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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

why are old maids averHe 10
wearing short shirtH7"
aBechuas they come too high
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

the who pays he h kno why not
have known 10 supper theaer sim
ply because they asked
Known others Who they asked
GIRLS WHO ACTUALLY DROVE THE
YOUNG MEN AwAwY FROM As-sE THEY ATE so
MUCH who takes Is
her.
Let grl occasionally 20 IA
bottom 10 the Of Why should
them down
The girl who do think
minute before
Of
saying How GOOD
sTneis"
can't afford TO beau
hos
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

spunkisy says BE r. 81 his wits
end in hia effort 20 raise ai0."
Then Why doesn't ha try 20 earn
IT,"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

ish Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Cohn
viii be Al home AZ f06 Ninth ayen-
ne. this city
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

Are high heel shoes healthy
= have never seen any hiehl3
ones
10. LOS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

why ia twenty four sasstB Of
paper like a question:
HHecnuHe n ia IN uuire'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28
sY DOLLY BLYTHE

The way to win a glrl l. 20 feed her.
n you don't believe IT, think 81 an the girls you
know and how many eau you count who have not
made themselves more than once a burden 20 their
beauN By cstn muche
Eat eat eat They eat after the theater.
They accept every possible Invitation To lunch. 20
dinner 10 ice cream. % chocolate puffa They never
thing ~ refusing offer 20 eat
Few young uen can afford tn buy expensive
theatcr seats and follow that cxru ance with an
elaborate lunch. but girls beginning 20 expect
H. Members the 900 eat after the thaater these
girls say and Why should not eVarvons else Ak
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28
A MIaE1rnI REoEpTIoN.

Arthur 9yler was receiving hogs
here "Wednesday. Crimson (Aiol
Booster.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

Some people ain Z
got anything [ say
an spend a whole lot
NV time saytn' a. An
some other people
have got things { say
an say cm without
thkln up an time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

a woRD FRoN IosH We
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

Sow that the Iaps hold a railroad
and tie pass. they are hboFally pro
vtded with transportation
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28

Professor Pickering. the eminent
astronomer Of Harvard. says th'
earth tips IL yon don't believe u
ask any club man A. A. M.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-28
'' because 1t tent uDrisht9

con what charge could n carpen
ter who fits desks In store be ar
rested 20
aOn a charge 'sf counter a'ting
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ECHOES FROM BATTY LAND.
1No "ChestnutH Among 'Eut9
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

johnson City people are really very
sorry that Gen. Rufus A. Ayers was
misled into burying several thousand
live dollars in the vicinity of Johnson
City thinking he would see money as
well as water flow through his plant,
but they have not forgiven him for the
successful effort he made, with the aid
of special legislation, to take from the
city large part of its pure water sup.
ply and give it to the Soldiers Home
for yalne received. He expected tC
profit by the expenditure and did no
propose to divide with Johnson City
but he failed and now rushes to thu
city and wants relief by the extension
of the water franchise so he can foa
enough bonds to get his money back
This is natural desire on his part bu
why should Johnson endorse his pape.
any more than that of any other indi
vidual who happens to need money?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31
Incident Will Cause lIangingS.

