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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-07
A CHRISTOPHER RAGE.
Won by John w. Mackay Because Pro-
 lessor Got Wrong Bottle.

Won by John w. Mackay Because Pro-
 lessor Got Wrong Bottle.
 Mackay was an early riser, a hard worker, and although exceedingly hos pitable, was himself abstemious and could seldom be induced to play cards Tor money, and then for only nominal stakes. The only game that seemed to attract him was the grasshopper races, with which the mining superin- tendents on the Comstock beguiled portion of the noon hour, while waiting for luncheon at the Savage company hoisting house. Boys caught grasshop- pers and sold them to the players at twenty-five to fifty cents each Each player paid fixed stake, ranging from one dollar to twenty dollars. into the pool and the man whose hopper made the longest jump captured the pool On the day before Christman it was agreed to celebrate that holiday with a pool, the stakes in which were to be one hun dred dollars for each player The terms were play or pay" and at the instance of a German professor who wass a su- perintendent of a leading mine each
 
 he might devise to stimulate his grass hopper. The professor was so full of his scheme to scientifically capture the one thousand dollar pool--for there were ten entries-that he communicated it to young assayer who was not a Fgrasshopper plunger. The professor had experimented and ascertained that ia grasshopper that was touched by a feather dipped in 8 weak solution of aqua ammonia would jump for his life. The young man also experimented, and as result he filled bottle of the same size and appearance with cyanide Of potassium, and managed to substitute it for the other in the professors labora- tory. The next day, when the profess sor, after much boasting about his sci entific attachments, dipped feather in the substituted bottle and touched his insect with it, the grasshopper rolled, over as dead as a salt mackereI amid the roars of the crowd. Mackay's hop- per won the big pool, and two widows. whose husbands had been killed in the Yellow Jacket mine, received a. gift of five hundred dollars each from an un- known source.-San Francisco Call.
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THE PERMANENT POPULARITY

It is probable that Scotts popularity
 rests to-day, with the generality of readers, rather upon his novels than his verse. This is due in part to almost un-
 challenged pre-eminence which fiction since Scott's day has obtained over oth-
 CT forms of literature and to the present
 almost unbroken preoccupation of the general reader with novels, and novels only. Yet is it no less true that the neg
 lect which his verse suffered during the
 greater part of the last century was un-
 deserved. His fame was eclipsed by
 the successive ascensions of Byron,
 Wordsworth. Tennyson and Browning.
 Each of these poets became famous. and
 rightly famous, for qualities and effects
 not to be found in Scott, and as a conse-
 quence Scott's verse was underrated be- cause it lacked these qualities and eff
 fleets. A saner and more sympathetic
 criticism estimates poet by what he is
 and does. not by what he could not be
 and never dreamed of doing. Toward
 the close of the Victorian era poetry tended more and more to become a thing of study, and the appreciation of poetry 10 become less popular in the ltrue. sense of the word and more nar- rowly limited to a small, refined and art-loving class. in whose eyes the lopen-ar, mpetuous and often careless
 verse of Scott was an unpardonable crime against the canons of true art. The world- wide vogue of Kipling' $ verses in the last decade would seem to indicate that a strong reaction against the later Victorian standards has al
 ready set in, and it is by no means inn- provebable that as the critics come to realize that the last word of poetry was mot spoken by Tennyson. Rosetti, or
 Swinburne. they may also come to re-
 cosnize more gefierally the widely di-
 verge merits of the great predecessor of these poets.-Professor T. M. Parrott in
 the December Booklovers' Magazine.
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BAND MUSIC.
Soldiers Barracks Appear to be Queer
 ly Affected by It.

