Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 A Letter From Secretary, Kansas State Historical Society Morgan Caraway. Muskogee, Oklahoma. My dear sir: I have your letter of the 27th, and can give you but a limited statement of the experience Kansas had in getting a constitution. The first legislature, that of 1855, elected by the Missourians and the free soilers refused to recognize its authority, so without authority the Free State men concluded to organize a state government of their own and the Topeka Constitutional Convention met October 23, 1855. They formed a constitution and elected state officers January 15, 1856. On March 4, 1856 the Topeka legislature met. This same body met July 4, 1856 and was dispersed by the United States troops, being considered revolutionary. The legislature of 1857 (proslavery) authorized the constitutional convention which met in following October and was known as the Lecompton convention. This convention submitted to the people the slavery clause only, in other words, the people had to take the constitution anyway; but in the meantime, October 5th, the Free State men were induced to vote at the same time, the same place and in the same ballot box with the Proslavery voters, and they won the election. The legislature, now free state, met in special session and submitted the entire constitution to the people and on January 4th voted it down by a vote of 10,226 against and but a few for it, but this constitution was already pending in Congress and was submitted by Congress to another vote August 2. 1856, known as the English Bill, sometimes called in Kansas the Lecompton Junior. At this vote there were 1728 for the English bill, or Lecompton constitution and 11,300 against, so the Lecompton constitution was dead. The legislature of 1858 being free state, authorized another convention which was known as the Leavenworth convention. This constitution was voted on May 18, 1858, but was never further considered. The Free State legislature of 1859 provided for the Wyandotte convention, which met July 5, 1859, and under this constitution nearly two years later, or January 29th, 1861, the state was admitted into the Union. We did not get in, however, until several of the "Johnnies" resigned from the United States Senate, giving the other side a majority. We are still living under the Wyandotte constitution. Very respectfully yours. For rent houses, land, leases and farms in the Creek Nation write THE CIMETER LAND AGENCY. Mr. Ed. A. Estes, during the completion of his five story building on Main and Okmul gee, has moved into the quarters formerly occupied by the Shaw Furniture Company. It is known as the Shaw Building. AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and will pay iberly for good work. If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. The Creek Undertaking Company has bought a new hearse, paying $1250 for the same. The company now has the finest outfit in the west and dererves patronage. FOR SHERIFF I desire to announce myself as a candidate for sheriff of Muskogee County, subject to the action of the Republican party, I stand for business, equal rights, freedom, protection and fair play to all. I solicit your support. James A. Norman. A MINISTER'S CRIME $2 To $5 per day. Attempted Assault of Three Small Girls, One of Whom Was His Own Daughter. Lawton, Okla., June 3.—It was only through the offorts of the more cool headed citizens of the little city of Sterling, twenty-five miles north east of Lawton, that the Rev. G. Allison of that place was kept from the gallows. He was finally brought to Lawton after a preliminary hearing and placed in jail. He is charged with attempting a criminal assault up on three small girls, his own daughter being one of the number. His wife is prosecuting witness in the case. The child ren and the minister of the gospel had taken refuge in a storm cave during a threatening rain and it was while there that the preacher attempted his crime and was likely prevented only by the timely arrival of his wife. Another evidence of the fact that there is no color line in the rape business and one can draw from this that many of the crimes charged to Negroes are committed by white men.