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fraeat.
"Ma," began Tommy, trying for th
-sixth time to say something. ,
"Tommy P said bis mother, sternly,
"didn't I tell you not to interrupt Mrs.
Caddie and me? Walt until we are
through."
"But, ma, I wnnt to say this to-day."
Catholic Standard and Times.
BOTH GAINED.
Wife ratten oa Urapo-Nata.
The notion that meat Is necessary tot
real strength and the fouudatlon ol
solid flesh Is now no longer as preva
lent as formerly.
Excessive meat eaters are usually
luggish a part of the time b?:auae they
are not able to fully digest their food,
and the undigested portion U changed
Into what la practically a kind of pol
on that acts upon the blood uul nerves,
thus getting all through the ostein.
I . "I was a heavy meat eater," writes
an Ilia roan, "and up to two years
Ago, was in very poor health. I suf
fered with indigestion so that 1 only
velghed OS pounds.
"Then I heard about Grape-Nits and
decided to try it My wife laughed at
sue 'at first, but when I gained to
pounds and felt so flue, she thought she
would eat Grape-Nuts too.
"Now she is fut and well and has
trained 40 pounds. We never have Indi
gestion any more and seldom feet tbe
desire for meat A neighbor of ours,
C8 years old, was troubled with indi
gestlon for years; was a heavy meat
eater, and now since lie lias tevu eating
flrape-Nuts regularly, he r.iys he la
' well sad never has iudlgeatlon. I could
name a lot of iersous who nave really
teen cured of Indigestion by changing
from a heavy meat diet to Gra.e-Nuts."
"There's a Iteason." Name given by
Postum Co., Buttle Creek, Mich.
Bead the little book, "The Koad to
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FENIMOP.E COOPER
C -JLS A
A STORY OF
CnAPTER XVII. (Continued.)
There was a startling fierceness In the
role of the trooper that reached the
heart, even amid the horrors ot the cot
tage. The leader of the Skinners dropped
his plunder, and, for a moment, be stood
In nerveless dread; then rushing to a win
dow, he threw up the sash; at this point
Lawton entered, saber in hand, Into the
apartment.
"Kin, miscreant !" cried the trooper,
cleaving a marauder to the jaw; but the
lender sprang1 Into the lawn and escaped
his vengeance. The shrieks of the fe
males reHtored Ijtwton to bis presence of
mind. One more of the gnng fell in with
the dragoons, and met his death; but the
remainder had taken the alarm In season.
Occupied with Sarah, neither Mivs Sin
gleton nor the Indies of the house hnd dis
covered the entrance of the Skinners,
though the flumes were niglng nrotind
them. The shrieks of Katy and the terri
fied consort of Caar, together with the
noise and upronr in the adjacent apart
ment, first roused Miss Peyton and Isa
bella to a sense of their danger.
"Merciful Providence !" exclaimed the
alarmed aunt ; "there is a dreadful con
fusion in the house, and there will be
bloodshed in consequence of the affair."
Frances was loft alone with her sister.
A few minutes were passed in silence,
when a loud crash in the upper apart
ments was succeeded by a bright light
that glared through the open door. Sarah
raised herself on her bed, 'and staring
wildly around, pressed both her bands on
her forehead, endeavoring to recollect
herself.
"This, then, is heaven and you are
one of its bright spirits. Oh 1 how glori
ous is Ita radiance! I had thought the
happiness I have lately experienced was
too much for earth. But we shall meet
again yes yes we shall meet again."
"Sarah I Sarah 1" cried Frances, in ter
ror "my sister my only sister Oh I do
not smile so horridly ; know me or you
will break my heart."
"Hush," said Sarah, raising her hnnd
for silence; "you may disturb his rest
surely, he will follow me to the grave.
Think you there can be two wives in the
grave? No no no one one oue
only one."
Frances dropped her head Into the lap
of her sister, and wept In agony.
"Do you shed tears, awcet angel?" con
tinued Sarah, soothingly ; "then heaven
Is not exempt from grief. But where is
Henry? He was executed, and he must
be here too; perhaps they will come to
gether. Ob, how joyful will be the meet
ing I"
Frances sprang on her feet and paced
the apartment. The eye of Sarah follow
ed her in childish admiration of her
beauty.
