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JSED CLOUD,
NEBRASKA.
A m OLD MAX.
oulilst thou have luck thy youth ayain?'
I nked an aged man.
" CoulJst thou not grainier ends attain,
And better lire's whole plan?"
-Xo. sin," he said: "I rest content.
And calmlj- wait the end.
One life alone to man is lent.
To waste, or wisely spend.
-' If. witli the knowledge years bestow.
We started in the race.
All plans mixht meet with overthrow,
And shame us with disgrace.
" So combination man can make
insures complete success.
The lucky winner takes the prize
He won by random guess.
" I would not siv chance rules below
All Nature shows design:
Life is not like the dice'sthrow
Luck follows laws divine.
-" Some men are born to jn-ace a throne,
Some to a leper's doom:
Yet c iuat light for both has shone.
Their spirits to illume.
- My life has run through light and shade
The end is drawing near:
I long for rest, all undismayed.
And ak not back one year."
Chicajo TrVmne.
3IADE OK.HAEEED.
BY JESSIE FOTHERGILL,
Author o "One of Tlirte." "I'robation."
WeUflddA," Etc.
'The
CHAPTER XXIII. Continued.
These last expeditions were very
pleaanL Philip drove, and Grace and
Mabelle took it in turns to sit beside
him, while Dr. Johnson shared the back
seat with whichever of the younr ladies
occupied it. They were happy hours
which were passed in this manner,
while Philip, when hard pressed, would
relate sonic of his experience of the
""inconceivable hardships" which, he
said, he feared were going to become
historical in his family; and his sister
listened, and did the questioning with
that glance from her dark eyes which
spoke of a love like that which Clara
an Artcvelde felt for her Philip when
she said:
I've loved him
him oft.
much, and quarreled with
And all our loves
links
and quarrels past are
To bind us closer."
And Mabelle listened, too, the more,
perhaps, in that she said the less.
Gnu e teased Philip on his newly-discovered
capacity for laziness, and he
said that man was celebrated for adapt
ing himself to all circumstances.
"Even adverse
Grace.
ones,"
suggested
OCT
"Even adverse ones, my dear, such
sis the present." he answered.
Sometimes Mabelle speculated upon
Philip's rough analysis of his own
character, which he had given her that
day on the clifl. Nothing, he had said,
could make him otherwise than rough
and hard. Rough he was; perhaps, oc
casionally rough, that is, in expres
sion, rough in the sense that in a very
relined crcle his manners would have
been found wanting in polish, his bow
in elegance, and his compliments
wanting altogether as a rule. But hard
Mabelle could discover no hardness
for a long time. She thought she had
never sci-.n any man whose manner and
whole conduct toward mother and sister
was so good and so satisfactory as that
of Philip Massey.
If he had certain old-fashioned ideas
as to the sphere of a woman's useful
ness, and the desirability of cultivating
her culinary and household capacities,
it was assuredly not because he imag
ined she eould not worthily take her
;share in other things that was evident
from top'cs which he discussed with
Graee and her mother, and the weight
he gave to their opinion.
' Once, when a lady with very ad
vanced views on the subject of woman's
.sphere had had an argument with
Philip, and discovered what she con
sidered his great and lamentable dark
ness upon some important points, she
suggested to Grace that man's wish for
women to be accomplished cooks and
housemaids so she expressed it cov-
'- ere.l an abyss of selfishness not to be
measured by ordinary standards.
"Indeed!" retorted the indignant
Grace. "You think Philip is fond of
eating, and would rather 1 could cook
-well lor him than any thing else I can
tell you that he would rather eat dry
bread than see his mother or me boil
Mm a potato, if we were tired, or if it
-were inconvenient and I have seen him
, " do it: and seen him make tea and toast
for me with his own hands, when I was
ill at Iruford, because I didn't like what
the servant of the house had made. If
that is an 'abyss of selfishness.' 1 like
selfishness."
f Assuredly, thought Mabelle, these
were not the traits of a hard character.
Only, once, when his father was relat
J ing" something concerning a woman,
-one of his tenants, who had lost her
child, parti)- through her own careless
ness and had added: "She married
her hu.-band for his position: there was
.a young fellow whose heart she nearly
broke four years ago," Philip had said,
I -with what seemed to Mabelle a very
cynical laugh:
" It is a good thing the child did die.
