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two famous men. General Grant once said.
in speaking of the American policy toward
Japan: Whatever her influence may be,
am proud TO think that it has always been
exerted in behalf of justice and kindness"
The japanese opinion was expressed by his
majesty the Emperor of Japan to General
Grant during the latter's tour around the
world. His words We're: America and
Japan, being near neighbors, separated by
an ocean only, will become more and more
closely connected with each other as time
goes on. This remark may have been in
tended to refer to the improvements in nav
1gat1on, but it applies with equal truth to
the national relations of the two countries.
The lwakura embassy of 1872 and the re-
cent trip of Prince Fushimi are evidences
of the historical friendship for America.
The real object of Prince Fushimi's visit to
America has never been disclosed but 1t is
certain that it was something more impor-
tant than mere sightseeing. Princes and
diplomats are usually too busy to spend
much time in sightseeing.
Bryce. careful student of the political
institutions of America. said In his monu-
mental work, the American Commonwealth:
Despite the admiration for military ex-
PLOTS which Americans have sometimes
shown. no country is at bottom more per-
Vaded by hatred of war and sense that
national honor stands rooted in national
fair dealing" Americas policy toward
statement. Perry in 1854 was warned
against the use of warlike measures Har-
ris and Bingham We're opponents of peace
full methods of diplomacy. and today the
dove of peace still hovers about our mutual
relations
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Fortune for Elephant Trainer.

