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Natalie's exclamation was a triumph
Of shocked propriety.
HE was kissing your hand.
thought" went on the dazed ambassa-
dor
This time Natalie moved away from
him in offended dignity. But PopoI
FASTENED u throw his arm about her
and draw her back.
Il was wrong" he assured her-"a
hlunder OF eyesight! / apologize. I'm
sorry. T.
I begin TO understand" put in Sonia.
stepping forward in fear lest Natalie
overdo her pose OF virtuous indigna-
ton. TT seems that the Marsovian
ambassador has done me the honor to
listen at a keyhole in hopes of over
bearing my conversation. Sooner than
disappoinr him, NJ. de Jolidon. will you
please repeat TO him just what you
said to me in there?"
De Jolidon understood. II Natalie
was TO BE- saved, If Sonia was not to
necessary.
II asked Nine. Sonia Sadowa." said
he. ito do me the honor to become my
wife,"
Danilo stood motionless. his lips set
in a white line. amid the buzz of con-
gratulations and laughter that followed
De Jolidon's announcement Sonia
noted his agony and said joyfully to
herself:
My prince, think I've won, You'll
have to speak, soon or late, now, and
when you do
And Marsovia loses the twenty mil
lions. Popoff muttered, recovering his
self possession and somewhat belated-
~ remembering his country's needs.
'Prince." called Sonia mischievous-
tons vet. You don't look as happy as
you might at the news"
Happy echoed Danilo. with a
scornfui. mirthless laugh. why
shouldn't l be? Accept my congratu-
lations, my paternal blessing and any
thing else you choose to levy on me
for. My own motto is. Love when you
may, propose seldom and marry-not
at all.
Let me tell you a little fairy story:
There were once a prince and a prin.
cess. They loved each other. But the
prince was poor and dared not tell of
his love for fear of being thought a
fortune hunter. His silence made the
princess angry. So she went and prom.
ised her hand to another man, and
they all lived miserably unhappy ever
after. And the moral OF that stupid
little story is that I'm sick of respect.
ability, and I'm awake from my crazy
dream Of love, and I'm going back to
Maxim's, and you can all go to-Mar-
sovia"
He loves me! He loves mew painted
Sonia under her breath.
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parts that are played by different in
dividuals seldom coincide. Yet the
paths of all cross at the one point, and
it is the Fourth of July. Whether the
day was celebrated in the nineteenth
or the twentieth century, its meaning
has always been the same. the spirit
and sentiment have remained without
alloy through all the years.
1t is this that makes independence
Day what 1t is in the United States.
High-sounding patriotic peeches may
express the dignified and sober opin-
ion of the nation in general. but the
real celebration is by the individuals,
who establish in this way a bond con
Meeting them with all their country
men.
The eagle. becoming old in years
but knowing no decline. today
screams, Freedom" as Of old
HurrahI
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A Moorish Legend.

