Richmond Palladium (Daily), 24 February 1900 — Page 2

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J6 We commend our Home Story printed in another column today, for Sunday reading. It is an eminently practical sermon. The senate and house conference cammittee has agreed on a financial t ill that saems to give general satisfaction to Republicans. The bravery of General Cron je is exciting the admiration of the world, t.ut he is securing a place in "fame's e ternal camping ground" at an awful c-ost. His men are being slaughtered like cattle in a pen. A meeting was held in Boston last j ight by those who are opposed to expansion except by means of baked leans. Cock ran and Boutwell vied with each other in denouncing the rdtninistration. It may be some consolation to President McKinley io reflect on the fact that our first i xpansionist, George Washington, Was roundly abused and bitterly de nounced by the same class of per sons. Occasionally you will find a person brave enough to admit that he or she enjoys real music. Rev. J. dimming Smith is that sort of a person. In a lecture at Indianapolis Friday night his theme was "Mother Earth" and Lis plea was for greater simplicity in everything. Sjieaking of music he paid that ho attended an opera once and paid tf 5 for a seat merely to hear WJ II III 1"S1'S; . mted until she sang "Home, Home" for an encore. The question whether a child fifteen years old can be compelled to attend school under the compulsory education law is now being tested in a Payette county court. The statute provides that a child may be compelled to attend school between the ages of six and fourteen years inclusive. The problem is in that word "inclusive." The attorney -general says that the law admits of two interpretations, and he declines to ivo an opinion till the case now pending in court is decided. The ablest sieech yet made in the house on the Porto Rican tariff bill was that by Mr. Littlefield, the new and eloquent member from Maine. He opposed the compromise bill which proposes to put a modified tariff on Porto Rican goods. "I oppose this bill," said Mr. Littlefield, "because it is unrepublican, unAmenean, unprecedented, unwarranted and unconstitutional." He asrutd that the regeneration of the island of Porto Rico could be brought about by a loan, which the United States should authorize it to raise. In 1893 Porto Rico had man umitted thirty-nine thousand slaves without tumult or bloodshed, the people paying J12.000.000 to free the bondmen. "Could not these people," he asked, "be trusted to repay a tri fling loan to be used for the relief of the island?" All the people of Porto Rico asked was a stable government and hands off. They could take care of themselves. Porto Rico could repay a loan of $10,000,000, if operating under free trade in free markets. "I assert," added Mr. littlefield, "that this bill is drawn against the advice Davis, governor general Must the protest of """ico, against the asrainst -

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Jashington ns to the ident will lfulness of epeats itthe misich was heaped with that to which demagogues resort lme. ournal is wrong in a comparison oetween ped upon the admin is - George Washington and f 'President McKiniev. or that rory is at all repeating itself in the political contentions, at the pres ent time, as compared with those of the time of our first President. I do not think that any succeeding Presi dent has received anything approach ing the bitter, vindicative and vicious . abuse that was heaped upon Wash, ington and his administration. Never has history repeated the, wild scenes of excitement and tumult which prevailed all over the country in 1793, because Washington desired to maintain a neutaal position between England and France. In the streets of Philadelphia, then the capital, "ten thousand men paraded, day after day, threatening todrap Washington out of his house and effect a revolution in the government," and even John Adams had-to fortify his house to protect his life. So bitter had the persecution of the administration become, so persistently was it abused and vilified, that when Washington sought to reorganize his cabinet, after the retirement of Jefferson and Hamilton, he could find no man of prominence willing to accept a position in the cabinet. Mr. Randolph for a short time discharged the duties of Secreretary of State, but soon retired in disgrace. Then "one after another of the best and strongest men was summoned to fill .the vacant post. Not one of them had the courage to come." Mr. Patterson, Mr. King, Mr. Patrick Henry, Mr. Pinckney, Gov. Johnson and others, in turn, was offered the position and refused it. Not only in one of the highest places under the government, but in the administration with Washington at its head, no man of prominence dare risk his reputation. But the difficulty of securing a competent man for the state depart ment was only the betrinning of Washington s trouble in reorgancaused by the retirement of Hamilton, from the Treasury gave equal annoyance. Many were called but none would come, and the President at length was compelled to promote a subordinate to the head of the department. Gen. Knox resigned from the war