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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1896)
(MIGRATION FROM ENGLAND. OfMlal Propartioa of It la Still to tha United BtatM. The report by Mr. C. P. Lucas on the emigrants' Information office for 1895 gives evidence of good work done At ma.ll eost to the public, says the Lon don Time. We are not sure that much more could be done than 1 done al ready by the managing committee and their agent. The colon! do not, a rule, care to rewire more emigrant than we are sending to them. The general tendency, there and in the United State, 1 to look with some jealousy at each new arrival. More working hand mean more competi tion for employment, with lower wage a the result; while new hands who are not inclined to work are as little de sirable a part of the population In the new world a in the old. In 1886 the passengers who left the ports of the United Kingdom for places out of Europe amounted in round num bers to 272,000, as against 227.000 in ISM- In the first two months of 1896 the emigrants of bntish origin hare been 15,184, as against 13,711 in the corresponding period of 1805. , The place of destination for the largest number is, and continues to be, the United State. This is most markedly so in the case of foreign emigrants passing through this country on their way to their place of settlement, but it Is the case, too, with emigrants of Brit isa origin. Next in point of attractiveness comes South Africa, and. In spite of recent disturbance. It has gained ground very considerably during the present year. In 1SJ5, 26,000 emigrants went to the Cape and Natal, as against rather less than 17,000 In lSiH. This shows an increase of more than 50 per cent., but it has been far outdone dur ing the present year by the further In crease from 1,941 to 3,343 in tlie first two month of the year. British North America ha also been doing better as an emigration field, but the number of emigrants thither and to the Australian colonies continues to be comparatively small. , One point of Interest in emigration statistics is, as Sir Robert Giffen has shown, that they serve to Indicate the state of trade generally. As trade im proves emigration will be fouud to in crease, while a decline in emigration I Is a most certain sign and forerunner j of an approaching trade depression. The report of the emigrants' informa "tioa office and the further figures in the Board of Trade's emigration re- j turns are therefore very satisfactory. They combine, with such proofs as the trade returns have lately been furnish ing, to show that we are at length In the course of a genuine trade revival. The Australian colonies. It Is true, have not yet fully recovered from the grave crisis which they have gone "throcrgh. and so close are the modern In dustrial relations between one country and another that effect of Australian depression must be felt here as cer tainly as in Australia Itself. But there Is nothing In this to discourage us. If our trade shows signs of revival while Australia is still depressed, we may be confident that it will improve the more when Australia, with Its energy, its amplitude of resource, and its vast re cuperative powers, hB recovered the ground which it has lost, and when the upward and onward movement now In progress htm extended to the two or tnree districts of the country which, as the report nhows, it has not yet lully reached. Gordon's Rebuke. The anecdotes of "Chinese" Gordon are innumerable, but however slight they may be, we cannot have too many of them. The author of '"Fire and Sword in the Soudan" nays that II.is san Bey, a sheikh of the region, reiate.l to him many Incidents about the white man, for whom he had the greatest ad miration and regard. He pointed out a magnificent saddle ami sword. "Look!" said he. "These are the l ist presents Gen. Gordon gave me. He was most kind and generous. lride was unknown to him. One day when we were traveling an attendant shot a bustard, and when we halted at noon the cook at once boiled some water and threw the bird into the pot so as to take off Its feathers, Gordon, seeing this, went and sat down by the cook, and began helping him to pluck the bird. "I at once runhed up to him and begged him to allow me to do it for him, but he answered: ' 'Why should I be asliaroed of doing work? Iam quite able to wait on u.y elf. Certainly I do not require a bey to do my kitchen work for me.' "Ouce when he was traveling wits me I fell