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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
REMAIN AND THE SOLDIER.

0 NE summer afternoon while walking
 linear Treguier Renan. the famous lO French writer. met a sergeant and
 four soldiers, and the sergeant. after saluting him most courteously, said;--
 ''Sir. want you to do me a favor. We are alone here, and as no one can see us 1 shall consider myself greatly indebted to you if you will allow me to give you a small token of my respect and admira- tion.''
 Renan was taken aback at his words, but seeing that the man was in earnest. he replied politely:-"All right. sergeant. I'm sure I'm much obliged to you.
 Thereupon, turning to his four men. the worthy sergeant bade them stand in line as a guard of honor. and then, drawing his sword. he said gravely. Present armsr
 At this unexpected compliment Renan removed his hat and bowed, and there was an unusual tremor In his voice as he thanked the sergeant for his courtesy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
Brief AnSwers bv the Oracle.

., Wat l,. is shs Order of the Cincinnati and what May, 17S3, by American and French officers Ito perpetuate their friendship, and to raise fund for relieving the widows and orphans of those fallen during the war So named because 1t contained many pa- triots, who, like Cincinnatus, had aban- doned rural occupations to serve their country. The badge is a bald eagle, hav- ing on It's breast figure of Cincinnatus receiving the military ensign from, the Ro- man Senators. Around this are the words:-"Omnia reliquit seryare rempub- lica1n" (''He forsook all to serve the re- public.O
 When and where did King cophetua livef S. s.
 At no time, and in no place. He was an imaginary King of Africa. of great wealth, who, though he had previously despised all women. fell in love with a beggar girl and married her. Shakespeare refers to him in Romeo and Juliet" act 2. scene 1. Tennyson tells the story in his "Beggar Maid"
 ,osg wssPg was the Bible divided into chapters 2nd
 The present system of chapters dates from the twelfth century, when it is sup posed to have been made by Cardinal Hugh de St. Cher who first composed a concordance. verses were the Wofk or a printer and scholar of the sixteenth cen tury named Stephens, and were not adopt ed in any English version uhtil 1851
 Please give me the theory of ''ths exception proves the rule. J. H. q.
 The word proves" in this proverbial saving is used in its ancient sense of "tests.' Prove" in St. Pauls advice to ''prove all things" is used in this sense. So it is the exception that tests the rule. IL is said by some persons in trying to ex- plain this saying, that the very word "ex- ception" Implies that there is rule. but the reasoning Is more ingenious than satis- flying.
 What part of New York rity Is known as the '.Tenderfoln' and what part Is called tee red light dlstrictr' r. k M.
 The "Tenderioin'' Is between Park ave- nue and Seventh avenue and Fourteenth street and Forty-seeond street Conditions that named the "Tenderloip' are gradu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
BOYS POINT OF VIEW

" BOYS point of view on matters with Awhich he is not personally familiar is Noften very refreshing, for unlike that
 ofa girl, 1t is usually entirely devoid of affectation and indifferent to the accepted estimates. An athletic boy of fifteen who saw Mansfield in Julius Caesar was greatly disappointed with his ability as an actor. Why, he can't compare with Jefferson or Gillette" said the lad. No, Mansfield can't act, but it's worth the price of ad- mission to see his back. Talk about mus cies; why, if he wasn't on the stage he could do almost anything with the mus c.es in his back"
 Somewhat the same point of view was taken by very young man who knew Eothing of art or pictures, but who was
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ART AND THE TU KEY 2

C EVERAL letters written by Franz
 Apt, the famous composer, were re- Ccently discovered, and in one of them
 the following humorous story was found.
 As he was strolling home one afternoon in Brunswick. Apt met friend, who said to him You seem very happy. dear fei- low. Have you heard any good newsT "oh, no. I've just been taking dinner" was the reply.
 "You evidently enjoyed 1t. What did you have to eatT' continued the friend. "A turkey" replied Abt.
 And how many were at tabls7'' asked the other.
 There were only two of us," said Apt. ''vho was your companionT' inquired the friend.
 ''The turkey" replied Abt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
YARMouTH AND THE MAID

D URING the last visit of the Earl of
 Yarmouth to America the titled visitor Dattended a dinner given in his honor
 in Pittsburg. A little daughter of the host. who was too well bred to stare but who eyed him covertly as the occasion pre- sented itself. finally ventured to remark:- And you are really and truly an English Iord7'
 Yes" he answered pleasantly; really and truly"
 ''I have often thought would like to see real Engiish lord, she went ons "anc now''-
 And now you are satisfied at last" he put in laughingly
 ''No, mo-" replied the truthful little girl I'm a good deal disappointed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
K-LTNG' THANK '.