department, and after many attempts to induce a better man to accept the position, Mr. McIIenry was appointed. Washington apologizing for this appointment, aid it was "Hobson's choice,'. that or none. He was compelled to take not only inferior men but could have no choice in regard to location they must come from where they could be had John Adams, the Viae President writing at this tme said: "The sure reward of integrity, in the discharge of public ' functions, is such obloquy, contempt and insult that no man of feelinir is willintr to renounce his home, forsake his property and pro fession for the sake of removing to Philadelphia, where he is almost sure of disgrace and ruin" These facts, more than any words can express, show how vicious and veno mous was the warfare waged against Washington's administration. Do any such conditions exist today? Would McKinley find a dozen men, one after another, refusing a seat in his cabinet because of the '"obloquy, contempt and insult" they would in"Durability is Better Than Sh&w. The ve&lth of the multimillionaires is not equal to good he&lth. Inches ivithout health Are & curse, and yet the rich, the middle classes and the poor alike, have, in Hood sSarsaparilla, a valuable assistant in getting and taintamtng perfect health. tarrh "Our UtiU boy's qehooping ft him tDtih cjitArrh, bat Hood" s 1 mjtde hart perfectly xo!L J 1 myself 'with satisfactory retS. GorsSruer, Newton, iCisu My bey suffered "with Ojxrrtg. icoo botties er Cared rum. He is twa QV&tsecf 3s use. W e Mrs. . C r r r SV.. tired feeling -orncr.g nd night j cured St ms S iwl girTs storrucfu" Kicaru Mass, orf YEZ foe inc. mirm

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cur? It ought to be a subject of rejoicing that the political contentions of these times are in such strong contrast to those of a century ago. History is certainly not being repeated in ("his respect. It is difficult at this day to understand the feeling which prompted the deliberate and persistent attempt to overthrow this first administration of our government, the trial administration under the constitution, indeed the test of the constitution itself. Its failure would have destroyed all hope of a permanent union and a successful republic. The administration should have been sustained even if its errors were many and great. It should have been remembered it was a test of man's capacity for self government undr a republican constitution, and it should not have been forgotten that there were no precedents to guide its ac. tion, for there had been nothing in all the past like the government just organized; nothing in ancient or leni times with which it could, be compareu. it was men i uv- paui.w duty of every liberty loving citizen to rally to its support, that a govern ment by the people should be sustained and given a fair and friendly trial. But Washijgton's mistakes were neither many nor great. Considering the difficulties which confronted him, and the dangers which surrounded him from within and without, seldom, if ever, has greater wisdom or sounder judgment been displayed in government, than was shown by the first President of this republic The furious opposition, which so unceasingly assailed him, was neither wise nor patriotic and was entirely without excuse or reasonable pretext The triumph of Washington over this opposition saved the republic and irave irreater proof of cenms as a statesman, than the greatest vic tories in the field of war ever gained for him as a general. Great as he was in the camp he was far greater in the cabinet. Isaac Jeskixson. Slere Soap Issue Ceases. Klmberley. Feb. 24. Ird Methueni arrived liere Tuesday, lie will act aaj administrator of the Kluiberley dis trict, extending southward to the Orange river. CoL Kekewich will re-j main in command of the local forces.: The Issue of sei.ee soup ceases today, There are 64 Boer prisoners here. Resolutions .Against Steel Trusts. Washington, Feb. 24. Hepresenta tlve Richardson of Tennessee, lntro-1 dueed joint resolutions yesterday against the steel trust and ajainst: trusts in barbed wire, wire nails, etc.! ta the form similar to those intro-i Jt:eed by him against the sugar and! psper trusts. ! Russian Cruiser In Kiijrlish Waters.! Bomltay, Feb. 24. The Times of! Ikdia announces that a large Russian cruiser has arrived at Bandar Abbaa.l on the JStraits of Ermuc, which con-; nects the Tersian gulf with the Arablan sea. The British third class cruiser Ponione and the British gunboat Sphinx have proceeded thither. A Transport's Sorrowful Load. Svan l'MUfisto. Feb. 24. The United! Suites transiort Ilaneoek arrived ye yerday from Manila via Nagasaki and; ts in quarantine. The Hancock brings! 100 discharged soldiers. 10 cabin pas-! seugers end ."V' dead Ixnlies. Twc soldfers died on the voyage. Prevented A Tragedy. Timely information given Mrs.! George Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio, prevented a dreadful trajredv and saved two lives. . A frightful! cough had long kept her awake every! night, one had tried manv reme-! dies and doctors but steadilv grew worse until urged to try Dr. King's; New Diseoverv. Onei hnttlp wru-fflv cured her, and she writes this mar velous medicine also eured Mr. Long of a severe attack of pneumonia. Such cures are positive proof of the matchless merit of this grand remedy m i . . , xor curing au tnroat, enest ana lung troubles. Oolv 50c and $1. Everv bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at A. G. Luken .t Co.'s drug store. 6 i