A certain sultan one morning COM
manded his prime minister to take d
census of all the stupid people in his
empire and let him have the correct
list. The vizier set TO work. and at the
head of the list. which was a very long
one. he placed the name OF his sover-
eign. The latter happened to be in a
good, humor and merely inquired how
he came to merit that distinction.
Sire" the minister replied, Il have
entered you on the list because only
two days ago you Entrusted large sums
of money, for the alleged purpose OF
buying horses abroad. to a couple OF
men who are entire strangers and who
will never come back again.
rs that your opinion? But suppose
they do?'
Then l will erase your name aud
place theirs at the head Of the list"
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me. but It somehow looks familiar.
The man is talking as earnestly as II
he were trying 10 borrow money. Now
he's bending across and kissing her
hand. and she doesn't seem 10 mind.
Its-why, bless my soul, it's that fell
low De Jolidon? Well. well! OF all
things, Now, if only the lady would
turn her face so could see her
Come away. sir" begged Danilo
the whole situation bursting upon his
mind. He caught Popon's sleeve. but
the am bassador shook him off.
Let me alone" he whispered Can,
you see what 1t all means? 1t means
we've found the lady De Jolidon's in
both been looking for. And now If
she'll just turn her head little I'll be
able TO see her face, and then
Then you don't know who she is?'
queried Danilo.
NO. But Hlr'-
Then take my advice and don't try
to find out Let we'll enough alone
Come away. old chap, and
NO, no. There; you pulled my head
away just as she was turning around
I'd have seen her in another second
They're getting up. Maybe they'll &C
out by the other door. and then | shan't
be able TO know Who
let me do the looking" suggested
Danilo. IF either of us has TO play
the eavesdropper III
NO. 1t is my place." asserted Pop
off. But I'll bet you hundred francs
it's Nine. Nova Kovitch."
1T would be like stealing drunken
mans watch. l won't take the bet
Come away, sir, and let the matter
drop where 1t is. For your own hap
piness"-
But Popof was once more at the key
hole.
They're standing up to CO." he re
ported. Now she's beginning to face
this way. It's Oh, good Lord
The poor old man staggered away
from the door as though struck be
tween the eyes. Keeling to chair, h'
collapsed and buried his face in hi:
hands.
NO, no! 1t can't be! 1t can't" h
moaned. And yet could hardly b.
mistaken. My wife. And
Brace up. you. exceliency! entreat
ed Danilo in genuine distress. "Pul
yourself together. There are people
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coming a1oLg The walk. Don't make
scene. Perhaps you were mistaken"
NO; / saw herr groaned Popof.
MY own wife and De Jolidon! And
he kissed her hand
ooh. / dare say she was more kissed
against than kissingw Danilo observed
consolipgly. But be careful sir. A
whole lot of people are within ear
shot"
Then let them know the worst
cried Popoff in a voice that brought a
number of guests hurrying to the spot.
III denounce her before them all!
Come out of there" he beloved. rush
ing forward, both OF you. Come OUT
He threw the summer house door
wide open and shrank back. incredu-
lous. aghast-
On the threshold stood De Jolidon
and-Sonia.
"What-what does this mean" CUR
gled the confused ambassador. this
this change and
You called to US to come out" re-
turned Sonia calmly. May / ask
what you wanted of usT
Sonia" gasped Danilo. And through
the confusion of many excited voices
she heard him and thrilled to the note
of anguish in his half stided cry.
Tiff it was you who were In
there with NJ de Jolidon." stammered
PopoT. where is my wifef"
Here I am, dear" answered Natalie,
stepping out of the crowd, with which
she had mingled after her hurried exit
through the rear door of the summer
house. Here l am. What Is the mat
teri
Matter enough cried her husband
Il could have sworn .Fsaw.-youss sitting
in that arbof with NJ. de Jeffdon."
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In Wish, VINO nad ooedlently Tor
NI lowed De Jolidon and Natalie
ii at Popof's orders until they
e. had entered the summer house,
now wriggled forward IN confusion Oh
hearing the ambassador voice.
Did you call me, sir:" he asked.
Il most surely did call you. Mr.,
Nishr' cried Popoff. And l told you
l was certain l saw a lady. or. rather,
a lady's skirt. disappearing into that
summer house Who was she?'
II don't know. your excellency,
tremblingly lied Nish.
You ought to know" scolded Popof
you We're standing nearer the sum
mer house than l was. Didn't you see
her at all?'
Yes. sir-yes. I saw her. if may
say So but l don't know who she was
I really don't T.
'Was she aloneT'
mo, your excellency, not quite alone
There was. If l may say so-there was
a gentleman with her. At least he
looked like a gentleman, but l didn't
recognize him either"
"wen, we'll wellr chuckled the am.
bassador, seating himself in garden
chair and eying the summer house
with delightful interest. "a little fir-
tation, Ell? Gone in there to whisper
sweet nothings where no one can in
terrupt 'em. l wonder who they are
Now, I really wonder. Mr. Nish,
would not for the world have you think
l am the least bit curious. But-Tll
just sit here awhile. for joke, and
watch them come out. In the mean
time, Mr.. Nish, you might slip around
to the rear of the summer house and
see if there is another door there. II
there is, you might lock it. Under
stand?"
"Ye-yes, your excellency"' mumbled
panic stricken Nish, scuttling away
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company and another had not take n
place and was not being considered.
In day or two, all the details OF the
transaction were made known to the
newspapers. The official who had
spoken so boldly had either lied or
he was ignorant of the facts, in which
altogether. 1t is Just such cases as
this that pull down a newspapers rep
the Bromide's wall. The people of
Richmond should learn to understand
the mission and object of the newspa-
per and not consider it as a sort of
Dr. Jeckyl and Mr.. Hyde-Dr. Jeckyl
when there is nothing but salve for
the individual reader or his business.
and Mr.. Hyde when the facts make
the boot uncomfortable
- - -
A dispatch from Denver says that
"air, altitude and alcohol" pickle
statesmen easily. The democrats evi-
IDENTIFY do not figure on temperance
plank.
- - ~
Richmond has another Theodore
Roosevelt --, raising the pres
idents score on the namesake target
to something near championship fig
ures.
- - -
The man who can have his pocket
picked and then declare the robber
just had a joke on him, exhibits a sort
of happy philosophy, after all,
- - ~
After that chicken episode, the cur
few law should be enforced on timor-
Gus SWANS in Fountain City.
- "a -
Just wait till they commence mixing
flexible high balls with that new tenn
perance beer
- - -
Just one more warning for the sake
of humanity and whole" boys. Now
fly to it,
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COWBOY MAYOR
MAY Be CHAIRMAN
He Is FavorabIy Considered as
Successor to ThOm-
as Taggart.
BRYAN MEN GET AID.
coMMoNER's BROTHER ARRIVES
IN DENVER TODAY TO TAKE UP
HIS BROTHERS. BATTLE FOR
NOMINATION.

