THE NEBRASKA ADYERTISEB
W. XV. HANUKICS I'ublUhfir.
NEMAHA,
NEHRASKA.
A RAINY DAY.
Kinder Itko a ntormy tiny, take It all to-
KetJjT;
Won't believe I'd want It Jeat only pleasant
weather;
If th ky wan allcrs blu, guest I'd b
compUilnln',
And a ooHtcrln' around, wlahln' It waa
raltiln'.
I.lko f ntormy mornln' now, -with tho wa
ter (tannin
From the eaves and from tho Bpout.t, foam
In' nnd n-sphtahln',
"With tho leaves and twlps around, slilnln'
wet nnd drlppln',
Hhakin' In the wind with drops cvery-whlch-way
aklpppln'.
I.lko ter seo tho jruatn of rain, where therc'ii
naught tcr Hinder,
tt:Ul acroat tho Ileitis and como "apat"
(ifralnBt tho winder,
Btrcakln' down along- the panes, flootlln'
nlllH and IcdRCfl,
Makln' llttlo fountnlns-lllco In tho Hash's
cdeon.
Llko tor flee the brooks and pontls dimpled
up all over,
TAkc ter wo tho tH'inon-'n Hhlnoon the bend
In' clover,
I.Ike ter see tho k-ippy ducks In the pud-
(11 en tmllln',
And tho Htuck-irp rooster all tfrciKRlod wet
and trallln'.
Hut I like It beat Inside, with tho flro a-
Kleamln',
.And myHolf, with chores nil done, HCttln'
round ami dreamln',
With tho kitten on my knee, and tho kot-
tlo btimmln',
And tho raln-dropH on tho roof "Home,
Hweet Homo" a-driimmln'.
Kinder llko a ntormy day, take It all to-
Kcthor,
Don't bollovo I'd want It Jest only pleasant
weather;
If tho sky was idlers blue, guess I'd bo com-
plnlnln',
And a poHtorln around, wlnhln' It was
ralnln'.
Joo Lincoln, In L. A. W. nullctlu.
An Army Wife
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.
Copyrighted, 1896, by 1;. Tennyson Ncely.
SYNOPSIS.
Chapter I. Kannlo McLane, a youiiK
widow, Is Invited to visit tho Oraftons
ut Port Sedgwick, Hor sister tries to .ills
suado her, as Randolph Merrinin (whom
alio had Jilted for old McLane) nnd his brldo
uro stationed there.
Chapter 11. Fannin McLnno's wedding
c'iiiibch family feeling. A few months Inter
Hhc, whllo travollng with hor husband,
meets Merrlnm, on his wedding trip.
Chapter III. Somo tlmo previous to this
Merrlam hud gone on a government sur
vey, fallen 111, nnd hnd been nursed by Mrs.
Tromnlno and daughter Florence. A hasty
noto from Mrs, McLunc'a stepson takes
lilin to the plnlus.
Chnpter IV. Young McLnno dictates to
Mcrrlum n dying incnHage, which Is sent
to Parry (a young Chicago lawyer and
brother-in-law of Mrs. McLane). Reply
muibph Merrlam to swoon. Ho Is tnken to
tho Tremalno's; calls for Florence.
Chapter V. Engagement of Florence
Tromnlno 'to Merrlam Is announced; wed
ding shortly follows.
Chnpter VI. Mr. Mcl.ano Is mysterious
ly alidt In San Francisco. Merrlam Is
greatly excited when ho rends account In
papers. Whllo still In mourning Mm. Mc
Initio prepares to visit Fort Sedgwick.
Chapter VII. Mrs. Mcl.ano nrrlvca at
tho fort. Merrlam Is startled at tlio news,
nnd ho and his wlfo absent themselves
from tho formal bop that evening.
