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EASED MISS SOPHRONIA'S MIND

The Misses Malcolm were known to
the little world Of which Greenby was
the center as "the two Malcolm girls"
in spite of their gray hairs and sixty
odd years. They were also known as
the best housekeepers in all the re-
| gion, and any lapse from the exquisite
neatness Of their domain seeming to
| the Misses Malcolm a terrible thing.
When cousin Palmer Malcolm, a
reckless western relative, died. the
Malcolm girls started for the Missouri
town on four hours notice, ALTHOUGH
they had entertained ~thirty-two "Haf
vest Cleaners" the night before, too.
To Miss Sophronia, the elder, was
allotted by mutual consent the task Of
putting the lower rooms in order, so
far as possible, while Miss Eudora at
tended to their bedrooms and their
simple packing.
When they were at last seated in
the train, after a two miles jolting
ride in the old coach, Miss Eudora
noticed that Miss Sophronia's face
wore a troubled and anxious look. AS
| cousin Palmer Malcolm had been a
| great trial to the family, Miss Eudora
telt, that his death could not be the
| cause Of her sisters worry, and after
! few moments of silence she decided
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Some of the early laws for the regu-
lation of slavery in what is now HI
nOis were curious and interesting. In
Prof. N. Dwight Harris book on the
subject the author says that in 1903 it
was found necessary to provide some
legal status for the numerous inden-
tured negroes. Under the provisions
of this code all male negroes under
Is years of age, either owned or ac-
CURED, must serve till the age of IS;
women till 50. Children born to per-
sons Of color during the period Of
service could also be bound out-the
boys for thirty years and the girls for
twenty-eight. All slaves brought into
the territory were obliged to serve the
full term Of their contracts"
Slaves were easily imposed upon.
Most of the settlers owned slaves
and were anxious to get as much SER
vice out of them as possible. They
registered them for periods Of servi-
.ude far in excess of the legal limit,
many being booked to serve from
forty to sixty and even ninety-nine
years. Ninian Edwards, the first gov
ernor of the territory, registered his
slaves as follows: Rose, % years Of
age, for t~hirty-fve years; Antony, 40
years old, for fifteen years; Maria. Is,
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to probe the matter. At that very
moment Miss Sophronia spoke.
'Eudora," and her one was one Of
distress, 81 let Mrs. Goodwin go up
to the spare room just before supper
last night to get the measures of
our quilt and bolster-spread, and the
bell rang while she was measuring.
and she hurried down, leaving the
quilt on one of the chairs and two OF
the curtain shades up to the top. She
told me, and l forgot it. Suppose the
house caught on fire while we're gone,
nd the neighbors went in and saw
that quilt on a chair, and all, what
would they think of us?"
Now, Sophronia, you ought to have
trusted me, and not worried said
Miss Eudora, calmly. Something led
me to open that spare room door the
last thing, and when I saw what a fix
twas in, and knew I hadn't another
minute, | just locked the door and
put the key in my pocket, for the
thought of fire came to me just as 1t
did to you"
Miss Sophronia's face cleared.
"I'm so thankful" she said simply.
II shouldn't have had one mite OF
pleasure or comfort in the journey or
the funeral if that door had been left
unlocked."-Youth's Companion.
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Probably nowhere in the world is
there such a forceful, virile body OF
workers as are the miners of Butte.
There are no g~raybeards. They are
social rebels; not that they chant the
Carmagnole to the waving of the
black flag of anarchy, but in the sense
hat back in the well-ordered civiliza-
ton Of the east they rebelled against
poverty and pushed on to the from
tier. big-muscled, r~ed-blooded, deter
mined to sail the ship Of their destiny
into p%leasanter places than their boy
hood knew. From the copper mines
Of Berehaven, in the County Cork,
from the coal mines of Tipperary,
from the tin mines of Cornwall and
from wherever in Western Europe
men go down into the bowels of the
earth for treasure, the sturdy young
men OF the mines came to America,
say Tom Watson's Magazine. At the
Atlantic seaboard they heard the
story Of MI. Baer and his partnership
with God in the anthracite coal fields
If Pennsylvania, of the company store
and the company shack, with It's vel
ow fever paint by way of decoration.
In company with their American
! brothers they started across the con-
.inent to the Hooking Valley OF Ohio.
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SLA VERY IN OLD ILLINOIS

