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scarce and wives are hard to find. It's
merely a matter of geography
Il notice the difference in the attitude
of the men of the west and those of the
east and south. particularly of the south.
Where I came from a woman can do most
anything she pleases. She is that rare
and delightful institution, feminine
creature Therefore she is beyond blame.
Here in Washington. where there is GER
tainly a strong southern atmosphere. the
men are very careful of the women folks.
They are so conservative with them, SO
worried for fear they will be misunder-
stood if they show a normal and healthy
interest in life"
Before her marriage just four years ago
Mrs Mcclure was Miss Ruby Ridgeway
of Kansas City. Her father was of
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beside it. The book is fully two feet
long. eighteen inches wide and eight or
ten inches in thickness, and every page
of 1t contains a letter or paper of Mr..
Madison so carefully pasted and treat
ed that it cannot be lost. Some of the
pages are covered with manuscript, the
text of which has never been pub
lished. and in many of them are facts
of unwritten history as yet unknown
to the public.
Among the most remarkable of the
documents is novelette, in the hand
writing of President Madison. 1t was
written while the Missouri compromise
and it's effect upon slavery were still
agitating the country. and 1t is evil
IDENTIFY an allegory intended to show
the situation then existing and to quiet
the troubles between the north and the
south. Madison died away back in
1886, while Andrew Jackson was Presi-
dent, and the indications are that the
story was penned along late in the
twenties and probably before Jackson
issued his notification message and
made his threat of hanging John e.
Calhoun. The story gives vivid Pic
ture of the feeling then existing. lt
treats of the history of the country In
its origin and it's breaking away from
England, and indirectly shows how the
south had already hoped of support
from Great Britain in case 1t should
hold on to it's slaves and break away
from the north.
A good title for the story, although
not the one given by Madison, would be
.The Snow-White Girl with the Jet Black
Arm and the Troubles of Her 1ll-Fated
Match" He uses Jonathan Bull to rep
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to see him on a level with his brethren
as to his chance for making his fortune
in the world. and / am sure that the
difficulties which have occurred will in
pass so lightly over the reproaches
which you have cast on the color of
my left arm. and on the more frequent
appointment of my tenants than of yours
to the head stewardship from our Joint
estates.
"'Now, as to the first point, you seem
to have forgotten. my worthy partner,
that this inf1rmity was fully known to
you before our marriage and is proved to
be so by the deed Of settlement itself. At
that time you made no objection what
ever to our union. and indeed, how could
YOU urge such an objection when you
were conscious that you yourself were not
entirely free from like stain on your
own person?
1.-The fatal African dye. as you well
know, had found its way into your abode
as well as mine. and at the time had
scattered spots and specks over your body
as black as the skin on my arm, and
although you have by certain abrasions
and other applications taken them in
some measure out. there are visible re-
mains which ought to soften at least
your language when rejecting on my
situation.
You ought surely when you have SO
slowly and imperfectly relieved yourself
from a notifying stain-although the
task was comparatively so easy-to have
some forbearance and sympathy with me
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up the charge that the south is not
then paying its share of the taxes, and
Mary shows that the agricultural south
has in it's slaves more mouths to feed,
and hence must buy more than the north.
and, therefore, pay more In indirect
taxes. 1t shows that the manufacturing
north making a great part Of the goods
it uses, must pay less, that it has the
shipping that carries the southern ex-
ports and altogether that the business
advantages of the Union are on Johns
side rather than hers. She then con-
tinues her protest against a possible
divorce, as follows:
81 menion this as I have already said,
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4 PAGE OF MADISON'S MANUSCRIPT.

whose task is so much more difficult to
perform. Instead of that you abuse me
as If I had brought the misfortune on
myself and would increase it at will, or
as if you had pointed out ready way
to do it, and I had sighted your advice.
Yet so far is this from being the case
that you know as well as 1 do that l
am not to blame for the origin of the
sad mis-shape. You know that l am
as anxious as you to get rid of it and
that you are as unable as I am to find
out safe and feasible plan for the pur-
pose. Moreover, I have done everything
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customary for unusual mentality, such
as woman needs TO master Blackstone,
TO be found hand in hand with beauty
and charm. But. at least SO far as MRS.
