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the great idea.
FM*T AMD ritAXCIN
WAI.TOK.
•*uht. IfCO, by McClure. Phllllpe Sc
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. r ot f“r in Instant to he
•‘i* iirest Idea w ** possessed In
\ . winning by Ruderlck in the grove
lg . if .nd symmetry In which It ul
(t tood revealed. He conceived at
' the vague outline, and worked
, }# i (alia afterward aa o vatiun sarv
. jt Is to him and not to Judge
j that the credit of the Great Idea
teion**
t * it known, that In the city of Corn
i i go Harwood. before he went to
mm tho predecessor of Mayor
x,, ,m and th.it In MiJ Harwood a day
: < , k and his clan held carnival, and
ier World wan iniquitouedy cneour
fl< quire vested interests In the
* Cornvlile. Tnerefore. there ns
H dlgnatlcn In the Under World
. Herbert R#n>haw, Kq. became a
,ii ute for Mayor aga-nst Mayor lUr-
Tii* Powers that Ituie met ns one
r; . oppose hl el*nt,on. There was a
p ,t when It pearned that they might
, , h the individual ovslstan-e of the
* that Prey, hut fato decided n*h
l ate was Ruderlck and the Great
Idea
T> ?ht banner of reform flaunted by
gr-htri Renanaw. K*q.. flu* ked r. any ad
be 'v among th*rr. hie friend !*Mw!n
Cem -k a gentleman of upright piejudlo's.
r - p.i hard Knglar. who owned a hank
ird considered that oil earthly matters
f b. . uha conducted wPh reference to that
f,. These three condituicd themselves
i power and a Party -and drew up that
*v h they miscall'd a plaafoiW
X' the time Herbert Hcnshsw, Ksq . an
r un-ed hunseif a candidate for the oflh e
gf M>or of Cotnvlllo there were three
bvl men In the municipality who travel*!
et 1 transacted business under the names
of Frttals" Gannas, "Soapy" Wadlnw.an 1
Trenchy" latans. In the class beneath
I: .'(crick McKlowd thsy wore the grrat
ut and the moat envied ftvler World
c .brutes living In the community. "Frit*
re' wus a gamester from I-ondon.
Ilngland, who betted when he knew be
ferenand that ha rould not lose because
he had fixed things that way. "Soapy"
*a a "too!” from 'Frisco, who could
reef a ;earner" In a driving rain an I
gale of wind, and "Frenrhy” was a
a'-all” from Quebec, who was a crowd
i himself and could create a push an I
aqueesc on an open prairie. If the victim
r-.arked for the dip should take refuge
there. He could arrange a "frame-up" and
relieve "Pnapv" of tic- stolen pocket hook,
after "Soapy" had lifted It from the vic
tims pocket, with a rapidity that made
h*< j*st* practiced fellow "stalls** proclaim
hum a Wumlerklnd
Be It knowm that the three bad men,
with the severe wlmpllclty of taste that
b* • * to an aristocracy, drtesled
peso." In tha event of ftenshaw'a elec
t—r as Mayor the three helleveil that
< 'orr. villa would assume a pose of rectl
tud* which was the less agreeable to
t m becatiee It would hurt their business
Therefore, when Kenshatv's nomination
v is announced they took counsel with
tlmmsaivea and with Ruderlck for the de
feel of Renshaw and the better govern
ment of dimdtli. It was Roderick's tlis
t r,cilon In every community where ha
happened to settle for any length of time
to i asked for hl view on all mailer*
'' trvporfance to the I’nder World. Hpeak
b generally, he did nol give advice un
i's* he fad like It. and for the most
Port h did not feel like It. He looked
’•"on ' chewing the rag" aa a vanity, use
**"• before a man bos done hi# Job, and
rMnoug afterward. **More good gons
"<lk them-elves Into the sllr In a year."
h* said; "than all the force could cop
lt< a century." He was by tempero
i *ht u "single-handed" specialist; whit
1 lad to do profeeetnncilly he liked to do
■•ns, hnd no question* nskol and no talcs
B J "A gun that works by himself cm
e-.T turn state's evidence, and there's
r.vh s|y in Marne If the Job turns hid.
■c *1 i ..body to share with If It ilon*l," wns
'■* l'arts hla reply lo all auggeathma that
"'Join a "push ’*
icre were times, however, when Ru
l,,r!' *• "aw points for hie own hand In
* era) discussion, and "Krltxie." "Soapy"
* l "Krenefijr" dropped (n upon him at
me wtnn he was very seriously eonabt
'*"’ff what < ards at the monten* ho heid.
* Wl ** m*.tinting the (treat Idea
l rttsis" was the spokesman of the
, rfl * r d he gave Ruderlck, from the
* point of view very conclusive nr
why Herbert Renshaw, Ksq
* rf> * be elected Mayor of Corn vMle.
