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nearly fifteen years. BY Industry he
acquired a goodly amount Of property.
Patch took a pan of corn at 4 D. m.
Dec 81. 1882. and started for the poul.
try house to feed his hens. When be
did not return for supper his wife
hunted all over the place for him, but
in vain. The next day a searching
party was formed by the neighbors
and the forests for miles around were
secured, but without finding a trace
of the missing man. After a few days
the search was abandoned. No letter
ever came nor was any inkling of the
whereabouts of Patch ever received.
While Mrs. Patch was preparing for
supper the other evening there was a
rap at the door. She opened the door,
and an old mar with a long, gray
beard stepped in. There was nothing
about his face or figure that looked
familiar to Mrs. Patch. and when the
old man told her he was Abel Patch
she thought he was playing a prank
IN her. When he showed her n pc.
culiar finger ring which her husband
had always worn and the scar of a Sc
we're bullet wound on the side of his
head which he. received at Cold Har.
Dor in the Civil War there was no fur.
Their doubt of his identity.
Il left home because l wanted ex.
element" said Patch later in explain.
ing his long absence. L got tired OF
farming and started out into the
woods. l have beer all over the for.
ests of Northern Vermont, New Hamp.
shire and Maine, and have killed hun.
dreds of deer and moose. l didn't
intend ever to come back, and l hoped
my wife would marry again, but /
heard a little while ago that she
hadn't. l thought l would see her
once more before 1 died. The winters
have been pretty cold lately and
couldn't stand 1t much longer In the
woods"
Patch did not think his wife would
welcome him home. but as she has
done so. he says he VIII remain.
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I tivated voice. She dressed with half &
dozen other girls who smoked and
used slang, and In the guise of friendli.
ness made her up" to .distort the
beauty of her dark, brooding face. She
learned the disciplinary value OF the
stage, and she learned the real hideous.
ness of s~el1shness. But she told Jack
none of this.
One season passed-two-she was
soon to begin her third. She was get.
ting on, but slowly. One evening she
was moved by one of those impulses
that seem to come from without rather
than within, to run home and pay Jack
a visit. The rehearsals were over. There
was no reason why she should not go
home for a week. She would surprise
him.
She drove out from town In the early
morning. The mist wells were rising
from the hill tops, melted by the burn
ing kisses Of the sun. The evergreen
forests ON the hillsides were so cool,
the great walls of earth so restful. She
wondered why she was not afraid they
would topple upon her now. Was 1t
that she was beginning to yearn for
what they typfhed-strength and 1fdel-
ity, the greatest and best things in life?
The little house had been done up,
she noticed as she drove up, and Jack
had coaxed the rose vines quite to the
roof by now.
The door was open. There was no fear
of tramps in that region, and she peered
right into the house. Some n was stir
ring within, but he was too absorbed
to note her soft footballs.
Her old blue skirt hung upon the
wall, and her husband, looking older
and sadder, but still with that vast
strength of patience in his face, stood
looking at 1t.
She wrote the rest to her one friend In
| the company. =.
st walked wei quietly and stood be-
side him. He was still 30 busy look
| ing at that foolish skirt that he dldn't
know l was there. But after a while
he turned toward me, and when he saw
| me the look that came into his eyes
made me cry.
well, I've resigned. When 1 saw
poor old Jack worshiping that blue
skirt of mine that l had thrown away
as worthless l made up my mind that
there are only a few things that are
| really worth living for, and stage life
isn't one of them, and the companion
| ship. Of a stanch, splendid soul like
Jack is. And SO I've left and I'm going
to wait and work withsJack for the bet
ter days that know are coming.
"He is getting Oh in his profession
and the-did 4 cali them better
the other days are nearer. But l won
; der If they will be better, the days when
Jack and I are rich, and 80 many people
will know US and make demands upon
our time, and, 81 separate us after a
manner7 I'VE we're both TQndertrs t3+
day. but We are"goips tosenjoy the time
before that, and meanwhile that old
blue skirt still hangs upon the wall.
T1rcK fnsssrs upon IT Hg~ca1B
restorer New York News.
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The dogs who travel on railways be-
cause they like to, paying no fares,
yet everywhere received and cared for
by trainmen as privileged guests, have
found an unlocked for rival Ia 6. cat
"a handsome Maltese. Five years ago,
as the almost sole survivor of the
wreck of an Ohio steamer, she appear
ed at the Union Station in Cincinnati,
and appealed to the sypathies of the
employees, who Immediately became
her friends.
As she showed a desire to travel,
they furnished her with a collar, on
which her name was Inscribed, togeth-
err with a few words recommending
her to, the care of railroad men every
where. Her adventures since then are
mainly matters of conjecture, although
many strange stories are told of her.
4 She Is known to have survived a dis
astrous railroad accident, and to have
crossed the Atlantic IN a collier. Her
friends having heard nothing o ssr
for many months after this, suppdV8
hat she was dead. She finally reap
peared on a Ward liner coming from
| Brazil to the United States. and a note
attached to her collar showed that she
had been on board a steamer sailing
from England to Rio de Janeiro. She
landed from a train at Buffalo recent
ly, and after a brief stay with her
railroad friends at the station, depart
ed on a train for Vancouver, and for
| the present is lost to history.
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WAS A NOTED WRITER.

