Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — Page 2

SbejDrmomiticScnttitfi J. W. McEWEN, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

BUILD A SPITE HOUSE

ST. LOUIS SALOON KEEPER S UNIQUE REVENGE. He Will Erect Ugly Buildings to Get Even with Enemies—No Two Bricks Alike—Hayti May Fight If Italy Becomes Dictatorial. Vengeance in St. Eon is. Charles Kettlia is preparing to build a “spite house” in St. Louis. Rettlia keeps a saloon and grocery store. He figured in a sensational legal fight with the residents of a fashionable West End neighborhood two years ago. Now he proposes to build the ugliest house ever conceived right where it will lie an eyesore to the persons who made trouble for him. Rettlia owns a building at 3101 Chestnut street and a lot adjoining. Two years ago he opened a grocery store in the building on the corner. After running .he store a month he opened a saloon in the Tear. There was never a saloon in the neighborhood and the fashionable residents of the block made a concerted fight on Rettlia. The neighbors tried every inducement to cause Rettlia to abandon the saloon annex to his grocery. When persuasion failed they resorted to the law and he was forced to close his saloon. He has now let a contract to have two very ugly flats erected on his lots. They will be two stories in height, built of old bricks of all colors, with bay windows of rough boards, and will cost in all about SOOO. He will rent to negro tenants. HAITI MAY FIGHT. Belief Prevails That She Will Not Be Coerced This Time. A Washington dispatch to the New York Herald says that Hayti may once more be submitted to humiliation similar to that inflicted by Germany in the I.ueders case. In the present instance Italy is the presumably aggrieved party. The cause is the alleged illegal seizure of an Italian vessel and the killing of an Italian. Should Italy resort to force to collect an indemnity the opinion prevails in administration circles that President Sam will be forced by his people to declare war. Minister Leger and the members of the Haytian legation do not believe Hayti is responsible for either of the matters above alluded to. What this country will do is wholly problematical.

FATAL COLLISION OF TRAINS. the Panhandle Railroad at Royal Center, Ind. The north-bound passenger on the Chicago division of the Panhandle collided with a south-lKMinil freight just south of Royal Center at 5 o'clock Tues/ay afternoon. A. Gottner, aged 20, of Royal Center. was instantly killed. Cottner and William Menthon, also of Royal Center, were riding on the blind baggage, and when the accident occurred Menthon jumped, escaping with a bad cut on the hand. Cottner, however, was caught between the car and engine and crushed. Two small children of Mrs. Hardesty of Kewanee were painfully bruised. None of the train men or other passengers was hurt. White Caps Kills Negroes. Lamar County, Alabama, has been terrorized for many months past by white caps. A large number of arrests were made and the offenders arraigned before the United States Court at Birmingham. Two negroes, John and Lewis Bonner, gave testimony which was material to the Government and resulted in the conviction of several of the worst members of the gang. The two negroes returned to their homes near Kennedy the other evening. About midnight they were called to their door by some unknown parties and shot down in cold blood. Held Up the Entire Village, The little town of Argusville, ten miles from FaTgo, N. D., was the scene of a most desperate robbery one night recently. Three masked men walked into the town, armed to the teeth, and ordered the merchants and business men right and left to stand in line. Then one man went through nearly every store in the town, securing money and valuables amounting to SI,OOO. None of the desperadoes were captured. Business Reverses Caused Suicide. Charles Birnbaum, aged 55 years, once a wealthy mine owner, shot and killed himself at his home in Kansas City, despondent over business reverses and illhealth. Mrs. Birnbaum, who is blind, •was the first to discover her husband after he had shot himself. Birnbaum was a Hebrew. He amassed a fortune in Sonora, old Mexico, and Pueblo, Colo., •which had slipped away from him gradually. Bishop Walden Appointed. Bishop John M. Walden of Cincinnati has been designated by his associate bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church to preside over the numerous conferences to be held in Europe next year. This is one of the most desirable and pleasurable assignments within the gift •of the episcopal board. The bishop will sail about the end of February and will be absent for the greater part of the year. La Touraine Disabled. The French line steamer La Touraine, Captain Santelli, from New'York Dec. 4 for Havre, stopped off the Lizard, England, when she reached there, and signaled that she was not under control. Suicide of a Traveler. Charistan Doneson, a Swede, en route from Chicago to Sweden, was found hanging in the woods near Bernhard’s Bav, N. Y. Chilian Cabinet Resigns. The entire Chilian cabinet has resigned. The event -has caused a sensation. The cabinet was appointed last August, to succeed the ministry formed on Aug. 9, under the premiership of Orrego Huco. •which in turn succeeded the Antunez cabinet that retired on June 23 last. Fatality in a Football Game. Frank Hunt, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hunt of Akron, 0., is the first victim of football in Akron. He died of brain fever, the direct result of Injuries received while playing the game. Vetoes the Football Bill. : Gov. Atkinson of Georgia vetoed the anti-football bill. He sent a message to the House stating that he had vetoed the measure, as he thought the question of •whether college boys should play football •bonld be left with the faculties of the varions institutions. Invitation on Quartz. A slab of quartz, with veins of gold prominently showing, will convey California’s invitation to President McKinley to attend the golden jubilee of the discovery gold. The precious rock will have engraved on its face the invitation to the

