Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 January 1884 — Page 2

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A yor.r ago we sang Ini glee, Hurrah, hurrah for '80. 'And

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in sadness, don't you tee,

"We say, farewell, old '83. ,"T1* thus wlUi friends, hoWuvt-r true, We give the old up for the new 1

We ri in't ioriret their merits qUit, ®5tBut time somehow has matte them ilight. &«.Ag with our friends, so with the.years, *». «Wf srt

llierw with somf few tears

'To Uiow that wnlle they're lalrt aside, wflsWe're not ex&ctly Klad they've ded. well, what recks it what vie say?

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rld has ran fl^ny,

-Anti when our ilUlo course Is run,. s. ...Oar friends will do as we have dono. r'feiBo stop regrets, lets sign no more,

Heri?' health and wealth to 'fi4! Who knows what sorrow It may bring? •r. "Who knows what death knells. It may ring?

Who knows what joys there are In store For those wno live through'8i? itAvWe give it up. and so must yon, A, -.And choose the neyt best thing to do!

Which, as the oracle Is dumh, Is this, take all things as they come

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Swear oB'yotp* old-sins, let tfiatn die,' !i- 2To give more room for new supply, Be wise, and resolutions make— "Unless they're made you can not break •A resolution, don't you set*"? a'Won learned that troth In '88. tiggig ^Announce to all your change of heart,-'. -.

And take a nice and pious start, *M0 go long, quite slow at first, Until you think you've passed the woist—

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think you have, but hear us shout, The devil is goln? to knock you out! Bat don't give up, it's nice to strive— Swear off again in '85. Thus off and on, from year to yenr, We drop our ulns from church to. bejerjssls Until at last we close the fu-s By letting sin drop on to ws. ,&> 5p£ But down with.lectures, what'sILe us# Atsucli a time of turning loose Buch proper precepis? Let there be A half a tear for 'S3, $$ And then let out with rip and roatv.,,®§|j A monstrous boom for 'Si!

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BY BERTHA M. CLAY, AUTHOR OF "DOBA THORNE."

Considering his naturally indolent ease-loving nature, Mr. Falton certainly gave himself some trouble in attaining his object. He spared no pains. If Lady Grahame went to the opera, he was sure to be seen in her box. Whatever bjill or party she attended, he was invariably present. People began to say, "If you ask Lady Grahame, you must not forget Mr. Fulton he is her shadow."

Rare and magnificent bouquits found their way to her table, and Miss Lowe's office became a mere sinecure but Mr. Fulton could not tell^ if he were making much progress. Lady Grahame was always pleased to see him, and smiled over his bouquets, and enjoyed his conversation but she gave him no reason to hope that she would ever become his wife.

Innately prudent, now that there was a lover to whom no one could raise' any objections, Bhe began to ask herself seriously whether a husband would not sadly interfere with her love of comfort. She could not hope to be the firat object of attention in the house if she married. A husband requires much waiting upon, much patience. Was it worth her while to give up her freedom, and take upon herself new chains? These thoughts made her pause before accepting Mr. Fulton, or even allowing him to appear as her lover but it aid not damp his ardor. It was something new and not unpleasing to him to meet with opposition. Magdalen had given her pure loving heart when he asked for it she know nothing of coquetry, it» thousand wiles and arts.

Lady Grahame could not have adopted any plan which would have enhanoed her value more in his eyes.

He gratified her vanity by seeking her advice Retold her how much he wished to be of service to his country that he wanted.to do something which would make him more worthy of win ning a glorious prize.- Hewanted_to' purchase an estate that would givt eome standing and influence in the country.

It so happened that just at^that time Squire Grenholine, of Grenholme Park, near Oulston, died, and "the greater part of his property, consisting of land and houses in Oulston, was for sale. Mr. Foultou's solicitors told him of it. The hall would not be sold until the death of the squire's widow, ®ow old and inform, but the other property was to be had at a great bargain. In the course of a few years, when that frail life ended, he could purchase the hall, apd would become, as Squire Grenholme, a man of position and eminence.

The opportunity was too temptirg to be lost. The purchase was conclui!- d, and Mr. Fulton fjund himself a large landowner, and possessor of numerous houses in the pretty town of Oulston and when all was arranged he weni triumphantly to Lady Grabame, to tell her what he had done. "You have acted very wisely,' she fl&id "money is very, well, but nothing gives one such a good standing as tht possession of property. Did you say Oulston? Lord Buyneham's estate is somewhere near thera, is it not?" "Yes," replied Mr. Fulton, who had carefully ascertained all the "bearings" of his new acquisition. "Bayneham Castle is about six miles from tht town. It is the chief place in the neighborhood, I believe." "I should imagine so," said Lady Grahame, indifferently "and if ever you should purchase the hall, Mr. Fulton, and-become Squire of Grenholme, you will find them charming neighbors. The Dowagur Lady Bavneham is one of my dearest friends. Hei eon is abroad just now." "You have so many friends, Lady

Grahame!" sighed her admirer. Is the youn^ Earl married?" "Yes," replied her ladyship, "he married last year one of the loveliest

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in England they are in Italy now, believe. The youn« Lady Bayneham will one of our brightest stars. I never met any one so exquisitely love IT, graceful and refined."

Paul Fulton, as he styled himself, rejoiced to hear all this. He saw his way clearly now and once Squire of Grenholme, husband of tbe fashionable widJow, and near neighbor of the young 32arl, he should attain the summit of liia ambition.

There came to him no solemn warning he never thought of his life as of dream from which he must some day awaken of this world as a scene that must pass away. His god was mammon, and he served it right well.

As time wore on the fears that had ullghtly disturbed him passed away. No out) recognized him. He met one of his old boon companions, who looked in his face and knew him not. -a He felt safer there was no one living who could connect the fashionable •man of tbe world, Paul Fulton, with the convict, Stephen Hurst. He grew proud of his respectability, and

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dered how he could have been so bund -and foolish as to fall into tbe depths of disgrace. He was now scrupulously honest, and upright in all his dealings, hospitable, gay, generous arid univertially popular. He would ratuer have -•'died any death than have undergone the shame of having his former career tr.ade known. He placed an almost absurd value on the osteem of his feltD6D«

It was at his club that Bertie Carlyon ,-nade the acquaintance of Mr. Fulton. Tbev became friends in some degree, .although there was little in common between thetu. Bertie wasgifted, and, what is more rare he was industrious. His works were eagerly read by the -. thoughtful men of the day. He was courted alike by the wise men and beautiful women for that Paul Fulton

Bought him. He was a rising man, whom to know was a great honor. So they dined together occasionally, -met at their club, and discussed passing events, all unconscious of the tragic Jink that bound them.

From Bertie Carlyon, as from Lady Grahame, Paul Fuiton heard warm piaises of the young lord's wife. Ha thought much of his neighbors who to be when Jie was Squire of

-Vyjrtie confided hie Intense desire NLtering Into parliamentary Hfe. ^im^ borough of Oulston i»'urna

one member," said Mr. Fulton, "and from ell the rumors floating now, I should inline the country on the eve of a general election. I had some thoughts of offering

myself as a

candidate but I tell you what, Mr. Carlyon, introduce me to your friend. Lord Bayneham, and we will try if vou cannot be returned as the Liberal member for Oulston. I have some influence there, you know."

