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ow of the great trees, with the sun
shine, shorri of its power, falling in
pleasant patches here and there; as
came in sight of the shimmering Frog
pond. its sensitive surface responding
to the faintest breeze in the oyerhang-
ing branches; as | saw the children
dipping their hands in the water and
dogs emerging from its cool depths
with dripping coats and barks of
triumph over captured sticks. a SYM
patty with the humanity about me be-
gan to assert itself.
What ends, wonder, were the hun
dreds of men and women pursuing
who crossed and recrossed the LADY,
rinth of paths that thread the Common
like lines in the palm of ones hand7
Women with tired faces. heavy bags
and light purses; others cool in attire.
with apparently no more serious OBJ
ject in life than to obey the caprices
of the berioboned dogs to whom they
were attached: men with shoulders
bent and brows furrowed with care
pdSSlIS llluldCuldle sOuS vi ease Ou
their way to kill time at the club;
messengers lettering with their fate
full tidings of joy and sorrow, beg
CARS whining at ones elbow-all the
complications of life were focused
here, but none was interested save in
its own little part.
AS / passed nearer one of the
benches on the Beacon street mail.
woman's accusing tones and a mans
voice protesting caught my ears. The
man arose with an angry exclamation
and walked away. II was the look that
the woman cast after him that startled
me. think he would have come back
had he seen il.
The sight of the nurse girls and
their charges reminded me of my mis-
sion. hurried along Beacon street,
up the steep ascent Of Joy street.
which retains its prim appearance I'M
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-04-02
ALLIGATOR HUNTING.

1t used to be very difficult to kiln
alligators. Hunters were obliged to
shoot them in the eye. or in some safe
place in the under part of the body.
But the improved rifles and ammuni-
ton of the present day make it possible
to send n ball through an alligator's
skull, or, indeed. through any Part of
his body. You have heard how people
are continually inventi1g stronger
kinds of war vessels as we'll as larger
and more powerful cannon. AS soon
as one nation makes cannon that will
fire more tremendous balls and shells
than were ever fired before. other ma
tons make the iron and steel plates on
their war vessels thicker and stronger.
and so the contest goes on, and it is
impossible to say which will at any
time be ahead in the race-the enor-
nous cannon or the steel plated YES
sells. But. although we may improve
our rifles. the alligator has no means OF
Strengthening or thickening his hide,
and so his armor. which used to be his
principal defense against his enemies,
is of little use to him now when a
man fires at him with an improved
X. Stockton, in st. Mich
olas.
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The room was low, small, cluttered
with tubs and dirty soapsuds. A boiler
steamed on the stove. and wet clothes
lay promiscuously scattered about the
floor with soiled ones. | looked around
In vain for the baby had come to see.
Then, hearing a faint moaning in one
corner. and following it up, found q
wee morsel of humanity scarcely dis
cernible from the rags upon which it
lay.
longed for a doctor, but dared not
leave my charge alone long enough 10
go for one. But as the wan little face
became more pinched. the claw-like
hands more tightly clenched and the
spark of life fickered more feebly. I
ran to the door, calling to the loungers
u the corridor that the baby was
dying.
Some of them came in. but they
showed no interest in the matter. One
old woman shrugged her shoulders
and said: at is good thing"
But its mother!" | gasped.
'Oh, she'll be glad enough to have it
out of the way. Nobody knows where
she is gone to. She left the kid with
Mol Turner to take care of. Promised
her a dollar a week, and then never
turned up
All was quiet when the doctor en-.
tered. He bent over the pallet on
which II lay, took the little hand ten
derby.
as 1t asleep" | asked
YES" he said. Never to awaken"
When | came again to see the
wasted little figure, robed in a clean,
white gown. with fresh flowers hiding
as much as possible the traces of
suffering and neglect, the doctor and
| were the only mourners.
AS I came out of the door a young
woman with abundant disheveled
black hair and dark, pathetic eyes
pulled at my sleeve and said: "Thank
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passed the sultry days in seclusion.
/ When the winter SHOWS came it wan
dered down into the open valley and
cropped of the sweet grass in the
meadows. Down through one of these
the Southern Pacific Railroad ran. and
one day the fawn ventured down the
track and scampered shyly along the
roadway. The long. -listening rails.
stretched across the vale. were a rev.
elation to the fawn. At first il was
afraid of them. but at last found cour-
age to venture near enough to bound
over them. Then n great and hideous
monster. like some huge reptile. came
shrieking down across the vale. follow
ing the course of tine track. The aibino
was frightened as he had never been
frightened before. He ieaped back
across the track in front of the shrek
ing thing and fled for the safe retreats
of the mountain wildS. The engineer
of the train caught glimpse of the
nimble snow white deer rs it fitted
across the tack jusr in front Of his
locomotive. At first he thought ii was
Il calf. bu; then he knew calf could
not leap as this thing did. Then he
thought he must have been dreaming.
but when he turned in his cab and
glanced back. the snow-white creature
could still Ire seen scampering across
the plain for the forest. He did not
know the truth till later.
For many days after fleeing in terror
from the train. the albino would not
leave the shade OF the pine woods;
but he nj last ventured down again,
and in time learned to know the
Shriekinc monster was n harmless
thing so long as he was out of its way. |
He still tried 10 seek the companion |
ship of his brothers. but they would |
not associate with him. Deserted and |
forsaken by his own kind and kindred. |
he one day walked boldly into herd |
of sheep grazing in a meadow. as if |
determined to make friends with them. |
Perhaps il was their white. tieecy coats |
that attracted him: or the sheer des-
peration to gain the comradeship of
some living thing may have prompted
his rash move. At first there was con-
sternation among the sheep when the
nipble stranger bounded suddenly into
their midst. They at last learned il
was not 4 Csyote, nor hungry wolf,
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IN A CITY TENEMENT
WRETcHEDNEss AND WOE GO
HAND IN HAND.
Boston Correspondent Writes of Pa
thetic Incident She Witnessed-lit-
tie Ones Death Happy Release
Poor Mothers Only Comment.
Especial Correspondence