—Ed. W. H. Harper, the street commissioner, is making good. He is making a record for himself and the party by doing more and better work than his predecessors. Everybody can see the difference between a real street commissioner and a pretender. $500 REWARD The New State Anti-Lynch Law-Bureau offers and will pay the sum of $500 to any person, or persons, for the apprehension and conviction of the leader or leaders of the mob that murdered James Williams at Durant, Indian Ter. W. H. Twine, President, Muskogee, I. T. E. I. Saddler, Secretary, Guthrie, O. Ty. Address all communidations to E. I. Saddler, Guthrie, Okla. Ter. General office. No 56 Is easily made by our agents. Will you be one? Besides allowing large profits, we also give our workers choice of over 108 useful and beautiful articles absolutely free. We want a representative in your town to sell TAYLOR'R HAIR GROWER AND DANDRUFF CURE (pomade) and TAYLOR'S FACE CREAM and BEAUTIFIER in 25c sizes. First to write, first to get agency. Write for our proposition today. TAYLOR REMEDY CO Dep. 11 Louisville, Ky. Ladies wanting BETTER, LONGER, SOFTER and GLOSSIER hair, can get a box of Taylor's Hair Grower and Dandruff Cure Pomade for 25c at any drug store, or it will be sent by mail to any address. Full line of HIGH CLASS ARTICLES and Latest Designs at low prices. If our every-day prices seem too high, you our every Monday Special Sales. R. A. Givens 228 North Second Street, MURKOGEE, INDIAN TER. Opposite Court House. Why Pay Rent? We Sell You a House and Lot for $10 to $200 Cash Balance like rent. We also sell Lots on payments. Get Our Prices MARTIN & QUARLES Phone 1230. 3124 West Okmulgee Street, Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.; 2 p. m. to 6 p. m.; 7. p. m. to 9 p. m. and by appointment A. D. RAINES, M. D. SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN Nuskogee, Okla. Practice limited to diseases of Men and Women Rectum and Gvnito Urinary Scales Building, South 2nd St., Roms 210-11, opposite City Hall, Day aud night. Phone number 606. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAID: "TEXAS IS THE GARDEN SPOT OF THE LORD" 95,000 Acre Ranch of Dr. Chas. F. Simmons Now On the Market. Here is Your Opportunity to Buy a Farm of from 10 Acres to 640 and Two Town Lots in This "Garden Spot" for $210. Payable $10 per Month Without Interest. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS Colonel William Logan of Enid, a veteran of the civil war, is proud of the fact that he is the father of a baby girl born recently. J. L. Morris of Snyder was appointed by President Roosevelt as postmaster at Eschite, the second Indian pasture townsite to be sold, and the postoffice was established. The Shawnee quarterly meeting and Biblical conference, for work among the red men, is scheduled for June 13-16 at the Iowa mission near Perkins. Acting Governor Filson has issued requisitions on the governors of Colorado and New Mexico. The first calls for the return to Pottawatomie county of A. T. Ashby alias Walter Wilson, under indictment for burglary; the other asks the return to Caddo county of Samuel Woods, under indictment for perjury. While leaning out of the cab window David Reese, an engineer on the Katy railroad, was struck by a mail crane at Chambers, I. T., and instantly killed. His head was nearly torn from the body. Reese is the engineer who pulled Roosevelt's train through the territory a year ago. City Policeman Alex Downing of Tahlequah was seriously injured by being struck in the head with a rock when trying to separate the participants in a street fight. H. L. Reno, former cashier of the bank of Burlington, in Woods county, has been arrested on a charge of embezzling $2,000 from the bank, following an indictment against him by the Woods county grand jury now in session. He was arraigned, the case continued until the next term of court, and he was released on $2,000 bond. The new state papers are generally advocating a more liberal libel law than the one enacted in Texas, which some people wish passed in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans left Oklahoma City Monday on a special train, 350 strong, for Richmond, Va., to attend the annual encampment of Confederate Veterans. At Tulsa the Oklahoma special joined with a special train carrying the Indian Territory division. At Kaw City several laborers are making $25 a day skinning cattle which have died after dipping. A bunch of thirty-eight steers died last week at one time. Three gushers in a week is the Glenn oil pool for the present year. KELL IS DESERTED Scrap Over Townsites In Big Pasture Finally Compromised LAWTON: A message from the Big Pasture townsite of Echite states that an agreement between the government and railroads now extending their lines through the pasture has been effected and that residents of the town of Kell which was built on a public highway near a railroad grade, will begin moving their houses and goods to Echite. This settles a dispute that came near involving serious difficulties and threatening of troops to remove the Kell populace. Investigation will show that this 95,000 acres comprises one of the finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck Farming land in the entire state, commencing about 36 miles south of San Antonio and about two miles south of Pleasanton (the county seat of Atascosa County), and extending through Atascosa and a part of McMullen Counties, to within 