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THE LAUDATION OF TRACYI

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In making a sort of Moody apoth-eosis of Harry Tracy the outlawwho driven to a corner shot himselfto death in Washington State cer-

tain newspapers have lived up totheir intelligence and reputation

One of them in particular has de-

voted as much space and illustration-to the advertising of a dead scoun-

drel as it would to a railroad acci-

dent in which one hundred good peo-

ple perished Not content with thedetailed chronicle of everything ob-

tainable concerning him it introduceda pleasant bit of fiction in connectionwith the record of the tragedy on thedimenovel order and full of the bom-

bast that characterizes that sort ofliterature

As a lawless wretch conspicuou-sfor defiance of decency in every relation of life noted for cruelty to dumbanimals and having no respect forhuman life this Tracy was certainly-in tbe unique class His desperate

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career since his escape from atthe price of murder has engaged theattention of the country and as anactual happening was legitimate

The treatment of suchin the heroic fashion however is

dangerous A distorted view of thespirit which inspired such desperateactsis likely to have a most unwhole-

some influence upon the minds of thoimmature Besides it is likely to inflame a certain class of offenders andto produce imitators and the countrycan get along better without Tracys

Reprobates of this stamp should beallowed to be forgotten as soon aspossible To flaunt them before thepublic in any way whatsocur is un-

necessary Let their evil hr nence diewith them and do not do that whichis likely to misrepresent tlvir crimes-

as sort of a Robin Hood heroism alegacy forlhe morbid after their un-

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ANONYMITY TO lose identity in a city it iscften only necessary to move to the

IN THE CITIES next street And this of

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man was killed in New York the other day by a personknown as Sam That was all that the coroners jury or anybody else

could find out about the murderer He was nameless with thatanonymity which is one of the privilegcsof living in city

Perhaps this is one of Ute attractions which city life undeniablyhas for the average American He is more free than in the countryand is what he craves In certain respects of course his

but these respects are material not intellectual ormoral

Hecan be intimate with his neighbors or not know them at all

just as i3 sees fit There is no closer intimacy than can be had in a j

city companionship goes to a length impossible in the countryThe inmates of a big house if they choose know thewhole history of their friends It is this companionship which makes

lonely to the cockney He misses the peo-

ple with whoai ie accustomed to talk laugh and jest fromearly in the imrmpg nntil any hour of the night He misses the senseof human presence during the whole of the twentyfour hours Andhe also Blisses the sense of freedom to do what he will so long as hebreaks Jie law

To lose ones identity in a city it is often only necessary to moveto the next street Even in so small a city as Washington a villagecompared o the millions of the metropolis the person who moves fromthe northwest to the northeast often loses sight of his friends Hedrops out of his circle of acquaintances when his fortune changes orhe makes his home at a distance which would be considered merelyneighborly in a country town in this possibility of change thereis to many temperaments a fascination

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ried to the office of Postmaster Van Coltasked to have a letter withdrawn

from the malls says the New YorkTimes She had posted It an hour

she said and since then hadlearned something about Mr Blank thatincensed her therefore she did npt wantto keep the appointment she had con-

sented to In the letter Could she reclaim the missive before it reached theaddressee she inquired

The postmaster referred her to the su-

perintendent of malls and within halt anhour the letter was picked out fromamong thousands of its mates and restored to the claimant who tore it Intobits and walked out of the postoffice

The authorities of the postofflce havemade every provision for absent andfickle minded patrons of the mallsAmong the most Interesting and valuable is the process by which a letter maybe after It has been posted

Comparatively few people know thatthis can be done and care to takethe trouble of going through the formswhich have been prescribed formswhich are to a degree cumbersome andtimeconsuming but which neverthe-less are necessary to prevent deceptionand fraud

