1
HE Judge had dined and was en
joying an after dinner cigar be
fore turning to a pile of papers
that lay on the table at his elbow Yet
even as he watehed the flickering lire
and puffed dreamily at his cigar luxu
riating in l little relaxation after hard
days work in a Hose and crowded
court his mind was busy formulating
the sentences in which he intended to
sum up ji case that had been tried that
day There could be no doubt as to the
guilt of the prisoner who had Iocii ac
cused of a most impudent fraud and
though it was a first offense the Judge
intended to pass the severest sentence
which tlie lav allowed
The Judge was no believer in short
sentences lie regarded leniency to a
criminal as an offense against society
a direct encouragement to those who
hesitated on the brink of vicious courses
and were only restrained by fear of
punishment The well meaning people
who got up petitions to mitigate the
sentence upon a justly convicted thief
or murderer were In his eyes guilty
of mawkinsh sentimentality There
was no trace of weakness or effeminacy
In his own face with its grizzled eye
brow somewhat cold gray eyes thin
lips and massive chin lie was a just
man just to the splitting of a hair but
ustere and unemotional
lie had conducted the trial Kith the
most scrupulous Impartiality but now
that a verdict of guilty was a foregone
conclusion he determined to make an
example of one who had so shamefully
abused the confidence placed in him
Stated briefly the situation was as
follows The prisor Arthur Max
well was cashier to a firm of solicitors
Lightbody Dufton The only sur
viving partner of the original firm Mr
Lightbody had recently died leaving
the business to his nephew Thomas
Faulkner Faulkner accused Arthur
Maxwel of having omlHvzled a sum of
l230 Maxwell admitted of having
taken the money but positively assert
ed that it had been presented to him
ns a free gift by lv Lightbody Un
fortunately for the prisoner the letter
vhich he had stated had accompanied
the cheek could not be produced and
Faulkner supported by the evidence
of several well known exports declar
ed the signature on the check to be a
forgery When the check book was ex
amined the counterfoil was discovered
to be blank The prisoner ascrted
that Mr Light bodj had himself taken
out a blank check and had tilled it and
signed it at his private residence He
could however produce no proof of
this assertion and all the evidence i
available was opposed to his unsup
ported statement
Arthur Maxwell solilceuir cd the j
Judge you have been convict eel on
evidence that leaves no
dcubt of your guilt of a
I must characterise as
basest
itly What is it you
she said timidly
mmy
the fat puppy
itoward him he
i
shadow of
crime which
cue of the
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ptM Jtt HlArf JUT v V r 3
OS v SS tWA SymV trifJf Avif
j issS2 a - si7
0 HOniM - wflfvivy
penholder a broken hladed knife
frankness was at all times delightful
to him
Come said he with a quiet laugh
thats honest at least Well why do
you give them to me if you donc want
to
Ill give them to you and Tommy
too the words were accompanied by
a very wistful glance at the fat puppy
if if youll promise not to send poor
papa to prison
I YOU
V
tZ
small paint box a picture book or two rPt here
and wnat lore some faint resemblance
to a number of water color sketches
She seemed particularly proud of the
last named
I painted them all by myself she
exclaimed
The Judge thought it not unlikely as
he glanced with twinkling at the
highly unconventional forms and dar
ing colors of these strikingly original
works of art
Well he said it is very kind of
you to bring me all these pretty things
but why do you want to give them to
me 7
I I dont want to give them to
you she faltered
The Judge regarded her with friendly
eyes He was so used to hearing ro
mantic deviations from the truth from
the lips of Imaginative witnesses that
tiv ii
ri jifii n -- t1
Jimr d
7 stHv ff
PLEASE SHE SAID TIMIDLY IVE BKOTTIIIT YCU
A silence such as precedes some aw
ful convulsion of nature pervaded the
room for several seconds after this au
dacious nronosal Even Tommy as
ac-cc-cm Uio itLj or timnn natuie without asking
sequences mat fie late 01 tne most in
