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CHAPTER Ky.
Court Martial

A general court.mhrtial Vas In
session az Grebie barracks in the
heart ~ the capital city. Ia Dc
alterations were presided over hY
Lieut. Col Stout. soldier - the
old army. aho had fought hia way
with Scott from Vera Cruz ca the
Helen Gate and bore both the bfe-
vets and bullet wounds ~ eeuu
Gorda and Channltcpet lie was
the upo q the old.time. stiff back
81. straight laced brave. hutt head
ed. obstinate. uplnlouafsd veteran
whose life for = dozen years had
been spent ~ Isolated posts "a the
far frontier until the wuf tum
moned him % Washington foo the
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briefly. is not sustained The ae-
eused may proceed with bis state
mruIs
Wallis looked precisely as non
shalauf as before. some Of the
E junior members very conscious. bat
E the president could not be seen. lie
{ had retired behind = newspaper
once more Rex tnEraham read on
Instead Of gaining on the general
aud bis staff ! found. after finally
reaching the Virginia shore that
they we're gaining on me. nutwith-
standing my best efforts. and when
finally. nt the forks II the road
neither sentry nor sergeant could be
Induced 20 do anything 20 summon
their officer from the sutler shop
Il seemed 10 me a. though they
we're determined TO prevent my car
fyinE out my Instructions the
senior division commanders orders.
nDd I determined 20 push ahead
Believing - ! did and DO that /
and ny general we're being made
the victims ~ the little brief au-
fhorit vested In what | have since
learned waH some raw militia. ] put
spurs 20 nv horse Intending 10
dash By the sentry. he threw him
self In the way. and was. ! am told
kuocked over I never stopped 20
see II have been guilty of a mil
itary crime It was because % zeal
aus desire % carry out my orders.
and even now ! protest that Il seems
to me that the system IL more at
fault than and that I have been
more alnncd against than SHINING
The newspaper 81 the head Of the
table showed symptoms 81 violent
agitation. but never u peep II the
presidents face which spectators
farther up the room later declared
AZ this Iuneturo 20 have been apo
nlectie % a dangerous degree.
As for the specifications 20 the
second charge. 10 which have
pleaded guilty ! beg leave 10 say
that after my long illness. eampli-
Gated with accusations against my
character az a soldier at the front
and as a man al home. I was con-
fronted With the possibility OF los
ing the most valuable testimony
that could be offered In my defense
I saw then but one way 90 reach
the witness and that was through
the surgeon in charge. whom ! be-
lieved 90 be at "a private residence
half a mile away saw but one
way Of reaching that surgeon. In
my dress as private soldier no
sentry would permit my passing. Ia
an officers cap, cape and the dark
ness. no sentry. probably. would
prevent. ] declined the commission
Of an officer In the regular service
three months ago. because ! thought
I did not know enough | have
learned so much in the course OF
three months In the ranks that I
accepted this. the only chance had
Of reaching the only friend ! seemed
To have among those who could pos
sibly aid me. Under similar circum-
stances should do Il again. and
now stand ready to submit To any
punishment this honorable court
may deem adequate. I ask no mercy
whatsoever
The dead silence that for a mo-
ment followed the closing words of
this most unconventional statement
was broken by the abrupt fall Of the
newspaper and the grating voice Of
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Lieut. Col. Stout
It's tauiamount 10 defiance"
anid he The man ought 70 be pat
In ir0nsi"
sot yet perhaps. Col. Stout.
II you viii permit" blandly suggest
~ Maj Wallis. covering a painful
situation. az the judge advocate.
With somefhing like reproaeh In his
manner. notified the prisoner TO
withdraw and nodded 70 the sentry
20 follow him.
lContinuedl
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hiah, We. Hsr Tsrrsr.

