UNCLE SAM'S WARDS.
SECRETARY SMITH DISCUSSES
INDIAN MATTERS.
e Ile Presents Some Practical Suggestions
-The Educational Problem Considered
: at Length in ills Annual Beport-13e
Stands Up for the Contract Schools As
the Best Thing to Bo IIad Under Pros-
I
. out Circumstances.
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llokc Smith's Annual Report.
( WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-The annual
( report of Secretary Hoke Smith of the
interior department deals largely
i' with Indian affairs , and he presents
some practical suggestions for the deb -
ii veloptnent and civilization of the Sacs.
Besides giving a succinct history of
} „ the progress of the Indian bureau
1 ' , during the past twelve months , the
t ) , I secretary reviews the problem of effective -
fective work for the advancement of
the Indians. He discusses the sub-
(
f , ject of education and of allotments of
land in severalty and urges that the
, education of the Indians should be for
i 1 the purpose of fitting them to per.
form the particular responsibilities
most likely to fall to their after lot.
He presents the possibilities of
the reservation as land to
be improved and developed.
to which the Indians should be taught
I to apply those modes of agriculture
i
? recognized in civilized life. Tneir education -
cation should fit them for this work ,
and they should be led on with the as-
? V surance that the government dealing
with this land will treat the Indians
m with perfect honesty and make no
further effort to trade them out of it
for the benefit of those who wish to
1 , settle upon it. The Indians should
1t r keep their lands.
, - On the subject of contract schools
the secretaryy says : "I agree fully
I with those who oppose the use of public -
' lic money - for the support of sectarian
schools. But this question should be
considered practically. The schools
have grown up. Money has been in-
m , V vested in their construction for the
time when they were recognized as
4 wise instrumentalities for the accomplishment -
plishment of good. I do not think it
proper to allow the intense feeling of
\ ' opposition to sectarian education ,
: t whueli is showing itself all over the
land , to induce the department to disregard -
regard existing institutions. We
need the schools now or else we need ,
a large appropriation to build schools
to take their place.
would scarcely be just to abolish -
ish diem entirely , toabandon a policy
p so long recognized. My own suggestion -
tion is that they should decrease at
the rate of not less than 20 per cent a
year.
"This is the policy which is now
controlling the department , and unless -
less it is changed by legislation it will
continue. Znc decrease in the amount
alloted for the present fiscal year is 20
percent. "
$ An appendix to thereport publishes
in full the report of the commission
to the five civilized tribes. The see-
1 retary insists that law and order in
' the Indian Territory must be enforced
as a duty without regard to the
wishes of those who control the
tribes.
lie speaks of the land office as second -
end in importance to the Indian office -
fice , and recommends changes in the
system of surveying and establishment -
ment of t land court.
VAN LEUVEN PENSION FRAUDS
Special Examiner Waite indicted for
Bribery and Intimidation.
I
DhxNEAPor.Is , iilinn. , Dec. 1.-The
i defense in time Van Lueven pension
frauds have all along hinted mysteriously -
iously at a coup which was to be
t sprung at a critical moment , and have
t asserted that the special examiners
of the department , who were the
I prime movers in uncovering time
frauds , would be behind the bars before -
fore the Lime Spring , Iowa , pension
agent would. The meaning of these
mysterious hints has just leaked out ,
i dl
although it was intended that they
should remain unexplained until the
approaching trials in the federal court
i ' at Dubuque were in progress. It has
been discovered that the grand fury
of Howard county , Iowa , meeting ,
at Cresco , recently returned an
i indictment against Special Examiner
I - Edward G. Waite , of this city , charging -
ing him with attempting to bribe a
Howara county pensioner to give evidence -
dence adverse to Van Lueven and Dr.
Kessell , of Cresco , by offering an increase -
crease in pension as a reward. Two
other indictments were also returned ,
charging Mr. Waite with intimidation -
tion of witnesses. The fact that
these indictments have been found
has been kept a profound secret , as
well as the further fact that attempts
to find similar indictments are malc-
in Winnesheik county , Iowa.
Dr. Kessell is under federal indictment -
ment at Dubuque for complicity in
+ ' the Van Lueven frauds as a member
of the Cresco examining board. His
is attorney is W. K. Barker , who is also
county attorney of Howard county-a
I. 1 fact which is claimed by Mr. Waite to
explain the bringing of the indict-
ments.
