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Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

Emperor William says art is partly
devious road that leads far away
from the true ideal of beauty. He
must have been looking over some
horse show posters.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

Old-fashioned marriages were made
In heaven. A marriage ceremony re-
Gently was performed over the tele-
phone. Hello!
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

It appears that most Of the nations
lre willing to have another Hague
peace conference if it is possible not
% interfere in their affairs.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

Some scientist will happen along
presently to tell us that the Japa-
uese are so healthy because the kiss as
a form of salutation is unknown in
Japan.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

On raising the lid off the Panama
teapot no tempest worth mentioning
has been disclosed.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

Young couples who are married In
automobiles are always exposed to the
danger of an early falling out.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

AS a diseourager of the boil weevil
the Guatemalan ant is acknowledged
to be one of the worst failures Of the
season.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

Portugal mas a new cabinet, but Por-
tugal is too orderly to have any right
to expect to attract public attention.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

The women at the St. Paul party
who allowed their hostess's husband
to examine their stockings in search
for missing money were not blue
stockings.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17
COLORADO'S VOTE
ESTIMATES OF BOTH PARTIES
Safe PluraIlties for All the Republican
State Officers Except Governor Pea
bodY.-leuislature Still In Doubt.

Denver, Nov. I'D. B. Farley.
chairman Of the Republican state CEN
tral committee. issued the following
statement last night:
THE following pluralities are based
upon carefully compiled reports from
nearly every Republican county chair
man in the state, and will, vary but
slightly from the official count:
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

The governor of Guam announces
that his people need school books.
Owing to the mildness of the climate
they will continue to get along with
out trousers.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-17

May no ,ne strew tacks in the path
Of the happy couple who were married
In an automobile.
The evening world., 1904-03-25

now have more dresses than she ever
had before.
The evening world., 1904-03-25

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The evening world., 1904-03-25
Louise vilbig, Sh,Ien from Her
Home in Long Island City
When She Was Eight Years
Old, Is Found in Syracuse.
SHE WRITES A LETTER
ASKING TO COME HOME.
Father Declares SheNWas Stolen
by Woman and Prominent
Politician After ShetHadSGone
to Formers House.

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bona soma rime thIs evening For ten
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Louise. l. write this letter with tears
I'm my eyes. Mamma, II YOU cannot
come please send me your picture. I
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The evening world., 1904-03-25

and taken away. She also mentioned
the names OF persons her parents knew,
but thsy would not make them public.
A week after her return Louise agai
disappeared. and that was the last seen
of her by her parents.
Two years later the family received
a letter from her postmarked In a town
in Long Island IT was found that she
had been living In Hampstead under an
assumed name in the family of n. phy-
stefan, but had left before her parents
could reach her.
Child Was Kidnapped.
Mr.. Vilbig then became convinced TINT
the next-door neighbor was not alone in
the kidnapping and that she had been
assisted by a man who WAS prominent
In politics in Long Island City and
County.
MIR. Vilbig communicated with the po-
lice of Syracuse Immediately upon re-
ceiving the letter from his daughter.
He asked that she he held until he could
get to her. The Chief Of Police of svra-
euse answered that he had located tho
girl In Syracuse and that she was living
said that she a left for East Syrae,ise
before she could be apprehended and
that she was then In the custody OF Tho
police of East Syracuse. A fourth
daughter. Matilda started for East
Syracuse at once 10 bring her sister
home.
says He Knows kidnapner.
Mr.. Vilbig said to an Evening World
reporter to-day:
IT have letters and papers in my DOS
session through which I will be able
to prove who kidnapped Louise. I will
not take any action until Louise is
home and we can get her story. Then
l will see that some n Is arrested for
this thing.
From what I know there was n man
besides q woman lin this thing, and the
man thought he could get money our
of me. In fact, demands for money
were made. but I had one to give"
A great family reunion Is being pre-
pared for the return OF Louise. In this
the neighbors are 10 be considered as
of the family. and College Point is like
~ to see one of its happiest events The
friends of the family are sending in
quantities of provisions, and Louise may
The evening world., 1904-03-25
GIRL Is
TAKEN TO

Especial to The Evening worldly
SYRACUSE. N. Y. March 25.-Detec-
tdvo William o'Prien. of the Syracuse
Police Department, found Louise Vilblg
al East Syracuse this afternoon and
brought her to his city. where she was
placed In care Of tho ms tron at Police
Headquarters pending the arrival of Il
sister from New York.
She lived in Syracuse as Louise
Smith" and worked in various
places ms a domesticc. Her last known
place OF employment here was
a.; the home or John r. whelan. where
she was in charge OF tho children Of tho
family, Two weeks ago ehe left. ask
ing that her mail be forwarded to
Louise Smith at East Syracuse.
While here she stayed of her own
volition. and nobody can be found In
Syracuse who ever heard that she had
kidnapped when younger. She was
under no dureSs here. No person Of
the namo given a. the kidnapper has
been found here.
The evening world., 1904-03-25
RECORD FOR,FAsI TRAIN
Twentieth Century Limited Goes n
Mile n Minute Ia 7l-MiIe Dash,