"You look like my sister; but all good
and lovely spirits are alike. Tell me,
were you ever married? Did you ever
let a stranger steal your affections from
father, and brother, and sister? If not,
"iOor wretch, I pity you, although you
nay be in heaven."
"Sarah peace, peace I implore you
to be silent," shrieked Frances, rushing to
ber bed, "or you will kill ' me at your
feet."
Another dreadful crash shook the build-
"an I" cbied nil tboopeb.
mg to Its center. It was the falling ef
the roof, and the flames threw their light
abroad, so as to make objects visible
around the cottage, through the windows
of the room. Frances flew to one of
them, and saw the confuaed group that
was collected on the lawn. Among them
were her aunt and Isabella, pointing with
distraction to the fiery edifice, and appar
ently urging the dragoons to enter It. For
the first time she comprehended their
danger; and uttering a wild shriek, she
lew through the passage, without con
sideration or object.
A dense and suffocating column ' of
smoke opposed her progress. She paused
to breathe, when a man canght her In
his arms and bore her, in a state of insen
sibility, through the falling embers. The
instant that Frances recovered her recol
lection, she perceived that she owed her
life to Lawton, and throwing herself on
her knees, sbe cried :
"Sarah I Sarah 1 Sarah I Save my sis
ttr, and may the blessing of God await
you 1"
By this time the flames had dispersed
much of tbe suffocating vapor, so that the
trooper was able to find the door, and
in ita very entrance be was met by a
man supporting the inseuslble Sarah.
There was but barely time to reach the
lawn again before the fire broke through
tbe windows and wrapped the whole build
ing In a abeet of flame.
"God be praised!" ejaculated the pre
server of Sarah ; "It would have been a
dreadful death to die."
The trooper turned from gazing at the
edifice to the speaker, and to bia astern
lshment, instead of oue of his own men,
ho beheld the peddler.
"Hal the spy," he exclaimed; "by
heavens, you cross me like a spectre.
"Captain Lawton," said Birch, lean
Ing in momentary exhaustion against tbe
fence, "I am again in your power, for I
can neither flee nor resist."
"The cause ot America Is dear to me
as life," said the trooper; "but she cannot
require ber rhililrcn to forget gratitude
and honor. Fly, uuhnppy niau, while yet
you are unseen, or it will exceed my pow
er to save you.
"May God prosper you, and make you
victorious over your enemies," said Birch
grasping tbe haud of the dragoon with
an iron strength that his meager figure
did not Indicate."
"Hold I" said Lawton; "but a word
are you what you sosujr can you -are
THE REVOLUTION
"A royal spy," interrupted Birch, avert
ing bis face, and endeavoring to release
bis hand.
Then so, miserable wretch,' said the
trooper, relinquishing his grasp; "either
varies or delusion has led a noble heart
astrsy !"
The bright lisht from the flames reach
ed a great distance nrnnnd the ruins, but
trie words were hardly past the lips of
Lawton before the gaunt form of the ped
dler hnd glided over the visible spnee and
plunged into the darkness beyond.
CIIAPTEU XVIII.
The walls of tbe coitage were all that
was left of the building; nnd these, black
ened by smoke, and stripped of their
piazzas and ornaments, were but dreary
memorial of the confnt and security that
had so lately reigned within. The roof
lind tumbled Into the cellars. The enrly
flight of the Skinners left the drngoons
at liberty to exert themselves In saving
much of the furniture. The captain, after
placing Snrnh on a sofa 4hat had been
hurled from the building by two of his
men, retired, that the Indies might suc
ceed him In his care. Miss Peyton and
her niece flew to receive Snrnh from the
trooper; but the vncnnt eye and flushed
cheek restored them Instantly to their rec-
ollection.
"Sarnh, my child, my beloved niece,"
said the former, folding the unconscious
bride in ber arms, "you are saved, and
may the blessing of God await him who
has been the Instrument."
"See," said Sarnh, gently pushing her
aunt aside, and pointing to the glimmering
ruins, "tbe windows are illuminated In
honor of my arrival. They always re
ceive a bride thus ho told me they
would do not less; listen, and you will
hear the bells."
The shock has destroyed her mind,"
cried Miss Peyton; "my child, my beau
teous Sarah Is a maniac!"
"Come," said the surgeon, "the night
air can do no service to George, or these
ladies, and it Is Incumbent on us to re
move them where they can find surgical
attendance and refreshment. Here Is
nothing but smoking ruins and the mias
ma of the swamps."