1 JAPAN EXPECTS INDEMNITY. Torn Hoshi Glve9 the Mikado’s Position Regarding Hawaii. Toru Hoshi, Japanese minister to the United States, admitted in an interview with a representative of the Associated Press that the object of his mission to Japan, from whence he has just returned, was to ascertain the views of his Government on the proposed annexation of Hawaii and to procure instructions from the mikado relative to the course he was expected to pursue iu case the treaty shall be ratified by Congress. Mr. Hoshi said: .“The impression has gone out to the American people that we propose to recall the protest entered by Japan against the acquisition of the Sandwich Islands by the United States Government. This is misleading and untrue. Japan has always maintained amicable relations with the United States, and it is not our purpose now to take any steps that would lead to a breach of mutual good will, but at the same time Japan will stand firmly in the maintenance of its rights and privileges acquired under treaty with the Hawaiian Government. If the United States decided to annex Hawaii, we hope to be able to enforce onr demands for indemnity for the violation of treaty rights in the expulsion of Japanese immigrants from the j island and their exclusion from the rights acquired under our treaty.”

DODGE THE EXCLUSION ACT. Wholesale Traffic in Bogns Natural!- I zation I’upers in Ituly. Commissioner of Immigration Fitehie at New York has been notified by Com- | missioner General Powderly that the j State Department at Washington has i been iiifhrmed by the United States ambassador/at Rome that a wholesale traffic in fraudulent naturalization papers is being carried on in Italy. The object of these fraudulent methods, Mr. Powderly said, is to effect the entry into the United States, under cloak of American citizenship, of aliens who otherwise would be subject to exclusion. In view of these facts Commissioner Fitehie is ordered to particularly investigate all naturalization papers of immigrants, and especially those from Italy. Commissioner Fitehie said the task was an extremely difficult one. From the large number of immigrants recently landed he believed there were agents in Europe who, in furtherance ofthis fraudulent scheme, had secured steerage passengers under the threat that unless they came at once they would not be admitted at all, as Congress was about to pass a restricting law. FRANCE ACCEPTS " SITUATION. Great Britain Does Not Expect Trouble on Upper Nile. The St. James' Gazette of London announces authoritatively that the British Government does not expect trouble with France regarding the upper Nile regions, I ranee having agreed to accept the situation. Advices received at Lagos, West Africa, from the interior say the French troops had five engagements with the natives before effectively occupying Nikki, the capital of Borgu. The king of the country fled to the bush. Both France and Great Britain claim that the Borgu territory is within the sphere of their influence. Great Britain claims the whole country of Borgu under the Anglo-French convention of IS9O. Captain Lugurd, for Great Britain outdistanced Commander Decoeur in making a treaty with the King of Borgu, but the French hold that such a treaty is null and void from the fact that France has effectively occupied Dahomey, and is therefore entitled to its Hinterland, in accordance with the spirit and letter of the treaty of Berlin.

One Robber Shot Dead. Meager particulars liave been received in El Paso, Texas, from San Simon, a small station just east of A. T., on the Southern Pacific, of a Irnin boldup. Train No. 20, the sunset limited, had just left Steins Pass, N. M., near the Arizona line, when the engineer noticed a danger signal in front and immediately applied the air brakes. No sooner was the train brought to a stop than five men stepped out from their hiding places near the track, all heavily armed. One covered the engineer and fireman with his inchester, while the others gave their attention to the train proper, more especially to the express car, firing their guns in the air and otherwise frightening the passengers. At this point the guards in the express ear took a hand in the fusillade. Thirty or forty shots are said to have been fired by both sides. One WellsFargo guard, Jennings by name, succeeded in killing Robber Cullen, who was nearest to the car and who was evidently the leader, for ns soon as the other robbers noticed his body lying on the ground they lost courage and made a break for their horses, but another bullet from Jennings’ Winchester evidently struck one of the fleeing robbers, as he was seen to fall and was assisted out of range by his comrades. No .express money was stolen and none of the passengers was hurt. Guns Roar in China. A special dispatch to London from Shanghai says: “On Friday last Capt. Becker, with 310 German marines, left Ivaio-Chou buy to occupy the surrounding villages, whence they proceeded to capture the city. The Chinese forts opened fire and the Germans replied, killing three of the garrison, which thereupon lied in disorder. The Chinese general in command was captured, but afterward liberated. Several German sailors were injured by stones flung by the inhabitants of the villages. In return for this the head men of these villages were beaten with bamboo sticks by order of the German commander. It is reported in London that China is willing to pay an indemnity of 1,000,000 taels (about $755,250) and to grant all the German demands, including the temporary cession of Ivaio-Chou bay and adjoining territory.” According to a special dispatch just received from Paris, the French cruisers Jean Bart, Isely, Alger, have been ordered to be prepared for immediate dispatch to China.

