Ligonier Banner., Volume 35, Number 46, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 February 1901 — Page 3

Pl 5= 2@ B N 1 C’ﬂﬁ \LDU 40 ;g" O . Y & ( ’,ﬁ%’ Wl )W+ \_J 5l o ""ﬁ" e (1001 I \!ul.lgs mX~ Tl IS A PPERRERICE ""m G "!n! S *‘i‘,ﬂ“\l‘y‘ : * [Copyright, 1900, by A. N. K;*logg Newspaper Company.]

CHAPTER I, There was a touch of the destroying breath of autumn in the keen wind which swept over Lyndhurst, an old colonial mansion on the Hudson near New York ®The big .trees on the terraced lawn and in the dense wood behind the house were shedding their sere and yellow foliage, and in the extensive garden on the left of the entrance not even a belated flower could be seen in the well-arranged parterres. Here steod a marble statue, there a playving fountain; the entire aspect was c¢old and cheerless. ~ Within the mansion quite a different " scene presented itself. A fcotman in ~ livery stood in the vast hall; white- - capped, white-aproned maid-servants " moved about with soft tread and solicitous mien. Five o’clock tea was being served in the quaint Elizabethan drawing room. A man less than 40 years of age, tall, handsome and with a military bearing, reclined in a quaint1y carved easy chair before the glowing wood fire with its old-fashioned brass fender and dragon-shaped andirons. ‘The man’s face was full, dark 'and round; his high, broad brow suggested considerable power of intellect; he wore no beard, and-his short thick hair was touched with gray. He had but one questionable feature; zn expert physiognomist might have said that it awas a pity sueh « strong face should be marred by a mouth slightly inciined towards weakness. His wife, who sat near him, was a handsome woman; she was perhaps as old as he. ‘Her complexion was clear and good; ‘her teeth were fine and even; between her parted lips they caught the red fivelicht and threw it back broken into tiny gleams. Her hands and feet were small and well shaped, her body possessed an undulating ease of movemant that gratified the visual sense of the beholder. Her hair was dark brown, her eyes black and sharp, and these things, with the general contour ol her shrewd face, hinted at French extraction.

When the tea wasbrought ina young lady who had been playing a Beethoven sonata on tEe grand piano in the large b(_)\\’—\\'in{’xlev\' turned to anecther giri of about her own age who stoocd by her ready to depart. : - “Yod really must stop for a cup of tea, Lottie,” she said, laying her jesveled hand on the arm of the visitor. “I am sorry, but 1 shall miss 'my train if 1 stay even a moment longer; as it is I shall have to urge your coachman to drive rapidly.” :

“Oh, surely you are not going, Miss Dean,” protested Maj. Goddard, rising and coming towards them. “We really see so little of you, yvou know, and when ~ou do henor us it is generaily only to the extent of a pop call. I am really going to incite my ward to downright rebellion against you and all the rest of her old school {riends.”

‘ “That is right, Guardian.” The pianist smiled as she rose; “you must stand by wmie.! Lottie has such a nice time in ihe city that she is getting above such a Guiet retreat as this.”’ —~Oh; 16 dsp’t that.” laughed the accuszed. °I do enjoy it so much here and 1 am coming to pay you a good visit before long. Really, lam lcoking forward to it with a great deal of pleasure.’’ T

*Well, until then we shall have a truce,” eried the major, and he éscorted the guest to the door where his carriage was waiting. Ashe reentered the drawing room the expression of his wvife's face riveted his attention. Mrs. Goddard was watching Miss Briscce, who had left the piano and was pouring Ihe tea at the low brass table in the center of the rcom. The look she was giving his ward was so full of malignant dislike that the genial face of the major grew grave. He seated himself in the chair he had just left and eyed his wife attentively. Just then Miss Briscoe brought a cup of tea to him. “You'll find it exactly right, Guardian,” she said with a smile. “I not only Eknow the number but I now understand the size of the lumps of sugar you want.” “It is always right, Blanche, when you pour it for me.” He wouid have added . fuﬂher‘ pleasantries to this had he not felt the rigid stare of his wife upon him. “You.have nice manners, I must say,” Mrs, Goddard suddenly jerked out, “but I presume you were taught in that Fifth Avenue school to serve geatlemen before ladies.” The beautiful girl flushed to her wavy golden hair. : : *Oh, do pardon me, Mrs. Goddard, T am so forgetful; Guardian looked so tired after his journey to town that I-—" - “Oh, it doesn’t matter in the least,” and this retort was emphasized by Mrs. Goddard’s rising, pushing past }f{e giri and pouring her own tea. IHer , cewﬁsdqu with suppressed rage as she took her cup to a window-Seat be‘hind the piano and hastily drank it after the manner of angry individuals. “Never miné,” said Maj. Goddard to Blanche, who, with a look of deepening embarrassment on her face. had taken g%geaﬁt geaf him; “never mind, it can’t "“I%vp’&ﬁfﬂgﬁ'tﬁ{ﬁavé‘displeased her for ‘the world, on—on your account, if for mothing else. Idotry my besttogeton with her, but somehow I never make “the slightest progress in the right direction. lam soawkward” __Their voices were so low that they 2 ok ek fhe dewabirier 1n the ‘bow window, but she seemed to know ‘that she was the subject of the guardSUsE el 0 he plaredover ey eup S the ke & suien. nfristed unt -, ARSI nE YORIUTED %»él%g’f 15 Bk |k Chiileteiy Beote her g e e

