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CHAPTER VII.

After supper Wardc was busy IN his
office writing a resume of the facts
brought out in the Wright case and
was employing considerable skill in
making prominent the unexplained
side of the crime. He knew very well
how the other morning paper, the
Journal. would treat it; how it would
be described as perfect case Of cir
cumStantial evidence: and how the
old proverb murder will out" would
be worked into it's weary place again
for the cdification of those who like
their crime mulled with bat of NOR
hhZing. Nardc was cncCavoriEg in
really skillful way to eBlphasiz. the
mystery in which the case was In
Nolvcd. and to create Il doubt in young
Wright's favor. 1t was while he was
occupied thus that he realized fully
how strong a chain of evidence has
been wrought around the man he be-
!icvcd to he innocent. How was il
possible for an innocent man to ne We
got himself tangled up in this way?
While he was Working away at hif
task, Detective Fenton entered the Of
flee and said he had secured some adj
ditional evidence in the case. Which
he had no objection to making pub
lie.
What is it," asked Warde, inter
ested at once.
Late this afternoon tho chief IN.
structed me to % to Wirght's house
and search it for weapons. ] found
Mrs. Wright at home and told her
what | must do. She made no obiec-
ton. and led me to the place where
she said her husband kept his pistol.
There | found this weapon" taking
from his pocket a handsome ivory
handled pistol. which, as YOU see, bus
one empty cartridge in it,"
ITO BE Continued
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h..r. r,t he declined 10 ZEN o. l,sA

k.ar, cst he declined 70 zen a. losl
yet. lie intimatcd that what he had
to say would be of such a startling
character as to be considered at first
absurd. Before 1 could induce him
to change his mind and tell me his
secret his wife came in and / left
them together"
1T is the old story" said the col
onel. smiling sadly. 1.-The poor fellow
is cOrncred. and he has not vet
thought out what to say, and is put
ting up this bluff to gain time. A
khrcwd lawyer will probably take him
IA hand by tomorrow and tell him to
shut his mouth. When man is in
noccnt of crime, it can never hurt
him or prejudice his case for him to
speak the truth. i would advise you
not to let Wright play upon You"
But If he is seeking to- establish
case ON some one else he might
place that person on his guard il he
were to tell what he knows. and so
iniure his own chance. Besides, / am
satisfied that whatever clcw Wright
has is only a partial one and that it
will have to be joined with others
10 amount to anything like proof"
"Possibly. If | can be of any assist
ance | shall be glad to put my serv-
ices at your disposal" said Franklin.
"But | am against being led away by
every wild theory that Wright may
advance. a desperate man will stop
short of nothing"
81 should he glad to have year sd-
vice at times, but / hardly think It
would be proper for me to reveal any
thing / may learn unless you should
become Wright'S attorney"
"Certainly not" answered the col
oncl promptly. IL have no desire to
pry, but | shall watch your investiga-
ton with interest. and shall be glad
to learn from time to time that YOU
are making progress. Butt have
an engagement at the hotel at half
past three, and | shall have to Deg
you to excuse me"
He rose to indicate that le could
spare no more time, and War6e be-
took himself lcisurcly toward tie Of
flee of the Gazette.
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CHILDREN HAVE POOR SIGHT.
starthDS Condition OF Pupils Attend
Ing schools In the City Of
London.

1t is estimated that in the schools Of
the London school board 10000 chill
dren suffer from defective sigh. and il
metropolitan voluntary schools are in
cluded the numbers brought up to bout
$4,000.
At recent meeting of the board it
was stated that so per c-nt. CT the chill
dren possessed normal sight. ten per
cent. have fair vision, and the sight of
the remain ten per cent. is bad. Re-
garding the latter the sight of two or
three per cent. is very bad.
Every child on entering a senior de-
partment in future will have his or her
sight tested by the teacher, the test
TO be repeated annually. Those who
have defective vision will be carefully
examined by the boards ocuiist, and
cards will be given 10 such children To
take TO their parents, pressing the need
of medical advice.
10 carry out the experiment the
board has engaged for one year the
services of an oculist for three DAYS a
week, and five assistants for three half
days week, at cost of & SIS.
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FAMOUS CLOCK FOR POPE.
The Gift of the Count of Cnserta II q
Marvellous Piece of Me oh
aniSm.

