Nebraska Newspapers

    MARY
A Story of English
Life.
By JOSEPH
CHAPTER X. (Continued.)
"Dettor ask tho girl what sho has
really seen," suggested Mr. Taylor.
"Or what iho thinks wo ought to do.
I propo3o wo go tho abbey and And
out what haa frlghtoned her."
'"It wor murder,' sho Bald," re
marked ono of the sloweat nnd most
ilollberato of the natives, "and that
was ono of tho murderer's hat."
"Ayo!" said tho others.
"And Joseph Morloy, hs says
straight out, says ho, that Is Gentle
man Parkof's hat, and we know who
ho bo. If he's up and killed tho black
looking chap as ho como wl' first to
tho Star and Garter, why, I for ono
shan't profess to bo sorry."
"Nor mo If It weren't a felony," said
Morloy. "But mayhap that would
clear tho road for Jack; and I'd pre
fer him to follow mo at tho Star and
Garter, with Mary for his missus, than
sou hor married to tho starchiest no
bloman that over woro a coronet and
a robo of crmlno."
"Morloy la a trlflo flowery," said
Taylor to Wilson; and aB ho delivered
hlmsolf of this declaration, he went
into tho Inner room and left tho com
pany with tholr surmises and their
varied suggestions of what It should
bo their duty to do under the circum
stances. Whllo they wore discussing tho sub
ject over tho last of tho second bowl
of punch tho storm rose In fury. For
a moment It seemed as If the wind
had driven In tho door; but it was not
tho wind only that camo banging into
tho hall and then Into tho room, but
'Squlro Dolllngham's groom.
Beforo any .ono could question him;
ho snid In a slow, lumbering fashion:
"I was taktri a sup at Hark-to-Rovor
on the way hum, for I expected 'Squire
in hauf an hour, and I twos a-rldln'
owd mare In from farm, when wo
hcarn such a hammcrln' on t'road as
you'd a' thowt devil hlssen was rldln'
a race, and wo goc3 to door, and there
In t'moonleot I seed 'Squire's own nag
come tearln' o weet Its main a'most
on ond, Its mouth oppen, Its eyes llko
coals o' Arc! And I out into road, and
I says, 'So ho! So ho, William!' as its
naamo ho knows hlssen by; and ho
pulls up straight, and stands a-trem-blln'
as It ho'd seen a ghost! And I
says as If ho could answer me, says I:
'Whore's tho 'Squlro?' and then owd
man at Hark-to-Rovor, ho brings out
a lantern, and thoro was blood on t'
saddle, and I thowt mayhap t' con
atablo might bo hero and may bo he'd
llko to go wl' mo down t'Harrogato
Road to boo what's up for summat's
- up, that's sartln, and summat awful if
I knows owt of William."
"Tho constable Is not here," Bald
Taylor, "but wo will go with you, some
of us, and seo what can bo done."
"Thank you kindly," said tho groom
tapping on the counter.
Tom answered tho summons with
tho remark: "I reckon missus is a bit
out o' sorts, and guvner, too. What
might it bo, James?"
"A glass o' rum, hot,' said James.
"I reckon mayhap a bit o' Dutch cour
ago mebbo useful, If wo'ro to seek
'Squlro down by t' abbey; for I mok
out o' William that ho hadna' como
far at that paace, secln' as weren't in
no sweat; nnd I alius towd 'Squlro as
I hated that bond 1' tho road, by plan
tation, where they said murder was
dono doant knaw how many years
a gono; and they do say as that's whoro
thoy glbboted t' malefactor, though it
mun been long afore my time. Hero's
looking towards you, gentlemen."
Both Tom and tho company watched
the gnarled, sturdy, slow old groom as
he told his story, drank his rum and
then invited "them as 'ml lolko tho
job" to como and seo what was up.
Wilson and tho rest followed the
'Squlro's man; all oxcopt Tom and Mr,
Taylor.
Tom stood sllontly bohlnd the bar.
Mary was sitting by hor uncle's side,
palo, troubled, tearless, but suffering
great mental agony.
Jack Meadows was on his foot,
watching tho girl and listening to old
Morlcy with acute intorost.
Taylor paused ns ho closed tho door.
