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Mr.. and Mrs. scruggss Rocket,
March Is, boy.
Ed and Annie Bryant, Rocket,
April I3, boy.
J.. w. and Annie Jackson, Rock
EFT, March q. boy.
d. b. Hsncock and wife, Pocket,
April 3 girl.
Ben and Mary Abbott, waxahac-
HE, March 25, girl.
A. G. and v. n. Wood, Auburn,
January q, a girl.
J. r. Raley and wife, Mountain
Peak, April Is, boy.
Porter and Maud Ross, Plum
Grove, April 10, boy.
Forest and Elizabeth Penn, Plum
Grove, March %, girl.
Sam and Matte Allen, Pluto,
April II, girl.
Rufus and frankie Duvall, near
Saralvo, March %, boy.
+. g. and Helen Reeves, Lone
Elm, April Is, boy.
r. A. Brown and wife, Red Oak
April 8, girl.
E. T. Walker and wife, Red Oak
March Is, boy,
J. w. and Ada Lentz, Ray, April
70 a boy.
Wilson and Ella Roach, Bardwell
April 3, a girl.
VIII Barnes and wife, Crisp
April -, a boy.
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Oak.
Miss Myrtle Reynolds is very /

Miss Myrtle Reynolds is very low
with pneumonia -
Farmers ar5 anxious for few
days'of fair weather as their crops
need working. Wheat and oats give
indication of fair yield.
On account of the rain we did not
have much rally at Oak Branch the
22nd. The decoration exercises will
be held here Friday, May s. A large
crowd is expected.
j. J. Saxon and family visited
relatives in the Valley Saturday and
Sunday.
April %.
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NJ. NJ, Austin of Winchester, Ind.
knew what TO do in the hour of need.
His wife had such an unusual case
OF stomach and liver trouble, ply
sieians could not help her. He
thought of and tried DIR. Kings
New Life Pills and she got relief at
once aud was finally cured. Only
DC. at Thomas d Moore's drug
store.
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Aileniiaa fraierS.

Saturday Is the last day of the
month. Bear In mind that at mid.
night you go suspended IL your dues
are not paid. G. M. Brady, See.
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4 RAfNEnC We have just received
LAW EGglO . full stock of type
writer papers, both legal and letter
size, Ia boxes OF $50 sheets to the
box. We offer this paper at prices
ranging from 81 90 $3.50 per box.
Don't send away for your typewwit-
er papers. We can supply any Kind
wanted. kHTERPRGeE Puh. Co.
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signing the post there and then, when
a woman tripped in under the light
Freda! He could swear il by the furs
did he not know that poise Of head
so well. The last one TO expect in all
the world He had given her better
judgment than to thus venture the ig-
nominy Of refusal, or. if she passed, the
scOrn of women. He shook his head,
without scrutiny: he knew her too
well TO be mistaken. But she pressed
closer. She lifted the black silk ribbon
and as quickly lowered it again For
one flashing. eternal second he looked
upon her face. 1t was not for nothing,
the saying which had arisen in the
country. that Freda played with men
as a child with bubbles. Not a word
was spoken. Prince stepped aside, and
a few minutes later might have been
seen resiguing. with warm incoherence,
the post to which he had been unfaith-
full
Men recognized the furs, and mar
veled-men who should have served
upon the door committee; but they
were not prone TO speech. Not so with
the women. They had better eyes for
the lines Of figure and tricks of car
riage, and they knew this form to DS
one with which they were unfamiliar;
likewise the furs. Mrs. McFee, emery
ing from the suppen room where all
the blazing. questing eyes through the
silken mask-slits, and received a start.
She tried to recollect where she had
seen the like. and d vivid picture was
recalled of a certain proud and rebel
lious sinner whom she had once en-
cOuntered on a fruitless 'errand for the
Lord.
So it was that the good woman TOOK
the trail in hot and righteous wrath,
trail which brought her ultimately
into the company of Mrs Eppingwell
and Floyd Vanderlip. Mrs. Epping-
we'll had just found the opportunity TO
talk with the man. She had deter
mined. now that Flossie was 50 near
at hand, to proceed directly to the point,
and an incisive little ethical discourse
was titillating on the end of her tongue
when the couple became three. She
noted, and pleasurably, the family FOR
eign accent OF the beg pardon" with
which the fuTred woman prefaced her
| immediate appropriation of Floyd Van
derlip: and she cOurteously bowed her
| permission for them to draw little
apart
Then suddenly WAS the black mask
/ torn from "A startled. woman. A Won
derful face and brilliant eyes were ex-
! posed TO the quiet curiosity Of those
who looked that way, and they were
everybody. Floyd Nanderlip was rather
confused. The situation demanded in
slant action on the part of man who
J was not beyond his depth, while he
/ hardly knew where he was. He stared
helplessly about him. Mrs. Eppingwel
was perplexed. She could not compre-
bend. An explanation was forthcOm-
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WILD FLOWERS.


