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some Of tho Expected witnesses.

While neither committee has made up 4
list OF witnesses, there Is a general eN-
pectation that such men as l., II. Gary OF
the United states Steel Corporation. Seth
Low OF the Civic Federation, George ".
Perkins OF the Harvester combination and
j. r. Morgan will have an opportunity 20
present their views on the antitrust bills
Samuel Gompers will be asked 10 speak
for labor while the various agricultural
associations will be Invited TO send repre-
sentatives to confer with the committees
Although the antitrust programme was
seemingly approved by Democrats when f.
received publicity last week, murmur.ngs
are now heard. notably among the rad
calls The conservatives generally appear
to accord with the Presidents programme
OF trust legislation, but the radicals view
with misgivings the approval given the
pending bills by many Republicans.
The only concrete proposal made ny ~"
radicals in the way OF improving the bills
is that provision shall be incorporated
In one OF them to regulate the OPERATIONS
Of stock EXCHANGES. President Wilson
has already made IL clear that he Nlll no.
recommend Legislation az this character
on the other hand. he has announced ih'
he will not oppose If Congress sees ~ 20
apply regulatiNe measures TO stock es-
change operations.
Ii Is the disposition OF tile leaders 20
hold to the antitrust programme a. out
lined by the President, ana the lnd.r'
tons are that the radicals, who ar" .n
the minority. will make little or no pros
ress at this session in their efforts IN
leglslatc on the subject OF stock -
changes,
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A Stirring Story
ofthe Mexican
Revolution
SYNOPSIS.

Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey are
forced, owing to a revolution in Mexico.
to give up their mining claim and return
TO the United States. In the border town
of Gadsden Bud meets Henry Kruger, d
wealthy miner, who makes him a ppoP9-
sition to return to Mexico to acquire tltle
to a very rich mine which Kruger had
blown W when he found he had been
cheated out Of the title by one Aragon.
The Mexican subsequently had spent q
large sum Of money in an UNSUCCESSFUL
attempt to relocate the vein and then al
lowed the land to revert for taxes. HOOK
er and De Lancey arrive at Fortuna, near
where the Eagle Tail mine Is locatea.
They ngage Cruz Mendez to acquire tne
title for them and begin preliminary
work. Aragon accuses them OF )umpinS
his claim. Hooker discovers that ma.ri-
monial entanglements prevent MenGeH
from acquiring a valid title. Phil, Who
has been paying attention to Gracla ara
gon, decides to turn Mexican and acquire
the title. Aragon fails in his attempt 10
drive them off the claim. Rebeis are re
ported in the vicinity. A rich vein o.
gold Is struck and work on the mine -
stopped until the title can De PerIec.eu.
Phil is arrested by Manual del hey, cap
tain Of the rurales and sutton or Gracla ..
He Is released on promise to stay ava!
from Gracia- Phil Is forced TO enlisl IA
the ruraies. He asks Bud to taKe care
Of Gracia. The rebels are dofeatea an
fierce battle near Fortuna. PM oesS..s
and returns to the United States ouu
turns Mexican and takes steps to secure
title to the mine In his W name.
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MAYOR OBJECTED TO GRILL"
Incident at Recent "Gridiron Dinner
at Boston That Has Its
Humorous Side.

They had a kind of gridiron dinner
in Boston recently-one Of those far
cical banquets in which everybody Is
grilled. But it seems that Mayor
Curley belied his Irish blood by
proving unable to stand the gait"
and left the dinner in a rage. A pain
full impression was left by the incl
dent, and the Boston papers agree that
Boston isn't really adapted to gridiron
dinners.
This seems to be natural enough.
but the funny fact is that Boston was
the place of origin of these "spoo1ng"
and farcical dinners. The old Papyrus
club invented them thirty or forty
years ago and carried them on for
many years before the Gridiron club
Of Washington took up the idea and
developed it into something richer and
stronger.
The Papyrus jokes were always d..
rected at new members or guests, and
many a staid Bostonian has found him.
self the %astonished focus Of fantastic
compliments" that made his blood
run cold, or. mock denunciation that
would have fitted Judas Iscariot or
Benedict Arnold, and of tales and
charges that were abominable. Bos-
ton survived these-but possibly
Brother Curley was never ENTER,
tanned at the Papyrus.-New York
Mail.
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LURE OF THE BRIGH! LIGHTS
Uncle Nose Could Not Be Satisfied
While He Felt Himself Out Of
"PubIic Life"