Gov. ]. X. Vardaman drew apart
from the cares of office and quarantine
worries long enough to nnburden him
self of the following, anent the Wash
ington-Wanamaker incident;
"My views about this matter, think,
are pretty we'll known. I will say,
however, that think the whole affair
is discreditable to the niger. A white
man or white woman, who will associ-
ate on terms Of equality with niger,
is not half as good us a niger and
therefore in my Judgment the saddle
colored citizen from Tuskegee is the
one party to this affair who has suffer
ed social degradation.
cit also reveals Booker's real pur-
pose, and gives the lie to his former
utterances. 1t does another good
thing. 1t places in their true light and
locates in the line of march certain
brand of theological politicians and
Ogdenite niger coddling white men
of the south, who must now take Book.
er to their swelling bosoms as he really
is and all that he represents, Or repudi
ate him altogether.
"This affair is the ripening the fruit
belated but natural outgrowth of the
fifteenth amendment the logical Sc
quence of this rank rot about the high
er education, social elevation and pc
litical equality of the niger as race
1t is the forerunner of serious trouble
This apparently unimportant little at
fair will inspire hopes and aspiration
in the nigger's breast, which will caus,
him to do things for which the whit
man will hang him. 1t is but incident
al to this particular stage in the crue
process through which we must pas
for the solution of the race problem.
can not be evdded, but in the end vii
be settled right, according to the whit
mans idea of right. In the meantim
it would be fortunate for Alabama
her people could induce Booker to g
! north, where things are more congeni,
with his fastidious taste"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

Gentlemen of the board, you have
five years to consider the water ques-
ton. Take your time and keep your
eye on johnson City's interests. Do
not let the financial embarrassment OF
individuals appeal to you. 1t was not
your fault they misspent their money.
They did not ask your advice and are
not in position to ask your aid. When
these retire others will come forward
and johnson City's water supply will
flow on forever.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

The present water franchise was pre-
pared by one of the smoothest corpora
ton lawyers that ever trod Tennessee
soil and he only touched it lightly. He
came to touch us and stepped out of a
private car long enough to give thirst
ing village water supply and incident
ly to earn lucrative fee for the bene-
ficiaries. All, we'll do we remember,
how in that bleak September he gave
us just what we asked for in that fran
chise but it has looked different ever
since and we think it would be good
thing for this board to write that fran
chise backward rather than renew il
forevermore. 1t would really pay the
city to employ this same counsel, Judge
Albin, if he can be induced to work fol
the people.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

city can buy at first cost The first
proposition is even moro absurd be-
cause it is absolutely in the power Of
the company to load its revenue for the
purchase year to shoot the Doodle out
of the city treasury. The gentlemen
urging this franchise must take our al
dermen for Ely Marks.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31
Balhrupt'S Petition for Discharge.
United States District Court, Eastern
District Of Tennessee, North
eastern Division.
In the matter of No. G35.
William NJ. Fortune,
Bankrupt. J In Bankruptcy

Notice is hereby given that William
M. Fortune, of Johnson City, in the
County of Washington, and State of
Tennessee in said District, having on
the 18th day of July, A. D., 1905, been
duly adjudged bankrupt in the above
entitled cause, has filed his petition for
discharge as bankrupt, and the same
will be heard by said Court on the 10th
day of September, A. d., 1905, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon at the United
States Court room in Knoxville, Tenn. =,
at which time and place all creditors
and other persons in interest may APP
pear and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said petition should
not be granted
Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 90, 1905.
HORACE VAN DEyENTER,
Clerk of said Court
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

There can certainly be no Legitimate
excuse for indecent haste to grant q
water franchise that can not take effect
for five years. Why not take time to
consider the questions of municipal
ownership and future water supply?
The people want the first and the Sec
ond problem must be solved sooner or
later if the city continues to grow.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

BY the terms of the water franchise
asked for the city can purchase the
plant upon notice by paying an amount.
the income upon which at @ per cent. 4,
would equal the revenue for the previ-
GUS year, or-now hold your breath r.
it can have appraisers flxihe price, pro-
yided it shall be not less than the cost
of the plant. Isn't that a generous and
businesslike proposition? With the
life Of the pipes at least half gone the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

We take it that the aldermen want to
reflect the will of the people on the wa
ter question and will not act as if they
were making contract that could only
effect them as individuals. Five years
is ample time to consult your constitu-
ents. Take all you want, haste some
times makes waste.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

If the city council will let the people
ratify or reject any water franchise
proposed it make no mistake and avoid
adverse criticism.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

The Maury Democrat is twenty-four
years old, but it is not as old as it is
good. Here's hoping, Brother Perry,
that you will pass twenty-four more
milestones before you begin to grow
old.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