"I am an old frlond," ho said, "can I
Jjo of any sorvlco to you, noighbor
Morlcy, or to Miss Lockwood?"
"I was just telling hor," said Morloy
in his piping tones; "I was saying it
will bo of no avail to try and hldo
anything from justice. If murder has
been done, and she holds tho clue, it
Is her boundon duty, ovon If I was tho
culprit, or whoever tho culprit might
bo, to glvo him up."
"You don't know what you Bay,"
Mary answerod. "Ask mo no moro
questions tonight."
Morley stopped aside to speak confl
dontlally to Taylor.
Aa ho did so Mary whispered to
Jack, "I will go to ray room. When
all is qulot, and undo is n-bed, meet
mo under tho balcony on tho bowling
greon. You can do me a great ser
vice." Then turning toward hor uncle
and hl3 friend, sho bade them good
night, said sho was tired, and what
over more sho might have to say she
would Bay In tho morning.
The storm was over. A few of tho
last clouds of the night woro rushlne
away to the north. A bright diamond
like star shone In sweet companion
ship with tho moon.
Jack Meadows stationed hlmsolf be
neath tho balcony, but he could not
' yrevo. his shadow from falling
THE MAID OF
THE INN....
HATTON,
athwart tho footpath, whoro Tom
Sheffield saw It, nd watched It as In
duty bound. Presently ho saw anoth
er shadow upon tho whlto path, and
hanrd Mary speak to her companion.
iuin lay prono upon tho balcony abovo
them.
"Jack you lovo me?"
"God knows It, and to my sorrow."
"I had betrothed uiyBelf to another;
I never can bo his now. Let that bring
mo back to your confidence."
'Mary, when I camo Into the inn to
night, it was to seo you for tho last
time. I am leaving KIrkstall."
'Leaving KlrkBtall! Whcro is your
mother, then?"
"I bovo given her tho farm nnd tho
money; my Undo Luke will seo to tho
business and her brother Is an honest
man. Sho can taka no harm."
"And why art thou going?" sho
nsked, soino of hor old natlvo tender
ness of speech coming back to hor.
"Because 1 cannot live In tho land
whoro another la to wed thee."
"My poor Jack! Then do not go on
that account I'll never wod another;
never wed nt all. But In momory of
our dear old days of friendship, do this
thing I ask of theo. Tonight a foul
deed has been done, nnd I have lived
to bear homo with mo tho ovidonco
that ono I love better than all the
world Is concerned in it. Hush, Jack!
for tho lovo you bear me, listen and
fulfill your promlso that whatever I
could ask you to do for mo you would
do it."
"I am listening, Mary, and I will not
break my word."
"You know tho young no tho young
gentleman, Mr. Parker nay, do not
shrink from me find him, warn hltn,
save him. Tell him all is known, ho
must put tho seas between him and
England between him and me. Toll
him 'twas I who found tho hat with
its bluo ribbon In the bund, and took it
home, and they recognized It at tho
moment I did. Go now; follow tho
mon who arc gono to tho abbey; henr
what thoy say at tho Hark-to-Rovor;
uso your own keen wits, and hunt
down Richard Parker; but only for
Ills good to warn him, to eavo him!
I'll to thy mother, and comfort hor,
and tell her that thou hast bethought
thyself of thy decislou, and that thoro
is no need thou shouldst go."
"God bless, theo, my poor betrayed
love. I'll seo theo no moro until ho is
safe beyond the sea. Good-by!"
Ho kissed her upon tho cheek and
was gone.
"Well, I'm dommed!" exclaimed,
Tom Sheffield under his breath, as ho
slipped from his hiding place and
sought his curious old-fashioned bunk
somowhero beneath tho great stair
case. "Well, I'm dommed! I often
'eard parson say ns devil can put on n
plcaslu' shape for his own ends, and
I dunno as I lvver relghtly understood
It aforo toneet. Ther's that Bandy-
mugged vlllln Foster, as cum wl Gen
tloman'DIck, biggest fool 1' KIrkstall
could see as he war no better nor a
waster, a want-rope, a cut-throat
scour-o'-th-neet; but as for t'other'n,
why, weren't seemingly a better chap
goln'. 'Andsomo Is as 'andsomo does,
that's rcot; but 'andsomo and doln'
everything 'andsomo to boot, that was
Gentloman Parker, a 'earty, pleasant
Bpokcn gent as you'd wish to see, and
Just tho sort, if I'd been a woman
which I thanks Providence I ain't as
I'd ha' gono for straight; just as our
poor lovely Mary have bon and dono.
