MARY
A Story of English
Life.
By JOSEPH HATTON,
CHAPTER XIII. (Continuod.).
Mavy Lockwood looked at lilm, and
then her eyes wandered round the
court
"It Is very painful, no doubt," said
tho judge, turning toward her and ad
dressing her1 in tho midst of sobs that
wore audible frpm moro than ono cor
ner of tho great hall of Justice; for tho
vast concourso was painfully moved;
moved as ono man, as one woman; it
was a relief to thoso who could weep;
Bomo could only sob, as thoy watched
tho gradual broakdown of tho witness,
struggling in tho midst of her grief to
save her lover from tho doom that wub
surely settling down upon him.
"Now, Mary Lockwood," said tho
Judge, "attend to tho question of tho
learned counsel."
"Lot mo bring you back to tho night
when you went to tho abbey. These
men you told us of having passed you,
a hat rolled to your foot "
Counsel paused ns Mary, pushing
back her thick tresses of hair that had
fallen from their bands, said in what
sounded like a now voico a sweet,
strange, confident voico:
"Tho abbey."
"Yes, tho ubboy," ho replied, puzzled
and hesitating.
"Yes, wo Bat beneath tho elder, the
leaveB wero brown, but thero Is no
knowing what you may corao to!"
Sho looked at tho dock, tho Judge, tho
counsel, but it was easy to tell that
sho saw nono of them. Her great blue
oyes seemed to scok something away in
tho distance Tho March wind moaned
in the corridor of the castle. Tho night
was coming on; presently the court
would have to bo lighted up.
"Tho leaves are llko birds when tho
wind blows," sho said, "and, oh, how
peaceful to sleep under tho water, tho
calm river. Good-by, good-by."
As she stepped down from tho box
sho broke out into n fit of laughter
that rang through tho placo and
pierced every heart with grlof. Tho
next moment she had fainted, and was
carried out into tho bleak March air.
K.
CHAPTER XIV.
After a pathetic pauso tho counsel
for tho prosecution roso, and. In a
voico tremulous with emotion, said
"My lord and gentlemen of the Jury,
that Is my case;" whereupon the
learned counsel for tho dofenso ad'
dressed the court for tho prisoner, urg'
ing for him every point upon which a
question of doubt might bo raised in
his favor; but ovorybody felt tho vor
diet was a foregone conclusion. The
prosecution closed, the Judgo charged
tho Jurors, and a verdict of guilty was
quickly found.
The Judge, in passing scntonco, al
luded to the poor young woman whoso
strange presence at tho sceno of tho
murder scorned llko tho hand of Dlvlno
Providence in tho interest of justice,
In pronouncing tho last penalty of tho
law ho left no room for doubt that it
would bo carried out, and tho road
from tho highway outsldo Klrkstall
would shortly bear witness to tho su
promacy of tho law In a nowly erected
glbbot.
Mary Lockwood novor spoko again
with tho directing aid of a balanced
reason.
TLo day before tho oxocutlon thoy
took hor to tho convict's cell. Ho de
Blrcd It. Tho doctors said tho inter
view would do her neither harm nor
good. She was past all hope. Sho had
wandered about tho inn after thoy took
her homo, in an aimless way, now
smiling nt everything that, was said to
her, now bursting out Into a potty rage;
but goncrally ending in a tearful glnnco
at tho questioner, and a sigh of woarl
noss.
Sho took Parker's hand. Sho did not
know him. Ho talked to hor of their
love; spoko of his misery; desired her
forgiveness. Sho alternately smiled or
frowned at him. Presently sho both
laughed and cried.
The warders who wore present at tho
intorvlow wero unmanned; not alone at
tho sight of tho poor, beautiful, mad
girl, but at tho piteous grlof of tho
condemned man, whoso last words
were:
"I welcome tho morrow. I have no
deslro to live another day. seeing what
I seo, hearing what I hear."
Bcforo tho year had passed away, old
Morloy had left tho inn, and had gone
with Mary to live at Meadows' Farm.
