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HOW HE CHARMED FOXES. M\riH* TIO F THE ADIIIO*. PICK RATtm. w mlrrfol *•• * *••• i.ulrr—All Hr Had to IK* Mhi ti* | |nt|M* uSd Hl* Prry EnlloHril , ll.allr lint H<r lllark ar. j * ~al* **“*" • *Kr I'olni of a Uaa. e N'W Tor* Commercial Advrr t liter ;r Smith had Just dropped Into the ,'i* ra day on <‘rne mountain,where | Mco himtlr.it (oict, Thl* dor* not n that Klraer had been ratine to that U not the way an Aiirou . k native hunts the fox. Klmer a meth ,.*s to turn loose his two lit* hounds i It* them chase reynard through the and woods while he waited about >„ i.ailon throush which the hunted „,| would tw likely to circle. The fox , not run an indefinite distance In a ,lght l*ne when pursued, as doe* the but circles and may cover the same ind several limes. Klmer. dodslnx tv re and *ere where , tno i*lit the hunted animal likely to . c ounted on an opportunity to brtn* it the fox with a bullet from hi* 31 , |,re Winchester. i this partinular night Klmer wa* . .ted He had not kilted a thins, and Is nut he had started a black fox and . i twice caucht sight of It. Now. a , k fox is worth something like Chi, }; o to an Adirondack native I* a ly sum. It l more than he makes i hay Held in summer and In the is In winter, hoth tosethor Elmer , ved he could kill this fox. and he al ly felt the thrill of > milllonalreshlp. i-nlifht there was a stranger at the tie was a little old man. strong snd but gray and plainly not far from .•ars old Klmer knew that tht* m.in .rnni* from the West with hi* wife >t had settled In an abandoned cottage . one of Ttm Murphy's stony little .rnis Ha"ver. he did not know his bos. v- Now he ws* to find out. why don't you trap your fox." asked ok! man. i had any luck trnpptn foxes." re al Klmer. "I've been irappln' mink and * ,-kr.it* and coon ever since I was Mg njh to bend the spring of a Heel trap, i I'm cussed If I could ever catch a I can ketch 'em every time." wetil on .tranger. 'T've trapped fox over the nltrsl Ptaies and I'm trappln' 'em tight i■ Why. I bet I've caught more foxes irape than any man In New York state. I irva live this morning and that ain't anythtng to wrhat I expect to do later on When I get started In earnest. But then .lon't Itap Jusl like ml fellers do. 1 . in make a fox follow me in the wood* vni don't Ixdleve it. Jus keep your eyes open snd see If you don't see a fox track . .ery now and then following right along after mine." Klmer did not like this boast on the part of the old stranger In the. flrst place did not Hke the Idea that this man ould claim to he a superior trapper In ' * second plsce. he waa pained by the l* that the stranger might get tht# black ■x In a trap sooner than Klmer could k 1 him by a more sportsmanlike method. If a method may he saki to be .-port-man like w-ben the man employing it does so from lack of skill In using that of the jot hunter. Klmer dtd not lake gnat stock tn the claim of the old trapper to ablkly In the way of.charming foxes; yet IS and all the rest who heard the speech were on the lookout when in the woods for his tracks to sea If. as ha flaimcd, a fox track might often be fal lowing that of the trapper. Hum enough, two days taler a woodsman • trite into the inn and told the assembled . owd that be had run across the old nan’s track in the woods that day. and that a fox tmek rail along tw-eW it. He t dun leered to take any skeptical one to *.a for himself. But that was not neces i-try. for the very next night Klmer hmtiti came In looking like the last row of summer When ha had got the better of hit deepondency he said tie lied come Upon the track of the old hunker on ' 'race Mountoln, and that a fox track ran after It. Klmer ex pres sot the opinion that a man who used charms had no business tn the country n*l that there ought to be a law to c.impel honest trapping. U was all wrung to kill the animate simply because one hitpprned to be the seventh son of the seventh son o rfor some equally po tent reason had power to make foxea do hi* bidding. Such a man ought by nghta to tie run out of the oountry. Th# speech was Interrupted by th# en trance of ehe charmer himself. In reply fo queries 1 to his luck he replied: "Oocsl as ever. Out si* this morning. This I* the best oountry for foxes I've seen The an imals are bigger ‘round here than most any other part of the I'nltn! States. I've it tpped tn most all of them, and 1 know what I'm talking about. But