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powerful arms worked with the
smoothness of a piston.rod.
Indeed, yes. They offer me the
rank Of captain In the English navy,
and thirty thousand dollars in cash. Z"
Pierre gave low whistle.
"And the price of all this honor and
wealth." he asked, taking another
backward glance.
"prill bit more to )srboard; we
will stop at easy hailing distance"
said lean, after turning halfway in
his seat. Then, in an entirely diff
ferent tone, one of concentrated rage,
"The price is that we are to sell our
selves to the English, and lead them,
by our own paths and waterways, so
that they may fall Unexpectedly upon
New Orleans, and burn the city, after
pillaglng it. They are also to buy the
slaves with promised freedom, and
then add to the ruin by an insurrec.
tlon."
Pierre, although Of not so fine a
mould as Jean, shared the latter's dis
like to profanity, and rarely INDUCED
in strong language. But he now ut
tered a terrible oath.
This was his only comment; and II
was followed by silence. until Jean
announced, Here we are; and Wen
lie on our oars"
He sent a challenging shout over
the water 1t was answered at once;
then came the sound of working oars,
and LATTE called again, Come no
nearer. Captains Lockyer and Nc
Williams will remain on the island
for the night, and have sent you writ
ten orders. Stop where you are, and
will bring them to you"
A short pause succeeded then a
surly AYE, aye" came across the
water, and the rowing stopped, just as
fiery thread OF the rising moon was
Hitting above the sea.
Pierre soon brought his boat along
side the other one, and Jean, laying a
hand on its gunwale inquired. who
Is In command here%
81 am, sir" replied one OF the men,
rising so that his powerful form stood
out above the others. I'm bo's'n OF
the brig"
Here are your orders" said LATTE,
handing the sealed paper to the near
cat man, who passed it along. you
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Flowers and Character.

That which surrounds us forms our
character. If we live in the midst OF
filth we cannot keep 1t secret. The
world turns its knowing eye on us
looks beneath the surface, sees our
inner selves, our degraded minds and
our cold, cruel hearts.
II we live surrounded by the bean.
ties Of life, the world knows, too. Our
hearts grow kind and sympathetic and
our thoughts high and pure.
We all know that this is true. Then
is it not our plain duty to surround
our little children with every loyabIe
uplifting thing the world affords? Is
1t not our duty to ourselves to sur.
round ourselves with everything
which will refine our thoughts and
help to form within us an admirabIa
character? We owe it to our children
to ourselves and to society.
Probably the purest and most be,r,
tiful things on earth are flowers. Can
you not imagine a character grown in
the midst of garden of flowers
Montreal Herald.
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are kest quiet, and that nothing %
ours to prevent my returning the t"o
officers safely to their boat
Several times during the night jean
and Pierre, singly or together, wen'
outside to reconnoitre, but the hours
passed without disturbance.
once, while Jean was pacing up ano
down beneath the bright stars Win
the hounds for company, the sound
of a far-off VOLTS cry changed as
would have the blast of a trumpet,
the current OF his thoughts.
Was It really coming, and SO near
as 1t seemed-the day for which ne
had longed, holding for him the
chance of redeeming himself in the
estimation of the Island Rose? And
were not events seeming to shape for
enabling him to fulfil the promise
made upon Elba--that he would erase
the stigma from the name of LATTE
in louisiana?
A thrill of hope made new life
spring within him, and, with an un'
voiced prayer, he lifted his wilful face
to the heavens. from whence there
seemed to descend a strange peace.
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ARE BLoNDs TO DIsAPpEARY
Probability That in the Future We
Shall All Be Brunettes.

