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The silver messenger., 1907-03-12

,uwr~ added the girl. 4 win des7
match Johannes Rode. He VIII 90
ouiokly and answer as bid him with
discretion and without asking Ques~
tions."
And with the noiseless tread pecu-
liar TO most blonde women OF large
physique, Thora disappeared through
the private door by which she had en-
tered. .
The Princess Margaret kneeled
down by the couch and looked into
the face of the Sparhawk. Even she
who had seen the wonder was amazed
and almost frightened by the ghasly
effect the drug had wrought in such
short space.
"You are sure that you do not feel
any i'll effects-you are perfectly
well?" she said, with tremulous anx'
iety in her voice.
The Sparhawk smiled and nodded
reassuringly up at her.
"Neyer better" he said. MY
nerves are iron, my muscles steel.
feel as If, for my Margarets sake,
could vanquish an army single-hand-
ed!"
The Princess rose from her place
and unlocked the main door.
1--WE will be ready for them," she
said. "All must appear as though we
had no motive for concealment."
And, having drawn the curtains
somewhat closer, she kneeled down
The silver messenger., 1907-03-12
Alfonso and the AnarchIst.

Still a stream of anecdotes from,
Parls about King Alfonso. He is saId
10 nave prejudice against asses. and
~hen his automobile ran over a Span
ism ass near San Sebastian the other
oay ne compensated the owner liner
ally' and then remarked, 'T wish there
were no asses in my dominions. AZ
san Sebastian he went into a tobsc.
conist's shop to buy cigarettes. There.
was another customer in the sbon
VINO seemed anxious to escana oh
servation. The king looked at him
and thought his features familiar then
remembered a portrait of one Of tbs
spanish anarchists arrested after tbe
bomb explosion in Paris. 'T see "
sad the affable monarch. with
laugh you are one Of the anarchists
arrested by mistake. You had moth.
ing TO do with the affair, of course
~ was some other fellow. Well waII
tne Tn police will make their little blum
uers sometimes!"-London Cbronicla
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Glrrat Antna 8ar
1T tlrr Butnrr
BY ALFRED C. REEVES,
Secretary of New York Motor Club.


Whether there will be sort of hybd" cheap motor between s
present motor cycle and the runabout automobile remains c
sn but believe that before long will forward with
invention which will that demand from thousands who are now
unable to purchase automobile.
with construction of GOOD roads
will have much to do with the reduction prices automobiles Onv
the wealthy afford hghcas machine which will stand the
rough and tumble hfe over many of the highways the cheaper priced
chimes make up IN cost of repairs the which the original
outlay for good machine That the the manua
turers making effort and spending money to construct
their machines of the very best material regardless cost
Reports from dealers in all parts country show that thew arc
behind IN their orders to the extent machines Not
OF those machines will cost less than At the present rate Of or
ders secured will be months before manufacturers are uph
up and it therefore reasonable suppose that it will be some wears
before the stage has been passed automobile put
price within the reach OF persons of moderate means
The silver messenger., 1907-03-12
Chr Jhral
GuHhanh
BY DIR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS. D. D.

girl into ideal Imogen Shakespeare has the ideal maen
Rond the ideal wife, Pora the ideal daughter Codea Solomon
has his poem the ideal and the ideal home.
Literature exhibits all oak and IRON
flower Great authors tire of telling place
the house high time that tells his
in the home
The house is the granay be filled with bread
brings his of ramen the hive which
eyed sweets Support the gravity to the
earth. And non-support is the crime of day.
The second fundamental trait be fidelity The history
American gentleman exhibits this quality in wonderful
story of that marred president and his invalid wife page
history the home beautiful than the story Beatrice
Perarch and Laura Ulysses and Penelope Important
meengs Conferences must be held with admras generals
the nation at state papers be published but
the first duty in the morning. the central duty of the day. duty
at night must the whom the first pledges
Another fundamental trait companionshp the very nature of
the where little children the ten
life the home the mothers disappearance world
which she has hitherto been center of beauty delight The
cradle becomes throne where the babe rules Meanwhile
the young wife and mother all but buried unlike her
nit in CELL The day begins early and the work
the man who is abroad, among and events.
1t the who finds endless variety bright coors midst all
the of factory the public square For him the world
without endey h and the husband eyes two He
must have for gathering all witty sayings he must
learn to bring home all the treasures of the day.
For the ideal be companonp The days journey was to be
accomplished hand hand The heavy shared and the cup
sweetness of bitterness tasted alike by these when
the long life day together they wish hear gun
hand hand put out the silent night yeaay sea and sail
toward the harbor
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Poland,a Pltlahls Condition.

