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show of helping him to find what he Is
looking for. but they really don't try
very hard, for they are smiling all the
time and apparently enjoying the spec
tace of wrath which the South Carolinian
presents in these circumstances. A smoker
runs around the galleries at such times.
and this does not cause the senator from
South Carolina to feel himself any more
at ease over the lost references.
But always he succeeds i'm finding the
lost bit of paper I'm time He simply Will
not proceed until he does find 1t. and he
has searched for as long ten minutes.
while Senate and audience waited. Then
he goes ahead with his argument
His gestures are those of a man wholly
unframed in tho art of oratory. but some
how the Hacking gestures seem to belong
to and suit the flow Of words when the
senator becomes thoroughly wrought up
or all that he Is 4 very well read man.
the senator IL still rough diamond.
He likes to display his reading lie
asked Senator Patterson during the de-
bate II he had eyer read that passage
Of Buckles History Of Civilization"
which depicts the expulsion Of the Moors
Of Spain aud the learned old gentle
men Of tie senate smiled IN their boards
over tho .Itlesucss Of tlie question. SON
ator Tillman Is the last man on earth
who might a supposed To admire Words
worth and others OF the Lake school Of
poets. Int he often quotes from Words
worth and his contemporaries OF that
school
He gets In a Latin quotation once IN a
while. loo He knows Latin, having in
slructcd hinself IN that language as a
boy and perfected himself IN 1t in later
life with tho aid Of Instructors. once
a learned senator. a university man.
sought TO trip Senator Tillman as to his
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order and led the girl away to the CASH
ier's department, the City Editor adj
mitted to his blase self that surprises
never end. Which he even more fully
and enthusiastically agreed to when he
saw his newspaper the following morn
ing As 1t was, he resumed his work and
whipped out assignments for his eager
staff on everything, from the latest muir
der mystery to interviewing prominent
Russian and Japanese business men as to
whether war in the Orient was inevitabl
At the council of the heads of the news
departments early that night the City
Editor vastly enjoyed the guarded sur
prise of the Managing Editor, when in
formed of the treasure trove of informa-
ton already supplied by the latest addl-
ton To the staff.
THAT list of names sent down by Miss
Tyler is big story in Itself" said the
Managing Editor. ut means $50 within
the 400 of exclusive society. Interesting
news that. too, of Baron Kadura's inabil-
ity to attend the function. Play up the
fact that Metchnikoff is there and Ka-
dura absent. And who is this surprising
young woman" he added. lis she really
a friend of Mrs. Stuyvesant?"
.Unquestionably; | have had her in
vestigated," said the City Editor "She
Crazy about the wonders of modern jour
nalism,' he concluded with a sneering
glance at the men about him.
Got Il message from her." he added.
said she wanted a man to come up and
get new picture of my Lady Stuyvesant
and the list of names Sent up one of my
crackaiacks. and-I say, there. Thomp-
SON" he called out to a reporter who
came forward. please tell Mr.. Hamil-
ton where you found Miss Tyler"
Having tea with Mrs. Stuyvesant." the
Srinnng Thompson responded. ''and suS
gesting changes in the decora lions. | tell
you ii was delicious When | was pre-
scented to Mrs. Stuyvesant she raised her
hands in mock horror and said: Am 10
be undone by modern journalism? This
must be the last time. dear Marcia. or
else my rivals will accuse me of having
press agent And then Miss Marcia
laughed gayly. and | saw that Mrs. Stuy-
Vesant was i'm her spell"
Still later that evening. closely written
pages in dainty chrogra ply appeared
at the desk of the night city editor. de-
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I answer. Togo and his fleet have been re-
ported off Port Arthur now for TWO days
past"
sly old dog. He'll get IN a blow soon
said Elliott. the night managing editor.
well don't see anything else. Let that
last edition go. and lie turned and
, walked into his office.
Just then something unusual happened
D., Through tho open windows of the art de-
plrtment came the frantic siren whistle
OF u big motor car.
"Who in thunder Is autoing down these
streets this time of night" grumbIed che
head of the desk Suddenly the siren be-
came silent and instead the clanking old
elevator began making tremendous
noise With 1t came a pathetic feminine
appeal to the bespectacled old elevator
man.