them 10 go out into the woods and
bring back wiited sheaves Of miscel
laneous blossoms in their hot hands.
why not send them to definite places
for limited numbers Of particular flow
ers which are known TO grow there,
giving them simple instructions for
keeping the flowers fresh until they
return? The flowers would then be in
a good condition for study. and when
they finally died there would be a
feeling that they had done some good
How many millions of flowers 1 Won
der are every year thrown away at
the roadside before the children reach
home or school, or are cast on the
ash heap as rubbish" with never a
word to suggest TO the children that
il would have been far better to have
left them in the woods. The rarer the
flower, of course the more danger
there is that it will disappear. The
children may pluck thousands OF the
commoner flowers without doing
much apparent harm. but one little
band may unthinkingly exterminate
the only colony of Ladies Slippers
or Fringed Gentians there may be in
locality. Above all. they should be
ing-Tucted to be careful of the roots
Of the plants: the latter may survive
the picking of the blossoms. but when
the roots are torn up, there is an
end. Of course. Perhaps the worst
root -deStroyers are those who collect
the roots for medicinal purposes.
They gather such plants of BlOodrOOt
and Solomon's seal. and many others.
and they should be prevented from
doing this. because these plants may
be easily cultivated on a commercial
scale. S similar plants are grown for
this purpose in Europe.
In many places there have been or
ganized societies for the protection of
native plants. and these are doing for
the wild flowers pretty much what the
Audubon societies are doing for the
birds. All such societies are more or
less beneficial. as they at least call
peoples attention to what it is desir-
able TO 60. and most people want TO do
what is desirable if their attention Is
called &c it and if it is not too much
trouble.
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By Ernest Harold Baynes.

