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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-13

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There wore two races at rs targets each,
shot by two tealnsr one representing West
End, tho other tho BRichllrond& Gun Club.
The former won the first race BY two
t Ii. second s race 81. IA targets. q In tho
feiw future tho Ito will $be shot on on Z
tho grounds OF the West End Club.
IA Tho ~, test for the, Ho tel Lawrence
viii be q very Interesting race during tho
season. III fj As. aa vi 5}. :g,i . ~
Messrs. Brown and Martin have Just
received their new Parker guns and are
shooting them we'll. Il &, 81 II
The Scores.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-23
CHAPTER XIII.

@ N the night upon which such
 strange chances had befallen
 his messengers the king sat in
 his cabinet attended only by Louvols his minister. There was a tap at the door. and Bontems peeped in. "The archbishop has arrived. sire.' "yery we'll, Bontems. Ask madame to be so good as to step this way. And order the witnesses to assemble in the anteroom."
 As the valet hastened away Louis turned to his minister. q wish you to be one of the witnesses. Louvois." ITO what, sireT'
 ITO my marriage"
 The minister started. "What, sire! Already"
 "Now, Louvois; within five minutes" Every good, sire"
 There had meanwhile been busy go- ings on in the small room where the red lamp burned in front of the Virgin. Francoise de Maintenon stood in the center little flush of excitement on her cheeks and an unwonted light in her placid gray eyes. She was clad in a dress of shining white brocade, trim- med and slashed with silver serge and fringed at the throat and arms with costly point lace. There came dis erect tap at the door.
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person out after him. There was a scufae, cry, push, and the two fig. ures vanished through the door. As 1t closed the carriage drove away, the torches and braziers were extinguished, the main gate was closed once more, and all was as quiet as before this sudden interruption.
 "Well!' gasped De Catinat. ''Is this another kings messenger they've got?''
 ''There will be lodgings for two more here in short time," said Amos Green. "Give me your bar again. This thing is giving. It won't take us long to have it out" He set to work furious ly, trying to deepen the groove in the stone, through which he hoped to drag the staple. Suddenly he ceased and strained his ears.
 By thunderr said he. There's some one working on the other side"
 They both stood listening. There were the thud of hammers, the rasping of a saw and the chatter of wood from the other side of the wall.
 What can they be doing? Can you see them?"
 '0They are too near the wall.''
 T think I can manage" said De Cati- nat. T am slighter than you" He pushed his head and neck and half of one shoulder through the gap between the bars, and there he remained until his friend thought that perhaps he had stuck and pulled his legs to extricate him. He writhed back, however, with out any difficulty.
 They are building something" he whispered.
 Building"
 .Yes. There are four of them, with . lantern"
 sWhat can they be building, then?'
 "It's shed, I think. can see four sockets in the ground. and they are fixing four upriglits into them."
 Well, we can't get away as long as there are four men just under our win dow"
 "Impossibler'
 "But we may as well finish our work for all that.'
 X The gentle scrapings of his iron were drowned amid the noise which swelled ever louder from without. The bar loosened at the end, and he drew it in.
 The steady hammering and saving went forward. It was early morning, and the first cold light was beginning to steal over the courtyard before the work was at last finished and the work men had left Then at last the prison CTS dared to climb up and to see what 1t was which had been constructed dur ling the night. It gave them a catch of the breath as they looked at it. It was a scaffold. It was buttressed up against their wall, and in the center stood headsman's block.
