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AMARIIXn DAILY M.W WT.PXKSIiAY. JAMAUY X II2.
AMARILIO DAILY NEWS
AN INDFrFN'OKNT DEMOCRATIC
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First Morning Newspaper In the
Amarillo Country Covers the Pan-
handle of Texas. Eastern New Mexico.
Southern Colorado and Western Ok-
lahoma from twelve to twenty-four
hours In advance of Denver. Dallas.
Fort Worth and Oklahoma City and
other papers carry'ng telegraphic dis-
patcher. Entered u second-class matter at
the postoff'e at Amarillo Texas
under the act of March 3 1 873.
Tul O 't il i: MoitMNO.
l-adlos sometimes drop thel voice
but nlwuys recover them.
A man in Alabama hat- been kllP-d
by his mothcr-ln-iaw. Do rests in
peace.
Governor Colquitt seem to le
longer on convicts than he is on con-
victions. I'.lis Ton; Turkey anil porKv Mr.
Drake were welcome local masculine
New Venr v'sltors-tne ladx fjoose
being. uIho In attractive evidence.
An offensive ami defensive illlanc"
between Kir.iand ;nd ("ulna Is vire-fth.-tduwod
hy the fact that while the
Englishman often drops his h's the
Chinese are now rutting olf their
queues.
In his MU it Ivan speeches Senutor
I.nFolhtte If. making no leferui'o to
Mr. Taft- confining himself strictly
to live issues.
As this in leap year a lady inUht
be groomed fur tlie presidential rue .
Khp world not however be ilk'Hde
as ' a '.ark liorr-e."
.M.ii. x ii:t i: and M iriii:
Hit ls.
The soil of the Texas Panhandle is
alwavs di'inoi sf.-itinv Itself as a har-
vest aui re-s mid when siiciitiih tunn-
ing ii"ed tln R'lcieH rpprouches
the superlative mid heroines the su-
perb. In 0''s iss.'e of The News v. .
found an it.lorxlcxv with .Indue lioilgh
whose na'i'e anil Panhandle scien-
tific farm Inir ate ynotiy inous terms
who will havp diretion thW yiar
of ten thousand acres of Intensified
cu'tivaMoii on the great farm of the
sreiu (V It. Livestock com pan v near
Crosbytnn.
Thirteen huiidred aires were cul-
tivnted this season on this farm les-
ser portions of whbh were under
Jud-e Couch's scientific method i
with the resc.lt. In every Instance of
a r.u per lent. Increase In acrengu
production.
During a visit this fall to Crosby-
ton the staff (orrespondent of this
pnpn a"cn'panieii .lulre Cough to
a field of t-. rntwlng wln'or wheat
niul y.-w hltn demonstrate bv flctnil
an It boring lest t ti jf conserved
moi-tcre c.nderlabi the fi( Ids to
depth exceeding thirty Inthes a
moisture v licit reinforced by the
llehtest of UHiial hptlng showers--was
sifiiiient to insure a bountiful
harvest.
In the wheat dnction pt-nt if i-
f.irn.i"? Is iinadftpliiiu' 'he wheat
prcli . t x m o- t'ie : IV Lives' . k
fa mm. Ia-t vear :'! acre were
bar.e te t ii I ii a' rc are
vrov w .... .. r. A ;;
fov ti t1 is fa'l
The l' Paso Tinn s i-pecifh ally and
rateporically tharae? that "T!ie Cat-
tlrmen'g Asset lation of Texas Is an
adjunct to the llepuhlii an party and
that It Is politically prostitution It-
self In that direction. " There is no
mopf thoroushhred p.nd true blue
Itemocratlf-Cancasiiti newspapir In
Texas or the ertlrP south than the
Kl Paso Tinier and It Is moreover
In a peculiarly favorable geographical
and obrerving position to know
whereof It speaks. Texas or the
South ran take no stock In the Re-
publican party even in rattle.
