Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 March 1896 — Page 6

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WHEN THE COWS COME HOME.

.Th. l'ghl tie mountain falls aslant; , The birds in the bush arc still; 1'' cricket chirp in the pasture plan: Vlirii tin- rows wiui'invr the hill. .Th- swallow circle a'iv. the eave; ; ! strip mounts tie sky; .The .-'j ui fir! t rtw'c the g illen s'i.Mve I '.ViH'ii tin- i'H are i'.istiu' 'y. I --' ;.:T Ihr ai'ey the shadow ' eivop, j 'nk'uir.s: the pree:i of tic i;:c: I' i.v i in the garden the lcao-vVes !'"', Using t'c breath of Iii Iii t ."' tinkle ' hells in -.wo.-i to 'ny ear. J Hid swcrb-r the Words of a S':ii .1 J. -if the siü :er i s low lv bringing near j As !hr fi'.l-.i"s the niivs a!i:i4-f-'v sings of .1 " Ter whose faith is fnt Wlcic. ir hi- footsteps maui; ?Am I her ( Ic-k grows rod wai meet at 1 A- the i ! - ;re tearing Ii viü ' Ne.v i..ii n:ii:i. I'AU'ilAIKN'S START. I Fab -bairn's a successful man esl:ecr1ly since his wife's money has euiM.nI liim to write at leisure ami he's I . ei . ! ; I do think he I n ks resouree. S..' here, tliis is from the morning i j t.-r: I "A sale of autograph letters held j ryesterday :st the rooms of Messrs. Loth l'-'dge. While V. Co.. w!c: some high V'-ives were reeonled. 1 ! "A snt.'iü let of six verv ear'.v and in- i l-estoi" htters written by Charh ! kens .t n he v.a reporJi:: for ihe fb.tin- Ciironiele fetetied St;i); two! ' . .. 1 . . t T ..1 ri 1 . . . ... , . r- I nete-. o i.oni 1 o;i;i .no;i. iimn : t"o. and liav- j " : "''vv... i- -. ...e. ..... 1 reference to "in Memoria m." sold ' Vo Stli: a four-pjige l !ter written by l.l !m Kiekin in 1SU was IwiMgiit fov j X.:d.T.".; tiite' early letters v. riilen by '.l'e'iij Tai: bairn and the title page of i'r original taanuserijt of his famous ioi'e!. 'The Vision of Present. Things.' jw-Me st-uretl by Mr. 'a! iet. after a l?sk f (;i!eliiiot!. for Tt?. A baich of ..iily short notes and post cards by ?.. Cladstone fetch'd -S1-. and a feu loeor lots w ere dip'osed of." J '' oaiV: liow things stand to-day with i '; bait tt: rnytlii'ig 01' It's sells -in-4-bitling Ii'ls antograpli. : four years ago Ids petition with j i'.f' public was very liOVront. anil Ii :i-o going to tell you how small a thing , . Ts 4M My tlie Uirning pnsh w hielt ,"tv(l Um- needle round on lh dial. jim.I then set if fair for his future. ; l'airkii.ii nn-1 I lxdli pl.tyetl at being jl.nrislers ::fter we left Oxford, and ! lih foutal it necoss.try to do bread- j ci.el-buKe; work for journals whose vd'Jors eonidcred our .s'v.ff worth paylog for. 'i'Jos went on for a couple of years. p.v'tei. by tin uValii of a relative. I Vnoe into a working share of a patent 1H1. t'ron: that time I found ample haltte for my literary ability in writing :t 'eftisements for fee pill. Pot! raiib.aiin had to k;v his nose 1lie grindstone and wanted the leis ure to do his best work; and then got ! ogaged to KlintJi Hay. Her father. A ulrew Hay, was a wealthy . .... I j .-..Hilrv manufacturer retired from ..,Ki,u.s. a man of whims and croche s. which were strong in proportion ! Ihei; unreasonableness. Amomr his crotchets were an absurd' ..-lier in Hloxnin's pilis, which can t I b,M an ...uilid's night light to mine; fancx for b.orse-hair s.fas and din-! ioroom chairs, which leides i,..;ng urn fortable and sl;p...rv. are ieiVil.lv weMiim' on on-'s troi..e:-s- ao .'KtraoVdinarv .pinion of successful I n ,d weilkn.vn authors and an entire! totilempt for those not eminent. 