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The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Chapter Twenty-Five
VINCENTO AND HIS CAPTIVE.

7EVER in his FIVE and fifty years had
MH Abner Darringer been so thoroughly
uNI scared His face, always destitute ci
Nj color, now became as white as that
of a corpse, and drops OF cold per
spiration stood out on his brow. AS
for his eyes, they distended until they threat
ened TO fall out of his head, while his whole
frame shook with fear.
The Spaniard was horrible revelation to
the old man, who had never seen anybody
more ferocious than the country constable:
Vlncento, on the other side OF the table,
evidently enjoyed the impression he had ere
ated. While undoubtedly brave man, he
was also bully and wanted people to fear
him. Abner's undisguised terror put him in
such good humor that he allowed his features
to relax into a grin, and promptly tossed oil
another glass of liquor. 81,
"I'm a square man, mate, he continued
"and | only want what's coming to me. put
myself out of the way to help you, though l
don't mind admitting that | had my private
reasons, but that's neither here nor there.
Now, here / am, clean beat out of ten dol
lars and my voyage interrupted. 1t amt in
reason to suppose that | can miss the wind
aul tide to put you ashore without an equiva-
lent and you a stranger to me. SO, / say
again, out with them papers and do 1t qmck! -
BY this time Abner had partly recovered
from his fright, at least enough to speak, al
though his face still retained its chalky hue.
There amt no paper to speak of Mr..
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

HILE most people are sorry for those
VHI who have too much to do, for my part
M reserve my sympathy for those who
wi have too little to do. They seem to
me to have scarcely fair chance in
the world. Their natures are not
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
COPYRIGHT BY JAMES ELVBRsoY

there are many boys
IN who can remember the time when
they thought it a waste of energy
IN to be continually coming the same
. letters without the slightest varia-
ton in the task
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
lmpallna the Wild Boar.

In Germany the boar hunt occurs an.
nuaIly Trained hounds are held IN
leash until the lair vi the boars Is sniff
ed. and then they are let go. OF rush
the bristling beasts They run fast.
and The faster they skip along the wild
er and "madder' they get Sometimes
they are shot. but the correct style of
killing is to use a long spear or a short
swOrdike knife The hunter spies his
boarship speeding along in an almost
straight line. blinded with rage and
ferocity BENDING over sideways TO the
earth. the sportsman thrusts his spear
dull end downward in the soil and the
sharp point slanting upward and turn.
ed directly to the boars path. Straight
on the wild hog rushes and with all
the impetus of his long flight he plunges
upon the spear point and there, impaled,
dies a bloody death.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
aA Rlnht and LawfuI Rood"

An example of the old rough ano
ready methods of arriving at a meas
urement Is the Ellzabethan way OF
getting the feet" Falentin Leigh
who wrote on surveying. records that
after service on Sunday sixteen men
were stopped at the church door, just
as they happened to come out, and
drawn up in line. left foot to left foot.
The length thus obtained was taken
as "a right and lawful rood to meas
ure and survey the land with" and
a sixteenth part of It as "a right and
lawful foot" Although big and little
men were thus roughly averaged
against each other, the results nat
urally varied TO some extent Hence
1t Is. as Shaw Sparrow notes In treat
Ing of this rood" as the architectural
bay" which gives us the bay win
dow" that a bay is sometimes found
to be rather less than sixteen feet Of
twelve inches.-London Chronicle.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
a aird hat Is Esarad.


The elster tPica candatal Is a bird
that is respected and feared through
out south Germany. II belongs TO the
raven tribe and is about the size Of q
dove. with black and white feathers
and long. pointed tail 1t builds its
nest in orchards. and its life is sacred
II Ii Is seen three times In succession
on the same housetop in place re-
mote from its home It is believed to be
a sure sign of death in that house. II
It dies over a house where any one is
III and gives its peculiar cry the sick
person is sure 10 die. but IL II does not
scream the patient may recover. II IS
better for the sick person If the bird
does not come near. No one could be
hired to bother these birds for fear
they might seek revenge, and II by
chance one Of them should die 1t is a
sign Of bad luck TO the owner Of the
property where II Is found. The
bird is valuable insect destroyer and
in this way probably more than com
pensates for the fear it occasions
among the farmers.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
A Learned RussIan Rahx.