n would cough nearly all might
long writes Mrs chaa. ApuleRnte.
Of Alexandra. Ind. and could hard.
~ get any sleep had consumption
30 bad that " | walked block I
would cough friehtmlly and spit
blood but. when an other medicines
failed. three 800 bottles Of DE-
King New Discovery wholly cured
me and ! gained SIS pounds It's
absolutely guaranteed 90 cure
Coughs. Colds. Ia Grippe. Rrauchis
tie and an Throat and Lung Trout
blen Price COO and 800. Trial
bottles free - G. o. GUY. Inc. Sec.
end avenue and Yssler, druE store.
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Made Young Again

conc Of Or. Kings New Life PMS
each might FOR two weeks has put
nue. iu NV teens again. writes u.
". Turner of pempscylouu. Pa
They're the best IN the world FOR
Liver. stomach and bowels Purely
vegetable. Never grippe. only 2bc
90 G. o. GUY, Inc, drug store, Sec.
ond Avenue and Yosler. 80"
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About the only thing that equals
the curious look the wearer % tan
shoes gives the wearer Of black
shoes this season IL the curious look
the wearer % black shoes gives the
Wearer Of tan shoes.
Tho Port Is atnl making Arthur
famous.
Why can't they have sane"
bombardment % Port Arthur
Hiecoughs can be stopped By q
sharp shoek-sueh a. news u more
cars on the Green Lake line. A
Russian victory might DO Il. too.
Pretty soon the campaign song
writer viii be tuning up his Tyre.
And soon the wind wiu DE MUIR
muting through J. Hams pink
whiakcra.
THANKS TO THE RED CROSS.
We scribe has been afflicted with
"a boil on his neck for the past 10
days. and thus felt ike he was sent
FOR but couldn't go. Hut. by tho way,
we were fortunate In having two
very competent nurses. and thanks
10 their akillfui dressing and expert
manipulation Of Haives and ban
daRes. We are about .. X. Many
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thanks. ladies. your kindness VIII he
remembered with pleasure LONDON
uNyl Democrat
We saw a ahirtWalat man YeHtrt E
daN We Thought that problem had
been Hrttiod long time aEo.
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sirn Cyreue aud Nanthua Lesahf
aadrona. Madison parks. hair boar.
" from 10 % a m. % 10 ). M daily
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Best dinner IN Seattle. wffh ssa.
ssrnes o. burgundy. a. Maisen nar.
tsr'n Second and James every rv~
ninE UM -
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CRITICIZED
nszmzH m as7nz---
The BOARD

The delay 81 the board 81 pabile
works In erecting the slx ueW drink
iaK fountains purchased b the city
Vas discussed az the meetinE Of the
Humane society IN the parlafa 90
The RalnierG Grand last evening. ID
saa decided that the society make
an effort % have the fountains put
NJ a. aouu as possible.
The reports OF the humane Off
eera show that the condition II 81
ehildren. suffering from neglect and
cruelty. have been relieved.
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gates a closer range for the mex,
five years.
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Save your old homestead. II will
come in handy Illustrating campaign
literature when you are nominated
f0r vice president.
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Meheah SiHha. 81 india. delivered
an interesting lecture Ia ths hall 81
the Iheusophical society On Third
avenue. last evening on the subject
The Hindoo Woman"
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The sidewalk evangelist who
preached about the golden gates ond
stole another mans wife will have
q chance 70 study less expensive
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~ STAR DUST


A Tacoma paper says Robbery
was a feature ~ the celebration
Monday
Didn't think they'd admit T.
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DowIe Is sim with US. bat not
peace.
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A WORD FROM JOSH WISE
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Especial Correspondence.)

Gallows Hill, which for more than
two centuries has frowned over Salem,
the city's Calvary, where some of its
best and pdrest were butchered in a
sudden frenzy Of bigotry and supersti.
ton, is to be blotted from the face
of the earth, its surface covered with
homes and its very name to change.
Happy homes will rise where once
stood the gallows trees, with their
CHASTITY burden Of dead, and the laugh
ter of children will ring where once
resounded the shrill cries Of despair
from the wretched women hanged as
witches. whose pleas for mercy and
protestations Of innocence were hurl-
ed back with curses by the spectators
of New England's greatest tragedy.
The horror of that dark episode in
Salem's history has brooded over the
place and while other parts of the city
have built up, Gallows Hill has still
presented the same barren, fOrbidding
aspect as it did hundred years ago.
Long years ago the old oak tree on
which the eighteen victims were hung
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wodld NJ least come in every day and
tidy up the place for him. He paid
her for this, she said, and 1t was q
great help.
Better a thousand times be that
mans servant than his wife," he cried.
but, dear Thirza. am still In the
dark about the money"
1t was some time before she an.
swered.
FITS a long time ago now" she said
at last. HE wanted me to marry him
and threatened that If didn't he
would do all sorts of things against
you. And he was beginning to talk
about you in the village, and"
$50 you paid the money to save my
good name," broke in Leonard. Oar.
ling Thirza! 'Twasn't much Of a name
to save, but you have right to 1t
because you saved it. Will you take
it for your own, and its owner with 1t
into the bargain?"
For answer she only nestled closer
to him, while the stars and the round
harvest moon smiled down upon them
in benediction.-Fred ]. Cox in Chi
cago Chronicle.
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FEEDING the Chicks.

