Irv the Fowler’s
By N.b.MANWELL
CHAPTER X.—(Continued.)
"Better send the young people to
•>ed, it is now daylight almost,” sug
gested the elders, and they carefully
avoided looking at each other.
That some terrible calamity had
happened even Lady Jane, whose first
fear had been that the bride bad run
away, was fully convinced.
“But, Leila, you will stay by me?”
quavered the mistress of the house,
suddenly transformed into a broken
down old woman.
"I will, dear aunty,” gravely said
I<eila. “I shall see little Syb safe in
bed, then I shall return to you.”
Leila Desmond, slenderly graceful,
soft and caressing, womanly to the
finger-tips, was yet one of those loyal,
strong natures we turn to lean upon
in the “day of trouble.”
Gervis gave her one look of rever
ence, then he placed his arm round
that mother for wnorn he and this
"perfect woman, nobly planned" bad
sacrificed themselves so fatally.
Every hour was bringing home to
him the terrible blunder he had made
in his life. Love between man and
woman was God-given, to be prized
as sacred; but under the specious pre
text of sacrificing himself for the good
of his house, he had torn love from
his heart, and then sold that empty
shell for gold. That it had been a bit
ter, sinful bargain he now knew.
Perhaps this impending calamity
■which he was helplessly waiting for
the new day to discover might he
heaven's punishment for what he had
done.
It was still and quiet in the old
house. There was a lull of expectancy
until the daylight should come to al
low action to be resumed.
In Leila's room it was silent as the
grave. Beside the white-draperled bed
knelt Leila herself. She was praying,
with frightened tears now no one was
by to see them—praying earnestly for
the hapless girl who had shadowed her
life.
That something dire had happened
Leila instinctively knew; but all she
could do was to pray for help from
above.
“Leila! Sis!” A hoarse, shrill
vcfice made her spring to her feet.
Close at her side stood Syb. shiver
ing in her little blue dressing-gown,
her face working convulsively.
"I can't keep it from you any long
er! I dare not, though I do hate her
so!” the deformed girl was saying, her
teeth chattering as much from terror
as from cold.
“Speak. Syb!” j
Leila gripped the thin wrist, her
breath coming thick and fast. Syb
knew, then!
“I heard a cry. a smothered scrpam
from the old oak chest, as 1 walked
round the gallery; but I hatpd her so
that I would not speak before! And
when I saw you. through the open door
between our rooms, praying with sobs.
I knew it must be for her. So I must
tell, and you'd better be quick!"
Syb slipped to the floor in a swoon.
But Leila was already gone. With
flying feet she was rushing downstairs
from the third floor, where her bed
room and Syb's were.
“Gervis! Oervis! Come, and come
quickly! Bring Lames!” When she
had reached the gallery she shrieked
loudly. Her voice, sharp with fear,
rang through the old house and made
Gervis leap to his feet.
“It's Leila! She has found out some
thing! Mother dear, stay here. I pray
you!”
He presaed Lady Jane back on her
seat.
“No one knows what we have got
to face!”
‘‘Brins Barnes! Oh, be quick!" T^e
ila's voice cried again in an agony of
haste.
Barnes, the white-haired old butler,
was stiff and rheumatic It seemed
as though he would ne»or reach the
top of the wide, crimson** overed stair
case, and yet the old mini was doing
fUirvis Wonlfl fnin
’ "mild fain
jo steps at a
he hoarsely
intically the
ls from what
ry.
fag down her
holly tore
“onscions of
Pull, until the
hch had been
leen bank, was
|rt»*“' Nobody
his best, though GervU
have dragged him up t
time.
‘‘Where are yon. Bella
shouted.
"Here! here! Quick'
Round the curve of it ‘ gallery they
found Leila, tearing f#ntir.ii„ th.
holly and moss decorat i
had been a bank of gre
The blood was trie/
hands and wrists, as
them cruelly. But.
pain, Tjeila continued t
old black-oak chest,
the foundation of tin
displayed.
