A KING'S SECRET. He Changed His Principles, but Could Not Change His Record. By THOMAB R. DEAN. tCopyright. 1910, by American Press Asso ciation. J [Europeau history, beginning with the storming of the Bastille In Paris to the battle of Waterloo, embraces more startling romances than any oth er period. All the remarkable careers of that remarkable period were sky rockets save one. Among the parvenu kings and queens created by the little Corslcan or through his Influence, the descendants of none sit on a throno today save those of the king of Swe den. The motif of the following story Is historical and needs no embellish ment It Is in Itself a subject for a great drama.] "Jean. 1 have beard that Instead of following In my footsteps, remaining on the farm and being a notary like your father, you are pining to be a soldier. Know, my son, that the life you woyld choose Is one of hardship. When the first enthusiasm has worn off you will have nothing to repay you for the rigid discipline, the hard marches, the wounds that you will re ceive, and there Is every chance thnt your life will be short." These words were spoken at a time when the first muttering* of revolu tion were beard in France. The fam ily were peasants. The father attend ed to petty law cases, but did not rise above his class. Jean was hut fifteen years old when thus admonished to let soldiering nlotie, but there was In him a spirit too adventurous to permit him to remain a plowboy, and he en tered as a private In the king's ma rines. When he marched away his parents and all the household shook their beads, as much as to say, "You •will soon be very homesick, my boy. but will not be permitted to come back to us." Jean was sent to an Island In the Mediterranean sea the same year that "I CHOOSE TO BE BIiED FROM THE I.EPT a certain boy, eleven years old, was went to school In France. These two boys, the oue but four years older than the other, were destined to play an Im portant part iu each other's life. Young Jean served two years on the island, theu was sent to the East In iles, where lie was wounded and taken prisoner. Returning to France, his family, hoping that his experience had been enough to crush his soldierly am bition, made another effort to induce film to remain with them. But he was iromoted to be sergeant, and this de lded him to enlist for another term Soon after the revolution broke out. lean was with his regiment In Mar seilles. Ills colonel, attempting to sub lue a mob. was surrounded aud would mve been killed had not the young ergeant whom be had promoted ha angued the crowd, calmed them and saved bis commauder. Jean was present at another scene, uerhaps the most Important which ook place during tliat eventful period, lis regiment was drawn up on the 'lace de la Revolution in Paris In a lollow square, the center being occu pied by a guillotine, Presently. the vheels of a tumbrel (two wheeled cart) ere heard rolling over the stones, and a It was standing the king of France, ean saw him mount the scaffold and ,1s head drop into n basket. By his iresenoe as a guard the boy aided and betted the execution, thus constituti ng himself a regicide. When the reglmer.t was marched ick to the barracks Jeau, who had ecome a stanch revolutionist, in order commemorate the scene in which he ad taken part tattooed on his right rm a guillotine with a figure lying ,)on it. Underneath were the words, Death to Kings and Tyrants!" The surest road to advancement at lis time was by means of the revolu on. Jean, a furious Republican, was lised from one rank to another till he >came a major general. But it was ot his political affiliations alone that lused his advancement He fought le enemies of his country on the hlne and showed himself a brave and iillful officer. Meanwhile that same oy who had come to France to school hen Jean was going to the Island had sen in the military service and had jen given command of a force oppos g the enemies of France In Italy, san was sent at the head of 20,000 >en to aid the young commander of Is army at the southward. Then followed two decades that lust remain In history the most re arkable epoch of modern times, hese two young men—one of them e conqueror of Europe, the other IU of his most efficient assistants— jre related by marriage. Their lnter ts were Identical, but they never got together. The one lost bis Interest the deposing of tlie tyrant king ex- cept so fur as it left a vacancy for him to slip Into as emperor. The other for a time, either through a nat ural loaning toward the motto, "Death to Kings ami Tyrants!" or seeing that his chief whs absorbing the stare into himself, opposed him. Hut both In time cut loose from their moorings and from revolutionists became mon archists During this shaking up of the king doms of Europe one of the thrones— Ic was electoral—became vacant. The notary's boy had fought on their terri tory and had been kind to the people. Owing to his connection with the great conqueror he was taken up as a can didate and elected