Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 26, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 November 1895 — Page 1

ol. 26—No. 22.

ON THE QUI VIVE.

William R. McKeen may well feel proud of the reception hi& name received at Indianapolis this week. It was not the clammy enthusiasm called out by the oampaign of a politician with a "bar'l." It was genuine party honor to a man who has been as unstinting in party loyalty as he has been gracious in his benefactions. One of the gentlemen who went over Tuesday night to render what aid he could for his favorite, told me that it was inspiring to see the cordial greeting which met the person of McKeen. The snow haired Colonel Thompson was so buoyed up by the wave of welcome from the state politicians that he surprised the Terre Haute delegation by standing in the crowded lobby of the Denison for several hours.

Now that Terre Haute knows what the party leaders and workers think of "Riley" McKeen it is pleasing to note the determined attitude of the masses. McKeen's hearty reception Is taken as a sign that no mistake was made in his initiating his campaign.

It means thousands of votes to the Hepa b! lean party to advocate the claims of a man for senator who, although rich and powerful, is a man who mingles with the masses. No red tape nor looked door keeps Mr. McKeen from consulting with the humblest, and it Is the wonder of his friends how be oan spare the time he has always allowed for listening to the plea of all. That quality meaus votes. It means winning strength.

Here's to William R. McKeen, of Indianal ______ The other night at the Terre Haute my attention was called to a very lah-de dah fellow, dressed in the extreme height of fashion, and with enough gold fillings in his teeib to relieve the anxiety about the gold reserve If it could be fashioned into coin of the realm. "That man," •aid my informant, "is a traveller for an Indianapolis tailor who takes from two

to three thousand dollars out of this city every year, in the way of business furnished by a class of very dressy young men who do not believe that they can get enough style here. This tailor makes a trip nvfry year to 'Lunnun, don'tcborknow,' and comes back here with a lot of styles heralded as exoluslve, and he ropes these young men in and they send the money that they make in Terre Haute over to Indianapolis to help pay for this 'Lunnun' trip." The man, who Is a very smooth artiole, makeB about four trips a year here, and takes away every time from five hundred dollars up in orders, every cent of which money should be spent in Terre Haute, with Terre Haute tailors, who help to make the other businesses that give these young men jobs. They are so dissatisfied with Terre Haute style and customs that it is to be wondered at that they consent to breathe the artiole of air furnished here. No doubt when the pneumatic tube system of rapid transit is perfected they will have their meals put up in oapsules and furnished them from Indianapolis with the Indianapolis style blown in every capsule. I may be more of a crank on this subject than others are, but I believe that every man who earns a living in Terre Haute is in duty bound to spend the money so earned with the merchants whose enterprise makes it possible for business Institutions to existfhere.

Judge Taylor makes a very sensible suggestion in regard to the county attorney attending to the pauper criminal practice he thinks the county attorney should have bis salary raised a little, and then defend the paupers who are unable to secure their own counsel. The only matter of wonder about the whole thing is that Judge Taylor has been so long in discovering that that is a good thiug to do, seeing that he has been on the bench nearly five years, and has made numerous allowances for special counsel in similar oases. One is led to wonder if it is because we are to have a Republican county attorney after the first Monday In Deoember, and he is especially desirous of having him earn his salary. _____ I? There waa an effort made at the council meeting Tuesday night to discharge

George Dickerson and Robert Paige from the engineer's force, but the resolution, offered by Mr. Graham, was postponed indefinitely. It has been common rumor on the street sinoe the meeting that an offer bad been made by the Bosler Republicans to the Democrats that if the latter would vote with them to discharge Dickerson and Paige at the next meeting, they {the Bosler Republicans) would vote with the Democrats to put two former employee of the department, under Democratic rule, back in their old plaoes. One prominent Democratic councilman when approached on this subject, said that he knew ooth ing about such a proposition having been made. Q- V. can not believe that it haa been made, and will not believe it until he sees such a plan carried into effect. The ©onditlon of affairs at present existing In the council in regard to 'the engineer's office to deplorable, whether considered from the standpoint of a politician or from that of a tax

payer interested in the city's welfare. It simple illustrates how politics are politicked by Republicans in Terre Haute, on the eve of a presidential election, when harmony aod good feeling should characterize the efforts of office holders, whether they be Republicans or Democrats. It is not to be wondered at that the leaders or the Republican party are cudgelling their brains in the effort to secure some man for cLalrman of the county committee next year who will be able to harmonize the discordant elements. This is hard enough to do at ordinary times but the state of affairs at present existing is just a little worse than usual. QUI VIVE.