one part don't hold me long The supply of foxes tuna short pretty soon after 1 get there." The old man bought drinks. This twin, stated'him in favor with everybody but l.imer, for drinks at this season of the year were scarce. The money ma*le In I aying had been spent tong ago. There was not much lumbering to do. and the t .stives hesitated to go In debt too hsavl* at the bar for fear there would b noth isc left of the next summer's haying to pay bills at tha stores. That would mean ss of credit, which Is a thing to he 'fared In a community where men live all winter on the strength of what they are I I earn In the hayfleld next summer I've been here now two weeks, and I've ognt forty-eight foxes I've mt ( a trap out for the black one, that lives around Crane mountain. I bet I'll have him In the morning," Elmer - # spirits fell to their lowest. Hare ■s man with miraculous powers would c*t the Mack fox that he had worked for ied planned for and starvol for through • a>s of long, hard tramping over the cruel tdirondaeks. It was. not the loss of me Mx that hurt no much, either, but the bought thl* man Just out of the West should defeat him on hi* own ground. He ■ on soled himself wth the thought that his competitor >• some sort of superhuman •—lng, but that did not aavw him from 'kiii* a far u.f.irior place to this good natured, boastful stranger. Two nights later Elmer appeared at 'he inn In hi* moat despondent mood. ' '* of Ms dogs had died that day on •'ran# Mountain. He had found the track f the black fox and had started the dog*. r *n# of them had come shivering back a '< w minutes later and died at his feet. isook* a mighty lot like poison." ssld Elmer "Shouldn't wonder If that old devil was usin' poison." "Nsw, he ain't; not a Mt of It," an swered a lounger. "If he was usin' potson ho wouldn't be si ways goln' round with bunch of traps on hi* bark. And. any "'ay, you've seen with your own eyes the fox tracks followin' hts." Elmer admitted that this latter fact -earned to settle the question. But he r Med: "If he can put a spell on a fox so It will follow him. like as not he can twit a updl on a dog *o H'H die. How ■m 1 know he ain't fixed my dog with - me cussed eharmr. so'# I couldn't get 'hat Mack fox’" A* If Elmer'* words hod power to bring the enchanter to the spot, tha lattsr now walked In and put an end to the discus - -ton. He held up In me hand a steel trap, end In tha other the pelt of the black fox. "That's the way to catch 'em." he an nounced, In a tone that cut hi* compesltor It set the trap two days ago. and this morning I had him acre This I* the trap 'hat did It. H* followed my track right up to the trap and put his paw Into W com* thinks a fox can't be caught U It I smells you. But 1 make 'em go to the trail* by followin' my scent." The chagrin of Klmer at the toe* of the fbx was stupefying, but the evident mys tery tn the character of the man dead ened his wounded prkle by making him ; feel more .riain than ever that he w,* I competing with superhuman ag.-n.tes The wonder grew for a week. During I that time, however. io more dog* died. | one be.onged u> a hunter from the city. | II died as Klmer'* hsd done, rushing eud denly out of a swamp and dying in epaem* The other was owned by the foreman of a lumber ramp who was m ik ing Ms way to the ratios*.l on annwshoes. The -ommunlty w.is aroused over thin— a rouse.i at least. much as an Adiron dack community is ever aroused over any thing. In some way public sentiment con nected the mvrteriou* death of dog* with the strange trapper, yet the evidence that the latter trapped his foxes was over whelming In the Adirondack mind. The dttplay of steel traps, allied with the cer tainty- that foxes did fo'loar iht* man woe overwhelming. So, at least, thought the community lira, after all. then was something iin tinny about the whole busi ness. !