UOLCOMB'SPART IN IT
2omo Leaves Prom the Bccord of Testi
mony in tho Bartloy Oaso.
.If IS THAT OF THE EX-GOVERNOR
A. Great Lo to the Stnte That Mlfflit
Have Heon Avoided VI Uric of Appeal
In the Cnrc of tlio Stnte Against the
Hartley Hondttnen Hocalls Soma luUr
citing Facts.
Tho filing of tho appeal in tho su
promo court a fow days ago, says a
Lincoln correspondent, of tho caao of
tho atato of Nebraska against tho
bondsmen of ox-State Troasuror Joseph
Hartley has rovlved public Interest in
tho transactions in tho defaulting stato
treasurer and has cuusod many pooplo
to lnqulro into the early history of tho
case. Some rather important nnd po
cullar testimony was given by Govern
or Holcomb in tho first trial of tho
caso In Douglas county which, for
somo reason, was not repeated at tho
subsequent trial of tho caso, notwith
standing tho govornor testified at each.
Tho failure of Governor Holcomb to
mnlto a propor settlement with Bartley
and his ncccptanco of a worthless
bond, wheroby tho stato lost half a
million dollars, is a matter of record.
Holcomb was elected govornor in tho
fall of 1894. Joseph Bartloy had then
aorved two years as treasurer and
thoro was a suspicion in tho minds of
somo that his accounts waro In bad
shapo. Tho govornor-elcct was warned
that tho treasurer was a defaulter and
that very careful accounting should
'bo mndo to protect tho otato from pos--filbla
loan through n carolcss settle
imont. In opito of this warning and in
plto of tho lnw, tho now governor, ap
parently by his own carolcssues, al
lowed Bartley to defraud tho state.
Aftor a long and prlvato consultation
with tho stato treasuror, ho accepted a
now bond upon which most of tho old
and already accountabla bondsmen
qualified for fabulous sums. Accord
ing to Holcomb's sworn testimony no
attempt was mado to examine into tho
real worth of the bond. On tho wit
ness stand Holcomb admitted that ho
1cnow very littlo of tho transaction and
could not even tell tho dato of tho
.acceptnnco of tho bond.
Ono of tho bondsmon was tho presi
dent of a bank which hold over $200,-
000 of tho stato monoy. Tho bank was
not a depository and therefore tho de
posit was unauthorized and illegal.
"Governor Holcomb accopted this bank
'.president as bondsman, who qualified
'in tho sum of $200,000 "over and above
all dobts and liabilities."
Tho worst part of tho deal was tho
pretonded settlement with the treas
urer. Tho transcript of Holcomb's ov
ldcnco in tho Omaha trial is tho best
proof and it is accessible to the public.
According to this testimony Holcomb
first held a prlvato consultation with
Bartloy and then they both entered
tho tronsuror's ofllcc, whero tho re
mained about two hours. Tho govern
or testified that ho looked ovor a ledg
er, or some such book, In which thoro
were somo accounts. Then Bartley
produced a cigar box containing somo
oilps of paper, representing what
should have boon about $460,000 in
cash. Ho also produced $50,000 In cash.
The law4 required It to bo" all cash,
but according to Holcomb's testimony
"tho law was a farco and a sham."
This testimony is n matter of record.
Tho governor aid not examine tho
slips of paper closely. Ho admitted on
tho witness stand that ho did not know
positively whether they woro gcnulno
or not. He knew that tho bank which
was not a legal depository was ropro
sontcd In the cigar box by a slip call
ing for over $200,000.
Tho story of tho settlement Is best
told In the oxact words of tho record.
Tho caso was tried before Judgo Clin
ton N. Powell and a Jury in Omaha
during tho month of February, 1808.
Tho following extract from Governor
Holcomb's sworn testimony is from
pages 617 to 623 of tho certified record,
"bill of exceptions, filed with tho ap
peal of tho caso In tho supremo court
Inst year, testimony being glvon on
cross-examination by J. C Cowln:
Q. I ask what ho was charegablo
with?
