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I CHAPTER V. (Continued.) “Well, Deff. what do you think of it? I knew it was only a question of how | much." “You'll never be mad enough to go? “1 shall, and you will. too. Bah. matt, are you going to be frightened about a little negro jugglery! They arc childish, ansi their acts tlie same.” “But you heard what she said. Those who tight against tin serpent die." "If they let him sting, of course. But we shall‘not do that Deffrard. 1 have won. The day is not far off when 1 shall be at the head of affairs, ami you shall be my most trusted chief. \ es, we will take our revolvers to-night and we will go.” They walked back in silence, while, without heeding the laughter and chatter which sprung up ns soon as the two young men wore out of sight, Mahme sat fora time motionless and rapt in thought, her hand that stretched out upon the bar clutching the coin. A louder burst of laughter than usual brought her back to herself, and she slowly drew in her arm, opened her hand, gazed at the cetins for a few moments with her face wrinkled up into n look ! disgust, and then deliberately spat upon them. “A curse upon his money!' she said, hoarsely; “but I was obliged I wu* ■obliged." She turned the coins over in her hand, and her face softened into a pleasant smile as she seemed tn gloat over the money just before taking out a bag. and dropped the pieces m one by one. the chink they gave making her eyes bright en with satisfaction. ".More, and more, and more." she said aloud as she replaced the bag, and then, resting her head upon her haml. she sat there thinking, while the laughter outside became more boisterous and loud But the mirth of the black people who spent • so much of thetr lives basking in the sun shine outside her veranda did not inter rupt her train of thought, which was with Etieurio Sa intone ami the risks he would be bound to run that night at the feast. CHAPTER Vi “Hallo! old fellow." cried Bart Dur ham. “going out? Phew!" he whistled, “What*n dandy!” “Don't fool. Barf." cried Paul, excited ly. "Thank heaven, you've • 'me "My dear boy. what is it? S.>me!’ mu wrong?" "Wrong!” cried Paul. "Read that “Prom your sister." cried Bart, iking the letter handed to him ni I ruuum_ "through it quickly. "Left the convent. Staying with a Madame Saintone, nt the Hotel Devin** going back to the West Indies at on-• My dear old fellow !"< Bart Durham caught his friend's hands in his. “Paul. old chap." h- sad. "is it so seri ous as this?” “Serious? Man, I love her, and sin is going to be dragged away from me perhaps for us tower to meet ami in. Ive often laughed with you at tin sc sentimental French fellows, who shut them selves up with a pot of charcoal, but 1 can feel for them now." “No, you can’t." said Bart, savagely: "and don’t talk like a fool. Aou re an Englishman. Rut. 1 say. this is very sml den. What are you going to do?" "Go to the hotel at once and see her. Come with me,” "I —really, old fellow, I don’t think ••Lucie is t here with her." "t>h,” said Bart, quickly, “I'll come. Do I look very shabby?" "1 must talk to her and persuade her not to go." said Paul, excitedly. "She must not, she shall not go. “Gently, old fellow, gently. Your sis ter says that the mother has sent for her. ami you know it was expected "Yes. I know it was expected, but don’t stand there talking man. Come on." Half an hour later the two young men stepped out of a fiacre in the R ie Royale. and after sending up their cards they were ushered up into a handsome room, where a tall Creole lady, whose perfectly white hair shaded a thin angular yellow face, rose to meet them with their cards tn her hand, while a pale, fragile-looking girl of about twenty also rose, and looked sharply from one to th- other, and. evi dently satistied with tin young artist's appearance, let her ey es dwell longest upon him. "Madame Saintone," said Paul, quickly, and then hesitating slightly, "my sis ter is staying will-, you. M; y 1 see her?" "(ill. certainly," said the lady, speaking in Eren h, with a very peculiar accent. "Antoinette, my love, will you ask Mademoiselle Low ther to come?" The girl gave her head a slight toss, then darted a keen look at Pau), and moved toward a door at the farther end | of the