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elaborats carclessness displayed TO nd
vantage brOnzcd Threats; new overalls
OF the ehaggioat species amply tes-
tlled 10 the social Importance OF the
Benton dance.
As Yet the dancing yas but lntcrmlt-
tent aud engaged In chiefly by the
mothers with large progeny. who felt
that after the arrival OF n greater mum
Der OF guests and among them the III
married girls their opportunities might
not be as plentiful as at present. one
or two COW punchers I'm an excess OF
civlllty at tho presence OF the fair
had Insisted OH giving up their six
shooters. mumbllng something about
there being aides present and n man
being hasty Mt times In the bunk
ROOM" which did duty as n gentle
mans cloak room. things were really
warming up. There was much drink
Ing OF henlths. as the brothers Benton
had thoughtfully provided the where
withal and that In excellent quality.
Costlgan was there and Texas Tyler,
who had ridden sixty miles TO Swing
n petticoat," or IL there were not
enough to 20 round to dance with n
handkerchief tied to some fellows
sleeve. BY swinging n p%etticoat' IL
was perfectly understood among all his
friends that he meant n chance to
dance with Judith Rodney. Texns had
been devoted to Judith since she had
left the convent, and sometimes, per-
haps twice n year, she told him thai
she valued his friendship. On all other
n0NnGlnnG ahn rnNarNnH lilo u,tfN aa He
his continual pressing of IL were some
thing I'm the nature Of an affront. Yet
Texas ~persevered.
We'll, here's lukln' Mt you, since In
the way of n friend there's nothing
better TO look att" And Costlgan drain
ed n tin cup at Texas Tyler.
Your very good health" said Texas.
who was somewhat embarrassed by
what was regarded as Costlgan's Glow
erlness."
"Begorrn. Is that HENDERSON or the
ghost av the b'yI" Costlgan's rowing
eye was arrested by the foreman of
the XXX, who stood drinking with
two or three men OF his outfit. He was
pale and i'll looking. He drank several
times In succession, rs IL he needed the
Etllnulant, and without the formallty
of drinking TO any one. The two or
three XXX men who were with him
seemed to be equally In need OF restor-
atlves.
They talked OF the cattle stampede In
which several OF the outfits had beer
heavy losers. Some 300 head OF cattle
had been recovered, and members OF
A. -. -.aN.. -
the Red desert for strays.
Something in the nature of n sensa-
tlon was created by the arrival Of the
Wetmore party. The women We're
frankly interested in the clothes, bear
Ing II general department of the
New Workers. Rumors Of Miss Cole
brooke's beauty were rife, md there
was u general inclination TO compare
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IT HE dance at the Benton ranch
was the great social event OF
the midsummer season. An
u day strange wagons-ludlcrous,
makeshift things-had boen dlscharg-
Ing loads OF women and chllden at
the ranch, tired mothers and their In
sistent offspring. To the women this
strenuous relaxation came as mama
I'm the wilderness. What was the
dreary round OF washing. ironing. bak-
Ing and the chain OF household tasks
that must be done as primitively as I'm
Genesis IL only they might dance and
forget2 SO the mothers came early and
stayed late. and the primary sessions
OF the dances fulfilled all the func-
lions OF the latter day mothers con.
crosses. There were infant ailments
TO be discussed; there were the ques.
lions OF food and OF teething, Of pare
goric and OF flannel bands, which,
strange heresy, seemed to be ''going
out" according TO the latest advices
from those c~ompendiums OF all do
nestle information, the "woman's
pages" of the daily papers.
1nasmuch nj these more thar pune
tual debaters must be cooked for, there
was, to speak plainly, feeling on the
part OF the h~ousekeeper at the Ben
tons. Wasn't 1t enough for folks to
come to a dance and get n good sup
per and go away like Christians when
the thing was yer instead of coming
a day before 1t began and lingering on
as II they had no home to go TOT This
at least was the housekeeper's point OF
view, a crochety one, be 1t said, not
shared by the brothers Benton, whose
hospitality was as genuine as It was
primitive. To this same difficult lady
the infants who were too tender In
years to be separated from their moth
ers were as productive OF anxiety as
their elders. A room had beer set
apart for their especial accommoda-
ton, the floor of which, carefully
spread with bed quilts and pillows,
prevented any great damage from hap
pening to the more tender of the
guests, and they rolled and crooned
and dug their small fists into each 9TH
er's face while their mothers danced
I'm the Vol beyond.
BY nlghtfall the Benton ranch gleam-
ed on the dark prairie like a c~onstella-
ton. Lights burned at every window;
n broad beam Issued from the door and
threw n welcoming beacon across the
darkness and silence OF the night. The
scraping of iddles mingled with the
rhythmic scuffie of feet and the sing
song of the words that the dancers
sung as they whirled through the fig
ures OF the quadrille and ~lancers.
About the walls of the room where the
dancing was in progress stood q fringe
of gallants, their heads newly oiled
and proclaiming the fact In a bewll-
dering variety OF strong perfumes.
Red silk neckerchlefs knotted with
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-12-20
hammer. voice. intonation. showed n.

