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Show ' jhwomen on their dignity. Show Up a Pollca Ha la Removed. f"9 POSTMENS Inspector 0n'Jth telegram from Cheriiourg, Eng. . scribes A strunRe happening Lri. Tha fishermen had brought In flah and shellfish and bir catch of was Just oienln when a Uu market Inspector stepped up to cue J? the flahalvea to make a note of Infringement of the local ,PIcd two yards ID woman haJ allowed her to further than the A minute later a second pollca waa made against a wo-L- , ooBplali't who bad undertaken to sell the who waa 111. A third toll of a fishwife waa made agalnat a fisher- MB)plulnt WPnt out ,urn ,n PH Bin who flD up hi catch for aale. The new of the police offitiousnes nrrad qnlrkly. Many of the women ttre itHI bargaining wllh the fisher-pen- , last bids and counter-Udicoulbt the not bo heard for the ehouta if the women established behind the in fob baskets on the market place, the word waa passed two minutes round that the fishwives were going to In order to show dose the market tHr Indignation against the police. Tor some time all waa hurry and lh'Z 440,000 WALKING L'TVlC FEATS. 1 I"11 ven s.nong llke Joseph Hunt, man. can claim to h. England tramped a dll "'KWy. 4.0fl0 miles, not ,of much than the equivalent of ten Journeys around the earth. tlrSV011 aK George Thompson, re. service as postman In the Langrlck district of Yorkshire, after covering on f.xt 125,000 miles i 2 years of letter carrying, a service 14 years shorter than that of his Lincolnshire rival. In 34 years Orme M. Iirown walVd 11,000 miles as postman between Cupar and Kilmany and -a d8. Igtetanee, as was stated In the spproprl-atpresentation lo him of an easy chair, nearly equal lo half that which separates tho moon from tho earth John Slmmonds of s retired with s record of 181.-00miles of fair "heel and toe, the result of 40 years tramping; while most amazing of all, Thomas Phipps, a poslnmn In the Chipping Norton district, was credited with an aggregate Journey of 410,000 miles between the tustle, within ten minutes the market years 1840 and 1898. cleaned and the fish square had been An Earnest Purpose Finds Tims. returned to (he boats In which they Is It asked, how can the bid been brought Into harbor. Thus laboring H was that the 75,000 Inhabitants of man find time for self culture? I an- . jjjuaanm ' whoJ Lincolnshire, - '"c by-la- A O Jever-N9,- . Tkeijll Take- - Alive able Maiden Moonshiner of Kentucky, Intrenched tn the Rocky Hills, Has Faced Single ( Handed the United States Government Officers, and Is Accused of Wound -- d llcnley-on-Thame- 0 : ; - - 1 I it- ttov the Unconquer e LIKELY TO SUCCEED Is tbe embodiment of the twentieth Its a gay life," said he. "Well, the century business woman abloom In city hires me to preesrve order and done It that Kentucky bills. dtcone), and guess So the quaint old Fonts homestead time. was put In a state of siege. The ch esters were cleaned, louded MARRIAGE BY PHOTOGRAPH. and Ho,d, Rcrd In 58 Years. A ji ?k. ing. Perhaps Mortally, One of the made ready. The revenue men were sure to come after that bold defiance. And come they did, headed by United States Marshal F, M. Blulr, one of the most determined and tuccostful men In the revenue service. With hint was a picked posse and before blm, well, barricaded by a natural breastwork of Impenetrable rock, was Mary Fouls, the moonshlno umld, with Winchester and ammunition enough to stand off an army. According to the officers' story they pressed forward, and then Mary Fonts fired. She deliberately, say the revenue nten, opened the fight and made It possible for tho revenue nten to do their duty. They returned the fire, to a man, but Mary Font was safe behind the bowlders. Onward they pressed, and for halt an hour the mimic, onesided buttle raged, then Depu- - Some Defensive Movements Under) n by Japanese In America. The Asahl Shlmlmn has an article which throws an Interesting light on the question alluded to In our lost Issue, namely, ' mnrrluges by photo graph between Japanese residing In America and (heir countrywomen In Japnn. It apiteurs that two movements of a self defensive nature havn recently been organized by Japanese resilient in the United States. The first Is a crusade against gambling by the Chinese, a vice which le Indulged In on such a scale and which Involves such evil results that the presence of Orientals In general objectionable In tho eyce of American citizens, Japanese agitation for the suppression of this vice prom- - Attacking Party, VON STERNBURG 7?CID0 Down behind a natural fortress of huge bowlders In eastern Kentucky a woman who has not yet seen her thirtieth birthday is calmly. Intrepidly and successfully defying the mighty government of the United States. , A few days ago, she beat back a posse of the best