Occasions arise when the writer of anImportant letter desires to withdraw itbefore it reaches its destination Often-

times additional knowledge of a pro-

posed transaction is acquired afterletter has been sent to the postofflcemaking it highly desirable that the factsrelated in the letter do not reachperson whom they were originally Intended In too where the knowl-

edge of the failure of a mercantile firmor a banking house reaches a person whohas mailed a cebek or draft to that concern it Is sometimes wise to withdrawthe letter before It Is delivered

The postal authorities Save a systemby which such a letter may be reclaimedit application is made for it before it isdelivered Application must be made inperson The Government provides aMank upon which the applicant writes

address that is gives oa the letterIf that letter has not left the peetofficethe superintendent of malls flads It andcompares the address on the

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with that on the applicants slip Ifthey are Identical the letter is return-ed to the claimant and the authoritieskeep the slip as a receipt

To reclaim a letter sent out of Use office the writer must fill out ih prescribed blank and deposit 1 for telegrams The superintendent ef mailsthen telegraphs the postonTce to whichthe letter has been sent and sks him toreturn It When it reaches him he compares the addresses and if they arealike he returns the letter to the appli-cant The expense of telegntpblz isdeducted from the deposit ad the t l-

ance Is returnedThis Involves a study of handwriting

If there is a noticeable differeDo ia sbslittle things which are characteristicthe manner oi crossing the ts or thedotting of the is or 0euUr littleflourishes which are made fter a

letter is not dellverd to theclaimant In cases whers letters areaddressed by typewriter It 5s impossi-ble to Identify the applicant nwayWhen

the claimant Is a wellknownbusiness man however rsonallyknown to the postal authorities lettersare sometimes returned upoc his mererequest a receipt however bolngasked

At the New York poatofflce ccordingto First Assistant Potmaster Martinthe average of letters withdrawn eachwoek is ten Most of these are fromthe domestic malls Few are from thecity mails because the letters ere col-

lected ET frequently and delivered soquickly that there Is little chance ofcatching a letter in the office

Occasionally letters which have beenaddressed to foreign countries are askedto be returned In such case a deposit-of is required to cover the expenseof telegraph and cable tolls Lettersaddressed to points in almost everycountry qn the face of the earth may bereclaimed in this way if application Ismade before the missive is delivered tothe addressee

Great Britain however takes thestand ghat a letter when once droppedIB a man box becomes the propertythe addressee but makes exception inthe case of the Cape and Australiancolonies Why this exception the localpostal authorities do not know

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A Plea for Suspenders-

F A WALKES

He jauntily swung down the gay thoi-ougafare

ADd he gaveTo his trousers-A hitch

A shirtwaisted dandy of sp eel notrare

And he met the sky glances p raitldsibright and fair

And he gaveTo his trousers-A hitch

He thought on his faultless attire with-a smilegently he raurnftirod Im Just Inthe style

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He paused for a moment to light a cigarAnd he gaveTo his trousers-A hitch

He saw his best girl stepping flown fromcar

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want to propose but how shall I be-gin it

And he gaveTo bis trousers-A hitch

But sad to relate she his offer declinedAnd gaveTo histrousersA hitch

He whistled and said O Trail nevermind

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The next time they met suspenders heworeAnd his trousers

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She said Dear tack rye been thinking It oer

Im sure I dont feel quite the sameas before

Now his trousersThey neededNo hitch

But eer he could cry You are mineevermore

His hands wildly clutched at hisbelt soof yore

Ani be gaveTo his trousers-A hitch

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ROMANCE IN

A RESTAURANT-

To mind of a superficial observerthere is nothing more utterl prosaicthan a comracn everyday restaurantYet in reality the place is teeming withIncidents and bits of real life comictragic or the case may beThat even bill of fare has itsromance and its tragedy is shown by

Chicago Tribune in the follow-ing story

It was a humid day a devotedcouple sauntered into the o for din-

ner were high strung and daintyboth of them handsomely clothedfastidious anti of their

enthusiasm over each other tothe last degree permissible by decorousooadact

As they took their seats the man re-

marked with a speedy glance toward themenu thrust Into his hands Ah T

see they have a good choice of soupsYes and such an article too

specialize on cried the young ladysome vexation Theres absolutelynothing cool fit to begin with