for forty-five years; Jesse, %, for
t~hirty-five years. The ignorant ne
groos were deceived into believing
that it was right to bind themselves
for such long periods.
Even at this early day kidnapping
had begun. Negroes whose terms OF
service were about to expire were
seized and carried off to the south
and sold into seryitude more wretched
than before. The hiring of negroes to
work in salt mines, legalized by stat
ute in 1914, served as a pretext for
holding slaves in other parts OF the
state. TO roll a barrel of salt once
a year or to put salt into a salt cellar
vas sufficient excuse says Gov. Flow
err, for any nan to hire a slave and
to raise a field Of corn"
Wholesome food, sufficient clothing
and lodgings were to be provided for
each slave. The outfit for a servant
was enumerated as follows: "a coat,
waistcoat, a pair Of b~reeches, n pair
of shoes. two pairs of stockings, a
hat and a blanket" No provision was
made for a future increase and there
vas no penalty for failure to provide
the original outfit. Lazy or indiffer-
emit servants might, on an order from
the justice of the county be punished
by whipping.
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STURDY MINERS OF BVTTE

thence to the copper peninsula Of
Michigan, to the coal mines of Hi.
nois, Missouri and Kansas, on to the
gold and silver lodes of Colorado and
Utah, and finally to the miners para.
disc of Butte, where eight hours is the
days work and sos the monthly
wage.
Beyond, the Butte miner has his
eyes fixed on Alaska. Butte is but q
way station on the road to Cape
Nome.
Butte has a public library and
churches that rank well with similar
institutions in any American city.
They are well patronized by the min.
ers. 1t has beautiful and costly public
building, hotels, business blocks and
private residences.
Butte is rightly called the Gibraltar
OF trades unionism. Every. conceiv.
able occupation is organized, from the
pin boys in the bowling alleys and the
shoeblacks on the streets to the re.
porters on the daily papers, all are
organized. Wages are high. Plumb
ers get So a day and printers $3.50 for
a seven and a half hour day.
It is the proud boast of Butte that
the greatest mining camp on earth
has lever had q boom.
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HOW CHINA re AFFECTS BLONDES

Did the ancient highly civilized ma
tons Of the past die out because they
were blonde and therefore unified for
the regions in which they flourished?
DR.. Charles e. Woodruff, a surgeon in
the United States army. who has writ
ten a book on the subject, believes
that this vas the case. He maintains
that too much light is injurious to
white races through it's actinic OF
chemical effects, from which the dark
skin pigments Of swarthy races pro-
tect them. Thus he explains why, by
survival OF the fittest, dark races are
found in tropical lands, why Euro
peans have always failed to ~colonize
the tropics and why blondes disappear
when they migrate southwark. Says
a reviewer in the Edinburgh Medical
Journal: "The blonde and intelligent
rulers Of regions suited better for
more swarthy inhabitants have regu-
larly In the course Of ages died out,
while their subjects, thoroughly &C.
climatized to their domicile, remain.
Egypt has been the theater of immi-
grafton OF Intellectual races over and
over again; in each case these dis
appeared and civilization decayed,
though the native fellah survived and
survives. There WILL the author
predicts, never be another dark age,
for the present Aryan conquerors rule
1t from London and are not coloniz-
ers.' While the blonde type of a
kind requires for it's evolution a cold,
dark, northern country, the brunette
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MALARIA?

