forget. ‘The temptation grippeg me Miiy should she not be dragged agg Into the dust—her pride hunt’ hotbing else except this ove unlegae for thing could have power to meayy ity ‘Tien he crushed dow thy desire, + to As suddenly as it had come fore him the black past ‘anlabed i cloud of sunshine, out trom wig Edith's pale, serious face, with ten strange, altered look that he had mug In it of late shone forth, “What shall T do?” she asked ania “Guide me.” He took her hand in a gente gag “Let this “woman keep her enpy honors, And for yourself—forget thy You are this mai's widow, Reems my wife.” His tone was unmistakable, gi looked at himn with glowing. wondetig eyes. He was struck by ber sodden te wildering beauty. “Do you mean it?" she whisper There was no need for any amy answer, and she crept into the Shelter of a strong man's arms held oth recelve her.—Modern Society. MINDANAO LAND RICH. ee Island Has Millions of Aen Now Lying die, Americans have taken the equi s the Philippines as a matter of fae ‘The islands are so far away, and ther Is so much of pressing interest right ‘at hand, that the manner of arranghg ‘out new responsibilities and dischargiyg out new obligations, Is left absolatey to the government at Washington, em the Army and Navy Life. How may Amertean people know, for example, that Mindanao is a little virgin empin, with millions of acres of the ribet land In the world, now {dle and taller, but capable of enormous production? An American officer who has just t turned from there calls It “the pearls the golden setting of the achipelag, the promised land for the toilers in te east.” A while ago there was. clrewiste through the islands a petition prayhe the American people to grant the same trade privileges to the Philippines tht have been accorded Porto Rico, web Island, after getting what she wante and what she needed, Jumped her pert trade with the United States fro $8.500,000 to $28,000,000 and her bm Ports from $9,600,000 to $29,000,000 am nually! Porto Rico ts only a dot m the map tm coniparison with the Pit: Ippine archipelago, and the benefits 4 cruing to American customers of br Products are slight In covtrast wht those which would come with the & tension of our customs to Include te Philippines. A Temperate Announcement. ‘The man, woman or child who mt ceeded in extracting a word of com mendation from Eben Hobbs felt tt & notable feat had been accomplisdel His wife used to tell with much @ Joyment the story of her brief com ship. “I used to think be must lke me” she always began, “for he ce Wednesdays and Sundays regolar, ane sometimes took me buggy-riding In be tween; but be never said anything, fe ally. “Other young men would tell met had bright eyes and resy cheeks and so on. but Eb never did. “I used to get real tried with bin sometimes, But one county falr day! had charge of the candy table, andl overheard the young men talking ot side the window that wis right behitt me. “ "Ella Lane's the prettiset «if this town,’ one of ‘em said—she ™ my cousin, Ella was. “Most of the boys chimed in said 80 she was, but three or four ‘em spoke up for some other cholee At last T heard Eb saylns my mam ‘T don't see but what Milly Locke & ways looks as well as sou could expet for one of her age,’ he sald. And thet of course I knew his mind was made up, and so did they. “When he beaued me home (tit evening, he sald, ‘I most wish 1 could have heard what 1 told ‘@ abont you this noon, Mills.’ and tlt ‘T did, Eb; the window was open’ “Then he sald, ‘I'm giad you You know my mind; 1s sours @™ same? And I allowed ‘twas, thou his question might have seemed bia to some; but we were married wits ‘a month, and we've never felt to gret it, elther of us.” Basinesslike England ‘The English are not x revenstt people. They forget everything after # fight in their eagerness to trade witb their late enemy. It 1s not so much 1% spirit of forgiveness of si8 wile prompts them as the spirit of pusdies rade. ‘That is the central inv0is ® take keke Tuite tre Ome FARM AND GARDEN The Rural Home. So important has agriculture become to the nation's prosperity that President Reosevelt recently appointed a commission to suggest means to make the rural home more attractive and assist in keeping young men on the farm. Many of the conveniences that add comfort to a city home could be installed in the country residence. The farmer possesses an advantage over the majority of residents in cities in that he owns his own home and is nominally the dictator of his surroundings. In cities dwellers are crowded into apartment buildings for the want of space for private residences and to secure economy in living expenses. The owners of apartment houses have installed steam heat, porcelain bath fixtures, gas stoves, electric lights and maintain the apartments at great expense on account of the costly fixtures and the frequency of repairs. The tenant forms no attachment to his home and is ready to change his residence when other apartments are discovered that more fully suit his fancy. In the country the rural home is permanent and all its improvements are consummated with a view to the future as well as the present generation. In no other profession does the home dweller enjoy the work of his hands as in agriculture. If man is what he makes himself, so the rural home reflects the owner's idea of beauty and convenience. With the land