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Of manuscript which lay before him.
They contained the annual report of
III. Beauville's pet club, and there was
enough matter in them, provided it
were read by the proper, or, rath-
er, the improper, eyes, to cast a
black shadow of disaster over the
careers of many patriots, including
the career of NJ. Beauville himself
M. Beauville was not afraid. I'm
munity from danger had made him
careless. He had not received a domi-
eilary visit for three months, and had
strong hopes that he would not re-
eeive such an honor for an equally
long time. Also, he fancied that his
door was securely fastened, and that
ne was, in more than one respect,
prepared for contingencies; and, in
6ne, he did not expect that anything
unpleasant was going to happen.
NJ. Beauville had not always been a
patriot. He had once been family
man, but his wife had died and his only
sen had proved himself unworthy. He
had actually had the face to consider
that even an emperor might not be so
bad il only you knew all about him.
and he had married the daughter of an
administra tive clerk That had settled
II. M. Beauville had disowned Camille.
albeit the action had cost him sharp
pangs. He had loved him before his
conduct bad forbidden the further be-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-13
AS DAME FASHION DEGREES.
rhe sandal fad is spreading.

The sandal fad is spreading.
There are low slippers in black
| velvet with several straps and a
small cut steel ornament on each.
Sailor collar and rever fancies will
be continued, though the collars will
not be SO numerous as they have
been. This last will apply to yokes,
too.
A lovely evening gown is Of palest
pink chiffon, beautifully embroidered
in silver, the bodice cut into battle
ments as a bolero, mass of ex-
quisite stitching.
One attractive white silk skirt Is
trimmed with wide flounce of lace,
several rows of insertion being
Joined by half-inch bands of white
satin ribbon, with an edge of the
lace finishing. The lace used is point
de Paris.
Those little embroidered pique
hats with figures embroidered over
the material and scalloped edge to
both crown and rim, the former but
toning to the latter, are among the
prettiest head coverings for small
children.
There is much novelty in sleeves,
and some examples seem positively
queer. The sleeve that falls straight
from the elbow at the back, forming
hanging sleeve more than a yard
around the bottom, is fashionable,
but not particularly pretty.
Pretty pique gowns for children
are made with one or two simple ruff
fles, one around the low cut bod
Ice, made to wear with a guimpe,
and others around sleeves and skirt,
finished with a simple edge and
sometimes small figure of embroi-
derry.
Colored velvets are 30 be a stylish
dress goods for late fall and winter.
These will include plain weaves and
others designed with contrasting
lines net unlike those of last season
and spotted with polka dots like fou-
lards. Gray velvet with lines of
black or white or sprinkled with
white spots is very pretty and sew
'eral shades of brown are attractive.
Brown velvet with red lines is a
novelty. From such materials some
form Of simplicity may be expected.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-13
SATURDAY
DEC. 10, 1902.
The YOUTH THAT is GONE.

Sing me song of a lad that is gone
Say. could that lad be /?
Chot Niui OF bounce he fared forth on a day
Noi the least little bit shy.
Starting his raiment In pattern and hue
As the lands ANS wOUio allow:
Seh-satistactioL nest b..Ss.ul he knew.
Where - ret .eyung row?
sirg m, q sens 80 i&6.the; T. gone
SAY COU-C iEa, as be -
IL >Snas pietly hard 20 believe. but upon
MN wOIc, Ike, 10 us 10 deny.
Civ me aEair shat ;uii !! i.or.I. se Of all.
Gay N he -le-sh % sack.
Give ~ Those c.O,hls and the shoes too
small
And eheerfu.iy hard them back.
Sing m Sorg o. iac "a. is gone.
S-N couid that lad b. 1?
MoCest ai.C So >i5.t n1u that am
It's an awiui temptation to lie
Swasger and braE. riot auc. lag
H,s tTuits I could never cot done.
And cor s.ctrirg all that was I've no cau
To be sorry. J m glad that he's gone
Chicago Daily News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-13
Cha H. LucL

Then there is Zephaniah Ware,
Who wishes he'd ne'er been born.
he made fortune IN LIQUID air
And spent II for LIQUID corn.
-Chicago 1Nrfh,pa
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Nobody Fooled.