A. $956,000 or $958,000, If I remem
ber rightly; that Included tho monoy
in suspended banks.
Q. I understand. Thoro was about
$47,000 only in cash?
A. In tho treasury vaults; either
that or $57,000.
Q. Thero was about $241,000 that
was tlod up In susponded bauks, was
thoro not?
A. Yes, sir; I think bo.
Q. That would leave about $713,000
looso money?
A. In that neighborhood; I was
thinking It was about $15,000; I may
not havo tho exact figures.
Q. I will ask you again, what It wns
ao brought these paper that you call
certificates of deposit out In?
A. Well, as I remember It was a lit
tlo box.
Q. Cigar box?
A. Something of that shape. I
could not say It wns a cigar box, but
somothlng It wns similar in size, tho
general shape.
q. Of tho balance of this, outside of
tho $47,000 ho produced, nono of it in
cash, or if it was $57,000 you may say
it maye be?
A. No, sir; no different from what
1 said Holcomb had testified to on a
former occasion nnd tho examination
continued:
Q. He opened this box that was
Hko a cigar box, did he show you theso
papers ho had?
A. I do not remember that It had
any cover,
Q. And then took out papers that
ho called checks and certificates of de
posit did he?
A. Ho took out mostly certificates
of deposit. Thero may havo been a
fow checks.
Q. Havo you a list of these?
A. No, sir.
Q. -You kept no memorandum of
them, did you7
A. No, sir; I did not.
q, Now aat Is tho only tlmo you
ver saw those, was It not? You nover
saw them afterwards?
A. Well, not, to my knowledge.
Hero followod Bonio questions cover
ing tho snmo ground, and tho examina
tion ooncluand as follows:
Q. And thon ho brought out a fees
that looked Hko a cigar box, from
which ho took a lot of papors that ho
called certificates of deposit, amount
ing from $440,000 to $449,000?
A. I do not know whether ho
called them certificates of doposlt or
not; they wero certificates of deposit
mostly. There may havo been somo
banks checks.
Q. Ho showed you tho papers?
A. Ho Bhowcd mo tho certificates of
deposit.
Q. You looked thorn ovor and took
no list of them?
A. No, sir; I took no list of thorn.
A. Ho had a list of them.
Q. You took no memorandum of
them?
A. No, I took no memorandum of
them.
Q. And you turned them back to
him and ho put them back In tho cigar
box and went oft with them is that
right?
A. Ho put thom in tho vault.
Q. Did you seo him put them in tho
vault?
A. -I will not say positively that 1
did.
Q. And that was tho end of tho ex
amination? A. Yes, that wn3 tho end of it
Can Ho Deludo tlio Icopto.
Omnba Bco:: Ono of tho claims put
forward in bohnlf of Silas A. Hol
comb's candidacy for supremo Judgo
in tho recent address of tho populist
stato committco rests upon his "con
servatism and eminent fnlrncss In hla
every net, both public and prlvato."
An a matter of fact no person oc
cupying tho executivo ofllco of Ne
braska ever displayed such rank par
tisanship and manifest unfairness aa
did Governor Holcomb, especially
from tho tlmo ho secured tho support
of nn administration of his own po
litical faith. In no caso could ho see
further tho linos of his own party or
recognlzo such a thing as fairness to
political opponents.
Tho most glaring examples of hlj
hldobound Bubsorvlency to tho un
scrupulous political machlno in con
trol of his party organization is to
found In his cowardly Inaction when
tho pictorial ballot bill was presonted
to him tor his approval and ho al
lowed It to become n law by lapso of
tlmo without his signature Aftor hav
ing donounced tho pictorial ballot in
vigorous languago in his mcssago to
tho legislature, nnd having advocated
tho retention of tho law as it thon
existed with a few modifications, Gov
ornor Holcomb silenced his own con
victions at tho behest of tho Btato
houso gang and holpod put on tho
stntuto book a law dosignod as a
fraud upon tho pooplo in tho intorest
of tho trlpnrtlto political alliance. So
partial and so partisan was this law
that legislature Governor Holcomb's
populist successor saw no othor course
than to Join tho republicans In wiping
it out of oxistonco and substituting
for it a mcasuro fair to all.
