I Local News of the Week.
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R. L. Townsend is home from
Tennessee.
We print visiting cards and
stationery of all kind.
A. W. McFarland was a business
visitor to Huttig Saturday.
Everybody has a hobby, doing
the right kind of job work is our.
Mrs. C. A. Berry and sister vis
ited at El Dorado last Saturday.
Mesdames J. B. Crockett and C.
Howard were Monroe visitors last
Saturday.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Mayers on the 11th
of this month.
The town council men in regular
session Tuesday night and trans
acted routine business.
Miss Ollie Mobley of Monroe is
the guest of Misses Geraldine and
Delma Rieve this week.
C. T. Thompson attended the
meeting of the Grand Chapter, R
A. M., at Little Rock Thursday of
this week.
C. R. Duncan and D. F. Collett
were at Little Rock this week at
tending the meeting of the Masonic
Grand Lodge.
Rev. A. J. Whorton of Arcadia
La., preached at Union church on
last Friday evening for the Baptist
congregation.
Mrs. M R. Odom, who was the
guest of her brother. Dr. W. H.
Reagan, returned to her home at
Farmerville Sunday.
Congressman-elect R. J. Elder,
of the 5th Louisiana district, was
here Sunday between trains en
route from Monroe to Farmerville
H. S. Dowell and W. P. Eakin.
of the Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.,
of Shreveport, were business visit
ors in Huttig this week.
Don't fail to attend the Bazaar
at the library Thanksgiving Day
and eat supper there with the
ladies of the Womans' Home Mis
sion society.
W. E. Farmer and family of
Dubach. La., arrived bv automobile
Saturday for a short visit with his
brother, G. S. They returned
home Sunday afternoon.
We treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and information on application
Drs. McCall &i Williams,
Lawson, Ark.
At a conference of the Baptist
church of Huttig held last Sunday
afternoon the calling of Rev. J. T.
King of Argenta as pastor for the
coming year was considered.
Mrs. A. E. Lucas was at Little
Rock Monday and Tuesday attend
ing the Grand Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star as the repre
sentative of Huttig Chapter No.
520.
Manager L. A. Bodine of Wis
consin Lumber company and bride
arrived in Huttig Wednesday after
noon, and are located at present in
the Hotel annex but will go to
housekeeping soon.
We want a live agent in every
town to sell a Monthly Dividend
Paying Stock. Agents making as
high as $300.00 per week. Liber
al offer. Write today for proposi
tion. Cedar Grove Oil &. Gas
Co., Shreveport, La.
No Calomel Necessary
The injurious effect and unpleas
antness of taking Calomel is done
away with by Simmons' Liver Puri
fier, the mildest known liver medi
cine, yet the most thorough in ao
tion. Put up in yellow tin boxes
only. Price 25c. Tried once,
used always. adv
Harmon Phillips rnd family of
Strong spent Sunday here the guest
of his brother. M. L. and family.
You will find on sale at the
Union Saw Mil company store,
the Union hotel and Bell's cream
parlor four different local post card
views in colors. If these sell well
the publisher expects to add sev
eral other views to the list. They
will be sold at two for five ceotc.
The Womans' Home Mission So
ciety met Monday afternoon in the
library with seven members and
the following visitors present:
Mesdames Greer. J. W. Perritt. F.
G. Storton. H. Bayh and Rev. J. R.
Rushing. The program was short.,
consiting of songs, prayer and
scripture reading.
A Certain Shot at Chills
I have been using your Cheat
ham's Chill Tonic in my family for
sometime and can say it is a cer
tain shot on Chills, says J. B.