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Yesterday's ession of the senate was unusually Interesting from the very beginning. In spite of vigorous and influential opposit iou. Mr. Penrose of Pennsylvania succeeded in getting the Quay case before the senate and during the afternoon three notable speeches were delivered. After a sharp parliamentary squabble, Mr. Penrose moved that the resolution Involving the seating of Mr. Quay le taken up for consideration. On an aye and no vote the motion prevailed, 34 to 28. The majority was so decisive as to cause some surprise. It is known Jhat some senators who will vote, if the opportunity be offered to scat Mr. Quay, yesterday voted against consideration of the case, while on the contrary, others who voted for consideration, probably will vote against seating him. The vote. therefore, can not be regarded as quite a test of Mr. Quay's absolute strength in the senate. Following the taking up of the resolution, Mr. Daniel (l)eni., Va.) delivered a speech 1 which he vigorously- supported Mr. Quay's right to a seat. Mr. Vest (Dem, Mo.) and Mr. Fjorspeeches ancht the Hawaiian govern ment bill. Both were constitutional arguments, Mr. Foraker's being a reply to that of Mr. Vest. At the night session Mr. Sulzer (N. Y.) vigorously opposed the bill, as unwarranted and unconstitutional and against the rights of the Porto Ricans and the policy and traditions of this country. "The road to imperialism,' he said, "is a hard road to travel under the cona'itutiou. We want no Porto Rican stepdaughter In the Union, but one grand galaxy of sister states enjoying equal rights and equal prerogatives under the constitution. The others who spoke were White (X. C), for the bill; and Messrs. Lloyd (Mo.), Little (Ark.). W. E. Williams (Ills.), Burnett (Ala.), Stark (Xeb.). Ryan and Ureen (Pa.), Daly (X. J.), and Cilbert (Ky.) against the bilL At 915 the house adjourned. RAILWAY WRECK Fast Pan Handle Passenger Dashea Into a Delayed Freight. Steubenviile, O.. Feb. 24. A wreck on the Panhandltt road last night near Din more, just east of this place, resulted In the probable fatal burning of owe man, the burning of one coach and one baggage car and the complete demolition of two engines. A west bound freight train struck a land slide in a deep cut, throwing the engine and several cars over into the eastliound track just as the "Greaser," a passenger train' from Dennison, which left here In the evening, came around the curve. The "Greaser" crashed Into the wrecked freight. The baggage car and forward coach of the passenger train soon caught fire, but it li oelieved all the passengers escaped except one man. name unknown, who was badly burned and may die. HAS HE FLED Ramors In Hong: Kong That Insurgent Chief Is In Japan. San Francisco, Feb. 24. The report la la circulation, based on word from Hong-Kong sources, that Aguinaldo has escaped to Japan. The story is told as the result of the rumor that United States Consul Wildman has received information that Lnban, Ponce and Agonclllo, a brother of the Filipino envoy now in Europe. left recently to meet the former rebel chief In Japan. Thse men are members of the Filipino junta here. It is suspected that Aguinaldo may have escaped from Luzon to Formosa during Gen. Law ton's march through the northern portion of the former Island. Youth of World Recalled. Oaxaca, Met, Feb. 24. Th exploration of the Milta ruins, in this state, under the direction cf the Mexican government, has brought to light some notable antiquities. Excavations are now being made in the third palace, and - the underground walls are found elaborately carved with hieroglyphics. Some of the mounds near the ruins have been opened and found to contain human skeletons, idols and ancient pottery. Northern Indiana M. K. CoaftRBOa Elkhart. lad., Feb. 24. The Northern Indiana M. 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TRADE REVIEW

Bradstreet'a Import Indicate Oecrally Enooarainc Tendeuctoa. New- York. Feb. 24. Bradsireefs review 6 the state of trade during the past (Wet'k Is of a generally encouraging nature. It finds that general distributive trade i of satisfactory volume, though affected by weather conditions and holiday. Spring business is enlarging at many markets east and west, the presenc of buyers being encouraged by special passenger rates. Money is steady as a whole, and no higher than a week ago. Bank clearings comparisons are rather less favorable, partly because of less pronounced speculative activity at this time last year. Gains in railway earnings for the first two week-tjf February are of absolutely phenomenal prvport ions. Eastbound tonnage is of unparalleled volume, while shipments of spring goods to the country are very large. The earnings of tiO roads for the second week in February aggregate f7.941.tXiO, an increase of 30.4 per cent over same period a year ago. Business as a whole, continues on a Targe