Chapter A' 1 1 1. Mr. and Mrs. Merrlnm
pay their respects to tho widow on an
livening when sho would bo sure to havo
many other callers. When the call Is
returned Merrlam Is away, and his wlfo
plends Illness as excuso for not seeing
Iter. Mrs. McLane receives telegram: "Ar
rested, Chicago. Your undo stricken par
alysis. You will bo summoned. St'ouro
pnpers, othcrwlso lose everything. C. M."
Sho faints and Is revived with dllllculty.
Chapter IX. Mrs. McLnno desires to seo
Merrlam. Grafton persuades htm to go,
Jut tlio widow postpones tho meeetlng till
next noon.
Chapter X. Florence lenrns Merrlnm
has been to seo Mrs. Mcl.ane, and In a
storm of passion will not allow him to ex
plain. Shortly after Merrlam la Intercepted
by Fannie Mcl.ano as ho Is passing through
Grafton's yard. Florence witnesses tho
mooting, which sho supposes has been pre
ni ranged.
Chapter XI. Mrs. McLane begs Merrlnm
for papors glvon him by her stepson, but
which ho tells hor wero all forwarded to
Parry. Merrlam Is seriously wounded In
light with greasers.
Chnpter XII. Florence, Ip her deep dla
nppolntmout, leaves her homo In tho night
for hor father's houso nt the cantonment.
Chapter XI II. Three pergonal telegraph
mossages como for Merrlam from Parry.
Latter Is notified of Mcrrlnm's mishap
miles from posts. A dispatch from hor law
yer, on hlii way to tlio fort, together with
account of serious Injuries to Merrlam
account of serious Injuries to Merrlnm,
L-ntitfvs Mis. McLnno to faint.
Chapter XIV. Merrlam la brought In In
tho ambulance, Inquires for Florence, but
gets only nn evaslvo answer, doctor fear
ing nows of her (light may prove fatal to
him.
Chnpter XV. Just about noon, wit on tho
hospital nttendant was away at dinner,
Mrs. McLnno Hteals in on Merrlam. What
follows Is thus described;
CHAPTKR XV. Cn.vri.Nu:u.
lie wns linlf asleep, half awake, In
tthut helplessly lot barrio statu that
MccuiK to possess tuoHt temperaments
nftur subjection to the Influence of mor
phine. He was conscious of no pain, no
MirenuKH, conscious of nothing hut tluit
longing for the coniliij of I'lorutiocuiid
it wondering ns to tlio time of nljflit or
tiny. He remembered half opening his
ryrs unci xeclng Hop blinking hi mi wtity.
ehnlr by tlio bedside, ntiii thru noticed
that it wuh In tliesittfe room-- thogitct
room he wax lying, iiiul h- thotiltt It
must lie uur Uhwii, for IhefchutterteHnil
hIkkIok wore drawn, yet u illiii light".
nhliiliitf through, lit! tlmutflit llrrl
u-unt h lu uur room, the front room,
nnd lie was Just thinking- of culling to
the xen tint nnd rousing lilin, when lie
heard t lie swift pit-n-pat of lltflit foot
rtcps lu the hall, n swish of skirls, nnd,
stretching out his imn, he enlled aloud:
"Florence, darling!" nnd the ne.t min
ute n womnn's form was nt Ills bedside
nnd he started up, rubbing his eyes,
unitized, startled, believing perhnps that
he wns still dreaming, for there, with
trembling, outstretched hands, stood
Fanny .Mcl.nne.
"What where Is my wife?" he
gasped. "I thought why, surely this
en ii not be you!"
"It Is 1, Randy," she quavered. "I wns
In torment I could not rest nor sleep.
I knew you were alone, with no one to
en re for you."
"Alone!" he interrupted. "What do
you mean? Where Is Florence, inj'
wife?"
"Von don't menu they haven't told
you?" sho answered. "She has gone
home to her people, it is supposed.
She left two nights ngo that is one
renson I am here."
Hut Merrlnm burst In upon her wail
ing,' half incoherent words. "In God's
name what do you mean? You or I
must be mad. Mere, Hop, quick!
