Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1897 — Page 2

SljfJlfmocrAticSfntmel J. w. McEWEIf, Publisher. »■ 1 ■ 1 :■ ■ —STTTTJ.I - .. ■. . RENSSELAER, - - . INDIANA.

AN IMPORTANT POINT

f ILIBUSTERS WIN THE FIRST ROUND. May Escape Became of a Legal Techn'cality—Sensational I p'sode In a Chicago Theater —Our Trade with the World—A F e d Confesses. Chance for Filibuster*. At Jacksonville, Fla., in the Three Friends filibustering ease, the j»oiut was raised by counsel for the defense that inasmuch as the Cuban insurgents had not been recognized by the T'nited States government they were neither a people nor a body politic as defined by section 5.2X3, under which the libel was drawn. This was sustained by Judge Locke. The officials of the Department of Justice at Washington state that if the Judge at the final hearing sustains the decision an appeal will likely be taken to the I’nited State Supreme Court. Should Judge Istcke’s decision be sustained by the court of last resort it would appear that every inhibition in the act against fitting out hostile expeditions of every character against a foreign state with which the Fnited States are at peace becomes of no effect. HIS3ED THE HIGH HAT. Indignant Audience at a Chicago Theater Exorcise the Nuisance. Hundreds of excited and indignant the-ater-goers took the high hat question into their own hands Sunday night at the Columbia Theater, in Chicago, by hisses and yells that amounted to a tumult. They compelled every woman who was present at the fitikt night of Sousa's ‘‘El Capitan to sit bareheaded through the performance—all but those in the boxes and one woman in the parquet, who, in spite of the yells and catcalls that came down at her from the balcony and gallery, kepi her wide-brimmed headgear on all through the opera. The noisy demonstration began before the curtain went up for the first act, and continued til! after the opera had begun, drowning (Ait the music and for a few minutes threatening to break up the performance altogether. Nobody knows who started the demoustra tion. From the suddenness of the outburst it might have suggested itself to a hundred persons at the same instant. It began with yells of “Huts off,” that were interspersed- with hisses and groans as some of the women showed a disposition not to obey. When the hisses came the hats in the parquet and dress circle went off as if they had been caught by u gale from behind. Every woman who entered the theater with her lmt on made a nervous grab at the hat pins as soon as she divined the import of the demonstration. Never did hats come off so quickly from feminine heads as they (lid for the five minutes before the performance begun. Women came down the aisle with hair disordered front the quick withdrawal of hat pins, and with faces more red than the plush upholstery of the seats.

BALANCE OF TRADE IN 1890. Excess of Our Expirts Over Imports $323,322,184. The figures of the Bureau of Statistics, > for the calendar year 1896, show that the excess of exports of merchandise from this country over the imports for that period amounted to the sum of $325,322,184. This breaks the record of this country's excess of exports over imports. The year that came nearest to it was 1878, when the excess of exports over imports was $305,279,590. Coming at the same time with other conditions uimlagous to those obtaining in early days at the time of prosperity that began in 1879, the figures of the Bureau of Statistics cause many persons to believe that a similar era of good times is beginning. EMBEZZLED CHURCH FUNDS. Enem'eaof Father Mooron Make Eerious Charges Airalnat Him. For two years there has bten war in the parish of St. Peter and St. Paul, at St. Joseph, Mo. One faction favored the priest. Rev. Father Mooron. while the other opposed him. The trouble recently resulted in a riot. Now enemies of the priest say he has embezzled church funds Sent Two Score to Death. Sam Palatka has confessed at Atlanta, Ga., that he caused the great Caliabn (Ala.) bridge disaster, which sent thirtyfive persous to death and wounded and maimed a score more. “1 did it,” said Palatka. “I wanted niouey. It’s nobody’s business what I wanted it for. There were plenty of dead folks with money—one man had ssoo—but before 1 could get at it the live oues got up and the crowds came. I skipped out then.” Shot by a Peacemaker. Frank Cornwall, son of the superintendent of public schools of Taylor County. West Virginia, shot Tom Hazltpp. a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brakeman. at Grafton. Young Cornwall found Hazlipp beating another railroader. Interfering, the boy was knocked down, when, drawing a revolver, he placed it at Hazlipp's right side and fired two shots, inflicting fatal wounds. Cornwall was arrested. Wm. E. Mason Wins. William Ernest Mason, of Chicago, won the Illinois Senatorial battle at Springfield Tuesday night, after a sternly contested effort in which fourteen candidates participated. He was finally nominated by acclamation. Martin B. Madden having withdrawn several days before, and William Lorimer withdrawing when he saw his case was hopeless. Insnrsrents Sink a Gunboat. The Cubans have destroyed and sunk the Spanish warship Relnmpago by torpedoes. The explosion killed the commander, assistant engineer, gunner, and three marines, and wounded the chief officer, paymaster, and engineer seriously. Spanish officers confirm the news. Inspection la llte-at. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that portion of the South Carolina dispensary law providing for the Inspection of liquors imported into the State, to be unconstitutional. " : j - Five Chl’dren Drown. Five children were drowned in St. Louis while skating. At Kossuth avenue and Ashland place a crowd of childreu were skating ou the ice in an old quarry. The lee gave way and the childreu were precipitated into the water and drowned before help could reach them. Flawies In an Orphans’ Hour. A portion <rf the Buckners Orphan , Home, in the suburbs of Dallas, Tex., burned at midnight Friday. Five boys perished Aid a number of others were injured. The buijdiag. with all of its furniture, was entirely destroyed. The loss

