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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

The lowered lids before him rose,
and his angel regarded him with a
look distinctly frigid.
1T usually requires a month for a
magazine to pass upon book. Only
three weeks have expired since 1 sent
my novel to Putneys," and with the
icy dropping of the lids again Gideon
realized, with a dazed wonder. that he
had somehow touched upon the wrong
subject.
Yet, nothing daunted, he sought her
on the roof that night. She was talk
ing to Kessel, with a white flower in
her hair and such soft laughter that
he had momentary terror that 1T was
not disappointment about her book
but happiness after all that had
changed her.
Kessel was a good looking devil, a
thrifty lady killer, getting along in the
world. 1t would not be such difficult
matter to care for him, but even as he
thought it all out he walked boldly up
to the pair and spoke:
L Deg your pdfuOll, MISS MoillSoill-
cry but l must ask you to let me get
my drawing pad out of your place. I
forgot it there this evening.
"Of course 1 don't want any
drawing pad" he said gloomily, as
they reached her studio. II wanted
to bid you goodby. I am going away"
"Yes!" returned Talulu, with a slight
raise of voice on the IS" Isn't this
very sudden?"
Gideon felt his temper rise and then
longed miserably to kiss her.
You don't seem to be as interested
in your work as you once were," was
his irrelevant and sulky response.
81 am not sure but there are
better things in the wirld than
work" She said this with a faint
ly appealing look at him, but for some
reason he seemed to read in 1t but
alusion to his rival.
b With frightful "Ha! ha! ha! So
apparently thinks Kessel," he stamped
disgracefully from the place.
The next six weeks of Mr. Gideon
Alexanders life cannot be told in de-
tail. He had a vague impression that
he was outing it somewhere in Canada
and knew moments when he thought he
must draw, and then destroyed sheets
and sheets of good paper because
all the faces took on look of one in
New York.
At the end of the six weeks he told
himself that it was time to varnisn
the Fall of Rome" again, and, cling
ing to this thin excuse for his return,
2 o'clock of a cool September night
found him strolling leisurely down the
street that led to the Wolverton in the
distance.
And here fate put forth her finger
and rapidly stirred up the remaining
ingredients of Mr.. Gideon AleXander's
lot.
AS he reached Seventh avenue an ele-
waited train tearing past the old house
gave the shrll prolonged whistle that
several experiences had warned the
Wolvertonians meant fire.
He looked up and saw sight to stop
lovers heart-a fierce blaze springing
from the Wolvertons' roof.
my God It's the studios! Talula!"
On winged feet he tore through the
block and with two dashes of his broad
shoulder against the rickety front door
was i'm the house. After him tumbled
policeman and the street hoodlums
who at the first alarm of fire in New
York seem to spring out of the side
walk like the demons OF pantomime,
Gideon kept the lead of the hustling
rabble up the stairway, and found time
to call back to the policeman that hel
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

IT ERE is legend which heard in
Venice. 1 offer it to all among
you who are fond of solitude and
silence. I offer it to you as L would
offer a flower which has blossomed
amid sombre shadows on a sleeping
lagoon.
Ghita Gherardini was the niece of
the doge. Poets whose names we
have forgotten, but who were renown-
ed at that time, had composed innum-
cradle songs in her honor. They prais-
ed in them the tresses of the young
girl, black at night, in which pearls
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
The Kaiser's Favorite Diet,

According to a writer in one Of the
most courtly Of Berlin journals. the
kaiser Is very fond Of vegetables. II
have 30 many gardens" he Is reported
to have said to the kaiserin that sure
~ you can let me have fresh vegeta bles
every day" He likes German beef
steak. e., chopped meat and onions
fried. This he eats with mashed pota.
toes. 1t IL in fact his favorite dish.
His majesty can't stand oysters since
he was made III once by some baked
mollusks which an august English rel.
alive offered him. Fish must never be
absent from hts table, and he always
eats quantities Of it. ut il good for
the BRAIN" he says. "ns it contains
plenty Of phosphorus" His early
breakfast Is at 3 o'clock. and then he
enjoys plenty Of toast and butter pre-
pared In the English fashion. His be-
loved sweets are pancakes. with lemon
juice and sugar over them. He eats
rapidly and does little talking while ut
meals. but after hearty repast he
enjoys half an hour Of easy. familiar
talk and a strong cigar. He never in
dulges In siesta, no matter how hot
the weather or how heavy the lunch.
con.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15