UDYARD KIPLING. like every au- thor of repute, is a butt for the auto R graph hunter. The ingenious indi-
 vidual who seeks for signatures is as indefatigable in his addresses to the Ia nous man as a cat Is to mouse.
 When Kipling was living up in the Great Pie Belt" of New England. one who had heard that Kipling's compost tons were worth about twenty-five cents a word wrote, enclosing that amount and asking him If he would be so good as to forward an autograph.
 Kipling's reply was characteristic.
 '"rhanks." was all that a huge sheet of fooiscau paper contained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
FRE9OsTFROUsl

C EVERAL well known gentlemen, tn-
 cluding Senator Mason, were sitting Oabout in a Washington club room dis
 cussing the unusual cold of the present winter. "I saw 1t so cold" said one of the party, about twelve years ago that there was no ice. It got so cold that the ice all cracked up Into hard snow"
 "I remember back In 1s40." said another. "that 1t was so cold the electricity liquifed and dropped off the wires. Several people bottled 1t up to cure their spring rheuma- tisrn."
 ago." said Senator Mason, ''since l saw 1t so cold that the messenger boys actually ran to keep warm."
 That broke up the conversation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

phant. The first lesson. the A. B, c. of an elephants education. consists in teach ing him to lie down at the word of com mand. Now, in teaching a smaller animal this would be a comparatively simple operation. If a dog or cat did not lie down when 1t was told to. the trainer would suit the action to the words and. force him to lie down. With an elephant 1t is, of fcourse, only possible to use moral suasion.
 An Elementary Lesson
 First the elephant is tied securely to a stout pole in the centre of the ring. This
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Will be contagious. One of the young eie- plants will begin to weave" as It is called, by swinging It's trunk from side to side: the rest will quickly follow suit, and in a moment all chance of teaching them anything is over for the day.
 The first lesson is, therefore, given to the pupils of the elephant class one at a time. The elephant is led out into the ring or class room and the exits closed. A young elephant, like a schoolboy. is likely at first to make a bolt for liberty. The impulse to play hooky is strong in both. probably stronger. however. in the ele-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
HuoHsS LATE5T JOKE.

N RYAN HUGHES. the practical joker, TX and a friend were walking down U Broadway one day when Hughes
 said, 'T'I bet dollar that can go up behind that actor and shake him without his resenting it.
 You know him." said his friend. Never saw him before in my life" said Hughes. The bet was arranged. Hughes advanced from behind, caught the man by the shoulders and shook him violently. Ths actor turned indignantly. ,,,
 "I beg your pardon" said Hughes. thought you were my friend Mansneio-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

of Fourteenth street.
 It Is an ungrammaticai- error. Who 6 rightf Neither They evidently mean that 1t is an error in grammar. or a soIecism. have the tsFnnssion zSs tsSsss aes acass Yes. 'eYama'' means mountain. as Fujl- yama; "shima" island. as Tsushima; saki' is cape, ''nada" sea. 'sko'' lake. hama lshore, as Yokohama.
 T bs rrssdeacs Fsss @spr G by the Elecorai Collepe, and. If SO. howl K. e. He can A majority of one vote in New fork would give candidate thirty-nlne votes in the Electoral College, while a na- Jority of 10000 for his opponent in Mon- votes.
 esaE1. Gan you s.E give me the quotation from Henry terss Where can find it WORK In his Social Problem'' he wrote.--'sThe man who gives me employment which must have or suffer. that man Is my mas ter. let me call him what will" ,VI Why do ye say that Isnt has forty days when 'fO'n Asn "ednesday To Easter ts -prty-siH dsysf The six Sundays are not counted as days of Lent, for Sunday is not fast day Does the Lena River rise in Lake Baiksll
 Fl. I. No. It rises near Irkutsk, in the noun tains north of Lake Baikal
 When five years old l came to the United States with my father. who is a naturalized citizen When l am of age can I vote on pres papers? s. " B You are citizen and entitled to vote without papers. Your fathers papers would only be necessary in case evidence of your citizenship were required.
 How should VIC pronounce vladivastek and Chemulp0g A. C. M Vla-di-vos- tok. with the vowels in first, third and fourth syllabies long; che-mui- DO. with 90 long.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
OUAK R OUiP.

