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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1897.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
A. M. POST.
For University Kegents.
C. V. KALEY,C
J. N. DRYDEN.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Count' Treasurer,
A. C. BARRY, of Buchanan Precinct.
For County Clerk,
W. M. HOITRY, of Sutherland.
For Sheriff,
CLAUDE WEINGAND, of North Patte.
JForSupt. Public Instruction,
BERTHA THOELECKE, of Osgood Prect
For Count' Judge,
A. S. BALDWIN, of North Platte.
For Surveyor,
CHAS. P. ROSS, of North Platte.
For Coroner,
N. F. DONALDSON, of North Platte.
For Commissioner, First District,
WM. WOODHURST, of North Piatte.
Judge Neville assures the dem
ocrats that Tim Keliher is
sound and straight democrat, while
Tim tells the DODulists that he is
an out-and-out populist. It now
becomes the duty of the Era to say
whether a candidate can be a good
democrat and a good populist at the
same time.
The populist wolves who wear
the clothes of the democratic lamb
were not successful in pulling- the
democratic county ticket out of the
field at the meeting held Friday
evening of last week, and at the
e
conference of the democrats thefol
lowing evening only one of the
many present voted to kill the
ticket. It looks as though there
are still men in Lincoln county who
are democrats from principle.
The editor of the Era says he
will receive one thousand dollars
for publishing the delinquent tax
list this vear. For this work he
receives full legal rates. Last Jan
uary The Tribune submitted a bid
to the commissioners offering to do
the county publishing for one
fourth legal rates. Had the com
missioners accepted the bid the tax
list would have cost the county $250
and the remaining $750 would have
gone into the county treasury and
could be used to reduce that $40,-
000 of floating indebtedness. Here
is a virtual steal of $750; and yet
we are told the populists are all
clean, honest men! In face of this
printiner deal'do vou reallv think
they are?
The Era would have its' readers
believe that the populist county
commissioners are not responsible
for the raise in valuation of proper
ty and the consequent increase of
taxes, and would throw the blame
on the assessors. But the commis
sioners are responsible, they are
wholly to blame. At the annual
meeting of the assessors in the
spring- of 1896 the commissioners
told the assessors that one of two
tiling's were necessary the assess
ment of property must be raised
from one-fifth its actual value, the
per centage then used, to one-third
its actual value, or else the county
must-vote bonds to take up its'big
floating indebtedness. The major
ity of the assessors were opposed
to voting bonds, and were also op
posed to raising the assessment to
one-third the actual value of the
propert', but as a compromise they
decided that all property should be
assessed at oae-fourth its actual
value. With this statement of facts
it is easy to see that the populist
commissioners are wholly responsi
ble for the increase in taxes. They
are also responsible for the big
floating
indebtedness of the county.
The Era on commenting on the
lact that the delinquent tax-listi
published in its last issue gave a
statement of the amount of taxes
due from 18 and all prior years,
makes the following untruthful
and anarchistic attack on the su
preme court: "This change in the
method of printing is made in ac
cordance with a decision of the su
preme court of the state, a decision
which places a construction on the
language of a statute that is as re
markable, perhaps, as ever was ut
tered by any court of the land. The
OBJECT OP THE DECISION IS TO PRO
TECT THE MAN WHO BUYS LAND AT
tax sale." The cases referred to
are Stegeman vs. Faulkner, 42 Ne
braska; page 53, and Adams vs.
Osgsod, 42 Nebraska, page 450.
The plaintiff in each of these cases
was seeking to enforce the penalty
of twenty per cent interest and an
attorney's fee against tfae owner of
the property which they had pur
chased at a tax-sale, and the court
in each case refused to allow the
twenty per cent interest or attor
ney's fee -to the plaintiff for the
reason that the notice ot sale only
gave the
amount of taxes due for
the preceding1 year instead of giv
ing the whole amount of taxes due
as ' required by the statute. In
both of; these cases the court pro
tected the owners of the land and
not the man who bought the land
at the tax-sale as alleged by the
Hita.. nut tins is as near the truth
as the Era ever gets in its partizan
comments.