One of the most precious of Pope
Leo's gifts is the famous Farnese clock
presented by the count of Caserta to
the house of Bourbon.
The clock was made in l72s at
Plaisance by a noted Italian mathema-
tician, Bernard Facini. 1t was first pre-
scented to Elizabeth Farnese on her
marriage to King Philip of Spain The
octagonal case is of ebony and crystal.
incrusted with precious stones. and
the works are ornamented with mag
nificent sapphires. 1t bears pompous
Latin inscription to the glory of Eliza
beth Farnese and the name of its max
er.
10 make it an appropriate gift to the
pope 1t is to be surmounted by two
silver angels supporting Leo MIL.
coat-of-arms. 1t records the duration
of daylight and darkness, according to
the season, the position of the sun in
relation to the cons relations, and is
wound only once in II years.
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A PRETTY GOOD LOAD.
Snmson Was Strong. But He wasn't 4
II with Her Powerful
Pa

Many child who hears a figuratiyn
remark made between elders takes
the same literally and in rccountips
II puts an lrishman to shame. This
was the case recently i'm school
situated in the northeastern section
OF the city. says The Philadelphia
Telegraph. The school mistress was
discussing the Scriptures and men.
,ioned the name ~ Samson. of whom
she spoke Of being the strongest man
who ever lived. She attempted Ia
show his enormous muscular power
10y stating as Simply as possible soma
Of the wonderful fcats nc had &C
compliShcd.
little girl. a newcomer in the
class. listened with more than ordi.
nary interest, and after the teacher
had finished the child lifted her hand
for permission to speak.
We'll Ethel" asked the teacher
what is it,"
Samson wasn't as strong as my
papa is
is your father so surprisingly
strong" quiricd the teacher. smiling
On. papa's orful strong" replied
Ethel with emphasis. why. ! hear5
mamma say he had - cllyfant on hii
hands"
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BREAK ALL GUN RECORDS.
Gre" OF Bnttleship Indiana Makes
Fourteen Hits In Sixteen shots
with Thirteen-Inch Guns

The superiority of the gunners OF
the American navy was emphasized
the other day when the crew of the
battleship Indiana, at target practice
i'll the gulf, established "A new worlds
record in firing 13-inch guns. The shfp
entered Pensacola harbor in the after
noon and reported to Admiral Higgin-
son that the gunners of the turret had
scored IA hits out of 16 shots with the
l3-lnch pieces, at range of five miles
lowering the worlds record by one
shot. Admiral Higginson ordered the
iackies on every ship of the North At
lantic squadron to cheer the Indiana
and its crew SIS it steamed past them
UP the harbOr.
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"Thc colonel will be back at th. &c"
said his clerk. young man by the
Fame of Frank JIiIlsman. You've
only to wait Is minutes. Better take
a chair Have n cigar?"
Hillsman was n knowing young man
with a gay, dissipated look, not a bad
hearted fellow enc would say, but
with an unmistak able tendency to
surrender very promptly to tempta-
ton. lie wore jaunty clothes, smoked
,illianous cigars, played poker reck-
lcssly, and knew every saloonkeepcr
in town by his Christian name. lie
plumed himself on his wickedncss.
and had a vague idea that he was "a
man of the world.
Wardc accepted his invitation to
wait, but declined the cigar. He had
suffered from fiillsman's cigars be-
fore. Say. Irv,' said Hillsman, ia
miliarly, that's n humming murder
ase, that Wright business, amt il ?"
IL should say SO. It's IA very mys.
terious affair."" replied Warde.
mysterious? What arc you giving
me? Why, it's as plain as the
nose ON IL mans face The colonel
heard all the testimony. and he says
he can sec no hope for Wright"
us the colonel satisfied of Wright's
sIilt?'
Not "a doubt of it,"
I'm sorry tn hear that Does he
intend going into the prosecution?"
Il think not. 1t is scarcely intricate
enough for him. His forte is digging
truth out of Il well. not DjclinD il mn
on the ground. Besides, since the
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OUR KIN.