Especial COrrespondence.J
| was not in the very best of humor
when | started out upon by pilgrim
age to the west end, writes a Boston
correspondent. It was on behalf of
an absent missionary friend that was
obliged to undertake the expedition.
When / got as far as the Common,
looked with envy upon the representa-
tives of the unemployed ranged on
the long row of benches on the Ire
mont street mall. They at least"
grumbled, ARE at least exempt from
any unwelcome demands upon their
time and sympathies."
But as walked on under the shad-
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The Easter Sacrifice
Of Betsy Brown
81 9. N1AHEL EI5kE'

1t was now painfully evident to the
inhabitants of Swampton that Betsy
Brown would be irreconcilable over
the installation of new singing
teacher in the village. Not only did
she express forcibly her opinion on
this subject, but Mrs. Parker, the
>fIst lady of Swampton, took it upon
herself to discuss the weighty mat
ter, hence the good people were in
no further doubt as to what would be
the outcome.
There amt no use a-talkin' ag'in
bout the matter to Betsy" said Mrs.
Parker. You kin mark my word that
human power can't move or alter the
bent o. her mind. You know, Sister
Bingham, as well as / do, the mean
in o. her no-she amt been citizen
O. Swampton fur these thirty year fur
everybody not to understand that
much bout her make-up-an' if she
amt answered vehement mo- to
every mention o. this matter, l don't
know when she ever did,
After this declaration from their
leader the ladies ceased mentioning
before Betsy the results of their in
vestigations toward securing new
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I'll it reaches the ivy-crowned man.
sions on the crest OF the hill. but the
descent from Mt Vernon street to the
wretchedness and squalor on the other
side IS short, and the increasing signs
IF squalor and poverty warned me that
was near my destination.
The house. which had never brown
good days. had fallen into early decay
and decrepitudc. with an alarming
tooseness OF joints and an unhealthy
blotched complexion.
The entrance 10 the upper rooms
was gained by a fight of rickety stairs
from a damp and dirty court. just large
enough TO harbor an i.l-snelling allan.
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BABY on A BATTLEFIELD.

Perhaps the strangest incident of the
ChiIese-Japanese war was the appear
ance OF the famous Wei-hai-wei baby.
1t is discussed to this day in every
Japanese barracks and the story is told
TO the tourist who forogathers with the
soldiers.
During a lull in the land attack on
one of the forts Chimes woman sud
denly made her appearance in the
firing line of the Sixth Division. She
was hurriedly ordered to the rear and
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-04-02
Automatic Reqister Tor compass.

n the last number of the Bulletin
de la Societe Iudustrielle de Mar
seilles is described an apparatus in
vented by NJ. Heit which automatical.
ly registers minute by minute the
dir ction of the compass. so that by
consulting the chart which is the re.
sui. 1t is possible to determine what
thei route was that was followed at
a ken moment of the passage.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-04-02
M'HAT DOLLS THINK.