producing increased crops and agricultural products selling at record prices the farmer can afford to adorn his home and improve it with many modern and sanitary appointments. The water supply may come from a shallow, inconveniently located well and the supply may be contaminated by surface seepage containing the microbes of typhoid fever and other diseases. The water supply is the great source of health, cleanliness and convenience on the farm. Tubular wells are permanent and of cheap construction and their depth furnishes living water free from germ diseases. With a windmill and tank the water can be piped into the house at small expense and a supply furnished at all times by turning the faucet. A hot-water heater can be attached to the stove and hot water provided without additional expense for fuel. With ample grounds a beautiful lawn could easily be arranged with ornamental trees, flowers and shrubbery that would outvival the homes of city dwellers. With the installation of modern conveniences at small expense rural homes can be made ideal for comfort and thus stimulate contentment among the younger generation to follow the greatest of all professions. agriculture.-Goodall's Farmer. Convenient Barn Truck. No dairyman can afford to ignore that which will lighten his labor in any way whatever. Be his stable ever so conveniently constructed, he has enough to do. Hence the importance of his considering the truck or car pre- FEEDING TRUCK FOR THE STABLE. sented in the cut. Made of good lumber, the only iron about it is the handle at each end, by which to push or pull it along the feeding alley in front of the cows which are to be fed, and the trucks on which it is mounted. The wheels procured, any good blacksmith can make this, so that the truck is by no means difficult to construct. It should be about 2 feet wide, 20 inches deep and 4½ feet long. Silage can be conveyed in it from the silo to the mangers very readily. If the silo is some distance away it will save much hard work, indeed.—Fred O. Sibley, in Farm and Home. Grasses Everywhere. Grasses are widely distributed. We usually think of them as existing in our temperate zones only, because here we have the perennial pastures and meadows. They are, however, to be found so far north that the soil is frozen under them during the greater part of the year, while they are also common to parts of the South where the frost is never known. Even the mountain tops that are clothed with perpetual snow have just below the snow line their carpets of poas that grow and bloom through a brief period every year. The grasses push hard against the eternal snows. Hog Mange. The following simple remedies are offered as cures for mange in hogs: 1. Creosote, one and one-half ounces; lard, two pounds; mix well and apply to affected parts. 2. Sulphur, one and one-half pounds; lard, two pounds; mix well and apply as above. 3. Turpentine and sulphur at the rate of ten parts of the former to one of the latter is likewise said to be an effective remedy. PRIORITY Prices Going Higher. From the figures of a report by the bureau of labor there has been extracted the interesting fact that sale prices of nearly everything reached a higher level last year than at any time during the last eighteen years, and the farm produce leads all the rest. The bureau divides the 258 commodities of the country into nine groups and farm produce showed the highest increase in price attained by any of the groups. And the encouraging feature of the report is that the panic of last year did not affect prices of farm stuff very much. In fact, taking everything sold, the farmer got more money in 1907 than the average of ten years before. Som farmers may not know this, but it is true, because Mr. Powderly's bureau says so. Aside from the musty figures of a departmental report, the fact is evident that the farmers of this country are more prosperous than they have ever been. It is shown in better houses, bigger barns, fatter bank accounts, fewer mortgages, better machinery, and, more important than anything else, higher standard of living for the family. There is one small fly in the ointment, however, and that is the fact that while farm produce has been raising in price, clothing, implements, lumber and building materials, house furnishing goods and some other things farmers must buy have gone up, too. But as these commodities have not kept pace with the advance in the price of things the farmers have to sell they may on the whole feel that they are gaining ground and that agriculture is not to be despised. Handling Alfalfa's Cron: Methods of handling alfalfa crop. Methods of handling alfalfa crop from the time of seeding until it is in the barn in the form of well-cured hay are given by the Wisconsin Station bulletin. In brief, it is as follows: The best soil for alfalfa is a rich clay loam over a gravelly subsol. It is best on well-cultivated soils. If the nitrogen-forming bacteria are not in the soil, the soil should be inoculated. Spring sowing is the best. Where ground is inclined to be weedy use a nurse crop, barley sown at the rate of three pikes to the acre being the best. Thin seedling of the nurse crop is preferable. Twenty pounds of alfalfa seed per acre is recommended. The year following the seeding three good crops of hay can be expected. Cut when about one-tenth of plants are in bloom and on a