. * elecled." Krltxie explained. *'ll*ll
* 'h *nme thing over again that tve was
‘P axalnM ,n York, when that reform
' nkorstlon was in office You know
ti> r '*'* f that all us hlokew hid to get out
* ' *e MS was known, ond Ihe outside
that the from office wasn't next
:, "*M to town andlcopped out the
j‘ *’ v I '■ * got my stake In Harwood, an'
nk we ought to elect him He's
°f course, but blokes like u tha*
~ Bioen can't do business whore tns
/ >r police ain't crooked. Rn
1' t ' nu, * <, ‘ *ome old Hubs chief o' po
“o' we'll all get the chilly mil."
hera'a rrferat admlnlstrmlona an'
p ' * reform administrations." add
-e cri- k. after a pause which wxa rather
•'s-.xr for auckt an intimate conclave.
“You say Harwood's crooked, an* that's
Jus' w hat I got again* him lb s too
crooked He mak*s you an’ me cough
up half what we get. an* yet he* mikin'
three time* .is mi* h m w** are himself.
That * the kind o Moke I like to do. an*
1 m goin’ to do him this election He a
the meanest grader in this berg, an’ you
know it an* 1 know it. What you Moke*
den t know la that ihla It n*hw push
I* goln' to be easy to work Any reform
I*oll. e force they |Ht In ffi *• * going
Ik* dead—dead. 1 tell vou Kcnthaw an*
his gong don’t know u* from any other
four stiff* in town. He’ll change the
whole fry # Glinkin’ (hex re all crooked,
an flieifi that’s turned out'll keep up tin
der cover out o* epite. an* then w* g< t
our gi ift in an* there ain*’ so Rarxvood
around to squtese the profit* out of ua.
H*‘e* 1 You take my tip, an* turn in an’
elect rteurhaw *•
These m. re his words, and the flrt ex
p-h.on of the Great Idea. What Ru
d**rl k McKlowd recommended with a
•‘l ike my tip. " whether it was in “York.**
In **<*hi** or In Corwllte, usually "went.”
eo hlgidy did the Under World appraise
him Ar.d thus it c ime about that in
t’ornville the Under World determined to
turn down lt.trwond and hla following and
help elect a reform a<ltnlnlatration. Wad
low. Osnnee and Uatane were slmpl* -
minded men who went about their buxi
ne- * with a Homeric directness when on ©
tliey had le. ide 1 wh *| was to be done
They got themselves constituted the ofll
cl.tl gu.iidian* of the ballot bo* and
Judges of the election in the lWh ward,
which had deckled o;her elections, aud
would decide this one.
Kleotton day came and went. Mayo-
R.irsooil counted on the Ninteteenth ward,
which had won the former election for
him. The judges of the election sat about
the stove in the polling booth behind
locked d*or.. smok'd g ^ Igars. drank
Hcoicb high Italia and received reports
trom time to time of how the other ward.*
had H'Wf They made no effort to count
the votes. There was a dispute in the
••I Havr a Brcon*l Fifty TtuMSgaml." H.ail tha Visitor.
TMrieenth ward in regard to Ihe adm.s
aiblllty of certain voles, which lasted all
night following the close of the polls and
Ihe next day ant the night after that.
There was understood to l*e a dispute In
the Nineteenth ward ulso In regard to the
Imlaalhltlrr Of certain vole*. At 7
o'clock on the second morning a mesvage
arrived thot the dispute In the Thirteenth
was settled; Bar Wood needed a majority
of R*> In Ihe Nineteenth to elect him. A<
the count stoo.l he had a majority of
but Du) odd. Tpc facet) of the four men
In the polling bboth were gray and sticky
with fatigue, but a glance of understand
ing passed around.
"There's nothin' like an honest count,
blokes. Is there?" remarked Ruderlck
With a yawn "If we hadn't been here
to see that the thing was done on the
level Ihe majorliy 'ud 'a' been cheated out
of Its rights—alnd't tl?— as Dutchy used
to say."
11.
When MtTyor Renshaw came Into hi*
kingdom he governed it ao as to save his
own soul. Incidentally hla course exas
perated a great many other people, who
but for him would have lost tfcelr *oul
but once, or possibly not at all. into losing
them twice over, but every one, bent on
saving his own soul la bound to think first
of himself and to regard other people ami
their souls as details In the .landscape.
