Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 March 1896 — Page 6

WITH HER HAND IN MINE.

(With her hand in ana- I begged for a kiss .lust it single oa-' but ob? shook lier head. ; ßhe couldn't-allow 'he "weted bliss, She didn't believe in kissing, she said, Aiid she'd but m.v 'ars if I gave any sign jOC oicing my w'-a vita her bauds iu mint-. f?Vilh her hands in ui'.n I plead and plead, Hut she wonldn '!. i"! ut, it was all iu vain. ETh-n I slowly sbiop,d t her lips so rod And 1 kissed in over and over again. (For we Kith ol tu Lu-mv, Hud we didn't repine, fXhftt the threat went fir naught with her hands in mine St. iV.uis (Sluhe Democrat. A QUEER LIBEL CASE. "Now let tis go one stop at i time," nid the solicitor ' You want to proceed h gainst Mi Sveudeleri for libel, X mutersland?" "Vrs, I do. suul I'm sure I shall get fteavy damages,'' answered Mr. Hedgehog. "His libels are of th'j grossest fu.st wait, now." put. in the .solicitor. 'Those." and ho held up a mini-t-r of postcards and tetters, "are the lit Is .von complain of?" "Yes, they are. and L think nobody rill deny " "Never mind now .Tust answer my questions as shortly is you can. Are iht re any other.-.1"' "Not as far a I know." "1 sir they are all addressed to you. iWtl, those sen' Li vu iu closed on.lope.N are iml liboU at all, so we jbcihIii'I trouble about them." "I low's that-.'" ) k"d Mr. Hedgehog. "You see flier is id publication wofiody saw them tint, yourself, or those 0 whom yon showed th"tn With the posl cards it is differ 'nt. The law prctntitits, you see, lb it Mie postman reads e!t I Ik postcards tint ga through his tixnds, and so th"re is publication to a third party. Y 'II. let us look at the posl-cftnls." 'They're nut half is bad as the letters," muttered Mr II 'dgehog. discoutcnlodly. "That can't bo helped." replied the fff.lkiior. "Tho. one runs: 'Who stole the Koughshod jewel.'' It was 'Enery MMgehog, was if'.' Of course not. He's no thief ; lie's only a privat a detective. VWMl, ilia I 's strong enough. I think. STiie olhcrs, I see. are much the same." "VeS, iriTK-ll the s.l!H.'" Aim1 they're .;ll niouymous?" J "Yes-all." "Hut you're sure you can prove the foiling is Svem'elei i'.s .'" Tin sure I can iu fact. I know In? ftvoii'l deny it." "flow do you know that?" asked the olicitor, sharply. "Well, the fa. t is." said Hedgehop:, bcsitnting slight ly. "be daren't. At. any rale, I'm sure lie won't." Tin- solicitor was silent for u inoii nt, during which he scrutinized Hedgehog keenly. "Mr. Svendelei i is not. a very reputable person," he Mien said, ' hut he. IiMsn't usually be'n reckoned a fool, find why, not being; a fool, he should write such silly post-cards passes my comprehension." "He's very furious with me." answered Mr. Hedgehog. "You see, Mr. Pitt," be .went on iu a confidential ouc. "him and me have had a lot. of dealings together and lately we had a row, and now he's fairly mad, and ioesti't care what he doe. to get revenge. That's Mie way of them Jews. Once you have tired i writ into him fte'll get cooler and apologise and pay Ml." "Io yon know anything about, these Jewels?" asked the solicitor, a trifle suspiciously. "Nut as much as lie doe.," answered ' dir. Hedgehog, wit li a sly wink. j "What, do you mean?" demanded the volicitor. "loes he know anything tilMiut them?" i "No, not as far as I know." said Mr. Ilnlgehog, hastily. "I was only joking." The solicitor again was silent, a motnn nt, and again he keenly scrutinized lllie private detective. At laat he poke. "I don't altogether lik this job." ald. ' Thefe seems to be a lot of hau-tty-ptnky about it." "It won't give you any trouble." cried llr. Hedgehog. "I'm sun? Sveudeleri tnw't let it come into court. Your hlef work will lie running up j our bill of cost and you know Svendeleri's JCood for thousands." ; BIr. I'itt reflected for a moment. "Will. Vl issue it." he said, "and intrtriKt counsel to settle a statement of Clui." 'film- weeks later Mr. Hedgehog, In vsponsf to a note from Messrs. ritt & ßTox, atteudnl their ollice in Uedford mttw. Mr. I'itt again saw him. After 41-- usual greetings Mr. Iift inforuied Wim that they had received tint d?nse in the action. i "jHies he deny he wrote the letters?" tfskfd Mr. Hedgehog. "N, he does not," answ 'ret Mr. Pitt. . "I knew he dare not," cried Mr. U!ergeliog, exultantly. 'The defense Mr. Sveudeleri has set mi s:til the solicitor. 4 i.s what, we lawyers call a justification." "What's that?" asked Mr. Hedgehog. "It is to the eifert that the action kftfh not lie, because the libel is true In l.vt." The private detective st.irbfd aud turned pale. "You don't mean to say," he exclaimrtl. "that Sveudeleri says it's true I 4 ole the Roughshod diamonds?" "That's precisely whit he Ioea say," answered the solicitor, calmly. "Well, of all the impudence!" cried 2t. Hedgehog, as he gasp.id for breach. The eld scoundrel to think of it for liu of all people to say such a thing -VYcIL well," interrupted th? solici