Tho samo blind partisanship was
clearly demonstrated In almost all of
Govornor Holcomb's official acts. In
his appointments to ofllco whoro tho
law required tho recognition of dif
ferent political parties ho persisted In
selecting men who voted tho samo
tickot under tho flimsy pretext that
they satisfied tho conditions of tho
law by masquerading under different
party labols. Not onco, but repeatedly,
was tho law thus evaded upon such
technicalities with tho palpable pur
pose of promoting partisan ends and
manufacturing party cnpltal.
Can a man who as governor has
showed himself so partisan and unfair
bo expected on tho bench to bo non
partisan and impartial? Can a man
who in tho executivo chair has played
tho willing tool of tho stato houss
sham rcformors bo expected as su
preme Judgo to bo Independent of tho
machlno's pressuro? How thon can
ho hope to delude Nebraska voters with
promises of doing better it thoy will
only give him a vindication by elect
ing him again to another office?
Otnlnnu l'opncrtlo Word.
Lincoln Journal: "Vory long will bo
tho way, vory hard tho hills to climb
with Sllppory SI Holcomb weighing
down tho popocratlc band wngon In
Nebraska." Theso prophetic words
from a part of an editorial that ap
peared In tho Pnpllllon Times shortly
beforo tho late convention of tho al
lied forces of reform. They woro tho
spontaneous uttcrnncos of a man who
has long boon recognized as ono of
tho foremost flghtors in tho Borried
ranks of popocrncy. Thoy wero spokon
before tho party laBh had boon swung
by tho bosses ovor tho heads of thoso
who would dissent from ring rulo.
Howard is silent now, because Bryan
demands It. But, is Silas Holcomb
any less slippery than when thoso
lines were written? If ho was dishon
est then, is it likely that ho Is honest
now, or will bo by anA by?
Spending the People' Money.
Deputy Land Commissioner E. W.
Nelson is defrauding tho stato out of
his salary theso days, says tho Lincoln
Journal, by spending his tlmo1 at tho
headquarters of tho populist stato cen
tral committee. Callers at tho office
of Land Commissioner Wolfe who Jn
qulro for Mr. Nelson havo to be told
that ho Is at tho end of tho political
machine Instead of earning his sal
ary which tho stato pays. This sub
ject is considered fit for another in
vestigation when tho next logislaturo
meets. If Mr. Nelson woro ablo to do
nny good in tho fusion headquarters It
would not be so bad, but a vacation
on salary from tho stato under pretext
of being ablo to help reform is not
along reform lines so much preached
by professional reformers.
He Ought to i:xpl,tln.
Holdrego Citizen: Holcomb is on
Iho stump hunting for votes for stii
premo Judgo. It miRht bo well fon
him to explain his connection with
that famous recount commission and
tho schomo to count enough fraudu
lent bnllots to seat his old partnor on
tho Bupromo bench. In vlow of his
career is it any wonder that ovon such
a staunch democrat as Edgar Howard,
editor of tho Papllllon Times, should
In n fit of Indignation cull him min.
I pery Si."
FOR BOYS AND (HELS
BOMB 'GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR HEADERS.
kfr. Oreen'a Onrden A Iy Man'
Ixmd, Willie Will Carry n Smart Han't
Load llertaftot Queer Tartlo Fltlilnc
Tlio Trine ot Kdonbny.
The I'rlnc-Vof Kdenbny.
rhcre wero two littlo princes of Eden
bay Princes I Can't and I Can;
And to school thoy went on tho very
first day
That tho very first school bogan.
And tho Prlnco I Can't took a poor
little whim
Into his royal head;
And whenever a task was given to him,
"I can't! I can't!" ho said.
Now ho was n prlnco who had hla
way,
And a poor little way 'twas, too!
for ho nothing did from day; to day
Save Just what ho wanted to do.