ly Affected by It.
 "There used to be a very widespread. but hopelessly erroneous, idea among American army officers that the pres ence of a band in a post contributed to the contentment of the men and made the wabbly one less liable to desert, said veteran army sergeant. That notions been punctured. I think it is pretty well understood now that the military band, instead of keeping new men from deserting, actually causes many of them to desert. The music gets at the hearts of the impressionable fellows, and it tells a-plenty of them that they are making hashes of their lives by sticking to the uniforms of the buck army private. Next time you get a chance just watch the what's-the-use expression on the faces of the soldiers listening to an evening band concert and you'll get better understanding of what I mean.
 Soldiers in barracks are, in fact, Iqueerly affected by music, particularly music of the moving and tender sort. For instance, we had a trig outfit of moderately contented and fairly healthy men in the little Luzon settlement in the Philippines, where we were quar- tered, until fellow with zither joined the company.
 He was wind-jammer-trumpeter, that is to say--from French Canada. and when he transferred to our outfit he brought his zither, big concert grand instrument from Austria, along with him. The things that that French Canadian boy could do to and on that big zither were certainly sinful, not to say devilish, and even us old relics of the bucking-and-gagging days, had to either duck out of the sound or find ourselves gulping and coughing a lot.
 He'd spread the thing out on his bunk O nights, between mess call and tattoo. and he'd no sooner make the l first swipe at the strings and dork in the tremolo stuff than the boys 'ud knock off gassing and begin to look se- rious and thoughtful. Every once in a while, when that zither music was go- ling on, you'd see some fellow, burly ruffian as like as not, sinking out. so't not to make a show of himself before the outfit.
 Less than two weeks after that boy with the zither began those nightly per- formances we had twelve men in the hospital, down with nothing else in the world but nostalgia, which means home-sickness. And if you've eve picked up the notion that nostalgia. as it's called, is merely a harmless and boobyish disease, I'll mention the fact Itnat two of those twelve men died of it, and they were hard men, too The boy with the zither put it away then, and never played on it again until we were lon our way home on the transport-and then it didn't matter-the boys were coming home. e."-Washington Post
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FILIPINO BRIDE.
A Naugatuck Soldiers Return.

Naugatuck, Jan. 6.-The first Philip pine bride to come to Connecticut, and probably New England, is Mrs. Charles Hulstrunk, who has just arrived in Naugatuck with her husband, a young soldier whose home is here. Mrs. Hull strunk is a very attractive looking wo- man of dark complexion and speaks English fluently.
 She had been living with an English family in the Philippines, from which she learned the language. She saw her first snowstorm Saturday. and it amaz- ed her.
 Al present she is under physicians care, suffering from a severe cold, caus- ed by the great change in temperature.
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ing instantly. Thfy were so tired that they lay down and breathed like dogs that have been rlrnning hard.
 Nebo went back and looked for the first sailor, but he had rolled long way out into the grass. and he could not find him. The sailors in the boat grasp ed the oars and started for the ship as fast as they could. and Nebo had to run back and jump into the boat. They did not dare to stopsany longer to find the lost sailor. When they were half way back to the ship they heard him rolling around and laughing very loud. He was being tickled to death.
 As soon as Sihbad reached the ship he gave orders to get away from that island and so they sailed away.-New York Sun.
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mans college is in the rue Marcadet. wonder on the flank of Montmartre.
 Officially the college is known as the ''Ecole 'apprentissage dess cochere de fiacre de la ville de Paris The direc- tor is Pennette. capable. horsey man, a famous whip. A haIf-dozen profess sors aid hinl-vets. hostlers. grooms.- Vance Thompson in the December Out ing.
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Frugal aunt--Well, Tommy, haven't you anything to say after eating nice dinner like that? E Temmy-Ye I hain't had half enolgh.- Chicago Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-29