PROBABILITY Ihat IN the Future We
Shall All Be Brunettes.
The somewhat startling statement
has been made that the blue eyed,
golden haired and light complexioned
variety of the human race is in the
course of extinction, and that, within
few more generations, blonds are
likely to become so rare in the world g
population that they may be looked
upon as curiosities, somewhat as al.
binos are to-day. The blond type has
been so often chosen by artists and
poets to represent their noblest con,
ceptions of human beauty that no one
can regard even the bare suggestion
OF its extinction without dismay.
Moreover, some of the worlds great.
est races and many of its most mas,
terful personalities have belonged to
this type. and its admirers have some,
times gone so far as to aver that light
compilations, and in particular light
colored eyes, are the favored livery of
the highest genius.
This is undoubtedly an extreme and
untenable claim, yet 1t cannot be de,
MED that history shows an extraor,
dinary number of men and women OF
the first rank in all the higher fields
OF intellect who possessed the charac,
teristic marks of the blond, and this
not only in countries where the light
type prevails, but also in lands like
Italy. where the general complexion Of
the population is dark.-Success
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Tommy Harper isn't bad sort but
he has bug that he was put In TINS
world for. the purpose of elevating the
stage.
Tommy thinks he could rush on
and play Richard the Third to such
an extent that the audience would rise
up and carry him out on their shoul-
ders.
Perhaps they would-dead.
Tommy thinks that with his voice
he could make Jean de Reszke's notes
look like bunch of bad money.
He's out to bet a couple Of seven
dollar bills that he has Herbert Kelcey
famed to finish, and that when 1t
comes to comedy Francis Wilson and
JEFF DAngelis aren't visible on the
shell road.
He says that II ever he can break
into a play with Mrs. Leslie Carter
he'll turn such warm pair of GOO
goo eyes on her that somebody will
have to get up and yell for the fire
department.
But Tommy can't make good with
his shape.
He's as broad across the bosom as
Col Jack Carter.
In the love passages his embonpoint
would set him back about three feet.
He can wear full dress suit all
right, but after it's set he looks like u
load of new-mown hay.
Tommy belongs to the Ancient and
Honorable Order of Tack Hammers.
He always knocks in lady-like
way, and his remarks don't register
once in ten.
He likes to go to a theater and
squirt verbal seltzer water all over the
place.
His language is all fine and daisy,
but when he turns on the loud pedal
he sounds like dog locked up in the
barn.
He Is one Of those dubs who thinks
he's missed his calling, and, no doubt,
his calling has been shaking hands
with itself ever since because ne
missed the boat.
VIC hhoWu iOlhlily lOT q lOHB I1D1c,
so he feels free to read his dope to
me.
Every time a new book comes out
Tommy wants to get 1t dramatized
and star in it.
He tried to get Janice Meredith" !"
but Frank Mckee cut across lots and
headed him off.
Tommy had an Idea that IL the part
of Washington crossing the Delaware
In Janice Meredith" could be fat.
tened up with couple Of topical songs
and a comedy bit, he'd be aces for the
road.
He says that IL he had seen David
Harum" first he would have made
Billy Crane look like a plate of cold
potatoes.
Tommy told me once that II he
could play the opposite part to Marie
Dressler the public would have to bite
its way into the theater.
He thinks he has Pete DALEY down
with both shoulders on the CARPET
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CHAPTER XXI.

AT sunrise change had taken place
in the appearance of things about thd
stockade. Before the now opened
gates a Drawn lrishman, one of Bet
lUche's trusted followers, fully armed,
paced to and fro, and Lopez stood
guard before the locked doors of Ia
fitte's house.
AS Pierre. Jean and the two UNDER
captains were finishing breakfast q
messenger came to tell the formef
that the "Star of the Gulf had como
to anchor in the harbor, and was fly
ing signal for his presence on board.
1T is Zendanner, from Mexico, al
last" he said, glancing at Jean, "and
| am glad to know of his safe arrival.
He should have been in a week ago,
"Will you go, or shall l." Pierre ask,
ed, as Jean remained silent.
The latter, like Pierre, knowing the
full meaning of the signal, replied that
he would go aboard, and. leaving
Pierre in charge of matters at the
stockade, he took his way to the har-
Dor.
Returning in an hours time, he was
coming up the path from the beach
when he heard unmistakable sounds
of tumult, followed by the roar of the
gun mounted upon pivot in front of
his own house, as protection against
possible disturbances.
Pierre, Beluche and Dominique-Yo
were standing upon the steps of the
house shouting angrily at the rioters
for such they were. who, armed, and
filed with murderous lust, crowded
before them, demanding "The two
English spies!"
ITO be continued.)
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trunk there. This act will be verJl
funny il anyone laughs at it.
THE fourth act is d dramatizatiol
of the Pennsylvania railroad TIM
tables. You should cut quite a fgurd
in this act.
THE fifth act Is at the bottom Of
well. You play the pump. You ough
to be great success IL you handle
with care.
I'm the sixth act you play the racsf
with real money. You'll have to furj
nish it yourself. I'm only your mani
ager-Pm not bank.
"The scene of the seventh act 4
laid on top of a mountain. You arg
discovered standing on top Of th9
mountain. Then somebody moves tha
mountain.
"In the eighth act you will appear
as The Pride of Jennico, IL you don't
break your leg when you fall on ths
mountain.
I'm the ninth act you play the hosei
II the audience hasn't gone home BY
this time you'll have to 90 out and
give an imitation of Edwin Booth. y
that doesn't send them home we'll call
for the police.
I'm sure you will like the play
Your salary will be 5000 week-som'
weeks.
Call and see me at your earlies'
convenience. Take the elevator. There
isn't anything else in the building y
offer you. Yours with love,
JOHN HENRY"
You'd think that would detain
Tommy temporarily, wouldn't you!
But it won't.
He'll forget 1t, and day after 70
morrow he'll flash the intelligence on
me that he has invented strange
hold line Of business that Will pu
Looey Harrison on the blink; ana tna
when 1t comes to low comedy ne ns,
Dan McAvoy going over the hills an'
away to the woodshed.
You know. when guy like Tomm,
once gets the worm in his noodle tna
he's cut out for an actor you coulan
coax 1t away with a mallet.
Copyright, by G, W. Dillingham; CO..
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CHAPTER XXI.