Dut his brothor I Can, a younger lad,
Was mado on n different plan,
For to every slnglo lesson ho had
Ho would say, "I can! I can!"
So wlso and groat grow tho Prlnco I
Can,
By doing as ho was bid;
Dut tho other became an Ignorant man,
And nnught that was good ho did.
Theso princes' descendants you'll And
today
Whcrovor la civilized man;
Tho "I Can't" folks who havo had their
way,
And the pcoplo who say "I can!"
Emma C. Dowd.
Mr. Green' Clnrdon.
Next to the small red cottago whero
Archlo and Nellie King lived thoro was
a largo vacant lot with a high fence
around it. Tho only yard tho Kings
had was a narrow strip back of tho
houso, and as thoy had onco lived in
tho country, this seemed very small
to tho children, and they usod to
peep through tho cracks in tho fence
and wish they could get over thero
among tho weeds to play. Archlo was
nino years old, but a hurt rccolvcd
when ho was a baby had mado him
lamo, and Nellie, who was two ycarB
younger, was almost as tall. Their
father was dead, and Archlo was very
anxious to help his mother, who had
to work hard to support them; but
thero did not seem to bo anything
for such a littlo boy to do except to bo
useful at homo, and ho tried to bo
that. On tho other sldo of tho vacant
lot thero was a shop that had been un
occupied for a long time. Ono morn
ing, when tho children passed on their
way to school, tho door was wide open,
and a tall, rosy-faced man stood thero
superintending tho carrying in of a
quantity of lumber. Ho nodded pleas
antly to them in a way that said quite
plainly, "I liko littlo people. I was
young onco myself." It wns not long
beforo they found out that his namo
was Green, and that ho had rented tho
shop for somo sort of carpentering
won:, uno uny, ,wnen inoy wero ni
play in the back yard, tho children dis
covered somo men cutting down weeds
In the vacant lot. "What do you sup
poso they aro going to do?" nsked Nel
lie. "Build a houso, I guess," said
Archie. Tho prospect of this waB ex
citing, and with the aid of somo barrels
and boxes thoy contrived to got up
high enough to sco ovor tho fence
And thoro was Mr. Green busily direct
ing tho men! Ho saw thom and waved
his hand. "I nm going to havo a gar
den in a short tlmo," ho said. This
mado Archlo think of tho garden they
used to havo in tho country, whero cab
bages and potatoes and all kinds ot
vegetables grow. Ho had helped his
father take caro of It, and ho won
dered if Mr. Green would not want a
boy to weed his. Ho Bpoko to Nolllo
about it, but sho was sure it would bo
a flower garden, for pcoplo didn't havo
vcgotablo gardens In town. This might
be. Mr. Green had not said what ho
expected to raise; but then, flowers
would havo to bo weeded nnd wntercd.
So without saying anything to anyono
Archie slipped over to tho shop next
day. When ho was fairly insldo tho
door his heart almost failed him, and
when Mr. Green looked up from his
desk, whero ho wns writing, and ex
claimed, "Hello! Whero did you como
from?" ho was so startled he came
near running away. Ho didn't, how
ever, but went bravoly up to tho desk.
"I havo como to boo If you don't want
a boy to weed your garden, sir. I
know how, and could do it, nnd I am
anxious to And a place, because thoro
Is no ono olso to holp mother. Nolllo
Would holp, too, and wo'd bo very
careful." Mr. Green looked down nt
him with an odd expression In his
yes, nnd sold: "So you want to weod
my garden, do you? Well, I may need
it boy, by and by, when my crop begins
to grow." Tho children went away for
several weeks, and camo homo lato ono
svonlng. Early next day they ran out
lo seo how Mr. Green's garden was
coming on, and behold! instead of po
tatoes and cabbages, or oven flowers,
Ihoro wero rows of gaily painted
iwlngs. Thero woro slnglo swings,
nd doublo swings, nnd swings to
hold four porsons, nnd somo had awn
ings ovor thom to keep oft the eun.