CIR THOMAS UPTON. it is perhaps
 unnecessary to state. Is an excellent History teller. His Quaker meeting
 story. which he told when last in this country. Is a fair example.
 It seems that while a Quaker meeting vas in progress a clock pedler entered with his sack and went to sleep in a cor ner. While he slept one of his clocks be- gan to strike. "One, two, three. four, hve'-- It must have been out of order,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

greatly impressed by a new photograph or the HermeS of Praxiteles which had been hung in a friends house. He had never noticsd any of the pictures before. but he walked up to this one at once and said with the most heartfelt appreciation, "Gee! He's got shoulderg!'
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for it struck altogether 36S times. The pedler woke up. A little Quaker turned to him and said very sweetly:-
 Friend, as 1t is so very late, does thee not think thee had better be proceeding on thy way2"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

The compliment was too telling. My dear. sir said the actor. you are much too kind"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

Yes" answered the man. T certaintEy 7. did, two weeks after I saw you, and lei' them with your manager" .,.
 Well" said the great inventor tna' ,. strange. I wonder where they can per
 Let us inquire of your manager was suggested. And they did.
 Why" said that person. Il pacAeo them in your valise, Mir. Edison, when you went to California
 "Great snakes!" exclaimed Edison. ''Then l must have smoked them myself. And he had.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

seems, of course. to tether him within the limits of the classroom. He is then told kindly but firmly, to lie down. Tne pro lessor of the elephant college stands be- side him meanwhile. and with his cane taps the knee of the elephants right rore- foot. The command is repeated ana the leg is tapped over and over again tireiess- .lv- The Idea Is, of course. to centre the eienhant's consciousness on the hinge of this leg The command may even be oc- comnanied by an object lesson on the
 nart of the professor. If after repeated
 commands the pupil does not obey, the tap
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

ally moving northward. The fred light district" is east of the Bowery and south of Fourteenth street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

Neither. They evidently mean that 1t ia an error in grammar. or solecism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

A says Tt is grammatical error,s and B says
 It Is an ungrammaticai~ error Who is rightf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

How should VIC pronounce vladivastes and Chemulp02 A. C. M
 Nla-di-vos-tok. with the vowels in first third and fourth syllables long; che-mui- DO. with "o long,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22

Why do we say that Lent has forty days. when rom Ash Wednesday to Easter is -9rty-slx daysf
 BEN. The six Sundays are not counted as days of Lent, for Sunday is not fast day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-16

when ne would appoint Tor the pre-
llminary hearing, did the local attor-
ney come alive.
But, your Honor-a DELAY of only
twenty-four hours in which to prepare
q retoinder to This Detition-to alIega.
lions of such astounding gravity?'' he
began, shocked into action by the very
ungraspable magnitude of the thing.
What more could you ask. Mr.. Hun
nicott?' said the Judge, mildly. You
have already had full measure OF Ge-
lay on the original petition. Yet [ am
willing to extend the time if you can
come to an agreement with Mr.. Hawk
here
Hunnicott knew the hopelessness of
that and did not make the attempt.
Instead, he essaved a new line of OBJ
lection.
1.-THE time would be long enough if
CASTOR We're the headquarters of the
company, your Honor. But in such a
grave and important charge as this
amended petition brings. our general
counsel should appear in person,
and
You are the company's attorney, Mr..
Hunnicott, said the Judge, dryIy;
and you have hitherto been deemed
competent to conduct the case in be-
half of the defendant. l am unwilling
to work a hardship TO any one, but l
cannot entertain your protest. The
preliminary hearing will be at o'clock
tomorrow"
Hunnicott knew when he was defin-
itely at the strings end; and when he
was out of the Judges room and the
Courthouse, he made a dash for his
Office, dry-lipped and painting. Ten
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-16