Bertie Carlyon grew intimate with, and even liked the gay, good-humored man, "who seemed so anxious to further his interest.

CHAPTER XXII.

pale sweet face brighten gradually. He never suspected any mental suffering, and would have laughed at the idea. He believed his wife to suffering from the effects of over-ex-ertion and too much excitement. Their winter at Bayneham had been 1 -ii-

for not having sooner perceived her fatigue and languor but, in his own quiet, gentle way, he was doing his best to atone for it. He would not allow any fuss or ceremony. The countess had wished her daughter-in-law to be presented at the different courts, and to mingle in the diplomatic circles of each capitol they visited but Lord Bayneham allowed none of this. She had seen enough, he declared, of the world of fashion, and now she should have quiet, and see something of the grandeur and beauties of nature.

Under the influence of solemn and beautiful scenery, and of gentle, loving care, which left herno time for morbid thought, Hilda gradually recovered her health. She never forgot her secret it was before her every hour of the day and night but its weight had grown less. The grand, solemn beauty of nature gave her other thoughts. Everything did not begiii and end in this world. She herself had done no wrong, and she knew not wliy this mysterious burden of sorrow had been laid upon her. High and in•flnite wisdom controlled every event of her life, and she found comfort in resignation. The evils of this world ware lost in the great shadow of the everlasting bills. During the whole year they lingered among the fairest scenes of this fair earth. They spent ChristmaH in Florence, and the spring brought them home. Private letters and public papers brought to Lord Bayneham the news of a general election, and he knew then that his place was in England.

They went at once to London, where the young earl found the leaders of his party anxiously awaiting him. New combinations were forming, great events loomed in the distance, and Lord Bayneham was asked if he had any influence in Oulston if so, let him use it for the return of a Liberal member. He inquired, somewhat carelessly, if there was any candidate in the field, and he became all fire and interest when he heard that the man they were anxious to seenre was no other than tbe great political writer, his dearest aud best friend, Albert Carlyon. "You may .consider the election as good as made," he said to his chief. "I shall go down to Bayneham and take Carlyon with me. There will be but little opposition."

When that interview was ended Lord Bavneliam rushed off in search of Bertie. "He found him busily engaged it the office, and heartily pleased to see him. "We may hope Lady Bayneham ana Miss Earle will now find their way to London,"said Bertie "thfyhavebeen at Cowes, I understand, since Christmas." ., "Dine with us to-morrow, said Lord Bayneham, "and you will see them both. They will be in town this evening. Now. Bertie, let us discuss business. WThat is this about the borough of Oulston? You know(jyou may safely reckon my assistance.

Bertie then told his friend how anxious he was to begin his parliamentary csr66r

Trying to conceal his delight, Bertie promised and Lord Bayneham went

Evening brought the countess and Barbara, the latter radiant in health ind spirits. They were delighted at the change in Hilda. She had grown more beautiful during the year of secret sorrow, and thought gave fresh loveliness to her face, and the dark violet eyes wore a new expression. She looked taller and more matronly, and in all England one :ould not have found a more perfect type of a young English wife.

I did not think time could have added a charm, Hilda," said Barbara EaTle but it has managed to do so. Change of air and scene has improved you wonderfully."

Lady Bayneham gazed with proud pleasure at her son's wffe. Even her critical eye could not see one fault or one cause for remark. They were a pleasant family party, and Lord Bayneham left them after dinner to go round to his club.

Bertie introduced Mr. Fulton to tlim and Lord Bayneham, who liked all pleasant things, was struck by his

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ay, easy, graceful manner, and his of conversation. "I have not many minutes this evening," he said. Perhapp, Mr. tuiton, you will favor me with a call some time to-morrow then we can discuss the Oulston business at our leisure.

That being settled, Lord Bayneham returned home. The ladies were pleased to hear of Bertie's prospects, tor the handsome young secretary was a favorite witli ail. Barbara Earle made 110 remark but her face flushed and her eyes shone brightl}'. She looked serenely fair and calm. That evenirg, when she stood alono in her room, she took from a little casket a small golden apple, and touched it with her lips as though it were something living, smiling as she did so at her own pleasant thoughts. "I am always coming across old friends," said Lord Bayneham to Hilda, the day following. "I met. your old admirer, Captain Masscy, this morning he is leaving England in the autum, and will dine with us to-day.'

It was a party of old friends who met that evening in Grosvenor square. Ladv Bayneham professed herself delighted to see Bertie. Barbara said little her greeting was kind and gentle but that did not satisfy the hand some secretary. Perhaps Captain massey was less at his ease than some of the others. He had dearly loved Lady Hutton's ward, and her marriage with Lord'Baynel.am had been a bitter blow to him. Not that he thought himself worthy of her. He loved her hopelessly and humbly. There were

to be when Jie was Squire of times when he raved against fortune Gr raholme. He was, in hia indolent land fate, wishing he wfere anything but J, y.y way, anxiovm to nee I a biave captain, with toothing but an *.«ttng Oounteaa, of wbom all the-\vorld ibtoiaottiblo name to recommend him. *itoke, and spoke well. To Mr. rulton I After Bildt'simni »•*_ Vita Intanan nf aanrt Vai)

Then Lord Bayneham met him, and greeted him warmly, pressing hhnto waive all ceremony and dine with him. Captain Maasey was sorely puzzled. He longed to gaze again upon the fair young face that had been the one star of his hope, and-love he longed to see ber own home, surrounded by luxury and love. Then" he could, take the picture into exile with him, and think of it when he felt dull and lonely. So he yielded, and went to dinner, looking with sad eyes upon the one face that had been all the world to him. She wecomed him warmly and kindly, her little white hands outstretched to meet his. There was no thought of love or lowers in that pure, guiless heart. She had never known that hie cared for her.

Under the blue Italian skies, where myrtles and citrons bloom, by the fair German Rhine," by the snow clad mountains of Switzerland, and in the sunny plains of Beautiful France, He read the expression of- that fac-e 1 n.™«um linaoriwl with lite and those clear true eyes more corrects

And this man, who had loved the fair young eirl so deeply and hopeless ly, saw what others had never noticed. He read

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gMS-SffiKSBlSSrS S2S Detroit Times. ,«1„M hoatna. He btaed h!»«lf had either

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She paused, and half turned her face from him. "You would—what?" he cried, impatiently "don'ttorture me, Barbara." "I should most probably write you a long, kind letter, bidding you take courage, and never despair." "Would you really do that?" he said, his face flushing with uncontrollable emotion "that would mean a great deal, coming from you." "You know my belief," said Miss Earle "talent and perseverance must win—no combinations of circumstances can resist them. You have it in you to persevere and win, despite all obstacles." "Thanks to yoli, Barbara," hfe replied "you aroused me from a boy's folly to a man's deeds, and I shall owe all to you. I wonder if you will ever honor me by wearing that little golden apple you de'gned to accept?" he added, "smilingly. "It was made expressly to be worn amongst those mysterious affairs which ladies call 'charms' and suspend to their chains.