turning out millions, and I did not know it before, but she had laid a great many plans that must now fall to the grounc.” “Plans?” said the girl, in surprise. “Yes, she had consulted an architect about building a house at Newport and one on Fifth avenue. Oh. it wasan awful blow to her! I wish she could put a better face on the matter and not take it so very hard. As far as I am concerned, I had made up my - mind that matters were not so bad, after all. but she is ambiticus, you see, and 1 never was. I have grown tired trying to get rich. I would like to rest, but—" ~ 'Fhey heard Mrs. Goddard’s cup ant saucer rattling as she advanced to the ‘tea table. Thén she turned to the door suddenly and her heavy silk skirts gave forth a rustling sound-as she passed haughtily out into the hail. : “0, I say, Jeanne!” exclaimed her husband, rising and geing to the door, but she had gone out on the lawn, and when he came back tn the fire he and his ward saw her walking to and fro on the asphalt drive. A moment later she turned and gave an inaudible order to James, the footman, and he came out to her shortly with a revolverand a box of eartridges. il Goddard went to the windlow and Blanche followed. ' “She’s going to practice shooting.” he said. “When she is full of anger she seems to find a vent for it in target practice. Watch her; she certainly has the most wonderful marksmanship of any woman alive.” The major coula not heip this exhibition of pride in his wife, and he seemed to hold his breath in boyish expectation as Mrs. Goddard took de- ‘ : { w k}‘ i!\'\s" RINCY| el 2 | NN RGeS | T || 5: l - .i 4 of Z..,g ‘J @il |‘ A\ s __J : ,1 'ls:7({ él °:“" Q& s 01 | R 1/ AN ) ey B R L;‘ 3‘}% *! ‘-(g /s"’}'& !W‘i“ i‘rfl ‘ g; % ,;//03 A ; l%‘!ﬁ‘,/—'!‘k/ | 4 oy ":b/b'j‘ Q-‘ 4 - 6 * Y / ilg -.—:-:T—= = i i)\ :-7nl ‘!’ \}3 / / 3{{ > b i , FEAR N\ 4 t‘} S (e & I ; ‘X! ;930 U/} CL b el 4\ WS 5) \ @C%f‘ el\ O / \.7)) {-U 57 2 \-\é N S .%g S/ {ﬁg Y e i / ¢ m . : : &/, "t 0 &» : < &1V H\t v GODDARD WENT TO THE WINDOW AND BLANCHE FOLLOWED. liberate aim at a white envelope which James had pinned against the trunk of a tree about 50 feet from where she stooc. ‘ : - Five reports followed ore another in rapid sueccession. i “Gocd! Wonderful!” éjaculated the major, “she hit it four times out of five. I have no idea,” and as he said this Goadard’s tone lost a part of its enthusiasm, “I have_no idea where she acquired her skill.” She always laughs mysteriousiy when I ask her. 1t was while she lived in the west, however, 1 am sure. Often she lets slip little-allu-sions to ranch life and hunting on the plains.” : Blanche made no response; there was a conficdential note in her guardian’s voice which strongly appealed to her sympathy. 1t ¢hocked h-r sensitive idealistic nature to have him admit that there were pages in kis wife’s history which even he had not been allowed to read. They saw Mrs. Geddard toss the revolver on the grass toward the attendant and turn into the house. A moment later she passed through the hall and went up the stairway to her'own apartment. ;

“There is one thing T can not quite forgive in her, dear Blanche.” And the majorecaught the soft tapering hand of his' ward and led her back to the fire. “She married me. She must have been influenced to become my wife by the fortune she knew I possessed. She betrays that in a good many ways. She was ambitious; but persons born with craving desires are not to blame for having them, and so I try to overlook this fault in her. Being a poor milliner. who came in contact with the rich just far engugh to warnt to have means, it must have been a temptation to her to marry a man with money. I don’t say that she does not love me, for I really think she does. I should be very miserable if she did not.”

