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lives; he spends money everywhere:
he comes to Paris with notice from
his Italian bankers giving him lin-
limited credit on Paris bank. There
is no limit on what he can draw from
NJ Danglers. It is entirely unprece-
dented. Nothing like it was ever
known before. He draws 5.000.000
francs and ruins the banker and stili
has no complaint from his Roman
house. He rights wrongs; he saves
more lives: he Furnishes the guilty by
the use of unlimited wealth. And
then by and by he leaves Maximilian
on the island Of Monte Cristo with his
bride and sails away. As Macmillan
sees his ship disappear on the horizon
he finds Monte Cristos- will leaving
him his whole fortune. This fortune.
Dumas suggests in two or three
places. was 1OO,OO0.OOO francs $780,
100000. 1t is the greatest private
fortune the Frenchman could con-
ceive of in 1844--it is considerably
less than the income of John d. Rookie
feller in 1908.
So you might run on If it did not
tire the brain to conceive more But,
most remarkable of all. this one in
dividual made his unprecedented
wealth with his own brains.
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looked at the drivers. They were in
the back motion, and in front OF them
the sand was streaming wide open.
The first thing he did was to shut half
of II cff-the fight could not be won
by wasting ammunition. Over and over
again he jerked at the air. 1t was re-
fusing its work. Where so many a
hunted runner has turned for sal
walton there was none for Aloysius.
He opened and closed, threw on and
threw on; II was all one, and all use
less. The situation was as simple as
II was frightful Even IL they didn't
leave the track, they were certain to
smash into Number Sixteen, the up
passenger, which must meet them
somewhere on the hill.
Aloysius' fingers closed slowly on
the sand lever There was nothing
on earth for 1t but sand, merely sand;
and even the wiper's was oozing with
the stream that poured from the tank
on the whiskered rails. He shut on
bit more, thinking Of the terrific
curves below. and mentally calculated
--or tried to--how long his steam
would last to reverse the drivers
how he could shovel coal and sand
the curves at the same time-and
how much Slowing the Italians at the
tail of the kite could stand without
landing on the rocks
The pace was giddy and worse.
When his brain was whirling fastest
man put a hand on his shoulder.
Aloysius started as X Davy Jones
had tapped him, and between bounces
looked. scared. around. He looked in
to face he didn't know from Adams.
but there was sand in the eyes that
met his.
What can do?"
Aloysius saw the mans lips move.
and. without taking his hands from
the levers. bent his head to catch the
words
What can do?" shouted the man
az his elbow.
Give me steam steam" cried the
wiper. looking straight ahead.
IL was the foreman OF the steel
gang from the caboose Aloysius,
through the backs OF his eyes. saw
him grab the shovel and make a pass
at the tender. Doing SO. he nearly
took a header through the gangway.
but he hung TO the shovel and braced
himself better.
With the next attempt he got
shovelful into the cab, but In the
delivery passed 1t well up Aloysius'
neck. There were neither words nor
grins, but just another shovelful of
coal a minute after, and the track.
layer in spite Of the dizzy lurching,
shot it where it belonged--into the
Feeling that II one shovelful
could be landed. more could, Alloy
sius own steam rose AS they headed
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\ The critical moment had arrived
the fond, proud parents were casting
around for name to tack on the
baby.
Now look here, mamma" Mr..
O'Bottle said to his wife; that boy is
going to have name that can't be
converted into nickname. My own
name is William, and ever since /
was knee high to a grasshopper I've
been called Bill. Billy. Willy. VIII, or
some other such title. Understand.
therefore. that II the boy does not get
name impossible of caricature he
will get none. Nicknames are the
worst sores in mans life."
II happened that exactly twelve
neighbors latter the manner of good
neighbors) had taken the trouble to
write upon slip OF paper that which
they considered suitable name and,
strange, nc Two names were alike. The
young mother and father surveyed
the list
MRS. Brown thinks Alfred is
good, said Mrs. O'Bottle.
Known otherwise as Allie or
Freddie" chimed in Billy.
Mrs, Kewite offers Thomas"
Tommy would sound pretty, "
Bill announced interestedly
Andrew seems to be Mrs. Jones'
choice,
''She ought to have more sense.
Andy, have you split the kindling?'
Nice, don't you think?"
William O'Bottle was beginning TO
wax sarcastic. He felt insanity swift
ly approaching But then he always
had opined his neighbors free from
brains; he needn't have been so sur
prised at their guesses.
well, what are the others?' he
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nadly around the Cinnamon bend the
dial began TO climb In spite Of obsta'
cles and the wiper. considering there
were two and the steam and the
sand to fight the thing out, opened
his valve and busted the whiskers
on the curve with something more
than gleam OF hope.
II there was confusion on the run
away train, there was terror and more
below 1t. AS the spectre fitted past
Pringle station, five mics down theval-
ley, the agent caught glimpse Of the
sallow face OF the wiper at the cab
window and saw the drivers whirling
backward. He rushed to his key and
called the Medicine Bend dispatcher
With tattoo like drum-roll the dis
patcher. in turn, called Soda Spring,
ten miles below Pringle, where No
l6. the up passenger, was then due.
He ratified on with his heart In his
fingers, and the answer came on the
instant. Then an order flashed into
Soda Springs:
10 mo. AO
Take Soda Springs siding quick
Extra 240 West lost control Of the
train. DR."
There never was such bubbling at
Soda Springs as that bubbling. Theop-
eratorto up the platform like hawk
in chicken yard. Men never scat
tered so quick as when No. is began
screaming and wheezing and backing
for the clear. Above the town, Alloy
sius, eyes white to the sockets, shoot
ing the curves like meteor, watched
his lessening stream Of sand pour
into the frost on the track. AS they
whipped over bridges and hills the
caboose reeled like dying top-fear
froze every soul on board. To leave
the track now meant scatter that
would break West End records.
ITO be continued.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-29
SAVED BY a DREAM.
Timely Supernatural Warning That
Was Needed.

