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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28
Willing to Pay for Rammer.

When the British square at the bat
tie OF Abu Klea, in the Nubian des
ert. was penetrated by the dervishes
one of them attempted to spear gun
ner who was in the act of ramming
home a charge. The Briton Drained
the Sudanese, but the rammer head
split on the mans hard skull. Next day
the gunner was sent for. Mistaking
the reason, and knowing from expert
ence that soldiers are charged for
government property which they
break, he led of with: Please, sir
I'm very sorry 1 broke the rammer
but l never thought the fellows head
could be so hard. I'll pay for the
rammer SO as to hear no more OF
the case"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28
They Surely Would.

A little American boy with his IA
ther was visiting market in Mex
lean city He saw little native girl
with small basketful of red peppers
of which she was eating one. His ia
ther was about to say: "She thinks
she is very smart" as the son called
his attention to it. The boy spoke uI
quickly, knowing what was to be said
PA, would those red peppers make
you smart If you eat all of them?" His
father replied: Yes, son."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

can pass the chief outlaw on to Gov
Osborne, then SO much the better. and
that's what we will try to do"
But you're only the private secre-
tary. and you can't assume too much
authority | shall have to go to Kill
dare to visit my aunt, who is a nice
old lady that lives there. The fried
corn mush and syrup at her house is
the best | ever tasted and If papa
should come when he sees that some
thing is being done quite different
from what he intended. then l should
be there to explain. If you should be
killed. Mr. Ardmore. no one would be
there to identity you. and l have al
ways thought it the saddest thing in
the world for any one to die away
from home"
1t would be sad but I hope you
would be sorry"
Il should regret your death. and Id
make them give you a perfectly beau
tiful military funeral, with Chopin's
funeral march. and your boots tied
to the saddle of your horse
But don't let them fuss about pull
ing of the boots. Miss Dangertield, If
l die with them on. 1t would be all
right for you to visit your aunt, but
shouldn't do it If | were you once
visited my aunt. Mrs. Covington-
Burns, at Newport for a week 1t was
a deep game to get me to marry my
aunt's husbands niece, whose father
had lost his money. and the girl was
beginning to bore my aunt"
Was she a pretty girl?" asked
Jerry.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28
CHAPTER TX.
The Land Of the Little Brown JUG


Caboose 01s6. with three box cars
and a locomotive attached, lay in the
southeastern yards at Raleigh late in
! the evening OF the same day. In the
observatory sat Mr.. Thomas Ardmore,
| chatting with the conductor. while
| they waited for the right of way. Mr.
| Ardmore's pockets were filled with
| papers. and he held half a dozen tele-
| grams in his hand. The freight cars
behind him were locked and sealed,
! and number OF men lounging near
I appeared to be watching them.
The reply of the sheriff OF Dilwell
county had precipitated the crisis
/ That official succinctly replied to
| Ardmore's message:
Be good and acquire grace.
While this dictum had aroused Miss
Dangerfields wrath and indignation.
| it calmed her fellow conspirator, and
| for hours Ardmore had poured forth
by telegraph and telephone. No such
messages as his had ever before re-
dated from Raleigh. The tolls would
have bankrupted the commonwealth
IL Ardmore had not cared for them
out of his private purse. His forester.
| with an armed posse from Ardsley,
was already following the streams
and beating the brush in search OF
/ AppIeweight One car of Ardmores
special train contained a machine gun
and supply of rifles; another abun-
dant ammunition and commissary sup
/ plies. and the third cots and bags.
I The men who loafed about the train
were a detail of strike-breakers from
"A detective agency. borrowed for the
4 occasion. Cooke. the conductor OF the
/ train had formerly been in the gov
! ernment secret service. and knew the
/ Carolina hill country as he knew the
| palm of his hand Ardmore had
warned his manager and the house
/ keeper on his estate to prepare for
/ the arrival of Mrs. Atchison, whose
/ private car had come and gone. car
rying Miss Geraldine Dangerfeld on
| to Ardsley. Ardmore had just re-
ceived a message from his sister at
| some way station. reporting all we'll
and containing these sentences: She
is rather different. and do not quite
| make her out. She has our noble
| brother-in-law good deal bewil
! dered.'
/ Cooke ran forward for a colloquy
| with the engineer over their orders:
the guards climbed into one OF the
| box cars, and the train moved slowly
| out of the Raleigh yards to the main
| line and ratified away toward Kildare
with Mr.. Ardmore, pipe in mouth.
| perched in the caboose cupola
Not Capt. Kidd nor another OF the
| dark brotherhood sailed forth with
| keener zest for battle than Mr. Ard
more. Indeed, the trailing smoke Of
| the locomotive suggested a black flag,
and the thought OF it tickled his
| fancy Above bent the bluest sky in
! the world: fields of corn and cotton.
/ the brilliant crimson of German clo-
yer. and long stretches of mixed for
est held him with enchantment And
when night came, after the long
mystical twilight. the train passed
now and then great cotton factories
that blazed out from their thousand
windows like huge steamships.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