A negro waiter named Nose had
served with a of distinction
for several years in a downtown New
York restaurant with a large patron
age among business e One day
last spring a customer offered him a
good position as servant at his coun-
try home. He was to have a nice uni
form with brass buttons, and the pay
was to be much better than he was
getting. Nose accepted-envied by
his w~hite-coated associates.
One morning recently Nose turned
I'D al the restaurant and startled the
proprietor by asking for his old job.
why have you left Mr.. Browns
s~ervice?" asked the proprietor. did
he discharge you? Didn't he treat you
well?"
mo, sir, I amt been discharged,
and they certainly did treat me all
right" responded Nose promptly.
Then why in the world come back
here? The pay is less and the work
is harder"
Nose paused, looked vacantly out Of
the window for a moment, and with
a broad grin on his face, whispered: II
wants nah ole job here again. cause
Use got to get back in public life, OATS
ALL"
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The Artillery Drove Them Back.

think Of Bernardo Bravo and his men?
They captured the last up train from
Fortuna; loaded all the men into the
ore cars and empty coaches; and
while the federals were still in their
barracks, the train ran clear into the
station and took the town by storm.
And eight days later, at shutdown,
the federals took it back. All, there
was awful slaughter averted, senior!
But for the fact that the fuse went
out two hundred Yaqui Indians who
led the charge would have been blown
into eternity. -,
eyes, so great was the charge OF
dynamite that the rebels had laid in
their mine that not a house in Aqua
Negra would have been left standing
If the fuse had done It's work. Two
tons Of Dynamite! Think Of that, my
friend!
But these rebels were as ignorant
Of its power as. they were of laying
a train. The Yaquis walked into the
town at shutdown and found 1t de-
serted-every man, woman and child
had fed to Gadsden and the rebels had
fed to the west.
But listen, here was the way II
happened-actually, and not as com.
mon report has it, for the country is
all In an uproar and the real facts
were never known. When Bernardo
Bravo captured the town Of Aqua Ne.
gra the people acclaimed his a hero.
HE sent word to the junta at Ell
Paso and set up a new form Of gov.
eminent. All was enthusiasm, and
several Americans Joined his ranks
to operate the machine guns and can
non. AS for the federals. they occu'
pied the country to the east and at.
tempted a few %sallies, but as they
had nothing but their rifles. the artil'
lery drove them back.
Then, as the battle ceased, the
rebels began to celebrate their vic
tory. They broke into the closed can
tinas, disobeying their officers and be-
ginning the loot Of the town. and
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The Kaiser and the Bismarck.

It must have given the kaiser q
sort Of SILVER along his spine when
he pontiicated at the christening Of a
big ship in honor Of the great chan
cellor whom he so unceremoniously
brushed out Of the field Of human &C
t~ivities a generation ago. If the ghost
Of Bismarck watched the ceremony
the occasion must have aroused he
old synical contempt for the motives
Of men and the conventions Of life.
Not merely the emptiness Of postum
nous honors would be apt to stimu-
late his sardonic humor, but even
more, the memorable course of his
tory, which proves that not the great
est spirit Is indispensable and that
lack Of genins Or Of the opportunity
for displaying it may not impair or
diminish a fortunate mans happiness
in his own august estimation of his
ego.-New York Sun.
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MoRAL-No Chance.
The New Fable Of the Two Brothers,
The Even Start and the Con-

The New Fable Of the Two Brothers,
The Even start and the Com
trasting TermInI.
In a Flag Station the Job Of Tele-
graph Operator is about the Limit
Of Earthly Ambition.
Therefore two Boys living In q
weedy Hamlet begaI to hang around
the Depot and learn the Morse Alpha
bet.
In due time each became 9 regular
Railroad Man with Calico Sleeves and
la Toothbrush in his upper Vest
Pocket. :
They were transferred to the juno
ton and began to have dealings with
the Old Man himself and cuss when
No. 6 balled up the Schedule.
Being quick on the Trigger n
good at sizing up Men; they got INTO
the Operating Department and each
had a Card-Cas full Of Animals.
One accepted an Offer to go up Into
Canada and crack the Whip over q.
Line being projected by British Capt.
talists who were too well-bred to get
out in their Old Clothes and prod Inc
Help.
The other remained in the Land OF
his Birth to push an Extension into
the Northwest. 81.
Each delivered the Goods in his
own Bailiwick-spanning the turbu-
lent Streams, filling the deep Hollows,
boring through the Hills. and bring
ing a new Empire out Of the lone
some Wilderness.
When the Gauk who had been trans
formed into a Canuck cleaned up on
the big Assignment, the Directors
gave him a Dinner and the King sent
for him to come up to the House
and kneel on one Knee and be dubbed
the Earl Of Saskatchewan
The Brother wanted to attend the
ceremony, but he had to send his Re-
grets as he was in Jail at the time.
Moral: Only a few receive Titles
but many are Indicted. J
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Threw Them About Like Dogs That
Hang Onto a Bear.