 q think it is time that we left" said Amos Green. .'The window is clear. Let us make rush for il"
 .Tt Is useless can see a line of armed men along the farther side of the yard. And here come more. See, at the center gate.'
 As he spoke the door which faced them opened, and singular procession filed out. First came two dozen foot men, walking in pairs, all carrying halberds and clad in the same maroon colored liveries. After them huge bearded man, with his tunic of and the sleeves of his coarse shirt rolled
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up over his elbows, strode along with a great ax over his left shoulder. Be- hind him, priest with an open missal battered forth prayers, and in his shadow was woman, clad in black, her neck barred, and black shawl cast over her head and dropping in front of her bowed face. Within grip of her walked tall, thin, fierce faced man, with harsh red features and a great jutting nose. He wore flat velvet cap with single eagle feather fastened into it by diamond clasp. which gleamed in the morning light. But bright as was his gem his dark eyes were brighter still and sparkled from under his bushy hSows with a mad brilliancy which bore with it something of menace and of terror.
 The woman had faltered at the foot of the scaffold, but the man thrust her on, and two of the followers caught her by either wrist and dragged her forward.
 "Oh, Maurice! Maurice!" she screamed. II am norft to die. Oh. forgive me, Maurice, as you hope for forgiveness yourself! Maurice! Mau- ricep' She strove to get toward him, to clutch at his wrist. at his sleeve, but he stood with his hand on his sword, gazing at her with face which was all wreathed and contorted with merriment She turned away and threw back the mantle which had shrouded her features.
 "Ah, sire" she cried. "Sire! If you could see me nowr'
 And at the cry and at the sight of that fair pale face De Catinat, looking down from the window, was stricken as though by dagger, for there, stand ing beside the headsman's block, was she who had been the most powerful. as well as the wittiest and the fairest, of the women of France-none other than Francoise de Montespan, so lately the favorite of the king
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Tt is Bontems, madame" said Mile. Nanon. "He says that the king is ready"
 "Then we shall not keep him waiting. Come, mademoiselle. and may God shed his blessing upon what we are about to do!'
 The little party assembled in the kings anteroom and started from there to the private chapel. In front walked the portly bishop, clad in green vest ment. puffed out with the importance of the function, his missal in his hand and his fingers between the pages at the service de matrimoniis. The king and Mme. de Maintenon walked side by side, she quiet and composed, with gentle bearing and downcast eyes, he with a flush on his dark cheeks and nervous, furtive look in his eyes, like man who knows that he Is in the midst of one of the great crises of his life. Behind them in solemn silence followed little group of chosen wit nesses, the lean, silent Pere Ia Chaise. Louvois scowling heavily at the bride, the Marquis de Charmarante, BontemS and Mile Nanon.
 The torches shed strong yellow light upon this small band as they ad- vanced slowly through the corridors and salons which led to the chapel, A minute later they were before the al tar, and the words were being read which should bind them forever to- gether. AS they turned away again, her new ring blazing upon her finger. there was buzz of reorganization around her. The king only said noth- ing, but he looked at her, and she had no wish that he should say more. She was still calm and pale, but the blood throbbed in her temples.
 But sudden shadow had fallen across her, and low voice was in her ear. Remember your promise to the church." 1t whispered. She start ed and turned to see the pale, eager face of the Jesuit beside her.
 Your hand has turned cold, Fran coise,' said Louis. 'Let us go, dear est We have been too long in this dismal church.