klug. And so It was that .lean Baptlste .lilies Berna dotte, a French peasant, who had stood guard while Ills king was exe cuted. who had tatooed on his arm the motto "Death to Kings and Tyrants!" became Klug of Sweden. And now those words became obnox ious to him. When the king took oft his underclothes before going to bed, there on his arm was the picture of the guillotine with the motto beneath. When they had been placed there, who would have guessed that fate Intended taking up this peasant soldier and one day placing him on a throne? The king was rich and would gladly have giveu liberally of his gold to any one who would remove the picture and the words. There was no surgeon in those days so skillful that be could remove them, and, though today tattoo work may be so deadened as to be ordinarily Invisible, on rubbing the skin It will faintly reappear to confront the one who would banish it. One day the king fell 111. The royal physicians were sent for nnd decided that his majesty must be bled. The king raised the sleeve on his left arm. "We usually bleed a patient on the right arm. your majesty." said the op erator. "And will not blood taken from the left serve as well?" the kiug asked shortly. "It may be." "Then draw It from the left." "Perhaps It Is custom, your majesty, perhaps because the left arm Is nearer the heart, that physicians bleed from the right." "I choose to be bled from the left arm,'' insisted the king, by this time showing a choleric redness In the face. They bled bis majesty as be direct ed, and he recovered. When again he needed bleeding another physician was called. Again the king bared his left arm. The physician asked him to raise the right sleeve. This time his majesty had lost some of his patleuce. "Bleed me where I direct!" he thun dered. "Do you suppose that I. who have commanded on many battlefields and detested taking orders from the emperor himself, am to be dictated to by a surgeon?" The king's command was obeyed. And so It came to pass that the story got abroad in the palace that the kiug would never submit to be bled from his right arm. It was repeated In whispers, and all who heard It won dered. The king never heard it. but he dreaded lest by what must seeui his strange action be had excited com ment. When If.s majesty arose In the morn ing, unlike other sovereigns, he must need exclude his chamberlains and his gentlemen of the bedchamber. Not even a valet could be admitted during the change from night today clothes or during the bath lest the blue pic ture of the guillotine and the words beneath be seen and the secret come out. Who knows but the knowledge th:it the kiug was thus chained to the murder of n king spread among his pi'tipie might cause a sensatiou that would end in revolution? And how would end the revolution? Well might hi- majesty shudder and see In the tat tooed guillotine a picture of his own end. And so the king lived, chained, as it w. re.to the scene In which he had as sisted in his early youth and which now he would love to forget. Kven though he seldom saw the picture and the motto lie knew that they were on his arm. At times as he grew old and was losing the strength that had en abled him to help build up an empire the blue characters on his arm would seem like a serpent coiled there. Ilow often at night in the loneliness of his chamber he cried out at the ever pres ent witness of his inglorious change of principle was uot known, for his maj esty slept alone. At Inst the king fell ill and this time knew Unit the hand of death was neon him. Ilis secret would be known. Uis crown he could uot take with him, and he did not care to take it. One thing only he would like to take, nnd that was those tattoo marks he had pricked an his arm with tt needle and India Ink. But this memento of his past, this link that bound liitu to the de thronement and murder of a sovereign, he could no more carry with him thau the Insignia of royalty. i'he king died. When a menial went to the death chamber to prepare the body to lie instate and be viewed by his majesty's subjects, on baring the chest nnd arms he saw the picture of the guillotine and read the words be low : "Death to Kings and Tyrants!" Really Antique. An excel 1 in plaster of parls cast may be seen in one of the Egyptian galleries of the British museum of the famous sycjiuiort statuette known as the "Sheikh-el-Beled," or "Village Sheikh." The original dates from MOO B. C. and Is still in perfect condition, although It is the oldest known speci men of woo .loaning. It represents an overseer of the workmen eugaged In building the pyramids close to Sakka rao, where It was discovered.