Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 30, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 October 1897 — Page 3

» VRN W oY A CLEW BY WIRE ; Or, ’Anvlntet"ru‘pted Curyenti : (BY HOWARD M. YOST. ;C?fglrriight,fßgG,'by J-B: Lippinfott Co.w,_

coa b o BHAPTRR IL. | It was something like coming home, after all, albeit to a house almost void of furniture and peopled only with remembrances of loved forms long since gone. At aﬁ'y rate, it was the only home I could really call my own. : There were two rooms, the spare ‘bedroom and the parlor adjoining, on the first floor, which still retained the. furniture. ' Everything about . these rooms, though faded and somewhat - worn, was in good order, and I complimented Mrs. Snyder on the care she had taken. L . Sarah had thrown up.the windows, ~and the soft evening air.came into the (rooms. : S 0 ] “Although the- place had not been " allowed to go ta ruin, there was about it that indescribable quality which is “’attached to long-deserted houses. We -all felt it more or less.. Sarah and Mrs. ‘Snyder spoke in whispers; Jake stepped about on tiptoe, as though fearful that the heavy tread of his cowhide boots would bring_,backv the spirits of the departed; while to myself there wasa pathos al__;out the old house which had not known an inhabitant for so long.. It seerxfej like some human being deserted ‘by its own flesh and blood. - “While I ‘was passing from bureau to wardrébe, from center-table to man- _ tel-piece, taking mental notes of all the : ol(,i-fashi}\ed china ‘and bric-a-brac which adorned those places still, and which infmy young days had been forbidden my boyish fingers, Sarah and Mrs. Sny#der made up the bed, taking the bedding from a huge cedar chest which stood on One side of the room.

Sprigs of spruce and hemlock had been plaged in the chest from time to time, add when tHe cover was lifted the pungent odor filled the room.; All through the preparations I noticed thgt Sarah and Mrs. Snyder were engagediin earnest conversation. The ofd widow was especially vehement, ‘ahd Sarah would frequently shake hér head and give forth exclamations indicative either of wonder or of disapprobation. My old nurse alsofavored me with many glances which seemed to have mucly of solicitude in them. ' , . ~ When_everything had been done to make mie comfortable for the might, Sarah tturned ,to me, and spoke low, with a touch of fear in her tones, “Come, Nel, you go back home with us,” she said. “Don’t stay hereall alone in dis grade big house. lam afrait. tg haf you. Come back with us,” she’ reiterated, appealingly. : “No, indeed.” T replied, decidedly. “I would not miss sleeping amid the grateful edor of spruce for anything. I’ll be ‘over ‘to your house for breakfast, Mrs. Snyder,” turning toward the old widow. - “You understand lam to take my meals at your house, do younot?” “Yes. Dat ish all fixed. Mr. Sontag, yoyr lawyer, told me. Bud you better go back mit Sarah,” the old woman feplied. » v “And fvhy so? What’s to hingder my stayingghere in my own house?” I asked. ' BHave you cooked up a scheme, Sarah, with Mrs. Snyder, to force me to go ‘backiwith you?” I asked of my old nurse. - §'Never fear, you'll seé enough of ‘me. §T'll come over to your house often.” ¥ - o The two women exchanged glances, and seemed to be reluctant to proceed. Finally Sarah spoke in awe-stricken tones, first looking around -with a frightened expression. : “Dere’s something funny aboud de house, Nel.” “Humph! Idon’tsee anything funny at all,” I replied. “There is more sadness to me.” e “Der’s awful strange things haf been seen and heard,” Sarah continued, with deep seriousness. old Jake’s face fell at his wife’s Wo;'ds, and he moved nearer to her: ¥

“Who jhas seen and heard strange things,, énd what are they?” I asked, ILightly, for lam not superstitious, and not easily frightened by two old women's imaginations. ~ . “Mrs. Snyder haf seen lightsat night, and efen in de daytime haf heard noises, sfrange noises of talking,” replied my old nurse. : . “Well, they will have to be very bright lights and very loud noises to awaken me to-night, for I intend to sleep like a stone,” ‘I said, laughingly. “The strangest thing of all to me is my coming here for the first time sinee my grandfather’s body was borne from the parlor to be placed iry the grave.” . Old Jake gave a sudden start which attracted my ‘attentiion to him. I saw him gaze through the open doorway into the parlor in very evident terror, and heard him exclaim, in.low, awed tones: “Gott in-Himmel!” el