TO THE POINT.

When in doubt, tell the truth. Clerk and shirk may rhyme, but they don't sound well together.

The boy who lies to get out of a scolding must be good dodger.

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There was a cigarette smoking clerk who once became proprietor, but It was by accident.

Constant abuse of those under you will strengthen your lungs at the expense of your manners.

If you spend every cent you earn, you won't wear out shoe leather in going to the savings bank*

Try and think as muoh about business when out of the store as you do of your pleasure when in the store.

If you must smoke while at business, do it under the nose of the "boss," and not in the basement. You will sooner .earn what he thinks of you.

HE WAY TO MAKE ROSY CHEEKS Young girls who long for the bright eyes and rosy cheeks which aooompany health, will have them if they obey the the following rules:

Air the bed. Throw open the window. Walk at least a mile a day—five if possible.

Eat nothing 1etwepn meals. Never taste strong tea. Bathe daily. Wash the faoe with cold water and soap, rub briskly with dry towels and avoid all cosmetics, powder included.

Sleep at least eight hours nightly, in a room without drapery or fol-de-rols and with neither stationary basins nor furnace heat.

Always sleep with an open window le»ding directly to the outer air. Let your living rooms be full of sunshine and sweet air, even if the carpets do fade and the dust settle.

Have no fear of freckles and tan, but oount the sunshine and the health dealing wind as two gifts of heaven.

Don't change from thick to summer underwear in the midst of winter for the sake of putting on a low-necked dress. If nature bestowed a No. 5 foot and a twenty six inoh waist upon you, accommodate yourself gracefully to her generous gifts. So shall you grow to be queens, indeed fit to wear the crown of perfect womanhood.

THE SUNDAY POS1.

The first number of the 8unday Illustrated Post, published by J. C. Rutherford, made its appearanoe last Sunday morning. It is a six column, eight page paper, tbe size of The Mail, and is very attractive in appearance, being illustrated with scenes about the oity, portraits of prominent people, etc., and the contents are in keeping with the illustrations. The paper makes a very pleasing appearance, and it should meet with the encouragement it deserves. The first number had a generous advertising patronage, many of the leading adveiUsers being included in its columns.

LICENSED 10 WED.

Win. R. Armstrong and Arietta Moaeman. Chattneey Jenkins and Sarah A. Wllkey. Albert Rush and Mary A. Thornbarg. Geo. Oortou and Annie Summers. Them. I'ftuce and Alice Bell. John W. O'i'onnell and Oakle M. Read. Chan. Lfvlngston and Nellie M. Murphy. Philip Pies and Minnie Kaaemeyer. Albert Oonover and Elisabeth Piker. Robt. H. Cowan atid Bessie E. Logan. Jan. A. Krwin and Cecelia I. Thralls, Samuel Z. Prey and Minnie East.

Wi are fast becoming a nation of beer drinkers. The statement issued by the Internal revenue department for the fisoal year ending June 80, shows that we consumed over 1,000,000,000 gallons of beer during that year. This gives us an equal standing with Germany, which is supposed by many to be the leading beer drinking nation of the world, bat leaves us slightly behind Great Britain, whloh has an anaual consumption of 1,200,000,000 gallons. The consumption of beer throughout the United States varies greatly. It to largest In New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Wisconsin, and least In the southern and prohibition states. In Kansas, a prohibition state, the sale of beer laat year footed up leas than 6,000 barrels, whereas, the total sales in the city of Milwaukee were 2,000,000 barrels. The superiority of American methods is shown in the manufacture of this beverage. While Germany has 90,000 breweries, and Great Britain 13,000, the United States has bnt 5,000, which succeed In furnishing the beer drinkers with their favorite beverage, showing that the oapacity for production in our home breweries is far ahead of those abroad. '4\

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NEWS 0E THE CITY.