The Chattanooga News is already
frightened about a gubernatorial pri-
mary and the Nashville American has
scared look
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

1t would be folly run to madness to
grant O water franchise to individuals
and then purchase the plant at price
based upon the bonds they might be
able to issue and float.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

Kill the snap franchise like your en-
abling act was killed in the legislature
and run no risk. Somebody was badly
frightened.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

The man who tries to make you be-
lieve that this city would be at the mer-
cy of water company without fran
chise is either fool or takes you for
Ona
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

"Where should the garter be worn?"
asks society writer. If she is from
Missouri we can answer the question.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

Johnson City wants municipal own
ership of the water supply or q better
reason for not owning it than has YET
been advanced.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31
LAW SCHOOL, Lebanon, Tenn

A little life may be sacrificed to a
sudden attack of Group, if you don't
have DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil on
hand for themergency,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

"Dear John, wrote Mrs. Newlywed
from the shore, 81 enclose the hotel
bill. "
"Dear Jane, I inclose check, :" wrote
John, "but please don't buy any more
hotels at this price they are robbing
you. Smart Set.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31

This board is on the water wagon and
has a fiye-year drive ahead. Git up
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-08-31
LEBANON LAW SCHOOE
Nl6th Term

Next term begins September g. 1905, A school
of established reputation, It's graduates are
thoroughly prepared for State Bar EXAMINE
tions, Course accomplished in one college
year Send for catalogue Address
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
FOR AND AGAINST DEATH

A CHICAGO lawyer, retained as counsel for
n the defense in murder trial, tells of the
difficulties in impaneling jury in connection
Herewith.
Counsel were endeavoring," says this law
yer, to elicit from the various prospective
jurors their views concerning the death penalty.
lone man to whom the question was put,
Are you against the infection of the death
penalty?' replied: No, sir What is your
business?' he was then asked / am
butcher he responded.
When the same question was put to the
next man, he answered that he was against the
death penalty.
"'What is your business?
al am in life Insurance. said he"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

were all safe within it. My promise
is given" said he. Il will say what |
can; but the issue rests with others.
pray you to stand up, for indeed l cannot
promise more"
Then l must be content" said she,
rising, with a composed face. Il have
prayed you to take ruth, and indeed |
can do no more; but ere go back to the
forest l would rede you to be on your
guard lest you lose your bag once more.
Wot you how l took it, archer7 Nav,
it was simple enough, and may happen
again, so | make it clear to YOU | had
this knife in my sleeve, and though it is
small it is very sharp. slipped it down
like this. Then when / seemed to weep
with my face against the saddle, cut
down like this"
In an instant she had shorn through
the stirrup leather which bound her man,
and he, diving under the belly of the
horse, had slipped like snake into the
brushwood. In passing he had struck
Pommers from beneath, and the great
horse, enraged and insulted, was rearing
high, with two men hanging to his bride.
When at last he had Gained there was
no sign left of the wild Man" or of his
wife. In vain did Awkward, an arrow
on his string, run here and there among
the great trees and peer down the
shadowy glades. When he returned ne
and his master cast shamefaced glance
at each other.
Il trust that we are better soldiers
than jailers," said Awkward, as he climbed
on his pony.
But Nigel's frown relaxed into a smile.
" At least we have gained back what we
lost" said he. Here 1 place it on the
pommel of my saddle, and l shall not
take my eyes from it until we are safe in
Guildford town."
Copyright 1906 by A. Conan Doyle Copyright Britain.
All rights reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

