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3 f - , 17 V if f I i St V e. 1 Old Blazer's Clero By DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY. pa CHAFTEK IV. The proprietors ( f the Old Blater had M right to call up-n the services of Ned Blane; but in sue'i a case do man who III competent to libcharge the duties of leperin tending tht work of rescue could Meitata to obey the sumnious. Biane eras doubly competent. His buioes du nes as mine surveyor had made him fa sUllar ith the workings, suJ in similar saaea be had more than once given proof St courage and resource. He threw him self heart and soul into the work, and ven forgot for an hour or two at a time that hi sweetheart had that day married sis rival and that her marriage was like ly to endanger her happiness. It was night time, and the roaring triad had fallen, to be followed by a thick drizzle. Great cages of fire buru sd here and there, and smeared the thick atmosphere with a murky light. The scattered crowd looked listless enough sn the surface. The engine panted with I noise of fear and hurry, and echoes from the waste of darkness beyond the circle ef the fiaring cressets answered Irearily. Fares shone like hot metal in the near light of the fires, or took a ghostly pallor as they stood sgainst the orders of the darkness. Knots of shawled women waited motionless roand the hotels by the pit's mouth; the rest f the lingerers moved purposelessly bith sr and thither, about the slijpery and sue -en ground. All was being d'ne thai rould be dune, and for the moment there was no more need of the man who felt most need of labor. He stood disconsolate near the mouth of the mine, with his hands folded behind him and his eyes upon the ground. The drizzle was growiu thicker, and the rrowd, kuowiug that there was no hope f rescue, or even of early tidings, had begun to fall away, when he felt a hand apon his shoulder, and, tuiuiug. found Hepzibah by his side. "I've brought you a change o' clothes and some victuals. Mister Edward," she said, as he turned upon her. '"You should a' sent a message to the missis. Dinner was kept waitin' for a hour and more. Wa'Te only just found out as you was hare, though anybody but a set of thick heeds might ha' guessed it." He took the things from her half me chanically, and having bestowed them Iu sate of the hovels, came back into the rain and stood there looking gloomily boat him. Htpzibah, who could guess something sf her young master's troubles, though aha waa scarcely competent to calculate (hair force, laid handa npon him and in sisted on his return to the hovel, where aha opened her basket. Whilst Blane forced himself to eat, Hepzibah sat aud watched him in si lance; but when he pushed the food away and arose from the stool on which he had been seated she broke into complaint and reproach. He paid no heed to her until aha laid both hands npon his arm, and hi her earnestness gave him just such an Imperative little shake of command as she had been wout to use for the empha sis) of reproof when he was a child. He laughed rather forlornly at this, and tarned upon ber: "Well, Hepzibah, what is it? "Why, it's just this," responded Hepzi bah. "You've got roar mother and the Kttle una to think of. There's nobody ttae in the whole wide world for them In look to but yon, and lt'a no part of year business here to be doing anything raak and throwing jour life away. You vent down the Aid Tump when nobody alee would go. And there waan't a ersetur there ssw yon go as ever ex pected to see 70a bock again. Don't you is) playing any of them tricks here. And teak hare, Edward, you take heart;jluck aa a bit of a aperrlt and bethink your belt. There's aa good fish In the tea aa ever come oat of It Now, don't you go fwnpln' at ma as If I'd stuck a puir of daeors into you. I ahan't say no more; biaat said soonest mended; but a nod'a M good aa a wink to a blind horse. And new I'm going away, but not before I've got jour promise lo get into your dry alothea. If you aay you'll do it, I know fou'll do it; but I ahan't go until you've promised." He gave the promise and she went way, leaving him In the hovel alone. Ha opened the door, and, accosting one ac the loungers, said: "If anybody aska for me you can aay Tm here. I'm going to get a change." The man nodded In response; and when Ned bad exchanged his saturated garments for the dry ones Hepzibah had brought him he sat down aud surren dered himself to hia own comfortless re jections. After the space of some half boar or thereabouts