1 Hut I tie man was a curiosity in othM ways. He would spend large s'tins o his bobbies, the collecting of .old tilvr date and aulograp'.i letters, and yet I believe he was almost parshnoniims abiutl his household expenditures. , They were afraid to tell old Hay nlmiii their engagement, for Klin-.. told 5'airbaitu who was quite frank with Iter alKUit ids means in what light her l iMier regarded authors who had yet .10 arrive.' j Aud so the affair was very awkwardly shaped, and Fairbaini, who now lived near me at Kent ley he had given ,iP Ihe Temple was perpetually :ikl'u me what ho ought to do. He didn't like keeping his engagement dark, and he didn't want to run ihe risk of being told by old Hay not to Ittt in Ids (I lay's i hou.se any niotv. This was at the t im? when "shilling KhiK-kers" were very popular, ami. to Hive l'airbairn a leg up, I suggested lie should write one for ine, fail of inlivsl - afu r the sty le of 'ii'. .tekyll :kkI Mr. Hyde" but should let the magic medium be finally rcveal-.'d in the last chapter as Pinkerton's Pills instead of th' powders brought In by :JI. It. Stevenson. Hut I'atrbairn would have noth'.ng to Ii with ir. (Subsequently, I had a novel written for ine on this plan. It went splendidly, and some of the reviewers - who. I am (old, don't always ie;-d the lok8 they review never spotted the Idea, and the thing was a huge sue--os. One afternoon, after about three niio,thK of this clandestine engagement. Miss Hay was calling on m;. wife. tAvtu1 was in the secret, and, when askIngusio go to dinner at L'astbrooU. said to nje: ' I do wish, Mr. Mildmay, you ,'vottld Uif tik of some plan to i.iako father think more of John; It Is so .vrrtehed "Miss Hay," t answered, as a thought flashed on ine. "Let us make n comlact. If I succeed in making your father think highly of John as an author, will you sit to my artist for 'Hrought up on Pinkerton Pills?" A first-class ,llark and white ioster, you know, h tuuiilnxl-dollar fee and fne pills iar IH"' " Slie laughed, but f assured her I meant it, and finally the compact was made.

Falrbairn's tinin-oe was I'M. and sic had confided to my wife that sic couldn't toui li the money that eaine to her from her mother if sic married without hej father's oiiseiit under linage of On the following Moiulay 1 went to dinner at Mr. Hay's. Th ily other attests were l'airbairn and a Miss lvt-res-a frieml of 1 'liter's. After dinner the old man goi showing ns sotiie of Iiis things, and Fair-

bairn, at my advising, played up t' ! old Hay and admired his nuiograpli letters when he pulh d ""it his port-j folios. j I remember one he showed us was a i little serap written by Charles II. when j a I oy to hi guardian, ihe earl of New- ; asth who had been chiding him for i.ot lakin,' his medii ine: j "My lord. I would not have you take too tmieh phisiek: for it hth allwjiies j make me worse, and I think if will do j the like with you." rati this letter, and I nearly sent Hay into a lit when I su;ri:ejed he should lend it to me for fao simile produetion. with the addition. "Take lMnkerton'R Tills. Charles I'." I.Mr. Hiiv died last year and his - daughter recently ave ine Charh's H.'s letter. You may like to s-e it an naturel before it pies on the hoardings.' Later in the evening the old entlej man showed lue some reeent ai (U!.tions. and .'11110111: them was an early letter he had bought, at a hij.h prie, ' written bv :orce Meredith. 1 . : . . ... 'Ihats what I eall an ar.tnor. sir. I he exelaimed. :i he a.t d at his purehase; "I haven't read bini and I don't 1 now what he writes about, but it's i Ixt lli.M'rll I. II. lit' t'i.f llll of IIIS lit'.! r- , I - . ... . .... .. . . lion w lien I nave to pav ill oaiiK noie , 1. ....... ...1 ,1 1.1 1M 11' M t I' 1.. litt I II llltl 11 . 10 1 ed disa ragingly in I'airbairn's direction. This remark at once siiggoted to nie my plan of action. 