Who loves God most loves Nature best.
And she has secrets for his ear
She never whispers to the rest
That Till his heart with love and cheer.
God Is in all this world the breath
Infusing life and strength through all:
Without God II would be all death
Where silence slept beneath Its pail
There's not an atom anywhere.
However small or hid away
That does not show Gods love and care.
And praise Him In its given way.
All nature is one song OF praise
That speaks His wondrous love and
power.
And thus with love I'm turns. repays
His gifts that fill their passing hour
VINO God loves, loves all He made,
! For In them all he sees His face
Dimiy indeed. as I'm the blade
The ripened corn we scarcely trace;
For man is brother to all things
Angel aud ant and atom small
Our poor relations to us cliugs
| For God is Father OF us all
Most deep and wondrous things they
learn
Who get down close to Natures heart.
For SHE has secrets i'm her turn
To his most inner car impart
True wisdom theirs who learn of her.
y For she herself OF God is taught:
In following her they cannot err
Who have her inspiration caught.
The injury that's done to one,
Though but the worm beneath his feet.
Ia felt by all. to all il done,
And shall some time its Judgment meet
For God Is Love. and Love is just,
And he who wantonly omends
Against those brethren OF the dust
Shalt find that Love and Justice blend
William G. Hacselbarth. in Christian
Work
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wireless Shin TeIeyr,h

The North Of France Railway COM
pany has decided to install wireless
telegraphy on its Dover-Calais cross
channel steamships Nord and Pas de
Calais. a land station will be erected
al the harbor station, Calais. Soma
time ago an effort was made to intro
duce wireless telegraphy on all the
packets running between Dover and
Calais. but the obstructive tactics ~
the English postal authorities prevent
ed receiving station being erected on
their side of the channEl.
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- -
Eirn mud ThI.t1n.

Reproof is the proof of friend.
No man fails of success who con-
pucis himself.
Success is NOT salvation but saliva
'ion is success.
The rich need OR charity as much
as the poor.
The supreme things arc seen with
the soul instead Of with the senses.
What would make a model for one
case might only make a muddle in an
other.
The value Of = mans opinions on n
subject depends on what it costs him
to live UP to them. Rams Horn.
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Modern Education.

The old-fashioned uncle was hold
ing Ethel on his knee and askins
about her kindergarten.
And | suppose said he, with Tho
interest OF one who had Spelled
down many line Of competitors
that you study your spelling bool
faithfully"
II have no spelling book" SAX
Ethel. loftily. We're taught by tb,
pathetic system"
Phonetic" corrected mamma.
But when uncle got EtheTs frs,
little letter. he decided that she wa
nearer right shan usmuojI.- Youth
Companion. - -'<-f
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MlliNifl'f. THAT y 1itMM | NC
MURDER CASE. THAT WRIGHT
BUSINESS. Amt IT."
facts have come out so strong against
Wright. he does not feel like having
anything to do with it. Hes always
been great friend TO the family,
You know; and he disIikcs the idea
of prosecuting the son FOR the muir
der of the father. who was his
friend
Yes; | see
'l'etwccn You and me, | believe
Nright's family were blamed glad to
get rid of him, and the colonel knows
it,"
What makes You think SOP"
"Why, I'll tell You. Old Wright was
a. hard piece of cobblcstonc ms YOU
ever saw. He treated his wife as
it she had been his nigger, and he
never had pleasant word for any
body mt home. He kicked his son out
you know. and there's his daughter,
Miriam. Il perfectly scrumptious girl.
that he didn't take any more notice
of than if she had been "a mummy.
The only decent thing he ever did
was To- get himself killed. and lie
couldn't help that"
What did he ever do to you.
FRANKIE"
Nothing at all; but didn't I know
him? He used to drive up to this
Office every day. never looking to
the right or left. or speaking to a
soul. All day long it was cotton re
ports. sampling cotton. thinking Cot
ton, and. for all know, eating cotton.
! Every now and then he'd go off to
| one OF his plantations and spend a
| few days cussin' out his manager and
niggers. In fact. Ire was perfect hog
! il there ever was one
At this point Col. Franklin came
! in hurriedly and took Wardc into
his private Office. "What can / do
| for you to-day?" he said. throwing
of his cloak arNl dropping rather
| Wcnriiy into a chair
/ II wish to learn your views on the
/ testimony brought out this morning. "
My dear boy" said the lawyer com
/ panionably II don't want TO be
| quoted. you understand: hut il was
/ simply awful. II looked like the in
/ tcrpo~itiou II Providence. have
/ been SO horrifcd at the revelations
I this morning that ! have about de.
! tcrmircd to withdraw from the case
! ] could not very well prosecute for
/ murder the son Of the man who was
| my lifelong friend"
Do YOU know. colonel. I don't be.
/ lirrc the young fellow did it," said
/ Wardc.
In the face Of that evidence this
/ morning."
In spite II If: and ! am going ia
/ discover the truth"
Col Franklin looked seriously nj
/ Wardc a. il TO see whether he were
+ in lest or earnest. but detecting moth.
/ ing humorous in the young mans face
/ said: 1T looks 10 me like n wild
/ goose chase. but hope that YOU viii
be able TO establish Herbert WrigIt's
/ innocence. 1t is shocking case as
/ it stands"
- have Just been mp TO sec him"
What does he say?"
Claims 10 be innocent. lie has
some clcw or other which / expect
later ON to add 10 those already
have. and with these threads hope
20 get at the truth"
Did ne tell you what it was D
asked the lawyer with evident curl
/ Osity
NO sir had hoped to get it from
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Late News Epitomized