And then, nil bolng said, lo and be
hold if it don't turn out that he's tho
very Old Nick hlssen, and hav' been
and done n murder! Which fulfills
what Is written, as parson says that
tho devil ho can put It on for his pur
pose, whether It bo a fine hnndsomo
young gentleman, a fisherman, or a
roarln' Hon; but there's one thing,
Tom, you can bet on, as no Judge and
Jury, if so bo It should go ns far, Is
over a-goln' to got out o' you what
you'n 'card this night."
With which earnest comment nnd
reflection, vlth which touch of fore
sight, and warning bond of secrecy,
Tom turned In, and Blept the alccp of
the fearless and just.
CHAPTER XI.
Tho noxt day Mary had been In
ducod by hor uncle, a magistrate, and
tho parson, to tell hor story. Tho
wagor; her walk to tho abboy; how
she had been startled by voices whllo
sho stood by tho elder tree; how sho
had hidden; then mon bearing a body
between them; the hat of ono of them
being blown by tho wind to her foet;
her return homo; nnd her belief that
sho had uecn the hat before. At this
point sho was obduruto, she would not
say whose hat sho thought It was;
sho made no remark whatovor about
tho ribbon fastened near tho buckle.
Old Morloy supplied this link in tho
chain of evidence. Ho was weak, but
honest.
Meanwhile tho constable, inefficient
as wero tho constables of thoso days,
had Investigated tho apparent sceno of
tho murder; tho brokon rope and wlro
across tho road; tho evidences of a
severe struggle; tho truces of blood;
tho marks on the road whero tho poor
horse had made frantic efforts to free
himself from the entanglement which
had thrown him to tho ground; but
the investigation was at fault In re
gard to tho direction of the footsieps
of the raurdorors and their load.
It transpired lat; that tho men bad
maflo a detour with their burden Id
order to mislead tho searchers for the
body.
Two days after the deed, tha body
was found; and almost at tho nmo
tlmo Jack Meadows camo upon Pivikcr
and Foster at the Heather-Boll,
roadside tavern not far from Scarbor
ough.
The meeting was moro or less acci
dental. Tho horses of tho two men
woro in tho stable when Jcck went to
put up his own mare for tho night
Ho thought ho recognized ono of them,
for Parkor bad rlddon a superb animal
into KIrkstall, which Jack had soen
him mount moro than onco at tho
Star and Garter. He wont Into tho
common room of tho small inn, and
thcro snt tho two highwaymen nt sup
per. Parker In an evidently gloomy and
discontented framo of mind.
"Good evening, ecntlemou," Bold
Jack.
"Tho b.lnic to you, frlond," sold Fos
ter, chcorfully.
Parker looked up and could not dls-
gulsa his surprise not to say fear, nt
sight of his rival, tho man whoso
hopes In ltfo ho had blasted.
"I was seeking you," said Jack.
"Seeking us!" oxclalmcd Foster,
starting to his feet.
"Not you," Bald Jack, "this gentlo
man!"
"Oh," said Foster, with n sigh of
relief, for at tho moment It occurred
to him that Jack might bo tho spokes
man of others Htatloncd without and
bont on their capture
"Your time will come, no doubt,
said Jack; "but I am not tho man that
will bring you to the gallows."
Foster stood In nn attitude of self
defense. Dick calmly awaited Jack's
further disclosures.
"What do you moan?" nsked Foster,
hla hand upon his pistol. "Wo uro at
homo here, the landlord Is In our ser
vice. You are one of us, is that what
you wish to Bay?"
"No, I am not ono of you; if I had
not sworn to help you not you!"
turning to Foster, "I would hand you
over to Justlco now, in spite of your
landlord and your pistols, you damna
bio ruffians! There, niaTto tho most of
that, and tako you hand from your
pistol, or I'll scatter your bralus on
tho wall."