I could not restrain a smile at the sight of the tall, strong man overcome by childish fears,«ind was about to upbraid him for his fpolishness. But I remembered the vein. of superstition which runs through the lives of the Pennsylvania farmers, and so said nothng: : “Come back with us,” again pleaded Sarah. - . 4 :

“No. If there is anything out of the ordinary about gny house, T am all the more determined to remain and find out what it is,” I said, decisively. Then I adted, more softly, for I did not wish towound the kind heart of my old nurse —I knew -her fear for me gréew out of her love and solicitude for my welfare —*“l can take care of myself under any ¢ircumstances, I am not a child now, Sarah.” fea

- “Den let Jake stay with you until you find but,” Sarah persisted. - “Vell, bud de oats, Sarah; ve god to finish de oats to-morrow,” hastily exclaimed Mr. Hunsicker, in remonstrance. o : ;

“Now come, howHoolish thisis! What could be ‘the matter with the house? . Nothing hurtful, that is certain. I'll be all vight: Don’t worry, and I'll ride .over in the morning and tell you how soundly I?sslept.” : e . Der's ﬁo candle here. I go ged von ‘and pringid ofer,” Mrs. Snyder said. ‘“Not necessary for to-night. I am going to bed early, and will not need it. To-morrow we’ll see about lamps, for _sometimes I like to read late: See how bright the moon is going to be. It shines.

right intc the bedroom, and will give me plenty of light to go to bed by.” I finally succeeded in getting rid of them. Old Jake was eager and anxious tosbe off, but Sarah-hung back, reluctant to leave me to the lonely terrors which her superstitious mind had conjured up: It was only after I had given my promise to come immediately to her house in the event of any danger to me springing up, that 'she consented to leave, Feeling profoundly gratified that my coming here -had revealed to me such absolute trust and love as inspired my old nurse, I placed my arm about her waist while going to the door, and then parted from her with a kiss on her wrinkled old cheek. ¢ :

After the sound of the wagon wheels had died away in the distance, I disrobed and prepared for bed. The moonlight was so enticing, however, that I sat down on a chair by the window and for a few minutes gave myself up to reminiscent thought. - : But before I go on with my experiences in the old house, I must tell about the bank robbery of which I was suspected. = .

- Up to a year before, I had been employed in a large savings institution in Philadelphia. My advancement with this-concern had been slow but steady, and after ten years of earnest work I finally attained the position of senior paying teller. Under my "immediate charge was the vault, in which the cash and all securities held by the bank were kept. This vault was, of course, guarded by a time lock. Thebank opened for business at ten o’clock, but the bookkeepers began their work a-half hour earlier. There was a separate vault for the books of the concern, which was not furnished with a time loek, and all the bookkeepers knew the combination of this vault. : :

The bank was noted for its conservative business methods, and the great cautiousness with which#%ts funds were guarded. It was the established rule that the timepiece of the money vault should not be set to open.until halfpast tine, at which time the bookkeepers and most of the employes were at work. In short, so careful were the officials that upder mno circumstances was it allowable to leave the combination lock unguarded by the ¢lockwork, unless some responsible employe was present. . : et s One afternoon I set the cloekwork mechanism to throw the bolt at halfpast eight, an hour before the usual time, as I intended to get to work the next morning at that time. The semiannual examination of the books and securities by the trustees was to take place, and I wished to have the moneys under my charge in order.

When I left the bank that afternoon I found a telegram awaiting me at my lodging place: ‘ T “Come out to Fairlawn this evening. We entertain a small party. . I want ; . SN \S{“{'\ : S A / /’ N (A Nheesh s /2 s s yp ——;—_ v ﬂ f !{“'i' . = 3 i . l!f »h’ l::; ) & ( : ' "a.,-'lfff-«\; . : ; fll i\ \ A . ~ P ? ', } 4 : 4 \ - ' 2, ‘‘Come out to Fairlawn this eveming.” | you.” Thus the dispatch ran, and it was signed by a name very dear to me—Florence Morley. . e 1 wounld willingly have gone to the antipodes to please the lovely young woman, and mgr disappointment was keen when I thought of the time lock having been set to open at half-past eight the following morning. For Fairlawn was 4 country seat of Mr. Morley’s, about 30 miles distant, -and 1 should not be able to return until nearly ten o’clock in the morning, and the combination lock would be unprotected a full hour, before the arrival of any cf the employes. It was highly improbable that any thief expert enough to open the combination would attemyt the lock, even if it were known that the time mechanism had run down. The risk would be very slight, and I was tempted totakeit. But, knowing, even though no censequences should be the result, that by doing so I would break a very stringent rule, I resisted the temptation, and in no very good humor started for a telegraph office for the purpose of sending a-dispatch to Miss Morley stating my inability to accept her invitation. s : On my way I met an associate in the bank, named Horace Jackson. He wns one of the bookkeepers, a man about 40 years old, and a quiet, reserved fellow. He never mingled in any dispute or controversy among the clerks, was a competent accountant, and lived a secluded life outside of the bank. He ~was a bachelor,.and did not seem to have any special friends. It was certain he never chummed or cronied with any of his associates in the bank. 4 “Mr. Jackson, will you do me a fayor?” I asked, as he paused in his walk. _ “Most willingly, Mr. Conway. You have but to state it,” he answered, affably. : . g . I stated the circumstances concerning the'lock. “It is possible that I will be unable to be on hand at half-past eight,” I added. . 7 . “And you wish me to be at the bank in your place?” he said. - : . “Yes, if it would not inconvenience Jonr L = ~ “Not at all. I will be there, 8o the rule will be complied with. O, stay o ‘moment. There is an old aunt of mine over in Camden who is ill, and I might ‘possibly be summoned to her bedside.” ~ “Well, then, lgt it go. -I'll stay at home, and go to the bank, as I intended, myself,” 1 said, feeliig quite disap- " “Batst 1 say T will be at the bank sick aunt or not,” Jackson went on.

