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nSss on both sides. The garrison 70
ceived the deputation in q hoxpitable
spirit; drinks even were EXCHANGED.
But both sides lookup their posi-
ton with that infexible and iron de-
termination which is another Amer
lean quality.
And then tho confederates went
away; and soon after the order was
given that the fortress was 60 be at
tackled, and that the first shot IN the
fight was to be fired. Lightly. I dare
say. these wild young fellows thought
Of what they were about to do; for
II the men OF the south had not
boon reckless dare-devils they would
never have provoked this struggle
the end OF which was an certain IS
anything could have been In history.
Somebody suggested to Roger Pryor
that his hand should have the honor
AS 1t was supposed-of firing the
first shot Though he was 80 young
ana so hot-headed, some good angel
whispered into his ear that this
might turn out TO be one ef those
acts Of heavy and ealAmitous rs4pon-
sibility that would haunt q mans
conscience. and perhaps blight his
life forever sfterwArd, and he
waived away the profforod honor.
Another man toe eagerly took 10 up.
cannot recall at this moment what
was this poor mans name. But Il
Will be easily remembered hn Amer
Tea. understand that tho awful
fact did have those very results,
which Roger Pryor foressw In one
of those moments OF prophetic fore
sight that sometimes come to men.
The man who fired the hrst shot
was bound ts become known 70 the
whole American world. and was
thereby target Of attention, at
tack, pity. It weighed upon and
overwhelmed him, and I believe he
felt for q long time like a Married
and doomed man; an outeast and an
accused one. How It ended w6th him
do not recall, but 1 believe his
death was tragic
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I was informed by the non-drinkers
that this programme had been
agreed upon by the mon who were
now in a frenzy Of drunkenness.
They knew about how they would
act, and they had solemnly sworn In
the sober contingent to use the CAD
on them.
The scenes Of that night were be-
yond description. They wore mostly
on the frolicsome, ridiculous order.
The drunken men laborod under the
impression that they could walk on
FIRE, and they would rush up to the
heap of burning logs with intention
to show that fire could not hurt
them. Then the men with the hick-
DRY switches would come into action.
drive the fire-walkers back into the
tall grass, and make them lie down.
While they were doing this another
squad would make a raid on the fire.
and they would be whipped back, but
finally every canteen was empty.
every drunken man was asleep, and
the next morning the march was re-
sumed with all the men as quiet as
If participating in funeral. 1 was
assured that the resulting headaches
were something to remember a life
time.
"All of the sufferers were good sob
diers. Only few of them were hab-
itual drinkers. Many of them
never tasted apple jack after the ex-
perience of that night. Two of them
Rre living IN Chicago, and one OF
them, now strictly temperate, has
often assured me that he carries the
marks Of the svitchings received
that night, and that he remembers
distinctly the feeling that came with
his third drink. that he had been
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THE FIRST SHOT AT SUMTER
Was Not Fired by Roger A. Fryer.
Who Might Have Had TAst
Doubtful Honor.

L know not the man who fred the
nrst shot in the civil war in Amer
lea, but who might have been that
man, and nearly was, says 9 writer
In London NJ. A. p. Roger Pryor
in recent years has been 9 dweller
In New York. and for a time occu-
pied position on the judicial bench.
In his hot youth, however, he was
ono OF the young bloods of Virginia
whose forTor helped to fan the flames
that burst into the awful conhagra-
ton By curious coincidence he
was one OF the party that demanded
the surrender of Fort Sumter. With
breathleSs interest listened to him
one night as he told tho story OF
the eventful day when he and his
friends paid a visit TO Fort Sumter
with the demand that the northern
troops should give the place up. Even
when they are going to fght-even
when they ere going 20 hzng-in
whatever position and tragedy of
life they may find themselvss-Ame
leans are thoroughly human; 1 sup
pose 1t Is part of their democratic
training under a republic
And so It was that this interview,
Hateful with such awful consequences
to end in the destruction of mil
lion livestock place with pleasant
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DOG NURSES CHICKS.
"A Truly Remarkable Example of
Brute Intelligence.
Odd Alliance Between n DutIfui Lit
tie Fox Terrier and = CLuck-
ing Old Hen on an InaE-
ana Poultry Farn

