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The tendency Of the American Vcn-
40 to unpunctuality was prominently
displayed at the recent Mothers Con-
gress in Warrington. where allowances
Of half an hour had to be made for the
opening Of sessions and the arrival Of
speakers. At a reception given the del
egates by Mrs. Mckinley. many Of them
arrived too ate to see her. although
the hours had been distinctly noted in
Che invitation 1T Is the fashion to
50 to Raneiagh after IT Is over. : Horace
Walpole once wrote to friend; the
music ends At ten. the guests arrive at
twelve Dnpunetuality may not be
one Of the seven deadly sins. but the
person who Lays behind q stated hour
shows nat she considers her own con-
vsnfsnes before that Of others
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and ignorant He Is precisely on that
plane of intelligence where the idea Of
wedding a girl who is barely more
than a babe would fail to appear re-
voting to him, as 1t must be to a thor
oughly civilized man
So stands the case today. The law,
as 1t is interpreted In Tulare county,
has issued its fat and under II this lit
tie mountain girl, skirted to the knees
and with the look Of babyhood in her
unknowing eyes, has been given into
the conjugal care and custody Of IS
years Of Drawn and muscle. He and
she-the man and his baby wife-are
living together now up there in the
hills of Kern county. She Il as 1t to
be q wife as is the 10-year-old child
you love, and not a whit more so. She
should be out Of doors, playing on the
hillsides and growing strong and large
In the sunshine, and she is keeping
house for her husband" She should
be grooming to her doll in infancy's
sweet promise Of future maternity, and
God help her-she is wife" She
should know a mothers love and a
fathers care. and the one has deserted
her, while the other has consigned her
to hell Of lnconeeivable horror.
JOHN JAMES ROONEY.
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After long period Of suspension the
iron works OF western city resumed
operations and the black ehimneys
poured out dense clouds Of SCOT over
the town Rusk.n would have anath-
emized II for its hideousness. and
daintily-clad women looked upon it
with horror, but q little girl. hungry
and cold. whose father had been for
months without work. clappea her
hands and exclaimed: WAS there
ever anything so beautiful as to see
the smoke In the chimneys again!
That big piece is shawl for mother.
and those cunning little bits tumbling
down are shoes for baby. and oh. there
CONES such lot Of the smoke maybe
It Il a really hat for me: anyway, I
know It's shoe-strings."
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We must admit that there is reason
In Josephine Shaw Lowell's declaration
that married men have no business 70
60 to war. When a married man L. in
war he has, II not an oficer, no one to
help him dress. There ought to be q
valet to every private soldier, but this
Is impossible, and we believe VIVIAN
dieres run only one to q regiment.
Then, again, who shall help the absent
wife In her morning and other toilets.
II she cannot afford maid? She must
perforee harness herself In her corset
by tying herself TO door, and her large
sleeves must poke back themselves or
so unpoked- These things seem triv-
ial. but when they 90 on week after
week and month after month they
amount to agony.
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| sanction went as far as II could 50
On the next day the trio returned Z
their home In Woody. there to ind
perhaps, In '.the Wild. free air Of tbs
mountains" some justification Of pro
eeeding 30 utterly abhorrent, not only
to the Law. but also to every sentiment
Of civilized mankind.
To the credit OF their neighbors and
OF the people Of that part Of the val
ley generally. II should ind their ap-
prevail In the Wild, free mountain air
II they find II anywhere. for the wind
OF popular feeling blows but eoldly up
on them. There Is a vast amount OF
public indignation, but II IL law-abid'
ing kind and contents itself with muir
murs and looks Of disapproval
Adams attempts to offer some sort
Of plea Of justification. He and the
mother Of the child wife are divorced
and he claims that the woman Is OF
bad character and would influence Mary
to lead an evil life as she became older
II was for this reason, he says. that he
consented to her marriage with Hitch
cock. Probably a better reason fol
Withdrawing the little girl from al
communication with her mother, and
a poorer reason for Fastening her into
an abnormal conjugal union. could moi
well be conceived.
But an ocean Of popular indignation
does not in the least help the case OF
Mrs. Mary Alice Hitchcock. who at the
age Of 10 years has exchanged a doll
for q husband. Nor can any amount
Of passive sympathy benefit her. What
Is needed n such active interference AZ
shall remove this untutored child from
the unthinkably horrible condition In
which she still is placed. II her mother
is bad and her father a fool, all the
greater Is the duty Of society to see
that she Is the victim Of neither.
Hitchcock, the husband. Is a miner
and a backwoodsman, and he has the
backwoods virtues and defects- He is
hospitable and generous. coarse-fbered
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joyed q few weeks, breathing spell N
. lair At an altitude Of nearly 5000 feet
shove the tidewater Of the Caribbean
sea; but soon were ordered out again.
and had to take what luck there was.
bivouacking In ravines and ruined VII
lagos. Besides accommodating the
roads In advance OF his comrades, Cap
tain velasco had TO lead foraging expe-
ditions In all directions, and on one Of
these raids eot separated from, his wife
and avoided capture only BY plunging
into q reed-thicket and taking his risk
Of perishing In the Quicksand drifts. He
reached the blvouac about an hour after
midnight, and before morning two
thirds Of the missing foragers returned,
some even with q few scraps Of provi-
sions they had procured In q log cut
ter's camp.
Mrs Velasco had been less fortunate.
The Spanish scouts cut on her retreat
to the river, and after a chase OF two
hours she was surrounded in cancho
forest and captured with half a dozen
Of her husbands troopers.
Their captors put them in charge OF
the pack horses, and made them keep
ahead till they reached a ferry house,
where their commander had stopped
for dinner. That officer, South Span
lard Of the better class, ordered them
to take their captives to st. Catalina,
and shoot them only IL they should at
tempt escape. but not shoot the woman
under any circumstances.
Mrs. Velasco took the hint, and the
next time they crossed a deep bayou
