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THE BLIZZARD RAGES
The Storm General All Over the United States.
REPORTS FROM VARIOUS PLACES.
Chill Winds Are Blowing With Prospects of Still Colder Weather in Many Locali-ties-All Traffic Greatly Delayed and
Crippled—Both Continents in Boreas' Grasp. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8.—Predictions of
the coldest weather in this section for years has proven true. The thermometer is stationary, with the prospect that the temperature will remain below zero. At 10 it had reached 12 below here, while out in the country, the 17 degree mark was registered.
Railway time tables have been knocked to pieces. All trains are late, and many are imbedded in great piles of snow and sand. All day long a 50-mile-an-hour gale blew from the northwest, piling the sand and snow in the cuts and making an obstruction that was in most cases impossible to penetrate. Nothing has been heard from the Missouri Pacific train from Denver, while the Rock Island train from Denver was abandoned. The Santa Fe No. 2 from the west was reported to be six hours late.
The Southern Kansas Sante Fe train is in a snowdrift somewhere out on the prairies, and it is not known when it will reach the city. The St. Louis and Chicago trains, on the Hannibal railway, due at 8 o'clock this morning, are having a battle with snow, The time of their arrival was marked, indefinite. The Memphis passenger train was seven hours late". The Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train, due here this morning, is engulfed in a snowdrift near Parkersville, Kan.
The brunt of the storm is still felt in western Kansas where the farmers are least able to battle with it. Though great suffering is caused, no deaths are reported. At Concordia, Kan., it was 17 below zero. At Wichita 14, and at Dodge City 16 below. In some localities, especially in the river bottoms, the storm was so heavily laden with sand that lamps had to be lighted in order to gee.
Wild Beast Made Desperate. LITTLE ROCK, Feb. 8.—The coldest
weather ever known in Arkansas in the month of February is being experienced here, the thermometer registering 2.2 below zero, and the local forecaster predicts a still greater fall in the temperature.
In the country -wild beasts have been made desperate, and many tales of adventure are reaching this city. Near Danville, in Yell county, while Mrs. Baker was at the cowpen milking, a big bear entered her house and made off with her 4-year-old child. Mrs. Baker gave chase with a dog and recovered the child, who had been severely bitten by bruin.
J. W. Ballard, a Green coanty farmer, had a life tussle with a hungry panther while en route home, accompanied by his 13-year-old son, across Cache bottom. The panther sprang upon his mule from a tree near the roadside, and the sudden shock frightened himself and son half to death. After a severe encounter he succeeded in killing the animal, but received several gashes from the panthers teeth.
Wolves, panthers and deer are making night hideous in the bottoms of Saline, Hot Springs, Montgomery and Grant counties, and reports from there say the flocks of sheep of several of the farmers have been greatly decimated from attacks of wolves, while loss in cattle and hogs is enormous. A wagon containing several negroes was chased for two miles across the bottoms in Woodruff county by a pack of wolves, the men only saving themselves by the free use of clubs with which they kept the animals at bay.
Ice Gorge at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The present storm has been unusually severe in Washington. The snow, which commenced to fall yesterday evening, has been coming down steadily until there is now between six and eight inches on the level. An icy wind has been blowing in gusts, and hae drifted the snow badly. The cold has been severe. The thermometer has not gone below zero, but is expected to do so before many hours. Traffic on the river is entirely suspended, and both the aqueduct and long bridges are thought to be in danger, as neither is in good condition. Some fears axe entertained that an ice gorge may form and cause the lower part of the city to be flooded. In 1889 there was over three feet of water on Pennsylvania avenue from a similar cause. Steps will be taken to break up the ice.
As Reported to Chicago.'
CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—Reports received from all over Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin state that the storm is one of the most severe known in many years. The mercury is falling rapidly all over the section named. Southern Illinois reports show much damage to peaches and other fruit crops. From all points come stories of great delay to railroad trains. Wagon roads are blockaded and farmers snowed in. Clinton, la., reports that 13 railroad trains were stuck in snow banks within a radious of 15 miles of that place, 11 of them being Northwestern freights, some of which carried livestock, which suffered greatly.
