St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 13 February 1897 — Page 7

CHAPTER IX. Lawrence might have kept his resolution and gone to Cairo early in the week but for an unforeseen occurrence which detained him for some time in Ramleh. He was coming out by train from Alexandria with a party of new acquaintances one afternoon; all of them apparently in wild spirits.*"Just as they were about to leave the carriage some scuffle took place between Harold and a Greek who would not move out of th" way; a jerk of the M ■ both he | and tliS man next him wore thrown for- i ward on the platform. Ilaroffl sprang ; up laughing, but the Other person did not I rise so soon. “Come, get up, Lawrence,” said Mr. J 'Calcott, who was one of the party, “we * can’t wait all day for you.” Lawrence turned so pale that hie friends । thought he was going to faint and sur- | rounded him in dismay. The train rolled ; ■on, and a crowd of wondering Arabs be- I gan to gather. Seeing this, Lawrence i tried to get upon his feet, but found the • effort impossible. And after a little con- . saltation the others thought it bdst to ; ■carry him to the nearest house, which was that of Mr. Eastlake himself; and , this they would have done, but for the ; unexpected arrival of Mr. Dumaresq “If there is anything wrong you will be 1 more easily taken care of in my house than in Eastlake’s, Mr. Lawrence,” he said, “especially as it seems to have been Harold’s fault. Oh, I hope it won’t be anything sertous; but I am pretty sure that you have fractured the bone. I wonder where Dr. Hughes can be found ?” The doctor and the injured man arrived almost simultaneously. Lawrence was ■ conscious, but suffering much pain. The ! hurt to his leg proved to be a fracture, and | the doctor told him that he had better not think of moving for the next six weeks. “I had much better have gone to the hotel,” said Lawrence faintly, but with an urgency of manner that'shrprised his ( hearers. “Could 1 not bo moted there at , once? I don’t like to trouble Mrs. Dumaresq.” “It will not trouble her at all. She will I । be glad to have you,” said Mr. Dumaresq । decisively, “especially as Hai*>ld was to । blame for the accident.”

“Not at all. It was my fault,” Lawrence's eager answer. But fu conversation was stopped by order < doctor, who was afraid of fever ft patient. One question only Latvren sisted upon asking, as soon as he was that Dumaresq was out of ea “Would it not be possible to move the hotel?” “No, “Bald the doctor, curtly. Th an indignant tone, “Why should move? Is Mrs. Dumaresq not a enough hostess for you? You d jn't when you’re well off.” Lawrence smiled for a mornMit, looked grave and breathed a quick, tient sigh. It seemed as though the man had a positive repugnant a staying in Mr. Dumaresq’s house was very feverish for the next t three days, and was ordered cor quietness. lie saw nobody, therefor the nurse and the doctor, and Mr. maresq for five minutes a day; but the first week had passed, he was a ed an occasional visitor, and the 1< of the visits and the number of vis increased as time went on. Under these circumstances his fr ship with Anne Carteret grew dally, was used to nursing, and made htrs< considerable use in the sick room. I when Lawrence was recovering that was able to sit and read to him, or ti the songs he liked, or to bring him flowers every day. Sickness gives privileges; it seemed sometimes Co fence that he might be sorry wb. found himself able to do without thand the peeing that were so very ; ant. Christmas day had come. To L? w it was heralded by the early appea of little Stella Dumaresq, in her n arms, at his bedside, with a bouqn roses and a Christmas card in hd hands. The day was lovely; warn

mild but not oppressive. Half a i young men being present at Mr. Dnmarestfs when Dr. Hughes called, soon after luncheon, they made an onslaught upon bins, and demanded permission to convey Lawrence from his bedroom to the drawing room. After some demur the doctor consented to the plan; and in a short space of time the invalid was installed on a couch before the blazing fire. For Mrs. Dumaresq had insisted upon having a fire lighted—not because she felt cold, but , because she said she could not believe it ■ Christmas day if she sat down before a tireless grate. The blaze was reflected cheerily in the blue and white tiles of the open stove; the windows stood wide open to admit the gentle breeze that waved the curtains, and rustled the petals of flic roses with which every vase had