—London News. Natural. The Stranger—Was the new candi date much put out when they threw the stale eggs at him? Native —He was, sorr. He was awful decomposed. —London Sketch. Will Never Know. Seymour—lt Is better to be tight than president. Ashley—How do you know? You've never been either and nevpr will up Chicago News When the Ight bpglns within himself I tnnu'a worth somethiug. -Browning. PETE INTERFERED. He Was Not Returned and Healed the Breach. By CLARISSA MACKIE. ICopyrtght. ISIO, by American Press Asso ciation.! Evelyn, having returned her engage ment ring to lUchard Ilallam, was col lecting her other gifts for the same purpose when It occurred to her that she would like to keep one of them. What should she retain? Why, Pete. She caressed bis brindled coat, and a strange lump came Into hpr throat as bis pink tongue licked her little, rlngless hand. Theu she sat up and blinked back the brightness to her eyes and completed her task. She wondered if Richard would come tonight. No; he would sulk one day, and theu tomorrow evening he would come. The uext day Evelyn shopped and lunched and called with exceeding dil igence. Late iu the afternoon sho slip ped home to a quiet cup of tea in her own sitting room. There were no let ters, no messages—nothing for her. In the evening Mr. Ilallam was an nounced. Evelyn tried to subdue the wild beating of her heart atul dallied over the adjustment of a rose in her hair. It would be all lit after all. Iler soul snug with joy; but. coquette that sho was, Evelyn schooled her face to proper severity as she entered the drawing room. "Good evening. Miss Lovell." said Ilallam, with grave politeness, taking her hnnd for an instant and dropping it hastily. "I received your note last evening. 1 have brought Jones around with me to help carry the stuff away." "The—the stuff?" she strvunered. nonplused at his manner T.nd the strangeness of the situation. "Why, yes." he replied cheerfully; "you wrote that you had some trifles you wanted uie to remove from the premises, and here I am." Evelyn lifted her head haughtily. "Certainly," she said with assumed "tOOKS IiIKE A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL," BE SAID. carelessness; "I had forgotten for the moment. I will ring for Martin to bring them." They sat in silence until Martin's fat white calves staggered into the room under the weight of an assortment of neatly tied packages. Evelyn stared miserably at the sight. Ilallam grin ned broadly. "Looks like a Christ mas festival." he said, with ill timed levity. Martin deposited the pacliages ou the floor and departed. Dick Ilallam drew a slip of paper from his pocket. "I have an inventory here." he re marked. with a businesslike air that was disconcerting. Evelyn felt that she was the victim of some horrible nightmare, it could not be possible that Dick riallam had been so mean as to keep an account of the gifts he had given on birthdays and at Christ mastide: Where was the generosity and love that had always character ized loyal Hick? "Let me see," he continued thought fully, scanning the paper in his hand. "I will call off the Items, and you may tell me if they are all here. I am sor ry to be obliged to trouble you in the matter,'' lie added politely.. "It Is no trouble," she said faintly. "All the things are there." "A jeweled bangle, pearl hatpins, lace fan. clock, books, gold purse—er —er—a picture?" he interrogated her doubtfully. "Yes," she murmured In a low, dis tressed tone, "a picture." "And one dog," lie ended sharply, replacing the paper in Ids letter case. "Oh, no—not Pete!" she cried, with an Involuntary gesture of alarm. "Oh, yes, Pete, of course," lie said in a matter of fact tone. "I cannot lot him go," she said de fiantly. "1 insist that the dog shall be in cluded anions the articles." "I beg you will leave Pete with me. We understand each other. I love him so," she ttalil, with a lump in her throat. "I regret the necessity, but I cannot leave him," he replied relentlessly. "I will bring him myself." she said Twenty minutes passed, and Evelyn did not return He rang the bell. "Please remind Miss Lovell tlut I am waiting," he said to Mnrtln. "I beg your pardon, sir, but Miss Evelyn went out," explained the man. "Where did she go?" "She didn't say, sir. She had the dog, and she said she might not return tonight." Hallam smiled enigmatically. "Just tell my man to call a cab and take these packages around to my rooms," he said to Martin. Then he left the house. It so happened that llichard Hallam was her vis-a vis at the Lumley din ner the following night. They greeted one another with frigid politeness, and then Evelyn turned her attention to Percle Goodall, who took her In, while Rlcharu devoted himself to Mary Cam eron. I'ercle was a dog fancier. Ho loved dogs, bought dogs, thought dogs, wrote dogs and showed dogs; but. above all. he talked dogs. He was talking dogs now. "For a good, all around, companion able dog, one that Is affectionate, In telligent and a genuine sport, com mend me to » Boston terrier," he said enthusiastically. Evelyn shot an apprehensive glance across the table. Hallam was discuss ing an entree with careful attention, but she knew he had heard Goodall's loud, crisp tones. "Oh. yes." she said carelessly, "dogs are interesting, but I want to hear about that skating rink you are build lug at Vinecllff. Mr. Goodall." "But," expostulated