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CHAPTER XII. The summer day was drawing to a detightful close when Willie with reluctant feet made his way to the spot where he and Vanity had so often met. At the sight of him Vanity bounded forward, a look of delight crossed her face like ghe«nf those sudden sweeps of ;fi‘mlfi you an over a landscape when clouds fly in_ @ bright sky. Willie drew coldly back. Vamity, whose © “while-hature was quickened !ut_é‘ 'the utmost sensitiveness, turned as pale as death. “Something has happened,” she gasped, *“gomething wrong—something dreadful 3 Tell me what it is!"” In her pallor and overpowering agita- ; tion Willie read guilt. That momentary warmth of feeling which her sweetness and surpassing beauty Lad aroused in his heart died out like ineffectual fire. “You are not far astray,” he said, in a caustic way; “something wrong has happened. By the way,”—this was said with marked significance—*am I to address you as Miss Hardware or not?” | Vanity responded to the sting of the question as sharply as her accuser could have hoped; she shot a look of undisguised alarm at him, and grew paler than before. “I see,” continued Willie, “Hardware | I 8 not your name. What it may be is now I no particular concern of mine. You must have known that under your circumstances, whatever the particulars may be, the very notion of marriage with me was | wicked.” ! “Love me still, Willie,” she said, sob-| bing. “Don’'t give me up. It will be | death to me if you give me up.” “Let ws now part,” he said, wishing to end the scene. “Part!” exelaimed Vanity. She uttered the word in a half seream. “I cannot marry a woman with a secret which she will not or cannot explain.” Willic spoke this with perfect dignity. “Is this generous?’' cried Vanity; “is it just? Did you not press me to marry you—did you mnot press me again and again in the face of my own warnings on this very matter? Did I not tell you of sghame and disgrace hanging over ine? You {mrsistod in your course until you won my ! ove. Now you cast me off for the mis-| fortunes you knew hefore—casting me off to dic brokoufff "Fhe s I shall die if you leavilg w&‘_’m _ “What S " BT A L, “Ldid p ‘of your warning, ad no idea then of the obstacle that lies in your way. I believed it to be something embarrassing, not dis- | hounorable; at least. I—l meant uot——not.' 80 dishonorable as—as—" “As what?"” Vanity asked; “what have you discovered?”’ “You know your own secret; don't ask | me to describe it.” I “What can you know?” cried Vauit,v.l with symptoms of alarmed curiosity. “My secret—my real secret—you cannot pos-i sibly know.” The words were ill-chosen. Willie de- | tected defiance or audacity in what she said, and grew irritated. ‘ “Your secret is,” said he, pointing as| he' spoke in the direction of the f:u'm,ll “that your father is not your only com-! panion in that house. A man mmosi there by night. You sit alone with him. | You sing together. You kiss him. And| You promised your love to me! Who H{ that man? He is your secret—your disgrace—your tormentor, I daresay; and 1 | you were going to escape from him and | bestow the treasure of your love on mo,l and we were to fly to a foreign country that we might not be pursued b.\‘r—lhia’ man.” { Vanity stood like a statue listening to } him, but as he proceeded surprise, not| amnmixed with relief, took the place of | grief and fear in her face. ‘“You have discovered my secret, Wildie,”” she said. “But you don't understand it. 1 know how all this reached | your ears. That wretched tipsy fv]low{ who watehed us through the window told yau. But I assure you solemnly that alll the suspicions you have founded on it are smaginary. Remember the promise I ask- l | ed you to give me—that in spite of all|. appearances of evil you would trust me. | Mrust me as you promised to trust me. Your reward shall be the devotion of my | life. But don’t cast me off because you suspect me of deceit and selfishness.” | *“Then explain who your friend is. Telll me his name—tell me his relations with | | yourself —say how he can be so intimate with you, if you are free—and blame- | less.” { “All that,” replied Vanity slowly, “‘is| mmy secret,” ‘ “And you will not disclose it?” “I cannot; I am bound.” ' ; *Then we part; we part forever.” 1 Vanity looked at him as a wounded | deer might look at a huntsman, her m*iwg big with an agony she had no .\‘1)1}1-1;]; mi explain. { “You will not trust me?”’ she said. i “I will not!” cried Willie furiously, “I| ‘shall never speak to you again, I will see | your face no more.” Without another word he turned away | and left her, but stole a backward z:l:mm-'g just as he was leaving the field. She put out her arms imploringly, beseeching him | §n this silent way to return to her. Ile| answered by a cold shake of the head, and | then vanished out of her sight. i CHAPTER XIII. | The morning but one after his interview 1 with Vanity he received the following l(~t~* ter: “Dearest Willie: T am grieved—cut tn! the heart—by what you said to me yester- | day, but not angry with you. I know you i have reason on your side. What was told | you might very well make me seem black i ém your eyes, and the difliculty even now §8 that I cannot explain anything. I am bound by the most solemn promise to keep I the explanation of the scene which ap- |