17 miles of my 60,000-acre Live Oak County Ranch, which I in four months last year, sold to 4,000 Home Seekers, on liberal terms, without interest on deferred payments, which gives the poor man, from his savings, a chance to secure a good farm and town lot for his home in town. I will donate and turn over to three bonded Trustees, $250,000 from the proceeds of the sale of this property to the purchasers, as a bonus to the first railroad built through this property on the line which I shall designate. This property is located on that middle plain between East Texas, where it rains too much, and the arid section of West Texas, where it does not rain enough. Its close proximity to San Antonio, the largest city in the State, with a claimed population of over 100,000, enhances its value as a market for Agricultural and Truck farm products far beyond the value of similar land not so favorably located. Topography. Level to slightly rolling. Large, broad, rich valleys, encircled by elevations suitable for homes; 90 per cent. fine farming land, balance pasture land. Forestry. Ash, Elm, Gum, Hackberry, Live Oak, Mesquite, Pecan, abundant for shade, fencing and wood. Soil. About 60 per cent, rich, dark, sandy loam, balance chocolate or red sandy loam, usually preferred by local farmers, and each with soil averaging from 2 to 4 feet deep, with clay subsoil, which holds water. Climate. Mild, balmy, healthy, practically free from malaria, few frosts, no snow, no hard freezes; continuous sea breeze moderates extremes of heat and cold, producing warm winters and cool summers. Average temperature about 62 degrees. Rainfall. From the Government record, it is safe to assume that the rainfall on this property has been fully 35 inches per year, which is more than some of the old States have had, and is plentiful for ordinary crops properly cultivated, and for Grass Growing. Improvements and Water. This property is fenced and cross-fenced in many large and small pastures, with four barbed wires, with posts about 12 feet apart. Also a number of fine shallow wells. Also a number of fine Lakes and Tanks. Also, a number of fine flowing Artesian Wells, whose crystal streams flow for miles and miles down those creeks, whose broad, rich valleys, irrigable from those continuously flowing streams, make it the ideal place for the Marketing Gardener who desires to raise from two to three crops of marketable produce on the same ground every year. This land is adapted to profitable culture of Beans, Cabbage, Celery, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Beets, Carrots, Onions, Radish, Squash, Strawberries, Cauliflower, Okra, Oyster Plant, Peas, Rasberries, Turnips, Apricots, Cantaloupes, Grapes, Irish Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Bananas, Dates, English Walnuts, Figs, Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries, Broom Corn, Lemons, Plums, Tobacco, Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peaches, Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats, Wheat, Apples, Pears. Page 63 of the book entitled "Beautiful San Antonio," officially issued by the Business Men's Club of San Antonio, dated May, 1906, says: "It is readily conceded by all those who know anything about Texas that the most prolific agricultural section is that which recognizes San Antonio as its logical center, particularly that portion directly south of San Antonio, with the Gulf of Mexico bordering on the southeast and the Rio Grande bordering on the south and west. "Within the last four or five years, in the territory named, special attention has been given to growing vegetables, they maturing at a time when they secure the maximum prices on Northern markets, which markets they virtually invade without a competitor. The profit in growing vegetables in this territory will be seen by an examination of the following figures, secured from reliable sources, showing Net Earnings Per Acre: "Watermelons from $75.00 to $200.00. "Cantaloupes from $40.00 to $75.00. "Cabbage from $125.00 to $225.00. "Cauliflower from $75.00 to $225.00. "Beans and Peas from $100.00 to $125.00. "Tomatoes from $125.00 to $400.00. "Potatoes from $60.00 to $150.00. "Onions from $150.00 to $800.00. "Tabasco Peppers from $500.00 to $900.00 per acre. "The Chicago Record-Herald publishing the following individual experiences in South Texas: "Men who came here with $500 and $600 a few years ago are now independently rich. "A young man who came to this country for his health, bought 18 acres and in one year cleared over $6,000 from it, which was $333.33 per acre. "Another man, 65 years old, from 79 acres, sold $5,000 worth of produce, from which he realized $63.29 per acre and then raised a Cotton crop on part of it, which made him $35 per acre, which made the same land net him $98.29 per acre for that