Jack as ho spoko leveled a formlda
bio weapon at Foster, leaving Parker
to do what ho pleased.
Foster showod his hands straight,
and turned deadly pale.
"That Is well, you coward," cald
Jack; "I am not horo to arrest you.
I am tho messongor of a hoart-brokon
girl, to save you, Richard Parker, the
nobleman (with a sneer), nnd, out of
my lovo for her, I oxtond tho roprlovo
to your companion."
Foster eyed Jack suspiciously.
"I am that fool, a doting lover,"
wont on .Tnck, "who thought kindness
and devotion would count somothlng
to a woman good conduct, nnd an
honest name. It was for you to como
to KIrkstall and show me what a fool
I was; you, a highwayman, a thief, a
murderer!"
Parker sat llko a otatuo staring at
his rival, whllo Jack flung theso do
nunclatory sentences at him.
Foster moved uneasily, sacking nn
opportunity to attack the passlonata
countryman, who turned toward him
to say, "It you make a movo, bo much
as a handstlr, I'll shoot you! Why lay
another deed of blood on your soul? I
toll you I am not horo to harm you, but
to warn you, because I have sworn to
snvo tho rufllan who has stolon my
placo and robbed me of my life, and
because I am a fool."
"Swear you do not mean to molest
us, or to obstruct our escapo," Bald
Foster in n whisper, "and don't speak
so loud."
"I will swear .nothing to such as
you; If you doubt mo, lenvo tho room
and tako your chanco; this man, your
friend, knows I speak tho truth; his
black heart has whlto enough In it
to toll him so."
"You have said it," Parkor replied
(To be continued.)
Ills Sutnnlo Mnjcaty.
Tho latest phase of tho discussion ol
tho devil Is not an attack upon the
devil's definite existence, but a dofenBo
of his comeliness. Tho popular Idea
of tho dovll, with cloven feet, a forked
tall, and leering countenance, does not
seem to be borne out by scriptural do
Bcrlptlon. Tho Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack,
a distinguished Presbyterian clergy
man of South Carolina, feels that tho
mission of tho dovll is demeaning
enough, without detracting from hla
porHonnl attributes. Tho dovll was
chief among the angclB, therefore must
have had angelic loveliness. Accord
lng to Ezektel ho wan "perfect in
beauty," and St. Pnul rotors to him aa
nn angel of light. Tho dovll thoroforo la
an nngol, with purposes made malig
nant, but with all his original comcll
ncss. There have been painters who
preferred to present him thus, and the
pleturo of tho fallen archangel driven
out of heaven, as described by Milton
recalls n strong man Indignant. At
lanta Constitution.
NeT Zealand Hcennry.
Almost every Now Zcalander Uvea
within sight of mountains or tho
ocoan, or both. Its landscapo show
long ranges and solitary giants tipped
with Alplno glow; thero nro waterfalls
ovorywhere, some of them among tho
flnost In tho world; luxuriant country
side, golden farms, lakes goyscrs, vol
canooa, forests vlth miles of pink
whlto nnd red-floworlng trees In
npilng, am' thorq nro fiords of tho sea
threading their w,ay around the foot of
mountains crowned with glaciers and
perpetual snow. Tho scenory is
synopsis of tho best In Norway, Switz
erland, IUly and EnsUad,
flijrivmvn mn mm? nnnxirn
i in, I I t i. n
win i iniu iv i uu
Manufacturing Capital Inl.fbbraska Shows
Handsome Increase.
OUROOK IS VERY ENCOURAGING
Onu llurenu Iniir n Itrport that He-
tenia Itrnttrknblo 1'rogrMn In the Stste
Court Docket llelnsr Olesred Ml
veil iiieutm Nrbruik Mntterf.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Tho cen
sus bureau has issued a preliminary
report on the manufacturing Indus
tries of Nebraska, showing a total
capital Invested of $71, 978,877, nn In-
..rcaso of 02 per cent sluca tho ccubiis
of 1890, and valuo of products $143,-
98G.127, an increase of G5 per cent.
Other llgurcs nro:
Establishments 5,413 wngo earners
21,471, total wages $11,570,208, miscel
laneous expenses $G,933,718, nnd cost
of material used $102,19G,397.