MCGUIRE is concerned. ones idea of a real.
live Portia might as well be changed at
once, for she Is young and lovely.
She has red-gcid hair and skin of that
exquisite fairness and texture that go
with auburn tresses. a classic nose and
big expressive eyes. Her hair is curly,
in soft. tendriliy effects around her ears.
She wears pretty frocks and becoming
hatS and knows how to dress to suit her
style and Individuality.
She Ii vivacicus and sprightly in de-
mure sort OF way. And she loves excite
ment and thrills and case law and Paris
gowns and the new dances and bridge
and conversations on the recall of judges
no, OF the judiciary. that was the way
she expressed it-and children and hunt
ing and fishing and walking, and poll
tics and afternoon teas-in short, Mrs.
Mcclure loves life.
To be sure, the interview er didn't ex-
pect all these fascinating characteristics
TO be manifest in one woman lawyer.
With all eiegaut respect toward women
now before the bar. the interviewer was
not prepared for quite the Mrs. Mcclure
sort Of u person. Nor did she expect to
lind In SO legal a mind the knack of
choosing cretonnes and rugs and ma
hogantes raised to a talent. That was
before the elevator let her out at the
Mcclure apartment
How did IL ever occur to Mrs. Mcclure
TO take UP so heavy diversion?
"It really came about in quite a casual
sort of q way. as most changes In ones
life do, ] think" Mrs. Mcguire ex-
planned my husband and ] were talking
one day last summer about the recall
of the judiciary. That is, / was trying
to talk. must be exact. II seemed to
me that this progressive policy was
pretty sound and sensible. Mr.. Mcclure
is q republican. He is by profession a
lawyer. He couldn't see that there was
the slightest wisdom IN the recall.
Now IL you had ever read law you
would understand at once that such pro-
ceedinGs would be impossible he said
VERY WELL replied, I shall read
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being thrown on the greatest events in
the making of the nation and also upon
the characters of the great men who
made it. The unpublished letters Of the
Presidents are numbered by hundreds OF
thousands. and the Individual documents
will run into the millions.
One of the most remarkable collections
is that relating to James Madison, which
for the first time has now been made per
fectly accessible to the historians of the
country. The collection of Madison let
tiers numbers 10000 or $4,000. They cover
every phase of his career, and with them
are love letters by Dolly Madison to her
husband and most interesting letters from
James to Dolly.
X
Some Of the most remarkable of these
letters and papers were, for a long time,
in the possession of the Chicago Histori-
cal Society. After Madison's death they
were sold by one of his heirs. and thus
came into the hands of the late ]. c. Nc
CURE of Washington. Mr.. Mcclure
sold them to the Chicago society.
and Gaillard Hunt. the head of the
manuscript division of the Library, per-
National Library upon the repayment of
the amount which they had given Mr..
Mcclure. If | remember correctly, the
exact sum was $500.
This collection is now with the other
Madison papers in the manuscript divi-
sion of the National Library. 1t num-
bers more than 100 volumes of auto
graph letters and papers of James
Madison. Each volume Is as big as a
court ledger and as thick as an old
family Bible. In order to show the
size ! stood one upon a desk and had
il photographed with myself standing
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Scotch-Irish ancestry. Her mother was
a Frenchwoman. From these nationali-
ties Mrs. Mcclure inherits her wit and
vivacity and her sturdy cleverness. Rep
resentative McGure's first name was Il
trifle unusual. For whom was he called.
was the question.
1T is a family name. Wasn't there
some famous politician named Bird :?
asked the representatives. wife.
1t is almost impossible to talk to an
up-to-date, open-minded woman in these
restless days without mentioning woman
suffrage Surely, a woman studying law
at a university would be strong advo-
cate of the ballot for women.