The situation of Poland to-day is
pitiable. Business in Warsaw has
fallen off 80 per cent. and more; the
fashionable boulevards are parity de-
serted; the restaurants are but half
filled, and the leading hotel is running
at loss. The city swarms with
troops, but martial law brings only
oppression, not security Hardly q
day passes but officials are killed or
wounded by the terrorists, while sus-
pected persons are arrested, clubbed
or shot to death by the authorities.
The terrorists are strong enough to
defy the government, while the gov
ernment is strong enough to crush a
general revolt. and the result is an
archy. When it will end no one can
tell. But some day, says G. H. Blakes.
lee in the Outlook, peace will surely
come, for Poland is to have autonomy
The Poles demand it. The great ma
iority of the Russian Duma has prom.
ised it. and Russian liberalism must
eventually win.
The silver messenger., 1907-03-12

The calendar year Is closing with
every indication that the remarkable
volume of exports will remain at the
food. A bulletin from the bureau Of
statistics at Washington is testimony
to this effect. The bulletin deals with
the exports of domestic breadstuffs.
meat and dairy products, food animals,
cotton and mineral oils for November
and for the IL months of the present
year ended with November. The total
of these exports for November was
s105. .311 900 against 800. .341 900 in 1905.
and for the II months $78S,257, 000
compared with s7OS, 1868. 900 last year
The December returns are not likely
to show any relative decrease, and the
entire year is fairly certain to show a
large advance over last Severa,
features of the bulletin showing com
mand special interest. Though there
was something of falling off in this
class of exports for the month. our
shipments abroad of meat and dairy
products and of food cattle were $685.
$4,000 In 1906, or more than 100000.
900 in excess of these of the same IL
months Of 1905. Legislation by con-
gress and the steps taken by the ad-
ministration in accordance Herewith,
aiming at safeguarding the purity of
the output, have increased foreign con.
fidence. The figures are of value as
proving that while we sell abroad less
barley, oats and corn, we are disposing
in large quantity of what may be
called the finished products from such
raw material. The Americans are
feeding more of the grain to live stock
and selling more cattle and meat to
the old world. This is really an
economic advantage, as finding a mar
ket for the higher valued product al
ways is. The bulletin accentuates the
predominance of this country as
source of food supply, while the com
plete returns are pretty certain to
prove that it has been big year for
exports Of manufactures also.
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CHAPTER XXI.
A PerlIous Honeymoon.