“My poor guardian,” sajd Blanche, tenderly. “You deserve so mueh. You ought to have all things that belong to good men. I have been very unhappy ever since you told me of your financial loss. You said, I think, that my nioney was safe?” :

“Perfectly. Isaw tothat. I remembered your father’s last words of confidence in me and I never have taken the slightest risk with your interests. Your fortune is as secure as if it were in the Bank of England, and the entire amount is earning a good rate of interest,” “But I have no use for so much money,” said the girl, almost pleadingly, “and I would be so glad if you would take what you need of it.” The major flushed. “It would be a cowardly thing to do, and it would call forth much ecriticism; no, your meney is yours; your father saw that I was sufficiently repaid for my services, besides, nothing less than your ‘entire fortune would give Jeanne all she eraves. She did not gleep a wink last night. T heard her walking ecnstantly | from the moment she retired till dawn.. I went to her door twice and rapped, but she would not admit me. Sometimes lam afraid,” and?ifeméo touched his broad forehead signifi-

“Poor guardian!” There was a suggestion of tears in Blanché’s eyes and her voice quivered. “If you won't let me help you with my useless money what can I do? Do you fancy this—this trouble has not made me unhappy, too? Your face is my barometer. When it indieates-that your spirits are depressed my sky becomes clouded, and then I don’t care for anything else. It used to be so while I was at school. Your visit on Friday was the sole event of the week, and I studied hard accoiding to my promise, that I might be worthy of it. I was so proud of you. The girls used to watch for you to drive up and they aetually raved over you. They all thought you were so handsome.”

But Maj. Goddard was not following her with attentien.

“I have been wanting all this week to wnt a candid question to you, Blanche,” h¢ remarked, irrelevantly. *I am a little afraid you will not fuliy wunderstar.d my motive, but I do want your opinion—a woman can judge another woman’s heart better than a man can, even if he is her husband. I want to know, Blanche, if you think Jeanne cares for me a little bit 2”

The girl could not command her suddenly roused emotions; she started and her long lashes fell before his eager, almost breathless stare. It was as if the question had been a shot which reached the very citadel of her most saered convictions. :

“Guardian, you must not—you ought not—" she seemed unable to proceed,. “I know I ought to be ashamed of myself for admitting that 1 have doubts, but since my loss and her strange reception of the mews I can’t help feeling as I do. Oh! Blanche, do ycu think she only married me for the fortune T had?’’ :

*“I did not know her then,” said Blanche. evasively, hér face pale and rigid. “I' am too young to-readthe—-the motives of women older than I am. I only know, if—if—’’ :

“If svhat, Blanche?” “If I had been your wife I should have loved you more in misfortune than ever. ' Oh; lam so sorry for you! It is breaking my heart.” She raised her handkerchiet to her eyes and began to ery softly. Goddard pushed her "head back gently till she was forced to lock into his eves. :