Having emerged from the building
Lahtto saw, as he was locking the
door, that many of his men, armed
with guns, had gathered within the
stockade, the greater number of them
standing around another loghouse at
the farthernost end, where two of his
subcaptains, Beluche and Dominique
You, had their quarters.
He went to the end OF the stockade,
and not seeing Pierre amongst the
men gathered there, asked II anyone
knew of the latters Whereabouts.
He was outside, my captain, when
last saw him. He was sitting on the
bluf, smoking, and swearing that the
men should do no harm TO that boat.
load of beauties lying off shore" re.
piled Dominique You, his swarthy face
wrinkllng with grin.
The shadows were falling fast, and
the dampening air was melodious
with the notes OF the mocking.b birds
that filled the trees about the fort,
while faint but sweet came other
fiuting voices from the deeper woods,
mingling with the occasional cry of
an owl, or the reiterative note of a
whippoorwill; and now and then the
maniacal scream of loon came from
the sedges.
On the edge OF the bluff was Pierre,
q gun across his knees, and looking
like sentinel on guard, except that
he was stretched upon the ground
smoking.
Pierre's head turned quickly at the
sound of footsteps behind him, and he
sprang upright as Jean said, I'VE
must row out there, and send those
fellows back to their ship. The Off.
GERS will remain here for the night"
Nothing more was said until small
boat had been pushed Off Jean sat in
the stern. and Pierre, laying his gun
across the seat, picked up the oars and
began to row with long, steady strokes
that sent the light craft speeding out
toward the English boat, showing
black in the gathering dusk.
Jean now tied a handkerchief to
an extra oar, and raised it, making a
white flutter in the shadows.
Offered they a generous bribe?"
Pierre inquired softly, turning his
head In order to make sure of the
other boats exact position, while his
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1IlI .E .0UESIANA
| Nv BY WARY DEVEREUX
l--SJ NTH ILLUSTRATIONS WILSON
092vzgM A-o~v~ ~xc coya,o0

are to return to the brig, ana report
here at noon tomorrow"
AYE, sir" replied the boatswain.
Eight oars touched the water as one,
and the English boat went her way.
Pierre soon began to row more slow
| ly; and Jean asked, in continuation of
their recent talk" Heard you ever of
a more dastardly plan for white men
to map out"
Not l." growled Pierre. Even La
ro. scoundrel as he was, never did a
worse thing And II we decline this
Jean, then what is 1t to be, or did they
not do us the honor of Goubting our ac-
ceptance?'
"Barataria is to be overrun by the
English; our ships and property con
fscated; and you and l. together with
our men, put to death as pirates, who
have merlted the vengeance of Great
Britain by our seizure Of Spanish YES
sells"
"So!" But Pierre's laugh had little
of mirth in It. Louisiana offers
price for your head, and England
threatens to hang you II you will not
help her destroy New Orleans, SO that
she may have Louisiana by the throat.
A fine choice of favors, this, to select
from"
Under the Nv, cane-thatched roof
covering thI abode of Beluche and
DominiqueI ou, they and the two La
fittes ate supper In comparative ST.
lence, owing to the coming and going
Of the slave, Juniper, who waited upon
them. But the meal over, with pipes
and bottles upon the cleared table,
and Juniper shut apart in his own do
main, they proceeded to discuss the
matter whose contemplation had
made their silence seem sullen.
When they were all seated, Lafitte,
in a low tone, and to the accompani-
ment of occasional angry comments
and imprecations, read the two papers,
omitting, however, all mention of the
money offered to himself.
NOW, tell us, Captain LATTE" spoke
up Beluche, who like Pierre, had been
smoking contemplatively, apparently
revolving what had been read, "tell us
what you advise as the cause to be
pursued, But, first Of all, l declare
that never will take up arms for
England, against America or any other
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So He Could Sleen-