AT San Antonio, Texas, Rear Ad
miral Schley is i'll and unable to sec
the delegates.
At Washington the hearing in the
matter of the recent advanced freight
rates was concluded.
The president received the mem
bers of the republican editorial asso
citation at the white house.
The Caracas revolutionists VINO in,
tended to attack the capital have
abandoned the position and retreated
AT Keosauqua Iowa the boiler in the
flour mill exploded, killing Anton Mes
the proprietor, and George Mes, his
son.
A. Muncie, Ind, collision between
Big -Four passenger and a freight
train resulted in a wreck of both eli
gines.
The pope received diplomats who
congratulated him on his jubilee. He
is suffering from a Slight cold aud
hoarseness.
Alfred Motley and Thomas McDon-
aid were suffocated in the Black Dia-
mond mine south of Springfield, H.,
y being overcome with gas
The Independent Elevator company
controlling 81 country elevators, was
sold out to the Brooks Griffin COM
pany. 1t affects the grain trade OF the
northwest.
Primary election rform was the key
note of the resolutions adopted and
of every address made at Grand
hapids at the annual meeting of the
Michigan League of republican clubs
At Chicago labor trouble at the
stock yards is pending again. There
is prospect of a general strike of the
packing house engineers. They de
mand an eight hour day and increased
wages.
At Washington strong opposition to
the Endorsement of the presidents So
called southern policy" was devol
oped at the session of the executive
committee of the republican editorial
association, where the real interest OF
the convention conferred John A.
Sleicher of New York was elected
president.
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EXCITEMENT OVER ROBBERY.
Three Suspects Are Arrested and Jail
Being Guarded.

Westville, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Interest
in the robbery of the Smith bank at
Westville a few weeks ago and the
murder Of Wesley Reynolds, while de-
Tending the concern, has reached a
white heat here because of the arrest
of Charles Lumpkins, a bartender.
Officers are on the trail Of three other
men who are thought to be implicated
in the murder and robbery. Evidence
against all is circumstantial.
Emerson Reynolds, father of the
boy who was murdered, has become
violently insane from brooding over
the tragedy.
Laporte, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Elias Wag-
ner, Clarence Durham and Edward
Clancy were arrested yesterday on
the charge of attempting to rob the
Smith bank at Westville and killing
iWe1ley Reynolds while protecting the
bank. The men have served time for
various crimes The Jail is being
guarded against attack
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foundation of the United States cen,

