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To get the news read The News
Mrs. D. D. Oglethorpe was quite
ill this week.
For Sale A new organ uta bar
gain. Call at News office.
Mrs. Oscar Woolley is visiting
this week wdh her mother at Mt
Holly.
Mrs. A. D. Yarnel! left Monday
morning for a visit with relatives at
Searcy.
A. L. Davis, cashier at the Iron
Mountain depot, was a Monrte vis*
itor Sunday.
T. A. White. J. H. and J. E. Knox
were at El Dorado attending court
this wetk.
Attorney J. W. Riddle of El Do
rado was a business visitor in Hut
tig last Saturcay.
F. W. Scott. L. A. Bodine, L. G.
Gibson and T. F. Ashcroft were Ei
Dorado visitors this week.
Dr. L. F. Magee left last Sunday
for a two weeks visit at Mineral
Wells, Texas, to recuperate.
C. C. Bell is serving his country
on the grand jury and J. A. Woolley
on the petit jury at El Dorado this
week.
Miss Ethel Brasher entertained
a large number of the young people
at her home Sunday afternoon by
giving a sii gmg.
F. W. Mulkey. of the office force,
and J. D. Wemple, of the store
force, left Sunday for a two weeks
visit at Hot Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul_ Marks we re
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. B
Weaver last Friday and Saturday
Mr. Marks is manager of the Gar
rett hotel at El Dorado.
Found one fine large Arkansas
Diamond, for further information
call or address, one of the best
looking young ladies of Harper
Springs neighborhood.
Uriah Jones. Hezekiah Brown
and John Peter Smith all say that
Hunt's Lightning Oil stop Neural
gia, Rheumatism and other pains.
Just try a 50c or 25c bottle from
your druggist. adv
Mrs. S. A Mayfield, mother of
Dr. Mayfield, lives near Caledonia i
but her home was trussed by the
cyclone at that place last week, a
description of which will be found
on the inside of this issue.
Rev. W. R. King will commence
a series of revival meetings at the
Union church on next Monday eve
ning Everybody is cordially invit
ed to attend. Come and assist
with your presence at least.
Choice White Orpington eggs,
$2 per sotting, delivered. Select d
R 1. Reds, S’ per setting. R. I.
Red hens ar.d roosters and White
Orpington cockerels for sale cheap.
J. W. Thorne. Sadie, La.
Rev. and Mrs. W. R. King desire
to thank the many friends who par
ticipated in the "pounding" they
received last week. Bro. Ki’*g says
they have Dtenty of good things to
eat until his garden commences to
furnish new vegetables.
In an interview with Hon. R. S.
Warnock today, he stated that he
would be in the race for Congress
at the next primary election to
succeed Hon. W. S. Goodwin and
would make his formal announce
ment in due time.- Columbia Ban
ner, Magnolia.
Hunt's Cure rapidly destroys
Itch.'Ringworm. Itching Piles. Ec
zema. Tetter and like troubles Un
der its influence the diseased cuti
cle scales off leaving a smooth
white, healthy skin in its place. A
wonderful remedy and only 5C
cents a oox. adv
You will find on sale at the
Union Saw Mil company store,
the Union hotel and’ Bell’s cream
parlor four different local post care
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.
F. C. Stoiton and family left
Thursday for Memphis where they
//ill make their future home. Mr.
Storton has been auditor for the
Wisconsin Lumber Co. he-e for
some time and was forced to give
up the work on account of his eyes
failing. He will be succeeded bv
A. T. Howry of Terrell. Ark.
The heavy rain and ejectric.al
storm Thursday evening caused
considerable uneasiness among tt>
people but no serious damage was
done. Mrs. E. S. Ethe’ridge was
at the switchboard at the telephone
central and was badly shocked.
The rainfall was two inches and a
number of dead trees were blown
down.
Calvin Bridges arid Percy Pryor
who were sent to Hot Springs Iasi,
week to represent Sweet Bay
Camp No. 41 1. W. O. W„ at th
meeting of the head camp, are both
home, but come one at a time. Of
course we will not make no insin
uation. but we would like for some
wise guy to explain why two gen
tlemens cain't go to a place and
return together.
Levi Moore of Villa Grove. III.,
has closed a peal fora tract of land
of 1.000 a^res. two miles north of
the city of El Dorado. He pur
chased the land from A. R. Mor
gan. The consideration was $25.