Thanksgiving Union services Will be held next Thursday morning at 10:30 at the Central Presbyterian ohurch. The sermon will be by Dr. Tucker, pastor of Centenary M. E. ohurch.

Major D. D. Wheeler, U. S. A., was granted a dlvoroe this week from Mrs. Sophia Doming Wheeler, on the ground of abandonment. Mrs. Wheeler was given the oustody of thefr two ohildren.

The pulpit of the Christian ohurch will be oocupied Sunday morning by the pastor, F. A. Morgan, at 1:46 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject, "The Old Life and the New" ^evening, "Withheld Confessions."

According to the report of the state statistician the oorn crop in Vigo county this year will reach the enormous figures of 2,173,920 bashels, 62,112 acres being planted in corn, producing an average of 35 bushels to the acre. But twelve counties in the state had a greater production of corn than Vigo. ,4*.

Edward MoHale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MoHale, or north Fourth street, died last Sunday after along illness with consumption. He was one of the best known and most popular young men in the city, and his funeral on Tuesday from St. Joseph's ohuroh, was one of the largest ever held here.

Don Farden and J. R. Barnett were given a sentence of five years in the northern prison, in the federal court at Indianapolis last Saturday, and were removed to prison on Monday. If they behave themselves while there their good time deductions will give them a term of service of three years and nine months.

Theodore Ross, at one time one of the best.known young men in this city, and who made money as the proprietor of the cigar store at Fifth and Ohio streets, was sentenced to two years in staffs* prison, at Indianapolis, this week, f.'r embezzlement. He was employed l\v an inotallmentdealerof thatcity. Ro^'* arrest, it is said, broke the heart of his wife, and she died shortly after be was placed in jail at Indianapolis.

The announcement was made this week that John R. ("Jack") Paddook, for so mauy years with MoKeen A Co., had taken an interest in the gents' fur nishing business of James Hunter, the firm to be known as Hunter A Paddook. Mr, Paddock will devote his entire time to the business after the first of December. He Is one of the

TERRE HAUTE, DSTD., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2-3,1895.

The Chicago store was gutted by fire last Sunday morning,damage being so great that tke store was necessarily closed. There was every evidence that the fire was incendiary, and although the police have been working on the matter all week they have not made any discoveries as to the probable incendiaries. The stock was heavily insured.

Mrs. John G. Minniok died at the advanced age of eighty-three years, Tuesday evening, at the home of j&tedaughter, Mrs. Henry W. Davy, on north Eighth street. Her death was very sudden, she having been in good health until within a few hours of her deaths when she was attacked by a hemorrhage. She was a native of Virginia, and had been a resident of this city since 1832. Four children survive her.

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most popular young men in the oity, of acknowledged business capacity, and the new combination is sure to be a winner.

Terre Haute Chapter No. 11, Royal Arch Masons, conferred the Royal Aroh degree last evening on a "team" consisting of Otto Wurtzebach, Wm. Wurtzebach and Will Busch, and after the work sat down to a very elaborate banquet. A number of visitors were present from surrounding towns, some thirty being present from Paris alone. Addresses were made by James Bardsley, E. C. Gilbert, Ale'r. Thomas, for the local body, R. L. McKinlay, of Paris, and others, and musio was furnished by the Mendelssohn quartette and the Frog orchestra, and Will Hamilton reolted.

The dlreotors of the Yigo Agricultural Society held their annual meeting Thursday, and elected the following offloers: President, W. T. Beaohamp vice president, H. D. Roquet| secretary, W. H. Dunoan treasurer, John M.CIlft general superintendent, U.R. Jeffers fairground committee, W. T. Beau oh amp, U. Jeffers and P. J. Kaufman. The report of Secretary Duncan showed that the receipts for the year were 87,210.92, and the expenditure* $83,781.07, leaving a balanoe of $3,435.36 as the year's profit. The question of a running meeting next year waa discussed, and as the director* seemed to be in favor of it, it is likely that such a meeting will be held, as was intimated by Man About Town last week.