Tho ground was covered with tnn
bark except nround tho edge, whero
Ihoro was a border of grass, nnd tho
board fenco on tho street had been re
placed by an iron ono with a gate
tbovo which was this sign: "Automat
ic Swing Co." While tho children were
fnzlng at this surprising sight, Mr.
Ureon como walking down botweon
tho rows of swings and nsked them
ho,w thoy liked his garden. Thoy Ilk
ed it very much, Indeed, but Archlo
couldn't help feeling disappointed un
til Mr. Green sold: "I have to bo In
tho shop most of tho tlmo, and I want
somo ono to Btay around her nd lot
mo know when customers como In. Do
you think you and. Nolllo could do,
this? Of courso 'd expect you to
Bwlng a good deal, or that will help
to advortlso." So it happened that all
throufeh tho summer in plecaant weath
er passers-by saw two bluo-oyed chil
dren in n swing near tho gate, and if
nny ono ontored ho was mot by Archlo
with, "Do you want to look at swings?
Wo hnvo somo very nlco ones. I'll call
Mr. Qroen." Tho Automatic Swing Co.
did a good business that season, nnd
ovcry Saturday tho children dropped a
silver quarter Into tholr bank, and oven
Archlo enmo to tho conclusion that for
n town a swing garden wns bottor than
a vcgotablo garden.
MARY P. LEONARD.
A taiy Man' I.ond.
Thump, thump, thud! How many
times it had occurred in tho last fow
minutes that noise! Wlllto didn't
cry, for hadn't grandma called him,
only that morning, "My littlo man,"
and who ovor henrd of a man crying
becauso ho had let fall an armful of
wood? Nevertheless, ho did look so
woo-begono nnd humpty-dumpty-llke,
sitting on tho lowest stair in grand
pa's wall filled woodshed, with his lato
armful of wood scattered about him
liko a "oplll" of gigantic Jackstrawsl
Slowly ho picked hlmsolf up, and caro
fully gathered tho straggling sticks,
making "'most a cord," it Bcomod to
Wllllo. Ono, two, threo stnlrs had
been mounted, when again thump,;
thump, thud! wont his wood, fly in
in moro directions than before "Woll
well, woll!" 'Twaa grandpa's Jolly
volco as ho looked down from tho floo
above. "O, grandpa! I'vo had Jus
tho awfulcst tlmo! Tho wood won'
Btay whoro I put it!" nnd Wllllo's so
ber, upturned faco was mot by grand
pa a smiling countennnco coming dow
tho stairs. "I'm afraid my Wllllo-boyl
has been taking 'a lazy man's load,'
hoy?" said grandpa, na ho Burvoyod the
crisscross sticks on tho floor. "Why,
grandpa, I'm not lazy, am I?" nsked
Wllllo, quickly. "I tried and tried to
curry rb much as you could I did
really and truly!" "Ah, thoro's when
you mado your mlstnko, my boy
Couldn t you hnvo gono a numbor o
times easily with a smallor load, whllo
you wero tugging away with bo
much?" "Y-o-s!" nnsworod Wllllo.
thoughtfully. "Trying to carry too
much of anything," said grandpa, bIow
ly, as ho sat down on tho sawhorso, "Is
what I call 'a lazy man's load;' for a
lazy man always tries to carry every
thing nt onco, for fear ho may tako a
fow useless stops, and by so doing
causes himself doublo work, besides
unnecessary worry and troublo. Had
you taken a smnller lond, you would
hnvo had no troublo In carrying it, and
by this tlmo your wood box would
havo been full!" "Grandpa," nnd Wll
llo put his sturdy littlo nrms rcsoluto
ly about his grandfather's nock, "I'm
tired carrying a lazy man's load, and
shall always carry n smart man's load
hereafter." Then ns ho ran away
wnisumg with what wood ho could
comfortably carry, grnndpa nodded,
"And he'll romomber It, too!"
ADELBERT P. CALDWELL.
Smile on Mo.