Where are my clothes? Fetch Hicm nt
once; then go for Cnpt. Grafton."
"I'm not mud," she answered. "Read
this the letter she left for you," nnd
the wretched woman tossed upon the
bed the note she hnd taken from niuorig
the others on the innntcl, and, shouting
for a light, Merrlam tore open the en
velope, while the Chiiinman, nerveless
nnd obedient to the master's will, threw
open t3ie shutters.
In the next minute Itnndy hnd read
the page, with staring, tth robbing eyes,
then fairly ordered her from the room
and dazed, yet terrified at the effect of
her announcement, she crept into Flor
ence's room nnd threw herself into a
chair, moaning nnd rocking to nnd fro.
Like a uindmuit Merrinin wns tip nnd
tearing about, issuing rapid orders to
the servant, his lameness all forgotten,
nnd Hop, nwed and dismayed, dared dis
obey him in nothing. Quickly he
dressed his master, pulling on light rid
ing breeches and leggings instead of
the cavalry scouting rig, nnd carefully
drawing n hunting shirt over the
crippled arjn that In its sling and ban
dages was now bound close to the body.
It seemed to take no time at all to get
him dressed, yet Merrlam fumed nnd
raged, and then limped forth into the
hall, bidding Hop go saddle Hrown
Dick at once.
At sound of his halting footsteps in
the hall, she had once more roused her
self to action, her own weight of care
and trouble urging her on. "Randy,"
she cried, "for Clod's sake answer mo!
Are you sure are you sure was there
no other statement? no other paper?
Did he persist to the Inst that his moth
er was allvo?"
"Mrs. McLane," was the answer,
"you forced me to tell you the truth.
I did all I could to keep it and to keep
myself from you, but you would liiuo
it."
"Oil, Jtandy, Randy!" she cried.
"Von are heartless! Von are brutal,
vindictive! You arc punishing me be
cause i so cruelly wronged you. Hut
what did I ever do to you compared
with what you have done to me? Oh.
why, If you ever loved me, why could
you not have destroyed that lying pn
per that is to rob nie of my name, my
rights, rob me of everything?"
"Ilu.sh!" lu answered, leaning heav
ily against the balustrade. "1 rode
night mid dny. We sent the swiftest
courier wo hud to save your honor to
stop that marriage "
"Rut you didn't stop it! You were
too lute!" she cried. "And when you
saw It wns too late, instead of burning
those pnpers or giving them to me
you held them that you might triumph
oer my ruin. Then when you knew I
was coming to beg for them, you were
a coward, Randy you sent them all to
jcd Parry, that my own sister might
gloat over my downfall."
"Mrs. McLaue," he interrupted, "this
is all unjust, all untrue. Ask Mr. Parry
when he comes, as come he probably
will. Hut this cuds our meetings. God
forbid that 1 should over see you alone
again! It has driven from me my wife
the wife I love and love devoted! v
do you hear? and I'm going now to
find her."
And then he broke away. Out to Un
stable he staggered; lo'e, pity, devo
tion urging him on and triumphing over
the still numbing effect of tho deaden
ing drug whose languorous spell he
hud never known before; and Urown
Dick whinnied his welcome and impa
tience, and Hop Ling whimpered his
"pidgin" protests, even as he was
"cinching" on Mcrrlnm's field saddle
with Its wcll-htocked pouches. Randy
fiercely ordered silence, bade the Chi
naman give him a hand, nnd then, with
blurred eyes nnd mciisch, with ears .till
drowsily ringing, he slowly climbed
Into saddle, hardly missing the cus
tomary grip of the left hand lu the
I'liuic. Then out he rode Into the sun
shine, llrown Dick bounding with
cngornciH to search for and rejoin Ida
table matt ; and thou with every stride
hk he torn away over the menu Rmitly
felt the eohwolw briuhlng from hut
brain, anil hope Mini determination
pMiTiiiir him on. "You have broken
jour word Mid gone to , our old line,"
huh tht torn miM(c of I'lorenoH'
brief letter. "I Hill lie ho mnn' fo!, mo
fnltlilfM UuaUiMil'a wlfr, Voc utHl put
look tor mtt nor follow, fur I will never
oem to you Mgiiut.
