Til K WEALTH MAKERS.
3
1 If entteib Century Romance.
By EPFIE . MEEEIMAJJ.
; Dopjrrljtht, UBi, kr American Praaa Aaaocl-
UooJ
(Continued from last week.)
CHAPTER V.
In all ber life Letty had not heard
fcch language as this from the lips of a
young man. She was inexpressibly
hocked, yet withal she was interested.
It was quite delightful, she told herself,
to meet one so very unconventional, but
the did not care to be seen in his com
pany by other men whose good opinion
ihe might one day wish to win. Al
though she had longed all her life to
meet a man different from the men of
tier acquaintance, now that she stood
face to face with, him she wished him
to be properly conventional.
Harold had not finished speaking
when he suddenly realized that this was
the twentieth century, and that the
world bad changed while be slept.
"Do yon mean tosay," be demanded,
with a sudden change of tone that was
almost ludicrous, "that it is the custom
in this unenlightened community for
ladies to call upon gentlemen?"
"I most certainly do." replied Letty.
"Well." returned Harold after a lit
tle period of silence, "I think if we are
to be friends"
"As we should for grandma's sake,"
eagerly interposed Letty, who was so
anxious to continue the acquaintance
that she did not think how her remark
might be taken until it bad escaped ber
, Jips, 1
',' "Oh, my dear fellow," she added
'"' quickly. "I beg your pardon, I'm surel'.'
Letty was consumed with mortifica
tion. Sbe had always been careful not
to remind any man that be was growing
older every year and consequently less
attractive, and it was exasperating that
sbe should now have been so thoughtless
as to remind this beautiful young fel-
iow mat ne nan oeen wie recjoieui. ui
ber grandmother's loverlike attentions,
ClO Will WJ i - - -
derstand the courtships of the nineteenth
century perhaps because a number of
the books which ber grandmother had
left her had been written by Howells.
Harold was far from being pleased.
It is never pleasant to be reminded,
more especially by a handsome young
woman, that one belongs to a past cen
' tury. Letty could not but perceive that
he was hurt,
" What can I say?" sbe asked, dis
tressed beyond measure at bis silence.
... As she spoke she went to his side and
' tenderly took bis hand in bers. Her
touch thrilled him, while it angered
5i bira, and be pulled bis hand away,
kA juite as a grieved young girl might
' have done in his day. The action re
' minded Letty of previous flirtations,
and she began to feel more at home
with him. She quickly decided that,
after all, young men were all very much
alike, and that there was none of them
who could not be won by the lucky
young woman who knew how to work
upon their susceptibilities. She was
congratulating herself on the pleasure
- Coquettish young fellow when her dream
-' vka rudely shattered oy tne iook oi ae-
termination on Harold's face as be arose
and stood before ber.
"Miss Everett," be said frankly,
" should like to become better acquainted
' with you. but I cannot sacrifice all my
ideas of the fitness of things to the ab
surd customs of this generation."
"Are our customs more absurd than
yours were?" asked Letty.
"Thaw Bfipm an rn me.
'May that not be because you are not
UBed to them?"
"Perhaps so. However, I do not moan
to conform to them in any way that
seems to me to reflect on my manhood.
"But they are established"
"I cannot help that. I assure you I
rould if I could. As I said just now, I
aould liko to kn'ow you better. Can
ve not strike a compromise that shall
enable us to become friends?"
"We might try. -1 should feel flat
tered, I'm sure."
"Suppose, then, we agree to meet in
the park and dispense with calling and
a few other of the restrictions of society
conventionalities? I will try to forget
the customs of the nineteenth century
if you'll ignore those of the twentieth,
and we will be as free as the birds.
Lettv agreed, thinking that if this
peculiar young man could afford to run
such a risk she certainly could. She
comforted her uneasy conscience with
the thought that no eligible young wom
an was severely condemned for sowing
. 1 j; few wild oats unless the results were
' too rank to be overlooked by a most in
dulgent public.
Harold was about to bow himself
from Letty'a presence when be caught
sight of a woman striding down the
street.
"Why," he exclaimed, with a merry
laugu, "i ueiiev mat is cay menu
Mary. Sue is an odd specimen of hu
manity, isn't she?"