1 thought it out as I went homo and the next day set to work. l'irst. 1 went loa well-known London dealer in autographs and bought SI LT worth ot letters. I added to these which included one by Carlyle and two of Thaekeray's -a couple of notes written to me some years ago by l'airbairn ' and which 1 had hunted up among my J papers. t 1 ....... ... ...... ,.f tlx. lit. ! r.ry I . Il .. ... Ill .7 l.l. . . sah rooins and gave in all the letters - Including I'airbairn's -w it h a ecnnnission for their sale at the next au lion. At the same time I obtained from I ilo manager tlie names and addresses j of half a dozen tegular attendants at ! their auctions, and. calling a hansom, went to see each of them. My formula was the same in each case. 1 said: "At I'.lank's sal next Tuesday some of j .lohn raiiiiaint's Inters Mill be put up " "Who,? John l'airbairn';" was the invariable question that was interposed. "He's the author of 'Lucy Annitage.' and -er er. why. surely you know him':" Hut none of the six men did. so I told each of th. in privately to bid for these j two loiters of I'airbairn's for me. I 1 1 it..,:. ... c".n r...- 1. ;.).!.. II.IIIII'II Ol. I1" Oli:il all I. 'I immmi .. "I ... C 1 .,. I.T.1.1.... -I'" 1 1 . 7-' '' . - iv.l 1.I..I f.. Ii.. I. ItM idllo l1li'l'OWlt itf "l -v s. from S.Mi to .ST-".. They all thought I ....... it...! 1 in.i.,L1. 1 kiit 1 t.'i Iii tl.itt 1 Mil 10.10. 1 .-oj-i-.v-c. ..u. . r..,. . ... "ecessary deposit tl.ey agrecu 10 . mi ,ur ln,- , . , , 1 111 ,,oW Mt :ih,,nt uu,st n'"'' ,v '""r"",!,,"t H' il :,s v-unU ,,M H:,-v' ';v, ,1:,ys ,:,"'r 1 r'" ri v'''1 f,',,,u s:l,,'s - ,,,,",,s :1 1"'" catalogue. mIm. I. conItl fatti. lllals ol the letters 1 had -iv" 1,1 r',r ,'"' Ss,!- ;,,H ,,5,h ,,S,I I not mention my name as the owner 01 t tu m. Willi this in my pocket. I went over t üastbrook in the evening, as I sometimes did. for a game of billiards, and. during the game, turned the talkon to Hay's hobby. "P.y tlie way. I was so interested with those .'allographs you showed nie last Monday that I am thinking of making a collection." Hay pricked up ! his cars at this, and at once assented 1o 1 ! my request that he would give me the beneiit of his experience. "I got this catalogue to-day from Plank's." 1 went on. as I look il from my pocket. "You iniglil lo.de through it and mark what you think lik'ly." And I gave the catalogue to him ami took up my cue. Hay had not looked long at tin' list before he exclaimed. "YVho is this? John 1'nirbairn. two early letters': Whi's John rairbairn':" (That was the seventh time of asking.! "Why. you know l'airbairn. Mr. Hay he dined here last Monday." "What? Him! Who the devil wauls his letters, I should like to know':" "Your stroke, sir." I said, "and let me tell you that l'airbairn is a long way higher up the ladder than I fancy you think he is from your remark." "Nonsense!" replied the old gentleman, as he slammed the r d into a bottom pocket. I went on with inv stroke, and. be fore I left, we arranged to meet at I'.lank's. As Ihe sale progressed 1 secured some of tlie minor items marked, and my t'arlyle and Thackeray letters were boiigld by Hay himself, who bid for tlieni after asking me if I intended to secure them. The prices fi lched were more than I had paid for them on the preceding Tuesday. It was very funny to watch (he a in-' lioneer as b announced. "Two early letters by John l'airbairn." He did not want to give himself away as a connoisseur, and so his voice lacked the smack of importance which It had when he announced some of the other lots. On the other hand, he did not want to appear at fault as tin auctioneer, and so I et ween the two negative want Mr. (Juilrer looked fairly puzzled. Hut (his was lost on Mr. liny, who waji exa milling 011c of his purchase,

lut as a 1hl of $10 was ipilotly offered by one of my agent 1 whispered tu Hay. "Fairha it n's letters are being offered." "Twelve dollars." eatne sharp from another of my six bidders, and sir," fiom another on Hay's left. The old gentleman looked puy.lod. "Twenty." called out my ' I"' man. who sat I l the other side of the table; SIT.." -je:!'" anl -jn" were pmkl leached before old llav could yet hack