Denver, Colo. July 3.-Mayor Dahl
man of Omaha is mentioned promi-
nently as Thomas Taggarts successor
as national Democratic chairman.
Dahlman is to retire as committeeman
from Nebraska in favor of DR.. P. l..
Hall of Omaha in accordance with an
agreement made four years ago. Bry-
an has formed a high opinion of Dahl
man, and values his advice. SO he may
ask him TO stay on the committee by
becoming its chairman.
Dahlman admits he would like the
place, but will not say he is a candi-
date. Charles w Bryan, brother of
the commoner and publisher of the
Bryan paper, is to arrive here today.
Mr.. Bryan, who is perhaps closer to
the leader of the democracy than any
other man, will be hailed as the mes
senger whose recommendations will
carry the force of the commoner him
self and will probably determine the
final action of the committee on reso-
buttons. 1t has not been generally
known that Charles Bryan would come
to Denver, but the announcement that
he was coming has added new strength
to the Bryan forces.
Accompanying Charles Bryan will be
|. J. Dunn, assistant corporation coun-
sci for Omaha, and the orator who is
to place Bryan in nomination for the
chief place on the Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Dunn is. of course, also in the
closest confidence of the commoner.
and. together with the leaders brother
will represent the commoner on the
ground in Denver.
With Mr. Dunn will come the nomi.
mating speech and probably a mes
sage to the Bryan members of the
national committee. On the arrival
of these Bryan leaders the plans for a
great demonstration in the auditorium
on the nomination of Bryan will be
completed.
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among the bushes The little clerk
never paused until he had found Sonia.
To her he poured forth the whole
story, gazing with wild horror as she
broke into a peal of uncomfortable
laughter.
Suddenly she grew sober.
Her husband will never forgive
her she murmured, half to herself.
He will never understand that it's
just a silly, harmless, sentimental talk
they're having"
Memories of the ways of jealous
Marsovian husbands flashed into her
mind. In that primitive fatherland
wives had been beaten-yes, and muir
dered-for less. Something must be
done, and done quickly"
Don't worry she consoled the ter
rified Nish. Say nothing to any one
else. I'll get Nine. Popoff out of the
scrape if / can"
Before Nish could reply she had dis
appeared down a path leading to the
rear door OF the summer house.
Meantime Popof. his curiosity mas
tering him, had left his seat. Stealing
forward on tipsoe, he put his eye to
the keyhole Of the wicker door.
He had scarcely bent over this when
Danilo, happening to pass by on his
way to the gate, paused in amazement
at sight of the Marsovian ambassador
thus assuming the role OF Paul Pry.
why. hello. old chap cried the
prince. What are you up to?'
flush" warned Popon in an excited
whisper a lady went into the sum-
mer house q few minutes ago with a
gentleman. / can't see them very
clearly. There's too much fuff in the
keyhole. But they're sitting opposite
each other with only a little table be-
-
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A GOOD IDEA OF SPACE.
1t Is Given by a Contemplation of TIL e
Star Sigma Drnconis.