Paris Correspondence of the London Globe.
Yesterday a well-known Wall street law
yer, w. H. Norledge, walked into Bostock' 8
Hippodrome in the Boulevard de Clichy,
and asked the great lion trainer If he had
in his employ an Englishman named Cald-
we'll Eyes" said Mr.. Bostock, and he sent
for the man, an alert well-set-up, we'll
educated Britfsher, who, before taking to
elephant training had served as a cavalry
officer with Kitchener In the Soudan and
was with "Bobs'' in the 'Transvaal After
he had assured himself Of the Englishman's
identity the lawyer said: IT have to inform
you that your gran dmother is dead" Poor
old SOUL" said MI. Caldwell. I'm sorry.
I would ratherft had been my grandfather.
He's had lotii OF money for years that
ought to haye,dadn but he's dead too >,
said Mr.. NorledgG "Then I'm glad to hear
it," was the groftpt response. And YOU
are the only Herr" continued the lawyer.
,"Im glad to rAeaf that, too" said Mr..
Caldwell, land iy6n can fulfill all the neces-
sary formalitiss as soon as you care to-
The amount of xhe fortune to which Mr..
Caldwell has 5astosueceeded is about ESQ.,
COO But 1t seems to have made no differ
ence to him. He has been training Mr.. Bos-
tock's elephants. for the last three years,
and he says he has no Intention Of chang
ing his mode of life. He likes his profess
sion, risky though it is, too well to leave
it, and although he. has more than once
been badly mauled by vicious-tempered
brute, he delights In maintaining his mas
terry over the animals, which have fasci-
mated him ever since he went tiger shooting
in India. F
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ton of office of a new chief of police of
chicago, and he was consequently running
sort of pent-up game for the high rollers
only. 1t is pretty safe to believe that Ella
Mayhem knew all about this al the time,
or she would never have dared to try to
pull off the littleI killing with the gambling
house proprfetoreif- .~- ra- Us
Even Did Gambler. -'s=.
'She flashed up to the gamblers house in
victoria one afternoon. in state of great
perturbation. When the faro bank man
met her in his parlor she told him that she
was the wife of a man who a few nights
before had dropped $4,000 in trying to
buck the gamblers high-roller faro bank
she had got the name of the man who ac-
tuaiiy did make this loseout from a crook
VINO mad been In the faro bank at the time.
She tearfully told the gambler that her
husband had confessed to her that MORN
ing that he was, in consequence of his
gambling, short in his accounts with his
hrm, that he 1mperatively needed IS 600 to
tide him over and temporarily cover up his
shortage and that she had come to beg
the man to whom her unfortunate husband
NJ mad g. lost the money to let her have the
5000 as a loan. The gambler couldn't
and wouldn't see it, and he told her so
fatty. He said that it was none of his
business where the men who visited his
gambling place got their money. He didn't
make them gamble or steal their employers
coin. 1t was up to them. Everything was
fish that came to his net, and so on
Right at this point Queen Ella put the
gambler under the gun, so to speak She
rose up, with her imperious manner, and
she could do that in a way to make a.
vicious mastiff fold away his tail and sneak
off. The gambler wouldn't come to the front
for little matter of So. 600 to keep out Of
prison her husband who had lost every
thing at the faro bank, Ell? Very we'll. She
would Immediately drive to the Office of the
new chief of police, who happened to be
her first cousin, and she would narrate
the whole story to him, and she would see
if
(Which was about as far as Ella needed
to go along that line. The faro bank pro-
prietor came to the center with the 5000,
and thus closed the incident. He didn't
know until several months later that it
had been Ella Mayhem who had SO cleverIy
stung him. He laughed when he heard it,
and remarked that as she was the only
woman who had ever succeeded in shred
ding him on a bluff, she was entitled to
the money.
"'Queen Ella went down with all hands
on steamer that left Portland. Ore, for
San Francisco, about fourteen years ago.
Her children, two daughters she kept in a
convent till they were grown, and, both of
them brilliant and accomplished women
married well in Canada, where they
are still living"
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companion as you proceed until he also
has memorized 1t, and one OF you must live
long enough to reach Longstreet. advise
you to take the Langley road-it is the
most protected-and not try to pass be-
yond the old Coulter plantation until after
dark, you Will run the risk OF being
observed by the enerny's pickets. Beyond
this must leave all to your own discre-
tion."
He paused, and I still fingered. thinking
he might have something more to add.
Are you one of the Waynes Of Char
1ottesville?' he asked gravely.
"Col. Richard Wayne was my father,
sir"
"Ah indeed! I remember him WE'LL and
his face lit up with most tender smile.
1--WE were together in Mexico. A Virginia
gentleman of the old school. He is dead.
/ believer"
He was killed, sir the first year of
the war"
IT remember; 1t was at Antietam. And
your mother? If my memory is not at fault
she was a Pierpont?"
'She is now in Richmond. sir. and the old
plantation is but ruin
War is indeed sad' he said slowly;
land often feel that our southern women
are compelled to bear the brunt of it. What
heroines they have proven! History records
no equal to the daily sacrifices 1 have wit
messed in the past three years God grant
it may be soon ended
Then, as if suddenly moved by the i'm
pulse of the moment, he again extended his
hand.
Well lad" he said kindly, the same
grave smile lighting his face, 'our country
needs us. We must not waste time here in
conversation. 1 am very glad to have
been permitted to meet the son of my old
friend, and trust you will remember me to
your mother. But now goodbye, captain.
and may He in whose hand we all are
guide and guard you. l know that Wayne
of Virginia will always do his duty"
Bareheaded and with proudly swelling
t,aor M hna lraI - H. T rl,f
have left the throne room of an emperor
but as l grasped the reins and swung up
into saddle l became conscious that he had
followed me. Craig flung up his hand in
quick, soldier1y salute, and then, with a
single rapid stride, the general stood at his
horses head.
Sergeant he said-and I was struck
by the incisive military tone of his voice.
SO different from the gentleness shown
within-"I am informed that you are in
timately acquainted with the roads to the
westward"
Every bridle-path, sir, either by night
or day.
'.Then possibly you can inform me
whether the Big Hickory is fordable at
Deer Gap"
Not fer infantry at high water. sir; but
there is another ford two miles north where
it is never over waist deep
'That would be at Brixton's Mill?''
NO, sir: the other way
Lee smiled, and rested his hand almost
caressingly on the troopers knee.
You are valuable man for us to risk
on such a ride he said kindly. But
desire you to understand, sergeant, how
deeply value the service you are about to
render, and that I shall never permit it to
be forgotten or go unrewarded. And now
goodnight, sergeant; goodnight, Captain
Wayne"
AS we turned into the main road, riding
slowly, I glanced backward. The general
was yet standing there in front Of his tent
gazing after us, the rays of the westering
sun cleaning on his gray hair.
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CHAPTER I.
A Dispatch for Loupstreet.