His great achievement was the creation
of a police force that did not know how
to wink Edwin Towle#' inability to wfink
glorified all his remaining abilities In
Mayor Rcnahaw's eyes, who begged him
to sacrifice himself on Ihe sltar of civic
duly, which was Cornvlllese for accepting
an apoplntmrnt as chief of police Mayor
Renshaw snid that neither he nor hla sub
ordinates should take tithes from Ihe har
vest of stn and shame, and Edwin Cowles
sacrificed himself Both played their des
tined part In lha realisation of the Great
Idea
Then was the city of Cornville delivered
Into the hands of the three had men.
who opened It ns their oyster, and that
wna theiralcstlned prt In th realtastlon
of the Great Idea. "Krltxie" Gannas, with
his "sure thing" enterprises, reaped a
harvest which ha had never supposed Corn
villa rould produce. Ha had thought that
tha town had dona Its utmost as a
"sporty" rommunlty under Mayor Bar
wood's "open" administration. hut he
learned that a town la never so bultlMe as
whan reform attempts to tell It that It
•'■(han’t, "fto.tpv” Wadlow and "Frenchy"
I.ntnne made similar agreetthledfscoverles.
I'ocke'books were, perhaps, no more num
erous than In Mayor Barwood s day, hut
I hey "came up easier." as "Soapy” put It.
and he and "Frenchy" "dipped” deep
! with Impunity. It la also to be remark
ed that thev were nol called on to pay a
percentage of their winnings to the
"wise " Indeed, the three were so pleas
ed with their success and so confident of
the Innocenre and Ignorance of their (on
slltuenta. that they determined to mm
blne Interests and make a "run* on
Richard Knglar. Esq.'s bank It was de
cided this the easiest way to achieve the
“run*' wo* to approach th* bullolnf
I through a subterranean passage, and the
; three started to dig a tunnel.
When affairs were In this posture anl
ihe tunnel nearly completed Ruderlck Mc-
K|owd stepped cite day off a train which
had brought him out of the b-yond. The
Grant Idea had taken him away from
Cornville soon after Herbert Renshaw
was elected Mayor, and It was the Great
Idea that brought him hark With the let
ten of Introduction and recommendation
(hat he had In his pocket when he iteptv
ad on Ihe train he wag officially a much
THE*MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1000.
more respec than when he
hft Cornvlile, bur in essentials, he was
Mill Ruderlck M Kiowd. ’ the slick Uhl
gur ' He went straight from the train
to the "Front office," oaid called on the
cotef.
Mr. Cowloy," Ruderlck began, “I have
been g.vert to understand that you are
1 Hiku-.jr for anew man for your detective
force. 1 have had considerable experience
in ihe and tectUe busine*, and 1 should like
t be your nw man. If you're satisfied
with my redrnttals.**
“1 we that you are certified to as being
a \erv ‘wise man.' remarked Mr Cowles
after a hasty perusal of Kuderb k's |a
i*rs. **l Mpifw he that word 'wise' is mere
■ly a techm al term In poll'e parlance."
“That’s what If is, Mr. Cowles. A wise
man in the police business Is Just wise,
that’s all"
"Lou have some arqua ntanre, have you
with tha crimlnai classes? Wn very much
need rt matt who undera:ands tha ways
of Ihli ves ."
’Of course, I don't get myself tip a*
anything extractd nary, Mr. Cowles, but
you've got my rec*rd in iho e papers.“
"Well, Mr McKlowd, I’ll take your
name into cooalderatkn Good afternoon,
air."
• ••••• •
Three Vtya later there was natonlsh
nent. bewilderment and profanity In the
Under Work! Kuderkk McKlowd had
been appointed chief of detectives In the
town of Cornville. and the Under World
wondered what Site appointment meant.
When Inquisitive, the Under World l- like
a child—lt walk* up and ask* the ques
tions. and Roderick McKlowd’s ctlb e was
besieged by "guns" who deslted to know
what was what and what ws "doing"
Among the met there were the three, who
hidyx me by special summons Ho far h*
derlck had hoped it would. The lln ue-inl
value of the idea was still to le demon
strated. The three bad men were Invito I
Into Ruderlck * private office, were, by
Judk ious questioning, they were made to
declare that they had nothing whatever
"on” and had not done any business In
the town since the feform administration
went Into power, and that they had been
"ditched” by Ruderlck # Idea, and were
tick of the place and ready to quit It T<>
all of this Ruderlck listened with a po
liteness which was exemplary In a pub to
(•fiber and an old friend. Whe.n (hey ha-l
finished, his reply, too, was exemplary gist
significant.
"Blokes." he said. "I ain't much on
chewin' Ihe rag, hul I'm more'n a little
glad o' what you've told me. 'n' that
you're sick of the town I'm particular
glad you’re nol mixed up In that tunnel
business under Knglar's bank. The fel
ler that's done that has got to choke It
off. see? I can't stand for It. Anythin'
else 't4 been done 'lore I got here ain't
any o' my business. For yourselves, my
tip as an old pal Is, since you're nick of
this town to get shut of It by Ihe next
intiler. I'm res|onelble for what's done
here from this on. an' I'll have to mike
a pinch If you hang around, ao you'd bet
ter try to mooch. I guess you've made
your pile here ary how. an' It's lime 'I
you got your graft In elsewhere. I ain't
makln' no passe# at you nor nothin', bu
If you sprint you can catch tha* 7:30 this
evenin'. It 'ud give me a pain to see you
here after 3 o'clock 10-nlght. So lon*,
blokes, lake care o' yourselves."