- ,--..
Another time pride, anger and sense
of wrong might hnvc held his hand, but
not now. And before that half-crnzed,
hnlf-crlnglng woman could give the
alarm, Untidy Merrlam was riding fast
nnd furious to join the pursuit, think
Ing only of her suffering and her sor
row, nil ignorant, mercifully, of the
new peril that Involved his precious
wife.
It was vain for Dr. Lcavltt to henp im
precation on the head of that hapless
Chinaman. Implicit obedience to the
will of his muster wns the only creed
Hop Ling observed. "Mellium say
(Mess nnd catehum saddle and flask and
lunch" tliut was enough. "Mellium
fcny lidc an' catehum Mlssee Mellium,"
and Hop Ling wasn't fool enough to in
ter i ere.
Hut if Dr. I.eavitt had lost one pa
tient, Fate had provided him with an
other. He was needed at once at Graf
ton's, and, tarrying only long enough
t' report to Iluxton the escape of Lieut.
Merrinin, he hastened to the bedside of
Mrs. McLunc, now in sore need of med
ical attention,
Harriet Grafton has been heurd to -ny
that that afternoon and the night that
followed made her ten years older, but
her looks dn not warrant t lie statement.
Unquestionably she hud u hurd time,
nnd might have had a much harder but
for the opportune arrival at the post,
just before sundown, of the lately
blockaded lawyer, Mr. Kdwnrd Parry,
lm Chicago.
Meantime, utterly broken down and
cut off now, for the first time since her
marriage, from the soothing and com
fort of the perilous drug to the use of
which she hud become wedded almost
from the hour that she met McLane,
poor self-absorbed Fanny was pouring
out her story and her secret In iilmost
incoherent ravings to her hostess. Dr.
Lcavltt, who had suspected the cause of
her vagaries before, was confident of it
when he wns culled in to prescribe, mid
quickly found the dainty little ease that
Grafton had discovered the day before.
It wns hours before she could be even
measurably quieted, and meantime
what u tale of shame and woe had she
not poured into Harriet's astonished
ears'
Strained from its ravings and inco
licrencies and straightened out in
chronological order, the story resolved
itself into this: John Harold MoLnne
was a southern sympathizer as a young
man, and went to California during the
war, provided with n liberal allowance
and an opportunity of embarking in
business. At Sacramento he fell into
the clutches of n notorious household.
"Old man Perkins" had three handsome
daughters and a scheming -wife. The
mother's aim was to marry those girls
to wealthy men, and she had succeeded
as to two of them, nnd McLane fell u
victim to the plot nnd wns married to
the third. A son, John If., Jr., was born
to them in June, '07, and trouble of
every kind followed. The sisters had
quarreled with their respective lords,
one of whom had abandoned his wife
and gone to Japan, while the other,
even more desperate, had gone, self-directed,
to his crave. Mc Lane's home
people refused to recognize any of the
Perkins stock and cut off the young
fellow's allowance. Old man Perkins,
therefore, had three married daughters
and one son-in-law on his bands and
pandemonium reigned within his gates,
lie had to order the eldest daughter out
of the house, and she revenged herself
by elopingwith a mnn who deserted wife
and children to run uway with this
mngnlficojitly handsome creature, a
thing he mourned in sackcloth nnd
ashes until, his money vunishing, she
ran off with another victim and left
him poor indeed, yet vastly better off
than when he had her.