Florida Feels It.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 8.—Florida 1 is beginning to feel the cold wave, Warm, sunny weather prevailed throughout the state up to noon yesterday, but since then cooler weather is reported from all points. The thermometer in Jacksonville registered 20. The mercury had dropped 40 degrees since afternoon. At Tallahassee icicles afoot long formed in Capital park. Ice is forming in Ocala. The weather bureau predicts a further drop all over the state. High
north and northwest winds prevailed, which will probably prevent much damage to vegetables from cold. 4 -vf
At Zero and Dropping.
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MILWAUKEE, Feb. 8.—Trains on all railroads entering Milwaukee are be- I tween tliree and four hours late owing to the drifting snow. The thermometer is at zero and is dropping. Reports from Beloit, Ashland and other cities in the state indicate that the traffic situation is no better. At Beloit trains on the Milwaukee and the Northwestern roads are blockaded. The drifts are as heavy as sand, and the worst the rail
roads have had to contend with in Wisconsin for many years.
Throughout Nebraska.
OMAHA, Feb. 8.—Drifted snow and sand and the intense cold greatly interfered with the movement of trains in Nebraska. The through train from Billings, Mon., on the Burlington, due here at 11:45 last night, has not yet arrived. No trains have arrived since yesterday morning on the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley road from the Black Hills. All trains on the Union Pacific are delayed and many engines have been "killed" by freezing.
Poor People Suffering.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8.—Reports from points throughout southern Illinois and Missouri indicate that the present spell of weather is the coldest that has prevailed for years. Much suffering is experienced among the poor, and should the weather continue as now the loss on stock to the farmers will be enormous. The thermometer ranges from zero to 20 below, the latter being reached at Moberly, Mo. Drifting snow has blocked trains on many roads.
Blizzard in Texas.
DALLA, Feb. 8.—Blizzard in northern Texas: is simply terrible. No such weather lias been felt in 15 years. At various points in the city and Oakcliff, the thermometer went from 1 to 4 degrees below zero. The wind reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour. There was a scudding snow, which penetrated every opening. Not a single life is reported lost as yet. Business is paralyzed. No one is out save those who are obliged to be.
Freight Kngines Ditched.
PERIIY, O. T.. Feb. 8.—Two Santa Fe freight engines were ditched in a snowdrift 10 miles north of here, near Red Rock yesterday. Near that place, in a cut, the snow drifted for over a hundred yards, to a depth of four or five feet, and both engines were wrecked in an attempt to pass through. Engineer Regin and a fireman were pretty badly hurt. Passenger trains from the north are 24 hours late.
Snow Plows at Work.
HURON, S. D.. Feb. 8.—Snow plows and gangs of men have been sent south and west to lift the railroad blockade. Trains for the south and east left on time, but those going west and north are still here. A Wagner sleeper sidetracked here was •wrecked by the explosion of a hot water reservoir. The concussion startled the town but did no serious damage outside the car.
At Staten Island Quarantine. QUARANTINE, S. I., Feb. 8.—At 5
o'clock last night a severe northeast gale set in, accompanied with snow and sleet, which has increased in force, .and is blowing a hurricane, howling through the naiTows at the rate of 55 miles an hour, with no indications of abatement. The ice in the upper bay arid' narrows extends fnnn shore to shore, solidly packed.
In Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8.—Weather throughout the state is the coldest sinc§ 1886. The mercury here is 18, and 4 above at Shreveport, Monroe, Natchitoches and Homer, while it fell' to zero at Bastrop. Reports from many points in north and central Mississippi report the coldest weather on record, Cornith, 2 Jackson, 4 Holly Springs, 4, all above.
Snowing For 30 Hours.
KNOXVILLE, Feb. 8.—It has been snowing li«re continuously for 30 hours. The snow is from 12 to 15 inches deep on a level. All the street railway lines are tied up, and traffic of all kinds is suspended. The railroads entering here are experiencing much trouble in running trains. There is much suffering from cold and hunger.
In Georgia.
ATLANTA, Feb. 8.—The temperature has been falling slowly with the prospect of it going to zero. Beyond light, but biting wind and occasional snow flurries, no discomfort has been experienced, but the extreme cold, for which the people of this section are ill-pre-pared, has caused a practical paralysis of business.