ill, and Gordon came to so me in my tent In the course of con versation I told him that I was addict, ed to alcoholic drinks, and that I put down my present Indisposition to the fact that I had been obliged to do with out them for the last few days. This was my Indirect way of asking Gordon to give me something, but I was might ily disappointed st receiving instead a very severe rebuke. ' " 'You a Moslem,' he said, 'and for bidden by your religion to drink wim? and spirits! I am Indeed anrprlsod. You should give up this habit altogeth er; every one ought to follow the pre cept of hi religion.' "I promised to be more moderate in future, and Gordon seemed satisfied." Crashed tf Mighty Words. , I Mi on the seat with the colored M who drove me down to the rail road depot with a shacklety old wagon, ad aa we left the hotel he aald: "Bam If yo kla dun aay oner a few Mf wartfa oa a way down, de ole maa wttf U 'ztrtaaety dtoMeeged to yo" Zt wwr da yoa waatr 0gat i too Kg, boa. I'm a Ml af K3 ' f wfeaa ealaaMtoas ee- To yo i espect to And use for them this morning?" "Reckon I doe, aah. Mr son, Abra ham, work down to de depot, an' whenever I cum around he trie to show off ober me an' make me feel smalL He'll try it on dUt mawnin. fur uah, as' I jest want to be dun fixed io -aralyie hi desirability. Spit m right out, boas, an' de ole man won't forgit yo when de watermillyun sezuin cuius ag'n." We had about half a mile to go, and before we reached the depot I gave him a Urge and choice assortment of Webster's longest vocabularie curiosi ties. When we drew up at the platform, Aonaham was there, and a Wo a dozen white people who were to go out on the train. It was a good opportunity for the son to show off, and he realized It, and came forward and waved his arm and shouted : "Yo dar ole man; ba'n't I dun toled yo" 'bout four hundred times not to aagaciate dat stupendous ole vehicle In de way of de omnibus? Sum ole niggers doan seem to have no mo' Idea of de consanguinity of recltltude dan a squash." "Was yo' 8Hkin' to me, nh'!" stiffly demanded the father, a he stood up and glared at Abraham. "Of co'se I was." "Ien, sah, I want yo to distinctly understand dat, when de co-operasbum of de Imperialism seems to assimilate a disreputable Infringement of heredit ary avariclousricHs. I shall retract my Individuality, but not befo' not befo', sah!" Abraham's eyes hung out, his com plexion became axil color, and his knees bent tinder him as if the springs were altout to give way. It was a long minute before he could utter a sound, and then he reached for my trunk with the muttered observation: "Befo" de La wd, but things am git tin' so mixed up I can't dun tell whed der I'm his son or his fader!" Sir. George Moore Is finishing a new novel, "Evelyn Inues," the subj-H-t of which Is "the struggle bet ween the spir itual and the sensual life." Zola's enemies are preparing an an thology of the objectionable words and phrases In bis works, to be presented to the French Academy when he next offers himself as a candidate. The Publishers' Association of Great Britain Is at last an accomplished fact. It Is expected that the association will have a representative in the United States to watch out for copyright pir ates nnd lu other ways protect its rights. Col. T. W. Higglnson's gift of ltook to the Boston publie library comprises 1,000 volumes relating to the history of woman in all lands and ages. The collection was begun In 1H40 with the purchase of Mrs. Hugo Keid's "Plea for Woman." and has beeu continued ever since. E. F. Benson, of "Dodo" fame, in now in Egypt. He is writing a romance, the scenes of which are laid In Gnvce during the time of the war of Itidon dence, and filling up his spare time by doing archaeological work in Gree'o under the auspices of the British Senool of Archaeology. All who last year were interested in Mr. Henry Norman's "People's aud Pol itics of the Far East," will be pleased to learn tliat another Illustrated volume containing the further record of Mr. Norman's travels and Impressions will appear during the spring, under the supplementary titl, "The Near Fast: Its Peoples, Problems aud Politics." In his younger years Verh.il ne was engaged to be manied to a very beau tiful girl to whose bouse he went one night in a state of intoxication. The young lady was horrified by the sight, and the match wu at once broken off. She is now the wife of one of the most prominent authors in France. The Bookman says tljt the most Veiiaiiie ever received for a poem In France was 3 francs. Sale or Uoyal Kelics. A collection of Sistorieal relics rntjat ly bequeathed bjr Clery, Louis XVl.'s valet, to his soe and by him to bis daughter, who laely died, was sold re cently at Rouen. It is believed that the Oiost interesting objects were bought i'or the Emperor of Austria. The shirt worn by Louis XVI. the d.