"Press the spring
in Temple-Dene know
you. Press, for Gladi
panted the girl, madly
“Whatever—,!ar
nlng, and fumbling
cles.
"Man, do as you i
Gervis, catching the
lla's frenzy. And n
forward.
Something in his "
the old man pull him
He stooped forwan
hands, he felt along '
how slow he was
caught their breaths
" 'Tis in the shan
me. ‘Tis b’utul to
rock, the spring. »
In an instant Le
secret but
s dear sake!’
Reside herself,
was begin*
bis specta
shouted
[bid'
'eetion of Le
a?Kpd Barnes
*l,nR eyes made
t0«thor.
^*th shaking
'arvinjs; but
T*te watchers
d shivered.
**■ l do mind
:n the shain
Wuttering.
her
knees, and there, among the carve:
leaves and flower* f oak, was a slngh
dainty saamroA * -
It was the spring’
Pressing It hard as she could, th(
carved lid clicked as it opened abou
an inch. Then Gervis, with stronf
arms, forced it back on its hinges, am
a muffled cry broke from his lips.
CHAPTER XI.
Lying huddled in the musty chest
was a little figure in gleaming silvei
brocade, stained here and there with
bunches of crushed holly berries.
It was Gladdy, stiffened and immov
able, but with widely opened, round
blue eyes.
That she was dead was the firs',
muttered thought of both Gervis and
Leila.
“No! ’Tain't death!" quickly said
old Barnes, glancing at their white
faces. “See ye, Mr. Gervis, there’s a
row of air-holes down each side o’ the
(host. I saw ’em made myself in the
old squire's time, purpose-like, in case
o’ this very kind o' thing that's hap
pened now!”
But Gervis was not listening. He
and others who had rushed to the gal
lery were carefully lifting the small,
stiffened form. A mounted groom had
already been dispatched for a doctor.
"But something must be done at
once,” said Gervis, as they laid the
unconscious girl on an Indian rug on
the polished floor of the gallery.
Somebody was trying to force brandy
through the marble white lips.
‘'Not a drop will go down! What
are we to do until the doctor comes?"
piteously cried l>eila, who, kneeling
down, had slipped her arm under the
little sunny-brown head.
“Fetch Mr. Ansdell!” commanded
Gervis, with a sudden inspiration.
Surely the American could give some
help in the pressing emergency, other
wise, what was the value of his so
called scientific reputation?
Mr. Ansdell! Everybody then re
manViered that, oddly enough, the sci
entist had not been once seen during
the hours of anxious search. It was
curious, to say the least of it. And
still more curious did it appear that
no Mr. Ansdell hurried to the gallery
in answer to the summons.
“Never mind, here's young Doctor
1 Goring himself, which is better," ejac
ulated Lady Jane, who had struggled
upstairs more dead than alive from
sheer fright, and looked on helplessly.
“It's a trance!” at last pronounced
the do<h\,r. a young man. with all the
latest, medical and scientific theories
at his finger-ends. "She has been
hypnotized! Who has done this mis
chief?”
He stood up and glanced round upon
the awe-struck group sternly.
There was no answer, and Doctor
Goring went on wrathfully:
“Somebody has got to answer for
this night's work! The poor young
lady has been brought to death's door,
evidently, by some vile experiment.
Now, then, clear out of this every one
of you! Excuse my bluntness. Lady
Jane but this is not a moment for po
lite speech. I’ve got a life to win back
if I can, and I can't have a crowd
round n;e. Your ladyship can remain,
and, yes, I must have Miss Desmond,
if I’ve anybody.”
One by one the spectators departed
from thi gallery, anil the young med
ical enthusiast set to work, with the
result that in a quarter of an hour
Gladdy feebly opened her lips and
spoke. ‘
“I want I^eila,” was the whisper.
And when she saw that it was l^eila
herself who was supporting her head
the bride’s round eyes closed content
edly.