Poisoned by Fish’s Fin. James Hamilton, a fish butcher at St. Louis, took hold of a large live red snapper, and it struck at him with one of its fins, piercing Hamilton’s arm. The wound is painful and blood poisoning has set in. His arm swelled to twice its natural size. Stole Gems Worth SIO,OOO. The residence of Isaac E. Emerson in Baltimore was entered and diamonds valued at nearly SIO,OOO were stolen. The thief was captured after a desperate struggle as he was leaving the house and the diamonds found in his pockets. Collided in a Fog. During the fog the other morning two cars on the Second Avenue Elevated road in New York collided at 102 d street. The engine of the rear train ran into the car of the train ahead. A fireman and two passengers were injured. The Avoca in Port, The British troopship, Avoca, with about 1,000 men on board, from Jamaica for Cape Town, has arrived safely. A rumor prevailed in Halifax that the Avoca had foundered, hut the report was not credited in London. • Negro Fiend Lynched. Charlie Jones, the negro who murdered Mrs. Brown’Smith and her four children near Wessop, Miss., has been captured and lynched by an infuriated mob. Registered Mail ; Stolen. Investigation is now being made of iHiat is supposed to be one of the biggest

robberies in the history of the New York postofflee. The robbery' is said to be in the railway mail service o,nd confined exclusively to registered letters. The exact amount taken cannot be learned, but it is stated unofficially to be In the neighj borhood of SIOO.OUO. This figure is I thought to be excessive by some who are j investigating the case, but all agree that I it is the largest amount ever taken at I any one time in the registry department. The robbery is confined, so far as invesj tigation has shown, to that section of the Central Railroad of New Jersey which is known as the New York, Somerville j and Eastou branch. The discovery was I made on Nov. 9, but the secret was kept | by the postofflee authorities until now. | It is known, so the statement is made, j that $30,000, the total amount carried in I two bags, was taken. This sum was missing on Nov. 9. How long the defalcation j had gone on prior to that time has not j been, ascertained. On the day the robbery was discovered Robert E. Lang, a clerk I employed on the New York. Somerville ; and Easton branch, disappeared, and has j not been found. lu, addition to Lang I there were employed \Y. J. McLaren, P. jS. Tooker and J. D’Arcy. Since Nov. 7 j hundreds of complaints have reached postoffiees making inquiries after registered letters that never reached their destination. The chief inspector and his staff at the potsoffice in New York have several files filled with these complaints. > ILD WEATHER INTERFERES j Tlie Price Situation, However, Is One of Sustained Strength, Bradstreet’s commercial report for the week says: “Mild weather throughout | most of the country has interfered to some extent with the distribution of win-ter-weight clothing and other seasonable goods, and trade from first hands is quieter even than last week. Jobbers and retailers, however, report a steadily increasing and in some regions very active business in holiday goods, groceries and kindred products. Favorable reports come from Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and St. Paul. The price situation is oue of sustained ami even aggressive’ strength. Wheat is higher, and all other cereals I have sympathized with wheat. Coffee, copper, cotton, dairy products, leaf tobacco and raw sugar are also among the prominent staples which have been enhanced in value. The decreases have been few and slight. Cereal exports continue very large, tlnsngh showing a falling off from last week's heavy total. Total exports of wheat and flour from the United States and Canada this wee!« aggregated 0,005,038 bushels, against 0,099.000 bushels last week. Corn exports also show a falling off, aggregating 3,008,000 bushels this week, against 4,585,000 bushels last week.” CELEBRATED CASE DECIDED. The Nebraska Supreme Court Passes on the Powers of Receivers. The Supreme Court at Omaha, Neb., lias passed upon the case of A. U. Wyman, receiver of the Nebraska and lowa Fire Insurance Company, against L. B. Williams, George F. Wright, S. R. Johnson and other stockholders and directors of the company, affirming the decision of the District Court handed down by Judge Walton iu 1892. The decisiqp of the Supreme Court, in effect, is tliaf the authority of the receiver of an insolvent corporation to collect assessments is unquestioned; that the members of a board of directors of an insolvent corporation who took part in its meetings are in no position to question their liabilities for the amount of assessments levied at such meeting, because of the fact of nz> judgment having been rendered against the corporation.

