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New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
A STRANGE TRUE STORY
By REBECCA HARDIN

Jane was not a Jealous scholar, Hitherto .-
studies had been limited u two or three vol.
OF poems and some large books which lay OIL .-
parlor table and which had been bought l.. -.e
McCinns years ago They were The Bar.u,
OF England. BurkeS Peerage, and The t...
Families of Great Britain She never o.,.
these books now. absorbing Was her tOtau-s
Young ClardctJc was frankly mady IN love
whole village took a keen interest the affair.
reloIced when. late IN the fall the engagemeur
announced. turIou~ly enough from that day r.
interest ot the doctor and Jane in botany Was d, -
lutelv dead
y little incident which happened ,he
of her bctrothal made the people of the
feel that they never had known Jane before Man &
her trends. old people as well as Young gath,- /
in her parlor IN the evening, that the child
not feel lonely. # She stood alone IN the Vor
Doctor Gdrdette, flushed with his triumph 4
JOY, SAID. have teegraphed Tor my father
mother They VIII soon bc here 10 welcome T. e.,
with her noble kluStOIk.
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Her Real" Father and Mother

G he laughed with the others, and then looke1 It
~ HIM thoughtfully tor moment. Then She CT,- i
the door INTO the kitchen where old Sandy Nice, t,an
was sitting by the tire, and Hannah WAS busy u.-h
her knitting Walter. She said. III IS all very
well for me To look for my family among the peer
age. It's like a pretty fairy story But there
my real father and mother. They have gwen the.r
lives 10 And | never VIII go INTO a fau.v
which does not receive and honor them. II never
will marry man. here She began 10 sob, vAo
VIII not love them as | do
On which there was much CRYING among the
women, and many promises and Protcstatlons from
Walter. Old Sandy MctIinn annoyed by the
fuss But it seems To- me through the wears t'
10 come the old woman face must have been happ.et
because of those words of James.
| am Sorry-hut that Is the end of my story
There was no dramatic denouement- No peer nor
prince ever appeared To place coronet ON James
browS. She became the mother and grandmother
of a large family Of capable. encrgetC men and
women, who now are scattered through many
States. In each family there Is a legend more or
less definite, of noble ancestry some on the
Younger people have crest and coat OF arms
and are ready To claim their proscnlorS among Ihe
great heroes in English French history Du'
Jane died with her riddle unsolved
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direct from London bank The Captain
came once or twice each year 10 see her,
always saying that he WAS Just AZ home
from voyage. rs the child grew she was
sent to private school IN Edinburgh
and later 70 q convent IN France.
When Jane, then aged sixteen. came
back from France having finished the
school course. the payments suddenly
stopped. Captain Saltere did not return
that fall He wrote TO Jane once or twice
during the next year. But he never
came back and for three years no wcrd
had come from him.
After time the McGinns made inquiry.
and found that there was not now and
never had been Captain IN the English
navy named Reginald Saltcre But IL came
To- hight that Hannah MCCilnn S sharp eyes
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

Saltere books. They At once decided that the Cap
tam the heir of a noble house and had been
under cloud while living He was dead now
without doubt, and his rank and fortune
waiting for his daughter
The McGinns then advertised they consulted
lawyers. they poured their little hoard like
water. Four years crept by in this doubt. The poor
couple tried support aneIn the old luxury but they
steadily grew poorer. At last they convinced
that there was chance for them but emigration.
So here they were with their mystery, working
steadily for her JealouSlv keeping her idle paying
her the homage that u Chinaman does 10 his joss.
The village received them and their idol with
thusiasm. They saw in Jane the high bred wronged
heroine of the old romanCcS long dear them and
The fidelity of her guardians only a rcproduc-
ton of the story OF Scott ideal clansuen
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
She Was Infuriated

nNCE II Is true. Doctor Wecms did venture To
~ hint To Mrs McCiinn that Jane could get a fair
prce for her pretty little sketches of the old mill
and the river, If she would sell them. But she
famed sudden fury
DO you know who MISS Saltere is, We expect
TO hear from her kin any day THEY'LL come claim
ing her We lett the case IN the hands of an agent
IN Edinburgh, And there's a standing advertise
ment III The London Times Her kin might be
mere tomorrow. or to-day Every time the stage
comes down that street I'm ookin' for them. They
may be barrowknights dukes. And are they To
ind her working to earn her living"
30 Jane white palms never stained by
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ca,oeterv Watch Houses.

