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Miseellaaeuas Readins.
FAMOUS MULES OF HISTORY.
Automobile Can Never Equal the Ex.

General James Grant Wilson very
naturally begins his stories about
army mules In the current Independ-
ent with a few reflections on the re-
lation of the mule to civilization.
But, however wise it may be in gen.
eral for a writer to impress the reader
with the broad significance Of his
subject at the outset, such a device is
unnecessary when the subject is the
mule. Even If the mule were in no
wise related to the affair Of nations
his simple but interesting personality
would be sufficient to sustain an ar
ticle.
For this reason we proceed at once
to the stories Of some Of the individ-
ual army mules that have made names
for themselves. And first there was
Mexique.
In fact Mexique. an ancient gray
mule. was practically enjoying the
freedom Of the post at Mt Vernon
barracks, near Mobile, Ala. He was
too old and stiff to do anything but a
bit of light work from time to time.
But because there was around him
the glamour Of tradition that he was
left there when General Jackson's
army encamped in the vicinity in
|1S19 he was honored above his fel-
lows. And because of that same
glamour, when an order TO sell all
unserviceable animals came, the Off
GERS wrote to the war department ask
ing that Mexique be kept and pen
stoned. General Sherman indorsed
the request.
There Is on file in the war depart
ment an order dated October 80,
1888. and signed by Robert T. Lin
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fine was one Of f1,500, inflicted by the
archbishop. Ito be expended on a
font of Greek type" Only four
copies Of this scarce Bible are now
known, as the edition was destroyed
and all the copies called in as soon as
the mistake was discovered. There
exists a German Bible containing the
same mistake.
Another of the curious Bibles is the
"Persecuting Printers" Bible, con-
tanning the phrase. Printers have
prosecuted me without cause
(Psalms cxix, 16D. The substitu-
ton of the word printers for
princes" is responsible for the giving
of this name to the Bible.
All we know of this edition Is
stated by Stevens in his catalogue OF
the Caxton Exhibition Of Bibles. This
authority tells us that these words
were put into a Bible printed before
1902.
There is also the Ears to Ear" BIZ
Bile. in which occurs the expression
Whose hath ears to ear, let him
hear" (Matthew xii, 43). The adap-
tation to cockney usage Is found in an
octave Bible published by the Oxford
Press in 1910.
Among the curious Bibles that may
be mentioned the standing Fishes
Bible, containing the phrase And 1t
shall come to pass that the fishes
shall stand upon it," &c. ezekiel
Xvii, 10). The word fishes" is used
for fishers" in quarto Bible print
ed by the kings printer in London In
llSO6 and reprinted in q quarto edi-
ton of 1918. as we'll as in an octave
edition OF 1S23.-Harper's Weekly.
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QUAINT BIBLE ERRORS.
How the Sacred Text Has Suffered
at the Hands of Printers.

Besides the "Breeches Bible" there
are other issues renowned for curious
misprints. There is the Place
Makers Bible" so called from
Blessed are the place-makers"
| (Matthew V. 81. This extraordinary
misprint occurred in the second edi-
tion Of the Geneva Bible, published
at Geneva in folio in 1561-62. The
mistake was corrected and never oc-
Cured again.
Again. there Is the Vinegar Bible" I"
containing 1.-The Parable of Vinegar"
instead of The Parable Of the Vine
yard" which appears in the chapter
heading to ST. Luke Xxx, in an Oxford
edition of the authorized version
which was published in 1717. The
book was published in imperial folio,
and Is said to be the most sumptuous
Of all the Oxford Bibles. The print
ing Is very beautiful and some Of the
copies were printed on vellum, but
unfortunately the proofs were care
lessly read and the book referred to
was called "a basketful Of printers
errors" circumstance that now
causes it to be priced as a curiosity
1.-The Wicked Bible" Is the queer
name that has been given to an edi-
ton of the authorized Bible, printed
in London by Robert Barker and Mar
tin Lucas in 1881. In this the negative
was left out Of the Seventh Comand-
ment, and William Kilburne, writing
in 1869, says that, owing to the zeal
of DR.. USHER the printers were fined
f2, 900 sterling.
In Laud's published works there Is
copy of the kings letter directing
that the printers be fined $4,000, but
another authority asserts that the real
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CHAPTER VII.

There's no questioning the fact that
two weeks of Radville had driven Dun
can to desperation. On the morning OF
the fifteenth day he wakened in his
room at Miss Carpenters and lay for Q
time abed staring vacantly at the gaud-
lily papered ceiling. not through lazi-
ness remaining on his back, but
through sheer inertia.