Miss Earle made no reply, and Bertie was forced to be content with the concessions already made. "Hilda," said Lord Bayneham that evening to his wsfe, "we must be more careful this time than we were last winter but as you are so much stronger and better, I thought of asking a few friends to Bayneham—what do you say?" "Are you going there?" she asked, tryi»g to hide the fear shown both in her face and voice. "Yes," replied her husband,, "we are bound this time on a patriotic expedition. The safety and well being of the country demand the return of a Liberal member for Oulston." We hope Bertie will be successful but he will "require our aid. No bribery,

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rangements for leaving Ens-land on.* mission of sone importaace.

THE TBgRB HAPTB

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She was even more than before her marraige, but her beauty was changed. The first fresh flush ot youth and happiness had died out of beh*. never to retu rn. He saw something of constraint in the smiles that had once seemed ever to linger round her lips. He noticed that when she was

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happy, he could not ... "Barbara," said Bertie Carlyon to Miss Earle, "you are very cruel to me."

She opened her eyeB in well-acted xrise. ftve times," said he, "have I, presuming on your half consent, written to you and never one word have you vouchsased in reply. Will you never write to me "Yes," she replied "if your maiden speech should be a good one I will write a note of congratulation." "And if I fail—remember, I cannot control circumstances—and do not either make a speech or secure my seat, what shall you do then, Barbara— throw me overboard altogether?" "No," said Miss Earle, slowly "in that case I should

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bara can do by the magic of voice and smile maybe safely accomplished." "Does Barbara go with us?" asked Lady Hilda. "Yes, replied Lord Bayneham, "and my mother too. You will enjoy the canvassing. I must ask Bertie's friend, Mr. Fulton, and one or two more. You don't smile, Hilda, do you not like the prospect?" "Why should I not?" she asked simply "if I am only with you, it matters very little to itie in what place." "And you promise to smile, with all

I feel that my vocation is essentially a political one/' he said. "I can serve my country honestly and well. Mr. Fulton, Jthe new man who has Fulton Hhe new man wno nas purchased Squire Grenholm's property the fascination that you can command has promised to do all he can, and I upon the noble voters of Oulston?

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think there is every chance of success.' "I am sure of it," said Lord Bayneham, enehusiastically. "I tell you what, Bertie, when the election comes on we will all go down to Bayneham together, and I will ask this friend of yours to join us. Lady Hilda and Miss Earle shall canvass for us. You will come in with a wonderfnl majority. You shall see if I am not a true prophet." .- "You area true friend," said Bertie, *1 awfully. "I should like to introduce Mr. Fulton to you. Shall you be at tbe club this evening?" "I will be there just for that purpose, even if I cannot remain," replied his friend. "You will come to-mor-row, Bertie?"

upon the noble voters of Oulston •'I promise, said Lady Hilda, "and 1 hope Bertie will get in. Do*you know, Claud, I begin to think he cares for BErbsirE«" "I knew that, little wife, many years ago," said Lord Bayneham "I should like to know if Barbara cares for him. •They said no more but all that night there lay on Lady Hilda's mind a weight of dread, as of some coming heavy evil which she could not avoid and once in her sleep she sprung up wildly, crying, "Glaud, do not go to Bayneham. I have dreamed that 1 lay dead there."

To be continued in the Sunday Exprets.]

MESSENGERS OP THE AIR.

Birds Which Travel to Their Cotes With the Speeil of Express Train*. Baltimore Sun. "I have often watched my birds," said Dr. Clegg yesterday, "coming home. They are up in the air until they look about as big as sparrows. About a quarter of a mile off they set their wings, and with a rush they come to the window, never going afoot past it or evincing tbe-filightest uncertainty asto the locality of their home. I have one hundred pair or so now. All around the neighborhood people are breeding and flying homing pigeons. I use mine often to send messages home to mj[ family. I write the message upon tissue paper

14)081! OK THE tfEBMO.

The Tunny Men Gathered. From All Quarter*.

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dent voters Btill what vou and Bar- Rich and Stockbridge.

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since nine o'clock. A male bird flies best when the female is laying her eggs, over which operation he usually exercises the most lofty auperindendence. They are loving, jealous birds, and the attachment to the spot of their birth and breeding-place is so great that they will rather starve than leave it." "How can you tell when your pigeon arrives in a match?" was asked"By this electric bell," replied Dr. Clegg, stepping to the mantel and touching a tiny striking apparatus. "I have aboard on the entrance to the window set on a spriog. The weight of a pigeon that alighta on it presses it down so that it completes the circuit and rings this bell. The judges and timers then score, while I go and catch my pigeon. Sometimes I take a whole basketful of young pigeons up to Havre de Grace for a little afternoon airing. They come back thirty-five miles under the.hour easily." "What colors are the best?" "Well, the white, silver and checkered are about the best colored birds." "Why will not a common blue rOck pigeon do just as well to train in this

way?" was the query. "They lack the intelligence and instinct," was the reply.

','i Galveston Wants Jetties Galveston is throwing up her hat in honor of Captain Eads' answer to her committee's letter relating to her bar. The captain says that if congress will give him $7,500,000 he will guarantee thirty feet of water, and maintain that depth for twenty years at a cost of less than $106,000 a year. He proposes to give the city twenty-two feet of water ittrin two years. A Texas newspaper aaya thai with thirty f«et of. -"water on ,ber knw (Mtsston will soon Tank Xfow

EXPRESS

How tb# City Editor Ported ttw tfew Reporter—Writing Up an Interview—Stray Scraps of Fun

Selected From the Exchanges.

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One* it happened I'd been dining on my couch I slept reclining, And awoke with moonlight, shining brightly on my bedroom floor It was in the bleak December, Christmas night, as I remember, But I bad no dying ember, as Ppe had, when near the door, Like a gastronomic goblin, Just besiae my ehamber'door,

Stood a bird—and nothing more.

And that fat goose, never flitting, like a nightmare still is sitting "With me all the night, emitting words that thrill my bosom's oore Now, throughout the Christmas season, while file and gasp and whee«e, on_ Me he sits, until my reason nothing surely can restore, I am driven mad, and reason nothing surely can restore

While that goose says, more." HE SAW HIM.

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ipiaui anwwi kuu ina you see uiiu 1 uiajaoiuuttjijr us y~woman he loved i00k of anticipation stole over the know but first thing I knew they had secret or was not ty editor's face. me Up for breach of promise, and so, tell which. "Yes"—and there was some hesi- you see, I went to court at last.—£Bos3ertie Carlvon to tanoe in t.hf ™vnorter'a utterance. ton TranscriDt.

Duffer spoke inhighterms of both

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until I can stick it in a quill. This I tio to the leg of the bird between the foot -and knee, with yarn. Thread would cut in and stop the circulation. They never seem to mind the load, and never pick it off. Ii you are going to fly a match, a female bird who wants only tvvo days of hatching out her egg is the qui kest. Fly her before two o'clock and she tries to get hack in time to go on her nest at 3:30 to relieve the male, which has been on

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Since the days

of Webster, Clay and Calhoun men of more massive minds and brilliant qualities of statesmanship have not appeared in American politics. One or the otherwill be nominated.' What else did you ask him?" continued the editor. "He didn't give.me a chance of saying anything. He grabbed me by the shoulders, and Eaid if I didn't eet,out pretty blanked quick he would throw me out?" 'm:» "And what did you do "Igotout.""Hum! Well, never mind.' Add this- 'Other matters of less import ance were discussed, and after many warm expressions of esteem for the Evening Journal, the reporter withdrew.' "Do you catch on?" said the city editor. "Yes." "Very well. Remove your table away from the-sporting editor, for you're liable to grow dissipated with ais breath, and write this matter up in good style, and we will raise your salary $5 a week."