manner. voice, information, showed II.
Kitty, nov that her most unworthy
suspicious had been confirmed by Pc
ter's ardent championlng OF Judith, lost
her discretion In the pang that gnawed
her little soul: II beg your pardon. Pc
ter. When / spoke l did not. OF course.
know that this young woman was any
thing to you"
Anything TO mel My lear Kitty,
I've never had a better friend than Ju-
dlth Rodney"
The dance was at It's flood tide. The
exhilaratlon had grown with each
sweep OF the fiddle bow. with the sor-
Gerry OF %sinuous. swaying bodies, with
the o OF the dancers as they Joined
In b calling out OF the figures. with
the rhythmic shuttle OF feet, with the
hum OF h pulses. with the leaping OF
blood to cheek and heart till the dan
GERS whlrled as leaves circling toward
the eddies OF a whirlpool. The dane
Ing Mrs. OAK split her favors Into In
intestinal fragments, for each meas
ure OF which her long list OF waiting
gallants stood ready to pick n quarrel
IL need be-. Her dancing. in the splen-
dor of Its ~spontanelty. had something
OF the surge Of the west wind sweep
ing over a neld OF grain. Sometimes
she waved back her partner and alone
danced a figure, putting 10 the music
her own Observation-Disclosures, pas
~sionate, rude, but magnlhcently vivid.
And the dancers would stop aud crowd
about her, clapping hands and stamp
Ing feet to the rhyming movement OF
her body, while against the wall her
hostile sister-in-law. Mrs. Leander,
stood and glared In n fury Of disap-
prevail, Leander himself smiling broad
ly meanwhile and exercising the ut
most restraint to keep from Joining
Mrs. Johnnie's train.
The xxx men, who had remained
aloof from the dancers and the merri-
ment, keeping n faithful vigil I'm the
bunk room, where the hospitable bot
ties were e be found, seemed TO
awaken from the spell that had bound
them all day. Henderson, the fore
man, whose face had not lost its tai
low p~aleness despite the number OF his
rotations, put his head through the
door to have a look at the dancing, was
caught IN the outermost eddy of the
whirling throng and was soon dancing
as madly as the others. The rest OF the
xxx party still Rugged the bunk
room, where the bottles CLEANED hos
pitably. They were still dusty from
their long ride OF the early morning.
and more han once their fear-quick-
ened imaginations had been haunted
by the specter OF the dead cottonwo0ds,
from which something heavy and limp
and warm had been swaying when
they left It. Henderson bad secured
the dancing Mrs. OAK for a partner.
The "caller out" stationed between the
two rooms, warmed TO his genial task.
He ~improvlsed, he put n wealth of
imagination and personality into his
work, he showered compliments on the
nimbleness of Mrs. DaX's feet, he
joked Henderson on his pallor, he at
tempted n fiorid venture at Kitty.
8R CoNTINUED.l -
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SR Continued

Reprint. News Herald: There is at
least one ehectual. safe. and reliable
as suitable. even for the youngest .child
For years DIR. Shoop bitterly opposed the
use OF opiateS or narcotics in medicine.
offering $40 per drop to any one finding
opium. chloroform, or any other poisonous
or narcotic ingredient IN DR.. Shoop's Cough
Cure. And the challenge is as vet uu-
answered. Here is one manufacturing
physician who welcomed with mnch salts.
faction the new government pure food and
drug law. The public can sow protect
Itself at all times by insisting on having III.
Shops when a cough remedy is needed"
Sold by The Stricken Drug Store,
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XVIII

CONTINUED from last week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21
RESULT OF BUREAUCRACY.
Causea of Russia's Defeaf By Jap
 Pointed Out By kuropafkin.