Instead of being a millionaire, {"
confided the young man at the seaside
hotel to the beautiful heiress, 81 be-
lieve it is only honest, now that we
are engaged, for me to tell you that l
am the floorwalker at Catchem g.
Skinnem's dry goods emporium in New
York"
Il thought there was something
familiar about YOU" answered the
beautiful heiress. 81 am in the ribbon
department there. baltimore Amer
lean.
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one sure Indication.

"You think it's going to be hard
winter? Surely you don't imagine
that those things credulous people
believe in about the goose bone, the
muskrat's habitation, the corn husk
and the like have anything to do with
the weather four months ahead, do
you?"
We'll, there's one sign never knew
to fail. always know it's going to be
a hard winter when coal is ten dollars
q ton."-Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-13
Abundant sympathy.

"Don't you sympathize with the peo-
pie who are complaining of high
priceS?"
81 do" answered the monopohst.
at shall never be said>t hat was dere-
hct in the matter of SYMPATHY. SYM
pathize with the people you mention
n great deal, and If things go as 1 ex-
pect them to in three or four months
III sympathize with them twice as
much. "-WaShingt Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-13
How Flavor Is Ruinea

The udder and adjacent parts of the
body which are much shaken during
milking is one o. the chief sources of
Infection, while the dust of the stable.
the hands and clothes of the mixer, to-
gether with the pals and cans used, are
only slightly less important sources.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-13
Regulates Of zinc Rn,,.r

To make fine butter one must begin
with the herd. Breed cows so that you
have fresh ones coming every month.
The fine nutty flavor comes from the
milk of the fresh cows, and the churn-
ing quality Of the cream is governed TO
q great extent by it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-13
After the Goods.

The summer girls are all the same.
OF rings they now have heaps.
For love with them is but IA game
Al which they play for keeps.
-ptarE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-07
FREEMAN. THE HISTORIAN.
His Moods and lenses Were Not IN
derstood.

From Some Noteworthy Scholars" BY
Daniel c. Gilman, in the April scrib-
neTs)
Mr.. Edward a. Freeman, the histor-
ian. would have been better appreciated
by the Americans whom he addressed
If they had understood his lenses and
moods. or. in other words. if they had
mastered his mode Of speech. 1t has
often seemed to me that scholars. GER
rainly those who DWELL within college
walls or live secluded lives, have each
of them his own lingo" By this I
mean that each has his characteristic
use of words. and II you would quickly
apprehend his meaning you will do
well TO observe his Ia bitual diction. A
word of nraise. even a laudatOry tone.
means more from some men than q
paragraph of eulOgy from others. So
likewise. with criticism and censUre.
Now the minute exactness which is ap-
parent in Freeman's writings. and is
one of his great merits, governed his
familiar correspondence and converse
ton. For example, his letters from
America give many illusions TO the
epithets by which he was accosted. He
is offended. or pretends to be 50. be-
cause they call him Professor and
Doctor" once he says, Il was
called Colonel He declined to
speak at the university because he was
under engagements to give lectures at
the Peabody Institute. If he would not
lecture" I asked him TO give some
familiar talks to the students.
Familiar talks he said. ironically
He seemed to De as much surprised as
if 1 had asked him for nursery tales
We'll. conferences" I suggested. 'Do
you mean that the students are TO do
a part of the talking and 1 part D.
was his next inquiry. I forgot how we
got around the difficulty. but / believe
that the term informal lectures" suit
ed him. At any rate he spoke. ans
made many friends among Us. There
are not so many sweils here at Balti-
more as al the Hub of the Universe,
but We have made some pleasant aC-
quaintances here-judges. professors
and others"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-07
The HELL's HOLLOW TRAGEDY.