LITTLE FALLS. N, Y, March 25.-
The Twentieth Century Limited of the
New York Central Railroad to-day ran
the seventy-four miles from Syracuse
to Little Falls In II minutes. Including
a threc-minute stop at Utica.
This Is the fastest time ever made over
tho Mohawk division,
The evening world., 1904-03-25

SOC. Shears, re.
| Shears, steel laid. full nickel
plated, sizes 4 ~, 8 and
81 inches, 35c. and SOC.
Shears. Saturday, Z 10 10 40.
The evening world., 1904-03-25
CUTS WINDPIPE AND DIES.
Louis Young succeeds After second
Attempt nt Suicide.

Louis Young. twenty-eight years old.
who cut his throat yesterday In his
room in a nat at No. ga Third avenue
died to-day at Bellevue Hospital
The man nae severed his w%indpipe and
was nearly dead from loss OF blood
when found by the landlady Of the
lodging-house In which he lived. Youns
often had threatened ~ end his life.
The evening world., 1904-03-25
EX-SENATOR FORD TO SPEAK.

Night at Cooper Union.
A special meeting of tho Peoples
institute will he held in Cooper Union
this evening to consider the critical
state Of the rapid transit situation.
Ex-senator John Ford and others will
speak In favor Of the Elsberg hill.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Bible Written in Is

Of the forty-nine words forty.two
of them are nouus-siN seyens-and
seven are not nouns. lis the comment
OF the writer of the forty-two
nouns there are thirty five proper
nouns. or 1--WE seycus while seven are
common nouns or the thirty FIVE
proper names four seyens are male
ancestors Of Jesus and seven are not
such Not only then is the distribu-
tiou OF the forty-uiue words Of the vo-
cabulary by seyens as between vowel
words and consonant words but also
as between the parts Of speech
As a further and absolute proof that
these phenomena Of the sevens are
not accidental Mr.. Panin points ont
that the fortyHine words Of the vo.
cabutary show fourteen words that
are not used but once, while thirty.
five of them, or FIVE eevens. are used
more than once. His conclusions aft
or an exhaustive Arrangement Of the
seven" features are that Not even
the choice of the languages In which
the scriptures were written was made
without marked numerical design at
the threshold OF the subject
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Everyday Sort of Hero

The Winston IN, CO papers speak
IN high terms of the Memorial Day
Grafton delivered by the Hon Frank
c. Robbins of Lexington. He was ono
of xix brothers who responded to the
call for troops when North Carolina
seeded. Only two returned-the Hon
NJ. w Robbins, member of the Get
tysburg commission, and the Hon.
Frank c. Robbins. Capt. Mack" Rob
bins has served in Congress and is the
more widely known of the two broth
ers, but not a whit more deserving
of the confidence of the state Mod
est able honorable. incOrruptible,
Capt. Frank Robbins is the best type
of the North Carolina lawyer and citi-
zen
In his speech at Lexington Capt.
Robbins followed no hackneyed liue,
but flied his address with inspiring
and human stories. The Sentinel thus
gives an account of his story Of a
true to life hero. prefaced by an esti-
mate of the address.
THE simple earnestness of his man
ner his clear, graphic statements Of
facts the total absence of clap-raD
from every utterance. together with
his noble and impressive personality,
compelled the admiration and APP
pTOyaI Of every one. It is impossible
to give in a mere outline any adequate
idea of his address, which dealt with
the character Of the Confederate sol.
der and Is inspiration. This, he said,
could best he Illustrated by incidents
rather than by description
He told of man in his company
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Sonoma. Mich, June Is That even
In actual warfare disease Is more ter
rlble than bullets is tbs experience Of
Delos Hutchlns of this place. Mr.
Hutchins az a onion solder saw three
years OF service under Butler Barke
In the Louisiana swamps. and as a
result got crippled with rheumatism
So that his hands and feet got ali
twisted out OF shape. AM how be SUI.
fered only a rheumatic will ever know
For twenty five years he was ia
misery. then enc lucky day bis drug
glst advised him TO use Dodd's Kid
uey Pills. OF the result Mr. Hutchtns
says:
The first two boxes did not help
me much. but / got two more, and
before / got them used up ! was
great deal better kept on taking
them aud noW my pains are all gone
and feel better than lave Ia years,
| know Dodds Kidney Pills viii cure
rheumatism"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

