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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-22
CHAPTER XII.
MASTER AND MAN

John Law, idle, preoccupled, sal
gazing out at the busy scenes or the
street before him. The room in which
he found himself was one OF suite IN
that magnificent Hotel de Solsson'
bought but recently OF the Prince oe
Carignan for the sum of 1,4OO,OoU
Iiyres. which had of late been chosen
as the temple of Fortuna. me great
gardens of this distinguished site were
now filed with hundreds of tents and
kiosks which offered quarters for the
wild mob of spectators which surged
and swirled and fought through out the
narrow avenues, contending for the
privilege of buying the latest issue OF
tbe priceless shares of the Company o1
the Indies.
The system was at its height. The
hubble was blown to its last limit.
The popular delirium had grown TO It's
last possible degree.
from the window these mad mobs
of Infatuated human beings might nave
seemed SO many little ants, running
| about as though their lone had been
| destroyed above their heads. They
FASTENED as though fleeing from the
breath of some devouring flame. sure
ly the point of flame was there, al
! that focus of Paris, this focus of all
! Europe; and thrice refined was the
| quality of this heat, burning out the
| hearts of those distracted ones.
| Law looked over this familiar scene
| Indifferent, calm, almost moody, his
| cheek against his hand, his elbow OF
his chair. What was the call, Henri
asked he. at length, of the old Swiss
who had, during these stormy times
been so long his faithful attendant
What was the last quotation that you
heard?"
"Your honor, there are no quota
| tions," replied the attendant III
only as one is able to buy. The ac
tions of the last issue, 100000 In all
were swept away at breath at lo'oo'
livres the share"
"Ninety times what their face de
mands," said Law, impassively.
True. some 80 times" said thu
Swiss Its said that of this issue tn
regent has taken over one-third, O
100 900. himself. 'Tis this that makes
the price of the other two-thirds rul
the higher. since tbs all that the pub
lie has to buy"
LUCKY regent" said Law, senten
! tiously. Plenty would seem to hav
been his Tortured" ~
I, He grimly turned again to his stud'
Of the crowds which swarmed among
the pavilions before his window. Out
side his door he heard knockings AM
cries. and impatient footballs, blu
neither he nor the impassive Swis
paid to these the least attention. l
was to them an old experience.
"Your honor, the Prince de Cont !
In the ante-chamber and would Sc
you," at length ventured the attend
ant, after listening for some time wit
his ear at an aperture In the door,"
LET the Prince de Cont walt" sal
Law, and a plague take him for
grasping miser! He has gaine
enough. Time was when l waited q
bis door"
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BUBBLE
toopyriqht. 1908. By Emerson Houeh,
CHAPTER xxx CONTINUED.
EMERSON HoUGH