George Ullrich, of Hammond, Ind,
Is the owner of a dog that is, per-
haps, the most remarkable example
of brute intelligence ever heard Of
outside the fairy books of Grimm and
Andersen. Mr.. Ullrich, who il q
poultry raiser on a small scale, no.
ticed a few days ago that one of bis
setting hens was in the habit of fire.
quently leaving her nest and remain
ing away for long time. Fearing
that he might loose a brood of chick
ems through the hens neglect, he set
about to make arrangements for
keeping the eggs warm during her
absence, and to that end decided to
transfer the nest to the basement
alongside the furnace.
Upon entering the henhouse, how
lever, he discovered that his wishes
had been anticipated by his pet dog,
Princess, female fox terrier, which
he found crouching on the eggs. He
endeavored TO induce the animal to
leave the nest, but she refused to
do so until the hen returned to her
duties.
This state Of affairs continued until
the eggs were Matched The moment
the hen would leave the nest the dog
would dash into the henhouse and
sit" upon the eggs until the cluck-
Ing biddy had finished her outing and
was ready to assume her rightful
place.
AS soon as tho chicks were out OF
the shell Princess asserted her right
to share with the hen the care Of the
progeny.
Last week reporter of the Chi
cago Record-Herald called at Mr..
Ullrich's home, which is situated on
Conkey avenue, on the outskirts of
Hammond, and found Princess out IN
the yard with her adopted young
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A RuII Run Tree.

At the historic field of Bun Run To-
day, the guide leads his visitors to a
certain cedar tree that grew SO much
faster than the others In that locaA-
ty that an investigation was made, re-
VeAling that it had grown over the re-
mains OF an unknown soldier, which
had not been carried away to Airing
ton with the others.-San Francisco
Argonaut.
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Generona to HnraeIA

Aunt Hapnsh-Oh. don't think
Mary would do such q mean thing as
that have always heard people
say she was generous TO a fault.
Uncle Geerge-When the fauft
happens to be hers. she is--London
Tit-Bita.
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(Which side of your face would you
rather have shown in the picture %
asked the photographer.
The outside" answered the sitter.
who had heard Of the advance made in
X-ray Observation-Disclosures Amer
lean
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SIM Keeps Strange Vow.

Among the Boer prisoners at Ber-
muda is one whose hair now reaches
his shoulders At the beginning of the
war he vowed he would not have his
lockscutuntil the Dutch had conquered
In South Africa.
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Not to Re Overloal.ed

"Why, don't believe" her mother
vaid, shat he has more than one suit
10 his name"
"But," she answered eonvineingly,
he has a hyphen TO IL, you know."-Chi-
sa0o Record Herald.
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DETERMINATION.

Determination counts for more than
anything else in character-building, as
II does In other forms of effort. Every
temptation TO desist, to let things 60,
''to let well enough alone" unless re-
sisted. win keep you from arriving &C
the goal first set.-SuccesS.
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Bullets made Of precious stones are
rarities in warfare But during the
fighting on the Kashmir frontier, when
the British troops defeated the rebel
hous Runzas, the natives used bullets
of garnets incaSed in lead. The British
preserved many as curiosities.
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Amateur Forestry.

Gardener-Here, sir, are few dead
trees that win have to be felled.
New Owner--It's too bad to lose
them; why not raise dried fruit on
them Pm. Y. Times.
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His Cnnacitr

~Mrs. Talkington's hus band ought to
be a good listener"
"He Is. He can listen to nearly 200
words q minute."-Smart Set.
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Excused.