Quick quick walled the voice. 'it's
so late-please hurry Aud as the ele-
Vator reached its haven. into the presence
of the groups of waiting men-who knew
with an instinct born of experience that
news was afoot-there came the patter Of
sllppered feet and swish of silk, and 4
vision in a rose bestrewn gown, with
roses in her dark hair whose eyes of tho
dawn sparlSled with excitement, burst
into the city room and cred
ITS war-its war; The Japanese have
fired on Port Arthur
WHATS that@' cried Elliott. all atten-
ton, all springs of steel. Where did you
hear any such news? Are you sure?'
Then, as the girl began telling her
story, the men who had crowded about
her. sharing her excitement and interest
resumed their duties. The girl remained
the center of interest in the chaos of fren-
lied but organized effort. With her were
Elliott and the night city editor whipping
out orders with the rapidity of rapid fire
guns. Men rushed to the telephones,
others sped uptown for confirmation that
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knowledge of Latin, and the South Caro-
lnian quickly beat him into the ground,
proving to the conviction of all hands
that he really knew more Latin than his
somewhat pompous interrogation
But for ali his reading and self-educa-
ton Senator Tillman frequently makes
little breaks In his speeches. due no
doubt TO his close contact during the
greater part of the year with that ele-
ment of his constituency which talks
the vernacuar Once during his last
Brownsville speech he started to say,
Everybody knowed that this battalion"
but he promptly corrected it to EVERY
body knew" glancing about at the same
time to see If he could detect any smile
on the faces of his colleagues over the
break for he is very sensitive man.
lie also said bit later on, Now. won't
ask no mo time changing this, too, to
ANY more time"
But for all these things Senator TIL
man makes an Interesting speech. He
gives utterance To IDEAS without hubdub
or padding. Ills f.arlessness. which APP
proachcs reeklessness gives constant
nllp to the anticipation that the next
thing he SAYS will be even more aida-
cious than anthylng thai has gone before.
He * ~ contemptpoHs OF the Senate 4
traditional dignity n a small boy OF his
sisters doll When hr gels On the subject
Of the race question tie pictures he
draws are especially VIVID. lie Is quick
40 lightning ia debate. If he hasn't any
logical reply 10 make to some senator
who has cornered him he impales the IN
terrogatng senator on the fence picket
of his rough wit 10 dodge the issue and
most senators look very foolish after
they have got up in their places with
the idea OF earrallling Benjamin TIL
man.
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that the great authors may be put on
the shelf to hear the President talk Dick
ems. He seems to know his Dickens as
WEI as Secretary Bonaparte. Thack-
ere IS humor and his love for the poor
and the afflicted appeal to the Presi-
dent
The undertaking. psychological novel
is not on his list. The novel of hopeless
ness he seems to pass by. Poems with
the truth in them. no matter where or
when written. appeal to him. Some of
Bliss Carman's songs delight him.
With the help of Kermit he discovered
Robinson, who wrote Children Of the
Night" The moment he discovered the
Songs of the Wild Geese" by Emily
Lawless. he seemed afire until he had
other people enjoying them The test of
his valuation of new book is when he
says: II will show It to Mrs. Roose
Welt" Only the best goes to her. II read
and enjoy books he once said, "but she
knows"
lis children know, too. by heart, his
favorite characters of fact and fiction. It
may he the fire drake in the Beowulf,
tile Lepra chauns in Celtim folklore, the
gnomes of the Catskills. or one of Alice
Hogan Rice's or Kate Douglas Virgins
people. whichever 1t is. the President in
PRODUCES 1t and his own young people
receive him or her himorously or serl-
ously as an old friend.
A book like 'rhe Jungle" may interest
him because he sees construction behind
it: but the muck raker' in fact and
fiction who gets to the condition where
lie enjoys analyzing the result of his re-
searches for the pleasure Of the process
is not for the President.
For essa visits that merely speculate the
President seems to have lite regard
''rhe Simple Life of Pastor Wagner
now SO famous. attracted his attention;
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Senate Temperature.

From the Washington Herald.