111.
Judge Barwood had the name of being
able to so with Impunity the hreadth of a
hair closer than any other man In Corn
, ,||.- ’ •' Ini" ' 1 at l< > l*>• ''
periled his own and tits client's liberty to
cross. It was said of him that he made
tl a point of honor never to turn away
and never to fail to help, ond to profit by.
a client.
One evening six days and a fraction, to
be a cell rate, after Roderick's historic
warning to the three had men—Judge Bor
wood was summoned from his bed by an
Importunate visitor who made himself
agreeable by opening his business with the
tender of it retaining fee. The fee was a
bundle of *.V notes; the man was In ap
pearance perhaps ffi years of age. power
ful deformed, inordinately sloueh-haSted,
great coated, long-haired and whiskered
"The bills lo the best of my belief are
genuine; your beard, to the best of my be
lief Is not." said the lawyer. "Tht* look#
to me like fishy business."
"I do not offer you the heard as a retain
er; I offer you the bills."
"And the voice In which you offer them
Is SO far from being your own ehst you
make be doubt whether the Mils, how
ever gen-u-lne. are gen-u-tnely your*. I
! pay again this looks like fishy business."
"You seem lo be a person of some pen
etration.' said Ihe visitor.
[ "If you had not thought so before you
i came you would not be her*," said the
lawyer.
"So long as you do not know my real
j heard and my real voice, I don't care how
1 well you know my false heard and false
! voice. As for the money, you may take It
or leave It."
1 "And thot's soon said." replied the law-
Iver loving the hills on Ihe table between
him and his client with a gesture that
neither took them nor left them. "Try a
I seat." he said, standing before an open
fire and toasting a costume which was os-.
! trntatlously provisional. "Take off your
• , oat and hat and make yourself at home."
Judge Barwood had a good gray eye wllh
n twinkle In It, and the accent of hla In
vitation was Jocular.
"I • m much more comfortable with
them on; the roots la cokt" aiMd '* vis
itor. >
Tho thermometer on thr J-tnih of thn
h-H.r rcgiMernt In tho full w>ll|tht 7 dr
fc'. j u ,t to." mH .■rtw*<-lUv*-
|y; ".Inil miv mut iho
“Tho hunnm Jo tho htuht of ttmpllrl.
y; I huvo ,'tolon for potnomtl rM
>n* I oh|*vt to .iny ono'# *ttotnplnit to
I nit- .itul to lkn ow.iy tho monot
Tho visitor 1.0 hut • oo<l *niy *><■
Aln> Cho m ent of hl nnrounoomont w
tho i.ot In tho norhl jnroo.
-Ami that a vary natural ohjorrioti,
too," mi*l tho man of law "Xho plain*
rot way to avoid It 1* to *ond tho monoy
tni-k."
"If 1 had horn looking for tho platoio.i
w.iy I ohottkl not havi- ha<l to oonto to
your honor tor advloo I roukl have found
the olaltient wuy in let-If "
Tho two ivtlr* of ttuod gray ovoa Itwknl
Into otio another with *pt*rooltlon.
"1 r tw.it." ald tho Jtulito. "that thl.
look* llko a tlhy litittliioan. Ami what
to very rouvh to tho point in an nff.ilr of
till* magnitude, that bundle of note* on
the table t* too email to be kwikivt tt:
without die omfort."
"That bundle of notea t* not a .mall
fee for llntenitif to me tell you that <
have etolen |.i><vi That I* all I have
a.ked for It. When you hrtve told me
how to keep the IVO.Odi. the bundle on
the table will be bigger"
"It would have to be a great deal big
grr." .
“Would It art a limit to It* hlgtne** |f the
man cwtt of whom the h'e 'OO omect had
done you dirt?" .
There were not a great many men tn
t'ornvtlie from wtiom fan.olo eould be lift -
el Il.trwnod'a face took ou a look of
Intense Ittlereat.
"N'ol Knghtr?” .
•'Knglnr'”
llartvootl's face broadened Into a grim
am lie.
"You are nulte reaolved not to put the
money tuck?"
"Quite."
"It la rtally my duty to urga the
D.int."
“Y'ou hava urgad It."
Barwood with iha grim amlla *llll fin
g* rit*g on hm fa’a, otroda for a tlmn up
ami down th* room, an incarnation of
practical intelligence in labor. In dreoslng
gown. ID iMime at lat to a halt In bis
former elation before the Hr**.
“Gould >ou ateal any moreF' he asked
gravely.
"How much more, for example?"
* Well say a oecond fifty thotieand. You
could liar illy make a deal with less."
"I have etolen a second fifty Ihrmsand.'’
said the viidtor. drawing n considerable
l*arrel from under his lnak and laying
It cm tlie table. "I calculate*! myself that
It would take about a oecond fifty to pro
tact the firet."