He really seemed so willing to do mc the favor that I cculd only reply* “Than’k you very much. I’ll depend on you: It will be doing me a great favor irdeed. - T'll reciprocate some day.” “Not another word, Mr.-Conway, on the subject. Go and enjoy yourself.” Then he regarded me with a smile as he continued: “I suppose it is Miss Morley that you intemd to visit. Now, 1 am just on my way to see her father at his office.” -

“Oh, you are ac¢quainted ‘with the Morleys, then?” I remarked, somewhat coldly, for I did not relish his bringing Florence Morley’s name into the conversation. : Ky

“Only slightly acquainted. lam interested in a few business ventures with Mr. Morley.. My acquaintance extends no further,” Jackson said. ~ Ireturned tomy lodgings light-heart-ed and happy at the prospect of again seeing the sweet girl whom.l had loved and worshiped. for some time in secret, - So.then Horace Jackson was acquainted with Mr. Morley. ’ I could not but feel a greater réspect for Jackson. For Mr. Morley was one of the most influential and highly-thought-of men in Philadelphia, and, besides, was one of. the trustees of the bank. Jackson had never boasted of his relations with such an influential mar; indeed, I had never even heard him mention the fact before this. ;

I had felt all along that it would be presumptuous for ‘me toaspire to be Tlorence Morley’s husband. But this evening she was,so gracious, so sweet and lovable, t’hat\it was impossible for me to resist the impulse to tell her of my love.. To my intense happiness I discovered that my humble self was by no means an object of indifference to her. ’ -

" Mr. Morley was of a dignified, commanding presence, and rather overawe:l me. It would Be no easy matter to asi Lis consent to marry his daughter. Florence was his only child, and all the purposes of the father’s life seemed to center in his motherless daughter. Still I knew I must approach him some day, and there was comfort in the fact thet he had always met me in a kindly, if dignified and reserved, manner. He had never given me any cause to think that my attentions to his daughter were-obnoxious to him; but then those attentions had been extended out of friendship only. How *he would be affected by the knowledge that I was, {from this evening, the accepted lover of his. daughter, I could not surmise. 1 could only hope that Florence’s influence, which I was well aware was powerful with her father, might prevail. The dear girl’s heart was mine at any rate, for she had told me so, and I believed her words. g

~ After the evening’s enjoyment I withdrew to the hotel near the depot, where I passed the rest of the night in happy anticipations of the future. ! The train which took me back to the city was a few minutes late, and when | arrived at the bank it lacked but ten minutes offopening time. ' .

| Had I been late, either the president or the treasurer would have bhad to be called upon _to;opengthe vault, and it is doubtful if either of: them .remembered the combination. The bond teller and the head receiving teller shared with me the knowledge of the combination, but, as those two gentlemen were away on their vacations at this time, 1 was the only one besides the officials who could unlock the vault.

The heayy outside doors were soon opened, and, summoning the porter to help me carry out' thé cash for the day’s business, I entered the vault. - There were eight compartments inside, the doors of which were provided with combination locks. =~ .