.Such women are not fit to be mothers."
She stole a glance at him, and saw in
Ms eyes what lie meant by saying his
disaster had "hardened" him.
Mabelle was rather sad that day. for
in two davs more she was to go back to
Irkford. "Angela had written some very
1 pettsh letters, in which she upbraided
Mabelle for her selfishness, adding that
if she did not come home soon, she,
Angela, would have to come to Foul
haven and take lodgings there. These
letters Mabelle showed to Grace, and
tiie perfidious Grace had revealed their
.tenor to Philip, whose comment had
a l)ccnt
" Good Lord! Does she think she can
keep Mabelle forever tied to her apron
strings? What will she do when the
child marries?'-
" It will depend very much on whom
the child marries," his'sister had grave
ly answered, as she fixed her eyes upon
liim, but found he was not looking at
-ijJi?r. When at last he did meet her
e? eyes, Grace laughed, and Philip
laughed, too; upon which Miss Masscy
callcd him a goose, anttwent away look
iuirvcrvw If satisfied with herself, and
A him. and the world m general.
i
m The day came on the morrow of
which Mabelle' was to go tovIrkford.
She and Philip and Grace had planned
a last excursion with Dr Johnson in the
pony carriage, to some fine old woods
trom which they could descend to thj
shore, and picnic under some huga
cliffs an almost unknown, untrodden
region, which Mabeile had a yearning
to visit.
It was September, yet the heat was
great almost sultry; there was a dusky
naze over sea and sky when the three
would-be excursionists met at break
fust. Their elders had finished long
ago, for I do not supose any one will
attemnt to dispute the fact that the
present generation, as a whole, break
fast later than the one immediately pre
ceding them. Mr. Massey had been off
in his iields by half past seven, and
Mrs. Masse)- was at this moment in the
kitchen, not exactly "eating bread and
honev," but superintending her hand
maids in the preparation of something
which at the evening meal should far
surpass in excellence any bread and
honev that ever passed mortal lips.
"Letters!" said Philip, strolling in
last, as he simultaneously kissed his sis
ter and took up a blue envelope ad
dressed to him.
" Good morning, Mabelle." he added,
for Grace, as well as he, had discovered
that the "Miss Fairfax" sounded un
natural, and Philip had adapted himself
to the circumstances which required
him to call Miss Fairfax "Mabelle,"
while Mabelle adapted herself to the
uncomfortable method of not calling
Philip anvthing but "you."
He read his letter, while Grace began
to lament the necessity for Mabelle's
early departure the following morning,
and" was expressing the wish that she
had not so long a journey to make
alone, when Philip, laying down his
letter and helping himself to an egg,
observed in a well-feigned matter-of-course
accent:
"I shall have to go to Irkford myself
immediately, so I may as well go to
morrow a- the day after, and then Ma
belle will have an escort."
Gra.-e looked swiftly at him, while
Mabelle's face Hushed, and the former
sa-d:
"Really! If you could manage to go
together "it would be verv nice. "V hat
calls ou to Irkford; Philip?"
"A letter from Mr. Starkie. I've
been expecting it, to tell the truth, for
some days, xney are oiaunsuing a
branch concern at Bradford, anil I had
a hint that mo-t 1 kely the management
would be offered to rac: so that the let
ter is notexa -tlv a surprise: but I know
Mabelle likes to have as little to do with
me as possible, so I thought I would
not make her unhappy with the idea of
mv traveling with her unless it was ab
solutely necessary.
"What do you mean?" began Ma
belle, but Grace interrupted:
"Whv, Philip, you must be congrat
ulated," mustn't you? Isn't it a very
good thing?"
"It wilf be by no means a bad thing,
and it is very quick promotion."
"Ah, but then, you have gone through
the inconceivable hardships," etc
"And Bradford may be a very dull
place," he added.
"Oh, the idea of thinking of that!
Why don't you congratulate him, Ma
belle? Don't you see that he is waiting
for you to do it?"
"Is he? I am sure I do congratulate
you very much. I am very glad.'
"If you are pleased, I am so glad,
though" it seems to require a great effort
on your part to make the nejessary
speceh for the occasion," said Philip,
unkindly. "But, considering the jour
nev to-morrow, I will savno more about
it."