-iy liefore his execution realized 2,Siof.; -the napkin used by hlnx at his last communion, 1.950f.; a coat wcjrn by the Dauphin jn prison, 2,050f.; his waistcoat, l,025f.; .Louis XVl.'s head-baud. 7'Xif.; a key made by him, fiiiif.; Prlncens Eliza beth's headdress 6Mf.; Marie Antoin ette's knife, usefi at the Conclergerle, 87ff.; fragments pf the beam of her cell, 105f.; locks !! hair of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and the Dauphin, 750f., 910f., and T30f.; and hair of the Princess de Lamballe, given to Clurv by Marie Antoinette, 200f. LondoU Times' Iaris Corncspondeoee. Divorce It-corrt-Breaker. An Indiana man ha made applica tion for hi ninth divorce, and be didn't begin hie matrimonial career un til be wa 55 years old. Tbia show a what a man can accomplish In any one direction by giving hi wbole attention to tbe matter. Portland Oregonlan. "Oh, mamma," aald little Willie, aa be made bis first close Inspect Ion of a bicycle, "this machine baa got mbber os to keep ita wheel from getting er-Harpr'e Rossd TaMav , It to tuafsir to repeat tb murappsrt 4 Ua of a gtp. HE WAS NEARLY MOBBEOl Practical Joker Who Adrcrtiaad far Quarters mnt Nicaela. "Have you an American quarter or nickel dated 1SW? JHM5 quarters are - worth 1471.25; 1SN5 nickels, $!M.25. The above is a fae simile of an "ad" which appeared la the St Louis Re public a day or so ago, and every one whose eye caught the "ad" hastily ran hi hand down into bis Jeans and pulled out all sons of money. If he wa lucky enough to find a nickel or a quarter which had that date a flutter ran through his system and he would hasten to the man on South Fourth street who put in the "ad" and claim the prize. A few hours later quite a mob gathered in front of the store on Fourth street, anxiously awaiting the opening of the place. One of the boys who saw the "ad" looked over all the money he had, but he could find none o.. that date. He walked up to a friend on the street a few minutes later and asked blm if be had a quarter or a nickel of that date, keeping quiet alout the "ad." The friend was lucky enough fo have a nickel, but suspect ing that something was In the wind, asked him what he wanted with It. The boy told him he wanted It as he had a small brother at home who was born In that year. The young fellow would not give it up, and the boy offered him a quarter for It. He got the nickel. Then the boy made a graud rush for South Fourth street. When hi' arrived th-re he saw, much to his dismay, a large crowd outside waiting for the adver tiser. After a half hour's wait a boy atxiut W came whistling down the street an I opened the door. "Did you advertise for 1SS.1 quarters and nickels?" eagerly asked the young man a quarter out. The boy said that be had put in an "ad" stating that 1K.H5 quarters were worth $471.24, and ls.'so nlekles $94.25. . "Well, I have one." said a raw-boned young fellow on the outside who had been fighting his way to the front with indifferent success. The the young fellow explained that 1,885 nlckles would amount to $:M.2". and that many quarters to $471.25. Then the crowd got "next." and It looked like the mob was going to lynch the boy. but a policeman happening by scattered them. The "quarter out young man" then went back to the office where he kicked himself aud did without his dinner. How Lincoln Began. Possibly the story of how I.ttt' d i learned grammarand ho learned ih;; he could master things without au in structor has already been told iu the,- J chairs in his handsome library that he columns. Whether it has ben or uot, j now sought repose. A loving and aym it may do some youthful reader good pathetic wife adjusted the curtains to to read It We borrow It from Mc Clure's Magazine. "I have talked with grnt men," Lin coln told his fellow-clerk nnd friend. Greene, "and I do not s-e bow they differ from others." He made up his mind to nut h!melf supply, be gradually lost all conacloiis before the public, and talked of Inn ' n lu prufoundest slumber, plans to hi friends. In order to keep j in practice iu spew king he walked seven Horrible visions, so urireid and yet so or eight miles to debating duts. 