A CITY OF DEAD AND DYING. Over Half Of the Inhsb tints of Bombay, li. dia, Have Fled. Over half the population of Bombay, estimated to amount to about 900.000. has fled from the plague, and the erstwhile crowded streets, docks and Lazaars are not recognizable. Business in piece geods. crockery and hardware is at a stauustil 1 . and the money lenders have vanished. The courts are deserted and the judge*, and officials have gone to a healthier clime. Many of the native doctors, graduates of the college, have fled, and those remaining refuse to attend plague cases,, or, when they do attend them, will not touch the sufferers, dreading contagion. Clerks and others whose vocations call them to the city daily have removed to suburban stations, where the pimple are mostly living in thatched huts, it is estimated that 800.000 persons are encamp ed at Andberi, from whence they will soon be forced to migrate owing to the lack of water and sanitation, threatening to breed cholera. The cemeteries are already filled to overflowing, and the wind is spreading the contagion. The nights are made hideous by cymbals and melancholy dirges. Often difficulty is experienced in burying the dead, friends and relatives refusing to carry the corpses. In some instances women have assisted in carrying the dead bodies. A large number of plague corpses at the Tower of Silence, the I'arsee burial place, have not been eaten by the vultures inhabiting it. Corpses have been found in the streets. The official returns show that up to Wednesday there were 3,394 cases of bnbonie plague and 2,356 deaths from that disease. NEW USE IO« CORN STALKS. E. 8, Cr mp tins a Scheme Which Will Benefit ti e Farmers. Edwin S. Cramp, the millionaire ship builder of Philadelphia, is now interested especially in the production of padding for warships and fodder for cattle from cornstulks. Thanksgiving Day last Edwin 8. Cramp was granted a patent for the new invention he bought from the inventor. Experiments have been made in the East for six or seven months and in every case they have been very success fnl. Now the scheme is to be introduced in the West, and next year a considerable portion of the cornstalk crop of Illinois and lowa is to he bought from the farmers and used in making both the fodder and the ship padding. The British Government has become interested in the new discovery of the Cramps. If it is pleased with the results of its investigation and decides.to. adopt the invention it will mean that a large additional demand will he created, and. of course, the corn raisers will be the beneficiaries. The process for manufacturing the two things—cattle food and ship padding—is simple, as explained by Mr. Crnmp. It consists in sepurnting (ho pith from the outer stalk and grinding each. The outer portion of the stalk is converted into coffer-dam. as the article used in the ships is called. The pith when ground and prepared is the food for cattle. A factory is to be esfab lished at Rockford. 111. GOV. ADAMs INVESTIGATING. Visits Lea I v.He in Hope to Find Mean* for Settling Strike. Alva Adams, new Governor of Colorado,arrived in Lendvilie Friday morning, in company with Maj. Gen. Brooks of the State militia. The Governor will personally investigate the strike situation in the hope that some arrangement may be made for the arbitration of the strike, which for seven months has practically paralyzed the great mining camp and cost the State nearly a quarter of a million dollars for the maintenance of a military guard for the miners. Adjt.-Gen. Moses has wired orders to a Columbus clothing firm for uniforms for the 500 citizens of Leadville who have enlisted in the State militia since the occupation of the camp by the troops. This is believed to mean that the non-resident militiamen are all to be withdrawn.