Fort Whipple Needed. Gov. McCord has telegraphed the Secretary of War from Phoenix, Ariz., protesting against the abandonment of Fort Whipple, suggested in the last report of the War Department. The Governor said; “Whipple is now the only military post in northern Arizona and is essential to the protection of half of the territory’s expanse, a district constantly exposed to outlawry and embracing reservations of thousands of Indians, against whose occasional turbulence nothing but military force is ever effective.” Peddlers Cripple Small Hoy. The 17-year-old son of Senator Fair of Sterling, Kan., who disappeared from his home six weeks ago, has been located at Guthrie, O. T. The boy had joined a band of peddlers, who had crippled his leg with carbolic acid and forced him to beg. He is now under the care of a physician, and will lose his leg. Wages of Creedc Miners Advanced. After Dec. 1 wages for miners at Creede, Colo., will be $3 a day instead of $2.50. The increase was made voluntarily by the mine owners. Governor Denounces Lynchers. Gov. Sadler of Nevada denounced the work of the mob at Genoa, in lynching Adam Über, as an example of fiendish barbarism. Wheat Went to $1.09. December wheat was carried' up to SI.OO at Chicago the other day, the highest figure since the famous corner of 1891. President’s Mother Dead. Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley, mother of President Wm. McKinley, died at her home iu Canton, Ohio.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.02 to $1.04; corn. No. 2,25 cto 20c; oats, No. 2,21 c to 23c; rye,* No. 2,40 cto 47c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 21c; new potatoes, 50c to 05c per bushel. —Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,91 cto 92c; corn, No. 2 white, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c •to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.04; corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2,45 cto 47c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,95 cto 96c; com, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25e; rye, No. 2,40 cto 47c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,91 cto 93c; com. No. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, 47c to 48c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2,40 cto 48c; .clover seed, $3.05 to $3.15. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 85c to 87c; corn, No. 3,20 cto 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,40 cto 48c; barley, No. 2,39 cto 42c; pork, mess, $7.25 to $7.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 94c to 90c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29e. New $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 98e to 99c; corn, No. 2,33 cto 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; butter, creigjiery, 15c to 25c; eggs, •Western, 21c to 20c.