II Is true we're stuffed with sa~d"st
And can never learn to walk;
1t is true we have no organs
And can never learn to talk;
1t is true ere only dollies
And dollies must remain,
But we're free from faults and foilies
That might cause our mammas pain.
Can you tell us when you ever
Saw our faces spoiled with frowns!
And we're sure YOU never heard US
Make fuss about our gownsi
Then we do rot tease the kitty,
We are always kind in pay;
And we think 'twou,d be pity
For doll to disobcy!
When the parlor clock strikes seven,
Not a fre;fGl word is said,
As our little mammas tell us
1t IS time TO 20 to bed.
So you see. though we are dollies
And dOl.ies mast remain,
We are free from faults and fciiiec
That might cause or mammas pain.
Helen a. Walker, in Little Men ar,
Women.
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pie amount for the comfortable sup
port of both.
Later the villagers. at loss to com
prehend the motive for Betsy's sudden
change, could only voice Mrs. Park
er's opinion that twas all because
Gertrude Shaddock lad charmed hei
rival by her beautiful singin'"
But had they seen the worn, bent
little figure, Easter evening, creep tc
a closet drawer, take out from many
wrappings a mans faded picture, kiss
it amid showers of tears, aud whis
per, Il did 1t all fur you, dear, all fun
you. although you never cared fun
me-" their belief in the charm of the
singers voice over at least one OF
their inhabitants would have persisted
New York Times.
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singer. Betsy quickly noticed the
direct snub," as she termed It, and
her ire, already SO strongly aroused.
was far from being soothed by this
last manifestation of their disregard
-, advice
It's all the doin's o. them New
England Conservatory girls. who
boarded at Mother Jones' last sum,
mer." Betsy mentally reiterated as
she went about her little cottage com.
pleting the various daily tasks which
formed necessary part of her lonely
life. "All their doin's. They poisoned
the minds o. these people ag'in me.
Amt it my OWN" she fiercely ques-
toned herself. "Ain't earned a right
to at least this territory round about
Swampton? / should think they'd
feel like shown me a little mite o.
consideration after I've served 'um,
an served 'um so uncommonly well,
fur the last thirty year. Well, they'll
fad they can't keep me fur one o.
their citizens an infiict on me, fur all
my past services, such an indignity
as that. No, sir. Betsy Brown never'n
stand it now no more'n she would
thirty-eight year back, when he tried
to torment her by maxim love, under
her very eyes, to-to-the other un.
Never. AS much as l hate to leave
this little home, where I've been least
ways middlin' contented, I'll pack my
traps an go back to live with Sarah
Ann, where I'm certain of bein' al
ways welcome. No young stuck-up
will have the sun o. witnessin' my
downfall"
She let drop her. broom on the
kitchen floor, walked into her bed
room, stationed herself before her
mirror, and. with her arms akimbo.
silently regarded her likeness for
some minutes. Then she sadly shook
her head and said:
mo. no, Betsy, your beauty's ali
left you. He'd never take you fur the
sprightly, plump, an rosy-cheeked
Betsy o. one time" She brushed a
tear from her cheek as she smiled
family and continued, Though, I'll
tell you, Betsy, he might learn to re.
member you by your willfulness. But
this matter amt worth considerin'.
Betsy, fur even if you should ever
meet him ag'in, an even if you had
all the bloom an beauty o. your girl.
hood days, he wouldn't care now no
more'n be did then"
The evening before Easter great
excitement reigned in the village. for
tomorrow morning their new singer
who had come to them all the way
from Boston, would make her debut
at the Methodist church. She arrived
at Mother Jones Saturday morning.
and, during the afternoon. almost the
entire village population called on
her-attempted to call. would be stat
ing it more accurately, for Mother
Jones had seen fit to direct other.
Tise.
Il amt a-goin' to let nobody disturb
the poor mite today" she repeated to
every caller. shes worn out with
travelin', an ] mean to see that she
gifts little rest"
Despite this lady's declaration. how
ever, one saw her, and that one was
, Betsy.
n What under the heavens possessed
ne to go a-borrowin' eggs this after
.oon o. Mother Jones?" queried Betsy
to her mirror, when she entered her
little bedroom. Il might a-knowL
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sue u De Iutrt ny NOW. An W run III
on her there in the kitchen was an
ordeal! Oh, my head!" she moaned.
as she let it rest on her hands. You
must go straight to bed an to rest,
Betsy, or you'll never git away alive
frum Swampton. But you won't be
a-fndin' rest in your bed this night,
will you, Betsy? No, not with that
name a-ringin' in your ears an that
face, so like her fathers, a-foatin
round in your minds eye. So uncom-
monty queer! Then he married her.
after all. No, Betsy, you never thought
it was more'n a Irritation, did your
You never thought he was a man that
I'D go to the extent O. marryin' any.
body. Oh poor, old Betsy, you never
was in such a muddle afore, was you
now?" she whispered, as she climbed
into her bed and cuddled under the
covers. Her drawn, tense features
alone told that depth of agony her
simple words failed to convey.
Easter morning SO crowded was
the little church that all available
standing room was occupied. Grim
and silent sat Betsy Brown in the
seat nearest the door, not among the
singers this morning.
AS the choir filed into their seats,
the attention of the audience was con.
centrated on a small. timid-lookine
young girl, who headed the process
sion.
Don't see how even Betsy could
help lovin' her." whispered Mrs. Park
er to Mrs. Bingham. why. she's
perfect beauty An stead o. naughty.
like, she's so mild an gentle-lookin'.
That's just So" responded Mrs.
Bingham. But, mercy, she's so lii.
tie, dom. see where her voices a.
comm frum."
1t took only a few notes, however.
to convince Swampton's people that
the strength of a voice cannot be
measured by the size of the body, and
to convince them, also, of other great
qualities in that sweet, full voice as 1t
swelled richly forth or murmured
gently at the singers will.
God brought me here to show me
the imposter that l am" unused Betsy
in another part of the church. But
it won't be fur the sake o. her voice
that I'll make this sacrifice No, it'll
be fur his own sake. Livin' or dead
though he may be, ! know well
enough he'd like me TO treat his
daughter this way. An I'll do it."
AS the pastor pronounced the bene-
diction, Betsy Brown walked firmly
up the aisle and waited her turn to
shake hands with Gertrude Shaddock.
Presently She grasped heartily the lit
tie hand, and asked the owner to dine
with her. That afternoon, in Betsy's
dismantled dining room, amid half
packed trunks and scattered rubbish,
the two women related to each other
the sorrows of their lives; for the
little singer was not without her own
griefs. Besides losing both her moth
er and father, she had, like Betsy,
loved and lost, therefore she had
gladly accepted this position, not
merely to maintain herself, but, for
time at least, to hide away with her
grief from the world Before she left
that day, Betsy announced her inten-
ton of turning over all her pupils to
the tutorship Of Gertrude, or remain
ing herself in Swampton, if Gertrude
would allow her to remain as board.
er, and of settling, at once. on her
new friend two-thirds of her small |
fortune, which, however, was an am
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Senator Is Indian Scholar.