been that morning tilled. There was much laughing and talking round Lawrence’s couch that afternoon. The usual frequenters of the house were present—Eastlake, Rolleston and several others. Lawrence’s friend, Calcott, came later in the day; and Dr. Hughes evidently fbnnd hia rocking chair so comfortable that he dia not care to hurry off to another patient. Then a diversion was presently effected, when an inquiry was nade for Michelle; she had not been seen since the early part of the afternoon. Some of the visitors went to look for her in the garden, wondering at her disappearance, for Michelle was not usually unsociable; others went out on the veranda. Lawrence was left virtually alone with Anne. “It is so pleasant to be down stairs again,” he said. “You must not stay too long. You look tired already,” said Anne maternally. “I am not tired of being here.” “Your accident,” said Anne, with a little hesitation, “must seem to you like a change; it prevents your feeling yourself too fortunate.” “On the contrary,” ho said, turning his handsome head so as to fix his dark eyes earnestly upon her, "I consider it the most

fortunate thing that has happened to me yet.” She blushed, without knowing why, at something in his tone; and then said rebukingly: “Don’t you wish to see Cairo? This is the best time of the year for the Nile, and you are wasting weeks of it. What a pity it is!” “Let me contradict yon for once, please. I don't care a bit to see Cairo. lam not wasting time; I am improving it. It is not a pity at all. Do you want so much to get rid of me? I know”—with sudden 1 contrition—“that I am an awful nuisance ; to you.” I “Oh. no, no!” exclaimed Anne, horrified 'by this view of the matter. “How can ■ you say so? W ten my uncle and aunt are so pleased to have you here!” “Arid you—are you pleased?” She was silent. Iler eyes were cast down; her cheeks slightly flushed; her sweet curved lips a little tremulous. “Give me some comfort,” he murmured, in the caressing voice that was so pleasant to the ear. “It is Christmas day. and we are both in a strange land. Tell me that you do not mind my being here; that is all I ask. Anne, you promised to be my friend.” His hand sought hers. She let him hold it for a moment in his own, and then tried to speak, but the words that she would have liked to say refused to be uttered. He had never held her hand in his as he held it now. He had never called her by her Christian name before. So she was silent struck dumb with amazement, fear, and a sort of soft, sweet shame that did not make her altogether miserable. Perhaps her silence told him more than she herself could know. "Anne! dear Anne!” “Michelle is nowhere to be found, mother,” said Harold, stepping into the room by the other window. “She must have gone to look up Miss Fairfax or the Seafort hs." Had he seen anything? Anne had started away from Lawrence’s side as soon as his step and voice made themselves heard | at the window; but even Lawrence was taken aback, and did not recover himself for a moment. Harold’s eyes seemed to twinkle and his mouth to twitch, but on the whole he preserved a laudable gravifv and sneke as if he had observed noth-

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.cant to help me or to hinder me?” “Certainly to help you. I came —chiefly for that purpose. What can I do?” “Well, first of all, don’t stand there and tease poor I’onto. He can’t bear it. It is horrible of you to do it. Secondly, cut off this branch for me. You must not break it; you must cut it; or you will shake down all the things.” “Have you a knife?” he asked. She gave him a largo buck handled knife, which was quite strong enough to cut away the branch, us it was not a thick I one; but'just as he was finishing'Uie operation, the knife closed with a sudden snap—not exactly over his fingers, but in such away as to inflict a deep cut upon two of them. “Hallco!” be said, snatching his hand

away. “Let me look,” said Michelle, turning round with a suddenly frightened face. He smiled and mufHed his hand in his handkerchief. “It is nothing. Barbara will just nut something round it,” he said. But she had caught sight of the stains upon the white cambric, and was off like the wind for assistance. Barbara, the nurse, a comely and capable Scotchwoman. came at once, and bathed and bound up the fingers as if they belonged to one of her children. Mr. Eastlake meanwhile protested that she took too much trouble, but was forced to submit because the bleeding broke out afresh when the bandage was removed. When this business was over he looked into Michelle’s pale ami somber face with a smile. She stood quite still for a moment, then threw up her hands before her face, and burst into an agony of tears. CHAPTER X. In another minute ho had taken her into his arms. “Why, Miehe,” he said, “dear little Miche, don’t cry in that way.” Sho, sobbing, speechless, utterly absorbed in grief, allowed her face to rest againstJiis shoulder, and one of her hands to grasp his arm with some unconscious