tor, ' it's no use abusing him. What I wanted to see you for was to get further instructions. You see the matter has now taken a very serious turn. The defense put in practically makes Mr. Sveudeleri the accuser and you the accused. Your whole character is at stake, and you must spare no efforts to prove the charge against you false." "Mustn't he first prove it true?" demanded Mr. Hedgehog. "Certainly, most certainly; but wo must assume he has some evidence to go on or, he would scarcely dare to raise such a defense." "That's awkward dreadfully awkward," muttered Mr. Hedgehog, dolefully. "I'm half sorry I began the action." "Y'ou don't moan to suggest that you are afraid of the charge?" said Mr. I'itt. "So help me. Mr. I'itt. I never saw the diamonds," cried Mr. Hedgehog, earnestly, "and nobody knows that better than Sveugeleri; that's just what makes it so awkward." The solicitor watched Mr. Hedgehog with a puzzled air. "I can't understand you at all." he said, after a long pause. "If you wish to succeed in this action you had better be perfectly candid with me, and the first thing I must know is what line we are to take light or capitulate, which is it to be?" "I must leave that to you, Mr. Titt,"

answered Mr. Hedgehog, nervously. "I'm afraid I've got myself into a mess Sveudeleri has been too much for me. All I can say is that I never stole the diamonds I'll swear I never did." "Then, iu heaven's name, light, and fight with all your might!" exclaimed the lawyer, vehemently. Mr. I'itt was both a sagacious and an honorable man. At fust he felt loath to take up this action. To meet the difficulties of the situation he and his counsel. Mr. liriteley. after a long couferenc". resolved to adopt a course of which both of them, under ordinary circtimstauces, would have shrunk from. Usually the plaintiff in a libel case is one of the first witnesses tendered by his counsel. He has to tell his own story, and to be cross-examined upon it, before he knows what evidence the defendant i3 prepared to produce. In the present case, however, Mr. Hedgehog's counsel and solicitor determined merely to prove the re ceipt of the libelous post-cards by means of the caretaker at the building in which were Mr. Hedgehog's ollices, and having thus made a prima facie case, to let the defendant produce his witnesses. This course was taken. The caretaker was called, and swore sho rectived the post-cards in question. 'J hese were put in, and the judge unhesiraringly hold them to be defamatory. .Vr. Ilriteley then announced that, he being utterly in the dark as to the case he would have to moot, would not tender his cli"iu as a witness until he had heard the defense. The judge raised some objection to this course, but counsel was firm, and in the end his lordship called on the defendant to proceed with his evidence of justification. The first witness for the defense was Lady Koughshod. She said the plaintiff had been employed by her to investigate the mysterious disappearance ,f certain Kinds from her country residence Stabstable hall in Doltshire. While the investigation was proceeding she had informed him of various facts, known otherwise, as far as witness was aware, only to herself and Lord Koughshod. Among these was the existence of several secret drawers In an ancient bureau which stood in her lady's boudoir. Witness wis not absolutely certain whether she Itatl also told tin plaintiff of her habit of placing her jewels in one of these drawers for the night when she had been out late and felt too tired to put them Into the jewel safe, but she thought it was extremely likely she lid tell him. About a month after the termination of the plaintiffs fruitless investigation into the disappearance of the bonds. Lord and Lady Koughshod had attended the county ball at Kottciiborough, which was some five miles from Stabstable hall. They returned late and her ladyship had, as usual, deposited the jewels she had worn at th? ball in the secret drawer. In the mornrng her maid on entering the boudoir found the window had been forced during the night, and the bureau drawer burst open and the secret drawer rifled. The next witness was the head waiter of the (Jeorge of Kottenborough. This witness identified the plaintiff as a person who, under the name of Smith, had stayed at the George for the three days preceding the ball. He left on the night of the Kail ostensibly to catch the night mail to London. The only baggage he had with him was a small portmanteau, which he hail himself carried to the station. Witness wan astonished to meet the plaintiff on the platform at Kottenlorough station the next morning after the ball. The plaintiff explained to him that le had lost the night mail and had stayed over night at the Hailway hotel. Witness now remembered that Mr. Hedgehog, while staying at the (Jeorge, had askeil many quest ions as to the county ball, and more especially as to the time the company broke up. This concluded the case for the defense, and thereupon the court immediately adjourned for the day. Mr. Pitt immediately arranged for a consultation between counsel, solicitor and client at Mr. Itriteley's chambers in the Temple. It was not of long duration, as Mr. Hedgehog declared that h ; would not go into the box. "Old Sveudeleri has outwitted me," h i said. "He has got me in his grip. I did not steal those diamonds, gentlemen. I did not, I'll swear to you, but It ain't no use denying it In fact, to deny It .will only make matters worse." Thpj can't be much worse," cried Mr. Brlteley. "As sure as you fail to