Coldest Weather in Ten Years. MOBILE, Feb. 8.—The temperature is
16 degrees above zero, the coldest weather in 10 years. Cabbage, peas, beans and other vegetables are killed. The gardeners of Mobile county give up hope of saving anything. The loss will be several hundred thousand dollars.
Blizsard la South Carolina.
COLUMBIA. S. C., Feb. 8.—Specials to The Register report blizzard raging iu upper South Carolina. Piedmont belt is covered with snow and at many points the thermometer is down to zero, something unusual in this state.
In Oklahoma.
GUTHRIE, O. T., Feb. 8.—The worst blizzard for years is raging with great fury. The wind is blowing a hurricane. Intense cold prevails throughout the territory, and much suffering to settlers and stock will result.
Sent the Mercury Down.
KINGSTON, N. Y., Feb. 8.—The blizzard struck this city about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and sent the mercury down on the jump. It is now at zero, with snow driving before a violent northeast wind.
Trains Stalled in Snow Hanks. WINEIELD, Kan., Feb. 8.—The 'Frisco
passenger train, is stalled in a snowbank in the Flint Hills, 20 miles east of here. Several other trains in this vicinity are also stalled. The cold weather is abating.
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Boston's Blizzard.
BOSTON, Feb. 8.—A storm of blizzardlike proportions is raging here. Electric cars are stalled and the snow is piling up. The wind is blowing 35 mileo an hour from the northeast, with no signs of abatement.
In Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Feb 8.—A snowstorm has greatly retarded traffic and trolley cars have much difficulty in mounting the hill streets. Great hardships and difficulties are reported by arriving vessels.
Fifteen Below and Falliug.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. 8.—The mercury registers 15 below and is falling. All passenger trains are from two to eight hours late. Freight traffic has been abandoned.
Kecord Broken.
RALEIGH, Feb. 8.—In point of fierceness and blizzard-like qualities the
weather record here is broken. The thermometer is standing at 8 degrees above zero.
In Virginia.
ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 8.—The thermometer registered 4 degrees below zero. The wind is blowing a hurricane. No streetcars are running and no one is on the streets.
In New York. 5,
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—The thermometer registered 12 degrees above zero. The storm is accompanied by a heavy wind.
At Zero at Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 8.—It is a terribly cold day with a fierce northwest wind blowing a blizzard. Temperature has been falling steadily, and now stands at zero.
Snowing in Connecticut.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 8.—The worst storm since the blizzard of 1888 is raging here. The snow is about 5 inches deep. £.
Coldest of the Season at New Hampshire. HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 8.—Today was
the coldest of the season. The uiercury touched 31 degrees below.
WORSE ABROAD.
The Storm Prevails Throughout the Kastern Hemisphere.
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LONDON, Feb. 8.—The storms which have been so severely impeding traffic recently throughout Great Britain are becoming more severe. The highlands of Scotland are completely isolated and all the railroads are blockaded with snow.
An unknown vessel has foundered off Port Patrick, Scotland, with the loss of seven lives, and a two-masted steamer having white smokestacks with a black band around them is ashore on the Isle of Man.
The river Thames is frozen over at Chelsea and the Scheldt at Antwerp is covered with ice. At Antwerp the thermometer registered 15 degrees below zero, Centigrade, the lowest point recorded for 20 years.
In Wales thousands of people are out of work on account of the severe weather.
People Dying of Starvation. ROME, Feb. 8.—The distress caused by
the winter is more widespread according to The Tribuna than the papers yet reported. At Sambucca alone, 10 children have died of starvation and adults belonging to the same families have not tasted food for several days. Violent snowstorms and gales prevail at Syracuse, Sicily. A number of houses have collapsed owing to the weight of the snow upon their roofs and some of the inhabitants have been injured.
Snow Twenty Feet Deep.
LONDON, Feb. 8.—A dispatch to The Standard from Vienna says that at several stations on tho railway to Fiume, the snow is 20 feet deep. Snowplows are useless. Traffic has been interrupted for the last 10 days. Four persons were frozen to death while on their way to a market town in the province of Bukovina.
Prevailing in Poland.
VIENNA, Feb. 8.—The Mondsee, a lake in the -eastern Alps is covered with ice two feet thick. Advices from Poland are to the effect that wolves,.-made bold by hunger, have attacked villages in herds, carrying off children and domestic animals. The inhabitants are terrorized.