limeIy supernatural warning Jhat
Was Needed.
Many years ago the wife of the
agent Of land owner and mine pro-
prietor in the north Of England
aroused her husband from sleep and
told him she had dreamed that she
saw wooded lane above the river
and some men hiding in bushes; she
saw him riding along and the men
shoot at him from behind and drag
him, dead, into the bushes. The place
In her dream she did not know, but
1t happened to be a desolate spot Of
country past which he would have to
ride on the following day, when re-
turning from the mines with. his mon
ey. Twice more that night the woman
dreamed the same thing again, and
to appease her terrors her husband
promised that he would chose a diff
ferent route for his ride. The next
night a murder was committed in
the very spot which the woman had
pictured in her vision. The victim
was young surgeon named Stirling,
the most popular young man in the
neighborhood, but desperately poor.
He had nothing in his possession but
watch, and that the murderers took.
His body was found in the bushes
which the dreamer had described. The
watch was traced to pawnbrokers
shop at Durham and the men who had
pledged it were arrested. Their names
may be remembered-Cain and Rain.
Tightly clinched in the hand Of the
murdered man was a button OF pink
glass. fashioned in imitation of an
amethyst. 1t exactly matched those
upon the waistcoat of Cain. But sym
pathizers with the two men heard Of
this clew and scattered hundreds of
similar buttons in the wood where the
body was found. The men were ac-
quilted, although everybody believed
that they were guilty
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-29
The Tue Mental YigOr

Mental vigor is gained, not by
memorizing or through teachers and
professors. but by that mental self
help which utilizes knowledge as 1t is
acquired. We grow in power by in
vestigation. deep concentration. think
ing, planning, and bringing about re-
suits without the assistance Of others.
One self-wrought problem viii give
more vigur than thousand worked
out for us. 1t is the constant stretch
ing OF the mind over large problems,
over large models-it is Independent
thought that increases mental power
Memorizing is parrots work; it
does not bring much mentality into
play; but to think along original lines.
to investigate, to reach out into new
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-29
A song Against Love.