largely TO the gathering of enormous
quantities for sale. The gathering
of rare and uncommon wild flowers
should be stopped by law. 1t has
been stopped in some of the European
countries but some of them Waited
until il was almost too late. Until
such a law can be framed and put in
force, property owners could do much
good by posting notices forbidding
trespa sSing-trespas for the pur-s
pose of gathering rare wild flowers,
at least. And as DR.. Robert T. Jack
son of Cambridge has pointed out in
recent able address before the
Massachusetts Horticultural society,
public sentiment could do much 20
fusing to purchase them the public
would show a commendable pride and
quickly kill a traffic which threatens
the very existence of some of our Ia
vOrite plants. Nor should we be un-
duly influenced by the fact that many
of the people who sell the flowers are
DOOR Neither poverty nor wealth has
anything to do with the matter. When
people undertake 10 make their living
by wronging the country, whether il
be BY destroying the beauty of Ma
CARA falls that they may take the
water for commercial purposes or by
exterminsting the Trailing Arbutus
that they may Tor rev years more
get a dollar or so by Deddling the last
sprays on the city streets, they
should be suppressed.
Another serious menace TO the ex-
istence of the wild flowers IS the ex-
cessive picking by school children.
Not for worlds would / suggest that
children should not be allowed TO
pick wild flowers: il Is in the hope
that children may forever have the
delight Of picking them that this ar
ticle IS written But they should be
taught that each wild flower is liv-
ing. precious thing. and that TO de-
stroy it thoughtlessly is a great mis-
take The teachers throughout the
country could make themselves a
mower for good in this matter, as they
do in so many others, by teaching
,4.- .a4-si-e.. .liOde.44lOn in the plEc X
ing af flowers. Instead OF allowing
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ly. while his had massed his heavy
mustache till conversation was painful
They did not talk at first. the man
and the woman. While the maid helped
Freda off with her wraps Floyd Van
derlip replenished the fire, and by the
time the maid had withdrawn to an in
ner room, his head over the stove. he
was busily thawing out his burdened
upper lip. After that he rolled a cigar
cite and watch her lazily through the
fragrant eddies. She stole a glance at
the clock It lacked half an hour Of
midnight How was she TO hold him2
Was he angry for that which she had
done? What was his mood? What
mood of hers could meet his best2 Not
that she doubted herself No. no. Hold
him she could, if need be at pistol point.
till Sitka CharIey's work was done, and
Devereaux's, too.
There We're many ways, and with her
knowledge of this her contempt for the
man increased. AS she leaned her head
on her hand a fieeting vision Of her
own girlhood, with its mournful climac-
teric and tragic ebb. was VOuchsafed
her, and for the moment she was mind
ed to read him a lesson from it. God.
II must be less than human brute who
could not be held by such a tale told
as she could tell it. But-bah! He
was not worth H. HOL NOIl III lllC pam
to her.
To him it was very comfortable.
soothing his lungs with nicotine and
gazing upon her. II was snug ana
warm here, while down by the water
hole began a trail which he would soon
be hitting through the chilly hours. He
felt he ought to be angry with Freda
for the scene she had created, but
somehow he didn't feel a bit wrathful.
Never gave the girl credit for her grit
He looked lingeringly over her, coming
back now and again to the eyes. behind
the deep earnestness of which he could
not guess lay concealed a deeper sneei.
| And, Jove wasn't she well put up.
Wonder why she looked at him SOP Did
she want to marry him, too? Like as
not; but she wasn't the only one. Her
! looks were in her favor, weren't they ?
And young-younge than Lorraine
1 Lisznayi. She couldn't be more than
/ % or "a. % at most. And she'd never
I get stout. Anybody could guess that
| the first time. He couldn't say 1t OF
Lorraine. though. While this girl F'reda
he sighed his unconscious regret that
| he had missed being born under the
/ flag of the Turk, and came back 10
l Alaska.
"Wen?" Both hands OF the clock
pointed perpendicularly to midnight
+ and il was high time he was getting
! down to the waterhOle.
] "Oh," Freda started. and she did 1t
/ prettily. delighting him as his fellows
I have ever been delighted by their wo-
menkind
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Freda. she unused. the dancer and the
destroyer of men; the woman from
whose door she had been turned. When
Mrs McFee's thin voice, vibrant with
malice. had raised and Freda turned
invOluntarily. Mrs. Eppingwell also
turned, removed her mask, and inclined
her hand in acknowledgement
1t was another flashing, eternal sec
ond. during which these two women
regarded each other. Freda drew her
self in check, returned the inclination
of head. and turned to the man.
Come with me, Floyd" she said,
simply. Il want you now"
What the -" he began, explosive
". and quit as suddenly. discreet
enough to not round it off. Where the
deuce had his wits gone, anyway Was
ever a man more foolishly placed?
4 beg pardon. just a moment. but
may / speak first with Mr.. Vanderbilt"
Mrs. Eppingwelrs voice, though flute
like and low, predicated will in its
every cadence.
The man looked his gratitude. He, at
least, was willing enough.
Il am very sorry from Freda-
There isn't time. He must come at
once"
But. Miss Moloof. who are you that
you may possess yourself of Mr.. Van
derlip and command his actionsg'
Il Freda hesitated, and then,
her feminine mind putting on its har-
ness-"and who are you TO ask this
question:
II? 1 am Mrs. Eppingwell, and"
"Therei" the other broke in sharply.
You are the wife of a captain, who is
therefore your husband. / am only a
dancing girl. What do you want with
this MANI"
"Since Miss MOloof appears TO hold
claims upon you. Mr.. Vanderlip, and is
i'm too great haste to grant me few
seconds of your time, / am forced to
appeal directly 10 you. May l speak
with YOU alone and nOw?"
why. er-that is, certainly" the
man stammered. "Of course. of course
growing more ELUSIVE at the prospect
Of deliverance.
The Greek girl turned upon the man
with hells tides afiOod in her blazing
eyes, much as a bespangled lady upon
a lion which has suddenly imbibed the
pernicious theory that he is a free
agent. The beast in him fawned TO the
lash.
THAT is to say. all. afterward. To-
morrow. Mrs. Eppingwell; yes, tomor-
row That is what / meant" he sol
aced himself with the fact, should he
remain. that more embarrassment
awaited. Also, he had an engagement
which he must keep shortly. down by
the water hole off the hospital. Ye
gods He had never given Freda cred
it, Wasn't she magnificent?
III thank you for my mask, Mrs
/ McFee.7
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THE SCORN