CHAPTER AAAlA CONAiN oAsD'
"Why." continued the caller IN her
own excitement to tell the news scarce
noting what went on before her, II
seems that this mysterious beauty o.
the regents, of whom there has beer
10 much talk, proved to be none othe'
than a former mistress OF this sam
Mr.. Law. who is reputed to have No.
somewhat given TO rnal sort or tnlhs'
though Of late monstrous virtuous, 1ol
some causes or@other. Mr.. Law came
suddenly upon her at the table OF the
regent, arrayed in some kind OF saw
age finery-for twas in fashion a
mask that evening, as you must KNOW
And what doth my director-genera'
do, so high and mighty? Why. IN
spite of the regent and in spite OF all
those present, he upbraids her, taunts
her. reyiles her, demanding that she
fall on her knees before him, as II
seems indeed she would have done
us. forsooth, half the danes Of Paris
would do to-day! Then, all OF a SUD
den. my lord director changes, ana ms
Graves pardon of the woman and OF the
recent, and so stalks on and leaves
the room! And now then the poor
creature walks to the table, would iii
4 glass of wine, and sous oVer'
sTwas like a play! Indeed all Paris is
like play nowadays. or course you
know the rest.
A gesture of negative came from the
hand that lay in Lady Catharine's lap
The busy gossip went on.
1.-THE regent, be sure. was angr!
enough at this cheapening OF his OWL
wares before all, and perhaps It's true
he had fancy for the woman. AT any
rate. tits said that this very mornins
he ouarreled hotly with Mr.. Law. Tht
latter gave back words hot as he re-
ceiyed. and so they had 1t violen
enough. IT'S stated on the Quinquem
po!x that another must take Mr.. Law
Mace. But IL MIR. Law goes, what vii
become of the system? And wha
would the system be without MIR. Law
And what would Paris be without tn
system? Why, listen, Lady Catharine
I gained $4,000 livres yesterday, ant
my coachman, the rascal, In some man
uer seems to have done quite as wei
Tor himself doubt not he Will ye
build a mansion of his own, and per
haps my husband may drive FOR MIN
These be strange days indeed. Lsoal,
hope they may continue, IN spite Q
what my husband says" ".
"And what says he?" asked Lad!
Catharine, her own voice sounding t
her unfamiliar and far away.
"why, that the city is mad, and tina
this soon must end-this Mississippi
bubble, as my Lord Etair calls 1t at tn
embassy"
.'You did not tell me, Lady Emily,
said she, with a woman's feigned indif
Ference, what was the name OF TIL
poor woman of the other evening.
"Why, so had forgot--and tbs sal
that Mr.. Law. after all. comporte
himself something of the gentleman
No one knows how far back the anal
runs. nor how serious II was. And In
sieed have seen no one who eve
heard of the woman before"
"And the name?"
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A Washington correspondent says
"The passing of Bryan at st. Louis
was not as ghostly and spectacular as
some anticipated. Death by news
paper is seldom very permanent. 1t is
not what Others say that Injuries q
man; it Is what he himself is and does
and says. II he is true TO himself,
his country and his God, he will con-
quer, even though the world revile and
persecute him. There is lots of life In
Bryan yet. and his candle Is set ON .
hill.
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ITO BE coNTINUED.)

Some Of our Republican friends get
awfuljy funny about the dummy" the
"no record" candidate Of the Demo
crsts. These same Republicans, how
ever. would give everything they have
Except their iobs) to exchange Teddy q
record for q blank one.
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Columbia, Tenn.

"'Twas said Mr.. Law called her
Mary Connynge.
The big fly, deep down in the crystal
cage, buzzed on audibly; and to one
who heard it, the drone of the lazy
wings seemed like the roars of thou
sand tempests.
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fine joke it would be to borrow the
horse and buggy, take a ride and be
back again before the doctor came
out
You dare not do it," exclaimed the
boys.
Now, Jack was not what you would
call hero, but he was a meddlesome,
tricky boy.
WELL" he shouted, I'm going to
have some fun, anyway" And as none
of the other boys would join him, he
unhitched the horse and jumped in.
No sooner did old Charlie feel the
strange hand on the lines than he
wheeled short around and headed for
home.
"Get up!" cried Jack, as he grinned
at his playmates. And Charlie did
"get up" He almost forgot that he
was no longer a colt. Faster and
faster he went, until Jack thought
1t was time to slow down and turn
around.
Charlie thought otherwise. He had
the bit well in his mouth, and had his
mind fully set upon going home. It
was four good miles, and all Jacks tug
ging and saving at the lines, all his
cries of "Whoa!" might as well have
been saved. Not until he could reach
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
THE STORY OF A CAMEL.
When Animal Found That Plan of
Revenge Had Miscarried It
Tried to Kill Itself.

valuable and high-bred camel
working in an oil well in Africa was
severely beaten by its driver. The
man noticed that the animal was sulky
for some days after so he kept a sharp
eye upon him, feeling sure that the
beating would not go unavenged. The
camel, in his turn, knew his master
was watching him, so he, playing pos
sum, as it were, was quiet and ODE
dent, and the driver soon forgot all
about it. At night the man slept on a
raised platform in the mill, while the
camel was stabbed in a corner, and
after several weeks had elapsed the
driver woke up suddenly one night,
and by the bright moonlight was able
mill. He saw the camel get up, look
cautiously around, and steal softly to
bundle of old clothes that were
thrown carelessly on the ground, and
looked exactly like a sleeping figure.
The animal suddenly threw itself vio-
lently upon the clothes, rolled upon
them with all it's weight, and began to
tear and bite them with its strong
teeth. Thinking itself avenged at last,
the camel was quietly returning to the
corner, when it's master sat up and
spoke to him. At the sound of his
voice, and instantly perceiving the
mistake, the animal was so mortified
at his failure, and the discovery of his
scheme, that it made wild effort to
dash it's brains out against the wall,
and would have done so had it not
been for the interference of the
driver.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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KING EDWARDS ZEBRA.