Death of Julian Ralph, Who Saw
Service In Many Lands.
Julian Ralph. who died in New York
recently, was a noted war and special
correspondent. who had travelled
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through many lands
and figured as a
chronicler in many
epoch m a k l n &
events. At the age
of ID Ralph, who
was born in New
York In 1858. en-
tered the compos-
ing room of the
Red Bank IN. ~
Standard to learn
printing. he o o
developed into q
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life. 1t is
doubtful if any
living m a n even
among petty office
holders, can equal
this record. His
career has teen
o or less tur.
bulent.
Born in Sewer
c o u nty, Tennes-
see, in 1918, John
Henninger Il e a
q n n is now 81
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She Hadn't Thought of That.

II don't know what to do" said the
woman whose nature is distrustfuL 81
hate to be imposed upon. How am 1 to
know that you are really hungryT
THAT'S easy, ma am" replied the
mendicant. Il kin prove it by lettin' ye
watch me eat"
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GONE JUST TWENTY YEARS.

Farmer Returns After Going Ont to
Feed thesChickens.
Abel Patch vas a. soldier In the
Civil War and when the war ended
he returned to his native place, Rut-
land, Vt. There he was married a few
years later. He bought a good farm
and with his wife lived thsre happily
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Larger Quantities.

Miss Gabbie-And she accused me Of
retailing gossip about the neighbor-
hood.
Miss Sharpe-The ideal
Miss Gabbie-Positively insulting,
isn't she?
Miss Sharpe-Yes, for you're really q
wholesaler.-Philadelphia Press.
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The Blue Skirt
81 EssIH GALE was ambitious, I'm

~ ESSIH GALE was ambitious, Inn
I'LL moderately SO.
Jack Gale was ambitious, too
but temperately so. +!
1t was because of the varying de.
grees of their ambition that this story
came about.
Jessie could sing. Jack could not. He
could only listen with a rare apprecia.
ton and adore this particular singer
beyond all bounds of her deserts. For
Jack was as gifted in the rare art of
loving truly as Jessie was In the art
of singing. Rather more, ! should say.
All this had much to do with the blue
skirt, for IT was these psychologist
conditions that brought about the Incl.
dent of the blue skirt.
Jack had always extravagantly ad-
mined the gown of. which the blue skirt
was a component part. He had told
her so often, but. Jessie had answered
rather fretfuliy That 1t was "such a
simple little affair" Pale blue cham
bray, made with a blouse effect and
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We have noticed that new things are
constantly discovered that threaten to
''revolutionize the world" but they
never dc.
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HELL ofrlck sIxrY.aouR YEARS

Judge Reagan, of Texas, Has Finally
Retired to Private Life. +,
After holding office continuously for
sixty-four years, Judge John II. Rea-
gan, of Texas, has finally retired to pri-
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GAVE LUCK THE CODY.
Senator Teller Misses Chance to Make
a Fortune.