A Perilous Honeymoon.
Never was day so largely aad glo-
riously blue since Courtland was a
city as the first morning Of the mar
riei life of Maurice and MargaI ct Won
Lynar Count and Countess Won Loen.
The summer floods had subsided, and
the tawny dye had clean gone out of
the ALA, which was now as clear as
aquamarine, and laved rather than
fretted the dark green piles Of the
Summer Palace.
The Princesses ESQ they said with
ouD we're more than ever inseparable.
They were constantly talking conf
dentially together, for all the world
like schoolgirls with a secret.
There is something toward to-
day." said decent widow woman who
lived In the Konigstrasse to her neigh
Dor. my son, who as you know is
chorister, is gone to practice the
Wedding Hymn at the cathedral. am
going thither to get good place.
will not miss 1t, whatever it is. Per-
haps they are going to make the
Princess Joan do penance for her
fault, in white sheer with a candle
In her hand yard long! That would
be rare sport. | would not miss it for
so much as four farthings!"
And the chorister's mother hobbled
of. telling everybody she met the
same story. And so in half an hour
the news had spread all over the CITY,
and there began to be makings of
quite respectable crowd in the Dom
Platz of Courtland.
1t was half past eleven when the
archers of the guard appeared at the
entrance of the square which leads
from the palace. Behind them, rank
upon rank could be seen the lances of
the wild Cossacks of Prince Ivan's es-
cort who had remained behind when
the Muscovite army went back to the
Russian plains. Their dusky goats
hair tents, which had long covered
the banks of the ALA, had now been
struck and were laded upon baggage
horses and sumpter mules
Meanwhile, in the river palor of the
Summer Palace, the two Princesses
were talking together even as the peo-
pie ndu SdlQ. Inc RrluceSS margaret
sat on low stool, leaning her elbow
on her companions knee. And though
she sometimes looked away it was
not for long, and Maurice, meeting
her ever-recurrent gaze, found that
new thing had come into her eyes.
Presently low tapping was heard
at the inner door, from which pass
age communicated with the rooms of
the Princess Margaret. The Spar
hawk would have risen, for the mo-
ment forgetful of his disguise. But
with slight pressure of her arm up
on his knee the Princess restrained
him.
"Enterl" she called aloud in her
clear, imperious voice.
Thora entered hurriedly and, clos
ing the door behind her, she stood with
the latch in her hand. "My Princess"
she said In voice that was little
more than a whisper, 'I have heard
Ill news. They are making the cathe-
dral ready for wedding. The Cos
sacks have struck their tents. think
plot is on foot to marry you this day
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JOAN fEs SH SWORD HAND
@S
Copyright. 1898. 1900. by 8. R. CrOckett)
.HAPTER xx.-cohtInued.

CHAPTER xx.-cohtlnued.
$50 good fortune from SO wise a
soothsayer deserves this!"
And she kissed the Chancellor frank
ly on the mouth.
Il care for nothing now-I have got
ten my will" said the Princes Mar
garet, nodding her head to the Father
as he went out.
For the golden lamp was burning
itself out, and without in the dark the
ALA said "Hush!" like a mother who
soothes her children to sleep.
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"You are sure, Thora," said the Prin.
cess Margaret, almost fiercely, that
there is no harm in this?"
again by the bed-head. There was no
sound in the room as the youthful hus-
band and wife thus waited their fate
hand in hand, save only the soft con-
tinuous sibilance of their whispered
converse, and from without the deep
er note of the ALA sapping the Palace
walls.
The Princes Of Courtland and Mus
covy, inseparable as the Princesses.
were on the pleasant, creeper-shaded
terrace which looks over the rose
garden of the palace Of Courtland down
upon the blue sea plain of the Baltic,
now stretching blue black from verge
to verge under the imminent sun of
noon.
You would desert me, Ivan" Prince,
Louis was saying, in a tone at once
appealing and childishly aggressive;
you would leave me in the hour of
need. You would take away from me
my sister Margaret, who alone has in
huence with the Princess, my wife!"
But you do not try to court the
lady with any proper fervor," object.
ed Ivan, half humoring and half irri-
tating his companion; you observe
none of the rules. Speak her soft.
praise her eyelashes-surely they are
worthy OF all praise; give her a net
lamb for playmate. Feed her with
conserves OF honey and spice. Surely
such comfits would mollify even Joan
of the Sword Hand!"
Tush!-you fiout me, Ivan-even
you. Everyone despises me since
since she fiouted me. The woman Is a
tigress, tell you. Every time she
looks at me her eyes flick across me.
like a whip-lashi"
Ito be continued.) -
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Romance Of Motor TraveI.

