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went up to his own face. "Oh, no. he
cried.
You don't know" said the Small
Girl arrogantly. Mother said it was.
And have my fathers lovely disp'si-
tion.''
Did she say that?" demanded the
Captain.
Yes. But he went away
why did he go?" asked the Captain.
He and mother had a quarrel. 1t
is dreadful for people to quarrel" :"
proceeded the Small Girl virtuously.
Il don't do it. And mother sent him
away, and he went to war, and she
can't write to him and tell him she is
sorry, for he didn't tell her where he
was"
The idiot" breathed the Captain,
whose face was white and set.
The Small Girl slid down from his
knee and faced him wrathfully.
You shan't call him names. He's
my very own father"
Into the Captain eyes there came a
look which the Small Girl did not un-
derstand- He caught the small hands
in his and drew her to him.
Suppose we write mother a letter
and ask her to come down.
''Here?"
Yes" The Captain took out a note
book and tore leaf from it Then he
wrote the note with a hand that trem-
bled, while the Small Girl watched
him curiously.
What does it say?" she asked when
it was folded
1T says, Come down."
She opened it. looked at the scraw1-
ed characters, and was satisfied, al
though she could not read it.
But what it really said was
Margaret: Fate led me to the
beach, where We had been together in
those first days. and brought to me
your second self. little Margaret 1t
has been such long time. dear Sure
ly after all these years there is moth
ing to keep US apart? Come
Jack"
AS the Small Girl laborousIy
climbed the bIuff the Captain watched
her out of sight Then he paced rest
lessly up and down, up and down.
At last he say a woman down the
beach coming. her figure half-hfdden
by the ascending morning mists- He
went to meet her. his eager eyes tax
Ing in the beauty Of her-her curla
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The Sweet. Lona DAYS.

The sweet long days when the morning
breaks
Over the mountains in rose and gold,
When the shadows linger vale and
lakes.
And the afterglow tints field and wold
The summer days when the pasture land
Lies dappled with daisies beneath the
sun,
When the waves wash up on the pebbly
strand,
And the little ripples leap and run.
The sweet, long days when the children
play
Merry and sweet as the day is long.
Driving the cows, and tossing the hay,
And singing many a snatch of song.
When mother is busy from morn till eve
And father is earning the children 3
bread;
In every task when a prayer they weave
For blessings to rest each little
head.
The sweet, long days when, though trou-
BILE may come,
We bear the trouble in trustful cheer
For ever in God is constant home
A refuge and shelter from grief and
fear.
The sweet, long days which our Father
sends,
. Foretaste and pattern of days to be
In the time when the measure by days
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Y-FoURTH Yearly WAKEENEY, KAN.