Why" he reflected aloud, lit does
not seem reasonable, but I'm actually
looking forward to the delirious dissi-
patton of church next Sunday!
Me?
IF Kellogg could only see me now
l must have done something to deserve
this in my misspent life.
Wonder if nothing ever happen!
here. Id give a whole lot, if l hat
it, for good rousing fire on MAR
street.-the Bigelow House for choice.
And it's got me TO the point o.
drooling TO myself, like those fellow:
you read about who get lost in the
desert.
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MR.. HlGHToWER TRAPPED.
Fellow Who ExceIed In His Specially
Got Left.

Mr.. Hightower prided himself upon
boast of position, wealth or power
but Mr.. Hightower cared for none Of
these things. He had his sleepless
nights and gloried in the melancholy
distinction which they cast upon him.
Mr.. Hightower was, indeed, melan-
choly bachelor with saddest eyes and
mouth, although he was undeniably
stout and had a most impeccable ap-
petite. Every morning he was the
first at the breakfast table. AS each
fellow boarder appeared Mr.. High
tower looked up, sighed and said:
Good morning. Did you sleep well?"
Sometimes the boarders inwardly re-
belled, but Mr.. Hightower's eye was
fixed upon them with such mute and
scrrowful insistence that they answer
ed: Pretty we'll, thank you. Did
you?" To which Mr.. Hightower in
variably made a helpless motion.
rolled his eyes and replied: "Oh, ]
had a wretched night'-and immedi-
ately fell into all the details Of his
tossings in the sad and silent watches
Of the night.
Very jealous of his prerogatives,
too, was Mr.. Hightower. II some one
else had heard the clock strike 2 and 3,
Mr.. Hightower had counted the hours
all the way from IL to 5. II some one
else had heard a dog bark at mid
night, Mr.. Hightower had heard it also
at 215 and at $50. II some one else
had heard a drunken man go past
the house at 2 o'clock in the morning,
Mr.. Hightower had not only heard the
same, but he had also heard the police
following him as well. Yes, such was
Mr.. Hightower, who looked up from
his cantaloupe one morning, smiled
pitifully at the two girls and said:
Good morning. Did you sleep well?'
Let us therefore glance at the two
girls and see what the picture tells.
In every boarding house worthy OF
the name the two girls will always
be found. Sometimes they are office
workers or school teachers, some
times they are studying music or art;
sometimes they are travellers who are
seeing the city, but they are always
there, and there are always two OF
them They room together. walk to-
gether, giggle together, laugh together
and hatch innocent little plots and
Vaccinations to while away the time.
Sometimes the cook lets them make
pineapple ice which is served at din
ner, and sometimes they entertain the
company with an account Of visit
they made that day to a fortune tell
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er's house-a story introduced with
many a reminiscent giggle and much
mutual nudging of the elbows. Yes
and such were the two girls who look
ed back at Mr.. Hightower. No. we
didn't sleep at all well. Did you?"
Whereupon Mr.. Hightower made g
helpless motion, rolled his eyes and
replied: "Oh, had wretched night
The tall girl wagged her head In
sympathy and the stout girl batted
her eyes as though she could hardly
keep them open.
Did you hear that dog?" asked the
tall girl
Il couldn't very we'll help it. From
quarter to 3 until half past four he
was barking every minute"
Somebody shot at him once" said
the short girl.
The trouble is that they never hit
him, though. AS far as L can see II
only makes the dog bark worse"
Didn't the shot frighten you, Mr.
Hightower?" asked the tall girl.
mo. No. In fact, I rather thought
it broke the monotony of the night.
And did you hear the newsboys in
the street between II and l shouting
out something about an extra?" asked
the short girl.
was III lNO VI lOl
to go out and get a paper, but l was
afraid I might wake some one"
And that awful cat!" cried the tall
girl
Mr.. Hightower laid his spoon down
in order to make an appropriate ges-
ture. Wasn't that cat awful he
exclaimed, and he picked up his spoon
again.
perhaps she knew the thunder was
in the air." said the short girl.
Did you hear it thunder, Mr.. High
tower?" asked the other.
"Oh, indeed, yes" said Mr.. High
tower. What time did you hear it?''
About 5 o'clock this morning"
"Oh, it had been laundering more
than two hours then"
And how it lightened!'
Didn't it," agreed Mr.. Hightower.
"Once l thought the church on the
corner was struck 1t was very close.
The thunder and the lightning were
almost simultaneous for over ten min
utes."
Awful" agreed the two girls. They
suddenly looked at each other and
their expressions might have been
thunderstruck, too. why, Mary" ex-
claimed the tall girl, what on earth
are we talking about? 1t wasn't last
night when all this happened-it was
the night before"
Il thought you were speaking of
the night before" sighed Mr. High
tower.