a knock came to the 4er, and the man who had accosted him awtslda entered. "Here's Mr. Hackett asking for you, aw," he said. "Mr. Hackett!" cried Blane. rising In smrprise aud fear. He could think of Banning bat some sudden misfortune Which could have brought his rival there at such a time, and he went out to meet hiss with the feelings a man may have Who walka to the gallows. "Hillo, Ned:" cried Hackett'a voice aa Blane emerged from the hovel, and, taming round in the direction of the eelce, the surveyor saw hia rival swag gering, with his feet planted wide apart and a bottle in his hand. "They told me you were In charge here," aaid Will, "and I snatched a mln tt or two to run up and see how things were going on. I've brought a drop of sea fort for the fellows who're at work here. Pass it round, boys." Hackett, glistening from heel to ahoul 4er ta a long India robber waterproof sat, and with a felt hat stuck rakUhly ett the back of hia head, had hia face tests 1 1 away Cross, the glare of the e ras as, that hia old cosapaalea could bat Cssly dlseera hka featares. Etaae's aaxorsaed fears f half a nlm at aartlsr wen fan, bat a terror aa part a ad asm taaglMa waa la jta stead. Mfaaaat wifBaat ing Hackett by the sleeve, turned him round gently but firmly sad brought his face into the light. He knew then what be had only guessed before. The bride groom had been drinking. "You have no business here at such a time as this," he said roughly. "Go home."' "No business here!" said Hackett. "Why have I got no business here?" "'You know aa well as I do," Blane responded with a choking and rapid voice, "why yon hare no business here to night Come with me." He had kept his hold upon Hackett'a arm during this brief exchange of words, and now, gripping him harder than he knew, he was leading him away. Hackett twisted his arm from the other's hold and laughed. "Don't yon fret about me, Ned Blane," he said, with a laugh. "I'm perfectly right where I am, and I know what I'm doing. Did you ever read the life of that great and good man. Doctor Johnson?" "Never yoa mind that grest and good man. Doctor Johnson, just at present," said Blane, who by this time, between wrath and auguiah, was as white as a sheet "You go home." "I'm taking a leaf out of his book, my boy," said Hackett "There's nothing like having the reins in your own hands at storting." Siiih a tempest of anger raged through Blane'a mind that it waa a matter of wonder to hira afterward that he did not then and there knock Will Hackett down. But he retrHinl himself, and, turning abruptly, walked back to the squalid shelter he had so recently quit ted, aud closed the door behind him. CHAPTER V. Blane was alone wrestling with him self for a full hour, and at the end of that time he waa culled out to some small duty. He got through it dogged ly, compelling himself to listen and un derstand with as strenuous au urgency and compulsion as would have been need ed to hold a struggling m:;n physically, and then betook himself to a waste field hard by, and there walked up and down in the darkness and the rain. He did not know how long he had been thus occupied when a voice hailed him excitedly, and he ran, shouting in answer, toward the engine house. The little remnant of the day's rrowd waa gathered closely about it, and he had to push his way through with some force until he was recognized and room was made for him to pass. Three or .'our of the more Intelligent and Instructed of the workmen were gathered la the engine room, and with them was a mine survey or one Atkinson who had a little while before arrived on the scene prepared to tender his services In case of need. "Here's a strange thing, Blane," aaid the new arrival. "The water In the shaft has gone down thirty feet within the last ten minutes. It can't have gone down in the shaft without having gone down In the workings, snd a draught like that can't mean anything but this: the weight of water has broken Into some lower workings that I don't know of, and the Blazer is more than two-thirds drain ed already." In the excitement of this news Blane forgot hia persons! griefs, and instantly Warns master of himself and the altu atlon. He called for the plan of the mine, studied It for a moment and then tarned quietly apon hia fellow volunteer. "We can get at them now." he aaid. "The fall In the .water haa left bare this old air-way, which la bricked op In the shaft We moat break through at once. Shadrach, rig things up in the downcast Meehach" this waa bhadrach'a broth er "get lampa and picks. Bee that the lamp casings are watertight" The two men were gone about their several affairs aa briskly as the orders were conveyed. "I'll make one," aaid the new volun teer. "But lt'a likely to be a wet Job, and I'll borrow a ault of flaanela from one of yoa chaps. And you'd better do the same, Blane. It'll be well to have dry thinga to come up to." Iff little crowd outside was excited, but" tensely quiet The shawled women stood like grouped statues In the red flare of the cressets and the murk of the night Preparations were made 1. p idly, without nolae or bustle, and In a few minutes the rescue party was ready to descend. It consisted of Blane, his momentary colleague, Shadrach and two others all tried and experienced men, who knew that they might be venturing npon a desperate enterprise, but bad faced the like so often that scarcely a nerve flattered among them. They entered the skip which hnng over the black cavern of the pit's mouth. The word waa given, and they swung down ward. In a minute the floor of the skip began to heave beneath their feet like the deck of a boat at sea answering to the regulation of the engine on the bank and a aecond or two later they came gently to a standstill. "Here," aaid Blane, etriklng the brick ed wall resoundingly with the point of a pick. Shadrach lay on the floor of the aklp at full length, face downward. The two other miners steadied him a he hung cheat and shoulders over the black space. He worked the point of the pick into a crevice of the wall and after a tag or twe out cam a brick and fell with a splash Into the water, which, from a couple of fathoraa lower down, reflected the light of the aafety lamps with a aulky and oily gleam. He and his com panions peering Into the hole thua made saw nothing bat what looked like a solid darkaeea. "Q on," said Blase. "That's the place. You'll be through directly." Shadrach worked ladnatrioasly, and the bricks fall Cast as til there waa hoUwW nude Mg saoagh easily ta s4 aeit af tk passage af a bub. Shadrach the efcaasa betwsea the akin and the wall with his body aud aoriued him self carefully through the orifice he had made; thea turning, thrust out a band for his lamp. "It's deadly wet" aaid Shadrach. "I'm up to Cbid-thijrt in it" Nobody spoke in answer to this state ment, but man by inau. bridged the cliis.u and entered upon the air-way. Wheu all were landed they set out upon a difficult and broken road, which in places was so low that they were com pelled to go snakewise, and even thea came into occasional contact with the sharp ridgea of the rof. By and by the road dipped suddenly. The passage was higher at this point thnn it had been hulitrto, and the men could stand in a crouching posture whilst they paused to take breath. Blane went down upoa his hands and kti-vs. aud thrusting his lamp before him surveyed the depression in front "Lads," he said, turning sud looking upward at his companion, "there's wat er here. I fancy we shall hare to dire for it" "That'll be queer work," said bis fel low surveyor gravely. "It'll be a bad business for anybody who gets stuck down there. And who's to know wheth er the road rises again sud gets free of water? And if it does, who's to say what the dialsnce it?" "I'll try It feet fotvmost." said Ned Blane "I shsl) come out of it easiest that way If I find the road too narrow or too long. If you get a tap from the other side you'll know it's pretty easy to follow." He blew out the light of the lamp, and encased the lamp itself in a waterproof tin box which was suspended about his shoulder. Then kneeling down again, he alipped feet foremost into the black water, aud slowly dissppeared from sight his companions following every motion with eager glances until the wat er closed over his bead, and a hnbbls or two rose upon its Inky surface. The little pool lapped its boundaries idly and noiselessly, and the watchers, crouching Immobile and silent, kept tbeir eyes upon it Suddenly It ebbed by three or four inches, and a second or two later was heard a rmitiled and inward tap. tap. tap, from beyond it "Who goes next?" asked the volunteer. "Be CHreful about your lamps aud matches, lads." The Bard put out his lamp, encased It as lus predere,ir had done, and slipped backward into the water. Then his com panions followed. The volunteer, having put out his light, fumbled In the dark awhile to fix it in its case, and then went after the others. When he had emerged upon the farther side, he found a lamp or two already relighted, and