5 Bellefonte, P2., Jan. 5, 1906. HOW THE MONEY WENT 70 DUDLEY. When the Air Line Limited Express was flagged at Caterwood that bright morning, it stopped to take on one , @ twelve-year-old boy. At the forlorn, lone- Jy way station, the little fellow made so ti So figure beside Rte gia agent, a stood on orm together while the train drew up before them, that some of the who bad looked out curiously at the usual stop, were mov- ed toamusement. Not thas there was any- thing at all odd or queer about little Dick Faoning’s small, sturdy figure but just be- canse the passengers were on the lookout for something amusing to relieve the mo- notony of a long, tiresome ride,and because it did seem a little ridioulous that so fast and important a train as the Air Line Lim- ited should be halted to accommodate such a small and different boy 43 She Young pas: senger appeared to be. Bnt when was inside ane of she big vestibulell evaskes ropped into one eep-cush- ioned seats away back toward the rear, which pearly bid him from view of every one else in the car, and when he had quite hidden his flashed little embarrassed face from everybody by turning it to the win- dow and gazing steadily ont as the train once more got under way, nearly everyone forgot him again prom and became as dull and sleepy as belore. But if little Dick was quiet, it was cer- tainly not because he was sleepy on such a bright morning, nor because the ence of a long ride alone on the Limi was a common one to him. Neither was it due to embarrassment only thas the small limbs of a normally healthy and active boy were 80 sill, oe stay his Jase Wore a ver, y Enendts expression. A weight of responsi ed upon little —a great bility indeed,—and there were reasons enough for his quiet and serione air, which would have toused i farther iatereyt in him among ow-passengers known bis secret. Indeed, the one thought which was chief in bis busy brain, in those firet few minutes after he entered the train was the one which his father—baok there at Bowe in Oaborwood lind so insistently arg m to keep upper-most. . “Don’t talk,”” Mr. Fanning bad said. ‘‘No matter what bappens, don’t talk.” And Dick, who could still see just how white and fall of pain his father’s face had been, and who bad understood just how important this errand of his for father was to be, had resolved that nothing should in- duce him to n needless w nntil the necessity for silence was over. For Dick's father, John Fanning, was lying hurt end helpless back there at Cath- erwood, as the result of an accident in the mines the day before, and Dick bad ben sent—‘‘as the only one father could trust’ of all the peoplein the town full of miners—to something to Dudley, little oity across the mountains—som: that to be in Dudley that day to ho for father all the results of a year of fever- ish work and the investment of many, many dollars. And that something was a thick wallet which bo | just over Dick’s swift-beating hears, weighed there like a packet of , though it contained no metal of any kind, but only a bulky bunch of Uncle Sam’s yellow-backs and a white slip or two with sigoatures on face and back. To he quite Plain about it, Dick carried in the little inner pooket no less a sum than two thousand five hundred dol- lars, to be deposited by him in the bank at Dadley, to bind John ning’s option uv ona mining property of ue; and the chance injury received by Mr. Fassiog himself, the lack of an older etietger, the fact that the money had to be deposit- ed on that day,had brought abous the com- bination of circumstances that had made Dick’s service absolutely necessary. ‘Of coarse, Dick,” Mr. Fanning bad said, “it's a big bilisy for a little fellow like you; but there’s really no rea- son why you should not be able to carry out this commission for father. At any rate, you are quite as safe, even a safer messen-. ger than any other Icould choose here;and all you need to do is juss to give Mr. Chase the money and the letter w ou reach the bank. Just keep still and don’t talk, that’s all. Don’t talk to anybody, and you’ll be safe.” And so the boy was on his way, alone, with only the utter unlikelihood that an evil-disposed could guess his mission as his best d. Dudley was only thirty miles distant from Cas ood by trail over the moun- tain pass, but a master of more than two hour's ride by train; for she railroad curv- ed far to the south sh the river-coun- try in a long detour which the pass cut to a scant twelve between the hills, It wasa wild country, this Western State, upon which Eastern tourists gazed from the coaches of the thi trains thas croseed it, with curious interest but with little power of Nentizion, in the comfort of easy travel, how wild and lawless its le could be, for specimens of the rougher ele- ment in the local population were rarel seen on any but the local tains. Dick knew something of the rough men of the mines and ranches; Dick’s father knew more, but Mr. Fanning bad no reason to fear for the safety ut bia boy on sushs attain as this he had chosen for 's important trip, and any lack of faith in the great rail- road’s