No Water in Schools. Owing to the pollution of Luke Michigan. the Chicago Board of Education passed au order directing that the supply of drinking water in all the public schools be shut off until further notice. It is likely that for son'*-' time tlie equipment of every Chicago school boy and girl will include, besides tlie time-honored bug and lunch box, a water bottle or two, slung over the shoulder and containing boiled water brought from home. Some of the principals anticipate much annoyance on account of the lack of water. Others think it will not occasion any inconvenience, believing the children will learn at once that they must quench tlicir thirst before leaving their homes. It is not likely that the schools will be deprived of water for any length of time. The members of the board will doubtless get together and arrange for boiling it, or introducing filters. Neither is it anticipated that any hardship will follow the operation of the order. The children are in school only three hours at u time, and can get along without water if mcessary. If it was at a different season of the year there might be some suffering. Eckels in Ch'cagn. Comptroller Eckels arrived in Chicago Friday morning, and thirty minutes later was closeted with Receiver McKeon and several directors of the National Bank of Illinois in the directory chamber. Before returning to Washington he disposed of a 50 per cent dividend to creditors of the defunct bank. He plunged into the work of distributing $4,500,000 without so much as combing his locks, and had buoyant smiles to spare for all callers at the bank. Comptroller Eckels defies all the precedents of his office in disengaging himself from his work at the capital to relieve creditors of the National Bank of Illinois. If he were hard-hearted the 2,800 checks and approved claims to be signed would first go to Washington and be delayed over a week. Comptroller Eckels volunteered to go iu person, however, and facilitate the work so that checks will be paid just thirty days after the failure of the bank.

Rich Strike at Hanged Top. The excitement at Ragged Top, four miles from Lead City, S. D. ( became more intense Friday morning over the discovery of additional rich ore bodies. A stampede toward the new camp has set in, and many miners are leaving claims generally considered very valuable to rush to the newfield, where fortunes are being daily made. Nova fcotla Bank Fails. The Dominion Savings Bank of Yarmouth, N. S., has been closed by order of the Government. The accounts will be transferred to the postoffice savings bank, a Government institution, end depositors will suffer no loss or inconvenience. Motor Car Kan A way. Five persons were seriously injured and about thirty others more or less cut and bruised by an accident in Pittsburg on the Tenu avenue branch of the Cousolidated Traction Company. Fhort In Their Accounts. Harry Ferguson, postmaster, and P. I’. Hoop, money order clerk, of Colorado Springs, Colo., have been arrested, charged with the embezzlement of government money. Thousands Want I mp'ovruent. Nearly 1,200. of Dayton, Ohio, unemployed workingmen, mechanics and laborers held a mass meeting, to which all

city boards and public'officials were In* vited. The object waslto discuss the serious situation confronting the masse* and to devise ways aud'ineans to relieve the distress of several thousand families. No deinite plans were adopted, though it is confidently hoped that the situation will be adequately met and that none will suffer. It is known that at least 3.006 mechanics and workingmen are out of employment and that [lossibly more than 10,000 people are dependent upon them. Most of them have been out of work for three or four mouths, and as the winter sliows no improvement it is found necessary to appeal to public boards and charities. More than 1,000 of the unemployed signed a pa|>er expressing their willingness to work at any honest labor, and all . public boards will be petitioned to hasten the prosecution of city improvement. The water works department began work on several miles of street mains, having appropriated a considerable sum for the purpose. STEADY GAIN IN TRADE. Gradual I»i.t Certain Improvement Noted in Pus ness Circles. R. G. Dttu & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The greatest growth and prosperity the country had ever seen came suddenly in 1879, after several months of disappointment because specie resumption had not yet brought the benefits expected. It takes time for new confidence to reach through easier money markets, large orders, resuming mills, expanding employment and large distribution, to the results which make still greater and lasting gain possible. Such gradual and steady improvement lias been in progress for more than two mouths. Money markets feel a steady increase iu demand for commercial and manufacturing loans. Additional works went into operation each week in January and the working force is larger than at any other time for six mouths. Rest of all, there is so little crazy excitement that the gain may be ascribed to the deliberate judgment of the ablest and most prudent men in business. It is not a time of high prices. Many who are anxious to got early hold on the market are making for the moment lower prices than they could afford to maintain. Some have secured orders enough for months Income, and begin to be less keen in competition.” GIVES UP RACING FOR A WIFE. J. Rnb'nson Bear! Gives Up the Turf ami Becomes a Benedict. J. Robinson Beard, formerly one of the Beard brothers, who owned the celebrated Erie Stubles, which contained some of tlie best race horses iu the Eastern circuit, was married at New York to Miss Grace R. Benedict, duughtcr of the weilLnown Brooklyn hanker and broker. In taking a bride Mr. Beard lost his horses. When he asked for I he hand of Miss Benedict she told him that she would accept on condition that he give tip all his racing interests. Mr. Beard thereupon sold his interests to his brother, who will iu future conduct the business alone. Four Kt'lcd by Giant Fowler. A horrible accident occurred in the Adit Mining Company’s tunnel near Ward, Colo. John W. Glover and Harry Glover, contractors, and T. A. Degarmo and John W. Schreiver were killed by the explosion of thirty-five pounds of giant powder. The cause of the explosion is not known. The bodies of the men were terribly mutilated and identification was impossible, the walls of the tunnel being covered with shreds of human flesh for many yards. Sherman to Be Premier. At a conference Friday at Canton between President-elect McKinley nnd Senator John Sherman there was consummated that which Ims been foreshadowed by tile political incidents of several days past. Senator Sherman was formally tendered and accepted the premiership of the incoming administration. The conference was held at the Major's home iti Canton and at its conclusion Senator Sherman said: “I have been offered and have accepted the State portfolio.” Nominated Fairbanks. At tlie joint senatorial caucus in Indianapolis Charles W. Fairbanks was chosen as tlie Republican nominee by a vote of 60 to 25 for tlie other three, divided as follows: McKeeti, 11; Wallace, 0; Taylor, 3; Frank D. Posey, 3; Gen. Harrison, 1; Judge John 11. Baker, 1. Culls n Subject to His Frath. At St. Petersburg, the Czar beckoned to a gardener who was working in the park at Tsarskoeseio. The guard, seeing tlie man running toward the Czar, shot him dead, supposing that he was a would-be assailant. The Czar was deeply affected. Mine O vner M ss'nr. Millionaire Mine Owner George S Hammond, of the San Jnan mining district of New Mexico, is missing, and it is feared he has been foully dealt with iu Chicago. Arm.- to Be Ircr oscd, A plan for the reorganization of the line of 'the *army, which has been demanded repeatedly by the War Department, it is now believed, will lie presented to Congress and accepted before adjournment. Fentt'e Bank Goes Unler. The Seattle Savings Bank has closed its doors, owing to heavy withdrawals of county funds by newly installed officers.

