"■ —■■■ - —"■ The Wage of Treason ■■ - This, as on every evening, Profes sor Alexis Ivanovitch, scientist and di rector of the Imperial Gymnasium at St. Petersburg, pressed a kiss, half tender, half mechanical, upon the fair ■white forehead of Dounia, and stole away from the conjugal domicile, while Dounia remained alone and re flected. Where did Alexis Ivanovitch'a nocturnal excursions take him? The professor was no longer a young man —he had passed his fiftieth year—and science and his absorbing duties aa director of the Imperial Gymnasium, ■where live hundred pupils studied un der him, left him no time to devote to amorous Intrigues. And then, waa not Dounia young, robust, and beau tiful, with her luxuriant auburn hair, her steel-colored eyes, and her per verse, enigmatical smile? She was poor, obscure, and ignorant when he married her; he rich, a grand digni tary of the Slav University, and a councilor to his majesty, the Czar. But love had conquered al! obstacles, and Dounia, daughter of a shepherd of the Caucasus, became the idolized wife of the director of the gymnasium. The seductive Circassian had indeed often triumphed in the heart of the savant over despotic duty. How frequently he sat by her, admiring her, and list ening as she babbled in French, gent ly criticising her linguistic errors. Was not her naive conversation worth a hundred times as much as the sub tile literary and philosophical discus sions in which he engaged with the lettered men of St. Petersburg? Since several months, however, Alexis Ivano vitch's interest in Dounla's French les sons had flagged. He permitted her to confound the tenses, to ignore gen der, and to forget the elementary rules of syntax without correcting her, as formerly. Moreover, he left the house regularly every evening and did not return until late at night. Was Alexis Ivanovitch deceiving her? She had discarded that supposition long ago. Dounia was too sure of herself, too proud of her extraordinary beauty, to suppose she could have a rival. Still, how could she explain Alexis's absence every night? He did not gam ble, for the money in the safe was nev er disturbed, and it. is not usual to visit the games with empty pockets. Once only, a person of unpreposses- , sing aspect and poorly attired pre sented himself at the door with a let ter. Alexis, having read it, handed the bearer a note of five hundred rou bles without the least remark, the stranger accepting the same without even giving thanks. Gambling debts are not paid in such a manner, and when Alexis was asked about the in cident he merely answered, "I am helping along a good cause," and Dounia did not dare to question any further. She was patient and waited, hoping the inexplicable absence of her hus band would cease soon; the thought : to follow and spy his actions never oc- : curred to her. Tills evening, however, > he had hardly crossed the threshold when, enveloped in heavy furs, her face hidden by a hood, and her feet encased in stout boots, Dounia follow ed rapidly In his footsteps. She shad owed him through the snow-covered streets, oppressed and anxious, the blood mounting to her temples, and her heart beating violently. This conjugal pursuit, in the night , and through the snow, did not have Jealousy for its only motive. In fact, Dounia had not the right to be jealous. Dounia was guilty. A young instruc tor at the gymnasium, a German named Karl Strueber, profiting by the director's occupation and the isolation of his wife, had won her. And it was the thought of this that tortured her — that perhaps she alone was guilty, and that he loved her still, and might be able to justify his nightly absence and convict her of treason, ignoble and unpardonable. Ah, could she but establish his faithlessness! She would then be excusable for her own. This is why Dounia followed her husband, on that clear and frosty night, through a strange and labyrinth ine quarter of the city, whose narrow streets were scarcely illuminated by the mysterioils moonlight. ****** Alexis, having arrived at his des tination, was about to rap on the door of a house, within which all seemed silent and dark, when he paused. Re treating hastily, he hid behind the an gle of the house and listened. Light footsteps were coming in his direction. "I am being followed," he thought. Coolly and resolutely he drew a revol ver from his pocket, cocked it, and waited. Alexis raised his pistol ready to fire. Just then Dounia, surprised at seeing no one, and believing she had been outwitted, threw back her hood in order to get a better view of the lo cality. The moonlight revealed her features plainly, and Alexis, recogniz ing her, ran from his hiding-place. "Dounia." he cried, "what are you doing here, unfortunate woman?" "I was following you, Alexis Ivano vitch," she answered, with trembling voice; "it was wrong, I know, but I could not resist the desire. I wanted to know where you spent your even ings." "Curiosity is very often a bad coun selor, Dounia," said the professor, i gravely, after a few moments' reflec tion; "heaven grant you may not re gret wanting to know that which I had determined to hide from you. But perhaps. I am wrong after all. The ■wife should hide nothing from her hus band, and the husband have no secret from his wife. I love you, Dounia; my love alone caused me to let you re main ignorant of certain things, a knowledge of which might prove dan gerous to you. Do you know, by the way, that, not knowing who you were, I was about to kill you?" "What, kill an unknown!