morning after the dew has disappeared on a day that promises fair weather. Cut stubble at least an inch high. In the afternoon of the day cut, rake and put into small cocks. These cocks can be covered with light cotton duck caps and left until the hay is thoroughly cured. To Kill Quack Grass. Quack grass is sometimes known as Johnson grass, and also by other names. It is useless to attempt to get rid of it after the land has been planted to a crop. Now is a good time to consider fighting it. Plow the land late in the fall, just before winter begins. Plow just deep enough to get under the roots, leaving as much of them as possible exposed to the frost of winter. These exposed roots will be destroyed. In the spring harrow or rake over the roots repeatedly, doing the work over and over again until almost every root is removed, and then plant the soil to potatoes or corn and give thorough cultivation. Value of Farm Products. There are about 7,000,000 farms in the United States. In 1007 the value of the products from these farms was $7,112,000,000. The average for each farm is about $1,058. This means gross products whether consumed on the farm or sold in the market. Helps in the Farm Home. When through using a tool, or machine, put it up. Young ewes should as a rule never be bred under 14 months. Little leakages cause big losses in the aggregate. Remember that. Bacon is fine when baked in the oven. Pour off the grease frequently. Watch the butter milk and be sure you are not losing lots of butter fat. A bit of alcohol on a soft cloth will make your glasses shine and save your eyes. Feed the horses regularly. Irregular feeding encourages bolting of food, leading to indigestion. A slate hung in the kitchen is a very handy thing on which to note things to be ordered from town. Don't forget that charcoal is good for the hogs, salt, also. Have it where they can help themselves. Large animals consume less pounds of dry material per 1,000 pounds live weight than do small ones. It is no longer a question: Does the silo pay? Rather, what is the best method of handling the silo? The road horse stuffed with hay makes a poor traveler. Feed light on hay and heavier on oats when using the horses much. Kerosene will start a stove fire all right, but no wise woman will use it. Dry corncobs are nearly as good and a great deal safer. Dipping the ends or corners of articles to be hung on the clothes line in very strong salt water will prevent the part from freezing and makes it easy to put on the clothespins. Invite your neighbor to have dinner with you occasionally and never fall to go out when you are invited. We all get tired of home cooking in time and a change is a good thing. BURMESE DOCTORS' SECRETS. Cures for Cobra Bite and for Hydro- phobic Ther. Will Not Pierce diphone They Will Not Dive. Every one knows, of course, that the bite of the Indian cobra is fatal, says the London Standard. But what Europeans do not actually know is whether or not the natives of India really possess the cues they claim to have both for cobra bites and for hydrophobic A few years ago an Indian civilian in Burma strolled out with his gun in the evening. When scarcely a hundred yards from the zayat or shelter in which he was camping S——was bitten in the leg by a cobra, which he promptly shot. He at once returned to the zayat and scrawled a pencil note to be carried by his orderly to his chief, the deputy commissioner, and then resigned himself to the attentions of a couple of Burmese medicine men who happened to be passing the night there and to the death which he accepted as absolutely inevitable. Meantime his superior officer proceeded direct to headquarters on receipt of the news to seal up the unfortunate man's effects, after which he set out for the zayat to see to the burial of his subordinate On the road he met the "dead man" comfortably jogging along toward headquarters quite recovered. The Burmese medicine men had scarified the wound and rubbed a certain paste into it. They had also given the patient certain infusions to drink and had cured him. Nothing, however, would induce them to give away the secret. Our own medicine men have man, cures of hydrophobia to their credit, but cures of cobra bites are almost unknown. An English officer in the Shan states kept a number of dogs, one of which recently went mad and bit one of the saihib's servants. The station was an isolated one. The services of a Shan doctor were called in and the servant, after passing through all the severe stages of the terrible disease, was absolutely and completely cured by the Shan doctor. The English officer offered 1,000 rupees for the secret of the treatment used and to a Shan this would, of course, be a large sum of money. But the secret was never divulged. HOLDING THE BABY. Introducing a Nice Point in Baby Carriage Etiquette. "That fellow doesn't know the first thing about the etiquette of the baby carriage," remarked one of a group of men at Thirty-first and Main streets. The comment was made to all in a general way. One of the group, the man with a frayed collar and a look of patient resignation, gazed anxiously at a couple about to board a car. The mother was sparring in a desperate sort of way with one of those baby carriages which shop salesmen can open and close in a minute and the users in from five to thirty minutes. "Don't see anything wrong with that," said the man with the frayed collar. "He's got to hold the baby even if she does have to wrestle with the carriage. You don't think he ought to hold the baby and take care of the carriage, too, do you?" "Well, there's one thing sure," rejoined the objector—"the man doesn't know a thing about baby carriage etiquette. What you want to do is this: If the baby weighs more than the carriage, it's the man's place to hold the baby. If the carriage weighs more, he should hand the baby to his wife." "Oh, piffle!" interpolated the man with the big black cigar. "You're way off. What he ought to do is to hand the baby to his wife and the carriage to the conductor."