Cleveland because l want to and
against the advice of my counsel. l
am very weak and l cannot say very
much at this time. l want 1t under
stood, however, that | have wanted
to go back to Cleveland for a week.
have had my grip packed and l
should have gone last Saturday night
but that was advised against it.
Il don't care If there were fifty in
dlctments against me in Cleveland. /
would go back anyhow. / am going
back to face these charges and to set
tie these claims the best can. There
has been much printed about me that
was cruelty false. One of these false
statements is that l sent to DR.. Chad
wick and the other that l could not
get bail. Why, do you know that
received q telegram to-day from one
of the most prominent financiers in
the country rendering me all of the
financial assistance might need.
mot only that, but number of the
best known wealthy men in this cOun-
try, as big as you want to mention,
have told me that they would help me
through this trouble. did not accept
their offers, because / did not want
to drag them into publicity. I don't
care how high they pile the bail in
Cleveland.
81 am going back to fight them. l
am a weak woman and have been
through great deal, but l will fight
them and l will spare no one"
Mrs. Chadwick then took occasion
to tell the newspaper men of many
times when, she claimed, she had
evaded their watch and had gone from
the Holland house to meet company.
She cited what she declared were spe-
ciflc instances, but when an attempt
was made to have her identify the
friends she had been out to see she
fiared up and calculated:
81 am not here to be questioned"
Asked to say something about the
Carnegie matter, Mrs. Chadwick said
mo, cannot say anything about
Carnegie. I cannot talk about him
but it will all be published some day
and then you will know"
Mrs. Chadwick was then assisted
into her wraps and started for the
elevator. She chatted with the Off
GERS all the way to the Grand Central
depot, and as she was being assisted
up the steps into the sleeping car she
nodded a hasty farewell to a newspa
per man in the crowd.
Another sensation was sprung in
the case when 1t became known that
the amount involved in the stupen
! dous swindle was millions in excess
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-29
An Insult to the Cook.

I'VE had just engaged a new cook"
said the young matron. Il was going
out, and as lots of little things were
lying around in my room, locked the
door. Imagine my surprise when
returned to be greeted in the hall by
a veritable fury impersonated by this
same newly-arrived cook. She hurled
all manner of violent language at me,
and, surprised as l was, and incoher.
ent as she was, | managed to make
out that she had been accused of be.
ing thief.
why she felt so bad about it was
the puzzle. Why do you lock your
door? she howled. or course, that
explained it all. and SO, very gently, !
asked her how she had known it was
locked. She was only silent a moment
in order to think up an answer. I
wanted a needle, and so went up
she was saying, when interrupted
with: But that was quite wrong |
was Just about to send in an alarm
when my husband came home. He did
the rest. We dined out."-Philadel-
phia Record.
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Rsspeet for ACE in Japan.

In Japan there is no such thing as
disrespect from youth to age, No
Japanese boy or girl could ever think
in light or disrespectful manner OF
his or her superiors or teachers; and
this may account for the earnestness
so unusual among young childroA
When a student enters a masters
presence in Japan he bows to the
floor, and when the lesson is finished
be bows again, with expressions of the
deepest gratitude, as he takes his de-
parture The teacher. sitting in most
cases upon his feet on the for, grave
ly returns each salutatlon, then lights
his little pipe and waits for HIS next
class. There Is no hurrying Of mas
ters from room to room, IS In some
Of the schools In our enlightened land
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command, Come over here, pretty
boy, and talk to me. l was feeling
lonesome in this dreadful place. and
if the sight of you is so pleasant,
what may not your words do to cheer
me?" And she smiled again.
|, He knew her to be the counts
daughter, of whom Laro had spoken:
and he felt a still more poignant re.
greet that he was not to sail in the
"Aigle" that night
Have you been long in Toulon?"
Jean inquired, somewhat at a loss
what to say, and yet longing to man.
ifest his sympathy for so lovely a
being.
Since last summer" she answered:
and bent toward him as from a sudden
impulse while she said, Did you ever
meet people who were strangers to
you. and yet who from the moment
you looked into their faces seemed
Otherwise?"
She had laid a hand upon his Shout.
der, and a puzzled expression showed
in his face as he looked into her earn
! est eyes. But this gave way to a
half-mischievous but wholly winning
smile as he replied. with a gallantry
hardly to have been expected in a
lad of his age. "Never-until this mo-
ment."
She laughed. and drew her hand
away, the wild.rose color deepening
in her cheeks
The smile was gone as she said,
| speaking in so low a tone that he
scarcely caught her words, is he re-
| lated to youths Laro?"
ooh. no, ma'mselle," Re whispered;
81 have known him only few weeks. /"
And do you like hlm?"
She-perhaps unconsciously-ra
her voice little; and the gravity OF
its tone, coupled with that which
showed in her face, caused Jean to
stare at her with surprise.
She leaned forward until her face
was close to his own.
Jean Lafitte." she said slowly and
distinctly. II never had a brother;
but II could have one. would wish
him to be like you. ! should not like
II that you grew to be man such az
feel this Laro must be-"
Again Jean was slow in thinking
what to say; and all he did was tC
look into her lovely face-into the
lustrous eyes fixed SO intensely upoI
him.
"You may forget me. jean she re
sumed, as he did not speak; but
shall hope not Yet for fear ] maj
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-29
coIneIdenee IL Names.