There is a thing in the world that has
been since the world began:
The hatred of man for woman, the hatred
of woman for man.
When shall this thing be ended? When
love ends. hatred ends,
For love Is a chain between foes. and
love Is a sword between friends.
Shall there never be love without hatred
Not since the world began
Until man tench homer to woman. and
woman teach pity to man.
o, that a man might live his life for 4
little tide
without this rage in his heart and with
out this foe at his sidel
He could eat and sleep, and be merry and
forget. he could live well enough
Were 1t not for this thing that remembers
and hates, and that hurts and is love
EAit peace has not been in the world since
love and the world began
For the man remembers the woman, and
the woman remembers the man.
Arthur Symons. In the Atheneum.
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DR.. Gillespie. the present moderator
Of the Church of Scotland. tells how
he was nonplused the other day BY
ragged urchin with. whom he got in
to conversation. He said:
MY boy, who looks after you?"
"Naebuddy." was the quick reply.
Where is your father?"
He's deid."
Have you mother?"
She's deid, tae"
Have you not sister. then?"
Il niver had yin"
But surely you have a brother?"
Yes, but he's at Glasga College"
We'll. cannot he spare some time
from his studies to look after you q
bit?"
ma. sir; for he was born WI two
nelcs, and they keep him in bottle
London News.
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Tn blackbird charmed me from my quiet
chamber
AS in = dream heard his sweet voice
calling;
The garden plots We're paved with pear
and amber.
falling
Close hid within the misty green-veiled
thicket
That strange voice drew my heart be.
yond believing:
And as leaned across the orchard wicket
knew not was 1t glad or was II griev-
\. ing.
But this I know-'twas TO no earthlv
meadows
woods hollow.
He bade. me to the place Of dreams and
shadows,
follow.
New York Tribune
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load of the runaway steel. Scram
bling to his feet. he motioned and
yelled to the hoboes, who were pour.
ing frantic out on the hind fiat OF
the string. to set brakes; then he
made ahead for the engine.
1t was race with the odds all
wrong. for with every yard Aloysius
gained the train gained dozen. BY
the time he reached the tender
breathless, and slid down the coal
into the deserted cab. the train was
heading into Little Horn gap. and
every Italian aboard yelling for life.
Aloysius pumped into the levers. pok-
ed his head through the window. and
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fields. to reason independently for
oneself. is to grow
Power should be the goal Of all am
bition. This can never be gained BY
initiating. leaning upon others. asking
advice or going on crutches.
The grandest sight In creation Is
normal man Of power who stands
firm on his feet and does not wabble
or swagger or trample on a man who
dares to think his own thoughts, live
his own life-who does not lean, or
initiate. or sham-who can look the
world straight in the eyes without
wincing. and does not swerve hairs
breadth to the right or the left. though
paradise tempt him. but goes
straight to his goal. Orlson Swett
Marden in Success.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-29

Experiments made in the German
army with carrier pigeons, having
been satisfactory, every warship leav-
ing Kiel or Wilhelmshaven will here
after carry consignment Of pigeons.
to be released at varying distances
from ths land stations,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-29

The export trade from Alaska for
four months. ended Oct. 81, 1902, ex-
ceeded s2O.0O0,O00, and was equal to
that from Hawaii for ten months, end
ing the same date; was three times
that Of the Philippines. and more
than double that of Porto Rico.
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sition that would help him out Of the
waste. The laborers in the caboose,
already bewildered. were craning anx.
iously from the windows. Horigan,
opposite the roundhouse, jumped in a
sprawI; the engine shot past Alloy
sius; boarding was out OF the Ques-
tion.
But on the siding stood couple of
fats, empty; and with his hair
straight on centres the little wiper
ran for them and mounted the near
est. The steel train was jumping.
Aloysius punched his muscle. ran the
length Of the two flats for head,
and from the far corner threw him
self across the gap, like bat en- a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-29

Smallest M'sfcte
The grip bacillus N the rmal.est mi.
crobe vet discovered which affects
man.
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Typhoid Mortality.

or 1898 cases Of typhoid fever in
sixteen hospitals last year. one IN
eight died.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
TURTLES TURNED ON REFEREE.
They Resented Mans 1nterferins 1.
q Personal Quarrel.