—one who has never harmed you? You must be engaged in some very grave undertak ing to harbor such a resolution." "Very grave, indeed. But you wish ed to see and know; come with me and you shall be satisfied." And Alex is Ivanovitch drew Dounia, still sur prised and frightened, toward the low door of the mysterious house, which opened silently after he had knocked in a peculiar and measured manner. A regular meeting of the nihilistic committee was being held within, and they were discussing a circular to be sent out which was to inform the af filiated of an important attempt to be made by the revolutionary party against the life of the Czar. Alexis Ivanovitch Introduced Dounia as a neophyte, and, two or three women approaching her, gave her instruc tions. She was given pamphlets to distribute, the names of prisoners and sick persons whom she was expected to visit and bring food to.and other duties to perform. Tiie affiliation of the wife of Alexis Ivanovitch, one of the leaders of the society and the au thor of numerous pamphlets secretly published by the nihilistic press, seem ed quite natural and aroused no sus picion. Ways and means were next considered, and were discussed quite freely before Dounia, who listened, as if in a dream, to the different plans for carrying out their tragic purpose. The ; meeting then adjourned. i **»*»* | The following day, while Alexis was at the gymnasium inspecting the classes, listening to the complaints of students, and attending to his daily routine work, Karl Strueber, the handsome German professor, visit -1 ed Dounia, who had not yet recovered from the shock the terrible experience ' of the night before had given her. So, then, her husband was a conspirator! I He was the associate, the accomplice, '■ of those savage men who terrorized the empire and whose audacity neith ! er Siberia nor the gallows could ar -1 rest. Alexis wished to assassinate the \ Czar! Ah, he filled her with horror now, she was no more ashamed of her fault, and it even seemed to her that, in deceiving him, she punished him for the crime he meditated. So she abandoned herself to the em braces of her lover with a frenzied passion that savored of the primitive ardor of the dwellers in her mountain hone. The dull German! to be medi tative at such a time. But he had a mission to perform, and waited for an opportunity, although he was for a time disconcerted by Dounia's savage voluptuousness. At last he succeeded in putting the following questions to Dounia: "Does your husband receive many visits from men of peculiar as pect, who, upon entering, hand the doorporter a ticket?" "No, never," replied Dounia, sur prised. "Well, then, does he go out often?" "Every evening," she answered, promptly, paling Immediately there after as she thought of the terrible ! meeting which she had attended. In ! the meantime, a light dawned upon her. Why did her lover ask her these | questions? Who was this German, j concerning whom vague rumors had reached her ears? Quite a number of Germans were employed in the police i —could Karl Strueber be a spy? Strueber, not noticing her abstrac tion and carried away by his desire to obtain more information concerning Ivanoviteh's movements, continued to interrogate Dounia eagerly, thus ex posing himself. Dounia, a prey to con flicting emotions, had answered half mechanically, and now realized that she had betrayed the secret of her husband —consigned to the prison, the knout, Siberia, or even to the gibbet, the man whose honor she had already sullied. A gust of pride and revolt swept through her, and the wild na ture of the mountain girl asserted it self within her. She had, indeed, consented to betray the husband, but she would not betray the conspirator. The Circassian never gives shelter to a spy. Her resolution was taken Im mediately. No, she would not deliver Alexis over to the executioner. She arose, trembling but superb. Strueber sought to detain her. "Remain," she murmured, with a bewitching and pro voking smile; "I shall return; I am thine forever." In the neighboring room she wrote a few words, called the moujick, and commanded him to take the nqte to his master. Ten minutes later, Alexis Ivano vitch arrived at the threshold of the chamber where Karl Strueber was tenderly embracing Dounia, while en deavoring to obtain further informa tion concerning the vast conspiracy of which the police already had an ink ling. The next moment the bloody form of Strueber, felled by a crushing blow of a battle-axe. which Alexis had torn from the wall In his library, lay stretched at Dounla's feet, while Alex is, with fiery enthusiasm, cried; "Rise, Dounia, wife of my bosom! Thou hast aided us to punish a treacherous spy. Thou art a second Judith, my be loved!" Translated for the Argonaut from the French of Edmond Lepelle tier. Camera Aids Astronomers. Before photography was applied to stars the highest number catalogued was 457,847. The number of stars the camera will show is estimated at over 30,000,000. Defined. Willie —Pa, what are "Conversation ul Powers?" Pa- Oh, any of tbe South American Republics. GOWNS MADE IN BRUSSELS. That City Turns Out Quantities of "Paris Frocks." "Do you know where many of the frocks are made that American wom en buy in Paris?" asked a man who has lived abroad for many years. "In Brussels," he went on. "That is about the greatest dressmaking cen ' tre of the world. 