William Lyon Phelps tells this story
about Robert Louis Stevenson as illus.
trating the cosmopoitanism of Rus
sian character. which Professor Phelps
says is unaccountable In measure
for the international effect and intiu.
ence Of Russian novels Stevenson,
writing from Mentone to his mother.
Jan. 7. 1874. said: "We have two lit.
tie Russian girls. with the youngest OF
whom, little polyglot button of a
three-year-old. had the most laugha-
BILE little scene at lunch today. She
said something In Italian which made
everybody laugh very much. After
some examination she announced EN-,
phaHcaIly TO the whole table IN Ger.
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Servants In Turkey.

Turkey is not nearly 50 benighted as
we imagine, for there is no servant
question there Though slavery is still
recognized. the kadun Cmistress of the
honseI is a mother to her servants.
whom she treats as children. and no
children in the world are better treated
than Turkish children. The most pain
full thing the kadun can do to a maid
is TO say: The master has found a
good husband for thee Thou wilt be
married al such and such time"
"Oh. mis1ress. what have done to
be thus abandoned? is the usual sor
rOwful response.
Even after the servants marriage the
kindly relations between mistress and
maid continue. There are no fixed
servant wages In Turkey Faithful
servants are rewarded from time to
time in accordance with their masters
or mistresses good pleasure or circum.
stances.-Chicago Journal.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
Origin OF Dukes.

The word duke comes from the Latin
"dux," leader. In early Saxon times
the commanders of armies were called
dukes-t e.. the leaders of the soldiery
In other words, the first duke was the
first best fighting man. No regard was
had to ancestry or present attainments
or any other sort Of thing beyond the
simple matter of warllke efficiency
Naturally the leader OF the lighting
would when the lighting was over come
IN for the lions share OF the spoils and
'honors," and naturally again the resi-
of the folks would look up' to him,
and by degrees his superiority would
be impaired to his family. and mo
bility" would spring into being. 1t all
rested. to start with, ON brute force and
animal courage combined with cunning
10 clubbing and thrusting. New York
American.
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Tho Shepherd and His Flock.

A certain good bishop was in Italy
for bis health. and while walking IN
the country one day he met a small
girl who was tending some pigs. The
animals were giving her a great deal
Of trouble. and the good bishop offered
to stay and watch the ones that were
grunting and roofing in a ditch while
the little shepherdess went to catch
two runaways that had strayed from
the fold When she came back the
reverend gentleman stroked the un
kempt curly head Of the child and ask
ed her how much she earned by her
hard work and was told that she re
ceived soldl day
"Do you know" said he. that |, TOO.
am a shepherd? But earn much more
than you"
"Ah yes" answered the little peas
ant, but no doubt you tend many
more pigs than do"
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FELT BAD
ALL The Time
ShelIhOrn Lady Suffered a Great
Deal, But Is All Right Now.

Shellhorn. Ala.--In letter from this
place, Mrs. Carrie May says: "a short
time ago, l commenced to have weak
spells and headaches. felt bad all
the time. and soon grew SO bad I
couldn't stay up. / thought would die.
At last my husband got me bottle
of Cardui, and 1t helped me; so he got
some more. After had taken the
second bottle, was entirely well.
, | wish every lady, suffering from
womanly trouble. would try Cardui.
It is the best medicine know Of. 1t
did me more good than anything ever
used"
Cardui is a woman's tonic-a
strengthening medicine for women,
made from ingredients that act spe-
cifcally on the womanly organs, and
thus help to build up the womanly con-
stitution to glowing good health.
AS remedy for woman's Ills. It has
a successful record Of over so years.
Your druggist sells it. Please try Il
NIB IYriie 70: Laaie, Advisory Dept. chau.-
rooka Medicine Co., Chzt'1n1oea Tenn. fof GDscial
lnslIiicfitns, and ei-paee book, Home Ifestmess
'of Women seat IN plain wrapper. on request
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
cursina In Korea,