turn up you'll be prosecuted for the robbery, and convicted, too." "I'll be convicted if I'm prosecuted, no matter whether I turn up or not," answ ered Hedgehog, in a hopeless toue. "No. it ain't no use lighting against fate. I tried a fall with Sveudeleri and he's been, too many for me. Kut let him do his wotst now. No, gentlemen, I'll not go into the box. P.oth Mr. P.riteley and Mr. Pitt did their utmost to induce Hedgehog to change his resolution, but all was in vain. That being so, Mr. P.riteley could merely announce next morning that he could offer no rebuttal testimony. The jury, without hearing either counsel or judge, thereupon promptly found a verdict for the defendant, and the judge directed that the public prosecutor be communicated with. The same evening Hedgehog was arrested on a warrant on the charge of stealing Lady Koughshod's dia monds.

Mr. Pitt acted for Hedgehog during his trial on this charge. He was convicted and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. After his conviction Hedgehog had an interview with Mr. Pitt. He thanked the solicitor very warmly for his services. Then lie said he wanted him to do him another service. "I want you to place a watch upon Sveudeleri, Mr. Pitt," said the convict, earnestly. T want him watched night and day, and if before six months is out you don't find for certain that I'm innocent of this charge you can believe I lied to you. I'll pay the costs in any event." Mr. Pitt was much puzzled both at the prisoner's request and at the result he expected from its being obeyed, but he promised to have Sveudeleri watched. And watched Sveudeleri was by one of the cleverest detectives in London, and before the six months mentioned by Hedgehog had elapsed Mr. Pitt received a report from the private detective that astonished him. It was neither less nor more than this t hat Sveudeleri had in his possession and was attempting to sell diamonds which corresponded in every way with those stolen from Lady Koughshod. Mr. Pitt acted promptly and courageously. He had an information sworn, obtained a search warrant, made a raid on the premises of Sveudeleri, and within twenty-four hours from receiving the private detective's report tho stolen diamonds were recovered and Sveudeleri was in custody charged with having stolen them or received them well knowing them to be stolen. Though tho prosecution could give no evidence as to-how the diamonds came into tho prisoner's possession beyond the fact that Lord Koughshod's valet on hearing of Svendelcri's arrest had disappeared, there was no doubt they were in his possession, and he knew that they were stolen. Practically there was no defense to the charge and Sveudeleri was at once convicted. Then Mr. Pitt petitioned the home secretary for Hedgehog's discharge. This, after some delay, was granted. On receiving his pardon Hedgehog called at Mr. Pitt's oilice to thank him for his exertions on his behalf. After doing so very earnestly, he said, "I wonder would you have worked so hard for me. Mr. Pitt, if you had known the whole facts?" "I hope so." replied Mr. Pitt. "I suppose you would like to know them," said Hedgehog, slily. "Well, the Truth is. I would," answered Mr. Pitt, smiling. "The fact is I never was so puzzled over a case in my life." "Well, there can't be any harm telling you them now confidentially, you know. Now. I did not steal them diamonds, and I didn't oven know where Lady Koughshod kept them until Sveudeleri told me. You see, after I came back from Stabstable hall he told me that one of the household there had told him of them, and ho said as owing to my report that, the bonds must have been taken by some one of the household which was right (they were taken by the valet)-his friend was afraid to steal the diamonds and he proposed, as I knew the house and bureau and all that. I should take 'em. I refused, saying I wasn't a thief, but a private detective. Afterward the temptation to get 'em came awfully strong on me. and I went down to Rot-i tenborough under a false name to reoonnoiter. Tho county ball took place while I was staying there, and I planned to get the diamonds that night. I pretended at the (Jeorge that I was returning to town, and instead I made my way to Stabstable hall. lUit everything turned out badly. While I was dodging about the grounds I ran against one of the servants and had to bolt. It must have been Svendelcri's accomplice, the valet, but that didn't strike me at the time. Then on getting back to Kottenborough I met the head waiter of the (Jeorge. When I returned to town I learned of the robbery, and, of course, 1 knew old Sveudeleri had got the swag. Aud that's the whole truth, sir." "Put why did Sveudeleri write those cards to you?" asked the solicitor, incredulously. "He didn't write them at all. I wrote them ami thought he'd pay up rather than be cross-examined about the diamonds. I didn't think then that he knew of my going to Kottenlorough. Put. you see. he did; and when he proved that, I saw I was caught in my own trap, and there was no use perjuring myself by swearing I wasn't then, or by telling the truth, for nobody would believe that. Kut I hope, Mr." I'itt. you do?" "Well, it's rather a hard job; but I do believe your story," said Mr. Pitt. London Truth. "Doctor, my father wanted ne to study medicine, but I wouldn't have made a successful physician." "indeed! Why not, pray?" "Kecause I vould not have felt a lady's pulse without causing heart trouble." Fliegende DIaettcr.