"You eeem !o be a client of great fore
thought to employ an attorney of great
penetration." ald the Judge. • • • It
i only left to eettle whore and when I
am to let you know wh*t 1 have done; 1
Atippnee you can trust yourself not to get
caught?"
Tide was unkind; the Powers that Rule
ware become a Joke in Corovilfa. and
Henehaw. who had been Harwood's rival,
was the point of the joke.
"I can trust myself a good deal better
not to he caught If I don't trust any one
elre with my address When I want to
know what you have done I will come and
auk you Good night. Mr. Attorney."
"Goon night. Mr. 8* amp.”
The two men parted with mutual respect
and good will.
Harwood had made It a point of con
science In the conduct of his Mfe, when he
had a thing to do, which whh agreeable to
himself and disagreeable to someone else,
never,to procrastinate. Thera wax healdej*
an additional reason In the present case
for dispatch. It did not enter Into hla
views for his client that Richard Knglar
should not have a churn s to keep his losh
unknown.
"Mr. Knglar," he said, with the regret
which a man throws Into hla X'olca when
he sp*uks of th*> misfortune of a personal
enemy. “I am informed that you have
Just been robbed of $100,000; I don't know
whesher It H true or not. A man so
bundled up that I could make nothing of
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There Is singularly little more to tell
Knitiar and his board of directors had
a meeting before daylight that morning,
ascertained the truth and/moved motion*
at'd pass'd resol til km - They resolved
to get the thief if they eoilld. they r. nlv
ed timt they -oukt not afford to let tw* nt> -
five OhhimH’4 slip through their finger
they rceolvetl fr the present to kec| the
loss concealed from the puNlx pi .* and
from the state. They consulted with
Judge itarwniMt mwl Instructed him to noti
fy In* client if his client should again
enter Into communl-ation witli him. that
they had takeu tils offer under ad\l- -
ment; secretly they employetl one ltu l
erl k M-Kiowd to find out what !• omiM
about the robbery. Judge Harwood’* cli
ent did not at this time again enter into
communlctttloq with him. nd Hiskrltk
found only that the tunnel by means of
which the (milk had been entered had been
mad** by one Ganmw with th“ nssl<tan‘-e
of two .Van pan lons, rmnv and Wod'ow and
laitnne respe*tlvely; but he *<xin *ll lin
ed word that they were In Uhlladelfihl i.
aotunliy In detent loti t th* time the bank
was broken into, liters had been n national
convention wt I’hllad* Iphla and the police
bed put th. tbfM bad mat h* tMy
would do th<* m*s*r good. tf their whet*-
abu)is Mium their rebate nothing *ou(d
he teamed Knglar sabt thni Rinlert.-k
was ns big an mm* as the reft of the
Front Office, and must have turned fi>-
cp Ik* he . oil'd not made a living
as a thief an opinion whh (i was fw*sltlv*
|y pr* mature The dir* tors of the (sink
once more conmilted with Jinlge |lnrw'<s|
and instructed him to notify his client, if
hie ißent should again enter into com
munication with them, that thev accept
ri| his offer dajra afterward they
bound themselves. th**ir heirs and assigns
in a manner and form which Harwood
thougtd w<wth thirty-five thousand to
himself and hi# light visitors, and in re
turn for tho document !• laid that
amount
Two nights later he was going home
from his office In the dusk when a quav
ering voice demanded an aims The speak
er was a patched and battered figure, a
decrepit old man. wild-eyed and wild-hair
ed
’lt’s only a drink 1 want " repeated Ihe
beggar as he ehufiled nl>ne at Harwood's
side. "You **e’t I'm no liar—l don’t want
nothin’ to eat I want a drink. It only
costs a dime, hoc."
They h*l reached a stretch of field
through which Harwood was wont lo
make a short cut to his home, and as he
left the sidewalk and turned Into the fleld
pnth the beggar suddenly ;-trntghtened
himself, dropped the whine of bis voice,
and tapping Harwood familiarly on the
■boulder, said: *T say. Mr Attorney, hand
over that agreement that you made for
me with Knglar."
A fortnight later Ruderlck was dl*
charged from the rornvllte force for
drunkenness and incompetence. The e*.
pec tut ions he had raised when Uhlef
Cowles engaged hm he hail not fulfilled
Upon his discharge hr* paid u visit to Chi
rn go. where he keeps H safe de|osit vault.
In which he placed among other things
the agreement which Judge Harwood had
obtained for Ills unknown client. This was
the finishing touch In the realisation of
tho Oreat Idea.
GEMMA* WONK3 IMJ I Hint.
They Are the do let. Hard-Working.
*ta>-at-Home llrror*.