“Don’t do that, little girl,” he said, tenderly, “it breaks me all to pieces to see a woman's tears. I wish the old days could semehow come back; those days when 1 dreamed of a young trusting wife who would love me for myself and draw me away from evil ind@inations. You never guessed it, little girl, but—" he seemed 1o realize that he was going too far, for he broke off short and after a moment’s pause he began again: ‘‘Never was a man a greater slave tg a woman’s whims than I am to hers. Asmuchasllove honesty, honor, trath and upright living, I am afraid that woman could make me rencunce it all if she wished. 'Fo me she is as powerful as opiuni toits most abject slave. [ must do sométhing, Blanche; these thoughts are maddening.” He touched the bell.: “Get out my horse,” he said to the servant. ¢I shall take a ride.”” He went out to change his dress and his ward sat down before the fire. She heaved a great sigh. “I wonder if-she will desert him,” she thought: “it would be just like her, now that she can no longer use him.” CHAPTER 11, ' Maj. Goddard spent all the next day in the city busy over some legal matters connected with his recent losses. He missed his usual train and was forced tc take one an hour later. In conscquence of this delay it was dark when he arrived home. The drawingroom was lighted, and through the window he saw Blanche-and his private secretary, Mr. Hubert Talley, at the piano, but he did not enter. All day he had been worrying over. his wife’s recent moroseness, and he did not, want to lose a moment before seeing her. e fancied she must be in her own apartment, so he went up stairs to her door. It was closed. He rapped gently, but received no response from within. He rapped again, but with no better result; then he tried the latch and found the door locked. ¥or a moment he stood mastered by thoughts which both contradicted .and confirmed each other. Then he remembered that the door was the only outlet from the room to the main stairway, and as there was no light to be seen through the keyhole he half persuaded himself that Jeanne had dressed and gone down. He turned quickly into his own apartment across the hall and turned on the electric light. His first thought was that he would change his dress before joining the others. but his impatience to see his wife defeated this idea and he hurried downstairs. He looked into the library, a large, cozy apariment opposite the drawingroom. A coal fire was burning warm and red in the grate, but the room was empty. Just then the butler; Wilkins, opened the folding doors and a view of the electric-lighted dininghall in its vast splendor of white cloth, silver and cut-glass met Goddard’s roving eye. : y “Has . Mrs. Goddard come down?” the major asked. : . “I did not know she had returned, ME L - “Returnéd! from wlhiere?” " “From the city, sir. ‘She went in this afternoon.” ' .. “To the city! at what time?” - “She caught the 1:40 train;” it was Blanche’s voice behind him, and it contained a note cf startled concern. “She said she would go direct to your office and return with you.” - “I have not seen her; my God! what can have happened to her?” Blanche motioned the butler to retire, and he did so, discreetly closing the door. - o ‘ i o EeEe Confiwuell) o fo . Netite BeDene, ~ - A Scotsman was waiking along Trafalger square one day, when he stopped in front of the national gallery. Secing alked In toar He was surprisedso 08 e Bagl BRiblng 19 pag, it belng 2 “free day.” After passing the turnstiles. however, he was asked to hand over his walking stick. “Nue fear," he gwuwz@;m*“ﬁw F gURAn ‘and welked out—Tittle Chronigle, P TPEE S A AN eWV OTHNNN.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. TH . SRR e SRR L S LV e T B Lesson in the International Series for February 17, 1901 —=The . ' B Lord’s Supper. . . THE LESSON TEXT. o - : (Matthew 26:17-30.) ; 17. Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for Thee to eat the passover? .18. And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 19. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 5 20. Now when the even was come, He sat down with the twelve. ; 21. And as they did eat, He said, Verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 22. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto Him, Lord, is it I? ; 23. And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. : . 24. The Son of Man goeth as it is written of Him; but woe unto the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been good. fer that man if he had not been born. 25. Then Judas, which betrayved Him, answered and. said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 26. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. f 27. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ve all of it; ' 28. For this is my blood of the New Tes-, tament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. d 29. But I say unto you, I will not érirk henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 30. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives. GOLDEN TEXT.—This do in rememe= brance of me.—Luke 22:19. 5 : NOTES AND COMMENTS. On. Wednesday of the ecrucifixion week Jesus was in retirement. Thursday evening the passover supper was partaken of by Jesus and His disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem. It is supposed by some;that this upperroom was in the homeiof Mary, the mother of Mark. It was im “an upper room” of this house where the Holy Spirit was poured out on Pentecost. The lesson covers the following points: 1. Preparation for the Passover.—Ver, 17-19. - 2. The Approaching Betrayal.—Ver. 20-25. 3. Institution of the Lord’'s Supper.—Ver. 26-30. . After Jesus had ended His talk with His disciples on the Mount of Olives they went on to Bethany and remained there quietly on Wednesday and part of Thursday. Meanwhile Judas went to the chief priests and elders and planned with them to betray Jesus into their hands. : ¢ On Thursday evening was the feast of the Passover, for which a great multitude of Jews had come to Jerusalem from all parts of the world. It was held in the spring o,f each year, about the middle of our April, in memory of that night 1,500 years before, ‘wien God had - delivered their forefathers from siavery in Egypt. Read in Ixed. 12 of the Lord’s command to kill* a lamb and sprinkle the blood on the door, and how the destroying angel passed over.the homes of all who obeyed that command. So they were saved through the blood of the lamb. The Passover supper was not only in memory of the past, but to remind them of the future, of the time when one. should come who would deliver them from a greater danger—eternal death. Read in Mark 14:13-16 of the strange manner in which two of the disciples found a room where they made the supper ready. Our lesson tells us how Jesus showed Judas that He knew what he had done; and John 13:30 says that the traitor went out into the dark night, leaving Jesus and the 11 faithful ones alone. Hundreds of thousands of lambs had been slain that the Passover supper might be kept. Now Jesus. Himself the true Lamb of God, was to die the very next morning, that thus Ged for His sake might pass over ocur sins. There would then be no more need for the Passover supper. for its meaning

would be fulfilled. But people forget so easily that, strange as it may seem, something was needed to keep in memory that wenderful event—the Lamb slain for us. So Jesus appointed a new memory supper to take the place of the old. This is whbat we call the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper. :