A sweet story Is told by Miss Anna
Gordon of a littlo threo-ycar-old "girl,
tho pot of tho household, who camo
down a fow minutes lato to broakfnst.
Sho had ono foot on tho round of her
chair, but was not allowed to climb
up until hor papa had asked tho Mean
ing. Then, as sho looked nil around
her and saw every faco grave and seri
ous, sho thought tho family woro of
fendod, nnd her child's heart was
broken. "Oh, mamma!" sho cried,
with quivering Hps, "smllo on me."
The chlld'B lmpulso was natural. A
smllo means cheer, lovo, sunahlno, nnd
tho cry of tho human heart always Is,
"Smllo on me!" A young girl on her
way to school mot a poor old man on
tho streot corner with flowers to sell.
"I had no pennies to buy flowers
with," tho girl said simply, "but I gavo
him a Bmilo." Tho smllo warmed tho
old man's heart for tho next hour and
softened his hard Hfo with a glint of
happiness. It Is n pity that any one
In tho wholo world should go hungry
for a smllo when a smllo costs noth
ing. With each ono of U3, wo know
how loneliness and heartacho may be
cased and how tho aspect of a wholo
day may bo changed by a kindly
glanco, a friendly look. Let us sec to
It that wo do not withhold this com
fort from ono another. In hoavon God
shall wlpo away tears from all oye.
Let us anticipate hcavon, and make
earth as much Hko It as posslblo by
rcmomberlng tho littlo child's cry,
"Smllo on rac'-Frances Bcnnott Cal
laway. Queer Turtle I'Mhliic
A curious modo of catching turtles
Is practiced In tho West Indies. It
consists In attaching a ring and a lino
to tho tall ot a species of sucker fish,
which Is thon thrown overboard, and
Immediately makes for tho first turtle
ho can spy, to which ho attaches him
self very firmly by means of a sucking
apparatus arranged on tho top of his
head. Tho flshorman then hauls both
turtlo and sucking fish in.
No Candy or Cake.
Tho Cubans nmko no candy to epeak
of, and their cakes aro so high In prlco
that only tho rich buy thom.
Do not nntlclpato troublo or worry
about what may never happen. Koop
In the sunlight. Franklin.
TAMING- WILD BEASTS
ANIMAL TRAINER RECOUNTS
SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCES.
nrad In a Uob'i Month Tha Ilnga
Klnc ot tho Forest Are Hard to
Train and Aro Nevar to 11 o Depended
Upon.
"Extra hazardous" might well qual
ify tho "risk" that would bo placed
with tho namo of a llon-tamcr should
ho havo tho hardihood to apply for nn
accident policy; but tho Intropld in
dividual who putB his head In tho lion's
mouth and chnsea train hflnntit un nnd
down narrow cages does not apparent
ly think so much about these things
ns tho man ot sedentary occuDatlon.
says tho Now York Telegraph. This
was mo opinion of a famous trnlnolv
wno nns been following tho porllou
proicsBion tor twenty-flvo yoars a
wno uibcusscQ tho proa and cons
hla business with cheerful cand
Tho trainer, who has onlv been mil
tho hospital a fow days, exhibited wl
nonchalcnco a bandaged leg whero
noncsa had nipped through a f
inches nbovo tho ankle. Tho saw
animal had bitten him in tho sat
place a few years beforo In Mancht
tor, England. It was evidently a fav
tut in mo nnnunng or animals. JJu
-1 a .
Ing my resldenco in this country tho
last threo years I havo met a number
f Amorlcnna who gavo every ovldonco
f handling animals as fearlessly as
uny men I havo over met; thoy aro not
o patient, perhnps, ns tho Germans,
n trying to teach them tricks, but
they nro very nlert and daring."
"How do you go about tho business
of training lions?"