The motor car has rescued the TO
nance of travel, freeing it from the ir
ritating compulsions and contacts OF
the railway. the bondage to fixed
hours and the beaten track and ap
proach to each town through the area
of ugliness and desolation created by
the railway itself. With the motor
Gays Edith Wharton, in Atlantic, we
have regained the wonder, the ad.
venture and the novelty which en-
iivened the way of our posting grand.
parents; above all. the delight of TAX
ing town unawares. stealing on 4
by back ways and unchronicled paths
surprising in 1t some intimate aspect
Of past time, some silhouette hidden
for half century or more by the ugly
mask Of railway embankments and the
glass and iron bulk of huge station
Then the villages that one missed and
yearned for from the windows OF the
train-the villages have been given
back to us.
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one Way be MIaht Elnd uI..

one OF the policemen who stand on
uvwneown u,or corners says that country
man an, approached him and said:
n,rhan, - iookin tor my cousin. Thought
L, : maps you cud tell me where to Ana
uim, what - ! don't s know where he lives or or
liceman. eu the po-
Smith"
..I ana holler Smith," said the oG,o"n oTln.'
. maybe he'll be in the crowd Iv, ,ha,
ansWers'"-Kansas City Times
The silver messenger., 1907-03-12


Mexico winds up its year with re
markably satisfactory financial show
ing. She reports exports of s271, 900,
600, an increase of nearly s63. .O0O, ,O0t
over the preceding year. and imports
of s22O,651. 900, a gain of over s42 2,O00,.
600. But what is still better is the ad
vance along all the lines OF domestic
development. Mexico is literally liv.
Ing In peace and plenty, with the most
efficient of governments under the
wise directing hand of President Diaz
The day Of upheavals and factional
disorders, resulting in general demor
alization. seems to be past forever
Mexico has learned the secret of wise
self-government.
The silver messenger., 1907-03-12

1t is a singular fact
that no poet or dramatist
or philosopher has writ
ten an enduring book on
the qualities of the ideal
husband. The libraries
hold hundreds of vol
umes on the characteris-
tics of women, and upon
those qualities that turn
The silver messenger., 1907-03-12

London newspapers are paying
splendid compliments to the kind of
ambassadors America has sent to the
mother country when they demand
that the government send to Wash.
ington man like James Russell Low.
ell, Joseph H. Choate or Whitelaw
Reid to represent British interests.
They seem to think the need of the
times is an ambassador from the Brit
ish to the American nation rather than
an envoy of the British government
to do business with the American
state department.
The silver messenger., 1907-03-12

to Prince Ivan, and to carry you off
with him to Moscow"
The Sparhawk sprang to his feet
and laid his hand on the place where
his sword-hilt should have been.
Never" he cried; "it is impossible!
The Princess is"
He was about to add. "She is mar
rIed already" but with quick gesture
Of warning Margaret stopped him.
"Who told you this?" she queried,
turning again to Thora of Bornholm.
johannes Rode of the Princes
guard told me moment ago." she an
swered. He has just returned from
the Muscovite camp"
Il thank you Thora-I shall not for
gee this falthfulness.7 said Margaret.
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It will be several years,
possibly eight or ten, be-
fore the prices of auto
mobiles viii be much less
than at the present time
There are several reasons
for this, the chief one be-
ing that manufacturers
are now making too much
money on the expensive
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Amtrrtran 1l1nntrn
Jnnttfrrrnt tn tlrr Ballnt
BY LADY COOK,
Now In this Country in SuffrasIst Cause.

] ! !. !. !
is apparent that American satisfied
with the privileges granted their through persistent
warfare carried on by Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady
~Aor ton my sister, Victoria Woodruff Martin, myself
h&$ The English ahead of the of
% America when it to demanding the greatest right
81 has yet to be granted them Suffrage England
and within less than another year
&mm~~1 the right of the ballot in their hands.
But so far as see the suffrage America
is sleeping or taking an indefinite rest
II the Of this country desired suffrage they have
quicker than takes to talk about it. The American possess
power to obtain anything they wish Just they apparently
tented with enjoying the privileges which have
They to be satisfied that they have all the rights
brothers, the ballot which denied them penalty
law and social osracsm quarter Of a century ago.
Women to be almost dizzy with the independence pleasure
they enjoy because of the great prosperity sweeping the great nations
OF the world They be bent enjoyment and the thinking
and work done by the the pioneer reform
less noticeable to-day This and the lack of leader together
spirit and incentive to work explain the bacwaness of American
in the sufragst movement
The Delta independent., 1907-03-01
why NOT BE A T0P.N0TCntR!