RESOURCEFUL SMITH.
Hero Is the Scheme by "Which Ho Grew
Blrh Shoeing Horses.
"I lived at a little crossroads hamle
which was not even a postoffice, on the
line between New York state and Penn
sylvania," said a story teller to a. Sioux
City Journal reporter. "Of course, there
was a blacksmith shop thcro. In those
days the blacksmith's trade was a noto
riously good one. All the blacksmiths
got rich with their horse, mule and ox
shoeing, and the wagon and thoscther
repair work which they did. Host of
the blacksmiths combined -with their
other work wagon repairing and even
wagon making. There were very few
big wagon factories in those days, and
a good hand made wagon cost big mon
eyv "When they were doing nothing else,
they would make wagons, and when
there was lots of transient work "tho
wagons had to wait. This state lino
shop was a busy place. There was no
tavern there, but the blacksmith alto
had a cider press, and he made the eider
for all tho farmers for miles arGcnd
But neither this nor the profits of his
shop could account for the rapid way
in which he accumulated wealth. As is
well known, apple cider, if allowed to
stand long enough, will become "hsird,"
and after that itwill turn into vinegar.
"This cider dealer alwaj's had plenty
of hard cider on hand, but never had
any vinegar for sale. Tho fanners and
others who stopped at his placo could
always get a drink of hard cider, which
they took out of a tin dipper at 10 cents
a drink, and the size of tho drink was
something which attracted very little
attention. Hardly any kind of leverage
is more intoxicating than hard cider. It
is a good deal like champr.gne in ono
respect Yon can drink a great deal of
it ono day, and the next day you will
bo awfully sick and sorry, and a good
deal drunker than when you went to
bed. The blacksmith required no license
to sell hard cider, and he worked tho
gamo to the limit. Eis place became
very popular, and the fanners came
from many miles around in both states
to get their horses shod at bis place.
Many of them would come home drunk,
and their wives began to protest. They
always had to havo some excuse for hav
ing visited the state line shop, and so
tho blacksmith, after suppling them
with a few dipperfuls of hard cider,
would take the shoes off thiir beasts
and put on new ones, whether Ihcy
needed it or not. For this service he
would charge a good round price, while
in many instances it was noticed he
mado no chargo for tho cider.
"Bur, as is tho way of all flesh, this
blacksmith died one day, and then his
business secrets came out He left an
estate of over 0,000, and in tho cellar
of tho cider press a great number of
empty whisky barrels were found. For
years ho had been putting whisky into
his cider pud had Lceii setting new
shoes on nearly every horse which came
along, willy nilly. " "Washington Star.
Methods of the mind.
Tho blind man has to depend almost
entirely on the accuracy of his ears to
guide him wherever he may wish to go.
and it is remarkable in whata short
time he becomes familiar with a new
locality and fresh surroundings.
Few people arc awaro of the powers
of tho ear, but tho blind, through con
stant exercise of that organ, are able to
discover objects almost as rapidly as a
seeing person.
5or instance, when wr.lking in a per
fect calm, hi can ascertain the proxim
iry oi ooiecis oy me itciiuK or tne r. -
niosphere upon his face. It would scei
at nrst tnac tne ecno given bade, were
it only from his breathing, might b-
sensible to his ear, but it has been as
certained by experiment that a blind
man with his ears stopped can tell when
any large object is close to his face,
even when it approaches zo slowly as
not to cause any sensible current of air.
when he is walking along the street,
no can tell whether it is wide or nar
row, whether tho houses uro high or
low, if any opening which he may be
passing is a court closed up at tho enr
or whether it has an outlet to anothei
street, and he can tell by tho sound of
his footsteps in what lane, or court, or
square he is.