The phenomena Of the figure and
its multiples, occurring in the New
Testament. have been touched upon
by Ivan Panin, a Russian student of
the bible. who for a number Of years
has made his home at Grafton, Mass.
The significance Of the seven group
will not be lost even upon the super
stitious who are outside Of the pale OF
scriptural points. and, as MIR. Panin
has shown them, their relations of
their groupings to the first eleven
verses OF the New Testament must
suggest that they We're scarcely
chance.
For instance. in these first eleven
verses Of Matthew, the vocabulary
consists of forty-nine words. or seven
sevens. of these words there are
twenty-eight. or four sevens. which
begin with novels and tweDty-oue, or
three seyens, which begin with con
sOnauts.
This distribution by sevens be
tween vowel words and consouant
words just might have been deem
ed accidental. but for the fact that
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

The Pollution of Deep Wells was
the subject of a paper before a scien-
tidc society. in which was described
an interesting experiment conducted
by the United States geological sur,
yey and the geological survey of
Georgia. acting in cooperation. ~ de
termine the liability Of contamination
OF the deep wells and springs in the
vicinity of Qultman Ga by the pro
posed action of that city In turning
the public sewage into an under
ground stream through bore hole.
To test the matter. the surveys men
toned inserted two tons Of salt into
the well into which II was proposed to
turn the sewage Samples Of water
were taken before the experiment to
determine the normal chl0rin OF the
waters. and at short intervals during
and for some time after the expert
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
The Purity of Wells.

ment The report concludes that on
analyzug the samples il Was shown
that the salt had entered all Of the
deep wells In town thereby demon
stratiug that the insertion OF sewage
would have contaminated all of the
wells. and possibly led 10 a dangerous
epidemic Undoubtedly the water Of
the wells is often polluted by drain
age aud the experiment verihes the
danger. which should help health ON
GERS in their work. One wonders,
however. II there is not a slight faE
lacy In the conclusion introduced by
the doubt II micru-organisms might
not be prevented from passing by TIE
earth filtration. while a solution OF
salt would be able 90 permeate the
medium Why not use pathogenic
baciIi themselves for a more conyiuc'
ing test2-American Medicine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

During the siege Of Ladysmith in
the Boer war. I7asry W. &~yinsou and
the late T. W Maud British war cor
respondent. were walking up the main
road Of the village when they caught
sight Of a black thing moving rapidly
across the road close in front OF their
feet II was about three feet long or
a little less and was moving very
swiftly. In a perfectly straight line
il darted forward. without the usual
srake-like wriggling or other visible
means of movement, Accustomed
from boyhood to hunt adders on the
Cumberland moors. NeyiusOu dashed
upon it with his stick and broke It's
back with a single blow. Neyerthe-
less. il still continued to move for
ward as snakes viii no matter how
desperately wounded, and tae war cor
respondent sprang on its head and
stamped IL into the dust with bis boot.
Al the same time Maud, who had only
inst perceived the danger. stamped on
its hack. The long and deadly body
gave few httle jerks and then lay
sin The snake was carefully lifted
On the end of stick. carried back 10
the cottage. where the two men lived,
and carefully deposited outside for flu
ture examination.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Just a Slight Mistake

without very great enthusiasm.
She lit the light under the kettle,
measured a brown powder from tip
box marked cocoa" mixed 1t with
condensed milk, and when the kettle
had boiled, filed the cup with boiling
water. Then, with a flourish, she set
the steaming beverage before him.
Just as she was about to replace the
cover on the tin, she gave a start,
Something in the color Of the powder
had aroused her suspicious. She sniff
ed at ii. then tasted it.
Wait a minute" she exclaimed,
hastily "Oh, you haven't drunk 1t.
have your"
Yes" he answered in hollow
voice. seeing his doom written in her
Mortified expression. 1t has come at
last. He had always known he would
die a victim to her culinary expert
ments.
"But-didn't 1t taste-queer?'
No no queerer than mean,
drank it so quickly that | didn't no
tee
We'll. it isn't necessarily, %
she said. reassuringly. I'm awfuily
sorry forgot had put it in the
cocoa tin-but it's only the brick dust
We use for cleaning the knives
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Art in Telling Story

