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perate at the situation in which he
found himself. Il take it that you
have no interest in this quarrel unless
it is to perform a friends office for
Sir Charles Seton with whom you
came"
Have | not?" said McLear. sharply.
Nay, never menace me with your
blade, Lord Darlington. I'll take
charge of it."
He stepped closer and extended his
hand for my lords sword.
And on what grounds, pray?" asked
Darlington in high voice
"On these" answered McLear.
equally determined. AS he spoke he
hauled out from his pocket a folded
paper. "'Tis an order of arrest from
Admiral Kephard for disobedience of
orders, failure to reioin your ship,
insulting language to your command
ing officer Admiral Kephard's sign
and seal, sir" He shook the paper
forth as he spoke. "Now, your sword i"
AS a gentleman and | make no
doubt a man of honor yourself Lieu
tenant McLear," continued Caring
ton, glancing at the single epauIet on
the officers shoulder. you will, | am
persuaded grant me a few moments
respite in which this gentleman and
| may continue our debate"
What and run the chance of hav.
ing to carry back a dead body to the
admiral? No. sir" returned McLear
peremptorily. Il have orders to bring
you to the Britannia in your prope-
person"
And if ! refuse?"
Sergeant" McLear turned to the
marine, 'if Lieutenant Lord Caring
ton does not hand me his sword be-
fore ! count ten, you will advance your
men and take it from him by force 4"
"Parkman, will you see this thing
done2' cried my lord as McLear, who
was a man of great determination, be-
gan to count.
You're in the wrong. Bernard" an
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(Copyrlght. Dodd. Mead Company

Copyright. Dodd. Mead Company
The old man sat outside the Cauli-
flower inn, looking Grossly up the
road. He was fond of conversation,
but the pedestrian who had stopped to
drink a mug of ale beneath the shade
OF the doors was not happy in his
choice of subjects.
Conversation languished; the travel
er raped on the table and had his
mug refilled. He nodded courteously
to his companion and drank.
You're another Job Brown" said
the old man, irritably, that's wot you
are; another job Brown. I've seen
your kind afore."
He shifted farther along the seat,
and, taking up his long clay pipe from
the table, struck a.ch and smoked
the few whiffs which remained.
"Wot l said just now about you be-
ing like Job Brown was only in joke
like" he said, anxiously, as he tasted
the brew. "If Job 'ad been like you
he'd ha' been better man."
The philanthropist bowed.
"He was one O. the 'ardest drinkers
In these parts" began the old man,
slowly, filling his pipe.
The traveller thanked him.
Sometimes e used to get pitiful
over 1t, and sit shaking is cad at 'em
for drowning themselves in beer, as he
called it, when they ought to be Civ
Ing the money to their wives and
families. He sat down and cried one
night over Bill Chambers wife's toes
being out of 'er boots. Bill sat struck
all of cap, and it might ave passed
off, only Henery White spoke up for
i'm, and said that he scarcely ever 'ad
a pint but wot somebody else paid
for 1t. There was unpleasantness all
round then, and in the row somebody
knocked one O Henery's teeth out
"And that wasn't the only unpleas-
antness, and at last some of the chaps
put their 'eads together and agreed
among themselves to try and help
Job Brown to give up the drink. They
KEEP it secret from Job, but the next
time e came in and ordered a pint Joe
Gubbins-'aving won the toss-drank
1t by mistake, and went straight off
'ome as ard as e could smacking is
lips.
'He 'ad the best of 1t, the other
chaps aving to ''oid Job down in is
chair, and trying their 'ardest to ex-
plain that Joe Gubbins was only doing
him a kindness.
HE kept very tight old o the
next pint and as e set down at the
table he looked round nasty like and
asked 'em whether there was any
more as would like to do i'm a kind
ness, and Henery White said there
was, and he went straight off 'ome ar
ter fust dropping handful O. sawdust
into Jobs mug.
I'm an old man, an I've seen a
good many rows in my time, but I've
never seen anything like the one that
'appened then. 1t was no good talk
ing to Job, not bit, he being that
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
Four-Fifths of the Horses of the World
Are Found There.