He goes along boldly, seeming' to see
with his ears and to bavo landmarks in
the air. Of course no blind Juan likes
to go over a new route unattended, bul
after he has traversed it once he knows
every point of importance to him.-
Pearson's Weekly.
Quite a Simple Matter.
Jilkins is tho factotum cf an artist
who has made some noise in the world
and is quite as important a ptrscnr.ge.
in his own estimation, as his master.
One day a lady called on tho artist in
the absence of tho latter and was re
ceived by Jilkins.
Dear .me," the cried, glancing first
at an incomplete picture and then at
Jilkins, "I tieclare it is very much like.
yon! '
"It is mo," said Jilkins, with a su
perior air. "I sits for all his old men.
That's what he's specially good at"
lou must be a very useful person
to your employer, " observed the visitor.
So you tlnuk that Mr. Blank. R. A..
is especially good at old men?"
"Yes. Cos why? Cos he's got nothing
to dol I order his frames, wash his
brushes, set his palettes, mix his colors
and sit there for him to look at Hov
can he help being good? He's got noth-
ing to do but shove the paint on!"
Strand Magazine.
Cat and Fish.
A sea captain tells of his sailiug in
southern seas where flying fish abound.
They would sometimes in their flight
in the night come aboard the ship and
drop to tho deck. He had three cats
that though they were lying nsleen
below, would hear tho sound whenever
a fish struck the deck and would rush
up to get it They distinguished this
from all other sounds. The crew tried
to imitate it in various ways, but could
not deceive the cats.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
TskjB Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c,
or 25c If C p. C. fail to cure, druggista
refund money,
DEEDINWAEHAMESS
GALLANT SOLDIER CAREERS - CUT
SHORT BY INGLORIOUS MEANS.
Gen. Charles F. Smith, Rival of Grant and
Sherman Sumner, John Buford, Ever
Zealous Blrney and Mitchel, iandcr and
Ransom Nelson, the Sailer Soldier.
Copyright. 1S97. by American Press Asso
ciation. Book rights reserved.
EATH is unkind
coming to the
'hero beforo "his
sword has won
the battle of the
free,"
There were 35
Federal leaders
who died of dis
ease, accident or
other causes not
of battle, a dozen
of them heroes of
the first rank.
With ono or two
exceptions each
of these leaders
had it in him to win his way to tho top
had fortune spared him. Surely the
nation was the loser in the untimely
taking off of leaders like C. F. Smith,
William Nelson, Mitchol, Sumner,
John Buford, Corcoran, David Biniey,
Ransom and Lander of tho army and
Foote and Ellet of the navy.
There was no episodo of the civil war
moro startling or more tragic than tho
killing of General William Kelson of
the Union army by his fellow soldier,
General Jeff C. Davis, at the Gait
House, Louisville, Sept 29, J 802. Gen
eral Nelson was a soldier of whom the
country and the army had great expec
tations; based upon what ho had already
achieved. Ho had mado a record in the
navy beforo the war. He was a hero in
build and mental caliber. His C feet 4
inches of frame carried gracefully 800
pounds well distributed, and his brain
and his culture gave just what was
needed to complete a man of giant
mold. Added to theso wero resolution
and courage and an overmastering con
tempt for petty obstacles, such as ordi
nary men stand and gaze at at a critical
moment until they rise like mountains
in the pathway. This quality charac
terized every act of his in his career in
Buell's Army of the Ohio, and it was
this, carried to tho extreme in a crisis
which certainly called fcr extreme
measures, which led to tho latal affair
with his brother soldier.
Nelson had been a sailor and early
offered his sword for the defense of his
native state, Kentucky. Ho led the ad
vanco brigade of Buell's army to Shiloh,
reached the battlefield by a forced
march and helped, to repel the last as
sault on Grant the first day. Tho next
day, when Grant, with Buell's help,
turned upon tho enemy, Nelson's divi
sion fought brilliantly, anJ ho was pro
moted to be major general.