Thomas Ardmore. bored millionaire.
and Henry Maine Grlswoid. professor
In the University OF Virginia. take
trains out of Atlanta. Griswold to his
college Ardmore in pursuit ot a girl
who had wlnked at h. m Mistaken .or
Gov. Osborne OF South Carolina. Grl=-
Wolds life IS threatened. He goes to
Columbia to warn the governor and
meets Barbara Osborne Ardm0re
learns that ms wiukiug lady i. the
daughter OF Gov Daugerfsld of North
Carolina He follows her TO Ralsig h
and on the way is given a brown Jug
at Kildare. In Raleigh he discovers
that the jug bears a message threaten
ing bangerfeld unless Applewelght. a
criminal. is allowed TO go free Ard =
more becomes allied with Jerry Dan
Serheld In running the affairs of the
state In the abssuc. OF the governor
a scathine telegram is sent to Gov
osborne Griswold becomes adviser to
barbara Osborne. who is attending to
her fathers duties in South Carroll ma
Orders are sent to the sheriff to ca p
fure Appleweight. Valuable papers are
missing from Coy. Osbornes Office.
Crtswold places the theft the door
OF the attorney general
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Oespisery.

Little Girl-Mother, that's such a
nasty little boy; whenever he passes
me he makes a face.
Mother-Very rude of him. hope
you don't do it back.
Little Girl-Oh, dear, no! I simply
turn up my nose and treat him with
despisery
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28
ID DlsesA s.yvtere, ~
IN traets . kills al Aiss

1S~ ~1"s@f<s"
traets q kils ell niap
Neat,e clean. ornAmea-
tal.eonvenient, cheap.
Las1s All BssseA.
Maze Of metal cannot
spill or DIP over. viii
not ssil l or ipjurs any
thing. Guaranteed ef-
fecfive. Ofail 1esleV
or ssutprepaid for zoe.
HAROLD sONERS
$50 Dskalb Ave.
hrsstlyn, xsw fsdA
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

Mrs. L. I. Terary-Mrs. Wise has
given up her club.
Mrs. Izit Soe-Why?
Mrs. L. l. Terary-Every time she
went to a meeting her husband moved
the furniture in the parlor all around.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28
II Made No Difference.

Congressman Ransdale of Louisiana,
recently told story of Alec Trimble,
the valet and factotum OF physi.
clan in New Orleans, who took fan.
cy to one OF the summer shirts of his
master, and finally went and bought
one exactly like it. He showed it to
his mistress, who said that he had
done wrong, as the two shirts might
get mixed in the washing; and Alec
answered:
It'd make no difference. missus,
cause dey's both alike in size an
price"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

Put up with sarcasm-dont practise
II.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

Dr. Pierees Pellets small, sugar-coated. easy =
liver and bowels 10 not grpe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

Farmers and washladies get their
living from the soil.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

HE birds are singing there to-
day. just as they did Of old.
And phantom feet 20 down the
street.-the same old war
riors bold.
At Lincoln's call they swell
the ranks. all eager for the
fight;
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

hs name snd pc on s tnsf v11ne ny saMpps r.
Take No 8shstitate. Fast Color Ereiets.
forsaefn your town wr foI Mail Order Cataog. show
ing how TO order by mail. Shoes ordered direct from
factoey delivered ffec. W.I.Douglaa Bfockion lass
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28
w. L. DOUGLAS
SHOES
THE STAN DAR0
FOR 40 YEARS.

