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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-08
CONGRESS ~ BACH AT WORK.

Washington, Jan. 5.-At noon to.
day the House re convened after a
holiday recess OF fifteen days. Many
members had not Yet returned from
their homes, and there were not more
than one hundred members upon the
floor, when Speaker Henderson called
the House to order. Dewitt Flana.
gan, Of New Jersey, elected to succeed
the late Representative Salmon, ap-
peared at the bar and took the oatt
Mr. Hull, of Iowa, chairman of the
committee on military affairs, asked
unanimous consent for the considera-
ton of the bill reported from his
committe to create a general staff OF
the army. Mr.. Richardson, OF Ten
hcssee, the minority leader, said he
did not believe such an important
measure should be considered by
unanimous consent and he objected
Mr.. Hull then moved the passage Of
the till under suspension of the rulef.
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MR.. HENHeck's IDEA OF 1T.
Well Known Saying Revised Accord.
inu to His Opinion.

Mrs. Henheck looked up from the
paper she was writing on The De.
yelopment of Modern Slang and Its
Influence Upon Our Daily Conversa-
ton
My dear" she said to her husband,
who had come in from the kitchen to
tell her that the dishes were washed
and put away. what is the conclusion
of that atrociously vulgar saying which
begins with There is a sucker born
every minute?'
why, Henrietta. don't call it to
mind at present"
Surely you do. my pet. 1t is part
of the argot OF the street. They say
There is a sucker born every minute.
and then think the rest OF 1t refers
to what the-the suckers do. But that
part of it forgot. What is it they
all do?"
Hiram Hcnheck steeled himself for
trouble, but he felt 1t was the chance
of his life.
Let me see" he mused. 1t goes,
There is a sucker born every minute
and they all-they all"
Yes. yes. doyey. got that down"
And they all get married.
go Tribune.
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Leo's ONE unxl.o SPEECH.
Only Time the Late Pope Was Known
10 Be eI:.er.