'i ' safe Blowers at Emporla.
1
r EtPOfir A K an. Dec. -The meat
market of Charles Grab was entered
I by burglars Iastn ight , the safe blown
' opcn and all the cash and valuable
papers were taken. The burglars
then proceeded to tear things up
generally. The meat was thrown
promiscuously and the store fixtures
demolished.
On his cash book this morning Grab
found written in a clear business
t like hand : "You will find yourself
55.50 short. "
Fifty rears for a FratrIclde.
' SEDALIA , Mo. , Decl.-At Warsaw ,
1 Benton county , William Brown has
been sentenced to fifty years in the
' penitentiary for killing his brother ,
f u c Thomas Brown. The two men were
, gathering corn and became engaged
in a quarrel , which resulted in the
killing of Tom Brown. After the
. "j I filling William Brown went to a
neighbor's house and said to the inmates -
mates : "I just killed two dogs ; one
was a four-legged dog , and the other
t was a' two-legged dog , down in the
field. You ought to have seen the
t a
queer antics he cut up. "
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TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS.
Attendance on the Last Day and the
Proceedings Thereof.
Sr. Louis , Mo. , Dec. 1.-The final
day of the transmississippi congress
opened with a light attendance , a
large proportion of the delegates hay-
lug gone home last night or this
morning. The following vice presidents -
dents and executive committeemen
were announced , the list being incomplete -
plete and to be filled later by corn-
munication with the officers of the
congress : Minnesota , vice president ,
C. E. Flandrau of St. Paul ; executive
committee , Dr. DL Gilmore and M.
Gridley ; California , vice president ,
William Johnston ; executive committee -
mittee , A. E. Castle and
G. W. Parsons ; Oklahoma , vice
president , C. G. Jones ; executive committee -
mittee , Sidney Clark and 0. A. Mits-
eher ; Kansas , vice president , Governor -
ernor r4. D , Levelling ; executive
committee , W. it. Savage and
W. H. Toothaker ; Washinton ,
vice president , Eugene Sem-
ple ; executive committee , W. C.
Jones and A. L. Black ; Arkansas , executive -
ecutive committee , J. T. Tellar
and George Sengel ; New Mex- '
leo , vice president , L. B. Prince ;
executive committee , T. J. Helm
and L. B. Prince ; Idaho ,
vice president , George M. Parsons ;
executive committee , Walter loge
and F. A. Fenn ; Iowa , vice president ,
E. B. Tucker ; executive committee ,
Lou Bryson and S. D. Cook ; Indian
territory , vice president , D. M. Hail-
ey ; executive committee , Gibson Morgan -
gan and W. H. Waller ; Utah , vice
president , C. C. Goodwin ; executive
committee , r. W. Shurtleff and W. II.
Culmer ; Oregon , vice president , C. C.
Frank ; executive committee , Ernest
1' . Doseh and M. G. Butterfield ; Alaska -
ka , vice president , James Sheakley ;
executive committee , J. S. Bugbeo
and E.O. Sylvester ; Coloradovice pres-
identA.C.Fislgexecutive committeeI.
L.Johnson and I.N. StevensNebraska ; ,
vice president , R. W. Richardson ; executive -
ecutive committee , W. J. BFyan and
Judge Bradley of Omaha , Arizona ,
vice president , W. J. Cheyney ; executive -
tive committee , Theodore Comstock ;
Montana , vice president , Governor !
John L. Rickards ; executive committee -
tee , T. G. Merrill and W. A. Clark.
The reinainderof the report of the
committee on resolutions was read :
and the following expressions were
adopted as the sense of the congress. '
Recommending tothe Southern states :
the production of ramie as a means off
diversifying the crops of that section ;
favoring action by congress extending - ,
ing the provisions of the Carey arid ,
land act to the territories ; urgingg
congress to pass acts for the admission ;
of Oklahoma , New Mexico and Arizona -
zona as states ; favoring the allotment - :
ment of the lands of the five civilized' '
tribes , the creation of a state or
territorial government , with complete
court jurisdiction or the union of all
or a part of the territory of Oicla-
homa and admission in single statehood -
hood with that territory. This last
was adopted , after some debate over
a minority resolution favoring an enlargement -
largement of the jurisdiction of the
federal judiciary in the territory and
deferring statehood until the lands
should be alloted and the new citizens
beready for $ elf-government.