in a while the Journey was bgun acaln. TLe road still presented the same characteristics. At times they could walk stooping, at times they could make tbeir way upon their hands and knees, and again at times they were compelled to crawl. On a suddeu when they were in the straitest pass they had yet come to, the leader's light went out- The lamp of the man behind him followed suit "(let back, for your lives!" shouted Blane; "the choke-damp's on us!" In a narrow way there was no room to turn, but they shuffled backward with breathless hsste, tearing their thick clothes against the jagged roof, and wounding hands and knees upon the bro ken way below. Another lamp went out and then another. But by this time they bad reached a leaa difficult portion of the air-way, and were making more rapid progress. "We shall be all right on the other side of the water," said Blsne. "The gas can't get past that" They hurried on by the light of the foremost lamp, which by good hap waa still burning, until they reached the wat er. And here, by some disaster, the Ismp went out One after the other they struggled through this gap of safety. The volunteer, having been the last to enter, waa first to leave. Arriving on the aafety aide he took a match from Ita waterproof case and struck It His com rades came up one by one, dripping and breathless; one two three. "All hereT" aaked Blane, as he emerg ed, shaking himself like a dog, and wring ing the foul water from hia hair and face. "No," aaid one of the men. "Where's Shsdr Shadrach waa abeeut They waited for a little time, and the volunteer sur veyor Ignited one match at another while they watched and listened. "This Is getting serious," said Blane. "I must go back for hint" "ifs mere madness to f bsck," aa swered the volunteer, gravely. (To be continued.) Countercharge. A retaliatory thrust at mankind Ilea In tie remark of a woman who la quot ed by the New York Times. She was putting the finishing touches to her toilet, and her husband was waiting with ostentatious patience. Having adjusted her hat, she took a hatpin from the cushion, and suddenly cried out: "I think lfs a shame!" "Yes, my dear," nervously assented the waiting husband. "I mean the way these writers say women sharpen lead-pencils and open tin cans with their husband's razors." "Yea, my dear." "Yea. Now I never do such things with your raxor, and I don't believe any woman does. I looked at your razor once, when I bad a box of sar dines to open, but It was so sharp and so wabbly In the handle I was afraid to use It" "Yea, my dear." "If the writers want to put some thing true In the papers, why don't they talk about men who use their wives' hatpins for pipe-cleaners Uglil" This time the husband forgot to say, "Yes, my dear." Hia Opinion. "Do you believe that every man haa hia prlcer "I won't discuss that," answered Senator Sorghum; "but I will aay that the reason soma men stay honest la because the price asked la so much higher than the price Wd." Washing ton Star. Cupid la always looking (or a chanos ta ewsp a peck ef troai, Car a plat at kpptoeaa. Ilulton. Mo., with a population of l.ri, has iM-vt-uteen cburcuew. New Y(rk has a Oruian popula tion of N"0,iu aud ('hi.as.'o has 140,0m. Vins of tiu oxide have bwn dis-ovi-ri-d iu the Tratisxaal wbiih yield iT mt -it 'in. The l.irtu ratf among the foreign t"om in Mas-u-huiMtts is Wl ptr l.WaJ; ainout; the native-born It is IT. The n mutter of persons in the penl-tt-ntiarifs of Iowa jer 1,000 popula tion has double in fourteen yeara. In Ms.. thie are 17.000 ui;n bine tending iMratives who care Vr fOi sp'nd's and earn over fvsnssi M ii orub. From Liverpool to Yokohama by the ;i Rinet'iuiHiia route will be only B.SW Hiiies By New York and Sau Fran--.-i-o is it ll'.'S miles. The Hue timtuiii of the light of Nova I'cm'iKiruiii is often us much as half ii iniiKiiilinU iu twenty four hours, like that of Nova I'ersei Xo, J. There are l.iiH;j,t7:t Odd Fellows in (lie I nitcil Ntate mid t'uuadil. 1141, ir.'l Free Masons uiid !CS,(i;i. of the Aueleitt Order of Foresters. In 1S70 the tleruiau people barely exceeded 40,M"i; in '-" they had risen to nearly 47.i.t. and in l'asi the census returns pit ve ."(;..'Ur.ol4. StullMtlcs show timl iu liny years the average height of British ineu has ri-JMi an Inch. The present average height for a uiud of :5i is the feet iht iiud one l.n!f Inches. Ill Hie Ixiily of 11 bnre tbttt died suddenly lit Newpoit (Yorksi the tot riniiry surgeon who made a post mortem exuiuiimtluli discotered three Urge stones, mie of them nesilt it us a crii ket ball. .Not more tlum li'si square miles of lerritorv are under cultivation in bene- ' 1 1 1 1 or si?