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The Sioux County Journal,
VOLUME IX.
HARKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1896.
NUMBER 3.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICi SELECTION OF INTER
EST I "3 ITEMS.
CManta Bad CritlcissM Bss4 t'pn
tke l(Mlai) tka Dt7-Hlr
tortcal uU New Ntaa.
Papa VanderblK ought to be proud of
bis boy's pluck, whatever be thinks of
his Judgment
A man's honest sernest opinion la the
moat precious of ail be possesses; let
him communicate tbla If be la to com
municate anything.
Mark the Czar's modesty In refusing
to publish either tbe date of his Tlalt
to tbe kaiser or tbe route be will take.
Few of our -great men are so unob
trusive aa tbla.
Mrs. Leslie Carter testified that she
used to waits with Mr. Falrbank and
Mr. Falrbauk went upon tbe witness
stand and Indignantly declared that be
"did no such thing." Well, then, what
was It made him so dizzy?
Without the resolution In your heart
to do good work, so long as your right
hand has motion In It, and to do It,
whether the Issue be that you die or
live, no life worthy tbe name will ever
be po8sIble to you; while In once form
ing the resolution that your work shall
be well done life Is really won here and
forever.
Comprised air as a moans of street
car locomotion seems to be a distinct
access It one may Judge from the ex
periment tried In New York. Street
car t raffle wlH not be at once revolution
ised by the establishment of this Inven
tion, but It will probably present eco
nomical advantages whlob will appfal
to the builders of new lines.
large, adult, morose bull held pos
session of Central Park In New York
for a good part of Sunday against all
comers, treeing the populace and chas
ing bicyclers. If tbe people of Gotham
would abandon their practice of cutting
the grass la' the streets before It la fair
ly ripe theaX would leave fewer Induce
ments for 'Wild cattle to disturb their
pleasure grounds.
, Tbe universal admission that men
are not as good or as wise or as noble
a they might be Is of Itself a proof that
all have Ideals beckoning and helping
them onward. No one deliberately up
holds wrong-doing, however much be
may commit It; no one condemns right
conduct, however much be may neglect
It Men's Ideals are better than their
actions, but not better than themaelves,
for they are a true and vital part of
themselves. "The thing we long for,
that we are, For one transcendent mo
ment." Could we be shorn of our Ideals
character would rapidly sink and life
would show a sorrowful record.
In spfte of the depression of the times
and a continued longing for a restora
tion of confidence the claim deportment
of the city of Dultith shows a continu
ally Increasing activity. The State
census of 18l5 put the iopulatlon at
E9,.'HM1, but we are now Informed on the
authority of the hack-drivers that the
pluce contains 70,000 Inhabitants. It
has more than doubled since 18!0, and
It is only a question of time when It
will become the metropolis of ' the
western continent. How bright, chip
per awl cheerful this sounds; how full
of hopeful augury! It is the flint thing
1o disturb the dreary mouotony of woe
that has been upon us for the Inst four
years. It Is admirable, Inspiring, wor
thy of emulation. It should rouse the
drooping spirits of Kansas City, Oma
ha, Denver, Taconia, and Seattle, and
start anew their generous rivalry. And
as It Is generally admitted that times,
whether hanj or good, are largely the
product of sentiment, who knows but
that with a return of the lioastful mood
of old we should soon be launched upon
the full tide of prosperity agnlu?
Chicago Tost: After all, they do
some things better in the country than
In the city. They may be rather slow
In certain directions, aid they may be
a little too, ready to purchase gold
bricks at time; but when It comes to
discouraging crime they display an en
thusiasm, that Is worthy of emulation
by the professional thief-catchers of the
city. There Is the rase of those four
safe-blowers at Greeley, Iowa, for In
stance. They'll know enough to stick
to the cities after this that Is, provided
thoy recover from their wounds ond
ever get out of Jail again. They are
probably more accustomed to city
methods, anyway, and It was some
thing of a surprise for people to get
on tholr trail with pitchforks and shot
guns, as wna described by the Times
Herald, Instead of waiting for tbe de
tectives and the police to wrestle with
an assortment of clows. It la possible
that we btre too much excitement In
the city to" make any nob Joyful and
spontaneous action on the part of our
leading ritjssas possible, but, If so, we
are the sufferers. We an accustomed
to hearing of borg lariat, and, when n
' formed of on, merely wonder what the
polios are detag, and than go on about
far the aaotal and asassttog M a'fetv
eral round-up of every suspicions char
acter within a radius of twenty: mile.