T ne HELL,S HOLLOW MYSTERY
i approaches a complete solution.
Nearly all the facts Of the tragedy en-
acted IN the little gorge beneath En-
sign peak two weeks ago today have
been related by young Felt. That &c
has told everything there is room 10
doubt. He has told enough that can
be accepted as truth, however, to salts
fv anyone that he took the life Of Old
Samuel Collins. His story, corroborated
by other BOYS. establishes beyond cues
ton the vueness Of the fair seeming
old man who died by his hand.
That the mystery is mystery no
longer is due to the boy himself who
committed the deed. Had he not taken
the Potts boy into his confidence ard
giver him the information, which be
in b-n Impaired TO the police. the
delth Of Samuel Collins would long ere
this have odicialIy been declared 10 be
a suicide County Attorney Christen-
sen held TO this view from the begin
ming and the police seconded il with
almost complete unGnimity. A calm
review Of the events following thu dis
=covery of the corpse must inevitably
lead TO the conclusion of the absolute
worthIessness Of the present police
force for the detection Of crime. That
County Attorney Christensen, a trained
lawyer. presumably logical in thought
and deduction. should have accspred
and insisted upon the suicide theory
passes comprehension In the face Of
the facts marshaIed before them. their
conclusion seems TOO absurd for even
a chnG's consideration.
A dead hCdy is found hidden in
cave on q hillside. The throat is cut
and the flesh is fearfully bruised. A
rope is tied around it so tightly as TO
abraJe the skin. The entrance to the
cave Is walled up beyond the openings
tonmost point. Underneath tha lowest
layer blood is found showing tina, f.
must have been there before the wall
vas built. Competent physicians testi-
FED that, from the nature Of his wound
"a clean. even, deep gash-Collius
could not have retained consciousness
for more than a few moments al most.
They testified that the absaSions on
his body were caused by dragging il
over stones
Even If he retained consciousness for
hours. it would have been impossible
for him TO build the wall as It was
luill A man can Kin himself, but he
tannot afterwards bury himself. The
corpse was naked and valise which
Collins was said to have has was miss
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Blind Man Tells Time By His Watch.
lMilWaukee oentlneI)


Perhaps many people have noticed
that the blind man who plays the hand
organ day after day ct Grand avenue
bridge has q watch in his pocket He
has a watch, and can tell time, too.
Yesterd9. - n dropped a nickel in
his cup, and UJlicing the watch, asked
him for tn time IT was a queer ques-
ton 10 ash. tuL he saw the watch and
wanted 10 know whether the blind man
was simply pretending TO be sightless-
Il think I can tell said the blind
man. He held il up close TO his ear,
and slowly turned the stem winder.
zone. two three. four. i've, six, seven.
eight" he counted. and then he said
THAT means seventy-twO minutes.
wound ID the watch tightly at 3
o'clock. and 50 the time ought 70 be
about twelve minutes past 4. Here.
look and see how near 1 came 10 it,
His uuestiouer looked, and the time
was AIS He was only six minutes of.
DO you mean 10 say that you can
tell the time OF day by winding up your
watch
Not exactly. but can come mighty
near usually within ten minutes
and it's very easy, too. All you have
to know Is how long one click in wind
ing up viii run the watch. I'll explain
Suppose that at o'clock ! wind up
my watch until 10 IS tight. as We say
that is. until another turn Of the WindeY
would apparently break a spring At
o'clock I wind the watch again, and
find that the winder clicks twelve
times before the watch is wound up 70
the place where IL sticks. Then 7 know
that twelve clicks viii run the watch
120 minutes. and that one click repre-
sents ten minutes OF time"
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ing. All this had been known to the
police and to Alr. Christensen for days.
Still they insisted on suicide.
With a logged stubbornness as as
tonishiHg as it was blind. the police and
Mr. Christensen attempted to convince
reasonable people that Samuel Collins
killed himself. They tried TO show that
ne removed his clothing, hid all Of his
effects, tied a rope tightly around his
body. -ut his throat as never man cut
his throat before, gouged out an eye,
bruised his body severely. stepped out
side the cave and walled it up, and
then in some fnexpIicable way reached
the interior again-and died.
They had advanced their theory and
they would listen TO no other. though
all the red-handed murderers on earth
escaped. Never was there a more un-
reserved confession Of incompeteney.
Mr.. Christensen and the police did
altogether too much posing in this case.
They are not paid for posing. They
are paid TO work, although they do
precious little Of it. The outcome of the
Collins affair should be a warning to
them that cocksure opinions in the face
of facts tending TO opposite views are
dangerous for those in official life OF
ont of il
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PRovo's ASSAY OFFICE.