-al hemp, yet on Ibis small irea is produced the liber that liter ally binds the wheat unrvestn of the world. It i- ued alike Iu Minnesota , and Argentina, in .Siln-rin und l'.nyit. j The Mnwictiil!-ens tale Iiiilldins ' ut the Louisiana l'uivlnise F.ijtosjtiou ii to be a reproduction of the historic 'colonial house in Cambridge where j Washington established bis lieadcjuar 1 ters during the sle'e of Boston, and I which later was the home of Henry Wndsworth Ixiugfellow, The latest In explosives, according to Metal Industry. Is powdered alu minum mixnl with nitrate of ammonia and put iiHn the market under the name of "ammonal." Thin cxploalve In wild to l? one of the surest and safest known, as It cannot be exploded by friction or blow, while otherwise contnlnltiK Hi! requisites of an explo sive. The most marked change In the uniform of the army, under the gen erjl order Just issued, la that the stripe on the infantry trousers, which was changed a year or so ago from white to blue, will uguln lte white. 3'he aame change will be made in the "bevron", nnd the box spur mid black leather trouu'i-i strap will be aban doned. The medical oflicei of the nnvy who have leen making a atudy of neurastlieniH. which has disabled so many officers, ascribe It to the condi tions of the life In the navy now Im posing upon olflcer long tours of duty on remote stations, where the oppor tunities for diversion are not many and where homesickness and discon tent, combined with the uncertainty of detachment, have produced this dis tress of mind and body. As sn excellent remedy against the freezing of shop windows, the Thar maoeutiscue Zeltnng recommends the application of a mixture consisting of fifty-five grams of glycerin dissolved In one liter of 62 per cent alcohol, con taining, to Improve the odor, some oil of amber. As soon as the mixture Clarifies, It Is rubbed over the Inner surface of the glass. This treatment It is claimed, not only prevents the formation of frost, but also stops sweating. ONE COURTSHIP. "I've Pretty Much Made Up Mr Mind to Get Married. Susan and Mrs. Iuthrop were great friends, although there was some eight or ten years' difference lu their ages. Susan was 42, but Mrs. Luturop had meniedyoting and this fact caused her to feel ever youthful, and thus to be companionable to her girl friend over the fence. Then, too, ever since the death of Mrs. Clegf?. some twelve years before, Mrs. Latbrop's advice bad been Indispensable to the other's Ignorance. I dare say there are some who may smile just here and consider that at 30 Miss Clegg should not have needed much motherly counsel; but until one has really arrived at the age of :) It Is Impossible to convince one how real ly Immature said age Is, and I can per sonally vouch for the fact that a mother Is Just as handy to have alxiut then as she Is at any earlier period. Mrs. Lathrop had always" had a good deal of tluie to devote to her friends' affairs, ItecuiiHe her f 11 mi ly consisted of but one son. and die was not given to that species of house!, et'pln;; which sweeps under the bed too often Miss Clegg had somewhat less time, Ijecnuse her father (wavering l;tween 70 and 80) was a bedridden puralytlc, and had been so for over twenty years. Te was of necessity a great care, nnd she did ber duty by him Irjtli vl-oroasly and conscientiously; but the yeurs In ied had led her to confound the I tod with the lather and to refer to t'jetn both as one united factor iu her domes tic emiiuuiy. Friday morning she al ways tore herself away from the fen.-e w ith the remark. "Well, I must be get tiu back to beat father up an' put biui on his cieau sheets;" and such phrase as "I've got father Into new pillow slips." or "Next (spring I mean to have father's hair picked over an' get hi 111 a new tick," were ever rife ou her lip. She was generally very cheerful and quite resigned to her lot, but occasion ally she had a spell of feeling that the world had more to offer than she was getting. "If father should live to be loO," she said one afternoon iu June, as he aud Mrs. IjUbrop held a parley on the border line of their respective king dolus, "if futber should live to be PsJ, I wouldn't stand much show o' gettin' married afterward. I'd be W; 6D", even with a good new wave, W is W." Mrs. Ijitbrop chewed ber clover. "Nolsnly tiut a man o' seventy 'a goln' to marry me at CO. Thut'd make me bur) father Just to liegln ou some one else. 1 got to thiiikin' altout It last nlghl. an' I've 1m-cii kcepin on this iiimiiiIii'. too, an' I can see that If I want to get married at hII. I'd let ter do it now. There's no time ilk the present. This world's made for the young 'a well ' for the old. Be sides, if I do it before cold weather, he'll pay for half of m-xt winter's fuel. Then I could make my things along durin' the summer I ain't g"t notion' to sew on sliu-e I finished l it dress for the funeral. Yon ought - that dress. Mrs. Lntbrop; It's Jitt as nice. I put !t away with camphor '-!!. au' stuffed new spiijs'r If (he sleeve. There's nothiir to do tvbc:; I..,i:.