Col. It. W. Thompson New York
City and Washington I). ('.. general
financiering agent has withdrawn his
offer to finance two millions of hale
of Southern cotton because "certain
Southern newspapers and officials are
making misrepresentation concern-
ing it which tend to prevent Its adop-
tion" all of which pertinently goes
to ahow that there are other plants
In Southern cotton aside from the
plant Itself.
CURIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
THE HUNKERS AND THE
BARNBURNERS.
By A. W. MACY.
At one time it looktd as
though thera wert going to be
two new national political par-
ties In thla country on called
tha "Hunkers" the other the
"Birnburriri." In 1844 the
southern Democrats wars de-
termined to prevent tha nomi-
nation of Martin Van Buren for
tha presidency. To accomplish
this they adopted the two-thirds
rule In the convention which
destroyed Van Buren's chances.
This caused a split In tn Dem-
ocratic party especially In Van
Bursn'a own state New York.
The Van Buren faction became
known aa "Barnburnera" tak-
ing their name It la aald from
the story of the man whose
barn was Infested with rata
and who burntd the barn In
order to get rid of them. The
other faction was called "Hun-
kers" but why Is not known.
The split spread to other states
conservative Democrats being
known aa "Hunktrs" while the
progressives were called "Barn-
burners." In 1848 both factions
sent delegate from New York
state to the national conven-
tion. The convention satisfied
nobody by giving half the vote
of the atate to each faction.
The "Barnburners" nominated
a ticket of their own later on.
Their vote was not strong
enough to carry any atate but
it was sufficiently large to
throw tha election to the
Whig.
(Copyright hy Jim-li II Buwlft )
A NEW U Alt s AIC I ISI .
( Contributed i
A New Venr's welcome to -Ia k Frosi
At'tl Ills pencil ice-embossed.
Who hurries to and fro
Over the froen snow
Willi etching and with sketching
That are so vety fetchini'
I'pon the window pane
-lack is bush st in lhe nl :ht
With his pictures of dolliMit
Ami when comes the morn
And a day Is newly born.
We see his figures slat iu'i'io
iu tracings ar.ibesei.e
In etihin;; am! iti skct hiiu
That are so very felt hint;
i'pon the wliolow pane.
ltd. MPS AND
l"o I I I I ti A.s.
Cnvernor .lud.'on Haiinon will vpit
the Pacific coast this month.
Jeorre P. Jones has anno. meed
his candidacy for the Iietnoi rallt
nomination pjr roven.or of North
Dakota
lhe Pr-ifiibitloniMs of Wisconsin
will hold their State convention In
Ma.'lson on Washington's bitthday.
(toxcrnor ludson Harmon will opeti
his la'iipaiMi for the presidential
nomination In Illinois in Fast St.
Louis January 11'
The Republican State coinr.iltteo of
Virginia will meet at Roanoke on
Januarv fi to call the S'ute onxen-
tion t; select delegates to the na-
tional convention to be held in Chi-
cago next June.
Martin K. Olmsted who ha repre-
sented the K.lghteenth Pennsylvania
district In Congress for si .teen years
has announced his Intention to re-
tire at the end of his present term.
The first Stale convention to
choose delegates to the tiat'onal con-
vention will be that of the Florida
Itepi'blbans. which will h- held Feb-
ruary The convention is rxpectJd
to iiistrmt Its delegation for Taft.
A banquet for (lovernor Harmon
o be held in Milwaukee on January
l.'i. will be one of the largest Demo-
cratic functions of recent years nc-
cordinc to A. A. Allen who M manag-
ing the Harmon campaign In Wiscon-
sin. Walter L. Fisher secretary of the
Interior is siheduled as one. of the
ledalng seakers at the rai'y of Taft
Kepublicans of South Uikota. which
Is to be held at Huron ("l January j.