Blackshear. Lewisville. La. Money
promptly refunded if it fails to
cure. Price 50c. Sold by all
dealers. An excellent tonic for
invalids and feeble persons. Pre
pared only by A. B Richards Med
icine Co., Sherman. Texas. abv
Mr. C. J. Hays and Miss Mable
Manning were happily united ir,
marriage last Saturday afternoon
at 2:50 o'clock at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tugwell in Fel
senthal oy Rev. J. R. Rushing
The groom is a government em
ploye at the locks and the bride one
of Felsenthal's most lovable young
ladies. _
There Is more Cat rrh H thin section r f
the country than all other diseases put
together, and u. 11 the List f< \v years
was supposed to \> • incurable. For a prer.i
many years doctors pronounced it a Ioc: 1
disease J prescribed local r> medics, an l
by constantly failing to cure with loo 1
treatment, pronounce J it incurable. Sci
ence has proven Ca.arrh tn be a const**
tutlonal diaoar \ and t her- fore requir s
rcnctitution 1 treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured F, J Cheney «*c
Co., T 1 ■'o, O’ io, is the only Const!*’ -
tlonel (i re rn the rr. irket. Tt is taken i -
tcrnii’ly in <’ »s- -s f.nn F rir-ps to a t
spoonful. It acts directly on the bio. 1
and mucous aurfac* s r f the system. Thev
orfcr one hundred dol’irs for any ens* it
f ?ls to cure. Send for circulars and to -
tlmonials.
Address: F. J. CTr?:CV & CO., Toledo, O.
Fold hv PrT2'»"ii,M, 7~r.
Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation.
Adv.
Sadie, la.
The Sadie School will give an
entertainment followed by a bex
supper on Saturday night. Nov. 23.
beginning at 7 o'clock. The school
will give farces “Dr. Cure-All,"
"Rubber Boots.” “No Man Wanted"
and other attractions. After the
box supper there will be a five
pound box of candy awarded to the
most popular young lady,
adv J. W. Thorne.
Cold Blooded and Death Dealing
Chills: Rev. James Reed.Gaines
ville. Texas, wrote: “I have used
your Cheatham's Chill Tonic in my
family and can recommend it to ev
eryone affected with Chill and
Fever. It cured when various oth
er remedies failed." As a toric
for invalids and feeble persons it
has no equal. Any one buying this
medicine and not pleased with it
will get their money back on re
quest. Price 50c. Sold by all
dealers. Prepared only by A. B.
Richards Medicine Co., Sherman.
Texas. adv
Advertised letter list.
The fol'.owmg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending Nov. 13. 1912:
Gents.
A Battsful
Moses Hutson
E'iger Darest
Maniez Haley
Lot Jones
C C McElory
Skip Lee
Webb Tavlor
Waiter Mack
Steven Clark
Mr Debet
J W Bird
John Die
D Hall
Ambren Jones
B B Milliner
E T Parker
Guss wanza
Arlhue Mathews
Geo Kieter
Ladies.
Lu'a Lewis
Fashion Williams
Etta Waters
J E Bracfords
Harry Brown
Fran,-is Mack
Ider Car
Mattie Houston
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett, P. M.
copyright mi
Ml 303M£XILL CQMTAflY
SYNOPSIS.
JViEiani
Johnston
Illustrations ty YISa.
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cflAPTER T—Hardin*? Kent calls on
Louise Farrish to propose marriage am:
finds the house in great excitement ovei
♦ he attempted suicide of her sister Ka.th
Hrhie. Kent starts an investigation am!
fintl- that Hugh Crandall, suitor fo
Katharine, who had been forbidden ih
house by General Farrish, had talked wit
Katharine over the telephone just be for*
f he shot herself. A torn piece of vellov
pnpei is found, at sight of v.'hieh 1 r**n
•rul Farrish is stricken with paralysis.
CTTAPTFR IT—Kent discovers that
r'rr'daU has left town hurriedly. An
•*rew Riser, an ag°d banker, commit**
suicide about tl ® same time as Katharine
attempted her life.