that had fallen fiat 1t seemed 20 me
at the time thai he repeated II word
for word bat from the time he be-
gan the story uuUl 1T was ended the
audience was couyulsed 1t was pro
uouuced 10 bee the best story that had
ever come out Of the northwest
Tell us the story, senator. one IT
his friends suggested becoming curl.
Gus 10 know more OF that narrative.
once funercal In its effect and theu
laden with the spirit Of wit.
oh. no. replied the senator.
have not sufficient confidence In my
storytelling ability. Now that / have
prepared you for the story as re-
markable one IT would De doubly
hazardous 10 attempt 20 repeat t"
Senator Fosters friends ara willing
10 offer "a reward for that story. either
dead with fairness or alive with Wit,
If any one can deliver ii 70 them.
They are being consumed with curl
ps:ty 70 know what II is bat the seua.
tor cannot be Induced to venture upon
It's telling
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Il once saw the art Of successful
storytelling exemplifed In d very
prominent way" said Senator Foster
Of Washington. a few days ago in a
company of friends. During one of
our political campaigns a speaker had
undertaken to tell a story that was
intended TO bear upon ignatius Don
nelly, who was opposing him. The
story was told laboriously, and It was
received with all the solemnity that
would be expected during a funeral
sermon. At its conclusion the story
teller smiled and looked over the au-
dience to see if he could detect rip
pie Of appreciation, but rh1 they all
sat with solemn faces IL had fallen
perfectly fiat.
In a short time Mr. Donnelly arose
to reply and referred to the story
that had been told by his opponent
That story he said was intend
ed to reflect on me. but it didn't go
Now. my friends, he continued I
have a little story ! want to tell YOU
with that Donuelly retold the story
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Henry Lusk. rowing, foraging sort OF
a fellow, faithful and brave in battle,
never missing when there was to be
fight, but frequently in danger of
the guardhoUse for absence from roll
call He often reprimanded him, but
Lusk always got the better of him by
asking him if he had ever failed him
in the hour of battle. When Capt.
Robbins command was ordered South
he called up Lusk and told him he
wanted him to have no more rowing
and foraging Lusk promised that he
would not fail him.
THAT was the last he ever saw of
Lusk. In a battle that followed soon
after Capt Robbins and many an
other fell in a desperate but success
full charge After his return to his
command Capt Robbins said the first
greeting he got from Lieut.. Vaughan
was a message from Henry Lusk. Tell
Capt Robbins. he said, that | did not
fail him Henry Lusk had fallen in
the front of that gallant charge. He
was a uomad in his way; he loved to
rove and forage, but his loyalty and
bravery no man might impeaCh.
It is stories like this that the youth
of the country love to hear. Too many
orators deal only with perfect heroes.
Boys and men are skeptical of the
tributes that deal only with men with
out faults Their experience is that
there are few perfect men. Most Of
tl-. f,rg,- ~ ,r.gv liIr4 tla HerDes of
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Now, to reward you for coming to
see me this rainy night" she said. Pm
going to make you something in my
chatting dish. | got new recipe
book for Christmas, and I'm going
right through it, alphabetically I've
gotten as far as d already"
He hastily disclaimed any desire
for refreshment. He had played the
dos" to experiments on that particu-
lar chatting dish before. He had gone
as far as %" himself. when on one
occasion she had mistaken the red
pepper for cinnamon.
"Oh. do she urged. See. now
you may choose! Don't these sound
inviting: 'Damson Sauce, Devonshire
Dumplings. Devied Crabs -"
'I-er-that is, the doctor has for
hidden me to eat anything commenc-
ing with ID" he interrupted.
Her face fell I'm awfully sorry.
because | couldn't skip, you know 1t
would mix me all up: I'd forget where
| left Off
oh. not would never do to skip"
he agreed.
We'll then, at least let me give you
a cup Of cocoa" she said, Hospitality.
As cocoa sounded comparatively in
nucuous, he accepted the offer, but
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

lnnumerabIe stories are being pub
lished in Japan about Capt. Hirose.
who died in an attempt to bottle up
the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and
who has been proclaimed a war god. W
A man who knew him in childhood
says: AS a child the captain received
with Us the Urinary school instruction
at the KWarsh0 school The boy is
father of the man, and even in those
early days the boy Hirose distin-
guished himself far above his school
fellows both in play and scholarship.
1t was he wto was the champion Of
the sport Of sliding on the snow down
Ebi hill. He never had his face
stained with q daub Of ink when we
played the poetry cards at his
fathers temporary residence, simply
because he was never beaten even
once. Then whenever we boys had
exercises in yersification his perform
anCes nearly always won tGe best
mark. and even when they failed, at
rare intervals, TO come to that level
of excellence they never fell below
the standard of second best. In short
he was carried by an unconquerable
spirit in anything he took a hand in.
"Hirose took great pains IN the
training Of his body" says this same
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Texas Gulf Resorts.

Making the coast country into a
summer and seaside resort Is one ot
the aims II tho Southern Pacific as
evidenced by recent events Success
full eudeavors have been made TO in
terest foreign as well as local capital
and special managers have been piae-
81 In charge Of such resorts as La
Porte. Palacios and SeaArook ard ai
the latter place has been erected a
new $50 600 hotel owned and managed
by Mr. Chas Ringers. Of View Orleans
which was formally opened on May Is
and already has resulted In securing
large number Of Texas visitors Nhn
ordinarily go 10 the Eastern aater
side. The ground has just been broA
en- bat ali indications point 20 a uew
era In the thriving Texas coast cDBh
try.