"May I ak what yoa know aboat
ber?" inquired Letty,
"Only that she proposed to me oa
Ifbt"
Tbe sentence was nevvr finished.
Tbere was a sudden loud report, which
seemed to break the world into bits,
and a stunning thw which pounded 1t
together again. For a tuoiuout Harold
fttlt btut!t to be the eiubodluiuiit ot
confusion in a world of dirkm ll-littd
ealy by st.ir wbU b dund tuadly be
fore bis eyes. Tbue was sound ot si
dled vilc-s, which sui1 to com from
tbe suit Then vue an Interval of
Mr quiet, when be wt conscious of
Beitbur light U"t iUtktn- when tbtre
was uo world and tntthlntf la it
luruui was uitoouHhius but a niO"
tnnt When be recuvervd, be found j
blmwlf lytiirf at fall lutigtuoa tbe puub,
with Lly Ivii'tttirf wr btut.
" Are o U ttwrr' she eWl Underty.
"Wlut U the Uiktti i? Uv 1 tu
hot!"
k "Un itm.e nar twin. I Mf y.mr
totr ' I" "" jwu down,
The bullet passed above you as yon telL"
" You knocked me down!"
"I did. I could have saved you in no
other way."
"I think," replied Harold, with a
smile, "that I might as well have been
shot."
As he spoke he started to raise him
self from his recumbent position, but in
k moment Letty bad lifted him to bis
feet and placed him in a chair.
"Why did you do that?" be asked
angrily. "I have not yet become so
helpless that I must be lifted by a wom
an." Before Letty could explain that she
had only done what custom demanded
of a woman Harold's attention was
drawn to Mary, who was struggling to
free herself from the bold ot several
stalwart women, who were endeavoring
to secure her by means of cords.
"I have had ber arrested," said Let
ty, following bis glance.
" Wiiat are you going to do with her?"
asked Harold of the women.
"We are waiting for the ambulance,"
they replied,, "She will soon be placed
where she can make no mors disturb
ance.
It was she who fired at you," ex
plained Letty. "Poor Mary! Sbe has
good heart, but a violent temper."
Let Mary go free." interruptea uar-
old. "You need not arrest her on my
account. I can take care of myself."
Ah, my dear sir," they replied,"you
do not know the world as we do."
"And I don't want to," retorted Har
old, "Release Mary, I say, or you'll be
sorry!"
'We might as well do as he requests,
said Letty 10 the women, much as if be
bad been a persistent child, too attract
ive to be denied that which he desired.
Mary was released, and Harold turned
abruptly away, wishing that be bad
never awakened. He bated to live in a
world ruled by women, and be wondored
X-TTiaw sW- .tf ww
"Release Mwry, I say, or you'll be sorryt"
if there were any new inventions in tbe
methods of committing suicide which
were superior to those of his day. He
bad not walked far when he was over
taken by Mary.
"Why did you make them release
me?" she asked abruptly.
"Because I did not want yoa arrested
on my account.
"But I tried to kill you."
"I wish yoa had succeeded."
"Are you so very unhappy?"
"I am hungry and homesick and
ntterly disgusted."
'Have you been to a physician?"
"No."
"A good one lives here. Hadn't yoa
better go in?"
"It is all nonsense. I want food,
not medicine."
"You will find that it is food. Don't
pass the door. You must go in sooner
or later, you know. You will feel bet
ter when your system has been replen'
ished."
"I presume you are right. Well, I'll
go."
Harold turned to go np the steps of a
fine house bearing the sign: "E. A. Co
burn, M. D. Food prescriptions a spe
ciality."
"Over the way," said Mary, inter
rupting him, "in that store with the
sign "System Supplies' across the front,
you will be able to purchase what you
want. It is the best place in tne city.
They do not adulterate their com
pounds." "Thanks," said Harold. "You are
the first one who has given me any prac
tical information."
"I hope," faltered Mary, "that you
will not think me unwomanly for men
tioning these things. "
"Unwomanly! Why should I think
that?"
"Most men object to having women
speak of such things. They prefer to
have us think that they are too angelic
to require system supplies."