significant unit of humanity must en
tail
At this moment Hie door opened and
his wife a slender graceful woman
considerably younger than himself
h a refined delicate face cauu1
quietly in
Ah excliimed the Judge with a
lidden Inspiration I believe you are
at the bottom of ail tins Agnes What
i s tirs child doing hrro
You arc not vexed Matthew she
sked half timidly
Hardly that he answered slowly
but whnt good can it do It is impos
sible to explain the situation to this
poor little mite It was cruel to let her
51 come on such an errand How did she
It was her own idea ntirely her own
idea but her mother brought her and
asked to see me The poor woman was
distracted and nearly frantic with grief
and despair and ready to clutch at any
straw She was so dreadfully miser
able poor thing and I thought it was
such a pretty idea I I couldnt refuse
her Matthew
But my dear expostulated the
Judge you must have known that it
could do no good
I 1 knew what the verdict would
be answered his wife I read a re- j
port of the trial in an evening paper j
But then there was the catenoe you j
know and and I thought the poor
child might soften you a little Mat
thew
The Judges hand strayed mechan
ically among the toys and to interest
the child he liegan to examine one of
the most vivid of her pictorial efforts
You think I am very hard and un
just Agues he asked
No no no she answered hurried
ly Not unjust never unjust There
is not a more impartial judge on the
bench the whole world says it But
dont you think dear that justice with- j
out without mercy is always a little
IMF itiMM
tom
hard Dont dont be an cry Matthew
I never spoke to you II3e this before I
wouldnt now but for the j oor vouan j
In the next room and the innocent little
JLIie Il in ii Wli 1
brought the oiloquy o an abiupt con-
of thy fcig hwul Thp m
CiUSlen lire iuuic rcniiijjt w iu iuiJii i
siience
and solitude when h wa en-
gaged in study and the servants who
stood in constant awe of him were ex
tremely careful to pre en t the least
disturbance taking place within ear
shot of his sanctum He jerked the bell
impatiently intending to give a good
wigging to those responsible for the
disturbance
But the door was thrown open by his
daughter Mabel a pretty girl of 12
who was evidently in a state of breath
less excitement
Oh papa she exclaimed heres
such a queer little object that wants to
see you Please let her come in
Before the Judge could remonstrate
tf little child a rosy faced girl of be-
Lpen 5 and G in a red hood and clonic
tging a black puppy under one arm
a brown paper parcel under the
trotted briskly into the room
Judge rose to his feet with an
bion which caused his daughter
i w irli celeritv
l V ----
closed with a bang Die could
feet scudding rapidly up-
he found himself alone with
feature before him
icarth are you doing here
iked irritably What can
kvant with me She re-
staring at him with
fd eyes Come come
iar tongue little girl
He bent
tween the Judges coat and vest and j still more closely over the scarlet un
lay motionless except for a propitiatory
wag of his tail
What is your name child asked
the Judge grimly
Dorothy Maxwell faltered the lit
tle girl timidly awed by the sudden
stern expression upon his lordships
face
Dorothy Maxwell said the Judge
severely as though the little figure be
fore him were standing in the prison
ers dock awaiting sentence you have
been convicted of the almost unparal
leled crime of attempting to corrupt
one of her Majestys judges to per
suade him by means of bribery to de
feat the ends of justice I shall not
further enlarge upon the enormity of
your crime Ilave you anything to say
why sentence should not be no no
dont cry Poor little thing I didtit
mean to frighten you Im not the least
bit angry with you really and truly
Come and sit on my knee and show mo
all these pretty things Get down you
little beast
The last words were addressed to
Tommy who fell with a flop on the
floor and was replaced on the Judges
knee by his little mistress
This is very like condoning a crim
inal offense thought tlio Judge to
himself with a grim smile as he wiped
the tears from the poor little creatures
face and tried to interest her in the
contents of the brown paper parcel
But the thoughts the tears had aroused