MeLane's wife was the best of the
three in disposition, but that was say
ing little, and when all his money was
gone they fairly kicked him out of
doors, and he, in desperation, drifted
to Nevada and the mines, just in the
days when colossal fortunes were be
ing made by men who were wielding
pick and shovel. At the very time old
Perkins' people were, trying to get a
divorce, alleging desertion and failure
to support, McLane loomed up at Vir
ginia City as part owner of a lode that
paid like the Coinstock, and his Sacra
mento wife, who was believed to be
deeply in love with a steamboat en
gineer, proved that she wasn't bv jour
neying to Virginia City with her little
boy and reclaiming her now prosperous
husband. There they lived in style, unci
the Perkins household came to visit
them and remained indefinitely, until
the blekerinir drove McLane nwiii ..ml
he "skipped to 'Frisco," where everv
denl he made in the stock market went '
his way, and he became a millionaire
before he wiu .lu. Again his prettv I
but low-bred wife followed, mid again
lie honestly tried to make the best of '
hi bargain: but her mad extravagance '
and the cchncIckm IncunslonH of mother .
nnd Ister-lu-law were too much for '
him. One dny there came a erah and
much of IiIm fortune was swept nwa.. ,
lie had to break up hi San Fi'hiicIhoo
iiimiip a in i go iHiek t Virginia city, mid
h fiirloiut quarrel followwl, In which he
ordered the Peiklmes never to ilurkeu
Itl.t diMM'M njfHin, and lo! hla wife tided
with her tdatfr and olwiei to irowlth
thi'Hi. McUne would iflndly htm purl
ed with them nil. but lm had i-iowm to
lot kla ny, hru (MMm mure, a yeitr
later, fortune Mulled m kirn, null, with
H lW lUk IHXMMlMt, ltt MM lloW ttl
Son l'mittfew, tu iv.rkltMti feul dit
r.ppeared. Two of the Bisters were liv
ing the lives of adventuresses. Old Per
kins wob dead and burled, and no one
knew where the rest had gone a host
of Sacramento tradesmen wished they
could find out.
Then McLane came cast, bringing his
sheaves with him, and his family not
unnaturally forgave and welcomed
him. Prosperity followed him. He
fairly coined money, nnd Uncle Abe
Mellon w'as only too glad to have him as
a partner; unci then after a lapse of
years, when he thought her dead and
honestly wished her so, his blissful
bachelor life was broken In upon by the
reappearance of his Sacramento wife,
now a handsome woman of nearly 40,
and a stalwart .tripling whom he
recognized at once as his long-lost son.
For two years he provided for her and
tried to educate the boy, but never
again acknowledged her as his wife
and so long as she was amply paid
and housed, lodged and eared for, fIic
never protested. Mac's club friends
si mutinies winked and nudged each
other when the tall young fellow ap
peared at the waiting-room with a let
ter, or when occasionally a dashing
looking woman patrolcd the neighbor
hood until he would come out and join
her. The boy was wild and wouldn't
study, and was expelled from the
schools nt which he was entered by I he
name of Perkins, and the landlords
complained of the people Mrs. Perkins
received and entertained; then Mac put
the young man in Mellen's bank, unci
there he was when the Hayward nieces
came back from Furope, and Charlotte
married Ned Parry and Fan wished to
marry McrrJam. It was ,7. II. McLane,
Jr., who did Uncle Abe's work for him
and went around among Mcrrlnm's
creditors and got them to unite in their
complaint to the war department; but
1)3' that time he had seen something of
Handy, had "taken a shine to him," as
he expressed it, and when he learned
that .Merrlam had been banished to the
frontier as a consequence he told the
old man that he was done with that sort
of dirty work, nnd was minded to go
and confess to Miss Hayward what he
had done. To buy him off Mellcn gave
lmn all the money he needed and bade
him go and live the life he always
longed to live, that of a prospector and
miner in the Sierras. McLane, the fa
ther, was uway and had been away for
several months. Mrs. McLane, the
mother, afte- n furious quarrel with
her protector something over a year be
fore, had agreed to return to California
and never trouble him again upon pay
ment of u big, round sum in cash. She
would not listen to a pension, and the
story that came to the husband's ears
soon after was that at last his Sacra
mento wife had rewarded the fidelity of
her old friend, the steamboat engineer;
but the lawyers sent to trace the matter
were confronted by unlooked-for news
unwelcome news, and therefore news
they fully investigated before report
ing, since, if true, it would put an end
to what promised to be a most profit
able case. That $25,000 was practically
wasted Mrs. John II. McLane was
dead.
iTO I1K CONTINUED.