CIR NIGEL" is a romantic tale of the loves and
- adventures of Nigel Loring, young English
man OF heroic ancestry, who took up the sword to
mend the fallen fortunes of his noble house the year
after the great plague devastated England in the
fourteenth century.
The story opens with a brief word-picture Of
England during the plague, and outlines the
downfall of the feudal system and other changes
which that fearful black death brought about
The house of Loring has been all but wrecked by
the Vaccinations and Entertainments of clerics.
of the family, and the Cistercian monks of Waiver
ley Abbey are still engaged in preying upon
their meager possessions. Young Nigel openly
opposes them.
taken possession of fiery untamed yellow horse
OF noted lineage, and several of their number
have been viciously attacked and nearly killed
by the animal. Believing the horse to be pos
him killed when Nigel interposes. The horse is
given to him, partly in the hope that it will kill
him and rid their community OF its most rebelhous
troublesome and dangerous opponent. But Nigel
at once takes the horse, and in the presence of
the astonished monks speedily reduces him to
submission. He names the animal Pommers
While Nigel and his grandmother, the venerable
Dame Ermyntrude, are spending the evening to-
gether not long aterward they rdely interrupted
by the lay summoner and sacrist OF Waverley
accompanied by a band of archers, who set upon
the young Squire, bind him and take him prisoner
to the Abbey to be tried because he had thrown
the summoner into moraSS and destroyed some
legal papers that were being served.
The trial takes place with exaggerated pomp the
next day, and Nigel sentenced to bread and water
for six weeks, with a daily exhortation from the
recess and defies the guards. lust as he Is about
to be shot down he is joined in his retreat by
Samkin Awkward bowman. AS the conflict IS
about to begin Sir John Chandos of the most
valiant knights of King Edward, arrives in search
of Nigel announcing that his majesty is coming
to spend the night at Nigels house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

The honest archer had pushed back his
steel cap and was scratching his tangled
head. NAY, l know nothing of it. You
never said that there was aught of price
in the bag, else had l kept better eye
upon it. Certes! it was net this fellow
who took it, since l have never had my
hands from him. 1t can only be the
woman who fled with it while we fought"
Nigel stamped about the road in his
perplexity Il would follow her to the
worlds end if | knew where | could find
her, but to search these woods for her
is to look for mouse in a wheat-held.
Good Saint George, thou who didst over
come the Dragon, l pray you by that
most honorable and knightly achieve
ment that you will be with me now! And
all wayfarers in distressl Two candles
shall burn before your shrine at Goda1-
ming, if you will but bring me back my
saddle-bag. What would / not give to
have it back?"
Will you give me my lfe?" asked
the outlaw. Promise that l go free,
and you shall have it back, if it be indeed
true that my wife has taken it..
NAY, cannot do that" said Nigel.
"My honor would surely be concerned,
since my loss is a private one; but it
would be to the public seattle that you
should go free. BY Saint Paul! it would
be an ungentle deed if in order to save
my own | let you loose upon the gear
of a hundred others"
Il will not ask you to let me loose,
said the wild Man" If you will
promise that my life be spared 1 will
restore your bag"
cannot give such promise, for it
will lie with the Sheriff and reeves of
Gui1dford.
Shall have your word in my favor?"
THAT could promise you, if you will
give back the bag, though know not
how far my word may avail. But your
words are vain, for you cannot think
that we will be so fond as to let you 60
in the hope that you return3"
Il would not ask it, said the wild
Man." for l can get your bag and yet
never stir from the spot where l stand.
Have l your promise upon your honor
and all that you hold dear that you will
ask for grace?"
"You have"
and that my wife shall be un-
harmed"
Il promise it"
The outlaw laid back his head and
uttered a long shrill cry like the howl
of a wolf There was silent pause, and
then, clear and shrill, there rose the same
cry no great distance away in the forest.
Again the Wild Man" called, and again
his mate replied. A third time he sum-
moned, as the deer bells to the doe in the
greenwood. Then with a rustic of
brushwood and swapping of twigs the
woman was before them once more, tall,
pale, graceful, wonderful. She glanced
neither at Awkward nor Nigel, but ran
to the side of her husband.
Dear and sweet lord" she cried, Il
trust they have done you no hurt. l
waited by the old ash, and my heart
sank when you came not"
Il have been taken at last, wife"
"Oh, cursed, cursed day! Let him go,
kind, gentle sirs, do not take him from
mel"
'Thev will sneak for me at Gt1ildfOrd I"
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for DECEMBER e.. 1905