The Woodrow Wilson l'or es of the
lietnoirAtic patty in Michigan have
perfected a campaign organization
w ith a view to landing the Stat-; Uele--tr.tlon
for the nomination of tho New
lersey governt r for President
Democratic primaries will be held
in Alabama on April 1 for the nom-
ination of congressmen and State of-
ficers. Two weeks later the State
convention will meet In Montgomery
to select delegates o thii national
convention.
Representative Osrif W. ITnder-
tcod of Alabama acMrdin to pre-
sent Indications will liae the dele
gation of his own StU" iu K'ipport of
bis nomination for President in ILe
I't tnoi ratlc national Miiventln j The
signlf'n unce of ihlg to c-!aii flltl-
Hana U that Alabama Is the frst
Jute on th roll rail ai. I P. l-t leck-
oned that the iiatiotiil s'onvcr.tlon
thus starting off on Ptrull mil ith
I nderwood will oe a scne of i:thu.
fciasm.
The Trial of
To th" Stat: Nai Aaron I'utrcon
v icted r-f treason? DM he b a ' .i i on-
spiracv arahiit hl-i own .nn1ry.
Will the Ftar please :!) homu i Iiing
of the toy of Purr
A 31 i: KKADKK.
Aaron lierr is entitled to the uis-
tinttlon of 'The Man of Mystery" in
Cnlted State history Elected vice
president on the ticket with .Jefferson
he first attempted to hive himself
.elected president by the presidential
jeltHtots In place of .Jefferson and al-
n ost mic ceded. Thla a1 lion turned
i.lefferson aalnt him. A vice preel-
lent he did all he could to embarraa
the presiden. Professing to be a Re-
puhliran he coquetted with the fed-
eralists Near the oe of his term Of
offlre he fourht a duel with Alcxan-
d. r Hamilton and killed hint For a
time h wa practically h fugitive
and sient his time In the south. Put
he returned to Washington In time
to preside at the trial of Sanv.e!
Chase a Justice of the t'nltd State
supren-e rocrt. whf. wa tried upon
Impeachment charrc"..
Here lefferion ' liaved pol'tlca" oy
attempting to win llurr ti his side.
b""inse Jefferson wanted Chase con-j
vlcted He r.ppolrted all of Iturr's1
riitje who wanted office to some'
rood pi i'e Invited Hurr to din with!
him had Repi bib an senator petition '
the New Jersey courts o dismiss the
c:ie against Iturr for the killing of
Hamilton and finally at the roouest
of Iturr appointed Ccneral James 'Vil-
klnson governor of I.ottisann terri-
tory. Hut ev.-n at last. Chas was ac-'
niiltted and Jffferson's friend i thnr '
ei Par.' wiah hiring betrayed ht'
president again.
fter retiring from the office of
Vice President Purr's movement
eii mysterious. He Rttercpted to
procure money fro-. Knglanl for th
purpose of establishing a colony of
some Kort with the promise of The
pr-bi.bl" cstahlishtient of a itovern-
ment somewhere on the gulf cot st
th'it would bo Mendly to Prltlsh In-
terests lie was charged also with j
having made slmi'ar overtures to.
Spain
Finally he fiem ! a rich e.-ientrlc
Irishman n'tr eil irmin Itlennerhas-
sctt who had ol'liit.ed possession of
an Island in the Ohio river below Ma
rlon-'. IMenner'nc-sett became bis
partner and p tl it-ot'cy it. to at' enter-!
prise propose .y lierr to buy n large
trad of lard In Lonlsnna. Ilurr'-i;
son-in-law was a pirtner also ln't11''
scheme. Solve an I a't'inlly waa pttf-i
' hac'Cil in l.oi'lsina. with the
tin s obtaineil and it lompanv ostii' j
men. til ?!' d w :b arpis at-d ''ro-
visions w -'re started from I'.lrntiri-
hissett's Island In boats. Put ll.irr
i':..l preceded tlienv He w.'llt iowp j
i' e iher in a lviir.ee of tl.e ciinpai v.i
ot "inill'ig ether oin ai:e or hav-
it'v t'-e-'i or.anleib
Analysis of
A picture of the foreign cc tumeri'3
of the I'nlted States d'ttlnu the xear
just closed. Is presented by thf nu-
reau of Stailstb-8. Iiepartn.enl of
'Ymmerre and Labor in the fii:uret
tor the month of November a' d the
II months ending with November.