They Resented Mans 1nterfeFfng In
. Personal Quarrel.
Milton j. Vreeland, farmer living
near Pine Brook, N. J., was nearly
drowned in the Passaic River the
other day as the result Of his acting
as referee in fight between two snap
ping turtles, says the New York
World. Vreeland, who was in canoe.
watched the bout for minute or two
and then decided that 1t was time for
the combatants to break away.
He padded up to them. reached
over the side, caught them by the tails.
one in each hand, and swung them into
the canoe-one in the bow. the other
in the stern of the frall craft. But
the turtles did not accept this deci-
sion. They wanted to fight on. and
being unable to get at each other they
attacked the self-appointed referee.
The farmer had found 1t an easy
matter to catch hold Of the turtles
tails when they were in the water, but
1t was impossible now with the canoe
to keep on an even keel. He caught
up the paddle and with this managed
to beat off his assailants for while.
but at last the canoe capsized. Az It
did SO one of the turtles dealt the
farmer a blow in the back Just below
the belt. It chung to the place on the
trousers where 1t had snapped and
Vreeland found he could not swim.
He says himself he would have eone
to the bottom but for Frank Jacobus,
who turned a bend in the river In q
canoe and towed man and turtles
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

PHILIP SCHUYLER. Up Schuyler b d
been busy in telling the trees, obstruct-
ing the fords and breaking down the
bridges in the country through which
Burgoyne must come. By the time Bur
goyne reached Fort Edward, he was
compelled to forage for food. The New
England militia cut him Off from Can
ada.
At the battle of Bennington the
Americans under Stark had defeated
him. Now nothing was left to him but
hard fighting. The genius of General
Schuyler had hemmed in the British.
Just as victory for the Americans was
in sight General Schuyler was super
seeded by General Gates To Gates went
the credit Of the splendid victory of
Saratoga, Oct II, 17T7.
1t might have been expected that
General Schuyler, whose retirement
had been due to mistake, rather a
blunder, on the part of the authorities
in charge, should feel the personal
chagrin so keenly that he would have
no more to do with the cause for which
he had fought, but where his services
were unappreciated. On the contrary
he devoted his best efforts to it and
was finally rewarded with the yindica.
ton and the honor he deserved.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Color rrouble. Of wh,tt,.,.

1t Is well known that the poet Whit
tier was color blind and unable to dis
red from green. He once
bought for himself necktie which he
supposed to be of modest and suit
able olive tint and wore it once. He
never wore it again, for his friends
soon made him aware that 1t offended
against the traditional Quietness Of
costume enjolned alike by the habits
of the Friends, and by his own taste.
The tie was Of flaming scarlet.
On another occasion, when he found
a little girl in distress on account of
a new gown, made over from her elder
sisters, which was not becoming to
her coloring and complexion, he tried
to console her.
81 wouldn't mind what rude boy
says about 1t, Mary" he said kindly.
"Thee looks very well indeed in 1t,
like an Dread, Mary, dressed all In
green.'
Unfortunately, Mary was not dressed
in green. She was red-haired, and her
dress was red. That was the trouble
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
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Senator Dick of Ohio not long aeo
secured for the young son Of an old
friend position in a Cincinnati busI.
ness house.
A short while after the youth had
entered on his new, duties, the Senator
met the head of the firm.
How is the boy getting onw be
asked.
HE was discharged three days after
he came" was the answer.
The Senator was surprised. "why,"
declared he, II always understood that
Tom was a most versatile young man.
"He's versatile, all right" responded
the head of the firm; there isn't any
kind of work he won't shirk succsss
Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
eminent. You'll be well off. even If lie