slipped on her horse and tried to swim
to a timber island, but was recaptured
and kicked about In a manner that
made her suspect the scouts were try
ing to kin her without the waste Of
gunpowder. They finally tied her hands
on her back and hung her on her horse
like q bundle Of bags. and thus eontin-
ued their journey to Carcobano, where
they forced her to swallow a panada Of
soaked biscuits and syrup and then
flung her into a little cornshuck shed.
with her hands still tied, and secured
the door with a couple of logs.
The scouts bivouacked.an around the
corral that inclosed the shed, and one
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children under the specified ages are
not capable Of contracting marriage.
The legal advice under which the
babyhood of Mary Alice Adams was
given in wedlock utterly disregarded
the law under which 50 outrageous q
union would have been an impossi-
bIlity.
Amer the delay connected with Sc
curing the license. things went smooth
~ for Hitchcock and HIS baby fancee.
they found a Justice Of the peace who
considered the county clerks author
Ization alI-sufacisnt, and in undue sea-
son the words which would make Of
marriage a farce-tragedy were spoken;
the man and the babe were iudicialIy
pronounced man and wife.
That night James +. Hitchcock and
wife were registered at the Pleasant
View lodging-house In yisaila. The
child brides father occupied another
rpon In ne same house. Paternal
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Never before was war SO written no
and overwritten- There are cable dis
patches which cost Eve dollars a word.
and it Is estimated that the city jour
mails spend In the aggregate for wal
correspondence q hundred thousand
dollars day. Indeed. millions would
soon be eaten up by the fleets of steam
yachts and tugs manned by reporters.
sketehers and photographers. nuttering
about among the battleships aud ply
ing between the Cuban coast and the
mainland. And 1t costs pile Of money
to manufacture countless columns and
pages Of news" out ofmere rumors and
gueases. or to beat few drops Of fact
into iridescent froth enough to food
half q dozen daily editions.
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Did the Man or the Bird Insult Hsrf
From the Butte Mine: Can the voice
Of an educated parrot be mistaken for
that Of q human voice? That was q
question that Judge Terrell had to de-
eide in the Butte police court recently
The Judge decided that under certain
circumstances q parrot talking might
be mistaken for a person talking, and
Arthur Powers, who was accused Of
disturbance and calling Mrs. Nellie
Thompson names that were not at all
polite, was allowed to go free because
the parrot was to blame. According
to the testimony given during the hear
ing, Powers, who Is q next-door neigh
Dor Of Mrs. Thompson. was making a
good deal Of noise the other night.
Mrs. Thompson stood 1t as long as she
could and then asked the Powers fam
ily to be still. The noise continued,
however. and she again asked for
peace. Instead Of getting 1t q voIley
Of oaths several yards long was fred
at her out OF one Of the windows. She
startel back in amazement, and,
thinking Powers was to blame. prompt
ly had him arrested His defence was
that he had not said q word to Mrs.
Thompson. but his parrot had, and Of
course he had no control over the
voice Of the bird. The green fellow, he
said, had been educated by -Scottys
Orr, who had taught 1t many things It
would be better for II not to know.
When Mrs. Thompson called to him.
the parrot began talking and he could
not prevent It saying the things that
insuited Mrs. Thompson The bird vas
not in court, and It Is probably q good
thing that II was not
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hath jointed together. let no man put
asunder."
And this is not the story Of some tiny
Hindu bride, nor Of baby wifehood in
q Central African tribe. Its scene Is
laid right In the golden commonwealth
and its characters all are Californian.
II Is there that the majesty OF
the law was invoked to bind in such
wedlock as should be sacred q stalwart
man and child who must have pratt
tied her answers to the question Of the
marriage service IL she made answer at
all.
Less than two weeks ago her name
was Mary Alice Adams; today she Is
Mrs. James F. Hitchcock. But, whether
rs a miss or as madam. her age IL but
10 years, and babyhood with her In Q
thing OF the near yesterdays.
The little girl who was Mary Alice
Adams lived In the village Of Woody.
In Kern county. 1t Is a mountain vii
lage consisting Of a store where one
may buy a spool Of thread, q rife or a
pound OF tea; a postofhce and q dwell
ing or two. II is well on the beaten
paths Of civilization, and some, at
least, Of the residents Of that vicinity
have thoughts and notions Of life which
are not shared by people who reside
where population is denser. Among
these notions was the one that there
need be no bar to the marriage Of
babes and stockings, which was held
by the father OF Mary. as well as Jim"
Hitchcock. who now is her husband.
Hitchcock has been a resident of
Woody and vicinity for a quarter Of a
century or more, and he Is 3S years Of
age. Just how he courted the baby
who now is his wife does not matter.
Perhaps he presented her with a doll
or made a poplar whistle for her. At
any rate, he won her, as any man might
have done by a judicious use Of dolls
and candy, for how could an untutored
child know and weigh the cares, respon-
abilities and deeper meaning Of wife
hood?
This strangest OF all courtships. this
qualification Of every intent Of wedlock,
took place under the eyes OF Mr..
Adams, the child's father. and 1t re-
esived his complete approval. He ac-
ecmpanied the strangely assorted pair
when they rode down from the noun
tain home to Visalia In order to secure
the marriage license.
Right here occurred a hitch in the
proceedings, a hitch which should have
been permanent, but was not. The
clerk Of Tulare county recognized the
more than absurdlty Of such a mar
riage and refused to issue the license
until he had secured legal advice. The
district attorney rendered an opinion
that the law would tolerate such a
union-thereby setting at defiance the
old theory that the law Is based on
common sense-and the license was is
sued.
ANY unmarried male Of the age Of
IS years or upwards, and any unmar-
ried female OF the age of Is years or
upwards, and not otherwise disquali-
fed, are capable Of consenting to and
concentrating marriage"
This section carries with II its posi-
tive and unquestionable negSive, that
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ne Wa the omalseleas Ono.