CHAPTER TV—Kent Is convinced fha
Crandall Ik at the bottom of the invsterx
f’HA PTER V—Kent nad Davis scare1
Crandall's room and find an address
“T.ock Rex 17 Ardwav. X T ** K
Jfoes to Ardway to investigate and b»
conies suspicious of a “Henry Cook.**
CTTAPTFR VT— A woman commits *ud
fhle at the Ardway Hotel. A yellow le>
ter also figures in this case.
CrTAPTFR VII—Kent calls T.gu'se on
'be lone dh-tnnee telephone and fi ids that
she had just b‘*en called by Crandall from
the same booth. "Cook** d:sapprars. Tie
.Ardway postmaster is missing.
CHAPTFR VTTI—Tnspector Davis ar
rives at Ardwav and takes up the inves
fijration. He discovers that the <loa«
woman is F*r*»h ft-* 1 ett of Rridereport
Louise t* l m1 ones Kent imploring him t'
drop the investigation.
CTTAPTFR IX -Kent returns to New
York to g»-t an explanation from Louise
rT« finds the body of a woman In Con
frsl Pr> aT,d more yellow letter- f T■
Crandall, whom be r^,r',.rnizf‘s
“Cook.” enter the FarHgb home.
*"*TT A PTT‘“R X Louise again * implores
K**nt to drrp the Invent! oral'on and vc
fuse.* to c! e anv evplanatlon. Later
Kent v**»s Ciandall and Louise in an au
! omohfle.
Cif APTFR XT- Kent returns to Ardwav
Davis jin'iniMV's that he has pjinned to
rr* st the missing postmaster and also
the master criminal.
CD'PTKR XTT-While seckfr**r tVo
rirriinals. Kent comes a< rosy Louise arid
"rand'd. Pursued bv Davis ti o post mas
*/»r iumns off a precipice and 1s killed
\leei< Tonne, the master criminal, is
found in a hut in a morphine stupor.
rTj\pTi.'n XTV Tt is hUowti that Cran
'alVs on'v interest *n tl p wap tn
m Katharine rceevcr Iv r f'iLli* r's pa
pers,
fii\PTT'r? XV Tovnc 'p slmpkloil in”!
Hnuml with mnrnh'ni’ fust mit of Via
",*a^h. *ti an at'pmnt tr, makp l.im cnn
i*p«s nn'l *r1vp lip the papar?.
PIT 'ptkp vvi_\fiar is hours of tor
ture from mornhtnr huneor Yonnc elves
[ii prnl rmn-nlp the blnoVaiail plot in
which hr hail thr postmaster as n tool.
pit 1 prrTt YVTt Wilt delivers the
\ |}. #n Katharine and th*'V at
I,tie,.. ,t ..1*1, |l. =r secret. Kent CP’s 1 «
'ey ard from T.opisp.
‘‘llninn ltor," said Young bitterly, "it
was slip who queered the whole game
We tackled her brother for live Inin
dretl and it came so easily we de
cided to make another try. The weak
kneed old thief, iu his terror of us,
told his sister all about it. She in
sisted on coining down here She
saw’ Houser a rut tried to find the sign
er of the lei ter. Houser denied know
inf, him She wras a wise old creature
am] pointed out that as postmaster he
must, kuo.v wuo got the mail, liei
iispieicn of Reiser seared him stiff
lie wanted to give her tile money
hack, but at first I wouldn't hear to
it. She was threatening to commit
nitride if we didn't. lie was so
■cared that 1 finally consented to lei
him square her. I wanted to use him
till furrher and wasn't ready to have
him get cold feet. I gave him the
.ni tie.v, and he went to the hotel late
In the afternoon to see the old girl,
ife slipped up to her room and found
ier hanging there. It gave him such
a shock that he dashed back to the
post office, grabbed his bicycle and
hustled out here as fast as he could
con e, where l was waiting to meet
Katharine F'arri h."