FOR 30 YeAR8s
MiIlioos Of men wear
W. L Dousias shoss b.
cause they are the low.
est prices. quality con
sidered, in the world.
Made upon hooos.of tho
best Deathes., bY the
noss ski1Isd WoskDsa,
h al tho latest fasAio0a.
w. l. Douslas $500
and $500 sAoes equal
Custom Beach Work
costing $500 10 $500.
6oys'Shoes. 50, e. 5OA$2
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-28

HVAHVED ON podru, they read, who
L. pass: ITO Baby Jim the brave"
While birds a-w1ng. their requiem sing,
above his honored grave.
They're living still. the hearts that thrill
to hear the story old.
Where phantom feet 20 down the street
and phantom warriors bold:
No sound OF flute. their lips are mute, but
shades OF heroes come.
A. once they came. with hearts anams,
to bugle, fife and drum;
The years go by. with laugh and sigh, but
that day seems to stay,
When Daddy donned the blue. my lads,
and Baby Jim the gray!
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

tives than at any other damage that it believes
its liberties have received
1t has been said. and denied, that Cromwell
was fortunate in nothing much the hour
of his taking off; that, at the time of his death
he drifting into difficulties from which he
could not possibly have eXtriCated himself. His
attempts to make his own government consttu-
tional were not the only, perhaps not even the
chiefest. of the complications that beset him
Professor Firth lays full stress upon another
problem, that of the exhausted state of the
British treasury in the year of Cromwell's
death:
The financial catastrophe with which the Pro-
tectorate was now menaced due in part
ous 9M RGe His n ore1 0 fnsi pocJ 9 fs a
creased the expenditure of the state by half
sand The increased expense of the navy and the
the results of the breach with Spain. for which he
was responsible This debt was partly an
speakers and writer's both of that generation and
the next. persistently represented Cromwell as
fact when he assumed power, he succeeded to a
men woud have dealt with the c@fT bS fnd
ing the old debt and raising loans 10 meet the
that course been adopted our National Debt might
have dated from 1854 instead of 1892 But the
oped in England at the middle of the century and
the Protectors financial advisers were less skilfu
debt with which the Protectorate had begun its
career nad been regularly swollen by annual in
crementS till it had become an imminent and
pressing danger to the state.
Abroad the Protectors great plan. the key
stone of his diplomacy. had come To naught
The statement has often been made that he was
too much of a religious enthusiast to be great
statesman. Yet if he sacrificed his dream of q
Protestant federation against the Roman Catho-
lie Hapsburgs in Austria and Spain. it was for
the tangible advantages of good understand
ing with MaZarin and the security of European
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

nakea1v the rule of the sword than IL haa evs t,e
h hsfore During the last twelve rn0ntnS .l ult
inAmence of soldiers upon its poilcy hah S,ea'Iy
;ncreased A reconciliation between govern t
and peope was difficult now than IL mao Ot' ~
in Sentember 1864. when the Protector met ms
first Parliament He had failed then; was ne
iiLoI, to succeed now? Founded by the action OIL ,
tha officers of the army. the Protectorate coul9
rerer lose it's essentially military character an,
-et II must lose its military appearance ana Put
ON some sembIance of Constitutionaiisu. III IL was
to he regarded by the nation as more than tenn
Dorary dictatorship
The effect upon the people of the exclusion OF
the OPPOSITION from this Parliament is found
reflected chiefly in the dispatches of foreign am
bassadOrs i'm London to their governments Ihe
excluded members acquiesced. the House was
muzzled popular opinion was forcibly silenced'
Only two newspapers were allowed To be issued
both being organs of the government Free
dom of speech had entirely ceased to exist Tor
the opposition. What no King of England had
ever dared to do the Protector and his council
had DONE" Writing to Brienne, the French Am
bassador in London said: Force alone can main
tain the acts of this Parliament The people is
more angry at the exclusion of it's representa-
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

England from the death of Elizabeth to that of
Cromwell in the ten volumes of the History
of England From the Accession of James / to
the Outbreak of the Great Civil War the four
volumes OF the History of the Great Civil War
and the four of the History of the Common
wealth and the ProtectOrate." which Professor
Firth's volumes carry on to the end.
Gardiner never was, and never can be, a
popular hstorian," the adjective meaning, at
its highest and best. a literary" one. On the
other hand. it has been doubted if the term
scientific" can be applied to his work. Scen-
tific he was in the careful systematizaton of his
researches, his unwearying respect for accuracy
the thoroughness of his examination of the
value and credbity of documentary evidence
his orderly marshalling of established facts; but
in his synthess he is above all else. owing to his
undertaking adherence to strict chronology. an
annalist-a writer of chronicles. To him his
tory was past politics in its proper sequences
and hero worship did not appeal to him. Pro-
fessor Firth makes a superluous apology. in his
preface, for the length of his work. which deals
with the period from September g, 1856, and the
meeting of Cromwelrs second Parliament. to
September >. 1868. and his death. Whatever
the growing complications that beset the Pro-
tector at home and abroad, outwardly his power
and influence in England and in Europe reached
their height in these two years Therefore,
while adhering to Gardeners chronological pan
the author has found it impossible to reduce
his abundant material to smaller proportions
for 'the temper of the times to be chron-
icled we'll their events He says:
The meeting of cromwells, second Parliament
is the turning point in the history of the Pro-
tectorate. Once more he attempted to reconcile
force and law military power and Parliamentary
government. Once more he sought to secure the
consent of the nation to authority founded on
the uSurpatiOn of political power by the army At
the present moment his government was more
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
.iNONYuOUS TOICES.
Some Epigrammatic sayings That Ire Worth
Remembering.