Many people have asked, on seeing
the healthy-growing. well-feathered
young chicks, what food we were US
ing. The winters experience, in
which variety Of grains were used.
says Cooper Curtice Of the Rhode Is.
land Agricultural College, indicates
that it Is not SO much what the food
is as how the food Is supplied, pro.
viding there are plenty of starchy,
albuminous, and green matters. In
nature, small seeds, insects and grass
furnish food for chickens. These are
most abundant in the spring and sum.
mer months, and it is at this time
that the chickens thrive. To secure
the best results, foods Stimulating both
the composition and the mechanical
character of these should be supplied.
For instance, in the summer the tips
of grasses are young and tender and
easily broken by the chickens. For
green stuff to be easily assimilable,
some plant should be supplied which
may also be easily broken. We have
found hanging head Of lettuce In
the brooder by string to exactly fur.
nish the desired want and be greedily,
even crafty, eaten by the chickens.
We have found that sitting the crack
ed corn, scraps, and cracked wheat
through sleeves, so as to remove both
the meal and larger pieces, gives fav-
orable results. Millet seeds, broken
vfn ~ If
this character were greedily eaten and
we'll digested. For meat for the
youngest chickens, we have given the
sterile eggs boiled hard and ground
through a sausage machine. While
it is preferable, If one has time, to
chop the egg fine and mix it with
bran, or even feed it little at time
to the chickens, we found it satisfac
tory to mix it with the bran until 1t
was crumbly and feed it in bulk; a
sufficient quantity being given for the
number of chickens in the brooder
Mixing the eggs with cracker did not
succeed with us as we'll for very
Young chicks, although 1t is fed by
others apparently without harm. AS
the chickens grew older meat scraps
were substituted. These were usually
sifted, added to the grain ration, and
strewn upon the floor Of the brooder.
Boiled liver and animal meal was also
used, but there was very little diff
ference in the gar Of the different
chickens when fed upon the animal
meal. meat scraps. or egg.
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looked upon as grievous sin by the
Puritans. Tituba, the Indian servant,
Joined the children in these unhealthy
sports, and taught them what she
knew of Indian charms and spells.
The girls began to talk mysterious
ly of their hidden powers, and then
suddenly found themselves the objects
of universal interest. They feigned
illness and dreadful pains, and were
pitied and dosed, while gaping and
sympathizing neighbors gathered to
condole and to admire. They talked
rudely in church, interrupting veneer
able clergymen when preaching or
praying, fell into fits. and the more
they pretended, the greater was the
sensation they created, and finally the
whole New England colony was stir
red by tales of the afflicted girls"
Witchcraft was, Of course, believed
to be responsible for their condition,
and some malevolcnt spirit pointed
out the dreadful power over human
life which they had in their hands,
and when questioned by the elders Of
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decayed and was burned up in one
of the early Fourth of July bonfires
The stump of tie tree was pointed out
less than a score of years ago, but
even that is gone now. Yet the place
is still terrible to the youth of Salem.
and few are the lads brave enough to
walk over Gallows Hill at night, for
fear of some ghostly hand Selling
them or hearing the cracked voice OF
one of the old cronies who died beside
the sanity Rebecca Nurse.
Salem has been famed too long as
the place where witches were hang
ed, and we are sick and tired of hear
ing about that miserable business,
said one of the leading merchants OF
Salem. 1.-THE sins Of the fathers have
certainly been paid for by the child
rem in this case, and it is time for the
memory of that unfortunate fit Of
crazy superstition to die away. In
deed, our city fathers and public men
must have been more or less bewitch-
ed themselves before they could have
placarded the whole town with signs
telling just where the men and WON.
en- lived who were hanged for witch.
craft; where they were tried and
where they bought their broomsticks,
and everything connected with the
wholesale murders. Somewhere in
the Bible it tells of people whose
glory Is their shame and l guess who
ever wrote that was thinking Of
Salem"
Just who was responsible for the
tragedy has never been decided and
will not until the victims and accus-
ers face each other before the great
Judge on the day of judgment. Rev.
Samuel Paris, pastor of the First
Church in 1892, is accused by some
historians of a devilish plot to be re-
venged on some of his parishioners
for withstanding him, by having their
dearest relatives accused of witch
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GET YOUR OWN LICENSE.
Old Darby Was Easy to Please, but
You Might Not Be.