At 11:20 o'clock the wort : of selecting -
ing the next place of meeting was
begun , but , ureceding this , a motion
was adopted empowering the execu-
tire committee , as appointed here , to
fill vacancies. Portland , Ore. , Boise
City , Ida. , Topeka , Kas. , Omaha , Neb. ,
and Dubuque , Ia. , were the candidates -
dates for the next congress. The first
ballot resulted in no choice between
Portland , Omaha and Boise City. On
the second ballot Boise City was
withdrawd and Omaha was selected--
92 to 87.
AFTER THE OIL MAGNATES.
texas Authorities Take Steps to Secure.
the Arrest of Trust Members.
Nrw Yonrt , Dec. -Under Sheriff
McDonough received a letter today
written on the official letter heads of
W. L. Burke , sheriff of Lennan county -
ty , Texas , reading :
Waco , Texas , Nov. 'S.-To the
sheriff , New York city. Dear Sir : I
have this day mailed to your governor -
ernor , R. P. Flower , requisition papers -
pers for John D. Rockefeller , William
Rockefeller , Henry M. Flagler , John
D. Archibald , Benjamin Brewster ,
Henry II. Rogers and Wesley H. 'hi-
ford of your city. 1Vien } you receive
the governor's warrant please execute -
cute at once ; wire me and I will come
on at once. Yours to command ,
W. L. BUIiI E , Sheriff.
The under sheriff sent the corn-
munication to police headquarters to
allow the officers to take steps necs-
sary to arrest the indicted magnates.
JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. , Dec. 1.-
Some time ago an indictmnent was
found in Texas against the Waters-
Pierce Oil company , on the charge of
the anti-trust law.
violating - To-day
a request was received by Governor
Stone from the Texas officials , asking
for a requisition for the officers of
the company , who lire in St. Louis.
John D. Johnson of St. Louis , attorney -
ney for the company , submitted an
argument opposing the issuance of
the requisition on the grounds that
they never lived in Texas. Governor
Stone has taken the matter under ad
vise ment.
Recognition of IIawali's Republic.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1.-The Hawaiian -
waiian charge d affaires , Frank D.
Hastings , has received information
that since the establishment of the
Republic in Hawaii July 4 last , the
official recognition of the following'
governments has been received :
United States , Great Britain , France ,
Russia , Italy , Belgium , Mexico and
Guatemala , and also notice of intent
from Germany and Peru.
? , mother and Children BurneiL
Sr. Lours , Mo. , Dec. 1. ; At 12:15
o'clock this morning the house of
Jacob Schoppenhelm was set on fire
by a defective flue and burned to the
ground. Mrs. Schoppenhelm and two
children , aged 2 and 4 years , perished
in the flames. The husband and
father was seriously scorched.
Russians Frozen to Death.
Loxnos , Dec. 1.-A dispatch fron.
Berlin to the Standard says that nine
men and two womenhave been frozen
to death in Besdonnaia , in the Tula
district of Russia.
PRAIRIE CHILDREN.
That Is the Duchess of Lullaby Land
Lying asleep on the velvety sward :
That is an indigo flower in her hand ,
Typical emblem of rant : and command ,
Symbol heraldic of lady and lord
That rs her brother asleep at her side- .
He ii a duke , and his little red hand
Grapples the ragmzed old rope that is tied
Into the collar of Rover , the guide-
Rover , the hero of Lullaby Land.
Fishes come out of the water and walk
Chipmunks play marbles In Lullaby Land :
Rabbits rise up on the prairie and talk :
Goslings o forward and giggle and gawk-
Everythinl clratter3 , and all mider3tand.
After awhile he will sail on the sea -
Little red duke. on the prairie asleep
Darin ; the shot and the shell , lie shall be
Admiral , fighting tor you and for me ,
Flyin ; the flax o'er the dangerous deep
Down at the Lido. where billow ; are blue.
Back through the vineyards to Florence and
Rome.
That is our duchess whom both of us knew ;
't'hat is her husband , so tender and true ,
' ' her home.
't'aking her far from babyhood
Children at play on the prairie today
Bravely to-morrow will enter the race.