They show the imports at.d exports
by great groups made tp by combin-
ing into separate classes the various
article of a similar character such
as foodstuffs manufactures ma-
terials for use in manufacturing etc
elc. These 11 months figures accom-
panied ss they are by the figures for
tiie single month of November en-
able a close estimate of the I nslness
f r the full year since if may be
assumed that the December fe-'dres
will In most case approximate thoso
for November and that bv the addi-
tion of the November llgureg te those
for the It months a reasonably ac-
curate estimate of the lusiness for
the full year ended last week nny hp
obtained.
Imports for the n months end-
ing with November. 191 1 were rui-
ned at 13':' S million dollars
against 1.426 million In the (orres-
ponding months of 19 1 a of t !. 1s to-
pi! of l.otL'". million dollars worth
I of Imports 324 H xvre manufai litres
ready for use aeninst ''IIU million
Jin the same months of last year a
fall of 20 million dollars This de-
crease ocrcrred chiefly in manufac-
turer of Iron and rteel manufac-
tures of wood and manufacture of
silk. Manufacture" for furtler s
In manufacturing Imported haws
practballv no chance when comnared
with the corresponding months of
last year. Crude materials for u.
In manufacturing show a diclded fall-
ing off being for the u months of
m I 4 "9 million dollar against 493
million In the same months of 1910.
the decrease of "I million oi curing
rhief!v In India rubber hide and
skins and wool. Food tuff partly
or who'ly manufactured show a de-
cline of 15 million dollars the It
months figures being lfifi -nilllon.
againrt 181 million last year. The
decline occurred chiefly in augar of
which the quantity Imported Is ma-
terially ler than last year. Cnidi?
foodstuffs Imported show a marked
Increase the 11 months flgere of
1911 helne 1fiU million dollars
against 134 mllVon In th' gam"
month of last year. This Is largely
lue to an advance in the price of
'offee. of whlrh the stated value of
the 11 months Imports was '2 2-1
Aaron Burr
It appeirs that Hurr kept hie pur-
rM. e. rt from eeerjon. He visit-
ed Andiew Jackson In TennewHe ard
):d lliikoty" hetrnie hi-i fncnil rd
par'!.-an II i'p ars to have on-
iin. e. evervone with whom he talked
of i:; lovalty. He was In rirrfpc-n-dcii'e
with General V.ilklrson dnrln
the entire tine aid Wilkinson hid
rhirce f all the armv of the south-
we'. put when the exnedltlon reach-
ed Natchez. Purr found that Wilkin-
son himself 'uad turned against him
and gate up the project lie st.uk the
ratu containing the arm In the Mis-
issippl river and left hi men. Purr
sut rendered to the commind at Nat-
chez b.it the people svmpathivd
with him and a grand Jury refused to
India him for any offense.
Purr disguised ltt;m:'f and d'sjp-
peared A month later ho wa found
a 'd arrested within alght of tie' boun-
1.ir line of Spanish Florida. He was
taken back tc P.ichniond wherj he
wa phued on trlil for his life on the
charge of treason.
The trial revealed notniag as to the
purpose of llurr !n t'ie txiH'dl'ion.