one by any means-to which the official
clique had long since become addicted.
II was a very wise custom, for il fur
nished protection to the womankind OF
the officials and gave greater select
ness to their revels. Whenever a mas
querade was given. a committee was
chosen. the sole function of which was
TO stand by the door and peer beneath
each and every mask. Most men did
not clamor to be placed upon this com
mittee.
On this particular night Prince was
at the door. Pressure had been brought
to bear, and he had not yet recovered
from amaze at his having consented
to undertake task which bid fair to
lose him half his friends merely for
the sake of pleasing the other half.
Three or four Of the men he had re-
fused were men whom he had known
on creek and trail-gOod comrades, but
not exactly for so select an affair He
was canvassing the eXpediency Of re
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THERE are tens Of thousands Of peo-
pie who love wild flowers well
enough to pick them: there seem to
be few. indeed, who love them so well
that they can leave them on their
stalks. Yet those few are the real
lovers Of flowers; they do not demand
the death Of the object of their love.
but let the flowers live ont their sunny
lives. They seek TO share their pleas
ure, not only with their fellows of to-
day but with millions yet unborn,
whose only Bowers must be the di-
rect descendants of those which have
been left upon their stalks The love
which prompts some people to gather
armfuls OF wild flowers is often of a
selfish nature; at best il is thought
less love. having no regard for the
future. Quite often il is a sign of vul-
garity and indicates that the one
who picks the flowers is possessed of
the idea that IL there is beauty in "A
single flower there must be great
beauty in an armful \ single rose
is a beautiful object bank of
roses is hideous display which can
appeal only 10 those who attempt IL
measure beauty by the standards Of
quantity and cost
wild flowers is due TO many causes.
and some Of these. the building OF
towns and the cultivation of farms,
for example. are not to be controlled.
Others, like excessive numbering oper-
ations, may be controlled in time. but
there are many causes which may
be checked almost at once, and they
must be. IL we would save from eX-
termination some of our most highly
valued plants. And this is the very
time TO lay plans for checking them.
for some of the early spring flowers
are AMONGST those most hs dly' in neod
of protection. The Mayfiower, or Trail
ing Arbutus, Tor example, lOvaDle
but for its associations. has already
disappeared from many localities in
which at one time IL was common.
and is rapidly growing scarce in many
other places. The decrease is due
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SECTION FOUR
OF WOMEN

She removed her nose-trap and stood
blinking blindly IL the white candle
light. Floyd Vanderlip stumbled for
ward.
Floyd" she cried. relieved and glad,
and met him with a tired hound.
What could he but kiss the armful
of furs? And a pretty armfuI it was,
nesting against him YEARLY, but hap
py.
1T was good Of you.' spoke the arm
full. "to send Mr.. Devereaux with fresh
dogs after me, else would not have
been In till tomorrow"
The man looked blankly across at
Freda; then the light. breaking in upon
him. "And wasn't it good of Deve-
reaux to 500"
Couldn't wait a bit longer. could
you, dear2" Flossie snuggled closer.
We'll. I was getting sort of imps-
tent" he confessed. glibly, at the same
time drawing her up till her feet left
the floor and getting outside the door
That same night an inexplicabie
thing happened to the Rev. James
Brown, missionary. who lived among
the natives several miles down the
Yukon and saw 10 il that the trails
they trod led TO the white mans para
disc. He was reused from his sleep by
a strange Indian. who gave into his
charge not only the soul. but the body,
Of a woman. and having done this
drove quickly away This woman was
heavy and handsome, and angry. and
in her wrath unclean words fell from
her mouth This shocked the worthy
man, but he was yet young and her
presence would have been perniCiOus
Gin the simple eyes of his flock). had
she not struck out on foot for Daw-
son with the first gray Of dawn.
Tho shock RI Dawson "a mo many
days later, when the summer had
came and the population houored
! certain royal lady at Windsor by lining
the Yukon's bank and watching Sitka
| Charley rise up with flashing paddle
and drive the first canoe across the
line. On this day of the races Mrs
EppingweIl. who had learned and IN
! learned numerous things, saw Freds
for the first time since the night Of the
bali.
Publicly. mindsyou." as Mrs. McFee
/ expressed il, without regard or re-
spect for the morals of the community,
she went up to the dancer and held cut
her hand. At first it is remembered by
those who saw the girl srrank back,
then words passed between the two.
and Freda. great Freda, broke down
and wept on the shoulder Of the cap
I tain's wife. 1t was not given to Daw-
/ son to know why Mrs EppingweH
should crave forgiveness Of a Greek
dancing girl. but she did it publicly,
and it was Unseemly.
/ It were we'll not 10 forget Mrs Nc
/ Fee She took a cabin passage on the
/ first steamer going out She also took
with her a theory which she had
| achieved in the silent watches Of the
/ long, dark nights: and it is her cOnvic-
1 ton that the NOrthland is unregener-
I ate because II is so cold there Fear
/ of hell fire cannot be bred in an ice
box. This may appear dOgmatic, but
I it is Mns. McFee's theory.
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BY Jack Eondon