the breath lie had lost in his tirst ga.-p of astonishment. Laning toward him. I whispered, for I saw Je; was bit: "Shall I bid';" ".No. no; leave it tome," ho muttered, as he mopped his head in a daz. d way. "This lnats nc. but they must be worth havimr. or Potter and Ilaym in ami the others wouldn't be so keen." "I'ifty dollatV was reaehed. when to my imnnMises;irpriseMr.lIayealled out IjvV.." and as Iia was at once taken up and passed by my man "('." 1 leaned baek in my ehair and fairly luxuriated in the seetie. The ordinary habitues of the salesroom Were eotllplotely nullplused: but Hay did not nothe it: h was too luurli engrossed. A bid of .;."1 had come from my fourth limit man and 11 a v chimed in. onlv to be cut out j lev my tifi h strinrj with S7. j Vith a thump on the table Hay look- '. ed at the auctioneer and gasped s".". A titial glance round, the mallet fell, and Mr. Hay had bought two of tlt desjdsed John I'airbairn's letters! i f course this settled the w hole thing, for Hay was the last man ever to go back on his own judgment. As we wen out tegether he said to me: "Von mut forgive me for what I 1 ... . ... ... -t mmi me ouier eenmg aooiu .mi. rati1...:... 1 i,...i t.i.-... i ct 1 1.;,; 1111 n" on .1 i '-' 1 Hut you can't have a surer test of a mail's position than tho price ins letters fetch." 1 murmured a polite rejoinder, and said: "Your mistake was quite pardonable, Mr. Hay. for l'airbairn is one of those quietly brilliant men who are really right up at the top of the tree, but w ho make 110 fuss of self-advertisement." "Yes. yes; It must be so. and T must make amends for my mistake. A V ill you come and meet hint at dinner on Friday;" On the morning after the dinner I'airbairn fot.nally proposed for Miss Hay, and her father at once consented, She gave my artist the necessary sittings for "brought Yt on Pinkerton'. Pills," one of lie best posters I have ever used, ami the marriage took place within three months. The income from his wife's money was not for long needed by Fairbairn. for the report of the sale of his letters brought him into prominent notice. ! and his own c lever work cemented his 1 ; success P.ttl von can now see why I started j by saying that l'airbairii lacks r source, because he might have thought of the plan himself; but, then, he is I merely a talented man he has not the genius which is at tlie call of a wriier I of advertisements for Pinkerton's pills j - Sketch. Suspicious of "Dem lVct." "Yes. boss. Pso frozen ma feet, dat's j wof j., ,lo,M. si,oro 'nuff," said a col- ! 1 .... i,. .... S... orei longsnoreman 10 an inspecting lMlvsiciaii in one of th-b.gcity hospitals. "That's hard luck. How did it hapP'Mi:" asked the visitor. "Yell. it was jes this way. boss: I i was waili.f 'long Ihe watah pretty late ! one night, one er them cole nights we j h.uX ., Jltf. Tues.lay. I think it was. Let's see to-day is Sunday. Yes. 'twas las" Tuesday. I got pretty cole in my feet and they felt kinder queer, but I didn't thing not hin' of it. I was sped in' a steamer in, yo' see, an' didn't think much 'bout ma feel. Nex" day Ihey was kinder queer like, lull I didn't bother 'bout 'ein. Thursday 'twas that they got sorter sore, an Friday they was wits. Felt pretty bad Friday. Come Salurday I couldn't stan il no longer. They hurt scan'lous. an' I says to ma wife, 'Josephine.' says I. lse gwinter to take off ma shoes an' see 'f ther abl't sump'n Ihe matter w iv em feet. An It's jus' as I'm tellln' you. boss. They was bofe fro;.." New York Press. Prohibition in Pittsburg. A practical prohibition movement has been started by the women of Pittsburg. AlMUtt L'Oo women, representing nine denominations of the vangelical churches of Pittsburg aid Allegheny, unanimously adop- 1 tie foilowing lesolution: "We pledge ourselves not to use any re fresh men ts containing alcohol in our homes, or patronize caterers who Insist (11 using liquors In I heir ices and desserts. We urge Christian ministers to preach upon this