One compartment -was used for the réserve currency, another for the reserve gold, and these two compartments remained locked for long periods. The remaining spaces were used for the storage of various securities, United States bonds, mortgages for loans on real estate, state and municipal bonlsand for the gold, silver and currescy required in the daily transactions. This cash was carried out in trays and plated in the tills in the banking-room evi:y morning. ; :

While unlocking the compartment, X noticed with surprise that the lock ¢t the reserve currency compartment, jus®. at one side, was on the last figure of th= combination, as though it had been.a:ready unlocked. o : : I grasped the iron handle, and thdoor swung open. I started back when I looked in. What had eome over me?® I rubbed my eyes and looked agair,! The place was empty; nothing to be seen but the two shelves and the painted steel back and sides. Of the $400,000, the amount of the reserve, not one dollar remained. ' [TO BE CONTINUED.] ° :

THAT FOLDING BED.

It Is Still an Object of Suspicion to : Many Hotel Visitors.

“I'm sorry, sir,” said the polite young uptown hotel clerk to the grum-looking guest, “but I haven’t another room in the house to-night. If you could use this till morning I'll fix you up right for to-morrow.” But the inducement, persuasivly delivered, failed to work, and the grum-looking man went away. ‘ . When he had got over the thresholl the suave clerk smiled a pensive smile and said: “Youcan’t doanything with these fellows. It beats the world how a man will let hjs prejudices drive him out into the night to seek inferior accommodations. And .yet this man looked like he knew better, too.” : “What was it dissatisfied him?” “Nothing in the world except that in the only room he’d have there was a folding bed. You see we arg crowded now and there are but few vacant apartments. He is a crank on the subject of folding beds because in modern times two or three human beings have been caught in them, when they folder u—% inopportunely, and had their lives crushed out. I pleaded with him that no such disaster could happen to him here, for nowadays folding beds are made with patent catches that absolutely prevent them from manslaughter. No matter how sorely a bed such as we have should yearn to close up on its slymbering victim these catches forbid. I told him all this, but it had no effect”’ Vot

“Are most people imbued with this prejudice?”’ o ' “Yes; I think a majority of the traveling publié has that feeling and I do not believe the time will ever come when the folding bed will gain the full confidence of the American people.--Washington Post. _ _ Plaln food suits not dainty appetite:

: - ? soplafof) "THE SUNDAY SCHOC?L-, ;nte‘rnatlona,l'i.elson for October 31, 1807~Paul’s Voyage and Shipwreck —Acts 27:13-206. o 3 ,[Arranged from Peloubet’s 'ﬁotes.] v ‘ GOLDEN TEXT.—Be of good cheer; for I believe Gbd, that it shall be even as it was told me.—Acts 27:25. i ! THE SECTION includes the whlole chap- % © EXPLANATORY. e I. The Voyage and the Ship.—As soon as a sufficient company of prisoners bound for Rome could be gathered to go under one military escort, Paul was sent with them. This required about 20 days, or till August 21. There was no ship to take :them dirﬁly from Cesarea to Rome, so that They embarked on a vessel which coasted along the shores till they came to Myra, in Lycia, Asia Minor, a port the Egyptian grain ships had to make at certain seasons- on their way to Rome, because of the strong west winds. Here they found one of these ships on its way to Rome. After they had entered the new ship, the voyage was southwesterly, ands slow, because the prevailing winds at tpis season were from the west, and therefore against therg. ‘They reached Fairilavens, on the south of Crete, about the 26th of September, the season of storms on the Mediterranean. Paul advised'them to remain here, for the sake of safety. The centurion naturally trusted the opinion of the master of the ship in preference to Paul’'s and they set sail on a calm and pleasant dayyfor Phenice, a more commodious port-of Crete. , > 11. The Hurricane.—Vs.! 13-20. .13. “When the south wind blew softly:” The south wind was favorable for reaching Phenice, as they proposed. ‘l4. “A tempestuous wind:”: Greek, typhonic, of the nature of a whirlwind or cyclone. “Called Euroclydon:” From euros, east, and Clydon, a wave, an east wind raising great waves. 15. “When the vessel was caught:” A very strong expression implying that the wind seized hold of the ship, as it were, and whirled-her out of her course. “Could not bear up into the wind:” Literally, conld not look the wind in the eye. “We let her drive:” Literally, having given it up, we were borne along. . 16. “A certain island (the Greek is diminutive, “small island') which is called Clauda” (the better reading is Cauda.) This island was about.2s miles nearly due. south from the port of Phenice, which, the sailors desired to reach. “To come by the boat:” 'To become masters of the boat; ; to bring upon deck the small boat which was usually towed astern the ship. 17 “They used helps:” Ropes, chains, any apparatus they had. “Undergirdling {the ship:” By ropes, or chains passing around the vessel, on 'account of the strain of the mast with its great sail. “Lest they. should fall into the quicksands:” The Syrtis Major, on the coast of Africa, a long distance away, but the wind was blowing them directly towards those .dangerous shoals. “Strake sail:” They lowered the sail, leaving just enough sail to keep the ship’s head to the wind.