energy. He did npt understand her emo. tion —how should he?—he only know that she had been wayward and ill-humored for five minutes, and was now repenting of her misdeeds in metaphorical dust and ashes. "I was cross,” said Michelle, dolefully. She raised her head from his arm and drew herself away. Ho did not detain her, but he let his hand rest upon her shoulder. “Now that you are such a grown-up young lady,” he said, lightly, “I did not know whether I might be allowed to offer you a Christmas present, but I asked Mrs. Dumaresq's permission and she gave it.” “Why not?” she said, her face bright- ■ cning. "You always did before, and this ’ morning I was quite disappointed. ] thought you were very unkind, Paul.” lie laughed. “I must make up for my delay. This year 1 am impartial; 1 have got a present for each of you—except for your father, and he likes to give presents so much better than to receive them, that I thought it would be only kindness to leave him out.” “And for me?” . “An ornament,” he said, smiling. „ She looked half indignant. “Michelle,” he said, gently, “I niu giving you a mere ornament. You KM'V I had a sister once.” She did not lookup, but made a movement of assent with her lips. “Sho would now have been older than you if she had lived, but —I have told you before that you remind me of my little Alice.” Iler face was beautiful in its tenderness. The soft gravity of the eyes she turned upon him made it easier for him to I proceed. "It is only ti simple little thing that belonged to her, my dear. She used to wear it round her neck. It has lain in my desk a good many years since then. If you will take it and wear it sometimes, I shall be pleased. There, little sister." He put an open box into her hands. It contained a silver cross; nothing remarkaide in itself, only hallowed by association in Eastlake’s ('yes, and therefore in Michelle's eyes also. She looked at it with tenderness, almost with awe. "1 don’t think 1 am good enough to wear her things," she said in a very low tone. “She would have liked you to have it," he answered. Then, in a more ordinary tom 1 , “I gave it to her on her fourteenth birthday. It came back to me two years later. 1 have had it seven years since then, so, you see, it is very old. Michelle. lon will keep it. and wear it sometimes, lor her sake, and mine, will you not?" “les. Paul, 1 will. Thank you.” Semething in the gentle sell-restmint of hr? tone ami manner touched him exceed- ■ ingly. He bent down and gravely kissed her torehecd; then was sol rv that ho had done so, for his kiss brought a sudden rush of warm carnation to her cheeks. She was vexed with herself also for blushing, and drew herself rather hurriedly av ay. A moment’s silence the first silence of embarrassment fell between them. She passed him with a brave smile, but there was some new consciousnesH in Ber shining eyes and in the hot color ofwr cheeks. East lake did not feel incline,(Bp? rejoin the company in the drawing at once. lie pit ked up some the ruble and nhsvnfly hild them ill Illi llilHd. tI <’ WHM I«»h| Ha I>n • Had he been unwise in showing AgiI ehello su h unwonted affeeUbm? He had ' shewn no more than he really felt; but ! Imd he made her understand that it was ; the affection of a brother, not of a lover? lie never would have put these questions c himself but for the fact of Michelle’s ■ vivid blush. Sisters do not usually blush I in that way when brothers kiss them. He at himself down and considered the 1 rmtter. Ile wanted to marry. He had i been thinking of marrying for some time. lb had formed a lolty ideal of the woman whom be would make his wife. “Rich she shall be. that’s certain; wise, or I’ll none; fair, or I’ll never look on her; mild, or come not near me; noble, or not 1 for tin angel; of good discourse, an excellent musician. and In r hair shall be of what color it phases God." Such a wot»an was seldom mot. and would be tar above his deserts, of course; and yet and yet it seemed to him that he had found her—fair, wise and mild, as Benedict described her; awl her name was Anne Carteret. l! might be advisable soon to prepare Michelle's mind a little for the change in his mode of life. And yet he could not dio that until he had spoken to Anne. He lost himself in reflection about her until it was time to dress for dinner. (To be continued.) New Japanese Postage-Stamps. All persons interested in philately know that tiie Japanese Government has lately issued four new postage stamps. They are commemorative of the recent war with China, and bear portraits of Princes Arisugawa and Kitashirakawa, who died while it was in progress. To Western collectors It may seem .strange that with only two portr|its there are four stamps. The iwobt^^ explanation is that the postoffice pnrtment did not think it approprl?^ to honor one prince above the otheljPW engraving his picture on a stamp «i a higher denominat ion. Hence thenwire two two sen stamps, one with Prftice Arisugawa's portrait. the other with that of Prince Kitashirakawa; and two live-sen stamps similarly adorned. Another difficulty has arisen from the use of these pictures. The reverence with which the Japanese regard the imperial family is well known. Several writers in the newspapers have accused tiie officials of showing disrespect to the dead princes. What an indignity it is that their portraits should be polluted with saliva and blurred over with post-marks. One man has given public notice that he will receive no mail matter that beans the new stamps. H is said that some postmasters have asked permission to put on the marks of cancellation in away that will not deface tiie princely features. If any extreme conservatives do bo far compter their prejudices as to use one of the new stamps, they will doubtless first raise it reverentially to their bowed heads, carefully moisten the back side with pure water, and then • repeat some of the Shinto formulas as they carefully affix it to the envelope. A Large Room. The largest room in the world is In ; the Imperial palaeo at St. Petersburg, i It is IGO feet long by 150 wide.

the SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson —Thoughts Worthy of Calm Reflec-tion-Half an Hour’s Study of the Scriptures—Time Well Spent. Lesson for Feb. 14, Golden Text.—“We ought to obey God rather than mon.”—Acts 5: 20. , * TIIC Prison Opened” is the subject of this lesson, the explanatory matter being iound in Acts 5: 17-32. The fear that arose in the church on account of the terrible punishment of Ananias and Sapphira was evidence of a quickened conscience; and the cause of Christ prospered more than ever before. Acts 5: 1411 G describe the increased favor of the ( people, notwithstanding persecution, and the miracles of healing performed by the apostles. Such success naturally aroused ’ again the apprehension and indignation of the ruling members of the priestly class, who saw that their profession would suffer if the new preaching was allowed to continue. Ex plnnatory, “The high priest rose up": not rose from his seat, for the council was not in session. It is a figurative expression; the liigK priest became excited. “They Hint were with him”; nil the leading members of tho priestly class were Sadducees, though the mass of the people were Phnr isees. “The angel of the Lord": Again on a later occasion a similar deliverance was effected (12: 7). Whether the apostles saw tho angel or merely found the doors open nnd heard the voice, wo are not told. “All the words of this life": this is rather obscure ns it stands. "This life" means eternal life, "the life” by pre-eminence. “When they heard that”: instant obedience to orders was tho rule of their lives. “Early in the morning"; Hackett bns this comment: “The temple had already opened its gates to the worshipers nnd the traffickers accustomed to resort thither. Tho people of the East commence the day much earlier than is customary with us. During a great part of the year in Palestine the heat becomes oppressive soon after sunrise, and the inhabitants therefore assign their most important duties and®labors to the early hours of the day. Nothing is more common nt the present time than to sec the villagers going forth to their employment in the fields while the night nnd day are still struggling with each other'. Worship is often performed in the synagogues nt Jerusalem before the sun appears above Olivet." "All the senate of the children of Israel”: the part of tho Sanhedrim which (•(insisted of elders. Their advice was especially desired. “They feared the people”: the apostles had gained the favor of the people by their ministrations of healing, ns well ns by the gracious message which they preached. "We ought to obey God rather than men.” There was no answer to that. It put nn end to argument. “Whom ye slew": once more the accusation is repeated. nnd those that heard were convulsed with rage "cot to the heart," verse 33 is n iulnh niliiif lin tt lii t i<«it Tin x wuh* lint count ioncu st ri< ken. but mrnKrd. Verses 33 12 should be carefully studied. It is unwise to bring a Unss to n certain degree of interest in the precarious plight of the apostles before the Sanhedrim, and then leave the story in mid air, beginning Ihe following wok with an entirely new subject, “The First Christian Martyr." The teacher must teach tin l who’c lesson, verses 17-42. The discussion in the council throws interesting light on the character of tho liberal leaders of the time. Gamaliel was "a zealous Pharisee, unrivaled in that age for his knowledge of the In tv, a distil gnished teacher, ami possessing tin enlarged, tolerating spirit, fur above the mass of his count ry men." His speech shows the caution rind wisdom of a practiced statesman. Themlas, whose insurrection is. mentioned in verse 3G, is unknown I y name in Jew ish history, but he was undoubtedly one of the many rebels who caused uprisings about the i me of the death of Herod the Great. I’he fact that a rebellion of one Theudas is mentioned by Josephus ::s occurring in the reign of t’lamliiis, ten years alter the delivery of Gamaliel's speech, has b<>cn suppost d by some to indicate that the writer of Acts has made a mistake, and has confused mimes or dates; but this supposition is unnecessary. The act omit of Judas the Galilean agrees with Josephus' narrative, ilis insurrection, about A. D. 7, was ilirected against a special tax law on tho Jews by the Roman Government. Gamttlii i's ( i nclusion is certainly one that shows shrewdness and piety combined. We tire not, however, to suppose that he was friendly to Christianity, he merely ontertnined a doubt w hether it iSight not possibly be id' God. That his advice prevailed shows the power of a (alm man in n crowd of angry people: hi' would, however. have failed probably to convince his assoeiates I.ad he not been the greatest teaeber of the time. Alter beating, therefore. the apostles were rehased, with a further injunction not to preach Christ, which they immediately disobeyed. Their testimony was heard gladly by the people, the more so because Gamaliel's words had perhaps been spread abroad, and the church prospered. Teaching Hints, No barriers can stand against the angel of the Lord. Prison doors cannot confine those whom the I.ord wills to make free. Boldness in speaking in defense of one's faith nmy bring persecution, but if seldom fails to win respect. When the apostles spoke those memorable words, “We ought to obey God rather than men,” they gave a watchword for martyrs of all ages. "No arguments could move men wimse purpose was fixed on such an ideal. No persecution could silence them. Again we notice the faithful preaching that characterized all the apostolic ministry. They did not hesitate to tell the truth about sin under all circumstances, always adding the way of salvation from sin through Christ. Blessed Arc the I’ei cemaXers. I once know a famous man who lived to be 88, the delight of all about him. He always stood up for the right, with an eye like an eagle's xvhen It flashed lire tit what was wrong. I have an old grammar, till tattered and torn, which he used when a little schoolboy. In the first page, in his own hand, is written, “Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, to silence vicious tongues. Be just, and fear not." That was his rule through life, and he was loved and honored to the end.—Dean Stanley.