Causes of Russia's Defeax By Japan
 Pointed Out By lxuropatI<in.
 St Petersburg. March 20.--5eneral Kuropatkin's last order of the day to the First Mdnuchurian army, printed in the Rusky Invalid. (tne military or gan9 today Is a remarkable exposure of the causes Of the Russian defeats, showing that they were due to lack of preparation and equipment and to the fact that there were no explosive shells for the mountain artillery. etc. in the early stages of the war.
 He does not shirk his own respon- sibllity as minister of war (before tho war broke out). but points out that the causes of the defeats were deeper. namely, the morkaIe of the troops and of the officers, who did not display ini- tiative, Independence or enthusiasm in spite of the iron nerves and heroic spirits of the soldiers.
 All this, the general boldly amour ces, is attributable to the oppression of bureaucratic rule during the last fifty years which in the case of the officers drove men of independence from the service. leaving only worthless ones. He congratulated the troops on the ad- vent of liberty and hope for the regen- eration of the people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21
DIES FOR RUSSIA
SCHMIDT BOLDLY FACES HIS ExE-
 CUTIONERs.
With Head Up and Eyes Open He Stands Until e Fourth VOIIey Has Been Fired--s1ade
 a Martyr.

St. Petersburg. March 20.-Lieuten- ant Schmidt, leader of the naval revolt at Sebastopol in November last, who was tried by courtmartial and shot near Otchakoff Fortress, South Russia, yesterday, with three sailors sentenced to death for mutiny. is made hero and a martyr by the revolutionists' The boys of the St Petersburg gymna- sium struck today in order to compel the offering up of prayers in school for the repose of the soul or the lieu tenant.
 The Russ prints a detailed account of the execution, from which 1t appears that when Schmidt received the news that the authorities had refused to commute the death penalty. he wept for the three sailors, his companions, saving they were so young and honest and he would prefer to die alone.
 The condemned men were taken to the small deserted island of Borizan and were shot at sunrise. Schmidt addressed his executioners. sixty sail ors of the cruiser Terets, saying:
 T die for the Russian people and the Fatherland. Many of you doubtless will hereafter share my death for the same cause"
 Schmidt refused 10 accept the sacra- nent and asked not to be blindfolded. He met his death with head up and eyes open. The firing party was sta- tioned at a distance of fifty paces Two of the sailors were killed at the first voIlcy and one moro at the third Schmidt did not fall until tho fourth Volley
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21
MIR. PIERCE'S
 HEALTH BAD Cannot Appear Before
 the Court. MR. ADAMS's MEMORY BAD Cannot Recall Oa Trusts 5 Business
 Transaction. some Interesting Things fin the Custer Case of the state of NIissOuri Against waters-Pierce.
 and Others.

St. Louis, March 20-The second days session of the oil hearing in the custer case of Missouri against the Standard, Republic and Waters-Pterce oil companies, was marked by the fail- ure of H. Clay Pierce to appear as a witness and the sworn testimony or Dr. Bond, his physician, that MT. Pierce was threatened with pneumonia and unable to leave his room.
 A severe cross examination of Charles M. Adams. Secretary-Treasurer of the Waters-Pierce Company, who was again on the stand. occupied much of the day.
 Stock certificates were produced and read to show that the Standard com pany held stock in the Waters-Pierce company in 1900, when that company was reorganized.
 Attorney General Hadley today tele- graphed to Secretary of State Swanger tat Jefferson City. asking him not to permit the Republic Oil Company to withdraw from business in Missouri. Such a course, If permitted, would de- feat the purposes of the investigation. Mir. HadIey explained that during the taking of testimony in Cleveland re- centy, he received an intimation that there might be a shifting of oil inter- ests in Missouri and that he had im- mediately written Secretary of State Swanger along that line, requesting that particular care be taken that this should not be allowed.
 Mr. Adams was questioned closely regarding the ownership of the Wa ters-Pierce stock.
 His Memory Bad.
 Since you left the stand last night, have you recalled anything regarding the ownership of the Waters-Pierce fn 10OO the date of the reorganization of the company asked Attorney General Hadley.
 T have not" Adams replied.
 Are you able to state whether or not the Standard oil Company of New Jersey owns a majority of the stock of the Waters Pierce Company?
 T am not. "
 Did you make out or see the dlNl- dend certificates paid 10 stockholders of the Waters-Pierce Company?
 T cannot remember.
 Could you name even one of the stockholders of the company
 T could name myself.
 You can remember none of the oth- ers?'
 q cannot"
 Who held the stock of the Waters Pierce Company after the re-lncorpof- ation?"
 