subject and also upon card-playing and questionable amusements, whicii arc so demoralizing." The secretary was instructed In forward a message of appreciation to Miss Morton, sister of Secretary .Morton, to Mrs. Cleveland and to members of the cabinet. The Hooks Were Confiscated. The Prussian police in Schleswig have averted what they no doubt 1. -garded as a serious danger to i!,e mighty Ccrman empire. They have discovered and promptly confiscated a number of books which bore on their covers the national Hag f Heiimark The contents of the books wen 110I h ss dangerous than Ihe covers, for liny consisted of nursery s'.oriot and insiructiotis in cookery. An Appropriate fallt. Servant .Mrs. Horrowell sends wotd that she's got callers, and would you lend her a little cake. Mistress Yes, send her some sponge cake.-Philadelphia Kocord. tlcc Joe 31111er, Vol. 3, Page I. lias nnyhody yet remarked since the dny of Hnrvey that 'to circulation of the Mood was lu vein? Richmond Dispatch,

MUSKRATS ARE SCARCE.

So "Mink lur" In Not thcaj. Thin Winter. "Muskrats ain't particularly plenty this year." said an old trapper out on the Hackeasack meadows the oth-r il.I V. I Hey ve lieen Kelclieil till too cluss, I guess. There ain't so many here now. anyway, as there us"d to be; but this year is a lectio wuss'n common. I've seen the time when 1 was a boy that you couldn't look at that river on sucJi a morning as this without seeing a rar, and all along tlie ditches and '.a t lie cedar swamps you would find their hut -like mounds. .Now you lind very few." "Hats come and go." said aicth.'r hunter. "They are not as numerou a.they used to be. and though they rather like to lie near the haunts of people, yet ihe increase of population drives tiiem away. They may Ik abundant enough next year. For several yea:s men calling themselves (nippers have been taking everything they could get at all seasons of the year. There are a dozen such people between tlie Palerson plank road and Little Ferry. Some people want to exterminate them for the damage they do when they are hungry. They will make havoc in a garden, v. ill burrow into th" river banks an l through dams, but the damage done is generally slight. They are not at war with oilier animals, for their food is usually vegetable it may be t'slt :iow and then but they are the victims of boys and dogs, ami choice morsels for weasels, skunks and minks." "How do you catch them:" I asked, 'and which is the host season':" "This open winter weather is excellent," he replied; "any time during the late fall, in the winter and early spring. Skins are best In cold weather. We us steel traps, planted at the mouth of the hole, so that the animal walks into it. No bait is required. The worst feature about this is that if caught by a paw the animal will gnaw it off. so that we often linti it when he is gone. Tie traps are set at evening, when we see by the tracks that the animal is .r, home.' I have caught tin m alive; then 1 used a wire cage trap. "Here two or three a night is a good catch, but down on tho Shrewsbury Kivr years ag thirty or forty was an average for each night two and three months together. Skins are worth liti'..' ten and twelve cents apiece for tic best -and a last spring rat's is only live cents. "Sometimes they have two holes. 1 1 . -below the level of the water and the other away out in the dry land. You don't tind them in clay banks-they want dry knolls, gravel. Hut in most places they build round-loppe.t houses of slicks and reeds, often four or live feet in diameter and height. I have seen them in swamps, along ditches, in dry fields and even in the rifts of rivers like the Delaware. "Tle're are always two opening.? to their houses. tht one under the water and (In oilier out on the dry ground. There is a popular weather sign connected with these houses. If they are