Sullitg 40 carry the little m and his bi rden in safety would have seemed quite absurd. It is more than im- probable that any one of all the ninety passengers on the Air Line Limited that day, or any one of the train crew, imagined that this run of the fast express be or conid be interrupted by any other than the usual stops, and is is certain neither Dick nor his father entertained any such expectation. Dick himsell, more boy- ishly elated than avoxious as to the out. come of his errand, had no t of pos- sible mischance to this big, swilt, smooth- running train. He sat by his window, for- gettul, after the first embarrassing minute, of the e about him, his mind running snp Besa Tg prom al carry commission there, while RIE oe and pride in this first important trust from bis ther filled his hears. The knowledge that he was helping his father in a time of need thrilled him with gladness, while as. surances the doctor had given that bis fath- tr injury was not a dangerous one allayed an He the beautiful country skim- miog by in the brilliant spring sunshine, like a wonderfal panorama of delighttai ictares. He saw she big hills ahead loom- og slowly bigger and Digger aa 3he train toward them, until r pe slowly loss their i became to him wonderful eketches of rook and wood and ledge of enhancing, un- x plored interest. they | door and pointed that | below and behind. 2 A%4 then, 81} ab once, there was a sud, Sen Jerk dud Jana phishing Sebaation sha everything was being swept ward Fos gat fre that suid nt bo rte shriel brakes a jolting, - img Ee - ing himeell up from the floor of the car,and that some of the others around him were doing the same, some orying out in men were hastening out to the rear plat- form near which he sat, and he climbad | bef out of hisseat and followed them and then, just as be reached the , one of men started suddenly back from looking i th ud 5 po thi de e the orges everything “It's a -up, by all that’s unlucky!” cried the man, and saw-his face turn as white as his father’s bad been the night before, when they had brought bim home after the accident. A dozen voices echoed the cry, and the excitement rose in the car. People did g bis shirt. A woman threw out of the open window. A girl emptied ker pocket-book on the car floor under the seat, and sent a half-dozen coins rolling down the aisle. Some of the women began Jo ory na plead, as te bandits al randy n t, though not yet seen any one who looked like a robber. Men talked excitedly, some with bravado, one or two with cool, common-zense advice to be quiet and wait. Then one man opened the top of the water cooler in the corner and drop- ped a big :, ethook into it, replacing the cover y. And then Dick saw a figure bastily mounting the forward platform of the car, and then another, and two men with black cloths over their faces, through which were cut holes for the eyes, entered the front car Dig. ugly-loocking revol v- ers at the frightened crowd J generally, and called out stern orders of ‘‘Up bands!’ and "Heep guies!” could never tell after just what he had been thinking all this time. It wasn’é a long time, of course; perhaps only a few oes between the sudden of the train and the entrance of the robbers. Bas be suddenly remembered, with a ter- ror and a sinking bears such as he had nev- er known before, the big wallet in his in- ner jacket pocket and all that money in it which belonged to father and which must be in bank at Dudley that day. His fires a Ro of its lose if it re- mained in his pocket till the robbers reach- ed him; his second thought, that he must find for it a hiding-place, somewhere,quick- ly. Then came th2 remembrance of what his father bad said, that no one would ever think a boy of twelve could be carrying such a sum of money, and that therein lay his safety; and, for a moment, he contem- plated waitingand d ing upon this chance to save him his precious pack- age. Then the terror grew so strong, and Ta an, Th iL to plunder the e t seats, took such hold upon him, that be dared not move and conld ecarcely think for a time. He watched the movements of the rob- bers with fascinated interest. Ope man stood by the door, covering the crowd with two pistols, while the other walked slowly down the aisle, silting upon each to pour his or ber v les into his bat, which be held out like a basket. - denly he stopped before one man with a exolamation. *‘Here!”” he wled; ‘‘that ain’t all you's got. Shell out, there! No bloke o’ Tie out tvels ith valy jie Seaver in eans, , leaning over, he plunged ia band into one eh alter ether of © passenger's coat, e to light a leathern pocket-book and dropped it into the hat also, with a sneering laugh. This incident robbed Dick of every ves- b hope Jeon go bat ight oles m yes, might; pro ably wouldn't. His face would surely tell them his secres, if even looked at him. It was useless to think of dissembling be- fore such men. An Jmpulse to run suddenly seized him uncontrollably, Where or how or to whom he should fly he had no idea; but to get away—to escape from ‘he train avd rush up the mountain-side, anywhere out of t ore aa a