Ho had grown old and Infirm almost
euddonly, as It scorned, under tho sad
dening Influence of Mary's mlsory and
derangement. What money ho pos
sessed ho settled in the hands of Mr
Taylor and another trusteo for tho
safe-keeping of Mary in case ho died
bofore her.
Sho becamo a hopeless maniac. Mrs.
Meadows, out of compassion and for
her son's sake, took caro of hor, watch
ed over her, and at odd hours talked to
hor of Jack, who little thought, when
ho had made his disposition for leaving
Klrkstall, that, having found reason
for not going away as sorrowful as
those which had previously decided
him in favor of a life-long oxilo, he
would bo taken away against hiB will
Tho king needed troops. Tho press
gang was busy In many districts of tho
north, and on tho very day of Richard
Parker's execution, a daring company
carried off Jack Meadows and trans.
ferred him in duo course to a vessel
bound under sealed orders for a dls
tnnt part. Jack made but little fuss hi
respect to this reverse of fortune. Ho
jvas permitted, beforo sailing, to senu
MAID
INN..M
OF
n lotter to his mother, in which ho was
allowed to state that ho had takon
service undor the king, and that ho
was glad he had already tnado arrange
ments for a long absenco from Klrk
Btall. Ho enjoined his mother to bo a
mothor to Mary. Ho sent manly if
tender messages to all his friends; and
tho farm, of which ho had been so
proud and had hopo.l to havo Installed
Mary as his wife, know him no moro.
Sometimes Mrs. Meadows thought
Mary had a glimmering of reason, for
sho would often say: "Jack, Jack, dear
Jack!" but Bho only rcpoated tho words
as tho widow had taught her.
Old Morley would wander about with
tho girl who had once been his chief
prldo and dollght; but tho merest boy
In tho village, or the smnllest girl,
could havo outstripped her In any sport
or oxerclso.
Sho had not only lost her gaycty, but
her physical strength, as It seemed.
Sho would walk with her undo over
tho meadows by tho abbey along tho
banks of the Alro, but sho would rest
oftcnor than tho old man himself. Ho,
too, loved to hoar her say "Jack, dear
Jack!" though It had no moro mcnnlng
for her than tho gibbet by tho planta
tion whoro tho abbey murder was com
mitted.
Mrs. Meadows would often say that It
waB a mercy after nil mat Divmo
Providence had taken away Mary's rca
son, since tho man who had worn her
ribbon in his hat was now a shapeless,
awful thing, swinging in dreadful state,
with chains and Iron collar, in tho
wind, as It whistled down tho valley,
Thero wa3 a break In the trees at the
point whero tho strnnglod man swung
to and fro dead, yet living, ns it wero,
dead, yet alive In tho autumn wind and
rain, rattling his chains sighing In tho
rnln, a white ghost in tho winter when
tho snow and lco clung to him and pro
tected him from hawks and vultures
and fixed him In bonds tho wind could
not break.
CHAPTER XV.
A terrible warning, unheeded of
thoso whom it warned, only terrible to
thoso who noed no such Inhuman sign
of tho rough vengeauco of tho outraged
law.
An awful warning If men who need It
had thought of what It meant; but
many a highway robber rodo merrily
by tho grim sign-post, Bnnpped his fin
gers at It and muttered to himself,
Not for mo; there is no troe so high
no irons so strong, that they shall over
swing mo to and fro In the wind."
They would full, somo of theso, to
tho hangman's perquisites nevorthe
loss; thoy were either too bold, too
reckloss, or u womau was in tho enso
or what not. For all that, Justlco won
no victories by her scarecrow.
As tho birds of tho field will feed bo-
noath tho empty coat, tho Btraw man
of tho farmer, so wero thoro highway
men who would sit beneath tho glbbot
and divide tholr spoil, or pass around
tho bottle.
But It was a fearful business, this In
human, awful thing, for nervous
women and girls, for old men and
young, obliged to travorso tho king's
highway sometimes at night, always in
tho day; this ghastly suggestion of a
human creature wnrrlng with tho ele
ments and tho birds of prey, attacked
by tho carrion crow, and worn nt last
Into exhibitions of Its weather-beaten
nakedness.