Mabelle could not answer the teasing
remarks of Philip with her wonted
clever little thrusts in return. She felt
an uncomfortable sensation of groping
in the dark. She wished that Grace
would not keep looking at her so ear
nestly; that Philip would not persist in
talking about the journey to-morrow.
Above all. she wished, and yet did not
wish that that dreadful journey was
safely over
Very soon after breakfast the pony
carriage came round, and Dr. Johnson,
coming from the hall, where he had
been waiting, summoned them forth
and it did not do to keep Dr. Johnson
waiting. They all went cut, Mabelle
and Grace in their shady hats, and Phil
ip in what Grace called "the Australian
novelty" in white straw. They took
sun-shades, little shawls, and a goodly
basket of provisions, as to which Philip
hazarded the inquiry:
"Who is going to cat them?"
"Never mind that, but put them in,"
said Grace, "and when we come back.
I hope your blushes may not betray
you when mother asks if we had enough
to cat. Now, 1 think, we are ready."
A parting wave of the hand; a
"pleasant day, children! Supper at
nine, and don't be late for it," from
Mrs. Masse)-, and they drove slowly
away.
They passed a long and glorious day
amongst the woods and on the sands;
sands miles away from any house or
habitation whatsoever, under dark,
frowning cliffs, around and beneath
which the sea thundered forever in sol
itary splendor. Such yellow, hard,
ribbed sands; such rocks full of strange
fossils and pebbles; such crystal pools;
unruffled as a mirror, reflecting the
skv, and studded with
anemones, fringed with
fairv seaweed
I I'AHUtlli;
of every hue and every kind; in and out
of which darted tiny gray crabs, and
other minute marine treasures, more
difficult to recognize and more ab
strusely named.
"It is like Heaven," said Mabelle,
who had wandered with Philip to the
water's edge, while Grace sat on the
shingle behind, and fed Dr. Johnson.
Philip and Mabelle stood at the very
brink of the crisp white surges, look-
j ing out to sea, with miles and miles of
sand around them. To the south, dim
and distant, might be seen the two
stone piers anil lighthouses of Foal
haven, and the Abbey of St. Ethellleda
towering more grimly than ever; to the
north more sands, shut in by a wall of
frowning black elifl's. The air jfas fresh
and pure and life-giving: intoxicating
in its mingled softness and vigor. Not
a sign of humanity beyond themselves
was visible.
Do these waves make all this thun
dering when there is no one here to
listen to them?" asked Mabelle, dream
ily. " That is a curious scientific question
A.
which I can't answer; and one might
make poetry about it, too. You should
read about the great explosions which
are always going on about the old
planet Saturn explosions such as we
can not conceive of, and no ear to hear
them. 1 remember being struck with
the weirdiiess of the idea when I first
read of iu"
"Yes, indeed!" sa'd Mabelle, turn
ing her head and seeing Grace beckon
ing to them.
They went to her, and she said it was
time to return.
CHAPTER XXIV.
AN ACCOUNT CLOSED.
After supper they went wandering;
again in the garden by moonlight, and
the moths and bats were Hitting and
circling round the light dresses of the
girls. Not much was said. Grace had
passed her arm through Philip's, and
taken Mabelle's hand, and said:
" What shall I do when you both
leave me?"
After which there was silence, till
Mrs. Masscy's voice called to Grace,
and she left them.
" I must go, too, said Mabelle, re
solved at once to take the initiative,
and displav some firmness of character.
Go why?"
" Oh, my packing, you know."
" Packiny! At least you have time to
stroll to the cliff, and look at the Ger
man Ocean by "moonlight. Who knows
when we shall have another chance?
Come!"
He opened the wicket in time for Dr.
Johnson, who had appeared upon the
scene, to march unceremoniously be
fore them, and lead the way to the
cliff.
"He knows, you sec,' said Philip,
clasping his hands behind him as he
paced beside the silent Mabelle.
Thev did not speak until, suddenly,
the great expanse of heaving waters was
spread beneatn tneir eyes, wuu a
silverv track of moonlight down ii
long.
silvery
it a
"High
Cold path of duty, leadinjr to the sky."
The sky was cloudless, deep blue: the
stars were clear, the moon radiant, the
air like balm.
" How beautiful!" said Mabelle, soft
ly; but Philip, instead of answering her
remark, said:
"Mabelle, why don't, you wish to
travel with me to-morrow?"