minutes sufficed for the writing OF a
telegram. to Kent, and he was halfway
down to the station with it when IL
occurred to him that ii would never
do to trust the incendiary thing to the
wires in plain English. There was ht-
tle-used cipher code in his desk pro-
vided for just such emergencies, ana
back he went to labor sweating over
the task Of securing secrecy at the ex-
pense Of the precious minutes OF time.
Wherefore, it was 4 o'clock when he
handed the telegram TO the station
operator. and adjured him by all that
was good and great not to delay Its
sending.
1t was just here he made his first and
only slip. since he did not stay to see
the thing done. 1t CHANGED that the
regular day operator was OF on leave
of absence, and his substitute. young
man from the ain-disDatcher's off1ce,
was a person who considered the COM
pany wires an exclusive appanage or
the train service department. At the
moment Of Hunnicott's assault he was
taking an order for No. II; and OBJ
serving that the lawyers cipher rush =
covered four closely written pages, he
hung il upon the sending hook with a
rnaIediction on the legal department for
burdening the wires with its mail cor
respondence, and so forgot IL.
1t was o'clock when the night oper-
ator came on duty; and being careful
man, he not only looked first 10 his send
ing hook, but was thoughtful enough
to run over the accumulation of mes
sages waiting to be transmitted, to the
end that he might give precedenuce to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-16
CHAPTER TX.
The Shocking of Hunnicott.