revenue officers Uncle Sara could muster. Her aim Is true and her belief In her sovereign right to make her own brand of whisky from her own corn Is supreme and immovable. Mary Fouts, aged 27, Is Americas only moonshine maid, and she Is a moonshiner by birth, Inclination and training. Her father was a moonshiner before her, and the several ramifications of her family hold records for battle with revenue officers that any mountaineer might envy. For 40 years the Reaver Creek disbortrict, on the der, has been a moonshine stronghold, the scene of many a pitched battle between moonshiners and government officials. Blood of both sides has stained its narrow ravines and picturesque mountain paths. If a record of lives sold for the mountain brew had been kept doubtless the greater number of notches would have been cut by Undo Sam. Rut when It came to this woman, this tall, stalwart, , sure- - aiming young woman on her native heath, Uncle Sam was baffled. Chivalry died hard, even when backed by law and justice, and to send his picked shots against a woman was more than even Uncle Sam wanted to do. In lime the dash had to come, yet the woman won against the law and Its armed officers. Mary Fonts was born In the rude borne where she now distills what la said to be the best brand of whisky obtainable In all Kentucky. Her baby eyes studied the still, and her baby ears learned to catch quick, ominous whispers. Just as the child of the proverbial artist accepts poverty as the price of parental genius, as the child or the king believes that royalty can do no wrong, so this child of the mountains believed that making whisky without government consent was the Inalienable right of hill peo-pisingle-handed- as the probable successor to the late Baron Sternburg as German ambassador to the United States,, Is a brilliant and unlable man, 42 years old, who has seen a variety of service. He entered the army as a lieutenant In the Second Uhlan regiment of the Guard and l&tei served as military attache at the German embassy In Rome. Afrvr this he made an adventurous exploring trip across central Africa. The count waa military attache at Washington from 1896 to 1900. He was governor of German East Africa for five years. In February of this year he was appointed minister at Hamburg. Count yon Goetzen 's wife Is an American. She was Mrs. May Stanley Lay, of Baltimore. Count Von Goetzen, mentioned von Cherbourg werj without fish. The strike came to an end, ow ing to the removal by the municipal authorities of the obnoxious police Inspector. I Trouble a Birds Nest Caused. A hatpin used by a pair of swallows as the foundation for their nest, built two wires, put the entire polthe suburbs of 4llard out of business. The police marm wires from Ballard to headquarters at the city hall were tested box by box until the trouble was located. U wps discovered that difficulty lay between tho ox at Fremont and the one next south. The electricians could find nothing more serlouB than a swallow's nost. Investigation showed that tbe nest, which stretched from one wire to another, a distance of shout right Inches, was built on a hatpin, which touc hed both wires and. the whole system. Seattle Poatlntelligencer. , between ice alarm system of swer, that an earnest purpose finds time, or makes It. It seizes on spare to moments, and turns fragments golden account. A man who follows his calling with Industry and spirit and uses his earnings economically will always have some portion of the day at command. And It is astonishing how fruitful of Improvement a short season becomes, when eagerly seized and faithfully used. A single hour In the day, steadily given to the study of some Interesting subjects brings unexpected accumulations of William Ellery Channlng. knowtege. Diving Suit with LacedUp Legs. 'Blowing up" Is one of the accidents to which deep water divers are th most liable. When a diver is crawling on tho bottom with his head down, air may accumulate in the back of the suit, and, gaining access to the legs, cause him to turn turtle and shoot helplessly upward, with the risk of coming Into contact with a ship's or At the Notion Counter. boats bottom. To make such acciRich Customer I want to get aorne dents Impossible, the diving committee anting cotton. What kind do you of the English admiralty has recomNcommend? mended that all new diving suits bt Airy Fbop Girl Renlly, I cant say, provided with an arrangement for ladIwaya use silk. Judge. ing up the legs and thighs. short-Circuite- d TO REBUILD LATERAN PALACE of , l('Pe hns announced his Intention of CavlJntlnH t0 the rem0val to Umo idence of the papacy from th flnJ ge(amt.ira courts, i. built over for the purpose ofhuln.t.h0 office near St. Peters. holy ) Penitential trlbunul will !?,, there will .hvaluable pictures ',Hn I'Oluco la