The death, the burial, and the resurrection by which we pass from the old life to the new, is pictured in baptism. This is the great confession of faith, by which we enter His church. Then the great truths of salvation through the death of Christ and the new life are set forth in the communion.

Good Fortune of 11l Fortune,

It is idle to try to enjoy trouble, but it is rational to withhold judgment as to whether trouble be really the design of an experience that seems grievous. It has happened a thousand times that some apparent misfortune has given birth to a.vast blessing, thus im the issue proving itself actual good fortune. Paul, for instance, tells in the Philippians that the apparent calamity of his imprisonment has resulted in immense success and joy—*“So that my bonds Dbecame manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetsrian guard, and to ail the rest.” Full trusi in the divine in the face of buffetings is warranted by many an experience. no less than by the wholly mereiful quality of God’s fatherhood.—S. S, Times.

CONTEMPORARY CLIPS.

It is better to spoil the rod than spoil the child.—Chicago Daily News.

A man is most foolish about women before he is 20; a woman is most foolish about men after she is 30.— Judge. o The truly wise man does not get stuck on himself however great may be his success, for he knows that he owes his elevation to the applause of] fools.—Puck, : So mich fault is found with wom--en who board, to avoid the trouble of housekeeping, that a woman boarder wrote to the Atchison Globe to defend the practice. She said that she and her husband were driven inte a boarding house by kin; they found they were keeping a free boarding house, and broke up housekeeping ig order to avoid a financial breaking-up which seemed inevitable. o : “The Brahmapootra, from whose banks came the fowls that were so _popular in this country a number of _years ago, is 1,500 miles in length. It 4s said that every variety of precious i sb?teo;te has been found in the sand of its