I'm not a bit of an enthusiast on the
subject" was Mrs. McGuire'S surprising
remark Certainly l believe in woman s
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A Remarkable Manu-
script in the Handwrlt-
ing of President Madl-
son, Now in the Manu-
script Division of the
National Library
Sold by the Heirs to
the Chicago Historical
Society and Now
Bought by the Nation
The Slavery Trou-
bles of the North and
the South Depicted
in Allegory Did the
South Expect the Aid
of England on Behalf
of Disunion2
copyrighted, 1918. by Frank 6. Carpenter
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Convicted ON Circwmstamtial Evidence

twenty-five judges. The circumstance OF
the key. the remark, This is not apo
plexy, but something worse" made upon
Nine. Mazel's non-appearance and the
seven louis given by lie Brun to his wife
on the morning after the tragedy, all
told against him, but the legacy WAS the
real source of the ennlity against the un-
fortunate man and the efforts of the
sons of Nine. Mazel 10 have him deprived
of the bequest finally resulted in his con-
viction, in spite of his good character
and the fact that the articles found at
the scene of the murder We're not his.
LIE Bruins own story OF finding the
street door open ut 1 O'Clock furnished
a sufficient explanation of his unfortunate
remark, and his possession of seven louis
was not a particularly suspicious circum-
stance, for $50 or S35 is not an extraordi-
nary sum for thrifty French servant In
a wealthy household to possess.
y X
Twenty OF the twenty-five judges voted
that LIE Brun be subjected to torture.
Throughout the cruel ordeal he declared
that he was innocent, and at last the
court voted for a twelve months adjourn
ment of the case. LIE Bruins wife WAS
then permitted to see her husband, but
instead of the hearty man of forty-five
whom she knew by that title she found,
III O. SiiLii oioIn, udh6coH GSils d picculii5
wreck Of a human being, with just
enough Intelligence to moan. repeatedly:
No, No! 1t is UNJUST"
While the court was celebrating on the
postponement Of the case Nine. LIE Brun
was hurriedly summoning a priest TO ad-
minister the sacraments to the prisoner.
and Jacques lie Brun soon passed beyond
the power of avaricious enemies and
brutal torturers
About a month later the magistrate at
Sens received a report that q man named
Geriat had established himself as horse
dealer without any apparent means Of
supporting such q business. So suspi-
cious were the circumstances that he
was arrested. and it was then discov-
cred that he had a watch which had be-
longed to Mime. Mazel. He was after
ward identified as a servant who was
employed by Nine. Mazel and dismissed
for dishonesty four months before the
murder. 1t was found that the shirt and
neckcloth worn by the murderer were
like those he had on.
Put to torture, this man confessed that
he had concealed himself In Nine. Ma
zel's garnet for three days and then sue
ceeded in entering her room. When She
had retired he showed himself and de-
manded money. He was forced to stab
her to silence her screaming, and then,
after securing about 5000 livres, he fed,
leaving the house by the street door,
which WAS still unlocked. Berry, the
prisoner, was broken on the wheel and
the memory Of LIE Brun was declared UNI
stained, but the cruelty Of the injustice
and torture the innocent man had SUI
fered was irreparable.
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Mrs. Bird S. Nc
CURE, Wife of the
Representative F 70 m
Oklahoma, Seeks to Be-
come a Modern Portia
Studies Her LES
sons Every Day-Her
Reasons for Studying
Law-She Talks of
Women, of Fishing and
of Woman Suffrage.
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THE LIE BRUN CASE.

TN 1888 there stood in Rue Macon,
Paris, a lonely, stately residence
occupied by lonely, stately French
woman, Nine. Mazel. Old, gray and dig
nified, she was fitting mistress for the
mansion, which was as old and gray and
digntfed as herself Madame was wealthy,
but she was almost without friends ex-
cept for the Able Poulard, who came to
dine with her once week, and her three
sons who paid her infrequent visits. On
the 2Sth of November, 1858, the eventless
ceremony which had so long held sway
in the old house was strangely broken.
At o'clock in the morning of this day
all the servants were in their accustomed
places waiting in grave silence the sum-
mons OF Nine. Mazel. who. for years,
had risen punctually at this hour.
They waited but she did not ring. An
hour passed. The woman servants gath
cred into whispering group and dis
cussed this unheard violation of the
natural order. Still the bell remained
silent and they waited until, at length.
Jacques LIE Brun. the butler, and the old
est and most trusted servant in the
house, suggested that an attempt be
made to waken their mistress. On tip
toe they filed up to her doorway, lie
Brun leading, followed by his vile. an
other woman servant and the aged cook.