With difficulty 1 suppressed an ex
clamation of astonishment. I could
not doubt (hat be was telling the
truth, for his story dovetailed so well
with what l.cuise had told me. Yet
it seemed impossible to believe, it
surely was preposterous to imagine
that General Farrish, wealthy and
honorable as be was. could have
been a thief. 1 refused to believe it.
hi
‘‘Burn
Them,
Hugh; Burn Them at
Once!”
rom Young of why Ik . , c h t a
.neftir.g with Kf.thrrine.
‘"It's too bad Reuser was so • . Iv
Tightened," Davis wr.s saying s.a -
.’aetically. "He was so scared that he
■elt behind in the cash drawoi fi\ t
thousand he h; d just received from
Henry Kbetde."
“T! o accurst d fool!” screamed
Young in a frenzy of rage that he h.id
ailed to get his hands < n this bit of
plunder. "The sneak didn't t> il me
hat. .Ml lie said was th- t Dora Hast
:gs. who was a restaurant, cauhi.w,
•ad insisted that it wr-s utte’dy i:n
ossilde for her to pay up. The d;i y,
iantt.erl sTieuk'."
In a fit of madness lie cursed and
ursed again Lis dead agsoch’te, to
•:-:!hs rowing in at reams from l<;.i
larehi d lips. Anxiously I waited ».■
is fury to subside to ask hint about
Catharine and Hugh Crandall. It
eetiled a desecration of her woman
.ood to mention Katharine's name in
he preset ce of such a man. so as hi
ubsided I merely asked: "But what
about Hugh Crandall?”
“Danin him," he cried, "that was
another of my mistakes! I knew
Crandall in co'lege. When i got the.
goods on i d Karri h I thought I couhi
rely on Crandall to he p ire to tarn
the trirk. I didn't Know lie was in
ow with the daughter. \Yh< u ! told
hint al fait it h" refined to ha\c aoy
thing to do with it and la.died off and
sruic :!> d to the goner .! Much thai
he got for it! The haughty old gen
eral ordered him out of the houge
and wouldn't let. the daughter have
anything more to do with him. I
tried then to gi t lKm in on the
scheme, hut it was n-j go. For wee' s
he kepi trying to v. rut mv secret
from mo. | jired yellow letter at«» r
yellow U tter rt I lie genera), but hr*
kept defying tnr*. and all the while
Crandall kept after me to make tue
give up the papers. I was afraid 1M
weaken. There are times the dope
gets me ami 1 hardly know v lint I'm
doing, so 1 vanished, it. struck me
that if the general wouldn't come
across maybe the daughter would. 1
put it up to Crandall and we arranged
a meeting, f was to put the papers in
' her hands and she was to pay over
i the money. I slipped up on the first
appointment and i guess you must
have spoiled the second."
I still was puzz'ed. Whet could he
the t. rnble mystery in proud oil
C tie I I’urri Vs life that g ive this
miscreant such a he'd on him? It
was law'll c \ i’nr.Vnei "n to ccn
.lecture, so | put tile quest !np bluntly
to the prisoner.
“Wltv ask me?" he smiled "Vi -e
git the whole thing every paper
hearing on it in your per hot there"
Quickly I snatched the envelope
from my pocket and was about to rip
it open. At last I was to know the
secret that had brought such unhap
piness into the life of Louise. \t last
the ii ystery was to he cleared cp.
l!ut just as my thumb went rudely
under the flap. Davis laid a restrain
ing hand on my arm.
"Wait," he said gently. “Would it
not be just as well to deliver that
envelope to Katharine just as it is?
The fen*r people know its content*
the less unhappiness there will need
to be.”
Slowly and thoughtfully I put the
en\elope had. in my pocket,
Davis was right.
I was beginning to think he was al
ways right.
CHAPTER XVII.
The End of the Mystery.
With oi;o o: the conspirators lyitis
iu the undertaking shop oi iium
\mle and the other sate behind the
prison bars in Ardvav, the docu
mentary evidence again-t hint in out
possession reinforced by his lull cor
ession signed and witnessed. Inspec
tor Davis and 1 that same afternoon
hastened hack to New York, where,
it can lie i:i aglned, I lost no time in
reaching the Fairish home.