All his life the late Pope Leo vas
noted a. a Wit. but his humor was OF
the kindly sort Il Is said that only
oree did he utter a Tetort that cut
deep. This VAS In the case OF no
tienan Who boasJsd that he would
put the future pope u-so was then
tarlinaD al a dissdTantase. They
we're fellow guests one evening and
After dinner the eouat offered the eardi'
tai his snunbox. The lit opened with
sprIrs and disclosed an exquisite
Venus painted In terribly frank fash
Ion. cariinAl PeccI looked steadily
At the painting foF L moment. then
he leaned his head 20 on. side slightly
a. IL to get 4 better focus. the other
guests meanwhile standing breathless.
Finally the easdlaal raised his eye
brows In quest!onlas fashion and said
g. the count sWe-ily: Madam Ia
eomtcsse:" C''Your Niie:'D
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asked about Dolores. with the back
OF his hand he wiped the drops from
his gFimy fac.
she my dart-rf Wal. reckon. Ny
cursed luck the, she warn't a boy:
boys is o. use"
A fash came Into the clear blue
eyes watching him. Cursed luckG
Man. you should thank your lucky star
that she Is 4 woman-and such n ~o-
mani Where did she get her learn
Ingg-
"Learnin' -
The man was beviid.rcd; he laughed
scorufully. she aln't never had no
learnln' s far as know. Thar ain't
no use In icarnin'-'t least ain't
never seen no use o. it. wlmmen
specially air better OF 'thout II.
Hyar's yer mare reddy. Fine mare.
she. A shillIn'. sir: thank ZEE"
The mare was full of life and spirits.
aud n beautiful animal. when her
master mounted she reared and
plunged: her tail swept the scanty
grass at the door. her long silky name
swept his face: her eyes were Hash
Ing. her nostrils dilated.
The girl in the dooway lost her list
less attitude. She came down the
steps. and called to him. and her voice
peculiarly penetrating. but full OF
rare Aweetness-sounded like n note
OF music on the sultry air. He smiled
at her. With a tight rein and calm
word he quieted the mare. then he
rode up to the girl. His voice was
pleasant: to her II sounded grave and
almost sweet.
The mare is gentle as kitten: she
would not harm me for the world. 1t is
only one OF her tricks. You are as
fond OF animals as OF astronomy, are
you not. Miss Johnson?"
Her gaze had strayed down to the
shop. Her father was standing in the
doorway rubbing his hands on his
leathern apron and watching them.
The fash died out of her eyes, the
flush from her face; the listlessness
had returned.
His gaze involuntarily followed hers.
He received no reply from her, and
expected none; he understood with a
rare instinct.
long time at the gate. The far
away look was in her eyes as she
watched the black mare and her rider
until the haze from the mountain hid
them from view.
When her father came into dinner
he watched her as she prepared the
table: he watched her as she ate.
His eyes were on her constanIy; she
knew it, but gave no sign.
AS he took Zip his hat to return to
the shop he turned and asked. abrupt.
ly. but with little show OF interest:
How old air ye. girl?"
Her large eyes looked through and
through him; her gaze was steady. his
wavered; her voice. too. was steady
and slow:
81 am twenty. father"
Curse the girl" he muttered, as he
passed down the worn path to the
shop with no haste in his slouching
gait. Curse all ther wimmen! Borned
fools, every one Of 'em! Jest my luck
thet she warnt boy; boys is O. use!"
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an aWsy. Curse ye. Yer mother sa.
fool Tough. but ys're worse"
She rose up slowly 10 her full heigh:
and confronted him. Her soul Vas in
her eyes and his shTank from H.
Father say ~hat you like Of me;
you shall not say nothing OF my
mother: she is bsyoad yoaE po~s.
nov"
The book had slipped from his hant
and fallen 10 the ground. he kicked 7
eontsmptuOasly The nash deepen1
in her eye. but she had had her say,
and sat doEn. The moonlight IVES
on her face and hair; her shadow lay
long and dark behind her.
LAyIna kstehAm made = geHtl7
wife; she gave up much for peace.
and al hrst she had loved her hus-
hand: aitsgsaFd she found out bis
brute nature, Her nature vas hHs.
and she Was true 10 him ai~ays. bsI
love Nas out OF the question thea. He
forbade her the use OF her books. and
In that only she woaid not obey him
For : nature like hers 10 die men
tally or even stasnAts Was impossible.
She vas above him as the stars she
loved were above her. and she kne~
Ia. and be kreW IL also he hat d her
for IL.
She vas a school teacher. rnd as
school teachers did not thrive that side
o. the mountain he offered her home.
and she accepted his offer. believing
act, as women Wtll believe OF the men
they love uHiii they have besn proved
otherwise. when the sweet II rather
blind faith In them can never return
once being destroyed.
Her daughter Inherited her nature
Only in a far higher degree. Her hus
band knew H. and the neighbors knew
IT, SeyrT. however. did the girls
father know that her mothers books
we're her constant companions: that
she lived In them and on them: that
nearly every word o: theirs was known
To her by heart.
Betsy Glenn had been hc= mothers
sehoolmAie and friend. Betsy Clean
taught Dolores With all the power she
was capable. She bad long been dead.
but the seed she soWed srcw aud
grew; some time Il would Tipen aHa
bear fruit.
Had her father known OF this he
would have stopped Il from the hrs;
He did not know IL. for he had never
taken enough Interest In her TO kHow
IL. Had he asked her she would have
told him. but be neye. asked.
The jealousy he had already felt to-
ward his wife for her loy. Of books
secthed and scorchsd in his heart AZ
he stood facing her daughter and his
sh. possessed no; one OF his traits:
the mothers nature had decpcned tcs
fold In his daughter.
Ito Is. Contlnucd)
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Napoleonic Authority.