fidgety and nervous In order to sooth
her Capt Hayes stroked her gently with
long rod. She stood quite still during
this proceeding, seeming not to resent it
in the least. But when a man ap-
preached her with a halter she plunged
and reared, raced madly round and
round the paddock. Presently she
quoted down and the trainer got near
enough to slip moose around her right
leg. She tried to kick it loose, but in
doing so got her left leg entangled in
it. She was thrown forward on her front
legs in a kneeling position, and then
with gentle push sent rolling on her
side. Her four legs were then bound
with ropes until she was utterly help
less. For an hour she was left in this
plight, then the ropes were removed
from her feet and she got up meek
and submissive creature.
She stood still while bit was placed
in her mouth and "a saddle strapped to
her back. Capt. Hayes climbed into the
saddle and Jennie consented to be rid
den. She makes an excellent saddle
horse, intelligent, fast and thoroughly
to be relied upon.
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driver from the livery stable. The
boys had told the doctor that Jack
had gone to take little drive. Nat
urally, the doctors humor was not a
pleasant one. Jack tried to explain
that he was only fooling, and had
not meant to carry the joke so far.
well, young man, shall call upon
your father to settle the account" said
the doctor, sternly, as he drove away.
Early next morning Jac.- walked the
four miles again to DR.. Aliens Office.
He made the best apology he cold.
and then handed the doctor ten dol
lars in silver, of his own saving!
"Your fooling cost me exactly half
Of that" said DR.. Allen, "and since
you are doing all you can 10 correct
the wrong, shall be satisfi ID with just
what paid"
Jack thanked him, ard then walked
the four miles home gain.
So it comes out in the end that old
Charlie is the hero Of this story. He
had a fine four-mile run that remind
ed him Of his coltish days. besides
getting back early to the stable. And
Jack-well, Jack paid very dear for his
whistle, as Poor Richard. says; but the
lesson he learned made him different
boy.-St Louis Globe-Democxat,
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TALK NOT ALWAYS CHEAP.
Words Spoken in Philadelphia Muir
der Trial Cost Nearly Three
Thousand Dollars.

Before Mrs. Catherine DAM, at Phil
adelphla, was convicted of her hus-
bands murder, 1,S43,20O words were
spoken in her long trial. This is the
count of the stenographer, who did not
take down the side bar arguments and
many other utterances, so that it is
probable that more than 1000, 900
words really reverberated on the court
room walls.
While Mr.. Scott, who defended Mrs.
DAM, has not been interviewed, it is
possible that he might say that the dis
trlct attorneys personal remarks swal-
lowed up a million of the 1,S43,2O0
Mr.. Bell would naturally return the
compliment by arguing that his oppo-
nent's thouand and one EXCEPTIONS are
to blame
The stenographer, or rather stenog-
raphers-for there were three who al
ternated-say nothing, but all have Or
dered magnificent spring outfits and
are looking up summer excursion
routes. For three weeks work their
total bill was $2,934S0. Judge Martin
has already approved the account.
According to custom, the stenog.
rapher is paid Is cents for every 100
words. This would make $2,764.S0. In
addition to this, $40 is allowed as at
tendance fee for each day of the trial,
making $170. Talk may be cheap some
times, but not at murder trial. The
talk of the medical experts, 500 day,
also added heavily to the expense Of
Mrs. Danz's conviction.
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his head over his own barnyard gate
did Charlie halt.
At first neither Mike, the good-natured
hired man. nor the doctors wife could
believe what Jack told them when he
stammered out kind Of confession.
When finally Mike did get the truth
through his head. he reached for the
buggy whip, and would certainly have
settled part of the account then and
there had not Jack been exceedingly
spry in taking the hint
Long before the boy had walked the
tedious four miles back. he had fully
made up his mind to tell his father,
and also the doctor. the whole story.
Another thing he had resolved was
that he would never again play mean
and meddlesome trick.
He was nearly home when he met
the doctor with a horse, buggy and
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MILDLY MOODY.