pistol in one hand and his terrible
"wood-chopping' knife brandished
high in the other.
In the dusk his eyes and teeth
cleaned white, his black hair seemed
to bristle with fury, and the CLINT of
his long knife made a light as he
vaulted over the last rock and went
plunging on their track. For, at the
first glance at this huge, pursuing fig
ure, the two Mexicans had turned and
bolted like rabbits, and now, as the
Yaqui whirled in after them, Bud could
hear them ~squealing and scrambling
as he hunted them down among the
rocks.
1t was grim work, too, even for his
stomach, but Hooker let the Indian fol-
low his nature. When Amigo came
back from his hunting there was no
need to ask questions. His eyes shone
so terribly that Hooker said nothing,
but set about cleaning up camp.
After he had washed the ashes from
his eyes, and when the fury had van
ished from Amigos face, they went as
by common consent and gazed at the
body Of the chief Of the desperadoes'
Even in death his face seemed strange
ly familiar; but as Hooker stood gaz-
ing at him the Yaqui picked up his
gun.
Look" he said, and pointed to a
bullet-splash where, as the Mexican
held the gun across his breast, Buds
pistol shot had flattened harmlessly
against the lock. 1t was that which
had saved the Mexican chief from In
slant death. and the jar Of the shot
had doubtless broken the rifle and
saved Bud, in turn, from the second
shot.
All this was in the Yaqui's eye as he
carefully tested the action; but. when
he threw down the lever, a cartridge
rose up from the magazine and glided
smoothly into the breech. With a rifle
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they q SQlrKeQ tQolr tdSk, perhaps,
not knowing that they were dead, he
was waiting in a fever Of Impotence
for them to accomplish the deed. How
ever it was, Bud saw that he held the
high card, and he was not slow to act
In the morning he saddled Copper
Bottom, who had been confined to the
corral for weeks, and went galioping
into town. There he fingered about
the hotel until he saw his man and
started boldly toward him. Surprise.
alarm and pitiful fear chased them
selves across Aragon's face as he
stood, but Bud walked proudly by.
Good morning, senor!" was all Bud
said, but the look in his eyes was
eloquent Of a grim hereafter.
And instead Of hurrying back to
guard his precious mine Hooker loi-
tered carelessly about town. HIS
mine was safe now-and he was safe.
Aragon dared not raise a hand. So he
sat himself down on the broad veranda
and listened with boyish interest to
Don Juan's account of the a
What, have you not heard Of the
battle" cried portly Don Juan, delight
ed to have a fresh listener. Aqua
Negra has been taken and retaken,
and the railroad will soon be repaired.
MY gracious! have you been out IN
the hills that long? Why, 1t was two
weeks ago that the rebels captured
the town by a coup, and eight days
later the federals took it back.
"Ah, there has been a real war, Mr..
Bud! You who have laughed at the
courage Of the Mexicans, what do you
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The New Fable Of the Juvenile Who
Studied Mankind and Laid His