'i nc. tlclng polemics," was what be called i,na. Hard, etern faces are about the exercise. ; him. restraining walls, an Iron pall-t! lie seems uow for the first time to j At times a spirit of rage comes over have begun to study subjects. Gram- hlm-a blind unreasoning, ovcr.vbehu mar was what he chose. He ttonsht ' ing rage. It fills his veins with runuii.g Mentor Grit ham. the schoolmaster, and nre.' He feels a mighty strength asked bis advice. . through every nerve and fiber of his If you are going before Hi- public," jir. i i ra ham told him, "you ought do it." Hut when could he get a graioiu.-ir? Tlcre was but uue iu the ielgiiisulis!. Mr. Grnimm said, and that w;is miles a v.-;iy. Without waiting further iuforni:i'i'ii the young man rose from the break ,V.-:, table, waited immediately to the :l:tce, borrowed tliis rare copy of Kirkh:in;'. Grammnr. and before ui.gbt was deep in Its mysteries. From that time on for weeks he gave every moment of hi,. leisure to mastering the contents of trie M)'iiy. frequently lie asked Iu friend Greene to "bold the Ixxik" while be recited, aud when puzzled by a point he would consult 5Jr. Graham. j Lincoln's eagerness to learn was such that the whole neighborhood became interested. The Greenes lent him books, the srhool master kept him in ( ed. But the dear ones never come, mind and helped him as he could, and ' never come! Ah, now, happy relief, even the village cooper let Dim come in- at length be awakens. What a fright to bis chop and keep up a fire of sluiv-1 ful dream! lug HunVleutly bright to read by at night. It was not long before the gram mar was mastered. "Well," Lincoln said to bis fellow clerk, Greene, "if that's what they e.-iM scien-o, I think I'll go at another." He had made another discovery that he could conquer subjects. In Hummer's Sweetness. The nwpers labored cutting at the wheat, and with bowed backs bound up the sheaves; the doves came out from the copse and fed among the wtubble. Among the beech tree there floated the sound of the falling water on its way to the cl green flags of the brook. Faint rustling of squirrels' leet, the hum of invisible insects, the flutter of butterflUm' wings, the hum of a bumble bee wandering among the fern, the call of the grasshoppers in the grass, the amorous sigh of the breeze, tbe quick maze of tbe sunlight dots, the eise of all summer things, the distant thun der deepening with the pressure of Its note, the voice of tbe sunlit earth, the fullness of the harvest, the touch of a loving hand. Richard Jeffrie. Terror of the t'sknown. A gentleman In England whose prem ises were often Invaded by treap-tsaers put up the following on his gate-bouse: "A terriftkokalblondomenol kept ber,)." - A friend aaksd blm what terrifying thtokf that was. "Ok," be replied, "It la just three big Orssk words pot al together; but It arras tbe purpose wall; tbe unknown la always dnadfol" GRANDMOTHER. Slowly, upon the kiU-hen floor I ad in the firelight's glow, , 0 winter eveninga long sad coll 'JrandniotlH-ra s!rp would go. IT'I.U k- L .1 -L. t ...A ,1 With her right baud she turned the wheel, The other held the wool, While to a merry, humming song My heart brat fait and fuu. And as she spun, her mellow voice Wa ringing clear and sweet. And in her tread I heard the tramp Of soldiers' marching feet; For she outpoured in measured tone Great Homer's lofty line, That told of mighty Priam's fall And Helen's face divine. Or she would quote from Pollok's lay; How Byron's lonely soul Was brother to the rocks and storm. And ocean's wintry roll; Or yet of Hoheidimieu's field Of drums that beat at night. And how the pure, untrodden snow Grew crimson with the figkt. Till, listening, I enraptured grew An aspen to ber voice. And chilled or glowed as the essayed The poem of her choice. Ah, those were days of wonderment, Of youthful hni and fire. When all the fibers of my soul Were tense as Sappho's lyre. Oh, this, all thia, was year ago, When I was but a boy, Yet often now my pulses leap With that remembered joy; Again I see, again I hear Grandmother at her wheel. And to her magic numberi thrill And all her power feel. Her rhythmic voice ber kiudling eye Arouse me here to-night. And her sweet face iu halo abinea And fill me with delight For me ahe Uvea, although the year. Are piled upon her tomb. And still I hear her measured step In that old kitchen room. She is a part of me and mine, And every aong I ting I feel that I