did not vanish with them Arthur
Maxwell was no longer a kind of
mal representative of the criminal
ithriBBeyerely as
mal straying amid emerald fields and
burnt umber trees of a singularly orig
inal shape
Thats a cow said Dorothy proud
ly Dont you see its horns And
thats its tail it isnt a tree Theres
silence and the perhaps unconsciously j a cat on the other side I can draw cats
itff so-
r of
io
bettor than cows
In her anxiety to exhibit her artistic
abilities In their higher manifestations
she took the paper out of his hands and
presented the opposite side At first he
glanced at it listlessly and then his
eyes suddenly flashed and he examined
it with breathless interest
Well Im blessed he exclaimed ex
citedly
It Avas not a very judicial utterance
but the circumstances were excep
tional
Heres the very letter Maxwell de
clared ho had received from Lightbody
along Avlth the check His reference
to it as he couldnt produce it did him
more harm than good but I believe its
genuine upon my Avord I do Listen
its dated from the Hollies Lightbodys
private address
My Dear MaxAvell I have just
heard from the doctor that my time
here Avill be very short and I am try
ing to arrange my affairs as quickly
as possible I have long recognized the
unostentatious but thorough and en
tirely satisfactory manner in which
you have discharged your duties and
as some little and perhaps too tardy
recognition of your long and faithful
services and as a token of my porsonal
esteem for you I hope you Avill accept
the inclosed check for 250 With best
Avishes for your future believe me
yours sincerely
v THOMAS LIGHTBODY
KVluit do 3ou think of it Ill send
Maxwells solicitor at once
ien the poor fellows
Jie letter is
lere dont look
It is If it
je sure it
xiuction
kdid you
Well well
queer smile as
You wont foil rtliu
of Hit- will Hell Ie ever so cross
ifce brevity rHi far aching eon- you
Well we may pernaps nave to z z
him know about it my dear but I dont
think hell be a bit cross Now this
lady will take you to your mother and
you can tell her that papa wont go to
prison and that hell be home to-morrow
night
May I may I say good by to Tom
my -lease she faltered
You sweet little thing exclaimed
his wife kissing her impulsively
Tommys going with you said the
Judge laughing kindly I wouldnt
deprive you of Tommys company for
Tommys weight in gold I fancy there
are limits to the pleasure which Tom
my and I would derive from each oth
ers society Theie run away and take
Tommy with you
Dorothy eagerly pursued the fat pup
py captured him after an exciting
chase and took him in her arms Then
she walked toward the door but the
corner of her eye rested wistfully on
the contents of the brown paper parcel
The Judge hastily gathered the toys
rolled them in the paper and present
ed them to her But Dorothy looked
disappointed The thought of giving
them to purchase her fathers pardon
had been sweet as well as bitter She
was willing to compromise in order to
escape the pang that the Iosb of Tom
my and the doll and the paint box and
other priceless treasures would have
inflicted but she still wished poor lit
tle epitome of our complex human na
tureto taste the joy of heroic
Besides she was afraid that
the Judge might after nil refuse to par-
1 don her father if she took away ail the
j gifts with which she had attempted
j to propitiate him
She put the parcel on the chair and
opened it out Holding the wriggling
puppy in her arms she gazed at her
treasures trying to make up her mind
which she could part with that would
be sufficiently valuable In the Judges
eyes to accomplish her purpose Final
ly she selected the sheep and presented
the luxuriantly woolly almost exas
peratingly meek looking animal to the
Judge
You may have that and the pretty
picture for being kind to papa she
said with the air of on- who confers
inestimable favors
He was about to decline the honor
but catching his wifes eyes he meek
ly accepted it and Dorothy and the
puppy and the brown paper parcel dis
appeared through the door
aid the Judge with a
lie placed the fiulTy
wniti sheep on the mantelpiece I
never thought I should be guilty of ac
cepting a bribe but we never know
what we may com- to
The next day Maxwell was acquitted