Hope for the Homely, ft w 7-orLI you rather have style or beauty?" is a question often asked among women. and the answer Is almost invariably in favor of style. while men quite as decidedly vote in favor of beau ty as a matter of course. A pretty face alone counts for but little, espe - cially at a ball or any other social function if the owner is otherwise dowdy or badly dressed. An ugly woman with a good figure and distinguished carriage will give the impression of j good looks and quite eclipse a beauty who has neither, even to masculine perception, for a man feels the effect of slylo. although unable to define what it really is. and often unwittingly calls

it beauty. "A tall, slight woman can ; and Latin and instructor iu the gymmake anything of herself she chooses." nasium of the same- college. Ih r maidis a saying quoted from a great French j en name was Lillie K. Moore. James dressmaker, which has a great d.'alj I). Pardee, an attorney, of Salt Lakv of truth in it. although it goes with-! City, is her husband and ihey have a out saying that in addition a woman j daughter M years old. Mrs. Pardee is must have other qualities to bring a type of the younger generation of about this result. She must have goost (;,. utile women." she was brought into taste, perception and the great knack i prominence during the preparation for of putting on her clothes well, which, j statehood through her gifts as an om by the way, is an art that is not under- j tlP j?v reason of her earnest work in stood by nine women out of ten. even the Woman's Kepublican Le:,gue l.e the famous Worth acknowledging that WJ,s appointed secretary of the County to show really to advantage his gowns Committee. In private lite Mrs. Par-