000. Marsh & Flenniken made
the deal for Mr. Morgan. Mr.
Moore expects to locate a colony
of Illinois truck growers on the
farm. It is one of the finest farms
in this section.
Calomel is Bad
But Simmons' Liver Purifier is
delightfully pleasant and’its action
is thorough. Constipation yields
billiousness goes. A tri 1 convinces
In Yellow Tin Boxes Only.) Trier
once, used always. adv
Judge Neill C. Marsh, of El Do
rado. one of .he ablest attorneys in
in the district, is prominently men
tioned as a candidate for circuit
judge of the Thirteenth Judicial
District in case Judge G. W. Hays
makes the race for governor in the
coming primary which we are sure
he will do. Judge Marsh would
make a capable and efficient judge
and will be a hard man to defeat
for the position.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav $50.00 as a reward to any
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This lrt. day of February, 1906.
Union Saw M l . Co.
By F. vv. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
Notice.
All taxes not settled by 12
o'clock p. m.. April 10, 1913, will
be placed on delinquent list with
no exceptions. i
J. M. Wallace.
adv . Collector.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper will he
phased to 1 rn that there Is at least one
dread J dine: . o that science lma been
able to cu 3 I i all Its stapes, and that Is
Cater, i. 1 L's c a arrli Cure is the only
positivo euro n >w known to the medical
fraternity. Cat rrh bcl.ts a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
;r.r-L II.. i's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, a tint directly upon the blood
and raucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying t'.e foundation of the dis
ease, and £ ring the patient strength by
building up t' e constitution and assisting
nature in do! g Its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in Its curative pow
ers that they of’er G o Hundred Dollars
for a-y case that lf fills to cure. Send
for l1 t cf testimonials._
Address °. J. CllCtlt.V A CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Bold hr r 11 Prun'd-**. T*".
Take Hall's Family Fills far constipation.
f>s ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
. AUTHOR OF “Tire LEAVENWORTH CASE**
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CHAPTFR T—Oeorrre An^^rpon nrvi
v\1* s*e a remarkable man nune out >•'
(be Clermont hotel .. arounil fur ivelv
v-.’ash his hands in th* -now and pa«s on
^omnidtion attracts 1 ]»»in to the Clermont
where it ip found that the txaut fu! Mr
Pd'th Challoner has fallen dead on the
m< z/ inif'f floor.
CHAPTER IF—Anderson describes the
man he saw wash his hands in the snow
The hotel mana^r declares him to be
nrhp^ Pro thenon,
f'H \pff:n *1 ll Tniysi'-tans find lhat
'f ss < ’ha lionet was slabbed and not shot, i
w hi< h seems to clear Brotherson of sus- j
pir'on.
C!] I'TFR TV ftrycf an need detec
tive. and S • cater.’hia assist:; nt, la1 e
up the <•««■«. i 1 . v believe Miss Challonet
Stah»,r.^ V-f r.q^lf
V*T7 * A paper cutter found
near the scene of tragedy is believed to
be the weapon used.
rilAFTTCU \'l Mr Challoner tells of a
batch of letters found in his daughter's
desk, signed with Initials strange to him ,
Ail are love letters except one which
shows that the writer was displeased i
CHAPTER \T11 This letter was signed
bv, Orlando Brotherson The others tv re (
• iti -.ls which lead ♦** th»* conclusion that ;
Hrotherson wrote all of them.
PH APT KB VITT \ nth rson goes with
Sweetwater to identify BrotInrson. who
Is to address a meeting of anarchists
The place is raided bv the police and :
’5r'»therson escapes without being ident!
fled.
CHAPTER TX Brofhrrson Is found 11 v I
In? Jn a tenpiDent under the name of j
OunTi. JTc is an inv -ntor.
CHAPTER X Brotherson tolls the cor
oner of his* acquaintance with Miss Choi- i
loner and how she repulsed him with i
s*orn when he offered her his love
CHAPTER XT—Sweetwater recalls the
mystery of the murd r of a washerwom
m- in which some details w^re similar to
fhe Ohalloner affair. Brotherson was a
tenant of the building adjoining the one
!n which the woman died.
Cl! \PTl\Tt XT’ TurTher comparison of
the two eases spurs Gryce and Sweetwa
ter to r> newed activity.