• was noi long after this that a land looker for an Albany firm came Into me Village, and taking • o guides u n <l pro visions for a three-da* .e eamplng-out l**t to estimate the llml ;r on some tarsi ly ing In the Sa- andagri region. Klmer ae companied a one of the guide# They were raking a short rut between Crane and Hackleberry mountain, when Klmer** remaining Hound ca..e howling to ihe party and died In Juel aa the other bad done Not live mi ute# later a fine fox-hound belonging to the Itrd moker, followed and egptred tn the same agony. To Klmer this was merely an other evidence of the supernatural char aeter of the wiaard who wa* killing all •he foxes, so hi* mrw*h turned to terror But not so wltn the land-looker. When he heard Klmer'* mysterious explanation he ewore great round oaths and set oIT on the hack track of hi* hound. K.mer fol lowed. Sure enough, a few rode away they came upon th traek of ihe old hunt er. They knew it from the fa* t that the old man was slightly pigeon-toed. And running aiong hesnle It was the Ira k of a fox "Oh. laml!" said Elmer, "there It I*, sure. It's hallowin' him and he's done • hi# with some of hi* charms. last's go hack. If he can do that to dogs he can do it to u*. and we’ll die next." ' Shut up and . ome on." said the land looker. F.lmer followed, trembling, and In lees than half a mile they oame tip with the old trapper skinning a dead fox. "Oh. l-ordl wha’d I tell you?" groaned Elmer "Now, he'll kill us with some blamed spell. Oh. laird, I wish I was out of this! Oh. Ird"' But the land looker knew the ways of the world "Lgiok there," said he, "the old cuss has poisoned that fox. There's no trap there. He's poisoned It. lie's been poi-onlug them rich: along. That's what killed our dogs. That's what killed all the dog*." The land looker grabbed Elmer * rifle. "I ll blow his brains -out," he yelled, and raised the gun as if to carry out the threat. But the old nun lost his brag gart's attitude, fell on hla face and grov eled In me snow. "Don't kill me don't kill me." he beg ged. ‘Don't kill me. and I'll pay for the logs. Ml pay for every one of 'em." Tne land-looter lowered his gun to his hip. hut kept the muxsle pointing toward the old man while they parleyed. The pois oner agioed to give up half his fox skins, including mat of Ihe black fellow tn pay ment for Ihe itoys and to leave the coun try at once. Klmer waa sent hack with him to the x-illage to see that the agree ment was earned out. The old man left that afternoon with forty fox ckina and caught a train for the West. When Klmer had finished telling the tale at the inn that night, he added "And them trap* he carried was noth ing oet a bluff, Instead of the fox foi- I Ira his tracks he was followin' ihe fox's, to see where U died. And wc dldn t have sense enough to think of that.” • uiMeHU m; WBT. tn Estimate of the Hner Leader by a Wan Who Was Ml* Captive. The Pall Mall Oaxette Of personal acquaintance with the no torious Free state guerrilla fighter In. not boast, early In June 1 found myself his prisoner, ami aa such re manic.! lor several weary weeks. I only saw him once, and that at night, or rath er tn the darkness of the small hours of a winter morning It was oti the occasion of his attack on a construction train near Eeeuwsprult. where he cleverly man. aged to take all his prisoners, numbering some two hundred and the whole of hts convoy, across the line and Into the faat neaa of the east of hi* country almost Within sight of our advancing trujps. It was only a glimpse of him that I obtain ed. but that gllmpae served to Imprint upon my mind the picture of a |werful and dominating personality. The Boers had been firing hotly upon the tram, and the prisoners had been hurriedly convey ed behind a tastge kopje In order (o bo out of the way. There was a g'wd deal of confusion among our guards, who hurried backward and forward, shouted orders to one another ‘and generally aeaaw* In doubt what to do next. Then came along a figure on horseback— through the dark ness one could discern that It was a mag nificent upstanding horn*, very different from the useful but rough looking pony bestridden bv the ordinary burgher-git toning along tha line. Issuing commands lui he w-rrt. and getting Immediately Obeyed The confused ton" of wagons, prisoner* and guard* sorl-d tnemselves out Into eotnc sort of order, the word was (lv rn to march, ami tha' quickly, and ihe curiously assorted o*imn got under wav before the voice of the mas ter "You must go quickly." I beard him hr passed by the prisoner*, who. wearied bv • twenty mile tramp, were lagging behind; and the electrical energy of*.* man seemed to Infuse Itself into us all— captives and bewildered guardians *Tn#v#r came Into contact with De Wed again but during the next few weeks, and. indeed while I remained a Prison-r. evlden.es of his striking personality and the influence hs wletdcd were constantly brought to my notice. A this I’c Wet though, according to hts ii.uig a )ui*t on#; ih> tHfrft ( hoct*w, •* Carlyle might have said, hut -man hav- Ing within him some glimmering of th# divine fire, and not WttM.Ul hls ld#*l. ln *tl that he has done—ln all the wanton damage and petty guerrilla tactic* which nave become associated with his name— " do not think lie has ever been accused A Strong Fortification. 