An odd case of a coincidence In
names is seen in Spring street, near
Macdougal, New York city. The en-
trance to Aaron Burr's country place,
Richmond Hill, was at the corner Of
the two streets, and on the morning
when Burr fought the duel with Alex
ander Hamilton he walked out OF that
gate on his way to Weebawken. A.
1856 Spring street, only few steps
from where the gate stood Aaron
Burr, jeweler, now has : shop. Al
247, q few doors beyond, "A. Hamil-
ton. builder" IS doing business
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-29
War Menace In Afrlea.

According to reliable European au-
thorities, the colonizlng nations in
Africa may soon face the unspeakable
horrors of native revolt from one
end Of the big continent to the other.
This land of mysteries and supersti-
lions, of innumerable tribes, each with
its own peculiar tribal government
and its devotion to the traditions Of
the inscrutable past, has been subju-
gated, but not conquered. So long as
they regard the Europeans as usurp-
ers and interlopers there will be the
distinct menace of gigantic race
conflict, in which the millions Of in
imical tribes viii forget their differ
ences to combine against the COM
mon Caucasian foe.-Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-12-29

Rumor has It in New York that
Bishop Henry G. Potter is about TO re-
tire. This report follows announce
ment Of his intention to go on an *.
tended foreign tour. He will sail for
London about the end Of next month.
IN eastern episcopal circles it Il be-
heyed that the diocese has suffered
from lack Of close supervision. being.
30 large and having such vast inter.
ests as to occupy more attention than
any one man can gite., For some dime
large part Of the work has faiieu
coadjutor bishop Greer.
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Crowds HOot Ms. chadwIek.

A mob of 10000 jeering, hooting,
yelling men greeted Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick upon her return to Cleve-
land.
Insulting epithets were hurled at
her from hundreds of voices as she
entered carriage and was driven to
the United States marshals Office
through densely crowded streets.
Breathless, pale, and staggering, Mrs.
Chadwick was half carried up the
flights of stairs leading to the mar
shal's office. Then she swooned.
When placed in cell she again
tainted.
Such was the Homecoming of the
woman who a month ago was recog-
nized as one of the wealthiest women
in Cleveland. and against whom so
far as the public knew, there was not
a breath of suspicion. She did not ex-
pect such reception.
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CHAPTER v.

II was the afternoon Of the fourth
day when Jean, fearing lest LIarO
might come to seek him, and thinking
that perhaps Greloire also would be
coming, decided to go to lie Chen
Heureux. Pierre having already gone
out to see some Of his military friends.
The air was crisp, and Jean, walk
Ing rapidly. was turning the corner OF
the street leading down to the inn,
when he saw Laro approaching.
"Ha, runaway" the latter called
out, smile lighting his dark face. Il
was but just coming to see you. ! put
to sea this night"
Jean started and stared
Aye; this very night with the
Aigle' set sail for Louisiana" contin-
ued Laro. Would you not like to go
with me-yOu and Pierre? will take
both, If you but say the word"
Jeans cheeks were filled with sud
den color, and his eyes sparkled with
excitement But this all passed away
as he said sighingly, Aye, | would
like to go; but"
Then 1t is but for you to come"
urged the tempteT.
Jean paid no heed to this, but in
CURED why are you going in such
haste?"
We'll" replied I.aro, lowering his
tone. There is in the city a certain
wealthy royalist who has fed from
Paris with his daughter Roselle, a
most beautiful demOiselle of eighteen.
He and a few others have made ii
worth my while to carry them to
Louisiana, where they will seek new
homes.
Come, lad" he added coaxingly;
make a run Of il, and come with me
over seas. Come with me, say, and
you'll reap more gold in shorter time
than did ever an aristocrat of France"
Not on this trip. Laro," replied
Jean, calmly. but with unmistakable
frmness. You have said you would
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InOsntlvs to Matrlmony.