1 know one woman who has a dressmaking establishment , in which she employs GOO girls. Her i output is tremendous, and there are many similar establishments. "Every freight train that leaves Brussels for Paris carries big consign ments of dresses. Labor is cheaper in Brussels than in Paris and condi tions of living different. Then there is no Sunday holiday for tiie workers ; In millinery establishments. The pro prietors are so swamped with orders that they keep their hands going. "My wife tells mo that she can get in Brussels an exquisite hand em broidered gown for SIOO, and the best turned out there —a court dress in fact with train —for .$l4O. Brussels is fast becoming an American shopping centre." WHEN A FISHHOOK SNAGS. Two Simple but Ingenious Methods of Releasing It. In Ireland when an angler's hook catches in a root under water he cuta a willow sprout, bends It into a hoop, passes it over rod and line and lets It float beyond the obstruction, when a sharp pull on the line generally frees the hook. | In England, says a writer in Forest and Stream, an rngler Ims improved on this method. In his kit he carries sev eral of the wire paper clips used in filing letters. If his hook becomes Bnagged he attaches the clip to a bit of brush, then springs the clip over his line, and when the branch has floated beyond the snagged hook the clip acts as a pulley in freeing It. He says It is an effective and cheap clear ing ring, and it is not heavy. A Peculiar Name. There is a post hamlet In Cass County, Missouri, with nothing pecu liar about it except its name, and that Is Peculiar. Its origin, according to local traditions was as follows: When the settlement had become sufficiently populous to need a postof flce, one of the prominent citizens sent a petition to Washington to have one j established. Indue course the petl \ tion was granted and he was asked to suggest a name that would please the ! people. He replied, "The people are not particular so long as the name is i peculiar." Thereupon the postofilce was chris ' tened Peculiar, and the name has nev er been changed. Dangerous Insects. i Recent Investigations have shown i that the notorious tsetse of Africa is ! not the only insect capable of trans | mltting the dreadful trypanosomiasis, or sleeping-sickness. In the neighbor ; hood of Brazzaville exists an insect, of ! the genus Chrysopa, which propagates ' the same infection, and Doctor Martin ! now announces that trypanosomes are : evolved in the body of a mosquito of | the genus Stegomyia, another species : of which is known as the propagator ; of yellow fever in America. The more 1 the subject Is studied, the more dan gerous insects appear as spreaders of disease. Shorthand Without Hands. A youth of fifteen named Possneck, who two years ago lost both his hands in a machinery accident at Arnstadt, has accomplished the remarkable feat of gaining a speed certificate for short hand. After his mishap, by which his hands were cut off at the wrists, he was received into a cripples' home. ) The Duke of Saxe-Melningen, one of ; the patrons, took an active interest in ' the lad and paid for two artificial ; hands. The cripple soon became so 1 expert in their use that he is an ex -1 cellent penman and can write short hand at the rate of 115 words per min ute. —London Tit-Bits. New Coffee Plant. The African explorer, Oarpentler, has found in Sassandra a new species of coffee-plant, which is very abund ant in some places, although It Is a dwarf form, varying in height from 1 three feet to less than a foot. In their 1 wild state the berries are not suitable for coffee-making, but it is hoped that by cultivation this plant may be im proved, as other species in the Congo ! State have already been. At present the new plant is only a botanical curiosity. Long Distance Pleno Record. The world's record for continuous piano-playing has been broken by C. I W. Healy, who commenced playing a piano at Prince's Court, Melbourne, one evening at eight o'clock. Healy played continuously until 10.30 at night on the following Saturday even ' ing—a period of fifty and a half hours 1 —and he has thus constituted a new record, the longest time before this having been forty-eight and a half hours. During the performance Healy sustained himself on beef tea and cho colate. Antiquity of Bows and Arrows. ' One curious result of the recent study of the mural paintings and en gravings on the walls of caverns in the Pyrenees anciently occupied as dwell ings by men, is the evidence which it has afforded that bows and arrows were already in use at that very early period. In