As we waited for the train I had
telephoned l.o ise ami she was ev
peeling me. She met me in the iowe.
hall. One glance at my radiant face
told her that cur mission had been
successful and she tiling herself into
my arms while 1 rained happy kisses
on her lips, her cheeks, her glorious
hair. Fut thoughtful ever of others,
even in such a moment of ecstasy,
she gently unclasped my arms and
whispered: “The papers —did you get
them?”
A little cry of joy came from her
lips as I ht.tided her the envelope,
"Come," she cried Jubilantly, “let's
take it to Katharine at once! The
sight of it will do more to cure her
than all the doctors in the world.'
Together we hastened to Kath
arines room, where we found bet sit
ting up in led, much stronger than
when i had last semi her, though a
nurse was still In attendance. Hugh
Crandall " r< seated in a chair beside
tLl 1~J The joy I r£i|d ifl thf fgg^s
of I'atlrnir.f! nml Crandall ns Louise
r tided her sister (ho envelope was
reward enough for all 1 Ind gone
. in e 1 h id sot out to solve
the mystery.
I V.'j't ii n’iy Katharine tore open the
o.ueh pe and tnsi.'ei i-ul Ihree docu
ments it contained.
“They are all hero," she exclaimed
v h a sigh of re' of as she passed
1 h< m to <.’mudsill.
' Vi s ' echoed Crandall happily,
“they are all here.'’
"Burn them, Hugh; burn them at
once,'' she demanded.
Ci. i dall. gathering them up with
the envelope in which they had been
etie.i -ctl. otnssod to tile giate where
a cle f i Uil tire wr.n turning and one
!y is “ led tlie documents to the
llnnif . watching carefully to see that
it :. ft y nuit. was destroyed.
That was three months ago. Louise
and I are married now and Katharine
and Hugh . ie on their honeymoon,
too/ t: king a six mo: Mis' European
t!•;/>. The i; h we never mention the
n.v-iery of fi:e yellow letters in the
pre.- ce of our wives, for it recalls
too it ny sad lucmori.#- unnecessarily,
i >.y new brother-in-law and 1 had
g od I ;ngh tlie night before I ninr
• 1 Louise. As I at first suspected
him of I cing one of the conspirators.
o if sir:.is he had suspected me. It
was h» who peered into the post of
that > :i;;11 as I was examining the
l.oo-.s hv ti:e light of n.y electric
iaulcvn. He knew tlrt Voung had
r.n a sociale and was trying to find
him. 1 had to udn.it that my con
i'- t It. Vrdv.ay fully h.istifled Cran
dall's cm-' pi cions of ice. end he real
i:v - that ) was justified m suspecting
him.
The mystery of the di^appearance
of tile ycl’ovv fragipents that nail gi. -
i'll us the first clew is a inyMcrv no
longer. It mereA had slipped i chin I
the drawer iri which Louise h; d pul
it. Aleck Voting is serving a well
deserved sentence of fourteen year .
as nonchalantly, t prestune, as he un
derwent. his I ial. So long as prison
keepers can be bribed to keep him
supplied with his beloved drug, i
i!rui!il if lie both' over his lack ol
freedom. Sometimes I think his pun
i hinciit fails far short w hen I recall
all the misery and ift'ci ing hr
caused, yet my new-found hnppine: <
has yofteiied my view of 1IU>. f find
myself wondering whether after a t
inspector Havis is not right when he
says tiial c: itninais, even the worst
of them, should be treated as si< !t
children, to lie cured, rather iliun c
bad children, to be punished. I ca i
not help lmt feel that the parents ol
Young were far more to blame for hi •
( ri.i.vj than he.
As for General Envvirh, he died
three wrplis alter Young's arrest.
Pi lore the etui he regained his faettl
ti' .s sufficiently to understand that the
papers that had menaced his peat e
and reputation had been destroyed,
in his last hour he put Katharine's
hand into Hugh Crandall's.