Captain Lawton made his dispositions
for the march. Miss Teyton, her two
nieces and Isabella were placed in the
chariot, while the cart of Mrs. Flanagan,
amply supplied with blankets and a bed,
was honored with the person of Captain
Singleton. Dr. Sitgreavea took charge of
the chaise and Mr. Wharton. What be
came ot tbe rest of the family during that
eventful night la unknown, for Oesar
alone, of tbe domestics was to be found,
If we except the housekeeper.
Compared with the simple elegance and
substantial comfort of tbe Locusts, the
"Hotel Flanagan" presented but a dreary
spectacle. In the place of carpeted floors
and curtained windows, were the yawning
cracks of a rudely constructed dwelling
and boards and paper were Ingeniously ap
plied to supply the place of the green
glass in more than half the lights. The
care of Lawton had anticipated every im
provement that their situation would al
low, and blazing fires were made before
the party arrived. The dragoons who
bad been charged with this duty had con
veyed a few necessary articles of furni
ture. The mind of Sarah had continued
to wander during the ride, and, with the
ingenuity of tbe insane, she accommodat
ed every circumstance to the feelings that
were uppermost in her own bosom. i
It is impossible to minister to a mind
that has sustained such a blow," said
Lawton to Isabella Singleton ; "time and
God's mercy can alone cure it ; but some
thing more may be done tdward tbe bodily
comfort of all. You are a soldier's daugh
ter, and used to scenes like this ; help me
to exclude some of the cold air from these
wlndowa."
Miss Singleton acceded to hla request.
and while Lawton was endeavoring, from
without, to remedy the defect of broken
panes, Isabella was arranging a substi
tute for a curtain within.
I hear the cart," said the trooper. In
reply to one of her interrogatories. "Betty
Is tender hearted in the main ; believe me,
poor George will not only be safe, hut
comfortable."
Ood bless her for her care, and bless
you all," said Isabella fervently. "Dr.
Bltgreaves baa gone down the road to
meet him, I know what la that glitter
ing in the moon?"
Directly opposite the window where they
stood were tbe outbuildings of the farm,
ana toe quick eye of Lawton caught sight
at a glance the object to which ahe al
luded.
'Tia the glare of firearms," said the
trooper, springing from the window to
ward bis charger. His movement was
quick as thought, but a flash of fire was
followed by the whistling of a bullet be
fore he had proceeded a step. A loud
shriek burst from the dwelling and tbe
captain sprang into his saddle; the whole
was tke business of but a moment
"Mount mount and follow l" shouted
the trooper, and before his astonished
men could understand tbe cause of alarm,
uoanoke bad carried aim In safetv over
the fence which lay between him and his
foe. Ihe cbas.e was for life or death.
but the distance to the rocks was agr.in
too short, and the disappointed trooper
saw bis intended victim vanish in their
clefts, where be could not follow.
"By the life of Washington 1" muttered
Lawton, as he sheathed bis saber, "I
would have made two halves of him had
he net been so nimble on the foot but a
time will come!" So saying he returned
to his quarters, with the indifference of
a man who knew hla lifo was at any mo
ment to be offered a sacrifice to bis cwiiU'
try. An extraordinary tumult in the
hoiuie induced him to quicken bis sred ;
on nriving at the dour, the pauie stricken
Katy Informed him that the bullet, aim
ed at his own life, bad takeu effect In tbe
boaom of Miss Singleton.
CIIAPTEU XI. ,
The brief arrangements of the dratoona
had prepared two apartments for tbe re
ception of the ladies, tbe one bclqg In
tended as a sleeping room and situated
within the other. Into the latter Isabella
was immediately conveyed, at her own re
quest, and placed on a rude bed by the
side of the unconscious Siirih. Wh.m
Miss Peyton and Fnuiccs Dew to he an-
sistance they found her with a smile on
her pallid lip,' and a composure, in her
countenance that induced them to ll'iuk
ber uninjured.
"God be praised !" exclaimed the trra
bling aunt ; "the report of firearms, knd
your fall, had led me into an error. Sure
ly, rarely, there waa enough ot horror be
fore ; but thla baa been spared us."