aps m, with no clear pur- Jose other than this he acted on the in- The man in the aisle was witha woman’s satchel. The other fellow was ordering some one to shut the window out of which the woman bad thrown her A It looked like an opportunity, and seized it. He quickly and quietly slid down to the rear steps of the train, instine- tively ohoosing the side te from that w! the robbers bad climbed up, and leaping to the ground, started on a wild A shot rang out, and then another, be. hind him, and, maddened with fear, the little fellow ran like a frightened rabbit. He could Sik auly Shab the robbers were pursuit, bis excited mind now incapable of calculating that, even if he were seen, the robbers would bardly think it worth their Wille to 1oisw or pot Bim, al unning, jump! , up and away aun his hands Tog: sharp grovel and rubbing a great hole knee of his trousers and through the stocking aod the tender skin as well, but runniog on and on without a stop, be gained rod after rod, and left the standing train far More shots and shouts Sino. Sui} he re wd ead, pani Sou ran Straiting in wild terror. He oN a clump of bushes and dodged behind them, and sped on up the steep hill, keep: ing them between him and the people be- Jom. Le) Suck AY Tne passengers ng ou the , 0 stand in a erowd on the opposite hillsid for some unexplained reason; but he dared not wait to see, but he reached the line of w cline and there sank down utterly exbaust- ed in the shielding und . owing up of the express car or its safe, to lay its valuable contents to the banda. He shivered with horror and again to his feet, and, though his he ran on. It was not until Dick had put more t a mile between himsel! and the he dared to pause to breathe and think; but the time came when utter ached and his knees trembled under ap ot han fl i ie H: i i fe i i 2 & fies: fi hit I i Hl by the traio Dudley was said to be twelve miles. train must bave run six miles at least from Harley, so that the remaining distzsnce must be some five or six miles more. His heart suddenly filled with hope. He could belp father yet, and —and, yes, be could carry the news and atir the country to aid the bel train and to pursue the bandits. was a chance—a chance. He could not miss the way, for the t-ail was clear, h rough, and there was no wmistak- ing the pass. He wonld try. To traverse six miles over rough country at top speed is not a light task for a boy of twelve, even if that boy starts fresh; but when the distance is nodertaken by a pair of small legs already weary with a very long run, and very much bruised and cat and scratched as well, the task is heavy ludeed, % nil over Suticn and logs, rong ers bushes, up long, steep slopes, through the gullies, on the rough- est of rough traile—such was Dick's jour- pey. Ruanoing when strength would per- mit, walking when his breath was spent, he fought desperately to make time. More than once utter weariness seemed about to conquer him, failing hope of accomplish- ing his errand in time discouraged bim; but at such times always the thought of father lying helpless back there as Cather- wood and depending on his small boy to save the day, of the endangered passengers, of the robbers and their booty, spurred him on. Itseemed to Dick that he bad never befor. known what weariness could be, that he bad never known pain till now, as he dragged his poor, lame little feet along, while every bend of his bruised little knees was torture, and his cut and bleeding bands burned and stung and ached. But stop | he held his determination to the end, though every quarter-hour of that wild journey seemed like hours to him. That Dick did it—that he covered those six wiles from the scene of the hold-up to Dudley in just a little less than two hours —was a thing of which Dick would have bad a right to be a little proud afterward as afeat by itsell. Bat when he reached the town at last, and the bank, and told his story to Mr. Chase, the amazement of Joab, gentleman, and of everybody else immediately after the news became known, fade him forget all about himself for the me. To say that excitement reigned and that a commotion which astonished Dick fol- lowed, is to put it mildly; but the results a that sigitatunti jyad Summotion Stoke m portant part story. Fort for every one a ane Ballard, yao live at Dudley, vm at howe ay; and, beinga man of courage the sort of discretion which recoguizes ptoess as a most effective end of valor, wasted no time in idleness. He set the tel and telephone wires to near-b towns with messages which start! men to arms in a dozen different places. He oalled Sui Jaen be knew, wd gus and LH y og nowledge the coun Whig le portent hme) break- neck to cover passes and fords and roads and trails by whioh the robbers might to make escape from the scene of their crime, while he himself, at the head of an r band of volunteers rode back through the pass over which Dick bad come. And before darkness fell over the little valley that night, three of the bandits who had been concerned in the robbery were in the bands of the offi- cers. Another was caught next day at Shelby, across