20. “When neither sun nor stars . . ._ appeared:”. We -have to remember that before the invention of the compass.the sun and stars were the only guides of sailors who were out of sight of land. “Inmany days:” The storm lasted 14 days in all (v. 27. “All ‘hope: . . . was taken away:” No one who has never been in a leaking ship in a long-continued gale can know what is suffered under such circumstances. . . e

111. Paul. Brings Good . Cheer.—Vs. 21-26. 21, “After long abstinence;” There was no means of cooking; mo fire could be lighted; the provisions had probably been spoiled and sodden by the waves that broke over-the ship; beside, with death staring them in the face, no one cared to eat. “Paul stood forth in the midst of them:” Saijlors, soldiers and passengers, now willingly crowding réund him. *“Ye should have hearkened unto.me:?” Paul recalls to mind their former mistake in}is;-re-garding his advice (Vs. 9-11), nof*to reproach them, but in order to show his claim to theirco_n_ﬁdence}'with reference to the present communication.

'22. “L exhort you to be of good cheer:” 1t is the prisoner who trusts in God who has the source of cheer in his soul.

-~ 23. “There stood by me this night the (an) angel of God:” To reassure Paul, and by granting the lives of the others for his sake to lead them to trust in his Saviour~and to gain power and opportunity for a more suecessful work in Rome, for all this would be reported. IV. The Wreck and the Escape.—On the fourteenth night of the storm, by the sound of breakers and the shallowing of the water, they learned that they were near some land. Anchors were cast out of the stern, keeping the bow of the ship toward the shore in case they. should drift upon it. Theéy had drifted about 480 miles toward Malta, Some of the sailors were acting meanly, trying to escape themselves, but leaving all the others to their fate. But Paul said: “Except these abide in the ship ye cannot be saved,” although he had promisedithat all should be suved. Finally all, at Paul’s suggestion, took food after he had blessed it. The ship drew near toland, and, caught in the sands, began %)%o to pieces; but by swimming or by clinging to the wreckage which was being blown. toward the shore everyone escaped safely to.land, which they discovered to be Malta. .

FACTS AND FIGURES.It is estimated that Australia contains nearly 7,000 species of plants not known elsewhere, ; Glass was early known. . Glass bedds were found on the bodies of mummies over 3,000 years old. The Bible was writted by degrees during a period of 1,600 years.® It was anciently called “the ‘Books,” but for the past 700 years the “Bible.” Quinine is made from Peruvian bark —the outer part of a medicipal plant called cinchona. ¥ was so named from the wife of Count Cinchon, of Peru, in the seventh century, who, by its use, was cure: of intermittent fever. The scent of the camel for water is ®aid to be very keen. He can smell it a great way off, and oftentimes the travelers who are suffering for water will let the camel take his own way, and he will take them to a place where water may be found., - ol The eyes of bees are made to see great distances. - When absent from their hive they go up in the n‘g:.uﬂm‘ﬁsy see their home, a&% ly toward it in a straight line-and with great speed. 'rmﬁ:e test line betwoen two places is ;Mmsﬁm Sel

ITS REAL MENACE.

Nati>nal Disaster Threatens Through . Republican Rottenness.

‘The fact of overshadowing Importance connected with the Union Pacific deal is not that the government is to lose millions of dollars by the transaction and thereby line the pockets of a syndicate of capitalists who contributed heavily to the campaign fund which debauched the country that MeKinley might be president, but that consummation of the bargain as agreed upon between the administration &nd the favored syndicate will concentrate in the hands of one man powers that will make him theé absolute master of the transportation business of the United States. : ;

‘ This man is J. Pierpont Morgan. He ic now plotting, with good prospects of success, to get control of the Baltimore & Ohio road. With the acquirement of this property and its merging into the vast railroad monopoly which he now directs, the last element of competition in the carrying business between the Mississippi Valley and the Atlantic seaboard will have been crushed out. Place in Morgan’s hands the Union Pacific and liis mastery of the railroad situation on the continent will be as complete as is that of the Rockefellers in the oil field. He will be the supreme dictator of the prices of all products and other property in the United States. By fixing freight rates at whatever figure he pleases, Morgan can determineg the prices of all labor and the products of labor..He can build up new centers of commerce and manufacture and destroy those already in existence if it suits his purpose to do so. Thus he can control the value of land by shifting the centers of consumption. He_ can issue millions of watered stock and wring from the producers of wealth tribute in the shape of dividends to keep up the fictitious values of his securities. ’