—Kansas City Star. What Might Have Been. "I d'clare, I d'know wat to make of ma wife. She'll ruin me a-spendin' all de money there is," declared Jim, when his old employer inquired for Mrs. Jim. "She do seem reckless about money," continued Jim, with a sober face. "Always askin' me for a dollar, or fifty cents, wantin' money all de time, like I could pick it up in de streets." "Well, well, that is hard," responded his questioner; "but what does she do with so much money?" "I dunno. I ain't give her any yet." Reassured. "G—g—good evening!" said the young man who had come to speak to the girl's father. "Good evening!" replied the old gentleman. "You look a little nervous. How do you feel? "Flattered," replied the young man. "I was afraid I looked scared to death."—Philadelphia Press. Serene Impudence. "That offended government threatens to make a naval demonstration," said the South American official. "Send word immediately," answered the president of the republic, sharply, "that it must not do anything of the sort without first paying the license fee usually collected from traveling exhibitions." -Washington Star. Easy Enough. "I cannot live but a week longer wiz- out you!" "Really, duke! Now, how can you fix on a superficial length of time?" "Ze landlord fix on it, miss, not I"— Louisville Courier-Journal. An Exception. "I think," said the merchant, "I'll have to fire your friend Polk. I never saw any one quite so lazy." "Slow in everything, is he?" "No, not everything. He gets tired quick enough." A man's occupation, as a rule, is as uninteresting as washing dishes, sweeping rooms and making beds. WOMEN AND FASHION Mother. Who is it knows just what to do When things go wrong and life looks blue? Who is it sings amid her care And smiles when shadows bring despair? Who is it through her changeless day Unchanging goes her faithful way? Who is it keeps the light, the home, Still sweet howe'er her loved may roam? Mother! Who is it bears her little ills With patience as the Master wills? Who is it comes, who is it goes, When others suffer, like the rose, With soft compassion, tender wiles, Dear touch of hand and charm of smiles That bring back comfort, cheer and rest To burning brow and aching breast? Mother! Who is it reads upon "his" face The care that business leaves, the trace Of all-day worry, hard wrought grind, Who is it brings his chair, his pipe, And leans with lips where love sits ripe To pour upon his troubled day The comfort of her woman's way? Mother! Who is it, when the gray wolves knock, Guards with her soul her little flock? Who is it nurses, rears and tends, Heals little wounds and knits and mends? Who is it takes her own joy less In grandeur than in tenderness, Long giving up through long-drawn years Without one sign of sob or tears? Mother! Who is it earns as well as she A little right to rest and glee? A little seashore now and then With other wives of other men A little mountain, lake or brook. A little sunshine and a book; A little quiet hour of cheer. With work all done and conscience clear? Mother! Who is it wins the crown she wears When love lays wreaths upon gray hairs And joy on wings of softest gleam Leads home her little ships of dream? Who is it, though she goes not down Each day to business in the town, Still lifts her burden, toils her share, Fulfills her trust and meets her care? Mother! Ah, mock her not with rules unseen Of garish eyes—a homespun queen, A sovereign round whose scepter sweet the liegemen of the heartstone meet; A monarch who has made the earth A greener mold, of greater worth, And built in the hearts of time The altar fires of faith sublime— Mother! —Baltimore Sun. ABOUT THE BABY When baby is old enough to eat his meals at the table with the family it is necessary that a high chair be pro- vided for him. But when taking the youngster out for a meal where they have no such thing as a high chair, it is very uncomfortable for both baby and the person attending to his wants. A man seated in a chair, holding a press, printing a book. Recently, how ever, a folding high chair has been pat- FOLDING CHAIR. chair has been patiented, as shown in the accompanying cut. It would be very inconvenient, of course, to carry an ordinary folding high chair around when visiting, but that has been overcome by the use of a folding seat which may be suspended from the back of any ordinary dining-room chair by means of two legs having adjustable hooks on upper ends with cushions on the bottom and the arms about in the middle. The arms serve to brace a detachable mounted table and the whole arrangement may be adjusted to exactly suit baby's com-ort. Needlework Notes. Shelves for small supplies and a box ottoman for remnants and