Ancient (Jnlliin (r y.
The respect and veneration paid to
the fair sex formed an essential in
gredient in chivalry. This, it is sup
posed, was derived from the customs
of the primitive Germans, whose fe
mnles are represented to have been very
high-spirited and to have exercised con
siderable sway over the other sex.
Whatever truth there may be in this
statement, certain it is that n high spe
cies of gallantry forms the very spirit
of modern chivalry; and, as u proof
of this we have only to refer to the
classification of n knight's duty, to fear
God and love the ladies, to perceive how
necessary female adoration is to the
very existence of this order. This prin
ciple of female adoration, so promi
nently displayed in every aspect of
chivalry, extended its Influence to the
laws of the times; for we find James
1 1, of Arragon ordering in this manner:
"We will that every man, who shall
bt in company with a lady, pass safe
and unmolested unless he be guilty of
murder." And Louis II., duke of Hour
bon, Instituting the order of the Golden
Shield, enjoins his knights to honor,
above all, the ladies, and not permit
anyone to blander them; "because,"
adds he, "from them, after God, comes
all the honor that man can acquire."
X. V. Ledger.
Iltirjlnpr Thrill One liy One.
"Yen," remarked an enterprising col
ored pastor, in one of the southern
cities, "L've done had a powerfu' lot
o' trouble in my cli'ch. On yeah I had
all de deacons ug'ln me to once. Dey
kep u-Miyiu' fob me to go; but I says:
Wo, bruders, I'm not do one fur to
depart. If (lore's any oinygrntln' fur
to be done, It's you dat'll do It.' Fln'ly
delr provalllu' got so frequent llko, dat
I done eiuuo right out on 'cm lu one
ob my red-hot tost suhmons. 1 shook
my lingers at Vm right lu tie meetlu';
and I hh.vm: 'Voii iIviiooiin dab you'n
JIM H-workln nn' a-workln' for yoah
mm; I'm n-workiti fob do good
IawI; an' I'Miu-ifolii' to atay henh lu
din t'liurvli till l burl t's ebory one ob
you.' An' It wit'iil very long befonh
I did bury one of 'out, an' tin inlaw
dey tfot hmw' Miwerfnl iHNtrt, tut' I
uWt nvr have uy imwh trouble
lifter tifti." AimI tU wide nlephertl
HfliiMl kin pin, gently liMHiK Into
oUw rMMNlnnu(u Itvvry W'hrro.
TRICKS IN THE COAL TRADE.
Ily Which (he Smnll Donlirn .Sonic-
IIiiiph Scoop In nil IOxtru
Proilt.
The coal dealer stood in the door of
his dingy little West side ofllce, hia
hands in bis pockets and a straw in his.
month, waiting for custom. His entire
stock in trade, as far as It was visible,
consisted of a dozen baskets of coal,
outside the ofllce coal of various kinds
nnd sizes, and bearing placards giving
quotations for cither ton lots or bas
kets. A nicely dressed woman passing
by stopped and looked at the coal, and.
then said to the dealer:
"Send six baskets of soft coal to
Monroe street, third flat."
"Ves'm," replies the dealer, "50 cents,
ma'am. Thank you," and he dropped
the money in Ids pocket and put the
order on his slate.
"Isn't that a rather expensive way to
buy coal?" the dealer was asked after
the woman had gone.
