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Show Ihe Tier Mr. Henry Busklrk Woefully Inferior Venice Still Has Charm Softly the shadows are falling Over the disc of the Tremble the sea at If feeling Remorse for the deed It has done. to His Wife. Here's a counterfeit half-dolla- r that me, said somebody worked Henry Busklrk. Tguesa Ill give It to you. You can put It on the contribution plate at church If you like. Henry, I'm ashamed of you!" exI dont believe In claimed his wife. saying such things even In Jest. It seems to me, that youre getting Just perfectly horrible since youve got to 1 going to the club Saturday nights. so I be to used wish you'd give It up. proud of you. I thought you were one man In a hundred. But I declare I often find myself wondering now what youre coming to. You seem to oft on Tune Unable to Rob Ancient City of Its Power to Attract the Visitor to Europe. Slowly the wind Is abating, Here In the spray and the foam. Fondly you're watching and waiting, your wanderer will not come home. Follow the sea gulls over, Crossing, reerosslng their track ' Nevt r a tale of a rover litmus news of the good ship back. (Special Correspondence,) No other city has been the subject of so many glowing descriptions as Venice. The terms of praise In all the languages of the civilized world have Sad were the kisses at parting, Mournful the thlnRg that were said. Unless the tear that was starting Tour player was prayer for the dead. been Memotv, seeking forever, Comes to the edge of the deep Weeps for Its dead, but will never Discover the place of their sleep. Luo F. Vernon, In Seattle ing well-nig- exhausted In describ- her charms. She appears more of- ten in the descriptive literature of the nations than any other city, not excepting Imperial Rome Itself. Nor Is she famed In description alone, for her history Is writ large In the record of the centuries that have passed since the Middle Ages, and her gifts to mankind, in the advancement of religion, the arts and learning, have been numerous, and amply recorded. The traveler is drawn to Venice by the image of Its beauties, and he lingers a willing subject to Its charmB, even after the first warm Impression on the senses has betfn (Copyright, 1908, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) to feel the subtle stimulant dtmmed, to swear away the years ago. And in her old ears there to dreams ye egoln conveyed by the mellow son-- our ton, Mary?" rang again the passionate words he of your own and had whispered there in the 0id man's voice quavered days long forgotten. She saw him beside her into a whine. re-j at the altar on that to tell the truth," m goln day of days when a weary all the future was bright and the old woman with all the "He threw it away himself sky e And out of the mist came the outmy baby. I killed hla brother to tell lines of the cradle In which she him do It, and Im goln had rocked her first-borthe cradle Nat truth and let him be punished." too, Mary had built with his own hands. jut Tom's your boy Then she heard as In a dream the persisted the old man. r oldest, smug voice of the prosecuting attorIVhats he ever done to show It? He struck ney: d the woman fiercely. with his own Now, Mrs. Harter, tell the jury -- yes struck me times. your name and relationship to the d; not once, but twenty I nd he struck you too, Nat. What , j him do It moren once. he ever been to us? ifort has at pride have we In him, what No, no, Nat, we e for his future? "k call our ;ht as well give up and Hes been a bad boy, s a failure. he's a bad man, and hes killed o own brother, and I wont do any-t- erlasting fEMININ-E- to-da- the development of painting and of printing is too well known to need extended mention. The fame of its great artists Is Imperishable; and the books It produced when the art of printing was young are yet examples to the ambitious who would be good printers. Its place in religion has been second only to that of Rome, and Its chief church, St. Marks. Is the richest specimen of Byzantine architecture In Europe, and the finest example of uvchltectural coloring In the world. Its walls are encrusted with gold mosaics and its art treasures are beyond price.1 So adaptable aro the beauties of Venice to pictorial representation, that no city has been rendered more familiar than the Jewel of the Adriatic. Its canals, of which It has more than 150, Its tall, beautifully colored houses. Its many churchea, its world-famepalace of the Dogea, its lagoon WILDCAT 8TANDARD. MATTER OF MORAL ip , AW save him. be was in llcker when he did pleaded the old man. "You know But On a Canal. traainon tnui makes Venice, of all citall Its features have been rendered ies, our modern Ideal of what was familiar to most of us. great in the brave and glorious past. 4 il btlce. a brutal murder too of Peter Harter by his rother Tom. As nearly as could be ind out ho had been stabbed with I warning simply because he expos ted with hts brother for brutalise used to the old mother, it would be a good thing for the amunlty, moreover, to get rid of Harter. He always had been a "I ?g. and a menace to peaceable, w abiding citizens. Yes, It was s od thing all around, and the