A strange way of cursing is that OF
the Korean. His ordinary swear word
is "Oenuma," or You brute" The
japanese have the same partiality for
this term Of endearment But accord
ing to the Oriental Economic Review
the Korean considers himself especial
ly abusive when he calls a person his
child or grandchild. When be wants
to call somebody down the Korean
demands hotly. Are you not my
childY And the angry retort is
what! | your child: You are my
grandchlld." Then the first goes
step further and cries. You are
grandchild of my grandcbildv to
which the rejoinder is: You conceit.
ed fellow! Have you forgotten that
you are a grandchild Of a grandchild
of my grandchidY When their vi.
tuperatlon reaches its climax the peo
pie of Chosen at last come to the Oc-
standard OF exclaiming. you
grandchlld OF a dogF"
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
colorsd HailstOn.s.

Red hail is not unknown, even in
Great Britain. for III May OF 1885 there
was quite heavy fall of II at Castle
wellan. In County Down. Red aud
white fell together, and the red hue
was not merely on the surface of the
pellets. but went through and through
When one was squeezed between the
fingers 1t stained them
At Minsk, ln Russia. an even stran
ger hail shower had fallen five years
before Some OF be pellets were ring
shaped, and. while some were distinctly
reddish, others were a bright blue.
Some scientists declare that the color
Ing Is due to various mineral salts.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
PeeuIIaritx Of Sea Otter Eur.

"Thls collar" said furrier. rs sea
otter skin, the costiest fur known
Silver fox, beside sea otter, is cheap
Where you would pay $1,000 for sill,
yer fox skin you'd pay $1,000 for sea
otter II is only the Russians, the
worlds greatest fur lovers. who go in
for this most precious of all furs,
They use it exclusively for coat col
lars. Whyf For strange reason. an
almost incredible reason. Sea otter Is
the only fur on which the breath won't
freeze."-Cincinnatt Enquirer.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28

man that was a madchen. This
hasty conclusion as to my sex she was
led afterward to revise, but her new
opinion was announced In language
quite unknown to me and probably
Russian. To complete the scroll OF
her accomplishments she said goodby
TO me In very commendable English.
Three days later stevenson added'
'iThe little Russian kid is only TWO
and a bali. She speaks six Ian
guageS."
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28
A Peek Into tils Pocket

would show the box OF Bucklen's Arni-
ca salye that y. S. Loper, capenter.
OF Meriila n. Y, always carries. 81
have never had cut wound, bruise or
sofe.it would not soon heal" he writes.
Greatest healer of burns, boils, scalds,
chapped :hsnds and lips, fever sores.
slkin erupions, eczema, corps and piles.
Only 25c at Fort Pierce Drug Co.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-07-28

Thursdays Saturdays Smondays wednesday, Fridays
New York and
Miami
Paro trains 80 and &c. Trains do not
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cssssstoss KnGhn ksT With Co GsS Ws,s Pla
ThR TABLE, aWhA usias be spsstsd
sy dssV ssssssssaess srIsisG thssrsu.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-07
THE EVENING NEWSPAPER