Goodall, "I thought you were a dog lover. Miss Lovell. Surely your Pete won a blue ribbon!" "Yes, yes." she interrupted in ago nized haste. Why should he persist In talking about horrible dogs? "I adore them, you know, only I want to hear about the riuk now." she added In a low tone. "Very well." he laughed good na turedly, "exit the dog and enter the rink: It's u tank 100 feet square; glass roof, with an ice plant concealed In the cellar. When it is completed I 4hall have a carnival, and I know you will be queen of the festivities! flow's that?" "That will bo delightful," she said, with a relieved laugh. Dick was frowning into his plate now, and she felt a little better. It was apparent that Mr. llnllani was experiencing the pangs of jealousy. After that they went to the play, and Dick llnllani still danced attendance upon Mary Cameron. "Nice git'l. Miss Cameron," ventured Goodall as he helped Evelyn Into her cloak after the curtain had rung down for the last time. "Lovely!" exclaimed Evelyn enthusi astically. "Engaged to Hallam's cousin, isn't she?" asked Goodall. "I didn't know," faltered Evelyn. "So they say. Bob Hallam is In the Philippines, you know. The engage ment hasn't been announced, although it leaked out at the club." "Oh!" said Evelyn, and it is not on record what Evelyn thought. Three miserable weeks dragged by, miserable for Evelyn Lovell. Dick she saw occasionally, always the same cool, courteous, distant Dick. Nothing more had been said about I'ete, and he remained In Evelyn's possession, the hostage of her love. Once in the solitude of her room she had attacked the astonished Pete and shaken him forcibly. "You hateful, horrible dog! If It hadn't been for you I do believe"— What she believed Evelyn did not ut ter, so the aggrieved Pete never knew. One crisp morning she sallied forth with Pete at her heel- She shopped without enthusiasm, then, over come by a weariness w...t was unnat ural to her buoyant temperament, she went into a certain smart little tea room and ordered luncheon. Pete sat on a chair beside her loftily indiffer ent to the tempting sights and smells that surrounded him. The room was deserted save for her self and a group at another table in a far corner screened with palms. She discussed her salad languidly. Sud denly she raised her eyes nnd saw that It was Richard Hallam who was seat ed at the opposite table —and of course the Cameron girl. She lifted her chin with hauteur nnd bowed coldly. He returned It stiffly. She thought he was looking pale and tired and somewhat bored. It was strange that such a busy lawyer as llallam could spend lime dangling after a creature like the Cameron girl. Oh, everything was strange and so horrid anyway! Pete snt beside her, his black nostrils twitching and bulging, expectant eyes fastened on Dick llallam's face. Ills whole body quivered as if controlled by a multitude of tiny muscles of steel. Suddenly, as if in response to some an ticipaled sitrnal. he uttered a loud velp of joy and bounded across the table, leaving disaster in his woke. Straight as a die he shot toward llallam. who rose hastily and endeav ored to quiet the excited animal. Evelyn had arisen from her seat. Iler face was quite white, and It was evident that he was agitated over the contretemps, llnllnm advanced toward her, determination in his manner. "Come and join us, Evelyn." he said authoritatively. "I caunot." she whispered brokenly. "Nonsense!" he laughed. "Come; tuy cousin from tho Philippines is con cealed behind the palms. You must meet him." She went. There was gladness in her heart, in her eyes and in the caress she vouchsafed the faithless Pete. "Dick." she said later when they were making all tilings right between them, "did you call Pete 10 come to you ?" llallam laughed happily. "I did." tie admitted, "and" "And 1 told liim to go." she mur mured to the lapel of his coat. Mourning Colors. Intending to symbolize the gloom oi night, "when all men sleep," black is the color of mourning all over Europe. In Persia pale brown materials are worn for mourning, the color of with ered leaves Both sorrow and hope are expressed to the south sea Islander in black and white stripes, while iu Ethiopia the mourning color is grayish brown, which represents "the earth to which all men shall return." Purple and violet have been the mourning col ors for cardinals and kings of France, and white 1 worn to express grief in China. In Svria and Armenia sky blue Is worn at the death of a relative and Is intended .0 express the belief that the deceased has gone to henven. In Egypt and Burma yellow Is worn, to symbolize the sere and yellow leaf.