DOW uninhabited. next Septem-tferre- d to the new Vatican FftlIe,7 museum, the int are t !' the Surta. exception of rooms devoted t of use the for eteran puhco will be available ! calm-eyed- Her parents were ambitious for the little Mary, however, and sent her to school, where she proved exceptionally bright, and acquired an amount of "book learning" which dazzled her humble relatives. But she never forgot her love of the mountain lifo and never lost her grip on mountain traditions. When other girls were writing notes to each other or making paper dolls of Vary Fouts was drawing pictures stills, and finally she presented to her astonished teacher a perfect reproduction of a still, including the "worm which she had evolved from some odd bits of copper that came her way. During her twelfth year, when home on her vacation, she made a "run" of In an old very fair moonshine whisky kitchen. mothers her in holler coffee At 16, her education finished, Mary Fouts declared against muslin frocks and crossroad dances. She wantedthe free If hazardous life of the moonshiner. bold A woman moonshiner! Even gasped. Kentucky Women there were who had protecttheir ed their "men, and fought for "men and even died with their "men a but a woman who wanted to be well, leader of men In moonphlnlng. that was going some! came A few years later, Mary Fouts and died, father Her Into her own. she became the head of his household and the manipulator of his famous still. And what was more, Mary Fonts made a whisky of no mean reputa tion. She raised her own crop of corn and coaxed it as only a farmer who loves his growing things can coax. And then she made It Into the right sort of whisky, pure and unadulterated. T would not adulterate my whisky for any price, nor for the whole world," said Miss Fouts in a recent Interview and she meant It. No head of a great food factory ever regarded the output of his establishment with greater reverence und pride and affection than does Mary Fouts the product of her illicit still. And down there In Kentucky when a man wants the real thing in whisky he demands Mary Fouts whisky, willingly paying the. higher price asked for her brand. , Now, of course, the United States government, with its mighty Bystem of officers and spies, was not Ignorant of Mary Fonts and her calm, unwavering violation of the laws. But how to reach Mary Fouts without sacrificing national pride by spilling the blood of a woman who sinned only because she thought It no sin, but her right, was a problem even for a great government. If Mary Fonts would kindly sneak out of her stronghold and murder a man in cold blood, then the law might take Its course. But Mary Fouts was distressingly peaceable and inShe attended strictly to dustrious. her own business. Mary Fouots did not come to town nor haunt highways. But she certain-talnl- y did kuow how to guard her property, particularly her still. This had a natural barricade of rocks, and behind this barricade Mary Fouts kept a collection of Winchesters and ammunition which meant a fight to a finish and It Is a sorry thing for a posse of men to find themselves fighting against one intrepid woman who had been entity of no greater offense than turning the product of her own land Into cash according to tbe methods followed by her ancestors for generations. And of these ancestors she was as proud as tho scions of English nobility of the ancestors who fought under William tbe Conqueror. But something had to be done. There were seven counts against Miss Fonts. The government felt that patience, even with a fair woman, had ceased to be a virtue. The dignity of the law must be maintained, without bloodshed if possible, with bloodBut first diploshed If necessary. macy. A revenue officer sent to Mlsa Fouts by a trusted friend to the moonshiner this message In writing: "Meet us at the sehoolhouse on Reaver Creek Thursday and promise you will never violate the Inw, never moonshine any more, and we will see to It that you are fully pardoned for all. 1 waa bor will never meet you, curt reply, and to her mother she said: will keep "There's no use talking this still going In spite of all the government. It la a duty to you I mean to fulfill. Father stilled all his life 1 and Btllled good whisky. There Is no reason why we shouldn't keep up the They will never family reputation. take me olive," she Is said lo have added. For, you see, Mary Fouts, for all her contempt of government und the law. Is no rude mountain woman of uncouth bearing and rougher speech. She l8cg to have the ty Marshal Hiram Day fell sorely wounded, and was carried away on a stretcher by his baffled companions. What will happen to Mary Fouts depends upon the outcome of Day's wound. If it prove fatal, as the doctor's predict, Mary Fouta will have to face a charge of murder