While he was In Tenness-e Jefferson
ssued a prodanation rharKln that
' s'liidr) persons" were co i.;pii lii' to
set on fMt a n.llltary cnierpris
against the dominion of Spain con-
trary to law and railed upon all ro.
i illens to arrest the offender. The
aovi rnment at Washington was In
the dark as to what Purr intended
doin ns there is nothing to s'.io
that he hud even i cnten. plated aach
a thing
The only act tliut could he con-
strued as treasonable without prov-
ing a treasorable :notlve which the
rcvernment could not do. was that of
arming the expedition frcm Hlenner-
iiassett's Island aid It waa prove.)
that Purr was 1'hi miles from there
when the expedition started That
brought out a most remarkable de-
cision from Just'ce Marshal who liol l
that h-- lould not be com b ted of
treason for that a t unless llurr lil.n-
silf were actually prsenr. In the
fit sh when the nd was commltt I. lie
mleht have been tbe i alti that devis-
ed the plot lis nil '.ht have been the
resonrns that provided the muskets
ard ar-is le;f If he were not iii-e-
sent person at the llt.ie the nru.j!
were nn he co .bl pot !. f-i.ini'
guilty of treason. He was act.Med
Put the famous trial Is enshroud -d
In rivst-'iy in that l revealed naihlng
like a satln'ai tor explanation of
P. rr's purpose. Hut out of It lu.i
ci nie the loncleslcn from th- more
"s-.f in ati" hlttorla'.s that l!i rr
Intended nothing n.oro than a urat
hind enterprise fo - flmmclal profit
with nn attack upon Mexico r.is
be I'tiltd States slio'ild become en-gai-'i-d
In a war with Spniii whldt
lefiirsi'ti was thre:iten!n at ihat
time.- Kansas cin Star.
Foreign Trade
milli' n delta's in I'.'ll. against fiu
million in 1M". thoiuii the tticreasn
In nunntlty was xetv slluht from
C77 mll'lon pounds in II months of
111ft to f- million In a like period
of I'.'ll. the ail'ltpce r. Value helm
due therefore chlefy to higher
prices.
On the export !d. manufactures
ready for torsomi'tion show Icr 1 1
months a total of :.M million dollars
against 494 million In a like p-rlot
ol list year an lncretai-c of !"J mil-
lion dol'ars while for November th t
figures are 2 I'-'l million against
4f- l-l! million dollars In November
of last vear. Manufacturers lT fur
ther use In manufacturing: exported
Increased from ?Vi million dollars In
11 months of '9ft to 211 million In
the s.i't e months of the current year
a growth of ?4 million dollars while
for the simile month of November
they Increased from 23 to a little-
over 2 million dollars. This Indi-
cates that the total value of nmnnfac-
Hires sent to foreign lountrie during
the full year will be about !".' Pill
lion dollars and If to this in a Med
the value of those F( nt to Porto Rico
and Hawaii the total value of nann-
failures sent out ot continental
I'nlted States will for the first tlnu
approximate and probahh i.a.-s the
billion dollar Hn Export of crude
materials for use In manufai -tnrlrg Ir.
the 11 months were valued nt r 7 1 1 .- I
million dollars against .I'll million I
last year though for Novenilei the
figure are below those of th": same
month of 1'Mo. the total for last
month being M million doHat.
against 97 1-3 million In November.
1910. Foodstuffs crude and those
partly or wholly manufactured show-
In each rase n marked Increase In ex-
ports when compared with last year
Crude foodstuffs exported in th II
month advanced from 79 2-3 million
dollars In mo to lft 2-3 n illlon.
and those partly or wholly manufac-
tured from 228 to 277 million. Th
crude foodstuffs exported are chiefly
wheat corn oats and food animals:
those partjv or wholly manufactured
Include flour meats dairy product
cotton seed oil. lard and otoer ar-
ticle of this thararter.
It Is announced from Simla t're
summer capital of Prltlsh India that
ahoet 30 lakhs of rupee (97"0U0
have been collected for establishing
a residential Hindu university at Pe
ns res with an adequate European
staff.
NHf YKB
a MY IN 5
THE WE5T
Francis Fcnlirtion.