"They must be like some women I
used to know," replied Harold, with a
laugh. "Well, good night, Mary."
Harold ran lightly up the stone steps,
but betor he had touched the bell be
waa again detained by Mary. "Har
old," she said softly, "did you interfere
n my behalf because yoa bave decided
, to love me a little?"
j "Don't be so silly!" exclaimed Har-
1 ld in disgust. "I was just beginning to
, think you quite a jolly girl. Why most
yoa spoil it all?"
"I understand," replied Msry bit
terly, "Yoa have given your beait to
Letty, but she will never care fur you
bait as tenderly as 1 could. There is no
tsudtrness in her nature."
Harold bad touched the bell, and
Mary bad not 8uihd speaking when
I the door was opvued, and Harold was
j Invited to walk iu to tbe dot lor 'a office,
I On entering be was disgusted to find
that L. A, Coburu was a lady,
"I bH pardon," be said, "toll thick
there tuutt be aunt mistake, I e xpectvd
to find a man dm tor."
"Thte are nu iuq rctliiD melt
cine la this ty," rplid K. A. Co-
burn. "Ituled I do not knew of but
ene nun doctor In the wurlJ. and be Is
a quack. He could not U ctberwUe,
una kitiiur. fnp t. va kIIaw..! la ftt-ii.t
My that wotasn
lrmrlb lor mm?"
Why not) Wba a maa is sick, be
want the Wt iodual aiaiiUnce to U
ktalliMl. Mi It uttf Hil alli Mtntatlv
r 4ijtUa!lv Mno enough U tsvugm
evtwi,, K, at r bate they tbe reqolst.t 4
patience. Worse yet, their love of money
would lead them to ply their profession
w lib other than humanitarian motives."
"Notwithstanding," replied Harold,
'a feeling of delicacy leads me to pre
tt r a man. However, if there is no man
to lie bad. I suppose I tuuht yield to the
inevitable as gracefully as may be."
Di. (Alburn not only prescribed for
Harold, but administered some of tho
.oid whit h t-lic .bought his system de
i lanikd lmint urgently, and when he lolt
lie i llice he felt that life was much bet
ter worth living. He bad at last found
tJue change in the twentieth century
which met with his hearty approval
Dr. (,'oburn refused to take the lee he
offered, oaying that it would be coo
fider.d a bribe, and that the salary paid
by government was quite remunerative
enough to meet her needs.
When Harold reached bis own door,
he chanced to glance back jiiHt in time
to see two figures, one on either side of
l ' 111' ' l, Hi . II IJ I'VU l llll. .M.V, w wmmw I
' B " '
uws. He at once surmised that be had
been followed by Mary, who in torn
had been followed by Letty.
' CHAPTER VI.
Several weeks bad passed since Har
old's proposition to meet Letty in the
park bad been made and accepted, and
the two had become more and more
deeply interested in each other. In fact,
the time had come when each felt that
matters might as well be settled be
tween them at once, and one fine morn
ing each started for the park with the
firm determination to make a roposal
of marriage that very day. Both were
strangely excited, for neither felt sure of tnHt,,)eW(Jg not 8orry( lut ,f ha
the sentiments of tbe other. They had thought It she kept the thought to her
succeeded very well in ignoring customs Btif, Bhe had made herself very useful
and conventionalities, aiid their rela- to Harold In many ways since the day
tionship duiing these weeks had been she shot at him, and the two bad be
much like that which might exict be- come very good friends. Harold .be
tween two men or two women who un- lieved that Mary had opened her eyes to
derstood each other, and who were her own folly, and that be need not fear
thrown together in a strange land where any further confessions of love on her
no one understood them.
It was liko that, with one little ex
ceptlon the difference in the Influ
ence whicb love exerts on two whom
nature intended for companions, In
deed conventionalities bad been so en
tirely forgotten that neither Harold nor
Letty thought that the other might
claim tbe right of proposal, but each
acted according to the promptings of
the heart. It was not nntil they at
tempted to put their thoughts into words
that conventional difficulties arose to
make trouble between them.
"My darling." began Harold as soon
as he caught sight of Letty.