In the last installment of Will Twins
series of articles on 1.-THE American
Newspaper" which are appearing IN
Golfers and which are attracting SO
much attention, the author gives a
historical review Of the spread and de-
cline of yellow journalism, during
which he discusses q course, the in
creasing prominence which the evening
newspaper has achieved during the
past dozen years or SO. Naturally the
chief reason for this gain is that the
people have been educated up to the
fact that the evening paper presents
the news, or the greatest portion of It,
on the day it is news.
What I may call news efficiency"
writes Mr.. Irwin had improved great
ly. BY that 1 mean getting the latest
event to the furthermost reader in the
shortest possible time. To this end the
metropolitan papers perfected a Won
derful and complicated system of
transmission, bending press bureaus,
city news associations, telephone ex-
changes, special trains, superb me-
chanical detail to that object. This
process, and the nervous public appetite
for the very latest which it created,
united with advertising considerations
which 1 shall not discuss here to pro-
duce one curious result. From 10
o'clock in the morning to or in the
evening is the best time for news; far
more events break in that period than
in the remaining hours of the twenty
four. Indeed, by o'clock in the even
in most of the days news making
except for a few crimes, night being
the time for burglary and MURDERS
over and done. Interest in sporting
news was growing; and all the great
sporting events except prize-fights oc-
cur in the afternoon. So the evening
newspaper grew in financial impor-
lance, absorbed more and more pro-
fessional brains and energy"
And what is true of metropolitan
centers is equally true of all other CEN
tiers of population. Most of the i'm
portant news of the day develops in
time for it's presentation in the evening
newspapers. That is why they ara
growing more popular with the people
all the time. And because the people
are interested in the evening newspa-
pers on account of their containing all
the news while it is news, the adver-
Users are interested in using their
columns as advertising mediums. Then,
to0, the evening paper is delivered at
the home when the days work is done
and when there is plenty of leisure for
all the members of a family to look
over its columns. This is the contror-
ing reason, why John Wanamaker, one
| of the merchant princes of the country
and one of the largest advertisers in
| the world, recently decided to do most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-07
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record
1t isn't the grass widow who culti-
Yates weeds.
When the furnace goes out any man
is apt to get hot about it.
1t isn't every fellow who can fall in
love without getting hurt.
A mans manner may be rather COLI
even when he is all wrapped up in
himself.
Even when the color is becoming TO
her girl shouldn't get green with
envy.
A woman is never afraid to tell her
age so much as she is afraid that
somebody else will.
Even the froth on a glass of beer
seems to realize that there is plenty
of room at the top.
Every woman should bear in mind
that a clear conscience is more to be
desired than clear complexion.
Hoax--'"rhe man who backs the
atrical show is called an angel" JoaX
An angel without wings, eh?'
Hoax-"Not at all. The wings are on
his money"
Mrs. Mulligan-"Me hoosband left
home two weeks ago, an Oh haven't
set eyes on him since.' Mrs. Harrigan
-"Phwat made him go away?" Mrs.
Mulligan-"Six policemen an an
ambulance"
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81 just hung on and grinned."
Minnie Rivers, how could you do
it? I didn't get a fair sight of him.
but I'm almost sure that it is Arthur
Gregg. only son and heir of the
widow Gregg Why-why. what'H he
think of you? What'n his proud
mother say2 I don't believe you even
thanked him.
''I know 1 didn't" was the reply.
Il was hanging on to that damask
tablecloth with all my mighti'
And you are most twenty years
old, and your father and I were hop
ing"
And then the gale blew the mother
IN and no more was said.
Three days later, when the winds
roared no more, and there was no
more flappety-fiap along the clothes
lines, Miss Minnie and Mr.. Gregg sat
in the parlor and talked and laughed
and joked like good friends. And
that evening the wife whispered to the
husband:
wouldn't it be funny if Cupid had
planned 1t out ?''
Cant tell about Cupid" was the
answer, "but you'd better hustle for
another cook if you expect me home
every -(Copyrighted 1911 by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-07