Isabella pressed ber hand upon her
bosom, still smiling, but with a ahasUi
ae that curdled the blood of Franc,
"Ilear me. Captain Lawton," said Isa
bella ; "from early womanhood to the
present hour have I been un Inmate of
camps and garrisons. I have lived to
cheer the leisure of an aged father, and
think you I would change those days ot
dnnger and privation for any ease? jNol
I have the consolntion of knowing In my
dying moments, that what woman could
do In such a cause I have done."
'Who could prove a recreant and wit
ness such a spirit! Hundreds of war
riors have witnessed In their blood, but
never a firmer soul among them all."
"'Tia the soul only," snld Isabella;
my sex nnd strength have denied me the
dearest of privileges. But to you. Cap
tain Lawton. nature has been more boun
tiful ; you have an arm and a heart to de
vote to the cause; and I know they are
an arm and a heart that will prove true
to the Inst. And George and " she
paused, her lip quivered, and her eye sank
to tbe floor.
"And Dunwoodie!" added the trooper;
'would you speak of Dunwoodie?"
"Name him not," said Isabella, sink
ing back and concealing her face ; "leave
me, Lawton prepare poor George for
this unexpected blow."
The trooper continued for a little while
gazing, in melancholy interest, at the con-
A ItOTAL PPT, INTEBBUTTED MUCH.
vulslve shudderings ot her frame, and
withdrew to meet his comrade. The in-j
terriew between Singleton and his sister
ns painful, and, for a moment, Isabella,
yielded to a burst of tenderness ; but, as
if aware that her hours were numbered,'
she was tbe first to rouse herself to ex
ertion. At her earnest request, the room
was left to herself, the captain and Fran-i
ces. Tbe repeated applications of the sur
geon to be permitted to use professional
aid were steadily rejected. .
"Raise me," said the dying young wom
an, "and let me look on a face that I
love once more." Francea silently com
plied, and Isabella turned her eyes In
sisterly affection upon George. "It mat
ters but little, my brother; a few hours
must close the scene."
(To be continued.)
HOW ENGLISH LIVE IN INDIA.
Clab at Every Station-Servants mnd
Prices at tlie Markets.
The Indian club is a unique Institu
tion ; there is nothing like it anywhere
else. In n small station It is the one
rendezvous for all tbe men and wom
en in the neighborhood. Punctually at
5 o'clock, when the sun begins to loso
Its power, nearly every one moves club
ward. The glaring white road, until
then occupied' only by an occasional
bullock bandy with Its native driver,
suddenly becomes the scene of the ut
most animation, dogcarts, carriages,
ponies and bicycles all following one
another in the same direction.
Flay nnd chat are nt ouce the order
of the day. While some indulge in cro
quet or Badminton, others till the ten
nis courts, which are provided with a
number of little brown faced boys who
run about and pick up the balls. When
the light fails, two groups are formed
in the compound; the women sit and
gossip over their iced drinks, while
the men cluster around tbe peg table.
Finally, the club building itself lo en
tered, and cards and billiards are en
Joyed under the punkah until It is time
to go home and dress for dinner.
Nothing is more Etrlklng on one's
first visit to the dub, says a writer In
the Lady, than the extraordinary high
spirits one meets on every side. Soma
say they are forced, others that they
are due to the lightness and brightness
of the air, but certainly such jokea
and laughter are not heard elsewhere.
Tragedy may lie underneath, but oa
the surface all is merriment Almost
every one is young, and all are ready
for a little companionship and amuse
ment after tbe long hot hours spent la
office or bungalow. It is this friendly
intercourse with one another which Anglo-Indians
miss bo much when they
first return to England end have to put
up with the aloofness of county society
or the limitations of suburbia.
Then India is the ideal country for
visiting. Each visitor arrives at a
friend's bungalow with his own ser
vants and ponies. Native servants art
responsible far their own meals of cur
ry and rice, and curl thcmcselves up
in a rug to Bleep in any available cor
ner, so are no trouble to another per
son's household. The butler, who knows
your likes and dislikes better than you
do yourself, makes It his special duty
to see that uo home comforts are lack
ing, and Is always particularly gener
ous with a strango "master's" foods.
If there ure many visitors, the ar
ray of smart beturbaned butlers in the
dlnlnurooin Is most imposing, nnd the
waiting Is done us if by mnglc.