"Little sweetheart," rapturously ex
claimed Letty at the same moment.
Each beard the other.
When yoa remember that it was not
a wbit more flattering to Letty to be
addressed as "darling" than it was to
Harold to be called "little." you will
nnderstand why each broke the sentence
off at that point and stared at the other
in silent disapproval. It was not that
each did not want the love of the other,
but that each prefeired to be in suspense
a little while to having love thrown at
him or her without the asking. It was
too much like being drowned in a barrel
of sirup,
Letty was the first to recover herself.
"Did you speak?"' sbe asked stiffly.
Harold thought he might have roiH
understood ber,. and be was sure that if
Bhe had understood him sbe was entitled
to further explanation.
"I was about tosay," he began, his
manner showing great embarrassment,
"that that is, I bad thought Letty,
the faot Is I love you!"
"Harold," replied Letty gravely, al
most sternly, "why could you not have
waited a moment? I was about to make
tbe same declaration-"
"Then I am glad I did not wait," de
clared Harold fervently. "I like a wom
an better who does not wear her heart
on ber sleeve."
"But. little one," added Letty ten
derly, "can you not see that your man
ly modesty demands that you keep your
sentiments a secret until tbe one you
love bas disclosed hers?"
"I must confess that T cannot," re
plied Harold. "It is man's duty to pro
pose" "Excuse me, sir. It Is woman's priv
ilege."
See here. Letty,"sald Harold, with
sudden decisiveness, "there are some
little matters which have got to be sot-
Eath board Wt other,
tied between us, and we might aa well
disco theiu now. We bave Utn will
fully Mind since we flrat became ac
qualntea.
i.l rn.lAiit hm ni.tr tit it.i
with life thaw we bad Imaging," ad-
tultted Mty.
"We wtllame that e are to U
mi riled," roiitlnurd Harold. "Who I
to v the (iH-ii.of the Nii.tly,"
"Why, 1 hil do It, of coiiw." r-
rliod I,.tty, surt.ria.Hl that be could ak
so fiNilwh a mixtion.
"Imbed yoa will d tfeiitif i f lltw
tort," tM Harold firmly,
"I'nt, lUrtild, H bss lv the ritun
"I d n'l car a coltdumn Uriia
Hum," tatvrtu(-tvd ll-U' Id. "Wouldn't
I ! a fsiu son t f a iutt in N d ju4
nt t it a wmiMti?"
"Can jou imagine bw t sbooU f'l
to be dependent on a man?" retorted
Letty.
"But," argned Harold, "it is ac
cording to nature that woman should
raise children and man should work for
her and them."
"Naturel" repeated Letty scornfully.
"One can illustrate any text from na
ture. Watch tbe beasts and the birds.
Does the female bird sit idly by while
tho male builds the nest?"
"The male certainly is not idle," re
plied Harold. "In my mind idleness
and inferiority are synonymous, and I
refuse to accept such a position."
t "Yet you would force woman to ac
! cept it." Letty was discovering that
things which in romances were quite
delightful were often not even endura
ble in real life to one not brought np in
the belief that they must be endured.
' "It is different with women," replied
! Harold. ,"They are most charming in
' a subordinate position"
That is precisely what we think of
... . W ., , .
...... w.'l T.,.f nolmla
" , '
ell. "said Harold angrily, "you
ay as well understand once tor all that
I Bumi livvct iiti;t; uijaui u ,jni.vif
of dependence. 1 wouldn't do it for tho
! best woiaan living."
) "Nor I for the best roan," replied
Letty, with equal spirit.
s Letty and Harold had reached a point
in their walk where the road crotmod
tbe park in opposite directions. With
out a word of explanation each took a
separate path.
Harold had gone but a few steps when
be was met by Mary.
"Yes," she said, replying to his look
of inquiry, "I overheard every word. I
thought it would come to this."
Mufv l.iiliwl na if aha wnnlil Itla fn
part, and Mary had bravely decided
that since she could not win Harold's
love she would at least deserve bis
friendship, They bad talked together a
great deal about the delights of the
nineteenth century. Harold bad quite
forgotten the annoyances of that day
and joined with Mary in wondering
how a condition so perfect could have
led to tbe war ot revolution between
tho sexes.