Generally That is Not the Trouble.
Persons with a susceptibility to ma
larial influences should beware of cot
fee, which has a tendency to load up
the liver with bile.
A lady writes from Denver that she
suffered for years from chills and
fever which at last she learned were
mainly produced by the coffee she
drank.
81 was also ~grievously afflicted
with headaches and Indigestion" she
says, (which / became satisfied were
likewise largely due to the coffee I
drank. Six months ago l quit it's USE
altogether and began to drink Postum
Food Coffee, with the gratifying result
that my headaches have disappeared.
my digestion has been restored and I
have not had a recurrence of chills
and fever for more than three months.
I have no doubt that it was Postum
that brought me this relief, for l have
used no medicine while this improve
ment has been going on" ut was
really relief from congestion of the
liver caused by coffee.)
MY AAdO OCCn DIS kT0dC Y
coffee drinker as l and for years was
afflicted with terrible sick headaches.
which often lasted for a week at 4
time. She Is a brain worker and ex.
cessive application together with head
aches began to affect her memory
most seriously. She found no help In
medicines and the doctor frankly ad.
vised her to quit coffee and use Post.
um.
For more than four months she
has not had a headache-her mental
faculties have grown more active and
vigorous and her memory has been
restored.
mo more tea, coffee or drugs for
Us, SO long as we can get Postum.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's q reason. Read the littIa
book The Road to Wellville" IN pkeas
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of various degrees of intensity up to
absolute biackness Is alone adapted
for lasting existence in most regions
of the world"
There is too much sunshine In the
United States and none of the races
that have come to this country until
recently is adapted to the climate.
DR.. Woodruff thinks, except the Jews.
All the rest are degenerating from ex-
cessive light. The lower Mediterran-
can races, however, are now fiocking
over, and If the blonde types die out
as they did in Greece and Italy during
the decadence of these two countries,
United States history may repeat
theirs, though DR.. Woodruff believes
that the northern types may survive
in sufficient numbers to prevent the
destruction of the republic provided
it takes warning and limits the fran
chise to the races represented by
these types.
About seven centuries were re-
quired, according to DR.. Woodruff, for
the climate of Greece to destroy Its
blondes. In 500 B. c., the period OF
it's greatest literary glory, the decar
dence of the Greeks was already evil
dent and shows itself to-day in their
literature and art. DR.. Woodruff
points out how ancient Greek statues
exhibit many of the stigmata Of de-
generacy; even a famous head of Juno
has arrested development Of h jaw
and is ''the head of a dying race
Chion on Nnu,c
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John Ruskin, who wrote so many
famous books, said the first lesson he
learned vas to be obedient. Zone
evening" he says, when l was yet
in my nurses arms. I wanted to touch
the tea-urn, which was boiling mer-
rily. It was an early taste for bronzes,
I suppose, but ! was resolute about It.
My mother bade me keep my fingers
back. ! insisted on putting them for
ward. My nurse would have taken
me away from the urn, but my mother
said: Let him touch 1t, nurse So ]
touched 1t, and that was my frst les
SON in the meaning OF the word lib
erty I got. and the last that for some
time ! asked"
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I used to have such pain in my back
that once l tainted. The kidney Sc.
cretions were much disordered, and I
was so far gone that l was thought to
be at deaths door. Since Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me l feel as if l had
been pulled back from the tomb"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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AFTER Qay-uOu W.T.
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured thou
sands of women in the
same condition. Mrs.
A. Heiman of Stillwa.
ter, Mimi, says: But
for DOan's Kidney
Pills I would not bo
living now. They
cured me in 1899 and
I've been well since.
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In Football Time.

do you think college students
ought to be gagged and tied to rail-
road tracks?"
WELL" replied the nervous citizen,
81 don't know that they ought to be
tied to railroad tracks. However, l
wouldn't mind seeing them all gag.
ged."-Houston Chronicle.
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Sword Tactics.

Drill Sergeant Ito raw recruit who
is slow in grasping the tactical de-
tails)-Now, Murphy, how would you
use your sword If your opponent feint.
ed?
Murphy-Begorra, I'd just tickle
him with the pint of it to see if he
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owned by consistory Masons The
gift Is valued at $4,000 and It
came as a complete surprise to
the rank and file Of the order, only
the officers having known of MI. Van
Brunt's intention. DR.. Miller, head Of
the Wisconsin consistory. has appoint
ed q committee to formulate plans Tor
the institution.
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Explained

"Say, paw"
well, SOM"
What is a strenuous life?"
"a strenuous life, my son, is when
a man tries to live up to the salary
people think he is getting without go
ing into debt."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
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Nucleus Of Masonic Home.

willard A. Van Brunt Of Horizon,
grand chancellor of Wisconsin con-
sstory Masons, has presented to the
:onsistory the Egerton farm Of 319
acres in Waukesha county. He de-
signs It to serve as the corner stone"
M a Masonic home, which will
~ the first Of the kind to b
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Two Of M any.