ing somewhere, and Mrs. McFee, the
minister's wife, was equal to il.
Mrs. Eppingwen." and her Celtic
voice rose shrilly. 1T is with great
pleasure ] make you acquainted with
Freda Moloof, Miss Freda Moloof, as
understand"
Freda involuntarily turned. With her
own face barred. she felt as in a dream.
naked. Upon her turned the clothed
features and cleaning eyes of the
masked circle. 1t seemed almost as
though a hungry wolf pack girdled her
ready to drag her down. II might
chance that some felt pity for her. she
thought and at the thought hardened.
She would by far prefer their scorn.
Strong of heart she was. this woman.
and though she had hunted the prey
into the midst Of the pack. Mrs. Ep-
pingweli or no Mrs. Eppingwell. she
could not fOrego to kill.
But here Mrs Eppingwen did a
strange thing. SO this. at last, was
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That lady. for the nOnce, speeches.,
turned over the article in question
Goodnight. Miss MOloof." Mrs. EP-
pingwell was royal even in defeat.
Freda reciprOcated, though barely
downing the impulse 10 clasp the 9TH
er's knees and beg forgiveness. No.
not forgiveness, but something she
knew not what but which she none the
less greatly desired.
The man was for her taking his arm;
but she had MADE her kill in the midst
of the pack. and that which led kings
10 drag their vanquished at the chariot
tail led her toward the door alone,
Floyd Vanderlip close at heel ana
striving 20 re-establish his mental
equilibrium
1t was bitter cold. As the trail wouno
a quarter of mile brought them to
the dancers cabin. by which time her
moist breath had coated her face frOsti-
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ITS .sMoLE ST. NICHOLAS

Copyright by Mcclure. philips & co.
The news & observer., 1904-12-11
Stocks and Bonds.

New York. Dec. tl0.-Furthc~ pre-
gress was made IN today's two-hour
session toward restoring the impair
uent of values in the stock market
aused by the weeks heavy liquida-
ion. In the case of a few of the coal
carriers, both III the anthracite and
he soft coal groups. today's closing
rrices are slightly higher than those
/, the clos ng last Saturday. The lar
gest declines have been very much re-
3uced. Reading was a prominent fig
re iR todaN's trading and very en-
couraging reports of coal traffic helped
stocks of all railroads with a large
.er.entage OF that class Of eight.
rheer was some evidence of renewed
liouidation in some spots at times,
Int the whole market became very
strong. in the late trading and closed
f,'n near the best.
Covering. of short contracts by a re-
treating bear party apparently played
/ considerable part in the rise and the
Itmand was rather urgent at some
pcints. notably in Amaigamated Cop
Der. Northern Securities touched a
new high record on the curb and the
settlement rumors regarding that cor
porat on renewed their potent effect
en- speculative sentiment. The bank
statement conformed TO calculations
In the cash item and the stock marker
The news & observer., 1904-12-11
MANY COVERING
ORDERS BY WIRE
This Keeps Cotton Up Un-
der Weak Cables.
BUT WHEAT is DOWN
In The Stcck Market Further Progress
is Made in The Adjustment Of VAL
ues Disorganized BY The Par
tiaI Panic Of Thursday. The
Troubled Waters Calm.
(By the Associated Press }

New York, Dec. 10.-The cotton
market opened weak at decline of 5
To II points. which was better than
due on d very weak set of cables. ow-
ing. it seemed, to support in the shape
Of covering orders through various
wire houses Notwithstanding this
showing anC the rather bearish inter-
pretation Of the visible supply state
ment, the market during the early
trading ruled Irregular but held Well
UP to the initial figures with shorts the
best buyers, while those who had
bought for long account on the advance
Of Yesterday seemed to be liquidat ng.
Receipts at the ports 69,191 bales
against G6,956 last week and AS.21f
last year for the week $4,000 bales
against 3S5,457 last week and 306,S23
last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans 9,02b bales against ,98!
last year and at Houston 16, 707 bales.
against 13,479 last year
New York Dec. 10 Cotton spot quiet,
points higher. midGling uplands &c,
inlddling gulf So sai1s ....., bales
FIXTURES oleDe, weak and ,1sed steady
ri, Ifxx NfSp