“She will sleep now. We must carry
her to her bed,” said Doctor Goring,
well satisfied.
You are wanted, sir, at once," came
an urgent whisper: while Gervis, lift
ing his wife in his arms, carried her
away.
“What! another case?'' The doctor
wheeled around, and he was silently
beckoned to the quarter of the house
known as the bachelors’ wing.
Lying back in his chair in front of
a writing table, and grasping a folded
paper, was a dead man.
The room was in perfect order. There
had been no assault, no murder, no
suicide, so far as one could judge at
the moment.
Hut that death had entered the half
open stare of the black eyes, the
dropped jaw, and the marble hue of
the long, lean fingers gripping the
sheet of paper spoke all too clearly.
Little wonder that Paul Ansdell had
failed to join in the search for the
missing bride, failed to obey the sum
mons for his helpful skill.
“He has been dead quite a couple
of hours," said Doctor Goring gravely,
secretly wondering what would be the
outcome of this double tragedy.
“You must keep this business from
the ladies as long as you can," he said,
turning to Gervis, who had been hast
ily sent for. “There must be an in
quest. of course; and, meantime, I
should take possession of that folded
paper. See, I've managed not to tear
it. You'd best lock it away until you
hand it to the coroner, Mr. Templo
ton.”
“Why,” gasped Gervis, rs l.e caught
sight of the close, upright handwrit
ing, “my wife wrote that! What vil
lainy is this? See here!”
“It was the last will and testarowt
if Gladys Templeton and, in correct
egal form it assignee everything the
estator possessed to ’’aul Ansdell of
Montreal, revoking all former wills and
odicils. The document was duly
igned, and the signatures and ad
Iresses of two Americans were append
d.
N'ot a flaw war there from beginning
0 end of the deed.
"You hold the key that unlocks the
'•'hole of this night's mystery,” briefly
,aid the young doctor. "This unfortu
late man must be a reckless adven
urer, whose wits have put in his
;ands a most dangerous weapon. He
s, we will discover, a criminal h.vpno
ist, a so-calied scientist, seeking some
001 to further his own ends. Yes.
es; you'll see we'll find out that's
what he is—was, I mean,” said the
medical man.
He was right in his surmise, as the
nquest. brought out, bit by bit, partly
rorn papers belonging to the dead
nan. partly from the unwilling evi
dence of Gladdy, who had been more
:r less under hypnotic influence since
the night of the tire in the snow-shed.
As for the villain's own death, it
was proved to be from natural causes,
and due to iong-s.anding heart disease,
that caused a breakdown at the cru
cial moment of his career.
But the jury's verdict was the popu
lar one—"By the visitation of God.”
Five years have passed away.
So many changes have happened to
Temple-Dene and the Templrtons that
Lady Jane has come to look back upon
the days when she wore faded silks
and lived a sorely pinched life as the
happiest she has known.
Today she no longer wears her fa
vorite blue, for Francis Templeton has
gone to ills grave, his heart eaten out
by the melancholy nothing would dis
pel.
So Lady Jane wears widow's weeds
and has learnt the old lesson that
“contentment is great gain.”
The dainty American bride, so fra
gile and highly strung, never managed
to weather the repeated shocks to her
frail system. Like a broken flower she
withered, until decline set in.
in Leila's tender, supporting arms,
her weak hands clinging tight round
Leila's soft throat, Gladdy died peace
fully.
“Tuke care of my Gervis, Leila. You
will do it better than I," with the won
drous intuition of the dying she whis
pered at the last.
And now that the years have gone
round. Gervis begins to think it Is
time Leila was taking care of him.
Between the two there is a perfect
understanding, and by and by their
wedding bells will ring out; for though
"sorrow endureth for the night, joy
is bound to come in the morning."
(The End.)
CHILD POLITICS.
The “Junior Krpubllit" Alarm the City
ot D-trclt.