room. Bart hurrying to open it for her, and receiving a very contemptuous bow for his pains. "Your sister is with us for a day or two to try ami keep her friend in good spirits. Paah! child. Mademoiselle Dulau — you - er —know ?” “Yes—yes—well,” said Paul, hastily. “That is, I have seen her once or twice, when visiting my sister at the convent." | “Indeed!” said the lady, with her eyes < contracting, ami her two lips seeming to 1 grow thinner as a thought flashed through her brain. But at that moment the door was reopened, and Luce entered with her aerff) round Aube, pale, excited, and tre,’miuHng. | Luce fled to her brother'sft¥<^ an d as she kissed him she wly^efed; “Oh, Paul, daring; i made her come with me.” “MissiDfnPm -Aube," said Paul, as he took l^p the hands which were resigned tojidm, cold and trembling, while / übe's Xfiark eyes looked full in his, with a sad, < desponding expression that thrilled him to the core. * Paul did not loosen his hold of those hands, but led their owner to a settee,

i while follow ing his oxamide. Bart took ■ ! Luce's, milking her turn scarlet, as she j faltered half hysterically: I "You have come with my brother. Mr. 1 Durham ?" “1 am afraid I shall be de trop,” said Madame Saintone, shrugging her shoulI tiers, and looking meaninly at the young j couples, her eyes resting long.-st on Paul ; with a slight frown; but no one spoke. "As chaperone to Mad. nmi-.ello liiilnu. 1 hardly, perhaps "Oh!" cried Lm-e. quickly, “we are all such very old friends, madame. You need not mind at nil.” “Indeed!" said the lady, with n forced laugh. "Ah. well; I will have you then for a little while. I shall be in the next room it you want me. No. no; do not disnrraime yourselves." and she swept out of the room, her magnificent silk rustling as if the le.iws on the carpet were ton!, and dead. "Thank heaven!" said Paul to himself. Then, leaving Aube for the moment. “Bart, old fellow. ' he whispered, "keep Luce with you. I must win my darling now. or 1 shall go mad." "Trust me," said the young do-tor. hoarsely ; ami then to himself; “And if I don't make much of my chance I’m an n»M. I only wish though that she was ill." Paul was bn. k on the setter, and Luc,not unwillingly allowed Bart to take her hand, as if In- were about to fed her pulse, and lend In r to a .hair in a window recess, where they w .-re out of sight of the others. "Aube, dearest," said Paui, <i> T-dlv. ns he took one of the cold hands. au<| gazed mto the wistful ey<« again, "tell me. is this nil true?" "Y« s." she said nln ost m a wL-m r: “mid it seems to mo a drenm." "A dream!" hi -a d pc -*.:■ >n <t< .y. X". it is a t.-rribly reality. Aube. I must speak out n<>w F- r years sine.-the first time I saw you with my •inter yomb-r, I love.] vou." “Oh, IukIi!" she wh sp, red. faintly. "No. I must sp.jk .s a man she'd.! when his happiness is at stake Ever since then my life has gone on happily, for though I have hard!} *< <-n vou. 1 ham felt that Luce was with ym, my sister, ami she has grown to like ym ." ‘\ < s y.-s," said Aube, finnt'y “She hits written to mo «..pstantly If was she who »ent me . our photograph, which has always b.. n to nr to. that I could see you nml think stlsmt ymt .ami flare to hope that some . n . 11 ■ J ( .vw he !> has gone on growing would b. returm-d Xo, lc-. b t yi.ur Im: d stay ‘ D m tell mo it wa ■ presumption. I'or the pc ■ y.-ar I have felt that 1 must t. il you ot my love, but sum. thing sectm-d to sav, wait, the time w ill coin. For how . .mid 1 dare to suggest smh thought* to you m jour . alm, p.-a. i ;ul retr. at. Ami 1 have wait ed. and should have waited longer, but for tb.ts dreadful bmw. Xul . . .i.-arest, give no- some hop. Let me l.el tiuii loim day you will be mine " She sh-.ok lo r head sadlv. “Whnt?" "How .an I promise you that?" #he stud tn a broken voice. I have always thought of you as Luce's brother and what is dear to her has become dear to me." "Ah!" he ersed. and In- would hare pressed her to his heart, but she shrank from him. "No." she said, half reproachfully "Rut, Aube, dearest, you must not y.m shall not go." “What!" cried tin girl, will m.-re an: nmtion. and her eyes dilating. "Son must not leave us Luc-, who has treated y.