to Ignite the pyre. and It is said that he
and the four Brahmans. accused--Bal-
kishun Missir, Dwarka Missir, Ram
Charan Missir and Lacrman Towari-
performed the humad, which consisted
Of the burning Of incense and the plac-
ing Of lighted chips Of wood dipped in
ghee (butter) under the pyre until it
ignited.
by this time vast crowd had as
sembled. When the flames reached tho
widow she is said to have moved
about or writhed. ana fnally stood UP
and turned toward the setting sun, but
Immediately fell back ON the pyre, ap.
parently overcome by the increasing
danes. Amid cries Of Sat RAM sta
Ramr Sat- Mai Ki JAR the beating Of
drums, the clans Of cymbols and blow.
Ing Of the sank, or shell, she was burn.
ed to ashes with the corpse Of her bus.
band"
A unanimous verdict of guilty was
returned against the following, who
wero sentenced to the various terms of
imprisonment mentioned Juggernath
Missir, five years rigorous imprison-
mont; Balkishun. three years; Dwarka,
three years; Ram Charan, one and u
half years; Sonar Choukidar, one year:
Gunga and Dilchand Chnmars, nine
months each. The rect were found not
guilty.-Chicago NewA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
The American yauoIcon,

Although Prince Victor Napoleon has
for years been posing as the Bona.
partist pretender to the throne Of
France, his claim to that empty dis
t1nction Is now disputed In behalf Of
an American. Many Bonapartists have
Of late come to regard young Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte Of Baltimore as
the rightful chief Of the Bonaparte
family. This scion Of the famous house
lately sniled to. Europe to visit ex-Em-
press Eugene ut her residence In the
Riviera. It was through Eugenie's in.
duence when she was still a sovereign
that the French council of state de-
creed as valid the marriage Of King
jerome Bonaparte to Miss Elizabeth
Patterson Of Baltimore and proclaimed
us legitimate the sou born to that un.
ion. AS tracing descent from this first
marriage Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
takes precedence over Princes Victor
and Louis. who are descended from
King Jerome and bis second wife
Leslie's Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
Tho Portraits Of Chr,.t

Sir Wykc Bayliss. +. s. A.. president
OF the Royal Society of British Artists.
has written in the London Guardian
recently disproving Of objections nut
forward against the faithfulness OF
the pictures Of Christ. He shows that
when the graves of the first Christian
martyrs were opened they We're found
to contain portraits Of Christ. and the
likeness they disclose is the likeness
as we know 1t today. The frescoes In
the Roman catacombs, the Greek
enamels, the engraved sacramcntal
cups In use In the earliest Christian
times the paintings on the face cloths
OF tne dead In the first century. all
SNOW the same likeness, and 1t Is iden-
t'cai Win that painted by Michael An.
gelo.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
THE CRIME OF SUTTEE.



British law has stamped out many
and barbarous customs. and the crime
Of suffice, or widow burning. is usually
included among the number. Occa-
sionally. however, cases occur. An
authenticated instance Is reported
from Behar, one Of the districts Of
Bengal. chiefly noted for its indigo in
dustry. Thirteen men We're prosecuted
on charges Of culpable homicide or
allotment OF suicide. A realistic de-
scriptiOn OF the grewsome scene was
furnished by the deputy magistrate. In
committing the accused to the sessions
court he said: Though the thirteen &C.
cused committed for trial have been
divided into distinct patches. the
charges nevertheless are with refer
ence to one and the same transaction.
This was the immOlation OF n IIindoo
widow on the funeral prye Of tho de-
ceased husband. or. as it Is termed in
the vernacular, n case Of suttee, which
may be described as CHASTITY offense
against nature. against humanity and
the law of the land. Happily the Of
Tense is extremely rare. Indeed, It was
hoped that this great blot ON Hindoo
rites and ceremonies had been effec-
tually and permanently exterminated.
1t ia therefore not n little startling to
be thus presented with instances of a
revival Of the barbarian Of tho dark
ages.
There Ia evidence to show that one
Chaudrhi Missir. alias Chatturbhuj Mis-
sir. n Brahman Of Sanchari village.
having died Oct. IS last, arrangements
were made for the cremation Of his
body ut the dew sthan' Of that place.
on tho banks Of small river. A place
was cut in the ground In the shape Of
st. Andrews cross, and the funeral
pyre was built over II. The body be.
ing laid on the pyre. the widow. having
bathed In the river and adorned herself
as for her marriage. took her seat on
the pyre and called on her son, the &C.
cused Juggernath Missir. to do his duty
as devout Hindoo. Juggernath light.
cd some wheat stocks aud. having
walked round the pyre three times, ap.
piled, according to custom. the Ore TO
the mouth Of the DECEASED. This failed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
Collection Box Curi0a.