Detroit is learning that the “junior
republics'’ established in the various
schools of the city, which at first
; thought was .» fine thing, is having
j evil results. The mayor protests and
shows a condition that is hardly lx>ne
fleiai. The citizens of these junior re
publics, for example, ballotted recently
on such questions as these: Do you
j favor city ownership of the street rail
! way system at the appraised value of
$17,300,000? Do you favor the appro
priation of $150,000 for the erection
of another high school building? Do
you favor expansion? (this involving
a discussion of the Philippine ques
tion.) But more than this the “junior
citizens" developed so rapidly as to
become lobbyists. Children were ask
ed to interview aldermen or school in
spectors to urge appropriations for
schools. In short, the junior republics
did not confine themselves to theory,
but got into practical politics with a
unanimity and dispatch that was
something r ^nailing. The Detroit
Free Press protests that Innocent chil
dren that are already struggling
against ninety-nine fads in learning
to read, write and cipher, ought not to
have their heads further muddled l>y
an attempt to master the methods and
* processes by which the people of the
country are governed.—Indianapolis
News.
Food'* Lowest Dully (uti.
By actual experience the Ruskinltps,
a colony of socialists near Waycross,
Ga.. have demonstrated what is prob
ably the lowest possible daily cost of
food. They live at an actual cost per
capita of less than 10 cents a day. Of
course this could not have been ac
complished pxcept through co-opera
tion. Everything they consume is
bought al wholesale in largo quantities
and is cooked in the community. In
the community dining room tables are
set for 300 people. Those who do not
wish to eat with the crowd are allowed
the privilege of purchasing company
stores and cooking them at home.
Ancient I)ee«l In Pli|l<t<lel|»lilifc
The first deed conveying property to
the proprietor of Pennsylvania. Will
iam Pena. Is written in old Dutch, and
is now preserved in the city hall. The
property was what Is now known as
Lemon hill, including the mansion and
the Schuylkill river front, where the
old Fairmount waterworks was lo
cated. There Penn kept his barge and
some rowboats, the barge carrying an
admiral’s pennant. It is said there Is
only one man in Philadelphia who ewa
read this deed.
It is not work that kills men; It
is worry. Work ’s healthy; you can
hardly put more on a man than he
can bear. But worry is rust upon the
blade. It is not movement that de
stroys the machinery, but friction.—
H. W. Reecho?.
State Capital Observations.
Expressions Emulative for the Good of
Republican Supremacy.
LINCOLN, Dee. 24.
Mr. Dietricn has announced that he
will appoint to the position of record
lug clerk in his own office Miss Nellie
M. Purcell, who has been in the office
of Secretary of State Porter during his
term and who was a clerk in the same
office during the republican adminis
tration before the fusionists captured
the state house. Miss Purcell has
held her place under different admin
istrations because she has been an ef
flcient clerk and has performed her du
ties well under all circumstances.
Miss Lena Myer of Hastings will be
appointed stenographer in the gover
nor’s office to take the place to be
made vacant by Henry Blum’s retire
ment from active political life.
Two more additions have been made
to Mr. Dietrich's staff. Invitation to
become colonels in fact were sent to
Ross Hammond of Fremont and \V. N.
Huse of Norfolk. The governor found
that his staff would not be complete
without the assistance of newspaper
colonels. He desired to have members
of his bodyguard selectol from men
who would know what to do under
any and all circumstances even down
to the trying situation of appearing in
gold lace and a sword. The two gen
tlemen named were selected for their
fitness and will be held up as models
for hte entire staff. Before the in
augural ball, the governor is think
ing seriously of establishing a train
ing school for his staff and when this
occurs, he will have the two latest ad
ditions to perform in full uniform at
a dress rehearsal going through the
manual of tho sword and the plumed
hat for the instruction of less qualified
members of the staff.