There are -ertaln advantages in liv
ing in a country where houses arc
cheap, servants are cheaper and meat
can be bought for Cd a pound. By a cu
rious native arrangement there Is no
fixed standard of prices for articles of
food sold in the bazar. The mem-sa-hlb
pays much or little, according to
the salary earned by her husband
w hich Is always known to a penny.
Traacfer.
"This idea of prohibiting corpora
tions from contributing fo campalga
flinils ItMA rtlMlV'f-l! thtllfra n l.fnnfr tnnl a
"Yes." unsueied Mr. Dnstln SIiti
"It tuUes u greut deul of wear and teas
off a man's cheek book and puts a cor
responding amount of worry on hi
mi iid. vtaanington Star.
Taylor Do you thl'uk'tfiat thoaa M.
gars of Smith's coat him an imoi
money? Caylor Not unless he wag
naea rr smoking tnem in pubiU
itfP 11
"Uncle Bill, what Is an affinity?"
"Oil, 'most anybody that you are mar
ried to, Willie." Smart Sit.
Aunt Kill, do not vex your husband
top luueh. He will end by , ing bnck
to his parents. Transatlantic Tales.
Begar Kind lady. I was nit always
like this. Lady No; yesterday you
had the other arm tied up. uhlcago
News.
"How long can a man gr without
air?" "I do not know. The longest
Pullman trip I ever txk occupied seven
days." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"It's generally a mistake," said Un
cle EIhmi. "to lose time ftnn luintln
work while you Is tryln to aipltallze a
hard luck story." Washington Star.
Barter I tell you. no :nuu can real
ize the meaning of eternity. Carter
OU. I don't know. I gjKMit a week once
In Philadelphia. Somcrrllle Journal.
"I'll make you sorry rou ever quar
reled with me!" "What will you do?
Go home to your mother, I suppose?"
"No. I'll bring mother here I"
Sketchy Bits.
Young Wife I am unlucky! Tes
terday the bwf was roasting beauti
fully In the oven, nnd whilst I ran to
tell my husband about it, It burnt.
Maggondorfer Blnctter.
"Woman Is considered the weaker
vessel," she remarked, "and yet "
"Well?" he queried, ns slu nesltatexl.
"Ami yet." she continued, "man is the
oftonor broke." Truth. '
He You know. If you worry about
every little thing, it's bound to affect
your health.
Ills wife Yes, I know. That's one
of the things I worry about Town
and Country, j
Father Well, Fritz. I've d.wlded to
retire from business. You :-hnll take
charge of it.
Sou Can't you work a couplo of
years more? Then we'll both retire!
Fllcgcnde Blnettcr.
"Initiative is the great tti'.ng that
we nil need nnd that most or us lack."
"Well, my husband has lots of It," re
piled Mrs. Gottawnddle. 'lie's Initia
ted Into something nearly every night."
Chicago Itecord-Herald.
"That's the way the thins was told
to me, but, of course, there's always
more than one side to a story." "Ot
course, there are always as many sldea
to a story as there are leople to i
oiame. rnuaaeipnia ires1?.
"Eunice says she is tbe jnlucklest
.girl in the world." "What's Vw matter k
now?" "She was Just about to marry
a traveling man when he was admitted
to the firm nnd now he will f.e at home
all the time." New York G'obe.
Country Doctor That's Ite wors:
case of rye neck I ever tet, Peleg.
How'd you get It?
Peleg Drlvln' thet new mare o
mine, an' everlastln'ly lookln behind f
see If an nuto wuz comln Puck.
Blobbs would you consider him a ge
nius? Slobbs No.
Blobbs Why, he's always trying to
borrow money.
Slobbs Yes, but he doesu't get it
Philadelphia Record.
"When I was your age," said the se
vere parent, "I was compelled to earn
my own living." "Sir," answered the
eomplncent youth, "I know too little of
the circumstances to attempt to de
feud my grandfather." Washington
Star.
Miss Mlnny Somers By the by, you
are not the boy I hnve always had '.e
fore? Caddie No'm; yer see, we
tossed to see who'd caddie for you.
Miss Mlnny Somers (awfully pleased)
Oh, tut, tut, you bad hoys and yon
won? Caddie No, I lorst Tbe Tat
ler. "About the greatest man who ever
lived In this community was Dug
Skinner; broad minded, big hearted,
and brilliant, and yet he died with alt
bis talents and goodness unsuspected."