Noddihg, nodding, lower lower,
Droops a bonny head;
Winking, winking, slower slower,
Drowsy eyelids spread
Curtains white Ger eyes of blue,
Slumber-laden, peeping through
Golden fringes sweeping over
Cheeks as pink and sweet as clover;
While in dreamy accents slow
Drawls wee voice, faint and low:
Light-my -candle-please, somebody;
Im-so-wriggleyin- knees,
An'-my-head's SO niddy-noddy
I can't-hoid-it. Hurry please,
'Cause-it might-roll off-you kECw.
An I-wouldn 't-want togo
Cp-to bed-without-my head,
'Thout my -head-go to-bed
'Thout- ead-oh, no!
No! No! MOI"
Mildly noddy! Niddy-noddy,
Light her candle, quick, somebody!
Such dire calamity
Threatens now this maiden wee.
Hurry, Skurry! or to bed
She must go without her head!
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Marian Phelps, in Chicago Advance
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San Bernardino, Calf. says: For Is
years my kidneys We're not performing
their functions properly. There was
some backache, and the kidney secre-
tions were profuse, containing also
considerable sediment, Finally the
doctors said I had diabetes. Doans
Kidney Pills wrought great change
in INV condition and now I sleep and
feel well again"
AFREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Judge Felter
will be mailed to any part of the
United States. Address Foster Mil burn
Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers.
Price so cents per box.
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HAPPY COMRADES.

When Donald and his grandpa 60 out to
take walk,
They have no end of jollity and confiden-
tial talk
They have so much in common, and they
never disagree,
Though Donald's only five years old and
grandpa seventy-three.
They visit first the barnyard to see the
COWS and sheep
Though stopping at the pigsty to take a
hasty peep.
They see the fluffy chickens, the goslings
and the hens,
And watch the turkey gobbler as he struts
along the fence.
They so 10 see the kittens in barrel in
the shed.
And they hear the rooster Growing in the
hayloft overhead
And the startled guineas cackle as the Wis
tors appear,
And the cross old gander hi.ses when the
couple get too near
Then hand in hand they wander adown
the dusty street,
Between two rows of NAPLES where the
spreading branches meet
A robin mods a welcome as the jolly people
pass,
And a hop-toad jumps and tumbles to the
shelter of the grass.
In the bushes by the roadside they hear
the catbird call,
And frightened chipmunk scurries to his
hole within the wall
They get some pussy willows in hollow
by the brook,
And they watch the minnows swimming in
little sheltered nook
Then trudging slowly homeward they end
their jolly walk
With happy shouts and laughter and con-
fdential talk
They have so much in common, and they
never disagree,
Though Donald's only five years old and
grandpa seventy-three
-Erastus Hibbard Phelps, in Youths Com
panion.
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Smith got for her house she will read
the conveyances every day for six
months.
But l have in mind one woman
who not only reads all the news but
the real estate advertisements as well.
I'd tell you her name but for the fact
that l expect to sell her house some
day. She's been looking for a house
here in my section for over nine years
that know of, and she has never been
known to miss an 'ad.' If inser.
one in Sunday paper, telling about a
house of the general sort for which
she is looking, she's here bright and
early Monday morning That's a dead
certainty and I'm ready to bet on it,"
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JACKS FIVE-DOLLAR RIDE

@LD CHARLIE knew thing
or two. When Jack Myers
climbed into Dr. Aliens buggy
and called: Get up" Charlie knew
that it was not his master who was
Jerking unkindly at the lines. Char
lie also knew the shortest way home,
and he remembered that the Doctors
drives often lasted all day. Had he
felt as frisky as he once did, and es-
pecially had he known that Jack Myers,
the boy who was always playing tricks,
was now trying one of them on the
doctor and his good horse, there is no
telling what might have happened.
Of course, the other boys were some
what to blame. They had all seen
the doctor tie his horse to the gate and
pass up the long walk by the evergreen
hedge to the big house, almost hidden
by the trees. Jack had remarked what
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Old Soldiers Story.