Star Sigma Draconis.
Stars or planets are said to be Fix
ed when they are separated from us
by a distance so great that change
in their orbits makes no perceptible
difference in their positions, even
though such fixed" bodies may travel
an orbit 100000 miles in circum-
ference in the course of a year. These
fixed" stars may be only few paltry
millions of miles away Or they may be
billions or even trillions of miles from
the pygmy planet upon which we have
our being. The most distant of all the
orbs, as far as astronomers know, is
separated from us by a distance so
great that millions and billions of
miles are only as inches and feet com
pared to the miles which intervene be-
tween our earth and the sun. Astron-
omers are noted for their propensities
for Indicating stellar distances with
robust and we'll developed strings of
figures. but in the case of Sigma ORA
conis the distance is so great that hg-
ever
Light travels at the rate Of 1S6,33O
miles per second, and, reckoning the
day at twenty-three hours tifty-six
minutes and four seconds in length
and the year at 1864 days, an astro-
nomieal light year will equal 1854 ,066,-
1880 miles. The above figures, which
represent the distance which light will
travel in a year, when multiplied by
10 give US the distance to Sigma ORA
conis, or, in other words and figures,
that star is 100 light years, or 156,000.-
900, 900 900, 900, 900 miles, from us! If
Sigma had been blotted out of existence
before our Revolutionary war began,
its light would still be shining as
though the star were yet in place.
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THEY ARE VERY UGLY.
The Korean Women Are the Homeli-
est In the World.

The Korean Women Are the Homeli-
est In the World.
I think the assertion may safely be
made that the women Of Korea are
the most unattract in the world.
One of my chief occupations during my
stay in the little Hermit Kingdom has
been making a diligent search for a
passably pretty face. I have failed to
find one. 1t is not that they haven't
pretty eyes. They have-eyes of soft
est brown and gentlest expression. 1t
is not that their features are coarse or
irregular, for, while this may be true
of many, it is not by any means true
of all, and have caught glimpses of
as delicately nodded features at Seoul
as in any other part Of the world.
But the Korean woman is just ugly.
She may have fine eyes, she may have
a pretty little nose and mouth and 9TH
err features that in themselves are not
at all unattractive. but as she is put
together and as her mental life has
made her she is ugly.
One doesn't ordinarily see much of
the women of the better class in this
strange little land; but, being admitted,
as | have been, to the imperial palaces
and several houses Of high degree. l
have been at least able to receive i'm
pressions. The women who are to be
seen on the streets Of the cities are
usually slaves or servants of a low or
der; but, whatever they are. they. each
and every one of them. look as If they
had hurried out into the street without
taking time to dress themselves prop
eriy.-Ladies' Weekly.
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WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
Trustee
JAMES H. HOWARTH.
ASSESSOR
CHARLES E. POTTER.
THE FOURTH OF JULY.

Intense Americanism, embodying
love for national romance, finds it's ex-
preston each year in the celebration
Of Independence Day-the Fourth of
July. Each year marks another mile
post in the life of the United States,
yet on the eve of the one hundred and
thirty-second anniversary of the sign
ing of the Declaration of independence
interest and patriotism is unabated.
Younger generations, ever the rulers
in this young nation, learn from the
Fourth of July their first lessons in
the great history that lies behind 1t
is we'll to shout for ones country's
deeds; there is touch of true loyalty
in II.
All over the country. from the Allan
tic to the Pacific, the boom of cannon,
the blare of brass and the display of
colors will tomorrow bring to each
man and woman recollections of years
that have passed. A decade ago, the
students of today we're firing their
bombs; two decades ago the boys who
have since become young business
and professional men were sustaining
the noise. On and on. backward
through the years, the same story an
plies to every native American. until
there is reached the gray-haired octo-
genarian, who is supported to the door
as the noisy parade passes. His mind
returns to the days of William Henry
Harrison, of Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay. There were fewer fire
crackers then, but the old musket was
always discharged. The eyes of the
old patriot will grow dim as he re.
turns TO his armchair.
All the worlds stage, and all the
men and women merely PLAYERS.
They have their exits and their en-
frances and one man in his time pIays
many parts
So it is with all mankind and The
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A Scarcity of WashWomen.

One reason for the scarcity of wash
women and the principal one, is illness
consumption. The unhealthy, i'm
pure, nauseating odors which arise
from the use of some laundry soap
cause more sickness than a dozen other
reasons. There is only one white
laundry soap-Easy Task. Made of
cocoanut oil and borax, the fumes from
which are pleasant, yet it will wash
anything-and without boiling. Try
a five cent cake and results will sur
prise you.
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BEE STING WAKES HIM
TO FIND FORTUNE
Indiana Man Finds $4,000 in
Arkansas LoWlands.