-t die but shake It out an' lay It -1 l;, lied, -'cause ' course tlmt day fut!i-r'l have the gi.est riKMij. -.1:,' t!ie bi... g'oves mi' two Mack rimmed pod -i "... :;idker chiefs is all ready ;u the n. k. t ' .Mrs. Lathi-op !ik a fresh ciuter "So I've pretty tntiili mad- o :ny mind to get married, :in' I'm goln" to set rigid about i:. . there litres 4 will there's it v.iiv. I ain't gofll' to leave a stmie unt inii d. oitb-r " (Yn ttiry. THE DUTY MOTHcRS. Thcjr FluioM '!' Tiuie f" Knjjr mcnt aii'l creat A mo' bet ami a t'e sh-uM not for get that fVe owe to 11- duty to hersi-f. j In tliestrms of f.uii!!i life, hi tliecart" of bringing up .ILihen mm. women do forget tir. TV t fsu -. that th.! lllUHt shield !h- r. uuitlrttorl l g bread-earning hiii.siirt fruu: all th troubles and :uaiv.-v of the houi" For him th r tto i'A t slippers ut tU ire and a eitshloi; ..i Uo rt'itlr. And the ib-hlr-nV Of own.-, the must be cli.the.t jc us !! as the nelghlsirs' ynnt is. cveu though the mother goes ithout 11 new w inlet coat. Audi th" daughter muvt go tc as many ilanvea in the week as Bin likes, else where vT be her placo it, the young so lety Aiid to the mot he tnys at borne wash the dlsln and mend the trtoekin,; It Is all vi ry tJ u for t.ie husband a:l lie. children; at 4 the mother, bless 0.1 '. -nJ y it. Bui Isn't she a little unfair to he-self, nu Isn't It her own fault V Sue LiUs It foi granted thf.t she should wtcrlliee her sdf. and the others take It for grar.'t-l too. Hut evcrylKMly has some right to a certain amount of living for his owt eiulx F.vc-rybody has a light to a slM of his own life to spend us he or ah chooses. And the mother should tak It. Not only she herself, but the wholf family, would be bettered If they wer not allowed forever and eternally U lean on the mother. It Is not becaust they are rlose-henrted that they do It It Is iM-cause tbey do not think, and la the mother's love she does not think, either, but cheerfully gives hersWf, when It would be better to require s little of the others. Woman's Homi Companion. Two Brothers. I've got a little brother He came the other day; He keeps his hands a-wavinj; Iu an awful funny way. He's got a snap, I tell you Jes' eats and winks and bliiik. And looks up at the reiliug, I wonder what he thinks. It makes me kindcrd jealous I asked ma why he came; She only laughed and tol' Ine The angels were to blame. I don't see why the angels Can't mind their own affairs But gee, he's kinder cute, though: He ain't got any hairs! I've got another brother lie came here Just to-duj . He married sister Myrtle And now he's going to stay. He's got a annp, I tell yon, Jcs' eats and sits around, And sister keens on teaching; Ma calls him "lazy hound." It makes me kinder jealous I asked pa why he came; He only swore and tol' me That sister was to blame. If sister and the angels Keep on a-gitting gay And bringing home new brothers, I'm going to run away! -Milwaukee KenMneL Riialneet, Mr. Nurltrh You take orders tm plxlurcs here? Art Dealer Yes. Mr Nuii.cli Well, I waat you to gen1 a man up to tneasttre my parlor walls fur about $10,000 worth o hand. palnted plxtures In good frame. Phil adelphia rres. These- living Ulrla. Clarice She says her face la her fortune. Olivia On, well, we mustn't shun ber ou that account Poverty la ao disgrace." PhlUdslphla Bulletin. JUDICIAL DECISIONS. Annual crops rrowlac oa the are held In Aldrlch vs. Baufc of Oh se ws. (Neb.). 57 L. B. A. 920. not to 1 to a purchaser at judicial sale. A judge of a court of record la In Webb vs. Fisher (Tenn.). 00 L. Bj . TIU. not to be subject to a privateac tion for oinjressively, maliciously, la .