A top-notcher is simply an individual
who works for the institution of which
he is part, not against it.
He does not wear rubber boots and
stand on glass when he gets orders from
the boss He is good conductor. and
through him plays the policy of the
house. The interests of the house are
his-he is the business and he never
separates himself from the concern,
swabbing the CREASED shute, by knock
ing on the place or management.
A top notcher never says inwardly or
outwardly 81 wasn't hired to do that, 1"
nor does he figure to work exactly eight
hours. and wear the face off the clock.
He works until the work is dons and
does not leave his desk looking like a
map of San Francisco after the shake
up.
AS general proposition, l would say
that top-notchcrs and cigarettists are
different persons. A top-notcher prizes
his health more than a good time, so he
has good time all the time. Sore
heads and belliakers are usually suffer-
ing from overeating, lack of oxygen
and loss of sleep.
If you want to be top-notcher beware
of the poker proclivity and the pool
room habit-otherwis destiny has you
on the list. -Elbert Hubbard.
The Delta independent., 1907-03-01
Grub Makes q PropheCy.

At the big meeting of stockmen held
at Rifle, where their association went
on record in defiance to the government,
Eugene Grubb made one of the com
mon sense talks he is always capable
Of making. From the Glenwood Post
we take the following report of his re-
marks:
"E. II. Grubb started his speech by
saying he was accused of being wrong
ten years ago when he advocated ccding
to the state all the government lands
within the state 50 that they might be
in the hands and under the control of
home people. Mr.. Grubb told the pco-
pie they were facing a great crisis.
He said that people we're pushing west
ward in great numbers and il had been
thought necessary for the government
to take some steps for the protection
and proper handling of its own property.
He asked how many men present
would vote against paying the fec and
then go out the next day and take out
a grazing permit. He said he wasn't
making any accusations. but just
wanted to know how many who voted
for the resolution would stay by the
action of the meeting. There were
several cries of there. here" from
different parts of the house. Mr..
Grubb then reminded those present
that the Colorado Cattle and Horse
Growers association last month tabled
a resolution against leasing while the
National association by almost unani-
nous vote, passed resolution favoring
leasing. Mr.. Grubb then stated that
there was probably a better way to get
at the trouble than by this method of
defying the government. He said he
didn't enjoy paying this tax any better
than did the others, but he saw no way
out of il. He closed with this predic-
ton: "Mind what tell you. you will
never get rid of paying this grazing fee
and you will never be able to prevent
the public lands being turned over to the
agricultural department where they
belong"
The Delta independent., 1907-03-01
loves's Labor Lost.
(SOrth Fork Tirncs.)

Last Saturday certain young couple
living south of town concluded that
they would have the matrimonial knot
tied without further delay. So without
informing any of their relatives they
saddled up their horses and started for
Delta while all about the early dawn
sang song of love and well wishing.
The beautiful weather urged them on
and the eager horses ate UP the long
miles between them and their hearts
desire with the ease of fire. At last
the spires and lofty buildings of Delta
came into sight and the couple could
feel that they were in sight of their
happiness.
Alas for expectation! That Internal
adjunct of modern civilization, that
destroyer of fhappiness--thc long distance
telephone had been called into service
by the parents of the young people and
Clerk Doughty had been informed that
neither party to the proposed compact
WAS old enough to work well in double
harness. No license being Forthcoming
the lovers, with loves young dream so
rudely shattered, wended their way
home.