In one Of tho prominent churches Of
Philadelphia. where the weekly offer
ings OF the congregation are Enclosed in
small envelopes before being dropped
into the boxes, collection is being
made Of the articles contributed by
tho ungodly, and It Is already large
enough to form the nucleus Of a small
museum. Among the things thus far
found in tho envelopes are smooth. mu.
tilated and foreign coins; postage
stamps, exchange tickets. theater seat
checks. assorted buttons. campaign and
other medals, tin tobacco tags. a ciga.
rette. Washington street car ticket. an
iron ring. .lozenses. chocolates. chewing
gum. an umbrella tag. pieces OF iron.
lead and glass; candy. . belt fastener.
milk ticket. an aluminium check
good Tor one shave" rubber bands.
matches and blank paper. Altogether
there are over 200 Of these "otferings."
which are ultimately to be mounted
and sfuAned % . curiosity Philadsi-
phiss3scosd.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
kitchcner's RnniA Rise.

General Lord Kitchener of Khartum.
commander In chief In India. has just
entered upon his thirty firth year of
army service. he having Joined tho
royal engineers as lieutenant Jan.
I. 1871. He remained exactly twelve
years a lieutenant, being promoted TO
captain Jan. 4. 1892. From that point
his promotion was somewhat rapid. he,
passing through the ranks Of major ami
lieutenant colonel to that Of colonel In
little moro than Ave years. bis colo
nelcy being dated April. 1883. He be-
came major general In 1893. lieutenant
general In December, 1899. and general.
In June 1902. Lord Kitchener u now.
In hs 0fty,Afth year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
"Dj6ercnt."

The abuse to which the word differ
ent" is subject from writer's who inn
agine that 1.-TWO different men" means
Dothing morS nam two men was H.
Illustrated by the following sentence
from report In a daily newspaper Of
terrible powder mill explosion Two
human heads were found in the ruins
Of the mill. They are assumed to have
belonged to two different employees"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15

Inc master Of Ballot, tho Rev. Cyp.
ran 7. Potter Of New York. entertain.
ed In Hall the other night the of,ccrs
and men of the United States destrovor
Texas. which Is at present stationed Mt
1mey lock During the course Of the
evening Sir Thomas Upton, who. de-.
spite bis 10l years. Is MS keen a sports.
man as ever. made his usual happy
references to the coveted cup and stat.
cd that It was still his determination 10
bring 1t to this side OF the Atlantic.
shamrock KILL" said Sir Thomas, 'is
the best boat l have yet sent over, and
can only say. May the best boat
winN London Punch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
spurring ON His Love,

THE best story I ever beard" said
Annie Warner Mrs. Charles Ellis
French). the creator Of the original
Susan Clegg," the other day, was
told me by an advising matron whose
matrimonial happiness was the topic
Of conversation. Without any sense
Of humor she said: The year around
do all the lovemaking-m all the
allowances, lay myself out to be agree.
able. But when Christmas comes I
never fail to end letter by my plate
telling me what my love has been to
Horace all through the year. and that
letter makes up for all the GOODNESS,
all the apparent neglect And Christ.
mas eve, when we sit together, al
ways say. Horace. have you written
any letter yeti" and If he hasn't he al.
ways goes and does it directly"
Union Of Churches In India.
A remarkable union Of churches has
just been effected in India. where for
the first time religious bodies Of both
America and Europe have united in the
organization Of national church. In
the union just accomplished the Pres
byterian Church In the United States of
America, which, through its board Of
foreign missions. has had important
work In India for seventy years. takes
prominent place. Other American
churches in the union are the Reformed
Outch) church and the Presbyterian
Church of Canada. European churches
included are the Church Of Scotland.
the United Free Church Of Scotland, the
Presbyterian Church of England and
the Presbyterian Church of Ireland. In
all there are eleven different bodies of
Presbyterians working in India, and
they have thirty-three presbyteries,
with 332 churches and nearly $4,000
communicates. There has for some
time been Presbyterian alliance Of In.
dia. and at the meeting recently held in
Allahabad there was formed pro~l.
sional general assembly. A confession
OF faith, constitution and canons were
adopted and the new church definitely
launched
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15