Statistics for tho thrco cities separ
ately reported follow:
Lincoln, capital $2,608 992, Incrcaso
11 per cent, valuo of products $4,105,-
951, Incrcaso It per cent; establish
ments 252, wngo carnors 1,730, Cost of
matorlal used $2,173,345.
Omaha, capital $34,282,003, Incrcaso
87 per cent; valuo of products $42,
991,870, Increase 2 po. cent; establish
ments 837, wngo earners 7,422, wages
$3,755,810, cost of materials usod $22,-
113,388.
South Omaha, capltnl $16,471,328,
valuo of products $70,080,941, no sub
sequent figures for 1890: establish
ments 139, wago earners 6,600, wages
$3,368,591, cost of material used $01,
277,486. CLEARING UP HIE DOCKET
Supreme Court 1 Cntclilnc Up With It
Work.
LINCOLN, Dec 11. According to
Clerk Herdmnnn ot tho supremo
court, rapid Btrldos aro bolng mndo
In reducing tho slzo of tho docket.
When tho commission bognn work tho
court was about six years behind In
business. If tho present progress Is
continued It Is estimated that tho
dockot will bo cleared boforo tho noxt
session ot tho legislature, which con
venes In January, 1903. It Is noted
thnt tho number of appeals to tho
supremo court nro decreasing, partic
ularly In thnt class of cases which nro
appealed merely to occasion dolay.
When It took from four to six nnd
seven ycarB to roach a enso, mortgage
foreclosures nnd other suits In which
tho adverse party might profit by tlo-
Ing up litigation for nn Indoflnlto tlmo
wero appealed with great frequency,
while other eases, really meritorious,
In which tho average party could not
afford to wait tho tardy action of tho
supremo court, ho would compromise
Instead ot appealing. Now conditions
uro rovorsed. Cases aro seldom ap
pealed for tho moro purposo of delay,
and mcrltorloiiB ones nro usually taken
up with tho result that a better class
of litigation Is being entertained now
than before tho commission's nppolnt-
mcnt.
Iowa Ttnvtillng Mrn Meet.
DES MOINES, Dec. 11. Tho twen
ty-first nnnunl meeting of tho Iowa
State Traveling Men's nssodntlon was
held here, with an nttondnnco of nbout
500 from Iowa nnd adjoining states.
Tho old directors woro ro-olectcd and
W. II. Wheeler and F. E. Haley wero
re-clcctod president and secretary. An
incident of tho convention was the np
pcaranco of A. B. Cummins, who has
long been tho counsel of tho associa
tion.
ClniitM Warden Alert.
THEDFORD, Nob., Dec. 11. Doputy
Gaino Warden Frank Nash and Sheriff
Crow arrested A. L. Loland nnd Harry
Loland on tho Dismal river In this
county, nnd brought them before
Esqulro Wright. Tho boys pleaded
guilty to hunting without a Hcoiibo
nnd each ono wns fined. Thomas
county is a hard plnco for tho poachor,
Kii(rr 1'nrtnry Mint Diiitii
FREMONT, Nob., Dec. 11. Tho
sugar factory at Loavltt closed Its Boa
Bon's work, nftor n vory successful
run. Tho factory has been In con
tlnuoiiB operation kIuco October 1,
and tho dolnys experienced tho first
two BoasiiB hnvo been entirely ah
sent.
Full to Ntitli HI llrnrt.
SUTTON, Nob., Doc. 11. Wen Al
borts stabbed Ed Scott with a dirk,
tho knlfo being nlmod at his heart.
Scott parried tho blow and received
tho knlfo In hlH nrm. It severed the
muscles down to tho bone.
Din Twenty Minute Apart.
FREMONT, Nob., Dec. 11. Isaac II
Drown and wife, Mrs. Barah Brown
died tit tholr homo within half nn
hour. Thoy wero nearly eighty years
of ago. Mr. Brown hnd been In poor
health for years and was attacked with
heart trobulo. A physician was Biun
moned, but when ho arrived ho was
dead. Twenty nilnutos nftor ho wns
again called to tho Brown rcsldenco
and found that Mrs. Brown had Just
breathed her last.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Qiintnlloin From South Omnlitk
nnd KnnmiK City,
HOl'TJI OMAHA.