WILL FIGHT IN ixe^AdA. — < The Corbett - Fitzs'mmons Contest Very Probable Now. When the Nevada Legislature passed an act last winter permitting the licensing of boxing exhibitions in that State and the Governor had promptly signed it, Dan Stuart immediately announced that the great encounter between Corbett and Fitzsimmons would . come off the r e on March 17. Dan Stuart has since announced that the fight will positively come off on that date. There is general rejoicing among the California sporting men over the news that the Nevada Legislature'has passed the bill licensing glove contests. It is generally understood there that Dan Stuart and other promoters of prize fights will make their headquarters there and devote their attention to pulling off big mills. The first will be the Corbett-Fitzsimmons affair. Hall, Maher, Choynski nnd other big men will also be in demand. The wel- . terweight championship will at least'have a chance to be sqttled. Both Corbett and Fitzsimmons are exc pressing themselves as well pleased over the

xvill training. Leading sporting men of tho country nre confident that the fight will be pulled off and that it will be the greatest pugilistic contest the world has even seen. Three Nevada towns are mentioned as likely to be selected for the battle ground —Reno, Virginia City and Carson City. But thoSe who nre known to be close to Dan Stuart agree that Carson City will be the place. Carson City, the cnpitnl of Nevada, is at the extreme western part of the State. It has a population of about 5,000, is twenty-one miles south of Virginia City and thirty-one miles south of Reno. It is more than 3,000 miles from New York, and an unlimited excursion ticket for the railroad trip alone will cost the boxing enthusiasts who journey from the East more than SI,OOO. Two special trains will leave Chicago, carrying more than 500 rnen who desire to see the fight. Al Smith, who is aiding Stuart in arranging this big fistic encounter, said: “Dan Stuart’s expenses will be probably SIO,OOO $15,000 for the purse, SIO,OOO for erecting the arena and $15,0(K) for outside, matters. He will unquestionably erect a building capable of sealing 20,000 persons. Supposing that half of that number attend, which seems a certainty, his gate receipts alone, besides what he will receive from the railroads, will amount to $150,000, at an average admission fee of sls. This will leave him a profit of more than SIOO,OOO, not counting his profits from the kinetoscope." Peter Maher will be matched to fight cither Choynski or Tom Sharkey. SALVATION ARMY'S NOBLE WORK Thonsntids of New York’s Homeless Find Shelter in Its BuildinKS. The number of men in New York City who are without a Imme and the necessary means to purclmse food tor them* selves, on account of lack of employment, n New York correspondent says, ii something appalling. With till its boasted public and private charities, there nre thousands of human beings in the metropolis who nr<’ today suffering the cruel pnngs <>f hunger. The Salvation Army bns doing n noble (ffirisfinn work among these homeless, penniless creatures for the past two weeks, and it is no exaggeration to say that were it not for tho grand work of Commander Booth-Tucker and his corps of assistants tho number of deaths from hunger and cold would be large. Commander Booth-Tucker was in Chicago and there saw tho great suffering of the homeless because