THE LIME-KILN CLCtf. C'.'y:

Detroit Free Press. IV "Heah am a letter which axes me to make sartin explanashuns," began the president, as he took his place on the platform. "I answer de varus queshuns follows, an' if Chokeroot Harkins draps his umbrella agin de stove an' fills dis room wid de odor of burnin' cotton again he will be inwited to take a seat out door: "Dis club am pledged to no pertiekler sort o' religion. "We has no pollyticks as a club, but as individuals we put on slips in favor of honest and respectable men. It am so seldom dat we find honest, respectable men running for oflihsweber, dat mos' of us stay home on 'leckshun day to clean out de cistern or repair de pig pen.

doan' split our froats

shoutin' agin Mormonism, we am ready to contribute to its suppreshun wid men an' money. If dar am any one pertickler thing which dis kentry orter be ashamed of it am diB blotch upon decency. "Our aim am to-elevate de cullud race. If de race ain't fo' pegs higher in matters of science, philosophy, economy an' art dan it was five v'ars ago it ain't our fault. "We has no partnership wid Congre3hunal or legislative bodies, an' we enter into no alliance wid odder clubs or societies.

We believe in a hereafter, charge seventy-five fen ts for whitewashin' an ordinary ceilin', an' any pusson desirin' stoves blacked in de moas' conduciver manner should giye de job to a member of the Lime-Kiln Club. Let us now purceed."

Samuel Shin then presented the petition of Liveforever Smith, a colored reaidenkof Detroit, but not a member of the Lime-Kiln club, who desired the club to indorse his application for a pension from the government for injuries received during the war. "Brudder Shin," sternly replied the president, "you raise the winder an'

Irop dat paper intode alley." Samuel obeyed. "Now, sah, I want to say to yon an to all odder members, dat dis club am not workin' de pension racket. Dp man who went to wall an' was crippled an' disabled desarves recompense at de bands of his gov'ment, an' has probably had it fur y'ars past. De pension biziness of to-day am fo'-fifth swindle an' one-fifth claim agent. Uncle Sam pays ebery dollar dat he owes to his defenders, an' an applicashun at die day should be regarded wid astonishment if not suspishun. We doan' as siet any man, black or white, to make out dat twenty y'ars arter he come bade from wan he suddenly falls lame from havin' slept on de ground. Let us now blow out de lampa an' go home."

WHY HE PS8SBD HIM.

Merehan Traveler. The superintendent c/t a certain railroad called up a conductor one day said to him: "So, sir, I understand you passed a man over our line recently on your

own authority. Ia 4t true, air? "Yea, air, ilia,"

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£. Doh't-yan kno% »ir, that "Were violating the regulatio &s "Yes." "Then sir, why did you do it, 1 should like to ask "Well, captain, yon see, I got so dang loneeome riding back and forth every day all by myself, that I gave a friend of mine a pasB just for company."

Thexonaactar was looking for a job the next day. nmiKBBIKF.

An Indiana family that uses blaek tea because they are in mourning are probably as

sincere

mourners as though

they wore crape on their hats.—Peck's 8un. "Don't," said Tawmus, "don't throw that aw.ay it's something I am very proud of. "It's only an old tailor's bill." "Yes, but it's paid."—Boston Post.

A man named Stawking is to be hanged in Canada in January. Why don the Canucks have some style about them and bang up their Stawking Christmas ?—Bismarck Tribune.

Many hotel servants are now complaining of the wretched quality of food given to them. We don't blame them one bit if they have to live on the same stuff that is served to the guests.—Lowell Citiaen. "No," said George Henry, "I didn't go there to court the girl, only called in occasionally to pass ^the nine, ^ou

tance in the reporter's utterance, "What did he say?" 'Said he would see me in Hades first "Caesar's ghost! what is that?" gives quickness of perception, Rnd we he would see me Hades ,»0-*hnt foot illnntratarl in this: A "Said first." "Did you tell him that you wanted to interview him on the tariff?" "Yes.". "Did you tell him what pap$ry0u belonged to?" "I aid." "What did he eay T" "Said he didn't give a blank for this paper or any other blanked paper." "Well, what are you going to write?" "Nothing." "Sit down. I see that you are not posted. Write what I tell you. Ready "YeS" 'Last evening a reporter waited upon General puffer at the Russell house. The gentleman was found in his private room, and when the reporter stated his errand the general arose from his seat and, extending his hand, remarked that it always gave him pleasure to express his opinions through the medium of this paper. On being approached on the subject of tariff, General Duffer said that he had not considered the matter sufficiently to give his views at present.' Got that all down?" "Yes sir." "Did'you ask him about-the presidential candidates?" "I asked him what he thought of Butler." "And he said" "Said that Butler was a bald-headed, cock-eyed snooaer, And ought to have been hanged long ago." "Did you "speak of Arthur? "Yes. He said Arthur was a dude and scoundrel." "Very well, write as follows: In regard to the presidential question the general said he was unprepared to express an opinion. On being pressed, however, he s- ud that he did not think very highly of Butler and thought his^ friends ought to urge him to renounce' politics forever. He coilBidered Arthur's chances very poor on account of the political company he kept previous to his elevation to the presidency.' "How did he say he regarded the prospective candidacy of Rich and Stockbridge for the nomination for governor "Stood no more chance for the nomination than Jimmy Duck or the Sweet Singer of Michigan." "Very well, put it this way: 'Gen

ton Transcript. A woman's brain is of finer than that of a man. Fineness of brain

see -th'at fact illustrated* in this: A woman can tell what another woman has got on at a glance, whereas a man might study the matter a year, and be no Wiser.—[Sotnerville Journal.

Charley wanted to give Clara a Christmas present, but couldn't make up his mind what it should be so the next time he called he frankly told her the difficulty he was laboring under. "Want to make me a present, Charley!" Clara exclaimed, in well-disguised astonishment. "Why, Charley, you forget yourself." Charley took the hint, and offered himself on the spot.—[Oil City Derrick.

A PAINFUIi ACCIDENT.

An Kntlre Growth of Whlskara Torn from a Man'm Chin, Together with tbe Fleah. Cincinnati Commercial Gaaette.

Henry Felkamp is a cutter in the employ of a firm of wholesale clothiere, on the corner of Yineand Pearl streets. He is, or rather was, the possessor of a magnificent beard fifteen' "inches long. Monday mprning a spring on the cutting machine of the establishment broke and flew under a table near the rapidly revolving shaft of the machine.

Mr. Felkamp stooped and reached under the table for the spring, when suddenly the shaft caught his long beard. In an instant the beard was wrapped tightly around- the revolving shaft, which threatened to dash his head to pieces in the machinery. Mr. Felkamp, with the desperation. of a doomed man, threw out his hands and bracing himself against the machinery, pulled with all his strength against fate. His arms were stronger than his chin, and by main force he extricated himself by pulling the flesh off thp greater part of his chin. Apart of the whiskers broke oil', some were pulled out by the roots, but his lower hp and the flesh of his-chin were literally torn ofl, exposing the gums of his lower jaw.