Harold had told Mary of bis hope to,
win Letty and now looked to her for the
sympathy which she bad always shown
when be was in distress,
Mary understood and determined to
be equal to bis expectations, though hor
heart broke.
"I think," she said quietly, "that
yon bave not understood Letty, Sbe bas
always declared that she would not
marry until she could find a man whom
she would find companionable"
"That is precisely the quality which
I desired In a wife," interrupted Harold.
"Yet neither of yon treat tbe other
as I should imagine a companion would
wish to be treated. Each seems to me
to be struggling for the mastery, Yoa
are willing that Letty should be twen
tieth century except where her ideas of
tbe fitnesi of things come into collision
with your own. Letty is delighted with
a nineteenth century man except when
be would force ber to bow to customs
which would rob her of her cherished
independence. Let tne tell you, Harold,
that Letty can never be like ber grand
mother." "I have not said that I desire it,"
"You bave repeatedly spoken to her
of that lady as being everything desira
ble. History tells us that she was a very
ordinary young woman, rather pretty,
but extremely sentimental and possessed
of very little independence. Letty can
never be like that. She is too"
Mary 'a estimate of Letty will never
be known, for the conversation was in
terrupted at this point by a noise which
sounded to Harold like the threatening
growling of an angry beast. "What in
time Is that?" be interrupted, but before
Mary could reply a fearful apparition
appeared before his astonished gaze. It
was larger than tbe largest house be
had ever seen. At times it appeared to
be perfectly round, and it rolled along
the ground with a force that must have
crushed even tbe largest of the buge
' trees had it not flattened Itself so as to
avoid them. As it cauie nearer tbe
sound of growling increased to that of
tbe rumble of heavy thunder, and pent
up lightning seemed to sbine from its
myriad eyes,
"It la coming this way," gasped
i Mary, "Harold, hove you ever
worked?
"No," replied Harold. "Why should
I? My father's wealth"
"Will not save you," interrupted
Mary. "That" pointing to the terri
ble thing swiftly rolling toward them
"that Is the ' Colonial Scheme. ' "
Even as she spoke she took Harold by
the shonlders, and with almost superbn
man strength tossed him to one side.
Tbe buge creature rolled on, leaving
poor Mary crushed to death on tbe very
spot where but a Second before she had
been so full of life and strength, A
i crowd of monrnets soon gathered about
! ber proatrate form.
I "It U fate," said tfcemore philosoph
ical aiming theut, "No grt Mchnue
waa evrr set on foot for tbe biw fit of
bumantty that did not fount its Innoo-nt
; victim by scores I fore It began to
OlHfaU siUYri.fillly,"
lhtKh m?" Inquired
Harold,
"U m starts." ssplalnrd the Live-
tw r. "for lh urr of imlluUt-
lug Uivee ludlYldiuls who are W.ru tin d.
1 lraww H '
' " wtW lo no
citiei lull, a tow e, oar noble Mary
bus giveu b r life or yours. Yowws
limn, )cii twt wcik foralivina'.t'lthrf
a Ih u kir, ahotcy, ebiultwa.
attnMiv.v if ruttt if upeli."
lUMd was l(it t dn lh litn-a. lt
la (mivt i t th m tiurtllmirj allenia
ti wba Utt, who had la Uda:
evrr Maty, t at l bta side and I'lal
ber b4tid ti bt arm.
"Harold," said sbe softly, "should
yoa prefer to have me like my grand
mother?". "Letty," be retorted, "should yoa
prefer to have me like my kinsman, Mr.
James Winthrop?"
Then the lovers looked into each
other's eyes and smiled. They realized
that each was dependent on the other
made so by a love which was stronger
than the prejudices of either and si
multaneously they sgreed to strike a
compromise. .
, "We will spend oor Jlves'sald Har
old, "in trying to teach that what one
thinks is right because it seems to be in
the natural order of things Is more of
ten right only because custom has taught
as so to regard it."
"We will," added Letty, "look for
ward to a day when we shall have
taught people to consider a condition
right because based upon principles of
xact and impartial justice."