of tho cold weather. Ue offered all the buildings in tho control of the Salvation Army to the Mayor of < 'hicago and his offer was accepted with thanks. Realizing that the suffering among the poor of New York must be infinitely greater, ho telegraphed to Mayor Strong the use of all the army buildings and meeting-places as a shelter for those who needed it. Hundreds of the city’s homeless have flocked to the different shelters every night since, an 1 After spending a night there are each given a piece of bread and a cup of coffee or a dish of soup. In six nights no fewer than 10,000 men found accommodations, the number running above 2,000 on nights when the cold was more severe. Ti e army officers extend a hearty welcome^o all, irrespective of creed, color or nationality, and their only regret is that th^y have not larger and better accommodations. i’* -'iHi ' ■ Tho President has approved the act -v Withdraw from the Supreme Court jurisdiction over criminal cases not capital, and confer the same or, the Circuit Court of Appeals. Gen. William Price Craigbill, chief of engineers, after a most brilliant military and scientific record, will be retired on his own application, under the forty years* service law. It is the intention of the House Com mittee on Coinage, Weights and Measure* to authorize a favorable report on a bdl providing for the use of the metric system in the United States. The House Committee on Election!, which has charge of the Georgia contest brought by Thomas E. Watson against Judge J. C. C. Black, decided to postpone its decision for a week. Senator Perkins, of California, introduced a bill which is intended to pave the way to the establishment'of a bureau or a depnrtnu'Ut of the Government to be devoted to the mining industry. The House Committee on Public Lands ordered a favorable reporton a bill to authorize the entry and patenting of lands containing petroleum and other mineral oils under the placer mining laws. The House Committee on Military Affairs ordered , favorable report on thp Senate bill to place the four survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition on the retired list of enlisted men of the navy. Senator Chandler introduced a bill permanently consolidating the labor and census bureaus and creating a department to be known as the labor and census department, with a commissioner at its head.

— lM —ii THE INDIANA SOLONS Governor Mount Wednesday sent to the House vetoes on two bills, one establishing a Superior court in Grant County and another creating separate judicial circuits of the counties of Howard and Tipton. The House sustained both vetoes. Representative Fornshall introduced a bill to make it a felony for a lobbyist to enter upon the floor of either branch of the legislature. The Legislature has come to the conclusion that the Chicago people who own hunting preserves in Northern Indiana need regulating. The recent shooting of farmers in Lake County was Thursday made the excuse in the House for passing a bill aimed nt the Chicagoans. Tho specific provision of the measure is: “Ihat it sliali be unlawful for any person to pursue or kill within this State any quail, ruffed grouse or pinnated grouse tor purposes of sale, barter, traffic or removal from the State, or to sell, barter, keep, expose or offer for sale or remove from this State any quail, ruffed grouse or pinnated grouse caught or killed in the