During Bragg's invasion cf Kentucky
few months afterward Nelson was
sent to Louisville to organizo forces for
tho defense of tho state. The Confeder
ate commanders, Bragg and Kirby
Smith, were marching on Louisville.
Thcro was no time to lose or to stand
on ceremony. Nelson was just the man
to do all and daro all in an hour so full
of startling developments. Ono of the
officers sent from department headquar
ters to serve under Nelson was General
Jeff C. Davis, who had volunteered for
the emergency and was intrusted with
the defense of Louisville, just then at
the mercy of the invading hordes. Some
time after Davis had been installed
there was a sharp colloquy between him
and Nelson. Davis used insubordinate
anguage, and Nelson ordered him to
eavo tho city.
In a day or two General Buell reach
ed Louisville an advance of his army,
thus superseding Nelson. Davis return
ed to tho city and reported to the new
chief. Nelson and Davis were then on
equal footing. One morning they came
into collision, and after some hot words
in the presence of tho friends of both
parties in tho corridor of tho Gait House
Davis drew a pistol handed him by
some one in the crowd. He followed
Nelson, who left the scene, apparently
to seek General. Buell. Overtaking him,
Davis shot him down with a bullet that
pierced the heart, or very near it
So passed away in his prime he was
87 an American who might have ri
valed his great English namesake in
winning the highest martial glory.
General O. M. Mitchel, who died at
Beaufort, S. C, in October, 1802, wag
one of tho zealous leaders of tho early
period of the war. "It was General
Mitchel who made tho first bold dash
across Tennessee to tho borders of
Georgia. He struck for Chattanooga as
early as April, 18G2. After his transfer
to tho coast he continued tho same vig
orous policy and entered upon a cam
paign of railroad raids and destructions
to cripple communication between
Charleston apd points west and south.
In the death of General E V. Sum
ner tho Amy of tho Potomac lost ope
of its brightest leaders. General Sum
ner forged , that splendid bolt of, war.
tho Second Corps d'Armee. At tho
head of that corps in the battles of the
peninsula and in Maryland he made
himself known as a fighting marshab
Long beforo that Sumner "had earned
tho nickname "Bull Sumner." This
was used to suggest his fighting quali
ties. It was said that in ono of. his In
dian battles a bullet had struck him in
the center of the forehead and was flat
tened against the skull.
Sumner was the only one in the line
of brilliant leaders who died after reach
ing an advanced age. He was Go and at
his own request had been relieved from
service in the field. He was on his way
to San Francisco to take command of
the department of the Pacific when he
died.
Anotljor soldier of the Army of tho
Potomac whose death created a gap in
the line of brilliant leaders was Genera
John Buford. Buford was a. ca-valry?
man. and at tho time of his death, De
cember, 18G3, the army could ill afford
to spare a gallant leader of squadrons.
He rode in battle and raid and during
tho Gettysburg campaign commanded
the cavalry division of tho Army of the
Potomac In every position where he
was placed, either with a cavalry bri
gade or a corps of troopers, ho succeed
ed in all that he undertook. He died
from toil and exposure upou, the day
when his commission as major general
reached him, together with an assign
ment to the command of the cavalry in
the Army of the Cumberland.
General Michael Corcoran, who was
one of the gallant Irish leaders at Bull
I Hun and alterwarti rirmnlznil n.1piinn
of his countrymen, died in August
1863. He was killed by a fall from his
horse. Tho legion, which had done some
fighting around Suffolk, diad just been
attached to the Army of the Potomac.
Major General David Bell Biniey,
who -was commander of the Tenth corps
when ho died, in October, 1864, was
among the best civilian soldiers of the
war. At his own expenso ho raised tho
Twenty-third 'Pennsylvania volunteers
in 1861 and was promoted to brigadier
and major general for gallant service in.
tho field. His division was in the cen
ter of Sickles' line at Gettysburg, and
after Sickles was wounded Biniey com
manded the corps.