1t was a bare, plain interior-the low ia
bile at which he sat an unplaned board,
his seat box. made softer by folded
blanket. His only companions were two
ids. standing silent beside the closed en-
trance. anxious to anticipate his slightest
reed.
He will abide in my memory forever as
] saw him then-although we were destined
to meet often afterward-that old gray
hero. whose mastery strategy held at bay
for so long those mighty forces hurled on
cur constantly thinning lines of defense.
To me the history of war has never con.
tained his equal. and while l live l shall
love and revere him as L can love and
revere no other man.
General Lee" said one of the aids as
/ passed the single sentry and drew aside
the flap to step within. this is Captain
Wayne."
He deliberately pushed aside the mass
of papers which had been engaging him,
and for an embarrassing moment fixed up
on me a glance that seemed to read me
through and through. Then. with simple
dignity, far more impressive than l can
picture 1T in words. he arose slowly and
extended his hand.
Captain Wayne" he said gravely, yet
retaining his grasp, and with his eyes full
upon mine, you are much younger man
than l expected to see. yet L have selected
You upon the special recommendation of
your brigade commander Tor services Oh
the utmost Importance. l certainly do not
hol1 your youth 20 be against your sue
cess. but l feel unwilling to order you to
the performance of this duty. which, be-
sides being beyond the regular require
ments of the service. involves unusual
risks"
Without inquiring it's nature" I said
hastily. Il freely offer myself a volunteer
for any service which may be required
either by the army or yourself"
kindly INSTANTLY l.
most into a smile. and a new look of con-
hdence swept into the keen gray eyes.
Il felt, even as l spoke" he said, with a
6lgnifed courtesy l have never marked in
any one else. that l must be doing wrong
to question the willingness of an officer of
your regiment Captain Wayne. to make
personal sacrifice. From our first day of
battle until now the south has never once
called upon them in vain. You are from
the ranks. 1 believer
Il was a corporal at Manassas"
"Ah! then YOU have won your grade
by hard service. You take with you one
MANI
Sergeant Craig of my troop. sir, a good
soldier. who knows the country WE'LL
He lowered his eyes to the numerous pa
pers littering the table. and then, leaning
over. traced lightly with a colored pencil
line across an outspread map.
You speak of his knowing the country
well; are you aware, then, of your destina-
tom
81 merely inferred from what Colonel
Carter said that il was your desire to re-
establish communication with General
Longstreet'
THAT is true; but do you know where
Longstreet is?'
only that We of the line suppose him to
be somewhere west of the mountains. sir.
1t is camp gossip that his present base of
supplies is at Minersville.'
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The Slagen Viking Ship.
From the Athenaeum.