R. O. Miller, of the firm of Hoberg, Root A Co., was called to Bridge ton, Parke county, this week, by the death of his father, Jacob B. Miller, a most highly respected citizen of that county. The deoeased was born and reared in Raccoon township, Parke oounty, and had been identified with Its progress sinoe attaining the age of manhood. He had always resided In the township of his birth, and was one of its most enterprising citUens. Be waa married twice,

the youngest of his children by his first wife' being R. O. Miller, of the firm of Hoberg, Root A Co. His second wife waa a sister of Christopher Brown, of tbla city, who survives him, with one son, Jacob B. Miller, Jr.

The reception to Eugene V. Debs tonight promises to be a big thing on wheels. Mr. Debs will arrive from IndianapollB on the evening train on the Vandalia, and will be met at the depot by^a reception committee, end a grand parade will be given, the reception at the armory to take plaoe at half-past eight o'clock. All the labor unions will be«represented in the parade, and many vijftors are expected from the surroundlipl towns. Two thousand roman candles will be burned in the parade. At Chicago last night when Mr. Debs arrived from Woodstock, he was met at the' depot by thousands of enthusiastic workingmen and was carried on their shoulders for a mile to Battery D. armory where the public exercises were held. He made one of his characteristic speeches and it was received with much enthusiasm

FASHIONS OF THE HOUR.

Fur trimming? which were so popular last year, are in greater demand than ever, and sable, chinchilla and Persian lamb are equally fashionable.

Heavy guipure lace, in oream or string oolor, with or without tracing of gold or jet sequins, is very muoh used to oover revers, collars and form yolk effects over slilc, above a low-cut waist.

Velvet gowns with voluminous skirts aod elaborately trimmed waists stand first among those for dressy oooaslons, and dark green and blaok seem to be the a it

Dress trimmings of all Vortsahd conditions were never more elegant, and elaborate embroidery of silk, velvet and tare is shown on almost every gown, whether it is made of velvet, silk or cloth. (Skirts have lost nothing of their summer fullness, but the absenoe of stiffen lng, exoept at the bottom, makes them ooiuoh more graceful. And, although the sleeves have the appearanoe of being somewhat smaller because of the different arrangement and less stiffening in the lining, there is no diminution in the aotual size.

The most noticeable feature of the new bo&foe is the coat effeot, whioh is given by an added basque from six to twelve inches deep, whioh falls below a very narrow belt. It is usually cut somewhat circular in shape, so the edge hangs in fluted folds, or plaited in full box plaits at the back.

Black gowns of fancy wool, crepon, and brocaded satin are very muoh worn, and the walBts are made dressy with some color to brighten them. Pale green and dark violet are very stylish, used in oontrast with brown, as well as blaok, and a very little turquoise blue gives a fashionable touch to a dark green gown.

7HE OIRL WHO WORKS. The girl who works—God bless her. She is brave and aotive. She is not too proud to earn her own living nor ashamed to be found at her daily task. She is studious, painstaking and patient. She smiles from behind the oounter or desk. Her smile is the reflection, of celestial grandeur and eternal bliss. There Is a memory of her own sewn in each silken gown. She is like a beautiful mountaineer—her oharaoter is pure aB the bubbling spring, strong as the rock from whioh it flows and high as the mountain's topmost pinnacle. The sight of her shuuld be a fine inspiration for us all. Her hand may be stained by dishwashing, sweeping or factory grease, but it is an honest and helping hand. It stays misfortunes from many homes it is one shield that protects many a forlorn little family from the almshouse and asylum. All honor to the girl that works.

MODERN PHILOSOPHY.

To some people ignorance aeems to be

Cupid possesses most of the virtues and vioes. The oourae of true oonscienoe never did rnn smooth.

Wealth is sometimes more burdensome than poverty itself. The gossip habit is more Injurious than the liquor habit.

Whether one's taste is good or bad is largely a matter of taste. It is a good time to dodge When a woman begins to talk in a high key.

The people who imagine they have no faults laok the virtue of discernment. Some Americans ridicule foreign dakee and then claim to be related to them.

We admit the superiority of any other person with more or lees mental reservation.

The young man who know* onljr a part of It learns more than be who knows It all.

Those who join processions after the band begins to play generally leave as soon as the musio oease*.

The coward may not be able to keep up his own oonrage, bat he keep* up the oouragc of somebody else.