CATTI.K Tho funnily of cnttlo wna ft
trltlo moro liberal titan It wnn a week
ago. Tho bulk of tho receipt co'i'lnn to
no mndo up of cow-stuff, as cimparn
lively few corn-fed utecrs woro offered.
Anything deslrublo lit the wiy if corn-
fed steers sold without nnioh trouble at
mt ubnut Init week's prkw, but thera
wero no flnltdied cntllo on mile.
Tito cow market wuh netlvi? and the bet
ter grades could bo quoted steady to
strong. Puckers seemed to want nil that
wns offered mid nt a ro?ult salesmen hnd
no trouble to get very tntlsfnetory prli.es.
nulls, calves nnd sinew wero also In
good demand, but there was no particu
lar ctiaugo noticeable In the prices paid.
orforliiK of stockers nnd feeders weio
rather light, ho that good to oholco
heavyweight cnttlo or prime ycnrllnita
sold freely nt strong prices. Thero wns
nn change, however, In either tno demand
tor or tho prices paid for cnttlo cf com
mon quality. Knuga cnttlo wero senrco
In the yards, but tho few thnt did arrive
sold without much chango from tho
prices paid last week. As n goncrnl thin
they llucttintcd nbout tho snme ns Is
noted nbovo for natives.
IIOOS-Hog market was C&lOo higher.
On tho start tho ndvnnco wns not to
oxcccil a nickel, but tho market soon
llrmed up und trading beenmo active.
Cholco heavyweight hoits sold largely
irom jfi.15 to Jfl.25. Oood mixed how
brouRht from 10.10 to 19.15. whllo butcher
weights sold largely from JO.OO to JC.10.
On tho ilrat half of the market tho light
weights also sold freely and ndvine -d
about as much as tho huavywelghts.
Thoy Bold nil tho way from JG.00 down.
BlIHIOr -Thero woro only n fow 'enrs
or fat sheep nnd lambs on snlo and tho
market could bo quoted Jut nbout steady
on anything at all desirable. Packers
took bold In good shape, and It wh not
long beforo anything In their lino had
cniuigod linnds. Wethers nnd yearling
sold as high as J3.75, and somo lambs of
fair quality sold up to Jt.Cfi. Thoro woro
n few fuedcrs Included In tho receipts
today, nnd tho markot was rather dull,
ns few buyers arrived.
KANSAS CITY.
ATTMi Hoof cnttlo. steady; others
strong; cholco export nnd dressed beof
steers, J5.!OffC.70; fair to good, Jl.75fiK.50;
stockers and feedors. J3.008l.5O; western
red Httecrs. J5.00Jifi.25; western rnngo
steers, I3.WW4.SO; Texas nnd Indian steers,
J.OOWt,75; Texas cows, I2.00fi3.75; nntlvo
cows, J2.76ff4.2,.; heifers, J:l.25r..50; can-
mlxrd packers, ?6.X0yC50; light, J5.WO0.35;
pigs. $l.tXKifi.GO.
HOUH-.Mnrliot MTJOe higher; top, J6.00;
bulk of sales. J3.85MI3.R0; heavy, Jll.D01iC.00;
mixed packers. JU.201ia.50; light, J5.50te6.33;
pigs. Jl.6fli.4fi.50.
8IIKH1' AND LAMIIH-Mnrlcot strong;
natlvo lambs, JI.23fH.75; westorn lambs,
JI.0OiM.50; natlvo wethers, JXfiOT(5.00; west
ern wotbers, J3,S5f.l.r.O; western yearlings,
J3.S3fM.5; owes, J2.753.0; culls and feed
ers, J2.OOJj3.25.