Il was married to that man once"
said the first society woman.
ITO Mr.. De Voss? The idea! Why.
SO was l." replied the second ditto.
well, we'll! You don't say. Were
you before or after me?"-Philadel-
phia Press.
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do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN +.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. Is. 1900.
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Not Contagious.

Minor Poet-And when you had
read my poem weren't you all on fire7
Editor-No, wasn't, but the poem
Neutrality-suspicious. Batter.
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CHAPTER XIV.

Inc a Purpose.
AS Ulin sat upon the greensward,
with her back against a palm tree,
and one hand resting upon Albia's
arm, she could take a clear view of her
captors. The sun was just tinging the
distant mountain tops with it's golden
light, and the last shadow Of the night
had gone. The Arabs had watered the
horses and left them where they could
crop the green grass, and we're now
gathered together, listening to the
words of their chief.
They were rough, dark looking men,
these Arabs. Their clothing was
sparse and poor, and their skin swart
and dirty; but their weapons were
bright and keen and their horses in
most perfect condition, both as to
health and cleanliness. A little while
they conversed together, and then one
Of them brought forth the bundle
which had been taken from Shubal. It
was opened by the leader. and the ar
ticles OF clothing which it contained
were spread out upon the ground.
Folded up In a silken scarf was found
a purse, from which fell a score or
more Of broad gold pieces; whereupon
the marauders gave utterance to vari-
Gus ordinations Of satisfaction.
They are, robbers said Ulin, as
she saw them dividing the gold.
Certainly" responded Abba. II
have suspected that from the first"
HCor thou ho1nnr ~ 1,1iortc Hn~ ~ SS
why should you ask such a ques-
ton, my mistress? You know that
Julian would never have such men
about him."
AS she spoke, the Arab leader came
towards them, and after gazing upon
them for a few moments, he said. adj
dressing the princess:
II hope you find yourself none the
worse for this little deviation from
your original course; for, let me as
sure you, the meeting has afforded
me much pleasure. Does the princess
Ulin know who is speaking to herr"
mo. SIR" replied Ulin.
Then she shall know into whose
protecting hand she has had the for
tune OF falling. ! am AL Abbas. Does
the name sound familiar? p"
mo, SIR"
1T IL familiar enough to me-" said
Abba
"Ah, pretty one-and what know
you Of 1T"
Il have heard the name, sir. when
speech has been made touching ! GER
tain Arab robber, whose deeds had
caused him to be feared by honest
t~ravelers..'
The rascal seemed pleased with this
remark. and smilingly returned:
"You have hit the truth, my fair
damael. An tho robber. AL Abbas;
and + IN : terror to those who. fear
to lose their money. But, my dear
lady" n continued. turning 10 the
princess, '.you cannot have any such
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If a girl has light hair her mother
says 1t is perfectly natural at least
three times a day.
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PATENTS

LIST OF PATENTS ISSUED Last Week 70
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Loth-op & Johnson,
patent lawyers, 911-912 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, MINI. George Ash.
Gilman, Fargo, N. D., suspenders;
Thomas Brennan, st. Louis Park,
Mimi, disk drill; Paul Held, st. Cloud,
Mimi, draft equalizer; Roy Maple.
Minneapolis, Mimi, lamp burner; Ed
ward Mathewson, Anaconda, Mont,
blast furnace; Allen Staples, st. Paul,
Mimi, skylight; Levi Westfall,
B~eardsley, Mimi, check rein holder.
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All He Cared About.