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

In the United States at the present time there are 850 electric railways, with more than 9,000 miles of tracks, 2,300 cars and a oapital of $400,000,000. In 1887 the eleotric roads in the United States numbered thirteen, with about 100 oars.

Freedom of criticism of publio offioials is still one of the notable privileges of the West. A Kearney, Neb., newspaper remarks of a recently eleoted Judge that he celebrated his eleotion to the district benoh by remaining sober for a whole day.

Professor Faertes of the College of Civil Engineering'of Cornell university, Is reported to have received the largest fee, perhaps, ever paid to an engineer— $120,000. This is for eervices in planning a aystein of sanitation for the city of Santos, Brazil, .\~t, A,

Woman suffrage is being pushed vigorously in Idaho. There is a olub in eaob oounty, and next week there is to be a state conference of representatives of these clubs held at Boise, for the purpose of forming a state organization end to devise plans for an educational campaign.

Marlon Butler, of North Carolina, youngest of the members of the new senate, Is thirty-two yeare old. His father was an extensive slave holder and he was reared on a plantation, but the war deprived him of his family possessions. Senator Butler has alrbady reaohed Washington Xo( look for quarters for the winter.

Voters in the election district of Furnace, near Harrisonburg, Va., had no time last week to exercise their sovereign privilege. The poll booka and ballots were returned the day after election with the explanation that the voters were too busy Bhucking oorn to attend the election, and no one could be prevailed on to serve as judge or clerk.

Charles H. Gibson, who as a result of the upheaval in Maryland is serving his last term as senator, has been generally regarded as the handsomest as well as the best dressed man in the senate. His Republican suooessor, whoever he may be, oan never excel Gibson in good looks or furnish a finer exhibit to the admiring eyes in the gallery of the artistic ability of a tailor

With the royalties from his bookB, which continue to sell surprisingly well, and his half-pay salary as captain, Colonel Charles King finds himself very oomfortably fixed in life. He is a hand some, soldierly man of about 50, with gray hair and mustache and a bronzed complexion that life as a civilian has not bleached. Colonel King lives in Milwaukee,and is now adjutant general of the state of Wisoonsin. He began to write before he left aotive service, but he hunted in vain for a publisher.

FROM THE CAPITAL.

Special Correspondence, INDIANAPOLIS, NOV.22.—The Hon. John K. Gowdy, once of Rushville, now of Indiana, is wreathed in smiles. His love feast, from his point of view, was a howling success. The greatest man in the state was not there neither was the •mallest. Most of. the thirteen congress men were in Washington with their fore feet in the trough, while some very shrewd anti-Gowdy men had previous engagements which kept them at home. Notwithstanding the absenoe of such star actors, the show went on. It illus trates the old saying that no man is indispensable in this world.

Your Terre Haute delegation surprised the men who had not been in touch with recent politics. A few years ago the delegations from the Wabash were ignored and combinations rose and fell without so much as a "by-your-leave, Terre Haute." It Is different now There seems to have arisen a crop of youcger men from the valley who have no such word as "fale" in their dictionary. Their advent In the senatorial fight the other day and evening wan stunning. We at the capital had been led to believe that even the candidacy of William Riley MoKeen oould not weld the heretofore irregular and halting elements of Vigo together. It must be confessed now that no man ha* ever had suoh united support as Mr. McKeen seems to possess from the west side of the state.

McKeen and Fairbanks are both won derfol men. I watched them carefully the other day and oon versed freely with each. Physically they are oppoeites. The Vandalia president 1* a sturdy man of 60, not tall, with a moustache like a Bismarck and a clean steel eye. His strong faoe light* up in conversation and hi* language is unadorned. He bears every mark of an executive man, and the determination shown in his feature* I* refreshing. The willowy form of Charlie Fairbanks Is topped off by a strong fringe of blaok hair, but his youth doesn't prevent a coming baldness on his crown. He is an easy and graceful gentleman, a brilliant converaationaltst, but prolix and uninteresting