Old Morley, and tho men who saw
Mary come homo that autumn night
from tho abbey, had strango visions of
tho bright, gay young travelor who
had Jested with them, who had fished
In tho river, who hnd played bowls on
tho green; and it was llko a nightmare
of an untimely resurrection tho figure
In Us rough tarred swaddling clouts
hanging by Its Iron collar, walling with
tho wind and rattling lt3 chains In tho
tompcat.
In tho second winter, after tho set
ting up of tho Inhuman sign on tho
Klrkstall road, Mary Lockwood had,
so old Morloy and Mrs. Meadows
thought, given signs of awakening rea
son; but tho hopo in which thoy fondly
indulged aroso simply from tho fact
that Mary's constitution was utterly
breaking down.
Sho had grown qulot, and thoy In
their Ignorance said thoughtful. Sho
walked less, and sat longer by the win
dow, looking nt the sky.
Whon tho snow came and silence
reigned over tho lnnd, sho smiled nt
tho white Unices ns thoy foil, and held
out hor thin hand tp catch thorn, and
would seem to wonder that they disap
peared. Then canio Christmas Eve.
Tho now landlord of tho Star nnd
Oarter would Insist that Josoph Mor
loy should como to the Inn and sip ono
glass from tho wassail bowl In tho old
Inglonook, nnd meet tho friends who
sorrowed with him and held him In
honor nnd respect.
Mrs. Meadows urged him to go. Sho
nover kept these feasts, now that Jack
had left her. It would contont her to
spend tho evening with her brother
who was an invalid, nnd tench Mary
to call their beloved by his name
tholr denr Jack for tho widow had
long since forgiven Mary tho part sho
had played In his voluntary exile, nnd
had come to regard her as a poor for
lorn daughter, no sympathetic memory
lingering In her mind of tho rival who
had exp.atod his crimes on tho gal
lows.
She tried to forget this shadow upon
THE
THE
hor son's affections, and would sit fot
hours and talk to Mary of her lovel
and of tho tlmo whon ho might re
turn.
Old Morley wont to tho Inn.
Tho talk was of tho old days when
Morley was the landlord.
Tom waited upon him hand and foot.
Mr. Taylor proposed his health in
somo touching words of remembrance,
glancing only at tho fatal shadow
Which had fallen upon his old ago, and
enforcing tho moral that they must all
bend to tho decrees of Providence.
Old Morley sat and smiled in a
mournful way nt tho kindly efforts of
his neighbors nnd friends to comfort
him.
Thoy hnd sent for him in a chalso,
nnd promised Mrs. Meadows to seo him
eafoly to tho farm In tlmo for her, and
him nnd Mary, to hear tho Christmas
bells begin to ring; for, although tho
bells wore few nnd tho rlngore wore
not experts, they did manage to "salute
tho holy morn" nt Klrkstall, nnd It was
good, they thought, for tho sorrowful,
ns well as tho gay, to hear tho glad
tidings nnd to bcllevo In thorn.
But the bells, It they rang for Mary,
rang In heaven.
Sho heard them no moro on earth.
(To bo continued.)
CORONATION FLOWER.
Mly of the Vnltey, Alexandra Favorite
May Ho Choann,
Thero seems good roaBon for sup
posing that tho lily of tho valley,
which has always been tho favorlto of
Queen Alcxandrn, will tako n very
prominent place In tho coronation
decorations next June, says the Lon
don Telegraph. It is in that month,
ns it happens, that tho bloom Is at its
best out of doors. As it happens, tho
lily of tho valley can, in theso dnys
bo had to almost any extent, and at
any tlmo of year, owing to a system
of forcing which, by a curious coinci
dence, wns first practiced in this coun
try on tho king's estate at 8andrlng
ham. A Dutch cultivator of consid
erable roputo set up tho first "factory"
at Derslngham, nttractod thither by
tho consideration that tho soli closely
rosembles that in which bulbs nro so
successfully cultivated In Holland.