No present law can reach him oreurb, his power, because no lawmaker _had apprehended the danger of such’ stus pendous forces being concentrated in the hands of one man. He can setatde; france and laugh to scorn the interstate commeree act. New ecnactments will have to be placed upon the statutes to check the evil.of his sway. This will be the work of years and will usher in an_ era of corruption in national legislation such as has never been witnessed in the new world, for his resources for manipulating the lawmaking body will be limitless until the people awake to afull realization of the enormous forces of corruption he commands. : Better that the government should lose every dollar it has invested in the Union Pacific than that the road should pass into the hands of Morgan under the circumstances that now environ the deal. Betterthat the government should present its interest in the property as a iree gift to some one who would guarantee to keep it as an independeént line, ccmpeting fairly and openly for the transportation of the products of the farm and shop and factory, than that it should be swallowed up by Pierpont Morgan, Collis Huntington, the Vanderbilts and their English associates. President McKinley can avert this national calamity by a simple act, He car force his attorney-general to enter an appeal from the decree of foreclosure that was obtained by questionable methods. This would give congress an opportunity to scrutinize the deal, and congress would dare not approve. 1t would also stimulate competition in the kidding by affording a chance for bidders togettogether the purchase money and agree among themselves on.terms. To his own conscience and his sense of obligation to ‘the honerable traditions of the exalted position he now occupies, Maj. McKinley owes this plain duty.— St. Louis Republic. e

THE PLATT-M’KINLEY DEAL, - Why the New York Boss Favors the Major’s Reeclection. A . According to the Chronicle’s dispatches a full treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, has been formed between President Mcl{inley, and::‘j‘Boss’_’ Platt, the New York machine republican leader. Things have been tending that way a long time. e . It is known that Platt was strongly opposed to the nomination of McKinley at the St. Louis convention. Buthe had bcen outgeneraled by Hanna—that is, Hanna had secured by hook or by crook a majority of the delegates. Platt wanted Gov. Morton first; second, Speaker Reed, and, third] anybody but McKinlev:- 4 ] He found himself totally beaten. He then planted himself immovably on a strictly gold platform and made such a fight that he won. Hanna, which meant McKinley, was in’ favor of a straddle—opposed to using the word “gold” in the platform. The republicans of Ohio were unsettled as to the money question.and the leaders feared the gold issue. ! Platt was the leader of the east and of those central and, western state favoring a gold platform. The fight was severe all along the lines. But Hanna was told by Platt that if McKinley was nominated on a straddling platform the straddlers would have 'to .elect him. That settled it and the gold platform was adopted. | o : After the election of McKinley the campaign for United States Senator from New York was opened. There is no doubt that the Hanna-McKinley influence was against Platt, though not openly. Perhaps it was a mere matter of. sympathy. But Platt was elected by a 'most overwhelming vote in the legislature, enough to show that he was the actual and not a sham “boss.” .

Then began the intrigues by which the Hanna-McKinley administration was induced to form the offensive and. defensive league w;i%h Platt. His enemies, who were McKinley’s friends, were provided for by offices mostly out of the country or in uninfluential places. The big New York offices, with local power and pfxtronnge, went to Platt’s friends. When Platt’s campaign for the mayoralty of New York opened he found thé administration on his side in the most efficient, not to say scandalous, way." | . And that is why Platt is now in favor of McH¥aley for a second term. It does not much signify, however, as the president to be elected in 1900 will be a democrat.—Chicago Chronicle. b - ——The democracy of to-day stands for the protection of the people against the usurpation of public functions by private individuals. It stands by the Jeffersonian declaration that-it is as mue&the duty of government to protect the individual from injury by another Individual an i I o protect the AmsriW@m&ﬁ?&*ﬁ Ki"%u& ,‘wi’i

4 . s a - RUNNING AWAY. L e ) L - The sky was clear, the stars were bright, The grass was wet with dew, : When Johnny rose, put on his clothes, . And vowed what he would do. - “ T'll leave my pa, I’ll leave my ma, - _T'll go from here to stay; [ i They used me rough—l've had enough— And so I'll run away.

“ I'll take my clothes, I’ll take my all— A slave I will not be; g I'll go out west, I'll do my best— I'll strike for liberty!” -

And -Johnny started bravely out, And said he’d ne’er return; . - . He said he’d go and make d show, And let .his genius burn.