In discussing his newspaper enter
lences Colonel Bryan said that the
subscriptions were coming in at a sat
isfactory rate. He has decided to ac
cept cord wood on subscription, ac
cording to the time honored usage
of the profession, but expressed a pref
erence for hard coal because it re
quires less ’abor to put in condition
for burning
He would -crept rotators if it were
not for the iilct that he is a farmer as
well as an editor, and it would not be
a good advertisement for his broad
acres to intimate that they do not pro
duce enough tubers for home con
sumption. The new paper is receiving
an enormous amount of advertising,
and the experts are figuring that this
ought to bring in a bigger circulation
than any other paper in Lincoln.
Of course it cannot hope to reach
the Woodman, with its bona fide issue
of more than 600,000, but it is possible
that it may contribute as much to the
postal department as the Freie I’resse,
which is one of the big papers of the
western country.
The new weekly will give the second
class mail matter sent out from the
Lincoln postoffice another big push up
ward. It will be remembered that the
city now stands well up among the
leaders in money taken in for newspa
per postage.
State Superintendent-elect W. K.
Fowler has appointed as his clerk L.
C. Sarnly of Johnson county. Mr.
Sarnly's experience includes Hirer
years as teach el in country schools,
one year in the grammar department
in the Sterling schools, and six wars
as principal of the Crab Orchard
schools. He has also had some busi
ness experience, including charge of
the bank at Burr, and as a deal in real
estate, loans and insurance. He was
enrolling and engrossing clerk in the
legislature of 189&.
Land Commissioner-elect G. D. Foll
mer lias announced the appointment
of Miss Maggie Kroese of Lancaster
county to be a clerk in his office.
F. M. Dorrington of Alliance was
down to Lincoln one day lust week
quietly feeling the pulse of the sena
torial race. He desired to learn if its
pulsations indicated a disposition fav
orable to Senator Thurston in the
event the-selections are hard to make.
While Senator Thurston has all along
declared he was not seeking re-elec
tion. it fs stated by persons who know
John M. pretty well that he is very
well pleased with the toga he now
Wears, and that the nearer the time
comes when he must doff it the better
and dearer it. looks. Mr. Dorrington is
a federat officer in the land office at
Alliance.
Before leaving Lincoln last week for
Hastings, from whence it is expected
he would proceed to Chicago to spend
a portion of the Christmas holidays
with his daughter, who is attending
Bryn Mawr college. Governor Dietrich
announced the appointment of M. A.
Metzger of Beatrice to be steward of
the institute for feeble minded youth
at Beatrice. Mr. Metzger has for years
been the correspondent of the State
Journal at Beatrice and he has taken a
decided interest in Gage county poli
tics.
Reports frf"8i Alma indicate that
the republicans have gained one more
senator as a result of a recount in the
case cf J. M. Johnson, contestant,
against It, Hodges, fuslonist, contest.ee.
1 hese were the two candidates in fUe
rwenty-eighth senatorial district. Mr,
Johnson has already deposited a big
box full of papers with the secretary of
state to be presented to the legislature.
The district comprises Kearney,
Phelps and Marian counties. At a
hearing held at Alma before Notaries
R. L. Keester for the contestant and
J. O. Thompson for the contestee, the
evidence developed that Johnson has
gained two votes in Kearney, from two
to four in Phelps and four votes in
Harlan county. The official count im
mediately after election gave Hodges
two majority, but the evidence indi
cates Johnson's election by six major
ity, and possiby eight majority, on ac
count of illegal votes being cast and
counted for Hodges.
In Harlan county Johnson gained
one vote In Orleans township that had
been cast and counted for B. Hodges,
which had written thereon “H. II.
Parson" to distinguish it from the re
mainder of the ballots. He gained
one vote in Turkey Creek township
where a ballot had been cast and
counted for Hodges, that had written
thereon "This ballot, cast by Mat
Becker;" one in Mullayly township,
where the judges and clerks of the
election board left the voting place, or
room where the election was being
hold and wont out. Info tho public
highway, taking with thorn an official
ballot and permitting a fusionlst to
vote in his buggy for Hodges, taking
the ballot back with them and deposit
ing it in tho ballot box and afterward
counting the same for Hodges; and one
in Republican City township, where
the judges and clerks of election re
fused to count a ballot that had been
cast for Johnson because the voter In
voting for J. Faubion for constable,
also wrote after the word constable,
“city official."