But, Mr.. Hightower, weren't you
on the Fall River boat the night before
last?"
"Er. ye-e-s."
And you heard a dog bark?"
The captains dog. / presume,
said Mr.. Hightower, blinking hard.
And you heard a cat?'
The captains cat, l dare say
And somebody shot at the dog?
Mr. Hightower looked hard at his
breakfast.
And the lightning was so close you
thought it had struck the little church
on the corner here?"
Mr.. HightOwer continued to look
hard at his breakfast. They were
alone in the dining room. The two
girls arose and closed in on the Sleep
less man:
Mr.. Hightower," whispered one
into his right ear.
Huh"
I'VE won't tell II you'll be good
whispered the other into his left ear.
MOP"
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fortunate experience no doubt serves
as a warning to refractory army mules
to this day. This particular mule was
foolish enough to pit his obstinacy
against the resourcefulness Of Quarter
master Grant--afterward General
during the Mexican war.
He was backed up against a large
rock and his head was held firmly by
several men. The harness was then
thrown on him. Up came his heels
and struck resoundingly against the
rock, while an expression OF doubt
came over the intelligent animals
face A few more kicks and he quit
kicking. He served his country use
fully, If not heroically, throughout the
whole campaign.
The automobile may some day even
supplant the army mule. But it can
never equal or dim the exploits OF the
sagacious animal which General Will
son so ably presents and interprets.-
Chicago News.
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mo! But you slept pretty we'll last
night, didn't you?"
"Purr-rit-ty WELL"
Never woke once, did you?" cooed
the other.
II think did-once."
But you went right off to sleep
again?"
II say, girls
Yes, Mr.. Hightower?"
Wouldn't you like to go to Coney
some night this week."
"Oh, wouldn't that be lovely!" ex-
claimed the tall girl. May wanted
to go to the roof garden-but-"
well, we can take them all in.
can't we?" asked Mr.. Hightower,
looking from one to the other.
And the next night. as they swung
down the steps, Coney-bound. Mr..
Hightower walked cozily along be-
tween the two girls, and the two girls
walked cozily along by the side Of Mr..
Hightower, smiling ever and anon at
the fortunate gentlemen with a charm
ing smile of ownership that seemed
to say. "Oh, what we know about
you"-New York Evening Sun.
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That's proof enough to me he amt
right"
"Wimmin," says Watty as the result
of a period of philosophical considera-
tion, 'is all crazy about clothes. When
fellers got good clothes you can't
make them see no harm into him, no
matter what he is. l pressed some OF
Duncan's last Satiddy. l never see
clothes-such goods and linin's. They
was made for him, too-made by a tai
lor on Fifth avenue, Moo York. l fer
git the name now."
WAL, Roland Barnette sez they
amt stylish. He sez they're too much
like an undertaker's gitup."
WAL, Roland oughter know. He's
the fanciest dressed up feller in the
county"
Yes, l guess he be-
The subject apparently languishes,
but l know that it still occupies their
sage meditations, and presently this is
demonstrated by Hiram, who expec-
torates literally by way of preface.
when this cuss Duncan fust come
here" he says, with a self contained
chuckle, "ev'rybody but me fingered
he had stacks of money. Guess they
be singin' a different tune now sinst
he's been goin' round askin for work"
This is news to me, and l sit up,
sharing Watty's astonishment.
BE he a'doin' that, Hiram?'
That's what he's been a-doin."
Funny 1 missed hearin' about it,"
He only started this mornin'. He
went to Sother & Lees and Leon
ard & Calls and Godfrey's, and then l
guess he must we quit discouraged.
They wouldn't none of them give him
nothin'. Leastways that's what they
said after he'd gone out. He didn't
give anybody reel chance to say any
thing. l was in Leonard G. Calls,
and he came in and asked for a joo,
but the minute Len looked at him he
turned right round and skunk out
without a-waitin' for Len to say a
word" Hiram smoked in huge enjoy
ment of the retrospect. Hes the
curiousest critter we ever had in this
town."
Yes" agrees Watty; 81 guess he
be-"
At this juncture comes an interrupt
ton. Tracey Tanner returns hotfoot.
Either he has been running or his
breathlessness is due to excitement.
Before the two upon the bench he
pauses in agitated glee, a bearer of
tremendous tidings.
Hello" he pants.