Frederic Mason. who has just been
elected n member of the French acad.
emy. is famed as one of the greatest
living authorities on Napoleon. He
represents in its most acute phase the
French Napoleonic cult. His collection
o. Napoleonic relics is second to none
except that of Prince Roland Bona.
parte. He has spent lifetime in con.
noting the minutest details of Napo.
Icons public and particularly private
life. But NJ. Mason is more than a
mere antiquarian and commentator
upon unpublished documents. He has
a magic touch which gives life to the
personages whom he discusses and 1t
is said that his election to the acad
emy represents most important liter
AIRY acquisition TO that august body.
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CHAPTER III.
Her Learning.


Dolores was sitting on the door
steps one evening. Her father was at
the tavern as usual and as her house
hold duties were finished she sat in
the mellow moonlight that flooded the
mountain with radiance. She was no
longer listless. Her lips we're parted;
her eyes larger and darker than usual;
her face, raised to the starry heavens.
was full of light. On her knees lay
an old astronomy. and one slender
finger marked the place of her read
ing.
She was lost TO herself and her sur
roundings; she did not hear the heavy
footsteps approaching along the mar.
row path: she saw nothing until a
rough hand pulled the book from under
her fingers. A deep cath smote the
air.
Curse YET" her father muttered be
tween his clenched teeth. Curse 'em
as invented books an learnin'. Thes
is ther way ye waste yer time while /
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iabilshed the ionelies, and most dan
serous mail route In IN. world.
The mall carriers travel on foot
over sixteen hundred miles OF the
route. and one stretch OF nearly eight
hundred miles through a desolate. un.
Inhabited country has to be covered
by slrsie pos;man. The Yukon mall
carrier must travel with his dog
sledse aionS a river piled up with
blocks OF Ice like the bouideTs OF
hillside.
The river IL several miles wide In
places. and sometimes the surface Is
80 broken by h!iiociSs Of ice and snow.
drifts that It's winding course cannot
be distinguished from the land. The
carrier then has TO don his snowsho.s
and break a new trail for the dogs
over the traekicss waste.
Theodore Blum started TO do this
one morning. IL was on the Yukon
Eats. Just inside the Arctic circle.
where the river Is nearly fifteen miles
wide
He carried long CT pole with him.
his dog team following him. and when
he felt the ice giving way he threw
down the pole and rested his weight
on IL. But even though his weight
Was thus distributed Il did no. always
save him from duckins. He broke
through no fewer than six times In
his endcayor 20 cross the river. and
narrowly escaped being frozen before
he could reach one of the shelters.
Ben Downing. the most famous OF
the mail carriers. narrowly escaped
death ut the close OF last season. Il
was spring time. and the sun an hour
before and after noon softered the
snow and made travel difiicuit. so
most Of his travelling vas done In the
night.
He left his station at o'clock In
the morning. putting laced moccasins
on the feet OF his dogs to prevent the
sharp ice crystals from cutting them.
He had msdc twenty miles and was
going along at clipping pace. his
hands on the bars of the sled. when
he heard the ice crack under his dogs.
He halted them with word and
planted his feet rigidly to break the
momentum Of the sled. This sudden
throwing of his weight in one place
broke the ice. and down he went
The sagacity which comes TO the
dogs from daily going through such
experiences enabled them to drag
him on to the solid ice, and away they
went again. faster than before. be-
cause Ben had his feet wet and knew
they were freezing. A few miles more
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CHAPTER 1.
Tn. oIrI.