They threw their arms around each
other, and their lips met In a rapturous
Salute.
THB BNO-
Political Haul).
The business men of this cotimrj
are "pretty sleek" on trade deals
buying and selling and charging "all
tbe tralllo will brar," Hut when it
comes toblf transaction such as conj
trolling the money, locking it up and
letting it lav i''le until the demand for
it increases its value ,10 per cent they
are not in it at all w.th the financiers
We have, according to them, been
just in sight of good times ever since
the repeal of the Hherman law. Bat
now comes Uradstreet, who la the
high priest of the buMneftS men, and
says .
"The
unfavorable conditions pre
vailing' in commercial and Industrial
circles throughout the country, to
gether with the prospect for no ma
terial improvement during the sum
mer, nmrlis the present season as
probab'y the dullest relatively for
twenty years. At no time since panle
and business depression manifested
themselves last year bave ret orts as
to tbe volume of sales of merchandise,
the manufacture of staple goods and
the indisposition of merchants gener
ally to buy except for absolutely Im
mediate wants, been so pronounced
and so general tbroughouttbe country
as during the past few week,
"Nuperflclal examination of busi
ness conditions leading to unwar
ranted optimistic concluiions as to
nearby future of trade have not been
wanting; but, as a mttter of fact,
based on comprehensive and careful
examination, the next tew months
promises a continuance, if not an In
tensifylng, of existing conditions of
extreme dullness and depression."
Of course ordinary mortals with
good borse sense knew this even be
fore the repea of the Hherman law,
but it will be received as a piece of
bad news by the "sagacious" business
men ot the country. After a while some
one will discover (?) the fact that we
need more money in circulation and
be will be called a great financier.
We venture to say that not I per cent
of the business men of the country
ever study economic questions except
for one side, ami thaUlde la given by
the men who make millions of dollars
through being able to control the
currency,
The respectable democrats In
"Willie" Urecklnridge's district are
doing what they can to save them
selves theUhgrace of his being re
turned to congress. 'Ihe other day
they got together and gave him the
following certificate of character:
Whereas, The representative of this
district In ongress has coveted him
self with disgrace, and the people
whose servant he is with mortification
and shame by gross and frightful
licentiousness, by lying and deceit, by
the violation and disregard of every
tie that human beings bold sucred,
and by such shame essness and disre
gard of moral obligations as bas made
him the wonder and scorn of tbe
whole world; and, ,
Whereas, Ibis matter In all of
its phases possesses distinctive
and terrible features which place
it utmost a!one and unparalleled
In the record of humau depravity In
our country, striking at tbe very
foundation of oi order and life
and mocking at Un purity of our
women and the sacredness of our
homes, rendering the author of these
crimes a public enemy; therefore we
pledge ourselves to use every honor
able means to prevent the .renomlna
tlon of W. V. V, UrecWnridge. We
appeal to our dam vratlc friends by
the honor of the dUtrlet and la tbe
name of (iod to rle lit their might
had prevtut the frful moral degra
datiou which would le bound up l
the eltH'tUta of tliis mm.
'1 tivy then vusaed resolutions re
iiural n hint t withdraw from tbe
race. Out i f regard for dawnoy he
mtirbt tod.i It. It "W.llte ' dos sut
c4 in Iweitig returns! t.i u grras 'we
hU Wiit on tu above cantti. ate ot
charecur fu)Uiviug btut. aad a eP
sliould be ot t'levxry ai-hunl girl la
th ciuat.
la whn the bill Htm-
duvd W ral th Uuoiwe t, Joha
Marwaa Hiko aa tollowa.
"I iet that the uiitUtaMve of
the laouue las la an abaoiwU a
lity for any ay ale m ot laUraal la
If the a ul and ! should
dotartuUe after fU ftttd"
cretloa to Tfwal the iaHime
Ux 1 sha 1 fvor tre repeal of all tbe
taxes upon t-onsuinptioa that bear
upon the great ma&es of the people.