MARKEI QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 77e to 78c; corn. No. 2,22 cto 23c; oats, No. 2,15 c to 17c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 39c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common green to tine brush, 2 1 / 4c to 5V4c per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, good to choice, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,87 cto 89c; corn, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2,89 cto 90c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 21c; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,34 cto 36c. Cincinnati—Cuttle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,92 cto 94c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19c to 20e; rye, No. 2,35 cto 37c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 91c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 21c to 23e; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, 38c to 40c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 red, file to 93c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 21c to 23c; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 38c; clover seed, $5.20 to $5.30. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 77c to 79c; eoru, No. 3,19 cto 21e; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; barley, No, 2,25 cto 35c; rye, No. 1,39 cto 40c; pork, mess, $7.50 to SB.OO. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 94c to 95c: corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 2Gc; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, S3.UO to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, SBe to 90c; corn, No. 2, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery, 15e to 21c; eggs, Western, 13c to 17« h

LOVE AND MONEY

CHAPTER XVI —(Continued.) The old housekeeper set apart for Angela’s use a charming little room overlooking the greensward that led down to the river—a room in which the shadowa of green boughs made rich tracery on the floor and walls, a room filled with flowers, and the hanginga of which were pale sea-green and gold. A few picture# In gjlt frames, Some books, a piano, a couple of easy chairs, two large window# that opened on to the grass, helped to make the apartment, if not luxurious, at least most comfortable. One morning Mrs. Bowen broke in upon her solitude. “Mias Charles,” said she,” “I am going through the picture-gallery thi* morning. Would you like to see it? There are some very fine pictures in it; but moat of the collection is modern. There are few works of the old masters.” “I should like very much to inspect It,” replied Angela. “Then come with me now, please.” “What a fine gallery!” exclaimed Angela, as she and Mrs. Bowen reached the long, well-lighted room. “This was the late Lord Arleigh,” said the housekeeper, drawing near to a large portrait; and Angela found herself looking at a kindly, gentle face, not handsome, but with a touch of melancholy In its expression. “I like that face,” remarked Angela; “It la a good one.” “Yes, but melancholy,” said Mrs. Bowen. “The shadow of an early death was always on the Earl’s face. This la Lady Arleigh,” added the housekeeper, pointing to the portrait of a lady. “My lady Is not beautiful,” observed Mrs. Bowen, “but she is very distinguishedlooking. “It is certainly a striking face,” agreed Angela, and then they passed on. The housekeeper had to examine the hangings of the windows, and, while she did ao, she left Angela to wander at her will v All the best modem artists were well' represented—Millais and Ouleas, Alma Tadema, Leighton, Frinseps ana others. Presently her attention was attracted by a large painting hanging In an alcove, and she stood before it, looking at it in silence. It was the portrait of a handsome young man; and why it Impressed her so much was because the face resembled that of her own father. The proud, princely head was covered with clusters of golden hair, and the alight mustache, hiding a mouth that was beautiful as a woman’s, was of a dark hue. Angela stood looking at the picture with delight. “Mrs. Bowen," she asked at last, “whose portrait is this?” The housekeeper came up to her with a smile oh her face, as though she were well pleased to answer the question. “That Is the present Earl; he Is away with my lady in Italy.” “The present Earl!” echoed Angela. She was about to remark that he resembled her father very much, but she refrained. “What is his name?” she asked. “Glenarvon Arleigh,” waa the reply; “but my lady and Lady Maud always call him Glen.” “I like the name,” she said, slowly. “And he is in Italy, Mra. Bowan?" “Yes, miss; they are all there; and I am afraid they will stay for aoma time longer yet.” Angela thought to herself that It was not at all a misfortune; for, if the family had been at home ahe could not have sought refuge at Brantome Hall. After that mornlbg she went often to the picture gallery. The great attraction of the place was the portrait In which ahe saw some slight resemblance to her father. She liked to stand before it, to gaze at it and recall the beloved face. The resemblance was great in the laughing blue eyes and the contour of the brow. She never thought of the original; the picture had a fascination for her because it reminded her of her father. None the leas, the face of Glenarvon, Lord Arleigh, ■tole Into Angela's heart and made part of her dreams, though without any reference to the young Earl himself.