I've been kissing our COOK,
While nobody was looking.
o! you needn't be shocked.
For my wife does our cooking.
--E'hiladelphIa Record.
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transformed INTO a hog. and reTt I'M
PEELED to grunt and squeal and take
to the woods. He always conludes
his story with: No more apple jack
for mel"
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ton Division.
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OF PUBLICATION

STATE OF MISSOURI, ~
COUNTY on LAFAYETTE. fss'
In the Circuit Court Of Lafayette County, Mi
souri,, at Lexington. in vacation, Januar
"a, 1902.
The state of Missouri at the relation
and to the use Of j.. j Fulkerson.
Collector of the Revenue OF LAT "
cite County. in the State of Mis-
souri,, Plaintiff,
Henry W. Turner and Fleta Turner,
his wife, and Edward j. Earl
Defendants.
To the said Henry w. Turner and Fleta
Turner, his wite:-Yo are hereby noti
fed that the said plaintiff has con
mehced "a suit against you in said cour
Ny petition, the ob1ect and general natu 4
Of which Is 10 obtain "a Judgment ~
be taxes, interest and costs due o.
he following uesCTlbel ieat estate. siJuaf,
n the comfy OF lafayette aud state Of Mi,
souri,, TOWN.: Lots one % ana Two q blucl
loriy-siX N6) first addition to Lexington
Missouri. said rtai eSttte being delinqnei.
Tor the year ~ o and that said taxes To-.
said year exclusive IT penalty. interest AN
g SIS aufnlut Ia Tie aggregate to the SUN O
Wthty-Dne and kiehty One HuudredtA
81 500 pollars ana that TIE same may b.
declared a lien on said real estate ana u a
th, anne mag be- sOld or so much thereof r.
may hr necessary Ia satisfy TIE iudgmcn
rendered htrVip. with interest. fees. hen
allies. commissions aud costs
And you aIr further notified that unless
NOu al pear at the next tenn Of said cnuri
70 be begun ana held al the court house
In the city Of Lexington. in said county.
on the Iih day OF Apiil. 1902. next, ano
on or before the LIST day OF said term, II ths
ietm shall so long continue. and II not, Then
before the end OF the tenn. and answer sale
petition, the same will 10 taken as confessed
And is iuriher ordered that a copy hereof
he published In the Weekly Intelligencer, a
uPWrnAI or nnhlfa he'd In u.fp onunft NJ I aFor.
cite. toI iuur weeks successfully. the last
Il assertion To he az least thirty days before the
commencement Of the next Term Of this
courf.
a true copy IRON the record
Attest
J.H CAMPBELL, Circuit Clerk
By }. W. SYnN0R. Deputy.
Cbas yons. Au'y. for Pitt Ills
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A guilty conscience is a good pot in which to brew troubles,
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Thu Work Of En-
l2Rd'S I~nC0mD6t6DIS
By A. G. HHhEs.
Special Correspondent London Daily News
$3.50 s..

dogs for a lack Of proper care and instruction on the part OF incom-
petent officers.
! have seen men who had left comfortable homes in the home
land TO go forth to follow their counrys flag gasping out their lives
like stricken sheep, just when the glory and the lust of life should
have been strong upon them. | have watched the Irish lad with the
down upon his brave boyish face pass with the last deep-drawn,
quivering sob over the border line of life, into the shadows OF the
unsearchable beyond, A WASTED SACRIFICE UPON THE
GRIM ALTAR OF INCAPACITY.
have seen the killed Scotch ladde lie, with hollow cheeks and
sunken eye, waiting for the whisper Of the wings of the Angel Of
Death. have seen the damp gather on his unfned brow, and
watched the gray palor creep upwards from throat to temple, until
my very soul, wrung with anguish unutterable, has risen in hot revolt
against H CRIMES OF THE INCAPABLE.
have watched them pile the earth above the last home Of
Enghnds sons, and the gallant children of the old Welsh hills.
have seen them laid to sleep, as harvest hands will lay the sheaves
in unduatng rows when the summer shower has passed and over
every shallow grave have sent a curse fousTH9SE WHOSE BRUT-
ISL FOLLY CAUSED THE FLOWER OF ENGLAND TO
WITIER IN H PRIDE OF THEIR BOYHOOD.
They have not died because OF unchrisian death traps left by the
enemy; the Beers we're not given to poisoning the water which we
drank or otherwise taking an unciviized advantage. Nor did they
die because the climate lent itself to the propagation and disscmina.
ton Of fever germs Nc. they died BECAUSE OF THE IGNOR-
ANCE, INCAPACITY AMI FOLLY or THE TRIPIE-DYED
DANDIES AND OUNCES a GOVERNMENT HAD LACED
OVER THEM AS OFFICERS. THEY DIED BECAUSE OF
NEGLECT OF THE MOST SIMPLE LAWS OF SANITATION
laws which even a fool should have known, but which the men sent
out at the heads Of companies, troops and batteries and the medical
service either did not know or did not care to worry about.
No. while the soldiers died the so-called medical staff looked ON.
and pufed their cigarettes and talked under their sye glasses. The
tools, the idle, empty-headed noodles. And whilst they smoked
and talked twadde, the grim. gaunt Shadow OF Death chuckled in the
na,ehes Of the night, thinking Of the harvest that was to follow.
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OF PUBLICATION.