-xrtiptly entering a decree dlabarraac an attorney. The naming of achilJ forprviulaor fca iceordunce with his previous iaeaa, Is held, in laily vs. Mlnnh k tlowa). I It. A. h40. to lw a suffleieut coiisls) erjtioii for a 'subsequent promise te) u.tivey to the child a particular travt of laud because of such act. St x Wholders ho have acqalresJ their kIui re aud their interest in the in: p: stat am fr-jm alleged wrongdoers timl through prior mismanagement are. h.-id, in Holme Fire Insurance Cosa pany ts. l!arl.er (Neb ), 00 L. R. A. '.i-'7. to have no standing to comphUe iberiiif. I he owner of walls left standing kf a lire in such proximity to the street a to endanger persons thereon. Is held, ks l-auer vs. I'alms (Mich. I, 58 I- R. A. i7. in.t to he relieved from liability b the fact tint he had tub! competent a?chl:ect.i and builders to do what necessary to render the walls safe. A railroad coii!stuy drawing ci?rs of auoihiTcoiupany over lit is held. In Budge vs. Morgan's L, sV T. K. A S. A. Co. (lJi.l. r.H U It. A. 333. . owe toltsemp'oy, stheduty to Inspect such cars the same as its own, and ta 1 . I. .... . nM &S lir 1 -nmsinc Jl tut- uw. X wt Ktnii defects as would have been s)as elosed by ord'hary care. The negligence of the driver or aa omnibus, in which ft picnic iiarty Is be ing conveyed, Is held, iu Koplita va. St. 1'aul (Minu.i. TS L. H. A. 74, aes to be Iuipillalile to a member of Lh parly who Is Injured by the overturn ing of the conveyance caused ay a defect in the atroet and the contjitMs. tory negligence of the driver. A statute forbidding the purchase erf a stock of goods iu bulk without aa rertaiuing the seller's creditors and having their claims settled, Is held, la M'ifanicls vs. J. J. Connelly Shoe Company (Wash.), 00 L. K. A. 147, a to deprive the seller of his property without due process of law, and not ts Ik- void a class legislation, or aa la restraint of tr.ide. A man who receives property la trust for the iupport of his wife aiK children Is held. In National Vallaf Bank vs. Hu.'icock (Va.), 57 L. R. A. 71:8, to have ih right, after ininjtliaf the Income with his own funds far 1 period of years, without kec-plag at stating an account, aud making las provemeuts on the trust property, ts go back, charge himself with the hs come received, and credit the araotM with the costs of the luproreaU " leaving hluisvlf debtor to tho beneA ciaries. on the theory that It waa he) personal duty to support bla f sal by for the puqiose of preventing hia cred itors from reaching the ImprovemeatU A parent's duty to support a child at affected by the child's Interest In tries estate or other property Is the subject of a note to this case. Not Personally Conducted. A traveling man recently bad a ass peculiar experience In a We-4ern toara He describes It lu the Milwaukee 8e Unci. As he alighted from the tmJs he saw a street-car with a mule attach meat standing near by, and its it M peared to be the only conveyance to take him to the business district as boardod the car and took a seat Thes a man In blue Jeans and straw hat at ancient aspect poked bis head In at th door and Inquired: "Want to go uptown, stranger?" "Tbut Is Just what I want" reasies the traveler. "Well, take the whip aud hit tha alf mule a crack and you'll get tbar al right The track ends right In tha aa ter of the business part, and (hi crltter'U stop when be comes to tiktats) of the line." "Don't they have any drivers on tht line?" "Nope. That Is to say, they don't al ways have a driver when be gets atck.' "How do they get their money est of It?" "Most folks Is honest enough to toaj a nickel in the Iks. Them as ain't gat their ride for nothing." The paswnger dropped a nickel b the slot, "hit the mule a crack" wit) the whip, and arrived In the boalaeaj district of the city In due time. The Konnd Waa Not Hollow. Mr. Dennis was endeavoring ta tia best of his ability to give the doctor I faithful account of his wife's jrynta toniR. but he found It up-hill work. "You say she has a cougb," said th doctor. "Is It a hollow cough?" Mr. Dennis cast his eyes to the exf Ing and then down to the ground, ha found 110 help anywhere. "It may be a hollow cough," he aaj( humbly, "but there's a great soot stance to the sound of ft, annyway." His Verdict. "O doctor," cried a frantic youth, "1 beg that you will fly Our dog has just lapped up a quart Of brilliant purple dyt." , The doctor viewed that reckless ear, And gave s deep-drawn sigh. Tin very much afraid," he aaid, "Your greedy purp'll die." Wouiau's Home Companion. KaaaTeetlra. Knlcker Waa It an up-to-data was) ding? a,' Knocker Yes, Indeed; they breakfast food Instead of rlca, An Irishman aaya that big assarts as big poctet books seldom travel hssaV In hand. , - L