4 FEW LINES in a special dispatch
= from Washington to The Herald
published yesterday. told a mighty in
teresung story. Tt said Senator Raw
Inns had discovered that the opposi-
ton to his bin for the establishment
Of an assay office at Provo Rad been
withdrawn and that there would be no
objection to his calling the measure up
for passage. Further, it was stated
that Director OF the Mint Roberts had
written the senator a letter assuring
him that if any assay offices are es-
tablished in the west he considered
Provo a desirable location.
This means, if it means anything,
that the senator's and the director of
the mint sincerely regret that their
real reason for opposing new assay Of
fees has been disclosed. Through an
inadvertence they revealed the fact
that they fear an Increase IN the pro-
duction Of gold. with a consequent pos
sibility Of a panic among the financiers
because Of too much money. They
didn't want anybody to know that
they were considering the possible
necessity Of demonetizing gold in order
to make it harder for the debtor TO
meet his obligations,
They are too late. Through Senator
RaWlins the alarm has been sounded.
The cat is out of the bag and it can
not be corraIled again. OF course the
Provo assay Office bill will be killed.
The senator's will offer some other rea-
son for it. but the real reason viii be
fear Of an over production of gold.
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HELPING THE POOR TO SAVE.

IN AN ADDRESS before an audience
L Of Iaboring people not long ago John
Burns. the welI-known labor leader of
England. said; Three out Of every FIVE
Of YOU will end your days in the poor
house. Deny it If you dare. The sta
tistics are all against you. The state
ment seems brutal, but it is borne out
by the facts. so far as England is con-
cerned. In this country the percent
age is not so frightful, but it is ap-
pallingiy heavy.
Germany has set vigorously 10 work
to solve the problem; What shall be
done with the superannuated laborer?
The first step was to induce the wage
earners to save money while they were
still able to work. With this end in
view a law was passed requiring every
Individual earning less than 1000 marks
per annum to lay aside a fixed sum
every pay day. The amounts are graded
in accordance with the needs of the in
dividual
Men who support families are not,
Of course. compelled to set aside as
much as unmarried men, but all must
save something. The law is enforced
by the police through a system of cards
and stamps. These resemble postage
stamps and. on each pay day. the la
bOrer is required to affix one 70 his
individual card. Usually the cards are
retained By the employers and at reg
ular intervals they are inspected by the
police. who see that every regulation
Is complied with.
The money is taken care Of by the
government. It is jealousy guarded
and so invested as to bring the largest
possible returns with absolute safety.
When the individual is no longer able
to work he usually finds that he has.
in spite Of himself, amassed a sum suf-
icient to keep him out of the poor
house. Other nations in Europe have
+ recently begun Investigations OF the
German plan. and it is thought that
! several Of them VIII adopt it,
The advantages Of the law are 50
1 apparent thai IL seems odd that it has
not come into general use. Many of
its features partake strongly Of the pa
/ ternal theory of government, but the
most pateTnaI theory, properly worked
out, is better than the poor house. Few
laborers are able to save anything, and
after a lifetime of arduOus toll. they
I face starvation or the county infirm-
+ airy. How much better in the end it is
for those who are compelled to lay
( aside a small sum weekly or monthly
all their lives. for in the end they Sc
/ cure their independence
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HOPE FOR DEMOCRACY.