must he well worn, "that is what tries me more than anything else," lie said one day to a favorite customer. "to know that my most artistic con-1 cepiions are dependent upon others.! and may be completely spoiled by the! way in which they are worn." j A plain woman, therefore, need never i feel discouraged if she is clever. I Mother of a Fnmoiis vuncelist. Mrs. Ketsy Ilolton Moody, the mother of D wight L. Moody, the famous evangelist, was inj years old when she passed away recently. Her life had been n simple one and marked by many privations. Kut in spiio of all that, she reared a family of four sons and two daughters. They are Isaiah, (.Jeorge. IM win and Cornelia, who have always lived in Northtield, and Dwiglit L. and Mrs. Washburne. Dwiglit L. Moody was wont to say in the pulpit that to his mother's early training he attributed all his success. At her funeral. held in th' Congregational Church, j Käst Northtield. Mass., the eongrega- I ion witnessed the unusual sight of a I son conducting services over the body j f his mother. More than this, tliev ' listened to a eulogy which had the unusual effect of causing smiles as well as tears. Altogether it was an unusual funeral. Dwiglit L. Moody is iwer theatrical, but upon this oecaMKS. JM.TSV IIOI.TOX Moon V. sion he delivered a beautiful tribute and allowed more hymns than are generally sung at a funeral. Four hundred "maids of honor," little girls, esroited the lmdy to the church, and -loo boys escorted it from the church to the grave. During that notable address Mr. Moody said: "It was a great hoy.or for us to have such a mother. I cannot praise her enough. She was a wise woman. She knew more than Solomon. She knew how to govern her own sons. She was so loving a mother that when we were away from home we were always anxious to get back to her. Her love for her husttand lasted all her life. For lifty-I'our year, to my certain knowledge. Widow Moody's light burned on yonder hill." Such passages as these Mr. Moody would follow with a story of his boyish experiences w ith the stern but kindly meaning woman who whipped him for his Iwiyish misbehavior, and who Jnsistcd upon his going barefooted to church with shoes on his arm, to be put on at the door, that the wear and tear of the articles might be saved. It was at such points in his address that the congregation was forced to smile. Tallin;" und Visitin." Yewirs ago when there were fewer people, ami life and time were not so "short." people visited; but that day long since passed and the short p. ml formal call has taken the place of visits. According to the strict rule of etiquette one call a year continues the acquaintance. Married Ushers nt Wedding. Married men as ushers are now so common at weddings as to no longer excite comment. "Matron of honor," too, is a new term that is scarcely new any more, so often is it heard and exemplified In the attendance at the altar of some close friend or relative of the bride, of a woman who has already been there as chief actor herself. At the wedding recently in Krooklyn of Miss Dike, her only sister, Mrs. Mur-

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y ly? ray Koocock. was her first attendant, and nothing could have been more appropriate. Her place then, if ever, was by her sister's side, and the fact that she has been for two or three years entitled to w rite Mrs. before her name did not mar her right in youthful or charming appearance to the role of first bridesmaid. Honors for n New Woman. Mrs. Lillie K. Pardee, of Salt Lake j City, who has been recently elected to ! tbe Secretary of the Senate f the new State of I'tah. was born in September, lsc.l. She is a native of Ohio and was graduated from Kuchtcl College, where she received the highest honors ever given to a graduate of that college. I'ntil her marriage four was professor ol" Ureek ' dee i womanly and unassuming it) i manner. She has uiMouiiieiny a career of tn illia ttce a nl usefulness . fore he;-. Her Ten Commandment. These jire the new e uiiii::Ji'l iii'.nt : ten. Which wives imv make fer niarrieti men. I 1 Kenieniber t hat I am thy wife. j Whom thou miiM lu ri.-h all thy life. I Ü--Then shalt not stay out late at night, When ledges, friends ni rluLs invite. "Thou shalt not smoke indoor or ut. Or chew tobacco round about. 4 Thou shalt with praise reeeive inj pies. Nor pastry made by me despise. Ö -My mother tlnui shalt strive to please And let her lie with us in ease. li - Keincinhor 'tis thy duty dear. To dress me well throughout the year 7- -Thou shalt in manner mild and meek. (Jive me thy wages every week. 5 Thou shalt not be a drinking man, Kut live on prohibition plan. Thou shalt not flirt, but must allow Thy wife such freedom anyhow. in Thou shalt get up when baby cries. And try the child to tratnpiili.c. These my commands from day to day Implicitly thou shall obey. Kosten Post. Notes of New Fashions. Shot si'ks have lost none of their prestige. Spider-web brocades are new and striking. White duck suits are made villi the belted coat. Very pointed toes are seen on the new Oxfords. All shades of green will be in vogue for the spring. The spring neekties are iu the most pronounced plaids. Most women take kindly to the skirt with decorated seams. Kibbons figure largely as trimming on all imported costumes. Kose pink and turquoise blue figure largely in the summer organdies. Linen homespuns will be made into cool and serviceable outing dresses. I'lack satin duchesse skirts will continue to be ii style throughout the summer. Klack serge tailor gowns are being ordered by some of our best dressed women. Turbans will be the first millinery forms to be seen on the streets after Faster. House gowns of cotton crepe make a hostess look picturesque at a trifling expense. White salin sashes on linen gowns w ill be distinctively elegant when summer days arrive. Some of the no v silks look as though an Ink liottle had been overturned on a cream white ground. Certain rich shades of green velvet wi combine with nr'arly as many different colors as black velvet. A New Sprinj; Outfit.

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LEO'S MANNER OF SPEECH.