built high up above the water, there wil be a great deal of snow and rain during the folowiug winter; if low and close down to the ground, cold weather and little snow; moderaioly high ami not very I hick, a warm winter. Inside these burrows or houses js a iarge nest, lined with grasses and leaves, which is the family living room. Many hunters declare their houses, are occupied only one season: others say they are used every winter." It sems that Delaware, and New Jersey, too, produce black rats, which are seldom seen outside of these Stales. The ordinary house rats are common every where. "They are numerous," said a friend, "down on Long Island. I was out on the shore of the South Hay after birds a few months ag. and saw an old fellow and his lame dog hunting them. The log would poke around and utter sharp barks if lie found the animals in the houses. Then the old man would stop up the land hole of the nest and put across (he water exit a hoop net. Then the log would get on top of the house and paw and yelp. This seared tlie rats so they ran Into the net. I stood by and saw hint take out of one house (wenly-two rats, and was told by people around that he had often caught fifty and sixty a day. "And did you know the rats are good eating' he went on. "I have eaten them, though I don't hanker after them. They are cleanly and are a good deal belter than going hungry in the woods. The Indians used to eat them and called them 'musquash.' " A few years ago there was quite a demand for the skins, and in 1SM the Loudon market took over -t.(Ni.(no of them. Now, although Hussia buys a good many. -the greab'Ki use for (hem is as a substitute for better skins, and when skillfully dyed it is hard to tell them from higher-priced skins. New York Press. A Newsboy's Gratitude. A writer in the New York Itecorder tells tho story of a newsboy who, months after he had eaten a Christmas supper, insisted upon paying the kind journalist who provided it. On CJiristiiias night an old-time newspaper writer stepped into a cheap restaurant in Park How for a cup -of hot coffee. As he look his seat at one of the small tables, a ragged little boy planted himself 011 (In stool opposite. There was a wolfish glare In the boy's eyes as he fumbled a nickel and said. "A plate of beans." I sipped my coffee and watched Ihe hoy ravenously devour the beans. Whispering to (he waiter, 1 told him to bring a plate of corned I f, some bread ami butter and a bowl of coffee for the boy. The lit tie fellow stared for a moment, and then began his meal, lu a few minutes Ihe beef, beans, bread and coffee had disappeared, yet the hoy's appetite was not satisfied. "What kind of pie do you like':" I psked.

'Most any kind; they's all good." rv plied the hoy. "Hrlng him some mince and pumpkin pie." aid I to the waller. Tiie boy gazed at 5 lie two pieces of pie in wonderment, ile-n loi.ked :i shyly and pushed his nickel toward me. "What's that for':" asked ihe man. "To pay for the spread; it's all I've got." Taking a quarter front my po.-ket. I laid it on the boy's coin, an I puVaed them across tlie table. "Is them for nie':" said i':e hoy. yvi'h Iii ii mouth full of pie. "Am I to hae ail that':" "Yes; ihis is Christmas icghi. you know." "Yes. I remember; but I had no money for my lodging, so I didn't gu any of tlie dinner down at tlie Newsl.ms' Lodging-1 louse. Thank you. miter. You is good tor me." Mi'tilhs passed. One day a by stoplied me. near tu. I'rooklyn Hridge. "S.iy. misier." said In. "I owe ymi a quarter. Here it is." Kecogniicing my Christmas guest. I gently refused, telling him In had boiler keep it. "No. you lake it." lie persisted. That sitpper and the quarter you gi" me brought luck, and I've not been so hungry since. You was so good thai night, and I want you to take (he quarter now. so as you can give some other boy a Christmas supper." I took the coin, and many a po r newsboy has had a good dinner w't'i it sill' '.