The butler raped gent.y-and they
waited; then he raped loudly, but there
was complete stiffness. The cracked.
shaking voice of the cook broke 1t, de-
claring that madame had had "a stroke
of apoplexy and death had carried her
off In the night. LIE Brun hushed her
impatiently and whispered: This is not
apopIexy, but somethisg worse. am
very uneasy because ] found the street
door open last night"
The door of the room was forced, and
on the bed was found bloody body.
Nine. Mazel had been stabbed repeatedly
with a small sharp instrument and was
dead
Sudden turmoil reigned in the house.
LIE Brun sent for madame's eldest son and
for the police; then he endeavored to
calm the terrified women. When the po-
lice inspector appeared. some measure
of order was restored and an investi2a-
ton begun search of Nine. Mazel $
chamber produced towel. twisted into a
sort of cap or turban, evidently worn by
the murderer while in the room. a man 5
torn neckcloth. A small knife was ly ng
among the ashes in the fireplace, and hid
den in the garnet bloodstained shirt
was found.
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right to voice In the government My
objection. If 1 have any. is that by merely
increasing the quantity Of votes cast one
does not necessarily increase their quail
ity.
Every one knows that human nature Is
the same in all of us. As many women
are likely to vote carelessly as there are
men voting in that fashion now Person
ally, l believe in a restricted suffrage for
men and women.
IF woman knows something of law
she is not SO desperately needful of the
ballot to defend herself. Before ! was
married l had difficulty in taking care of
my property without knowledge of
property laws. When / have finished my
course l hope l shall be able to look out
for my own interests in any emergency"
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sense and her regard for John, whose
qualities as good husband she had
ioIis experienced, SON sa.4icu ala Sis'celd-
ancy and she changed her tone to that
of sober reasoning and affectionate ex-
poStulation.
passion you have put me into, but 1T
is now over, and | will endeavor to ex-
press my thoughts with calmness and
good feeling which become the relations
Of a wife and husband. AS to the case
of providing for our child just coming
of age, 1 shall say but little. (Th1s may
be Missouri.) We both have such d
tender regard for him and such a desire
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night, and that on Withdrawing she had
placed the key to the chamber on a
chair near madame's bedside. The Key
was not found when the room was
searched, and the last person to leave the
room had been Jacques LIE Brun. She
also related how the servants had at
tempted to waken their mistress and
how the butler had remarked: This Is
not apop,exy, but something worse lie
Bruins wife was next examined, and be-
side a repetition of the waiting woman S
statement, the inspector elected the adj
ditional information that her husband
had that morning given her seven louis
with instructions TO lock them up.
LIE Brun was next questioned. and the
inspector, who naturally had formed
some suspicious, listened rather distrust-
fully to the old mans account. The but
Ter said that after leaving madame s
chamber he had sat down by the fire and
fallen asleep in his chair. When he woke
it was clock, and he hurriedly caught UP
his keys and set about locking up. On
reaching the street floor he was startled
to find it wide open, but as all seemed
right within, he fastened it and re-
tired This account finished, the in
spector demanded all of lie Bruins keys,
and tried them, one by one. in the lock
of Nine. MaZels door One of them
fitted.
At this stage the inspector triumphantly
confided his discoveries and suspicious
% the sons of Nine. Mazel They did
not readily accept the theory that LIE
Brun was murderer for they knew that
he had been Nine MaZel's trusted servant
for twenty-nine years. Furthermore, the
towel-cap and the bloody shirt were too
small for lie Brun, while the neckcloth
was identified as the property of for
ner servant of the house, dismissed a
few months previous
But an event soon occurred which made
the sons more than ready to believe any
i'll of LIE Brun. Nine. Mazefs will was read
and 1T was found that she had left LIE Brun
a large legacy, whereupon greed promp tly
conquered the not overdeveloped sense of
Justice of the sons. They Immediately
branded this manifestation of Mime. MAJ
els esteem for her servant as motive
for the crime" and had LIE Brun brought
to trial, hoping that he would be con-
victed and prevented from receiving the
legacy.
In 1893, when the elegance of the French
nificeut Louis, was wonder of the
world, when French ty was affect
ing the extreme refinement and culture
called Preciosite, the methods of admin
istering justice in France were worthy of
the barbarians of the ninth century.
Torture was an accepted means of elicit
ing evidence and securing a confession.
and the prisons were hideous. gloomy
dens, well equipped with dungeons.