If I have my gmfixed to a T for beginning smiled theman again

You go on with the soup then saidthe girl and Ill sit and talk to youand then well have our meat together

Things were happy until the meatcourse was to be decided upon Theyacre took opposites in everything Theydid not tally even on the potniccs Hedoted on them of all things she did nottouch them They ordered different

different entrees different veg-

etables different sauces The saladsno better She adored chicken he

would have none but lobster Interest-ing conversation which grew more andmore animated was developing By thetime that tbe dessert was reached thebelligerencies continued on the Icescoffees puddings and cheeses the tem-pers of both were armed capapie foropen battle

There I knew were sot suitedother cried the lady at lalL She

sometimes showed a dreamy psychicsoulfulness in eyes I knew thatwith all our devotion for each other ourtemperaments did not harmonize as theyought I knew It I felt it all along andthis dinner proves it Its all settlednow and she burst into as many tearsas she dared show in a public place

As they passed the cashiers desk themanager d to the front and tookoccasion to solicit their presence in thefuture and to remack upon the factthat his cuisine was one of the mostvaried in the city and calculated to suitevery taste

Oh bosh cried the man quickly ifyou couldnt suit so many tastes I mighthave my girl yet

And thus ended the romance of thebill oi fare

THE FEAT OF A GUIDE

Another story of a guides strengthand presence of mind is told by MrHorace Walker an expresident of theAlpine Club

Mr Walker was with Peter Andereggsomewhere in the Engadtne Roped to-

gether they were cutting steps in an iceslope Peter leading They ama tc apoint where a huge boulder ws embedded In the ice Imagining It to be firmlyfixed Peter trod on It To his consernatlon it began to move It came straightfor Mr Walker who standing in thesteps cut for him could not possibly gotout of the way He thought nothingeould possibly save him But Peter metthe emergency by a wonderful feat otstrength In an instant he shifted him-self back into the ice step lie had justquitted Then with a mighty effort Hejerked Mr Walker out of his footholdand sustaining his weight by the ropethat linked then swung him out of tinway of the rock The rock thundereddown In the very place in which WrWalker had been standing the J rWalker swung back again and resumedlike foothold safely There has seldombeen a narrower escape In the history otclimbing Outing

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TROTTER AND PACER

THE PRODUCT OF AMERICABy BRUCE CORRELL Turf spoaelent

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It is no idle fctest to art that theUnited Sties leads the world ineverything that ura es a countrygreat We produce without limit

finest whiskies and the bestbredhorseflesh to be found on the globeA d the American woman for gracebeauty and loveliness cannot be ex-

celledBut what I wish to call attention to

is this Tike trotter and the pacer aredistinctively American They are an-

Atnericaii product The trotting raceis an American institution and it isbecoming immensely popular on theother side of the Atlantic and the Paeiljc Trne fbey have had trottingand pace racing in Russia but it tookus to educate the Russian to tile pos-sibilities of the sport

The credit for the introduction ofthe American trotter and pacerabroad belongs to George H Ketcham of Toledo Ohio the owner ofCre wms fastest trotting horse n

Literary women were formerly calledblue stockings says he Chicago

Chronicle but of late years that termot reproach has pawed into desuetudeMany of the most noted feminine authors have been happily weeded andhave proved of immeasurable assistanceto their husbands Those who remainedsingle wore quite as indispensable toother masculine reslatives brothers orfathers

Mme Sardou le a of much lit-erary ability She is a recognized his-torical costume expert and has been agreat hejp to Mr husband in mountingmany cT his plays

Mrs Thomas is almost as gifted as her husband who has dubbed herhis encyclopedia In petticoats

A brilliant French writer L Montegut When comparing three famous litciary women of modern times pointsout very happily the most marked characteristics ot the English novelist whenhe says Mme De Staels power wasenthttisasm George Sands passionGeorge Eliots sympathy And longbefore h r identity bad been knownCharles Dickens a singularly acute crit-ic of his own art detected her sex bythis undercurrent of womagly sympathy-