some Epgrqmmatic Sayings That Ire Worth
| Remembering.
From The London Spectator
| An anonymous voice Will at times give 4
national trait in a sentence Who but Spartan
mother would have said to her boy. on giving
him his shield for the battle, Return with it.
my son. upon it,? Or who but Roman
father would have met his lads complaint of
| the ShOrtnesS OF his sword BY the advice ID
| add a step To it,? When the Judges whom
Cromwell sent to Scotland were thanked with
d maIison) : u wheen kinless looms Il fair
point of difference between the two nations was
struck out, the Scot always making more Of his
kith and kin than the Englishman-a fine trait
il kept clear of injustice and corruption At
another time n grade phase of social lie viii
be hit off. IN intra acta bleness of the sons Of
kings was announced once for all by the Oh
FOrty-five the unwilling hostess first of Prince
Charlie and then of the Duke of Cumberland
Il have had twa Kings BARNS living VI in
my time, and 10 tell you the truth. l wish l
may never hae anitFer.'' The voice of old
nobility" is heard in the assured conclusion Of
the French court lady of pre-EtevOluti0n days.
Cod Will think twice before darnning
Of my quality: just the splendid freenason-
~ of the poor speaks in the reply of the PrrlS-
sian soldier upbraided for helping To get in the
crops of a French peasant upon whom he
quartered. War is all very Well for the sweIs.
but poor folk must help another: or as
long dwelling in lone poverty dominion drear"
stands confessed in the astonshed utterance Of
the poor woman who on her first view of the
sea was g "a 10 find something at last that
there was plenty Of The best side of Quaker
ism is shown by the shrewd Quakeress who
after hearing Southey relate how he studied
Portuguese grammar while shaving read Span
ish for an hour before breakfast. then wrote OF
studied till dinner, and filled all his day with
doing this. that and the other, quietly asked
And friend when dOSt thee find time to
Think while its faulty side is declared in the
saying of the lady who. hearing Jerusalem
spoken of. exclaimed: Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
1t has not yet been revealed TO that there
is such = place"
WOrlswOrth's servant, when asked to show
visitor the poets study. her in
word by saying she could show where he kept
his books. but his study out OF doors
Change kings with us and We will fight YOU
again. shouted Irish officer to his English
antagonists at the battle of the Boyne and in
saying not My uttered the hearts wish Of a
soldier for u brave and Skilfu commander. but
also stated in brefest form the difference be-
tween the martial qualities of James II and
William of Orange
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