peared so wicked to you a secret—even from you. The day will come—it is not indeed far off—when you shall know all. In the meantime, will you not accept my solemn assurance that the evil yon saw in it is not really there? Meet me this evening at the old place. I can say what I cannot write. When we have talked things over calmly you will see all in a different light. Dearest Will, I know how I love you, and I believe your heart is as deep as mine. Iver your loving, “S. H"’ There is no need to spin a little incident into a long story. Willie did not go; he spent that evening with Nancy Steele. Three days later he received a second letter, beseeching him to grant another meeting. He made no reply of any sort, and after that nothing more came from Miss Vanity Hardware. Everybody knew that Willie and Nancy were engaged; the ceremony took place in a month's time. The wedding was about as cheerful as a well-conducted funeral. "l‘hc morning was drizzly; the church struck one with damp chill; Willie was depressed. Ile glanced nervously over his shoulder two or three times, as if fearing an unwelcome hand laid there. The bride alone bore herself spiritedly. The happy eouple took a full measure honeymoon of four weeks. During their absence 1 heard certain reports bruited in the village about the Hardwares. One story said that on a particular evening a i stranger passing by was startled by loud cries coming from the farm house. When he went to the door to listen he heard a i man shouting and swearing furiously, and 1 a woman sobbing and erying out as if she - were struck., Conecluding that it was only an ordinary case of wife-beating, the Istr:nn:or pursued his way. Another re‘pox't declared that old Hardware found the climate of the village disagree with his asthma, and that he had bought a Louse at Burnham. It was soon ascertained to be a fact that they were leaving Hampton, and, indeed, 1 learned the very day of their intended departure. By an odd coincidence the same day was fixed for Willie's return. The day before Willie returned from his wedding trip a strange man walked into imy shop. This personage was tall and stout, shabbily dressed, and, indeed, he looked the picture of a bagman. He bought sixpennyworth of black currant lozenges, and putting half a Jdozen in his mouth at once, seated himself before the ounter, ¥ don't mind iy resting awhile,” he said, “‘while I take this little refresh ment?"’ “Certainly not,” I replied. “As long as vou please.” He was an agrecable man, with plenty ’of well-informed talk. At last—how I do 'not now remember—he got to Tumble- ' down I'arm, when, turning to me with a smile, said he: *“I have been told that an old oddity named Hardware lives there.” “That is the name,” I replied. “And a young woman, 1 believe, with him—handsome sort of girl?"” *So people call her.” | “Let me tell you,” continued the stranger, in an idle kind of tone, “I hear a third party lives in that house—a middle- | aged man, rather good looking, tall, with black hair and dark eyes, very piercing. He has a scar, too—a small one—overthe left eye.” | “You describe him as if he was your twin brother,” I answered. The stranger laughed, and soon rose and wished me good morning. | That night, while Gracious Me was sitting with a couple of eompanions over his gin at the Lion, this same stranger stepped in with a friend, and called for two glasses of whisky-and-water. He joined the conversation, and contrived in five minutes’ time to mention Tumbledown Ifarm. “Any of you know that house?”’ he inquired. o Gracious, who was pretty far gone, | gurgled out a drunken laugh, and encouraged by the strangers, rambled through the whole narrative of his adventures at the farm. The evening after his return, Willie called to see me. Ie seemed contented, and spoke of his wife with great admiration. ‘“Your friends up hill have gone away,” I said, after awhile. “What a relief!” cried Willie. “What a wonderful relief!” Now, this little bit of talk had a singular result. Willie, hearing that the Hardwares had gone away, was seized with a fancy of seeing the old house again. It turned out, however, that the departure had been postponed for two days; and it thus came about that as Willie strolled up the road near to Tumbledown Farm, a bend of the way brought him face to face with Vanity, who was walking slowly in the epposite direction. | At the sight of her Willie was thunderstruck. She looked pale and hopeless. At first he made a movement to raise his hat, but changing his mind, prepared to walk past her without any sign of recognition. #Stop!”’ cried Vanity, ‘ Her voice was calm and authoritative. - Willie, looking round with a haughty air, % replied: | “You must excuse me.” | “I shall not excuse vou,” answered ;\‘:mit,\' boldly. ‘You shall stop: - ¥ou t have to hear something from me.” ‘ “Vanity,” he said, stammering, and looking everywhere except at her, “I—l —am ‘sorry—but-—you see—-" “Listen to me,” she said, putting his commencing apologies aside with a slow gesture expressive of disdain. You asked me to marry you. I refused. You pressed i yourself upon me again. Then I told you —II need not have told you, remember—that there was a blot upon my life which could be endured only by one who loved me more than name or fame or the good opinion of the world. Still you declared vou would marry me, if I would have you.