-n r s a - ; ste; dearest, you must not have me. Aube, you are n<> longer a girl; be my dean st honored wife. I am tmt rich, but "Ami my mother her prayer to me to join her again." said Aube, reproach fully. "She has mu though* of th- flanger of the cruelty of dragging you away from those who !<>ve yo i. When she knows she will withdraw this terrible command. Aube, dearest, you will stay?" She looked at him again with her large eyes full of the reproach she telt as she slowly shook her head. "It is impossible," she said. "Then you never loved me!" ho cried, passionately. "Roved you?" she said, dreamily. “I do not know. You have always been Luce's brother to me, and I would have j sufft red sooner than have given vou pain.” "Ami yet now you know all.” "Baul. brother, yon arc cruel to me; , you will break my heart." s’m- sni«l. faint ly, as tlie tears began to fall silently. "Then you do love me. Aube?" Her lips were silent, but h-r eyes, as they rested on his, said yes; and again he would have elapsed her in his arms but she shrank away. “No,” she whispered. “1 must go- - she lias waited till these years my mother. I must go." "Aube!” ho cried, wildly. "I shall never forget the happy days I have passed here never forget you but have pity on me. These partings I am so weak, and ill. Luce, hurr sister help me what shall I do?" At the first cry Luce darted to her si<b and Aube threw herself in her arinsi I weeping silently, as she L-iiT h'-r bead up- | ion his shouhb-r. __ "dell 100^,14*0 whispered, faintly. _ ‘rWMiTshall I say to him, Aube? Ail f that you have said to me —that you will I never forget us, and that some day we may meet again that you thhak you love him, dear?" “Hush, hush!” whispered Aube. “But I must speak.” whispered Luce, in a broken voice, "that you will -never think of anyone but him, and that some day —” “May we come in now?" said a sharp, thin voice; and' without waiting for consent Madame Saintone entered with her daughter, who fixed her eyes in a halfmocking, contemptuous way on Paul, evi-

dently meaning the look to be provocn. tion, but it failed of effect. "Wf* are quite ashamed to have driven you from your room, nimlame, said Luce, hurriedly, as Aube hastily dried her eyes. “Oh, it is nothing, my dear. lam glnd to help you all to say good-by, but our charming Aube will soon forget nil this. There is all the excitement of the visit anil welcome. All so new to one fresh from the seclusion of the convent. I wish you were going, too. my dear. We shouhi n<- so happy, 1 could show you our lovely seas ami skies, so blue as yon cannot think, and our charming land, • where our dear Aube's sweet mamma is wailing to take her darling to her heart. You will say good-by now; for we have to go to*«ur dinner.” Aube looked wildly nt Paul ns Mndame Saintone passed her arm about her waist, sending a chill through her ns if she were the evil ange] whose mission it was to part her from him she felt that she must love. "Adieu. Monsieur Paul Lowther. 1 will take great care of your dear sister till she goes back to the pension the day after tomorrow, when we sot off for Havre to sail. So delightful to see you nil like brothers and sisters together. Adieu, ndieu." "To be bott ed out like that," cried Patil, 1 ns soot, ns they were in the street. "(Hi, ' 1 feel ns if I . ould kill that woman. Has she some designs of her own?" "Stutf. man, stuff! What d< signs could she have? (‘ome, eb< er up, old fellow. Sonu- dav perhaps Madame Dnlan may ci me ba k to Paris and bring her daughter here. She is young, and there is plenty of I itne." "Confound yn-.t! Diop that wretched , stereotyped phrase about patience mid I waiting. Rinr. si-, loves me. It is break- i ing her heait to have mo, and as for me I "Look here. Paul, old man. If you talk any stupid stuff about se.oido i’ll kick you m>. l')| poj-on you myself, and bung ; you bn-k again.” "M Iw fwks o! , -• ? -md Paul, with his fare g'-uving. “«hen life is opening • to him it nry pmhdise which an angel , will share.” "Whw rod Bar' I say. old fellow, do < -me down off those verbal I suits." "She lev. *no Bar*. .’d this htismcM has mad. me .< itaoi of the ’ruth." "1 Wish vo v i «, ■nk plain Eng lish." muttered B: tt. Amt thurr will t.. no pnri'ng, old fel , i !