year. "Another man from 80 acres in 1904 realized as follows: From Onions, $2,226.91; from Cotton, $1,800; 200 bushels Corn; 12 tons Hay; 5,000 pounds Sweet Potatoes. "Another made $3,200 from five acres of early Cabbage, which was $640 per acre, and grew a second crop of Corn and Peas on the same ground that year. "Another realized $27,000 from 90 car loads of Cabbage, averaging $300 per car, which was $207.69 from each of the 130 acres he had planted. "Another netted, above all expenses, $60 per acre on Potatoes, and planted the same ground in Cotton that year from which he realized $35 per acre, which made that ground yield him $95 per acre. "Another realized $32,966 from 230 acres in Melons, which was $143.33 per acre. "Another netted $21,000 from 35 acres in Onions, which was $600 per acre. "Another netted $17,445, or $79.25 per acre from nine cuttings of 220 acres in Alfalfa, which yielded in one year 2,475 tons and sold at $11 per ton. "Another received $900 from one acre in Cauliflower; sown in July, transplanted in August, and marketed in December." The same authority quotes the following statement from the Hon. Joseph Daily, of Chillicothe, Ill., who owns thousands of acres in the Illinois Corn Belt. He says: "I am one of the heaviest taxpayers on farm lands in Mason and Tazewell Counties, Illinois, and I have been familiar with the conditions around San Antonio for 12 years. Any thrifty farmer can get rich, and make more money off of this cheap land, acre for acre, than any land in the State of Illinois, that sells from $150 to $225 per acre." Come to the land of beautiful sunshine and almost perpetual harvest. Where the people are prosperous, happy and contented. Where the flowers bloom ten months in the year. Where the farmers and gardeners, whose seasons never end, eat homegrown June vegetables in January, and bask in mid-winter's balmy air and glorious sunshine. Where the land yield is enormous and the prices remunerative. Where something can be planted and harvested every month in the year. Where the climate is so mild that the Northern farmer here save practically all his fuel bills and three-fourths the cost of clothing his family in the North. Where the country is advancing and property values rapidly increasing. Where all stock, without any feed, fatten winter and summer, on the native grasses and brush. Where the same land yields the substantials of the temperate and the luxuries of the tropic zones. Where the farmer does not have to work hard six months in the year to raise feed to keep his stock from dying during the winter, as they do in the North and Northwest. Where there are no aristocrats and people do not have to work hard to have plenty and go in the best society. Where the natives work less and have more to show for what they do than in any country in the United States. Where houses, barns and fences can be built for less than half the cost in the North. Where sunstrokes and heat prostrations are unknown. Where sufferers with Asthma, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever and Throat Troubles find relief. Where, surrounded by fruits and vegetables, which ripen every month in the year, the living is better and less expensive than in the North. Where the water is pure, soft and plentiful. Where the taxes are so low that the amount is never missed. Where Public and Private Schools and Churches of all denominations are plentiful. Where peace, plenty and good will prevail. Where it is so healthy that there are few physicians and most of them, to make a living supplement their income from other business. $1,000 Reward will be paid to any one proving that any statement in this advertisement is not true. Write for literature and name of nearest agent. Not Worth the Effort. "Look out!" exclaimed the man who had seen another bravely rescued from the water. "Handle that fellow carefully or he might revive." "Brute!" ejaculated the rescuers. 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For advice and information address the SUPERINTENDENT OF IMMIGRATION, Ottawa, Canada, or any authorized Canadian Government Agent. J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. y Old $1.00, retail. THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER W H. TWINE . . . Editor. C. T. HUME, Advertising Manager. For Governor of the State of Oklahoma, Hon. John D. Benedict, of Muskogee, I. T. Pole Cat Bill issued his call for an election but he was cautious enough to tie a string to it the first time but promises to make a bolder attempt Thursday the 6th. The row in the council over charges of graft has made the Democrats glad as they now think they see a way of getting the offices next year. The attack of the Democrats upon the city administration for receiving its lawful fees, shows that the Demmies are still nursing their wounds