Trusting the future whose promises say ,
' 'Courae and effort will work out a way-
Fortune and fame are not matters of place"
-McClure's Magazine.
Passive rime.
BY "Till : DUC1fESS. "
CIIAPTER IN-CosrINiED. j
- But she does not speak. Twice
het' lips move as though she wouR '
unwillingly have given voice to
some thought , but no articulate
sound escapes bet' . Presently she
lifts her sad eyes to his asif in mute
reproach , and then two 'teat's gather
within them slowly , and as slowly
fall one by one down her pale cheeks.
"Dick , come here , " says Dirs.
Neville , nervously , her voice trem-
bling.
He obeys her. ,
Pressing Maud's cold hands he 1
tt'liispers hurriedly , "I shalt wait
forever. "
i And then goes back to Mimi's
I side. i ,
"If you mean to defy me in this
matter. " says 1'enrudtlock , who has
overheard him , 'you can take the
consequences on your own head ,
and you know very well what I
those consequences will be. henceforth -
forth you and I shall be strangers ,
and I will do my best to forget that I
1
I evet' had a sou. But I warn you
I
that such mad marriages bring only
i
grief and disgrace in their train. "
"There shall be neither grief nor
disgrace through me , " says ! laud ,
faintly.
She is still standing , and has her
hand on the back of her chair as
though to support herself.
"It is the first time , " goes , on
Penruddock , remorselessly. not
heeding the heart-broken interruption -
tion , that a blot or stain has fallen
on our house or name ! "
"Silence , sir , " cries Dick , furiously
'
turning upon him ; but no more can
be said on either side , for' at that
instant the attention of all is turned
upon the door1 just inside which ,
upon the threshold , Esther stands ,
with one arm extended , as if she I
would demand silence. 'T'here is
something in her whole attitude and
demeanor that is remarkably striking -
ing , and which engenders fear and
expectation in every breast. The
looks of all are fixed on her as she
comes slowly up the room , her tall ,
maestic figure clothed in black , and '
drawn up to its full height.
Iler manner } s expressive of ittys
tery and long sflppressed excitti
anent. Of all present in the room , I
Mrs. Neville alone possesses a clue to I
her thoughts. Silently and slowly
she advances until she has reached
Penruddock. Here she comes to a
standstill , and confronts him with i
gleaming eyes and parted lips.
"No blot , no stain upon your
house or name ? You dare say that !
have you lost all memory of the
'
past ? Does your conscience never '
speak ? " she repeats , mockingly.
"Is murder no crime' have a care. I
i
Penruddock ! And answer me , if you
dare , this q destion-Where is the
child Hilda ? " i
Penruddoek starts back , his face
growing livid. Yet only for an instant -
stant does he lose his self-control :
l
rallying by a mighty effort , he says , 1
glaring savagely at Esther , "This
woman , this fanatic lives , but to tor- l
meut me ! Leave the room , I command -
mand you. Your idle ravings have I
nothing whatever to do with the
subject we are now discussing. Be- i
gone at once , or I will force you
hence ! "
Esther pays not the slightest heed
to that , but pointing toward the picture -
ture , and gazing sternly on Pen- , '
ruddock , says , "See where her
mother looks down upon you ! Do i
not her eyes haunt you ? \\There is
the little one , the little heiress of
Penruddock , who stood so fatally in
your way to her house and acres ?
Answer ! where is she ? "
"She is dead-drowned , as all the
world knows ! " says Penruddock
gloomily , answering her against his
will , as if in somewise compelled
to it.
"It is false ! " cries Esther trium-
phantly. "She is not dead ! She
lives ! she is here to claim her.owu !
Behold her , villain , and tremble ! "
At this moment Mrs. Neville turns
up to their fullest height the two 1
lamps that stand beneath Mrs. Pen-
i'uddock's picture , and Esther. hold , j
ing out her hand to Maud , says in
a loud tone , 'Hilda Ponruddock ,
come forward ! " '
Obeying the gesture.not the words , f
which as yet she fails to understand , ,
Maud comes slowly forward until i
she appears in the full glare of the I
lamps , and right beneath her moth- I
or's portrait. Standing thus , silent
and half bewildered. she is so exactly -
actly like the beautiful painting I
above her , as to call forth an exclamation -
clamation from Dick. Mrs. Penrud- 1
dock is dressed in a cream-colored
satin ; the girl is attired in cashmere
of the same shade , trimmed exquisitely
quisitely with old gold and some
costly lace. It would be dillicultin
deed , an impossible matter to decide
which is the loveliest , the dead
mother or the living daughter.