He then called for help, before his associates knew that an accident had occurred. The proprietors and employes of the firm exerted themselves to their utmost when they found what a. terrible, fate bad befallen their respected comrade, but the telephone was called upon unsuccessfully for some time in attempts to summon physicians. One finally arrived and put the lacerated flesh back over the wound and sewed it fast with ten or twelve stitches In the meantime the victim never uttered a groan, but endured the surgical operation, which was scarcely less painful than the accident, with wonderful fortitude. His handsome whiskers are a total loes, and all that remained of them he wrapped in paper and carried home in his pocket. He was taken in a hack to his home.

Snakes by the Hundred. Philadelphia Record. The lot at Adams and Tulpehocken streets, Germantown, Pa., is owned by Thomas Shoemaker. Mr. Shoemaker recently determined to have the lot put Buch shape as would attract a purchaser. The lot was plowed up and men put to work carting oft a large pile of dirt about 100 feet square and several feet high to various parts of the lot. This dirt had been hauled from a swamp twenty-five years ago, and wan intended for top soiling. As one of the diggers worked at this pile he discovered two small garter snakes in a semi-torpid condition, which he killed. Upon throwing out another shovelful of dirt an immense nest of the reptiles was disclosed. In all there were fiftytwo. Most of them were in a torrid state, but the largest—about a yard ong—retained sufficient vitality to wind itself around the leg of one of the cartmen, greatly to his horror. When found, the reptiles were tangled up almost in the shape of a ball, and looked like aquanti'y of small-dirty rubber pipes, twisted together in a fantastic manner. Most of them were killed, but Mr. Topley put a number in a large tin pan in the sun, and when he returned to take his prize away, he found that the snakes had been revived by the warmth and had squirmed about so vigorously as to push ofl the cover and escape. However, he hd no occasion to mourn his loss, for before the day was over, there were new snake discoveries, and four or five other nests yielded over 300 of them, in sise from three inches to three feof, or more or less torpid. At the close 01 the second day 450 snakes had been taken out, all of which were killed.

In all tliere were about 650 snakes taken out of the dirt pile, none of them being found at a greater depth than two feet. They wero pronounced to be all garter snakes. Many of them were a yard long and an inch and a half in diameter. No snakes were found in anv part of the lot except wlieie the old swamp dirt had been deposited, and it is the prevailing opinion that, the snakes have been breeding and increasing for a quarter a century. of -The Ox

Sullivan in Colorado Story. Gunnison News Democrat.. Vv "Mr. Su'livan," said the reporter, have you ever met Mr. Fox's new man, Jack Connelly 'No, I never have but I suppose I shall Bee him in Leadville." "And when you meet him suggested tbe reporter. "That will be the last you will hear of him," said the champion, filling in the sentence. 'For some time past the press has been generally exercised over the re port that you intended to knock down an ox with one blow. What about that?"

There is nothing in that at all. A conversation on the subject came up in my taloon in Boston some time ago The papers got hold of it, and.it went from one end of the country to the other in every conceivable form. It js all nonsense. "It is said that yon are about to retire from the prise ring-

Yes, this is my last trip. I am going around the world now, and am prepared to meet any man living. After this trip is over I am done with the ring."

Csptain Long, an arial jumper, who attempted to jump from the Brooklyn

bridge on May 30,1880, and vented, will, it is said,

eompliah the feat for a

jakpabt e,

WHA? WB FAY OUR ApfOM.

Prices P*ld to Pl«yer»—

Wbat Operatic Artist* Oat—No Artlstl« Standard if Price—A Player Worth AU H* Can Get—The Dress Initially and 'Haw It Works. New York World, i': "How much money can a successful artist make a week "Well," said the dramatic agent "then? is po litnit to the amQunt that 1 successful artist can make, but success runs all the way from Lillian Russell,

to even good business in New York. 'erry. There are half a irs here willing to star

ng as wen as wneu

How much does a leading man like*' Mr: Lewis Morrison get?1' "He ranges from $150 a week to$200, and Plympton the same. But the maximum depends on how mnch they are wanted." "Then a woman who has only trivial duties to perform in a stock company can get a nigber salary than she can at any other business?" "I don't know. what salaries are in other businesses. But a good utility woman csn command from $30 to $40 a week. The salaries range down from that to the chorus and ballet aupera—$15, $10 and $5a week.

fiI

suppose the personal expenses of actresses must be pretty large—I mean for dreasea."

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of $600

unusual fig-

$4,000 for adranarenot nrea 'Then an actress who

mtmrnm

1 her manager to

"Oh, no. She gets make afi advance for d. •'Andjhe generally does?" "Yes. if he has the cash."

The dress question has let in a whole lot of women who base their engagements entirely on dresses. They drive op to a manager's office with a travel ing van and ask him out to inspect their wardrobe. There was a burst of wardrobe women some seasons ago,

when Bessie Darling and Mrs. Pome- ty, Ohio roy and half a score of then blazed pre, 7

t\ ii! 1 1 AAA a MAAL ffriA. Awf+fj* WAfl

Patti, who makes $10,000 a week. Success has a very wide margin." "Well, can't you average it? What ig a good leading lady—I believe that' what you call 'em—worth?" "She's Worth all she can get, as a rule. She" ranges from $50 to $250. Miss Weaver, of Booth's company, let us say, gets $75 a week, and Miss Sara Jewett, at 8tetson's, gets $150 a week. They are both leading, but when it comes to money, one leads the other." "When Jewett started out with Edgar she was to get $3,000. You see, a woman is worth to a manager all that she will draw. The question of intrinsic worth doesn't enter into his calculations. Some of them are called gems and diamonds of the purest water by your newspaper people, But that's pure rhetoric. A diamond has a fixed value, but there is nothing in the world that fluctuates so much as a a -woman's commercial value on the stage. I've known it to go up 200 per cent, in a night, and I've known it to fall off that amount in & week." "From what causes?" "Accidents. -The ability didn't vary, but tbe demand did. Sne gets cast in play that doesn't fit her she makes two or three mistakes she is mismanaged, and down she goes. The fact is there is nothing in the world so factitious as the price of an artist, and it never bears any relation to her ability." "What does it bear relation to?" "To her face, her vogue, her celebrity, the amount of space she occupies in the papers and the kind of personal agent she hires. Look at Kate Claxton. She is one of the best paying attractions now on the stage. But she does not rank at all as an actress. A fire made her. Look at RoseEytinge, conceded by managers and critics to be one if not the best general leading women we have got .She cannot play to even good be Look at Ellen Tl score of maBaierS her at her own terms, but there is Ada Rehan, at Day 's, who can do the same business and is' younger and fresher, who gets a hundred a week. When Prescott got through playing Emilia to Salvini's Othello she wanted $300 a week. But down went her price as Salvini faded from view." 'iWhat do you estimate Langtry's ability to be?" "It's a pretty hard thing to estimate.' "Oh, well, I mean how does she rank as.an actress alongside of Clara Morrir and Rose Eytinge and Miss Wain wright?"

iew ouier ioreign stars,

who gets about $160 a week, to Adelina garments brought into existence the

THOUGHT THEY HAD BURIED ,HIM.

a lodging house at 299 that his friends could not be found resulted in

,J, i_ ii.„

John Brown said last night that he would inform the authorities to-day of the remarkable occurrence. He would lik*to find hf^-oays, whose Corpse it was he buried. James Brown says, on his part, that he has settled down in the city permanently to prevent another such mistake upsetting- his brother's ho asehold.