General F. W. Lander was a civilian
soldier who had seen fighting on tho
plains. Ho served brilliantly in West
Virginia in 1861 and died the winter
following.
Tho western army lost a brilliant
young soldier in the death of General
T. E. G. Ransom, who died near Home,
Ga., the 29th of October, 1864. Rau-
som was a civilian soldier and won pro
motion step by step. Ho was several
times wounded and died of sickness con
tracted in tho field during the pursuit of
Hood's army after the fall of Atlanta.
The navy lost a hero when Rear Ad
miral Andrew Hull Foote died on tho
2Gtlr of June, 1863. Foote helped to
clear the Mississippi of tho enemy and
was on his way to Charleston to take
command of the south Atlantic sqnad
rcu when he died.
Colonel Charles Rivers Ellet of the
Mississippi steam ram fleet died at the
ago of 22 in October, 1868, just after
tho close of the Vicksburg campaign.
His death was duo to exposure around
Vicksburg, where he distinguished him
self in a manner to bring him into
greater prominence at that date than
even Gushing enjoyed.
Long after the war Sherman wrote,
"Had C. F. Smith lived Grant would
havo disappeared to history after Douel
son." The picture of Charles F. Smith
drawn by Lew Wallace in The Century
war series is that of a master among
men. Says Wallace:
"Ho was a born leader, of superb
physique, very tall, well proportioned,
straight, square shouldered, ruddy face,
with eyes of perfect blue and long snow
white mustache. Ho was naturally
kind, genial, communicativo and never
failed to answer when information was
sought of him. At tho same time he be
lieved in 'hours- of service, ' regularly
published by tho adjutants, as a rabbi
believes in tho ten tables, and to call a
court martial on a 'bummer' was in his
eyes a' sinful waste of stationery. On
tho occasion of a review General Smith
had the bearing of a marshal of France.
He could ride along the line of volun
teers in tho regular uniform of a briga
dier general, pinnae, chapeau, epaulets
and all, without exciting laughter
something nobody else could do in tho
beginning of the war. Ho was at first
accused of disloyalty, and when told of
it his eyes flashed wickedly. Then ho
laughed and said: 'Nevermind. They'll
take it back after tho first battle. ' "
At Donelsou Smith headed tho grand
attack ordered by Grant to close the
GEVKKAL C F. SMITH, U. S, V.
Died at Savannah, Tenn.. April 25. 18C2. )
road of retreat which the pent np garri
son had opened by a bold sortie. Only
ono brigade of his division advanced.
Smith rode hi -front of the center,
erect as if oii review, a bold target for
the Confederate sllarpshootera A sol
dier, describing the charge, said, "I
was nearly scared to ocatn, trat 1 raw
the old man's white mustache over his
shoulder and went ahead." At the
abatis tho men fell in rows. The fire
was awfnl, and seeing some wavering
Smith pnt his cap on his sword, swnng
it high in tho air and shouted: "No
flinching now, my lads! Come onl"
Picking a path among the trees, the
men followed after their gallant chief
up the hill and planted their colors on
tho breastworks the flags of the Sec
ond, Seventh and Fourteenth Iowa and
Twenty-fifth Indiana.
General Smith was a native of Penn
sylvania. Ho served in all of Taylor's
battles hi Mexico and won laurels at
Palo Alto and Resaca do la Palma. The
command of General Smith at Fort
Pcuelson constituted one of the three
divisions present under Grant After
Pojielsou lie Jed the expedition np the
Tennessee river to Savannah and prer
pared for the advance on Shiloh- HfJ
died in April frqni exposure.
George L. Kilmer,
It is said that in Scotland there are
146 parishes with no paupers, poor rates
or public houses.
A Hlodcrn Youth.