Not only is Frederick Tetiny.v:i. brother of Alfred, now living in V.ngland (at the age of almost '.!. but two other Venerable poets. Aubrey tie Vere and I'hilip .lames Hailey. the lat1"r famous sixty years ago as tiie author of "Feslus." .lames Whiicotiib Iliiey is lie only remaining American poet who wears a smooth face. Kdmund Clarence Stedman indulges in a full beard. Thomas Hailey Aldrich sports a mustache, Kiehard Henry Stoddard wears a long while lea rd and Hichatd Watson Ciider has a drooping mustache. Mrs. Hraddon. Ihe novelist, has very decided tasies and opinions. Siie mocks at the rilic who says ihn the modern novel reader has no lime to read detailed descriptions (' a heroine's dress or a house's furniture. Site declares herself uncompromisingly for th" descriptive, especially in the matter of portraying the interior of a house. According to the London Literary World, "one of ihe many inl eresl ing points in tic biography r Lord Tennyson will be the laureate's relations with the Queen. These will be best indicated by some letters which he addressed to her Majesty, and which, despite theii very llatlering terms, ihe Queen has not felt site ought to withhold from publication." t'nhismilh's "Hesei ted illage" is stil! j in existence. It is calh d Lisiiov, iliou.gli its real name is Auburn. The ruins of tlie village preacher's house shows thai it was rather spacious for a man of his circumstances. Only a few of the sights familiar to ('old.-miti; remain. "The luisy mill is idle and roo:tess. the clnireli js still there ai d. of etui .'. "lite gla sy brook." A Court Decision. In an action for the value of hounds killed by a train, the opinion of the court says: " The plaint ill's version is that the ttain was going west, toward Chattanooga, ami ihe dogs wen going east, toward Kirnxville. They were all on the saute track and going in opposite directions a ml under t hos facts a headcm! collision was unavoidable." And again: "It is insisted by the plaintiff that while tic whistle was sounded it was intended for the whole pack and not for tiie three dogs that were run ov r. This, however, seems to be a mere opinion of the witness, as lc was a quarter of a mile away from tic place lien the whistle was sounded. In addition it would, we think, be requiring to great diligence for the engineer to v.'iistle for each particular dog, anl more especially as ho had no means of informing each dog that any spe-itl whistle was oiuiiled for him. Fp.:i those facts it apprars thai the tv-iv-crs were running their train upn their own track, on regular schedule time, and had no other track at that place upon which they could run. 0't tie other hand, the plaintiff's dogs were running on the railroad's track utc:it'. of the fox's track, which simply classed the railroad." n these facts It is held that "Ihe dogs were guiby i the grossest contributory negligence ami were only entitled to such consideration as trespassers have under tlie law." - Case and Comment. Tlie DidVrence. "Can you tell, me, Colonel, what Is the difference between capital and laIor':" was asked of a retire I otlieer of the engineer corps. Fnitod Slates army. "I Hatter myself that I can. sir." said Ihe Colonel. "Hue day before William H. Yanderhilt died he was run down by an unruly team at Fleetwood Hark. His injuries did not amount to a scratch, sir. but they caused a panic in Wall street, and the newspapers published two to four columns about it. At the same instant a brick mason fell from (he top of a wall he was buildand broke his net k. One-t wentieth of a column answered for him. That, hir. Is the difference between capital and labor." We are thinking of getting even with a few people by joining a church, ami offering; tlndr names for public prayers. A woman marries a man not iK'cause I she loves hlyj, but because she i ioor