foundation of the United States cen.
sus.
IF our attention be now given to
personal property we find the commits
sion estimated il in 1902 at S277, $685.
027. This, however, is merely the as
sessed value of such personality as ac-
tually got on the assessment roll; and.
indeed, it is s5.61S,714 less than the
assessment made by the local asses
sors in 1902, for the commission re-
duced the assessment of personality
in Wisconsin in 1902. lhe naive aiop-
ton of the assessed value of such per-
sonality as got on the assessment roll
as representative of the actual value
of the personality in the state, Is as
contradictory of common knowledge
as it well could be, for if there is any
proposition that does not need argu-
Tent anywhere it is that most of the
personal property is not assessed at
all, and that such part as falls under
assess ment is much undervaluei."
The brief then repeats in detail all
of the statements which were made in
the bulletins printed Gin the interest
of the railways of Wisconsin," which
have been scattered over the state and
concludes that the value of the person
al property of the state is $1,120,3 $685.
81 and the total value of all of the
property of the state is S2,S4S, ,476.
| 1t calls this an exceedingly conserva-
tive minimum value of the property of
the state and says that if this value is
substituted for the value of the tax
commission it of itself would destroy
the conclusion of the tax commission
that the railroads are not paying suf-
| ficient tax.
The brief then taxes up the discus
sion of the valuation placed on the
railroads by the tax commission.
| Twenty pages are devoted to showing
that the method of the tax commission
in arriving at the value of railroad
property is erroneous. A large part
of this is devoted to a criticism of the
stock and bond method of valuing the
property.
THE entire controversy over rail
road taxes" continues the brief, lin
Wisconsin has been on the question
whether the railroads are paying
enough taxes. Retaliation of the claim
that the railroads are paying TOO little
ought. ,nerefore to dispose of the very
recent suggestion, made only, so far
as We know by the governor and the
tax commission, that the system of a
percentage tax on gross earnings
which has prevailed for nearly so
years in Wisconsin should be changed
and special tribunal for its administra-
ton. Nor can there be any sufficient
reason for abandoning time honored
system if it is working we'll"
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Ollie faith. 1t was administered by the
chaplain of the army. Fray Leon Diaz.
| and the godfather was Cortez. The
church also holds the first pulpit used
| in the Americas. At that time the
| little republic had but 100000 people,
| and one-tenth of them enlisted to re-
pei the Spaniards. But they were
strangers to military discipline, and
were poorly armed, as compared with
the Spaniards. carrying only sings
end clubs, bows and arrows, spears
hardened in the fire. and swords
made of wood, small defense against
the Spaniards, with quilted packets
and armor of steel.
Tlascala, land of bread" appealed
to the Spaniards by its resemblance
to Granada, that gem hidden in the
mountains of Spain and which for
centuries glittered successfully in the
grasp of the Moor and the Christian.
With its silver rivers and silent hills
| Tlascala is but the shadowof the past
| Thousands of those brave mountain
GERS ranged themselves under the
leadership of Cortez to conquer Mex
| leo, moved thereto by a hatred that
was traditional
"Valor to valor, spear to spear
point thrust,
| Tlascalan fury and Castillian fire,
The pagan oncry and the Christian'~
| shout.
SPANS Santiago and the Serpent
| Winged,
Brown against white. bare muscle
against bare STEEL
Such is the picture of the conflict
as given by the Rev. DR.. Francis Dor.
! ton of Puebla. Such the dark-browed
enthusiasts, who, fed by the fancy
that the wrongs of centuries would be
righted in the downfall of the sacred
Montezuma, nelped TO realize the con-
quest of Mexico.
The legend of Quetzalcoatl, which
played such a conspicuous part in
the conquest of Mexico, is briefly
given in Sketches of Mexico, by ia
Rev. DR.. John w. Butler, The char
acter is the hero in The Fair God, by
Gen. Lew Wallace. Nahuan history
| q NSS HllN INC uulHS IutiLdlCOdll VI
Plumed Serpent. Garcia, TorQuema-
da, and Sahagun believed him to
have been Saint Thomas, one of the
Christian apostles, the first to preach
the gospel in the Americas, in which
event he was supposed to have
crossed over from Asia. possibly via
Boring strait. On his departure he
left evidences of his presence and
mission in the shape of crosses. He
promised, so the legend goes, to re-
turn. When Cortez was on his ex-
petition he found the cross to be an
OBJECT of worship at Cozumel In
Tabasco it had been revered for ages
as the emblem of the god of rain and
at Palenque, another Palmyra, the
cross was found richly sculptured on
rocky walls lost in impenetrable
forests-Edward c. Butler in Los
Angeles Times.