bundles of lining, as well as knee board, will be found very useful in the sewing room. A Japanese patterned crepe is a dainty material from which to make a kimono. The edges can be bound with satin in a harmonizing color or with wash ribbon. Among the daintiest petticoats worn by baby with the first short dresses are those devoid of ruffles. Above the hem-stitched hem are little clusters of embroidered flowers. In selecting linings for a jacket it is well to consider whether the garment will be worn over light-colored waists; so it is by far wiser to have a light uning than a dark one. The fancy wings which are being worn are often made with no back—the fronts are connected by a strap of elastic at the waist line. This makes Psyche AND HER KNOT it possible to remove them with the coat without difficulty. Narrow velvet bands are now used at the top of fragile collars, headed with high ruching. It is found a good support for the collar, besides adding much to the neck fixture. Satin bands may be used in the same manner. A very good trimming for the cuffs, collar and tie of a very fine linen, is to work the edges with narrow scallops, and make a border edge of pin-head dots, each the size of an ordinary pin head. This can be made in a white French knot. If a color is desired then use tan or blue. put on the spot with a brush, night and morning, for two days. If painful irritation results, zinc ointment will be found soothing. - Are American Women Rough? Are American Women Rough? The Swedish jurist who thinks the athletic tendency of the American woman is to blame for many divorces ought to take an extra think or two before he makes any more statements of that kind. The round-shouldered, flat-chested, flat-footed beauty of European society may be b's ideal, but the American man knows his own mind, and his taste doesn't run to that sort. European titles seem to have a fatal fascination for sunny empty-headed and empty-hearted American girls, but you don't see American men prowling about Europe hunting for wives. The American man doesn't marry a woman merely to get his housekeeping done for nothing. He marries a bright, beautiful American girl to be his companion in life. He doesn't regard his wife as a chattel. He likes her brilliancy, and likes to be envied because she is his. He doesn't want a sentimental, sickly mope, but a strong, able wife, with a sound body as well as a sound mind. Guess again, Judge Cederstrom. You're away wrong.—Chicago Journal. Now It Is the Soulful Girl. Now It Is the Soulful Girl. There are fashions in manners as well as in clothes and those delicate beings who catch the vibrations of conduct from the higher ether as carefully as the wireless telegraph operator reads his message have intimated that the era of the vigorous, rollicking girl has passed. The belle of this winter must be a soulful, posing girl, who can sit for an entire evening with her hands lightly clasped in her hap, and who moves only her lips in speaking, not using her eyebrows, shoulders and hands. Several girls are working hard to acquire repose, paradoxical as that sounds. With repose of manner has come study of how to make the eyes expressive. A girl who has millions, but not great good looks, and who will bow in New York, brought an instructor from London, just to teach her to use her eyes and how to acquire the latest gait, an undulating kind of glide. Moles. It is a very difficult matter for amateurs to remove moles successfully, and the treatment with them is apt to end in a scar. Understanding this, if one cares to try, there is a mixture of fifteen grains of chlorate of potassium to four ounces of distilled water. This is put on the spot with a brush, night and morning, for two days. If painful irritation results, zinc ointment will be found soothing. DAME FASHIONS DEGREES Dotted veils are to be absolutely out. Colored laces are more the vogue than ever. There is a craze for embroidery in trimming. Artistic simplicity is the dominant note of gowns. To be in the mode, even umbrellas must be slender. The one tone waist has had a rebound into favor. There is a metal touch in nearly every winter costume. For dress wear shiny leather shoes are still predominant. Whatever the gown, the accessories must be in tone with it. Baby's head dress this winter is the old fashioned poke bonnet. The stylish wrap of the fall is the full or seven-eighths length. It is predicted that Tyrolean hat will dominate juvenile fashion. The new skirts are revolutionary cut and difficult of adjustment. Satin and satin finished or dull crepe are the favorites in the realm of silk. New rain coats are full length with loose circular back and double breasted. Shoe tops are higher, toes pointed, and heels about the same as last season. One of the loveliest exponents of the new lace fashions is the lace bordered veil. New neckwear is exceedingly dainty, fine nets and laces being much affected. Satin cords and bands are being extensively used for the new suits and frocks. Collars made entirely of soft satin ribbon to match a frock or hat are smart. A perfectly flat back line is fashionable in conjunction with the slenderest of hips. Next to broadcloth in the season's mode come serges and other twilled goods. Bloomer petticoats have considerable favor because of the closeness of the new skirts. Jumpers are modified into the directoire waistcoat