He df Clerical Life which had been senttbimby the publisher and OB putting thebook aside he said this writerj osscs8es great ability bat I should saydespite the name that Eliotwas a

While the fame of Mrs Margaret Deland rests uptm her reputation asA writer of good literature she hasstepped into a new aeid of labor andmade a crowning success Taking thatwhich is unsightly and unbeautiful inhouses of the older whichMrs Delaad describes as being neithercolonial aor a Jew magicand swiftly drawn plans she transformsthem into all that is quaint beahtifuland desirable

Jean lagelow lived with bachelorbrother to quaint little hogs in Kensingtcn where she had complete hor-ror cf any publicity Although herhouse minute in size she revealedher passion for flowers in herVast conservatories roses whichtloomed all the year throughrvaled in splendOr of color and beautyof growth Another hobby of the agedPost was birds

Jane Austen was utterly unappreciatedin time save by a small circle ofthe elect No memoir of her was at-tempted for sixty years after lien deathand the story goes that not so veryago a verger at Winchester when askedto point out hsr grave inquired if shtad done anything that visitors shouldtake an interest in her tomb Prideand Prejudice waited sixteen years fora publisher sod the copyright ofN0rtbBger Abbey was sold for 50

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the world with a record ofand John Splnn of Chicago vffsoc

regard as the best judge ofin tiiis or anyother country He se-

lected Attorney General finepair of trotters The Attorney Gen-

eral 1 believe pajd 9000 for thepair

Just about sixteen years agoKetcham and Splint with seventyhead of horses went to Vienna Aus-

tria and introduced the Americantrotter and to the AustriansThe Austrians being lovers of thor-

oughbreds at once took to the Ameri-can product and since that time wehave sold over 30000 trotters andpacers to them

The Czar of Russia takes great interest in trotting and pacing TheCzar knowing that we lead the worldin trotters and pacers employs Amer-

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Among the long list of Governmentemployes who draw salaries from UncleSams pocketbook the distinction ofbeing the smallest salaried of all fallsto Charles Henry Gibbs Keeper of the

bug light at Nantucket who annuallyabout the 30th of July receives a checkfor 1 his year salary and he prompt-ly goes to the bank and cashes it withas much concern as if it were for amillion dollars instead of 100 cents saysthe Boston Herald

What is known as the bug light-house IB situated OR a hill near Monomoy on the south side of NantucketHarbor and at the time when the isl-

and was at the height of its fame as awhaling port was Idered inval-

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in trotterjoday is far superior toand loads in points the OrloffAnd no one knows and appreciatesthis fact better than the Czar

Our exportations of trqfters andpacers is increasing all the timeSince the introduction of these animals in Austria as stated we hapshipped something like 70000 trot-

ters and pacers to England GermanyFrance Austria and itnssia England produces the jumpers and therunners but the highclass gentlemans road horse is only to be foundin America But even in runninghorses and jumpers we art not behindEngland Of course the originalstock of runners and junipers camefrom England but we have so farimproved the breed and our jcckeys-are so superior to those of the En-

glish that it is nearly always evenmoney in our favor

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A MISSIONARY RACER

There is a most peculiar idea in the head of the of a certain race-

horse known as Florence Nightingale He named the horse that on purposeHe intends to devote onetenth of her earnings whatever they tothe Home Missionary Society and he believes most devoutly that she willdevelop Into a second Maud S or Nancy Hanks

It is true that there is nothing in the creed of any church against horseracing though horses have kept many a man from becoming a church mem-

ber So far as the memory of man goes it has not been common for manto be turned out of the church for indulging in this amusement if indeedsuch a thing has ever happened But there is a general impression in thepublic mind that church affairs and horse do not go togethe-

rIt is somewhat difficult to see the logical reason for thisThe horse is not sinful animal indeed he is most useful to clergymenas well as to other people A fast horse is no less worthy than a slow onevery much the in the minds of most folks Yet there are manyworthypeople who would decide immediately that there was somethingwrong with a clergyman who drove a nOtably fast horse or could not becheated in a horse trade What then will the missionary societies do withthe money won in an amusement in which they themselves would think itsinful to indulge-