Il
According to Professor Montelius, the
Viking ship unearthed at Slagen, in Nor
way. is pleasure yacht of the period, hay
ing several marked characteristics which
distinguish it from the Gokstad ship. The
shutters closing the oar holes and the
shields along the gunwale are absent, prov
ing that the ship was not intended for war
fare or long cruises. 1t is very low amid
ships. Several costly carved objects were
also found, such as sledges. in which even
the coachman's footboard is decorated with
a handsome carved design and numerous
small figures of men and animals. One OBJ
ject was part of a walking stick, the handle
of which was carved as a dogs head in
fine almost modern style. Gangways to
ships were also found, and oars handsomely
ornamented. and SO well preserved as to
warrant the use of them to6ay.
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The soft night wind, heavy with pine
odors, began suddenly to play amid the
leaves of a low tree beside me. and the
pleasant rustling mingled like strains of
music with the slow breathing of the
horses but no other sound broke silence
that had become a positive pain. Man at
his best is largely creature of impulse.
and confess to a feeling almost of terror
as sat there in utter loneliness. / glanced
behind, hoping that there at least / might
discover some object on which my gaze
might settle, something that would relieve
the intense nerve-strain of the black MOTH
-ingness. I swept with staring eyes the
half circle where I knew must lie the deep
wide valley far beneath, but no welcome
CLEAN of light greeted me. Far out yon-
der, as 1 well knew, was the CHEEKY glow
where our ragged. tired comrades rested
around their night fires. but the bend of
the land between shut it all OF as COM
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spell ever all things animate and inanimate.
It was weird, uncanny. With every nerve
strained, I leaned forward across the POM
mel of my saddle, listening for the slightest
sound out in that black void. My head
burned and throbbed as with fever, and 1
felt that strange, unnatural stiffness as
though it had been physical thing; surely
others besides US were upon this hilltop!
For I knew well-my every soldier instinct
told me-that somewhere out in that i'm
penetrable mystery were blazing the camp
fires of an enemy. Vigilant eyes were peer
ing everywhere in search for such as we.
How far away they might Turk I could not
even conjecture perhaps merely around
some near projecting wall of rock-and We
might even now be within the range of
their ready rifles. I could hear the quick
ened throbbing Of my heart, and my hand
fell heavily on pistol butt in nervous ex-
pectancy.
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pletely as if I were already in another
world, deniZen of those cold and silent
stars so far away.
l recall 1t now one of the loneliest mo-
ments of my life, one of those almost I'M
accountable conditions of mind and body
when it seemed to me that the thin, sinewy
fingers of an memorable fate were closing
down with a pressure which no strength
of man might resist. I was worn with
fatigue in the saddle, but did not dream of
sleep; my mind. in a firm endeavor to cast
aside the uncanny influences of the hour,
recalled in swift panorama those three
years of civil strife which had run their
course since l, slender, white-faced lad
had stolen forth into the moonlight from
the portals of the old home, to ride away
into the northward where the throbbing
drums called me. In those days 1 under
stood but little of the cause for which
was SO eager to fight and suffer. Possibly
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Employer-"Where is that bit of paper
with the combination Of the safe on It? L
told you to put 1t away very carefully, you
know. and 1 can't open the safe with
cut it,"
New Secretary-'I locked it in the safe.
sir"-Judge.
A girl. giving evidence recently in a
breach of promise case. testified that II was
the usual thing for girls to show their love-
letters to fifteen or twenty other girls in
order to make them Observation-Disclosures
Times.
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that felt any controversy useless.
VERY well: hand me your rein, and
see what you can discover out there
on foot. Sitting here isn't apt to mend
matters, and we surely cannot afford to
cripple our horses among those rocks"
The sergeant, gaunt tireless noun
taineer, slipped silently from his saddle.
swung his light cavalry carbine from his
back to the hollow of his arm, and in
another moment was lost to sight in the
darkness. A snake could not have slipped
away more stealthily. heard a stone rat
tie under his foot, half-suppressed OATH,
and then the night had completely swal-
lowed him.
How utterly alone 1 seemed: how in
tensely, painfully still everything was! The
silence felt almost like a weight, so greatly
it oppressed me. Even the accustomed
voices of nature were hushed, as if war,
with Its unspeakable cruelty had cast "A
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CHAPTER II.
The Night Ride.

By o'clock we were safe at Colchester,
and while our horses rested and refreshed
themselves on some confscated grain, the
two of us lay lazily back on grassy knoll,
well within the shadow of a ruined wall,
and watched the round, red sun drop slow
ly down behind those western hills we had
to climb.
We scarcely spoke regarding the work we
knew was ahead except to discuss briefly
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What a Place on a Cold Night.

From the Atchison Globe.
The prize goes to a North 4th street
woman. On sofa six feet long and two
feet wide she has thirty sofa cushions.
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Mr.. Edgar Marin, a planter Of
much experience, believes the
freeze of last Sunday has serious
ly affected the cane, and is Of OPT
MON that windrowing should be
done Immediately, except for the
cane that can be brought to the
mill during the next few days.
We presume all planters will make
careful examination of their cane.
and none will take the risk Of
leaving their cane standing.
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ST. MARTINvILLE, La. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1904
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CONSTIPATION.

Health Is absolutely impossible. II con-
stipation be present. MANY serious ca.
ses Of liver and kidney complaint have
sprung from neglected constipation.
Such a deplorable condition Is unneces-
sary. There is a cure for 1t. Herbine
will speedily remedy matters. c. A.
Lindsay. p, NJ, Bronson. Fla, writes.
Feb. IL. 1902. Having tried Hrrbine. /
flnd 1t fine medicine for constipation.
SOC bottle. Sold by T. q. Liable.
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1T is with some satisfaction
that we note the advertisement for
sale, of the Laurence Plantation,
better known as the VOORHEES,
Rousseau plantation, which will
be cut up in small tracts of forty
afpents or more. The front has
been devided in twenty tracts of
forty arpents each, offering a
splendid investment for the small
planter, as the terms of payment
are easy and liberal.
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Town Council.
Regular meeting OF the Town Council
held on the End Of Nov. A. D. 1908.
TOWN ORDINANCE.