received in the last spring election and that they are willing to throw all the discredit possible upon the present administration. Snch is democracy. Captain Ira L. Reeves gave the fellows to understand that the man who even hinted that he was connected with GRAFT must answer to him personally, and not a single cuss dared to make the charge. Percival Adams, as far as we understand, made no charges against Captain Reeves. The People's Bank and Trust company, the only bank controlled by Colored men in our city, in its last report shows that it is doing a splendid business and has plenty of cash. J. E. Johson, the cashier, is one of our best business men. Pole Cat Bill should be sent to jail for contempt of court. But that would tickle his vanity and give his friends an opportunity to come with their squirrel rifles and start a rebellion and hang a few U. S. Judges. No wonder they wrote the rebel constitution. Muskogee is now in the midst of one of the biggest building booms in its history. It is a good town in which to live and do business. The DEMOCRAT apparently forgets that while the democratic recorder and marshall, when in office received the same fees that the Republicans get; yet there was no howl then. But they are democrats and all that they did was O. K. in the sight of Democrots. White Rapists. May 27, 1907—William Helm of Raleigh assulted Miss Florence Pierce, a white girl. May 28, 1907—Ack Hale criminally assaulted and murdered his sweeheart, Lillian Davis, at Bristol, Tenn. May 27, 1907-At White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, two white men took Miss Mary Bird from her intended husband tied him to a tree and assaulted her in his presence. May 30, 1907-A mob of 2,000 persons attempted to lynch a white man charged with criminal assault upon a five-year old white infant at Corona, L. I. Another assault and murder of a white woman, Amelia Staff eldt, at the same place a few days prior to the first. The above shows that all of the crimes against women are not committed by black men. Moreover, it is a valuable index to the difference of the traetment of criminals of the same stripe by the daily newspapers. It is the white criminal that is treated with all the mercies due an unfortunate cherubim just strayed from paradise, while the black is by nature a "brnte" a "fiend incarnate" and other things scarcely less appropriate to the devil or his imps who are by nature despoilers of that which is pure. ALPHABET. Washington, the tonsorial artist of South McAlester, is not responsible for some of his antics He made an ass of himself at Oklahoma City and tried to improve the job by a re-touching of details when he got home, by writing a schrrillous and vicious article attacking the Editor of the Cimeter. Wash simply needs a wash (bath) and treatment that will restore sanity: Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T, Mr. W. D. BREWER DEALER IN Harness of all kinds. Saddlery made in the Shop. W. D. BREWER. 119 South Main Street. Durfey Hardware DON'T FORGET THE Big Sale At DURFEY'S HARDWARE Special Sales Days Tuesday of each Week. Watch the Windows : Kirshbaum : GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases W. E. McCLURE Knox Agency, English Block. E. A. Estes For your Drugs, Shool B00ks and STATIONERY. 106 Main Street. 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Special Dinners on Sunday THE OUTCOME By Mary Paxton Rachel was amused and she took pleasure in telling this to Harry, who squirmed under her remarks, for it was his church and an old-fashioned social was in progress. Rachel had always said she hated that form of dissipation and had been confirmed to escape deacons, revivals and socials. on this particular things the family in the butcher who had been for ten hours look at her, but sleeve brushed ran through ho out she saw at "Yes," she was saying, "I am so glad I came. I realize how much you must enjoy meeting your butcher and grocer socially. In fact, I believe every grocer in town belongs to this church. In this way marketing gets to be about the same thing as a morning call, and one gets two things accomplished at once." "Rachel you are simply trying to make me ma! Why is it that you always show me your worst side? If I loved you less I would have stopped loving you long ago. As to these people, they are my people. They were good to me before you came into my life. I wanted you to know them before we were married because you will want to come here with me sometimes afterwards." She leaned back in her chair and vaguely watched the people. They were a vast herd to her, for she was hopelessly tired of these people. Then she was sorry she had been so disagreeable to Harry for she really was fond of him, but she was a little tired of him, too. He was a good deal like these people, after all, and