 How much did he hold"
 He owned s,9s6 shares following the reincorporation'
 Why can you recall this fact and not recall who owned the stock on the preceding day?' T cannot answer that question: Purpose of the Change. M
 What was the purpose Of thls uls- incorporation and rcincorporatton on the same dav?"
 'I cannot say. ,.-
 Was 1t for the purpose of securing A license when the authorities of that State had refused your company per mission to do business there: T cannot tell you. .
 Don't you know that of the S'99e shares of stock issued 70 Pierce 2'14S shares were endorsed in blank py Pierce September 1. 190H|'
 T don't know
 When the disincorporation was et- fected were the stockholders paid for their stock" ,-.--,-, T believe the new company bought
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21
Daring Burglary in Russian City. STREETS CROWDED AT TINE Not a Kopec Left tn Vaults of
 Institution. It is surmised that an EmpIeye or an ex-EmpIoye was the Chief
 of the Bold
 Thieves.
STREETS CROWDED AT TINE

Moscow. March 2o.--The Credit Mu- tual. one of the largest banks in Mos COW, was mysteriously robbed by mask cd men at dusk tonight the robbers securing S432,500. It was an extreme iy daring job.
 Two facts already developed raise the surmise that the robbery was com mitted by some one at present or pre- viously empoyed in the institution.
 The bank Is situated on Infnkla Street. The last of the clerks had just departed, leaving an inside guard of three men. while under the porteco- chere outside were q policeman and the house porter. The street was crowded with people hurrying home ward
 According to the story of the guards. in the twinkling of an eye they wero confronted with revolvers in the hands of twenty masked men who had entered silently by the main door, which had been locked when the office force left. After a command to the guards to hold up their hands not a word was spoken. The guards were quickly bound and gagged and thrown into & dark corner.
 Familiar With Bank.
 The robbers then took up positions at the entrances and the curtains of the windows were lowered. The chief of the robbers, who directed the oper- ations of his associates by gestures and without speaking, showed thorough familiarity with the location of the vaults.
 When all was ready he went to tha heavy burglar proof safe and with a | few whtris of the knob threw the com bination of the lock. the heavy doors swung open and the treasure of the bank was revealed.
 The piunder. consisting of gold, eii- yer and notes. was speedily thrust into | sacks. When a clean haul of the mon | ey had been made. not kopec being left. the robbers departed as silently sa | they came. making their exit through the main entrance and leaving no traes behind them. They had been in ths bank less than half an hour. Twenty minutes later one of the guards succeeded In freeing himself and gave the alarm. The dumbfounded I policeman and house porter who had been standing in front of the bank throughout claimed they had seen na one enter or leave 1t.
 It is the general impression that ths key to tho mystery is within the bant itself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21
TRANSFER OF BONDS
JUDGE LUTON TAKES CASE UNDER
 INVESTMENT.
Edward COIstOm, Representing Judson Harmon, Appears in the Case and Urges Issuance of hn-
 junction by the Court.