guest at one of Kansas Citv,s
large hotels surprised the key clerk
Tuesday night by stepping up to the
desk at 10 o'clock and saying: lam
going to bed now. Please call me AZ
midnight"
The clerk couldn't understand whv
the man wished to get up at that bour
Going out tonight" he asked
NO" replied the guest. you see
I'm always called In the morning at
home and can always go into a
sound sleep after the call. To-nIpb,
the fact that I'm in strange bed
may keep me awake. so I thought IA
try to get to sleep through the call
method, See?"-Kansas City Times
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and the stakeholder is ladling out tbe
gate money. ''i'
tommy has an ideathat 1t would be
IKE finding money to dramatize Maj
fonds "Eccentricities of Genius" ana
let him play all the people from Ann
Eliza Young to Bill Nye
Tommy has been after me n no,
Dave Belasco to write him a plav hnt
I've stood him off by telling him tSat
thought sardou could ft him hsttan
Every day he drives up to INV ranoL
In hanson to find out IL sardou hsa
cabled yet. " mas
I've Just punched out a parcs, =,
paragraphs which I shall turn ,n " "
Tommy. N an 10
l think 1t will do him good.
NY Dear Tommy: have NJ la.
secured play for you.
rhe author wanted $4,000 for :,
OUT We compromised. He tool On On
ssnts .1 In cash. and promised him .SS
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Machine for Locating springs

Adolf Schmid, Swiss engineer -
standing, has just patented in seSera
countries device which takes the pia'V
OF the divining rod of superstitioui1
tradition. 1t consists of magnels
meridian. This instrument is carr'eS
about the field in which it is desired '.
locate water and whenever 1t pass
over a hidden spring the magneus
needle will perform rapid and hse.'
oscillations. Many tests of the appa
ratus have been made and In no case h''
a failure been recorded.
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Would stamp Out Pest.

Several of the fruit ports of Csnu :. !,
America have called upon the uni..s .
States-more particularly on N
Orleans-for aid In stamping out ~.
preventing yellow fever. Port Linis,, sas
which was formerly pest spot ~ ~,
breeding the disease. has been enu'...
rebuilt in the last three or four ysn',' =,
and the result is so satisfactory - !.
rival banana shipping ports v'Sn I"
initiate its example
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"Mo1ILp.BE AcToRs. :

VI
In the first act you come in ,.l
an ak in each hand and you nl,v "
piano with the other Then you J
out and borrow golf suit and 80
Scotch dialect, and yon come on \.
stage looking like an Irishman ,]
this act you have four songs !.
solos, q cake-walk and six month, \
jail IL the audience catches YOU !
In the second act you will \
compelled to disguise yourself j,
look like gentleman. You'll mead
lot of rehearsals for this second aet
"In the third act you'll play i,
elephant. The scene is in a boardI,'
house. You'll have to leave VAN
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-17
EX-SENATOR
Turner Urges Convention TO
Amend Constitution Of
United States

Spokane, Wash, April a con-
vention to amend the Constitution Of
the United States, SO that many re-
forms and laws demanded by the peo-
pie may be carried out, Is advocated
by Judge George Turner formerly;
United States senator, who has re-
Gently returned from Washing ton As
provision for the calling of such a con-
syention lis made In an article Of the
Constitution, although never In the
history Of this country has 1t beon ap-.
piled. 5s.
am In favor Of having q conyen-
tfon to amend the Constitution called, !"
said Judge Turner. 81 believe that
there is an urgent need for such a
convention. In my opinion Il is the
only way by which the necessary ieg-
zislation can be PASSED 10 elect United
States senators by popular vote,
There Is an amendment needed to
the Constitution to enable an income
tax law. Such convention would
make possible q uniform divorce law
and also the federal control or life In
suranca matters, as advocated BY Pres
ident Roosevelt.
hs convention could go over the
entire Constitution.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-17
AIR. Line
Electric G Railroad: Between
New York and Chicago
to Make Fast Time