the mouniain; and then “Black Jimmie'’ Boyle himeell, a noted criminal, leader and last man-at-large of the gang, was found and compelled to sur- er with his stolen gains, during the same day, in the woods far down the river toward the city he had tried to reach. And Dick—well, Dick’s face was great. It was 50 indeed, ttat Dick himself was a i 440 covfused and embarrassed by what people did and said, and most of Sb Lp pit ge Beet ought every near the bank and Hstened whilo | r. Chase bod Dick’’ when a big man lifted him up where all could see him; at which Dick modestly blgshed and wondered greatly. But best of all was the which came from his father that evening, in reply to a telegram from Mr. Chase which bad told bim the main facts of the story. Is was a very short telegram, but it meant so kept thinking bor hy it foid, ‘father is ud ou Bs J Gardner Hunting, in St. Nicholas Mogasine. og ~—— ‘Dear me,’ said young Mrs. Hunni- mune, “I must see our taway." a“ for?! asked . “I have some instructions to give him. 1 want to tell bim 30 tithe got when the children are young, and when the parents are old the children are hard on the parents. Just «a Word on Two. “It i= not birth, nor rank, nor swaste— ’tis ‘ges-up and-git’ that makes men great.” “*Houest work is the only ‘sure thing.” “No one cau rise who slights his work.” “Deserve success and you shall com- mand it.” *“To be thrown upon one’s own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune.” *“The best education in the world is that got by struggling to obtain a living.” “Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.” ‘‘Natare, wher she adds difficulties, adds brains.” “Lile is av arrow—therefore you must know what mark to aim at, how to use the how—then draw it to the bead and let it go.’ “Pash in busy seasons and in dall sea- sons still push.” “Think well over your important steps in life ; and having made op your minds, never look behind.” ““There is no road to success hut through a clear, atroug purpose. * * ¥ A porpose underlies character, culture, position, at- tainment of whatever sors.”’ “The lucky man is the man who sees and grasps his opportunity.’ “While the fool is waiting for an op- portunity the wise man makes one.”’ “Find a way or make one, then—Keep- a-pushin’. ”’ “The world always listens to a man with a will in him.” “Great minds have bave wishes.” “You ear't advance fast by moving crossways. * * * Pipd out what yon want to do and then stick to it.”’ *‘The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and to possess the aptitude and perseverance to attain it.”’ “Labor is the price which the gods set upon everything worth having.”’ purposes—others ~— White wines are made from white grapes and such varieties of colored gra as bave practically colorless juice, the color being in the skin of the berry. The mak- ing aud handling of white wineis v similar to that of red wine. The chief dil- ference consists in the fact that, instead of allowing the crushed grapes to go through fermentation in the fermenting vats, when made from white grapes they are either al- lowed to remain there only a limited time (usually not more than twenty-four or thirty-six hous), or (as is most common) they are pressed at once and the juice is ie into Morage Sovpetage and fermented y itself, the receptacles being only about three-fourths full. When white Ar is made from colored grapes, in order to vent the juice taking color from the skins, the grapes, after being crushed, must be Jresel immediately. White wines, there- ore, are usually not only free from the coloring matter contained in the skins, but also from the ingredients found in red wines, which are extracted from the pomaca during fermentation. iiliterate Children of Immigrants Com pared with Children of Native Amer~ foans, It seems somewhat surprising at first to find a lower d of illiteracy among the children of I: -born parents than among Ee DoT OF Hol op ormer 1 on r 1,000, for the latter 44.1 per 1,000. is difference, however, does not prove that immigrants are more anxious than natives to secure for their children the ad- van of an elementary education. It is nable by the fact that the foreign- born are concentrated in the larger cities to a much greater extent than the native popu- lation. Comparison for individual cities indicates that there is little difference in illite: hetween the two classes of chil- dren living in the same community. But such differences as can be are usually in favor of the childre: of native parents. ~The establishments of the silk in- dustry in the United Stites must be a mat- ter of slow accomplishment. Eventually Stag ulystry Stee Nn be planted 3 nsure a supp a large crop worms. Num of e have become familiar with the methods’of silk raisi and conditiona will soon be ripe for establichment of commercial filatares. In the meantime and under the existing ocon- ditions the establishment of some sort of market for cocoons is necessary ; and it is for this reason that the Department of Agriculture, out of its appropriations, is huying and reeling a crop of cocoons which, buying small at present, will increase as the work progresses from year to year. ——*‘‘Harry, did you not hear your mother eailing ou?"’ “Course I did.” “Then why don’ you go to hei?" “She's nervous. If I should go too qnick she’d drop dead.” And Harry went pe with] his playiog as if nothing disturbed m . ‘I see that Wellington left all his wealth to his attorney. What will become of his widow?" *'Ob, she is going to marry the attor- ney. ~ Eben--A husband’s place is to com- mand. Flo—And a wife's to counter- Pepys’ period a bill was brought into parliament to restrain the ex- cessive and supeifluons use of coaches.’’ -——Worrying about the fatare is be- lieving there will be ghosts tomorrow, though you know there are none today. — Disgrace is immortal and living even when one thinks it dead. Double Tragedy On Lonely Farm. Erie, Pa, Jan. 2—A murder and suicide at a lonely farm house near the terrible affair. LOST IN AN OLD MINE Rescued After Having Been For Three Days Without Food. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 30.—After being 2ntombed in a mine for eight days, Joseph Davis, a Pole, was res- cued. Davis entered the mine Wednes- day, December 20, and got lost in the underground workings. At first he was not missed, as it was thought he had gone to a nearby town to visit relatives. When he did not return in three days, a search was made for him in the mine. No trace of him could be found. Friday he was found in an ex- hausted condition near the bottom of the shaft. He was slowly making his way out of the mine. He said he wandered around from one working to another, but all the time got further away from the open- ing. He had a well-filled dinner pail with him, For the first four days he ate sparingly of the contents, when the food was all gone he drank tea for two days. The next two days he ate scraps of bread that had been thrown away by miners. Thursday he had given up all hope of getting out alive, but coming on night he saw a light carried by an employe in the distance. He knew then he was on a roadway which was traversed, and he crawled along in his weakened condition until he finally reached the bottom of the shaft. INSURANCE PROBE ENDS Companies Present Statements at Last Day's Session. New York, Dec. 30.—With the ad- journment of the legislative committee on {insurance investigation Friday night, the investigation of the last of the old-line companies was completed. Today, the last day of the committee's session, was given over to the presen- tation of exhibits that have not hereto- fore been prepared by several compa- nies, and these are so numerous that they will not be read for the record, but after introduction by the witnesses will be marked for identification. The last old-line company taken up was the Life Insurance Club of New York. This appeared to be a system of securing insurance without agents by means of advertising. In the exam- ination of its president, Robert Wight- man, it was brought out that the sys- tem is antagonistic to the larger com- panies. MISS BUSCH NOT ENGAGED Millionaire Brewer's Daughter Not to Marry German Army Officer. St. Louis, Jan. 2. — The announce- ment last Friday, following the frus- trated elopement of Miss Wilhelmina Busch, daughter of Adolphus Busch, the millionaire brewer, with Lieuten- ant Eduard Scharrer, of Stuttgart, Germany, that they would be married at the Busch mansion on New Year's Day, was not carried out. Instead Miss Busch has gone to her brother's farm to spend some time and her father has asserted that there is no engagement between his daughter and the lieutenant. Scharrer when seen at his hotel apartments declined to dis- cuss the matter. Adolphus Busch said he had nothing to make public. All that he would say was: “Lieutenant Scharrer and I are still very good friends.” McCALL HAS NOT RESIGNED Rumor That President of New York Life Retired Denied. New York, Jan. 2.—A report that John A. McCall resigned as president of the New York Life Insurance com- pany at a meeting of the trustees of the company last Saturday, was de- nied by Augustus G. Paine, a member of the committee recently appointed to go over the company’s affairs. Mr. Payne stated that the report was ab- solutely untrue and added that the trustees did not meet Saturday. It had been said that the meeting was a secret one and that the trustees had pledged themselves to keep the matter of the resignation secret until the an- nual report of the company was made public. $150,000 Fire at Hagerstown, Md. Hagerstown, Md. Jan. 2.—Fire de- stroyed the large four-story brick plant of the Hagerstown Storage and Trans- fer company, entailing a loss of be- tween $125,000 and $150,000. Among the largest losses were $50,000 on yarn and underwear belonging to the Rou- lette Knitting Co. and a like amount on yarn and hosiery belonging to the Blue Ridge Knitting Co., of Hagers- town, and the Block Rock Knitting Co., of Mechanicsburg, Pa. The origin of the fire, which started in the office, is not known. —— 0 a ——— 11,399 Vessels Arrived at New York. New York, Jan. 2.