After what has happened we are of the
opinion that Greeley will not he dis
turbed by burglars again for a long,
long time. They will know enough to
keep close to the cities, where there are
professional policemen and detectives,
but not so many enthusiastic amateurs.
The great Standard Oil Company la
destined to lose Its grip upon the pe
troleum trade of the world, and also to
suffer a large decline In the volume of
Its business. Tbe supply of petroleum
In tho depths of the earth Is widely dis
tributed, and rich oil fields exist which
when discovered and developed will
have an Influence on the petroleum
trade of the world. The Standard Oil
Company's latest competitor Is the
Sumatra oil region, which Is now under
process of development It is said to be
very rich, and an oil refiner of Tltus
ville, Pennsylvania, who has been en
gaged to establish tbe refinery plants in
Sumatra, predicts that within tbe next
Ave years Japan will turn from the
United States to Sumatra for her en
tire supply of petroleum. The magni
tude of this loss to the American pe
troleum trade will be understood from
the fact that Japan last year pur
chased no less than 30,000,000 gallons
of oil from the United States. The oil
fleuls of Sumatra are located on a
navigable river which permits vessels
from Singapore, Peking, Yokahama,
and East India ports to load at the re
fineries situated on the river bank.
This Is a great advantage, as it re
duces the cost of transportation. Here
the refined petroleum Is carried by rail
and by pipe-lines, and although the
cost of transportation has been re
duced to a minimum It Is of necessity
higher than It can possibly be In Suma
tra, where the oil steamers can go di
rectly to the docks at the refineries,
and have their cargoes placed on board
in barrels, or sent in bulk Into tanks In
the hold.
The frightful railroad disaster on the
West Jersey Hailroad, near Atlantic
City, was not only the most fatal ana
of tbe present year, but one of the most
fatal for many years past The present
year, indeed, has born remarkably free
from railroad accidents which can be
called severe. But one such has oc
curred, tbe collision on the Northwest
ern Road near Omaha July 11, when
twenty-eight persons wore killed and
flfty-slx Injured. In addition to this
there have been three lesser disasters,
Involving an aggregate of seventem
persons killed and eight injurod. The
latest reports from the East set the
number of killed at forty-two and In
Jured at forty-three. Out of eighteen
memorable disasters which have oc
curred since 1853 but nine have ex
ceeded yila record, the worst of then)
bemg that at Ashtabula, Ohio, Dec. 20,
1876, when eighty were killed and sixty
injured by the breaking of a bridge and
the wrecking of a Pacific express train.
From the description of the accident It
appears that the Went Jersey train was
returning from Atlantic City with 1.250
excursionists from South Jersey cities,
who had spent the day at the seaside.
It left half an hour behind time, but
as tho lights near the Junction with the
Reading Iload Indicated a clear track
the engineer put on n full head of steam
to nmke up some of the lost time. Mean
while the Heading train which left
Philadelphia at 5:40 and was due at
Atlantic City at 0:59 was running on
schedule time to the sea, having tho
right of way. The operator In tho
switch tower hoisted the da ngor signal,
but without heeding It the engineer of
tho Hauling train kept on his way with
.undiminished speed, and raj) squarely
Into the other train at the crossing, with
the horrible results already stated.
Why he failed to slacken his speed and
obey the warning of the switch opera
tor will never be known, as both the
fireman and himself were burled In the
nrijifl of their engine. It was a terriblo
ending of a day of pleasure for the ex
cursionists. In the first passenger car
of the excursion train not a single pas
senger of the sixty escBied dth or
Injuries which may result In death.