Tn Germany a dog may be ald to live
a "dog's life." And having made Ihls oh
servallon about dogs one Is tempted |<>
ask: "What ahouf the women of Ger
many?” For before he knows It the. trav
eler In Iho Fatherland has begun to asso
ciate the women and the dogs I'erhaps
this Is because he see* them ao often toll
Ing along together side by side In the
market roads or In Ihe streets of cltle*.
dragging heavy carts. And perhaps It Is
bemuse both aro so uncomplainingly
faithful and strong, and silent.
At rtr*t the American looks u|ion all Ihls
with Ihe disfavor of unfamlllftrlty, for In
come# froffi a country where the dogs, at
least, live lives of aristocratic leisure, but
after all. the women and Ihe dogs arc nol
so badly treated They are up early and
to bed late and for long hours they wear
tho harness of work and yet one Is ltn
preseed With Iho unvarying kindness
shown these fnlthful pervanta. Visit any
German market pla-e and one sees hun
dreds of dog carls drawn up to the pave
ment edge and Ihe dog whli his harness
loosened lying on a clean *oft mat which
has been spread Mown for him. If *
rains there I* often a bit of canvas or
an umbrella to stretch over* him At the
market In Hamburg once I saw a dog ly
ing under a little collapsible lent which
had been raised over him while It rain'd
And the dogs everywhere look sleek nd
well fed. and they seem to take n Inter
esl In drawing the load, often Irsiklng up
to tho woman opposite wllh almost human
companionship 'n a rainy dy In Vienna
I saw a (log holding the woman's skirls
out of the mud In his leelh while both
tolled tiefnre a huge load of cabbages.
The women 100, look well-kept. Their
clothing I* clean nr.d carefully metaled,
though often coarce. and v<n those loll
ing burden hearers are not without little
touches of feminine finery. Jnvarlihly
they look strong and well, the younger
one# rosy of ch( • k, smooth and sunny of
hair, stout of arm. n-l the older ones.
I hough oft< n bent, are still vigorous At
ruv-n one s-'s them sitting by their dogs,
eating (heir rve bn a I and sausage, and
occasionally offering a tld-t.lt to the gr. .it
faithful creature, who stands near wltn
eager eyes. And as they eat one hears
them chatter very much as I heir sister#
do everything the world over-* bit of
p easant gossip about dre.s and husbands
and docs Thu Ihe women arel ( he dogs
brlr.g most of the produce fr-An the gar
dens to the city markets, thus travel all
manner of peddlers, old cloths buyers
and so on.
In one respect, however, the dog* are
better off than the women When they
reach home they may rest; he women
never rest. One sees them tn the field at 5
O'clock In the morning and at 9 j'c'ock
In the evening, grubbing and hoeing, and
harvesting In lie elilrs they arc up ond
down, and everywhere with tuske'a strap
ped to their shoulder-. < arrytng laundry
work, vest tables, meat, fruit, babies. The
markets are run by women almost exclu
tlvaiy and It Is a common algnt lo see
women sawing or splitting wood In Ihe
guests as 1 saw them often, or mixing
mortar for new buildings, loading and un
loading hi I k iiml lumber, ml doing all
m.initer of other heavy work
Aral >*t. In spile >f nil fiii*. the Ger
man wonmn, even of the lowest caste,
manage to appear wixnunlv, to attemt to
her household duties, anl to sent bee
cbildriei out ksiking fairiv clean nod wH|
dnwrd. For tes*d*‘ nl[ this twind wrk
the tii imnii woin.m brings inanv children
Into tha world iis| they, like th* !*;•.
are tiMliiMl to work a.** immiq m they . m
toddle A wotnuti’s sag*' on* only u few
rent* u lay atsl yet, in tho aggr* gate,
over nil theOe rmunv, they moan an ini
rwansa adrllism yearly t* tho wealth of the
nif ion Tho wotnai are th* bur-l# u b r
rr* mid If it is• re not lor their ppahn uve
toll Geriuany would mhui bankrupt It
Is the Work of the wixnrn which *n.l;
Oentiam t Mipport tin* finest army In tno
workl, to withdrew nundredH of thoiM.nl*
*f young men every year from the ranks
of productive l Ur. to onabh* tho Kai***r
to btq*i* f v.iiwindy over tin* Ohlm *< qiu -
tl*n and growl At Kngliiisl or tlri ii
France. \\ hen one ciih** to think f if
the hrro-m.iking buslnesa in Germany
falls Oft tho wlinesi In the next gr- it
war. although f w will at kmk m it. th*
women will he the real winners of every
\ toty. the quiet, hard-working MIV .it
home hero* who have wnl he*l and work*
• I the farm, and built rn* houses while
their sons tied hteh.itul* wore glittering
umrorni'* • tho.-r ticrot'a tho women and
the dogs.
FOX TKHltirm kll.lA \ i: IUI.K.
Fierce Outlie Uiinnl In the Cellar
of n Ora eery More.
From the New York Mall and Kxpraoa.