In the Cir uit Court Of Lafayette COUNTY
Missouri al LeAit Rion, April Term, 1907.
Susie Dickson. Plaintiff.
VS..
Arthur Dickson. Defendant
Now at this day comes the p~laintiff herein
by her attorneys, and files ,her petition and
affidavit. al eRtng, among other things. that
defendant. Arihuc Dickson. ia NOT n
resident OF the state of Missouri: Whore.
upon II Is ordered by the clerk In vacation
that said defendant b notified by pul l~icaiion
that plaintiff has commenced a suit againstI
him in this court. the object AID genera
nature OF which IL 10 oh ain a decree Of
divorce from the bonds Of matrimOny
contracted b tween plaintiff and defendant
upon The grounds that defendant has ahan-
duned plaintif and absented himself nom
her without q reasonable cause. or any cause.
lor the spnce Of more than one whole year
next heiore the Hing Of this petition and
upon further grounds that NJ The time OF the
marriage aforesaid defendant hsd a wife
living. which said wife Is still living and now
resides at Lees summit. Missouri: and thai
nnlesst the said nonresident defendant Arthur
Dickson be and appear at this court. at the
next term thereof, to be b. gun and holden
az the court house, Ia the city OF Lex.
lngt0n, IN said county, on the 18th day OF
next, and on or before the first day
of said term. II the term shall SO long CON
tinue. q II not, then on or before the last day
or SAID term. answer or plead 10 the pct ton
In said rause. the same will be taken rs con.
lessed. anu Judgment will be rendered accord
inply.
And u y further ordered that a copy hereof
be published according 10 law IN the Weekly
~lntelsigencer. a newspaper published IL
said county Of Lafayette for four weeks sue.
cessively. published az least once week. the
last insertion to be at least fifteen days before
me hrst day OF said next April term Of
this court.
A srue COPY. Attest
j. H. CAMPBELL, circuit Clerk.
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HE methods now in force Tor the reforma-
ton of criminals are all wrong.
If you take all the criminals and all
who are dependent on criminals in the
United States, you will find that one per-
o in seventy belongs to the criminal
class. And this class has on the whole
been increasing throughout Christendom.
In the United States, for instance, it has
increased one-third faster, proportionately,
than has the population since the civil war.
The question is, how shall we treat the
criminal class?
Society has often said: Get rid of
them. The simplest way to get rid of them
is to kill them" And until a recent period
that was the method pursued. In Great
Britain, under Henry VIII, 263 crimes
were punished with death, and even at the
close Of the last century 200 crimes we're
SO punished. In the reign Of Henry VIII.
100000 were hanged in Great Britain. OF
course we have got o humane to carry
on that process now in that way. But we
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Danish men or lock them in jans to get rid Of them.
The other remedy commonly suggested is to hate the criminal,
and to express that hate by hurting him. The theory is that when
a man has done a wrong he should suffer a wrong, and that we are
the ones to inAict it.
Both theories are wrong. The protection of society is not the
end we should seek. There is something higher and better than
that. And the deterrent power Of fear is no. the means. 1t has been
tried and it has failed MEN ARE NOT DEFERRED FROM
CRIME BY FEAR. We have broken men on the wheel and Burned
them alive. We have hanged them and gathered the criminal classes
all round the gaDows to see the execution, and the victim has died
game. He has become a hero in their eyes and the men who have
seen the execution nave gone back 10 plunge deeper into crime than
ever.
The proper Object to seek in dealing with criminals IS SIMPLY
AND SOLELX9 44E REFORMATION OF THE WRONG
DOER. Let me sketch an ideal system. A mar is arrested and
brought into court Inquiry is made into his life, character and
surroundings. If he has friends who will take care of him he is put
under their tuteage. If the evidence Of his criminaty is too deep
he is put in a cell and his industry is carried on there. He is studied
and investigated. He is not allowed to come out into the common
fellowship until he has proved some degree of submission to author
iy and readiness to reform. Then he goes into the workshop, but
the workshop is not to develop character, not to make money. His
record is kept When he has proved that he is able and determined
to earn an honest livelihood then some employment is found for
him outside and he is set free.
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INSURANCE.