this resemblance had angered her unconsciously. Why should she marry him anyhow? He was the finest man in Webster, but he was so much like the rest of them. Her thoughts were wandering in this way when suddenly, as if drawn by a great unknown force, she saw directly opposite at the other end of the room a man half concealed in the shadow. She watched him some time before she realized fully that they both had lost everything about them and were looking straight into each other's eyes. It seemed like an epoch in her life before she came back into the world at the sound of Harry's voice. "You're tired, sweetheart; forgive me for keeping you so long. Come, we'll go now." She got up wearily. "Harry, tell me, who is that man with light hair standing just across the room?" she asked indifferently as he helped her on with her coat. "Why, that's John Martain, the son of the blacksmith who was arrested not long ago for forging another man's name to a check. You may remember. But the son's a pretty decent sort, and I've heard that he is 95 per cent, the perfect physical man." As they went out the door she saw a man look hungrily after her and was conscious of his gaze long after she left the church. When she reached her room she hurried into her dressing gown and stared into the fire until long after midnight. Vaguely, as was her wont, she dreamed, but there was a new hero in her dreams to-night. He was very tall and blond, with the strength of an athlete, or as man who had mauled rails. In the midst of her firelight dreaming she suddenly laughed? Was she really a bit in love with this young tough? She had thought for an instant that she had seen his soul by way of his beautiful eyes. But would she had seen his soul had he been less handsome? Was it, after all, the splendid physical man that had attracted? Perhaps it was the combination. The next morning found her haggard and then she remembered. The whole thing seemed like a bad dream. Rachel always did the marketing, but She got up wearily. on this particular morning she bought things the family never ate. She was in the butcher shop when the man who had been disturbing her dreams for ten hours walked in. He didn't look at her, but as he passed his coat sleeve brushed her arm and a thrill ran through her. When he had gone out she saw at her feet a tiny wad of paper. She blushed like a guilty school-girl as she stooped to pick it up. All the way home the scrap of paper was clenched tightly in her hand and when she finally smoothed it out she saw a few words nervously scrawled in pencil. "Meet me at Lover's Leap at three this afternoon. For God's sake don't fail me." There was nothing to signify who wrote it. She was breathless when she finished reading it. The surprising nerve of the man appalled her. Of course there would be no question about going. It was ridiculous that she, Rachel Whiting, should have such a note written to her, but then there was no positive proof that it was meant for her—but she needed no proof. She had rebuked one of the maids for meeting a common man and now she was asked to do the same thing. It made her angry to think of it. She wouldn't go across the street to see any man she had ever met and—this type of a man—but she has never met him. It was not only strange, but it was dangerous. At lunch time if anyone had told her that she was going to keep this strange appointment she would not have believed it, yet at half-past two she was mounting her horse in spite of herself. Rachel was picturesque as she rode off. She wore a white habit and two collies followed her horse. The place that Webster called Lovers' Leap was a pine grove overlooking the river, and is concealed from the view of the wayfarer by a hedge. It was a favorite Sunday afternoon walk of the young lovers of Webster. As Rachel reined up Betty a man stepped out of the shadow. He seemed almost gaunt. No conventional commonplaces passed between them. They faced the situation without preliminary. He began and she followed his lead. "Beloved,' said the man and his arms reached out for her. From her horses back she bent down to him. Almost savagely he lifted her face and the kiss that her lips responded to hurt her. Yet she drew back somehow, though she had found a new world. Something in the intensity of his passion warned her to control her own. She gradually freed herself from his embrace, but he would not relinquish her hands." "Listen, love," she said. "I must leave you now forever. "You cannot when I have just found you. You cannot go. I love you better than life, than all the world. To be near you is heaven. To hold you in my arms is something that God himself can never know. My love is a fury that has consumed me since I saw you last night. I was to have been married to-morrow, but that is as impossible now as to love anyone but