The Girl.
The day vas drsafy Nhen she vas
bora. not only because the rain vas
falling In = driEEliag fashion and a
mis-, hung over the hills. but because
shs vas bora. Her mother. having
soft heart. felt all her tenderness
zsaklnE for her weak daughter and
gathered her Into her arms ~ith half
p.tying eAress. But her mother did
not live long. and some Of her fFtsnds
sent 80 far as 10 say that Il Sas veil
uhr did not. for she sould have sPoiiei
the girl
Her faihsr-wsli. there Ess no dan
ger OF her father spelling the sifi
sIth tenderness. He considered her
birth one Of the biGNs fate dealt him.
and he said be had bad many blows
from fate. He said fate vas against
him. people said he @zs shiiiiess; they
said also that there Nas hardly
doubt that the siri would BE- the same
None OF the Johns0ns amounted TO
mueh-at least that branch Of the fam
ny Lemusl johnson. this mans
brother. was rich. rumoF said. aHd they
did DOT blame him for having nothing
60 do With his shlfilcas brother. He
lived In a nns house Ia Sew YORK:
vas entsrpFisiEE and shreNd. hou
could anyone blame him fog dropping
this neisFdo.Esil brother.
His brother though, differently.
I.smgel vas rich; fate had been soOd
20 him: u Was bat right that be should
h.lp hIm. Il ~as an unhsard Of thing
that he had never offered TO help hln
especially when this added burden vas
laid upon his already too heavily laden
shoulders or shat good tn him vas
a sirl: Girls were Of liiile use. Had
zse been = boy-but she Sas not
boy. and she vas mothsFless from III.
timc she vas three weeks old.
With pathetic appreciation OF the
fitness Of things her mother named
her Dolores And from IN. time she
was taken from the dyins mothers
arms her large brown eyes, shaded
By long curling lashes. booked out upon
the world Sith a strange gravity and
q knowledge Of what u meant TO be
brought into the world unNelcone and
unloycd
Sh. seldom cried She never eooei
"a other and happier babies do. Md
a. she grew older silence grew upon
her She said little and the neIshbors
seldom ran In to gossip With her A. they
did with each other. for there was
no use: she took no Interest In them
or their gossip: no one could talk
easily with her eyes upon them. So
when she grew old enough to attend
To the household matters herself. they
left her alone. even IN. children o,
her own age dropped her as though
Khe had been dead.
She was an excellent cook. and kept
tue house well. In these things her
father had no fault 20 md. lie sci.
dom spoke to her: II the food were
well cooked he never found fault: he
never praised It or her: he ate his
meals in silence. and went out Of the
house. She saw him only at meal
times. his evenings were spent at the
tavern. hers were spent ut home
mending his CLOTHES or doing whatever
was to be done.
And to every one In the yiliase-out
OF Il she knew no one-she was sim
ply that girl Of Johnson's.'
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BARBER WHO WAS a KING.
i!er.eus Customer Jumped At Con
clusien and Fled.


eiusien and Fled.
A queer rcinlniseen;ial sieam crcp.
Into the eyes OF the barber. with the
long. low. rakIsa forehead. as h. SUD.
denly rested his razor hand while
shaving tn. Adams apple OF the lean.
nervous-looking man In the chair.
Il was King Louis XIV. OF France
last night" said the barber. suddenly.
the razor still poised about half an
inch above the lean customers ADAM
apple.
The customer blinked and breaihnd
hard. The shaved side of his face
became nearly as white rs the still
lathcred other side.
Walt minute" he said. placing n
shaking hand on the barbers shaving
arm. He up sat straight in the chair
with n wild look. and then made a bolt
for the door.
'Wow!" he yelled as he went. What
an escape! King Louis XIV. Bug.
house! He wouldn't have done thing
to me" and. vita the towel stream.
Ing in the breeze and one side OF his
face stIll lathered. he loped down the
street.
The barber with the long. low. rak.
lsh forehead went to the door and
stared after the galioplng customer
with amusement.
We'll. I'll be dad.binged!" muttered
the barber. Now what kind o cogs
has that feller got in his conk? 1 was
only tryin' to tell him that was King
Louis XIV. at the BARRIERS masquerade
ball last night, and look at him goin'
after Salvator's mile record!"-wash'
ington Post.
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ROAD ACROSS THE DESERT.
Arid Colorado Plain viii Soon BE
Travsrseo by Fine oouievsrd.