What was in the documents that
Katharine and Hugh Crandall burned?
What v. as the secret with which
Young threatened him for months and
months ?
I do not l:now.
Loupe does not It now.
We nex«r di cuss it pven among
ourselves. It is better so. Only
hi th ri ;e and Hugh Crandall and a
poor drug sot in a distant ceil know
"■ ! t th'- <■ papers were. I might
eonjoeiure if | eared, and what would
1 f the u-e'.’ \fter General Currish's
death it i-.one on; that his vast estate*
had shrunk to almost nothing. Cm I
fortunate iuv. fluents in fits old age j
had swept away ids fortune. lie was |
the c.us-todl: n of various trust funds j
It may he ih 't in a senP,, e'Tmt to I
recoup his lo. -os he h. d misused !
some one els. 's money and Young,
with his devili h ingrn; ity, had \
found it out <'■ I ii11 it is that x< hile •
the papers < oilman tod widely oil the
Rrflall us ,,te he left, in none of them
xv as there the slightest iiint of scan- i
dal. Ki|;a"x i e; i On am i that neithoi !
liis dm ghters nor hr soli' n law he '
moan the lack of an inheritance
T.oitise and T. 1 know, have learned j
that Itsupine, ; lie not in xveullh ami j
luxury, but in loving service each to
the other.
Ann one thing more.
Itovfi Itax's ai d my: elf hax'p quiet-i
ly x» • hdrawti our accounts from the \
Million hank.
The rash er's name there ts Henry
Hhc !e
[THE END]
TOO SHY FOR LONELY BRIDE
Man Imagined His Wife Wanted to
“Boss" Him and Remained
at Office.
Oakland, Cal. -Goorgetta Burnham
and Allan P. Burnham wore married
at. San Kafnol in September of last
year, but lie became churlish in a fee
hours after their marriage, according
to her complaint for divorce died
Mrs. Burnham said that he was mum
for «evoral evenings and tenured hoi;
Burnham is an engraver and embosser
His wife s-id that he st.iit! at his o!fi<v
at night, and when she begged him t< ,
come home he told her he would alio
no woman to “boss" him. Afterward
she said, he deserted her.
Angry Cat Attacks Child.
El wood, It'd. Angt red be« ruse th>
two-year old child of Thomas Loah !
had crept to tne saucer of milk frotr
which it hud been drinking atm hat 1
attempted to appropriate the cou'ents '
n family out attacked the child. t«*nr
iiig roveral deep scratches In tin iittl. ;
one’s face One of th<* animal’s ciaw
struck the child’s rigid pi", eonor
the ball mid causing Injuries willed
w ill cause loss of sight.
PICK 000 NOOKS FOR NESTS
jwallowi Are Cunning Builders But
Sometimes Select Precarious Sites
for Homes.
R',v M >\vs are diligent and cunning
bttildi vs (if nests, btii they arp not al
ways wi-e ip their choice of a local
ity. In proof of this a couple of birds
at year chore a sec'tub'd corner
.Dicing the rafters of niv barn and
tr.raged to hatch and rear tlicir young
success fully.
This year a coupte, probably the
ante, repaired the nest and laid their
ggs. Hut ore morning both birds
•were found lying dead on the floor, the
windows having been closed and the
door locked hv a too careful servant.
A favorite place lor a swallow to bill'd
its nest is the tipper corner of a win
dow.
This situation is to say th» least
precarious, as an energetic housemaid
has merely unintentionally or other
wire to draw down the sash and the
nest, is at once in ruins. I remember
once quite unintentionally acting the
part of the energetic housemaid. I
drew down the sash and managed jrst
in time to save thr structure from fail
ing to pieces.
Supporting it, with my hands, I to d
one of inv hove 10 bring his gchoolbt g,
nd having fastened it securely to the
window, deposited therein the remains
r' the nest and the young family of
.irds.