you. I have not slept since I first saw you. I paced the streets all last night. My head swam with the desire for you. I staggered under the weight of my love. I knew I was mad to dream it, and yet I felt that you loved me. I have found a new life because of you. Already you have made my whole life worth while by a single kiss. It can only be a glorious dream. I love you better than life, and will suffer hell for the rest of eternity to possess you for an instant. You tell me you must leave me," and he kissed her hands till she drew them away. "Yes, I must leave you, though I feel as you do. My love though, is different. With me the soul love predominates, with you it is the body love. You see, we would never be happy after the first wild passion had passed. You would get tired of me and I think it would kill me to live with you. I love you too well to marry you. I would only make you miserable. You see I cannot break down all the barriers of heredity and environment. As mad as I am to say, 'take me,' I see the picture of our future too plainly. I would sink to your level and I would always feel that I had married beneath me." He buried his face in her horses mane and his huge frame shook with sobs. She stroked his cold hair and each time he felt her touch it seemed to break his heart anew. "I hate to hurt you so, and I am hurting myself more, but our love is as elemental as it is impossible. When you see me married to a man who is suitable you can know that it is you that I love and that I am longing for you with all my heart and with all the intensity that I am capable of. You see I am not capable of as much emotion as you are, or I suppose that this renunciation would be impossible. My love will last longer, though. When all the world sees me the dutiful wife of a good man you will know that I am a bad woman and think of you always. You will marry and settle into a contented middle age. You will forget, but I never can. This is my last farewell." She leaned over and kissed him on the forehead and he, as if moved by a frenzy, smothered her with kisses until she gasped. Suddenly, without warning, her horse started and threw him against a pine tree, where he stood motionless waiting till she was out of sight. He could hear the river just below the cliff as it noisily flowed on its journey. It fascinated him. He walked against his will to the edge of the bluff as a man in a dream. The river sang: "You've seen the heaven you can know. Now come with me to hell." Terrified, he looked over the abyss into the sluggish stream. Historic Dishes. Many a home of this country treasures among its heirlooms a few plates or cups which formed a part of grandmother's set of dishes in her early housekeeping days, says St. Nicholas. These have been rescued by the present generation from the dust of neglected top pantry shelves or attic eaves, whither they had been banished along with other mementos of the past, and they have been hung with pride upon the walls. We smile with amusement at the quaintly drawn pictures of men and scenery upon them, while we admire the decorative effects of the splashes of rich color which they make. But do we read with understanding minds the stories they tell? Do we understand that upon this common tableware of our ancestors are preserved many of the tales of our early national life, written by the hand of the English plotter? Unkind Comparison. It is notorious that the female human animal is tougher than the male. Consider the way women dress. If you put a man into an openwork blouse on a cold day he would catch a chill and be dead in three days. If you sent a man out to a dance on a winter evening with nothing on his neck and shoulders, and no sleeves to his arms, he would probably die on the spot—of shock.—Weekly Dispatch. Whaling in South Atlantic. Whaling is a growing industry in the South Atlantic, centering around the Falkland islands. In three months 125 Sei whales and also a few sperm whales were captured in the vicinity of the Island of South Georgia. ALMOST FELT ENVY PANGS. Great Cricketer's Simple Tribute to His Own Worth. In 1885 there was a great celebration in London in honor of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and among those in attendance was the Australian "crack" cricketer, Bonner, then at the height of his fame. As one of the guests, says the compiler of the recently published "Letters" of the late Dr. George Birkbeck Hill, Bonner's health was proposed. His response was noteworthy. "After seeing the way in which Dr. Johnson's memory is revered," he said, with great simplicity, "I am not sure that I would not rather have been such a man than have gained my own greatest triumphs in cricket."—Youth's Companion. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. 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