"How did you come to And out about
It?" "I married bis widow."' Houston
Post
"Do you know who that old gentle
man is talklug to our hostess?" asked
Mrs. Blunderer of the lady Hitting be
side her. "That," answered the lady
coldly, "is my son." "Oh," gasped Mrs.
Blunderer in confusion, "bo's a good
deal older than you are. Is be :-ot?"
Llppincott's.
Sunday School Teacher Tommy, the
lesson says It Is more blessed to give
than to receive. Can you give us an
example In which that is true? Tom
my Tucker Yes'm. It's when riaw'a
away from home, and 'stead cf wrltln'
to paw she sends him picture cards.
Chicago Tribune.
"Be sure you're right, nnd then go
ahead," said the muu whj Jlke3 to
quote.- "Yes," answered th- energetic
cltlwn. "But try not to waste too
much time making sure, or you're liable
to be like the man who studied his
timetable so long that he Missed his
tralu." Washington Star.
HoaiUlde Wit.
He who matched wits with the au
thor of "Thu Aiuleut Mariner" had In
deed a lively task before hhn, for Cole
ridge was never caught napping. The
poot was so awkward n horseman that
bis riding often attracted comment of
anything but a com pi I men t a ry nature.
One day he was riding along the turn
pike fond lu the county of Durham
when a wag who met him fastened
upon hliu us un excellent subject for
sport. Consequently be drew rein and
said lu nu Impcrtiucnt drawl :
"My graceful friend, did you happen
to meet a tailor on the road?"
"I'm Inclined to think I did." said
Coleridge meditatively. "I was not
sure at tbe moment, hut be said some
thing about my meetlug a goose far
ther along tho road."
The wag put spurs to his horse, and
the poet Jogged cnhnly on his way.
I nuy is uu"io Hiiuuui u uioiuerr
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I will tell you it U simply dellghtfu'
KILL THE WEAKLINGS '
floaton Tlean flollrr Itunat Brltef la
nenevolrnt Ilrotalltr.
At that center of lenns and brains.
Boston, lives Dr. Andrew Christian, 0
successful Back Bay physician, big,
athletic and 3D yenrs old, who Is the
latest to be heralded as a champion of
the theory of the survival of the fittest
"If mothers would be willing to have
their children quietly put to sleep for
ever when they are very young and
show signs of deformity or degenerney
the world would be better." he says.
"Of course that could not be unless the
women could bo educated up to the fact
that It would be the kindest way to end
a life which will be of no use to itself
or anyone else.
"If I, myself, had a little child born
and It was deformed or showed that It
would be mentnlly weak, then I would
be willing that It should be put to death
with no suffering, and It would be the
prudent thit-g to do because It would
save It from untold suffering later.
This may seem harsh, but It really
isn't.
"A board of overseers of mnrrlages
1s what we want. Tbe race Is degener
ating nnd some radical chnnge must he
made soon or we will In time have only
idiots and Imbeciles. Just take for
example what Luther Burbank has ac
complished with the flowers. Eve:i more
can bo done with human beings and
greater rwults obtained.
"Only the fit should mnrrr, on'y those
who are menially nnd physlcnlly nor
mal and sane, those whore ancestors
were clean of life and well bulnnecd
mentally.
"To be bni under right conditions
with as nearly perfect mother and fath
er, mentally and physlcnlly, as possible,
is the heritage of every child, nnd the
lnun or woman who cheats a child of
that heritage Is committing a double
crime, one against the child nnd one
ngnlnst society."
Bridge builders In San Francisco nre
paid $3 a day.
The printing trade In Canada cm
ploys almost 10.CKX) people at nn annual
wnge list of $0,540,885.
Birds, when perched on trees or
bushes, nre nntural weathercocks, as
they invurlnbly tutu their heads to the
wind.
The purest breed of Arab horses are
the Kochlani, whose genealogy bus
been preserved for 2,000 years. They
are said to be derived from King Solo
mon's stables.
The richest woman in Great Britain
Is Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot, who'
owns two mngnlflcent estates which she
Inherited from her father, worth about
$7,000,000. Another rleu woman Is Miss
Alice de Itothschlld, who Is very char
itable and hos a great hobby for gar
dening. The youngest mountaineer who ever
set foot on the Jungfrau summit Is Ida
Llcchtl. She Is only ten years old. and
Is the. daughter of the Jungfrnu rail
way manager. She was boru nnd
reared among tho Alps, and learned to
climb like a goat when hardly more
than an Infant.