Sonoma, Mich, June l3.-That even N
actual warfare disease is more terrible
than bullets is the experience Of Delos
Hutchins, of this place. MIR. Hutchlns
as a Union Soldier saw three years OF
service under Butler Barke in the Louis,
lana swamps, and as result got crippled
with Rheumatism so that his hands and
feet got all twisted out of shape, and how
he suffered only a Rheumatic will ever
know.
For twenty-five years he was in misery,
then one lucky day his druggist advised
him to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. Ut the
result Mr. Hutchins says:
"The first two boxes did not help me
much, but I got two more, and before l
got them used up was a great deal bet
ter. l kept on taking them, and now my
pains are all gone and l feel better than
/ have in years. [ know Dodd's Kidney
Pills will cure Rheumatism"
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HUNTS HOUSE NINE YEARS.
New York Woman Has Been Watch
ing Real Estate "Ads." for
a Long Time.

Women ever read the real estate
news? Well, you just bet they do"
said the broker, answering his own
question, relates the New York Times.
"Of course there are a good many
women more or less interested in the
real estate market as owners, or per-
haps as spectators, but I don't mean
that kind. Lots of them look over the
reports every day to find out whether
anybody is going to move away or
whether they are going to have any
new neighbors. And if Mrs. Jones
thinks she can find out how much Mrs.
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Faithful Dog Kills Himself.

Yardmaster Turner, of the Evansville
& Terre Haute railroad, was recently at
tackled by highwayman and is unable
to report for duty. His dog, which had
been in the habit of spending the day
with him at the yard office, was mani
testify worried by his absence, and later
in the day, when he jumped into {.
vat of boiling pitch, the railroad me,
were convinced that he committed
suicide.
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A request was once made to the authori-
ties of one of the colleges at Cambridge
cious lawns of their garden for the lady
students of Girton College to play lawn
tennis.
Guessing clearly enough what would be
the result of the admission of these stu
dents of the fairer sex among the under
graduates, the master replied that it was
ordered in the statutes of the college that
the gardens must be devoted to the pur.
poses of Horticulture, and must not be used
for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Moments.
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THE KINGS STRIPED PONY.
Beautiful Zebra, Presented to Edward
by Emperor Menelik, Makes
Gentle Saddle Horse.

Zebras for carriage horses and for
riding purposes may soon be COM
mon sight, for a recent experiment at
the London Zoo has demonstrated that
these beautifully striped animals can
be easily tanned. After spending four
hours in breaking in a zebra Capt
Horace Hayes is able to ride it handily.
His first pupil was Jennie" nine.
year-old zebra presented to King Ed
ward by Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia.
When first led into the paddock she was
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
She Had Hopes.

Husband-When l see all these bills l
am tired of life. Do you think the time
will ever come when we shall be out of
debt?
Wife (cheerfully)-Why not, darling'
You know that you are carrying an eX
ceptionally large life insurance.-Stray
Stories
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WnOlc oooy
for it is the
kidneys that
re move the
poisons an d
waste from
the b cd y.
Learning this
simple lesson
b a s m a d e
many 81 ok
men and wom-
en- well.
Judge A. j.
Felter of 31S
South r. St..
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Very Expensive.

He-You are very dear to me, love.
She-Then what did you do before you
married me?"
Saved money."-Yonkers Statesman.
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TOLD IN CALIFORNIA.

Most of the Chinese reports of the war
won't wash.-Indianapol:s News.
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remedy. The trouble may be catarrh
all the time A few bottles of Peruna
would cure them.
Pe.ru.pa Removes the Cause Of the
Kidney Trouble.
Peruna strikes at the very centre of
the difficulty, by graduating the catarrh
from the kidneys. Catarrh is the cause
of kidney difficulty. Remove the cause
and Won remove the effect. With
unerring accuracy Peruna goes right to
the spot. The kidneys are soon doing
their work with perfect regularity.
Thousands Of Testimonials.
Thousands of testimonials from people
who have had kidney disease which had
gone beyond the control of the ply
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Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump,
ton has an equal for coug ms and colds-J
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb Is, 1900