A Royal Billiard Player.

i, well, I mean how does she rank delighted to honor billiard players who actress alongside of Clara Morris

"In my opinion she does not rank at ere,, but who, at tl»e same time, professed inability to beat the king. Chamillart rose to be first minister by suffering himself to be defeated each llicrc is uuiuico has received the highest salary ever time he had the Grand Monarch for an opponent. It was in the reign of

all "Well, she makes more money than all of them." "There is Mr. Charles Coghlan, who

paid to a leading member of a stock company—let us say double that which anybody else has received. Do you

anyDoay eise nas rectsiveu. juu think he possesses double the amount rolled on green baiae in France mmfiRtv was a Gluttonous eator.

_D_ lOUlS Achilles against

If you want her to

bub bmuwu

—r

"Speaking of singers, I suppose they latter when she had lost patience.

reacli much higher figures than actors?" "Yes, on salaries. The largest sums ever paid to a single company in thiB country have been paid by Mr. Henry E. Abbey." "Do you know the. salaries paid to the operatic artists?" "I can approximate it. You take your pencil: "There's Patti gets $5,000 a night and, according to contract, is to sing twice a week if wanted. Nilsson, let us say, gets $2,000 a night and Sembrich $1,600 Geifcter, $1,200 a night. You can't find anything like this on the dramatic salary list. The other artists in Mr. Abbey's or Mr. Mapleson's company get paid by the month. For example: Scalchi gets, let us say, $5,000 Trebelli. $3,000: Campanini, $8,000 Stagno, $8,000 Valleria.^.OOO, and Fursch-Madi, $3,000." "Do these artiBta become independent?" "As a rule, tuccesaful singers do. In that respect they are different from actors, and more provident. An actress rarely taves mon^y. A singer nearly always does. A singer is subject to more contingencies and has to be more particular. She knows that qhe is liable to lose her voice or her figure, and when one or the other goes she has to take to teaching." "But how can an impresario make any money at such salaries "Impresarios, as a genetal thing, have two factors to deal with. The dramatic manager only has one He deals with the public, but the impresario deals with the public and the stockholders. "He goes into his fight with a guarantee. Between the two of them ho always hopes to come out with reputation and some money." "Bat seldom does?" V' •'Alas'. Seldom iq a word that fails to express the situation. The amount of money made by Italian operas in America would not pay Patti's salary for one month." "But somebody pays?" "Yes, the public help to keep the expenses down and the stockholders pay —or promise to pay." '"Please to 'come back to salaries.

Louis XVIII. was also a billiardplayer until his obesity hindered him from getting near enough to the table to be masterof cue. Under the empire, publicans were encouraged by mmislsters of the interior to democratize what had been for nearly 200 years a noisy game. By its noisiness and the space the table and players occupied, it prevented villagers crowding into wine shops to talk politics. In old court times, French ladies were among the best billiard-players. I have seen, in an old curiosity shop,. a stay-maker's sign-board, in which the tradeswoman wno hung it out claimed to make corthe action cue.

it out claimed

sets whicE did not hamper of the muscles in

UBing

the

A Thoughtful Husband.

Detroit Free Press. A Detroit lady who is subject to heart disease took tea last Sunday with a neighbor, and while sitting at table her husband rushed in without a hat and in his shirt sleeves: "Be calm," he exclaimed hurriedly to his wife "don't excite yourself you know you can't stand excitement, and it might be worse." "Good heavens," cried his wife, "the children It-" "They're all right! Now, Mary, don't get excited. Keep calm and cool it can't be helped now we must bear those visitations of Providence with philosophy!" "Then it's mother!" gasped bis wife. "Your mother's safe get on your things, but don't hurry or worry. It's too late to be of any use, but I'll fly back and Bee what I can do. I only came to tell you not to get excited." "For mercy sake!" implored the almost fainting woman, "tell me the worst 1'^ "Well, if you will have it, the consequences be on your own head, Mary. I've tried to prepare you, and if you will know—don't excite yourself—try and» survive—but our chimney's on fire, and the whole department and all the neighbors are in our front yard

She survived. ft-*

Tbe Danger of Painting China Detroit Free Press. "Every time I look at this china," said one of the physicians who visited the Pittsburg Homoepathic Hospital fair, "I think of how the girls have suffered. Lavender oil and turpentine are used in working on china." Everybody knows what turpentine is, and the odor Of lavender oil is a combination of all that is vile. The fumes of these liquids in a close room aniount to a poison that few girls can with and ["stand. I know of a dozen' young ladies who have almost become physical

wrecks through the china craze, have lost their beauty and animation, and 1 will be glad when two danbs of paint

$3,000 and on a tea cup will no longer be thought its charming.' en

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Hdea

TWBHTT-POUB HOURS' SR.

wfdow riftdiBf

female dramatic critic who wrote uu

FRAY

actresses, like Clara Morris, have shown wouW inform her of the whereaboute

that elegance of costumeS not always «*t in case of his death she would

necessary when there is a dramatic to loofc to» it tie neg ability, and the new order of melo- lected to do this, and abouta week ago dramadOes not give the same^oppor- pitm?natKrn ofX^hi tunity to the dressmaker that 'the French society play did.

crram bacr were found, contai

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Paris Letter London Truth. Had Yignaux lived in the seventeenth century, he might have risen to the prime minister. Louis Quatorze

i. for anv length of time could go on for any length of time making carroms againBt brilliant play-

Ludovico Magnus that billiards first His

of ability'? You see these things can not be scheduled on an artistic basis. They are purely commercial matters. I have seen a girl who was getting $15 a week make a great hit in a email part, get a lot of good notices in the press the next morning, and then demand $75 a week and get it. I have seen women who could not get $10 a week in any company "strike somebody with a play, and somebody else with a little capital, start out on. the road, and after hammering away for awhile, make several thousand'dollars. But these are rare exceptions. There's not oqe. woman in 500 who ever makes money for herself. As a rule actresses are worse managers, even for themselves, than actors are." "To come back to salaries, do not ordinary theatrical salaries run from $40 to.$75 a week?" "Yes, for people that can be easily got. The more reputation, the more salary." "Do you mean good or bad reputation?" "Well, commercially, thats of comparatively little consequence. The more the press assailed Langtry the more money she made. As a rule, a divorce suit is equivalent to an advance of 25 per cent, in salaries—I mean for women. When Emma Abbott started out she shook a Plymouth church flag, but her menced to work the the more the western papo™ «uacu ,, about it the mere the people wanted to and gained easy victories. In his old r. She used to get $1,000 a year age Louis XV. see her. —. when she started sing at a pay her sing as

iUUvU VU aaa

majesty was a gluttonous eator, and as he wore high-heeled shoes and beribboned garmants, he could not trudge over hill and dale, gun in hand, in tbe shooting season. He rode in a carriage when ne followed a stag-hunt. Heavy eating, and no exercise te. speak of, irritated his peccant humors. Fagon aid not dare to try the effects of his medicines on so illustrious a personage, and was afraid to tell him disagreeable truths. I would not have done for him to say, •'You eat too much, sire, and walk too little." But he had the ingenious idea to hand him a billiard cue, and to tell him that it was "a lance of Achilles, which would soon vanquish bite .nd spleen." The king risked a pun on the occasion: "If what I am told," he said, "be true, I shall return to a state of nature and 'ne plus me separer de ma queue.'" He was a man of bis word. On rising from the table, the first thing he did was to seize his billiard-cue and play interminable games with -Madame de Montespan. Her eclipse was not so much due to the art of her rival, Madame Scarron, as to her own want of tact in allowing courtiers to judge of hef superiority over the king at the billiard table. His Majesty at first staked church livings, military grades, civil functions, against money. But