should credit her Aa rivers do their spring. And If there lie. In time to come, Some laurel for my laya, Oh, place it gently where the aleepa And give her all the praiae. Chicago Hecord. WAS IT MADNESS V "My dear, If you will keep the chil dren quiet I will try to take a nap be fore I go to the bank. My head aches cruelly. Wake me In half an hour." It was a cosily house lu which Mr. Steadmun, the great banker, lived and It was In the most luxurious of easy j soften the light for the Buffering umu ! aud then, with her firm, soft hands she I tenderly pressed and stroked his throb I bing temples. Dwelling in an atmos phere of uulsiuuded love, surrounded : with every comfort that wealth could vivid. flit through C'hurlcN .SL-admnn's ( being and longs to grapple the tbronts of the bright-eyed demons who stare at bis through the grated door of his im prisoning cell. Hands reach out aud clutch him and when be fiercely struggles to be free they thrust him into a padded cage, si-arce larger than a coffin. In which lie cannot Maud, be cannot rlHe; like a curtain of death it enshrouds nim, f'hoklng, suffocated, be dashes bis ;lwtx, his feet, bis head against the y!eid;ug sides; then coium oblivion, now com plete, now partial, through which bis ! suffering consciousness. Is charged with constant terror, and through w hVh vibrate piercing, Inhuman cries and awful laughter. At times a softer mood comes over hiu). He calls for wife aud tJiildren; to bis eager Inquiries for those he loves false hypocritical answers are return- "Mary," be cries; "Mary." Hut there Is no answering touch, r.o answering voice! Is he then awake? Surely be Is. His pulse lwats calmly; his eye i.re open; he feels that he has bis full un derstand lug. Yet this is riot his chair! Those walls, that window, tiiey are not in his home. The lloor Is bard beneath bis feet. Where are the thick rugs, the decorated walls, the rich draperies of his library? And above all, where are the gentle hands and voice of Mary? "I'pon my word. Doctor; this Is amaz ing! I believe he Is himself. Look at his eyes." "Incredible! He Is an Incurable!" "Hut look at the expression of bis eyes! I tell you, this man is sane." "Of iiurse I am sane," says St'.vid man, "and what do you mean by this talk? Why am I not at home? Aud how do I come here?" Xow be sees that he Is in a small room, sitting In an iron chair, which is fn.encd to the floor. Startled, bit eyes eagerly talt In his surroundings cold, gray walls a little window protected by Iron bar a door wltb Iron grating a narrow Iron bed covered wltb a neat, white counterpane; all so strange, and yet atrangely, strangely familiar! ; A quiet, elderly man, dressed In a long, black frock coat, stands before blm, and by that man's side Is another who stoops aad pears latently lato ' Rteadinaa's pttsalsd, frightened face. "What data this mean, geatbrrmm? What crime have I committed In my sleep that I am In prison? What will my wife think?" And be endeavor to rise from his chair. "I am very glad, Mr. Steedman," say a the man in black, placing a restrakr.ng hand upon bis shoulder, "to bear jou ask these questions. You have lsen very alck, but now you shall go home. Your wife will be a happy woman to hear of your recovery." "But, Doctor, if you are a doctor, why should I have tieen removed from home If I were sick? Surely, home 1s the best place for a sick man, and my wife i the best of nurses. Thl Is an outrage and I'll teach you scoundrels that uch things cannot be done with Impunity." He feels that old, mad fury coming upon him. He dashes aside the Doc tor's bund, springs to his feet and hurls himself at the Iron-grated door. In an Instant four bands selie him, well be rememlters that bated touch there comes the sound of hurried feet, the door Is ojM-ned and In rush two attend ants. Despite his frantic efforts hand cuffs are snapped upon bis wrists, brawny arms hold him, panting and struggling, down upon the Iron cot Oh, what dis this mean? Those fear ful visions, those dreams of mad strug gles, of stern faces, of resistless coer cion, of prison surroundings flash through bis mind. Were those dreams? Hurely this is reality. And if this is reality, were not thoee things real? Merciful God, Is he mad? Yet not now, if then, for lying there helpless as a child In the grasp of those terrible men, his reason assure blm that he no longer dreams. "Doctor," he say pleadingly, "re lease me. I will be calm. I will Injure no one. Surely you do not wish to