One Of the first things noticed by Wis
itors to tn Senate galleries Is the pleas
ant and even temperature of that cham
Der. They observe that in this sort of
too warm. but that its temperature is
just about the proper degree for COM
plete comfort for the heavy clothing
worn. The House frequently is either too
warm or too cool.
BY means of the most modern and per-
feet ventilating devices. the Senate tenn
perature Is kept at an even degree. At
this time of the year IL is not permitted
to get below ~ or above ~. Deep down
In the endorsement there is machinery
which regulates the temperature in which
sit the republics conscript fathers. A
network of pipes carry under the desk
Of every senator fresh air that IL of the
proper temperature. lii hot weather these
pipes carry cool air. and in cold weather
warm air. A few years ago n new appa-
ratus Was bought which was specially
adapted to keeping the temperature of the
chamber in hot weather down To Il degree
considerably cooler than tie sun-llcatel
atmosphere. But this machinery WAS
never installed. The reason WAS that
scientists advised against 1t. on the
ground that a temperature more than
degrees cooler than the air would be I'M
healthy and would endanger rhe lives OF
the older class OF senators. Bat for This
il would be possible FOR senator's to he as
rool in their splendid chamber on The hot
test days in Washington as II they were
sitting on tine veranda of a Maine coast
hotel.
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scriptive OF the beauties OF the splendid
affair with details of gowns worn by eel
ebrated bellies DANES of society. Turned
over to the distinguished re-write man.
who was pounding out the introduction
it was declared by him real copy with
meat in it," Marcas story detailed
among other events the arrival of Prince
Metchnikoff and his party of gorgcously
uniformed Russians at the home of tine
social queen.
Marcia had written this story in the Ii
brary of the great town house, whether
she had been pursued by Count Signoff
of the Russian party. This determined
young man made no attempt to under
stand the phenomena of her interest in
the recital of the news. He was most
certain, however. of the charms of the
lovely girl who had refused to dance with
him until she had seen a footman depart
with her story correctly addressed to it's
downtown destination.
When Signoff had been presented ear
lier in the evening To the fair Marcia his
black eyes had hungrily devoured her
fresh beauty Some wild strain of his
Tartar ancestry had heard the immemo-
rial call as surely as If he had known her
through all the years. Without hesitation.
with the compelling initiative that had
won him preferment in war and diplo-
macy. he sought instant conquest of her
heart and hand. The very fact that the
girl eltded him and professed to misun-
derstand his tumultuous and unconVen-
tiona wooing, drove him to desperate
lie had led her in triumph from the IL
brary and had danced with her then
moodily retired in favor of another who
claimed a dance He watched her floating
dreamily In the maZes of a valse and
cursed the man with whom she danced
In virile Museovite anathemas
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I madness In the air, other than that of the
| news. The wild and passionate strains Of
a Russian mazourka played in honor of
the semi-royal guest joined with the fra
GRANGE of the orchids and the roses to
set the Russians heart aname. lie was
splendid figure of man as he leaned
toward the girl in the gown of white,
with red roses scattered over It. In low
tense words he began pouring out his
! love to Marcia. and she was listening
! with parting lips and yielding eyes, when
| suddenly a sively toned clock tnkled
| twice.
Two o'clock" she cried. oh dear,
| how very late it is. shall never get
! there in timel'
Get where?' asked slgnon, in genuine
ama2ement
And are you sure 1t means war;"
asked Marcia, now alert and wonderfully
/ contained
~ have said what | have said,' the
| Russian answered Il leave at once for
the Waldorf with other members Of the
suite for a conference, but | must know
my fate. leave for the wars. but you
are more to me than even the war or its
! outcome"
II Will give YOU your answer some time,
yes. | am sure that | will" answered the
girl, but | must go now-really | must
go Two O'Clock. | am sure that 1t Will
be too late
And then to signoffs utter establishment
Marcia rushed to the cloak room, seized
a scarf and started for the door A
youthful elegant stepped forward to
claim dance, but was waved aside. AS
Marcia left the house she Prince
Metchnkoff bowling low before his host
ess preparatory to making his departure.