He traveled all that summer night, And bravely through the day. ‘““’And then,” [said he, “I wish that we ‘Had nevgr run away! -

“ I'miweak and tired and sick,” said he,, With sadness in his tone; . *“ It isn’t best to go out west—= : At least, to go alone! . - £y

“ And now I'm in a pretty fix, ~And don’t know what to dol” # - . And then he sighed and sobhed and eried ‘“ 800-hoo, boo-hco, boo-hoo!’! ; >

The boy, when found, was taken home, And was gontent to stay. Said he: “I'm cured, and rest assured; I'll never run away!” * : . —Bl. Elliot Mcßride, in Golden Days.

JARDINIERE BENCH.

Any Smart Boy Can Eailyi\lake One : " for His Mother.

. As aresting place for a large potted plant or a jardiniere, a. substantial bench is shown in the illustration. . .

It is not a difficult matter to construct a bench of this sorty and most any smart boy can ma\té it from'a few pieces of board, and‘with the aid of a compass, saw, a plane, a bit and brace, and some nails and serews. It should be 12 inches square, and the top should measure 14 inches square, - i ~ From 20 to 24 inches will be about the right height, and if it is constructed.of boards seventeighths of an inch in thickness it will result in'a.strong affair. ~ Three-quarter-inch boards can bé employed, or even lighter ones, but should the bench be used ds a seat, the weight of a‘person sitting on it might rack or ‘break it. . ' o ¥

If it is to be painted it can be of pine or whitewood, but if natural wood is

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preferred, the bench can -be made of oak, cherry, ash, sycamore, dr mahogany, and lightly stained, after which it may be treated to several roats of varnish. “ Se i ‘Stains and varnish can be purchased at.most any paint or hardware store, so that with a little time and money some useful benches can be had that will be attractive resting pedestals for pots and jardinieres. - I - Several benches of this style are always useful about the house, either for. plants or for seats, and for the piazza they are ‘quite as attractive painted some pleasing color as if finished ‘in natural wood. S Long benches of the same pattern can. be made to accommodate- several jardinieres, -but as they are elongated the tops must be braced to .insure strength, and where the two pieces forming the legs are brought fogether the joint should be made very secure with glue and, screws.—Chicago Inter Ocean: MBS il 4y " Tree with a Distinction. e . The stump of the‘tree to which Israel ‘Putnam was once tied in the French and Indian war is still standing in the little village of Crown Point, a town in the upper part of New York. It wasin the course of a skirmish near Wood creek, at the time of -the French invasion in August, 1758, that he was captured by the Indians and tied tothistree. While the flames were searing his flesh he was’ saved by Capt. Molang, a-French officer, who' rushed through the crowd, scattered the firebrands, cuffed and up--braided the Indians and released their victim. Putnam was taken to Montreal and presently fréed by exchange. ;

Burmah’s Golden Temple. , Not in America, not even in the Klondike, but in the far off east, at Ragxgoon, the capital of Burmah, is situated the famous gplden pagoda of a Buddhist temple, the whole of the exerior of which is one mass of simmering gold. This generous coating of the metal is the result of years and years of offerings to Buddha, for devotees from all parts of the world come to Rangoon and bring packets of gold leaf, which they place on the pagoda. During the last century the king of Burmah gave his (literal) weight in- gold 4o the walls of the pagoda, an offering worth £9,000 sterling. gl : Root Was Still There. L ‘Two little brothers; aged respectively four and six years old, fell in with a ‘stray kitten, which, suffering by the hands of some cruel person, had of its tail scarcely half an inch remaining.. “Poor little kitten,” said the younger one. “Who has cut off its tail? I'wonder if it will grow again?” To which ‘the elder gravely remarked: “Of course a willl Don’t| you see, the root is , Not the Right Term. "I understand you have a silent partyou that my partner was a woman."— Rhiongy Poats -«