The New Fable Of the Juvenile Who
Studied Mankind and Laid His
Plans Accordingly.
Once there was q Kid who wore, a
Uniform that fit him too Soon and a
Cap on one Ear. His Job was to an
swer the Buzzer and take Orders
from any one who could show rs
Cents. ?
In the Morning he might be acting
as Pack-Pony for some Old Lady on a
Shopping Spree and In the Afternoon
he would be delivering a Ton Of
Coal.
He had been waved aside by Buffers
and ordered about by Blonde Stenog-
raphers and joshed by Travelling Sales
men until his Child-Nature vas as
hard and finty as that Of the She,
Purser in a swell Tavern who lately
has cashed one that proved to be
Phoney.
In answering the Call of Duty he
had gone to the Dressing Room and
taken a private Fash at the Maya
zine Beauty before she began to at
tach the Hair or spread the Enamel.
He had stood In the private Lair Of
the Sure-Thingers when they were
cooking up some new Method Of col
lecting much income without moving
out of their Chairs. T..
He had stood by while Husbands,
with the Scotch standing high in the
Gague, elaborated on the Lie which
was to pacify little Katisha, waiting in
the Flat. ..Fa
Before delivering this Masterpiece
Of Fiction he would have to do a lit
tie Sherlocking and finally locate
Katisha IN one Of those places where
they serve it in Tea-Cups.
In the Homes of the Rich and Great
where he delivered Orchids and Invi-
tations and perfumed Regrets he
would overhear Candid Expressions
which indicated that every Social
Leader was trying to slip Knock-Ou
Drops into somebody ,else's claret
Cup.
Around the #aunts Of Business he
would stand on one Foot while the
Boss Carefully worded the Message
which was to read like a Contract
while leaving a Loop-Hole about the
size OF the Hudson Tunnel.
One night the Kid was returning
homeward with a Comrade In Misery.
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As the Trolley carried them toward
that portion of the City where Chill
dren are still in Vogue, they fell to
talking Of the Future and what 1t
might have in Store for a Bright Boy
who could keep on the Trot all day
and sustain himself by eating Cocoa
Nut Pie.
The Comrade hoped to be a Vaude-
vile Actor, but the Kid said, after
some Meditation: During the past
Two Years / have mingled in all
Grades of Society, and I have decided
to round out my Career by being a
Deep-Sea Diver"
MORAL-A little learning is q
dangerous thing and @ good deal Of 1t
Is. Suffocating.
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The Land Of Broken Promises
(copyrsht. 1914. By Prank A. Munsey)

| chance, they would stick a knife in
your back.
He listened to the big man with a
polite liberation, being careful not to
turn his back, and ate a few bites as
he waited, but though 1t was coming
dusk the Mexicans were in no hurry
to depart. Perhaps they hoped to stop
| for the night and get him in his sleep.
| Still they fingered on, the leader sit
ting on a log and continuing his
harangue.
Then, in the middle Of a sentence,
and while Bud vas bending over the
fire, the Mexican stopped short and
leaned to one side. A tense silence
fell, and Hooker was walked from his
trance by the warning click Of a gun
lock. Suddenly his mind came back
to his guests, and he ducked like a
flash, but even as he went down he
heard the hammer clack!
The gun had snapped!
Instantly Hooker's hand leaped to
his pistol and he, fred from the hip
pointblank at the would-be murderer.
With a yell to the others, n Of the
Mexicans sprang on him from behind
and tried to bear him down. They
struggled for a moment while Bud
shot blindly with his pistol and went
down fighting.
Bud was a giant compared to the
stunted Mexicans, and he threw them
about like dogs that hang on to a bear.
With a man in each hand he rose to
his feet, crushing them down beneath
him; then, in despair Of shaking of
his rider, he staggered a few steps
and hurled himself over backward into
the fire.
A yell Of agony followed their fall
and, as the live Goals bit through the
Mexican's thin shirt, he fought like a
cat to get free. Rocks, pots and ket'
ties were kicked in every direction,
and when Hooker leaped to his feet
the Mexican scrambled up and rushed
madly for the creek.
But, though Bud was free, the bat
tie had turned against him, for in the
brief interval of his fight the other
two Mexicans had u for their guns.
The instant he rose they covered him.
Their chief, who by some miracle had
escaped Buds shot, gave a shout for
them to halt. Cheated Of his victim at
the first he was claiming the right to
kill.
AS Hooker stood blinded by the
smoke and ashes the fellow took de-
liberate aim and one more his rife
snapped. Then, as the other Next
cans stood agape, surprised at the
failure Of the shot, the cannonlike
whang Of a Mauser rem the air and
the leader crumpled down in a heap.
An instant later a shrill. yell rose
from up the canyon and, as the two
Mexicans started and stared, Amigo
came dashing in upon them, a splitting
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full Of cartridges the ignorant Mexican
had been swapping on an empty cham
Der, not knowing enough to jack up a
shell!
For a moment Amigo stared at the
gun and the man, and his mouth drew
down with contempt.
"Ha! Pendejo!" he grunted, and
kicked the corpse with his foot
But if the Mexican had been a fool,
he had paid the price, for the second
time he snapped his gun AMIGO had
shot him through and through.
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da92tdMH 6oeof 400