It has brought mourning Into scores of
homes. It adds to the horror of the dis
aster and ihe palnfuInoKS of sulwciuent,
memories that It might have been avoid
ed If the engineer of the Heading train
had biien ordinarily watchful and heed
ed tho warnings of the switch operator.
Piqued at Thackeray.
Thackeray got Into trouble by copy
ing some of his characters too closely
from life, notably when ho put his
friend, Arthur Archdekne, Into "Pen
deunls" ns tho ever delightful Harry
Poker. Although Thackeray meant no
unklndness, Archdekne never quite for
gave him. One night, Just after Thack
eray had delivered bis first lecture on
"The English Humorists," Archdekne
met him at tbe Cider Cellar Club, sur
rounded by a coterie vho were offering
their congratulations. "How are you,
Thackr cried Archie; "I was at your
show to-day at Willis'. What a lot of
swells you had there yea I But !
thought K was duU-Oerlllafc dull! I
will Ml yod what It Is, Thack, yon
want a piano."
Th start to not so papular saw as
ae ssnssrtr warn people are India oat
that tna asraaausoa Bash
THE WRATH OF CUPIfe
When Vesus roamed Olympis's hsigM,
Is radiant, heavenly beauty,
And sought to set all things right
By arts of love sod duty.
She f ootid her Cupid weeping sore,
His bow ao4 arrows broken.
And thus did fee hi griefs deplore,
And legends tok! in token:
"I sought to win a blooded maid
She fled and went to voting;
A baUot on my bow she laid.
Her virgin scorn denoting.
I begged her kisses she cried 'Nay,'
And said I was a bear If
I Joined not in the Hoenae fray,
And fought not 'gainst the tariff.
"Again I found a lovely lass.
She was a platform preacher;
A gentler creed I dreamed, alas!
That I could eftaoon teadh her.'
She gave me Spencer, Huxley, Strauss,
I found no way to fault her,
With texts she did my transports douse,
My bow broke on her altar.
"When next I sieged a maiden's heart,
And wooed her toward compliance,
Site nipped tbe point from off my dart.
Because she'd studied science.
And when I sang an amorous lay
Of Venus and Apollo,
She turned on tne a Roentgen ray
And said my heart was hollow.
'At last I met a cycling girl.
In bloomer she wa riding
The eheunc art made gold each curl;
Her native lieauty hiding.
She had no use for ardent ways,
She pitied not my torture.
Hut said she might Love's ante raise
If I'd become a scorcher."
Then Venus fair embraced the lad,
And bade him cabn his sorrow,
Nor worry o'er each earth-maid's fad,
But hope success to-morrow.
"Deu child," she said, "you must not
cry,
These fads thy work ne'er covers;
For bloomer nerer reach too high
a'o bide the hearts of lovers."
-Life.
SMUGGLER'S LAST RUN
On the wild promontory of Portland,
a llttlo to the west of the famous "Bill,"
a rude stone dwelling was dovetailed
Into a chnm that broke the scarp of the
cliff some thirty feet below the brink. ''
Ingress and egress on the landward
side could only be had through a trap
door on the roof; but, as much of ,tbi
traffic to that house came from the sex,
there was also a door In the side flush
with tbe cliff-face, from which anyone
stepping would have fallen sheer on
to the rocks below. This difficulty,
however, was obviated by the dropping
of a rope ladder when occasion re
quired. Tho almost impregnable citadel form
ed the lair of Steve Kern, the most dar
ing of all smugglers who, 100 years
ago, burrowed and nested In the "Isl
and." Every revenue cutter and preventive
man, from, the Start to Dover, knew
Steve for a smuggler; but It was his
proud boast that not one of them bad
been able to catch him In the act of run
ulng a cargo or disposing of bis goods,
ond to this he owed his immunity.
On a November evening In 1804 the
large kitchen, used also as the general
living room of the queer roost, was
occupied by throe persons an elderly
woman, a dark, well-dressed, youngish
man of rather foreign apearonce, and a
beautiful girl of 18. 4
The elderly dame was Mrs. Kern, tho
girl was her daughter Margery, and
the man was Pierre Roublot, the French
brandy merchant of Fecamp, whose ex
tensive dealings with Kern necessitated
frequent visits to this side of the water.