CHAPTER XIH -Ohalloner admits his
daughter was deeply interested, if not in
love with Brotherson
CHAPTER XIV' Brotherson gives the
police a plausible explanation of his con
diM*t. Grvce and Sweetwater are given
permission to pursue their investigations
Independently.
nHAPTRR XV Sweetwater plans to
disguise himself as a carpenter and seek
lodgings in tlie same building with Broth
erson.
CHAPTER XVI—He watches the inven
tor at work at night and is detected by
the latter. The detective moves to a
room adjoining Brotherson’*
CHAPTER XVII He 1 tores a hole in
the wall to spy on Brdfherson. He visits
him and assists the inventor In his work.
CHAPTER XV LI I—Repetition of the
tune played by the orchestra the nfght of
Miss Challoner’s death arouses the sleep
ing J3r.ptbyreon tn uneasy mutterlngs.
Chapter XIX A gitf sent by Sweet
water with Edith Challoner’s letters is
ordered out by Brotherson. He declares
the letters were not written to him.
CHAPTER XX - Sweetwater is un
masked bv Brotherson. who declares he
recognized him at once.
CHAPTER X XT Sweetwater gets a
message that Gryce has made a d * ov
ery which changes the whole situation.
CHAPTER XXII — Closer inspection
shows that the letters signed “O B.”
\\> r< written bv two dliTercnt men. Sweet
vatei g< es to Derby in search of the sec
ond "O B .” whom he expects to find
through one Doris Scott, mentioned In
Miss Challoner’s letters.
CHAPTER XXIII- Doris is found act
ing as nurse for Oswald Brotherson, who
Is critically 111 from typhoid fever, and
calls in his delirium the name of Edith. 1
He is the manager of the local works
and is idolized bv the people.
CHAPTER XXIV—Oswald passes the
cii^ s and the doctor says he will recover.
CHAPTER XXV—Sweet water comes
across a peculiar hut in the woods. He
secs a load of boxes marked “O. Broth
erson.” taken loti' the hut under the su
pervision of Doris Srotf.
CH \PTER XXVI - Sweetwater returns
to New York and reports to Gryce, but
omits mention of the hut in the woods,
the sole discovery of importance.
CHAPTER XXATI-Challoner appears
In Deb by
CHAPTER XXVIII —Doris tells Chal
loner of seeing in a dream fU- face of
the man who killed Edith. Tin- door bell
rings and she recognizes In the visitor
the man of her dream.
"Yes, T was looking directly into it ’’
“But ir.y daughter was not shot. She
died from a stab."
Doris’ lovely face, with its tondpr
lines arid girlish curves, took on a
strange look of conviction which deep
ened, rather than melted under his in- j
dulgent, but penetrating gaze.
“I know that you think so—but ny
dream says no. I saw this object, it
was pointed directly towards me—
above all. I saw his face. It was the
face of one whose finger is on the trig
ger and who means death; and i be
lieve my dream."
Well, it was useless tc reason furth
er. Gentle in all else, she was tan
movable so far as this idea was con
cerned and, seeing this, he let the
matter-go and prepared to take his
leave.
She seemed to be quite ready for
this. Anxiety about her patient had
‘regained its place in tier min; and
her glance sped constantly toward tne
door. Taking her h»o .1 in his, lie said
some kind words, then crossed to the
door and opened it. Instantly her fin
ger flew to her lips and, obedient to
Its silent injunction, he took un his
hat in silence, and was proceeding
down the hall, when the bed rang,
startling them both and causing him
to step quickly back.
“Who is it?" she asked. “Father’s
in and visitors seldom come” so iate.”
"Shall I see?"
She nodded, looking strangely trou
bled as the door swung open, reveal
ing the tall, strong figure of a man
facing them from the porch.
"A stronger.” formed Itself upon her
lips, and she was moving forward,
when the man suddenly stepped into
the glare of the light, and she sto; m d,
with a murmur c? dismay wTiicu
pierced Mr. ('halloner’s heart and
1'repared him for the words which
now fell shudaeringly from her lips.
“Tt is he! It is he! I said that I
should know him wherever I saw
him.’ Then with a quiet turn towards
the intruder, “Oh, why, why, did you
come here!”
CHAPTER XXIX,
Do You KnoVv My Brother?
Her hands were thrust out to repel,
her features were fixed; her beauty
something wonderful. Orlando Jlroth
erson, thus met, stared for a moment
at tiie vision before him. then slowly j
and with effort withdrawing his gaze, ,
he sought the face of Mr. Challoner
with the first sign of open disturb-1
ance that gentleman had ever seen in
him.