Senator Ankeny understands the
Indian language perfectly and acted
as interpreter in Washington wher
a group of Yakima Indians were pre-
scented to the president at the Whit,
House.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-04-02

The 1902 coffee crop of Mexico in
officially estimated at 47,774s,52s
pounds.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-07
HAVE MORE THAN ONE WIFE
But Crow Indians Keep Mum as to Id~entity-Clng
to Customs of Their Fathers.

that it will require twelve bottles, as
the beautiful woman in the advertise
ment declares to purify 'em, it causes
me to yearn for the ignorance of my
youth, when having no knowledge of
organs to get out of tune. nor educated
children to read the patent medicine
pictures to me, l was we'll and strong
as a buffalo OK. But l bow to the will
of the strenuous white father who
forced new life and the knowledge OF
the diseased organs upon u.s."
Drifting Goose claims to be a wealth
err prophet of note among his people.
He predicts as follows for the coming
winter for the Northwest: Early
SHOWS that will melt away in Deem
Der, after which there will be much
snow that will remain on the ground
until April, when floods will cause riv-
ers and creeks to do great damage.
The weather will be comparatively
warm, causing the snow to pack, drift
ing very little, permitting Of travel
anywhere over the country during the
winter months.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-07
SHERIFF is JUDGED.
Also Fined $3.50 for Failing to Arrest
OietZ.