At least this was the Frenchman's ex
planation, though old Kern had long
suspected that Margery's bright eyes
tonned the real attraction.
The brandy merchant had arrived In
Kern's lugger the night before for a
three days' stay, and lie had Just taken
the opportunity of the smuggler's tern
porary absence, and of Mm. Kern's
clearness, to nmke the girt a formal pro
posal of marriage.
But Margery shrank away from the
hand that sought hers. 1 am sorry,
M. Uoublot, but 1 cannot listen to you,"
che replied, shaking In very good
I'rcneh, which she had learned from
her. mother. Mrs. Kern had Ixjen a
ilrotngiie peasant girl.
"And why not?" persisted Uoublot, a
scowl darkening his swarthy fac. "I
mi r:ch. I am not old or 111-looklnir.
.,nd I "
"Spare ino a catalogue of your vir
tues," said Margery. "You may 1 all
tliat and much more, but the reason
why I cannot wed you Is that I do not
love you. Besides " and the girl
pntwed nnd blushed.
"Ah-lia! with your 'oesldes.' which
you hesitate to define," cried the angry
lover. "Come, let mo finish your sen
tence for you. ' It la that you love the
young sailor who assists your father
his mate, Dick tangston Is It not sor
But liefore Margory could utter the
retort that rose to her Hps, an interrup
tion occurred that relieved her from
the necessity for reply. From far down
at tho foot of the rope ladder a pkitol
shot rang out, followed by another In
qulek succession, and Immediately af
terword, evidently startled by the
sound, a tall young fallow asms running
Into the kitehs from one of the rack
hswa side csHUsbsta, what nggisd
"What was that? Where to Cap'n
Korar be asked.
"Ob, Dick," cried Margery, Some
thing has happened to father, I fear."
. Dick Langston seized a pistol from a
well-nlled rack and ran to the door,
through which the moon was visible
sailing over the heaving sea. But be
fore be reached the Udder, the face of
one ascending appeared over tbe door
sill, and the master of tbe bouse sprang
nimbly Into tbe room a miracle of
activity despite bis gigantic frame and
00 years.
"It's all right; there's no call to fright
yourselves," he said, as tbe women
clustered round him. . "I biased off my
pistols to try if the powder was wet.
Here, Margery; Just roll this keg into
the storeroom with the rest"
As sou as Margevy was out of bearing
Kern drew the two men aside and said:
'That was a narrow shave; I've nevor
been so near took before. I had to bite
as well as bark to save myself. There's
a man dead below." . -r :
"Were there more than one?" asked
Dick langston. '
"No, there was only one. It was
that new Scotch preventive from For
tune's Well Sandy Mclntyre his name
is. He must have crept along the rocks
under the cliffs at low water and hidden
himself."
"Ah, mon Dleu! But you are unhurt,
my friend?" exclaimed Roublot.
"Yes; he missed me by a hair's
breadth, but he was sighting me with
u second pistol, so I let him have a
chunk of lead from mine' and be rolled
over, as dead aa a rabbit. Into a pool.
If he's let bide btere the tide will like as
not wash him right into Way mouth
Bay. Go down, Dick, my bid, and roll
some rocks atop of him."
The young man disappeared Into the
black gulf below. No sooner was he
gone than Kern filled himself a stiff
nobbier of brandy and drank It at a
"That's better," he said. "T wouldn't
ever do for my mate to see as 1 was a
bit shook by this. You may believe it
or not as you like, M. Roublot, but for
all folks do say of me, this is tbe first
time as I've took a man's life."
"Indeed!" exclaimed the Frenchman.
"Why, your reputation oh both sides
thechannclis of the most bloodthirsty."
A faint smile fluttered over the old
smuggler's rugged countenance. "I
took care It should be," he said. "But It
was. as you call It all refutation
f fcorkd up for my own safety.. I should
not have done It now, but that tbe snenk
would have shot me else."