"a Fortune.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, will
never forget Christmas day, 1880. 1t
was on that Christmas morning he al
lowed to slip through his hands a
chance to make a million dollars with
out putting up a single dollar. Two of
Senator Teller's friends proposed to
purchase the Robert e. Lee mine at
Leadville. They were able to buy it
for 500, 900. On Christmas morning
they called around to see Mr.. Teller,
told him what they proposed to do and
urged him to take a one-third interest
In the property.
But l haven't any money" protested
Mr.. Teller.
at makes no difference" he was
told. "You can give your notes. and
before they come due Wen take from
the mine more gold than will be nee
essary to pay them"
but suppose we don't realize our
expectations?" suggested the Senator,
with caution.
"Then we will put up the money to
meet the notes, and you need not trou-
ifp-ab6dtt- hem"
Senator Teller was assured that his
friends knew exactly what they had in
hand, but he didn't go in. He thought
as he. had not the money to put into
the undertaking he had no right to
reap the reward, If there was to be
one. He was assured that they want
ed him in the deal, but no persuasion
could get him to accept the offer. One
month later the Robert E. Lee mine
had yielded 100000 of gold, and in
a year a total. of $1.500,00O was taken
out. 1t proved to be one of the richest
pockets of gold that has ever been
found.-Washington Star.
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/, DESIRABLE SOCIETY and whole-
some restrictions that insure. perma-.
nency. -.
BEACH CASINOS. affording O great
variety OF amusements.
OCEAN PIER, extending to deep wa
ter. l.a,E, ~, -. -.
RUSTIC r~PAvIIIONs along the
beach and in the Park. =,
ARTISTIC COTTAGES. no common
structures being allowed. =
BEACH BOARDWALK, always ap-
preciated.~. s~.o+s'-4e. i,4sire.- =. ~, tr-.
GRAND HOLLY PARK, not found
elsewhere on the coast. -, ,,Y
TOWN HALL and efficient local gov
eminent. "s
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torchon. So a woman would b

torchon. So a woman would have
cribed 1t, but to sturdy, honest, low
Jack 1t was a blue cloud fecked
with white, from which the black eyes
and curling black hair, the red lips and
creamy skin of his wife cleaned forth
brilliantly.
Jack never forgot the day she tossed
1t aside.
"I1l never wear that old thing
again." she said. II do hate to wear
things when they've grown shabby"
There was a little tremor of sensi-
tiyepassc IN Jacks face as the words
struck, cruelty upon, his ear, but he
made, a, manful effort to suppress 1t.
Hts income was small, but he was do
ing his best to Increase 1t, and the In
come was sure to come If 1t was a bit
slow. He had told Jessie so often and
had explained that there was some dis
position to keep the young engineers
down.
1.-THE older fellows naturally want to
keep the best Positions" he said. Try
to be patient, Jessie. am doing my
best, dear"
And Jessie was silent. She had the
interpretive nature that matches
heavy-lidded eyes, habitually cast
down. And the habits of silence and
Introspection were growing.
1t was on the evening of the day that
Jessie said she had thrown away "the
old blue dress" that the great change
came.
Jessie heard that a theatrical mana.
ger was recognizing a company for a
season of comic opera. A neighbor has
told her he needed girls for the com
pany-"girls with looks, and with
voices, If possible, but looks always"
And Jessie had been to town and been
engaged and had come back and told
Jack.
She was a little frightened by his
strange silence.
Il did it to help you along-because
the money will help us both" she said
in defense. Then she burst out into a
storm against the of their life.
"I hate the solitude here" she said
Sometimes l feel afraid of the hills
1t seems as though they will fall ovei
me and crush me. And the silence her
is awful. want to hear human voices
1 want to hear people laugh and sing
I want color and movement and soun5
instead Of these walls of green making
a living tomb for U.S."
Jack had talked with her very gel-
lily, and she had answered every argG-
ment with a bitter protest. He answer
ed her sadly then;
You are young, dear. l might hav.
known that love would not fill your lifs
now. When you are as old as l aI1
you will know that it is all that realIS
matters, besides working and doing
ones duty" / will give my consent tr
your going. for all l live for is to make
you happy" +.
Jessie Joined the company and was
acting a small part In a pretty, uncul
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A BEACH unsurpassed for driving
Of bathing. -
STREETS, hard. smooth and clean.
ARTESIAN WATER, in abundant
supply.
SEWERAGE that protects health ana
10 a great convenience.
ELECTRIC LIGHT, steady and bril-
liant. a!
FIRE DEPARTMENT., for the pro-
lection Of property.
HOTELS AND BOARDING COT
TAGES that please the most fastidi-
bus.
LARGE STORES. stocked with the
best In the market.
sters.
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1t has caught the Public Eye, hence the tide of Travel is in this Direction. There
!. %y Es for this B %mb%asM "a nagm acts w Viz s thu hWndw w%E%@ h% @ passes u.

FAST EXPRESS TRAINS, making
quick time to and from Philadelphia. J
BELL TELEPHONE, affording COM
m%unieation with the outside world.
FISHING, SAILING AND. CRAB
BING every day amusements. -
We confidently assert that at no other
place ON the coast, with equal advan-
tages, can you purchase building lots
for less than twice the price for which
they are selling at Wildwood to-day
but this condition Is rapidly changing.
You should see the drift and go with
the tide.
Further information OF BAKER
BROS, Wildwood, New Jersey, or I'll
Drexel Building, Philadelphia
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
FIRES ON A CARRIAGE.
Anarchist Attempts to Kill Spanish
Official at Madrid.