Vessels Blocked in by Ice.
PARIS, Feb. 8.—Vessels seeking refuge in the harbor of Rouen, on the river Seine, find themselves blocked by ice at the entrance. The buoys have been swept away by the ice.
Two Vessels Wrecked.
HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 8.—Dispatches from Cape Breton state that the recent storm along the coast was the heaviest for many years. The schooners New Dominion and Fleetwing, which were anchored at Whitehead, were torn from their moorings and driven to sea. The latter is ashore on Charter island, badly damaged, and the New Dominion is a total wreck at Tor Bay Point.
Traffic at a Standstill.
CHARI OTTETOWN, P. E. I., Feb. 8.— Traffic here is at a standstill on account of yesterday's storm, which swept the entire province, causing a complete blockade of travel, and bringing business to a standstill. •,
MEXICAN CONGRESS CONVENES. War May Be Declared Against Guatemala at Once.
CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 8.—Congress convened yesterday in special session, Senor Jose Gamboa presiding. Nothing was done during the day but approve the minutes of the last congress.
It looks asjif the government officials were trying to keep all news connected with the Guatemalan embroglio from local newspapers as well as correspondents of outside papers. In spite of the government's efforts, however, the war talk does not diminish.
Crushed In ai Coal Mine.
BELLEVTLLE, Ills'., Feb. 8.—One man was killed and several others badly injured in Klaess' coal mine near the western city limits yesterday. While a number of miners were digging away at a bank of. coal, the embankment caved in, crushing the workmen beneath it. Their fellow workmen, after an hour's work, succeeded in dig: ging them out. All were more or less injured. Henry Klingenboten was found dead. Henry Volger received fractures of both legs. Volger, together with the other injured men, were carried up the mouth of the shaft and medical aid hastily summoned.
Schoonei' Sunk.
NoRFOLk, Va., Feb. 8.—The threemasted schooner John C. Haynes, Captain Henry Hayiies, from Baltimore for Sagna La Grande, Cuba, with coal, was run into in Hampton Roads by a coal barge during a blinding snowstorm and sunk. The crew took to the yawl and was picked up. The schooner was valued at $35,000, and rests near the Heiiiry Lippert, which was sunk last fall. -1
Holcomb Dead.
GALLIPOLIS, O., Feb. 8.—Hon. Edward Holcomb, aged 73, of Vinton, O., father of Attorney C. M. Holcomb of this city, and Hon. A. J. Holcomb of Portsmouth, O., died yesterday from an attack of la grippe. Mr. Holcomb leaves a wife ana five children. He is also a prominent Mason.
UNTIL DEATH PAETS.
MANY INSTANCES OF HAPPY LITERARY MARRIAGES.
Examples of Connubial Devotion Why Authors Might Be Bad Husbands, but Are Not—Members of the Guild Who Are
Thoroughly Domestic Men.
[Special Correspondence.]
NEW YORK. ^—Literary people in general aro popularly judged to bo as unfitted as theatrical people are to the chances, trials and uncertainties of wedlock. When a husband or wife who has been dipped in ink attracts public attention by connubial discords and finally retires from the partnership, tho public is apt to say: '-Oh, yes, of course. Literature and marriage do not combine."
That literary couples occasionally disagree and go apart, as all kinds of couplos do, more or less, is true enough. But that they are more subject to separation or divorce than their fellows generally cannot be substantiated. Considering that members of tho writing guild seldom acquire any surplus, are prone to unpractically, are inclined to have tastes beyond their means to gratify them and to be moody and irritable from their temperament and calling, it is remarkable that they arc half as harmonious matrimonially as they are. Their constitution and circumstances are averse to nuptial requirements, and yet they get on with nuptialism excellently, all things regarded, far better than there is any reason to expect.
It may be that a few notorious instances of conjugal incongruity have cast suspicion on tho whole married class of authors, such as Byron, Bulwer, Dickens, of whose wedded woes everybody has heard. Their cases aro continually cited, as if they were the rule rather than the exception. Take our own writers of most distinction—Cooper, Dana, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Prescott, Emerson, Lowell, Holmes, Motley and many others. They were model husbands and fathers. Not a note of disagreement was ever heard in their tranquil, perfectly concordant homes.