As the extraordinary likeness
dawns upon Penruddoek , ho is completely -
pletely overpowered , turns aside his
head and groans aloud. Above even
the startling resemblance to her
mother he sees in the grown girl the
features of the little girl so cruelly ,
though passively , done to death.
Again the whole terrible scene' in
the cottage garden flashes before
him ; again he watches with cold
persistency , until the tiny heiress
meets , as he supposes , then , and has ,
until now believed , with hoc death. .
lie throws up his hands as if to fling
from him a hateful vision , and turns
fiercely upon Esther.
"It is a lie ! " lie exclaims loudly-
"a cleverly-concocted scheme ; but
it shall not avail you much. It is an
old story. Accidental likenesses
have been tried before this , but an
imposture always comes to the
light. "
"Always ! Yes , there you are
right , " returns Esther with deep
meaning.
Maud , white as an early snowdrop -
drop , is clinging to Mrs. Neville ,
who has her arm around her. Dick ,
at a little distance , is listening with
intense excitement , to the strange
revelation now being mado.
' 1Vho ever saw the child again ? "
says Penruddock. "She was washed
out to sea. All inquiries were
made. No stone left unturned -
turned to discover her ; but it
was too late. There was no one , not a
living being , in sight when it cc-
curred ; no one saw the fatal acci-
dent. "
"There you are mistaken. Two
saw it , " says Esther , solemnly. "You
and I. "
"I was not present , saw nothing
of it ! " says Penruddoek , hoarsely.
The round seems slipping from
beneath his feet. Ills parched lips
seem barelyable to form his words ,
and with tlifhculty he supports him-
self.
"You were present sacs the woman -
man relentlessly. "You stood inside
the library window , and I saw you
there , crouched as 1 was in the
bushes at the other side of the
river' "
In the bushes ? " stammers Peni'ud-
dock
"Yes ; I had come to get a glimpse
of my darling at her play , and
watched you as with greedy eyes ,
you waited till the child crept
nearer and nearer to her death. "
Fearful now is the expressioii on
the countenance of the wretched
man.
"Without a word of warning , without -
out one attempt to save the innocent
life left to your charge by a dying
brother , you looked with a cruel
longing to see her perish ! "
" 'Tis false ! " Penruddock with
great difficulty contrives to say.
"Though you never touched her ,
though the crime was a passive one ,
there was murder in your- heart that
day. as surely as you are shivering
here before us all : "
it is all a fabrication ! " sacs Pen-
ruJdock feebly , wiping his forehead.
Then lie glances , in a stealthy
fashion , at his son - the boy for
whom this horrible thing has been
committed-to see if there bs condemnation -
demnation in his looks.
I "hictc , do not believe it ! " he says
in a tutu Li honest agony.
lie looks so old , so broken that
Dick is touched , and going up to
him , places his arm , around his
neck.
"I believe nothing against you ,
father , " he says , tenderly ; "be sure
of that. But pray control yourself ,
and let Esther .tell her st ny. "
" 1Vlien the deed was done r.nd the
'fatal plunge taken , you rushed to
the water's edge , " goes on Esther ,
who declines to address anyone but
Penruddock , gloating o7er the fact
that he plainly cowers beneath ho.
; lance. ' 'But even then at the last
moment , a strong n desire to save did
not possess you.had you pursued t
ylour search in the bend in the river ,
hidden by the drooping alders , you
would have seen the little figure
floating onward whilst battling
feebly with the stream. You
would have seen rue running along
the bank in wild pursuit ; and you I
would have seen , too , the poor child
drawn from the water by Gilbert
Saumarez "
"Gilbert Saumarez ! lie ? " exclaims
Dick , in the utmost surprise.
"Yes ; he was a guest at the vicarage -
ago at that time , as you , P'enrud- j
dock , may remember. But he shall
himself tell leis own story. "
She beckons with her hand , and
Saumarez , who has plainly been I
waitin , in the ante-room , on receiving -
ing that signal , comes up to them. I
"Captain Saumarez , tell us all you '
can of this strange tale , " entreats
Mrs. Neville with faltering accents. i
"I have very little to tell ; but it's
all quite true , " says Saumarez. after
a swift glance at ! laud's pale fare.