prose-Unattorney was very complacent bo arose to outline the case to the had been killing g 117 This case, gentlemen, Is fortunate-- I w plain that It will bo necessary It to detain you but a few minutea. will be necessary A City of Silence. Were Traders and Fighters. Here again we feel the spirit that led the Venetian traders anil fighting men to the seas of the East, where they conquered Islands and cities, levied on Dalmatian, Greek and Turk, and brought back the gold, the pearls, the slks and spices that came by caravan from the fabulous eastern land of Cathay, to which no white man penetrated until young Marco Polo, a Venetian, traversed the vast, mystic deserts of Asia and visited the realm of the great and hitherto unknown Khan of all the Tartars. No way was too long for the Venetian of old to travel, if It brought good to his beloved city; no wealth too hard to obtain. Through Venetian hands passed all the goods of the Orient used In Europe. The men of Venice were fighters, because the path of trade must be blazed with' the sword. They cleared the Adriatic sea of pirates; they subdued coasts and Islands as far as Constantinople and levied tribute. They were rich and powerful for more than six centuries, from about 900 to about 1300. The splendor and power of their government, under an elected ruler called the Doge, and In latter times under a dictatorial council, dazzled and awed the weaker peoples about them. Yet one thing, and that Its chief e rharm, can never be conveyed by or description, and that Is the curious sense of silence that one feels upon entering the city of the sea. None of the street noises of other citare ies exist here. Its waterways thoroughfares that give no echo and leave no track. No vehicles rattling ever stony pavements, no shriek of horn or clang of bell offend fhe ear In Venice. All is serenely still, and so beautiful Is the calm that the native and the stranger alike seem Instinctively to speak softly and move quietly for fear of dispelling the charm. The conditions here favor rest, and as the climate Is soft and equable, Venice is ar Ideal place for the mentally or physically tire.!, and is much frequented by persons wishing to escape from the wear and worries of modern life. But while quiet and restful; Venice Is by no means an idle place. It has large business Interests, manufacturing lace, minors, gilded frames and many other things. Its fishing business Is also considerable. Although built on many small Islands the number is said to be 117 and having canals for its principal arteries of traffic, Venice Is not without streets. To be sure, there are no horses or carriages ever seen In these streets, but they are lined with shops nnd always well filled with pedestrians. They are at the backs of the houses, like alleys In a modern city, and are connected where the cnnala Intersect them with bridges. of, which there are 378, great and small, In the rlty. All the houses on the Grand Canal have an exit on a street In the rear; and though one goes to his hotel by gondola, and s'rps out of It directly Into the hotel office, he may go out for a stroll at any time by the back all over .'cor, and walk pic-tui- prisoner and the victim of this brutal murder, and in your own words tell If you saw the deed committed and Just how It happened. Turning bewildered eyes on the lawyer, the court and the Jury the woman gave her name and address. Then gazing straight at her husband eyes, she said, with through perfect deliberation and emphasis Tom and Pete had some words about some money and Pete got mad and said: Til kill you, you low, b'.aggard; that's what I'll do, and he struck him with a chair and drove him back Into the corner. Tom was tryin to defend him self, and he saw he was goln to get his head broke, and there was murder In Pete's eyes, and Tom reached out for the knife that was on the table and struck at Pete. And It killed him. And that was all there was to It." During this testimony the prisoner nnd his father had leaped to their defeet, the former with amazement with the latter his on face, pleted Waning of Venetian Glory. tears starting to hla eyes, while the From refugees, driven before the with prosecuting attorney sat back mde rulers north of the Alps to seek mouth wide open, so thoroughly par- shelter on the marshy Islands In the alyzed that he never protested as the Adriatic lagoon, to the richest and old woman, at the end of her testi- most accomplished people In Europe, from mony. arose and stepped down cha'r. the witness She never looked at the prisoner, but walked straight to her husband and. hand In hand, they walked from the court room. will nr.k that the case be dls missed. said the prosecuting attor a study ney. And I will recommend stuof woman's nature to every law. , dent. tear-fille- d n dry-sho- d A CTH:-- a drew up James wn grlevnnce his ment sp.cllylug I.hhiccI counsel and asked the against considered the to state what he una- - fiuloM-ing- course Mr K der stub conditions. a landlord to take goln' to swear away the Ufa of our own ton, Mary?" ow momenta. In 1 tfclnk ono witness will deter- the tiHre matter. Let Mary ! sworn." thi ol her seat In the 5- n himnt Imperceptible 1,111 - monn came from aids U tu7nc7s h,m A face and terror- rom her sight In Ihrourh which she saw f her )oung lover of forly ftlookM m itrlckpB 1 tfc tort at rI rURht hpr car ,nd yp1 upon .drn was returned to the landmorning with the fob nee subjoined: "In ntjr lowing .. s fflH jijch admits opinion. hla remedy patience." one of only Record Dally Baltimore ,,J .'paper Un 1 Seeking Repose. . I want a dlphllicrlt placard. looked up In surThe hcann officer hl,rtf, prise. N he replied 'i S' 2SZZ 7 : (he house. 