gathered up in the old way, her cheeks
pink with the hurry and excitement
Margaret"
Jack"
There was only a minute for silens
greeting. and then the Small Girl came
upon the scene. Her mother called to
her before she reached them.
run back and get my parasol.
darling"
The red one" shrieked the Small
Girl, land can I carry it over my
head?''
."Yes, anything you want
The child danced out of sight, and
Mrs. Burton turned to the Captain.
Does she know?" she asked
No. he said.
''Why did you come back?"
Because l am your husband and
her father, dear l should not have
gone"
But 1 sent you away" she said
wearily, and the tears trickled down
her white cheeks. How can you for
give me?"
He sat down on the driftwood beside
her and drew her head down on his
broad shoulder.
Because 1 have such a lovely dis
p'SitiOn,'" he said.
Into her eyes came the same flash
of mischief that he had seen in the
Small Girls
"She told you 1 said that?'
Yes, and it gave me courage"
Down the beach came a bobbing fig
ure submerged in a red silk sunshade
When the Small Girl reached them
she was evidently much uplifted by
the sight of her mother with her head
against the Captains coat.
Mrs. Burton swept her up in heI
arms and put her on the Captain
knee.
Its your father, DEAR" she said.
Burton waited for a cry of rapture
but the Small Girl was not alive tc
dramatic situations. She kissed hin
calmly, and then stroked his handsome
| nose with admiring fingers.
I'VE really have very nice noses
| father" she giggled-
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As the Small Girl with the Ruf1es
light, he was again haunted by a re-
semblance which had startled him the
night before when he had met her on
the hotel porch.
He had worried through a restless
night and had come early to walk up
and down the beach and watch the
green waves, with heavy, miserable
eyes, and listen to their maddening
monotone.
And all at once he had come upon
the Small Girl. She was barefooted
and stood where the waves, shallow
and foam fiecked, touched her toes. Her
inf1nitestimal skirts were gathered up
in small bunch behind, and more ruff
fies than ever were in evidence Her
hair was +-~ie+~d up into a knot - up
of her e in
knew why he was haunted. Somebody
else had worn her hair that way.
Somebody who had looked like this
small maiden.
But his reflections were broken in
upon rudely, as the Small Girl rushed
straight at him and clung to his white
trousers with sand soi1ed hands.
1T was a bigger wave," she shiver-
ed. "And / am awfully afraid of the
big ones"
With a sudden rush of memory the
Captain gathered her up in his arms.
Somebody had clung to him once in
just that frightened way, and some
body's curls had blown across his lips.
and he had kissed them. He put the
Small Girl down suddenly.
did you get wet?'' he asked solici-
tously.
up to my knees and it looked so Deep"
He sat down on a piece of driftwood
and took her on his knee.
Its too early in the morning for
little girls to be out alone
Over the childs face there ran a
ripple of mischievous laughter.
Mother doesn't know" she gurgled.
and clasped her small hands ecstatical-
ly. Il ran away"
At the flash of her blue eyes the
hand of memory tugged once more at
the Captains heart.
she's asleep went on the Small
Girl. land pretty soon she will wake
up and say, Margaret, Margaret, darl-
The Captain stopped her. els your
name Margaret he asked excitedly.
'Ye-es," said the Small Girl.
is your mothers name Margaret,
too?" he went on.
She nodded and then gasped as the
Captain caught her in his arms and
held her very close and kissed her.
Margaret Burton?"
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himself in favor of the plan and is
eager to see it succeed, for the field
is a new one to trades unionism and
is capable of high development.
Nov. Is being the twenty-frst birth
day of the federation, President Sam
uel Gompers, just before the close of
business, introduced resolution
pledging the loyalty of the organiza-
tion to it's original principles Mr. Com
pers stated that he himself is the
only delegate in the convention who
attended the convention in Pittsburg
twenty-one years ago, when the organ
ization was formally launched
The auditing committee reported the
following financial condition of the or
ganization:
Balance on hand at the opening of
the last fiscal year, 1854; total re-
ceipts, $144,49 total cash received
during the year, $153,312; expendi-
lures, $119 1S6; balance on hand, $34,-
226. Approved
The most important resolutions sub
mitted were as follows:
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The American Federation of Labor.
the greatest labor body in the world,
has just concluded it's labors at New
Orleans In making his annual report
to the federation Mr.. Gompers sound
ed startling note of warning. He
said in paft:
UNLESS our unions radically and
soon change their course and cease
quarreling among themselves over jur-
isdiction we shall at no distant date
be in the midst of an internecine con-
test unparalleled in any year of the in
dustrial world, aye, not even when
workmen OF different trades were ar
rayed against each other behind barri-
cades in the streets over the question
of trade agaisnt trade.
Beyond doubt this is the greatest
danger, the most profound problem,
which above all others threatens not
only the success but the existence of
the American Federation of Labor, -
he shouted. 4 would not now be ap-
prehensive of the future of the fedora
ton were it not forced upon my delib-
crate judgment which has developed
into conviction that we are facing a
crisis far more important than may be
realized"
Reused by the effort of the Chicago
Teachers Federation to gain recogni-
ton as a legitimate labor union the
delegates to the American Federation
of Labor have started a movement to
organize the teachers in all the large
cities of the country. 1t is their in
tention to use the Chicago organiza-
ton as a nucleus and around it build
up a national union strong enough to
make itself power in educational
circles.
The organization is to be formed as
a trades union, have back of it the
full strength and influence of the
American Federation of Labor and
each of its locals is to be affiliated
with the central body of it's respective
city Through its agency politics is to
be barred from the school systems.
The examinations, which all candi-
dates are required to pass, are to be
conducted by parties outside the in
f1uence of those in control. Wages
are to be raised through its efforts,
and the right of placing a teacher on
the unassigned list is not to lie in the
hands of one man or q committee of
men selected without regard to the
interests of the teachers themselves.
President Gompers has declared
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Another American M. p.