some workmen were tearing down
a little stone hut in the corner 81 the
cemetery.
"This is one Of the few Of the Gene
tery watch houses, said the superln
tendent, 'Ieft in America. With lts
disappearance only the Vermont ones
win remain. ".
Cemetery watch houses we're built
10 prevent body snatching. body
snatching in the past, you know, was
very common crime. The watchers
in the watch houses caught many
body snatcher crouched In a grav'
feverishly hacking open a coffin Dy ~
lanterns yellow light.
Nowadays physicians get tnel
cadavers legally and body snatcnin
Is an obsolete crime. But here an
there in cemetery corners stands
ruined watch house, reminder oI 70
days when your mothers corpse wa
not safe"
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kim Came 20 Rescue.

Al the time Of the marriage Of the
crowa nrince Of Sweden, Miss Emma
,rhurgby the American singer, and
Ag,ne Christine NiIlson were appear.
ing an alternate nights at the Royal
theater at Stockholm. Nine. Nillson
wonld sing in opera one night ana
Miss Thursby in concert the next.
Both ladies were invited 70 tne
court bah given by King Oskar IN
honor OF the crown prince and nus
bride. and both wished TO attend.
But neither had a court train, ana
thev were at their wits ends to know
what to 90. Every dresslnaker ID
stockholm was busy night and day;
It was too late 10 order their trains
from Paris. Nine. Nilsson nnaiis
solved the difficulty.
4 will write 10 the king a1ont T.
she said. And she did,
Your most gracious majesty sh
wrote in her letter. Miss Thnrsby an
have no flaps to wear TO the cour
bali. What shall We do?"
Come without them. oskar' wa
the answer they got back the sam
day
They went to the BAH and had
memorable time.
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paws for Stolen Apples.

Horace Richardson, for many years
= leading grocer. but now retired, Is
n receipt Of letter mailed in this
cItv from an unknown writer, reading
.Mr Richardson. when I was girl
4 few years ago. was In your store
with other girls. ] took some apples
unknown to you. which we ate. l
didn't know It was wrong, but | have
learned since grew older, and IN.
el.se 25 cents in stamps, which VIII
fully repay you for all loss by my
act" L..
No name is signed to the letter, pu'
,ha writer adds You do not know
who / am, but il We both go .
heaven then sou viii know IN
dianapolis News.
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According to oficial figures. since
tbs reclamation law was enacted BY
congress in 1902. eight towns have
been built and 10000 people have set
tied on what we're desert lands. One
hundred miles Of branch railways
have been built. 1867 miles Of canals
have been dug. many Of which carry
whoio rivers. and A tunnels have
been excavated. Il Is estimated that
the territory embraced In what Is
known as the arid regions Of the Unit
ed states covers 60o.OO0.OOO acres, Of
which about 6O0Oo,0oO acres are sub
iect to irrigation and can be converted
into farms as productive as lands II
the most favored sections
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walter Howard, the London drama
ast was leaving the stage door Of
lheater one evening when an anemlc-
ooking youth stepped up and SAID;
care you Mr., Howard?" The author
mplIed in the affirmative, whereupon
he young fellow said he wanted 70 go
,n the stage. Noticing his evident
unfitness for such life, Howard al
yised him to stick to his present oc-
cupation, whatever it was. 4 am as,
sistant pawnbroker across the way,
said the ambitious young man. "Ane
what do your people think Of you
going on the stage?" asked Howard
"Oh, they ara right against II" wa
the jaunty reply. but ! shouldn't mln'
the disgrace myself"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

Alexander Graham Bell, who one
when he wasn't very busy
invented the telephone. which mas
saved his fellow mortals thousands q
stems and has enabled them % dodge
creditors who called up TO say they
we're coming. now asserts tina. i y
only 4 matter Of very short time
mill We shall be able 70 airship 70
Europe in 20 hours. That has been
the dream Of man ever since ne saw
the first balloon ascension, but up .
the present time 80 one has actually
shown the world how, unless y is
the Wright brothers. and thus la'
their invention is protected BY pat
ent or high board fence, which 7
ius, a. annoying. OF course, II some
one win just establish the principl'
and turn the inventors Of the worl'
loose on It the machine will be her
soon real 70 back up to your doo
and take you to Europe, Africa, lapa
and ali intermediate points. but as ye
YOU must be content to 90 over on
liner. unless you get a chance to wof
your way on cattle boat
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,ronrh an anneal lor funds % com.