A WOMEN HEART

CHAPTER XVII. Meanwhile Sir( Wilfrid was very unhappy. The mere) fact of his favorite sister being driven Dam his home by the unkindness of his Lite would have been j sufficient to poison his existence: but when Rosie’s demrture from Lambseote was followed by lor actual flight and disappearance fromf them all, he became miserably anxiot s and self-reproachful. Even the letter ! e received from Wales was no more tha: a passing drop of comfort. It told hit she was alive, and he never doubted tl it fact; but it left him completely in the dark concerning her address or her sur oundings, and held out no hope of their ever meeting again. He had several quarrels with his wife, naturally, on the subject of Rosie’s departure. Lena Tas at first so positive ithat her own belavior had had nothing whatever to do with the resolution of her sister-in-law. and afterward, when the news of Rosie's light from Surbiton had reached them, aid became an assured fact, she launeliep out in such cruel invectives against (lie absent girl—in such cruel insinuations and doubts of the purity of her conduct and motives —that Sir Wilfrid would not listen to her, and ordered her sternly to hold her tongue. “You can be unwomanly enough,” he said, “to arouse my suspicions respecting a poor girl who is not here to defend herself. But mind yon, Lena! Rosie will not be lost to us forever. I shall not cease to search for hrr until she is found. It is my duty. And when we meet again, I will have the Whole story from her own lips, that I may judge how far you have deceived me.” “And you will believe her in preference to me?” cried lady Ewell angrily. “You will take the wcjrd of a child, whose aim it will be to make you think the best of her behavior, before that of your own wife!” “Oh, Lena, rty dearest, it is the last thing in the woild I wish to do! But the side you have tilken in this sad affair has made me miserable—perhaps unjust. Since you are my own wife, why cannot you believe as I do, instead of being a mere echo of Lady Otto’s sentiments? Sometimes you make me fear there is an end of it—an end of everything—love, hope and happiness. But it is a sorry end for »ueh a bright beginning, Lena.” “I did not know it was a bright beginning. We married, I suppose, as other folks do, for our mutual convenience—at least, I did.” “You did not marry me for my money, Lena?” he said hoarsely. “Don’t tell me that!” *‘CouM I have married you without it?” she answered. “Now, don’t pretend to be so innocent, Wilfrid. You know as well as anybody, when you came into your fortune, that you were a bon parti. Would you have had the courage to propose to me else, knowing I had refused you before?” “But that was your mother’s fault. You acted under her influence —you told me so!” ! ‘As if one did not say anything' when one is being courted. Really, Wilfrid, I credited you with more sense. You have got me now, beyond all dispute. Cannot you be satisfied with that?” She did not love him, and she never had done so. Perhaps the intelligence was not quite new to him; but he had not realized it so fully before. To hear it from her own lips, accompanied with sueers at his folly, was very hard to bear. And as Sir Wilfrid wandered about his grounds, downcast and nlonc, brooding over his disappointment and the misery of an unrequited love, there came into his mind for the first time, a doubt whether it might not be a judgment sent by heaven upon him for his perfidy to Jane Warner. When Lena and her mother had been settled in Paris nearly a month, Captain Dorsay turned up, rather unexpectedly, at Lambseote Hall. Sir Wilfrid had not invited him, although he knew no reason why he should have a grudge against the man. But he had always considered Jack Dorsay as a friend of Lady Otto St. Blase and her family, and had left it to his wife to invite him as she thought fit. But he had not been seen at Lambseote since Rosie’s departure from it, a year before, and, to tell the truth, the reason of Lady Ewell’s restlessness was because she was afraid she had offended him on that occasion beyond forgiveness. She could not tear heT thoughts from this unworthy man, do what she would, and though she had seen how little be eared for her, she still hoped on that, some day, his truant heart would come back pleading for reacceptanee a.t her hands. But that .just happened to be the last idea in Jack Dorsay’s head. He saw through her worldly and selfish character tharofighly—much better than her husband did—and would not have taken her as a gift from his hands. In fact, Sir Wilfrid had less to fear from Captain Dorsay than from any other man—had he only known it —or, rather, had Lena only known it. But she shut her eyes (as children shut theirs at a fancied ghost) and refused to believe the truth. The baronet received him cordially. He was dull and hipped, and his guests were not a very bright lot, and Jack Dorsay was just the man to stir them up and keep them going. And the second night he was there —after they had finished an uproarious evening of funny stories and comic songs, and the other fellows had betaken themselves to bed or fallen asleep in their chairs—Sir Wilfrid found himself pacing the moonlit terrace in company with Jack Dorsay, and confiding to him somehow his disappointment respecting his wife. “Give me your advice, Dorsay,” he said, ‘‘and I will try to follow it. I know I'm a great fool about her, but I can’t help being unhappy. Perhaps she has told you —as I know you are such friends—that I fell in love with her years ago, and she wouldn’t have me. When she came round, it took me so much by surprise, I thought 6lie must care for me as I enred for her. But I’m afraid I was too sanguine. We have only been married two years, and she seems tired of this place already. She wants me to leave it and live altogether in town; but I don’t see my way to that. What am I to do?” “Nothing, my dear boy, but what you think best for yourself. Just listen to me. Lena has been spoiled all her life, and you continue to spoil her, and she won't like you a bit the better for it—women never do. They’re made to be ruled, and they love to feel the curb if it’s not too tight. Your best plan for the present is this: Let her remain with her mother. Pretend it makes no difference to you where she is, but don’t let her imagine that you fret. Take some chambers in town, and keep them for your own convenience and run up whenever yon feel inclined. I’ll introduce you to a first-rate set, and we’ll put up your name at the clubs. No man can belong to the fashion who mopes in the country all the year