There is a chance that the present
number of naturalized Americans in
the British house of commons may be
increased shortly J. H. Seaverna,
formerly of Jersey City, N. J., is about
to offer himself as a candidate in
the parliamentary district of Brixton.
where an election will be held SOON
Mr. Seaverna, who is a member of the
firm of Charles Peabody & Sons of
London, New York and Chicago, has.
been living in England for the last
ten years, and recently took out This
naturalization papers. He will stand
as liberal The present American
members of parliament are Francis
A. Claiming and W. Burdett-Coutts.
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The Country Road.

From the busy fields of the farmer-foik
1t stars on its winding way,
Goes over the hill, and across the brook,
Where the minnows love to play;
Then past the mill with its water wheel,
And the pond that shows the sky:
And up to the bridge by the village store.
And the church with its spire so high
You would never think that the country
road,
From the hill to the store, could be
So long to boy with an errand to do
And another boy to see.
You can never dream how short it is
From the farm to the frozen pond,
Nor how very much further it always is
To the school house just beyond.
o. the country road! at the farther end
1t runs up hill and down.
Away from the woods and the rippled
brook
To the toiling. rushing town.
But, best of all, when you're tired and
sick
OF the noisy haunts of men.
If you follow it back, it will lead you
home
To the woods and fields again.
st. Nicholas
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That the good offices of the incora-
ing executive council be asked for dis
abled working people. and to provide
system of national insurance for
their assistance during enforced idle
ness.
That the American Federation of La
Dor appeal to Congress to submit to
the legislatures of the several states
proposition for an amendment to the
general constitution which shall pro-
hibis money fines in court and put
the administration of justice to rich
and poor upon the same footing"
That $1,000 be appropriated by the
federation to further legislative work
for the improvement of labor condi-
tions in North Carolina, South Caro-
lima. Georgia, Alabama, Florida and
Mississippi
That the federation aid as much as
possible the passage of the bill intro
duced into the United States Senate
by Senator McComas of Maryland, to
secure payment for overtime of labor
ers on government work
That the federation condemn the re-
cent utterances of President Eliot of
Harvard college, in which he charac-
terized .sscab" workers as heroes
That no recognition be extended by
the federation to any laboring man
holding political Office
That Congress be asked to appropri-
ate money for the purchase of the min
ing lands in the Choctaw Nation.
Max Morris of Denver, chairman OF
the committee on central bodies, read
the report of that body, which con-
tanned the following recommends
tions:
That where local unions are widely
separated they club together for the
purpose of sending delegates to the
conventions of the federation.
The long fight between the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers and the Amalgamated Association
of Woodworkers has been adjusted.
The carpenters demanded that the
woodworkers' charter be revoked and
they be ordered to take out cards in
the brotherhood. The matter was
heard by a committee of the conven-
ton, and the carpenters were de-
feated.
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Appealing to coIored P...enoer.

Alexander Southern Thweatt tells
this on his rivals and himself: I'VE
all were working our hardest to trav-
el to certain point in Arkansas, and
the usual exhibits were made, every
passenger agent swearing his was the
shortest route. / took the chairman
aside and said to him: Look here;
you don't want to take any short
route. See what you missi Don't
you travel every day Take the long
est route and have a look at the coun-
try. I'll take you by way of - and
-, ETC. naming half a dozen cities
and give you all a good, time, and
land you at your destination nearly
as soon as if you travel by air lines
1t caught him, and 1 got the delega-
ton. The short route never catches
Sambo."-New York Press.
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tExEmpress Wants PROPERTY.