Now, you Tracey Tanner" Hiram
cuts in sharply, you run long and
don't be a-botherin' round. Seems
like body never can git a chance to
rest with you children allus a-buttin'
in
"Aw, shet up" says Tracey dfspas-
sionately. Il only wanted to tell you
the news"
Watty quavers, What news, Ira
cey?"
wen, SalQ the DOy, IL Tell YOU,
Watty, but l wouldn't We told him
after what he said"
But what's the news, Tracey p
There is suspense in the iteration.
We'll, seein's it's you, Watty"-
You, Tracey Tanner, you run long
and stop your jokin'!" interrupts Hi
ram with authority.
"Tain't no joke; it's news I'm tell
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aside. How much business are you
doing here now?"
Some days. Graham reckoned 1t
on his fingers-"I take in a dollar or
two and some days nothing. There's
my sody fountain" he said, with a
jerk of a thumb toward it-"got that
fixed up a little while ago, and it's
bringing in little-not much. You
see, need more sirups. I've only got
vanilly now"
Soda water!" Duncan jumped at
the idea. Hold on! All the girls round
here drink soda, don't they?"
"Oh. yes" said Graham abstractedly.
(To be Continued.)
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in you. Sa-ay, what dye think, Wat
ty?"
Yes, Tracey, yes? What is it, boy?'
"That-Noo-York- drawls
Tracey. lis a-workin' for Sam Gra-
ham,"
A dramatic pause ensues. l rise and
find my coat.
Tracey Tanner" shrills Hiram, "be
you a-tellin' the TRUTH
Kiss my hand and cross my heart
and VOW honest Injun l seen him uI
there just now in the store, Watty
tendin' the sody fountain"
WAL" says Hiram, rising, Il don't
believe word of it, but if it's true we
better be goin' round to see, Watty
cause it amt a-goin' to last long. He
won't stay after he finds out Sam ain't
got no money to pay his wages with"
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THIS WAY TO
GRAHAM'S DRUG STORE.

Two druggists in Radville!" he
unused. rs it possible? Then it's
Harrys mistake if the scheme fails
He said this was a one horse country
town, but I'm blest if it isn't a thriv-
ing metropolis! Two! Here, I'm 60
ing to have a look"
He turned up Beech and presently
discovered the object of his quest, a
two story building of frame" guilt
less of the ardent caress of a paint
brush since time out of mind. On the
ground floor the windows were made
up of many small square panes, sew
eral of which had been rudely mended
Through them the interior glimmered
darkly. In the foreground stood a
broken bottle, shaped like a mortuary
urn and half full of pink liquid. Be-
side it reposed a broken packing box
in which bleary camphor balls nestled
between torn sheets of faded blue pa
per. OF these a silent companion In
misery stood on the far side of the
window, a towering pagoda-like cage
of wire in which (trapped, doubtless
by means of some mysterious bait
known only to alchemists) three worn
but brutal looking sponges were appar-
emily slumbering in exhaustion. Bacl
of these dusty plaster cast of a male
figure lightly draped seemed to rep
resent the survival of the fittest ovel
some strange and deadly patent medi-
cine. The recessed door bore an in
scription in gold letters, tarnished and
half obliterated:
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have now something to think
about, indeed, and am more than half
inclined to stroll up to Graham's and
find out what has happened on my own
account when the voices of Hi Mutt
and Watty, the tailor, drift up to me-
The cronies are coming down for their
regular afternoon session on the post
office benches, a function which takes
place daily just as soon as the sun
gets round behind the building so that
the seats are shaded. And l pause,
true to the ethics of journalism. It's
my duty not to leave just yet.
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Come! Get out Of this! And, my
boy, remember, to count that day lost
whose low descending sun sees MOTH
ing accomplished, nothing DONE"
Probably misquoted, at that"
Suddenly he rose and dressed.
He was late at the breakfast and
silent and reserved throughout that
meal. Poor Miss Carpenter thought
him dissatisfied and hung round his
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guess you must find it pretty slow
down here. But" Frightening, IF you
feel that way about it I'd better take
you over to Sothern & Lees. They'd
be glad to get you at the price"
And in a week they'd think they
were overpaying me-" Duncan argued
No; I've been there. Why not try me
on here?"
We'll, I'm just little bit afraid you
wouldn't learn much, my boy. l don't
do business enough to give you a good
idea of it."
Duncan brushed this impatiently
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chair, purring with a solicitude tina
almost maddened him. AS soon as pos
sible he made his escape from th'
house.
The walk he INDUCED in that morn
ing took him in a wide circle-soutf
on the road to the Gap, then east
ward. crossing the railroad and thu
river, north through a smiling agri'
cultural region, east to the Flats. HI
was trudging up Main street toward
Center shortly after II.