Work IL row In progress In south.
cia California upon n boulevard In.
terdsd to pass tnroush the Colorado
desert In a straight line from the pro
!cctcd town OF lockwood TO calcsieo.
on the Mexican border. II will be 100
feet wide and ;hirty.hvs miles long.
Along either ride OF the boulevard
and down the center will be rows of
trees to shut OF the glare OF the des-
crt sun. Also on either side will be
small canals. which will not only irri-
gate the shade trees. but also will be
utilized to lay the dust. when the road
is completed. II will require only two
men to care for the entire thirty.hsc
miles.
Tn. rapid growth OF trees In the
desert country will insure a masnifi.
cent avenue In n very short time. At
the international line is-month-old will.
lows are growing on the banks OF the
imperial canal seven inches in diam
eter and thirty feet high. The boule.
ward will give access to the towns of
Redwood. Grawley. Imperial. Stlls-
bee. Calcxico. MeSicala. Mexicula and
many new villages.
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and he knew they had already frozen.
Then they began to bleed. and for
ten miles the blood spurted out of the
lace holes of his moccasins with every
step, and left red trail on the frozen
snow.
At length he reached one of his
lonely stations. The first thing he did
was to strip off his wet clothes: then
he wrapped blanket around his nak.
ed body and in a temperature of 60
degrees below zero hunted up wood
and made fire.
The following night he Travelled
nearly fifty miles until he reached
Dawson City. He handed over his
mail. went limping about his business
as II nothing had happened, and then
went home and had fever.
He was in the hospital for two
months. and had to have his toes am.
Dutated. Yet he is still in the same
business, and really enjoys its haz.
ards.
Two mail carriers on the short run
10 Atlin did not arrive last winter
and search party was sent out. They
found the tracks of the sled leading to
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MUCH ARID LAND RECLAIMED.
Irrigation Has Proves es ors,, Value
70 Idaho.

70 Icafo-
As = result OF the most successful
engineering work yet done for the
reclamation of arid lands. go. 900
acres OF land In Idaho have been
thrown opea TO settlement. These
lands lie in the valley OF the srsk-
river. In Lincoln and cassla counties.
Through what Is known as the Twin
Falls canal. the waters OF the Snake
river are TO be lifted IS feet. and
through 100 miles OF main canal and
l.0oo miles Of laierals spread over 200
square miles OF desert.
BY this enterprise sources OF asri.
cultural wealth in Idaho. which have
long lain dormant. wiii be developed.
According TO plans 2ss.0co acres Of
land from the Public Domain will al.
iimaieiy be brought under irrigation.
According 10 the terms OF the con-
tract with the state and national gov.
eFnments the canal on the south side
OF tle Snake river will be IS miles
long. 50 feet wide on the bottom At
the head. gradually narrowing TO Is
feet At the other end. Il Viii have \
grade of one foot In 5000. will carry
water . feet In depth and have ca.
paclty of 5000 feet.
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dreary garden short distance up the
mountain
Dolores was standing In the door
way. her arms hanging down in front
Of her. her fingers eiasped listlessly
together. The sunlight was on her
dark head: her brown eyes were look
Ing straight before her. and there was
a light in her face that fairly trans
formed II. Usually there was httls
light In her face. Her lips ~efe part
ed as though she had beea speaking Of
pleasant things
Youns Green took OF his hat. and
ran his fingers through his fair hair.
The wrinkle OF perplsxlty appeared
and deepensd between bis bruNs-
Johnson Is she your daughter
The blacksmith siraiEhtensd up In
surprise. No one had ever before
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expression on his face, and he did not
enter the shop at once; he stood in the
doorway, watching the hammer fall on
the glowing iron.
Green had college education, and
his friends were to a certain extent
like all other young fellows. fond of
hunting and all athletic sports. but
strength like this mans he had never
before seen. Green was man, and
men admire strength. The mouth was
sulIen under the scant gray mustache;
the eyes were small, and showed a
possible cruelty of nature-brute cruel
ty: the forehead was low and narrow.
There was not an intellectual line in
his face.
wrinkle of puzzled thought ap-
peared between the young mans
brows. He turned and looked long
and earnestly up the path that led TO
the tiny Imprinted house set in its
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coneer Was Diplomatic.