BY FLORENCE MARYATT

around. You don’t know how it would brighten you up to pay us an occasional visit.” As soon as the pheasants were slaughtered and his guests had taken their departure, he went up to London with Captain Dorsay, and settled himself there for the winter months. Lady Ewell- was not particularly pleased when she heard of the step her husband had taken. Bachelor chambers and absence from Lambscote sounded very like an attempt at freedom on his part, and Lady Otto showed no sympathy for her alarm. J- told you how it would be, when you insisted upon accompanying me to Paris,” she said to her daughter. “Yon had no right to leave your home at such a season, and Sir Wilfrid resents it by showing you that he also intends to take his pleasure in his own way. You are playing a very foolish game, Lena, and you will live to repent it.” CHAPTER XVIII. Rosie Ewell, in coloring photographs, had found her vocation. Mr. Denham made her begin at the beginning, but she rapidly ascended the ladder. From “touching up” the plain photographs she went on to “tinting” faces and hands, and thence rose to coloring the whole figure—an art in which she so greatly improved that the most finished portraits were soon intrusted to her care. Mr. Denham, on finding out the progress made by Miss Fraser—for Jane insisted that Rosie should still maintain her incognito—transferred her to his Regent street establishment, where the demand for highly finished portraits was greater than at Chelsea. Jane consented to the new arrangement with some fears, but Rosie had none for herself. If she should meet any of her family, she averred, she did not care. No one should take her from her beloved Jane Warner, nor prevent her from supporting herself. It was a March day, cold, dull and wintry, and the girl was wondering whether she could accomplish any work on such a dark afternoon, when the proprietor of the studio—a brother of Mr. Denham's—came into her room with a carte de visite in his hand. “Can you do anything with this, Miss Fraser?” he inquired. “The gentleman wants the head colored for a locket, but I m afraid it s too dark. I advised him to sat again, but he has no time—is in a hurry, and wants it at once. Can it be done?” lie placed the photograph in her hands. She recognized it at once. It was a portrait of her brother Wilfrid. “Is the gentleman here?” she asked hurriedly. “Yes; waiting to hear what you say.” "It is much too dark an impression. It won’t be satisfactory,” she answered, giving it back with a trembling hand. “Very good, I’ll tell him so,” said Mr. Denham. But in another minute he had returned. “The gentleman—it’s Sir Wilfrid Ewell —says he will take the chance of its turning out a failure; but he wishes this particular carte colored, and would like to speak to you about it. You must come downstairs and see him.” “I cannot; I am too busy,” she answered brusquely. “But, Miss Fraser, I must insist,” commenced the photographer. “Am I intruding?” said a voice in the doorway, and her brother appeared upon the threshold. Mr. Denham retreated in his favor. “Ah, Sir Wilfrid! Now you can speak to the young lady yourself. Sir Wilfrid, Miss Fraser.” And so saying, Mr. Denham went back to his own department. Sir Wilfrid recognized her at once. Kosie had only to raise those dark, gray eyes—so like his own—and fix a look upon him filled with emotion, for him to know his sister. But surprise for a moment mastered his powers of speech. “Don’t make a fuss about it, darling,” said Rosie quietly, when she had found her voice. “It is I, indeed; and if you are angry to find me here, remember, it was my mother drove me to it.” “Rosie, my dearest sister! how could I be angry to find you, when your loss has been the trouble of my life? But what is this, dear? Are you obliged to work for your bread? Whom are you living with? What are you doing? Oh, Rosie! do not be afraid of me, but tell me all.” He had closed the door by this time, and coming forward, folded her in his arms. And Rosie, feeling his kisses on her cheek, wondered for a moment how she could have had the heart to run away from him. “I am not a bit afraid, dear Wilfrid; tior have I any reason to be ashamed. But you must let me go now, darling. Suppose Mr. Denham should come in and catch us kissing! I should be dismissed upon the spot.” They both laughed at that, and Rosie dried the tears that had risen to her eyes. “Now that I have found you, Rosie, I will never let you go,” said Sir Wilfrid. “And I have no wish that you should, dear brother; for meeting you again makes me wonder how I can have lived so long without a sight of your face or a sound of your voice. But you must not stay here now. Give me your orders about the photograph, and tell me where I can see you, and I will come as soon as my day’s work is over.” "Oh, hang the photograph!” exclaimed Sir Wilfrid. “I don’t want it now. All I want is you.” But that will not be very satisfactory for poor Mr. Denham,” said Rosie. “May I tell him you will sit to him another day ?” “Say anything you like. But can’t you' come with me now?” “No; it is impossible! Neither must you return for me. We don’t want them to know that I’m your sister. Only say where I can see you, darling—alone, remember and I will be there by five o’clock.” lou must come to my chambers, in Rochester street. You remember the old place, don’t you?” “Living in chambers, Wilfrid! And where, then, is your wife?” Sir W ilfrid s brows contracted with a frown. “She is staying with her mother in Onslow- Gardens. She prefers it to living with me. But I will tell you all about that when we have time to talk together. And you promise me faithfully to come to my chambers at five?!’ "I promise you, dearest; and I shall be so impatient for the moment to arrive, that I do not know how I shall get through my work till then.” CHAPTER XIX. The reappearance of the photographer on the scene of action here forced Sir Wilfrid to tear himself away; nnd after promising to return and sit for his por-