The parents were shy at first, hut on
loser inve- tigr.tion. h iving satisli d
hennse’ves that their little ones we e
til! alive they accommodated thom
elves to the situation and brought up
heir family in the usual way, sending
'he1# at length into the world douht
oss all the wiser for their nurture In
his abode of learning. A simi'ar mis
fortune happened this summer to a
wallow's ncs* in the window of a cot
tage in the Cheviot hills.
This time the nest we almost to
tally destroyed, hut hc'p care fron
probably unlooked-for quarter. Tim
dismayed cries of the feathered btii'J
‘■rs attracted their companions, v. ho
.locked around in large number a -I
-elidered every assistance in r'-pelr. ,g
the damage. The Scotsman.
BROWNING WAS NOT A S:JC3
When a Cock Came to See Some Pic
tures He Ofered Her
His Arm.
A trivial anecdote occurs to me
which has nothing to rio with the
( ountesses” vho were supposed io
ahmrb Mr. Browning overmuch. It
appeared that on one occasion Mr.
Browning’s son had hired a room in
a neighboring house in which to ex
hibit his pictures. In the temporary
! absence of the artist, Mr. Browning
" :'s doing the honors, the room being
half fiTed with fashlotiab’e friends.
Mr. Browning was standing near the
door when a visitor, unannounced,
ltnt’e her appearance: he Iminedfatelv
shook hands with the stranger, or
tried to do so, when she exclaimed:
"Oh. I l eg your pa don. s :. I’m
1 lie cook. Mr. Bn-rctt asked me t »
otne and see his pictures." "And I
ant vein glad to see yog," anid
Browning, with ready courtesy. "Tr! »
my arm and 1 will shew you around '
Mrs. Andress Cros ee. "Kcd Letter
Hays of My Bife.'1
CondMiens in Japan,
That the oi l customs of Japan are
passing away and the empire is rapid
ly becoming civilized anil, mote slow
ly. Christianized, is not borne out bv
the fact, for the dark side of Japan is
tinned aside by those who visit there.
A writer in the Missionary intelligen
cer of Cincinnati, Imp a resident in
Ftiktishima, says: "idolatry still pre
vails. The tenacity with which they
c’ing to the fatni’y gods in sotye
homes supposed to he Christian shows
that idolatrous lustonts have a strong
hold on them. Here In Japan the di
voree rate is three times as high as in
Vllierhn, and then not all the separa
tions are eounted. ‘The people a’e
woefully addicted to the use of liquor
and tobacco. AH the grocery stores;
Keep (lie stuff. AH the i ars avp spy
hers. When wo ride in the train w<f»
are s illed by the tohaeeo smoke \
lot of women smoke as well as (ha
leu. There is mmii drunkenness,
lea n a'so heads lite list of nations iu
,-egard to the number of suicides.”
Beginning at the Foundation.
The t—«». ay to purify the homes o'
Tie people is tc. purify tin* laws thu t
overn the people.—Ejchange.
Could Not Ouit Hl« Cook.
Tacoma. Wash—Horn use he allege*
her bread was like bricks and her his
cuiis like Slones, T It. Dunkerly at
tempted to pul Ills cook out of the
house. Dtinker’.ey. who is a small man.
savs the cook refused to go, an t
threatened him. lie procured a pesoes
warrant for Jane !>oe West. He nan
told to return and order Ids cook fron*
the house, and if she refused to go,
to call a constable. Soon he called up
and said tlte warrant would have to
he served.
Cons! thlo Fred Shaw was met at.
the door by a ipiiet, Inoffensive look
ing stout woman, who said she was
the person she was seeking She ad
mitted that she had refused to le»vt\
ea.v'ng she had been given the posi
tion by Mrs Dnnkerley, who is on a
visit to North Yakima, and who had
ordered her no» to leave under any
circumstances.
Shaw returned to the po'lee court
and told the circumstances M_s West
probably will not tie arres’ed for lows
time at least, not on Duuke-lcy s war
rant