“Am I in Oswald Brotherson’s
house?” he asked. "I was directed
here. But possibly there may be
some mistake?”
“it is here he lives,” said she, mov
ing back automatically till she stood j
again by the threshold of the small :
room in which she had received ,\fr
Challoner. "Do you ^wish to see him ;
tonight? If so, I fear it is Impossible, j
He has been very ill and is net al- I
lowed to receive visits from :
strangers.”
‘‘I pm not a stranger.” announced
the newcomer, with a sm^le few could
see unmoved, it offered suet a con
trast, tc his stern and dominating fig
ure. "I thought I heard pojtne words
of recognition which would prove your
knowledge of that fact.”
She did not answer. Her lips had
parted, hut her thought or at least the
expression of her thought hung sus
pended in the terror of this meeting
for which she was pot at all prepare
He seemed t > note this terror, wheth
er or net he understood its cause, and
smiled again, as he added:
“Mr. Rrothersrn must have spoken
of his bro'her Orlando. 1 an he, VTiss
Scott. Will you let me e.one in now ?”
Her eyes sought those of Mr. Ohal
loner, who quietly nodded. Immedi
ately she stepp j.’. from before the door
which her figure had guarded and.
motioning him to enter, she begge^
Mr, Challonrr, with an Imploring look
to sustain herein the Interview she
saw before her. He had nc desire for
this encounter, especially as Mr
Brotherson's glance ii his diivetir
had been aryti lag hut c ncili: tow.
He was quite e e.vinced that ito'h.lr.g
was tc be gained hy it, hut he con
not resist her appeal, and fob w.v.
them into the little room whose ti
lted dimensions made the tall Orlande
look bigger and stronger and more
lordly in bis self-confidence than ever.
"I am serry it is so late,” she begaz,
contemplating his intrusive flgm
with fc-rceu composure. "We have t:
be very quiet in thp evenings so a;
not. tc disturb your brother’s firs
sleep which is of great importance t
him.”
“Then I’m not to see him tonight”'
“I pray you to wait. He’s—he’s bee:
a very sick man.”
“Dangerously so?"
“Yes.”
Orlando continued to regard het
with a peculiar awakening gaze show
ing, Mr. Challcner thought, more in
terest in her than in his brother, a ih
when he spoke it was mechanical!’
and as if in sole obedience to the pro
prietics of the occasion.
“i did not know- he was ill till vor;
lately. His last letter was a cheerfu
one, and I supposed that nil was righ'
till chance revealed the truth. 1 cann
on at once. I was intending to’com
anyway. I have business lu re, as yon
probably know, Miss Scott.”
She shook her heed. “I know ver>
little about business,” said she.
“My brother has not told you why
he expected me?”
‘‘He has not even told me that he
expected you.”
"No?” Tile word was highly ex
pressive; there was surprise in it amt
a touch of wonder, but mere than all.
satisfaction. "Oswald was always
close-mouthed,” he declared. “It's a
good fault; I’m obliged te, the boy”
These last words were uttered with
a lightness which imposed upon his j
two highly agitated hearers, causing
Mr. Challoner to frown and Doris to I
shrink back in indignation at the nu n
who could indulge in a sportive sug
gestion in presence of such fears,, if
not of such memories, as the situation
evoked.
"The hour is late for further con
versation. I have a room at the hotel
and will return to if at once. In the
morning I hope to see my brother”
He was going, Doris net knowing
what to sa£, Mr. Challoner not desir
ous of detaining him, when there
came the sound of a little tinkle from
the ether side of the hall, blanching
the young girl’s cheeks and causing
Orlando Brctherson’s brows to rise
In peculiar satisfaction.
Ev > >oy bps a booby, doin,
the rigtU kiod ot Juo <vorh. s ou.\
“My brother?" he asked. I
"Yes." came !n faltering reply. “He
has heard our voices; 1 must go to
him."
"Say that Orlando wishes him a
cood night," smi'ed her heart's enemy,
with a bow of infinite grace.
She shuddered, and was hastening
from the room when her gtar.ee fell
on Mr. Ohalloner. He was pale and
looked greatly disturbed. The pros
pect of being left alone with a man
whom she had herself denounced to
him as his daughter's murderer, might
prove a tax to his strength to which
the had no right *o subject him. Paus
ing with an appealing air, she made
him a slight gesture which he at once
understood.