I do not brieve there is any such '
complaint bout tne income tux. If
I had my own way I wou'd retain
the income tax at 5 per eeot mak
ing such modifications as ould
afford the proper exemptions. I
would malnUin the income, tax at 5
per cent on till Incomes above i,00u,
and then throw off these taxes upon
consumption that do oppre s the poor
and do take dollars oat of the coffers
of the people who earn them by their
daily work."
Just tbeother day he made aspeecli
against the income tax. He said it was
a war tax and there was no necessity
r?rit It was a tax on clashes. Tbe
Idea of taxing a comparatively few be
eauseyou can reach tiiem and because
they live in large cities was an act of
Rgrarlanisra and injustice. If they
legislated for clssses In this country
then the system would break down
All men wen alike under the law and
the same rule should apply to all. The
old reprobate ought to be belted over
tbe head with a dead cat.
Y kk, sir, we sre In favor of , every
patriot owning a good repeating- rili e.
1'he constltut on guarantee him this
right anil the Indications demand It
Mudgo I wonder why a flrl alwaya
shuts her eyes when a fellow kisses
borf Yabnley I never noticed any
thing of the sort, but I suppose it da
pendt upon the kind of faoe tbe follow
baa. y
PERSONAL NOTES.
Lnln H, nrtrgi, a wn.ll psnf de
signer of New York, drew a Chinese
pattern so popular that 300,000 rolls
of the paper have been sold,
One of the three domm shirts p
sosaed by Napoleon at St. Helena and
divided at his death among his com
panions, has been sold by auction for
150 francs. ; J
lules Simon had a cataract removed
from one of his eyes lately and under
went the operation with a coolness
and fortitude that few young men
would have equaled.
The combined assets of the llot.li
schild family in Europe are not less,
it Is said, than $2,000,000,000. The vir
tual head of the family Is Nathaniel,
Lord Rothschild 'of London.
Dr, Glaus Dab i, who has Won
elected to a professorship In the uni
versity of Chictigo, has been fur some
years at the head of the department
of Scandinavian language and litera
ture at Yale,
The widow of (leneral Phil Sherl
danwlth her three children, lives In
Washington. Phil, her only son, at
tend school In that city, while her
two daughters attend Kilen hall, a
Cutliollo seminary, near Philadelphia.
Hanutel II. Arnold, who was Impli
cated In the project to abduct Presi
dent Lincoln in 1H0.1, and sentenced to
the Dry Tortugas for life, being after
wards pardoned by President John
son, Is now keeping a meat stall in tho
Uroadway market, Baltimore.
The Louisiana legislature has voted
an appropriation to erect a handsome
statue to Thorny Lafou, a negro phi
lanthroplst, who died at New Orleans
a few months ago after a life of be
nevolence, leaving nearly all of his
fortune ($i00,000) to charities.
THE PASSING SHOW.
The parliament of Finland has
passed a law prohibiting all railroad
trafllc and mail delivery on Sunday.
Henry Hpitz of Altoona, Pa., was
fatally Injured while saving his
little daughter from death under
an electric car.
Tho average x watch is composed of
ninety-eight pieces and Its manu
facture embraces more than 3,D00 dis
tinct and separate operations.
A sturgeon weighing 300 pounds
and having a leather belt attached to
its tail was caught off Wiekford in
Narragansett bay ono day lately.
That which is popularly known as
the funny bono, at the point of tbe
elbow, la In reality not a bone at all.
but a nerve that lies near the hurfaoa.
Two men In liuff.ilo got Into a fight
as to whether or rot "tho sun draws
np the watr that make the rain."
lino struck the other and broke his
neck.
The member of the Woman's Chris
tian Tcmpc rauco union of llrooklyn,
N. Y., have resolved to buy their gro
ceries in future from dealers who do
not sell liquor.
A traveler recently returned from
Knglaml ay the girl there are all
Indulging In the hair-dre-alng frtaka
known as '-bath-buns." lie describee
them a hard, round knots of hair,
generally covered with a net and
looking as their mim Implies exactly
like a bun -or like a rubber ball that
had Wrn thrown and -tuck against
the back of the head. Hut haiid.oine
or liiileoua. the bath bun will drive
out t'ii graceful jvehe knot if Dame
I'uslil n fco order
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