Mrs. Hetty Green's portrait Is being
exhibited In one of tho New. York pic
ture galleries, showing her bearing the
small black bonnet with a it of white,
In which she is seen so often. Strange
to say, she has n small curly-haired
dog In her arms, which Indicates that
she Is at least a lover of animals.
At the last general election In New
Zealand there were 203,507 men nud
212,875 women on the roll. There actu
ally voted 221.C11 men and 175.018
women. In fourteen contests the
women voters outnumbered tho men.
Of the candidates elected in these four
teen constituencies only oue was un
married. It Is not generally Known that there
Is a room in the British Museum set
apart exclusively for forgeries. In the
tjnie the museum has been In existence
many spurious articles have come Into
Its possession. In some cases the ob
ject has been on view for some time
before the forgery was discovered. Tbe
public Is not admitted to the room In
which the articles are kept.
The King can do no wrong, hut there
Is one Innocent thing that no sovereign
ever does namely, to stand with his
back against a wall. At the royal stand
at Newmarket or elsewhere his majesty
Invariably leaves ample room for per
sons to pass behind him, so that he
may escape hnvlng perpetually to reply
to their salutations, which he would
be bound to notice did those people pass
In front of him. London Chronicle.
ItecoTerlns Wato Tin.
There are acres of dump heaps In
every city of the world literally cov
ered with tin cans and similar articles
of tin plate, In which there is at least
five per cent of pure tin, but the recov
ery of this metal has never been eco
nomically done. The -solder entering
Into the manufacture of these articles
Is secured by the simple process of beat
ing tbe mass until the solder runs nnd
g(Xs to tbe bottom, but for one reason
or another It has never been possible to
regain the tin. This has now been
achieved and Is being extensively done
In Copenhagen by an ehn-trlc process.
In Token ot Itrmenibrance.
A Kansas City woman who recently
visited her old home lu the South met
with 110 warmer welcome than that of
a black mammy who had nursed her
son more than a score of years ago.
The day the visitor left to return to
Kansas City the old nestro bode her aa
affectionate farewell, concluding:
"Au' reiiieinlti li me to dat b'v, Ml-tah
Fbeu. Ah wnnts yo' to bti an' kls
hi 111 good fob im- 11 ti' le!l rijn to send
me two bits." Kansas Clly Times.
Tbe first thing a girl who wears el
bo .v sleeves In the winter does, when
she enters the house at home, is to ask
why they dou't have more fire.
The great difficulty seems to be to
be both g ood and Interesting.
ROMANCE Or A SLAVE.
A4vano Mantr for Kdacalloi
'I
er tosf
thatf
Former Master's Children.
rennuteu ty his wblte owner
purchase his own freedom and
cf his wife with money he hnd accu-
Biulated through his Industry, Wll-i
11am O'Neal, a remarkable negro who
has Just died at Cheneyvllle, La., years' ,
afterward educated a son and a daugh-
ter of his former master and cared for
them with the greatest solicitude possl-l
ble, says the New Orleans Picayune, j
This Incident was recalled yesterday',"
by gentlemen In New Orleans who knew
O'Neal and the white family which at;
first owned him nnd then were the ben-j
eflclaries of his affection. The owner
owner i
t sugar S
ore the: fT
er of ai f
slavesJ I
was John Johnson, a prominent
planter of Rnpldes parish. Before
civil war Johnson was the owner
large plantation and of many slavesJ
Among the slaves was a mulatto, WfH
11am O'Neal, who, like many of 'the'
more intelligent slaves, had been tnsjghti
a trade. O'Neal was trained at a'
cooper, and proved not only a skillfull
mechanic, but a steady worker, faithful
and economical.
Belonging to an Indulgent owner,'
O'Neal was given many liberties noti
usually accorded slaves, but Instead of
wasting his time he worked for him
self and laid aside his earnings. When
he hnd saved a . sufficient sum be ar
ranged to purchase the freedom of hi
wife. He was advised that it woul
be better for him to purchase his ow
freedom, so that every ceiit he there-1
after made could be devoted to the
purchase of bis wife and other rela
tives. But O'Neal had early deter-j
mined that his first earnings should
free his wife, and the suggestions were
disregarded. It was not until after,
the purchase had been effected that
be realized his mistake nnd sought to
repair It.