1 nn iii; XX M 7 h Cffice Boy or Small Man? In a business man who wns hurry called up an establishment that had Ir.lkd to deliver guoiVcs ordered, A small, boyish volte was heard at the other end of the line; "Whom do you want ?" "Mr. Drojsn. nnd hurry up, my Only One Remedy. most Edwin Janus was one of the of h!s day lawyers I.nv'lsh brilliant In some Wist At one lime he lived of which Jaii'Ilor! th' rhntuln18 Km! At last be could never obtini which an eModiont to so recoin bad his tt riant 10 a arouse would bo hoped fenso of h! obligations, toad-visblm If he would bo kind enough 1,1 him on a Rule legal nnd on concerned, was which he state- r,kng Half Hen and Half Duck. Policeman Joseph LuBsler of Willi mantle, has a queer freak chicken. The question which perplexes the observer Is whether the freak is a ben was hatched or a duck. The hen-duclast May, and It has always borne the eccentricities herewith described. Its breed Is the white Wyandotte. It has the head of a pullet and other characteristics, but its walk, posture, etc., are like the ducks. When jvalklng Its body assumes the upright position, as In the picture. Its tall is short and stubby and has that peculiar wag such as only the duck can give It, and Its legs and feet resemble those of a duck, though the feet lack a web. When It tries to cackle It makes a sound which Is seemingly a mixture of a cackle and a quack. It eats from the ground like a duck and drinks a half-dollar- n was not very bad except when was In llcker. And be wasnt him-- 1 when he did it. And he feels as 7 as anybody for it now. Not Ah! Mary, not the gal-is- ! gallows! and be slipped from bis chair o his knees and sobbed before her. Peter?" demanded the Where's back her skirts, iman, drawing to cling ich the man attempted Wheres my Pete, ihetically to. to anybody, 0 never did a wrong was bullied and who always ked by Tom? I wont save him, 1 you I wont The day of the trial came, and the osecutlng attorney arose calm and eddent. Here was an easy case, d It promised to be brief. He uld get a quick conviction and the companying glory and would burry ng other cases and show a dispatch business which would reflect great dit upon bis office. The convlc-iwas sure because the boys ipoth-wato go on the stand to testify alnst him. It was a lucky thing, tuse she had been the only wit-s- i of the murder, and without her silmony only the weakest Bort of cumstantial evidence would have be relied on. But he had It from r own lips that she proposed to tell truth and bring the murderer to tli mustn't blame the club for my the membere are all downfall; gentlemen. be steadily lowering your moral stand ard. Why cant you keep your eyes open when people give you change? You never hear of anybody giving to me. Wo counterfeit can't afTord to lose money that way, Cant you remember where you got It? No. Probably on some Btreet car But never mind. No use crying over spilled milk. I'm sorry that Im sink ir.g In your estimation. I'll try to do better. But you mustn't blame the club for my downfall. The members of It are all gentlemen. What are you going to do with It?" ? This counterfeit With what? Oh, Ill throw It away, or keep It as a pocket piece, just to remind me to look at my change next time. Let me have It. I'm going to stop at the butchers on my way home from Mrs. Wappslelghs. The cashier la such a stupid thing that I'm quite sure she'll never notice IL Henry, what's the matter with you? Don't sit there grinning like a monkey. I declare you look sometimes as If you really didn't have good sense. Where are you going? Excuse me, dear. Theres the money. I think I'll run out and see If I can't raise my moral standard a little, just for practice." half-dollar- s 'tiic 'I. bn e e You ' ln f k n !t ,ou NIGHT.: e rose-colore- detain BU8Y Cleared Out Henhouse and Wan Walt Ing for Farmer Arrival. Henry Carlon, who resides twenty-fivmiles up Crooked river, had pure blooded chickens In hla henhouse recently. One night not loug ago he heard his dog barking at aome length, but aa a high wind was blowing he thought the dog was disturbed on that account and did not go out to ascertain the cause, Next mornlug he arose about E o'clock, and on going out found hla dog sitting quietly by the broken glass window of the henhouse. lit thought this action peculiar and opened the henhouse door, when a huge wildcat leaped at his breast and hurlMr. Carlon ed him to the ground. gathered himself together and made for the house, where he got his gun and returned to the fray, to find the big cat serenely awaiting him. One shot dispatched the varmint. On tuking a look nt the henhouse Mr. Carlon was confronted by a pile