What ho did was to Import "crowns,"
as they wero termed, nnd then, by tho
utilization of artificial heat, to bring
them to the flowering stago ns and
when desired. So well understood Is
tho prnctlco 1q this respect that tho
Illy of tho vnlloy may bo made to
bloom to ordor, and tho Initiated
know not only tho day, but tho hour
whon tho process will bo completed,
On tho other hand, by means of cold
storage, tho stock of crowns can bo
kopt in nn undeveloped stato for a
long while, so ns to bo always ready
for drawing upon as circumstances
arise.
Juno bolng tho month of roses, thero
was somo anticipation that theso
would bo regarded as tho coronation
flowers; but tho facts outlined above
mako it plain that tho very general
employment of tho queen's favorlto
would bo not only a graceful compli
ment to her majesty, but would havo
tho charm of novelty, besides present
ing no serious difficulty. Out of soason
tho Illy of the valley Is still company
tivoly expensive, but thero can bo llt
tlo doubt that, with the long notice
which Is given, and with tho induce
ment which is held out to everybody
who has a garden to add to tho avail
able supply of theso dollcato flowers,
noxt June, tho rango of values at tho
coronation ought to bo anything but
exorbitant.
They VM Step nn the Hose.
Tho mnn in tho stablo door gavo
tho hoso a jork, but before it cleared
tho sidewalk tho woman had landed
on it with both feet.
"Wouldn't that Jar you?" grunted
ho, with another tug, according to tho
Now York Times. "I nover could
understand what makes womon so
crazy about stopping on hoso, nny
way. I've been attending to lawns
and gardens and sidewalks for a good
many years nnd never yot havo I seen
n woman go past whllo tho hoso was
stretched across tho pavoment that
sho didn't plnnt both feet on It and
teeter around for awhllo Just for ex
crclso.
"What plonsuro tho habit affords
thorn I can't for tho life of mo seo. I
uso to think that tho practlco lndlcat
cd a remnant of childish playfulness
und that they were bo disporting
themselves Just to see tho water play
out in nn extra spurt, but I've noticed
lately that they novor oven look at tho
fountain end of tho tube, bo Ivo como
to tho conclusion that they know all
that thumping will Injure tho hoso
nnd so perform their littlo stunts out
of sheer deviltry. But whatever tho
catlso of tho practice, It certainly Is a
fact that nlue-tcntliB of tho women
passing nlong tho streot cannot resist
the temptation to stop on the hose,"
f.oMt thu Fourth of July.
An Incident occurred during n sura-
mor voyage of thu army transport
Hancock, which will not soon bo for
gotten by tho dlbtlngulshed party of
American ofllclals then en routo to
Manila. It nil catno about through
tho speed of tho trim transport nnd
thu accepted livs laid down In the
Gregorian cn'ondnr, Tho Huncock
mado a record run from San Francisco
and arrived at tho ono hundred nnd
olghtloth meridian on tho night of
July 3, and, as usual, ono day was
lost In tho crossing thereof. In this
case tho day lost was Independence
day, July 1, and theroforo no colobra-
tlon could bo hold.
Tho man who hesitates may bo lost,
but tho man who never hesitates la
hard to find.
mm
An
t
Aged
farmer Takes Ills Life by
Means of a Ropo.
DESPONDENT OVER LOSS Of WIFE
Coat In faying Quantities Sulci to Hv
lleen Dlieorered In Sewnrtl County
Jtebulldlug of th Wlntlde Mills Mil
tlaneuut Nebraska Matter.
GRAND ISLAND, Nob., Dec. 31.
Feeble of body nnd mind, aged con
siderably beyond tho allotted threo
score and ten and utterly dlsconBlnto
Blnco tho death of his wife, which oc
curred but three weeks ago, August
Hcssel, Br., went to tho barn nnd
hunt; himself. His body was found
several hours later by his son, Aug
ust, Jr. The old man had left tho
Iioubo at about 9 o'clock In tho morn
ing, presumably to go to a neighbor's,
nnd when tho dinner hour arrived
nnd ho was not nresont tho other
members of tho family thought noth
ing of It.