It is not by any means the first time such a thing has happened in thehistory of churches A good deal of the money bequeathed to religious institutions is a sort of peace offering to the Lord for doing things of whichHe could not be expected to approve

The decision of Florence Nightingales owner will not lead any consid-

erable numbers of missionaries to bet on the races of that he may be cer-

tain But they will probably put has money to the best use when they get it

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Above the pines the moon was slowly 4rifThe river sang belewj v

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tries roaring eampfirc with le humor jjafafgcBTime Middy of health J3

haggard face anti lone that drooped aiilfiHilthe fierce race for wealth

Till arose and from his lackS scant treasureA hosided volume drew

And cards were dropped from hands of listless InsureTo the tale anew J

And then whileround them shadows gathered Jfast iAntI as the firelight fell V W-

Hfe rend aloiifl the wherein the masterHad writ of Little Nell

Perhaps twas boyish fancy foryoungest of tbenv all

But as he read from clusteriiig pine arA silence to fall T

The fir trees gsthftrin closer in the sliadqwfe iListened in every spray j r

While the whole camp with Nell on English uiafoWoWandered and lost their wqy fc

Arid so in mountain solitudes oeftakenAs by some spell divine v l

Their cares dropped from them like the needles JstjafenProd out the gusty pine s

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AntI ho who wrought thatAh towering stately Kentish spire

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With hopvines incense all the pensive doryi That fills Kentish lulls

And on that grave where English oafc and WhollyAnd laurel wreaths entwine

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light on Brant Point in such a marineras indicate the cbanner entrancebut for over twenty years it has notbeen used at all the shifting sands ofNantucket bar the building of thejetties bringing it several hundred feetout of range The name bug wasapplied to the light by the old mariners-as a nickname evidently from its re-

semblance to a firefly when seen at adistance

However the Government still retainsthe lighthouse and is willing to pay aman 1 a year to live there The keeper has no work to do but is allowed tokeep hens and breed cats for a liveliboon Mr Gibbs is one of Xantucketseccentric characters and lives alonecoming to town only when his stock ofprovisions is getting low

He is a native of the island and inearly life learned the coopers tradeafterward going whaling for over twentyyears and made several voyages roundthe Horn visiting nearly every seaon the globe Since giving up the seahe has made a living at whatever kindof a Job he could secure and about eightyears ago he accepted his present posi-

tion as keeper of the lighthouseDespite his three score and ten years

he even now hires out to neighboringfarmers in baying time and is an ex-

pert berry picker claiming he canmore berries in a day than the liveliestyoungster on the Island

Mr Gibbs wears neither shoes norstockings in the time but mthe winter resorts to the oldfashionedleather boots He says he does not getlonesome for his cats keep him company and he always has one event tolook forward to each comingof his check in July when he indulges-in a few delicacies for his table and oneor two heads of tobacco for his enjoy-ment during the long winter months

A UNIQUE AimOUNCEMENT

Here is a unique announcement of can-

didacy for office which appears in theKiowa Kan Signal

In announcing myself as a candidatefor register of deeds for Kiowa countysubject to the decision of the Republicancounty convention in September I donot do it at the earnest request of alargb number of my friends northere been a delegation of the mostprominent citizens of the county waitedon me and drank my whisky and smokedmy cigars and urgently requested me toallow my name to before the con-

vention as a candidate believing thatI was the only man who could be electod none of this has happened I haveworked It up myself In factr it Is aselfmade boom I am patting a littletoo old to farm and a little too ambi-

tious to be thrown in the waste basketasd would like a couple of years

just tc see how loafing around theCounty seat feels to an old man

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The trotter and the pacer aredistinctively American The trottingrace is an American institution andit is becoming immensely popular onthe other side of the Atlantic andthe Pacific

trotter or paces Almost any stablewill do for jockey but it re

quires a man intelligence to handiiithe trotter or pacer Therefore Ihold that in the trotter yo have de-

veloped the finest and best qualitiesof the hcrst can only bebrought out in the trotting rae