Ashland, Wis, Oct. 5. - Sheriff
Charles Peterson Of Sawyer county
yesterday was fined $3.50 by Judge
Parish and sentenced to thirty days
in the county jail for contempt OF
court in failing to capture John F.
Dietz, for whom a warrant "a issued
last May. The coroner of Sawyer
county will place Mr., Peterson in his
own county Jail at Hayward. Since
last May Dietz and his wife and two
sons ave held up eight million feet OF
logs at Cameron dam on the Thornap-
pie river, preventing the Chippewa
Log mt Boom company from rafting
1t further. Sheriff Peterson sent out
n posse but Dietz shot Fat McMinn,
a deputy, through the arm, and the
latters companion ran. Two weeks
the sheriff visited Dietz, but the
latter got the drop on him and re-
fused to submit to arrest. Peterson
then resigned. but SO great is the ter
ror of NietZ that no one can be found
TO accept the Office. The Chippewa
Log n Boom company likely will be-
gin suit against Sheriff Peterson's
bondsmen, or Sawyer county, for $40
600 damages.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-07
GIRL BLAMED
FOR SHORTAGE
A SlX-OOlLAR-A-WEEK S1ENOG'
RAPHER ACQUIRES ExPEN-
SiVE TASTES.
$40, 900 SAID TO Be MISSING
TWO IOWA MINING CORPORA
TiONS ARE IN SERIOUS
DIFFICULTIES.

Des MOines, Iowa, Oct. 5.-A pretty
stenographer, receiving a salary of Sc
a week, is said to be blamed for a
shortage of $4,000 or Whereabouts,
which has been discovered in the &C.
counts of the Iowa Lillolet Gold
Dredging company and the Hawkeye
company. organized for the purpose of
dredging the Frazier river in British
Columbia.
The lady has suddenly acquired a
penchant for exquisite gowns and lux
urious e%quipages, in which she often
appears on the street. While she ad-
mits that she burned certain records
of the two companies, she asserts that
her employers directed her to dc so.
The
Situation Is Complicated
by an action in the district court TO
declare Byron A. Bliss. secretary and
manager of the joint companies, in
sane. His wife is the plaintiff.
The shortage has caused a tumble
in the value of the mining stock from
so cents per share to l to 3 cents per
share, and hundreds of Iowa people,
including scores Of Des Names and
Polls county folks. are losers by the
sudden drop in the stock, in sums
ranging from S. to $4,000.
Prominent men like George l.. bod
son. ex-secretary of state; Frank d.
Jackson. ex-governor; Charles T..
Hancock, ex-chairman of the Republic
an state central committee; Prof. Cal
vim of the Iowa State university;
Mayor Martern of Des Moines; By
ron d.. Bliss of Iowa Falls, Chief of
Police James w. Jones of Des Moines,
and scores of others are interested in
the stock.
Yesterday these men, holding thou
sands of dollars worth of stock. we're
at h highest pitch of excitement,
earring that they may have lost all
ey have invested.
A special meeting of the corpora
tons has been called to meet at Iowa
Falls, and at that time the amount of
the shortage will probably be made
known.
The Lillolet company was organized
at Iowa Falls. and half the business
and working people of the town have
money invested in it. Excitement is
all they have in the world in the two
mining companies if they go to the
wall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-07
COUNTIES ARE IN FINE CONDITION

This list is Aurora, Bookings, Brule,
Butte, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Greg
DRY, Hamlin, Hand, Hutchinson, Je-
rauld, K~ingsbury, Lincoln, Lyman,
Mcpherson, Miner. Moody, Potter, San
born, Sphinx. Sully, Turner and Union.
While this long list shows no bond
ed debt, the counties of Butte, Lincoln
and Turner show no floating debt and
cash in the treasury. Several of the
other counties show a very small float
ing debt, which could be wiped out and
show a surplus of cash on hand, but
only these three were absolutely clear
at the close Of the fiscal year.
This is quite a different showing
from only a few years ago, when but
few of the counties Of the state were
clear of Indebtedness, and shows that
the people Of the state are getting
themselves on a firm foundation OF
public business, and that the old days
of rich interest fields for Eastern in.
vestors has gone from this state.