1t is said that at the close of Presi.
dent McKinley's first term he deter.
mined to appoint John Barrett minis
ter to China, the post being held by
Mr.. Conger. The incumbent, hearing
of this. obtained leave OIL absence and
hurried to Washington, called upon
the president and said, after the usual
greetings: MIR. President, has my
course in China been satisfactory"
"Oh. most satisfactory" responded Nc.
Kinley with characteristic amiability.
Then, Mr.. President" continued Con.
ger, "can / count on remaining in my
position and make my arrangements
accordingly" Mr.. Mckinley rather
felt that he had been put in pocket
but Mr.. Conger won reappointment.
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Explainina the Situation.

The Memphis commercial Appeal
explains the advance in the price of
meat by an incident that recently oc-
CURED in hotel.
See here" said an indignant guest
to the proprietor. your waiter
charged me 25 cents for tomato. Is
that right"
mo, IL isn't right" replied mine
host amiably, but that's what we
charge"
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CHAPTER II.
The Stranger.

Wien Dolores was twenty her father
awoke to the fact that she was no
longer a child. The knowledge OF her
age and comliness came TO him sud.
teniy one day.
Johnson was a blacksmith. and
young Green. whose father was Judge
In the town across the mountain. was
'idlRg up the valley when his mare
~hst 4 shoe. and he stopped at the
shop TO have II replaced.
The day was warm and sultry. and
after n few minutes young Green asked
Tor some water. Johnson sent him to
he house for it, saying that Dolores
would give 1t to him. Green returned
n few minutes. There was a strange
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carrier. Tufsin. had abandoned them
when the dogs were exhausted. and
had started of With the Idea OF carry
Ing the mail on his back for the rest
OF the distance.
Som. Indians found his frozen body
six miles from the summit Of Men
tasa Pass. II. had plodded with thu
mail until he fell In the snow. frozen
TO death.
From the lower end OF this lonely
trail OF 1000 miles To Nome there 10
often In the local newspapers brici
mention OF the disappearance OF mail
carrier. I; Is an episode OF daily life.
exciting no more comment than . run.
away horse does In n big city.
Leaving all danger and adventure
out OF consideration. the calling OF the
Arctic mall carrier Is rough and hard.
Do not Imagine the carrier reclining
at his ease. covered with warm robes.
while the dogs iopc along over .
smooth surface.
He has to guide the sled from one
side OF the river to the other to miss
the hcapcd.up ice. the soft places and
the snowbanks.
In 4 temperature of GO degrees be
low zero. which Is common. he has to
keep warm. and yet he must not per.
spire. or the moisture will immediate
iy freeze. His greatest care Is as to
his footwear. He has two or three
pair of woollcn socks and over them
a pair OF moccasins made OF deer hide
Should these get wet his feet freeze
and he Is little better than n dead
man.
After he has made his distance for
the day he arrives at n lonely cabin
under some feet OF snow. He has to
put on his snowshoes to break trail
to It for the dogs.
The cabin contains n rusty stove
anI some provisions for himself and
the dogs. He has to chop wood after
his days work and must first cook
the supper for his dogs.
Then he cooks and eats his lonely
meal and lies down In his clothes to
sleep. There IL no furniture In a
country where fuel is scarce the
temptation to chop It up for stove
wood would be too great.
Only men OF iron frame can stand
the hardships OF such a life. The
others are weeded out after two o,
three trips.-New York Sun.