The girl flung herself into a huge motor
ear in the long line of waiting vehicles
and called out an address that nearly
caused the snug and excessively dignified
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IT HE City Editor frowned darxly
when his keen-eyed young assist
ant informed him that another fem
mime reporter desired to join the staff
Perfect sumner" said the young man
10 his chief. Says she insists upon see
ing you and is certain she can answer
all requirements And to think such a
girl wants to. cover stories for yellow
like this," he added bitterly
The City Editor looked at his assistant
for moment with a glance of hidden
pride. Then he scanned daintily en-
graved card which read:
MISS MARCIA TYLER
20 Washington Square West
fWell,'' he said YEARLY, 81 am glad my
mother and my wife are not twentieth
century women in their ideas. Please ask
Miss Tyler to. come in
Out went the gray-haired young as
sistant to the reception room and re-en-
tered the city room escorting Miss Tyler
As the girl walked toward the desk of
the city editor she blushed holly as she
saw herself the synosure of some TWEEN
ty alert-eyed men of the staff. who were
lounging about waiting for their assign
ments or clicking away at typewriters on
early stories.
There was no denying the beauty of the
perfectly gowned girl who was boarding
the ogre of the city room in his den, and
even the cynical old chief of the local
staff could not gainsay her fresh and
grlish charm of manner.
Il am in need of employment" she
said as she took the seat he had bowed
in the south and so am not entirely I'M
sophisticated regarding news values"
81 do not know whether | can place
you are not" said the City Editor as he
unconsciously fell into the usual stereo-
typed form of turning down applicants
for places on the staff. If YOU will leave
Your card l will put your name on the
list"
oh. but that wouldn't do at ALL" said
the girl naively. ''You see, | have news
paper friends, and [ therefore know that
such a decision means indefinite postpone
ment of what | desire
But you are not familiar with the run
of the news in this city," he answered
Suppose. for example, ! gave you "A
choice of assignments today What would
you select"
The Stuyvesant ball, of course You
see. that is the reason why ! came down
here. | know Mrs. Stuyvesant very well
indeed. and she has already promised me
that ! may describe the function for a
newspaper
so you are a friend of Mrs. Stuyves-
ant-the Mrs. Stuyvesant'-sai the City
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26

Eighteen tons Of SCOT are said to fall
every day in Boston alone, How it
must annoy the licorice trust to see all
that good material going TO waste.
The Houston Post claims that the
peek-a-boo shirt waist has made its
appearance in Texas. That Bailey
fight has certainly warmed things up
In the Lone Star Stale.
Nevertheless that N. Y. man who
was arrested for sending a lemon to
his wife by mail, probably realiz IS
that he got off easier than he would il
he had handed it to her in person.
If you are constipated, dull, or bill
ious, or have d sallow, lfeless COM
plexion, try Lax-ets just ~once to see
what they will do for you. Llx-ets
are little toothsome Candy tablets
nice to eat nice in effect. No gripping,
no pain. Just gentle laxative effect
that is pleasingly desirable, Handy
for the vest pocket or purse. Lax-ets
meet every desire. Lax-ets come to
you in beautiful autographed metal
boxes at cents and % cents. Sold by
Warne's Pharmacy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Becoming Easy Prey.

If we are to Judge by the thousands
OF people who are being daily swindled
ny the numerous get rich schemes that
infest the country, the American
people are becoming particularly easy.
Almost every large city seems to be a
fruitful field for the swindler's oper-
ations, and the poor dupes almost
tumble over each other in their effort
to get something for nothing or fabu-
lous returns for small outlay, which
anyone of average intelligence ought
to know was swindle without being
apprised of the fact Aside from this
the press Of the country is always
warning the people Of the dangerous
character OF those swinding opera
tions and publishing reports of the
thousands who have learned by dear
experience of the fraudulent nature of
so many concerns in which they have
intrusted their ALL We would say
that IL serves them right were it not
for the fact that the victims in many
cases are poor people who can i'll afford
to loose their daily earnings in this
manner.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
THISIS WORTH SAVING.

The following simple homemade
mixture Is said TO relieve any form Of
Rheumatism or backache, also cleanse
the Kidneys and Bladder, overcoming
all urinary disorders, if taken before
the stage of Bright's disease: Fluid
Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparillp,th ounces
Mix by shaking well in bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after meals
and at bedtime.