Old Darky Was Easy to Please, but
You Might Not Be.
Uncle Joe is an old negro on farm
near Chesapeake City, farm owned
by the family whose slave he was
years ago. He is widower, and lately
has spruced up to degree. Not long
since one of the young men of the place
started for the city, when he was
hailed by Uncle Joe.
"Mistah George" he said, sheepish.
ly, you done goin' to town? You
might do favor fob me-"
Certainly, Uncle" was the re-
Spouse. What is it,"
well, you might-you might git a
marriage license for me-"
The white man was amused; but
seeing that the old negro was offended,
he said, "I'll get the license sure,
Uncle, I'll get it," and rode off.
After attending to his own affairs in
town, he suddenly remembered the
marriage license, but was nonplussed,
for he had not asked the name OF
Uncle Joe's fiancee. He happened to
recollect that he had noticed Uncle
Joe around the kitchen good deal
of late, and that Amanda, dusky, fat
and 40, and the best cook in the coun.
ty, always had delectable morsel re-
served for the old man; so, Of course,
it must be Amanda. Armed with the
happy credentials, Mr.. George galloped
home and handed the paper to the old
man, who took it and looked at it. The
license was read to him.
Mandy Jones!" he cried, when the
BRIDES name was pronounced. "Why,
it amt her-it's Lie Allen down by
de crick."
Here was a dilemma. WELL" said
the white man, there's only one thing
to do: You must get another license.
1t is just SO thrown away"
Uncle Joe took the paper, folded 1t
and put it in his pocket.
"I'll done ask Mandy to have me-"
he said; ''for l don't think dar's So
diff-runce tween dem ladies'"
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the church they declared that they
had been bewitched by Tituba, Sarah
Good and Sarah Osborn.
The storm had burst, and Sa'em's
frenzied persecution of innocent wom'
en- ragged from that time until the fol
lowing fall, nineteen persons dying on
the gallows or crushed to death by
stones, two persons dying in jail, and
a vast number suffering all the tor
lures of death sentence, although re-
prieved at the last moment, when the
people came back to their senses.
Sarah Osborn was taken from sick
bed to die in jail, under sentence OF
death. Rebecca Nurse, old and lnfirm.
and of beautiful Christian life. was
executed on Gallows Hill with seven
others, Rev. Mr.. Moves counting her
as one of 1.-The eight frebrands of hell
hanging there" Giles Corey, whose
testimony helped to send his good and
gentle wife 70 the gallows. was him
self crushed to death beneath heavy
stones.
Finally the peoples frenzy grew to
such hight that no one was safe.
Because Increase Mather, president of
Harvard college, tried to check the
tide, his own wife was accused OF
being a witch, and so was Lady phibs,
wife of Sir William Phibs, governor of
the Colony. The executions took
place in July, August and September,
but with the executions on Sept. %
the tide turned, and the wickedness OF
the group of young girls was reveal
ed. Gov. Phibs abolished the special
court appointed to try the witchery
cases, and such a court never again
sat in any country in the world, nor
ever will.
Strange to say, the young women
were not punished, except by public
adherence and the torment Of their
own consciences. The clergyman who
was thought largely responsible for
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Dogs Know the Road Rules.