cause nie unnecessary suffering." "Release blm," aays tbe Doctor, "and leave the room." They do so and be rises to bis feet. "Doctor, however thing have bon, 1 am well now. I wlah to go home. Will you not permit m to do so? If you will, I win pardon all that Is past. Only let me go to my wife." "You shall," returned the Doctor. "Immediately. Be calm and patient and I will procure a conveyance as quickly as I can nnd you shall be with your wife within an hour." The Doctor leaves the eelL but fas tens the dKr behind him, and Hte.id tnan, fatut and sick, sinks back into the Iron chair and seeks to collect hs thoughts. It was but an hour ago that the sound of children's voices was stilled that be might sleep away bis headache in the library at home. He can bear the echo of his wife's gentle "bush." causing bis little Edith and his little Ned to stop their noisy play. He can feel the dear wife's breath and the slow stroke upon his forehead which carried him iuto dreamland. Hut what then? Nothing. Is this dreamland? No, it is too frightfully real, lie can hear and see nnd think and rememlH-r. How clearly he can recall every Incident of this eventful day! He had not been well for some time. His wife had been very anxlons about him. Y'lebl Ing to her persuasion, he had that morning -onsuIted bis family physi cian concerning himself. He can re niembor every word of the good man's advice. "Too much worry; too much applica tion to business; nervous breakdown threatened; must quit work aud get away." And he had answered: How could he, the president aud priclil stock holder of a bauk, and a director titid official In a host of business enterprises which demanded his personal supervis ion? He was rich, yet there were lia bilities which he alone knew bow to turn from disaster Into great profits, lie could not stop, be must work aw hile longer just a little while, aud then he would take his wife and children abroad nnd have a happy year ami re gain his former health and old-time vigor. Hut the Doctor bad shaken his bend and said: "Mr. Kteadmau, you are in a serious condition, more serious titan I would care to mention did I not know that, unless you are reasonably alarm ed, you will not follow my directions. And he had promised to think it over and had gone home to luncheon and his hour's rest iu tbe peace and quiet of that dear alxide. Hut here come the Doctor and he will soon be with Mary and the chil dren again and know all, for she will fell blm why be was carried, iu his sleep, to this dreadful place. H was no lack of love which sent him there he knows that well. If It was doue wltli her consent. The cab stojts in n part of the city where Hteadman has never been be fore, in front of a plain, unpretending house. Tbe cabman opens the ihor a'id the Doctor alights. "Oh! doctor, I beg of you do not spend time to make a cull. Get me nome! Get me home!" "Come, Mr. Kteadmnn, you will find her here." "Find my wife here? Impossible! This Is not my house. Driver, take me to 1741 Park place. If you must stop, Doctor, I will go on. You can follow at your leisure. Do you hear ino, driver? Move on and don't spare your horses." "Hut, Mr. Sleiidinnn, 1 tell you your wife Is in this house. I will explain later." Kteadman springs from the carriage and hurries up tbe steps to the house. The Doctor cn hardly keep pace with him. lie rings the bell and to the mnld says: "I Mrs. Hteadman bere? Hny her husband wishes to see ber," There are running footstep In tbe upper ball-a familiar form glide down the stairway, a moment's hesita tion, a glad cry, and be Is clasped h bs dea wlfe'a lof lag arms. 8be lead blm Into the little sitting-room, makea him It down aad then abe cart sees and comfort, him doe a mot her the child who wa. lost and U fotmd . HI. eye. overflow with tear, at tbi. great teuden.c-but what la lhlT The light mayor, ,-rhaj- the tear. It cannot be; but -, the hright, hair i. thickly screaked " ' . "Oh, Mary!" he cries, "tell nie, dar ling, why are jcu here? W-y.re. not at home with lb children? And tell me, dearest, how came those gray hairs in your young head to-lay? Aud now, that I look at you. you are not, the same. Ha. my l. k..c rt ! so, my poor girl?" , , And then he bursts iuto "'! O"1 r" strains his grief, after a time, as be thinks that at least he is well now and come back to help and comfort her when it might have been so different. "Come, dearest, a cab la at tbe door. You can escuse yourself here and we will go home together. I