Through an appeal for funds to COM
r,ate the restoration and repair OF the
.,hu.sh Of st. Michael and All Angels,
n The uarish OF Dartmoor, England,
au almost forgotten bit of history has
been called to light. The church.
standing on the rugged heights Of that
wild country which Blackmore made
60 familiar through Lora Doone, IS
the most elevated house of worship IN
an England, as the villsg in which II
stands IS the highest inhabited village
in England. and the parish, wnicp
contains 10000 acres of moor and
heath and stream is the largest IN
England. But it is in its origin tha'
the church is most interesting, says
vouth,s Companion. Built in the early
wears Of the nineteenth century, tns
stones Of which It is made we're quar-
rIed and put in place by the labor 0
FRENCH and American prisoners Of wa
hela there in exile. while Europe shool
with the thunders Of the Napoleonl
wars. The graves Of many OF ines
exiles still cluster round the OF
church.
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nonksx Was Too sensitive.

Ellen Terry at dinner in New
York was condemning snobbishness.
1T is the most contemplate Of all
shortcomings, she said. And un-
doubtedly the so-called aristocrauc
snobs infiict a great deal OF pain with
their insults. They don't understand
the pain they lnfict, though. A snoD
has no imagination. He has no more
idea OF the effect Of his work than
had the little boy with the donkey
There was little boy whose father
gave him a donkey for al Easter git
All went well with the animal ioE
some weeks. Then one afternoon the
lad limped into the house in tears
The bad donkey kicked me, NJ
howled.
a.Kicked you? Then YOU mus
have been cruel to it. said his mother
II wasn't cruel to It at all h
screamed. I only just tried to cary
my name on It with my new knife
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what She Wanted. .

Thomas A. Edison was discussing
At Atlantic city the various devices
for increasing the brilliance and
diminishing the cost OF a gas jet.
Many Of these devices have for
base a mantel," he said. You kno"
what mantel looks like2 Then
you'll appreciate remark overheard
in a hardware dealers.
"A young woman entered the shol
and said:
@'Have you got those things for I'm
/ proving a gas light
Yes, madam, said the deaiei
Here is a complete set fittings, chin
ney and mantel all for
".oh. / don't want the set, said IN
young woman. I've got the metz
mart and the chimney but the littl
white shirt is busted. It's only on
Of them | want
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

When Chappie got up the other
morning he wandered around MS
apartment in his pretty pink paiamas'
the very picture Of woe.
What's the matter, sir?" inquired
his valet.
Il don't know, Alphonse," he groan,
ed: Il passed most unhappy night
Alphonse looked him over carefully
"oh, sir" he exclaimed, 7 know
what was the matter. The trousers OF
vour paiamas we're not creased. You
must be more careful, sir. Those
had prepared for you were hanging
across the foot.of the bed."-The 30
hemlan.
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If some enterprising gendema
should set to work to write treats
entitled Errors Over the Telephone
he could find a suficiency Of them Is
any single community, says the Bos
ton Herald. Some of these are ratii
er annoying; some cause considerable
irritation, as any person who resorts
to the phone frequently can TESTIFY;
and some. again, are so funny IN their
results as to take away the annoyance
caused By the laundering.
One of the latter happened one
evening last week. The hour had ar
rived when two men, professional as
sociates and occupying the same
room in a prominent building, decided
that they should dine. To avoid hav-
ing to wait for their meal when they
reached the establishment they intend
ed to patronize, they decided to order
It over the telephone.
A couple of fine steaks, with the
usual trimmings, were agreed upon
and the order therefor was made In
due form. Soon afterward with good
| appetites they entered their res
taurant. Everything was ready an'
the courteous waiter escorted them Z
! their table. The steaks were alread.
: there Il two fine. large raw sirloll
0 steaks
4 OF course there was surprise
+ 0Hows this?p said one of the gentle
' men. What do you mean by setun
= before us this raw meat? We're nc
q In training for an arctic expedition
: beg pardon, sir" said William, II
waiter; that's what you ordered oy'
D the 'phone
n Both of the patrons understood
n once. They had ordered rare STEAK
"a and the order as the chop house pc
re Die got it from the telephone was ra
". steaks. The mistake was not SO
h. rious as to put either Of the gent
n. men in a bad humor, The waiter v
W the only one who felt put out aDc
ge II. and he remarked sub rosa to n
ith self as he carried the steaks back
ed be broiled: Blast them telephon
anyhow"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