During the taking of testimony W.
F. Dale, defeated candidate for repre
sentative on the fusion ticket from
this county, took a very active part in
the contest, but at the conclusion of
the taking of testimony, he. together
with Mr. Hodges and Mr. Thomas,
who represented Mr. Hodges, admitted
that they were defeated and no doubt
but that Johnson would be seated by
the legislature.
An interesting story of the attitude
of Peter Berlet is in circulation. Mr.
Berlet was opposed by T. J. Majors
and his friends In the convention at
which he was nominated and in the
election the opposition did not end.
Now that Mr. Rerlet is a member of
the senate, he has announced that he
will vote for Church Howe for sena
tor. This does not come from a de
cided opposition to the leading South
Platte candidate, but from a desire to
make the sting of his action strike a3
deep as possible in Mr. .Majors who
was Howe’s ancient enemy. Mr. Fter
let has been quoted as saying that he
would not vote for a candidate of a
railroad for senator till that road
should promise that Mr. Majors and
bis friends would be afterward com
pelled to “walk or pay fare.” In short,
he is after the absolute retirement of
the blue shirt. The news is credited
by many of Mr. Berlet's friends who
are acquainted with the fight that has
waged in Nemaha county for several
years.
Attorney General Pn ut was in Lin
coln last week, but declared uis pres
ence in the city had no especial signifi
cance. He did not, he said, come to
take up the matter of banking ap
pointments, for by agreement the
hoard has to defer all action until af
ter the new state officers take up their
duties. It is believed that no im
portant appointments will ho forth
coming till the session of the legisla
ture is well under way. This, so the
wise ones say. ,'s caused by the strong
pressure of the senatorial struggle.
Auditor-elect Weston, who for soma
reason has not proceeded with the
haste other state officers-eiect exhib
ited in making selections for deputy
positions, has finally relieved the sus
pense by the announcement that he
had selected George Anthes of Omaha
to be his deputy. Mr. Anthes is at pres
ent. deputy county treasurer of Doug
las county, and his appointment as Mi
Weston's assistant meets with hearty
approbation everywhere.
Kul** Dresses I Ike Farmer.
The Duke of Norfolk, though a rich
man. dresses rather like a prosperous
farmer and has a beard of consider
able length, which he has trimmed. It
is said, whenever he happens to think
of having that operation performed.
Mosquitoes KosUller Then Snakes.
About 11,000.000 Italians are exposed
to malarial fever. There are about
2,000.000 cases every year, with an av
erage mortality of 15,000. This proves
that mosquitoes aro more deadly in
Italy than snakes au.l tigers In India.
Br**»n' Bonanza n»y» Ovir.
A leading representative of the
brewing interest says that the day*
of fortune making in the brewing
business have passed, and that the
large breweries now fail to return a
fair percentage on the money invested
in them. His explanation of his
statement is that there has been a
great falling ofT in the saloon trade,
where the profits are largest, and a
corresponding increase in the home or
bottled trade, w'bere the profits are
not so large.
The “No Door" Story Nonaanulcal.
Frank Sanborn takes to task Rebec
ca Harding Davis because of her arti
cle in the November Scribner’s in
which she gives some recollections of
a visit to Concord forty years ago and
tells about the summer house built by
Alcott for Emerson, and which con
tained no door. This statement is de
nounced as pure nonsense by Mr. San
born, who says the house has a door,
and a big one. which he lias often
entered, and which has been sketched
by artists.
Female Hermits.