<•« no more *«»rrow "M v d< : - l~.v. uI- ■ - o . < , moan ? The ; poor girl must go." "Y<-s. ..I.' i.ih w. nml J t<M>. In the saro< Itoat.” • Hat- ■r < 11 ' z tn " «r • d Hurt "Yon re m«d a March Imre.” (To l*e continued.) A ROMAN T IC Mine 110 <> «* net < ;<.t 11 llt r>«it-?h t lie < * rnll • I ml* of «n In iinn. \ b • of rutnani o w UI often help the ’ - I m).ug p ... .•% And It is a pom hoi. ft vvh’rh some legend nr tra 5 tUfiojj does not n"t;i h, ‘itb nk saltl <»d J J. \ room, “that the nips' ingenious stuo to a«Tount for ; th<- d!»c»»v.-ry .>f n mine was told bjbl •’n' .1 W t j , ' I'r.Lg ' fnterrupted a listen -r “was th.- i. .in vv .. «.-nt out fr *m Fort I nion, I «ln'ii h<’ w.i^ in the army. :t train of’ four mup. wagons which tten never j heard frotn an nt.i.l" • । :.... < mt mt- i । o! \ room. ' i: .td. ll<- was but i.-d with all of the t honors | am mu tellm. his history. 1 but de.illr.g with a p!eturc><|tie incident I ..s • \ e; - army .. w ut m-o g l .sirs and m iilnz He t<>bl m • that he won She coiithlence of a 1 Taos Ind.hi b) same favors that ho * had done him. The first full moon of August, -m* anniversary of the revolt agaiiis 'he Spaniards in loxn. was ap j . proa- iimg. I bis Iml.an had '.rd to i Craig that in return for his kindness he । was going to reveal to him want had never been made known to any whiteman. mi tin- night of tli ■ anniversary ; Cm- Indian ame to t'raig and asked him to go with him. They went out of j Taos to a hill and ascended it. The j Indian pointed to tires burning In vari- ; ousdiri - ti‘>n<. some near and some far, ; bib without apparent significance. " • Those fn-es e.-b-brate the revolt | aga ti-t the Spaniards in l('*sn.' said the Indian 'They are lighted every year. To the whin- men they mean little or nothing. To its they mean a great, deal, Y >u have heard ilia: when the Pueblo Indians arose, drove out th- Spaniards. i desnoyed the churches and restored freedom, tla-y tilled up and destroyed all iraces of the gold mines which were worked under Spanish dominion. That ' is triu’. but <>ur ancestors desired to ; preserve for us the knowledge of the • ; local ions orthose mines. So they adopt- । ed ilwplan of lighting hi't'^yen’' year when the first full moon of August ; eome< "round. This has been done for । “DO years The anniv.-rsary fires are | built on the exact locations of the old ' gold mines. Every lire which you see j burning is over what was cnee a gold . mine. You are the only white man to , whom this has b-en revealed.’ "Col. Craig told me that he noted in j his mind as care!ally as lie could the location of one of these fires and then went back to Taos. Some lime afterward he <et out mi a prospecting tour , in the direction where ho had seen the i signal Ure. He discovered what he be- । lievod was the place, although most of I the ashes hail been blown away. On ' that spot Craig opened a prospect hole. I He sold tin- mine for .$15,000.“ —St. ' Louis Globe 1 >emocrat. Ther - lives ai Marion, Ind., a dwarf, i Janie 1 aider by name, who is 54 years . ohi, 47 inches high and weighs about : i <>l pounds. She is the daughter of ! wealthy parents, who at death left her •> fortune. Her favorite pastime is lying with children and dolls, having a family of about fifteen of the latter. She speaks of herself as a little girl, and her favorite topic of conversation is what she will do when sho “grows up." One of her peculiarities is that among gentlemen friends the larger in stature are her choice. She is in good health and may live for many years. The Sabbatarians were so called from their observing the seventh day as the Sabbath. Their founder was named Braboune. I

Me sundax school. THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM REFLECTION. । KPte ' easanf, Interest ins, und 1 nstruc t- . *'c Les Hon, nml Where It May Be * ~!" >d A Learned and Conciwe R - ] view of th e a alne> , , Lesson for Oct. 2 . , t'eldi-n Text. - "Thy p< opl<- i i»- my pveplc, an ,| t | iy ( ;, M | Kuiil 1: IC,. lin- lesson this week is foim Ruth ’ ■l4-_“2. A svvet t vision <4 1,,*. life, , ’ hrist the home? Is then> anythin^ >m>re j ■'ayred or lovely this side ot heaven? The true Christian home reminds of beuveii, ■ anticipates heaven. So guard it. guide n, j that when we some time awake in henven | Iti e instinctive emotion will be, how homelike! ihe key word to the body of Ruth is returned. V. 22 of our lessen. The key thought is Jesus, heavenly spouse and de-fi-iidor. How uplifting the truth. "Thy nmstei^s thy husband.” A b»od working division of the (took is: Chapter 1. In the tar country. Chafpter 2. In the field. Chapter .’l. -V the home. Chapter I. At the gate. Run rapidly on the whole. It is a beautiful love st.