At q reception held in a great han in
England, not long ago. says the Ladies
Home Journal. Mr.. and Mrs. Glad
stone were honored guests. During
the evening 1t happened that Mr.. Glad
stone was in gallery directly above
the place In the parquet where Mrs.
Gladstone was chatting with some Ia
dies In the course Of their CONVEX
sation question arose which the la
dies could not settle satisfactorily.
Finally one said: We'll, there Il One
above who knows al things. and some
day He win make all things plain TO
u.s. -Yes. yea" replied AIRS. Glad
stone, william win be down In .
minute and he viii ten Us all about
It"
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watch FIRE was only ten steps from the
barricaded door. but when they remov-
ed the obstruction the next morning
they found that the prisoner had dis
appeared. Shreds Of the cord that
seemed to have been gnawed or scrap
ed to pieces were scattered about the
floor, and an excavation near the oppo-
site corner proved that the Desperate
had effected her escape by digging, Ike
a dog, under one Of the bottom planks.
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

That Is rather q neat story which e
told Of q boy in q training stable. he
was feeling q little out Of sorts. and
his master sent him to his own doctor.
When he arrived at the house Of the
medicine man he observed q notice con-
tanning something about Il to 2. but
on the door Of rival establIshment
close By he saw II to I; 50. As he said.
be took the longer odds--Aoonshlna
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

Wanted. a young man to be partly
out-of-doors and partly inside a hotel,"
reads late advertisement In bush
paper Of Australia. A correspondent
feels compelled to ask what would hap
pen when the ooor was shut
The broad ax., 1898-07-30
n.nnfr HI nlood peeR