Farm property insured, oc-
cupied by tenant or owner.
Risks written in ny town in
county. VIII come and make
personal inspection, and name
rate upon application. Will
INSURE ANYTHING Write or
call on him at Office in
Lexington.
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What is the saddest feature Of the war in South Africa?
1t is the hundreds OF unmarked graves where lie men done t
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FREIGHrs.

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and Sunday.
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uedVT Dy INC IGNORANCE, SIupId-
ity and conceit Of men who have
been entrusted with places in the
military service Of England for
which they were in no way fitted.
There are hundreds Of men
lying in these unmarked graves
who ought TO be alive to-day, but
ubO hove Hoo, o1fou.o1 ~ H. III.
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In the Cir uit Court of LAFAYETTE Uount,
Missouri al LeAii gi0n, April Term, 1902.
Susie Dickson, plalntif.
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II "tII ~ n HEIIi NITUUI OItfh
By J. W. SYnN0R. Deputy.
Cbas yons. At'y. for Pitt lis
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

was associate justice of the Massachu-
setts supreme court, had been a pro-
fessor in the Harvard Law School and
had proved himself thorough scholar
and a learned lawyer. He owes MS
distinction to himself-not to his name.
In addition to great ability and long ju-
dicial training. he has strong individ-
uality. 1t is a common thing for law
yer, on hearing an opinion read, to say:
THAT is Judge Holmes His opinions
all have earmarks. His style is lit
erary, and makes wide departure from
the ordinary legal style. 1t is compact.
vivid, idiomatic. He reasons his. way
along. disposing Immediately Of irrele-
vancies, and ends where prolixity would
begin.
One Of the interesting things about
Judge Holmes is the fact that he has
figured in literature. Not by his own
pen, for he has written only on legal
matters. but by the pen Of his father,
who told, in famous narrative, first
printed in the atlantic Monthly" in
war time. how he Found the Captain
The particular captain was the present
Judge Holmes. Graduated from Harvard
in 1861. Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr.. en-
listed in the Twentieth Massachusetts
Volunteers, and WIS thrice wounded-in
the breast at Balls Bluff. in the neck at
Antietam, and in the foot at the second
Fredericksburg. He rose from lieuten-
ant to lieutenant colonel.
The story Of my Aunt After the Cap
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

| luton; classic scholar and translator
OF languages, ard, for some years, an
active newspaper woman.
Mrs. Pickett. widow of the famous
Confederate general, has written many
clever stories which have been pub
lished in book form. Her speciality is
stories Of the South in the old time
''darky' dialect, which she reads most
entcrtainingly
Twelve States have delegates at large.
Pennsylvania, which has the largest
number of members, is represented by
two clever writers-Mrs. Mary Temple
Jamison. of Latrobe, whose pen name.
Meg is a household word; and Miss
Harriet Brock Swineford of Philadel-
phia, the author of delightful short
stories and thoughtful essays.
Mrs. Cynthia Wcstover Alden. of New
York, is one of the most widely known
OF women journalists, and represented
this country at the great international
Council of Women. London. 1899. She
is vice president of the International
League Of Press Clubs. Miss Harriet
Hudson and Miss Marion Howard Bra
zier represent Massa chusetts. both ex-
perienced newsgatherers and all-round
writer's. The former is on the editorial
staff of the Springfield Republican"
the latter, editor and publisher of "The
Pa triotic Review" of Boston. Mrs. E.
L. Lampson, of Ohio, does editorial work
and writes well on many subjects. She