Still you persisted in asking .&m your wife. Is this true?” b e “Os course it is,” said Willie, in g tona half sulky and half petulant, . .. % “You broke your promise!” cried V.. ity. “Have the courage to say so. % are brave enough to be perfidious, bat ot brave enough to admit that you apa ge. Admit that you had nrot the courgge e marry me. And let me tell y ugj‘t‘m vou met me the second t’?flw%mi Ii you, I would have satisfied all your douh I shall not give you anyimafiona’fim Your good or bad opinion is nOthla&tg me. Go back to your wife, and be ag happy as you can; the happier you are the less you are worthy of happiness. You have blackened my life. Go, and make what you can of your own!” it Willie listened to her fiery outburst with a stricken look., He felt that she had justice in some shape on her side. Instead of making any reply, he looked up gt Vanity, with eyes full of tears. B | “Willie—my dear Willie,” she sajd | brokenly, “I have been wild and wroh’g,:i | but oniy because under all my agony. | and anger lgve for you is burning stil], | Ldidn’t mean all I said. I forgive you. I | will pray for your happiness.” ; : Perhaps had events run what seemed | their ordinary course before the second { hand of Willie's watch had deseribed | another balf circle, he might have for- , | gotten for the time there was such a Jady as Mrs. Snow. And what prevented@gdt was my black currant lozenge friend, W2O | stealing up unseen, came betsvoe : _; t““(:\.fiss," said he, “you have got some one | kid in yonder house who is wanted.” L “Wanted? lor what?" 7 Erect, haughty, brushing her tears off, but no more afraid than if he had been a beggar-asking for a penny. “Burglary, miss.” Not the quiver of an eyelash, not a change of color from red to white or from white to red, not the slightest tremor in her voice; only a kind of interest, as if the man, in doing his duty, had made an amusing mistake, “.\H)'(llill_fl,' besides hurglflry’ sir “Murder.” | Miss Hardware became serious in a moment, but not the least sign of ngita-‘ tion appeared. “You are making a great mistake,” she said; “but you had better come in and | see for yourself. I am sorry you have been misinformed. This way."” “Thank ye, Miss Barnitt.” “lI see,” she said, with the most ensy inir. “¥ou are altogether mistaken. My name is Hardware.” i “It was Barnitt, however.” retorted the | detective coolly, “and is so entered in the i books of Mrs. Luck, dressmaker, Carlisle, { Silk frocks and trimmings, ten pounds l ten; discount foi cash. No, Miss Barnitt; | this won't do. UP is the word, 1 tell you. | Al UPIY { “Come, come,” Vanity said haughtily, “you must do what you consider your I duty. This way.” And actually, with an air at onee com- | posed and indignant, and with rapid steps, she led the way to the old farm. ! (To be continued.) i Charlotte Corday, I A memorable woman stands upon | the seaffold, not this time in white, but in the red smock of the murderess. 1 It is Charlotte Corday, born d'Armags; | and she has Killed Marat. If ever g ur- | der were justifiable, it was this 18sination. The sternest moralist camipot J ; refrain from admiring this high-soulad, I { undaunted girl; for the murder that she z committed is elevated far above an or- | dinary erime. She was impelled neither f by lust of gain, nor by jealousy, nor by gm'«linnry hate; and she only slew a wmonster in order to save unhappy ! France from wholesale slaughter. { Shortly before his end, Marat had ;svrm-vlu-d a demand for 2,500 victims l:n Lyons, for 3,000 at Marseilles, for 28,000 at Paris, and for even 300,000 in ! Brittany and in Calvados. | No wonder that Danton, Camille Des- ! moukins, and Robespierre went to see ’this extraordinary and most resolute ‘} young woman, whose motive had drug- { ged her conscience, and who neither de- { nied her act nor sought to escape its { consequences, She was beheaded at % 7:30 in the July summer evening. Calmteyved and composed she went to death, ! but she turned pale for a moment when I first she caught sight of the guillotine. | I killed one man to save a hundred f thousand, a villain to save innocents, a | savage wild beast to give repose to my country.” Never has murder found so noble an excuse; and she was only 25, After the execution, the manhood of the Jacobin tyrants caused the headsman and his valets *‘de rechercher sur les restes encore chauds de Charlotte les traces de vice, dont les calomniateurs voulaient la fletzir. On ne constata que la purete de son corps dans cette profanation de la beaute et de la mort.”