of dead chickens which the cat had killed and heaped up. Every one of choice fowls had been the seventy-fivkilled and placed In the heap. Pine-vlllJournal. r It HAD - boy. "AH rlsht." and the receiver waa hung up. In four minutes It was taken 1 down and the smnlk voice said: "Mr Brown Is not In. Can I aid you? .k t 1 "See here, my son," snapped the ; man who was in a hurry, "I want to trill with .onto one who can do busi;V- ness. When I peed the office boy I will call Mr him. Tbe way for you to get along Is to let other things Bridge of 8ighs. alone and annul to your own duties." Venetian "Hut la wUi I am trying to do, the was tt transformation their glory air," rtHprinded the small, soft voice. and la affecting; slow were I am the president of the company." when Internal began to wane only Rochester Herald. so much that them weakened strife of the onslaughts resist could not Novelist's Home In Demand. "d land. Including Sdr Mcs b Geno-.- 1 la reported that the 8umoan resiIt the rivals, most powerful of Robert Louis Stevenson, dence the repu great Little by little I s power, until It Valllma, will become a tourist hotel, lost venlce o' -or It may be that It will be made the one under the - way of first Austria official residence of the German representative. A syndicate of Philadelphians Is negotiating with the present 1.1. owner of the villa with the tourist ji notel plan In view, while the German ' government Is rbslrmie of acquiring the pntgtily ar" jr.ntcmiates making an offer. c' -- for-111- 1 Z Sultans Big War Drum. Interesting and unique war curio recently arrived at Khartum in the shape of the late Sultan lambloa great war drum. It la cut from a solid block of wood, and ts Intended to represent a buffalo, though, perhaps, the execution leaves The something to the imagination. whole thing is over 10 feet long, 4(4 feet high and 4 feet wide, and requires eight or ten men to carry It, An Wide World Magazine. Traveler Palm Plant Water Giving great amount of water. As yet the freak has not laid an egg or essayed to swim, and these may determine later on to which family It belongs. New York Herald. Wrote Story In His Sleep. Crockett, the English author, once earned a check by his pen while asleep. One morning he received a cheek from the editor of the St. James Gazette In payment for a contribution which ho knew nothing about. ' He promutly returned tho check with a disclaimer, but It came back again with a note from the editor saying that he had earned It and must keep It. It then occurred to Mr. Crockell to have a look at this mysterious article, and, to his amazement, he dis rove rid that It was cm a subject about which he had dreamed some weeks be fore. He had intended to write the article, tut had no recollection of having done so Aa a matter of fact he hnd wrlten an A osted It In Ills sleep, and knew nothing more of It tin'll he saw It In print. Flogging Not Ancient Custom. Flogging, In public nnd otherwise, is not of medieval origin. In the middle ages ridicule nnd not physical suffering was the means employed for the Hence the coircrtlon of wrong-doing- . pillory, the stocks and the thewe a high over the heuds This remarkable tree, which Hour-Ishe- s chair of the crowd. In which women, generthroughout the Malay derives Its name from the fact ally scolds, were brought to a sweet that It Is the travelers joy and com- reasonableness but the whipping cist fort In places where water cannot lie belongs to the Tudor age. The Elizfound. By cutting or puncturing the abethan servant question was met by soft outgrowths at the bottom, a cop- fingering gills for idleness on Sunday ious supply of cool drinking water nay morning. But it was In the Hanoverian period that (legging was carbe obtalued. Montreal Herald. ried to excess. As late as 1804 six women were jnhllrly flogged In of Freak Lightning. because they bud Detective Dilahay of the Southern Gloucester, Fngland, found begging. been Rhmli Hla constabulary was struck l y lightning In a recent stortn, says a disAnc'ent Funeral BoaL patch front Tape Town, South Africa, lie was hurled to the ground insensible, and whin he hnd recovered con arlousness made, his way home In a dazed condition, all the damage that ho noticed being a burned mark on his trou ers. if Next morning he was unable to attend to his duties and t generally V avusisut' J 1,; unwell. A colleague then dlseovcriil that the two outer fingers of the office! 'a right hand were flfBhlcss, the The old Egyptians, as well as other bmui having been burned hare. races, used boats to convey their Town Boasts Many 8ailors. dead. Just 143 captains of full rigged ships have been born In Searsport. Maine, or Immsnss Town Warrant. have lived In thnt town while In comLittleton, N. 1I Is out with the mand of their vessels. The largest longest town warrant In the state. The ship In the list was the May Flint, cofty which was posted In the which had a gross tonnago of 3.S8H riacher front the top of tho bill-- 1 tons. The smal'et was the Vistula, tin board to within a foot of the of 4n0 trout sort's banner year floor, and the tstlest man In town had In ahlneln- to stand on tiptoe to rrnJ :he first line- post-offi- |