II you b poor. do not seem poor II
you would avoid insult as well % sui
I fering.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. D. D.

so for the most part you yourself must
look after and guard your own health
Your mother may compel you to put
on your overcoat and overshoes when
you go out into storm, but she call
not restrain you from sitting In the
dangerous drafts She cannot always
supervise your diet She cannot keep
you from chilling your stomach by
drinking ice water when overheated
4he cannot look after you and forbid
sou doing the Ave hundred little things
you are accustomed to do ana which
are daily sapping away the foundation
Of your physical existence. Now. God
comes to most Of US In our youth and
says; Young man, here Is good,
strong. sinewy body. That physical
body Ia to DO tho very foundation Of
your success In life. Make the most
out Of that body. Look after It. Guard
It, Develop 1t. Bear your own phys.
teal burden. II you do not care for
your body no one else can or will do it
for you"
Importance Of Care OF Body.
But, though physical health offers the
foundation stones OF the temples Of
success" and the temple Of peace and
happiness" 1t Ia amazing bow men and
women will deliberately 80 forth and
ruin their physical frames. They
would not treat horsefesh 90 they treat
tne'r own bodies. Horseaesh they look
upon as valuable. and yet they DO not
seem to think that their phyalcal bodies
are valuable also: Some time ago !
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-15

gentlest. sweetest. purcst and lOvelieSt
men l ever knew. The first time he
was to preach In my pulpit on mis-
sions. sent word In n letter to him,
which read about like this: Bring
along Mrs. Marshall and take dinner
with U.s." When he came over
asked. Where is your wife?" He
laughed his gentle laugh. saying, II
have no wife" "What. are you one
OF the most unfortunate OF all crca-
lures. an old bachelor?" NO" he an
swered with a gentle smile, Il am not
a bachelor" Then in the quiet of my
study. lie told me the pathetic and
beautiful story Of his life. lie is dead
now. He Is with his redeemed wife.
And so l feel no difiidence In telling
this beautiful story.
Many. many years ago. Thomas
Marshall WINS young missionary
minister In a little western town. 1t
was his Grst charge. He thcn built
parsonage and took to 1t beautiful
young girl as his bride. Time passed
on and tho young preacher dreamed
his dream Of Joy. He thought the hap
pinoss OF his home was about to be
doubled. quadrupied and Infinitely
multiplied But what was hoped to DO
was not TO be. Tho death angel and
the birth angel locked wings. The
young mother and her baby were
buried In the same CONN under tho
shadow Of the little church she loved.
There sat the old man looking In the
FIRE after he had softly told the sod
story. For q little while he said moth
ing l dared not arouse him. But at
last he hsaved big sigh and then said,
But God was good. He has my wife
and my baby waiting for me. But b
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-24
Railroad Work
Near Las Vegas
The Santa Fe Expending Some
thing Like S25O.OoO to Pre-
vent Damage by the High
Waters.