— London Answers. Steel Trust Moves River. An unusual feat in engineering has been begun in Gary, Ind., when work was started to move the Grand Calu met river a quarter of a mile south In order to make room for the new coko ovens which the United States Steel corporation is building along side the blast furnaces. A TEAM MEDAL. It Played an Important Part In a Love Affair. By SARAH J. ATWATER. [Copyright. I'JIO, by American I'ress Asuo clatlon.J At the breaking out of our war with the Japanese I had been somewhat sur prised at the devotion of a young lieu tenant in the army who seemed to consider mo the object of a grand pas sion. He was several years younger than 1 and extremely boyish. We Rus sians are a fair haired race, but faul Nevinsky's hair was almost white— not with age. for he was but nineteen years old. Ilis eyes were a light blue and his complexiou milk and rose, suitable for a girl. No beard had yet sprouted. 1 well remember the day Paul called upon me to say that his regiment was "I WIX-L NO LONGER KEEP TOO IN IGNO RANCE." to be transported that very day over the Transslberian railway to Manchu ria. He told me that were It not for leaving me be would be glad togo, since he wished active service. "I am consoled, however," he said, "that I may have an opportunity to gain some honor to place at your feet." I was moved by this, though I saw no reason why bravery should make me love him. 1 was pleased that he wished renown for me rather than for himself. Since he was about to leave me and 1 might never see him again } had not the heart to chill him, so I bade him goodby without giving him any definite knowledge with regard to my feeling for him. When he loft me before going out of the door he turned and gave me a look so melancholy that I advanced a step, took his hands In mine and kissed him. That kiss put new life into him. With a wave of the hand he walked quickly away, not wishing to risk looking back at me again. The battle of the Yalu was, I be lieve, the first great battle of the war. At any rate, it was one of the first. A few weeks after It had been fought I received a little package and a letter. The handwriting on both indicated that they had been addressed by the same person. I opened the letter first. It was from the surgeon of the regi ment to which my youthful lover was attached. It read: Lieutenant Paul Nevlnsky at the battle of the Ynlu distinguished himself. In a charge the Japanese fire was so deadly that all the officers of his regiment who had not been picked off were driven back before the storm of bullets except Lieu tenant Nevlnsky. who stood his ground, rallied a small number of men and with them kept the enemy at bay till the oth ers had returned, then completed the charge, winning all that it was intended to accomplish. But In the moment of victory lie was struck by a bullet and carried off the field dangerously wounded. 1 have attended him and extracttd the ball. He will not survive. He has asked me to send it to you, saying that since he cannot live to receive a decoration to send you he gives you what he denomi nates ills leaden medal. So many wounded men need my atten tion that 1 foci 1 am taking time that be longs to th«tn to fulfill my promise. Tills i•!••• ; message written by one wiiii v. : i ; il away from his patient to other » ' :?':iri.)tis ilutjxs yeas. all 1 pw lr<- •!•. :.. • t i t:l. I Imd no hope tli-ir hr .iv lieu lhi" returns of tli<- i i: i.-il i .line l:!s name was as.. 1^:11!. I would 1 liuve been hard heart ed if (hi votlon i'.ad not affected lue. I huii ■iniiiviv. but nil their ad miration ■ • iini trilling beside tiuit of this young man who faced death that he might send me 11 medal and had instead only had time to send me the bullet that had killed him. Hut 1 kept my leaden decoration to myself. No other knew of it or that the man it had struck loved me. Nor did 1 intend that others should know of it. especially those men who were honor ing me with their devotion and their offers of marriage. 1 had before me a career, and I did not propose that it should be blighted by the blue eyed, beardless boy who had been killed by the Japanese. When Count Gravienieff, a noble of high rank, offered himself I would hare accepted him at once but for two reasons. First, I did not wish him to think I was overanxious for him; second. I wished to complete a year of mourning for my young soldier lover. A few days before the expiration of this period a card was sent up to ma bearing the name of Paul Nevlnsky. Was I glad or sorry? I don't know. I only know that 1 hurried down stairs. There stood the young soldier, his cheeks, which had been round, now hollow, his complexion a pale yellow, his eyes sunken in his head. I wished to be taken Into his arms that my heart might beat against his. But I controlled myself. 