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SOLDIERS TAKE SIDES IM THE BOOTH FAMILY JAR. They Ask Italliituton IJootlt to Head an Independent American Army, but He Declines and luits ( he Organi f ion Cause of the TroiiMc. New W'str Cry. Tie trouble in ranks of t'.ip S.dvati'Ci army seems grow. Hnllingto'i Hi'ith's perea.pto'-y removal by 1 : fa'.h- : fr .in tlie -mm;Uil of the army in tl; l'iiite.1 States has caused (liss(;is; ms ;.:;ar may result in a pennaiM-ut rsriip:"..a .f tiiis fa.ni'.us r -igii.'js .":r.in:7.iti ii. If D:!liagt'in Hoeili iift his haiui ja ass.e.t it is believed that the American hv.iie ii wül ihn.w off its allcgiaie-e to the p.ireat '.ly in l-'ngland. Tie' .:.! of the evii s.cins t; he jealousy in tie- Ho th family. W liiiitgion Hooiii. for li'.ne years the commander of the army ": Anicri.-a. has been f-.ft-f.l to resign and : eoiieiH!eiice !i.i room 1 rcKi.it. eft the army. Tic h-nuers of tlie various branches throughout the Fiiited Stateasked him to take charge of an iinlepcndeat army, saying that if lie did so th American jimn would secede from th Hiitis'u or pa roii ; organization. This Ho ih refused to do. T;ius tlie army remains intact, hu; ticre is rio hue for tin Hritish authornics ami a mutiny liiay(ecttr at nay tine. Kva Hooth. sister of IViliingtoQ and davii.t' r of Cen. William Hooth, liie head of ;ie universal army of Salvationists. i temporarily in command of the American army. Sic will remain ia Charge until the arrival here of Commissiotier llootli Tucker at.d his -wife, wh have been appointed to sues veil Mr. an l Mrs. HallingTott Hoot'i as commnnders of he America a forces. The trouble i-cjran a boa: a nuettli ai-i. when lien. William Hooth issaed an order relieving the commanders in Jhc l"nit"il States. France, i '.- 1 a. Australia and Iadia and ordering trn-nt a I! to report ia London in April. The news greatly surprised the army in Ann riM. For nine years lialiingtoii r.i.oih ha-1 been hi command here. He had found the army weak and struggling, despised and ri-licu-Ie-l. lie put his whole soul ami energy into tie work. Hy his side was it's wife, a womaa of high education, great personal magictiMn nn.l undoubted abiliry. She shared equally his labors and while .ae dealt wifh the men she organized the famous Iuiu corps and inaugurated a wonderful relicions work among the outcast women. The lcot'hs found Ii' re an army of ('.000 persons. They have ;o-day a disciplined ucesful body of more vli.m .".U.oihi men and women who are laboring night anl day to save souls. Tlcy have acquired proprrty and public support. They have made flie Salvation army recognized a one of tiie nest powerful forces for Christianizi;ii; work in this country. The oliieers of the army through-nil Iii. Fatted States assert that the oilier lto .rlit ure jealous of Hailitigiou's mktcss. and r'S-- -t -W EVA liOol ir. thereAl is the cause of tie trenMe. TItia Herbert and Mrs. Uoota deny. the New Commander. V. Do ni Tour Heoth-Tucker. the mnv -e.Miiaiander, is -l.'l years old. lie belongs 't. an old Engl'i.sh family, and before h joined the Salvation army was a resident magistrate in the Punjnb district in India. Eight years ago le became interested in tlie army, ami after investigation decided that only by its agency could the heathen millions be converted to Christianity. He threw up his commission and entered the ranks f the Salvationists as a cadet. He went to LnglauJ, and after a stay t'liete of aboir! a year returned to India to eWingeli.e the natives. Thd ex-magi.strate downed the .irb of the inhabitants of the country, went barefooted and begged his Vread us it travel in 15 preacher among the (lingaiatis. one of th native tribes. It was mainly through his efforts that the army got a foothold in that vast country. He rose rapidly and now holds the position of foreign secretary. Fire years ago lc niarrir .1 Ilaima Hooth, the second daughter of (Jen. Hooth, anj ister of Halliugtin Hooth. She is very active in army work, rnd is lady principal of "the organization's ('.mining schools. Senator 1'lkins of Wen Virginia is not a candidate for the proshnti.il nomination. In an interview Mr Klkins declare that ho is content with his senatorial honors, and that, the statements concerning his presidential ambitions were mad by Ill-advised friends mid are unauthorized. He says he is for McKinley. Will iam IL Lucknbach, 1 1. president of the New York ami New ,lersj ynod of the Lutheran Church at Hudson. N. Y., died uf paralysis. He w til tear Old,

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