DROPPED DEAD. v Col. Shaw, Formerly Commander im '~ Chief of the G. A. R., Expires from Attack of Apoplexy. = Washington, Feb. 11.—€ol. Albert Duane Shaw, former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and congressman frém the Twenty-fourth district of New York, met a tragic death in his room at the Riggs house early Sunday morning. He died of apoprexy. When his room was entered at tem o’clock by C. E. Glynn, Col. Shaw’s secretary, the congressman was found on the floor, face downward, where he had fallem when stricken. Doectors hastily summoned said the congressman had been dead since about two o’cleck, . A NN A ‘ > W I Ny A 5 AR t A K / »\\& \iB 7 A < -‘T\‘:"l\ W "b : ”‘ ”’)3\\\ N '<\\“ u I’llr- :“_\;V W u~; 2 =i = o B N\ I\ " AN\ 7§ £ LT A 5 AN\ LA . & AP A B ,»’a;.fr;:;ﬁ’};,f'}:.-::--:-W i e il Vi By P st SR T - eI V) == P 2 L : ) ».)'/7'.///’ ’/””%’” e/ | <€ ! ] ALBERT D. SHAW. - and that the stroke had probably ended life immediately. [Col. Albert Duane Shaw was born in Lyme, Jefferson county, N. Y., on December 27, 1841. He was a student at the Belleville Union academy- when the civil war broke out. Though not yet 20 years old. he at once enlisted in the Thirty-fifth New York volunteers. He took part in the battles of Rappahannock Station, Bull Run, Chantidly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredefcksburg, and a number of smaller engagements. After the war Col. Shaw served in the New York assembly in 1867. He was United States consul at Toronto for ten years, and was then promcted to be consul at Manchester, England, where he remained until 1886. For several years he was largely interested in the development of electric power at Niagara Falls. Since 1830 he has been president of. the Canadian Niagara Power company, which has a hundred-year lease of the water powet within the Queen Victoria park. Col. Shaw early became a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was, elected commander in chief of the G. A. R. at the Philadelphia encampment in 1829, and served the term of one year. being succeeded by Leo Rassieur, who was elected at the Chicago encampment of last August. Col. Shaw was elected to congress early in 1900 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. A. Chickering, and was reelected to the seat for the Forty-seventh cengress, which begins on March 4 next.] - IT MUST BE ABOLISHED. House Committce Makes Full and Stinging Report on Hazing at West Peint. ' Washington, Feb. 11.—The report ol the special congressional committee which investigated the hazing of Cadet Dcooz and the general subject of hazing at West Point Saturday was submitted to the house of representatives by thechairman of the committee, Representative Dick, together with a -bill making stringent regulations against hazing, fighting and all brutal practices. The report is an exhaustive review of the practice of hazing in all,its forms, and while moderate in tone is nevertheless a stinging arraignment of the many alleged brutal practices enumerated. It specifies more than 100 distinet methods of annoying and harassing fourth-class men, and . describes them in detail. One of the “funny formations” described is that practiced on Philip Sheridan, Jr., who was compelled to ride a broomstick “in mockery of his illustrious father’s achievement at Winchester.” The report states that a system of fighting has grown up which is shoeking in its character. The fights are described and the committee states that the West Point code is more vicious than the Queensbury code. The committee keld that fighting is the worst form of hazing. The report says that such fighting as that at West Point is a felony aceording .to the statutes in many of the states, and the time has come when congress must deeide whether fights, which are high crimes elsewhere, shall continue at West Point. ; The committee finds that Cadets MacArthur, Breth and Burton were ‘hazed into convulsions. others were hazed until they fainted, while others were hazed until they were sick. The hazing of Cadets Booz and Breth is elaborately treated, but the committee does not attribute their deaths directly to bazing. The bill submitted contains 11 seetions against hazing, and provides means for its detection and punishment. Dismissal is provided for taking part in a fight or a challenge, directly or indirectly, or for any form of annoying, harassing or bracing of cadets. Cadets dismissed are made ineligible to appointment to the army, navy or marine corps. Provision is made for courts of inquiry, courts-martial, closer association between officers and cadets and other means for effectually stopping the practice of haziung. Loss Is Heavy., Omaha, Neb.,, Feb. 11.—Secretary Goodrich, of the Omaha Street Railway company, Saturday morning estimates the loss from Friday night’s fire at $135,000. 'L‘he"insura,ni:_:e” carried on the power house and machine shops and on the cars being rebuilt amounts to about $BO,OOO. R i Many Haurt, Sl Cleveland. O.,Feb. 11.-—At 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning at the corner of Scovill avenue and (Kennard street a westbound motor crashed into a sleighing party of 22 persons and 11 were more or less injured, but none fatally. = ~ Given Five Years’ Scnfence. _ Buffalo, N. Y, Feb. 11.-—Attorney David C. Fitzgerald, convicted of subornation of perjury in the Garlipp diTore gies, g | seplingd ;10 e years at hard labor in Auburn prison. The motion for a new trial was dropped by the prisoner’s counsel and it is understood that no appeal will sl il el PG kv 1y disposed of by private ssle. e ’&M@%% N A T wl%%ﬁ G

.rv-‘, NS xm‘- " %mnu '.'—‘ir.:n ‘E jxﬁl ha "" PN L-Qi\ > Pe/ heS' 2 e o ¥gl S y. IN7all "nP"\ REMENT e Q‘,};“ 1= “\‘j‘ﬁ’l' ) P ] AN i Y- ° Y= “!’J \~l/[ > h*’:’ e e TN 0 2l ! T THE WISH MAN. A funny little Wish Man came out of the Somewhere here, : (You really should have seen him, he looked so wondrous queer); He had a pack upon his back, stuffed full as full could be, Of wishes for the boys and girls—those living near to me. He said he'd indirectly heard—he couldn't tell just where TExt in the town of Discontent were many dwelling there. Wiro wished for this and wished for that (it really was too bad), it mace but little difference what, long’s ’twasn’t what they had! Accordingly, he stuffed his pack (and tied around a band) With every sinble kind of ‘wish now found within the land, Andé fared he forth from house to house, - ' to please the people all, And dealt out every kind of wish™ for which e had a call To one. 'twas wealth—a sordid wish; another called for joy; ) One asked for ease; one beauty took—a worthicss sort of toy! And so he gave them this arnd that, and al!l seemed happy quite, ¥For which the Wish Man naturally took very keen delight. But when a stranger passed the totwn of Discontent, he saw (Twas just a short time after this) what filled him quite with awe; No merry whistie, smile nor laugh could be verceived at all— What dire disaster could have brought upon the town this pall! He called upon a wealthy youth, who said: “I'm all at sea— What stocks to buy, how to invest—it almost crazes me! ° Before a rich man I became, I had all sorts’ of fun, ’ But rsince my wish, a moment's joy 1 haven’t had, not one!” ’ And thus ’twas so all through the town. Each testified the same. Not one was half so happy as before the Wish Man came. . “Ah, ha!” Perhaps by this you've guessed who was the stranger man; If not, by throwing out this hint, 'm very sure you can! ~ That night, wherl,, everything was still, there crept frgn room to room Some one who gatlfered up each wish that - caused such direful gloom; And when old Sol arose next day, and scattered sunbeams down, They fell upon—the name was changed—upon Contented Town! —Adeibert F. Caldwell, in Farm and Home.