a grotto at Niaux, bisons, horses, deer and wild goats are repre sented, and arrows are shown striking Into many of the animals. Some of the arrow-heads thus placed are col ored red. , Status of the Atomic Theory. The suggestion has been made that, owing to recent discoveries, the atom ic theory of the constitution of mat ter, established for a century, is no longer tenable, since particles small er than atoms are now known to exist But Prof. Herbert R. Moody points out that the theory is still as useful as ever, since, under the conditions that surround us on the earth, most atoms de not undergo change that can be discovered In any ordinary way. The atomic theory Is based upon weighings and the changes in weight which 1 atoms undergo are not such as can be detected. Gold from the Sea. This has no reference to the wild plans that have from time to time been exploited for extracting gold from sea-water, but it relates to the attempts made in Queensland and New South Wales to recover gold and other precious metals from the sands on the seashore. The treatment of these sands has been undertaken, it would appear, with some promise of success. Not only gold but platinum and uranium have been found. It Is thought that the metals find their way to the strand from submerged rocks which are broken and triburated by the violent waves assailing the coast. Bleeding Fish to Keep Them. The Norway fisher cuts and bleeds Hell the moment they are caught. He cuts the throat or bleeds them from the tail. Fish so finished keep far better. Fish are best Just before spawning time, thereafter they be come poor, then watery and unfit. Some folk are grouched by herring and mackerel, and will get sick every time they eat 'em. No matter how fresh the fish the people vomit, purge and break out In bold hives. It is not uncommon to find dead oysters mixed up in the heap. These dead ones are liable to poison the live ones. Neon and the Aurora. By means of sounding-balloons, Telsserenc de Bort has collected specl mens of the air up to an altitude of more than eight and a half miles. Analysis shows the presence of helium only in the layers lower than above six miles. Neon, on the contrary, is found at all levels, and this fact is regarded as confirming the identifica tion of several spectroscopic lines of neon in the spectrum of the aurora borealls. The Old Surf Bath. It is not so many years ago when 1 surf bathing of a very primitive kind prevailed at the eastern end of Long Island and, for aught I know, at other points. Every Saturday morning, or afternoon, as the tide willed, through out the Summer big farm wagons trun ; died down to the beach and wero j swung around abreast or the line of ' breakers. Old flshhouses served the ! purpose of modern bathing pavilions, and the sea costumes were those of last year's village street. A long rope was drawn from unCer the seats and \ hitched to the wheel, and then some ; sturdy ex-whaler or life crew man in red flannel shirt and old trousers tied at the ankles slipped his waist through the loop at the end of this primitive life line and, wading out, kept it as taunt as circumstances permitted, while the women and children hunt to it and reveled and wallowed and shrieked, rejoicing in their "Saturday tub." Where Father Got Stung. One afternoon not long ago, in the | vicinity of Druid Hill Park, In Balti ' more, there might have been seen a young man Industriously pushing up ; and down a baby carriage, Intently reading a book the while. "Henry! Henry!" called a young j woman from the second story of a I house opposite. Henry heard not, but continued to I push the baby carriage and to read : his book. In about an hour the cries for "Hen : ry" were repeated. "Well, what do you want?" he de ; manded, rather Impatiently. "Nothing, dear," was the irritating ' response," except to inform you that | you've been wheeling Harriet's doll ; all the afternoon. I think it's time Tor the baby to have a turn now." Explained. "Why do so many sick people in hospital wards like to be putin a bed next to a patient from the country?" , said the young nurse to the house | doctor. "Graft," said the doctor. "Most country or suburban patients come from homes where there are chickens and maybe a cow. When the folks come in for a visit they bring eggs that were laid that morning and fresh milk, cream and butter. If the person lying beside the country patient Js very sick he appeals to the sympathies of the country visitors, and the next time an extra egg and an extra pint of milk come." A Philanthropic Spaniel. i Old Buller, the curly brown spaniel, well known to Middlesex, is dead. He was a philanthropist. With a money box hanging from his neck he collect ed for Ealing Cottage Hospital. In the last five years he took in S4OO, and he showed fine discrimination as | to the sides of the streets he worked In winter. In summer he frequented parks, making his appeal to numerous ladles and gentlemen. Old Buller was 110 years old, and died from pleurisy. Trolley Lines In America. There are 1,250 street and interur ban railway companies in America, with a total of 35,000 miles of single track and 75,000 passenger