His suooess as a railway ha* been meteoric, and hi* ave been oourted by other

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taking the MoKeen boom in the most cheerful of spirits. His supporters have now raised the cry of "bad faith," and claim that MoKeen is taking away from Fairbanks a position promised to and earned by the latter. I talked with oae of the McKeen supporters who lives here in Indianapolis and raised that*^ point with him. He told me that in^f 1888, when Ben Harrison beat Walter Q.^ Gresham for the presidential nomina-ipe in, it became neoessary to placate C. W. Fairbanks, and through him the -I Gresham people. S the Republican leaders, like L. T. Miohener, N. Huston, W. W. Dudley, Bruce Carr and a dozen others who are now liviug or dead, promised Fairbanks that In return for his hearty support of Harrison for president in 1888, the legislature, if.Re-» publican, should seleot the youngGresham man for senator In the plaoe ofs your D. W. Voorhees in 1891. The year 1891 followed a Democratic landslide and Republican senatorial togas oould be bought cheap at second hand stores. So it was when the linguistio David Turple was chosen to succeed himself there was nobody but a Democrat eligible.

The party leaders are now smiling shrewdly at the Fairbanks claim and! saying that it was not in writing and accordingly is barred by the six-year statute of limitations. And so it goes.

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One thing was demonstrated by theRepublican conference this week.* The next year's nominations will not bet made by acclamation. If W. D. Owen should be nominated for governor, the* present state- house force would be onetermers. The slate would be smashed. There are already formidable candidates for eaoh other offloe. The greatest struggle is expected to be for the state treas-, urership. A new Riotimond is in the* field. Taylor Dnrbln,©^ Anderson, with the John Wanamaker check in his in-[ side pocket, is debating the question as to the treasury. Durbln is a very strong^, man, but is reluotant to go Into the^ fight. His friends are dragging himr:,-, along, and as they consist of some of the^Jvj strongest men in the state it would not' surprise me to hear him announoed as a new entry. Leopold Levy, of Hunting-g ton, is hot-footed after it, too. Thepresent treasurer, F. J. Scholz.of Evansville, is an admirable fellow, but the advent of other candidates would seem to indicate, that he has lost bis grip on the powers that be.

Democratic politics is as uninteresting at present as Coin's Financial School. Claude Matthews is expecting the presi-^|| dential nomination and will probabljr^ get It. Mortimer Nye and Gil Shankllnr are after the governorship and will get*/ it not. You will remember I have? slated T. T, for that. 2

It is also understood thai the state platform of the Democrats next yeai^ will emphatically state: "We are op«i posed to all sumptuary laws."

And then, look out, S. Edgar Nichols soa. They're after you. HAWK-ETB.

AMUSEMENTS.

Tuesday night that famous and never dying play "Unole Tom's Cabin," which dates back so far that some people have a vague idea that It caused the war of tho rebellion has been presented with religious regularity every season, sometimes with two Eva's, two Unole Toms, two Marks', and two Donkeys, will be seen again this season at the Opera House, presented by the Saltro and Martin mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin company, including actors, blood hounds, donkies, ponies, an interesting Eva, a sympathetic Uncle Tom and the beautiful golden gates, all the ice in a real painted river and every other thing necessary for the proper presentation of this great play. There will be two brass bands and a gigantio parade Tuesday. Then there will be jubilee singers, buck, wing and plantation dances and a host of features to interest and amuse everybody. This mammoth aggregation will appear at popular prices, 26c, 85c, 50c, and 76c for the first three rows in the orchestra circle—so get ready for an Unole Tom jubilee. hobs A HOS8.

Thursday, Thanksgiving, afternoon and night, two performances of Hoss fc Hos* will be given. It is the most laughable of laughable absurdities and will be the attraction at the Opera House.

OLD HOMESTEAD.

Saturday night, "The Old Homestead," Denman Thompson's great play will be seen at the Opera House, presented by a great dramatic company and with all the* special soenery.

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"Trilby" and her feet, with Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, and the great Svengalll will *oon be here.

LITERARY NOTES.

The "Big Bow Mystery" is the title ot anew book just received by the book department of the Haven* A Geddes Co. It I* by the famous writer, I. Zangwill, and. as to mystery will oertainly be pleased by thl*L one. It is the story of a murder committed in a room to which there was no possible access, and the solution of the mystery I* a* Ingenious as it is unexpected' The work Is issued in the Globe Library, and the price is fifty cent*.