CHAPTER XVIL The days passed on, andwHil no advertisement appeared. Day after day Angela scanned the columns of the Times, but there was nothing to tell her that her mother had destroyed the will. There came a morning In June when everything was at its brightest, but the loveliness of the day had no cnarm for .Angela. She was chafing under the delay, and her thoughts were of her mother, of the Captain and of the will, while ahe asked herself how much longer she would have to remain at Brantome. She went to the library to search for a book to distract her unhappy thoughts, and while there she heard a carriage coming quickly up the drive. She did not pay much attention to the circumstance, although It was a very unusual one, and forgot all about it in a few minutes’ time. She at last found a book that pleased her. She went to one of the bay-windows, which was half open, and, half reclining on one of the great Turkish rugs, forgot all else in the charm of story. Angela’s whole heart was engrossed with the novelist’s grand conception. She found in books what ahe found in real life—noble women, Ignoble men. The character depicted, so grand, so taoble, grew upon her, and she read on, deeply absorbed in the story, until a sound close by disturbed her. She looked up with a deep sigh, as of one waking suddenly to real life. Blue, laughing eyes were looking Into her own; a fair, handsome face, full of (surprise, was bent over her. There were the ideal brow, the pleasant mouth, and the clustering hair that she had been looking at the previous day. The book fell from her hands, and she started up In dismay. “Pray, do not let me alarm you,” said a very pleanast voice with a rich, musical ring. “I was unaware that there waa anyone here.” , Angela knew that it was Glenarvon, Lord Arleigh, who stood before her, and She was at a loss what to do or Bay. He hesitated, evidently waiting for her to give some account of herself. Tkf startled

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—j uun(j ciuri s uima. I am Lord Arleigh,” he said, with a low bow. ‘‘l am ” Angela began, bnt stopped abruptly. “I came,” she added “in search of a book.” "I hope yon will use the library and books as often as you like,” he replied courteously. “I have just returned from Italy in consequence of a telegram from my agent, and I had no time to send any notice of my coming to Mrs. Bowen. 1 know that Lady Arleigh, my mother, wishes Mrs. Bowen to give her friends every opportunity of enjoyment. I beg therefore that you will use the library and take from it what books you will.” At the same time the Earl was fully satisfied that the young lady was no friend of Mrs. Bowen’s. To his mind she looked, with her delicate grace, her highbred air, her patrician bearing, far more like a princess than the friend of the homely housekeeper. There was some mystery with which he was unacquainted. Then Angela hastened away, feeling keenly conscious of her utterly false' position. She went in the greatest dismay to Mrs. Bowen. ‘‘l came to speak to you about myself, Mrs. Bowen,” she said. “I cannot remain now that his lordship is at home. It is impossible.” “I do not think so, Miss Charles. It will make no difference whatever to his lordship or to you. You need never see him if you are careful, and he need never see you. It is not,” she added, presently, “as though you were a visitor to the family; you are my guest.” Still, despite these comforting assurances, Angela did not feel quite at ease. She could not forget that she held an utterly false position. She therefore resolved that, while Lord Arleigh remained in the house, she would keep to her rooms, and not go Into that part of the house where she would be likely to meet him. She would go out early in the morning or late in the evening, when there was little chance of encountering him. It was possible that even on the morrow the advertisement might appear, and then she could go away at once. “Oh, mother,” she cried Impatiently, “if you knew all, you would not delay!” The coming of the Earl made a great difference to Angela. She felt both awkward and under restraint, and she hoped fervently that she should never see him again; yet at the same time she had a vague longing to look upon his face once more, because it was so like her father’s. She shrank back at the sound of his voice, yet she would have liked to speak to him again. “I have traveled through many lands,” said Lord Arleigh to himself; “but I have never seen a face and figure like hers. I must know more about her!” He longed to ask questions about her, but was courteous enough to refrain. He said to himself that he must accept the position as it was; yet he was sure there was some mystery. Miss Charles was a lady; why was she on visiting terms with his mother’s servant? Lord Arleigh went to sleep that night with the fair face of Angela Rooden shining through his dreams.