 Mime. de Montespan had retired to rest, easy in her mind, after receiving the message from her brother. She knew Louis as few others knew him, and she was we'll aware of that ob- stinacy in trifles which was one of his characteristics. If he had said that he would be married by the archbish- op, then the archbishop 1t must be. Tonight at least there should be no marriage.
 She dressed herself with care in the morning No news had come to her of the great event of the previous night, although the court already rang with 1t, for her haughtiness and her bitter tongue had left her without friend or intimate She rose. therefore, in the best of spirits.
 She was still in her boudoir putting the last touches to her toilet when her page announced to her that the king was waiting in her salon. Mme. de Montespan could hardly believe in such. good fortune She had racked her brain all morning as to how she should win her way to him, and here he was waiting for her.
 He had come with every intention of beginning the interview by telling her bluntly of his 'r'""-ir~a. but now, as
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he looked upon her beauty and her love, he felt that 1t would have been less brutal to strike her down at his feet. Let some one else tell her, then. She would know soon enough. All this ran swiftly through his mind, and she as swiftly read 1t or in his brown eyes.
 You have something you came to say, and now you have not the heart to say 1t. God bless the kindly heart which checks the cruel tonguew
 No, no, madame" said Louis. ''I would not be cruel I cannot forget that my life has been frightened and my court made brilliant during all these years by your wit and your beau ty. But times change, madame, and for every reason think that 1t Is best that we should arrange in the way which we discussed the other day and that you should withdraw yourself from the @court.'
 Withdraw, sire. For how longw
 ''It must be a permanent withdraw al. madame. need not sAy that I shall make your retirement happy one as far as in me lies. Your allow ance shall be fixed by yourself. A pal ace shall be erected for you in what ever part of France you may prefer. provided that it is twenty miles from Paris. An estate also
 ''Oh, sire, how can you think that such things as these would compensate me for the loss of your lover Her heart had turned to lead within her breast. Had he spoken hotly and an grily she might have hoped to turn him as she had done before, but this gen tie and yet firm bearing was new to him, and she felt that all her arts were vain against it.
 Madame" said he, T have thought well over this matter, and 1t must be as I say. There is no other way at all. I have ordered your brother to have his carriage at the postern at g o'clock, for I thought that perhaps you would wish to retire after nightfall."
 ITO hide my shame from a laughing court! It was thoughtful of you. sire. And yet perhaps this, too, was duty, since we hear so much of duties now adays, for who was it but you"-
 T know, madame, I know. con fess it. I have wronged you deeply. Believe me that every atonement which is in my power shall be made. Nay, do not look 50 angrily at me, beg. Let our last sight of each other be one which may leave a pleasant memory behind it."
 "A pleasant memoryw All the gen. tlcness and humility had fallen from her now, and her voice had the hard ring of contempt and of anger. "A pleasant memory! It may we'll be pleasant to you. who are released from the woman whom you ruined, who can turn now to another without any pale face to be seen within the salons of your court to remind you of your per fidy. But to me, pining in some lonely country house, spurned by my hus- band, despised by my family, the scorn and jest of France, far from all which gave charm to life, far from the man for whose love have sacrificed every thing-this will be very pleasant memory to me. you may be sure"
 (To be Cont,nued.)
 EVENING DEMOCRAT SELLS FOR
 N CENTS A MONTH.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-23