“1 will accompany you into the
hail," said he. "Then if anything is
wrong, you have but to speak my
name."
But Orlando Brotliorson, displeased
hv this move, took a step which
brought him between the two.
"You can hear her from here if she
chances to speak. There’s a point to
be settled between us before either of
ns Ipave this house, and this oppor
tunity is as good as another. Go to
my brother. Miss Scott; w^ will await
your return.”
A flash from the proud banker's
eye; but no demur, rather a gesture of
consent. Doris, with a look of deep
anxiety, sped away, and the two men
sroqd face to face.
"Mr. Challoner, do you know my
brother?”
"I have never seen him.”
‘ I >o you know him? Does he know
you
"Xot at all. Y.Te are strangers.”
It was said honestly. They did not
know each other. Mr. Challone: was
unite correct in his statement.
“Mer. sometimes correspond who do 1
not know ea h other You knew that j
a Brotherson lived here?”
“Yes." J
“And hoped to learn something j
about me—”
“No; my interest, was solely with
your brother.”
“With my brother? With Oswald?
What interest can you have In hint
apart from me? Oswald Is—”
Suddenly a thought came—an unini
ag’oab'e one; one with power Y>
blanch even his hardy cheek and
shake a soul unassailable by all small
emotions.
“Oswald Brotherson!” he repeated"
adding in unintellic ^'e^tones to him
self—"O. B. The s: m initials! They
are following up these initials. Boor j
Oswald!” Ther. aloud: “It hardly be
comes tne, perhaps, to question your
motives ir. this attempt, at making tnv
brother's acquaintance. I think I can
guess them; but your labor will be
wasted. Oswald's interests do not ex
! tend beyond this town; they hardly
j extend to m«. We are strangers, al
| most. You will learn nothing from
him on the subject which naturally
i engrosses you.”
Mr. Cbatloaer aimply bowed. "I do
not feel called upon.” said he, "to ex
plain my reasons for wishing to know
your brother. I will simply satisfy you
upen a point which may well rouse
your curiosity. You remembpr that—
that my daughter's last act was the
writing of a letter to a little protegee
of hers. Miss Scott was that protegee.
In seeking her, I carne upon him. I-o
you require me to say more on this
subject? Wait till 1 have seen Mr. Os
wald Brotherson and then perhaps I
can do so.”
■Receiving no answer to this, Mr.
Challoner turned again to the rnun
who was the object of his deepest sus
picions, to find him still in the daze
of that unimaginable thought, battling
with It, scoffing at it. Succumbing to
it and all without a word. Mr. Chal
loner was without clue to this strug
“It Is He! It Is He!"
glp, but the might of It and th(> mys
tery of it, drove him in extreme agita- '
tatiou from the room. Though proof
\va% lucking, though proof might never i
come, nothing could ever alter his be
lief from this moment on that Doris
was right in her estimate of this man's
guilt, however unsubstantial her rea
soiling might appear.
Hew far he might have been carried
bv this new conviction; whether he
would have left the house without see
ing Doris again or exchanging another
word with the man whose very pres
ence trilled him, he had no opportun
ity to show, for before he had taken
another step, he encountered the hur
rying figure of Doris, who was return
ing to her gnests with an air of
marked relief.
"He does not know that you are
her*;,” she whispered to Mr. Challoner.
as she passed him. Then, as she again
confronted Orlando who hastened to
dismiss his trouble at her approach,
she said quite gaily: ’.Ylr. Rrotherson
heard your voice, and is glad to know
that you’re here, He hade me gtre
you this key and say that you would
have found things in better shape if
he had been in condition to superin
tend the removal of the boxes to the
place he had prepared for you before
he became ill. I was the one to do
that,” she added, controlling her aver
sion with manifest effort “When Mr.
Hroth. rson ’ante to himself he asked
if I had heard about any large boxes
having arrived at the station shipped
to his name. I said that several no
tices of such had come to the house.
At which he requested me to see that
they were carried at once to the
strange looking shed he had put up
for him in the woods. T thought that
they were for him, and 1 saw to the
thing myself. Two or three oth* s
have come since and been taken io
the same place. I*think you will iind
nothing broken or disturbed: Mr.
Brotherson's wishes are usually re
spected.’’