—During the year 1905 the total number of vessels that arrived in the port of New York, ac- cording to the books of the govern- mentgat the barge office, was 11,399, of which 6064 were steamers and 5335 were sailing vessels. The arrivals at New York for the past year show an increase of 120 vessels over the year 1904. There was an increase of 175 in the number of steamers which entered the port, but the arrivals of sailing vessels decreased by 65 as compared with the arrivals in 1904. Fatal Duel On H New York, Jan. 1.—In what the po- Se Revolt in Moscow Now at an End. Russian Potitical Strike Called off By Workmen's Council. Moscow, Jan. 1.—White flags flying from a dozen factories in the tenement houses of Presna district, where the revolutionaries made their last stand, now bear mute witness to the end of the “December uprising in Moscow.” The entire district is now occupied by troops. During the night the vast majority of the members of the “fighting le- gions” either surrendered or, after throwing away their arms, endeavored to escape in the guise of peaceful citi- zens. Only the members who acted as a guard to the revolutionary committee stuck to their colors and the surrender of this handful furnished the last act of the sanguinary drama. The staging of this last act was ad- mirable—a snow-covered landscape, the small black residence with a tiny red flag fluttering from its gable, the end of Gorbatoff bridge, black with the guns of the artillery and a thin encircling line of the Seminovsky regiment of the guard, broken only in the direct line of the fire. Suddenly there was a flash of red fire from the mouth of one of the guns and a solid shot ploughed through the walls of the house. A few splutter- ing shots replied from a window. The cannon spoke again and again until a dozen shots had been fired. It looked like murder to the specta- tors on a hill, and so evidently thought the officer in command of the battery, which ceased fire. A reserve company of the Seminovsky regiment then ad- vanced and fired volleys at the upper windows. At the third volley a white handkerchief attached to a bayonet was pushed through a shattered pane. It waved frantically and all was over. The little garrison of 30 marched out and laid down their arms, a strange collection of rifles and repeating shot- guns. All had revolvers. Strange to say, not one of the men had even been wounded, and when they found that they would not be imme- diately executed they appeared to be rather relieved that the end of the struggle had come. They gathered around the soldiers’ bivouac, stretched their hands eagerly over the cheerful fires and begged cigarettes from the guards. Considering the intensity of the bombardment, when as many as five shots a minute were fired, besides the steady volleys of the infantry, the losses are surprisingly small, not more than 40 of the revolutionaries or the {nhabitants being killed, and only about 200 being wounded in the dis- trict. RUSSIA QUIETS DOWN Witte May Yet Be Able to Steer Way Through Empire's Troubles. St. Petersburg, Jan. 2.—The Russian government is breathing freer, with a fighting chance that Count Witte will yet be able to steer a way through the rocks which beset his path. The Svet, which is often well informed on court news, declares the emperor favors the creation of an advisory council of moderate zemstvoists, such as Gutchkoff, Shipoff and others of their class to act in conjunction with the cabinet. A close friend of the premier pre- dicted that the struggle at court would end in the granting of a constitution or Witte's resignation. The threat of a general strike In the near future has disappeared, and the telegraph strike, being without support, is fast going to pieces, in spite of the mild appeals of the union to stand firm. The members of Count Witte's cabi- net distinctly deny that the govern- ment has entered on the path of re- action, but they say that the present anarchy cannot continue and that per- sons amenable to the law will be tried fn the courts. There can be no ques- tion of arbitrary methods, they say, and they add that if the government should really enter on the path of reaction it must end in a dictatorship, the first evidence of which wiil be that the premier will step down and out. The special commission which is considering the matter of legislation for the peasants has reached an ex- ceedingly important direction, involv- ing the right of the communes to as- sign lands in severalty, the holders of which car. sell at will. Action in ac- cordance with this decision would vir tually sound the knell of the com- munal system. Where the peasants de- sire to retain the communal system, however, they may mortgage their lands to obtain money for the pur chase of additional lands, to make im- provements, to buy agricultural im- plements, etc. The decision of the com- really a device of the government to hold the entire community responsi- ble for the redemption of the lands granted when serfdom was abolished. Received Poisoned Candy by Mail. Clinton, Ia., Jan. 1.—With the words, all with the species. —Sterne.
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