>ry of the long ago. Ami it intimates Io day's live story. The soul’s tryst with the celestial bridegroom. Whose name, like that of Boaz, is sti-ength. He waits still in Bethleh.-n j fields. i Go forth to find him. But first come | back fi>ni nn alien cliim*. S< ek him | among his own. Orpah represents the • ibdurntc sinner, clinging to the world, j Ruth Ihe |H«nitent. seeking a better conn- ' try and a home. Bv the ancient law. in j order : * redeem R a/, must be both kin I nml of higlu-r station in life. See the ! ' last pat- of the lx ok. So is Jesus to us. ) He makes himself most intimate kith ami i I km to us by taking upon himself our t:a- ; i lure. A <-i it is infinitely higher than .-ire ' I wo, si n -|.e is v. ry Go.l, Thus is he able to S ite Able and VV filing, far the book of j , Ruth i s virtral abn gution of Ik m. ! i "\n \mmer or M.. a hit- “hall m*t inter into the congregation of tlie I Lor* 1 Bet what om'il md be on grounds j <»f nistice is n .w made possible by gt.-iee. I W l;eu tin- Moabite Ruth enters the royal i । fumi’c vi t Pul’s 1- :iud she becoiiies t|>» for. i-m i|. |. ~f n mighty multitmie. I; is a kind o pmphet > < f open gate . t > the Genl ih's \m! how high the exaltation! The alien . be, .aver the d.Highti r of the King and in । d<t« tinw tl." mother <>t kings. Omofihi.v • noble smsu s am, in tie- gi m ious purpose of G>>4, <nmr' nt L<! th;.t om- who i-t worthy I. . . ; ,| Ki;,.; , f kings nml , j leoni of lords “This i* the Roni's doing, r; ■it m.'D :ms in -:r > y es." But it ’ S irm- Wo no the . hildreii of a King. I i •* htorv begins vv th departure from : il; which i* the first chapter of ->i ri iDmun hfe The dost rtion of lsrm-1 by Li sj .-k- t and Xiiomt m the days of | famine Ant the same time symptomatic of ihe jd.• norm y of the times md sng-ii’tn-I'd Du mittiral evil to-nt of the I ■ i- man. "All no lik** sln-ep have ' Rut the story ■ ml-, well, ;:h tin* pr>«ltg t! ba« k in the house of lu-rc tie re is eootigh ami to spare. H<>« tn «^iy are th*- intimations hereof the i s i ii“p*msa!> *ti! The devout eye ' j u the J-’ath. r commg out to im-et . ip. r. peii'mjt s -'il Oh the way . ami to the r«-vi t-i ’ ear there are sh>-pher>i calls an | ’ a vmee paying, "Come unto me. nil ye that i I lab. r and are heavy laden, and I will giv< ! I- s a |(,;e tory pure ami simple, and । dur- a.-e those who smile at its sim- j । pl. Ui . S > also with that other pastoral I ' : • S . - . Solonmn Rm he a । pa: ; ' p. it, ami you will not smile but | : > O . we< p w ith lie p jo; . IX I haps ihe , ■ > hmlri n laughed a little over mother's i Has letti-rs pm away. When in later I • days tin- '• : a r s.-ntimeiit stirred in their ; ; own br. .o-t> Un v took the matter a little ! !li - ■ m-a ■ : Dely. To i. ad this Inc : s’or.v right get Ihe love of Jesus in ymir i ; own heart. As a praeti'al lesson, study the secret । • a happy home. Wt- are in danger of !■ - g om- American home. That would - be .' great loss to all the world, for our | < "mistian Imnies in free Aini fiea ar - I i: emit to p-m h mankind everywhere great lessons of blessedness am] peace. ‘ la ’ ' < make mm h of the suggestions of i sacred, quiet hmm- life in the scripture bc- ' fore iis. and warn those that come witiiin the sound of our voices of the enemies that an- menacing tin- sweet sm-risty of th<- home. Me hear much of ihe "mw woman." She does imt look much like this Ruth; she would probably despise Ruth ami her humble ways. Nevertheless it does eyes and hearts good to look upon the lik" of ' mir simple maid of Bethlehem. Ruth, the 1 simple and ingenuous maid, winning by I her dainty faithfuim-ss in little things, j gleaning well, and withal prettily aft.-r the renpers; a homely picture ami hemitiful for its homelim-ss. Is not th.- h -im i. ly Brid•-'•‘■"m also pleased with our .little loyaltie s ' - <o org .MacDoiuald: j'ben ’saw I. through all the pillared gliom. I Across the church a silent figure come; ‘Daughter.’ it said, ‘thou sweep, st wcil my floor!’ | ‘I; is the Lord!' J eriol. ami saw no more.” ■ Next Lesson "ihe Child Sammi." - 11. Samuel 1-15. Fa it II for To-day. In the faith for to-day ihe modern man believes himself not an isolated ; individual, but an integral part of the - great human race, al! men of one spirit. I No person so unimportant as not to af- ' feet the whole, all to be led on together j to ihe stature of the highest. O, rich and wondrous man. thou art the palace ; of sight and sound! Thou carriest in ■ thy senses the morning and the night and the unfathomable galaxy. In thy j heart thou hast the never-failing power j >f love, in thy brain the ever-widening thought of God. in tliy soul the light of endless life. The Reality of God. "’ I J>t the reality of God hearing pr: *t' P ’ike the raw apprentice doubting i ower of tlie chisel to evolve bo.^ ■ l t of the marble, or tlie young mm . doubting tlie effectiveness of tli/ J N ’”bo t «tiuse his unskilled lingers eaiCies oo sweet harmonies from its stri Jt pThe laws of prayer are as re> lia|«vi(lhe multiplication table or tho pri^R of gravitation. ‘Ye ask and । recei- because ye ask amiss.' > j ' Spur P' u ' I

GERMANY'S PRINCES. Their Daily Routine of Life at a H otel. Tho princes rise at 7 o’clock and at 8 appear with their attendants in the swimming bath of tlie Hotel Konstanz, where they don short linen trousers and Jump In with tlie rest of the guests. At I) follows a rowing excursion on the lake; the princes do the rowing, while their governor looks after the steering. After lunch all rest for an hour. In the evening the princes attend the open air concert in their boat on tho lake. They would like to mix with the crowd, but fear to attract undue attention. The princes occupy at tlie hotel four bedrooms and a parlor and dining-room combined. They sleep in the same room 1» two brass beds; each of their attendants has a room for himself. From the balcony of the dining room an enchanting vl«*vv can be had of the lake and mountains. Tlie apartment has a separate corridor, and tho balcony Is protoctod against observation by awnings. I ho boys plan their own menu, which generally contains only bourgeois dishes, such as rare roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, veal cutlets and lamb chops with beans or peas, rice puddiug and potato pancake. Here follows a menu written by Eitel for Saturday evening: I’ellkartoffein mit butter. SehweinseoteletAm. Apfi-l eompot. Markgraetler. In the Queen's English: Potatoes boiled in the jackets with butter, pork chops and stewed apples. Wine: Markgraetler. The hotel-keeper told me that the | boys never were content unless they ; liad stewed potatoes for dinner. For i breakfast coffee, cold meat and eggs : w;-’-o served; for luncheon, cold meat, bread, potato salad, fruits and a light white wine and seltzer water. At 4 : o'clock in the afternoon the boys had coffee and cake. German fashion. Tho dinner was always a somewhat stately affair, and was served in a saloon next > to tlie public diniug-room. The princes sv>er>ed to lie well up in tiie German art of drinking wine. They had plenty of it with their dinner and very frequently tho Crown Prince brewed a “bowl" in tlie evening consisting of white wine, champagne, sugar ami fruits. Everybody in tlie hotel is in love with the princes, who are as modest iind as unassuming as if they were children of the proprietor. Col. von Deines pays the hotel servants 500 marks per i week as a douceur, and tlie cook received from tlie Crown Prince a diamond pin with his initials. Boston Transcript. The “New Child" Horror. “A s not an article," remarked a ( hild tin- otlie/ day to her mother, who ‘ was helping her w ith her school lesson. : "Fancy y ( ur not knowing that it’s a distinguishing adjective!” We asked a small school girl the other day if sho learned astronomy. "Astronomy! Os course m>(! 