"Well, tho first thing is to got them
to know you from work in front of tho
cago; go into tho den every morning
and read tho papers my wifo used to
tako her sewing and work an hour or
bo. This is tho early stago before you
ubo a whip. You can't train Hons to
do much; you can urgo thom to run
about tho cago, Jump tho hurdlo and
leap through a hoop. Of courso, put
ting your head in tho lion's mouth is
always n risk and should not be at
tempted unless the animal Is quiet.
You stroko tho beast's back ns you
would that of a cat. This sort of
soothes him and you may tako advan
tage of this fact to qulotly pry open
his Jaws nnd press your head bo closely
to tho teeth ns your courage permits.
Of course, it tho animal Is disposed to
closo down on you nt this tlmo trepan
ning would bo necessary If you over
got out allvo. Personally, I am moro
afraid of a lion's pawB than I am of his
Jaws. Talk about 'upper cuts left
hooks' and that sort of prize-lighting
fancy shotBl A Hon is wonderfully
clever and ho docs It without gloves.
A lion's claws tako hold Hko a fish
hook. A tiger or leopard gives with
tho paws a sldo slash that cuts like a
knife.
"Lions nro fed nfter thoy perform;
that is part of their roward for tho
work; so that the idea that they are
dopy' and overfed when wo go Into tho
cage is a mistake. I would rather
work with Hons nny tlmo thnn ele
phants. They nro such treacherous
nnd powerful-beasts. I havo had their
tusks each sldo of mo thrtiBt through
throe Inches of board and I havo had
'em goring tho ground aB I lay botween
tho Ivories thinking each moment
would bo my last.
"Oh, yes, lions aro cantankerous nnd
hnvo their bad days. Somo ot them
Eccm chronically bad.
"Tho lioness that I am working now
is not a good animal. Tho fact Is sho
has killed and maimed flvo keepers,
not to mention tho horses sho has kill
ed when sho has been on the rampage.
You mny remember, sho got out in
New York four years ago and was
gono two days. I finally caught her
In a stable, whero sho had been dining
a la carte off tho poor horses. A year
go In Kansas City oho killed her last
keeper. I havo not worked with her
for threo years until recently. I
showed you tho result of our first
scrlmmago after my return," nnd the
man pointed significantly to his ban
daged leg."
Hit Ilelaw the Ilelt.
"You and young Chubbloigh don't
speak to each other any more, Ethel,
What is tho matter?"
"Nothing, only ho told mo ono day
when wo wero at tho park that I had
a swanllko nock, and I told him ho haJ
a swanllko walk."
Food In UumIu.
In some parts of Russia tho only food
tor tho people consists at present of
acorns, leaves nnd the soft bark of
trc
ODD MARRIAQE.
A Waddlnt- Fi of Only Tiro Senta
lowed by Ono of tJO.
A Dastor of ono of tho nromlnnnt
churches In Brooklyn, whoso son has
a chargo in this county, had a Strang'
oxpcrlonco about flvo years ago, whJcK
was novor spokon of until recently,
when unlookod for dovolopmwits mado
it consistent to rolato tho incldont Tho,
eiuony clorgyman was at homo ono'
ovonlng, and about 9 o'clock ho hoard'
n quiet knock at tho door. Ho went to
tho porch and ndmltted a rcflnod ap
pearing young man and a girl. Tho
latter suggested modesty, while tho
companion showod tho result ot do
bauchory, but ho novorlholosa gave
cvldenco of intelligence. Tho young
fellow defined tho purposo of their
visit, which was to bo married. Tho
couplo woro rofused emphatically by
tho clorgyman nt first, but finally thoy
submitted to all tho interrogations of
tho minister, and thoro was no appar
ent reason why they should not bo
wed. Aftor tho ceremony tho pastor
wns handed nn envelope by tho groom,
after which they depnrtod on tholr
honeymoon. Tho minister onterod tho
study nnd taking tho gift from his
pockot, oponod it. Tho contents con
sisted of two copper ponnlcs. Tho son,
who wns in college at tho tlmo pro
paring for tho ministry, hopponcd to