On the trail through Bonanza val
ley, in the Klondike. dogs are used as
pack animals, and dog trains are COM
monty met with by the traveller. The
dogs make better time than donkeys.
They carry little canvas bags across
their backs, filled with freight. Dogs
used for packing are much larger. as
a rule, than sled dogs.
A miner will invariably step aside
when he meets dog on the trail. If
the man is going up, the dog will take
the siding. The dogs appear to under
stand the laws Of the trail as we'll as
the men do, and the miners respect
the rights Of the dogs just as the
Turks respect the sacred dogs Of Con-
stantinople.
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~.NkD.ECOX

"a nice brotherly welcomed" cried
Leonard, bitterly. 81 see how it is.
The sooner I'm out of Nethercote the
better it will please you. won't
trouble you long, but before I leave
your house tonight I've determined
to settle up little business with
YOU"
what business?" asked Mark.
Look here" exclaimed Leonard
quickly, "stow that kind of talk. I've
come to pay back your money, for
wouldn't be beholden to you for q
farthing."
A strange glitter came into the 9th.
er's eyes.
Here's the money" shouted Leon.
ard, laying bundle of bank notes on
the table.
Just then the click Of latch at the
back of the farm was heard. Both
men started. The door leading from
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As Leonard Cawthorn walked down
che narrow lane under the shade Of
the overarching hedgerows, he
glanced about him with an eye of
sober delight. The surrounding land
scape was precisely that which had
always formed the background OF his
dreams when at nighttime in his lone
Canadian ranch current of his
thoughts had involuntarily set home
ward. AS he remembered it as boy,
aa he had dreamed of it as a man. so
the picture remained, true down tc
the smallest of its details, even to
the wisps Of straw caught by the pro-
jecting forks In the hedgerow when
the corn-laden vain had passed.
It was in such setting that he had
always thought of her. Indeed, the
landscape without her would for
Leonard Cawthorn's eyes at least
have lost more than half its charm.
Presently the corn lands ceased,
and the lane broadening out ran by
the side of undulating meadows to
the village of Netherlands lying in
the valley below.
Nethercote farm lay back from the
roadway, just at the edge of the viii
iage. AS Leonard walked up the path
which led to the house a troop Of
early memories crowded in upon him.
He had clear right to share of the
property after their fathers death.
but Mark seized everything with that
grasping nature Of his and soon made
1t plain to Leonard that his room in
Nethercote would be preferable to his
company. Feeling this, like sensi-
tive man he had resolved to emigrate,
and this resolve was industriously fed
by Mark, who lent him ESQ to start
ranch life in Canada. Fortune had
smiled so pleasantly upon him that
the repayment of that sum was now,
after fifteen years. quite an easy mat
ter.
He knocked at the door, which was
presently opened by round-shoul.
dered figure of man. who with one
hand held aloft small metal lamp
and with the other shaded his eyes
and peered at the stranger.
"Well. Mark! You'll hardly know
me. guess?"
"Oh. it's you. is It? You'd best
come in," answered the other.
He led the way into the farm par.
Tor. a large room meagerly furnished.
Cor the illumination of which the glim-
mer of the little lamp was absurdly
Inadequate. Leonard took chair
facing his brother and leaned his arm
ON a round deal table. ridiculously
small to serve as the centerpiece of
90 large an apartment.
''Well, Mark" he said, "how've
things gone with you all these years?"
Mark replied. mot overgrand."
Leonard laughed. "Why. the farms
twice the size 1t used to BET"
Don't Judge by appearance. sup
pose you've made your fortune?" an
swered Mark.
'Not exactly that" Leonard replied.
''but I've nothing much to complain
about. Married YETI"
The wrinkles deepened on the low
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Woman Had Her Wits With Her.


Lawyers are so prone to demand an
swers to embarrassing and relevant
questions that when sharp witness
can pay them back they get nothing
but their deserts.
A middle-aged woman once stood in
court as a minor witness. Among
other trivial questions Of no bearing on
the case the counsel for the defendant
asked the witness to state her age.
Sir" said she, 81 refuse to answer
that question"
but you must" persisted the law
yer; "why won't you tell the Court
your age?"
WELL" replied the witness, my
age l only know by hearsay, and hear
say evidence is never taken in court. ="