Blytheville. Ark, July 3.-Walking
in his sleep through the lowlands fire.
quented by poisonous reptiles. ]. H
Dickey, a lumber man. who recently
came here from Greensboro, Ind,
awoke to find himself in possession OF
a fortune, embracing a pocketbook
with more than $4,000 in United
States currency notes and some silver
and gold No trace was left as to the
original owner.
Dickey returned to town chilled. but
in possession of the treasurer. which
he says, was found in the hollow OF a
tree He was awakened from his mid
night walk by bees stir ging him.
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Terre Haute, Indianapolis &
Eastern Traction Co.
Eastern Division

(Time Table Effective Oct 81. 19of.)
Trains leave Richmond FIR Indian
apolis and intermediate stations at
600 a. m. "7:25. 500. 1925. 1000.
1900. 1900, 100, "2:25. 800. 400.
1925, 600. 1880. $40. 900, 1000.
11:10.
*Limited trains.
Last car TO Indianapolis, $40 p. m
Last car TO New Castle, 1000 p. m.
Trains connect at indianapolis for
Lafayette, Frankfort, Charlottesville.
Terre Haute, Clinton. Sullivan. Paris
1lls.) Tickets sold through
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Best the world Affords.
Concluded Sunday

TT gives me unbounded pleasure TO
recommend Bucklen's Arnica Salve,"
says J. w Jenkins. of Chapel Hill, n.
C. Il am convinced it's the best salve
the world affords. 1t cured felon on
my thumb. and IL never falls to heal
every sore. burn or wound to which IL
is applied. Csc. at A. g. Luken & Co.
drug store
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CLEANING UP THE DESK.

From Comments" in the Wall
Street Journal. published in New York
city, is taken the following endorse
ment of William Howard Taft. repub-
| lican nominee for the presidency.
| William Allen White coined most
felicitous phrase when he said that
Secretary Taft was just the man to
clean up the White House desk, that
is to say, to finish President RoOse-
velt's unfinished work.
What he meant was that what was
needed now in the white house was a
man not so much to originate a new
policy ard to strike out as a pioneer
in a new field of endeavor, but one
who will soberly though firmly finish
up the business that has been begun
and thus put the country in a position
where it might, if it desired, start on
new movement of national develop
ment.
Not only is Secretary Taft emin-
emily fitted to perform this work. but
it is a work which the country needs
to have done. The people of the Unit,
ed States are in no mod to retrace
| steps already taken, to undo reforms
already begun or to return to old con-
| ditions, but they do need time in
which to finish up the work which mas
i been begun and to adapt themselves
| to the new conditions which they
nave ordered. Cleaning up the desk
is not the next great work"
- - -
ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PRESS.
Could correspondence school for
business men be organized, or. better
still, could every citizen be given an
opportunity to serve year or two on
| metropolitan newspaper, there
| would be such a revolution in the
methods of news gathering and disse-
mination, that even the chronic Bro
mide who is continually flinging down
| his paper with the cry, 'Oh, you can t
believe any of this stuff" would cease
| to whine. 1t is a fact. although little
appreciated by the general public, that
| unless man is seeking notoriety or
fame, he hesitates to grant interviews
and, what is more deplorable, to tell
the truth. He demands a certain
standard from his favorite journal. yet
falls to respond when it is his turn to
be the public informer. 1t is this at
utude toward the press that causes
practically all errors and misstate-
ments in the columns of any daily
newspaper.
Particularly is this true in city
the size of Richmond. where news
papers have been crude and backward
until within the past two and one-halt
years. The readers seem to have ex-
pected always to be able to suppress
articles they did not like and to treat
| TIC press representative Drylng
over-energetic beings whose sole per
sonal idea was to court someone
else business.
But the past two years have brought
about a change an9 advancement that
has not been met with equal strides
on the part of the public. Richmond
has become a city with a metropolitan
press, strong enough on its own mer.
its to shake off the old cloak of pettv
| favorltlsm to certain individuals and
classes and stand for itself and its
own ideas. The reading public has
supported this remarkable improve
ment; the lines of information" how.
ever, are still tangled up with old
ideas.
a week or so ago, an under-officia
of local corporation announced posi
lively that certain deal between his