eminent. You'll be well off. even If lie
Is in the PEN"
With hoarse cry Miriam caught up
her riding whip from the hall table.
get out of here, you curl" she said,
pointing to the gate. Its lie and
you know 1t. You are u spy and an In
former. Dan will look after you when
he gets back"
With a cackle Intended to imply In
difference Bsll retreated from the steps.
II thought you'd cut up rough. Don't
like to know where Dads money came
from, do you? Guess they'll bring him
home soon.'
He was right there, for squad of
revenue officers rode rapidly up to tile
house, Dan Kirkwood In their midst.
With low cry Miriam sprang to-
ward him.
Dad! Dad! It's all mistake, 1
know. Tell these men you have moth
ing to do with 1t. Send them Off" she
cried, her arms around his neck.
Dams face lit up with a strange look
of triumph.
Come into the house, he said, turn
ing to the men with an air of author
ity. "Oflicer, bring your men in, and
that fellow, also" he added, pointing
scornfully to Bill Jones, who had
stopped when they rode up.
While they were dismounting a road
cart, driven furlously, pulled up before
the steps and Dalton sprang to the
ground.
Il wish to speak to this gentleman
on private matter. 1t will take but a
few moments" he said, turning to the
officer in command.
"If it's got nothing to do with this
Nothing whatever"
Dalton drew Dan apart and spoke
rapidly and earnestly. Dams face, in
spite of his stern self-control, showed
great emotion as he. wrung the young
I They were grouped in a handsome
room, Dams library.
Gentlemen" Dan said, passing his
arm around Miriam. while Mrs. Carter
sobbed on sofa. You were Informed
by that cur. that | made Illicit whisky
in Blackl'C That for years l have
fdefranded the government and grown
rich on Illicit whisky. You are mistak-
en-. There is a gold mine of consider-
able extent running back in the noun
stnins from Black Cave. l discovered
1T, and I've been working 1t for years
Z have legallzed my claim. How much
have made out of it is my concern
i kept my secret, not wishing to bring
into these mountains horde of gold.
seekers. You may do as you please
about 1T now. Here are my titles. /
will sell out ard go back to my old
home with my daughter as soon as she
s is married" Orleans Times
Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Y. .. sTRAUS. minister to Turkey
and President Mckinley appointed him
TO the same place. Even at that time
he was considered gold Democrat,
but of late years lie has allied himself
with the Republican party.
Oscar Solomon Strauss was born In
1850, son of the late Lazarus Straus,
the New York importer. The boy was
born In Georgia and remained there
till 1865 The war ruined his father,
who In that year moved to New York
and established a crockery business
which became great success. Oscar
graduated from Columbia University,
supporting himself while at school by
writing for the newspapers. Then he
took up the study and practice of law.
1t was In 1887 that he was appointed
minister to Turkey. his knowledge of
international law and his natural-apti-
tude for diplomacy making him sue
cess In that position. 1t was under him
that so schools and $50 missions were
opened and amply protected. All his
life he has been deep student of his
tory and international law aud is the
author of several works dealing with
these subjects. He is. president of the
New York Board of Trade and Trans
portatlon. vice president of the Ma
tional Civic Federation. a director of
the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and of sew
eral religious and non-sectarian lnsti-
fy1ttnno = :
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

General Count Won Moltke, who, 1t
is believed, soon will be appointed chan
.cellor of the German Empire, is chief
Fof staff of the army and close friend
of the kaiser. A little over two years
ago he was appointed to his present
position over the heads of veterans
who coveted the great honor. Count
Won Moltke is a nephew of the reno.wn-
ed strategist who won for Germany the
wars against Austria and France. He
Is SO years old, and has passed the
whole of his military career in staff
and court employment, never having
commanded even a brigade. For sew
eral years he was aid-de-camp to his
Industrious uncle, and on the day Of
the latter's death, April "a, 1891, he be-
came aid to the. emperor. Ill health, it
is alleged, will compel the retirement OF
Fuerst Won Buelow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
there were no peaches in Washington.
En found a man In New York WIN said

there were no peaches In Washington.
He found man in New York who said
he could get some. and Whitney or
dered basket.
The dinner was great success. In
discussing 1t next day Judge Lamar
said: "1hose peaches We're fine. Mr..
Whitney. Where did you get them?"
I'm New York." Mr.. Whitney said
"A man there found them for me-"
peaches in February are certainly
great treat" continued Lamar. IF
/ it is a fair question, how much did
they cost?'
1"rhey cost forty-eight dollars a
dozen.y said Whitney.
"And did President Cleveland eat
any of them? He is so fond of fruit"
Did he eat any of them?" exploded
Whitney. 81 thought he rather crowd
ed the mourners. He ate five v-Sat-
urday Evening Post.