OF the 100,000,000 horses known to
exist in the world, S0,000,000 or four
fifths of the entire number are found
in the temperate zone and nearly all
among the occidental people.
According to the National Geogra-
phical Magazine the remaining TO-
100000 scattered through the tropics
are largely employed in the service
of temperate zone visitors or resi-
dents and are but feeble representa-
tives of that animal as he is known
to the people of Europe or America.
In the United States and Canada we
have l horse for every 372 persons; in
South America, l for every Z; in Mexi-
co, L for every II; in Japan, l for
every 80; to 40 in Turkey, for so in
the Philippines, for about $50 in Af-
RIGA and 200 in India and Southern
China
The llama will carry from so to 200
pounds; man from 75 to $50 pounds;
the donkey 100 to 200 pounds; an OK
$50 to 200 pounds; horse from 200
to $50 pounds; the elephant from
1900 to $500 pounds; the camel from
$50 to 500 pounds.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
MY Lord Is Arrested

But Lord Darlington was not to go
very far in his present path. for two
carriages which had galloped rapidly
across the park toward the one which
had brought him thither stopped sud
denly before Darlington and Parkman.
The door was thrown open and Sir
ChaEles Seton and naval officer in
full uniform alighted from the first.
From second a sergeant and four
marines, completely armed descended
to the sward.
The marines instantly fell in ranks
and stood at attention. The naval of
ficer looked back toward them. The
sergeant saluted and declared him.
self ready for the business on which
he had come. Seton had taken a step
toward his friend, when the latter. his
pale face suddenly flushing, darted at
him.
Seton" he said in a low, fierce
voice, where's my wife,"
In the intensity of his passion he
seized Seton by the shoulders and
shook him slightly.
Now, Sir Charles had come there
with great pity for Darlington in his
heart and willingness to forget and
forgive the others insults and threats.
but the soldier was as quick tempered
as the sailor, and his own face an
swered the ruddy flag in Carrington's
cheek.
Take your hand off me, Lord Car
rington,' ne cried, wrenching himself
free and springing backward, his own
hand upon his sword
I've had one mans blood on nv
hands this morning returned my
lord, savagely, and | don't want to
have another's, but. by heaven, If you
do not instantly declare 20 me what
you did with my wife, III strike you
where you stand"
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BELONG TO TEMPERATE ZONE.

(TO BE CONTINUED
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unreasonable that even when is own
words was repeated to i'm he would
Mt listen. He behaved like a mailman,
an the langwidge e used was that
fearful and that wicked that Smith
the landlord said e wouldn't ave 1t
In is house.
"Arter that you'd ha' thought that
lob Brown would ave left off is talk
about being teetotaler, but he didn't.
ut was through that at last e came
10 offer five pounds reward to any
body as could 'elp i'm to become
teetotaler. He went off 'ome one
night as usual, and arter stopping
few seconds in the parlor to pull his
self together, crept quietly upstairs
for fear of waking is wife. He saw
by the crack under the door that she'd
eft a candle burning, so he pulled
lisself together agin and then turned
he andle and went in and began TO
~ an take off Is cont
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NATURE AS A FAkER.
Sometimes Deceives Even the Trained
Eye of the Scientist.