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The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. of th* tmaol Ibf’lk* ertmef of cni#Hv '** treachery. Tht* Mronji Hand. Christian DwWst ha* certainly tried— or did try In the *'rly itayA b*for* hU UiUM* wan po obviously an<) hoprlmtly f* ll • lorn—to rhi-srk ?hoa* urmwi among h* * fn*n which have b**t> too often tacitly permitted. if ihv openly t , n<'ourg*.|. by oihrr guerrilla Itadfiv in cihrr time* Theft from prisoner* ho has fixlfavorwl In | Hit down with (h* mill' l i severity . Thun, after the Derbyshire MUltla haul oa pltulatel to him t Rheneeter river on June 7. it 'ame to hla r-ara tho! an oftl* • r had oompialnM that, in spite of the (Jen* era I* a mandat* in.t private property to bo respected *t pair of valuable flrM glasses had been token from him To th* officer In qu#p tod come* P#W*t. who rays that in the r<mfu*>ton aucadlnc *!••* capture of ao many men it in almost im possible to k* • p all hia troopa und**t control, but *if you can point out the man l will make’",#* #xnni|kr uf him I will blow out hi* -with my own haral " And he h *d lu * 1 'lf l I*, too - dared to do ii w' a c* iU nty that none of hie imn i ave J^urmuregl. That i* mor* than would t*e tee with any of th* other Boer aeneralr. whore hold over their at*bordlnata hir ever been of the moat fragile i*haracter. But it ha** truly been aald tnat DrWrt has hia men under n anrt of charm -they <V hla bid d!na: whether they will or no. He la a*-- vere ujon ihen>— if any ahow niKur of laa- Kina or falterina in the face of a heavy Are. rjumhok in bond he roundn them off or flic* them hark to their plncea like ro many Kafttrr. w r hie for their phy sical neeki he ahowr little concern. When food waa growing abort and our troopa were pressing: him har<f. aome of hla men complained of the poor near of their ra tion** In reply they got the stoical one. “A burgher wno live on meat and mealies a roman for m*- “ Yet he ** not feared by hie men—they r*late these thing* of him with pride md wffectlon in tneir voire, ee if to Miy. * Hee wh.it fine fellow our (general le’’* They re*|e< t a*lmire the strong hand, even though It crtiMhes them DtWet knows what sort of material he bad to do with. l enient snd t’andlil The lot of a prisoner can never be n Iwppy or even an ey caw*, but Id nog think DeWet has ever done anything un neceeaarlly to embitter the path of tho*e who have fallen into hip hands. It hue been anal that he has not fed them prop erly; all I can say t* shot wc had prac tically all ha had to give. On the other hand. Instance* of hts ronidderafton are not hard to find When we were his rap tlvea It was the on stony for farmers In the neighborhood of the various laagers to drive tn. bringing produce for sale. No doubt these good jieople thought that here waa a prune opportunity of upoiiing the Egyptian* for their price* were at first exorbitantly high. Evidently this came to Pe Wet's ears, for he issued n man date to the ff-ct that the prices of the commodities were to be : One shilling a doxen for eggs, l shilling a found for but ter and 1 shilling for a lonf. Thrae price* were to le adhered 10. aml In the event of attempta being made to charge more the veldt cornet had order* to turn the delinquents out of the laager and not per m.t them to come in again. Unlike most of the Boer generals. De- Wet ha* bvdleved in treating hia people with a certain amount of igrslghtforward candor H<- ha* openly raid thal he le well aware what of the war. but has slmpJyjjJUjJimcd hi* in tention of giving ritsr fnnnid, as much trouble as possible. At rhortly before ihe entry of iirr srri Blart s brigade, he addressed a meeting, and saM that he could not stop the English from .