"You surprise me, mon ami," replied
Roublot, thoughtfully. "But come, let
us change the subjoct I have laid bare
my heart to mademoiselle, your daugh
ter, and she rejects my love. She has
the soft feeling, I am sure, for Dick
Langston, your mate."
Kern frowned, as though ill-pleased,
but his brow quickly cleared.
"I own I am sorry. I had hoped Mar
gory would have fancied you, seeing as
!t would have suited our. dealings to
gether. But If she won't,"I tell you
plain, it ain't Steve Kern's way to
force a maid. And, after all, Dick Is a
very proper lad."
A moment later Dick Uingston re
turned from his uncongenial task, the
rope ladder was drawn up for the
night and Steve Kern's household sat
down to a bountiful supper, secure
against all assault
That night when Pierre Uoublot re
tired to his rock-walled guest chamber
It was not to sleep.
"I will have my revenge yet," he mut
tered, "and a revenge that shall strike
all three. Strange, too, that the very
moment when there arose the need of
a weapon, Kern himself should have
placed so good a one In my hand by
staying the preventive. With such,
ready forged, there cannot be long to
wait for nn opportunity."
Six months passed away, and Kern's
lugger, the Petrel, which In the Inter
val had had many successful trips, lay
moored alongside the quay at Fecamp,
waiting for her cargo of brandy and
silks. Despite the fact that war was
raging bet wen France and Kugland,
Kern and his merry men were on the
best of terms with the natives.
Since the night when he killed the
preventive man at the foot of the lad
der h had assumed a more than usual
ly ferocious bearing, and tho moment's
weakness he lmd shown In the presence
of Uoublot was his last, lie may have
been suspected of having a hand in
Sandy Mclntyre's disappearance, but
If so, In the absence of prjoofno one
dared to mx him with it
In other respects, the only change
that Time's flight had brought was to
Dick Langston and Margery, who were
married, some tlireo months after the
episode first related, with Kern's full
approval.
But while Dick and his father-in-law
are lounging on the deck of the Petrel,
talking of their homo lu the cliff, we
must turn our stoiw to Houblot's dingy
office In one of the by-streets running
at right angles to the water skle.
On this particular morning he was
busy on the Invoices of the goods about
(o be shipped on the Petrel, when hla
clerk announced that an officer of the
naval administration from Ham de
sired to see htm on an urgent affair.
"You hara transactions with Baghah
smugglers, moostsor, ws are lafonnsd?
Test wall, ws of the admaalstxatlco are
ta nssd at one soch very eosjaagaum
bs aaat bs aid dtoorsat to parforai a
secret mission. Know yon of a Stan
whom you could introduce to us 7"
"Is It permitted to inquire what
would bs demandsd of hlmT" asked
Roublot, cautiously.
"But certainly, on this side of the
channel, at least, there Is no nsed for
secrecy," replied the officer. "It is like
this: Those accursed English have so
blockaded our coasts' that such of our
cruisers as are not ' penned up in port
are unable to venture In to renew their
stores and ammunition. Tbe Celestlne
frigate Is In the channel short of pow
der. It Is for the purpose of supplying
her that we want an Ehtfllsh smuggler,
whom, as well as yourself, we shall
treat with the utmost liberality."
"You forget, monsieur le capltalne,
that even In the breast of a smuggler,
the fire of patriotism may burn," he
said.
"Is that so? I had thought they were
all rogues and vagabonds," replied the
offlei', looking crestfallen.
"Not to that extent at any rate, none
whom I know," said Uoublot "How
ever,"( he went on, speaking eagerly,
"let not that discourage you, monsieur.
I will undertake to get your powder
conveyed to the frigate if you will send
it to my cellars. To be frank with you,
I have a smuggler Iri port who is com
pletely under my thumb. I can have
him hanged in England for a crime
there committed, and as good as wit
nessed by me. Where Is the Celestlne
to be found ?"
"Her captain gent word that he would
run into the west bay of the tele of
Portland every dark night for a week,"
said the otflcur, In high glee at the suc
cess of his errand.