Justice Harry Barnes, recently elect
ed in Asbury Park, announces that
for two months he will marry all
couples free. He also promises, in adj
dition to remitting the usual fee, to
give a pair of baby shoes to every
child born to every couple he unites
in marriage in the two months. He
does not draw the line at twins or
triplets, but generously provides for
whatever may come along and without
reference to race or color. The only
requisite is that when the time comes
the happy mother shall display a GER
tificate proving she was married by
the justice in the period named. 1t
doesn't matter how many years hence
the promise has to be fulfilled, baby
will get the tootsies.
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IL H 60 !: Is :! Is: J z
Nv BY MARY DEVEREUX
- NTH ILLUSTRATIONS DON {. WILSON
Ga91SSAt ~ IABs NJ olsD1
esDua1
BY MARY DEVEREUX

Dropping on his knees, he grasped
a ring, and a square Of the appar-
emily solid wall rolled up with graf
ing noise until II was level with his
head, as he still knelt; and rush
of damp air, as II from out OF doors,
stirred the short locks on Jeans fore
head, as he stared with wonder.flled
eyes into the dark opening that gaped
before them.
A minute later the boys eyes we're
nearly blinded, as he followed his
companion into a caye.like room, with
a floor OF rock, which was also the
material of its ceiling and walls. It
was furnished but scantily; and
around a table at the farther side
were several men, while somewhat
apart from them sat two women.
As Thiel entered. with Jean close
behind him, the men ceased talking,
and stared with evident displeasure
at the boy--all except Laro, who
called out, Aha, my young mate, is 1t
myself? Welcome, my sea-gull!"
He put out an inviting hand; then,
az AlAt TAU NhlAlt " AAa oAhNt hN OAHU
turning to a slenderly built man Of
middle age seated next him. with an
elbow on the table and a hand sup
porting his cheek, Count de Gaze
neau. permit me to present to you
my young friend, Jean LATTE, who
is some day to be my mate. and who
Is as dear to me as an own SON"
The count did not cnange his posi-.
tiCn, but stared mOodily at the hand
some boy while murmuring a cour-
teous acknowledgment of his pres
ence. AS for Jean, he scarcely heard
the words, so engrossed had his
senses become with the beautiful face
confronting him from the other cor
ner of the room.
The young lady was looking at him;
and from her clear blue eyes there
flashed a smile that opened the red
lips to show two rows of little pearl.
like teeth, as she said in a voice
whose sweetness held yet a note Of
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MRS. CHADWICK NOW BACK IN cLEVELANDi IA
RELIES ASSISTANCE OF WEALTHY FRIENDS

made sure that there was nothing lefs
with which she could iniure herseiI-
II have reasons Tor taking these
precautions" said he, but would me-
discuss the matter further.
Chadwick Case stlrs President.
AS a result Of the revelations in the
Chadwick case the Treasury depart
ment will start an inquiry to ascertain
IL possible why 1t is that national
bank examiners do not detect such
frauds as were perpetrated on the
bank at Oberlin. The comptroller OF
the currency declines to discuss the
subject, but there is every reason to
believe that BY direction Of the Presf
dent he is preparing to make 1t plain
to the examiners in the field that they
must use greater caution.
It is understood that Levy L. Mtier,
the examiner in northern Ohio who
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MRS.

After four days spent in the Tombs
prison in New York, Mrs. Cassie l.
Chadwick, suspected of having forged
Andrew Carnegie's name to notes ag-
gregating millions of dollars, went
back to Cleveland to face her accus-
erg.
Before leaving New York Mrs.
Chadwick asked that she be permitted
to see the newspaper men who have
.amped on her trail at the several
hotels in which she lived in that city
prior to her arrest. When they had
He'd into the dingy office they found
he woman seated in a large arm
hair languidly toying with fan.
81 want to say to you gentlemen
she began, that am going back to