Joy, which gave him sudden warning of
his danger.
He shook her off and sprang to one
side, but only just in time to avoid
crashing blow from a great club in the
hands of a man even taller and stronger
than himself. He had one quick vision
of great white teeth clenched in grim
ferocity, a wild flying beard and blazing
| wild beast eyes. The next instant he
had closed, ducking his head beneath
another swing of that murderous cudgel.
With his arms round the robbers burly
| body and his face buried in his bushy
beard, Awkward gasped and strained
and heaved. Back and forward in the
dusty road the two men stamped and
staggered, a grim wrestling match, with
life for the prize. Twice the great
strength of the outlaw had Awkward
nearly down, and twice with his greater
youth and skill the archer restored his
grip and his balance. Then at last his
turn came. He slipped his leg behind
the others knee, and, giving a mighty
wrench, tore him across it. With
hoarse shout the outlaw toppled back
ward and had hardly reached the ground
before Awkward had his knee upon his
chest and his short sword deep in his
beard and pointed to his throat.
by these ten finger -bones!" he gasped,
s. one more struggle and it is your last!"
The man lay still enough, for he was half
stunned by the crashing fall. Awkward
looked round him, but the woman had
disappeared. At the first blow struck
she had vanished into the forest. He
began to have fears for his master,
thinking that he perhaps had been l,ired
into some death trap; but his forebodings
were soon at rest, for Nigel himself came
fastening down the road, which he had
struck some distance from the spot where
he left it.
by Saint PAUL" he cried, "who is
this man on whom you are perched, and
where is the lady who has honored us
so far as to crave our help? Alas, that
l have been unable to find her father!"
'As well for you, fair sir" said Ayl
ward, for l am of opinion that her
father was the Devil. This woman is,
as | believe, the wife of the Wild Man of
Puttenham, and this is the Wild Man
| himself who set upon me and tried to
brain me with his club
The outlaw, who had opened his eyes,
| looked with a scowl from his captor to
the newcomer. You are in luck, archer"
said he, for | have come to grips with
many a man, but l cannot call to mind
any who have had the better of me-
You have indeed the grip of bear"
said Awkward; but it was coward deed
that your wife should hold me while you
dashed out my brains with stick. 1t
is also a most villainous thing to lay
snare for wayfarers by asking for their
pity and assistance, SO that it was our
own soft hearts which brought us into
such danger, The next who hath real
need of our help may suffer for your
sins
When the hand of the whole world is
against you,' said the outlaw in a surly
voice, you must fight as best you can.
you well deserve to be hanged, if only
because you have brought this woman,
who is fair and gentle spoken, to such
life" said Nigel. Let us tie him by
the wrist to my stirrup leather, Ayl-
ward and we will lead him into Guild
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-06-16
Race Meeting June 2Sth.

Under the auspices of the Edgerton
Driving Club matinee will be held al
the Driving Park on Wednesday, June
2eth. Purses amounting to 5000 will be
hung up, sufficient to attract good field
of horses and some close contests may
be expected. The events scheduled are
Free-for- all race, purse 800.
2:30 trot or pace, purse $50.
Three minute trot, purse $40.
Races will be called at 1:3O p. %. and
are half-mile heats.
The track will be put in first-class con-
dition and horse owners from abroad will
find good stable accommodations upon
the grounds free. Entries may be made
to T. B. Earle, secretary. anytime before
Tuesday evening.
Edgerton always makes good when
they promise anything in the race line,
and the public may be assured of seeing
an entertainment worthy of their pat
ronage. Keep in mind the day and date
Wednesday, June g.