"I was fishing lower down upon
the river , on that day. , the 14th of
July. when , looking up , I suddenly
saw a little child struggling in the
water , and a woman-that wonian
there"pointing to Esther-"running t
along the bank. I jumped in , pulled
the child out of the river , and saw
that it was llilda Penruddock , whom
I knew well. Only that very morning - j
ing I had been playing with her up ;
at the cottage. I restored her to
this woman , who represented herself - +
self to rue as the child's nurse , and
thought no more about it. I should i
of course have mentioned it in conversation -
versation at the vicarage if I hadI
I
had time : but unfortunately , I had
made up my mind to leave that day. ,
and finding on looking at my watch
that I should barely catch the up- '
train , I rushed home , seized my
things , bade my friends farewell ,
and within an hour was steaming up
.
to town. Four days afterward I
started for India , where , as you all
know very well , I remained for
years. "
"But you knew Maud-you reeoa-
nlzert her in town ! " asks dirs. Neville -
ille , in great agitation.
A suspicion of shame crosses
Saumarez's face , darkening i for a
moment.
"Yes , last year , " unwillingly. "I
called here one day , and Esther
passed through the hall as I onterod.
I know her at once , and asked for
the child. She was , I think , about
to deny all knowledge of her. , when
Miss-Miss Ponruddock , with whom
I was not acquainted at that time ,
came out of some room , and looking
me full in the face for an instant ,
passed on. Her wonderful likeness
to her mother , who was well known
to me , struck me at once. I had
heard of the adoption by Mrs. Neville -
ille of some strangely pretty child ,
and , as if by inspiration , the truth
occurred to me. I accused Esther
of it , and she at once , taken oil' ' her
guard , confessed all. "
'T'hen ' why did you not immediately -
ately speak ? " demands Dick , coolly.
"It was no business of mine , " responds -
spends the other shrugging his
shoulders.
"But , surely , you might have
spoken , " says Dick ; "and it seems
remarkable that you did not " -
"No doubt , I should , sometime or
other , have mentioned the circumstance -
stance , only that the woman had implored -
plored me to keep silence ; saying
that she had waited for years to have
revenge on some one ; and I really
I thought it a pity to spoil the planning -
ning and plotting that had lasted for
so long. "
"Yet you made love to my niece ,
knowing all that you did , " says Mrs
Neville , gravely.
"Ili that matter , madam , I acknowledge -
knowledge , I erret , " says Saumarez ,
ligli ly , though'he bites his lip. "But
I all is fair in love and war. I wooed
her as a girl over whom a cloud
rested , knowing her in my heart to
be an heiress , and of irreproachable
birth. Nay , hear the exact truth , "
he says with a somewhat reckless
laugh. "I am not so rich as the
world deems me ; and thought if I
could win Hiss Neville , I might afterward -
terward prove her to be Miss Poured-
dock , and so secure her fortune. But
1 failed. At first I thought only of
the money to which she was entitled ;
but now , always. I shall think that ,
were she penniless and unknown ,
the man who gains her love will be
richer than any soul on earth. You
believe me , I am sure ? " he adds ,
turning abruptly and most unexpectedly -
pectedly , to llilda.
"Yes ; I believe , you , " she , says ,
earnestly ; and then-very sweetly ,
struck by the extreme melancholy of
his expression-she comes a few
steps nearer to him and , holds
out her hand. He takes it , presses
his lips to it , hastily but fervently ,
and without anothe : word quits she
room.
"It is , I plainly see , an unnecessary -
sary question ; but for all that , I will
ask if you have quite made up your
mind that this ridiculous story is
true ? " demands Penruddock , angrily.
addressing his son , upon tvlioge countenance -
tenance no disbelief can be read.
"Quite. " says Dick , readily , who
has forgotten to think of anything
beyond the fact that the stigma at
tachell to I1ildtt's birth has been cc-
)
"Then you aclcnowlf.dge lei. ? u
"As my cousin ? Yes , certainly't
'A'lien , as certainly , you are a begs a -
1 gar ! " says Penruddock , with a harsh
tau nh.
lie young man starts as if shot ,
and puts his hand to his forehead.