A Poet's Sensibility.
Longfellow, who married early In lifo a Miss Appleton, a beauty and an heiress, lost her after a number of happy years by a terrible accident. She was burned to death, her clothes taking fire while dressing for an evening party, and her husband tenderly mourned her to his dying day. With all a poet's sensibility to feminino beauty and feminine charm there was no room in his heart for a second love, His first love was a complete consecration and exhausted lovo's source.
Emerson was twice a husband. His first wife, Miss Kllen Louisa Tucker of Boston, lived but five months. In less than four years after he married Lidian Jackson of Plymouth, who survived him. AIthough not passionato or sentimental, as may be supposed, ho was a devoted husband, tho embodiment of all marital duties. Domesticity he never permitted to distract him from tho philosophy of tho infinite, which he pursued from youth to old age. It is related that when a good
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRIC1I.
thought occurred to him he always jotted It down. Often at night ho would awake, get out of bod and strike a light. His wife would ask, "Aro you ill, Waldo?" "No, dear only an idea."
Lowell also had two wives. The first, Miss Maria White, as lovely In person as 6ho was in character, was highly accomplished and intellectual. A collection of her poems, marked by great sweetness and delicacy, was privately published at Cambridge soon after her death. The second Mrs. Lowell was an invalid for years preceding her end and was most affectionately cared for by her husband. Ho was as much a poet of the heart in his own home as he was a poet of the mind in tho literary world.
The wife of Wendell Phillips, who as a most brilliant, polished orator may be considered literary, was a chronic invalid, never stirring out of her room. Her husband, who was all chivalry to her, passed whatever time he could spare from his studies, lecture engagements and antislavery labors in administering to her wants. He read to her, amused her with accounts of the queer, droll things he had seen in the streets and his quaint experiences in traveling from town to town. He was her faithful companion and most loyal friend, being to her what a loving father would be to his only child. His husbandship was a sacrifice he delighted in and deserves the name heroio.
Poor Poe's Troubles.
Even the eccentric, ill fated, often liquor mad Edgar Poe, who at 80 rashly married his cousin, Virginia Clemm, as penniless as himself, loved her passionately and did all that so unbalanced and wholly unpractical a fellow could do for her maintenance. She exerciscd a wholesome influence on him for awhile, but his poverty and turbulent disposition when drinking got him into perpetual trouble. Her death drove him to dospair and finally to death from a debauch at 40.
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson had a Bad experience with his first wife not-dissimilar to that of Wendell Phillips. She had some derangemont of tho muscular system which prevented hor from moving without assistance, though her fine mind was never in the least clouded. Her most intimate friends regularly called on her, the colonel on those occasions carrying her to a sofa in the parlor, and listened to her sparkling talk, 6cusoncd with satire on persons, places and things. Her comments on current topics were so pungont that they were frequently repeated in Cambridge and Boston and aro said to have suggested some of the clevcrest bits in her husband's essays. Sho was often urged to dictate articles for publication, but she Invariably refused to, saying that when wo are deprived of tho use of our limbs it is plain wo aro hot intended to put our voices into print. She was wont to term those gatherings "pleasant babble from the unclosed tomb." Sho was very urgent before her death that the colonel should marry again, und he now has, at 72, a
young wifo and two young children and is himself ono of tho youngest men of his ago in the whole republic.
Tho Htoddards, Richard Henry and Elizabeth, both poets, now well on in years, have been married more than a generation and have always been close companions and fellow workers. Their trade precludes the possibility of an income from investment, but they havo always had full privilege to toil for a livelihood and have exercised it energetically, as all literary folk must do who would keep the wolf and the dun from tho door.
Edmund Clarence Stedman has been a husband and a father since early youth, and now tho gray is in his thick hair and whiskers. But his home, though ho has had vicissitudes, lias been one to which his many friends have always been glad to resort for good company and good cheer. None of the fabled discords of literary pairs has entered there, and tho head of tho household though a grandfather, remains much younger in spirit and comradery than in years.
Casos of Domestic Bliss.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, who by a series of lucky accidents is prosperous beyond the lot of liis class, could not look 40 in the neighborhood of (50 if n-.itrimonial discord had ever touched his tuneful heart. Ilis amiable, contented wifo and his twin sons, now near if not pa^t their majority, form a joyous household when together. Tho sky is ever blue to them, and the stars shine through tiie passing clouds.