Tho young men wqnt to tho flolds
to bring- In fodder for tho cattle. Upon
returning, and nt dinner time, they
put up tholr horso3 In nnothor stable,
tho ono In which tho man hung hlm
Bolf being n granary and vehicle nnd
implement bam. In tho afternoon n
neighbor named Flshor returned n
hay rack ho hod borrowed nnd dur
iug a conversation n trado wns sug
gested between tho two over a sowing
mnchlno and a buggy. August Hcs
sel, Jr., proposed to tako tho neighbor
Into tho barn to seo tho buggy In ques
tion, but found tho door hooked on tho
Inside. Another .door was resorted to
nnd this appears to havo been prodded
Bhut. But n vigorous push opened It.
Tho father was found hanging to a
boam, death having evidently resulted
from strangulation. Tho body was In
such a position that tho old man could
easily havo saved himself by stopping
on an ndjacont railing, from which ho
evidently Jumped after having fasten
ed tho rope.
COAL FIELDS N NEBRASKA
Vein ol Dusky Diamonds Jleporteri
l'nylng Quantities.
LINCOLN, Dec. 31. It is roportod
here that coal In paying quantities
has boon dlscovorod near Mllford In
Seward county. According to tho In
formation, tho voln is bovcu fcot wldo
and is found 2G0 fcot bolow tho sur
face.
"Tho dlscovory of coal 1b causing
considerable oxcltomcnt among tho
farmers near Mllford," said J, D. Gago
of Soward county. "Sovcral traces
havo been found in tho neighborhood
In recent years and thero has always
boon a strong belief that thoro was
paying coal somewhero boncath the
surface. Tho voln was found by farm
ers four miles south of Mllford. They
havo been drilling for Bovornl weeks
nud tholr efforts woro rowarded by
unmlstaknblo ovldouco of tho exist
ence of n vein at least sovon feet wide,
and thoy say thoy haven't reached tho
bottom yet."
Sovcral weeks ago a small voln of
coal was Tound near Swcdoburg in
Saunders county und nn application
for tho state s Btandlng roward was
promptly filed In the governor's office.
Tho discoverers nro Btlll at work over
their supposed trensuro und hopo to
establish the fact that their proporty
can bo mined at a profit.
Panto nt Uhrlitmat Kntertiilnment.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb,, Dec. 31. At
Holn's school houso at a Christmas col
obratlon Snnta Clans' robo of cotton
batting caught 11 to and In tho oxclto
mcnt that followed other trimmings
of tho tree and building woro Ignited.
Tho school houso wns crowdod nnd
thoro wns nn Immediate panic. Evory
window nnd door was at once a placo
of egress nnd tho room wub cleared
wonderfully quick.
Hlionts Top of lUltd Off.
WEST POINT, Nob., Dec. 31. David
Elliott of West Point committed 'buI
clde. Ho waB tho fnlhor of James C.
ISUlott, editor of tho West Point Re
publican, and stood high In tho com
munity. Ho hnd lived hero u year,
.moving his fomlly from Pennsylvania.
Ho was found with tho top of his head
shot off. No cause In assigned for
tho deed, llo wnu woll-to-do nnd on-
Joyed pleasant family relations.
ffvcuty Year Married.
SURPRISE, Nob., Doc. 31. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Woodruff celebrated tho
sovonttoth annlvorsury of tholr mur-
rlcd llfo December 28,
Hnrtra I'oUoncd.
COLUMBUS, Nob., Dec. 31. Corn-
stnlk poison In assigned as tho causo
of tho death of flvo horses belonging
to O. L. Baker on tho Forrest Mer
rill farm, northwest of tho city.
Die Very Suddenly.
GREELEY, Neb., Dec. 31. O. W.