FIRE STATION MASCOT. - Kitty, a Chicago Cat, Accompanies ~ Engine Company No. 12 Wherever It May Go. On one dark night not long ago a'vagrant “biack cat, of such diminutive proportions as toindicate that its eyes had but recently opened for the first time cn this world, found its way into No. 12 engine house, in Chicago, and into the hearts of the stalwart fire fighters, who bade it welcome. They fondled the waif in their strong arms and Dbecame jealously ' disputatious when any of them tried to monopolize the attention cf the outcast. Kitty was allowed the freedom of the house, and lost no time in making herself at home. With a cat's natural 4 llﬂlllﬂmﬂ“lﬂl PN ey 1 TN NS Sl R s ee e s / ":ﬁ;ﬂ R ?“’,‘?}’j#/, /, i’%’ ﬁ:;’»;;?f"/ A N 74/,{’ ,-d-".‘_»";:_;-‘,“,’." __,t’ - /"*% i e e S i e a’v ‘*ﬂ'} L e e gt e e RESTING AFTER A FIRE. L love of warmth she quickly found her way to the sleeping engine and stowed herself away alongside of the fire pan which keeps up steam when the engine is not in action. It was a nice, warm bed,. and sc comfortable as compared to the outside cold from which she had so providentially eseaped that pussy has never since “cared to wander from her own fireside.” When she did wander the other night she took the fireside along with her. Along in the small hours, when the brave fellows up above, who had sworn to be her protector, were soundly sleeping, there came the wild clang of the alarm bell. In an instant all was commotion in the station. The doors of the stable flew open with a thud, the horses sprang from: their stalls and raced to their places beneath the pendant harness. At the same time shadowy, half-dressed forms shot down the shiny brass rods from the apertures above and mounted swiftly .to their places on the engine, hose cart and chemical. Then the doers of the station swung open with a bang and the firemen drove madly from the house. A dwelling house in the far northwest was aflame, and it was a long race to save property, perchance lives. ] - They made a record-breaking run and stopped the fire before the residence had been greatly damaged. During the hour or more that it took to extinguish the flames the engine, hitched to a hydrant, throbbed fiercely and emitted a shower of sparks. which made things uncomfortabie for spéc‘tators in close proximity. So'great was the heat from the furnace, now red with a bed of ccals, that perspiration poured from the stoker’s face as he steadily fed the fire. = e ~ In the flurry of fire fighting pussy had been forgotten, and it was not until tbe crew returned to the station that the driver of the engine bethought ‘him of his charge. When he bent low and examined pussy’s eorner, with his heart in his mouth, expecting to find her missing or dead from the heat, kittie proved herself unharmed ' by purring gently when his hand encounMreg Rew e 0o o ~ She had come through the wild night's ride to the fire unseathed and had shown herself to be possessed of all the prerequisite qualities of fearlessness and endurance which become e e 'The bove of No. 12 have officially deel wer. the etk seksot ah ﬁ»%gw%ﬁsﬂ; ‘Bhe accompanies them 1o every nre, iuCinelnhatt Comiaaiulat T ““fmg‘%@%ﬁ R R e