Chicago, April l7.-Ten hours be-
tween Chicago and New York on trains
operated by electricity and making an
average speed of seventy-five miles an
hour is the plan of incorporators of
the Chicago and New York Electric
Air Line railroad.
The scheme appears to be far in the
future, however. It is asserted that
"some of the right of way has been
secured Eut the projectors decline to
say how much. They hope to have the
road in operation in five years.
AS the name implies the proposed
road will sacrifice everything for speed
and distance. According to the state
ment Of Jonathan D. Price, president
of the Cooperative Construction COM
pany, which was organized to build the
road, the line will be 742 miles long,
or. 200 miles shorter than any steam
road now connecting the two cities.
Part of the line already has been sur
yeyed. The first section of the road
to be built, according to the promoters,
will be out of Chicago and work on
this, one of the incorporators said, will
begin soon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-17
REsuLT OF RECENT DISASTER.
Chicago, Churches Must Obey the
&5L>.a Euiidirn Laws

Chicago, April 17.-As result of
the Easter eve panic at st. Ludmilla's
Bohemian Roman: Catholic church Sat
urday night, when three little girls
were killed and more than score of
persons injured, all churches through
out Chicago where the building laws
are not enforced are to be closed. Po-
hcemen. are to be stationed at every
house of worship to prevent over
crowding.
This plan was announced by Build
ing Commissioner Bartzen, who had
investigated the conditions existing at
the time of the stampede. Had the
ordinances prohibiting overcrowding
and the locking Of exits been complied
with, he says, every person in the
church would have escaped uninjured.
The church has seating capacity of
600 and ii was admitted by the pastor,
Rev. Matthias Farnik, that at least 200
worshippers were standing in the
aisles while the services were in prog
ress. -%
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-17
MAINTAINING THEMSELVES. /
Striking Miners Have Made No De-
III nnand on National Treasury.

indianapolis, April 17.-John Nit
chell president of the United Mine
Workers, and Secretary Treasurer w.
B. Wilson have arrived here from
New York and Pennsylvania, where.
they have been in charge Of the an
thracite and bituminous contests since
the indianapolis convention. Both
were at headquarters and both seemed
satisfied with the outlook. They are
here to attend the special international
executive board meeting. One of the
matters to come before the board will
be the proposition to- levya strike as
sessment on the miners whose oper-
ators have signed the 1903 scale and
have put the men to work. About
100000 men are idle and on strike.
"Up to this time none of the men
has drawn on the national treasury for
support and have heard of none
drawing on the district or sub-district
funds" said Secretary Treasurer Will
son. .'They are maintaining them
selves on their own reserve
zone would scarcely know that a
great strike is on said Mr.. Mitchell.
"The operators and the public have
all the coal they want, the miners
would not have had any work anyway
since April 1 and if the public is pay
ing more than formerly for coal some
one is taking advantage Of the situa-
ton. The cost of coal has not in
creased"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-17
LEWIS
ChiIc|ago's City Attorney Gets
go Days in Jail for
Contempt

Springfield. H., April 17,-Judge
Humphrey, in the United States cir
cult court, has declared Colonel James
Hamilton Lewis, corporation counsel
of Chicago, In contempt Of court and
sentenced Colonel Lewis to sixty days
Imprisonment in The Sangamon count y
jail. The sentence is to be RENTED
IF Colonel Lewis, within the next five
days, dismisses suits which he brought
In the Madison county circuit court in
behalf Of the Boston Mass Water
and Light company against the Alton
Water Worl.s company and others to
foreclose on second mortgage bonds.
Judge Humphrey had held that the
Alton Water Works company is the
property of the Farmers Loan and
Trust com pany as holder Of first mort
gage bonds and had issued an iniunc-
ton restraining any one from inter
fering with the operation Of the plant
or prosecuting any action In the bond
matter. Isl claimed that Colonel
Lewis, by institating suit, had jeopar-
died the sale OF the waterworks to a
syndicate which was about to pur.
chase.
One may dominate moral sufferings
only by labor. Study saves from dis
ragement brantes