-—The Quarterly Review. Beauties of Colonial Architecture. Ralph Adams Cram, in the Ladies’ Home Journal, contributes plans and | details for a Colonial house that ean | be constructed for £5,000. Exterior and interior views are presented, and in ra- { ferring to Colonial architecture Mr. Cram says: ‘“Nothing is much better as a model for American domestic work than Colonial architecture of the early part of the century; nothing is worse than “modern Colonial,”’ forte the popular architect a house may be made | Colonial by covering a confused plan and a charotic exterior with dctuilsl unintelligently copied from old Colon- ‘ ial furniture. He is serenely ignorant l of the fact that what is good in an old l ! Colonial house is its superb frankness, | straightforwardness and simplicity. i I'rom a purist’'s standpoint much i Colonial detail evidences a debased taste, and is merely the result of an uncducated builder’s attempt to call to mind the work with which he himself was familiar in England. But against the plan and general mass of ancient Colonial houses no criticism whatever | can be brought.” In Cupid’s Scrap Book. . Probably a woman would be a bride to her husband longer if she would continue making company of him, i Most women begin to save their jam | for visitors when they have been mars | ried three months.—Somerville Jour. tnal,

TALA TN QITAYY IT AMD 1h » [AGAIN SHOW HATRED E ey o o : . | SPANIARDS STONE ANOTHER : ;{:‘}r%‘*'\AMEß|CAN CONSULATE. ited States Consulate in Valencia ~ Attacked bya Furious Mob and Win- & w@ofi. ‘Smashed—Princeton Students 5 th ‘King in Effigy. \ bie e b= Mob's Work at Valencia, » | Spanish hatred of the United States conL | tinues to break forth afresh. Renewed | demonstrations were made Thursday and ‘& mob stoned the United States consulate. L| at Valencia, in spite of the precautions of | | the authorities and the-alertness of the | | police. When the mob formed, its ob- : | Jeetive point was the consulate and extra | Preparations were made to guard against t{ an attack. Buat almost before the police | Were aware of it a flank movement had | been executed and the howling, yelling | borde had gathered in the street. Ntones | were thrown which smashed the windows of the consulate. The police made a | #trong charge and dispérsed the crowd. '{ The university has been closed under or- | ders from the Government, as it was fear- | ed the meetings of the students would be | & hotbed for breeding disorders. | Repeated attempts were made by disor. | derly paraders to make their way to the { United States consulate, but they were as often frustrated, as the authorities had received special orders to be on the lookout for any demonstration against the property of the United States. Special protection was afforded the building in which the office of the consul is located, with a view to the same end. The mob, however, gathered in front of the building before the police Wwere aware of what was going on, and stones began to fly from the crowd, with the result that many windows were broken. The erowd was cheered on by sympathizers in the strects and from the neighboring houses. The police lost no time in charging the rioters and the mob was speedily dispersed, although missiles were flung as those who threw them were taking flight. : ITALY'S DAY OF WOE, Whole Country Is Arcused by the Overwhelming Defeat in Abyssinia. The news of terrible defeat to its army fn Abyssinia has set all Italy wild with excitement. P’remier Crispi has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted by the king, and it is announced that the Chamber of Deputies will be asked to impeach Crispi and the other members of his cabinét for gross mismanagement of the Abyssinian campaign. Indignation meetings have been held and riotons demonstrations made in most of the citigg, and from the rural districts loud cries are sent up for vengeance upon those who have | been responsible for this almost annihilating defeat. Indignation against the Government is increased by the calling out of 80,000 men of the reserves of 1872 for active service. As the great majority of these men are married and have families N &\R l% ‘@‘3} L - o ( /Sgé\f : \\\\\ /".