of lace or linen worn under coats. Narrow lawn tiles, dalntily embroidered on the ends, are much worn with linen collars. Trade with the Helena Packing and Provision Co. J. W. Bush of Bozeman visited in Helena last Sunday. Wm. Walker, also of Bozeman, who was formerly a resident of Helena, was in the city last week shaking hands with old friends. Mrs. Mamie Jacobs returned from Butte last week, where she will reside for a time, and then go to Caiifornia. Mrs. A. J. Walton, who has been a patient at St. John's Hospital, is reported as convalescent. W. D. Martin, of the Montana Club made a flying visit to Butte last week The Pigion Pie Social given at the Church last week was a great success, and quite a number were out to the novel entertainment, which was promoted by Mrs. Greenlea. The Mock Congress is attracting much attention which is the star event promoted by the St. James Literary. Rev. S. A. Norris of Butte, who has for more than a year served as pastor of the Baptist Church in Butte was a visitor in our city this week. Rev. Norris has the appearance of being a highly intelligent minister, and the people of Helena regret that they did not have an opportunity of hearing him speak. He returned to Butte Friday. C. F. Jones, the well known mining promoter of Butte, was a visitor in our city this week. Mrs. Blanks continues to be very ill at her home on Lyndale Ave. The firm of Harris and Ellis has dissolved. Mr. D. H. Harris is now conducting the wood yards alone. The separations among our people are now more frequent than the marriages. On last Tuesday Mrs. A. Palmer and Miss Pearl accompanied Miss Rebecca Palmer to Missoula, where that evening she became the bride of Mr. Geo. Williams of that city. The following account of the wedding is clipped from a Missoula paper: George Williams of Missoula and Rebecca Palmer of Helena were united in marriage last night at the residence of the groom, 1204 Cooper Street, Rev. J. W. Tait performed the ceremony. The bride was beautifully attired and carried a bouquet of American Beaury roses. She was attended by Miss Alice Lundy, while the groom was attended by John Hayes. After the ceremony the guests sat down to a delightful luncheon. The young couple will go to housekeeping at the home which has been prepared by the groom. The groom's father presented the happy couple with a 5 room cottage. The Plaindealer joins in wishing the happy couple a pleasant voyage over the matrimonial seas. The bride, whom we have known quite well, has many admiring qualities, and has always been a staunch supporter of the Plaindealer, as one of its valued patrons. A. J. Walton will visit Butte next week on business. IF YOU WANT of the value of money; can do; of the import amounts play in business earn and do for you, we an account in our Savi can explain to you what Department is a good 4 per interest. Absolute sa of intelligent and com Union Bank IF YOU WANT PROOF of the value of money; of what small amounts can do; of the important part these small amounts play in business; of what they can earn and do for you, write to us concerning an account in our Savings Department. We can explain to you why an account in this Department is a good investment. We offer 4 percent interest. Absolute safety is assured because of intelligent and conservative management. HELENA, MCNTANA. --- Wedding Bells Ring! THE PLAINDEALER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY The up town poker games have made some of our young men, and old ones as weil, look like 30 cents. The Helena dead beats have not yet got wise to themselves before the hammer falls. The lady on the east side who leads a double life thinks she is so cute. The young men who undertook to do the slums failed to make the round trip. A certain grass widow has become so young again. Will Walker got vanquished at everything he started, and that he was not in it in the dancing contes. The young millionaire from Butte failed to pay up his just debts. The Mock Congress failed to pass House Bill No. 23. The Rarebacks and Strutters are now saying who did and who did not. The married woman on the East Side is getting so "balled up," and is being played for an easy mark. The grass widow on the East Side entertains so many married men. A certain business man is so worried over other people's affairs, which could be no concern of his. The Fly Set failed to pull off that fly ball. The bears who were trying to get into the Cute Set backed out. There should be any reason for organizing another church in this city. The poker games are the only places where the blacks and whites meet on equal terms in this city, and even at that price has the white man got the squeeze on the black. Spencer Smith says he is not surprised at anything he hears. Will Jefferson of Billings receives so much mail. A certain man about town has denounced his race and is now a Hawaiian. Charley Browning of Billings cannot truly be called a hustler. Senator Dixon or Carter should not pro cure something for recognition to the colored voters of Montana under the National Administration. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is peculiarly valuable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK. On Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charges. in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all new dealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 625 F. St., Washington, D.C. WANT PROOF of what small amounts important part these small business; of what they can write to us concerning Savings Department. We why an account in this d investment. We offer percent safety is assured because conservative management. K & Trust Co. --- the baseball team of the troops stationed at Brownsville, and he readily compiled. Next he was asked to name the roughest and toughest members of the company of which he was a member, and this he did. That is all he ever told any detective. The story of his having gone to Gainsville with Lawson on June 15 is untrue." Sheriff Arnold ridicules the idea that Conyers attempted suicide after his alleged confession to Lawson. "Boyd Conyers has told me the same story over and over, without variations, concerning this Brownville affair, and I believe that he is innocent." We attribute the secret of our success to the uniformly all our customers. In anticipation of a good Christmas now in our stock most anything that could be desired in Glass, etc., and respectfully ask for a liberal share of the the uniformly courteous and square treatment of good Christmas business we prepared and carry be desired in Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Cut share of the public's patronage. We attribute the secret of our success to the uniformly courteous and square treatment of all our customers. In anticipation of a good Christmas business we prepared and carry now in our stock most anything that could be desired in Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Cut Glass, etc., and respectfully ask for a liberal share of the public's patronage. READ he Plaindealer! A RIDER AGENT IN EACH TOWN and district to agger' bicycle furnished by us. Our agents everywhere are for full particular, and special offer at once. Until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship us, receive the highest grade bicycles it is possible to make one small profit above actual factory cost. You save $10 by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guar- nance. We may our models at the numberally this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. You can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at cic day receipts. We do not regularly handle, second hand bicycles, but buyed by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out $10. Descriptive bargain lists smalled free sorted roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and half the usual retail prices. PUNCTURE-PROOF IREES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY Montana Plain READ The Montana Plaindealer! NO MONEY REQUIRED in particular; and special offer at once. WE ship to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. without a cent deposit in advance, prepaid freight, and put it on your account. We will put it on your account and put it to any tait you wish. If you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the shipile card back it to us at our expense and you will not be one cent. FACTORY PRICES We furnish the highest grade bicycles it is possible to buy to $25 middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guarantee at any price until you receive our catalogues and at any price until you receive our catalogues and prices and remarkable special offers to rider agents. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and study our superb models at the wonderfully low prices we can make you this year. We sell them much cheaper than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at double SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle, second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free and equipped with all kinds of pedals, parts, repairs and COASTER-BRAKES, equipment of all kinds at half the usual retail prices. COASTER-BRAKES, single wheels, imported roller equipment of all kinds at half the usual $ 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCT SELF-HEALING TIRES The regular retail price of these tires is $5.50 per pair, but to introduce we will PROCESSOR RECORD BUILT HERE PROD. CO. FOR BREAKING TONE CO. CHICAGO J 54 a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing water to pass through. The rubber from satisfied customers stating that their tires have only been pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of lint, specially prepared fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires is $5 per pair, but for larger tires, the price is $10 per pair. All orders售 same day uped same day, etter is received, we ship C. O. D. on examined and found them strictly as represented. but (thereby the price $4.55 per pair) if you unchose this advertisement. We will also send one returned at OUIB expense if for any reason they are really reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We when you want a bicycle you will give us your order, any kind at any price until you send for a pair of a churn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at write for our big Fire and Sundry Catalogue which are about half the usual prices. today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle from anyone until you know the new and wonderful to learn everything. Write it NOW. COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. the rider of only $85 per pair. All orders shipped same day etter is received. We ship C. O. D. on behalf of our company and are represented. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.65). We send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not available. We will send them to the bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, farther, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We will send you a pair of these tires. If you don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of **IF YOU NEED TIRES** Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at the special introductory price quoted. Our catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices. **DO NOT WAIT** but write us a postal today. **DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle** or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It costs $10. approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined at We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby, man send FULL CASH WITH ORDER) and enclose the nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at O not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find t wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have know that you will be so well pleased that when you We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this rem IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at the special introductory price quoted above or describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO or a pair of tires from anyone offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everyl J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY THE REASON WHY (Cont'd) Helena should not send a representative to the next meeting of the Interstate Literary at Kansas City. Some of those who are so flagrantly devoid of morals are foremost in promoting religious organizations. There should not be a colored man given some position under the present city, county, or state administration We have it from Mr. William Jefferson of Billings that Preacher Redd of that city, well known throughout Montana and the entire Western country, has strayed from the narrow path, and that serious charges have been preferred against him at that place. Mr. Jefferson was an eye witness to Redd's escapades, and it is not hearsay, so he says. He further says the people are much humiliated by his betrayal of his trust; that he has outlived his usefulness at Billings not only as a minister but as a man in any capacity. Mr. Redd will be well-remembered in this city, which he has visited on several occasions and he has preached one on two sermons at St. James Church. 22 South Main Street double or SECOND usually have NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES XILLA faces four classes will air out. Over two, sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. **DESCRIPTION:** Made in all sizes. It is lively and easyriding, verydurable and lined insidewit MONTANA MINING ASSOCIATION TO MEET The Montana Mining Association will hold its Annual meeting in the Auditorium at Helena, on February first. The meeting will be called to order at 2 p.m. All members are urged to be present, as business of great importance will be transacted, and certain legislation effect ing mining will be framed and offered to the legislature, which is now in session, for passage. Come and bring as many interested ones as you can. It costs nothing to attend the meeting, and we want you to hear what we have done, and what we intend to do. F. B. Linderman, Secretary. Zacob A. Yund, Helena, Montana. Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This must not exhaust any other make-soft LASTIC and EASY RIDING. THE MALLORY CRAVENETTE Soft and Stiff Hats are the best. We Sell Them. MART, SCHAFF FINE CL GANS & K ESTABLISH READ THE PLAINDEALER SCHAFFNER & NE CLOTH TS & KLEIN ESTABLISHED 18 PLAINDEALER AND K MART, SCHAFFNER & MARX FINE CLOTHES GANS & KLEIN CO. ESTABLISHED 1866 READ THE PLAINDEALER AND KEEP POSTED Helena PACKING - AND - PRO WHOLE OYSTERS, FISH, POULTRY The Family Theatre, AND PROVISION HOLESAI ISH, POULTRY, FRUIT, BU Family GENTRAL atre AND RE PACKING AND PROVISION COMPANY WHOLESALE OYSTERS, FISH, POULTRY, FRUIT, BUTTER & EGGS High Class Vaudeville; Change of Program Weekly. Three Shows Daily,3,7:45 and 9 p.m. Popular Prices 10,20 and 30c. C. J. Bausch, TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. Strangers visiting the Capital City will be given a hearty welcome at all times at the Manhattan Club, 17 South Main Street Helena - - - Mont. Our Specialty Diamond Setting Expert Watchwork Monogram Engraving Chas. H. Pratt Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Cut Glass and Novelties Opp. Grand Central Hotel Helena, Mont. FURNISHED ROOMS Inquire 221 Breckenridge St. Mrs. M. A. Cole --- MAEIR & MARX OTHES LEIN CO. HED 1866 R AND KEEP POSTED PROVISION - COMPANY ESALE , FRUIT, BUTTER & EGGS GENTRAL BEER HALL AND RESTAURANT Henry Rossman Proprietor. Telephone 118 S. MAIN ST. - Helena, Mont. Joseph Richards The Butte Undertaker 15-19:South Montana Street Ind. Phone 1307 Office Always Open BUTTE, MONT. Furnished Rooms or Houses by the Day, Week or Month Apply 115 East Cutler Street Helena, Montana SILVER CITY GLUB Billiard and Pool Tables in Connection. All Appointments UP-TO-DATE. Eugene Bourquin Dealer in Sawed and Split Wood and COAL. Yard, 437 W. Main St. Residence 370 Water St. 'Phone 632-F. Helena, Mont. C. DUMAS, MGR.