'Dial's an infant's sub* J-’ I;” she answered, with great contempt. "Havo you read Pope's ‘Essay on Mau?' ” we inquired lately of a girl of It. “I’ope! Why, nobody thinks j anything of him nowa lays," she replied. "1 >i>,vou know Milton's‘Paradise Lost? Oh, we got beyond that long ' ago." The worst of a childish dictum of this sort is that jolt feel yourself s > absoI lutely quenched. There is no getting tiny further in the argument, for no pigheadedness equals tlie pigheadedness of the very young person—in fact, of the New Child. And then he—or she is never amused with the*- simple games that used to delight us. Modern children are willing to play, if only to please their elders; but they are mildly nml politely bored. They are bored with must tilings. They have twenty picture books where we had one—none ■ of your garish, mule illustrations, but aesthetic designs; and yet they don't seem to care about them. There is a good story of how an old gentleman, with much toil and trouble, manufactured a large kite for his small grandson. He and another old friend, with tlie buy, went out to tly the kite. The two old men were deeply engross- | ed. imt tlie grandson got so bored that he quietly absented himself —and after some time the two old fogies found, to their disgust, that they hml been larking about all alone with a kite, much to the .amusement of the--passers-by. And another story of a little girl of 8 who said to her mother (an authoress): "< >h, mumsey. why not call your new book ‘The Rod of Love?’ ” —does not ring quite pleasantly. Ah! There is something terribly unchildisb about the "New Child." —-Good Words. Do Not Fidget. Don't fidget. That is one of tlie cardinal points of etiquette. If inclined to be restless, girls should never admit that they are nervous. Avoid rocking chairs when you are entertaining or being entertained. Keep your feet still and never call attention to them by crossing your knees and thrusting the foot forward. Ilolibledehoys belong exclusively to the male sex, and a girl need never be at a loss to know what to do wit'll her hands and feet. Don't play with the tassel of a shade, a table cover or an ornament lying close to your hand. ’When at table, learn never to touch anything until you are served and tlie meal lias fairly begun.—Brooklyn Eagle. Van Jay—“ Miss Meeks called me a fool. Do I look like a fool?" Millicent —“No. you do not I don't think she judged you by your looks.”—Brooklyn Eagle. Stranger—l would like to see your bill coHector a moment, Editoi—CerI tainly! John, hand the gentleman that ! shotgun.—Atlanta Constitution.

NEWS OF OUR STATE. A WEEK AMONG THE HUSTLING HOOSIERS. Whet Oar Neighbors Are Doing—Matters of General and Loral Interest—Marriages and Deaths — Accidents and Crimes— Pointers About Our Own People. His Wife in Elaines. John Parr, a fanner residing four miles south of Sheredan, was awakened by his wife the other morning at 3 o’clock. He arose and went to a field to cut corn, leaving his wife lying on the bed. He continued his work for a time, when, glancing toward the house, lie saw tire. He at once returned to the house and found the water closet in Hames and his wife burned to death. M hen first discovered in the burning luilding she was sitting on the floor with her feet straight out in front, her body and head leaning back against the seat behind her and her arms folded across her breast in an attitude of peaceful repose. Mer position indicated that she must have been wholly insensible and suffered no agony from the torture of the flames. After Mr. Parr left the house she evidently went to the kictelicn and lit the gas in the cook stove, as it was found burning later. It is thought possible that she may have accidentally fired herclotliing at that time. The remains were burned beyond recognition. Minor State Items. Vermillion County now has six newspapers. Laporte is to have a shirt factory in tlie near furture. Michigan City's new census gives a population of 13,979. According Io ils city directory Wabash has 10,01'0 inhabitants. Hancock County will next year build a new omt-house at an expense of about $125,000. Frederick Royce, of Griffith, was killed by a Chicago & Erie freight train at Hurlbut. Eliza Smith, a colored servant girl a Alexandria, burned to death. Her clothing caught fire from a stove. Frank Bennett, living near Helmer, who was terribly bitten by dogs while gathering nuts, died of blood-poisoning. A big gas well has been struck eight miles north of Farmland. It is said to be tlie best well in Randolph