Nashville. Tenn, March 20.-Argu- nents in the injunction case of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company against W. A. Bradford and Kleybolte &, Co, to stop the transfer of $3,So0,oO Pere Marquette bonds for purchase of the Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad and for other purposes. were conducted before Judge Fl. H. Lurton or the United States Circuit Court this afternon.
 Judge Lurton took the papers in the case and announced that he would rem der his decision in two or three days"
 feature of the afternoon was the unexpected appearance of Edward Col ston. representing Judson Harmon, re- ceiver for the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Road. Mr. Colston made an ap- neal on behalf of the receiver. that the ir1unction be granted. On his con cIusion. W. A. Smith, for W. A. Brad ford, expressed surprise at MT. Col ston's appearance ln1 took exceptions to his statement.
 Another interesting incident occurred In tbe forenoon when Mir. Smith made reference to the recent lynching or q ! negro at ChattanooEa.
 l when Mir. Maxwell referred to the ] entanglementa of the case and asked why the opposition to the injunction | could not wait until the final hearing for pressing its claims of the validity of the Pere Marquette securities, Mir smith interrupted: Why" he said 'sTennessee only last night had case of waiting for justice from final trt- bunaL An appeal had been taken to the United States Supreme Court and | before that court an accused was to gc l from Chattanooga He was waiting 1 for justice in the final hearing. but today he is in his grave, to the shame of the State of Tennessee
 He referred to the lynching of tho negro at Chattanooga
 Continuing MT. Smith said that Il was all we'll enough to talk justice 1T the end, hut in this particular case thu credits of his client was impaired anC over $S00,0O0 of money was lying idle and there was no time to wait for thu final hearing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21

logical moment" for the appearance oe such wild rumors.
 No press dispatches confirming the story have been received, but # the re- port should prove to be true, the ab- sence of these might be accounted for by the imposition of censorship.
 The alleged news came in the form of two cipher telegrams to a prominent member of the social revolutionary party. such as the revolutionaries have sometimes been able to transmit through accomplices in the telegraph offices when tho public and even the Governmen has been unable to com municate. As translated and displayed at the offices of the radical newspapers here the telegrams say briefly that the sailors, infuriated by the refusal of Emperor Nicholas to pardon Leuten ant Schmidt and their fellow sailors. rose in their barracks and seized and imprisoned tho majority of their of- fcers. The dispatches add that the city of Sebastopol Is almost entirely in flames.
 It is also stated that a student of the technologicaI institute has received a similar telegram. Tho admiralty af- fects ignorance as to the occurrence of any such affair. The papers in view of the menace of the new press law which provides that they may be closed up TOT SpItdoAhS idlS0 ESpuElS affecting the army or navy are afraid 10 take chances by publishing the story tomorrow
 Rioters Killed at bod1. Lodz. Russian Poland. March 20.---A number of revolutionists today sur rounded a hall and fired through the windows at persons who were attend ing meeting at which the methods of voting were discussed. A panic snsued and when the people rushed out they were fired on by the revolutionlsts. sev- eral persons being wounded. 4 de- tachment of cavalry then came up ana diapersed the rioters, killing two,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21
NEED OF BATTLEsHrPs.
Admiral Dewey Gives His Views to
 HouNe Committee.

House Committee.
 Washington, March 20.--Great bat tleships like the 1s,0oo ton English battIeship Dreadnaught are the crying need of the American Navy, according to Admiral Deway, who appeared be- fore the House Committee on Naval Affairs today. At least two such ships should be authorised at once, In Ad- miraI Dewey's opinion. He would have these of American design and thinks we should be creative rather than initiative In developing the navy.
 Admiral Dewsy also believes exten- sive experiments with submarine boats should be carried on. In case of at tack by a foreign navy, an American harbor of supply would be necessary, and submarines. in his opinion. arc admirably adapted to prevent for eign foe from gaining such supply harboR.
 Ths Admiral does not favor addi- tional cruisers and arnt red cruisers, but believes scout ships of the moni- tor typo should be built.
 Admiral Dewey thinks battleships should not be kept constantly in com mission. He would have them rest in suitable harbors where & small crew could keep them in condition. This would result in great saving to the machinery. Crews could be trained satisfactorily on water and in less eX- penstve ships. ia his opinion,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21
MOODY GRRows SARCASTIC

Says ImsnunItE Pleas of the Packers
 Are Noe wen Founded.
 Chicago, March 90---Attorney Gener- al Moody spoke nearly all day in the ,hearing of the immunity pleas advance cd by the packers concluding nis argu- fneflt just In time to allow hirn to take train for Washington.
 He declared that the pleas of the packers were not we'll founded and that they could not be entitled to immunity because they had given their evidence of their own free will and had not been placed on oath nor subjected to com pulsion of any kind. He at times grew very sarcastic in his reference to the statement of the attorneys for the de- fendants who had claimed that their clients could not be punished because they had voluntarily given evidence to Commissioner GarfIeld.
 Attorney Miller. for the defendants made a brief reply to the attorney general before court adjourned for the day. He will continue his argument throughout the first session of court tomorrow and perhaps longer.