cars. The total number of passengers carried an nually Is 10,000,000,000, and the groea annual Income is 1440,000,000. WORKING ON THE CARS. No Place Like New York for Says a Western Visitor. "We have something of a reputa tion out West for hustling," said an Omaha man, "but I never saw such persons as New Yorkers, both men and women, for working on the sur face, the subway and the elevated cars, to say nothing of the ferryboats. I wonder the companies don't find some plan for renting desk room in public conveyances. It is customary to see men reading on the cars everjr- I where, but you have to come to New i York to find half the passengers on a | car correcting typewritten manu scripts, humming over musical scores, casting up accounts in little memo randum books or on the back of an en velope, and poring over shorthand les sons. | "Persons studying foreign lan guages read them aloud on the cars and nobody appears to pay any atten tion to them except visitors from other cities." The Dulcitone. The dulcitone of Thomas Machell of Glasgow has the keyboard of a piano, but the key hammers produce sound by striking steel forks — like I shankless tuning forks —Instead of wires. A semicircular steel spring carries the vibrations from each fork to the sounding board. The tune Is softer than that of the piano, but It has great clearness and carrying pow er and is adapted for solo playing as well as for accompanying other Instru ments or the voice. Important ad vantages are the lack of neceselty of tuning and the portability. A dulol ' tone of five octaves weighs but forty five pounds, but a piano of the same range has a weight of 250 pounds or more. Reversible Turbines. One of the objections urged against ] turbine-engines has been their inabil ity to run backward as well as for ward. John Ogg of Aberdeen has In vented a form of turbine which avoids this difficulty. The steam enters the machine through a hollow axle, and thence acts upon the wings of the ro | tating disks mounted upon the axle. ; When it is desiied to reverse the mo tion, a new set of disks, having their wings set at a reverse angle, are brought into play, and by means of grooved valves the steam Is projected against them, thus producing a back ward motion. The reversal of motion can be produced Instantaneously. FREAK RUBBER TREES. Revolted Against Parasites and Killed Them Off. Some years ago a big planter in the Congo abandoned a rubber tract of several hundred miles which had be come infested with the parasite of th« region. All the trees drooped and (tied down to the roots, only these surviving. Part of the trunk under the inner bark continued to yield the rubber milk, as usual, but the fluid was found to be thoroughly poisoned and apparently useless. A visit to the abandoned tract some years after the blight had fallen showed, to the amazement of the owner, that the trees had taken on a new life. When the milk was tested he found that it made rubber of a superior quality, and now brings the highest price in the market. Apparently nature had revolted against the destructive in sects and with their poison the trees had inoculated themselves against further affliction of the kind. The Colors of Eggs. Mr. A. R. Horwood of the Leicester (England) Museum remarks that the colors of birds' eggs can in a large number of cases be traced to the necessity of "protective resemblance." White eggs are usually laid by birds nesting In holes in trees, or in dark situations, like owls, woodpeckers and some pigeons. Most birds nesting on or near the ground lay eggs of an olive green or brown ground color. The eggs of grouse, ptarmigan, and so forth, resemble the heather amongst which they are laid. Those of the ringed plover, little tern and oyster catcher resemble the sand and shin gle of the beach. The dapwing's eggs closely simulate bare soil or dried bents. The young chicks show similar "protective" colors. An Animal Census. According to an official of the Smithsonian Institution at Washing ton, the latest enumeration of the ani mals known to science, includes no less than three hundred and ninety species. The real number is believed to be much larger. It has been estimated that of in sects alone the earth harbors two mil lion species; but the late Professor Riley, a recognized authority on the subject, held even that estimate as far too low. According to his opinion, ten million would be a moderate esti mate of the number of insect species. The number of individuals is, of oourse. Incalculable. Alaska's Great Mountain. The claim of Mount McKinley, the culminating peak of the Alaskan runge, to be regarded as the loftiest po!nt in North America, is sustained by the report of an exploring party, made by one of Its members, Mr. A. H. Brooks. The party made a journey of 800 miles on foot In Alaska during the season just passed. Mr. D. L. Rea burn, the topographer of the expedi tion, believes that the measurements of mountain heights which were made have a probable error not exceeding 100 feet. According to these measure ments Mount McKinley's elevation definitely exceeds 200,000 feet; that of Mount Foraker la 17,000 feet Clever Thieves Get $85,000. Aaron