"Ha, hq, uiy proud beauty," said he,
"yon love auotherl"
"1 do," Baid tho blushing maiden.
He pondered. "Well," said he finally,
his features lighting with fiendish joy,
"you ain't in it if you do. Within 24
hours I shall 'have procured an injunc
tion against your:marrying him." In
dianapolis' Journal.
The Glorious Antique.
"No, I wouldn't' take that piece of
antique fdmitoro-at any price," said
the shopper. Jr-it fs inhabited. "
"And who.kucws,'' paid the dealer,
rolling his eyes and robbing his hands,
"but what the ancestors of them bugs
came over in the Mayflower in this here
very piece of furniture!" Cincinnati
Enquirer.
- Undisguised Announcement.
Aira masquerade " ball two ladies ar
rive in mere evening dress.
"What do yon represent?" asked the
usher.
"We are without costumes."
"Two ladies without costume," thun
dered the usher as he swung open the
door. Ladies' Review.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, MidwinterFair.
turn
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CREAM
POWDiR
A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
COUNSEL.
Anxious mother, bending low
O'er thy child now calmly sleeping,
Seek not its destiny to know,
Leavo it in tho Father's keeping I
Thou do well tho mother's part
Gently training, gently leading
Guido tho restlet, vntried heart
With lovo's chiding, with love's pleading.
Never doubting, sow tho seed.
Watch it budding into beauty,
Tako out every useless weed
From tho firm, straight path of duty.
Simple teaching, pure and plain,
Will its little life bo molding
Into ono bright golden chain,
Day by day for theo unfolding.
Careful mother,, turn aside, - -
Turn with tears of deep contrition
From tho tempting voice of pride,
Tempting then with earth's -ambition.
Holier thoughts should now be thine,
Upward gaze toward heaven's portal.
Thy child must bow beforo this shrine
Teach it to win a crown immortal!
Tamar Anne Kennodo in New York Ledger.
ISFODEL CASTLE.
Many years havo vanished from the.
face of tho earth sinco tho castlo of Isfo
del was first erected. The ravages oi
war havo filled many a land with sor
row, and tho angel of peace has often
visited tho world, bringing balm to the
weary. Empires have arisen and, like
tho paling of a star, have disappeared
from tho firmament of time since that
.remote period.
At the time of our narrativo Isfodel
had undergone many changes since the
days of its former possessors. It still,
however, presented the same granitic
appearance. Tho wild, wrathful ocean
beat against tho baso of tho cliff on -
which the castle stood, and dark and
lonely appeared the great forest a few
rods away. Lord Hilderbrand and
many of his followers had passed away
to tho land of the soul.
many isioaei ten into tne posses
sion of Lord Hurdron, an exceedingly
unpopular man, of crabbed disposition
and darkened reputation. His was dom
ineering in hi: conduct toward thoso
beneath him in social standing, and,
added to this, ho bore such a selfish
spirit that ho won tho respect of only a
few persons. i
Very different in her naturo was La
dy Ella, the only daughter" ofLord Hnr
dron. She pos?cssed all those qualities
and accomplishments that; tend toward
the development of true womanhood.
She was greatly liked by all who knew
her, and well did she merit the love that
her friends boro her.
If there was one thing to which Lord
Hurdron was violently opposed, it was
that Lady Ella should marry a man who
possessed not wealth and bore not tho
title of nobleman. Sho well knew her
father's antipathy to her forming -an in
timacy with any of tho lower class.
Still this did not deter her from seeking
tho company of Roland Hilter, with
whom she had fallen deeplv ia love.
He possessed nothing in his nature that
agaiust had hoc tlio latter such an tins
tero and jealous disposition.
xno Knowieagc oi iovo meetings is
sometimes difficult to keep from sus
picious parents, and so it was in tho easo
of Lady Ella and her lover. It was not
long beforp Lord Hurdron became cog
nizant of the interviews between his
daughter and Roland Hiltix, and ho im
mediately proposed to break the inti
macy.