-omlng in. but he and hi# men would get out on to tbe veldt again, and amid the kopje* play their old game, harassing the invader, and waiting for an optmrtunitv when small party can be attacked with the pd>*pee< of success. Here again the rnugV better qualities came out They weft warring, he said, agalntl the Brit ish soldiers, and not against the defense less British Inhabitants of the country. Among them he had many of his best friend*, anti hs asked those around him not to molest the Brtaiah. people who had remained 1n rotchef*. troom a* neutrals not to molest ttiem nor to injure or destroy their goods The ap peal did llttl* good, however The riff raff of Ihe country, the men of no na tionality who recognise no lenders, were not going to let such an opportunity pee* them by. Ds Wei is credited with hav- Ing occasionally ma.le some rather caus tic remark* at our expense. Thus, anent the corps to Which I ha vs Ihe honor to belong. "I don't trouble about the Yeo manry I can always natch them when I want to!” Thl*. of course, was a mere piece of braggadocio (Ibe Yoemanry must have given him a rather lively time In June and July), but there was Just that grain of truth In It whtch caused the hu mor to he rather unpalatable to those whom It concerned. It la quit* a mistake to suppose that t> Wet In hts rapid fight* and doublings has taken all hi* fore* with him On the con trary. h has never had the same set of men with him long, barring perhaps. handful of atalwaria who have fought, hard from the early day* of th* war. He has found th* pursuers hot on his trail; he haa broken up ht# fore* and fled; wf* away, he ha* picked up * few men here, a few men there, and so got together a ennf Iderahl# party once more .and thus the power of the man's magnetic personality and th# glamor which hts exploit* have shed over hi* name ha* enabled him to do again and yet again. But ht* force la dwindling, and all hi* toll can avail him Hltlu In th# end. A bold and cunning guer rilla leader be ha* shown hlmaelf lo he; but what ha* ha accomplished? He ha# got away time out of number very clev erly. has shown hlmaelf an adept at get ting out of a tight place. And that Is really all. He haa never shown himself to tea general; more, he has never attempt ed anything In which great generalship could come Into play- HU line of conduct tn theae latter day* In encouraging hts men to a rwstatance which he knows is fqtlle I* criminal; he show# hlmaelf here in ffi true coiora-es a guerrilla leader, pure and elrapl®, albeit a* a man he I# ism without hi* redeeming qualities. And a* such be will probably he given. In days to come, a passing notice by the historian. If. Indeed, hi* name. Kke that of many a guerrilla chief who hud hi# Httla day. be not altogether rwallowed u In the niir.k of ob.lv too. H HrJ \lt It %11% >1 M V Ell. Letter* Written In ll*Hlon a"iN 11. (.-Thr llihle Truer Ilian It* trif le*. From ihe tendon Standard \ wider circle of n-adeis than the r.-gu lar *tudeits of Orle ol archaeology will flrwl Interesting matter In *TIe |#rt!er* and JnstTlptions of Hammurabi. King of Babylon, aiiout 11. C. Zf*' ” These do u metH*. of which we give some a . ount be l*>w, have ieen edt*>*l by Mr. King, t hief Awi*tapt in the Assyrian l>e of the British Museum, and Juat published by Messrs l,uga It 00., as part of the Hemitic Text and Translation Me rles The famous imno< Usth* school of criti cism. of which Niebuhr was the head and Hir tJeorge ('ornwell l.ewi* the chief r* p reeentatlve in this country, h•* r* elv* l many a crushing defeat*' at the hands of the exjdorer and *leci|herer It Is doubt ful. however. If any ha* been more as tonishing and unexpected than that given by the small clay tablets now exhibit til in the new Babylonian Room of the British Museum. With a ateidy persistency the skeptic* dented the early know ledge of writing, and even when Invented they de clared It to have hern the sole property of an Initiated hierarchy. To t*ak of a credible Oriental literature of any antiqui ty wa* but o cause smile of contempt. The mention of letter* passing between Solomon and Hiram regar<llng the erec tion of the Temple wa* .1 manifest proof of the late origin of the Boole of Uhron- Iclea. and even the existence of a roval mail aervlce In the time on lleseklat Sac and C'hronicle*. xxx >. wa* conskkred very doubtful. The whole of thl** theory has, however, been demolished by tb**a small fragments of Insert?