scale, encouraging alike to distributors and consumers. Dullness and the predoiutnace of professional trading were again the most pronounced features of the speculative week. The conditions which prevailed in Wall street, however, found their duplicate in the state of the Ixmdon market, which though remitted more cheerful by the news of British successes in the recent operations In South Africa, seems, like our own to be without immediate attractions for the public Nearly all the developments of the week have beenof a favorable character. Although Wall street is somewhat Impressed with the belief that the expected passage of the currency and refunding bill at Washington will give a decided impetus to speculation, there is an apparent hesitation to act upon this idea. Retailers will carry over some stocks of winter clothing. Industrial activity Is very marked, Canadian factories rutitiing to their fullest capacity. Business failures for the week number 28, as compared with 85 last week, 3D in this week a year ago and 45 In 1S98. 50 in 1S97 and 51 la ISOtJ. ' DANGEROUS GASOLINE Destructive Fire In an Alabama City Causes Consternation For a Time. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 24. The explosion of a gasoline stove In the basement of the Metropolitan hotel yesterday afternoon, was followed by a tire which burned that building and the Hewlett block, adjoining, causing a loss of about $ltJU,000. The insurance amounts to about threefourths of the loss. After two hours" aard work by the firemen the flames were beyond control and fearing the entire block, including the l'otter buildings and the Morris hotel would be swept away, a telegram was sent Montgomery asking for aid. -An hour later, however, the fire was under control and the request for help from Montgomery was countermanded. Everything on Twelfth street from First to Morris avenue Is a wreck, but a strong fire wall back of the Hewlett building and the Metro politan hotel prevented the fire from extending any further in that direction. The Berney bank recovered all its books, money and fixtures from Its duilduig and a' company vr mimia w called out to guard the coin and kept back the crowd. A number of guests In tha Metropolitan narrowly escaped, soma having to be lowered from their rooms by means of "-opes. Big Fire In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 24. A fire broke out in the straw goods manufactory of S. May which resulted In loss of life of a woman employe, the Injury of several girls, who Jumped from windows, and the destruction of prop erty valued at several thousand dol lars. The tire extended to the adjoin Ing buildings and some dozen or 20 firms were burned out. The fire was gotten under control In about two hours and was confined to the build ings from 713 to 729 Arch street. Franchise Suit Filed at Toledo. Toledo, O., Feb. 24. Suit was filed against the Toledo Traction company by City Solicitor M. tt. Brailey yes terday which involves approximately $20,txi0 and the validity of the fran chise under which the entire street railway system of the city la being operateu. Pride of a City Burned. London, Ont Feb. 24. London! finest business block, the Masonic Temple, was destroyed by fire yester day. The total loss will reach $250.000 against which there is Insurance of about 1100,000. Several buslnesi blocks are also in ruins. Ttae Fax la ta Well, A wolf one day beard a strange noise in a well. He went to see what was the cause of It. He soon found oat the cause, for there, deep down, was his old friend the fox. "Oh, my good friend, said the fox, "how glad I am to see yon! I know you will do your best to help me out. You can soon get a rope or find out some way by which to save me." "Poor fox! Poor fox! said the wolf. It grieves me much to see yon there. Pray how did you get In? You were not as wise as you might have been. I think. Have you been down there a long time? 1 hope things are not quite as bad with yon as you seem to fear they are. From my heart I wish you well and hope to see yon all right ere long." "Nay, friend wolf, do not stand there and tease me with soft words when I am in so much need of help. Talk is cheap. Can you find means to get me out of the well? If so. will you? If you can and will, there Is no time to be lost, I may have done wrong, but yon have no right to tell me so till yon prove that you are my friend by deeds as well as by words. If you wish me welL use me welL Were you in my place and I In yours yon would not thank me for kind words if my acts were not kind too." Bessie Manning in Elm Ira Telegram. floldlna Varself Stralarnt. A soldierly and upright position is greatly desired by most boys and la quite an improvement to any one, and very often when they fall snort in this respect a friend will accost them with the remark. "Why. if yon walk tike this now. what will you do when yon are my age? at the same time giving him a sounding slap on the shoulder. But perhaps they are not aware that no one. not even the smartest soldier In the army, can hold himself perfectly straight. Just you try It. Place your right leg against the wall and then lift the left foot from the ground. Can yon do it and keep straight? No. Ton fall over evrv tir-'.