“‘ ; S,\‘ l , :{.; Q Lol =7 kg\‘ \‘;? VB, Lel N A, s:’*{}o: oY fi::fi; - N A #@ké“ffi‘dfi%fih: Bt R I Re A T & : & \“(ft : ;&,l: .\A ,}Wfi i, | \\\"\\}&Z ‘flf ,‘ ."&‘v ’fi’z 5 eAI e ‘.‘\ R hf’&-..5.-l-&: SR 27 A W\ VST . AE .‘-";"—,'7‘,,“-'"_ W Esl BT 4 WL Y KING HUMBERT OF ITALY. depending upon them for support, their preparations to obey orders in Milan and other places were the signal for rioting, the agitation being led by the women and children, and in some instances the men were prevented from leaving the towns. The mobs stoned and otherwise beat the police into helplessness and even attacked the soldiers, numerous persons throwing t themselves in mad frenzy upon the naked steel in the hands of the troops. ‘ These demonstrations might have been | expected from the excitable Italian people i when the sad truth burst upon them that | through bad management at home aud] poor generalship at Adowa the army inl Abyssinia had been entrapped to its destruction, with a loss of five to ten thousand in killed and wounded and of all the ammunition and food stores, leaving the survivors in a hapless plight. Their situation is such that they cannot hope to be able to hold their ground till the nrr';v:x!i of sufficient reinforcements, even if thwyé should be sent. The report that Gen: Bar- | UPPER {\ RED \? N\ ~ NUBW 79\}\ s vy ’ - ) i . T‘j"“ et | Sk gens NN : Josninew” N . \ *s g oAR \NhesPe 5 L b A z Q‘vfin \ /\’ ~‘:f'\ ABYSSTIA 1 4 % -BT xfi% GALLAS . | =D L % SCENE OF THE ITALIAN TROUBLE. J l atieri had committed suicide turns out to | l be incorrect; but it would seem as if that would have been the best thing he could !do under the circumstances, for, if the i darker and darker reports which are reaching Rome from Muassowah are sub- | stantiated, he will have great difficulty | in escaping a capital sentence on his trial | by court-martial. It is said, among nth(‘ri things, that he deserted his troops \\'hi]n' | the latter were fighting gallantly against | overwhelming numbers of Shoans, and fled. Poor Pay of Italian Army Officers, Italian army officers are wretchedly paid. A sub-lieutenant’s salary is 1,800 lira (3240) a year, which, after paying the taxes and official expenses, including the uniform, leaves him about sl7 a month for .his board and lodging. The Brices are going to Newport to live and have leased the £500,000 villa that belongs to William Waldorf Astor.

T MANY TOWNS LAID WASTE. - Scenes of Desolation in Cuba—Reports of Recent Battles, 'lfhe reopening of telegraphic commuxni. cation with the region of Pinar del Rio, Cubz, brings the first detailed information of affairs in that province for several weeks. The rich Vuelta Abhajo tobacco district seems to have been put to the : torch, and is apparently reduced to a desolate wilderness. Whole towns have been obliterated and reduced to a heap of ashes, and their inhabitants are wandering helpless over the face of the country, many of them starving. The villages and towns of Cabanas, Bahia Honda, San Diego de Nunez, Santa Cruz de los Pinos, Los | Palacios, Piso Real-de San Diego and San Diego de los Banos are known to be reduced to ashes. All of these were important and thriving centers of population and business. ” The last town which has succumbed to the insurgents' torch is San Juan y Martinez. The tobaceo from this town is famous the world over. Its' cultivation brought great wealth to the people of the district and gave material for a large commerce in the town and support to over 1,000 families. Carillo and Rojas, the insurgent leaders, at the head of about 700 of their followers, recently attacked a company of the Sicilia battalion and the loecal guerilla force of San Andres, near Holguin, province of Santiago de Cuba. The soldiers were protected by a convoy of provisions and supplies, made a brilliant defense and repulsed the insurgents with a loss of twenty-five killed. The enemy retired with many wounded. The troops lost one licutenant killed and seven guerrillas wounded. Salvador, Riosa, Fonseca, Romualdo, Aguillero and Chango, gsurgent leaders, at the head of about 60U men, recently attacked a lieutenant and seventy guerrillas, who were out foraging. The insurgents fired from the cane fields and obliged the troeps to retreat with the loss of a leutenant and four men killed and seven privates wounded. Aguillero was killed and siX insurgents were wounded. SPAIN'S KING HANGED. Princetonians Swing Him in Effigy and Rip Up His Flag. Students of Princeton College hanged Alfonso; the King of Spain, in effigy, and, $§~<~"“~:i& ’ §>~\\\-\\ > [ A\T;?