LIE Brun was tried before court or
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RS. BIRD sEoLn

- -
MCGUIRE, stss vi
REPRESENTATIVE Afs-
CURE CT pnwnee,
Okla, has Jus {
taken UP law at
the George Wash
ington University.
Therefore. accord
ing to popular con-
ception, she should
be, frankly speak
ing, plain. 1t is not
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IDDEN away in the
archives of the
Congressional Ii
brary are some OF
the most interest
ing. unpublished
stories of Ameri-
can history. The
government is buy
ing new manu- :
scripts every week.
and new light Is
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Then the inspector proceeded to an ex
animation of every member Of the house
hold From the waiting woman he learned
that she had been next to the last person
to leave Nine Mazel on the preceding
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voice in the appointment of head stew
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copyrighted, 1918. by Frank G. Carpenter.
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temper. and had moreover a very long
purse. They were sensible, therefore. that
the more he endeavored to divide their in
terests. the more they ought to make a
common cause and proceed in a concert
OF measures"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-18
WILL petition
R. R. Commission
JACKSON CITIZENS WILL SEEK
RELIEF FROM TRAFFIC TIE
UP AT CROSSING.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 1S.-Jackson'
most troublesome problem, the Capt.
tol street crossing, is again in the lime
light. At the next meeting of the state
railroad commission a numerously
signed petition will be presented de-
handing that radical rules and regu-
lations be adopted governing traffic
at this point, and, If the railroads are
unwilling to comply with these regula-
tions, then steps be taken to abolish
the grade crossing.
Traffic at this point is heavier than
at any point in the city, and the block
AIDES are growing more frequent each
week. Often four or five hundred Pc
destrians, and long lines of automo-
biles, carriages, drays, ETC., are held
up at the crossing for periods OF
from five to fifteen minutes.
The matter was before the railroad
commission on former occasion, and
an effort was made to settle the mat
ter by compromise. The engineers of
several railway lines came to Jackson
for a conference, submitted plans for
a solution of the question, but no &C.
ton was taken.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-18
STATE OFFICIALS
TO ATTEND TRIAL
STATEHoUSE WILL BE ALMOST
DEPoPULATED WHEN HOBBS
CASE GETS UNDER WAY.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. Estate SUI
perintendent of Education J. NJ Pow
ers went to Memphis, Tenn, yester-
day to attend a meeting of the trus-
tees of the universities and colleges
in Mississippi, going from there to
Vicksburg, where he has been sum-
moned by the defense as witness in
the trial of Senator G. A. Hobbs.
Secretary of Agriculture R. L.
Blakeslee left last night for Vicksburg,
as he also was summoned as a wit
ness by the defense.
Secretary of State J. w. Power also
has been summoned to Vicksburg by
the defense, but attorneys stated to
him over the long distance telephone
that he need not leave until they call
ed him up.
When the trial at Vicksburg gets in
full swing it is believed the state CAPT.
toll will be depopulated of officials,
and most of the business will be car
ried on by subordinates.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-18
MILLIONAIRE Hangs
HIMSELF ON YACHT
WILLIAM J. CONNOLLY, BROOK
LYN REAL ESTATE AGENT,
ENDS LIFE.

New York, Dec. 1S.-In the cabin Of
the yacht that had been bought for the
purpose of preserving his life, William
J. Connolly, a millionaire real estate
agent OF Brooklyn, ended his life Wed
nesday by hanging himself.
Mr.. Connolly, who was fifty-nine
years old, had severe attack Of ty-
phoid several years ago. After his
convalescence Mr.. Connolly became
respondent and morose and was in
clined to brood. His health became
SO poor that it was thought the ocean
breezes would improve his condition
and his son. William, Jr., purchased
q yacht. In this boat the father, son
and others Of the family frequently
made voyages on the bay. The yacht
was tied up IN Sands Bay.
Although a close watch was kept
over him, Mr.. Connolly escaped the
vigilance of the family and left the
house Tuesday night. Nothing could
be found of him, and the son rowed
out to the yacht. The first sight that
met his gaze was the body of his IA
Their hanging in the cabin. The IA
Their had taken one of the boat lines
and fastened one end around his neck
and another to one OF the beams