On the so-called Table Mounds Of
Iowa are numerous impressions of
what look exactly like cloven feet. 1t
is not surprising that superstitious
people should attribute them to the
| devil, taking his walks abroad, though
| as a matter of fact, they are not foot
prints of any kind whatsoever, but
merely weather-worn impressions left
| by a species of mollusklike animal
known to science as pentamerus.
To the Smithsonian institution not
| long ago somebody sent from the Bad
Lands of Nebraska what purported to
be fossil ham. 1t did in very truth
look like a ham, and, to render the
verisimilitude complete, the bone was
actually sticking out at one end of it
Nevertheless, an investigation showed
that the alleged bone was in reality
"vaculite"-an extinct mollusk's
SHE'LL rodlike in form-and the rest
of the ham" was mere accidental
agglomeration of stony stuff.
One day, quite recently, a young
man walked into the National museum
anthropologist in charge a petrified
foot. 1t was received with many
thanks, though recognized at glance
as a water-worn fragment of rock
which had accidentally assumed
shape resembling a foot.
Such chance limitations as these fre-
quently occur in nature. Another one,
deposited in the same institution, was
supposed by the finder to be a petrified
oyster 1t looks as If on the half
shell; all its parts are wonderfully dis
tinct, and there is even a small pearl
In it seemingly. Yet it is not an
oyster at ALL
Many years ago the cocoon" was
introduced as a fossil to a wondering
world by Sir William Dawson. an en-
inent geologist. 1t was accepted by
science for quite while as the earli-
est and Oldest of known animals-the
dawn animal" as its name signifies.
Recent scientific investigation. how
ever, has proven that it is not. and
never was, an animal at all It is
merely curious crystalline comblna-
ton of two minerals which has the
look of something that once upon q
time was alive.
1t has recently been proved that
many markings on sedimentary rocks,
long supposed to be fossil prints of al
gaze and other plants, are in reality
tracks left by insects, mollusks and
worms. Some of these alleged plants"
had actually received names and been
classified into genera and species.-
SaturdG Evening Post
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He 'appened to give 'alflook to-
wards the bed as q did So and then
. started back and rubbed is eyes
and told 'imself he'd be better in a
minute. Then e looked agin, for is
wife was nowhere to be seen. and in
the bed all fast and sound asleep and
snoring their 'ardest was little Dick
Weed the tailor and Mrs. Weed and
the baby.
Get up ses Job, 'ardly able to
speak. I'm surprised at you. Get
up out o my bed direckly.'
Your bed?' screams little Dick:
you're the worse for Ticker, Job
Brown. Can't you see you've come in
to the wrong house?'
'Eh?' ses Job, staring. Wrong
'ouse? Well, where's mine, Them?
Next door but one, same as 1t
always was ses Dick. viii you go?
Job began TO go downstairs, say
ing goo might as e went, and he'd
got pretty near to the bottom when
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"And | swear to YOU" cried Seton,
whipping ont his blade. that II YOU
come near me again I'll run you
through without benefit of clergy"
Sir Charles Seton" began my lord.
evidently mastering his feelings with
great difficulty, little do | care for
your threats. but | must have an an
swer To my question. Lady Caring
ton is known TO have boarded that
merchant ship which was overhauled,
| have no doubt. by the Britannia.
knowing our navy as | do | have no
hesitancy in believing that Lady Car.
rington was taken from that ship;
that she was brought back to Ports.
mouth on the Britannia. and has been,
or is now, under your care Where is
she?"
Lord Darlington" returned Sir
Charles, standing upon a punctilio. Il
recognize no right in you to question
me and decline to give you any reply
in your present condition"
'Will you reply to my sword S
point2' exclaimed my lord, passion
ately
with pleasure" said Sir Charles,
proudly, but perhaps | may say this
much. don't know where your wife
is, or Mistress Slocum, either. | wish
to God did. She isn't under my pro-
lection as you insinuate."
That's a lie!" burst out my lord,
fiercely.
Good God!" cried Sir Charles. step
ping forward menacingly.
Charles. said Darlington with a
sudden change of manner, you were
once my best friend for Gods sake,
tell ME where my wife is?"
you've insulted me publicly" cried
Seton, man of slower temper. but of
quite as hot disposition, once
aroused, as his former friend. He
rocked nothing of my lords appeal.
He saw only the fearful insult that
had been hurled upon him. Draw
your weapon!" he exclaimed, extend
ing his own blade so that the point
almost touched Carringtons breast.
My lord suddenly seized Seton's
oWol VI ny blt bltltC WIN llIo ltAfNo''
hand, and although the sharp edge bit
into his palm, with quick jerk he
tore it from the surprised baronet,
who was naturally not expecting an
act of that kind
Tell me, tell mel" he cried. You
may kill me after that, or | you if
needs must be, but where is my
wife,"
Bernard, you're beside yourself"
said Parkman, picking up Sir Charles
sword, "let me apologize to you, Sir
Charles, for my principal"
He bowed gravely and extended the
hilt toward Sir Charles. But Sir
Charles would not be pacified.
Tell your principal to make ready
at once" he continued, cor | shall
feel justified in cutting him down"
This can go no further, gentlemen" 4"
now interposed the naval officer who
had come with Seton.
And what business is it of yours,
McLear?" cried my lord, laying his
hand on his sword hilt and quite des-
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swered ParAman. "you must obey or