Early ono morning, as he was passing
through the dark forest cf Athol, Lord
Hurdrou's attention was arrested by tho
sound of voices falling on his ear.. Pres
eutly Ljidy ElJ.t, accompanied by Ro
laud Hiltcr, appeared in view. Jvot
wishing to bo observed by thoui. Lord
Hurdron stepped behind a large .tree to
wait until they passed by. ,
''Dear Roland, lot us sit down for a
few momentsi" said Lady Ella in a
sweet voice.
Lord Hurdron managed to restrain
his temper and wait for further devel
opments. He saw the young couple sit
rJiYwn imrioi rim nribr:rii'iiTi; i'nl:in
a large oaic tree, no uciicm tne young
man pass his arm tenderly around the
waist of the fair girl, and he noticed
that she did not attempt to resist this
act of familiarity.
".pear JUiia," saici itoianu, "let us
leavo this country and fly to some for
eign landi whero our marriage can take
place unhindered by your people, for
you know that were your father to learn
of our betrothal ho would spurn me
from theso premises as ho would a rep
tile." "Dear Roland," replied Lady Ella,
"wheresoever you go there will I bear
you company. What is the love I en
tertain for -my peoplo compared with
the deop affection that has chained our
hearts together?"
"Then this eveniuK
at tho red room
await my coming." And as Roland
uttered these words he arose from his
seat and together they walked away.
As Lord Hurdron heard these words
he inwardly cursed the soul of Roland
Hilter. He waited until the young lov
ers had gouo some distsuice, when he
pmerged from his place of concealment
aim quietly wended his way toward the
castle. Oh his way he njel one of his
servants, to whom he spoko a- few
words. Tho man's faco slightly phanged
polor as his master's voico fell on his
ears.
7'A thousand pounds, Rupert, if you
perform the-deed," said Lord Hurdron,
as he departed.
"I understand, my lord." And the
man walked away.
Roland Hilter lived a mile from the
castle of Isfodel, and it was his favorite
pastime to wander along the high bank
that bordered the ocean and listen to
the beating of the waters, below., Rare-
BAKING
ly a day passed but that ho spent a por-
non oi nis nme mere.
On the afternoon following tho events
just narrated -Roland was walking lei
surely along tho bank, gazing " on the
bluo 'waters, when a voice fell on his
ear.
"A bad placo for a man to'fall from. "
"Ah, is it you, Rupert?" said Roland,
as ho turned around. "Yes, it it
you say, a bad place. The best sw
mer, I warrant, could not live in su
a sea."
"Yet his cries would probably reach
the castle."
"I fear not. The sound of the waves
would drown them."
Tne eyes of Rupert glittered witn a
dangerous light as ho heard theso
words. "Do you think tho co'ge of tho
bank is firm?" ho asked. "Would there
not be danger of its crumbling if one
Bhould stand close to tho brink?"
"None in tho least. I havo stood
many times within an inch of the edge
and felt no danger whatever. See. "
As Roland spoke ho stepped forward,
and presently only a small space inter'
vened between him and the sido of the
precipice. Ere he had time to return he
felt himself being pushed over tho cliff.
Impulsively ho stretched forth his hand
and grasped Rupert, his assailant, by
tho arm. Tho latter struggled to free
himself, but in vain, and a moment aft
erward the pitiless ocean received them
in its depths.
That evening Lady Ella waited long
for tho appearance of Roland, but he
did not come. Sho knew not that, toss
ed here and there by the angry waves;
his lifeless form was in tho ocean
The next dfiy, as she was walking
along tho edge of the cliff, her mind
full of strange forebodings, the upturned
face of her dead lover met her vision.
Her nead swam, and sho toppled over
the cliff. As sho fell tho ocean clasped
her in its embrace, and the gates of
death wero thrown open to receive an
other soul.