"It is," he answered, In a confidential
tone, "but you'd be surprised to lcani
the number of people who never buy it
in any other quantity. 1 suppose I will
average $10 a day here in just such
orders !2." or 50 cents' worth at ti time.
Why do people buy It that way? Some
haven't got money to buy it In lurgcr
quantitics; some have the money, but
no place to store a larger amount of
coal, and others ngaiii are always on.
the move furnished rooms for light
housekeeping, etc. and there's lots of
them around here, and they live from,
hand to mouth, you might say. Oh, it's
expensive enough, if you come to that,"
he continued, "but it's a good business
if you get enough of it. That coal costs
me $1.80 a ton, and I get $3.50 selling it
by the basket."
Just then the coal dealer's wagon
stopped in front of the door, and the
dealer hailed the driver as follows:
"Is that the ton for Lincoln street,.
Jim?"
"Yes, sor," answered Jim.
"Take off three baskets," said tho
boss, and three basket fills from the
load soon joined the stock in trade
outside the ofllce, while the driver
drove; off to deliver the reniander of
the load us a ton. "There's tricks in all
trades," said the dealer, as he put u
sign "Three for a quarter" on thcr
lllchcd coal.
A man in a isibly suppressed state
of excitement hurried into the oillccv
and accosted the dealer. "Mr. Ulaek
Diamond," he gasped, "I find that two
tons of coal you sent me this morning
is half a ton short. How do 1 know it?"
he snorted; "why, 1 had it carried in iru
baskets, and there were only (10 baskets,,
and you know ns well as 1 do that,
there's 10 baskets to a ton! How do
you account for that, sir?"
The coal dealer looked hurt nnd
grieved. "I'll have to iire that driver
of mine, -Mr. Cash," he said. "He's get
ting too careless, altogether. I guve
liim an order to take two tons to you
and n ton and a half to another place
this morning. He's given you the ton
and n half and the other man the two
tons. I'll send the other half ton up
right away." Mr. Hard Cash looked
mollified and departed, while the dealer
looked after him in a reflective manner
for full five minutes. Then ho turned
back into his little office and remarked
in a mingled tone of regret and admira
tion: "Well, wouldn't that frost you? Hut.
who'd ever have thought he'd meas
ure it?"
The dealer's wagon drove up and the
driver entered the ofliee for orders.
"Take another half ton up to Mr. Hard.
Cash, Jim," said the boss. "He's on."
And the dealer again took his stand
in the doorway to moralize on the dif
ficulty of an honest man's making u
fortune in this suspicious world. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Steitm tn .Supplant CiiiiivIh.
The Russians fully appreciate the
fact that if their influence is to predom
inate at the court of the shah they
must make him commercially depend
ent on them. According to the Frank
fort Kelt ung the railway department of
the Russian ministry has under consid
eration a project for connecting Russia
ami Persia by rail. The line from th
Alexandropol station of the Knrs rail
way to the border station of Nakhiche
van offers few dinietilties to the engi
neer, and can be built immediately.
The continuation of the track on Per
sian territory to the custom house at
Julfu presents serious dlllleiiltics, how
ever, on account of the iiiouutiiiuouu.
nature of the country, so that further
surveys are necessary before the work
can be begun. At the same tinic.a plan
lias been outlined to run a brunch lint:
from the Truiihcuhphui railway to Kar
ailagb, and preliminary work has beciv.
begun. The present commerce between
Russia and north Persia, which em
braces articles of great altie, is carried
on mostly by moans of camels a sys
tem that is slow antl expensive. Chi
cago Tribune.
A llnrrllile I'iikmIIiII I O .
Mildred So you and Tom have de
cided to break off your engagement?
Gertrude - Yes; ho niacin up his mind
to become a dentist, and mi I couldn't
marry him.
"What tlocM It Im being a tleutit huso
to do with It?"
"Do .miii HpptMie I would WHiit to bo
the wUm of h iiihii who in I v lit forget,
4iiue time Hfter ht liHd iiih In hit uliMlr,
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