>ed cly which, four thusaiid year* ago. each In a care fully addressed envelope were dispatched from the City of Babylon by ihe hand of a royal |o*tman The tablet* are a scries of letters from Ihe Kina 4 of the first, or Arabian. Dynasty of Babylon about B C 2200. which dealt with public affairs and were addseseed to official* In the cities of laars.i ami Kippara. The tablets are about three Inches square, and rather thick, and ar* inscribed on ioth *id**e. After being written the lblet# was in closed in a lay erelope, (some of these are exhibited), on which the name of the addressee wm < inscrlbesl. There are about eighty of these precious documents. The epoch of the First Dynasty of Babylon was one of the most Important In the his tory of that country, for it was at this time that the small city kingdom* were abolished, and rule centraliied In Baby lon a state of affairs which continued until the Oreek cunquea* It was a period of vast activity, both In the siate and among the people them selves, as Is shown by the thousand* of letter*, legal deed*, ami memoranda that have come down to us. and waa unsur passed by any subsequent tup. *x<eit. perhaps, the reign of Nabuekadncsaer the (Treat. The new* rulers tWOtralixed all government in the capital and li the p'r- son of the King; hence we find him writ ing In regard to the most trivial matters, such as the dispatch of a lo*k>T lo Baby lon This wa* the period when moet of the great public works of Babylonia were undertaken, and the country was covered with a network of navigable trunk ca nals a tel smaller irrlg.aion work* Ham murabi. who may ba the Amrapr! of the Bible (Genesis, xlv..) was most active In constructing these works and built a great canal called "The Itlver of Ham murabi. the Giver of Abundant* lo Men." probably the Hhat-el-NII. The letters show that the system of public works dl!T>-red little from that of Egypt or India of to day. The operation of the corvee Is Il lustrated by the following passages: "Thus sollh Hammurabi (King ) Behold, I am dispatching unto thee three hun dred and sixty laborer* (carriers) mtrn that one hundred and eighty of the*, la borers serve with the men of ths City of )<an>a and one hundred and eighty with tha men of Rahabu.” Each district had to send Its men to work on th* public works In the vicinity. Thu* we read: "Thou shalt call out the m*n who hold land on ihe banks of the Itamanum ca nal that they may clear It out." There I* a lnn a CtirtotMl f>*rll#l lo th# rorv#f .in It might have been ae*n In Egypt not manv >#ar* ago. “On seeing this letter the basket men. who are under you who are at work, take them and yoke them together and send them In ship." to anew task This public labor under the yoke was the Babylonian hard labor, end th* King in on* letter order* It #* punishment for a fraudulent money lender. Another serlew of leiler* of especial value are those relating u> th# collection of revenue The Bemltlc King* of this dynasty had found a fully developed fiscal system at hand, the Invention of their Sumerian predecessors and the museum possesses many fine specimen* of their account hook* and revenue return*. But. with the new policy of .ecurallied rule, the taxes when collected, had to be sent to Babylon. In regard to them w* have many letter*. The tax collector had a hard task. and. moreover, was not more honest to hi* master than toward the tax payer Thu* we read "Knubl Mardtik ha* laid hand* on the money for the Tem ple of the God of Juatlc* from the city of th* workmen, and ho. not pah! th* full sum " But the writer says. "Th* pal ace ha* exactsd the full amount from m,, " In another case, two ofTMal*. who fear to preaent their accounts at the capital say "Bluer now It Is seed llm*. shall we .-Otne lo Babylon during aeol time?" Itefaulting official* had short shrift, for the King say*, regarding two inspectors: "Thou shalt send them unto Babylon, that they may render their ac count*. B*' that they travel night and day and reach Babylon In two days." In moat case* the taxra on corn, wool, date* etc., were iahl in kind, but In seme case* they were commuted The large trading guilds such a# merchants, boatmen, etc.. paM In money through an agent. Thu* we have "the merchant* who are in the dlatrlct see to It that they pack h* Oliver, which Is du* a* revenue fiom theae merchant*, and let them take It to you. But If those merchant* bring no! the money which I* due from them as revenue, to my presence send them." A system of taxation such as lx here shown, resembling that of all Eastern lands, ntl uradv Imidle* the existence of the money lender; and a large proportion relate to those case* wbero the clients have ap pealed to the King tor P"+- Frm the examfdes here it would j the King acted Justly In most case.*, taking all rvt l n • and < amning the dec If Ul*** 1 Sample oihly can b‘ quolexi f Th plalnMff says to the King "I lent j thirty mwsourv* of ixmi 10 fUn-Mtigli, the Governor, ;nd I hold h*s receipt for the *.nv for thr.