EVENING DEMOCRAT SELLS FOR
 42 CENTS A MONTH.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-23

(To be Continued.).
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
LIBERTY IN DANGER,

1t will be shameful, indeed if con-
gress does not grant the request of
the war department for the modest
sum of fifty-six thousand dollars to
repair and light properly the statue
of liberty in New York harbor. The
corrOsion Of the material of which it
is constructed. which is said to be
painfully apparent to everyone who
visits the island. is threatening it's
s )lidity, and there is also danger from
a defect in the pedestal, AS for the
light in the big torch it is SO dim as
to be almost lost in contrast with
the newest bright lights OF the city
above and is OF very little value 70
mariners Those matters should
certainly be attended to at once. 1t
will be recalled that there was a very
seeming ungraciousness
in the original provision for the ac-
ceptance and location of this gift Of
q sister republic; it would be contemp-
tible not to provide now for it's proper
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
OLD PACIFIC COAST CHURCH.

The old Mission Dolores in San
yesterday for the purpose of reminding
the public that Holy Thursday was
celebrated for the first time in Cali
fornia 1870 years ago 1t was not the
present building that witnessed that
first celebration, although the tempo
rary structure Of mud and brush stood
upon the same spot, 50 that the associ-
alton is actually unbroken The pres
ent church was built in 1904. and al
though time mas dealt gently with its
adobe walls it has needed the restora-
tive hand that has been reyerently APP
Piled During the last two years some
of the wrinkles Of old age have been
smoothed away. but without any loss
of distinctiveness or character The
interior has been restored, the crude
tracings upon the walls have been re-
touched, and the old statutes have been
put back into the inches that are their
ZONES. 1t has been a real restoration
and not a rebuilding. The antiquity of
the cnuTcH mas not peSH feHloFeu, put
intensified and made visible.
1t is good to know that the venerable
mission church will soon be perma-
nentlv opened, at least during certain
hours of each day. Hitherto it mas
been necessary to comply with certain
formalities that were sometimes pro
nibitive in the case of hurried travel
ers. The new arrangement would al
ready be in force but for a change i'll
the administration, but it will not now
be long delayed, and there viii then be
no difficulty in inspecting tne famous
landmark in California and the silent
witness Of her changes and her growth
Sacramento tCal) Union.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
John prew,s Bible knowledge.

John Drew became quite melancholy
the other day when he was regretting
the fact that SO few people read the
Bible nowadays. It appears that John
was supping amiably at the club and
when nobody could tell him the mean
ing of the word Easter" he exclaimed
with frown, Nobody reads the Bible
now" Just at this moment We con
fess our INABILITY to turn to that par
ticular p.rt If the Bible which treats
of Easte- lis derivation as a word
and its meaning but of course we do
not for an instant doubt that the whole
matter is fully set forth somewhere,
as is well known to John. Perhaps
it is late in Exodus or early in
Leyiticus; we always had to skip that
part of the Old Testment to keep
awake Now we know why John was
elected president of the Players Club,
1t was i'll Difference to his knowledge
of the Holy Scriptures.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
The Church Must Move.

Springfield Republican-The chu:-
ches simply have got to move on
at present they are in the position
Of insisting on their creeds, and esp
ecially in their preaching on mani.
fest imaginations, instead of things
known" for the things which are seen
are temporal, but the things which
are not seen are eternal" All the
illusions, drama, paraphernalia, dignit-
les and creeds of the Church are pass
ing man made them, and the new
light of Gods life will dispense them
leaving lis a truG Church of divine
and human life in accord with the
very life Of the great universe, in winch
the Church is to serve it's constant
purpose of elevation and development
in Goes own holiness of perfected
chara cter. The essentials of character
do Ut depend upon dogma in cate
chisin and creed; neither in pope, nor
hierarchy, nor in bishop, preacher,
deacon or evangelist. Those essen
tials are very simple. Love God, the
divine spirit that fills the universe;
love man, thy brother.
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were seeking new routes for trade just
as are their successors who are today
extending steel highways into regions
which only few short years ago were
inhabited by wild animals and Indians.
1t is the undeveloped areas of fertile
land which now attract the pioneer in
railway enterprise as we'll as the ac-
tual settler
Whether this country will consume
all the wheat raised within its borders
or not, the markets of the world are
clamoring for supplies and in response
to the demand, the eyes of the indus.
trial discoveries are turned toward the
northwest. To dwellers in the south,
ern and eastern states, the term north
west still means Minnesota, the Dako-
tas, Montana and Wyoming Washing
ton and Oregon, but in these states,
the northwest. has a wider meaning.
1t includes not only a great extent of
territory on this side of the line but
also a vast expanse of fertile lands in
Canada which are now being turned
into productive farms and which in a
few years will be among the greatest
grain producing regions of the world
When it comes to getting the prod
uct of these Canadian wheat fields to
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est in the subject on this side of the
boundary line. Already existing
lines of road make a network over
the wheat fields Of Manitoba and the
Canadian brakeman shouts Winnepe-
gosis on the shores Of the lake of that
name. Farther west, the iron high
ways cross Saskatchewan and Asst
nibOia, provinces whose names have
only recently been made familiar by
the railway maps. Edmunton. in Al
berta, still nearer the Pacific, is be-
coming a railroad center. The Cana
dian Pacific stretches through the new
wheat fields to the Pacific coast. The
Grand Trunk Pacific is being built
westward and the Canadian Northern
has already reached Edmunton and
consequently has but about 500 miles
to go before it touches the waters OF
the Pacific. The new Hill line is to
be pushed from Fernie, town in
British Columbia. eastward across the
prairie until Winnipeg is reached,
and Winnipeg is already included in
the Hill system. The Hill plans con-
template the crossing of the Canadian
Pacific and Tile tapping of rich country
to the north of that line.
1t is significant of the purpose o.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27