and assured by the Judge that he left
the court without a stain upon his cuar
acter The following Christmas
j thy received a brown parcel containing
toys of the most wonderful description
from an unknown friend and It was as
serted by his intimates that ever after
ward the Judges sentences seldom
erred on the side of severity and that
he was disposed whenever possible te
give the prisoner the benefit of tho
doubt Strand Mauaziue
Tie African Pai rut
Our parrot was the present of a icnd
friend in the summer of 1ST7 having
been brought from Africa only a few
months previously Her plumage is
the same in color as Avas her prede
cessors She Avas evidently a young
bird Avhon she came as she has grov i
since avo have had her In spite of hr
lAAentA vears there is no sicn of age
about her she sings dances climl a
and Avhistles with all the vigor of
youth and though perhaps smaller in
size than our other tAAo birds is quito
as noisy In many Awiys however sho
is very different from them being fit
instance much more shy in the pres
ence of strangers IxMore Aviiom she
1 a rely talks and is more curious in her
habits taking great fancies to some
people and dt cided dislikes to others
She lias an unpleasant habit of some
times saying good by to Aisitors when
she does not approve of them When
she cannot got Avhat she vrants siie
giA es angry Avhacksand double knocks
on the tin floor of her cage Nothing
appears to delight her more than mis
chief She positively roAels in it and
to get hold of anything she ought not
is to haA e unmixed joy Evidently the
bird has been at some time very cruelly
treated for months she AAas terrified
at the sight of a man or boy and for
yeais a bi oomstlck was an object of
ivorror to her Since getting over this
fear she has shoAvn a decided liking
for the sweep and the coalman and
the latter has left the house AAith the
bird wishing him good by and affec
tionately requesting him to kiss her
Avhieh gives rise to the question wheth
er she may have had in her African
past a kind negro friend Any one avuo
has ever had the opportunity of studj
ing the parrot tribe must haAe been
struck Avith their extraordinary gift of
memory so long ago observed by the
great Plutarch
A Simple Card Trick
Take an ordinary visiting card One
that is rather stiff is best for the pur
pose Bend the ends so that you can
stand it on a table Then ask your
friends to blow it over They AAill find
it almost Impossible unless they know
the trick It consists in bloAving skarp
1a but not too violently on the table
about an inch from either end of the
card
Noav York Policemen
Of 1390 men appointed as members
of the police force of Noav York be
tween Aug 1 1S05 and Jan 1 1S9T a
period of seventeen months 12So Avere
natives of the United States 211 of
li elnliCiSjOf German v 2 i of England
j or Canada 0 of Austria and u of Scot
land There Avero also 2 Russians atid
1 Holstein Dane
I
NOTES ON EDUCATION
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU
PIL AND TEACHER
ful has the experiment loen in that
place that it is urged upon the attention
of instructors elsewhere The plan pro
vides for a savings b uk for the chil
dren Avherein tl ey may deposit their
1omios and g et interest ou tho accumu
lations Since the exte rmeit Avas un
dertaken the deposits have aggregated
in one school more than W aiid
tills elirtrlct is one that is populated
cloc st exclusivc ly by people in very
moderate and is in fact
thf pcsrest in the e ity
In this school there are 21 3 -children
many of Avhom have traved sums
amounting to from 0 to 51 JO On
each Monday morning the teachers re
ceiAe from the children their pennies
ax
of
tni
in
reai
sal testimony of the instructors that
the system has resulted In inculcating
Imbits of economy tHit have been use
ful not only to the child but to he par
ent as v oil The teaching has Inid a
lasting cfaxt arid it has not mattered
much whether the child has tiaved 10
or 10 -elite the idea ami liabit of fru
gality baa ween permanently inculcated
and aaIH be of great A aIue in after Lite
If a child is taught to savo at all it
can t made to take a real pride in
i otlier difficulty The Grand Army Eeems
to object to even most of the Northern
histci ics because of their being too gen