In Brussels lives a lawyer who re-
Gently made good use of phonograpn
IN lawsuit. He had been continual
" ANNOYED by the noises of hammer
Ing at an iron foundry in his near
neIghborhood. Finding that com
o,asnts were unavailing, he brought
The matter into court. But before do
ing 40 he placed a phonograph IN ms
ubrary for one whole day. When the
case came before the court ne pro
duced the phonograph and set goint
the specially prepared cylinder Al
uproar and din as from the forge o
vulcan was the result, and the ingen
ions lawyer won his case.
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me nlsn1 10 rue Lano.

The rioung in Roumania, with Whieh I
the civil war began last month, grew
OUT Of the struggle Of the peasantry |
for control Of the land, struggle sim
lar to tnat now in progress in Russia
and Ireland. Until 1854 the peasants
Of Roumania were serfs. The lana
was owned by the church, the NOR as
teries and the noblemen. The peas
ants cultivated it, and paid uthe
Of the product to the proprietors'
Tbey also had grazing and fuel rights
in the pastures and forests OF the
oroprietors. When. in 1864, the law
was passed for the emancipation OIL
the serfs BY the distribution OF the
land among them. the fuel and grazing
rights we're extinguished, and the peas
ants although each household re-
ceived title to from seven to fifteen
acres on easy terms of payment, mao
to continue to work for the old pro
prletors to get money to pay for tneiI
fuel. They were soon at the mercy
Of money-lenders. who exacted usuri
GUS rates Of interest. Many attempts
10 improve their condition have beei
made either BY increasing the amour
Of land which they could own, OF D.
the establishment Of an agriculture
! hank TO deliver them from the privat
money lenders, but these attempt
7 have not been wholly successful, say
Youths Companion. Large tracts {
land have been leased by syndicate
! and sublet to tenant farmers at nlg
/ rates and the taxes on the peasal
4 owners have been heavy AS 2
s suit great suffering has been cause
t. among the sons and da shters OF tho
u who were surfs only 4 generation y
, The ignorance and itprovidence
= the peasants. combined with the {
= pressions Of the money-lenders, ma
led to conditions which the peasar
think can be relieved only BY res'
AZ 10 violence. They have been wroue
ID upon By designing politicians with .
"a astrous results. The government
'c- announced its purpose to remit 20
q Of the heaviest tax and 70 reform
II II land system.
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winter in Russia. said a traveller. +
sis a time Of rest The only Work pcs
sihle in the country is woodchopping
and since very few can engage in this /
nrofitably the majority of the peas
ants spend the cold months Desiof !
their stoves-sleeping.
when the first snow falls they neap
m against their huts, and 1t helps
b keen them warm In the towns
syery street is piled with mounds o.
snow ten feet high. restricting the
.airway Of trafic to half the usual
breadth of the road.
aBonfires burn at all street corners,
round which the policemen on duty
the errand boy and the casual loaler
stand thawing out frozen toes and try
Inc Ia gain comfort in the CHEEKY
sight of the blaze. In Moscow tne
municipality has this year erected
hundreds Of little huts warmed 70
fever heat with stoves. Between these
and the government drink monopoiS
shops a great many worthy ci'izens
who but for that terrible wind. would
he seeking work in a score OF dineren'
directions. hover to and fro. NodKi
is consumed in astonishing quantities
and 1t has the property of enabling "
generous drinker to withstand TINS ic'
blast for hour after hour-in fact, $
long as the stuff is procuraDle. bu
I there is no credit in the government
drink monopoly shops, and when the
i close the streets become strangely o.
e serted by all but the few well-to-o
3 who care to face the cold on bushes
s or pleasure bent
Z ..The only garment that Will kee
ont frost and wind is the Siberia
I dakha. ordinary fur-lined coats WI
y huge collars embedding the he'
n' covered with welI-wadded fur cap, a
e useful only for short drives; for an
ID thing over a few miles the dokha IS
Sc aisnensable. This is preferably re-
%. deer hide without and some hea'
Of close fur within, and is made iar
4. enough to envelop the wearer W
! : clothes and ordinary fur coat, X ne
u be, as we'll.
- 1T is astonishing what extren
'rl and sudden changes the human ira
mt viii accustom itself to- You ST \
lis warm house at temperature q
las degrees one moment and the next
me Are out in the street breathing y
the exhilaration generous lungfuis o.
AZ 40 degrees below the opening q
first foor and the closing q the y
you always have At least three Is
one "a get in and out Of during Russ
W winter
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A charming epigram adorned an ao-
drass that Mrs. ]. C. Phelps Stokes
made on her last visit to Detroit. sne
was rejoicing over the fact that IN
the slums woman. no matter now
wretched her case. kept her speech
pure. as a rule, Of profanity
aAn oath from woman's lips, sne
ended. sis unnatural and increalole
I would as soon expect bullet IRON
a rosebud"
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Vol 8