HOCK ISLAND WANTS A BRIDGE
Will Aik Control' l'crmWuInn to llullil
nt Mt. Jonrpli,
ST. JOSEPH. Dec. 12. Senator
Cockrell has Introduced In the sonato
a bill authorizing tho construction of
another bridge ncross tho Missouri
river at St. Joseph. Tho structure is
to ho erected by tho Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific railroad. Ofllclals of
tho road have been In Washington
Hovornl days conferring with tho Mis
souri senators In regnrd to tho mat-,
lor and with Congressman Cochran,
who has had tho matter under his
Immedlato charge. It Is estimated
that tho brldgo will cost In tho neigh
borhood of $1,000,000. Tho Inade
quacy of present brldgo facilities 1b
given as tho cuiiho for tho building of
a now structure. Tho Rock Islnnd
now crosses tho river over tho St. Joi
soph & Grand Islnnd brldgo and the
completion of tho now Btructuro will
glvo tho Rock Inland Its own trucks
from Chicago through to 131 Paso.
WILL rURSUE THE GltOUT DILL
,lolm W. Nprlnger Hnjn If l'niaed It Will
lie Vigorously l'ouglit.
CHICAGO, Dee. 12. Hon John W.
Springer, president of tho National
Llvo Stock association, returned from
Washington, whoro on Monday ho had
an lntervlow with President Roobo
velt upqn matters now before congress
nnd in which tho stockmen of tho
country nro Interested. Mr. Springer
expressed hlmsolf ns fully satisfied
thnt tho stock und Irrigation Interests
will recolvo Just consideration. Speak
ing of tho Grout bill introduced In
congress lant week, Mr. Springer ex
pressed himself strongly against tho
sncasuro and saltl;
"Tho dairy Interests havo brought
all their Influonco to boar to socuro
tin Immodluto passage of this bill und
I will not be surprised to scu tho
mensum a law ut an early date"
lied (.'rout Klretn Onirer.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 12. Tho Red
Ciohh society held its annual meet
ing yesterday nnd unanimously re
elected MIus Clara Ilarton president of
tho society. Gonornl John M. Wilson
was elected first vlco president; Mro.
John A. Logun, second vice president;
Lyman J. Gage, treasurer; Richard
Olnow, counsellor; nnd S. W. Ilrlggs,
secretary.
MolClnlrv Cnrrlago Horned.
CHICAGO, Doc. 12. Tho carrlngo In
which President McKlnley rodo when
ho was horo attending tho peaco Jubl
lco celebration in 1808, nnd which
played a conspicuous part In tho Mc
Klnley memorial services, was de
stroyed In n flro onrly todny in tho
livery Btnblos of tho Loroy-Puyno com
pany, 171 Michigan avenuo. Tho flro
was tho result of nn explosion of tho
furnace In tho baaoiuent ot tho establishment.
ADVERTISED BY THE OAM ERA.
English Notcl Vopnlnrltod by l'hoto-
Rrnph ot Mr, tiladatono.
"Joioph Henry Shorthouse, manu
facturer of su'phurlo acid, author ot
'John Inglesant,' 'Countess Evo 'Sir
Porclvnl,' etc." In thl manner a well-
Anown biographical dictionary . Bums
up tho novollst of liirmlnghum, whoso
books aro known, ono may almost say,
whorover tho English langungo is
ppoken. Tho huntllng midland city
has reason to bo proud of hor family
ot clover men. To tho world ot politics
sho has given Mr. Joseph Chamberlain,,
to art sho gavo tho lata Sir E. uurno
Jones, to tho church Archbishop Bon
son, and sho has put tho finishing
touches to hor famo by presenting tho
world with tho author ot "John In
glesnnt." Twonty years ago Mr. Short
nouso wns unknown oxcopt as a manu
facturer of chcmlcnlB, a hualnoss In
which ho bnd taken nn actvo Intorost
for many yenrs. Then n Btory took
form In his brnln and produced
"John Inglesant," a novel which has
had ono or iho most remarkable runs
of popularity on record. Rut, llko
many othor famous books, It did not
Jump Into favor nt onco. It was first
published in Birmingham, tho edition
being exactly 100 cople3. Ot theso
fifty or sixty woro given away bj; tho
author himself, nnd what beenmo of
tho romnlnder history docs not state.
People who had secured tho froo cop
ies said tho book ought to bo pub
lished by somo big London houso, but
tho publishers of tho metropolis
Boomed to think dtffcrontly. Mr.