Madrid, Jan. 12.-As King Alfonso
Dowager Queen Christina and the
court were returning from church dur.
ing the afternoon, man who after.
ward gave his name as ,Fietto fired a
pistol at one of the carriages in the
royal procession. The bullet went wild
and no one was injured.
The king heard the shot and put
his head out of the carriage window,
but he was Immediately dragged back
into his seat by the queen mother.
The escort of civil guards threw them.
selves upon the would-be assassin and
overpowered him.
Fleto was taken to the police sta.
tion, where he said he did not desire
to kill the king, but the grand chamber.
lain, the duke of Sotomayor, at whose
carriage he had aimed. He WAS
searched and in his pockets were
found unmailed letters marked Reg.
istered" and addressed to President
Roosevelt, King Edward, the emperor
OF Germany and the president OF the
high court of justice at Mexico, and
also receipts for number of regis:
tered letters and a visiting card of the
mayor OF Madrid.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Order for Hearing Petition for De.
termination of Descent of Land
and Notice of Application,
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COnntv nf Mowor-

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower--ss.
In Probate Court:
Special term, Jan. 3, 1903.
deceased. ''
On reading and filing the petition of Benia-
min F. King of Mower county, Mimi repre-
senting, among other things, that William n.
Fay, who resided last prior to his death in the
county OF Lacrosse, state of Wisconsin, prior
to the 14th day of February, 1887, died testate
lands in the county of Mower, state of Mime.
sota,. which said lands are described in said
petition, and that more that five years have
elapsed since the death of said William N.
Fay, deceased, and that administration has
not been granted or had of said estate of said
deceased IN this state and praying that the de-
scent OF said lands described in said petition be
by this court determined and said lands as
signed to such persons as are entitled thereto bv
law.
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that said
petition be heard al term of this court to be
held at the probate Office, in the court house.
IN the city of AUSTIN in said county of Mower.
state OF Minnesota, on Monday, the second day
OF february, A. d., 1903, at ten o'clock a. m.
IL is further ordered, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased, and to all
persons interested, by publishing this order
once In each week, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing, in the MOWER
CoUNTY TRANsCRIPT,a weekly newspape print
cd and published at the city of Austin in said
county.
Dated at Austin, Minnesota, this third day of
January, A. D. 1909
BY the Court: S. S. WASHBURN,
loealI Judge of Probate.
Publ. Jan. 7, II, 21.)
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
IuEL-OoRRE0TRD BH a. n pnoKER.
Order for Hearing Petition for De-
termination of Descent of Land
and Notice of Application.
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County of Mower

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower-ss
In Probate Court.
special term, January 8, 1908,
IN tne II after OF the estate of Philo S. Beers.
deceased ~ OooA0'
On reading and filing the petition of Benia-
MN r. King OF Mower county, Mimi, represent-
11g, among other things, that Philo S. Beers
M Wno :res1oed last prior to his death at
CsueHsnlie, - H, ~ the county of New Haven, state
aed thS intestse saed day
estate OF in certain lands in the conn
ty of Mower, state of Minnesota which said iends
are described in said petition, and thai, more
than i've years have elapsed since the death of
said PhllO 5. Beers, deceased and that admin;s
tratlon has not been granted or had of said
OF said deceased in this state, and pravino
that the descent of said lands described In said
petition be by this court determined and said
Lands assigned to such persons as are enti' led
thereto by law. '- 1o0
Nov. therefore, it is hereby ordered that said
held at the probate Office, in the court house, in
Gne city OF Austin, in said county of Mower,
etaGe OF Minnesota, on Monday, the second day
OF feoruary, A. D., 1903, at ten o'clock a. m,
II Is turther ordered, that notice thereof be
gwen to the heirs of said deceased. and to ali
persons interested by publishing this order once
IN each week for three successive weeks prior to
sara Gay OF hearing, in the MOWER COUNTY TRAN.
sCHPT, weekly newspaper printed and d ub-
hsned at the city of Austin, in said county.
Dated at austin, Minn., this third day of
BY the Court: s. 8. WAsHRURN
toeall Judge of Probate.
Publ. Jan. 7, IA, 21]
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Order for Hearing Petition for De.
termination of Descent of Land
and Notice of Application.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower-ss
In Probate Court,
Special term, January 3, 1909
In the matter OF the estate Of Martha w,
Matthias. deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Benia-
min F. King of Mower county, Mimi, represent
ing, among. other things, that Martha W.
Matthias, who resided last prior. to her death,
at the city of Rochester, in tho county of
toraln, state OF OHIO, prior to the fourteenth
estate of Inheritance in certain lands in the
county Of Mower state of Minnesota, which
said lands are described in said petition and
that more than five years have elapsed since the
death of said Martha w. Matthias, deceased,
and that administration has not been granted
or had OF said estate of said deceased in this
state, and praying that the descent of said
lands described in said petition be by this court
determined, and said lands assigned to such
persons as are entitled thereto by law.
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that said
petition be heard at term of this court to be
held at the probate Office, in the court house.
IN the city of Austin, in said coonty of Mower
state of Minnesota, on Monday, the second day
OF February, A. D. 1903, at ten O'Clock a. m.
1t is further ordered, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs Of said deceased, and to all
persons Interested. by publishing this order
once in each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing, in the MOWER
COUNTY TRANsCRIPT. weekly newspaper
printed and published at the city of Austin in
said county.
Dated at Austin, Minnesota, the third day of
January, A. D: 1903. :,
By the Court. S. S. WASHBURN,
Sea1.] Judge of Probate.
Publ. Jan. z, IA, 21], a.h-
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
ADMINISTRATION MEASURES.
Two Antitrust Bills Introduced in the
House.