As soon as the officer departed to see
about the delivery of the powder, Uou
blot threw himself back In his chair and
laughed softly to himself.
"This Is the chance I have been wait
ing for, for I have them both," he
chuckled. "I will force Kern to take
the powder to the frigate under threat
of exposure for the murder, and then,
la an anonymous letter, I will denounce
him and Langston to the English Gov
ernment for the treason Kern himself
also for the murder of the preventive."
So It was that when late that after
noon the heavy wagon bringing the
Petrel's cargo lumbered on to tbe quay,
Roublot accompanied It, and proposed
that he should like to run over for a
change of air and also to pay his re
spects to "the so charming Mme. Langs
ton-"
Roublot made himself so especially
sociable that by the time the party
came on deck the cargo was all stowed,
and Kern gave orders for immediate
departure.
By sundown on tbe following day the
huge mass of Portland loomed up on
the horizon, .and Kern began to con
gratulate himself on yet another suc
cessful run. The old smuggler stood at
the tiller, his grim features relaxed Into
a placid content as his keen eyes failed
to discover any sign of a revenue cutter,
and he greeted Roublot, who had Just
come up from below, with a friendly
nod.
"Cargo's as good as tended," he said.
"I shall keep her a point away to weath
er tho Bill, and then run In to look for
the signal. They always burn a red
flare from the kitchen door If the coast's
chair." "'
"I know, my friend; I have traveled
with you before," replied the French
man, "but I should not trouble about
the signal to-night. It Is not to yon
perch among the rocks that the cargo
'H consigned tills time." .
"I don't take your meaning."
"Well, I will do my best to enlighten
you," replied Uoublot. "I am before all
things a patriot, my friend, and I have'
practiced upon you a trifling deception..!
Those kegs do not contain brandy, but
gunpowder, which we are to convey to
a French frigate now waiting In sore
need of It in the West Bay.
"When you round' the Bill, Instead of
running In close under your Interesting
domicile, you will stand on until we
meet the frigate."
"I've cheated the King God bless
him for nigh onto fifty years, and
made too good a living out of him to go
nnd round on him like that. I'll see
you somewhere liefore I do such a
thing, you dirty French dog."
"Not so fast, friend Kern," said Uou
blot, with a sneer. "Unfortunately, you
nre not in a position to Indulge In the
freedom of choice. If you refuse to
oblige me lu this matter I shall de
nounce you for the murder of the pro
ventlre man, and the King whom you
serve so faithfully will most assuredly
hang you."
At that moment the lugger rounded
the Bill, and high up In the cliff o red
glow shone out . Kern knew that It was
the slgual from his own door bidding
him welcome home In safety. His hand
went to the knife, but he plucked It out
and threw It into the sea.
"Cold-blooded murder I've no mind to,
nnd that would be the only way out of
It," he wild with a sigh. "Very well,
monsieur, I will do your bidding."
'Here are the 1,000 francs, then,"
said Roublot, banding him a packet of
notes. "Be kind enough to sign this; 1
will hold the tiller," and he proffered
pen, ink horn and a paper, which by
the light of tbe binnacle lamp Kara saw
was a form of receipt specifying the
Bsrrlee randstsd. Bat he slgnsd it
without com moot and resumed the
tfllsf. ,-,
cliff a large snip loomed up a quarter
of a mile away against the lingering
glow In tbe western sky.
"That wiU be the frigate," said Kern,
calmly. "Here, Dick, and you two oth
ers, come aft here a minute," he called.
j "Yonder is a French man-o'-war. M.
, Uoublot and me are going to put some
j powder aboard her. I haven't got a
-cnoice in ine maiier, dui inai s no rea
son why you lads should turn traitor.
Into the boat with you all, and pull for
the ladder."
But as tbe three smugglers, sullen
! and half dazed, having obeyed their old
chief mechanically, pushed off from the
lugger, he called out In gentle tones:
"My love to tbe missis, Dick, and to
Httle Margery. I may be some time- -In
France." :.