bo homo spending a vacation, and was
a witness to all that occurred subse
quent to tho wedding. Ho enjoyed
Immensely tho Joko on hla paront, and
botween shout3 of laughter ho
Informod his father ot tho trou
blo which was suro to fol
low such an nbsurd indiscre
tion. It was at onco presumed to bo
nn elopomont, and doubts wow brought
as to tho nccurnoy of tho girl's age. Tho
father folt somowhat nnnoyod, but ho
wns confldont that ho had hold strictly
to nil tho laws regarding tho perform
ance of tho coromony. Por flvo yoars
nothing wno hoard of tho couplo, and
but a fow weeks ago tho minister
found that ho had not got Into nny dif
ficulty. About tho samo tlmo In tho
evening ho hoard a knock at tho door,
and ho recognized it nt onco. A strango
fcaturo of tho occurronco was that tho
son was at homo ngaln visiting for a
fow days. Tho senior clorgyman hur
ried to tho door and his ear was not
decolvod; tho callor was tho man ho
had marrlod flvo yoars beforo. Tho
young follow, In an unasaumlng man
ner, remarked that he always folt that
tho mlnlstor dosorved an explanation,
and ho announced tho purposo of his
second visit. Ho said that ho was
walking nlong tho streets of Brooklyn
when ho mot tho girl ho married nbout
a half hour boforo ho visited tho par
sonago. Ho continued, stating that
ho figured that sho would not bo worth
moro than two conts to him, and that
tho feeling regulated his fco to tho
mlnlstor. Concluding, ho declared that
sho had proved to ba ot inestimable
valuo to him, and ho qulotly arose and
hnndod tho clergyman nnothor onvol
opo, which contained a check for $50,
payablo at tho Chemical bank. Troy
Press.
AN EMPEROR'S ROMANCE.
In tho study of Kaiser Franz Josef
of Austria, who, by tho way, entorod
his 70th year recently, hangs a framed
but withered bunch of llowors, to which
a romantic littlo story is attachod. A
few weeks beforo tho announcement of
his engagement Knisor Franz Josef
nnd his flancco wero walking botweon
Ischl and Lauftcn, when Bho saw a
meadow bright with gayly colorod wild
flowors. "Walt, I will pick you a
posy," sho exclaimed, and a few min
utes nfterward handed her betrothed a
little bouquet.
Tho futuro Empress Elizabeth took
tho black velvet riband which bound
her magnificent hnlr and tied it round
tho flowers, offering them with a play
ful courtesy to tho kaiser, who kissed
them beforo placing them In tho outor
pocket of his military tunic. Sudden
ly as thoy nearcd Ischl, the kaiser dis
covered that tho precious posy waj
gone.
Somo days aftor, when tho incldont
had been forgotten, tho valet was as
tonished to And that tho lost posy
had been hidden deep down In tho tu
nic pocket all the whllo, and was, as
a natural consequence, so withered that
ho did not Hko to show it to tho kai
ser. As it was equally impossible to
throw nway flowers picked by tho fu
turo kaleerln, ho hit upon tho happy
Idea of pressing thom, with a vlow to
presenting thent to his Imperial master
on tho lattcr'o wedding day.
But In tho whirl attendant on such
nn Important event he forgot his plan
and it was not until tho Kaiser Franz
Josef nnd hla consort celebrated tholr
silver wedding in 1879 that tho old va
let reminded his master ot that long
forgotten day, as ho produced tho with
ered bunch of flowers. Tho kaiser and
kalserln were much touched and a
command was given that tho rollo
should bo placed under glass and fram
ed, so that It might bo hung whexo
the kaiser could always seo It.
Light Houiekeeplng.
"You advertised for a girl for llgtit
housekeeping and-"
"Woll, this Is tho lightest houso in
tho vicinity. It may bo blggor than
soma of tho others, but It's a framo
houso, whllo they're all stone or
brick."
Wncc of London Hill Poller.
London billposters struck for $8.25
per week, flfty-threo hours to consti
tute a weok's work.
It Is not necessary to hnng up a code
of Jienao lavrs In tho Itouw where lov
is dwelling.