The Hiawatha World quotes young
man friend who says that cream puffs
look better to him than hair puffs.
The Nickerson Argosy has noticed
that man always does his duty in a
more cheerful manner if there is a few
dollars back Of it.
A wolf hunt was held recently in
Osborne county. One of the hunters
was shot and severely hurt, but not a
wolf was injured in any way.
1t is the hope of the Downs Times
that the campaign chewing gum and
chocolates of the future won't be any
worse than the campaign cigars Of the
past.
AS the Abilene Reflector views it:
Attorney General Jackson went the
governor one better-he investigated
himself and gave a clean bill of
health.
An abundance of money, says the
jamestown Optimist, may make people
friendly to you, but an abundance of
cheerfulness and honesty will make
you friends.
Says Uncle 81 in the ottawa Re-
public: When woman catches her
husband lightin' his pipe in tn par
lor, she's generally tn one to make
things smoke.
If man fails to do his stunt with a
snow shovel, it makes no difference,
says the EmpOfla NJdZeIle, Will HO
thinks about the initiative and refer
endum or the public utilities bill.
Bert Walker calls attention to the
fact that quite a number of Kansas
editors who are telling the farmers to
paint their buildings and fences and
put new bolts in their cultivators
never think about washing the rollers
on their presses.
It is now legal to kill buzzards at
any time of the year. This will be con-
sidered a blessing by the hunters who
delight in shooting and eating buzz
yards. The cruel law which has pre-
vented the hunters from furnishing
their tables with buzzards was the rot
tenest kind of class legislation and the
legislature did right in knocking 1t
out.-El Dorado Republican.
The Atchison Globe relates this ex-
perience of a one-armed attorney who
halls from Doniphan county: He went
into a Kansas City restaurant and sat
down at a table. A gabby man next
ally he said, ST see you have lost one
of your arms The attorney looked
up surprised, picked up his empty
sleeve and peered into 1t and then
said. "By George, sir, you are right
Some time, so long ago he can not
tell Just when but perhaps year, VIII
Cunningham wrote his name and ad-
eggs in cases for shipment. The 9TH
er day, this week, he got postcard
from a fellow at Roxbury, Mass, say
ing he had the egg and it was likely
to be dropped or scrambled in day
or two. He asked a reply as he wish
ed to know whether or not Mr.. Cum
ningham received his card. Mr.
Cunningham has replied asking how
the egg tasted.-Hope Dispatch.
''That place in the marriage cere-
mony where it says to have and to
hold from this time henceforth' al
was struck me funny" remarked
preacher yesterday. But the preach.
err evidently has a strange sense of
humor for in a case where the bride
weighs two hundred and the groom IS
a little fellow who tips the scale at
one hundred and ten it would be
mighty serious thing-''to hold from
this time henceforth.'' There would
be nothing funny about it and the
preacher ought to have greater sym
pathy than to laugh at a serious stu
alton like that.-Marion Record.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Some liars are so persistent they
fool themselves.
Some men seem always to be look
ing out for a relief expedition.
Some men are so smart that they
can even sell an old typewriter.
Many men, who consider themselves
as martyrs, are merely chumps.
Among the other popular fiction,
there is that story about the cheaper
cuts of meat.
People are so contrary they probably
would take less quinine If it didn't
taste so bad
Postcard philosophy: If you don't
want to be criticised. say nothing, DO
nothing and be nothing.
If a woman says another woman is
pretty, she is almost sure to add: But
she hasn't a bit of sense
AS a general rule, about the slowest
system of landing a good job is TO
wait to be appointed to it,
a man shouldn't have SO much con-
fdence in himself that he hasn't any
left for the rest of the world.
What has become Of the old-fash-
toned man whose Vermont kin sent him
a consignment of real maple sugar?
A boys idea of easy money is to
walk a hundred miles, wait month,
and finally trap some animal and sell
its skin.
,, Poker, however is not the only game
you can play in which the chances are
against you. and the rakeoff large
Still. it would help the average out
slider a good deal if all the big takers
would wait till they got to the senate
before proving it.
Speaking of cheap commodities. it
will soon be time for dandeiion green's,
the supply of which is always consid-
erably above the demand
A young man who has been polish
| ing up on 1ove-making forgets the art
as soon as he gets married-if he is a
respectable husband.
You may think life is monotoneus,
but how would you like to be nervous,
and have to spend your time wishing
] it were more monotonous?