1t is reported that ex-Empress Eu-
genie will shortly attempt to attach
property of the French government
for the various judgments obtained
by her in civil suits against the state.
The judgments in favor of the former
empress involve the sum of more
than $500. 900 and various historic OBJ
jects, including fifty paintings form
er1y owned by Louis Napoleon. which
Eugene says she will present to the
nation if the government agrees to
properly label them as her gifts.
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il, probably insurmountable. but it is
pointed out that the kings well
Known democratic ideas might lead
him to obviate this dificulty, al
though these ideas have never been
extended to family matters
The Princess Victoria is the only
unmarried child of the king She was
born at Marlborough house on 1uJy
6, 1868, and is said to be King Ed
wards favorite child
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The Englishman was being prop
erly surprised at the rapidity with
which the sky scraper was going up.
'.Deah met" he exclaimed, lit seems
as If your buildings grow as rapidly
as your maize
Yes" replied the westerner un-
b1ushingly. -and the process of rais-
ing them is much the same
.Fawncys Won't you explain fur
ther?''
We'll. you see, we just get an iron
plant. put it in the ground, have the
street sprinklers water it, and in a
month or six-weeks the sky-scraper -
full grown
And. taking another breath. the
cousin from overseas managed to be-
lieve it,
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Six was the proud answer.
Il knew your mother once" he said
quietly.
when I was up in heaven?" asked
the Small Girl piously.
The Captain nodded. and the Small
Girl settled herself to listen.
Tell me about it, she said. WAS
she a little girl them"
"She was very young and she had
curls like yours, and eyes like yours"
Everything like me but her nose"
broke in the Small Girl, with her hand
over her own diminutive affair. MY
nose is like my fathers"
Involuntarily the Captains hand
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The London clubs are discussing
story to the effect that Austen Cham
berlain, the newly appointed postmas-
ter general. is in love with Princess
Victoria, King Edwards second
daughter
The princess. it is said. returns the
two is possible.
The difference in the social posi-
tfon Of Chamberlain and the princess
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Memorial.

Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt has
placed a window in Trinity church,
Newport. as a memorial to her hus-
band The window represents Chris
ton knight seated and holding in his
right hand q sword, and in his left q
shield, upon which is a cross, resting
on the left knee
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-29

Japanese national flags are alleged
to be practically unobtainable just now
in London
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excitedly

excitedly.
So many questions for such Small
Girl to answer
Ye-es;" the Small Girl was a little
tired of so much emotion which she
did not understand My fathers
name was Jack" she volunteered
How old are your" lie asked. sud
denly
The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-27
Read it In His Newspaper

George Schaub, well know German
citizen Of Lebanon, Ohio, is q constant
reader Of the Dayton Volkszeitung.
He knows that this paper aims to ad
vertise only the best In its columns,
and when he saw Chamberlain's Pain
Balm advertised therein for lame back
he did not hesitate in buying bottle
Of 1t for his wife, who for eight weeks
had suffered with the most terrible
pains in her back and could get no re-
lief. He says: After using the Pain
Balm for few days my wife said TO
me, I feel as though born anew and
before using the entire contents Of the
bottle the unbearable pains had en-
tirely vanished and she could again
take up her household duties.' He is
very thankful and hopes that all suf.
fering likewise will hear of her won.
derful recovery. This valuable lini.
ment is for sale by G. l.avelle, drug
gist
The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-27
Fearless and Independent.

The Chicago Record Herald is con-
sptcuous example Of the success with
which the public rewards fearless nom
partisanship In the columns Of great
metropolitan daily paper. It.is an in-
dependent newspaper, In which men
and measures are invariably viewed
wholly from the standpoint Of the pub
lie good and not from that of the inter-
ests Of any particular political party.
1t is the very reverse Of neutral-fear-
less and outspoken on all the great
questions OF the day but presenting its
editorial opinion upon Independent
judgment and entirely regardless of
political affiliations. Partisanship is
barred as strictly from the news COL
amns as from the editorial page. All
political news is given without parts
an coloring, thus enabling the reader
to form correct conclusions for himself
In the ordinary partisan newspaper Do
litical news is ordinarily colored to
such al extent as to make difficult II
not impossible for the reader to secure
q sound basis for intelligent judg-
ment
The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-27