But it is not only with the tr tferthe pacer Use runnerr and the juniperthat we now lead the world we areproducing today the best draughthorse to be had for the money Afew years ago we imported most

heavy horses from Germany Wedo not today We bought from Ger-

many a stock of Clydesdales andWe bred our own in the West

and now Germany and France arebuying from us their bcfvy horsesfor use in the army The reason forthis is that we cur raise the hors atless cost than Germany or FraceAnd it is the American Stccfc theyneed and must have

A Lay of a Lazy Day

Hammock time is nowat handShake the couch of netted string

Hang it on some shaded dellWhere the birds are wont to sing

Stretched to tension lest your bunkDuring winter may have shrank

Where no traveler paawta byNear a brooklets rippling side

Joyously the hammock swingNot too narrow not too wldp

Taking care the while doThere be room enough for two

Shortly the reward Is thineOn the primal Summer day

Toward the hammock take a strollCushioned in d dual

manner most preferCushions twain for you

The Weariness of Wealth

The very rich men of theworld aregrowing exceedingly tired of the j

vast wealth accumulated says RevC M Sheldon in the Review In New York scores andhundreds of men today are payinganywhere from 9W6 to 1000 amonth rent for suites of rooms nothomes which they have built fortheir families but simply apart

The godless magniflccnccselfish prodigality the

of New York In certain circles cannot be described but It Is all an indicatlon of the feet that the climaxhas wellnigh been reached in the j

display oT what wealth can get Theworld Is waitlag now to know whatwealth can give It is the nemesiscf vast wealth that it brings its ownretribution and that retribution Isthe weariness of being unable tofind happiness In merely havingthings

THE AUTHORS POWEK

Everybody knows that in a novel acommonplace perscn may be made inter-esting deliberate patient expcsitioaof his various traits precisely as teacan learn to like very uninteresting per-

sons Irfrsal life 1f circumstances plaethem day after day at o r elbows saysthe Atlantic Who of us would notgrow impatient the early chaptersof The Newcomers fcr instance or

The Antiquary if It were act fcr ourfaith that Thackeray Seotttheir business and that every cfthese commonplace people will contrIjute something In tigs end to the total ef-

fect And even where the gradual de-

velopment ef character rather than t emere portrayal cf character is itistheme of a novelist as so frequentlywith George Eliot how colorless may tuthe personality at the cutset bow nar-row the range of thought and experiersportrayed Yet in George Eliots ownwords these commonplace people havea conscience and have felt the subli ipromptings to do the painfulThey take on dignity from their iioralstruggle whether the struggle nds invictory or defeat By an infinite num-ber cf subtle touches they are mad togrow and change before our eyes likeliving fascinating things

ATHLETIC

Beware cf the athletes handshakesays the Boston Herald A Philadellralady had the bones oi her lily whitehand crushed by a man to whom she badjust been introduced But what saystbe book of etiquette When a man Is

hands but merely bow NOT we knowwhy books of etiquette re needful literature Ouch exclaimed the girl hthe jeweled fingers jitst see whatyouve done squeezing my hand Thrathe athlete is so sorry especially ifalso breaks a 4

the BackgroundPhiladelphia Times Justice sometimes

travels as doth the snail but It arrivesat last Yet It would not have

the murderers of the Marquis daMores who was assassinated in theSoudan by Touregs in 1S55 if hIswidow an American had sot pursuedthem with wonderful devotion and per-sistence If now those Frenchwho are said to have instigatedcrime through fear that the marquiswould betray the secrets of the conspira-tors in the Dreyfus can onlymade to suffer like their tools the worldWill be well satisfied

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