The family of William Dean Howells, some years residents of New York, share, the tranquillity of the genial essayist and story teller whom the wholo English speaking world knows so well and is rejoiced to read. No man who has been tried by ink, which is a severer test than lire, lias more kindness, overllows more with tho spirit of humanity, is more modest in his claims as novelist, poet and critic. Such a man could not be other than loved by those ho has made his ownest own, his dearest of tho dear.
Charles Dudley Warner and his wife aro as much partners in affection and sympathy as they were in their honeymoon, which will never end. Any one may imagine what sort of benign influence and radiant personality such a man as tho lato George William Curtis must have shed on those who dwelt within the sacred privacy where his Lares and Penates were held in reverence. Richard Watson Gilder's first muse is his family, wherever the remaining eight muses may he that by tho nature of his vocation ho is obliged to woo.
Thoroughly domestic men, too, aro Donaid G. Mitchell (Ik Marvel), now resting under tho shadow of tho laurels ho has won S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Edward Eggloston, Brandexi^Matthews and the youngor men of his day, as well as tho women of Harriet PrescottSpoiTord'sgeneration and an earlier one. Tho literary people of this country would seem, on the whole, to bo more fortunate in marriage than the men and womon of other callings. We seldom hear of thosoonce joined disjoined save, by death. Their bickerings and littlenesses must either have been in vented or havo become extinct.:
PAUL R. CLEVELAND
STORIES OF THE GRAND OLD MAN.
Will Gladstone Again Become a Power In the Politics of Britain? •.'.p. Special Correspondence.
"^LONDON, Jan. 21.—The papers hero havo stated, and I suppose tho news has been cabled to you in America, that Mr.
Gladstone is liable, now that his health and strength aro improving, to return to tho commons as a member and speak to whatever question of importance comes up. You havo no idea of how great an interest this announcement has aroused in all classes, and you can readily understand that it has set every ono telling Gladstone stories. Here is ono that I heard at one of tho clubs the other day. It may not bo strictly new, but it certainly is characteristic:
It was almost 45 years ago, but Gladstone had already become a person of importance, that lie was one day walking along the highway between Brymbo and Queen's Ferry and fell in with one William Griffiths, a carter of pig iron. When they came to a hill, Mr. Gladstone, seeing that the horse attached to the cart would not bo ablo to haul the load unaided to the top, offered to join with the cartman's example and put his shoulder to tho wheel. After Gladstone had left the cartman some one told him who it was who had pushed so valiantly behind tho cart. ''Wull," said tho cartman, "I doan't know what he'll think o' mo. never sirred him nor nothin."
Another story exhibiting tho same helpful trait of the great Englishman is told of an act performed during his first premiership. The carrier between Chester and Northrop had a barrel of beer to unload for a farmer in Moore lane, near one of Mr. Gladstone's lodges. Just how the beer was to bo got down the carrier could not tell, for ho was alone, and tho barrel was too heavy for one man to handle. While he was cudgeling his thick brain over tho mattor Gladstone strolled along, with an ax on his shoulder, being intent on ono of his famous tree fellings. To the premier the carrier appealed for help, which was as freely given as had been the assistance to the cartman years before. "Now, old comrade," said the man when the barrel wus safe on the ground, "if you'll come up to the village, I'll buy you a pint of tho best."
Mr. Gladstone declined, with a smile, and when the carrier knew who had helped him ho was at first greatly mortified. "But," he said on reflection, "I guess no barm bo done, for he helped me so willinglike."
One day at Hawarden Mrs. Gladstone was walking along the road a short distance from the castle when she met some visitors. They took her for a serving woman and asked if "the old gentleman" was at home. "Follow me," she said, "if you wish to 'see him."
Then she led the way to the front door and callcdout, "William, you're wanted!" "Golly," said ono of the visitors under his breath. "She must be the missis."
It is said that Mr. Gladstone enjoys this story greatly, And he or his wife must surely have given it out.
If he shall return to the house, it is morally certain that there will be a very notable shaking up of the dry bones there.
C. T. BOLLES.
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