Joffors, n brothor of ox-Senator Joffors,
died suddenly. Thero aro nllegatlons
that ho took poison, cither by mistake
or with suicidal Intent. Thero will
probably bo au investigation.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
TAtcit Quotations From South Omaha
nml Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle Thoro was a good average sup
ply of cattle nnd us the demand wns also
In good Htm pa the market ruled netlve
nml steady to strong prices were paid for
nit desirable grades of beef cnttle. Buy
ers were out enrly nml rode fast, so thnt
the hulk of tho offering wns out of first
hntvda In good Hensou. There wero quite
n few leef steers Included In the receipts
this inomlnK nnd some of them were of
very fnlr quality. I'ncker took hold In
good nhnpo nnd the market could snftly
bo emoted strong und netlve. Kven the
short-rod cattle sold without dlmculty.
The detnnnd for cow stuff wn also of
literal proportions and the prices paid
looked strong ns compared with those In
forco nt the close of last week. Hulls of
good quality nls.- mot with ready sale nt
good, strong prices, nhd the same could
tio eakl of cnt calves nml stags, 'mere,
wero only few stockcrs nnd feeders on
snle nnd anything nt nil desirable was
picked tip nt an early hour nt strong
prices. Tho demand for tho cnttlo show
ing flesh nnd quality Is larger man uio
supply,
llogs-Thero wns not n -micumriy
heavy run of hogs, so thnt sellers hnd a
good opportunity to put on n little. The
advance, however, wnn very unoven, nnd
while somo cases looked lo higher nml
In some ciish more, other sales did not
seem to 15 iinv mote than sternly. The
market, however, was active nnd tho
hulk of the offerings wns soon disposed
of. The mnrket could, porlmos, liest bo
desorllxM by culling It close to iv dime,
higher. Tho hulk of the heavyweight
hogs sold from 5.W to K.75. Memum
weights went mostly from J0.30 to $4.60,
Sheep There was n fair run or siteep
unit lambs, nnd although ChUngo was
reported 10ftlSc lower, the market nt this
point wns very netlve and stronger prices
wero paid. It was very ovkieni mm
itaekers wero anxious for supplies, nnd
thero did not seem to bo enough on snlo
to meet their demands. All last wK
tlm supply was not adequate to the do-
mund, so that packer are hungry for
tKjtli sheep and lambs,
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Market lOlflSo higher; cholco ex
port nnd dressed beet steers, KOOyC. iO;
fair to rood, J4.7Mf5.90; stackers nnd feed
ers, j:t.0(W4.60; wrtstcrn reu steers, n.ww
6.00; western rango steers, $!.6Mi1.00;
Texas and Indian stterH. HSOStB.M: Toxnu
cows. tl.W'M.80; native cows, 3.26tf3.t6;
heifers. $3.vlffi.50; dinners. J1.G0U2.M;
bulls, l2.MW4.2fi; calves. n.35ffr.t0.
1 logs-Market MtlOo higher; top. ?G.!X);
bulk of sales, 0.1Mitl.7(; heavy, U5TiC.!W;
mixed packers, HU01J8.8S; light,
0.S0; pigs. J4.2MiC.CO.
SheepMarket strong; fed Iambs, Jt.ziw
r..75; fed wolhers. U755R50; yearlings, $1.00
1H.7!i; ewos, 3.2ilf3,75; culls and fcedcru,
1.75U3.50.
JOSEPH HARTLEY IS LIBERATED
1'unirg from renltoutlnry on rnrdon
llrought From Hot. Havwe.e.
LINCOLN, Nob., Jan. 2. Ex-Stato
Trousuror Joseph S. Bartloy loft tho
stato penitentiary Tuesday evening a
frco man, after serving nearly tlvo
years of a. twenty years' sentence,
after conviction for embezzling Btato
funds. Governor Savage commuted
his sentence to tako effect Tuesday
night nnd tho governor's orders woro'
Immediately carried into effect.
Prlvato Secretary R. J. Clancey went
to Mr. Hartley's resldonco nt 7 o'clock
and handed to tho wtfo and children
n commutation of sentence and a dis
charge. Mrs. Burtloy, accompanied by
hor young Hon and hor daughtor, India
nnd Charles O. Whedon, wont to tho
penltcnMary and roturncd with Mr.