The Shocking of Hunnicott.
1t was two weeks after the date of
the Governors fishing trip, and by con-
sequence Judge MacFarlane's court
had been the even fortnight in session
in CASTOR, when Kent's attention was
recalled to the forgotten Varnun case
by another letter from the local attor-
ney, Hunnicott.
'Varnum VS.. Western Pacific comes
up Friday OF this week, and they are
going to press for trial this time, and
no mistake wrote the local represen-
tative. Hawk has been chasing
around getting aff1davits; for what
purpose 1 don't know, though Lesher
tells me that one of them was sworn
to by Houligan, the sub-contractor who
tried to fight the engineers estimates
on the Jump Creek work.
ALSO, there is a story going the
rounds that the suit is TO be made a
blind for bigger game, though l guess
this is all gossip, based on the fact
that Mr. Selnple Falkland's private car
stopped over here two weeks ago, from
g o'clock in the afternoon till midnight
of the same day. Jason, of the Clarion,
interviewed the New Yorker, and Falk-
land told him he had stopped over to
look up the securities on a mortgage
held by one Of his New York clients"
Kent read this unofficial Iettez
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lookout for just such a trap as this.
Look at the date of that MESSAGE .-
The general manager did look. and
shook his head. Received. 3.35 y
M. Forwarded. OH. P. NJ THAT will
cost somebody his job. What do we
I'VE get busy at the drop of the bat
Luckily. We have the news. though I'm
bet high 1t wasn't Hawks fault thai
this message came through with no
more than eight hours delay. Get into
your clothes. mani The minutes an.
precious nowl"
Loring began TO dress while Kent
thence.
The mastOdOnic cheek OF the thing.
ne Kept repeating, until LOring pUiIsd
him down with another quiet rennarl,
Tell me what we have to do DaviG
am little lame in law matters.
DoF We have to appear in Judra
MacFarlane's court tomorrow afrer-
noon prepared TO show that this thin1
IS only hOld-up with a blank cart.
ridge Hawk meant 10 take a snan
judgment. He counted on throwing The
whole thing up against Hunnico-t
knowing perfectly we'll that a little To-
cal attorney at a wayside statfon
couldn't begin to secure the necessary
affidavits."
LOring paused with one end Of his
collar flying loose.
Let me understand" he said. 10
we have to disprove these charges by
Certainly; that is the proper re-
Joinder-the only one, in fact" said
Kent; then, as a great doubt laid
hold Of him and shook him: You
don't mean to say there is any doubt
about our ability TO do it?''
oh. no; suppose not, IL II comes
TO showdown But I was thinking
or your man Hunnicott. Doesn't IL
occur to you that he is In Just about
as good fix to secure those affidavits
In CASTOR as We are here. David?"
Good Lord Do you mean that
we have to send to Boston for our am
munition?'
Haven't we? Don't you see how
nicely the thing is timed? Ten DAYS
later our Transwestern reorganfza-
ton would be complete and we could
swear our own officers on the spot
These people know what they are
about"
Kent was walking the floor again.
but now the strength of the man was
coming uppermost.
Never mind: we'll wire Boston.
and then We'll do what We can here.
Could you get me to CASTOR on a
special engine in three hours?"
Yes"
Then we have till II O'Clock to-
morrow to prepare. III be ready by
that time"
David, you are a brick when it
comes to the infghting." said the
general manager; and then he fin
ished buttoning his collar.
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Duvall. Is it worth while trying to do
anything with him p"
"Oh, don't know. I'm opposed 10
the method-the bargain ana sale pIdll
and ] know you are. Turn MIN over
to me If he comes in again.
When Kent had dictated letter III
answer to IIunnicott's he dismissed the
Varnum matter from his mind, having
other and more important Things 10
think of. So on the Friday Wnen the
case was reached on Judge Macfar-
lanes docket-but, really. Is IL worth
our while to be present in the Gaston
courtroom to see and hear what De-
falls.
When the Varnum case was calieo
Hunnicott promptly moved TOT thiIu
continuance, in accordance with MS IN
structions. The Judge heard MS arsu
ment, the old and well-worn one OF the
absence of important witnesses, WIFI
perfect patience, and after listenIns 10
Hawks protest, which was hardIy
more than mechanical, he granted the
continuance.
Then came the afterpiece. Court
adjourned and Immediately Hawk
asked leave to present, lat chambers,
an amended petition. Hunnicott was
wavlaid by court officer as he was
leaving the room; and moment later
totally unprepared. he was In the
Judges office, listening In some dazeo
fashion while Hawk went glibly
through the formalities of presenting
his petition.
Not until the papers were served
upon him as the company's attorney
and the Judge was naming O'CLOCK
OF the following afternoon tine time
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Not the slightest The ways have
been tallowed for us. thus far, and !
don't fully understand it. I presented
our charter for retiling yesterday, and
Hendricks passed 1T without word.
AS l was coming out of the secretary S
office 1 met Bucks. We were pretty
nearly open enemies in the old days in
CASTOR, but he went out of his way to
shake hands and to congratulate me
on my appointment as general coun-
sell"
it?''
II took it that way. But 1 can't
fathom his drift, which is the more I'M
accountable since 1 have it on pretty
good authority that the ring is cinch-
ing the other companies right and left.
Some one was saying at the Camelot
last night that the Overland's reor-
ganization of its within-the-S State lines
vas going to cost all kinds of money in
excess of the legal fees"
L.oring's smile was wordless sar-
casm.
It's the reward of virtue" he said
ironically. 1--WE were not in the list of
subscribers to the conditional fund for
purchasing a certain veto which didn t
materialize''
And for that very reason, If for no
other, we may look out for squalls. =
Kent asserted. Jasper G. Bucks has
long memory, and just now the fates
have given him an arm to match. / am
fortifying everywhere ] can. but If the
junta has it in for us We'll be made to
sweat blood before we are through
with IT.
Which. brings us back 10 Senator
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"Sit down." he said: and when Kent
had found chair: Il had a caller this
morning-Senator Duvall."
State Senator Duvall had been the
father, or the ostensible father, of the
Senate amendment to House bill 20. He
was known to the corporations lobby
as legislator who would sign a rail-
roads death warrant with one hand
and take favors from 1t with the other;
and Kent laughed.
How many did he demand passes
for this time? Or was 1T special train
he wanted?"
Neither the one nor the other, this
morning, as 1t happened said the gen.
eral manager. mot to put too fine an
edge upon 1t, he had something to sell,
and he wanted me to buy it"
What was it?" Kent asked quickly.
Loring was rubbing his eyeglasses
labsently with the corner of his hand
kerchief.
II guess made mistake in not
turning him over to you, David. He
was too smooth for me. / couldn't find
out just what it was he had for sale.
He talked vaguely about an impend-
ing crisis and a man who had some
information to dispose of; said the man
had come to him because he was known
to be firm friend Of the Transwest-
ern, and so on
Kent gave his opinion promptly.
Its q capitol-gang deal Of some sort
to hold us UP; and Duvall Is willing
to sell out his fellow conspirators If
the price is right
~ Have you any notion OF what 1t is z
Kent shook his head