erous to the South V-
After all Js the war history of otir
country or ought it to be the main fea
ture of our history to e taught Are
Tirvf J 1 rv TM1 f MVT1 C f flW Tfcfl Crt OTl
Aivinston - xcI odI that Tc chea j
tury the irdustml enterprises the
P ps the Art or Fclcrcc of j
tIUWit of tbt varions StatPS the
Superintendent for vwsjon of lh territories into States
Joziet in Roys I tae iiiin0f railroads ami canals the
development of tmiies and minerals the
Tey orif in Favintr I improvements in manufactured the
The eelrco authorities of wth and improvement of our schools
X i nave permitted ilie of the schools
iml sehool svstems of quite as great
to make a peculiar addition to the cur- importance as the wars and politics of
riculum which has been tried since te country However we may differ
18KIJ with the greatest success and is jn ancT the outfomo of sectional
to be extended to other public j difference of opinion en the real pro-
tions in the city This innovation con
sists in instructing the children in fru
gality and economy
The method employed is the practi
cal teaching of tho pupils tin art or
tsclence of money making or saving aiid
important as this branch of instruction
may be it is said that the plan adopted
at Kingston is the first to inculcate i
iress of the county- we can all airree
I and the inmortance of these
of peace should we think be magnified
Educational Xcws
HIz cititisr the Boy
The EdiKv iional Journal of Toronto
says VV are firm believers hi eol i
Tcges and universities but wo
t a tlio Dr
the pupils ff anv s hool the primu y r x irfiwk
r Parkhui st wlio n a late number ot
oi saving incnev o
Ladies Home Journal in answer to the
query Shdl aao end our boy to
says -That depends a great deal
on the boy himself lie declares him
self to be a thorough believer in the
college but hold that it miiriit not be
best for his our boy to go to college
it might not best for the com inanity
that he sliorkl College can fit a man
for life ami also it can unlit him j
There iro styles of education that d- 1
qualify the student for doing Aviiat he fcv
e ompetent to do Avithout qualifying
him to do that Avhieh he might like to
do but for which he lacks and always
will lack the prerequisites There is
SiAiivd wisdom in thI 3 but it may be
qurstloned when analyzed if it means
anvrhug more than that avo luiAe not
in an arrangement is m uie wiai oe
colleges
CTlf Hnt Vrirv of to
the savings banks of the city fori - 1
clng these ikvm 11 deposits uul allow- flM tj
K interest on nn ace oiuit when it has
synonymous
neatnesumet it the
edue atlcn we axe able to provideT That
demands an unqualiiied atlirmatlvc
Ori Cxita t etter
The Chiigo Society of Proofreaders
Iris adopted tlie folloAVing rules for civp
itais
Capitalize Lords Day Xoav Years
Day Fourth of July but the glorious
Fourti
State AAK n referring to one of tlie1
rnrted Stats New York City Province1
ins sl the main object of the Quebec Cook County but country o
ca1 Inctruetion is accomplished If we
are to have manual training schools to
teach a pupil a trade by Avhieh he can
earn livehhiod Avhy is it not efpialiy
tmpoi ant to tench him to husband his
resources by the practice of frugality
jukI economy So long as it iy the iiivt
110 or 200 of a formne that is tlie
most dLfiictilt to ge t it avouUI seejn that
the public schools could hardly do any
thing that AA ouId be of more practical
value to the pujil tlian to tuuii him
heAV to acquire the nucleus of n eoni
Ieten
Wotnrfrj Ssi per ntenlent
Mivj Kate Henderson AAho Avas ix1
ently appointed suierintendcit of the
Toik 111 se hools is the first AV oman
to occupy that important position in
Jolief She is a thorough e clueator ex
erienced and modern and has aaou her
way to emlnen e by natural ability and
hard AA ork Her selection for the rxxst
fl
66i3
zrm
li V
c
JSF
6 TA
rs1 1 if
yj
MKS KVTK
1S93 she v as elected a member of the
School Botird at large and her Avork
in that Ixxly has been mot gratifying
Her good judgment in selecting and as
signing teachers in the instiacron of
young teachers and in other matters
regarding the adv uicement of the pub
lic schools and their operation has uoav
been roAvarded by placing hi r at the
head of the educational machinery of