OR nearly three day tha
billiard had raged against
. wj iiib runB aa i ananir wnirn
jkjd? ttooi on a rising piece of
t5'- ground amid a ea of dead-
irr
white anow. Throuch the
cap ot the tove-plpe. which thrut It
end above the level of the roof top. It
ahrleked all aorta of menaces to tha
man and tha boy who ul huddled
round tha Are. thatr feet la tha oven
with the Idea of extracting the laat
particle of warmth from tha rapid-
ly diminishing ember.
Even if the billiard waa balked ot
Ita deaira to wreck th shanty It waa
not wholly to be denied but drove In
between tha 111 Joined loga and bellied
Both Were Reflective
out the sacks and blankets which had
been hung against them for protection
whllo the In driven snow lay In oddly
assorted mounds on the floor.
Poth were reflective the man be-
cause he realized the gravity of the
situation the boy because ho had so
recently left a homo in the east.
It was the first day of the new year
and r"slbly he was picturing to him-
self whnt they were doing at that Iden-
tical time.
Presently tho man looked up. "Did
you bear that?" he said.
"No" replied the hoy. "What wa
It the waits?"
"Listen again" said the man and
Just then nboxe the shriek of the bill-
iard was heard a muffled chorus of
deep hcliows.
"If those rattle don't have water
they'll tar the stable to pieces. They
get extra thirsty feeding on straw and
It's three days since they had a drop.
Why in h that well wanted to give
out I can't think."
"Yes" said lhe boy "thirst's a shock-
ing thing. I scd to have one myself
in day gone by. Now If we could only
do the widow' cruse of oil business
we might muko this lot go round" indi-
cating a pot which stood on the stove.
"Can't you ever be erlou?" protest-
ed the man. "W e've got to fetch some
water."
"Py nil nu ana" replied the boy. "Just
touch the bell for the waiter."
"Don't e a fool" retorted the man.
"If you'd been in this country three
years Instead of three months you'd
know what a billiard means and
! wouldn't be o mighty cheerful ovet
It."
"Aren't you a fool to suggest fetch-
ing water?" said the boy. "Why you
got lost walking to the stable not an
hour ago."
The man did not reply until the boy
asked hlra whether ho really
considered hla suggestion possible.
"Yes" said tha man slowly "it la
possible."
"1 suppose" remarked the boy "you
are aware It will take four barrel at
least that the nearest well la old
man Reid'a which Is three miles away
and that you can't seo six feet in
front of you?"
"I know all that" said the man.
"and more. I can tell you that tha
horses will go like the wind and
when they have had their fill of cold
water there'll be no holding them
while the barrels are filled. Of jourse
the trail's obliterated but they'll And
their way like a blue streak."
"Sounds Inviting" said the boy w ith
his ridiculous laugh. "I'd offer to to
as to who goea If I had a coin but a
I haven't (more Injustice) we'll draw
straw."
"If the only way." replied the man.
"Those cattle are our all. If they
break loose they'll be froien stiff. The
one that wins harnese the hore and
divide the water round when the loser
gets back. 1 It a bargain?"
The boy cut two ttraw of unequal
length put them In a basin covered It
Postoii's Plan to nictate the Drama.
Poaton. Mass.. Jan. 2. I layii nev-
er given professionally in Hoton and
pipy never before ottered on an
stage are to be presetted nt thj Toy
Theater whlih ha it formal open-
ing in this city todav. iheVoy The-
ater is designed for the elevation of
the drama and Is to be conducted
abn pthe same lines as the New The-
ater attempted In New York only
on a pretentions -ale. Many prom-
inent soeletv people writers and mu-
sicians of Poston are Interested n
the enterprise. The sirvk.' of all
' ;
vita a doth .and shook It about.
"Ton draw flrst" aaldb. "Long on
ret the water ahort ona nltcnet
the horaee."
When they eam to meure tha
boy bad drawn the long one "My luck
again" remarked be.