without the and mitigating plea of Uncle Sam's sense of chivalry will not be violated. Rut at the time of writing, Mary Fouls, the moonshine maid, reigns undisturbed In (he Kentucky hills, calmly stilling the brew that Is the pride and Joy of Kentucky connoisseurs. result of clearly differentiating them from its practice. The second movement has for Rs Immediate outcome this Idea of nuptials by photograph. There are about 100,000 Jupaiipse in the United Slates, and fully 90 per cent, of them lead single lives. Such a condition was tolerable so long as a settlers object consisted merely In earning as fast as But IHisslble enough to return homo. In view of tho anti Oriental spirit now prevailing In the United States, the Japanese residents see that the only practical remedy lies In becoming permanent settlers, and In carrying out that program a wife Is a prime OFFICER BUTTONS GOWN. To return to Japan, however, for tho purpose of providing himself with a wife means not only that a man would have to Incur great expense, but also that It would be more than the doubtful whether he could states subsequently. Therefore, the only feaslblo alternative Is to get a wife over from Japan without going to fetch her. All this appears to have been ann ticipated very cleverly by the a prominent Mr, Shlmanukl, Christian. Some time ago he established in the Kolslkawa suburb of Tokyo an Institution railed the Ryok-kokawhich may be freely translated self-defens- corn-colore- d New York Patrolman Aids a Mise Out of Difficulty. Pretty A young woman came out of one of tbe residences facing Washington square. New York city, garbed In a princess gown. She hesitated a moment, looking doubtfully at the loafers on the park benches and forlornly up Fifth avenue. Then she went over to Policeman George Donnelly, who was standing at tbe corner gazing with an official eye upon the grass. "I beg your pardon, but will you do me a favor?" she said, with slightly heightened color. "Sure, mhs," replied the officer in his best manner. "Will you please button my dress for me?" she entreated. In apparent calmness. "What?" gasped Donnelly, "I said, would you please button roy dress? These princess affairs are so tight that 1 just can't gtt my arms up. There are three buttons I cannot reach," She turned her hack on the policeman, and his staring gaze traveled to a point midway between her shoulder blades and stopped. There he saw some lace, a thin line of blue ribbon, and "Certainly, miss," said the guardiun of the law when he realized the necessity, and he began tugging at his gloves. "Oh, 1 am so sorry to trouble you, the young woman said, "but there wasn't a soul In the house, aud I am very anxious to get uptown. "No trouble at all, the policeman Insisted, and stuffing his gloves In his pocket he took a firm grip and started to work. said My lingers are all thumbs, Donnelly. replied Yes, thats the trouble. tho plil. encouragingly. "One button" comrs loose while you try lo fasten the next one. "I'll have It In Just a minute." And then, after some more endeavor, tho policeman straightened up with on ulr of satisfaction. "Thank you very, very much, officer," said Miss Washington Square, composedly. "I knew I could depend Then she pushed her way upon you. through a crowd tlmt had collected and climbed upon a waiting Binge. Donnelly mopied hts heated brow. well-know- l, Self-Hel- Hoeloly. The inmates of this Institution, mostly graduates from girls high schools, receive education In all subjects likely to he of practical utility, such as housekeeping, cooking, sew-It'typewriting, etc. In fact they are expressly equipped to he the wives of Japanese settlers In the United States. It Is between this Institution and the Japanese settler that photographs have been exchanged, ard by this means tho settlers ate enabled to obtain helpmates whose qualifications and record are known and whose appearance Is rendered familiar The Idea is that by the photographs. if the settlers thus marry and bring up families, their sons will become naturalized American citizens, and by degrees the feeling In the United Slates will die out. The conception seems eminently practical and useful, nor can we doubt for a moment that tbe Japanese authorities In Tokyo will refrain from Interfering with the program. Japanese Weekly e Mail. Hortes with Mustaches. "Ive got a rarity, a horse wltl mustache," raid a cabby. ,The horse doctor looked the ungi ly animal over.. it is a rarity," he said, "a niusta so highly developed. Lota of hor have Incipient, Chinesellke muaturl but your nag has the mustache o grenadier a regular soup si rail th? "May hew and the other leading thnrUieg lay It down that a niusta-lthe surest sign of a hot Certainly no one can dispute your Intala claim to low breeding." I'll dclpbla Bulletin. low-bre- |