fkYauOu. ls appraised az f''toA'Aoe' -
increase Of S255,0O over the apprais'
cd tax exemptions Of last year, though
this increase does not necessarily rep
resent actual additional values sub
tracted from the New Haven grand
list. OF the total exemptions about
81 $40 900 belongs to the Sheffield Sci
entifc School. The old campus. as
land is valued at sl.o3s4oO, and the
buildings on this campus at 81 2'4SS'0VO.
The appraisals are high on many Of
the buildings, as compared to actual
cost. The valuations are placed ane
as they are exemptions there has
been no occasion 10 appeal for theii
reduction.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

John Sloan, the noted illustrator
ana etcher laid down newspaper ac-
count Of the sale Of Bongereau tor
5000. !,
such sales" he said, remind me ol
The conversation Of old Gobsa Goloe
and his daughter Lotta. Well dlu y
buy that picture? said Lotta on nel
fathers return from q gallery no
the old man answered. Why NOT
popT 'Twan't dear enough.
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Mere Housewives.

The Prusslan minister OF education
announces that girls who wish to
become merely housewives will enter
AZ lveeuuls. Others who wish to
egndv at the universities will enter
sbe gvmnaslums. In the lyceums'
cooking. domestic. economy and the
care of infants will be taught; in the
evmnasiums. the academic subjects.
Merely. Here is a new slogan foE
tha american comic papers. We have
hsard of mere man from those who
smile At womens new spheres
Now come mere housewives.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

During the last year there were eA'
ported from Cuba the enormous mum !.
s Ser Of 25s, ,7ss,O2s Havana" cigars.
ONLY about 80 per cent came TO tne
United states, the total American pur'
chases amounting to 7S,4ss,125 cigars
while England took s2,45s,6S7- ser sna
0Oo I and France 1O,OOO,OOO to 10000
400.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

A well known London physician at
a dinner party one evening was much
worried by one who was seeking gra-
tuitous advice. DO you know, doc
tor" said his questioner, n know
man who suffers 80 terribly with In
digestion that at times he can do
nothing but howl With pain. What
would you do in that case2"
''well, suppose responded the
medical man, Il should howl with
pain. too"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

II Germany should make war on
england. neither the uncle nor the.
renbew would be hurt It would be
the common people Of both nations
Who would suffer. What pity It Is
tbat those who make the quarrsis ssa'
II, he made to be the only ones 70
epbt after the fashion Of the old song
which would have no belligerent men
abroad or weeping women at home.
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His Classification.

"oh. don't intend to be scrupulous
about the way get on SAID tne
Young lawyer. who thought himsei.
the greatest ever. Il frankly inteno
10 rent out my head to anybody who
wants to make use Of 1t. Inen' !.
YOU advertise it," replied his cynical
friend. they'll put you under tne
heading Of Empty Flats"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

II ,s announced now that Japan,
which has just launched the ls'so0' !.
ion battleship Aki, IL to build two IL
soo.ton battleships with metal dis
charge from their Euns half as heavy
araIn as the rAdnought Hun
WHO'S afraidg
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-06-05

.svou look erouchy this morning
said the first horse. What's tne
matter, are you sick
..Yes. replied the other; sick and
asarusted. I feel like an aulomo'
bile.
4 heard the ostler telling the boss
yesterday was out q order Z Phls
adalshla pTesa