held on the End Of Nov. A. b. 1908.
TOWN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance amending and enactlng
that portion Of ~ Stock Ordinance
adopted Mag Q. 1901. having reference to
the 6nes charged for stock taken up
within the Corporated limits Of the
Town Of st. Martinvilis. La.
Said ordinance presented by A. L. Do
mengeaux and seconded by L. F. Gary
was carried and adopted by the follow
ing vote: O. P. Resweber, A. L. Domen-
geaux and L. F. Gary. Nays: none:
Said ordinance was thereupon presen-
ted to the Mayor for examination in
open session and after examination, It
was duly returned, approved and signed
ny him with the seal of this Corporation
thereuntO affixed:
Said ordinsn reads as follows: BE
1t ordained by the Mayor and Town
C"unoiimrn of the Town Of st. Martini
vile. La. that. tat portion of the above
mrntio0cd Ordinance adopted May 9Th
1907. having reference to the 6ne char
ged fur any stock taken up within the
Corporate limits of the Town of st.
Martinville, La, bs amended and rs-sn-
acted 90 as to read as follows:
THAT any stock; cattle. horses. goats
or hogs found roaming at large within
the Corporate limit Of the town Of St.
Martinvilie. La, shall be taken up BY
the Constable Of said town or any one
deputizsd BY him for that purpose.
who shall be entitled. to receive One
DoIlat (el .OO) for every head of cattle OF
horses and Fftv Cents go csnts) for any
goat or hog 90 taken up within said IL
mits.
Be 1t further ordained that all ordi-
nances or parts Of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby re-
pesIed from and after due publication
according to law.
Th,s tone. res,i. adopted, signed aud
seated h. np-n ssssian. at MartiDsille
La. this 2nd Jay of November A ID. 1874
HP. FOURNFT. Mayor;
A true copy, Attest.
..- G. N. Gary. Sec. & Trea.
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4 PRACTICAL TELEGRAPH and RAIL
WAY COLLEGE.

Young men are vented to learn teie-
graphv and station work for railway
positions E. ;liy learned. pays good
wages. STEADY employment. The best
profession for young men OF limited
means aud common schools education
We teach the work thoroughly and prac.
tically Ia from four to Eve months and
place our graduates In paying positions.
The only College devoted exclnsively to
preparing students for the telegraph and
railway service; highest endorsements
from railway ofiicials; annual attend
ance 260 students. Expenses reasons
bic and many students earn board while
attending school. For illustrated Gala
logue and full particulars. address
HOUSTON TELEGRAPH COLLEGE,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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A Runaway Bicycle,

A Runaway Bicycle,
Terminated with an urgly cut ON
the leg of j. B. Orner, Franklin
Grove. III. 1t developed a stub
born ulcer nnyielding to doctors
and remedies for four years. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured. It's
just as good for burns, scsids, shin
eruptions and piles. 25c, at T. j.
Liable drugstore.
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TOWN COUNCIL.

Special meeting of the Town Council
held on the 18th day Of Oct. A. d. 1904.
Pursuant to call Of the Mayor the
Council met this dav in special session.
The meeting was called to order by Hon.
H. P. Fournet Mayor presiding. and the
following named members present: L. +.
Gary, A. L. Domengeau ux and o. P. Re-
sweber. The Mayor having informed
the Council that the object and purpose
Of the meeting was to see about making
q schedule Of the probable expenses OF
the year 1905. The council now In
committee of the whole proceeded ne 10
required by law to make out the various
items Of the probable expenditures of the
Corporation Of st. Martinville. La, for
and during the year 1905, based upon
the expenditures Of the previous year.
On motion duly seconded and carried
the schedule Of the probable expenses
for the year 1905 be and is hereby esta-
blished as follows; viz:
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NOTICE.

The public is hereby notified that
Hunting and Trespassing on the Della
houssave and Fournet plantations, ct
Pointe Clara, including the woods. All
viOlators will be prosecuted to the full
est extent of the law.
C.L. DELAHOUSSAYE.
Nov. 10. SOD