Women are seldom hermits, hut the
story is told of two women, mother
and daughter, who lived in Akron,
O., a life of seclusion. For sixteen
years no neighbor darkened their door
and they never wandered beyond th*
limits of their yard.
The brow of a hill may not be
wrinkled but it Is often furrowed.
FOUR DOCTORS FAILED.
A Michigan lady'. Hattie with UImm*
aad How It Ha. Won.
Flushing. Mich., Dec. 22.—(Special.)
—One of the most active workers in
the cause of Temperance and Social
Reform in Michigan is Mrs. P. A.
Passmore of this place. She is a
prominent and very enthusiastic W.
C. T. U. woman, and one who never
loses an opportunity to strike a blow
against the demon of Intemperance.
Mrs. Passmore has suffered much
bodily pain during the last three
years through Kidney and Bladder
Trouble. At times the pain was al
most unbearable, and the good lady
was very much distressed. She tried
physician after physician, and each
In turn failed to relieve her, let alone
effect a cure. Home remedies sug
gested by anxious friends were ap
plied, but all to no purpose. At last
some one spoke of Dodd's Kidney
Pills as a great remedy for all Kidney
and Bladder Diseases, and Mrs. Pass
more decided to try them. She did,
and is now a well woman. She has
given the following statement for pub
lication:
At different times In the past three
years, 1 have suffered severely with
Kidney and Bladder Trouble, and af
ter trying four of the best physicians
I could hear of, two of them living in
the state of New York, I found my
self no better. I took any amount of
home remedies suggested by kind
friends, with little or no relief from
anything. I decided to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills. Less than one box has
done me more good than all the other
treatments combined. I am still using
them, and can say from experiencs
that they are an excellent remedy for
Kidney and Bladder Trouble. I would
heartily recommend them to all thosa
suffering from these ills in like man
ner.
MRS. P. A. PASSMORE.
Flushing. Mich.
When physicians and all other
methods of treatment have failed try
Dodd's Kidney Pills. What they did
for Mrs. Passmore, they will do for
any one similarly afflicted.
60c. a box. All dealers.
Kxerrliie Snrr<l Teddy.
vfovernor Roosevelt was thought as
a boy to be.of a weak constitution.
He early devoted much attention to
exercise and spent all the time that
he could in the open air. To this he
attributes his present health and en
durance.
Dyeing is as simple as washing when
you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
N«w York's Ikriilnirdt Crane.
Long lines of Bernhardt-Coquelin
New York admirers or their messenger
boys stood patiently in a driz7.1ing rain
Tuesday for the chance to get an
early choice of single seats for that en
gagement. The subscription sale was
a success, two five-seat boxes netting
$1,000 each and many blocks of the
outside seats sold for the entire forty
performances. Fancy prices were paid
without a murmur.
The Hluhop'* Antl-PIn Order.
The bishop of Liverpool has Issued
a new code of rules for confirmation.
He desires that girls should refrain
from the use of long pins in the hair,
as the presence e* such pins frequently
results in :ne bishop’s fingers being
lacerated during the “laying on of
hands.”
A Fireman Who Start. Firm.
In Waltham, Mass., an employe of
the city fire department is under arrest
charged with arson. It is asserted
that he started a blaze in the Are house
in which his company was stationed,
and afterward turned in an alarm
to summon aid in extinguishing the
flames. What Lis motive was is un
known.
tip Against a Tough One.
President George Harris, of Amherst
college, is one of the first college pres
idents to attempt, publicly, to solve
the servant girl problem. At a recent
meeting of women's clubs at An^herst,
Mass., he read a paper on the subject.
Castle Was an Old Convent.
The castle in which Oswald u’Aur
tnene, a Belgian artist, has offered Mr.
Kruger a home was built by monks 309
years ago as a convent. It has had a
varied career, a former owner having
entertained royalty in it, and was
bought only a few years ago by M.
d'Aurmene, who is wealthy and re
stored all the old splendor, besides in
stituting all modern conveniences and
comforts.