CHAPTER XVIII.

For two or three days Lord Arlelgh ■aw nothing of the beautiful and mysterious girl with whom he had fallen so deeply in love. Angela had been most careful in her movements, and she no longer placed any reliance on Mrs. Bowen’s declaration that his lordship had gone out and would not return until late. Such words were always inaccurate, for he always returned before the time appointed, and then Angela was sure to see bhnShe hardly knew herself how mnCiMjfce had grown to care for him. . They met one morning in the leafy glades of Brantome Wood. Angela had gone thither one day to see the beeches for which it was celebrated, and one in particular, called the Brantome Beech, supposed to be the largest of its kind in the country—a magnificent tree that stood alone in the center of a green plateau. She sat down on the trunk of a fallen tree that had been left there for a seat, and was soon hard at work. The strokes of her pencil were almost magical, and it was not long before the outlines of the Brantome Beech were on her sketchingboard. She was thoroughly engrossed in her work; there was nothing to disturb her but the song of the birds and the hum of the bees. All at once, without the warning of coming footsteps, a shadow fell over the grass and a voice startled her. “Good-morning, Miss Charles,” said Lord Arlelgh. “I must apologize. I cannot pretend that this is an accidental meeting; it is not I saw the gleam of your dress through the trees, and I—youwill not be angry?—l followed it. I have not seen you for some days, and I am anxious to know how you are.” Angela bowed very gravely. Her face flushed, her eyes fell before the delight she saw shining in his, and a sense of unutterable gladness seemed to fill her heart “I am afraid,” he continued, “that you must be very dull. You are almost as much alone in Brantome Hall as you would be in a desert.” What could she say to him 7 She could not tell him that she was only too grateful for the shelter afforded her. The next minute he was bending over her, looking at the sketch, “How perfectly you have caught the outlines of the beech!” he said. “What a capital sketch. Miss Charles! You are an artist.” “Not in execution—only in appreciation,” she returned. “In both, I should say,*’ he said. Then, after a pause, he asked: “May I speak Quite frankly to you 2” She looked up at turn in wonder. What Could he have to say to her? There #as something in his face which caused her own to grow pale, something in his eyes which caused her own to droop. “Certainly, Lord Arleigh,” she replied. “Now that I have your permission, I hardly know how to avail myself of it,” he continued. “I long to speak to yon, yet I am afraid you should think that I

preemne— that I take advantage es year being under my roof, even though not nay guest, to pry into your affairs; but I assure you it is not so. It is simply genuine interest in you—an interest I cannot help, and which is greater even th«n m'y fear of displeasing you.” He did not know how much of tenderness had crept into his voice, bat she noticed it. “Do not answer one of my questions unless it pleases you to do so,” he went on. “Tell me—are you not very uhhappy? Have you not some great trouble?” The miseries of the past seemed to glide before her even as he spoke—her mother's unhappiness, her own danger, the murderous hand that had pursued her for so long—and she looked at him with quivering lips and tear-dimmed eyes. “Yes,” she replied; “I am in- terrible trouble.” “I thought so,” he said, gently. “And your trouble has been caused by others?” “Yes,” she answered. “I wonder,” he said, slowly, “if yon would trust me, if you would let me be your friend, If you would allow me to help you?” She shook her head gravely. “No help can be rendered me,” she answered. “Miss Charles,” he pleaded earnestly, “forget that you have known me for so short a time. Try to think that I am an old and tried friend, and let me be of some assistance to you. Will you trust me with your secret, whatever it may be?” “I cannot, Lord Arleigh,” she replied. “You are so kind and good that, if it concerned myself only, I would tell you at once; but to communicate all the facts would implicate others.” “Shall I never know?” he asked. “I think -not—l hope not,” she replied hastily. “Are yon quite sure that, if you trusted me implicitly, 1 could do nothing to help you?” “I am quite sure” she answered. “You cannot tell me your trouble, and you cannot accept my help?” "I cannot,” she replied; “I would if I could.” And Lord Arleigh never loved Angela better than when she raised her eyes to him so appealingly, seeking yet repelling sympathy. “It there no way in which I can be of service to you?” he asked again. “No,” she answered; and then a silence fell between them. He was the first to break it. “Miss Charles,” said Lord Arleigh suddenly, “do you think that I can be flfontent with this, after having met yon and grown interested in you? I could not endure that you should pass out of my life, and that I should lose sight of you forever.” Her heart beat faster at the words, her face flushed. They were the first of the kind that had ever been spoken to her, and, without knowing it, she loved the man who uttered them. (To be continued.) /lit