will upend the afternoon with you and the children and we will forget this horrible day. And. Mary. I'll fix things at the bank to-morrow. I'll take the Doctors ad vice aud we will all be off across the water for as long a vacath.u as you can enjoy." Then the pis.r little woman and tbe kind old doctor gradually tell Cbarle Kteadman the a hole, sud truth. It la ten years since he feel asleep In tbe old home at Park place. Wh-n ho awoke he was another man. Ihey touch lightly on the need of restnilnt In the "hospital." With the Uws of this supervision, aud ieruai8 through fraud aud trickery, his great fortune h.id melted away, aud his delicately nur tured wife had been obliged to give up her home and seek employment for the support of the family. He 1 scarcely given to understand that this included the supixirt of himself at the private -hospital," yet he feels It, oh, how keenly. She had established aud successful ly maintained a seliool for children, and this Is the school building and the children are now In the schoolroom tiistalrs awaiting the return of their teacher. Then come the crudest blow of all for It niUKt come. The man is mad In his demand for little Ned and Kdltb, now grown large and handsome, he i sure. He la made to kuow--lt Is broken to him gently that Teddie and Edith luive lieeu dead for many years. He bows his bead in grief too d'Jep to find expression -a dry -eyed, burning, awful grief. He is penniless. The bmt years of his life have been passed In a mad house; he has come forth a broken, shuttered man wlio can only lie a bur den to his little, frail, careworn woman; he can scarcely hope to lteu her toll, to witiieH which will lie Intolerable. For ten loug years b! own dear Mary bitter to contemplate'. luis labored in desolation of spirit to supisirt In tti aHjlum ber Inwtue husband who could not repay her womanly devotion with one word of love, with one look of gratitude; who, In his insanity, was blind to her patient fa-i deaf to ber appealing voice. And with It all, F.dilh and Teddie are gone. He can nsver touch them, see them, bear them again. "Oh God, can It lie!" breaks despair ingly from his trembling lips. He feels again that velvety touch of gentle lingers, soothing, so, so sooih lu! on brow and eye. He opens his eyes beneath those magic fingersoh! happy, joyous transformation! The stiff. wsden chulr lie-ouieM soft and easy to bis aching frame. The wall recede, then stand dark nnd beautiful in familiar form; the rows of books !ti shelf, on shelf, the draperies, the furni ture; oh! this is home again. And uow a heavenly niiwlc to his hungry ears that murmur of children's voices from the rimm above takes oil the tones of little Ned, of lovely Kdlili blissful sound! And all the time be feels the rhythmical stroke of the ten der hands of bis sweet wife Mary. Looking upward, be sees starry eyes gassing down Into bis and the dear fa-fl is young nnd free from care and the lieautiful lmlr Is all a rich, dark, glossy brown. Was this returning madness, bei.lgn. ly sent by Providence to clouk a 1mih. less misery in robes of seeming happi ness? Or was it all a dream and this the blessed awakening? Detroit ' Free Press. Native Born In Cities. Regarding the population of great capitals M. Hertllloti, the French sta tistician, has made known some Inter esting facts. London has the highest, percentage of native population, it being 05 p,r cent. Iu Vienna the native population Is 45 per cent,; in Heriln, 41; In Ht. Petersburg Z2, and In Paris .";ij. The greatest tiuml.r of foreigner Is In Paris, over 181,0x0, Including 20.. 83 Germans, while In Berlin there are' but 397 French. The greatest number of foreigner from any one nation in Paris is Bel. glaus, 45,(XM. Of other natloimllrle there are Hi.iKK) English, 20, B Ger mans, 0,11 Russians, 13,(j Luxem Iwurglaus, 20,000 Swiss and 21,000 Italians. Of the present population In Paris only 30 per cent, were Isirn there. For the past thirty year this percentl age has remained practically the mnw. Berlin contains 18,000 foreigner Ht! Petersburg 23,000, London 95,(s0, Vlcnl na 35,000. Women Who Toll. I-ondon leads the Hat of dtle In It number of women who are either do. meatlca or skilled worker. York la next. Tbe worklagwomen orer 13 average about 300,000 0 New York City, as against 71,000 a quarter of a century ago. There are probably abotrt 600,000 women of working age 0 a tty Hke New York, with Its 2,00000, aad tale snow that half of than art oblbrad to toil