That night Lord Hurdron retired tc
tho red room. The nonappearance of
Lady Ella did not seem to affect him.
As he sat down his thoughts reverted to
the past.
"Hal" no mattered. "Tnat young
scamp, Milter, will no longer trouble
these regions. It"
xmiiic so, latner.' ' interrupted a
sepulchral voico at his side.
Lord Hurdron turned his eyes tc
whence came the voice. As he did sc
he beheld the dripping apparition ol
Lady Ella leaning on her lover's arm
By my troth!" cried the astonished
lord. "So you have returned, vou has
ooundrel? Death be upon you!"
as no spoKe ne orew a pistol ano
fired at the spectral form. When the
smoke cleared away, no ono save Lord
Hurdron remained in the room.
For a moment ho hardly stirred.
Then his head dropped on his breast,
and his eyes put on a glazed appear
ance. When the servants entered, only
the dead body of Lord Hurdron remained
in the room.
The physicians pronounced his death
as tho result of heart disease, but they
knew not what was the rightful cause.
The bodies of Rupert, Roland Hiltei
and Lady Ella wero never recovered.
The sea refused them to mortal man.
For years the red room .of Isfodel
castle was haunted. It is said that the
pale form of Lady Ella often appeared
at the window, as if in waiting for
somo one. Tho castlo has long since
been destroyed, but the strange story
connected with it is still fresh in the
minds of many persons in England.
Exchange.
. Philadelphia Doorways.
Snch doorways have their histories
nnqnestionably, bnt they are lost in the
dust of the past. Who designed the
well proportioned panels, who fashioned
tho brass knocker and whose tasto de
vised tho simple decorations will never
be divulged. The owner has likewise
passed into oblivion, leaving only the
speechless door behind to awaken the
'curiosity and stimulate the emulation
of newer generations.
If tho Germautowu doorways were
Tl:iin nlmo?h tn cvpitm ft- f lirwr i,i flic
citv nroncr were often moro decorated
With the various hramtifnl Amnroa nf
the colonial period. Among thc&s the
ianngnc was almost universally em
ployed, and besides adding an orna
mental appearauco to tho exterior fur
nished often tho high light for tho hall
within.
In designing it is well for a. decorator
to Ituow when to stop and to have the
courage to do so. Tins virtue tho post
Revolutionary architect possessed to a
marked degree, as is exemplified in the
doorway described. Tho fanlight sup
ported by two square columns, tho mer
est suggestion of carving and a short
wreath over the door wero all that was
esKutial to make an attractive entrance,
therefore, having done this mnch, he
dared to stop, althongh many plain sur
faces remained upon which his skill
might well have been displayed.
"House Beautiful.
Ilutldlilst Remaiqs In Javtv.
The fact is not generally appreciated
that there are rams of Buddhist and
Brahmauie temples in middle Java sur
passing in extent and magnificence any
thing to be seen in Egypt or India.
There, in the heart of tho steaming
tropics, ia that summer land of the
world bolow tho equator, on an islaud
whero volcanoes cluster more thickly
and vegetation is richer than in an
other region of the globe, whero earth
quakes continually rock and shatter and i
where deluges descend during tho rainy
half of the year, remains nearly intact
the temple of Boro Boedor, covering
almost tho sanio area as the great pyra
mid of Gizeh. It is ornamented with
hundreds of life size statues suid miles
of bas-reliefs presenting the highest ex
amples of Greco-Buddhist art 1 sculp
tured record of all the arts and indus
tries, the culture and civilization, of
the golden age of Java, of tho life of
the seventh, eighth and ninth centuries
in all the farther east, a record that is
not written m hieroglyphs, but in
plainest pictures carved by sculptor's
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rising h magnificent sculptured eTr
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arch, is ono of tho sTjryiving W( aiders of
tno world. Un tho spot it seems a vert.
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more in Century.
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He (sighing) Goodby But we shall
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