-** vmrw I hav* lawoughl him. and h* w ll not repay me the corn " lu regard to ttws the King says, tn lit* 1 !e*t#r "I have n Ida tablet (reoetpO. | nd Hh Moglr -.*II rep.iv the corn with j hitcneat ilipMin A Judginrnt of u Just |udg* The letters wntch lel with the t King’s relation* with the local law courts rslnt to 1 perferHly orc.tn.x<-d Judicial , syMem, rnanifet|y of gr*>a; antiquity The ' great ltiTf. alt bad court- with a liench uf Ju.lgc- presbled ovsr by a |HfM<icM. nr 1 a Mil* 11 Very curious is t Ins letter ! Voncertilng \ who hr*s brought an ac tion th matter of certain land, I have ' ah* dv wrtten to the. Itehuld. I have ippHlHei him a* scribe f the temide bakers, to pretwire tiv offerings In Ur When the offerings In Ur shall b>' cum plrird. send him unto Babylon (with) th* ! parlies to (he suit, that the •;• miv j l*e com hhb-d ** Uresl <vire Was taken f* i prevent collusion the witness*** and an otTi.*4 il 1* ordered to -end certain 1 men as wttm*>*ies thiiN "When thou she It send them, thou shaft not send them together but each man halt thou send by himself." Sm>v will n<* permit us de! with more of thl* Interesting correspondence but it must be born# In mind that these fw letters represent hundred* and thousands more that rema’n h|dl r% In the record • ham her* of the hurled temples and pala es of ('hal*U*a. *F.V*l'OVt J(RK TO HKAIGf. To Retire From ( Its4rnisnshlp ot 1 nsiMltttr* Chicago. IV, ID The Record will say: Hen a tor Jam* •* K Jotes. a* orjlnr to report- In Demo ratio circles, soon will call a meeting of the Damoermb National Committee in Washington for the purpoa* of resigning as chairman Thl* Informa tion came to Chicago straight from men who are elope to Henator Jones They sild that the manager of Col Bryan’s lass campaign wan anxious to get out so that the committee can elect Ids auo caaaor. They aald that J. <7 Johnson, who was chairman of the Executive Com mitter. Is an acllva oandakite for the chairmanship of the general rommKtfr and that ox-Oov. Btone of Missouri would 1 ilc• to le ch.<lrman. It is *dd that a majority of the committee are In favor of Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis, the In diana committeeman. I'X.IM CK LEM IM It ELL % SEI*. Emir Month* tn .fnll for 1 nfftnii OfT n Mrtl*nn*a I oot. El Paso. Tex . D* . l'J NY. T. .1 locomotiv* engineer fiom gpringflekl. Mo., who has been in jail In Juares. Meg., for four months, was released to-duy. Hl* release wh lit the lequevt f the Htate Department •* W ashington, and Is ihe first r.isn tn Northern Mexl*o t ut ha* ever been brought t the attention of the Washington authorities law Is wns nn engineer on tin* Mexican Central, running out of Chihuahua, nnd 1 year ago las. June lie ran over .1 Mex ican and cut his foot off. He wan given • preliminary trial nnd r.• o-• I. Ist \llgu-t the injur tsl man tried t get damages from the railroad, and to do this he had to convict b win of negligence. Lewis was again put in Jail and kept Hu re until fo-day. nm i jim i\ rtin.t itr.i.riu t. linker i am|nit> *■ *lirt'lrirt I onm niif ( iinrrrn Uiiihiikcil. f*hlta<lel|>hlA. !>#<\ IS —Th# bl*c **• hlt#h inrnt of th# Franklin ILk#r Company, nianufiicturiTM of tired<Jd oroanul tin*! on# of th# Import### of llraxlUiin cvri-ffttnuM on th# Atlantic *#Abo*nt, lo cat#t on I**iawar# avrnur, *#ar Fair mount avonu#. was badly ilumaa'il hy fir# to-ntichf. Thf* Ion?* Im raintatt-il at m* wnrds of 9UD.OQO, fully cov#r#il by Inaur •ncr. An #ntlr# *hliUi! of Hr.isilmn ro* coanut*. which Imkl Ju*t arrive*), wui d ■troy *4. Thi nlrli nl Mnnr l ummlltad ftulrlri#. rhlraro. |>##. 1)-W. II Dtior, a theat rical manatr#r. him Itf# at an Ufws#r <k#r* to-nlaht hy nhtmtjjjyr-tiim •If Durr warn ov#r having been unable lo obtain an aoffaffetnrnt for nearly a y#ar. 4. th tin in * aiilurrd at %m#rl#aa. Tallahaaa##. Flu.. Dec. 1.-Fhll Ora h.im. a bejtro who murder**! Kl# wife here wet month, haa been captured at Amir* i- uw. <a . wnl tfheriff Pearae will to after him. There a reward of S2OO for hl cajrture. One I ansrflsn Haul, Move Another. Portland. Ore.. Dec. 19.—The Canadian Bank of Commerce has purchased the Bank of British Columbia comprising It* ten brandies In Hrltlvh Columbia, O-egon ami California, and one In lavndon. Inns* Cudahy's Metnrn. Omaha Tier. 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