1 showed my delight at receiving him back from the dead, but gave no indications that it was from love. Gravienieff was a splendid uutteh. and 1 was by n<> means ready to permit this conditiou j of sentiment to interfere with my tak- I lng advantage of what it would bring I me. This was Paul's story: lie had disappointed the surgeons by recovering from his wound and far more quickly than could have been nn- | tlcipnted. lie had taken part in the j subsequent battles of the war fought i by the army with which he served and j had returned a general of brigades. | covered with decorations. I asked him why he bad not inform- : ed me of his recovery, fie replied In a shamefaced way that, having sent i me the bullet that killed him, he bad j felt that to announce that he had not i been killed after all would have put | him In a ridiculous position before me. j He had therefore put off the announce- j incut of his continued existence from time to time and finally had concluded j to communicate it to me in person. lie hoped that I would not think any the j less of him for not having been killed. While I could not forbear smiling at . this absurd self abnegation, I confess | I was touched by it. I could not for- j bear taking his hand, aud when he bent forward for a kiss I could not \ help giving him one. 1 now hnd two lovers between whom I it was uot easy for me to decide. On the one hand, there was GravienietT. , who permitted me to understand that it was a great condescension on the I part of his family to consent to tnin- j glo its blood with mine. Indeed, con- j sldering that he came of the oldest stock in Russia and I was noble only j on my mother's side, the mateti would be very advantageous to me. On the [ other hand was my boy soldier, who was so anxious to honor me that he apologized for returning alive after having sent me as a mark of his de votion the bullet that was supposed to have killed him. Never was a woman called - upon to decide between snch extremes. And while I was undecided, or, rath er, while I was unable to hurt my young lover by turning him away for the man It seemed best for me to mar ry, my position was a delicate one. When the count learned that Paul Nevlnsky was his rival ho was very much astonished. Paul had no for tune, was a commoner and was In years and appearance a mere boy. That snch a man should presume to compete with him for the favor of any woman was a great blow to Gra vienieff's vanity. That I should con sider Paul nt all in competition with a nobleman of his rank and wealth somewhat diminished the count's good opinion of me. I believe that on this account, had he not been too proud to give Into such an Inferior person, he would have withdrawn his proposal for my hand. As for Paul, when he Oral learned that he tad "a "rival iu Count Gra vlenieff all liopo deserted him. I would not truly love you," he said, "should 1 insist upon your bestowing yourself ou me when a position so much more exalted than I could give yoji is ia store for you." I could uot but contrast the self con fidence of the count with the modesty of the little general. Nevertheless i was not so affected by this difference between the two men as by the fact that the one considered himself too good for me, while the other cared only for the honors he had won that he might lay them at my feet. One evening my two lovers happen ed to call upon me at the same hour. As soon as the count saw the general his brow darkened. 1 Introduced them. The count bowed stiffly. The general returned the salute with more amiability than might have been ex pected under the circumstances. The count's forbearance with me for keep ing him so long In doubt broke down. "I caunot consent," he said haughti ly, "to be placed in rivalry with one who, though he has distinguished him self on the field of battle, belongs to I an entirely different class from my own. I have offered you my heart and ! hand. It remains for you to decide 1 whether you prefer to be the wife of j u noble or the wife of a commoner. | If General Nevlnsky can bestow upon you what 1 ain able to bestow 1 will resign you for your own good. If not. let liim cease to come between you and me." "Count," I said, "I will no longer keep you In ignorance of my decision. 1 fully appreciate the substantial hon ors you are able to bestow upon me. General Nevlnsky has already made tne_ one £l_ft which I bold in. greater esteem than the wealth I would share with you as your countess. That g!f! has won. Being called upou to choose between you. I choose him who gave me this." Catching hold of a small gold chain j about my neck. I drew from uuder my I bodice that which was attached to It a leaden bullet. The couut stood for a moment aston ished that a bit of metal should <>• »• balance his estates; that the little gwi eral should have won me with a i let. Rut he knew that my dec: : was against him and la favor of slver of the ball of lead, lie wit!- drew haughtily, and the moment 111 • door was closed behind him my siccep' ed suitor knelt at my feet. Waiting For the Note. An English churchman tells the fol lowing: "At one of our cathedrals the minor canon was ill and could not sing. A suffragan bishop had a good voice ano volunteered to sing the litany. 'Go.' h> said to the verger, 'and tell the organ ist that I will sing the litany and a.-i< him to give me the reciting note. 'Please, sir,' said the vergef to tin organist, 'the bishop 'as sent me to you to say he will sing the litany.' 'AI right,' said the organist Seeing tlie | verger remain, he said, 'You need not stay.' 