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tt n tt n m t m x miinimitintin. THE CAT OR if. THE COMET av . ... . ... Jtf tt Which Waa Responsible T J i)sa4s What was that? A confused noise, as of shattering glass, a heavy fall and then a pistol sbct, all at once. Then Aunt Saniyra rapped on the floor and called to me in excited tones through the keyhole: "Alicia Dean! Alicia Dean! Get up and dress, quick! There are burglars up stairs!" Fortunately I was already dressed, having sat up later than usual that night, waiting for my room mate, Susan Ellen, to come back from the concert-So I opened the door at once, and as I did so Susan Ellen almost ran into my arms, looking white and scared and almost ready to drop. Aunt Saniyra appeared a moment later, her hair done up in curl papers, armed with a lighted candle, a revolver and a poker. I got possession of the revolver Itn mediately; not that I expected lo do any more good with it than she could, but I hoped to do less harm. "Susan E'.en. said I In a stage whls per, "did you see anything of the robbers as you came In?" But Susan Ellen seemed so paralyzed with fear that she was Incapable of answering and simply clung to my left arm like a frightened child, shaking from head to foot. "Now. girls, follow me, and don't speak a word" commanded Aunt Samyra. ascending the stairway, protected by her helmet of curl papers, as It were, and with the candle In one hand and the poker in the other. We followed at a safe distance, and I confided to Susan Ellen on the way that the pistol shot seemed to have come from Cncle Ralph's room, and I was afraid the robbers had hurt him. or he would have come to our rescue in this time. She opened her month to answer, but her teeth chattered so that 6he could not. We now saw that Aunt Samyra had stepped In front of Uncle Ralph's door and was making Ineffectual attempts to rouse him. By accident I had the key of my room in my hand, having unconsciously taken it out after opening the door to Aunt Samyra. This key I now applied to Uncle Ralph's lock. The door opened readily, and Aunt Samyra stepped in. but sprang back Instantly with a cry of horror, for Uncle Ralph lay on the floor ender the window with a pistol beside him. It did not take me many minutes to decide that he was dead with a bullet through his heart. After becoming convinced of this fact all my nerve li-fr me. While gazing racantly ahoci Tv-ftft dr.fi eyes, vaguely conscicps ihat Aunt Samyra was sobhiasr acd that the cook, who had Just romf ou the scene, was uttering bonified ejaculations. I felt some one pull my sleeve. It was Susan Ellen. "Take me away." she said. "It's chilly up here." , "It is chilly," I answered, drawing her arm through mine. Then I noticed that a strong gale was sweeping through the room and that the npper sash of the window was omv' "Look!" I said. "No wonder we are coldr But she paid no attention. After I bad put Susan EDen to bed and managed to get ber warm and oulet with tne assistance of smelling

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salts mil a glass of wine i went oarx up stairs I hn-1 already decided In my own mind t! tit Uncle Ralph had been trdered by a burglar, but the first glance roun-.l i!-e room seemed to disprove this theory, for on the dressing case lay the watch nn i the purse of the murdered nan. N'or. after thorough search, iwiij 1 Bud even a pin missing. Of course we had a coroner's Inquest, and th's developed the fact, which we already knew, that "Ralph Morton bad mrt l:l. dtath at the hands of a party or parties unknown." When the verdict had been rendered, 1 returned to the scene of the murder and made another Investigation. Under the window I discovered some bits of broken glass. On examining the window Itself I not only' found that the ui iht sash was out. but that one pane of glass In the lower was missing. As I failed to draw any conclusion from these circumstances 1 went back to Susan Ellen and asked if she suppowd the murderer had carried off the upper window sash. She burst out crying hysterically, and for a long time I could get no answer out of her nt all. But it transpired at last that when Aunt Samyra had bfx'q apprised of Uncle Ralph's unexpected visit the day before she had sent Susan Ellen up stairs to fret his room ready. Susan Ellen, thinkIn? she had plenty of time before bla arrival to clean the windows, took out the sashes thpy were old fashioned windows In ordr to wash tbem. But Uncle Ralph, got In two hours ahrad of time, having come on an earlier train than be expected. Tba result was that Susan Ellen had not finished the windows. "But It was so warm, she wound np with another burst of tears, "I did not think it would matter to leave out one sash, and I meant to clean it and put It in today." I understood now why it was that Cousin Susan was so powerfully affected