- DEEP-SEA ANGLER FISH. A Clumsy-Looking Monater with am ‘. “Emnormous Meuth and & . - Healthy Appetite, - - . Who that has studied and heard of only ordinary fishes would ever expees to see such a fish go fishing. Yet here is a fish that can fish for its game, yeés, and with rod and line, too, as deftly as ever an angler coaxed & trout from a mountain stream. . ‘He is a clumsy looking monster aecording to our notions of fish beauty. He is sometimes five or six feet im llength, ‘with an enormous head in proportion to his body, and a mouth - that will enable him to swallow animals nearly as’'large as himself. He ‘is a-poor swimmer and elumsy, and that great mouth must be filled. so he turns fisherman for a living. ’ Mark these two long feelers which spring from the creature’s nose. and. how they taper away like veritable ——— L i P, AU x Vet - 1 & N \SG S | L NS R e eB e : et o oReReC o 4 L Nese cl:‘*/ > - DEEP-SEA ANGLER FISH. kﬁshing" rods. ‘To the end of them is 'attached by a line or a slender filamentasmallglittering morsel of mem_brane. This is the bait. The hooks ‘are set in the mouth of the fisher‘man down below. But how is he to induce the fish to venture within -reach of those hooks. They are shy; 'he ‘must not let them see him, yet "he must draw them to him, and he } does it by stirring up the mud on the ' bottom. Then he plies his rod and the glittering bait waves to and fro like a living insect glancing tlirough i‘the turbid water. - Then up rises that cavernous mouth from the cloud be}lo\_\7'3ll(l snap! the prey is entombed in ‘the bag-nets, huge sacks attached ; to its gill covers, in which it stows {ts \victims until enough .of them are eollected to form a satisfactory mouthful.—Little Chronicle. | ‘A WONDERFUL PLANT. ; It Lenves Young Plants Which in the " Course of Time Destroy Their | ’ Parents. The- “Life plant,” as it is called, is found in tropieal climates and sometimes in our large greenhouses. When ‘full grown it has rather large and irregular spreading branches, Tt has thick, waxy, olive-shaped leaves, with 'notched edges. The flowers are borne ‘on . tall, straight stalks, are bellshaped, and, in the early part of the season, are of a pale green color; as the season advances, however, they become streaked with red and purple. To a casual observer there is nothing 'particularly striking about the plant; but if one of the leaves is examined with ecare, in each notch a tiny brown dot is seen. Each of these brown dots is a collection of minute life cells, the germs of other perfect plants. It is from these life-cells that the plant gerives its everyday name—the life plant. - These germs do not develop until the leaf either drops from the parent plant or is plucked and given ample | time to mature. let us imagine that ”we have a mature leaf before us, and that it is our privilege to watch the 'germs, develop. After four or five iweeks have passed tiny Ileaves on thread-like stems are seen growing 'fx"om every mnotch on the leaf, and often a leaf has as many as 14 or 15 [vhotches in ‘its margin. = Encouraged tby the warm air and the sunshine, ' the tender little shoots grow with ‘alarming rapidity, and in a short time are so closely clustered together as to "almost hide the original leaf. _As the young plants increase in size ‘and strength they absorb the vitality of the parent leaf, and it gradually loses its fresh green color, shrivels -and dies.. Nature then seems to say to the young plants: “Now you must seek fresh nourishment,” so they begin to feel around with their slender roots, and finally send them dowm deep into the ground for the nutri--ment needed. , Lived on an Idol's Dinner. - ~ An old sailor, now a pilot at Port P.'éyal_. S. C., is fond of relating an incident which occurred near Calcutta, India. The vessel which he commanded was wrecked in the bay of Bengal, ‘and he and two ecompanions were the ‘only ones saved. - The three mem ‘reached shore, and in seeking food ‘and shelter came upon an immense Hindoo wooden idol. - While they were looking at it they saw a party of ma‘tives approaching and hid themselves in the bushes near by. Each native carried a‘dish of eatables which he ‘placed in front of the idol, and after ° they had departed the hungry sailors had a sumptuous feast. For nearly ‘a week the sailors eamped in the vicinity of the idol, living on his provisions, until they were discovered. Then they had a fight ‘With the natives, and although victorious thought ‘it prudent to move on, so they ‘made ‘their way to Caleutta, and there se‘eured passage homeward. = ' - : ‘Sunday school teacher read that we fmust all be born again.” . “WeH?” queried the father, “But I don't want. to be born again,” said. the Jit _efu low. :‘Whynot?‘:gtﬂ itfi gﬁ er. Beeme.mwg red Tommy iy'ras ‘kmﬂ{wkﬁlz)’ areenel tapn i 1 Aeliamat ANiR iEe Bl T T e i e sROTR W 3@%@ %@% Twins 15 two *"i‘é“ﬁ'!%‘sf‘{‘!% .\ﬁ‘g ?:%‘%E«L"S‘.e»{ “‘i*,“‘ﬁa":"%’%."i;va{g}; AN ™. At e e Mrs. Gabbleton (musingly) — After