peace given by the League OF the Rhine r,
must be said also. that in the complicated poll
cies of the Baltic powers. the crafty Charles Y
did not succeed in hoodwinking him with pra
tended Protestant enthusiasms. There. as ~
India. British commercial interests were para
mount in the Protectors course.
The plots of royasts abroad and at honna
the secret service that kept Cromwell CONSTANTS
informed of their doings. the repeated plans for
his assassination. the prosecutions OF Roman
Catholics and Quakers. Monks government of
Scotland ard Henry CromweIs command i,
Ireland, the Spanish war. the campaign Z,
Flanders, the constant complications with the
Dutch. who, Cromwell complained preferred
gain to Godliness." who maintained that "tbs
flag covers the cargo"-shipped under il hs
Spain at war with England. and disputed IN.
right of search-the conquest Of Dunkirk An
this is dealt with in these two crowded vol
umes which notwithstanding the authors apol
ogy. are none too long.
The pages dealing with the plans to crown
Cromwell King of England. and his final do.
cision in favor Of an hereditary prOtectorate ara
of particular interest. Writing Of the proposals
to settle the succession in n committee Of Par
lament in 1863 Professor Firth says:
Hitherto Cromwell had remained passive. or. a.
he would have said -in a waiting posture - - +,
was always his custom to allow q political sit,4
ton to develop itself before ne took decisfve "a
tion. and TO avoid premature intervention.
Above all things. he wished to prevent a divison,
among the supporters of his government His A.
titude rather that OF a party leader than eT
autOcratic ruler. The supporters Of kingshf,
might be right and it's opponents wrong. but n
they were divided they would both be in ths
wrong: they would be playing the game OF M.
ROyaliStS and the anarchists Forced nv
the disagreement of his councillors 70 decide for
himself, it is probable that Cromwell would havs
tions in the letters of Fauconberg and Henrv
Cromwell which. though not conclusive, seem IN
show that the Protector had made up his mind to
accept the crown. Whatever Cron~ells
Regarding the Protectors ultimate choice o.
Richard instead of Henry as his successor. the
author says that, while Henry undoubtedly
the ADLER man, he too unpopular with the
leaders of the military party. and might even
have failed to gain the appreciation Of the con-
servatives in the Council. Richard on the other
hand, was acceptable TO both contending par
ties-a safe" man:
His defects which were well known 70 his
father, did not unfit him play part of a con-
of him. ShakeSpeare'S Henry " said to his son
ITO thee it shall descend with better quiet
Better opinion. better confirmation.
For all the soil of the achievement goes
With into the earth
Professor Firth promises in his preface 70 this
brilliant achievement of a difficult task Il con-
tinuation of the narrative down 70 the RestorI-
tion in which ne will treat more fully the social
and economic condition of England during the
rule of Cromwell and his
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE!
BY WILLIAM COLLINS

BY WILLIAM COLLINS
How sleep the brave. who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes blest,
When Spring with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their haliow q mould,
She there shall dress Sweeter 500
Than Fancy's feet have ever trOd.
BY fairy hands their knell is rung.
By forms unseen their dirse is sung:
There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray.
To bless the turf that wraps the1r ciaE'
And Freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell a weeping hermit there.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

AprUpOs Of the art and mystery of bOgraphl-
cal composition We may cite an amusing in
stance of the manner i'll which the truth will
c;.ntrive to come out. in spite of all the piOuS
pains taken to conceal it. well as in spite of
the "herO'S" own endeavvrS to have himself put
lefore the world without Il bemiSh. We noted
recently that Mr.. Francis Gribbe has in
preparation Il volume on The Passions of the
rencl Romantics" Presumably it is a fore
taste of this book that he offers us in the cur
rent number of The Fortnightly." prettily dis
cCurSing on The Hugo Legend The novelist
stated that he had noble ancestors. Mr. Gribble
says that this is not true. Hugo was wont to
lIume himself on Chateaubriand's having hailed
Iim in his early years 'enfant sublime" Mr.
Grbble declares this a pure invention. He
nails Hugo having given out that he had
sold 12.000 copies of one of his books when he
had sold only 1900 Finally, he tears to tat
ters the conventional and sublime story of the
great mans relations with Juliette DrOuet. and
reduces that famous lady from "a majestic dig
nity' to a very different state. In fact, Mr.
Gribfle succeeds in casting such Scorn upon
the Hugo legend within the short limits of Il
Ila gaZine article that one ShudderS to think of
hat he might do to it if he undertook to over
:l:ul it from top to bottom. Mr. GOSSe ought
to make piquant commentator on this article
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

novelist who has inherited a literary gift is
Miss Olive Briggs. whose book, The Fir and
the Palm, is to be brought out soon by the
Scribners. She IS the daughter of DR.. Charles
\. Briggs. whose writings have long been fauil-
lar to those interested in questions OF theology.
AS the title of Miss BrggS'S novel implies. il IS
u story of the North and the South in tempera-
ment-of 4 cool and judicOuS hero and IN lul-
pu!sye and impetuous heroine.
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

1t was said, at the time of the appear
ance in 1901. of the third volume of the late
Samuel Rawson Gardeners History of the
Commonwealth and the Protectorate' (1649-
1866 of which the book here under review is
the continuation and the conclusion, that only
one other living English historian possessed the
scope and the depth of knowledge required to
write an adequate criticism of his work The
historian thus distinguished Professor
Firth whom Gardiner designated before his
death as the man best fitted to complete his
great undertaking. That work now deals in
an unbroken succession, with the history of
New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
GROIN MWELL.
Fwths Continuation of Gardincrs $
UOrh'.

THE LAST YEARS OF THE PROTECTORATE.
1656-165S. BY Charles Harding Firth, NJ a
Two vols. Svo. PIP. 5i1; xii, 5is Long
mans, Green x Co.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-17

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