Bancroft, a broker, eighty six years of age, was robbed in New York city last Thursday afternoon of securities valued at approximately $85,000, but he did not discover his loss until Monday. The theft was committed in the ves tibule of the Produce Exchange Safety Deposit and Storage company. For twenty-five years It has been Mr. Bancroft's habit every Thursday afternoon to deposit the Arm's valu ables In a box rented by them from the Deposit and Storage company. The distance from his offices to the vaults 1s not more than 200 feet, and any one making the trip is In constant sight of the office windows. Last Thursday Mr. Bancroft placed his securities In a large envelope, tied with tape, and with the firm's name printed upon it. A flight of steps leads from the street level entrance to the vaults. As Mr. Bancroft reached the bottom of the steps he noticed a young man, whom he only remembers as "rather undersized," leaning against the corridor wall. Just as Mr. Bancroft was about to turn the corner, at the end of the cor ridor, a tall man came running in the opposite direction and came into col lision with the aged broker. The shock threw Mr. Bancroft off his feet, and In falling he dropped the envelope, j That was the cue for the "under sized" young man. He stepped up to Mr. Bancroft, assisted him to his feet, and was so solicitous as to tuck the envelope under the broker's arm. At least Mr. Bancroft thought it was tho envelope that fell. He went onto de posit It in his box as usual. ; Monday when his son, George Ban croft, unlocked the box he found that the only envelope there contained three old newspapers. A clever substl ! tution had been effected. Jail For Huston Is Court's Decree. | The judgment of the Dauphin coun ty court in the case of Joseph M. Hus ton, architect of the state capitol, who was convicted of conspiracy to de ; fraud the state, was affirmed by the superior court in Williamsport, Pa. The lower court sentenced Huston to from six months to two years in the eastern penitentiary and to pay a fine of SSOO and costs. The decision means that Huston must serve the prison sentence and pay the fine imposed by the lower court on his conviction of the charge of defrauding the state in connection with the construction of that building unless it 1s overruled on higher ap peal. Taft Calls Extra Session. Because the senate ignored his re quest that the bill carrying into effect the reciprocity agreement wUh Can ada be passed, President Taft called an extra session of congress, to con vene on April 4, "to determine wheth er congress shall by necessary legis lation make operative the agreement." The president and most of the Re publicans wanted the session to be gin on an earlier date, and the tima dually was set as it was to please the Democratic leaders, who will be in control of the new house. Extra Session Will Cost Clark S9OOO. If there Is an extra session of con gress, Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, the Democratic speaker to be, will lose S9OOO. Mr. Clark has signed contracts for ten weeks on the Chautauqua lecture circuit at S9OO a week and expenses. He planned to start out from Philadel phia on March 6 and talk his way out to the Pacific coast and back, but if the session is to begin on March 15 he will just throw up his hands and say goodby to the S9OOO. Queen's Attendant Slain. Princess di Trigona, a young and beautiful lady-in-waiting to Queen Helena of Italy, was murdered at a small hotel in Rome by Lieutenant Paterno, an officer In the Italian cav alry. The tragedy has created a sensa tion. The causes of the murder and the details of the story that led up to it are thus far unknown or sup pressed. The authorities, however, state that the lieutenant strangled the princess and then shot her. Honors For Commander Peary. Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary got his long deferred reward. By a vote ol 154 to 31, the house passed a senate bill which proposes to retire Mr. Peary with the rank and pay of a rear admiral and to extend to him the thanks of congress, which carries with it the privilege of senate and house chambers. Very few persons have re ceived the latter honor since tho foundation of the government. Montana Electa Senator. Henry L. Myers, judge of the dis trict court of Ravalli county, waa elected United States senator by the Montana legislature to succeed Thom as H. Carter. Myers received every Democratic vote, or a total of fifty-three votes, as against forty-five for Carter and three scattering Republican votes. Burglar* Blow Bank Bafe. Burglars entered the People's bank, In Windfall, Ind., where they blew the outer doors of the safe, obtainii. about SSOO in silver and S4OO worth ol postage stamps, left by Postmaster Sholty for safekeeping. They were un able to get into the inner vault, which contained about $4500 in currency. Bank Robbers Get S3OOO. The Farmers' State bank, of Mat thews, Ind., was entered by robbers, who blew open the safe and secured S3OOO. A horse and buggy were also stolen from a farmer near Matthews, and in this the robbers escaped with their plunder.
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