the railroad builders that they seek to
find routes through rich agricultural
territory rather than to hit upon the
lines which would prove to be the
shortest distance between two points
regardless of the character of the
country which it traversed It is also
significant, on the other hand, that
having laid their rails through the
wheat producing areas. the railway
men thus seek the shortest roads to
the nearest points on navigable wa
ters. One of the strong points ad-
vanceed by Mr.. Hill in support of the
route he has selected is that ne can
connect the Canadian northwest with
Duluth over a country of easy grades.
All ne other railways traversing west,
ern Canada have or will have connec,
ton with the western end of Lake SUI
perior
While the greatest Of railway pro.
jects now under way in the west cen
ter in the Canadian wheat fields. the
building of various short pieces of
road in the western states tends to
shorten the distance to the ports at
this end of Lake Superior. A rail
way map shows many dotted lines
where such short cuts are proposed
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All these additions to existing railway
systems mean additional commerce
on the lakes
II a line Is drawn from the eastern
end of Lake Superior diagonally
across the map of the United States
to the Pacific coast at the southern
extremity of California it will be found
that all the territory north and west
of this line is nearer to Lake Supe-
rior ports than TO others on the great
lakes and in shortening their routes
to the east western railroad systems
evidently have this fact in mind.
Hand in hand with the building of
western railways goes the develop
ment OF the country in many lines.
With the increase IN population. re-
gions which are now devoted to farm
ing and mining will become the scene
Of many manufacturing enterprises
and in their turn win help to swell
the total of the commerce of the
lakes. Already in Minnesota steps
are being taken to provide cheap
power for many diversified indus
tries.
In this western country the har-
Messing Of the rivers has already be
gun, and as a result of the work now
being done on the St. Louis river,
with its ultimate capacity of 200, 900
horsepower, projects are oG foot not
only for the establishment of many
manufacturing enterprises, but also
for the classification of some of the
railroads which now run north from
Duluth to the great mines on the
iron r. = 1t has been figured out
that whea Minnesota and the Dakotas
have a population as dense as that of
Massachusetts the three states viii
contain not less than 60.000,00 PEG.
pie. whose needs will be served By
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A WIFE WHO CAN WORK.

Springfield, ILL.,, Journal-Grover
Cleveland White, a Massachusetts boy
of eighteen, has Tilted his sweetheart,
seventeen, and married her mother, a
woman of forty-two, with two sons
older than himself.
Silly boy-eh? Maybe not. Mar
riage is not altogether a question of
ages. This young man, though tickle
in affections, has an idea or two Of
his own not half bad
although forty-two years old, my
wife does not look to be over twenty
five" This is a point worth consider
ing. A woman, we know, is no older
than she looks to her husband So
long as she is young in his eyes he is
safely within the limits
she knows how to cook" says the
young husband, coming to more pro
sale defense. she knows how to
wash. iron, mend clothes and keep
house, and that's more than a major
ity of the young girls Of the present
day know"
in little while and frequently even
CONCEAL in the divorce court. But
ability to cook, wash and keep house
abides always; and the young man
who at eighteen has secured to him
self such a treasure as this need have
no concern for his future.
A wife old enough to be his mother
and not averse to hard work must be
able to support him; and is not that
infinitely better for a young man OF
eighteen than a giddy young thing
who can do nothing but love him
through a brief honeymoon that dis
mally ends when the larder runs
| empty
II would seem that Grover Cleve
! land White is d wise young man.