$50, and" kept the" $20 found in tbe ,gr «n bag were found, containing gold narrowing of the thoracic duct, a dead man's effects, believing that it silver, and when it had all been trouble with which other members of belonged to his brother. counted the total amount figured up his family were affected. His face and

Several days ago one of John over $213,900. The widow was over- neck were emaciated like the Brown's workmen, who knew of the her statemenUo the cor- his body, and burial, was staggered JameB Brown alive toward a big box factory in West Twenty-second street. James learned then for the first time that he was supposed to be dead and in his grave. He hurried to 319 West Forty-seventh Btreet and undeceived his relatives.

her prayers.

Ww^?T

•913,000 Which Her

Hnxbanri Had Hidden Before His Death. Boston .Special.

rj?- O., says: /'HarrisonRamon lived for fonndin all the surrounding There was a burst of try- were maris

m&n7

roy and half a score of then blazed property, most of which was in cash. tree. When the evidence waa all in their way into notoriety with diamonds He would not trust his money to the

and dresses. Then came Modjeska ... ,,, .. .,. speeches, fa 1 of force wit »nt », a few other foreign stars, whose keeping or a bank, but hid about his

fg. iiftiTJBOa JK&ID011 uvea 10r mi uie Burronnding coun* yearn in Hinckley, Medina couna,(i!,urors'a°d the case was hio, and amassed considerable row on the groundjn the shadeWthe

f4.,pre.^

80Pa

,atic know where to look foa ite He neg- borhood as Lincoln^.''

James Brown, a carpenter, spent last Wednesday she prayed all day and arrangements have in«t hpon^ Fourth of July with his brother John, aU night. On Thursday morning

a builder, who lives at 319 West Fortyseventh street. Several weeks later John Brown read in the newspapers expe^tionThe knock'ed" over one of tem examination tofindoVt impossible that a man who had given his name as the hives, disclosing to her view the ,. possime James Brown had been found dead in top of a bench with a pile. of green-

was impelled icn stood

she hives, whicr.

found dead in topoia oencn wiin a pile of green-

Rawai-v and badtt of large denominations upon

He hurried to the place, and saw that In the afternoon oneof the family drop- the present they can't have it till I the dead man answered his brother's P®^ bunch of keys through the get through with it. My body will be .. barn floor, which necessitated taking preserved in the museum there an thatdescription in every particular, even to

having a scar over his right eye, two young man put his hand down he seum. Edson died at the age of fortyfront teeth missing, and a scar on his left struck a half-gallon fruit jar, which he five, weighing only forty-five pounds, leg. He buried the body in the New pulled out to find partly filled with The doctors, when they cut him open, York Bay cemetery at an expense of gold pieces. Other je

who knew of the Joyea,ana ner statement io mo t-ur- m» uuuy, ana mine are not, so my sred by meeting respondent said she believed that the thinness is probably due to something and well hurrving discoveries were in ^direct answer to else. The physicians pronounce it to tlr-J? her nravera." be an extreme case of nrocrresnirn miia-

A Lakeside Musing

Chicago Tribune. "Merry Christmas, papa!" A sweet face, wreathed in the funniest of smiles, and whose peachy bloom was rendered still more beautiful by a pair of dark brown eyes that sparkled like diamonds, looked roguishly over the bannisters as these words were spoken, and before the one to whom' they were addressed could reply a pair of plump white arms were thrown around his neck, and the little bead with its mass of fluffy golden hair was nestling on his breast.

Harold Setback, man of the world though he was, and absorbed with the cares of a business which seemed to engross all his time, loved his only child with a great three-story-and-base-ment love that at times became a passionate adoration. All his hopes, ambitions and successes were wrapped up in her happiness, and a look of care on Beryl's face or a trace of sadness'in the big brown eyes £hat were

those of her dead mother, on whose grave the snow was falling so silently this Christmas morning, meant to him an absolute pain, a pain that was not to be banished until tbe pretty face was wreathed in smiles again and the

brown eyes laughing aB before. "A merry Christmas, indeed, my darling," said Mr. Setback, bending over and kissing the rosebud mouth that was upturned to his. "Why should I not be happy I have health, wealth, a pleasant home, and, a'ove Sill, I have you, my precious one "But, papa," interposed the girl, blushing as she spoke, "have yon never thought that we may not be always together—that perhaps some day there may come one who "My child!" exclaimed the banker in tones that were half tender, half reproachful. "Does my little girl mean to tell me that the wicked little archer has pierced her heart with an arrow from his quiver? Does she mean to say that while my eyes have been closed in ignorance some one has been teaching her the old, old lesson, always so easy to learn—the lesson that 'Stop!" said Beryl, in an imperious and almost whoa-Emm# tone, "and come with me into the library

They stepped into the apartment, and after Beryl had seated herself at the piano and played a few bars from Beethoven's ninth symphony in order to clear the neighborhood of beggars and organ-grinders, she cuddled herself up cozily on a hassock beside her

f&tfa Gf

wieldeu the lance'of the Du .Barry. The

'Yes, papa," she began, "I am in love—nay, more than that, I have plighted my troth." "How much did yotI get on it?" asked the banker. "You misunderstand me," replied Beryl. "I have pledged myself to become the bride of the only man I can ever love—Arthur Ainsleigh." "What!" almost shouted the banker, "that dry-goods clerk?" "Yes, was the reply, in clear, reso nant tones. "I love him, and, despite your sneers, I shall marry him. It is no crime for a man to be a dry goods clcrk." 'No," said Mr. Setback, thoughtfully, "but it ought to be," and for a moment silence fell between them.

The father was the first to speak. "1 do not care for wealth," he said.

band is considered, and I could over look bis paper-on-the-wall pants, but Arthur Ainsleigh is a debauchee." 'Tis false," cried the girl. "Provt your words to be true and I will renounce him forever, but should you not do so, I will fulfill my promise to him at once." "I accept the teat," was the reply, and, kissing his daughter fondly, Harold Setback left the house.

"SoT can have the detective?" "Yes. One of our best men will ingratiate himself with this young marof whom you have spoken, and if ht has the slightest tendency toward dis sipation he is lost" •'Verv well," said the banker, "Good day." "Good day." »1

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Lincoln Pleading Under tbe Trees A correspondent of the Springfield, (111.) State Journal tells this story of Abraham Lincoln: "About four miles north of "Mount Pulaski,1 on the farm of Joseph Beam, stands a white oak tree which once served »sa temple

^r|[T_ DUIIv »u

•k fewnent'a rights were encroach

odTnpon by a dam, built

fer Spence

of the dan below

"Enough! This is horrible." Beryl Setback speaks almost apueryi otsvosen w* i__.„ pealingly to her father as she stands claim? said the polite lawer. _!jl vT_ „:irt "Woli wna hlluhted I01

with him in front of a gilded haunt o! vice and bsholds Arthur Ainsleijfl1 leaning against the bar in a Bt&te ot beastly intoxication—he whom sht had loved with such paslonate f?rvoi that at t'mes she forgot about hei corn. "Let us go away, papa," sht 3aid in tones that were almost a sob

I shall never Bee him again."