' 1 bat is fortunate for me," was the
courteous reply.
But Orhindo Brotherson was not
himself, not at all himself as lie bowed
a formal adieu and withdrew past the
drawn-up sentinel-like figure of Mr.
t'hallpner, without a motiao or. his
part or on the part of that gentleman
to lighten an exit which had some
thing in it of doom and dread presage.
CHAPTER XXX.
Chaps.
It is not difficult to understand Mr.
Ckalloner’s feelings or even those of
Doris at the moment of Mr Brother
sun's departure. But why this change
in Brot.herson himsel.! Why this
sense of something new and terrible
rising between him and the suddenly
beclouded future? Let us follow him
tc his lonely hotel room and see if we
can solve the puzzle.
But first, does he understand his
own trouble? He .icer not seem to.
For when, his hat tnro.ir aside, he
stops, erect and frown:ag under the
flaring gas Jet lie had no recollection
of lighting, his first act was to >ift his
hand to his head in a gesture of sur*
prising helplessness for him, while
snatches of broken sente rear. fc" from
his lips among which could he heard:
"What fias come to r e? Undone in
an hour! Doubly undone! First by
a face and then by this thought whi -h >
surely the devils have whispered fo
me. Mr. Challoner and Oswald! W) at
is the link between them? Great (bd!
what is the link? Xct myself? Who
then or what?"
Flinging himself into a ehair, he
buried his face in his hands. Th to
were two demons to fight—the first in
t'le gnlse of an ang'M. (>.»r*t»* On
known yesterday, unknown at hour
| ago; but now! Had there ever been
a day—an hour—whea she had not
! be«n as the very throb of his heart,
j the light of ills eyes, and the erowr. of
1 all imaginable blisses?
This was no passing admiration of
| youth for a captivating woman. Thie
j was not even the love he Iiad given
: to Edith Challoner. He did not know
; himself. There was aot.ilng in I ts
1 whole history to givi hint an under
standing of such feelings as these.
He, Orlando Brotherson, had hever
thought much of love. Science had
been his mistress; ambltid’* his lode
star. Miss Challoner had roused—•
well, his prile. He could see that
new. The might of this new emotion
made plain many things hfehsd passed
by us useless, puerile, unworthy of a
man of mental caliber sue might. Ha
had never loved Edith •’mHloner at
any moment of their acquaintance
ship, though he had open sincere in
thinking that lie di I. Doris’ beauty,
the hour he had just passed w iui her,
had undeceived r ii i.
Did he hail the experience’ It was
not likely to bring h;r,; ioy. This
young girl wh >se Image ftja^ed iu
light before his eyes, wouh .ever love
lti n. She loved >is i ro’he \ He had
bes’-d their oh .ies r.iei.tio.’sd together
before he had oeen in tc vn an hour.
Oswald, the cleverest rr.sr, Doris, the
most beautiful girl in western Penn
sylvania.
lie find accepted (he gossip then;
lie had not seen her aim it all seemed
very natural—hardly wo ft a mo
ment's thought. But now —
Aud here, the other demon sprang
erect and grappled with him before /
the first cue had let go his hoid. Os
wald and Challoner! There is more
than Fate’s caprice in OhaHorer’s in
terest in a man he never saw. Had lie
found the connecting link? Had it
been—could it have been Edith? The
preposterous is sometimes true;
could it be true in this case?
IU Uc • ON .NUfifi Nl'XT WfcfU)
Man Bad :i 7.0C0 Yeara Ago.
“Mail lias showed no Improvement
either in lutel«*Clnalit.v or morals fruiu
the days of the earliest Kg.vptians and
Syrians, 7.000 years ago, to the keel
laying of the latest dreadnought.” ac
cording to a survey which Dr. Alfred
Russell Walaoe. known as the "grand
old man of science,” completed on the
eve of his ninetieth birthday.
“There has been, of course, a great
accumulation of human knowledge,”
he adds, "but for all that we are no
clevprer titan the ancients
"There is still more abominable
vice going on: every kind of cruelty
to the poor and children: adulteration
in every commodity, and lies every
where.
"The average of mankind will re
main the same until natural selection
steps in to raiRe it. The outlook is
hopeful.”
Emulating the American Spirit.
We in Japan have told our soldiers
to fight like the American colonists—
in the morning like boys, at noon like
men. and in the afternoon like de
mons.— Baron Kaneko.