Without a word tho man passed
through the door which the boy closed
behind him. but not quickly enough to
escape a cloud of anow w hich awirled
round tha room. Silently he pulled on
hla moccasins and wrapped himself
In such outer clothe a he possessed
cursing luqk generally that ha had no
fur.
Dy and hy there was a tinkle of
alelgh-bell outside and the man ap-
peared with the team ready harnessed
to the bob-sled on which four empty
barrels could dimly be discerned.
"Have you put the pall and rope InT
asked th boy.
Th man nodded aa they aolemnly
ahook hand while tha boy hleld4
hi aye with the crook of his arm
and gave the horse their head. Ha
tried from time to time to peer Into
tha torm but th anow made wraltha
round him and froie hla eyelash to-
gether. How th horses got there the boy
sever knew but get there they did and
whilst the Icy blast probed remorse-
lessly amongst his clothea tor tha
flesh beneath and poured the powder-
ed snow down his neck.
The maddened animals charged him
as he lowered the bucket Into the well
and spilled the water all over hlm.aa
they fought for the first drink.
It waa a alow process at best and
his clothe and mittens crackled with
the congealed Ice as he hauled up each
pall. When they had drunk their fill
they quivered with the cold and
plunged to get back hut the boy bound
the reins round the runners of the fore-
most bob. They bucked as the froien
bit galled them causing htm to spill
a much as he put tn the barrel and
to slither about on the rapidly form-
ing Ice rendering a foothold almost
Impossible. In between times the boy
rubbed his eyes and the froien places.
It wa a slow and tedious task and
he soon waa fagged because at 19 the
muscles are not hardened. The horse
knocked hlra over and the sleigh ran
over his legs but being light only
bruised him. In his puny rage ha
slashed them with the pall rope and
It warmed htm until me of the horse
trod on the bucket and bent It flat.
Foolishly ho took off his mittens to
straighten it and only learned sense
when he felt the sensation of many
needles piercing his hands and tha
skin on his finger adhered to tha
metal.
It was a painfully slow Job; to lift a
filled pail shoulder high and empty It
Mi
Fought for th First Drink.
In a barrel mounted on a sleigh re-
quires strength and his waa fast leav-
ing him. Moreover the water ran up
his sleeves and froie until he wa Ilka
an automatic block of Ice If such a
thing can be conceived. lie became
such an embodiment of misery that ha
no longer troubled about anything but
occasionally burled his head In hie
rms to rest and had only sufficient
strength left when at last It wa fin-
ished to put the rein behind hi back
and brace his feet against the hind-
most hnrrel before returning and In
this position the water slopped over
him and played It sweet will uncheck-
ed. Where the horses went he knew not
and if they tipped the lot over again
he cared not. He was past caring.
With whnt little sense remaining bltu
he rather hoped they would and so
end it. He believed they stopped but
couldn't be quite sure. It seemed hours
after In a dream that he fancied h
heurd th mag; voice: "My Cod. I
thought you were never coming back
and in the same dream he heard him-
self saying: "Neither did I."
I knew the boy In those long yearw
ago. I see hi m and It is tn day dream
myself ometlme even now especial-
ly on New Year'a day aa I lit round
the fireside here at home. It Is Incon-
gruous that pictures should appear In
the embers but so they do or else-
one's fancy paints them there. Then
a coal dropa o-it and I wake up to
the remembrance that I waa once that
boy.
perosns taking part in the perform-
ance arc to be given free. The sea-
son will run for eight alternate
w:-eks. and every fortnight a re-
plav will be produced. Two ahort
plays. "In III House" by Ceorge
Middleton. and "Pre Cuttings." by
Ceorce pernnrd Shaw have been sel-
ected for the opening.
Tho Pan-Amerlcnn Chamber of
Commerce has been Incorporated un-
der New Jerrey law to maintain of-
fice in New York city for promoting
trade relations between North and
South American countries.
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