"How much is your bill The detective stood by the bankerS desk. "Five dollars for my time," h» said. "But were there no other expenses He seemed very far gone when I saw him" "Oh, yes," replied the detective: "forty cents for tnat part of it. I had to buy two lemonades and a package of cigaretts before he was fall enough to have the young lady see him.'j

few miles The water up to til*

™n'

wheel.

8Elt

to a a

ose aotes and ridicule TW Vi0i kI, the ownpremises, keeping the hiding-place ated a short time and brought in I

dot

em- 1

the case,

th !840- A justice of— the pffi vfe_

the peace, fresh from ubbl ice, of he be 1

the prairie, and bubbling over with and native justice, played the nart

hi9

law and nat

A special to the Globe from Akron, of judge. Twelve of the best men tn

anec-

es and ridicule ilSlw

a secret even from his own fem- diet in favor of Lincoln's client and

secret even irom ms own rem- un-uu nTor 01 Lincoln's client and

WD |j fl2lOrt timn anA Ka Kla P^OnOUIlCCfi t}lA IftWnv rv ah

their and— told how much jjy short time ago he told his Pronunced the lower dam an enAt present there in a decline in the wile that he h«l hidden about ^),000 case gave LincolnT'hisl^place'fn Dub° dress business. A few independent

n?°n.e? an£

lie estimation in that locality a nn«i"

rion which

an examination of his papers showed that he had $335,000 in money all hidden about his premises. The most thorough search failed to reveal um, ana nas Deen the hiding place, and the reduced by atrophy to forty pounds widow began to dlspaii. Then weight, says in regard to a rumVr that was impressed with the no- ,. »rumor mat tion that if she prayed with faith the

Carpenter Jamei Brown, Suppoied to be Dead, Call* on ilia Relatives. New York Sun. new lonsoun. where JJie money was hidden. On lege: "Yes, the story is true and all

to go to the on a bench

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The Living Skeleton

Hartford Times,

Isaac S. Sprague, the living skeleton, who is forty years old, and has been

gJven hla

body

Lord would direct her to the place science to the Harvard Medical Colwhere JJie money was hidden. On lege: "Yes, the story is true and all

the interest

ncomPlet-

I have agreed that when I die they shall have my body they will

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the iiouse, and in the excitement of first cut it open and make a post mor Of tp.m ATiminnliAn :li

8_°.^:,the,n

ttie

v! search under the other hives museum of the college where it will renot be found resulted in finding a total cf $15,000 main, but I'm goingto need it myself for

plunk to find them, and when the of Calvin Edson is in the Albany Mu-

in expense oi —jars and a found that his thinness was caused by

^wiU put

tnen they will put

hody in alcohol and place it in the

rest of

pronounce n, tu

be an extreme case of progressive muscular atrophy. It has been going on for thirty years, while the longest other case on record is that of a man who died after having the complaint for ten years."

Sprague is in a very feebie condition, ana it is believed that he cannot live much longer.

Tramp Life.

Tramp life, as actually enjoyed by a man who was once a business man in New York, was described to a Rocky Mountain News reporter. The tramp's father, aNew York state farmer, sent the boy to New York oity, where he went into business. Some years later the young man married his partner's wife's sister. The partner absconded with the firm's means the tramp that is fell in love with an actress, and ran away with her then his wife and children died and his father was bankrupted. and the son went to Chicago, but could not find employment. He pushed on to Leadville and got a job, but lost it, and th§n tramped to Denver, and there resolved to do no more work, work being, in his view, slavery. He said: "I don't often aBk for money I've got clothes, and I get my board nobody gets much more. My philosophy is, 'Don't worry don't fret.' What have I to get low-spirited about? I get the air that's free and the water that'e free, and eating?—well, I live. I usually carry about $20 in my pocket. You can't vag a man with $20 as a visible means of support. I don't trouble anybody, I don't drink, and I never steal anything. The police never trouble me, and 1 usually find some place to aleep/'

Well-Known Ladies With Small Feet. Ben: Perley Poore.

For some years the wife of the Hon. E. B. Washburne, afterward American minister at Paris, was regarded us the possessor of the most diminutive as well as the best shaped foot in Washington. Then came Mrs. Grant, who carried, off i,he palm victoriously, and wore number ones comfortably. Mrs. Belknap's foot has often been referred to as a model of beauty, and as being remarkably small for a woman of her form, and Mrs. Architect Mullet who is quite petite in form, only requires a number twelve misses' size, and Mme. Bergmann-Lawton, who is of medium height, wears a number twelve-and-half misses' size. She haa her footgear made at Brussels, and her shoemaker wrote her just before the Philadelphwr-ceiitennial, asking her permission to make some shoes on her fast for exhibition, as he regarded her foot as not only the smallest possessed by any of his customers, but as the most perfectly proportioned he had ever measured.

He Should Give RoweTI a Tarn. The Lewiston Journal

Bays

that a

Mr. Welch, of Casco, ran to Oxford, twelve miles, in two hours, with overcoat and cowhide boota on. After running around the square there for a few times to show them "how kinky be was," he ran back, not walking a step or resting during his twenty-four-mile run. H? is a very singular man."* He has run from Ci to Lewiston, twenty-one ^niles and back, several times. He takes a long, steady lope, which he can keep up for

Lewiston, he was overtaken by a man in a sleigh, who. asked him to ride. "I'm in a hurry—can't stop to nde, growled Welch. Stung by this insult to his good horse, the man whipped up, and for ten miles tried in vam to pass this wonderful runner then the norse gave out, but Welch kept right on, his long, tireless lope fairly devouring the road before him.

One Hundred Dollars Per Blight.^ New York World. j® A young lady in Ulster dountycalled at a lawyer's office in Kings-' ton jjestorday and asked to have suit begun against a former lover for breach of promise. "He promised to marry me four times," she said, "but he baen kept his word, and my affections are all blighted."

How much damage do you wish to

"Well. I was blighted four times, and I think $100 a blight is none tof much."

So suit was entered at $400 damages for four blights. Why Clara Was so Very UnhappyTexas Sittings, "O, Clara," be said, "how I have longed for this happy hour, when we two should sup together alone. Haven you also longed, Clara. ~i "Yes. very mnch. "And why, darling, haven you longed? Do you really think so.

-2S, yes, Henry,. I do think everything of"—"Everything in the world of these"— "These happy, blissful moments '•No, these oysters. They re tne first I've h«d chance to bite into since last falL*ry

The'New

York Times says the busi

ness depression is in small profits rather than losses. One million cattle will be plated en cattle rancbeson the Cherokeestrjp by the 1st of April

Boston has twelve hundred lawyer#, or cne to every three hundred and thirty people.

"Smoky chimneys" are put down ak^ a cause of mortality in London statia ties.