Jnmen Pnyn, who was roador for ono
firm, rejected It, nnd nnothor publish
er followed suit. Then Messrs. Mnc
mlllan had tho courago pt their convic
tions and printed n small edition, And
now a strnngo thing happened. A
photogrnphor hnd Bitccoodcd In por
Htindlng tho Into Mr. Gladstono to alt
boforo his camera, nnd tbo famous
statesman took hla plnco before that
Instrument of torturo with n book un
der his arm. Tho volumo horo tho tl
tlo ot "John Inglesant," printed in
gold letters In tho usual way, and tho
light hnppenlng to glint upon thoso
two words mndo thorn show clearly In
tho photograph. Tho portrait ot tho
promlor was ono of tho most pleasing
ever takon, and wns published broad
cast over the land, each copy clearly
showing tho title ot tho book, nnd
tho result wa n suddon clamorous do
mnnd for tho work of tho now novol
lst. Mr. Glndstono hlmsolf is roportod
to hnvo said that it was ono of tho
fow worltH of Helton that ovor buc
cccdod in keeping ul.-M out of bed nil
night. London Mall.
THE WANDERING SHADE.
Tukcn l'enp Into thn Noazla of n
Flrn-IIoso.
I was wnndoring down n pleasant,
streot, whon suddenly I camo to n placo
whoro many pcoplo woro gathorod,
shouting and In great cxcltomcnt. Also
thoro woro several Btrango engines
with Bmoko coming from tholr tops,
nnd. mon in black armor and holmets
rushing to nnd fro, whllo other knights
in bluo beat back tho multitude Now
thoro was smoke coming from nn up
stairs window, nnd I wist that It must
bo a fire. Rut whnt Interested mo most
was n long, Bnnkellko tubo which tho
struggling knights toro from ono of
tho vehicles and ran with toward tho
llro. "By Hector and Goe-Whlz!" quoth
I, "but tho spirit lnovcth mo to seo
whnt strnngo modern contrlvnnco this
is!" So I wont forward, took up tho
end of tho tubo nnd squinted therein.
Alas! Even ns I did bo, I heard ono
of tho black knlghtB shout: "Lot 'or
go!" Thoro was something doing. Yes,
verily. Thero wna tho awlshy rush of
a waterspout, and whon 1 enmo to my
self I found I had faded away and that
I was suffering from water on my
ghostly brain. By my lmlldom! Me
thinks tho dovll hlmsolf would not bo
tiafo in tho world nt this dntc. For
nlnck! Things havo mndo n long hike
slnco tho days of Arthur und his Round
Table.
Ton KfToctlvn.
13. T. Abbott, tho civil engineer nnd
contractor, tells a good Btory about a
Gorman sawmill proprietor of his ac
quaintance. Tho sawmill man. used
rofuso from tho nUll for fuel. Tho
machinery wns pretty much hack num
ber, und ono day tho agont for a firm
cama to tho plant, nnd, nftor looking
It ovor, told tho Germnn that ho would
put In new nnd Improved mnchlnory
for about ? 1,000, which would reduco
tho amount of fuel used ono-half. Whllo
tiio tuol cost nothing, It required four
men to provide It, und tho German
wns assured that two men could do thn
iork nftor tho now mnchlnory was In
stalled. It looked llko n good propo
sition, and tho suwmlll man gavo tho
agent tho ordor. A fow months nftor
tho mnchlnory wns lustallcd tho agont
cnllod again. Tho Gorman gavo him
n gloomy stnro. "What'u tho mattor?
Don't tho mnchlnory do nil I clalmod
for It?" asked tho agont. "Yes, abor
I overlook Bomodlngs." "What was
that?" "Vilo It dakes only two mon
to handle do fuel, It (lakes do uddor
two men to haul away vnt vo didn't
uso poforo, nrd a team pesldes." Du
luth News Tribune.
Out at Keu.
Mrs. Gull (ungrlly)-'I heard what
you Bald to that Miss Scamow. Mr.
Gull Heard what? Mrs. Gull Hoard
you say Juat ns plain iib duy, "Moot
mo at tho pier, dearest." Mr. Gull
Oh, ratB! You Just ran Into ono of
thoso wireless messages from thnt
steamer. Judgo.
Last year C00.000.000 foot ot lumber
woro exported from tho Paclflo qonst,
and 300,000,000 fcot sent oast by rail.