NTH A RECKLESSNESS born of
W the intoxieation that comes with
continued victories, the Republican
party IS drifting rapidly upon the
rocks. The leaders, instead of shorten
ing sail and lacking 10 avoid the
shoals, are crowding on more canvas
snd Hecry Wattersol. the great Ken
lucky editor. foresees disaster for their
craft. Mr.. Watterson is more than
hopeful of Democratic success next
fall. He is stalking his reputation as a
political soothsayer on the prediction
that the next house viii be Demo
cratic.
And Mr.. WattersOn gives excellent
reasons for the faith that is in him. He
peints to the fact that the Democrats
in congress are getting together on
constructive lines. The shock of the
defeat of 1900 has worn away and the
partv to which the nation must look
for reform movements is lining UP in
solid T-ont for the coming battle. The
administration policy in the Philip
pines, its notorious aud answering al
legiance 30 the giant trusts and com
binations Of capital that have grown
up under Republican rule viii afford
the Democratic party issues sufficient
to win the fight
The statement has been made that
the Democrats cannot hope to accom-
plish anything by winning the next
house, because the senate and the
president viii still be Of tbs Republican
faith. Mr.. 5Tatterson points out the
absurdity of the idea. 81 confidently
expect the next house 10 be Democratic
by a safe majority" he says. en- that
event we can make our own commit
tees, authorized to send for persons
and papers, forcing the Republicans to
a showdown. Z is this knowledge which
sets their teeth on edge. They dread
its disclosures. To escape it they will
resort to any expedient. however des-
perate-even TIE Crumpacker ripper
bin. Nothing. however, cen save
them"
Mr.. Watterson compares the Repub-
Iican method of ruling the Philippines
with the Democratic propositions for
the government OF the archipelago. On
the one hand he sees martial law, mill
itary despotism and a riot Of carpet
bagging, such as the world never Wit
messed. on the other hand the Dem
ocrats would, after peace has been re-
stored in the islands give the Filipinos
a fun measure Of self-gOvernment on
muca the same lines as that of Cuba,
with an American protectorate TO
guarantee our treaties with Spain and
other nations
Surely this is the humane method,
the only method OF preventing q reign
of organized loot and pillage under the
sanction of a Republican administra-
ton. President Roosevelt and his ad-
visers are committed now to the i'm
perial policy They would not recede
if thsy could and they could not if
they would. In the Democratic party,
therefore. lies the hope Of the country.
Democratic success next November
VIII mean Democratic success in 1904,
With a party united. with the issue
clean and clear-cut. there is no reason
for believing in a possibility of failure.
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THE Plays THE THING.
The Best Critics Come From the
Common People.

The Best Critics Come From the
Common People.
The people in the audience Who have
no reserves are the people in the gale
~, the people who come from the city
tenements TO what are graphically
known as the rush seats" says Eliza
beth McCracken in the April Atlantic.
They have not begun TO read psychol-
ogy, and they are not in the least self
conscious They may be canny but
they are not too canny to know why
they 90 TO the play. and, more delight
ful still, they are not too canny to tell
il all TO a sympathetic listener.
In the very first place, they have
gone to the theatre. and they go TO the
theatre, to see the play; not to see the
players, nor to see how they play the
play. nor why they possibly play it
thus, nor why they do not play it in
some other way Gin any conceivable
other way" as / overheard a critic
muTmur at a recent Shakespearean re-
vivaD. nor what the author Of the play
meant. nor what he did not mean. nor
what he should have meant. They may
see all these things; they frequently do
see several Of them; but they go to the
theatre to see the play. II is interest
ing to remember that in Shakespeare's
time the entire audience went to see
the play.
They 60 from their tenements TO see
plays: they see. and they feel. and
they think, and they effectually re-
member They are Influenced; they are
made greater or less; and, simple as
the influence may be, its result is. sure
ly felt by their associates and their
surroundings.
They 90 not once. but Often-as often
as they can buy the tickets Of admis-
sion to the galleries. The majority Of
them work Throughout the day, and
they go 20 the gallery in the evening.
So much does the experience mean 10
them that many Of them save for their
suppers portions Of the lunches brought
in the morning to the shops and factO-
ries in which they work; and thus, en-
abled to 20 directly from their work 70
the theatre. they gain another hour in
which to await the opening of the doors
leading 10 the gallery