Clean blood means . clean skin. Ne
beauty withoutik Cascarets, Candy CathAr-
&c cleans your blaod and keeps IL clean, By
stirring Up the lazy liver and dElvlng AL In
hanish pirnplos, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that dckly bilious complexion By taking
Cascarsts,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
Rists. safisfncfion guaranteed. loo. 3oc, SO
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

Patriotism is capable Of some curious
manifestations; for example. when 1t
prompts saioon-keepers in New York
to offer free drinks to every one wear
Ing United States uniformI Practi-
cally. this might operate Just like trea-
con by making our soldiers less effect
i've, and thus giving aid and comfort
TO the enemy.
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me nag carried BY Cortez. the Span
ish conQueror Of Mexico. nearly 400
years ago, was until recently presery-
ed at q little church in the capital Of
the state Of Tlaxcala.
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and liberal commissions. refund the cash N,
all goods not giving the consumer satisfaction
Long terms Of credit Ftrst-elass schars
Galesmen wanted No bond required Sale,
made from photographs We guarantee $50
per month on mail orders Address with stapn
Brenard Mfg. Co, Iowa City, Iowa
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

what a advice. Uncle Christopher"
advice Is an instpid dose which no mar
will take himself. but which everybody IA
always trying TO force down the throatl
OF other people"
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TWO CUBAN HEROINES
MRS. vELAsco AND MISS RIvAs
WOMEN OF GRIT.
The Fornsr HAD the c.pssisy 20 Help
Hsrsslf At an Times. ana the Latter
Gained the sebriqrst - ''GarsIa's
well


~ q DISCUSSION On
the military quail
ties Of the modern
Spaniards. Marshal
Soult evaded q def
mite verdict by the
remark that times
Of danger appear to
evolve b eroes in
France q md hero
ines In s spain"
Span ish-America,
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~Do YOU ind club membership pleas
ant7" Yes; I belong to 2 club where yOs
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

TELL me about your graduating elias,
photograph, Miss Lklyr' well, all thOsG
homeiy girls standing up at the back arr
the smart ones; all those pretty girls sig.
ting down In 'front.' are the silly ones."
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The spaniard Is unfortunate. but he
may congratulate himself that he IL
getting geographical education.
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A 1O-YEAR-oLD WIFE.
a LITTLE GIRL CONSIGNED TO
A HELL UPON EARTH.
Thh Il Not In India. but In Free. Sunny
cAlifornlA-Her Father Sanctions the
unasaal ris-A Remarkable Case Of
HAy and Deeember.

UsT 10 years Of
age. and q wife.
A child no larger
than the little girl
who stands by your
knees In the quiet
evening hours at
home, yet to her
and another h6e
been spoken, In
some form, the old
words. Whom God
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

Can you tell anything by looking al
my handr' Yes: should infer-lookinI
closely at your hand-that q heavy wal
tax had been levied on soap"
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

.sEsteIis e strongly in favor OF allianc,
,v1th Great Brftain." How do vor
i.novr ''shs Is engaged to three Eng.
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been .
Florida. Sept IL. 1895
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

Have you tasted tho new soda water
named DeWeyT' mo. What - II nav.
ored within Ginger"
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

A bath with .COSMO BUTTERMILK
SOAP, exquisftely scented, 10 soothing and
beneficial Sold sveryvhere.
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no Curs conssIpatioa Forever.

TAKE Casearets Candy Cathartic. loe or Ia
II @ @ G ian % cure. druggists refund money
The broad ax., 1898-07-30

Hood's PIIls cure constipation . cents.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

a FRESH supply of Whitman's Sc
lect candy-sold only at Madera's.
Get your razors honed at Adam
Bowers barber shop.
MANUFACTURERS of patent hair re-
storatives will be offering small for
tunes to James Hill, of Boone coun-
ty, for his picture for advertising
purposes. James is an interesting
mythical personality, aged 70, whose
head has been bald as a billiard ball
for thirty years, and who has a fine
growth of dark hair. that is strong
and abundant.
Mrs. JENNIE O. WHITEslDE, whose
death at Cannonsburg, Pa, led to
the sensational developments con
corning the practice of faith curists,
and the investigation by the author
tiles, was a former resident of Wheel
ing, where her parents still reside.
Mrs. Whiteside died without having
a physician, the cure by faith and
prayer having been wholly relied
upon.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