\ \i‘ . t & O\ N } 5 Nad R ; N S, \'Li:_-,!»" | -e KE ‘ &( ‘?.‘\\3‘; R 3 o FUOREAERY - 2 7 R AN N ST %\g Ak & 4 N \\\Qfix\\fi\‘\fi: &« : ~:\ “°~«“£\\":?~\-ft§\.\\' NN SN N > QNN O SR e Y B AN MW 4 SN (: \‘ < \\‘\\\"‘i?\'-@ \k\“ ey ¥ ALPHONSO ‘XIIT. {(Spain’s Infapt Ruler.) after dragging the gorgeous banner of the dons through the streets, tore it to pieces. This was the answer of the lusty Anierican boys to the acts of violence against the United States on the part of the students at Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid. At Leadville, Colo., there was most intense excitement when the news was received of the burning of the American flag by the Spaniards. A flag of Spain was discovered in the stock of a dry goods merchant,' and the crowd quickly found kKindlinpg wood. The wood was ignited, and while the erowd sang “America’” and “Columbia” the flag of Spain was burned to ashes. A DISMAL FAILURE. The Baron Hirsch Hebrew Colony in Connecticut, A Chesterfield, Conn., correspondent says: As farmers the Hebrews who came to Connecticut four years ago with the aid

of the Baron Hirsch fund have dismally failed aud most of them have given up their vain attempt totill the rocky, barren soil of the Nutmeg X State and have adopted the easier and more lucrative vocation of sewing for the New York sweat shops Brave-

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ly they struggled through several winters on wornout farms in tumbledown houses, and while it lasted the struggle was a pathetic one. The Hebrews who came here were not fitted for the rugged life, especially in winter, and the wonder is that any of them survived one cold season. The settlers could not learn how to farm. Most of them had come from cities and had made a precarious living by plying their needles, and it was natural that they should turn again to sewing after their other venture had proved a failure. With so many more “hands’” looking for work in the clothing factories it is not to be presumed that wages in that department of industry will greatly advance—another lesson in immigration. SPAIN'S NAVY. Uncle Sam Has No Need to Fear Any- . thing from It, The action of Congress on the Cuban resolution, makes it of interest to know just how strong a navy the peninsular power has at her disposal. Spain’s navy contains one old battleship, launched in 1887, or nearly nine years ago, before Harveyized armor had revolutionized the art of protecting men of war. This is the Pelayo. She has a displacement of 9,900 tons, a speed of 151% knots an hour and carries two 12Vi-inch guns, two 11-inch guns and 19 smaller pieces. Spain aiso has ten first-class, six see-ond-class and forty-nine third-class eruisers. In torpedo boats she has forty. On the v .ole our navy hasabsolutely nothing to fear from that of Spain, for here is what we have to set against it: We have no less than six first-class vessels, each of them better than the Pelayo, each with a greater herse power and speed equal to hers. Each of them, too, is better armed. We have seven first-class, thirteen sec-ond-class and twenty-one third-class eruisers. We have, however, but three torpedo boats, but the efliciency of this class of VC'SSC‘IS h!IS never yet been ShOWI]. The St. Louis coroner’s jury has returned a verdict of justifiable homicide in the case of the dentist, Dr. A. Dill, who shot and killgd Dr. J. J. Seaman, his assistant. : j