Recognition Of Leonard & Calfs
familiar shop front fired him with
spirit of adventure and enterprise. He
stopped short, thoughtfully rubbing his
small mustache the wrong way, his
vision glued to the embarrassingly can
did window displays.
It'd be an awful thing for me to do
Think of yourself, man, jumping
counters in and out among all those
those things like lunatic monkey per-
forming on a Monday mornings
clothesline!"
He thought deeply and sighed. 1T
amt moral.
But it's one of the rules; it must be
done. Harry said a ribbon clerk was
social equal.
Come, now! No more shenanigan!
Brace up! Be man!
I am a man. I've got no business ir
a place like that"
He turned and moved away slowly
But the idea had him by the heels
He struggled against a growing reso-
luton to return. Then enlightenment
came to him suddenly. He paused
again, graphing with this amazing
revelation Of self.
Great Scott! Harry was right, darn
him. He said this place would recon-
struct me from the inside out, and vice
versa, and, by jinks, it has! l actual
ly want to work!
Can you beat that-me?'
He swung back to Leonard & Calls
mentally reviewing his instructions.
Lets see. l was to wait at least a
month to let the shopkeepers get ac-
customed to the sight of me. Hmm
Harry certainly has a cute way of eX-
pressing his thought. But it can't be
helped. l can't wait. If do I'll throw
up the job.
I'm to walk in and say politely
I'm looking for employment. If al
any time you should have an opening
here that you can offer me 1 shall en-
deavor to give satisfaction. Good day.
But be careful not to press it. Just
say it and get right out"
With the air Of man who knows
his own mind he pulled open the wire
screen door and strobe in.
Two minutes later he emerged
breathing hard, but with the glitter Of
determination in his eye.
"I wouldn't we believed I could ge'
away with it. Here goes for the mex
promising opening"
he nedueu SSolllSl IL CS l<SS . VI pe
store.
Wonder what that fellow would
have said if I'd had the nerve to wal
and listen
In the drug store he experienced les:
difficulty in making his speech ant
exit. He fattered himself that he ac
complished both gracefully, even i'm
pressively. And indeed you may be-
lieve he left gaping audience behint
him. So likewise at Godfrey's notion
and stationery shop.
Now, Tins afternoon" he unused
| I'll wind up the job. BY night every
one in town will know l want work.
1t was o'clock or thereabouts,
gathered when, shaping his course to-
ward Radville's commercial center
Duncan hesitated on the corner o
Beech street, cooking an incredulou'
eye up at the weather worn sign which
| has for years adorned the side Of Tut
hills grocery-a hand indicating fix
edly:
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-. TIL E -.
FORTUNE HUNTER.
Novelized by Louis Joseph Vance
From the Play of the Same Name
by Winchel Smith -
CHAPTER VI-Continued.

Copyright Winhel Smith and Louis Joseph Vance
"a ss+A ss*A sssA ss*A sssA ss+A sS+A s*A ss*
Evening journal., 1910-03-14
THREE PATIENTS GET
HOSPITAL TREATMENT

At the Delaware Hospital this morning
Henry Smith, OF No. lll6 East Fourth
street. an emp oye Of the Wilmington NAL
leable Iron Company, was treated for a
lacerated finger.
Eli Hamilton. of No. 1913 Paschall ave-
nue., Philadelphia a brakeman OF the p,
b. and W. Railroad. was treated for a
lacerated scalp. He was buckling cars
when he fell. striking his head on a corr
ner of a car
To the Homeopathic Hospital Joseph
Coleman. colored. was taken I'm the am
buance after suffering an attack Of ap-
oplexy at Second and King streets. He is
recovering
Evening journal., 1910-03-14

LIST OF PUBLIC SALES.
March 17-Publio Sale Of cattle and
Horses at Hares' Corner Hotel, by
w. S. Burris.
March 17-At Hsre's Corner Hotel
near New Castle. Horses, Colts
and other live stock. Thursday
morning, March II at g o'clock. W.
s. Burris.
March 17.-sale Of Furniture at 2s7
Broome street, for John Gibbons,
at o'clock a. M, by Stdham g.
Son, Auetioneers.
March 1e-Large consignment Of Fur
nture at Stidham & Sons Auction
Store, III East Fourth ST. Fur
niture, Carpets, Rugs, Bedding, al
o'clock p. m.
"Watch this paper for ad Of Sale
March 21-Public sale Of Farming I'm.
plements and Household Goods b,
Arthur Y. T. Weld, Wooddale, Del
March 23-Sale of Furniture and Gro.
ceres, S. w. corner Seventh anc
French Sts., by Stidham & Son
Auctioneers.