Deliberate, but Unhesitating, and His Voice Hag tireat Power. Tho stiff mannerism of the patriarchal system, which survived until recently from early Kornau times, gave him that somewhat formal tone ami authoritative manner which are so characteristic of his conversation in private. His deliberate but unhesitating speech makes one think of (b the's "without haste, without rest." Vet his formality is not of t In slow and ein -umlocutory sort: on the contrary, it is energetically precise, and helps rather than mars the sound easting of each idea. The formality of strong people belongs to them naturally, and is the expression of certain unchanging persistence; that of the weak is mostly assumed for tho sake of magnifying the little strength they have. The Pope's voice is as distinctly individual as his manner of speaking. It is not dee), nor very full. but. considering his great age, it is wonderfully clear and ringing, and it has a certain incisiveness of sound which gives it great carrying power. Pius IX. had as beautiful a voice, both in compass and in richness of quality, as any barytone singer in the sistine choir. No one who ever he;ird him intone the "To Ileum" in St. Peter's, in the old days, can furget the grand tunes. He was gifted in many ways - with great physical beauty, with a rare charm of manner, and with a most witty humor: and in character he was one of the must kindhearted and gentle n.en of his day. as he was also one of the least initiative, so to say. while endowed with the high moral cuurago uf boundl ss patieii'-'i and political humility. Leo. XIII. n I speak but half a dozen woids. with one giati'-e of bis flashing eyes and one gesture of his noticeably long aria and transparent Intimi hand, and the moral dis'am-o between his predecessor a ml himself is at once apparent. There is strength still in every movement, tie-re is deliberate decision in every tone, t hep. K- lofty independence in every look. liehin-i these there may be kindliness, charity, and all the milder gifts of virtue: but what is apparent is a sort of energetic, manly trenchanc.v which forces admiration rather than awakens sympat hy. Century. Arousing the Hornets. Australian hornets have an evil reputationas. indeed, is true of hornets generally - and in "Opals and Agates" Mr. Xehomiah Kart ley relates a laughable incident in which they played a conspicuous part. There was in Queensland a land-surveyor, a man of dignified demeanor, very severe with the men in his employ, be fu re whom he never unbent in the slightest degree. It happened one day, when work was over, that one id the men was taking home a tomahawk which had been used for marking trees, and as he passed along he struck it carefully into a decayed stump, intending to leave it there till the next day. An instant later out came a swarm or hornets, and the man. finding them about his head, made a ' bee-line" for the nearest water-hole, into which he plunged and squatted. Not long after this his mate came along the same path. Tho inhabitants of the stump had retired from the scene. The man saw the tomahawk, and thinking it might fall from the stump, removed it and struck it in a little deeper. Out rushed the hornets in a body. The man brushed and struck at the assailing host, but was worsted and forced to make a wild stampede for Use water-hole, where he found his companion still immersed. The two sufferers compared sorrowful notes as Ihey daubed mud over their wounds, following in their wake along the path came tho serious "boss" himself. Ho saw the tomahawk, and thinking that the workmen had been careless to leave it there to rust in the dews of night, he wrenched it from the stump to take home. He likewise was waited upon by an army of angry insects, and like his workmen, was compelled to take refuge in the water. "What stings those insects have!" lie cried. "Yes, sir, we know they do." was the response; ami then all three men broke into a hearty laugh over the misadventure and their ridiculous appearance, in the water to their necks. It was the first time the lwss had indulged In a bit of pleasantry with his men. but it was not the last. Historical Kccords of Maryland. In speaking of the records of the Provincial Court of the Province .f Maryland, from 11507 10 the revolution, now preserved in Anne Arundel County, the Kaltimore Sun says: "Tie historical value of those old records is inestimable. It is believed that no other State in the Fnion has such iuords of family history sho.v.e.g the manner of living among the people of the colony as far baci; av -öd yens ago. In the wills, families can lie traced back from father to son to;' a ivibiirv. The court record lnoks con -raining inventories of personal estates make a complete exhibit of the character of household furniture, kitchen Implements, farm utensils, etc., used by the early settlers and their descendants during the first century and a half of the colony. From these things v.e can read much of the habits and customs of the people. Ivory. Most of the ivory that comes to the market is "dead" that is, ivory taken from animals long since dead, and which has been stored away by the natives for years. There is no danger in Africa of the supply being exhausted for several generations, at least. If there are souls in trees, the cork 4tr(i9 must have a cork sole, 4