RECENTLY w. H. Site, of Tanner,
Gilmer county, forged the name of
a prominent citizen to a check for
$I15 and to note for $35, securing
the money on both, and then depart
ed for parts unknown. Several days
later he was arrested at Park ers-
burg and taken back to Gilner
county.
The best is none too good for "a
smoker. Get the Mingo and be
satisfied. Manufactured by j. r..
Miller.
ALL who have tested the merits ol
the Mingo are loud in their praise
of the best cent cigar on the mar
ket.
The gymnasium at the University
is now open for the use of the girls
for a period in each morning. This
is something that has never been
done before and the girls are very
much pleased over it. They have
as good right to the use OF the APP
paratus as the boys and the recog-
milton of that right is a wise move
on the part of the authorities.
You save $l.25 on trip to Pitts
burg and return by using milage
book. Get them at the Acme Book
Store.
STANDARD Pittsburg tobies and
Humans Little Havana cigars, for
5 at the Acme.
OUR new tobies on sale to-day-The
Athens
A LOT of Heinz pickles, Keystone
dressing, Sauce. A. L. NYE's.
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The Novelty Co. 5
QUICK SELLING PRICES.

Box paper from sc, to 25c. Il box.
Legal and Foolscap paper, , sheets lie.
Letter and Note paper, "a sheets &c.
Mems Shirts from Il to 30 cts.
Pins 2 cents paper.
2 spools Thread cents.
Darning Needles for 1 cent
Good Sewing Needles cents a paper
Stamped Doilies from to cts. each.
Towels from TO so cts. pair
Good Table Oil Cloth is cts. a yard
3 cakes good Toilet Soap cts.
: cakes white Floating Soap, cents.
II ID. Laundry Soap cents.
gallon galvanized Oil Can, 20 cents
gallon glass Oil Can 90 cents.
Extra good Lantern 40 cents.
Tin kitchen Lamp, with Reflector. 25c
Granite Coffee Pots, 30, 81 and 40 cts
Granite Stew Kettles, IS to 40 cts.
Knives and Forks is, 65. Is. 90 ana
$I00 per set.
l02 pieces decorated Dinner Sets AZ al
and up.
Decorated Cuspidors 10 and 12 cts
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Acme Book Store
II. L. SwIsHER, Prop'r.

OFFICE hours s. A. NJ. to II NJ; to
5 P. NJ, Dir. A. L. Boyers, dentist,
Crown and bridge work a speciality.
DIR. w. e. STEWART, Dentist. First
class, latest dentistry in all its branches
PERFECT plumbing is a necessity
and comfort Imperfect plumb
ing is dangerous to health and life.
See that you have the best. You
cannot afford to experiment in a
matter of such vital Importance. If
in doubt consult j. A. Titzel Co. who
will set you Alright.
WE learn from the Shepherdstown
Register that the muskrat trade is
brisk there, but that the demand for
skunk skins for fashionable folk is
limited. Mr.. Miller who has pole
cat farm, is adding to his stock,
hawever, and we presume his neigh
bors do not mind the weather if the
wind does not blow. = Virginia Free
Press
THE University of Pennsylvania
has placed the biological department
of the University on it's accredited
list. This means that. a student
from this department can be admit
ted to that University and be given
credit for the work done here. This
is privilege which is given to but
very few schools in the country
and is very great compliment to
the University. In fact it is the
most substantial recognition the
University has had for some time
from the higher institutions.
ANOTHER discovery of gold has oc-
Cured in the state. This time it
come from Richie county. The ore
assays So to the ton. Other inter
estlng and untrue statements are
made about the find by those who
are the authority for the discovery
Its no use telling these people that
there never has been and never will
be any gold found in this state and
that that fact is one of the best
known facts to scientists in the
ca state. There is absolutely no mis-
take about it. There is no gold and
none can be found
THERE is report in circulation
that the faculty had refused to ex-
tend the school year until after the
date which would be convenient for
the President to visit us. The re-
port goes on to say that the faculty
had decided that in view of the fact
that it would cost $4,000 from the
students alone and that the return
did not seem to warrant the expend-
iture. There is no truth in the ru-
NOR as the matter has not been
brought up in faculty meeting at
ALL The only action that has been
taken has been to extend the pres
ent term and postpone the opening
of the next term. The latter was
postponed two weeks. OF course
what the faculty will do is prob
Ion,
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800 REWARD.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.

A man about the size of a woman,
barefooted, with a pair of wooden
shoes on, pink eyes and sunset. col
ored hair, the latter cut curly and
the former cut darker He wore a
corned beef overeoat with a sour
krout lining and had an empty sack
ON his back containing barrel of
sky.lights and one dozen assol ted
railroad tunnels; when last seen he
was following a crowd of $4,000, 900
people who were all trying to enter
The ATHENS CIGAR STORE to try
the Alpha" tobies.