army bill Is not then signed Secretary
root will ind himself absolutely with
out funds for the administration Of bis
department. Az sisted in . former
letter, the dif1culty which attends the
final passage Of the bill involves the
dignity of both houses Of congress and
both are loath TO yield. The house has
instructed its conferees not to yield to
certain senate amendments and the
senate, taking the ground that it is
impossible TO hold - full snd free con.
ference" where the conferees Of one
chamber are already Instructed, has
refused the request Of the house for =
conference. A peace committee" was
appointed but 80 far IL has been un.
able TO secure any concession from the
house but it is believed that the lower
chamber will have to give In.
Yesterday Secretary Hay was the
recipient Of = beautiful testimonial
from both branches Of congress 10 re-
cognition of the eloquent eulogy Of
President Mckinley which he pro-
nounced before the two houses 10 joint
session. The testimonial includes the
text Of the eulogy beautifully cngros-
sed on the finest vellum and bound in
= whole sealskin which is lettered in
gold. The engrussing throughout is in
black-faced script.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-27
WASHINGTON Correspondence.
Broezy Gossip ON Various Topics
From tho Nations Capita.

Since the passage of the irrigation
bill by the house Of representatives on
last Friday that dody has devoted it.
self to miscellaneous business. Some
changes have been made in the pen
sion law. One amendment provides
for the restoration 10 the pension rolls
OF soldiers widows who have remar-
ried and are again widowed, either by
death or by divorce, where, In the lat
ter case, they themselves we're not to
blame; another increases the pension
of those drawing pensions under the
Dependent act Of 1900, from el2 to $50
per month, when the pensioner re-
quires frequent or periodical attention;
another increases the pension Of those
totally disabled or who have lost the
use Of one or more limbs. On Tuesday
the house considered bills reported
from the judiciary committee and pas
sed several, tn. most important being
one to amend the bankruptcy act. An
evening session was held at which
"CAC SOAoAOOAC0 oiAAs AOEOL OC0 AAOu VuC
Indian committee. On Wednesday
the general deficiency bill was passed
and the house is now occupied with
the Philippine bill.
There are numerous predictions az
to the date OF adjournment and it is
probable that Chairman Payne of the
committee on ways and means will
frame and report the customary reso-
luton some time this week. 1t is gen.
orally held that the date will be about
July lst and many members hope to
spend the Fourth OF July at their
homes. There still remain numerous
bills which might we'll receive atten-
tion from congress but the lateness Of
the season will operate against them
and most Of them will go over until
the short session.
The deadlock over the army bill is
causing considerable apprehension at
the war department. Under the law,
all moneys appropriated for the use Of
the war department will revert to the
general fund on July lst, and il the
The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-27
DOES 1T PAY TO BUY CHEAP?

A cheap remedy for coughs and colds
is all right, but you want something
that will relieve and cure the more
severe and dangerous results Of throat
and lung troubles. What shall you do?
Go to a warmer and more regular eli
mate? Yes, possible; II not possible
for you, then in either case take the
only remedy that has been introduced
in all civilized countries with success
In curing severe throat and lung troub-
les, "Boschee's German Syrup" 1t
not only heals and stimulates the tis
sues to destroy the germ disease, but
allays inflammation, causes easy expec-
toration, gives good nights rest, and
cures the patient. Try one bottle.
Recommended many years by all drug
gists in the world. You can get Dr..
@. g. Green's reliable remedies at
Mason & Lavelle's. Get Green's spec.
ial almanac. ~
The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-27
Dexter.
Man,moth Jack.

Foaled August 5, 1897. Sire John
Quincy Adams; his sire, Don Carlos,
Imported. Dam: Bessie, sired by
Old Dave; his sire Lone Star.
Dexter will make the season OF 1902
at my ranch, 8 miles south Of Big
spring, Nebraska.
TERMS: $500 to insure living colt.
Ed. NELSON,
BIGsPRING, NEB.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-06-27

To Cure a Cold In Que Day
Take Laxative Bromo quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If 1t
fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature
Is on each box. % cents.