trait, ne left Rosie to think over five Kciting interview she had passed through, As soon os ever the day’s work was completed, she hurried on her walking apparel and took her way to the Adeiphi. Sir \\ ilfrid had asked her to give her own name to his servants, to avoid any scandal; and as soon as the valet, who answered the door to her, heard it, he ushered her without ceremony into his master s sitting room, where she found M ilfrid seated before a blazing fire, and beside a table laid out with every luxury suitable to an afternoon tea. As soon as the door was closed behind heT, and they found themselves alone, the brother and sister flew into each other’s arms. “And now, Rome,” exclaimed Sir Wilfrid, when their rapture at their reunion had somewhat abated, “the first thing you must do is to eat. I won’t hear another word, nor answer a question, till you have had your tea. Here is some very tolerable bread and butter (considering Harvey cut it), and some first rate Dalninni—l can vouch for the excellence of the Dalmani, because I tried it at luncheon. And what is this? Oh! a cold game pie. And here is some guava jelly (you girls are always ready for sweets), and seed-cake, and ” "Stop, stop, Wilfrid!” cried Rosie, laughing; “you talk as if I had had nothing to eat since we parted. I have not been starved, I assure you, dear, and I had my dinner later than usual to-day, so that I would rather wait a little —if it is all the same to you—before I take my tea.” She had removed her hat and cloak by this rime, and now stood np before the glass, and rutiled her bonny brown hair becomingly with her hands. “You are prettier than ever, Rosie,” said her brother, admiringly; “and I really think you have grown. But now tell me everything, dear. I am burning to hear where you have been all this time. You are alone, Rosie, I hope? You are not married?” Ihe brightness died out of her laughing eyes. "No, Wilfrid, I am not married, nor do I think I ever shall be. I have seen too much of the effects of marriage on my friends. It seems to me it is better left alone.” “But what made you leave us all in so mysterious and extraordinary a way, dear? You don’t know the misery and anxiety you have caused me.” “Dear old boy!” said the girl, affectionately. “And you were the only one I grieved after, too. The reason I went was this, Wilfrid. You know I told you it was impossible for me to live at Lambscote. Don’t let us allude to that question again. It is settled, once and forever. But mamma insisted that I shoulddo so. She called me ungrateful and disobedient, and said I was a burden, and all sorts of hard things, and threatened to take me back to Somersetshire herself. And so I ran away. The money you had given me kept me until I got work, and since I obtained that I have kept myself. There is my whole history, Wilfrid. A very simple one, with nothing in the background. You need not be ashamed of me, brother. I have done nothing to disgrace my birth or breeding. And—except sos not seeing you—l have been tolerably happy.” •To bo cont nued.)

Ginseng Culture.

The secret of raising ginseng has been discovered at last. It is being grown upon Missouri soil and cultivated by a Missouri farmer, says the St. Louis Republic. China has an unlimited demand for the ginseng root, and because of its scarcity pays ths handsome price of $2.50 for a single pound of it. Heretofore the market has been supplied from certain mountain sections, where the herb grows wild. Repeated attempts to cultivate It have ’proved a failure. But, according to Waldo Parks, a guest at the Laclede Hotel, Spencer Brown, a farmer down in Texas County, is cultivating an acre of ginseng. It matures in six years. From the product of that acre he expects to realize the modest sum of $20,« 000. He will limit the product so as to keep the price up. Mr. Brown says that ginseng flourishes in rich limestone soil, shaded from the sun. It requires eighteen months to germinate and six years for full growth. Ho is making no secret of the discovery, but explains its mysteries to any one. By the Chinese ginseng is considered a medicinal ingredient of wonderful powers. A liquor is distilled from it which is supposed to cure all diseases. They have never been able to find the secret of its culture and have depended upon the wild roots found here and there, for their supply.

An Excited Bridegroom.

A rather amusing incident occurred the other day on a street car while crossing from the west to the east side. There was a prospective bridegroom on the car, and he had just been across the river to the County Clerk’s office to get a license and was returning, accompanied by a friend, who had gone with him to certify that the bride was of sufficient age to get married without the consent of her parents. It may be said that the age of the bridegroom was 70 and that of his bride about Go, so there was no danger of the witness getting into trouble. On the car the bridegroom put his hand into his pocket to pay for both fares, and he was so flustrated, over his approaching happiness that lie did not look to see what lie handed the conductor, when, in fact, he had given him a nickel and ass gold piece. The conductor did not even look at the money, but passed to the front platform, where a Chinaman was standing. The Chinaman handed him a 10-cent piece, and the conductor gave him the $5, thinking he was giving a nickel in change. The Chinaman pocketed the money without saying anything. The bridegroom made the discovery the next day—Oregonian.

Poisoning Rare.

The sensational reports in regard to the poisoning of the late Millionaire Singer, who died at Pasadena, are exploded by the analysis of the chemist who examined the Internal organs of the dead man. The old mnn was suffering from Bright's disease, tuberculosis of the lungs and enlargement of the heart, any one of which might have been fatal. The case is typical of many which find their way into print. Poisoning is very rare in these days because of the facility and. accuracy of chemical analysis. The Borgias would have been compelled to go out of the poisoning business if chemistry had been developed in their day.—San Francisco Chronicle. A physician has declared that If only twenty minutes a day were spent in physical exercise as an adjunct to mem tal education, most people might live to 70 without a day’s illness, and perhaps prolong tneir lives to 100 years.

NATIONAL SOLONS.

REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. Detailed Proceedings of Benate and Honae— Bills Passed or Introduced In Either Branch—Questions of Moment to the Country at Large. The Lecialative Grind. Mr. Lodge (Mass.) made an effort in the Senate Monday to secure an immediate vote upon his immigration bill, which is substantially the same measure that was passed by the Fifty-fourth Congress and vetoed by President Cleveland. Mr. Allen (Neb.) objected to an immediate vote and suggested that the.final vote on the amendments and the bill he taken on Monday, Jan. 17, at 3p. in. This suggestion was accepted by Mr. Lodge and the OTder for vote at that time was made. Mr. Gorman, chairman of the Democratic steering committee, presented an order which was adopted, rearranging some of the committee assignments of some of the Democratic members, made necessary by the incoming of new members. Mr. Pettigrew (S. D.) called up the hill granting to settlers the right to make second homestead entries. He made a brief explanation of the measure. It gave ail persons who were not at the time owners of land under the homestead law the right to make second homestead enfries. Each person would be entitled to acquire 160 acres of land. The bill was passed. A bill providing for the erection of an addition to the public building at Los Angeles, Cal., to cost $250,000, was passed. Mr. AA ilson (Wash.) presented a resolution directing the civil service commission to transmit to the Senate a statement by fiscal years since 1890 showing the total number of persons examined, the total number passed and the total number appointed in the several branches of the Government service at the beginning of each of those fiscal years. The resolution was agreed to. The Senate then adjourned. Excepting the reporting of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, the House did no public business Monday. The entire session was consumed in adjusting a personal dispute between Air. Hepburn of lowa and Mr. Norton of Ohio, which grew out of a controversy that occurred during the debate on the pension bill. The point at issue was a* to whether a certain word used by Mr. Norton, but which ho afterward disclaimed any intention of using, should appear in the permanent record. The House by a party vote, 136 to 121, sustained Air. Hepburn. On Tuesday the Senate, on motion of Senator Hoar, adjourned as a mark of respect to President McKinley, whose mother was buried that day.

A Seductive Weed.

In Southern Arizona the jail and prison officials have their hands full in trying to prevent the smuggling into their institutions of the seductive mariguana. This is a kind of “loco” weed, more powerful than opium. It grows from seed by cultivation in Southern Arizona and in Mexico. It is a dangerous thing for the uninitiated to handle, but those who know its uses say It produces more ravishing dream's than opium. The Mexicans mix it with tobacco and smoke it in cigarettes, inhaling the smoke. When used in this way it produces a hilarious spirit in the smoker that cannot be equaled in any other form of dissipation. When smuggled Inside the prison walls its devotees readily pay $4 an ounce for it, but free men buy it on the outside for 50 cents an ounce. General Shriver, of the prison force at Yuma, has just unearthed a large quantity of the weed that had been cached ' within reach of the convicts who work in the ouside gangs.—St. Louis Globe-Demo-crat.

Belter if Related.

An Englishwoman once attended the military funeral of a major of the Victoria guards. When the mournful pageant was over lthe she stood think pageant was over she stood thinking of tlte solemn scene—those sadrtaeed men, the reversed arms, slow tread, sad music, and touching sight of Hugdraped coffin, and unused helmet. Some one touched her elbow and said: “Was Hie dead gentleman anythin’ to ye, ma’am?” “No,” said the stranger, smiling in spite of herself. “Ye locked so sorry I was full sure he was somethin’ to ye,” she continued, disappointedly. “He was a human being and a brave soldier; that should be something to all of us.” “Yis, yis, to be sure. I do lie feeling that way meself this mornin’. But wouldn’t it be grand, ma’am, mournin’ for a man like that, supposin’ he was somethin’ to ye?”—Exchange.

Washed Off Murillo.

An English traveler in Paris was sorely tempted by a magnificent and undoubted Murillo, duly Authenticated to have been the plunder of one of Napoleon’s marshals in Spain. An enormous price was asked for it, but after much deliberation he bought-it. At that time paintings imported here paid duty, and our connoisseur, desirous of avoiding it. caused a landscape in distemper to be painted over his Alurillo. Of course, it passed the custom house. It was then sent to a pict-ure-cleaner with orders to wash off the landscape. He washed off the landscape, and he washed off the Alurillo, and there appeared an early corporation portrait of King George 111., in Windsor coat, buckskin breeches and top boots.— Spare Aloments.

The Influx to Jerusalem.

During the past few years nearly 150,000 Hebrews have entered Jerusalem, and the arrival of another host is sakl to be imminent. Already the railways are opening the country between the coast and Jerusalem and Damascus and a Hebrew immigration on a large scale may cause Syria to become once more of vast importance in the East.

A Phenomenal Lake.

An Alaska travler recently described some extraordinary phenomena connected with a small lake named Selawik, situated near the sea coast. Tides rise and fall in the lake, perhaps on account of an underground connection with the sea. At the bottom, he says, the water is salt, but on the top there is a layer of sweet water.

Cannon Bail Fired in 1812.

Edwin S. Hunt, of Essex, Conn., has a camion ball which was found where the old Suybrook fort was once located, just north of the Valley Railroad station at Saybrook point. The ball was fired from a British ship in the river during the war of 1812.