County. Alexander James, a Connersville letter carrier, was probaby fatally shot by a coal thief whom he tried to capture. A smart young man frightened a lior.se, which two young boys weie driving at Laporte, in the runaway the boys were i s.riously injured. ■ The Chase memorial fund has been completed. Trustee Atkinson lias received $2 165 in cash. A house in M'abash cost- ( mg $2,10) has been bought for Mrs. Chase. The demand for laborers at Alexandria by the iv*w factories just starting up is so far I eyend the immi diate supply that steps are being taken to bring several car loads i of men from Chicago and St. Louis. * IVilliam Whitney, who claims his home . to be at Washington C. H., 0., was ) sentenced to two years in tlie penitentiary [ at Washington, for bigamy. One of his wives in Daviess Count}' and the other at ' M'aslnngtcn ('. IL, O. Isaac Doddridge, aged 68, years, who lives east of Milton, sold 2,500 bushels of wheat and hauled it to the mill himself. He has also during he suiuekt built seventy-five rods of stone wall, laying every stone unassisted. □ "While out hunting, Samuel Cromwell, a farmer, liv ng near Brazil, was attacked by a ferocious wildcat. Mr Cromwell succeeded in killing the animal, which measured three feet from the tip of tlie nose t > the root of the tail. Mrs. Catherine Peters, a pioneer of Cass County, w ife of Major A. B. Peters, died at her home in Logansport. Death was unexpected. Mrs. Peters fell dead from her doorstep presumably from an attack of apoplexy. She was 75 years old. A new electric road is to be constructed ' connecting Logansport with Rochester, Fulton county, and Burlington, Carroll * County. The road will be about thirty- ■ tire miles long and will penetrate the best [ part of Fulton and Carroll Counties. Airs. William Van Buskirk, of Ewlood, j is one of the direct heirs of the Edwards ' estate of $60,000,003 now in course of setr tlement in New Y’ork City. She is one c of the direct descendants, and will receive about $850,090. Her family is poor, and 1 recently lost their home by fire. , Airs. John Spencer was burned in tlie 1 potter's field at Richmond. She, her husband aild two children arrived from ’ Ohio, enroute to Anderson, going over- ' land. AVhile starting afire, her clothing ’ ignited, and she died from her injuries, t Spencer has disappeared, and the two r children are in tlie Home of the Friendless. ■> There is the worst epidemic of hog cholera in the vicinity of North Salem ever known. Several farmers have lost from thirty to 250 animals. Andrew Page, who lives just south of that place, lias lost ( 250. Other farmers shipped their hogs be- : fore they were ready for market in order > to avert complete loss. The disease seems t to be extending to other neighborhoods and pigs are living in ever}’ direction ex- * cept to the north. The loss will foot up ! several thousand dollars and there is n abatement of the disease. People living in that vicinity will have to buy hogs tor their winter meat from other n ighborhoods. । An attempt was made near Cockran, Ind., to wreck the Baltimore & Ohio ’ Southwestern express. The engine struck ' a dynamite cartridge which had beeu ’ fastened to the inner rail. Engineer Tom Higson and his fireman were badly stuned. The fireman was unfitted for w ork. Great dama (X e was done to the engine. A steel rail was blown out of place and a hole blown in the road. Fortunately the cars did not leave Hie track. The motive of the ' attempt was evidently robbery. Several suspicious characters were seen by tlie train men about the place, but no attempt at robbery was made by the theives when they saw that tlie train was safe. The Trustees of tine- Indiana State Soldiers’ Home, in session at Lafayette, adopted rules for admission to the Home and appointed the following officers: Commandant, ('apt. John I’. M Grew of Indianapolis, late Commandant the South Dakota Soldiers Ilonie; AdjuUnt, Cunt \V. F. Hevens, of Indianapolis, Assistant Adjutant General of the State. Benjamin Wilson, a rich farmer living near Peru, was appoaehod by card sharpers. one of whom showed a game ot cards, and. after allowing W ilson to win once, proposed :hat he go to the city and get $lO 000 to containue the game. Wilson disiimsed the fellows with Ids