SHE )eA % of Tvfih ‘, k@i/w«g‘ ’ g/ == s SRR l \\§§\\§‘~ RN ‘\ g % ‘E’ I,:'_: >y “‘_‘/\ | J L e eAP Rt £ ! “';}nf 20385 ‘,:///‘ <N ‘ 7 k\ “x AA e fi\\' { o B 4 V///‘/‘///‘: . ‘\\_\;‘_ $ | ‘/./'/2’ A A A }‘& i} g T SR L7 10710 a0 % /e £ A \‘i\‘ 5 7y :&/'/ it Q‘r ) "‘?*,L gy i v AMenelik 11., Emperor of Shoa and Abyssinia, King of Kings in all Africa and monarch of Ethiopia, is the man who is causing all the trouble to Italy by not allowing that country to “protect” him., Menelik has an idea that he is thoroughly capable of protecting himself and proposes to do it on his own ground rather than trade off all his real estate for “protection” of the European kind. This great ruler is, perhaps, the most interesting monarch in all the world. He claims to be a line descendant of the famous Queen of Sheba, and that his realms are the famous Ophir of the Scriptures. Whatever value may be in that claim, it is true that Menelik has the old-time idea of how to be a king. Hershas been able to teach a great European power a lesson which it will never forget. He has caused all the b.g ministers of state and potentates in Europe to open their eyes very wide -and to realize that in him they have a real king to play with. Menelik is certainly a surprise to the King of Italy, and it is said that he will be the most important man in the game of chess waich the European powers are ever playing. He was born in 1848 in his father’s kingdom of Shoa. His mother was a beggar whom the king took a fancy to and married. He ruled in Shoa after having spent his youth in all sorts of wild adventures, and when King John of Abyssinia died in 1889 Menelik marched to Abyssinia, had himself crowned Emperor of Abyssinia and Shoa and proclaimed himself King of Kings. He was enabled to do this with Italian interference, but ke later flung aside this alliance because, as he said, Italy desired to absorb his kingdom. The country he rules is very rich in gold, luxuriant in vegetation and in every way a desirable place. Its population is 3,000,000. MRS. LELAND STANFORD. - Woman Who Won a Great Case After Years of Litigation. The Supreme Court decision in the Stanford University case was a splendid vietory for education, and the noble lady, who has practically sacrificed her life and given away a queenly fortune for the higher good of humanity, is well worthy of the congratulations which, no doubt, will be showered upon her frem all parts -of the country. The case was a singular l one. Had it been decided agzainst her she ' would have lost more than $15,000,000, and the very life props of the splendid SRR 2N ’ = .‘§‘~;.:~ ! \§Z b, | v - § 7 o 1y ) ! e . . ol A 7 TN o’ M7 /‘;{/%— . ;‘; * Ve e ) Yy W7 S 8 P 1 g ~ MRS. LELAND STANDFORD. university at Palo Alto would have been swept away and the money turned over to the United States Government. The case was started in California to force the,Stanford estate, represented by Stanford’'s widow, to pay to the United States some $15,000,000 as the share of Stanford of the debt due the United States ib‘y the Central Pacific Railway, on the iprim,-iple of stockholders’ liability. Mre. \ Stanford won in the lower courts and now the Supreme Court has affirmed their de- , cisions, which are briefly that the stockholders of the Central Pacific are not in!dividual}y liable for their shares of the E debt. A A\ e i) L E) ‘ R &3 ‘- sk |—% "l\ 4 i ~{l=3 £ % e : @%“:J-g/ ; 5 - _<-‘v;’ \_‘ = - - \ ee R a Li Hung Chang has left Pekin to atitend the coronation of the czar at Moscow. Dr. Buhl, who was vice-president of the reichstag in 1889, is dead at Deides- | heim. i Several churches, the postoffice and fifity | buildings were left in ashes by a fire at | Asperen, South Holland. | There was no truth in the report that Prince von Hohenlohe, the German chaxncellor, had arrived in London. | Losses aggregating $1,500,000, ‘l:'r.‘.sur‘od | for only $190,000, were caused by the fire |in Guayaquil, lia-nflsl.:r. Great distress exists among the poor in consequence. { Seventy-one bodies- of victims of the (Cleophas coal mine disaster in Prussiam Silesia lrave been found, and it is believed fifty persons are still unaccounted for. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, stated in the House of Commons that he did not believe anything would be gained by Great Britain taking the initiative in p;-qusing a monetary conference. It is reported in Pekin that the French Government is supporting the offer of a syndicate of Irench financiers to loan China 100,000,000 taels, France to guarantee the interest on the security of cus~ toms and otheg ¢encessions