writing to the Denver Post from
Watrous, George II. Caldwell says:
An expenditure OF $3.50, 900, the al.
most literal quarrying from canyon
walls OF seven miles OF track, the
spanning Of the Mora river. or
The Gray Water" with a flood.
PROOF bridge, and the employment Of
l'VeO men for seventy.five days. are
nciuded in the just inaugurated work
OF the Santa Fe railroad al Wat.
rous.
For years past the spring floods
OF The Gray Water have periodic
ally carried destruction to the Santa
Re railroad tracks, washing out bod.
lily the roadbed itself, the damage OF
'ast springs flood alone reaching
s250,000.
p present work of flood protec-
tion viii comprise the removal OF the
roadbed from the canyon river bot.
tom and replacing along the rocky
edges and lodges of the canyon walls
themselves, the elevation of the new
track being at least fifteen feet above
III possible flood mark.
The lofty and cliff-gripped and
guarded track will also straighten
che present railroad line, doing away
In this connection, with two or three
Bridges, these three bridges to be
replaced by n mammoth, modern
and model structure. which will have
q steel length of 500 feet, an eleva.
ton Of forty-five feet, and a construc.
ZION cost of s125, 900.
The contractors, In this great In
stance of railroad engineering and
construction, are Wood, Doty C Co.
N Omaha, with Berggren G. Anderson
OF Denver as The sub-contractors for
the three miles which represent the
most difficult and dizzy canyon wall
rock work, this Denver firm alone en-
nloying $50 men.
This new Santa Fe railroad work
ia alike timely and trusty as. from
she already great and still indicated
heavier New Mexican snowfall OF this
winter, the coming spring floods are
- be of unprecedented volume and
violence. a fact which, by the way,
i said to be squirting the Santa Fee
railroad to early and extensive other
strengthening and protection Of its
trackage in New Mexican localities.
The Watrous work is to be com
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-24

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-24

stock FOR shipment on October Ia,
1904. With this agreement entered
into, Mcbride took his cattle off the
range at the time specified and drove
them across the country a distance OF
twenty miles. Upon arrival in Ration,
he sets up that the Santa Fe com
pany repudiated its contract, neces-
stating him to drive his cattle to
Bertha, Colo. on the Colorado South.
ern, In order TO get them to market.
This was done at an additional cost
to him of SIS, and because Of the
delay in shipment and the additional
distance the stock was driven, the
shrinkage amounted to $500 damage.
In the meantime the market had de-
clined, entailing a loss 10 him OF 5000,
making the total damage claimed
s1,175.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-24
TORTUR|NC PAIN.
Half This Mans Sufferlngs Would
Have Killed Many a Person.
But Doan's Cured Him.

Thousands of grateful people are tell.
ING every day how Doan's Kidney Pills
cured them OF distressing and dangerous
kidney and bladder troubles,
Yet other thousands are suffering every
day from these same ills, Whyy They
are either very negligent or very skcpti.
cal. Neglect OF kidney disorders leads to
dropsy. diabetes, Bright's disease aud
other fatal diseases.
Sincere, honest testimony like the fol-
lowing should convince every skcptic.
A. &. Sprague, stock dealer, of Normal,
Ill, writes For two whole years i
was doing nothing but buying medicines
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-24
New Advertising Scheme.

The Santa Fe system is putting a
new advertising scheme In all the
larger passenger traffic offices. In
a regular slot machine a series Of
forty-eight pictures Of California.
Colorado and Arizona scenery Is
shown. All the beautiful scenes of
the Grand Canyon. Navajo blanket
weaving by the Navajo Indians. fruit
farms, and residence and adobe house
scenes are among the pictures. The
pictures are passed on after doing
a months service, making an endless
chain Of scenery covering all the
country where the system Ia repre-.
scented.
In future when switchmeG desire to
lay-off, the yardmaster must be given
Iwelve-hours notice.
49,
&puuu'toi Niouts Has btt1 tTIUS-
ferred to the north end for a few
trips On account OF a shortage Of
crews.
Engineer +. Schultz has returned
from Ration. having been succeeded
on the north end by Engineer Billy
Holmes.
It turns out that II. w Donaldson,
the Santa Fe travelling passenger man
who telegraphed ahead from the
Bates excursion train yesterday tor
two dozen wedding candles and 9th.
er little articles up to the number Of
thirty-two. all pointing to n matrimon-
al event. was arranging for the cele-
bration Of a birthday on the train in
stead Of a hymeneal happening. The
candles. etc. were to decorate a BIRTH
day cake and the number of articles
represented the lady's aga which she
thought to keep secret, but dida't.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-24

a horse and sometimes wa unable even
to ride in ii car. My condition was crit.
ical when | sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
I used three boxes and they cured me.
Now l can go anywhere and do as much
as anybody. l sleep well and feel no dis
comfort at all"
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Sprague viii
be mailed ON application to any part Of
the United States. Address Fostcr-Mil
burn Co. Buffalo. n. Y. Sold by oil
dealers price, fifty cents per box.