H|t wasn't fo ling \ety well. He s.t
disc on so ately on the -id* walk in front of
hi- niastcr'e and 'r, mi l bncul* and oxer some
secret grief lie ht l wliipp* I all the cats
In the nelghi'Oi hood and tak.n a few
chunks out of strange dogs, but hla fox
terrier soul yearned for a victory that
would (hr >w all pr vloua one* in shade
Kveti Tony, the pug. who llv***! around
th** corner, was permitted to pass tn quiet,
although on oilier occasions. Ilk** Dick
Hwtv* Her. he had to go around the block
to get across the street.
TIo something that worried Hfmt was
the peculiar noise emanating at frequent
Intervals from tin* cellar of Henry Myer’s
groc i v store. <m the corner of Twentv
slxtli afreet and First avenue Hpot mad**
several attempts to sc* what kind of a
beast made that noise, but every time bur
ly Joint the grocer’s son kicked
bint a wax
lost night the noise In the cellar be
• ante particularly exasperating to Hpot.
and finding the cellar door unguarded for
i moment, ha slipp'd In. There, chained
to tin* wall by otic leg was a huge bird
|lt wa an egle. in fact, but flppt did tu t
know It, of ho might have hesitate 1 before
tackling tho great bird of freedom. Hut
S|iot merely saw u new enemy and sailed
in to do or die.
For the next few minuets the air was
full of fur, fe-Vhers. claws and legs Hot
I tie* of wine, boxes of cigars. Jars *f Jelly
and other dellcaefea w**re ircsed In all dl
| rcKtlons. the shrill scream of the eagle
I mluglliig w ith the giowl and o* caslonal
I bowls of the dog
Spot finally withdrew for breath, tur
v-yed III* Injuries, and then decided to
| have another round. At that Juncture
Tony, the pug. attracted by the sound **f
battle, ran down the cellar stairs. Spot
w is again In hut conflict by that time and
having a perfectly lovely time, from a fox
terrier standim nt. •
During a lull h* saw Tony and. wining
the feathers from hi* mouth, he wtilsparad
•b'gm.nicitlly to hi- former enemy t* help
him “do tip that feathered chump" Tnnv.
nothing I* atb, plunged Info the fray, and
h . M)n the .agle was overeem* H|af got a
K rlp on the bird's neck and severed th
H.nal cord Both dogs were pretty well
scratched, but the pleasure of victory was
superior to |*iin.
Tho eagle was c aptured on l*ong Island
by meinleiaof a yachting party consisting
0 f th*- Chicago gas millionaire, (V K J
Hilling', and sev ral friends 'Hie bird was
brought to New U*rk and put In the cellar
W br** the New York Yacht t’lub keeps nil
Its wines and preserves
k Sure Curt for
Indigestion and Dyspepsia.
mm ,inrn;iih I* tlio lalKirutory of the
Ily. K .-•'■> It in order iiikl itlwao- <mi
not rilil. Tynor'n I>yi—|>iii Hrtnedy In
cn-AM'H tho .i|i|X"Mr, ux>iinll.ila thr frw<l.
Mill* dlm**Kftott ami jm> MHfly ram nil
• lomai h *n<l hnwrl fruublM nrlalnit frrnn
a w>-nk and dlMaiirrrd dir*atton. It never
fall*. i. thousand! teatlfy.
t ared A*ter Yrara of fußprlig.
Mr. W. 11. <*|ark of Alldila. Ua.. (ay!:
“I aufTrred veverrly with dyofaepila for
Si yrara, but thank* to Tynrr'a I>y|Kf
,|U It. tn* dy II ha rntlrrly cured mi- and
I atn wall attain. It U the b* medicine
on earth."
I’rteo J/l cent! per lark# bottle. Koc
rale hv flnitnrt*'*. Kl * ►>•<•' for t2.to.
or Kent by rupm** on rneelpt of price
by TV N I'.ll'H I (YHIT.I‘BI A ItKMKIir
Cfl, 1 (flij H. Korayth • . Atlanta Oa.
Send Sc to pay |aaMaifO for a aample
bottle.
An Open Letter
/•' Jaiper Iprlafi,
. (rntmt) lava.oak. 0...
Sept. 7, 1900.
Columbia Dro. ( ompaor.
Nav.a.ab, Oa.i
ne.flemea—l have beea nflerlai
null Chllla aad Fever for more than
threw month*. Have beea under
Irratairal of arvrral doefora, tried
several ao-ealled thill Toalra, aunr
of vrhlrb brnrilied me. At |nat I
tred oar bottle of your Vmlth'a Chill
and Fever Toalr, aad arllbla l|iree
daya I felt mneh brtter, aad after
uilna the irroad battle I am clad to
■ay I am rottrely eared. I write thl*
m that yon may be able to Inform
athrra who may aalfer aad aeaare
them of a rare. Very truly yonra,
(tlgard) HMHV TOETTBR,
Seed Oats! Seed Rye!