House.
Washington, Jan. 10-Two anti
trust bills, bearing the stamp of the
administration approval, were intro
duced in the house by Chairman JeI-
kins of the judiciary committee. Both
bills were drawn by Attorney General
Knox and together they embody in
concrete form the suggestions which
were contained in his communication
of Tuesday to the senate and house
committees on judiciary.
Both are designed to be amendments
to the Sherman antitrust act and con-
tain the following provisions:
The establishment of a commission
to enforce the Sherman act
Rebates or concessions in transpor-
tation forbidden.
Acceptance of transportation conces-
sions renders article affected ineligible
for shipment.
Destructive competition to be visited
with ban on transportation OF goods
of offending corporation.
Persons injured by unlawful oper-
ations can recover three-fold damages
Granting of unlawful railroad rates
criminally punishable.
Railroads violating provisions OF
bills subject to $4,000 fine.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Tuesday, Jan. 13.

King Alfonso Of Spain will go to
Lisbon soon to return thes visit of King
Carlos OF + ortugal. H.. .~.iSS,, 4: 5
Richard Porter Street, well known
in Chicago and Canada, is dead Of ap,
pendicitis at Chicago. s.5 s.. .
William H. Lewis, a colored man.
has been appointed an assistant United
States attorney for Boston, .. s..
Premier Balfour again has been
obliged to cancel his public engage.
ments on account of illness. %-%z
Golbet, the inventor of submarine
torpedo boats, has developed insanity
and has been placed in an asylum.
Tacoma capitalists have incorpor-
ated company. to build railroad
from point near Olympia to Brem-
erton. Wash. - 80
RI DR.. William r. Warren has resigned
from the presidency Of Boston uniyer-
sitys He will retain his professorship
In the theological school.
Andrew Carnegie has given s25. 900
for public library at Everett. wash.
on condition that the city. provide
S2.5O0 annually for its maintenance..
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14

Legislative Caucus on Its Removal
Held at Pierre, S.. D.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. 9.-While the town
was blockaded, the organization of the
legislature has become a matter of the
past. The senate handled it's first grst
of bills during the day, the principal
one being to adopt the work of the
code commission.
The capital removal resolution will
be introduced in the house soon and
will go through rapidly. Pierre gave
up as beaten and released all her
friends, who Joined such forces among
the contesting towns as best suited
their interests, about all going over
to Mitchell, which was far in the lead
of the other candidates. The caucus
to select met Wednesday. The senate
vote was, on roll call, Mitchell, 90;
Huron, 6; Redfield, 2. In the house
roll call Mitchell secured So, Huron l3
and Redfield 5.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-14
Wednesday, Jan, 2,

House-Senate bill for the redemp-
ton OF the silver coinage of the Ha-
Wailan islands and it's recoinage into
United States coin passed after an
hours debate. Several measures of
MINOR Importance also passed.
Senate-Bill for the reorganization
OF the militia and the statehood bill dis.
cussed. Mr.. Mallory of Florida led the
democratic senators in opposition to
the section of the militia bill providing
for a reserve force of trained men.