For the first time lie reaihes what
all this may mean to him. By what
right now shall he speak of love to
I the woman who is all in all to him ,
whose image occupies his heart'
' 'heir positions are now reversed ;
she is the possessor of land and fortune -
tune ; he is now the lonely outcast.
[ TO BE CONTINUED. j
PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE ,
Mr. Gumhy 1)1(1 Not Mean to Re Left
} u the Lurch Again.
Mr. and Mrs. Gumby live out of
town , which makes it incumbent on
Di , . Granby , when it is necessary to
secure a new cook , to go to the
agency in town liim'elf and arrange
for one that he thinks may answer
the purpose. It is nothing to the
discredit of DIr. Gumby to say that
his visits to the agency have been
somewhat frequent , says Ifarper's
Magazine , for a good cook who will
stay in the country is almost an unknown -
known quantity.
One evening not long since , Mr.
Gumby having paid his periodical
visit ; to the agency , Mrs. Gumby was
dumbfounded , on entering the
kitchen , to find three dignified
Bi idgets sitting there in a row.
Hastily going into the library , where
Mr. Gumby was seated , she exclaimed -
claimed : "Henry , what in the world
do you mean by getting three cooks ? "
' 1 thought it was the best thing to
do. " replied her husbani "You see ,
I shall be so busy next week that I
won't have time to get any. "
fncompatibin Occupations.
Rev. Mr. Murdoch , a Methodist
minister of Home , Ga. , has been deprived -
prived of his pastorate by his bishop
because ho is the editor of a paper.
His newspaperis said to be reputable -
ble and honest , and onlyy the bishop's
notion that newspapers and ministerial -
terial duties don't mix caused Dlur-
doch's dismissal from the church.
Never Touched Her.
Mrs. Blanchford , who has secreted
several pills in the marmalade-Now ,
let mamma's little girl run here , and
she shall have some jelly.
A moment later little Ethel cried
triumphantly : "Here , mamma , is
the seeds ! Wasn't I a good girl not
to swallow them-Puck.
Perfection In Cato-Mktn- .
Housekeepers frequently wonder
why it is that they cannot make biscuit -
cuit and cake that are light and palatable -
able and that taste as delicious as the
biscuit and cake made by their mothers
and grandmothers , the delightful
memory of which even to this day
creates a sensation of pleasure to the
palate. The trouble arises from the
highly adulterated state of the ma-
tennis they have to work. with , particularly -
ticularly the cream-of-tartar and soda
used to raise or leaven the food.
Cream-of-tartar and soda that are now
procurable for domestic purposes contain -
tain large quantities of lime , earth ,
alum and other adulterants , frequently
from 5 to 2'5 per cent , and. consequently
vary so much in strength that no person -
son can tell the exact quantity to use ,
or properly combine them , to insure
perfect results. From using too much
or too little ; or because of the adulterants -
ants hi them , bitter , salt , yellow or
heavy biscuits or cakes ai e frequently
made. These adulterants. are also injurious -
jurious to health.
All this trouble may be avoided by
the use of the popular Royal Baking
Powder. Where this preparation is
employed in. the place of cream-of-tar-
tar and soda , its perfect leavening
power always insures light , Daly ,
digestable Uscuit , cakes and pastry ,
that are perfectly wholesome and free
from the impurities invariably present
when the old raising preparations are
employed.
The Royal Baking Powder , we arc
informed by the most reliable scientists -
tists , is perfectly pure , being made
from highly refined ingredients , carefully -
fully tested , and so exactly proportioned -
tioned and combined that it never fails
to produce the best and uniform re-
sults. An additional advantage in its
employment comes from time fact that
bread or other food made with it may
be eaten while hot without fear of indigestion -
digestion or any unpleasant results ,
while being equally sweet , moist and
grateful to the palate when cold.
A Curious Coincidence.
Not so long since a stoway was found
dead under the main hatch of one of
he National line of steamers. Ile had
oncealctl himself before the steamer
] ft Liverpool and died of suffocation.
Curiously enough , in his pocket was
found a novel entitled "Doomed on the
Deep.-Chicago Times.
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bottles , and now I atn entirely cured. Mrs.
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