Teinw R>l Proof Sit. Coasl-ralaoil
nye. Cow Feed. May, drain. Bran and
Feeda of all klnda for atock and poultry.
T. DAVIS,
Telephone 23. 1U Bay street, weal.
CNICMUTIS I ENOLIkM
PEHNYROyALPILLS
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SAVES MEAT
LIEBIG
COMPANY'S EXTRACT
OF BCCF
Makes Mont Cos Further
Makes Soup Tasto Richer
l. T. It Of H R'Y MO G. BS. U
l Mill Ml IIBIM I.K.
For lle of Hope, Thilliderbnlt, Monttrom
ery, I'uttlo I'.irk and Wen! Knd,
Subject to (It.lire without notice.
IML.K OF Hull: AM. TKNTH MTItICKT.
lev city for lof II l.v laic of Hopr
*f j uni fiom Tenth k Uutiii for TonTh
10 l.'i am from Tenth lo li jin for Tenth
11 t uni from Tenth II n> .tm for Tcnih
let pm from Tenth ; lin pm for Tenth
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23* pm from Tenth I 3 ion for Tenth
MO pm froni Tenth i 300 pm for Tenth
130 pm from Tenth t 3M pm for Tenth
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331 pm from Tenth i XL pm for Tenth
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10 30 pm front Tenth 11 00pm for Tenth
IBI.K UF IIUI’K ANII HOI.TON BT..
VIA THFNTtKHIIOI.T
l.v rlly for I of II l.v, I of 11, for It al
via Thun A C I'ark via Thun ft c. Park
300 tn from Holton iI no ,im for Holton'
!3i pm Imm Holton 13pm for Holton
331 pm from Holton I t3l pm for Holton
430 fun from lioMon 53>pm fur Holton
t3i pm from Bolton ii 31) pm for Holton
t3) pm from Holton ;pm for Holton
73 pm from Bolton N3) pm for Holton
MONTtHiMKHY
l.v city for Monlar'ry l.v Montitoem-irr
10 l.'. um from Tenth 9 31> ntn for Tenth "*
I*o pm from Tenth |I2 IS pm for Tenth
30 pm from Tenth ! 23) |rm for T- tuh
*SI pin frrwn Tenth j 34ft pm for Tenth
Tlli’Nl>KltHOl.T AND 181.13 03' IIOPR
c.mmieni lnK at 3hi p. m nr leave*
Thun-P rboll every hour fur lalo of Ho|io
until * flo p m.
rtimmuii Iny af 330 p m ear leavea
lab- of l|o|e- every hour for Thunder
bolt until 3:30 p m.
“ THI NDKHHOI.T SCIIEntTI.K
Comment-Ins al 700 a. m. car leavea
Bolton afreet Junet.m every 3a n.lhut.
until 2<n p. rn , after which tlmo car
leavea evera- 10 minute*.
Comment-my at 73> a. m car leavea
Thunderbolt for Holton afreet junction
every Si mlnulea until 225 p m . after
which time ear leave* every 10 mlniMea.
The to-mUtute schedule Ir maintained aa
lons aa travel warrant* It.
WKBT KND. “
The Oral ear leave* for Weat Pnd a*
7.70 a m anti every I0 minutea thereafter
until ll 00 a. m„ after which car run*
In each direction every minutea until
mldnlgM.
H St Oen M*r.
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1.1 Ml 1 51
i25 Congress Si. fcl.
We handle the Yale
& Towne Manufactur
ing Company’s line of
Builders’ Hardware.
See these goods and
get prices before plac
ing your order else
where.
& n Nur. F r Mil.T IRO.
PtMltnl Vico Pmtdanl
llf-.Hr Hi.cm. Jr Sac'r ant Treat
NEAL-MILLARD CO.
Bailders' Material,
Sash, Doors and Blinds,
Paiots, Oils, Varolsbes,
Class and Brashes,
EUILOERS* HARDWARE,
Lime, Cement and Plastet,
•tar aa* Wktlakaa ilraala,
- 1 UYAIIAB, LA.
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E DUMB AGUE ANCr
ILT-Malaßia;
LIPPMftN BROS.. Proprietor#.
Oropgl.l,. Uppmoil't Block. SAVANNAH. BA
opium
Morrhlo* ami Cocalna hablU cured pain
'.easly In 10 to 30 day a. The only guaran
teed palnleaa cure. No cure no pay.
AMma PR. J. U. HSVUm
Locuat Grove, Qa.
@CUIE YOURSELF!
Vw Pl* V for nnueturel
lie, her rer. lnfiaimbeli >ne,
rntatioue or ahereiion#
>f euro meintrine.
I'eteleer, end not anuta*
, *o or poleoooiM.
•••A by Imuiinb,
or aeat In plain .rapper,
hr eepreee. p repel,!. for
•l to, or 3 Mum, An.
urcalax ml oa termed
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