Hartley. The trip was made in Mr.
Whedon's enrriage.
Mr. Bartloy was taken to his homo
on Houtn aevonteontn street, nnu
within a Hhort tlmo ho wnB over
whelmed with congratulations of
frlondB. Theso expressions came In tho
form of tolograms and tnlephono mes
sages and many persons cuncu to
shako his hand. Ho spoilt Now Year's
day with his family nnd partook of a
Now Year's dinner at his homo.
Tho nrrcst and Imprisonment of Mr.
Bartloy In tho Douglas county Jail
dates from Juno U4, 1807. Not until
nftor tho supremo court had alllnned
his sentence was ho taken to the pen
itentiary, That wub on July C, 1898.
Counting tho time ho was In Jail and
tho good tlmo ullownuco his sentence
ulrcady served amounts to four yours,
six months und bovcii days. Ho was
paroled July 13 by Governor Savngo
and at thu request of the republican
stato convention waB roturncd to tho
ponltcnU'iry July 28.
Tho sceno nt his homo when Private
Secretary Clancey presented the dls
chnrKC wns extremely uffcctlng nnd
tho liberation caino as a complete sur
prise to the family.
Itfhrlng Nra Nnul DlfTerniieei,
THE HAGUE, Jan. 2. M. Komaroff,
tho Russian chamberlain, has handed
to Prof. Assor, ono of tho Dutch mem
bers of tho permanent arbitration
court and arbitrator of tho tlulms of
American settlors for thu Holzurc of
tholr vchboIh by tho Russian govern
ment about six yours ago, RubbIu'b re
ply to tho last noto of tho United
States on tho Hiibject of tho Boring
sea seal fishing differences.
Hatch of Hills Introduced.
ALBANY, N. Y Jan. 2. Tho gen
oral iiHsombly convened In annual scs'
slon. S. Fred Nixon was re-elected
speaker of thu houso, and tho other
republican caucus nominees of tho
houso, ns woll iih thoso of tho sonato,
wero elected. Tho annual mcsaugo of
Governor Benjamin B. Odoll, Jr., was
dollvored to tho legislature. After tho
reading of tho governor's moHsugo a
number of bills woro Introduced, and
then thu legislature adjourned,
DECORATIONS IN METALS.
Modern Dcdgni Inclhrtn Small Objects
to Ornament Drawlng-ltoom.
Nothing probably in moro marked at
tho present tlmo than the tondoncy to
introdtico tho motnlB Into Interior dec
oration, copper being nt present a fa
vorlto. Tho extension of the oloctrlo
light has created a demand for light
hand-wrought fittings In metal, from
which tho usa of that material has
been extended to fire screens, stands,
or trays, flower and lamp standards.
and to all tho hundred and ono small
objects that crowd tho modorn draw
ing room, sayn the Architectural Rec
ord. So far as tho architect Is con-
corned, ho Is affected by tho increased
uso of metal In the furnlturo of doors,
in tho fittings of all kinds of win
dows, In grilles in and about tho
fireplace, Is In hoods, blowors, basket
grates, fire dogs, etc., ns woll as in
tho uio of raotal moldings to incloso
marble or tllo linings. Occasionally
small doors nro cased In beaten plates
of metal, and, In fact, thoro Is no
reason why. with tho constantly ln
creasing moans of cheap production
and working of tho motals, the prnc
tlco should not bo further cxtendod,
ns In tho coverings of piers, Jambs be
tween ranges of Btnall windows, ceil
ings, nnd other suitable places. Wo
know that in tho ngo of Homer great
effects wero obtained by tho motnl
II nod interiors of tho Hall of tho
Chieftains, whllo from Asyrlun exca
vations havo been recovered wonder
ful specimens of metal appllod to
doors. Motnl used for casing pur
poses In the present day requires to
bo very thin, nnd Is best mounted
on a thin wooden foundation.
BEAVER-TAIISOUP.