ders. I've no doubt YOU can get clear.
but now the admrals word goes"
And did you. Sir Charles. provoke
this quarrel knowing that was bound
and fcttered?"
"Damnation!" cried Seton. You
insult and insult and insult me- Give
him five minutes Mr.. McLear?"
"Nine!" said Mci.ear with especial
emphasis.
Squad. attention." cried the SER
geant
Darlington knew that the game was
mp. Without another word, he seized
his sword by the blade and rendered
the hilt to McLear.
That's we'll" said the lieutenant
quickly, now, If you will enter the
carriage with me- And you, Sir
Charles"
Il wouldn't ride in the same car
riage with him. curse him!" returned
the baronet hotly. Leave me here
| shall get away. | have some ac-
quaintance with Blythedale, and"
Very good" said the officer turning
away.
Tell me one thing" said my Lord
Darlington as McLear approached the
carriage which my lord had already
entered, lis my wife-are there any
women aboard the Britannica"
"She is not there, she hasn't been
there"
Was there anyone taken from that
merchant ship?"
mo one was aboard of her. l heard
Collier say that those they sought
to seize from her had escaped"
Carrington's face lighted and then
fell, lighted at the thought that his
wife was not with Seton, fell that her
whereabouts was as much a mystery
to him as ever. He had wronged Sc
ton dreadfully. He was a proud man,
my lord, but something must be done
'Sir Charles Seton!" he cried and
Seton turned and stepped toward him,
his face black with passion, but his
manner cold and composed Il did
you an injustice. I'm ready to atone
for it in any way you may decide if
ever I get free from this cursed ar
rest but | cannot go away easy in
my mind without any apology"
NO apologies" crieo Sir Charles,
ARE adequate to such a situation"
Il suppose not" returned my lord.
I've just done for Strathgate yonder,
perhaps fate'll get even by giving you
a chance at me. You know what
Strathgate said to me?" he continued
with one of those quick changes of
manner to which he was subject. LAS
he lay on the grass with half fathom
of my blade in his breast, he cried out:
Darlington, you're a damned fool!'
It's true, Charles. Drive on, McLear."
he said, sinking back in the cushions
and turning his face away
The two carriages rolled out of the
park rapidly leaving Seton staring in
amazement at the remarkable and
contradictory remarks of his former
friend
When he recovered his equanimity
in some measure at least, the baronet
turned and walked toward the two
still busted about Strathgate. His
situation was so critical and there was
so much to do that they had paid no
attention whatsoever to the exciting
incident which had just taken place
within earshot.
CTO BE CONTINUED
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atween 'em. The ide. was that Hli
Chambers was to go with Henery to
see Job and take i'm a bottle of beer,
and iist as job was going to drink 1t
Henery should knock II out of Is
'ands, at the same time telling Bill
Chambers q ought to be ashamed o.
hisself
1T was IA good idea and, as Henery
White said, If Mrs. Brown was in the
room so much the better as she'd be
a witness lie made Bill swear to
keep 1t secret for fear of other chaps
doing 1t afterwards, and then they
bought a bottle o. beer and set off up
the road to Jobs. The annoying part
of 1t was, arter all their trouble and
Henery Whites 'eadache, Mrs. Brown
wouldn't let 'em in. They begged and
prayed of 'er to let 'em go up and
just ave peep at i'm, but she would
mt. She said she'd go upstairs and
peep for 'em, and she came down agin
and said that e was little bit flushed
but sleeping like a lamb.
Job promised that e would give
liquor up; but the fust day e felt able
to crawl on is crutches he made up is
mind to go up to the Caulifower and
see whether gin and beer tasted as
good as it used to- The only thing
was is wife might stop i'm.
You're done up with nursing me,
old gal' he ses to is wife.
az am bit tired ses she.
You go, my DEAR ses Job. I
shall be quite appy sitting at the
gate in the sun with glass o. milk
an pipe
He persuaded 'er at last, and, in a
fit O. generosity, gave 'er three shil-
lings to go shopping with, and as soon
as she was out o sight he went off
with crutch and stick, smiling all
over is face. He met Dick Weed in
the road and they shook 'ands quite
friendly and Job asked i'm to ave a
drink. Then Henery White and
some more chaps came along, and by
the time they got to the Cauliflower
they was as merry a party as you'd
wish to see.
Every man 'ad pint O. beer,
which Job paid for, not forgetting
oAIlIu lSSell, anu JOD CLOSED Is eyes
with pleasure as e took his.
And I'll trouble you for that five
pounds, Smith, e ses, smiling. I've
been without anything stronger than
milk for seven weeks. never thought
when l wrote that paper l was going
to earn my own money
Has your wife gone shopping to-
day?' ses Smith, looking at i'm very
solemn.
Job Brown put is mug down on the
table and turned pale as ashes. Then
e got up and limped over to the bar.
"'Wot dyer mean? he ses. choking.
"'She said she thought o. doing
so,' ses Smith, wiping a glass; she
came in yesterday and asked for that
five pounds she'd won. The doctor
came in with 'er and said she'd kept
you from Ticker for seven weeks, let
alone month; SO, according to the
paper, I 'ad to give 1t to 'er. 'ope
done right, Job?
"Job didn't answer i'm a word,
good or bad. He just turned is back
on him, and, picking up is crutch
and is stick hobbled off 'ome. Hen
cry White tried to make i'm stop and
ave another pint, but he wouldn't.
He said he didn't want is wife to find
i'm out when she returned"
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Question Still Undecided.