Guided by tbe red eye shining stead
ily above, the boat made for the base
of the cliff, and as tbe men piled the
oars they strained their eyes on the
shadowy forms of the two vessels' now
rapidly approaching each other.
Dick saw the lugger run alongside the
frigate. Perhaps ten seconds elapsed,
and then a' great sheet of fire leaped
heavenward, a deafening roar followed
and a blot of mist the mist of drifting
smokecovered the scene.
When the last wreath had rolled
away the pink flush on the skyline was
perfectly clear; the frigate and the lug
ger were so many fragments of wood.
Smuggler Kern had been one too many
for his enemy and those of his country
after all. Answers.
"Dolly" Madison.
Mr. James G. Blaine, that keen obser-
I ver of men and things, familiar with all
the traditions of Washington, compar
ing the influence of the different ladies
of the White House, unhesitatingly
awards the palm to Mrs. Madison. Yet
she never mingled In political affairs.
It was solely by the Influence of a gen
tle, womanly nature that it was said
of her, "Mrs. Madison saved the ad
ministration of her husband." The foI-
lowing episodes, trifling though they
seem, are significant .We quote from
Mrs. Maud Wilder Goodwin's pleasant
"Life of Dolly Madison:" f
William C. Preston, In his unpublish
ed Journal, describes His going, as a
youth, to the White House, to pay his
respects to the President and Mrs. Mad
ison. "
She advanced straight toward me,
and extending her left band, said, "Are
you William Campbell' Preston, the son
of my old friend and most beloved kins' '
woman, Sally Campbell? 81t down, my
son, for you are my son, and I am the
first person who ever saw you In this
world."
Turning then with a1, graclousness
that charmed the young man, she intro
duced him to the circle of young girls
about her, giving some specal clew to
each, and ending with, "Your kinswom
an, Sally Coles."
At another of her levees, her atten
tion was drawn to a rustic visitor, 'a
youth who was evldenly suffering all
the torments of embarrassment He
had at last ventured to help himself to
a cup of coffee, when Mrs. Madison
walked up and addressed him. In the
surprise of the moment, the bid dropped
the saucer, and strove to crowd the cup
into his pocket '.
His tactful hostess took .no notice of
the accident, except to observe that In
such a crowd no one could avoid being
Jostled, and straightway turned the
conversation' to the boy's family, and
ended by sending her regards to his
excellent mother, and bidding the ser
vant bring another ..cup of coffee.
Two old ladles from. the country once
arrived at the White House while the
family were still 'at breakfast. To the
surprise of the rural visitors, the wom
an they had come to see appeared In a
stuff dress of dark gray, protected by
a lnrge housewifely white apron, and
with a linen kerchief pinned about her
neck. Her .simplicity-of manner and
attire completely, . swept away their
awe, and before departing one of them
found courage to ask:
"Perhaps you wouldn't mind If I
kissed you Just to tell the folks about."
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Unlucky Proverb.
Temple, the body-coachman .of Er
nest, King of Hanover, Is the hero of a
number of anecdotes which are told by
his Majesty's chaplain In a volume of
"Reminiscences." One of the most
amusing relates to a transaction be
tween Temple and the chaplain.
Temple lost bis wife. Of course I, as
chaplain, had to perform the funeral
ceremony. A few days afterward old
Temple, in deep mourning, called upon
me. He was very' much upset, and evi
dently had something on his mind
which he found difficulty In expressing,
for he stood a few moments ta silence,
and then turned bis hat round and
round, looked mournfully Into it, brush
ed It with his hand, and at last got out,
through stammering:
"Ive called, sir I've called, sir as I
wish to ask and don't like to put It off!
what I've got to pay you for that 'ere'
Job?"
"Oh," I said, "nothing, of course. 1
bave no fees. Temple; but I remember
now I am in your debt, and I most asV
you what I am to pay for the two poU
of ointment yon made for my horsri
cracked feetf
"Bless yon, air, don't mention HP
saM Temple. "Nothing, str, ootMct
one good tan deserves another aA 9 -wert4
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