Again the Indulgence of Mr. Johnsol
was shown. He permitted O'Neal andA
his wife to arrange the matter so as' 1
to apply the money on O'Neal's free
dom, the wife returning to bondage.
A free man, able to work for whom
he pleased and to apply his earnings
ts he pleased, O'Nenl soon saved enough'
to buy his wife's freedom n second
time, and then that of his mother.
Freedom did not "spoil" O'Neal, ns
ts said to have been the case with
many negroes. He continued at his
trade until he had accumulated a small
sum, and then opened a general mer
chandise store at Cheneyvllle. Ills
business was a success, and I he soon
bought a small farm for bis mother,
giving It to her for life. He next bought
a place for himself a sma
and sixty acres of the besl
O'Neal continued to prosp
war. which had nraetleallv 1
former master of his wealth. -Arf'uJ-7"V4k
DUWUU(i 1111 II J , lu TJ U1LU
Johnson was killed, added to the fam
ily's troubles and made the children
dependent upon others. O'Neal was the
first one to offer assistance, and the
help he proposed to give was not mere
ly temporary. He agreed to support
the son and daughter of his former
master, paying their expenses until
they had acquired an education.
This net of O'Neal's won for him the
admiration and respect of the entire
community, which had formerly re-'
garded him merely as a good negro.
The two children he educated grew,
to maturity, married and moved to
TpTrtfl xvbllo ft'Vont ennflniiofl trt rk-i
side In Cheneyvllle, couducting his husl-?J
iicno. iinca liia iiiwiuei uitru lie msiaL
ed upon the property he had given heri
being distributed among her other heirs,
uecmnuK wai lie una cnougn. ; y
O'Neal was known In New Orleans!.
in a business way. His credit was goodVJ J
at 11 li-. n,I.AlnanU 1, .w. .lik .1. t U
he did business, nud he was regarded1
as a good business man.
The Boy's Opinion. V
Is 2 kinds of magglsenes oe
iney is z Kinus or magglsenes oila
kind that has powder in lhem and'
whltch xploads and blows up peeple
and gunbotes and forts and snap craker,
stores and a nother kind that doesn't
have any powder In . them or ennythln
else xeept advertising my father sWs
the last dont xpload very often but.tiieyj
busts up sumtimes. I
they is a grate many pages in mag-i
glsenes the second kind, i dont know i (
how many but they is a auful lot of
pages. , It dont take long to read a j
nmcrtrlsene tbe second kind, not the
ferst becaus most of the pages Is abou
silver pitchers for S2 dollers and $.40
cents a peace and sets of Shakspear for
C1 Isilln. artA li nn. 1 ... V
iriV
-1. uv.au. iv lu BlUUjr 1UV UJf j
male for $.50 cents anl how to rase hensl
and squobbs for $1. doller and $.251
cents and about sope that notes and
pictures of stockings with legs In them,,'
and niggers with dippers in his hnndj
and a white npern on and 2 little nlg-l
gers without enny close xcept llttlei
skirts, and babies without close on set
ting In tubs nnd outermoblles and moter
boats and gas stoves and toilet powder
and hull dogs and most everything else
In Uils wtrld xcept stories. Success.
Magazine.
Two Mile Tunnel Under Water.
Out from the lieaeh, at East Seventy
third street, Chicago, there rises up
over the waters of Lake Michigan a
system of wires and supports that sug
gests an electric car system, so writes
Wm. T. Walsh in the Technical Worli
Maeazhie. For two or more miles Vat
wires reach, curving apparently toward VJ
tbe middle In a great undulating sweep
that Is due chiefly to tpe I!lu3ive effects
of distance. All the past summer tbey
have been there, tbe wonder .md specu
lation of visitors to Jackson Park ami
tbe South Shore Couutry Club,
This thing that has attracted so inueh(
attention Is, Indeed, a trolley system
not of the electric type, nor for tfj
purpose of hauling cars, or boats evei
but to transport trains of buckets lad
with blast shattered rock. A bundr
feet or more below tlie Ixittoui of th
lake this rock Is being torn from 1
bed, and this skeleton against tbe sk
line Is a part of the machinery beli
employed to extend the system of great
tunnels uin wuien Liueago is depend
ent for her water supply.
Widows are often said to be "fas
cinating." Tbey know how to handle
th men; that's the real truth about it,
its y"
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