BBUlf Illi hiiliiiiin.’’. ,I.Lis urovided that n... pel son who violates the law shalH be tim'd $1 for every quail or grouse killed and shipped from the State. Attorney General Ketcham sent to the Legislature Monday a long communication in reference to the investigation of the A andalia Railway Company, and with it a statement submitted at the request of the Legislature, by the Pennsylvania. Railroad Company. In his communication the Attorney General charges that, the statement furnished by the railroad company is not a true one, that it is taken from the published reports which were made up with the view of defrauding the State. The next step will be to try to pass a bill authorizing the Attorney General to proceed in the courts against the road for the collection of the $1,51)0,000 alleged to be due the State. The bill which has been prepared provides that if the debt is found to be a just one the State shall take possession of tin' road and operate it until the debt shall have been paid. Tin* Legislatun* Tuesday, ns for some time past, did nothing of importance. At the Republican caucus Tuesday night it was decided to stand by the apportionment bill. A half dozen Republicans had previously refused to support it. it is understood the bolters have agreed to abide by the caucus action. Representative Bellamy Sutton’s anti-French bill of fare amendment to the hotel bill was called up. but did not result in the sport that many had looked forward to. Mr. Sutton explained that he had never expected the amendment to become a law. "If others can get alojig with the French bills of fare at the hotels when they come to the city I can,” he said. Without permit ling a discussion a quick-witted member moved to lay the amendment on the table liefore the discussion got started, mid it was killed without a struggle. Army Headquartere. "Th(' headquarters of the army," said an army officer, “are when' Gen. Miles is Imated or, til least, where he keeps bls headquarters’ flag. Should he take bls flag up in a balloon the headquarters Motibi be iip Ju tiie air. Up sel(lom takes Ills Hag witli him a lien lie leaves tho -ity. but should lie do so lieadqna rters would be exactly where the flag is, whether he was in the ears or at a hotel. The law has never designated an official headquarters. When Gen. Sherman moved his residence from this city some years ago to St. Louis the headquarters flag went with him, and the war department found it was no longer headquarters. Neither was there any way in which the department could find where headquarters were except by telegraphing for the whereabouts of Gen. Sherman and his Hag."- Washington Star. Court Etiquette, It is contrary to custom in the Austrian court for perishable articles to appear twice on the imperial table. The result is large perquisites for the attendants. To one man falls all the uncorked bottles, to another the wine left in the glasses, to another the joints, find to another still the game or the sweets. Every morning a sort of market is held in thy basement of the palace. where the niese come to purchase the remains of the banquc'ts. Long ago. in England, even the greatest men in the land were pleased to receive such perquisites. In the reign of Henry IE. for instance, the lord chancellor was entitled to the ends of one great candle and forty small ones per day. And the aquarius. who must be a baron in rank, received one penny for drying towels on every ordinary occasion of the king’s bathing. His I irst Extravagance \ story is told of a now famous American artist, who was seen, one day during his struggling days in raris, rtWt—~ his clothes in the last stage of dissolution, and bis shoes tied up with twine. But there was a wild gleam in his eye. ( "I’ve got a hundred dollars’." be shouted to a friend across the street, quite oblivious id’ the crowd—"a hundred dollars. and I’m going to buy som • si; >cstrings!” Time by Telephone. The telephone is now employed to give the correci time to subscribers, and even to wake them up in the moru- , ing. The operator at the exchange "rings up" the subscribers who desire to be waked at a ceriain hour. For this । purpose it is, of course, necessary that ■ the telephone apparatus and cal! bell should be placed in the sleeper’s bedroom. Reports from the Pacific coast say that never in the history of the West have s<> maul’ people taken passage on the ste.imers for Alaska. The discovery, of gold in certain parts of the far-off, ■ territory is. of course, the attraction, for many of the visitors; but the increas'd facilities for transportation ami the possibility of seeing some of tiie grainh si scenery in the world have indm e<l nmnx tourists to choose Alaska rather than Europe as their objeq^ tive point.