Michigan I.titnber( Camp Delicacy Thnt
l'leaioil n Mnrylnnder.
"Although I am a Marylandor, nnd
an eastern shoro ono at that," Bald
Chnuncoy F. Ruynor, "nnd consequent
ly know what good things to oat are,
I want to tell you that I'll havo to
tako off my hat to tho lumber camp
cook of tho upper Michigan peninsula
as tho discoverer, fabricator, and dis
penser of n dish that knocks tho east
ern shoro ctilslno silly. And that rara
lumber camp dish Is boavor-tall soup.
"I wbb with Colonel Park of Colum
bus, Ohio, dcor hunting in tho Rainy
lako region of Michigan ono fall. Wo
lived at n lumber camp boarding
shanty. Thoro wero signs of boavor
at tho upper end of the lnko, and a
trappor succeeded In trapping ono of
tho wily dam bulldors. Whon tho
beaver was brought Into camp tho
cook went nenrly wild. And so did
tho lumbermen whon thoy hoard tho
news. All becauso they had been
trying to trap n boavor for wooks
not for Its fur but for Its tall, nn
thoy wero pining, thoy onld, for beaver-tall
soup. The cook took that broad
appondago of tho boavor, mallod llko
nn armadillo, took from it tho under
lying bono nnd moat, and from it
mado such a soup as novor enmo from
any other stock at tho beck of tho
most export and scientific chef that
ovor put a kettle on. Wo could do
tho samothlng, and porhaps hotter, on
tho eastern Bhore, but wo lack ono
tiling. Wo hnvon't got tho beavers to
yield us tholr tails." New York Suu.
rrnpnrlng tho Impromptu.
Great orators havo generally rofusod
to spoak on tho spur of tho moment on
Important themes. Demosthoncs, tho
king of orators, would novor sponk In
a public meeting without provlous
thorough preparation. Daniel WobBter
whon onco pressed to spenk on a sub
ject of great Importanco, rofusod, say
ing that ho was very busy, ana hnd no
tlmo to master It. Whon n frlond
urged thnt n fow words from him
would do much to awaken public at
tention to tho subject, ho replied: "If
there bo so much weight In my words
it is bccnuBO I do not allow myoolf to
Bpcak omany subject until my mind la
Imbued with It." On ono occasion,
Wobstcr mado n remarkable upeoch
without notes beforo tho Phi B'ota
Kappa Society at Harvard university,
whon a book was presented to him.
Aftor ho had gono, n mnnuscrlpt copy
of his eloquent "impromptu" address,
carefully wrltton, wns found In tho
book, which ho had forgotten to tako
away. Saturaay Evening Post.
Unlucky Tlilrtecen,
A curlouB lncldont occurred In con
nection with tho roynl Journoy from
Balmoral to tho South. Tho Duko of
Athol traveled from Dtinkold to Perth
with the Intention of awaiting tho ar
rival of tho royal train. in conso
quonco of a delay on tho Highland rail
way tho train by which It In grace trav
eled was dotalncd, nnd tho Duko did
not reach Perth until n fow minutes
nftor tho royal party. Tholr majesties
had by this tlmo sat down to dlnnor
In tho Station hotel and tho Marquis of
Brcadalbnuo had been asked to dine.
As Boon as tho Marquis wub mndu
nwaro of tho Duke's arrival ho In
formed his majesty, nnd Btiggestud that
his grace should also Join thorn. Some
of tho ladles, howovor, pointed out tho
fact that tho Duko would mako tho
party ono of thirteen. Tho Murqula of
Broadalbano promptly offered to sacrl-
flco himself, nud with his majesty's
pcrmlBslon rotlrcd, the Duko of Athol
taking his place. Loudon Express,
Hreedlng I'lnuu of Cholera,
Tho marshy ground of tho Gangos
delta, with Its vast masses of vegota
tlon, decaying under a tropical sun, Is
tho nntlvo homo or tho cholorn. In that
pestilential region tho cholorn nnd
plaguo aro found every year and all
the year round.
Trnyor should sound of "thank you"
as much as of "please."