by the death of a great uncle whom she bad never seen till yesterday. She thought If she had not left out that window sash the murderer could not have gained entrance. Aunt Samyra employed the finest detectives to clear np the mystery, but It remained a mystery stllL "Alicia, said my aunt about six months after the murder, "what la your theory on this subject?" "I have none." I answered, "nnleaa It was a case of suicide. "Impossible I" she ejaculated. "What sort of mood was he in when he bade you good night?" "Very bright and cheerful. "flow long was It after be left yon before you retired f "I hadn't retired at all, but was pnttfr up my hair in carl papers when I brsrd the pistol shot and went after you." Then yon beard the report of the pistol shortly after be bade yon good night?" "I did." "And yon say be waa in a bright, cheerful frame of mind?" "Yes: he went off with a laugh about being in the top story, saying be could get a better view of the comet, which was then attracting the attention of every tne. as be would be so much nearer to it." At the end of this conversation I was as mooh In the dark as I had been at the t'egineing. Br one rfinz bad been borre in op on ui.i oi ' fry forcibly of late, and ttnr was hv change In Sasan Ellen Ever moiar Ust memorable night she had ten a different girt and seemed only the shadow of ber former self. I attributed this state of things to a morbid- oversensitive conscience which would perit la attaching great blame to henb if for baring left out that win dow aah. One nUase p hr yhjtirtrr

however. I was a't a loss to account for. and that was the sudden and no accountable aversion lie had taken M Aunt Samyra ' poor old yellow cat. Formerly. I remeiiilwred. she had been the cat greatest champion and many a time had shared a meal wttn" pussy, but now she actually shivered If the animal happened to brusta against her. Bnt tt was many years before 1 discovered the cause of that a vera Iota. Aunt Samyra was dead: pussy bad) died mid ! n buried by me with many tears under the cynrewi tree In the back yard: Kunn Ellen bad oia tried! Mr. Went worth, the young man who had lieen In r escort to the concert the night of Uncle Ralph's death: the old home I in. I Utm broken up. and I waa drifting alout the world In an almleaa w.iy Susan Ellen had luvlted me to spend a w.ck with her. and as her husband was away on business we bad ample oportn!ty for the exchange of long coufidenr-e altont oUl times. One night as we sat by the fire the subject happened to turn on A out Samyra's old yellow cat. I asked bet why It was that she took such a suttden and unaccmmtable aversion to that poor animal. "It Is something I have often want

ed to tell you." she answered, "but somehow always shrank from doing no. At first I was afraid, and afterward I just kept putting It off because I knew I ought to have told it at first. Too retnemler the night Uncle Ralph was killed?" "I certainly do." "Well, that evening I went to a concert with Mr. Went worth. We got home about 1020 and stood talking at the front gate a few minutes, be meanwhile calling my attention to the comet. I felt guilty standing at the gate, for Aunt Samyra bad often told me not to do so. and involuntarily 1 glanced toward the house, expecting to see bet poking her head out of the window, looking at me. Instead two curious objects In Untie Ralph's window caught my eye. "You remember It waa such a bright moonlight that one could see very distinctly. You remember also about my washing the windows. The bottom sash was In. but hoisted on a piece of broom handle so as to take the place of the top sash. leaving the bottom of the window open. , "Now. then, on tne window art, walking backward and forward, look-, ing at the comet, too. I snppoea. waa Aunt Samyra's old yellow eat, white Uncle Ralph, with his bead poked out from the window, waa also regardlngthe comet with rapt Intent ness. "My first feeling waa one of guilt) dismay. Be was looking at the comet now. to be sure, but If be were tc glance In my direction and then to tell Aunt Samyra! "While I hesitated what to do poesy began rubbing herself against the piece of broom handle that held op the window. The broom handle, I am afraid, had been pot np In a very slanting. b aecure fashion. I realized this In a flash as I noticed Uncle Ralph's pistol lying-on the window sflL And 1 ba4 barely realised It when the broom handle slipped, the window came dowa on the pistol, and yon beard the abot and know the rent." She pa need and took a deep breatb. i "And now I want to know wbles was responsible for too nudei. ths cat or tne conT" Cnirat-To Herald. . Her highness the Dbolrmr. India.' baa or nested a challenge cbd worth SSlSOO to the dies KeaneJ club, to be competed for by the members. The pilncesa has tbe largest kennel of Bono's and Ghraa. ta the eastern hemlsptkera. -