First Surgeon-Have you saved your
man?
Second Surgeon-No; but I've saved
his appendiX.-Smart Set.
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A GUARANTEED CURE q PILES.
Itching. Blind, Bleeding, Protrudfng Piles. Drug
gists are authorized to refund money II PAZO
fails to cure In 6 to IA days. soc.
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Truth. not eloquence. 10 to b sought
IA. Ksmpts.
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herself steady, but her horse noticed
not the guiding Of her hand. The lead
er OF h party rode in advance; then
followed two more of the gang; then
came two females; and behind them
followed the others, with the slaves
under charge. Through the wood they
rode at an easy pace, and when they
nad gained the open plain beyond they
struck Into a swift gallop. Ulin had
discovered to her satisfaction that the
strange horse paid no attention to the
rein, so she only sought to keep an
easy seat. She was weak with fear
n alarm, and all sorts of dreadful
pictures arose to her Imagination as
she sped on. She could not speak with
Abba, for the Gathering of hoofs
drowned her voice. What did it
mean? Where would it end?
On they sped, straight over the plain
on, on, on-without hating or turn
ing-on through the darkness Of the
night-on, league after league-until
the gray streaks of morning appeared
in the eastern horizon. Another wood
was before them, and when it was
reached, the party stopped. Not far
distant, where a clump of noble palms
reared aloft their plated foliage, a
crystal spring burst forth from the
green earth, and the Arabs held their
painting horses back from the tempting
beverage.
Now, lady, you may find repose,'
said the leader, as he came and lifted
Ulin from her seat. 1--WE shall re-
main here a few hours. 7 will be with
you again presently"
He turned and handed Abba to the
ground, and then went to where his
followers were taking care Of Shubal
Abba, what will they do with us?'
cried the princess. clasping her hands
In terror.
But the bondmaiden could not an
swer. II she held suspicious, she
dared not speak them.
20, / wish I had not taken this false
step! It is a punishment for my sin!'
Hush, dear mistress. It is our fate
1t is no punishment. Wait until we
know what this Arab means to dc
with u.s."
What a he mean" It must be
something dreadful. Why has he
taken us away SO far? o, Abba, + am
frightened"
mo, no, sweet lady. Have q hope
They will not kill u.s."
All" murmured the princess, with
folded hands, there may be a fate
from which death would be a happy
escaped"
The bondmaiden s~huddered, and
from her thoughts at that moment
she could frame no reply which she
dared to speak aloud.
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DON'T DESPAIR.

Read the Experience Of a Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.
II your backache aches, and you feel
sick, ianguid, weak and miserable day
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Ole ScOur&e
ofDAmASCUS
A Story ef
the EoSt...
SYLVANVS
COBB. JR.

Copyrighted 1911 By Robert Donner.s Sons
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-22

The G. A. r. and the w. r. c. Of
FL Dorado Springs. Mo-, met in Joint
session recently and enjoyed q good
time generally. The first thing on the
program was installation of officers Of
the G. A. r., Uncle Bill Hutchinson
acting as Installing Officer. This was
followed by the installation of w. r.
G.. officers, Jennie Davis. Installing Off
Ger. Both deserve much credit for the
manner in which they performed their
work. After the installation ceremO-
MES a pleasant feature Of the occasion
was surprise from each Order. The
Corps surprised the Post with old-time
refreshments, hardtack and coffee
without cream, which all enjoyed. The
boys in blue were reminded Of years
ago when they did not relish the hard
tack so much.
The following officers for Col. Leon
ard w. X. c., 1875, were installed for
the ensuing year: President Mrs. Mary
Decker; $. v. p. susanna Hoagland; j.
" p, Menerva Shoemaker; Chaplain,
Elizabeth Smith; Treas. Sarah J. Lind
sey; Sec'y. Jennie f. Davis; Con-. Mar
tina Asher: Asst Con-. Pheba McNair;
Guard, Minnie Hutchinson: Asst
Guard. Mary Musick; Musician. Emma
Twyman; Press Correspondent, Jennie
Davis Past Instructor, Emma ivy
man: Color Bearers. Anna Fowble. Sa-
rah Dixon. II. Bell Hughes and Mary
Nichols.