the eHy The position is an important
one Mrs Henderson AAill receive 2
200 year and will have complete
char e of the schools The board has
given her rhe place as a promotion She
AAill be srpplicii Avith all rhe assistants
ho requires and education in Joliet
it is b vleve AAill given a new im
letuf by her efforts Mr Henderson
- been In rhe service thirty one yetrs
ctionl
V serious qttesrin seeni to confront
the writers of schccl histories Those
who write speially in th interest of
the North iiiiu their books rejectetl by
the South indeed to such an extent that
anr rl 1
w
histories Avritten from the
Southern standpoint so lar as concerns
the late war have been adopted iargc iy
through that of rhe Union in
preference to tlirse written ana pub
Ualirl in the North But ucw ccni 2 an-
Cook Lyons Township but
Words distinguishing certain regions
as the Orient the Innindless West the
Eastern States eastern New
York nortliAvestcni Minnesota etc
East Tennessee Ycst Ten
nessee
Names of tmGrtaiit events or tilings
as the Itefoi mation the Middle Ages
the Union the Government
In conii onnd Avords such as
GeneraL Vice President etc
each worel
Avoiid be cai
should be capitalized if it V
aprtalijeel when stailing w
alone1
r
Names of political parties as Demo-
eraric Republican etc
Titles of nobility etc Avhen referring
to specific persons such as the Bar of
Surrey the Prince of Wales the Queen
of EngJaiuL etc should be capitalized
Ail titles Avhen int ceding the name
as President McKiuley Doctor Brown
r l -
ot us general but pregjnt of tjle Smithtown Bank
lacTHn ine new superinte iulent ums
Miss elate Alpine1 She came to Joliet
from Wisconsin in 3ivI and lun edu
catin -A-as acquired chiefiy in the pub
lic se hv3s rhe city She legan to
teach In 1815 and continued in that
work until 1S79 avIk n she avis uiarrietl
to James E Henderson In jSPi sho rrv
turned to her profession and iinee that
time slie has taught in almost every
department of the schools Mrs Hen
derson studied AAiiile she taught In
m
li rt
ii
5-
All specific titleiv as Thuik yon
Judge the Colonel AAill be here to-morrow
Names of associations as Civic Fed
eration Union League Club but lower
case Avlien speaking of the club
Capitalize board of trade city hall
etc only Avhen pix ceded by name of
town
President AAiieii referring to the Pres
ident of the United States Words used
to iiulicate the Bible-
Church Avhen used as opposed to the
Avorld and also vrhen a partienlai
church soeiery is mentioned as Fist
Methodist Church
Nouns used as the name of the Deity
f but not pronouns aue adjectives used
in connection AAith the noun
Congress Legislature4 Assembly
Senate House but loAver case when
speaking of lower house both lionses
etc Wcsteni Teacher
Marryinjj tlie IeaI
Among the many curious practices
that Mare o Polo came across In his
travels in the far East the Tartar cus
tom of marrying the dead deserves no
tice lie says If any man have a
daughter Avho dies before marriage
and anvaier man have had a son also
die before marriage the parents of the
tAo arnuige a grand Avedding Ietween
the d ad lad and lass and marry them
they do making a regular contract
And when the contract papers are
made out they put them in the fire In
order that the parties in the other
AA oiid may knoAv the fact and so look
on each otlier as man and AAife And
the parents thenceforward e onsider
themselves related to each otlier just
as if their children had lived and mar
ride Whatever may be agreed on be
tAvecn the parties as dowry those who
have to pa it cause it to be painted on
pieces of rapor and then put these in
the fire saying that in that AAay ths
de id person will get all the real ar
ticles n the other world This custom
is also nerted by other writers even a3
kite as the beginning of the eighteenth
century
The bobolink builds her uet in a lit
tle depression in a raeiili v ami its
bird eggs and house are all of the
same mottled brown and well hidden
by the grass she is not often molested
Some birds excavate a cup shaped hole
and line it The nighcIu tAvk and tlr3
Avkippcoi AAill deposit their eggs on
the bare ground Ahere they are only
protected by their inconspicuous coL
oibg
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