= B"AB;Y, LOCOMOTIVE. J : Builf and Put in Operation by Two _ .+ New England Boys. Lo Edwin H. Warren and Ernest C. War-: ren are two Montvale (Mass.) boys, aged respectively 17 and 15. They are students at the Woburn high school, from which they will probably be graduated two years hence. -Unlike most boys - of their years, they_care littlé for base‘ball and less for the mad scrimmages of the football field. Their home is on ris-. ing ground near the railway station and their newest toy is a locomotive which ‘they, with the aid of their father, Mr. Herbert A. Warren, constructed and placed in operation on a 120-foot track. The locomotive weighs #bout a ton and - a half, and were such engines animals that developed like cows this one might very aptly be called a yearling. -+ It is an out-and-out locomotive from headlight to cab. ‘The wheels on the g%' 2, < Inni SRI e 5 ¢ Z > / I_?—“\ ) PR lbl . ﬂrl/ X SN e re—- — . —_ = g e - SMALL BUT RELIABLE. | bogie track once did duty-as pulleys in |a mill. They are 22 inches in diameter. The drivers once were pulleys, but'they ‘ore larger, measuring 30 inches. There is no eonnecting rod, but in its stead a belt- is -compelled to- impart power to the drivers from the force induced by‘the twin cylinders™undef the fore part, of the Boiler. The boiler is three feet loeng and two-feet bore. It ywasoriginally intended for a heating apparatus and ‘the three feet of the fire box makes the * iron part of the locomotive about six feet in length. G - - About three.weeks ago the engineers and firemen on thé Boston & Maineroad were amazed one day to see =2 { saucy duplicate in miniature of the big moguls of the regular rail. The little engine tooted salute after-salute as the local and express trains rolled past the Warren "home, andéngi’neers and firemen waved responses from the cab win- , dows. The engine was a success and | from the morning that it was first run’ ‘out of the little eight by twelve house built to shelter it there has never been. a time that it has refused to answer to the requests of the throttle and the reverse lever. 0 ]

ot GRATEFUL ELEPHANT. She Hugged the Chemist Who Had : “Once Cured Her Pain. It is a common sight to see Jolly almost any day walking sedately about the -erowded hall with eight and nine merpy children on his back. He appears to enjoy the sport as much'as the little- folks, for his eyes twinkle gleefully, says the Beston Journal. - In talking about the intelligence and remarkable memories of elephants Mr. Bostock (who was Jolly’s.trainer and has beena trainer and exhibitor of animals all his life) said:, *The elephans is the most intel}igéﬁ‘t bf animals [ ever had anything to do with. They are the easiest to train, the ‘most good-tem-pered and.interesting of all. ~ “Speaking of the memories for persons and events that elephants haveyrl would like ‘to tell you an instance that came under my own eyes some years ago when I was in England. My father was the manager of a show; dut he hav--ing died my mother was in charge. We had several elephants, and one of them was of unusual size. He was within

ihree or four inches as tall as Jumbo, and.a trifle hedvier: fo _“%ln the rural places where we were "_?x_hibiting‘ at- the time it was the custom of the péople to have large baskets cf apples placed by the side of the road after they had been picked from the trees. This particular. day our show ‘was passing along a street and therelephants.all ate of apples. A i *Not long after the big elephant was fdken very ill. ‘He lay down on the ‘ground and was appé’re_ntly unable to get up. We did not kuow whether h 2 had been poisoned or not. Finally a -chemist was called and he gave the ele‘phant some physic. =~ e . +“lt did not appear to do much ‘good. For hours the animal lay on the grouni{ and the chemist kept giving him medi- - cine. Bystanders jeered at.the man for his ‘apparently . unsuccessful ' efforts. Finally, however, the elephant began to revive, and at last stood up on his feet. “Seven years later we happened to visit the saine town again. The big elephant was. drawing a cltariot with.two others in the lead, tandem fashion.” \V2 were passing dlong the street when the elephant suddenly paused and walked up to a man standing on the sidewalk. ‘She placed her trunk around the gvaist of the man, lifted him up in the air-and drew him to her. She began to caress him, purring loudly all the while. =

“Come-to find out this was the chemist who had:cured the animal of her sickness seven years before. The man remembered the elephant and the ele?hant rmembered the man. At the petformance which we gave the chenust was among the spectators. - “When the time came for the big elaphant to appear she walked right over to-th€ chemist and raised him from the ground and hugged him so close that it ‘was uncomfortalﬂegr. But we could not Telease him until the ‘elephant was ready. The elephant purred like a cat for almost 20 minutes.” : - A FELINE MA§COT, = This Cat Is at Home in Locomotive ..~ .. . Cab or on Pilot. S - An engineer on the Delaware & Hudson road has-a cat with which he would not part for love or money. "It belonged to his wife, who is now dead, and for a year past it has been his constant com-panion-in the cab. The cat loves its life on the rail, and has grown sleek and fat. "~ Ordinarily it sits perched up ut the ¢ab window before its master, but occasionally it strolls out to thé piiot, where it will ride at a streteh, winking Inowingly at.the doge. which bablat the train.as it thunders by.the cross- ~ Sometimes when the train is approachingastation the adventurous auiand calmly roosts there, undeterred by the shriek of the whistle or the clani ot bttt M e ekt eel N 43?;“3"?% LYY Has hall goad