Writers in magazines are still de-
batting the question as TO whether
women are more responsible than
men for the low tone of modern liter
ature, not only as the writer's of books,
but as the readers. One writer sug
gests that noyelists should be licensed
and that they should give evidence of
wholesomeness and purity of thought
before the coveted privilege to pub
lish could be obtained.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-07-16
ORDINANCE no. IS.

An ordinance amending Section One a. of
Ordinance Forty (40) entitled "An Ordinance
fixing the compensation OF appontlve officers
of the Town of Newport"
Be it ordained by the COun, il of the Town of
Newport, Washington, that Section One () of
Ordinance No. Forty 40, entitled can Ordi-
nance fixing the compensation of appOint:ve
officers of the Town OF Newport" as passed
the Council on the 2nd day of February A. d..
1904, be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section THAT the appointive officers of the
Town of Newport shall receive the following
com pensatiOn or salary for their services:
The Clerk shall receive one hundred, eighty
dollars per year. payable in monthly install
ments of fifteen dollars each.
The City Attorney shall receive two hundred,
forty dollars per year, payable in monthly in
stallments OF twenty dollars each.
Section 2-This ordinance shall, upon being
signed Dy the Mayor and attested by the Clerk
before publication, take effect and be i'll force
from and after its publication.
Passed the Council the 18th day of July, A. d
1908.
Signed and attested tho 18th day of July, A.
d. 1908. f. s. APPEL, Mayor.
Attested--
[Seal] ID. CALDWELL, Clerk Pro Tenn
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-07-16
josvolry Protection.

THE general public is not aware Of the
carefully worked out system by which
the large jewelry houses continue to
protect their splendid wares long after
these have been sold and passed out
Of their hands," said a detective,
discussing daring modern burglaries
Most large establishments dealing in
precious metals and gems have a care
fully organized and very efficient de-
tective system. which makes it easy
for a patron to recover stolen goods
without charge and with little or no
delay in the institution Of the search.
In the safes of these large jewel houses
are minute descriptions of every piece
Of valuable jewelry which goes out
from the establishment Each piece
is numbered too. When the gems are
missed the patron telephones the shop
in which the articles were purchased
At once special detective, thoroughly
acquainted with the business in hand
and armed with a detailed description
Of the jewelry, is hurried to the scene
of action. This is without expense to
the client. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-07-16
BUILDING
THE SILO.

The building of a SifO is of great
deal of importance and before 1t Is I'M
dertaken man should investigate
thoroughly the principles relating to
the construction and storage of silaSe.
One of the early mistakes was to build
silos too large in diameter and too
small In height This resulted in get
ting very little pressure on the silage,
which permitted the air to get in and
consequently caused the ruin of the
feed. Wherever air can touch the
silage numerous germs from the air
attach themselves to the moist surface
of the silage, and the sugars in the
silage become food for the minute
plants that cause putrefaction or mold
ing. If the silage is very green the
putrefactiOn bacteria develop most,
while if the silage is old-that is, made
from mature cornstalks-the spores Of
mold develop most. In either case the
silage is ruined. The first thing, there
fore, a farmer must look out for Is to
have sufficient height to his silo, SO
that the pressure on the underlying
silage will be very great.
All things chopped up fine, as Is all
properly cut silage, develop a great
deal Of lateral pressure. This forces
the silage out against the sides of the
silo and packs it SO firmly against the
walls that air cannot get in. The plan
is to build a silo not less than thirty
feet in height and generally not less
than sixteen feet in diameter. If the
silos are built small in diameter, they
become expensive. as a silo eight feet
in diameter would cost a great deal
more per ton of capacity than one six
teen feet wide These dimensions are
being quite widely followed in the con-
struction of many silos. The diameter
beyond sixteen feet must depend upon