A well-known authority states that
these ingredients are mainly Of yege-
table eXtracsion, ond harmless to use,
aud can be obtained at small cost
from any good prescription pharmacy.
Those who think they have kidney
trouble or suffer with lame back or
weak bladder or Rheumatism, should
give this prescription trial, as no
harm can possibly follow its use, and
1t is said to do wonders for some
peaple.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Squier-Winters Nuptials.

At the home of the groom on Second
st. saturday evening. took place the
wedding of w. p. Squier TO Miss
Emma Winters. Justice Fred E,
Boosinger performed the ceremony In
the presence of few relatives. Mr..
Squier is well-knOwn as an efficient
aud painstaking employe at the ID. &
G.. R'y general office ard Is held in
high esteem by his fellow men an evil
dence being that he is Commander of
the local lodge X. o. +. M. M. and r.
of Il. and S. in the X. of p. lodge.
The bride is daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
p. X. Winters, and is by profession a
dressmaker. A host Of friends wish
them sincere happiness.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
\ Famous Newspaper
Man

William E. Curtis, the famous cor
respondent of The Chicago Record
Herald, writes two column letter for
his paper every day IN the year with
out intermisSion. HIS powers of sus-
tained work are as great a marvel as
his faculty of always making his mat
ter interesting.
Probably no other newpaper corre-
spondent in the country Is read so reg
ularly or so eagerly by so many thou
SD IDS OF men and women as Mr.. Curtis.
Mr.. Curtis has Travelled several times
around the world, visiting every cOun-
try under the sun and writing larger
number of brilliant and intereS ing
letters OF travel than weEe eyer pro-
duced by a single hand. Many of
these have later been reprinted in
book form. Que Of his latest eXpedi-
tons for the Record Herald was
through Mexico, resulting in series
of letters Us entertaining as those he
wrote few years ago from India, Tur-
key and The Holy Land, His forth
coming letters from Ireland, Russia
and Germany will rival in Importance
and interest any Of his previous con-
tributiOns.
Beginning his career IN Chicago as
q reporter in 1872, Mr.. Curtis rapidly
rose To be managing editor He re-
signed that position to accept gov
ernment appointment as secretary Of
the South American commission. So
brilliantly did he perform the duties
of this office that James G. Blaine.
Secretary Of State, placed nIm at the
head of the Bureau Of American Re-
publics. At the worlds fair in Chi
cagO he distinguished himself as the
executive head Of the Latin "A american
department. He is a member of al
most every learned society in Wash
ington aud of many IN Europe. 1t is
not strange that the Record. Herald
prints Mr.. Curtis letter every day in
the first column Of the front page, and
that nothing but a California earth
quake can displace it from that sta
tion of honor.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-01-26
Owners Not Liable
Schooner Leaving East
Jordan Disregarded
Danger Signals.

A decision has just been rendered
by the United States Circuit court OF
appeals at Chicago which Is important
TO all marine interests. The schooner,
Emily b. Maxwell, Sept. IL, 1900, took
on cargo of hardwood lumber at East
Jordan and tOwed it to Charlevoix.
There was displayed there by the
weather bureau a signal predicting a
storm, and bulletin posted in the
Office saying that il was dangerous for
vessels to leave port. The master of
the Maxwell saw the storm signal, but
did not examine the bulletin and left
port. In about five hours afterward
he was overtaken bv southwest gale,
which caused the vessel 10 lose her
deckload, besides damaging her sails.
The owner Of he cargo brought suit
against the schooner to recover for the
loss Of the deck load alleging the mas
ter was negligent in leaving port in
the face of storm signal and bulletin
The case was tried and the district
court held that the owner Of the cargo
was entitled To recover. An appeal
was taken and the Circuit Court of
Appeals has just reversed the decision,
aud holds that leaving port was a part
0t the navigatiOnof the vessel and that
therefore the case was within the Har-
ter act, and the owners were not
liable.
The court holds that navigation in
Guides the time and manner of leav-
ing, the course to be taken and the
sail to be carried, so that even though
master disregards storm >igual and
bulletin and sails in the face OF these,
the owner is not liable for the masters
acts in that regard ,un Ter the terms Of
the Harter act.