WANTED SMALL PAY.

Jewql of a Boy Declines to Accept Increase of Wasres-The Epilogue. “The account of the Nevada Bank draft swindlers’ work recalled a skillful Job of check-raising that was carried out by an office boy who was employed by a friend of mine,” said a lawyer the other day. “My friend was a cotton broker some yeans ago, and; although he did a heavy business, he employed only-an office boy as an assistant. This boy was about 12 or 13 yean old and as bright as they make them. He showed a natural ability for a business career. My friend's bank balanoa was always large, but he had such confidence in the honeaty of this boy that he permitted him to make his deposits and draw his checks. He paid the boy $8 a week, and one day he said to hdmj “ ‘Now, Billy, you have worked faithfully for me, and I am going to nisa your salary to sl2 a week.’ “Billy didn’t seem elated over his advancement. When he turned up for work the next morning he said to tha cotton broker: “ ‘I told my mother last night about my Increased salary, and she won’t let me take it. You know, mother’s a queer woman, and she says that when my father was my age he only received $3 a week, and she doesn’t think It would/ be good for me to have more. She say* that if I have too much money I am likely to get dissipated. Mother say* that she would rather you paid me $1 a week, and then, if my work la satisfactory at the end of a year, you can make me a present of the difference between $8 and sl2.’ “This reply pleased the cotton broker andhe frequently boasted to his friend* about ills jewel of a boy. Billy mad* out all the checks, even those for hli own salary, and the broker signed them. Billy attended to having th* bank book balanced. One week Billy was sick and his employer had his booh balanced and was surprised to find charged against him weekly checks for SBO In favor of his office boy. A clos* examination showed that Billy had raised his $8 check to SBO each week, and he had been doing this for tw# years. He kicked against having Mr salary raised to sl2 a week, becaus* he could not raise a sl2 check as easily, My friend has attended to his own bank business since that time.”— New York Sun.

Removing Ink from Fingers.

To the young women employed in the offices of large cities one of the most serious annoyances is the fact that from time to time their pretty fingers become discolored by the ink used in their business. It will be of interest to these unfortunates to know that a number of chemicals may he employed to free their digits from the stain and put them in proper condition for the next party, but the use of these articles Is inadvisable from the fact that they sometimes remove the skin along with the ink. A bit of pumice stone, smoothed and vigorously used on the finger tips, will effectually cleanse them from any stain, without the danger of causing soreness, which frequently arises from the employment of chemical preparations.

Unawed by Rank.

In the old days, court Jesters were privileged characters, and had little fear of the royal personages they served. Pace, Jester to Queen Elizabeth, was so bitter In his retorts upon her that he was forbidden her presence, After he' had been absent for some time a few of his friends entreated her majesty to receive him back Into favor, engaging for him that he would be more guarded in hik discourse for the future. The very first time they again met Pace was as bad as ever. “Come on, Pace,” said the queen, in her gracious humor, “now we shall hear of our faults.” “No, madam,” said Pace, "I never talk of what la discoursed by all the world.”

SENATE AND HOUSE.

i WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. A Week’s Proceedings in the Halls of Congress—lmportant Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Besume of the Business. The National Eolons. The Senate Thursday passed the freehoniestead bill. It is a measure of farreaching importance to the West. The | effect of the bill is to open to settlement ail public lands acquired from Indians, | free of any paymeut to the Government beyond the minor office fees, and to reI lease from payment those who have heretofore settled on these lands. The number of acres involved is 32.252,541, which ! would have yielded the Government, at the prices heretofore established. $35,343,006. The lands are mainly arid and those who have settled upon them are unable to make payment by reason of the scanty products of the soil. The Senate adjourned until Monday. The House spent almost the entire day debating the Grout bill, to subject oleomargarine and other imitation dairy products to the laws of the States into which they are transported. The bill was passed by a vote of 120 yeas to 96 nays. The advocates of the measure took the view that the States should be allowed to regulate the sale of a product sailing under false colors, and the opponents that the bill would establish a dangerous precedent, and invade the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. In a speech in support of the bill Mr. Henderson of lowa said with much emphasis: “The opposition to this bill comes from the capitalized institutions in Chicago and Kansas City. It comes from men like Armour and Swift, who ore destroying the great cattle interests of my State and other States by keeping down the price of beeves and keeping up the price of beefsteak.” The proceedings in the House Friday were very tame. It was private bill day, but the whole time was consumed iu passing House bills favorably acted upon in committee of the whole before the holiday recess. The widow of the late Maj. Gen. John Gibbon was the beneficiary of one of the bills passed, carrying SIOO per month, and the widow of Brevet Gen. W. A. Nichols of another, carrying $75 per month. The free homestead bill, which came back to the House with Senate amendments, was referred, under a ruling of the Chair, to the Committee on Public Lands. At the evening session fourteen private pension bills were reported with a favorable recommendation. Among them were bills granting a pension of SSO per month to the widow of Geft. Green Clay Smith and $75 per month to the widow of Gen. Henry A. Morrow. The last mentioned bill was advocated by Representative Mercer, who had the amount increased from SSO to the amount named. A bill has been reported to the House for a subsidy of SIOO,OOO a year to the Pacific Cable Company of New York, in which James Scrymser and J. Pierpont Morgan are interested. Secretary Francis’ nomination was confirmed by the Senate in executive session Monday. The Senate also voted to take up the Nicaragua canal bill. This gives the measure the parliamentary advantage of being the unfinished business of the Senate, so that it will be considered from day to day until final action is secured. The canal bill provides for an issue of $100,000,000 of Maritime Canal Company stock, of which the Secretary of the Treasury, in behalf of the United States, is to subscribe for $70,000,000 worth of shares. The company is to issue bonds up to SIOO,000.000, these to be guaranteed by the United States, The building and control of the canal are given to American engineers and a board of eleven directors, of whom five are to be appointed by the President. It is substantially the measure passed by the Senate in the last Congress. The House passed three bills of public importance and devoted the remainder of the day to eulogies of ex-Speaker Crisp and to District of Columbia business. One bill passed prohibited the sale of intoxicating liquors to the ludiuns, one amended the existing patent laws in conformity with the recommendations of the American Bar Association and another provided for the use by the Government of patents secured by naval officers at a compensation to be fixed by a board of three officers. In the Senate Tuesday Senator Turpie spoke against the Nicnrauga Canal bill. Senators Quay, Hale and Blackburn were appointed as conferrees on the army appropriation bill, and at 5:45 p. m. the Senate adjourned. There was a pathetic incident in the House in connection with the first bill called up. It proposed to grant a pension of sl2 a month to Margaret O’Donnell, a volunteer army nurse who devoted her services from 1862 to 1865 to tha, wounded of the Twenty-sec-ond Rogiirfbnt of New York light artillery. Her claim has been pending before Congress for several years. When the bill was brought up Mr. Thomas (Rep., Mich.) moved that it be laid on the table. “The relief carried by the bill for this poor woman,” said he, “comes too late. Our committee lias just received word that the beneficiary is dead.” Several bills to grant pensions were passed. At 4 o’clock the regular order on the calendar was abandoned at the request of many members, so that each could, if recognized, call up any bill in which he was interested.

Sparks from the Wires.

Cardinal Richard of Paris has forbidden the priests of his diocese to attend dramatic performances. The Russian Academy has elected as honorary members Lord Kelvin and Dr. Simon Newcomb of Washington. A Bombay dispatch to the London Daily Mail reports that all of the leading journals there describe the famine as the most widespread of the present century. It is the genera! opinion that the Viceroy errs in refusing English aid. The Argentine Republic Senate has adopted a scheme providing for the issuance of $10,000,000 of cednlas for tho purpose of advancing loans and promoting agriculture. Rev. Dr. Kirkpatrick, pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Rochester, N. Y., who was arrested charged with impersonating an officer, has been unanimously acquitted by jury trial. An autopsy on the body of William H. Sinclair, the railway promoter and contractor of New York and Galveston, who died suddenly at Rochester, N. Y., shows that his death was caused by apoplexy. In the matter of summer tourist rates, the trans-Missouri committee of the Western Passenger Association found that the question could not be settled until the committees had been presented with a detailed plan of ticket which shall reduce the opportunities of scalping to a minimum. The miners in the Robertsdale and Woodvale coal districts of Pennsylvania have struck because one of the mine drivers was not given ltis regular mule team to drive. The Woodvale miners quit through sympathy. The strike occurred just as work had commenced on a large order that would have kept them steadily employed