Kansas, dropped into the Vacant
Chair. When the Delegate from The
Rookery, Norwood Scrubs, Isling, 8.
E., resumed his scorching Arraign-
ment Of the U. 8. A., he got an aw-
full Rise out of the Boy from the Corn
Belt.
The Emporia Man said there were
more Bath Tubs to the Square Mile
out In his Burg than you could find In
the West End Of London and more
Paupers and Beggars in n Square
Mile of the East End Of London than
you could find in the whole State Of
Kansas. He said there were. fewer
Murders In England because Good OPP
portuntties were being overlooked.
He said he could Tip any one in
England except, possibly, the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury.
It was his unbiased Opinion that
London consisted of a vast Swarm OF
melancholy Members Of the Middle
and Lower Glasses of the Animal
Kingdom who ate Sponge Cake with
Seeds in it, drank Tea, Smoked Pipes
and rode On Buses, and thought they
were Living.
Standing beneath the ripping folds
Of Old Glory the proud Citizen of the
Great Republic declared that we could
wallop Great Britain in any Game
! from Polo up to Prize-Fighting and
if we cut down on the Food Supplies
the whole blamed Runt Of an under
sized Island would starye to death In
a Week.
With %quivering Nostrils, he heaped
Scorn and Contumely upon any Race
that would call a Pie a Tart. In con-
clusion he expressed Pity for those
who never tasted Corn on the Cob.
After he had gone up to the Bridge
Deck to play ShufHeBQard, the Rep
resentative OF the Tightest little Island
on the Map took out his Notebook and
made the following entry: Every
Beggar living IN the States ID e
Bounder and a Braggart."
That evening in the Smoke Room he
began to pull his favorite Specially OF
Raging theiYapks on a New Yorker,
who interrupted him by saying: Real
ly / know nothing about my own Coun-
try. 1 spend the Winter in Egypt the
Spring In London, the Summer IN
Carlsbad. and the Autumn in Paree.8
So the Traveller afterward reported
to a Learned Society that the Typical
American had become a denatured Ex-
patriate.
MORAL-No Chance.
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The New Fable of the Cousin Who Be
came Cognlzant Of Our Short

COTniHSSs
On the deck Of a Transatlantic
Skiff a certain Old Traveller, who
owed allegiance to George and Mary.
reclined on his CerVical Vertebrae
with a Plaid Shawl around him and
roasted Our Native Land.
He told the American in the next
Steamer Chair that he had been IN
able to get his Tea at the usual Hour
and out in that place called Minnie
Apples the stupid Waiter never had
heard Of Bloaters for Breakfast.
Furthermore, he had not seen his
Boots again after placing them out
side the Door in Chicago.
The Houses were ~overheated and
the Railway Carriages were not like
those at Home and the Reporters were
Forward Chaps and Ice should not be
added with the Soda, because it was
not being Done.
He was glad to escape from the
Wretched Hole and get back to his
own Lodgings, where he could go into
Cold Storage and have a Joint Of Nut
ton and Brussels Sprouts as often as
desired.
The Yankee cringed under the At
tack and then fully agreed with the
Son Of ambitious Albion. He said we
were a new and crude People who did
not know how to YEA Evening Clothes
or eat Stilton Cheese and u Politi-
clans were corrupt and Murderers
went unpublished, while the Average
Citizen was a d%yspeptic Skate aff1ict-
ed with Moral Strabismus.
Then he retired to his State Room to
weep over the Situation and the Brit
ish Subject said: THE American Is a
Poltroon, for he will not defend his
own Hearth and Fireside."
A Cooks Tourist from Emporia,
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FIoor.Wa

Bacon-I see a reasonably active
man walks about $4,000 miles in 81
years, just walking about his house
and place Of business.
Egbert-Of course, that doesn't In
clude men who have had to care for
restless children at night.
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The Reason Why.

Doris-He groveled in the dust at
my feet
Dorith-How exciting!
Doris-For we were going to the
movies and he had dropped his dina
Stamford Chaparral
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The man who makes a religion Of
luck follows a mighty uncertain creed.