'Please, sir, the bishop asked me to to ask you If you would give hini a something—l didn't quite catch note.' 'You mean the reciting note." That's It, sir; that's It' Seeing the verger still remaining, he said, 'You need not stay.' To which the verger said, 'Please, sir, shall I take It to his lordship?'" The Human Mind. Slow in forming, swift In acting; slow In the making, swift In the work ing; slow In the summit, swift down the other slope. It Is the way of na ture aud the way of the human mind —Anthony Hope. CO-OPERATION IS PAWNEE'S PROFIT Nebraska Town's Merchants Pool Deliveries of Goods. .v NO BOTHER AND NO JEALOUSY' Success of Plan Furthers CommunHy, of Interest Idea and Ereotlon «tl Opera House and Co-operative Prod* uce Exchange Are Cited oa Evidene% of Benefits of Unity. A novel example In community co- I opera tion is shown in the town Ot | Pawnee City, county seat of Pawnor I county. Neb., one of the richest agri cultural sections In the west. One ot , the causes assigned for the increase In j prices of the necessaries of life has I been the abuse of the delivery system i from stores. This has grown to the | point where it is not unusual for pa« i trons to telephone to the grocer or dry s i goods man for a single article of smalll ; cost, with the request that it be sent up. I The Pawnee City merchants think : they have solved this problem. The ; Commercial club Is the organization | through which this novel experiment j was launched. The club has 100 mem- J bers, who pay $0 a year apiece. Through the bringing closer together of the business men of the city In thtt boosting of several enterprises ther» was established a confidence and ft mutuality that made the delivery scheme easy of accomplishment. Merchants Pool Deliveries. In Pawnee City no merchant make*, his own deliveries. Instead the asso ciation has a contract with a local, teaming company, which Is paid S4O fe week to do all of the hauling needed. Notwithstanding the fact that all mer chants do not pay the same proportion! of the cost, It has proved a thorough success. What Is regarded as the amazing part of It is the elimination of business jealousies. Fifteen business firms pat- I ronlze the co-operative delivery. Th» 1 only exceptions are the feed stores, th* ; laundry and the furulture store, th® I business necessities of which require Independent action. For the other*) this scale of prices was made and agreed upon: Two hardware stores, each SI.BO per weefc ■ . . ....... . j Two clothing stores, each $1 a week. Three general stores, each $5 a week. One exclusive grocer, $5 a week. Three drug stores, each t- a week. | Two meat markets, each $3.50 a week, j One dry goods store, $2 a week. i This schedule was agreed upon after ' a committee had made a thorough In vestigation of conditions. The general ! 6tores were taxed higher than most | others because they maintain various I departments. I Towns and Suburb* Covered. i Two wagons are employed in mak ing the deliveries. Each covers half ot the town. These start at one end ot the business street one week and from tho other end the next week. They collect all of the goods to be delivered, stopping at the larger stores each time | and at the others only upon a red flag signal. Four trips are made each day at stated hours, while one trip is made ! outside the city limits, where a num , ber of families reside. ' This enables the grocer, for Instance, I to secure all his deliveries for S2O a month, whereas before it cost him SOO [ or S7O. The saving of S.IOO a year he 1 computes to be a substantial profit, be ' lng 0 per ceut on $8,333. I This co-operation has led to a still j further community of interest. The merchants meet once a month to dis | cuss credits and exchange information [ about custom. ;... It led also to an I agreement for early closing in the even ing, 0:30 for nil stotvs save the gro» cerles, which keep open :in hour longer. Nobody keeps open on a particular oc casion unless he consults with the oth ers. When it was proposed to build an opera house It vns easy to secure enough money pi. red for the purpose. It is now propo .-l to build a co-op erative produce • vhange, and other schemes for brim. ig money into town and keeping it tln-re are being incul cated. AERIAL FREIGHT LINE HERE. Arizona Aviator to Haul Machinery In Monoplane. Dr. J. J. r. Armstrong has contract ed with Arthur Williams, an aviator of Douglas, Ariz., to convey placer mining machinery from Douglas t<> a property in the Chihuahua mountain i. In Mexico. The distance Is about :;00 miles. The machinery Is such that ie can bo carried only in 100 pound lots. Williams owns and operates a mono plane. This Is probably the first con tract calling for the commercial use of a heavier than air machine Hffinsi A Hella1bl» TUT SHOP For all kind of Tin Roofln|i Spouting find G«n*ral Job Work. Stoyos, Hoatart, Furnsoos. oto. PRICES THB LOWEST! PUTT TUB BEST* JOHN HIXSON so. m & nuurcax.
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