.j "
"Is my company very distasteful to
you?"
" What a question! It was only
"Only what?"
"Angela will meet me at Irkford,
audshe'does not know you are going
there."
" Is that all? She will be quite equal
to the occasion. I am sure; and, I sol
emnly assure you, I have the best hopes
for aiy own presence of mind. Don't
distress yourself on that account."
"You "are sure you will not mind?"
"I shall not-that is, I should not, if
Mabelle, I told you a month ago that
I was a married man after after that
episode vou can not forget and so, in
away, I was. I know how it spoiled
me. " I know my nature got a warp
then, and will never be quite smooth
again, and I know I am more adapted
to frighten a girl by my brusquerie than
to win her love by "my amiability. . . .
and I have no right to ask any woman
to bear with me, and love me in spite
r? .viy- rniKrlinpcs. ns mv deftrGraee has
done, God bless her! but it seems thai
" "." '""B" V - - - . .. -
trouble three years ago did not secun
me against ever falling in love again.'
"Not with me'" exclaimed Mabelle
involuntarily recoiling, and putting u
her two hands, "you do not say it w
with me? '
"But I do sav it is with you, n
belle," said Philip, capturing her hanil
and eutsping his arm around her, "an
I wonder what just cause or impedime
there should be to mv loving you.
say that I love you now, very differen
lv from b:it we 11 not speak ot tlm
Only I would never have told )ou had
not fancied that you would help me
wipe out this old account, Mabelle, a:
help me to become a better man than
have been since that day you remer
ber. I have often felt wicked when
have thought of it; 1 thought you
would perhaps go on making repara
tion will you?"
Mabelle's struggle between tears and
smiles ended in a convulsive laugh,
which would not stop. j
Philip, deriving hope from this, and
perhaps pleased with his own ingenious '
way of re 'ommeniling himself as a suit- I
or, by painting hinibclf as not the best '
of men, and inviting his beloved to be i
coutiuually making reparation for a
wrong wh.ch she had not committed,
was also struck with a sense of the
ludicrous; sentiment and solemnity,
moonlight and lovers' vows, were for
gotten in jieal on peal of laughter.
Dr. Johnson, conceiving that he
alone was the object of a merriment
which insulted and outraged his most
refined feelings, gave three short barks,
and walked awav in inexpressible dis
gust. "But this ill-timed mirth lias prevent
ed you from giving a proper answer to
my question," observed Philip, when
the laughter had somewhat subsided.
"I don't know wat to say," said
Mabelle, turning away, the confusion
which her mirth had covered rushing
over her again.
"Say yes."
"It seems such a wild idea for von
and me to get married."
"Well, let us have a wild idea or two.
then."
"What would Angela say?"
"She would say that "if you had
played your cards "properly, you might
have done better like herself, bay
yes, Mabelle! Say vou love me at
least."
"Oh. I do indeed!'
"And these lips of yours are so true,
and this right hand never yet held a lie
in it." said he, kissing first one then the
other. "Lot me call them mine, and
you sha'l find that whatever else I may
be, 1 am as true as yourself."
Mabelle left her hand in his, and
Philip only released it to put it in that
of his mother, and ask her to bless her
new child.
On the evening of Mabelle's wedding
day, Angela sat alone with her hus
band, who had come out in a manner
to surprise every one, on the auspicious
occasion. The festivities had all been
over for some hours: the last of the
guests had departed, and they were
alone. There was dead silence b .'tween
V
...- - :..v - . - .l.-..i, '. - i -' : v- -,., -S-
wwiiiiiii.irili iriiwfrte '' 'nl' ' llliw" '""""- '-1 '"
them, till Mr. Fordyfc, looking up over
his spectacles fronfjthe pages of a
pamphlet entitled jFree Trade in
Lanu," remarked, hpaevolently:
Mv dear, there JrSfiomethinir almost
..avot...-?; in t'rftllf lift M?..'f. ...:.. .-
iuiu.iiii.. i in j "i" V luJ auiaiiiagc.
our ntw
is not J
irs war
not ani
though it lias
en a runawav
match, like ou
Angela did not
for a moment,
and then she
e said! I
loormati
It is a poor
r a Fairfax, and
a srirl so beautiful a
abelle is. She
ought to have done
r, if I had been
able to introduce her
o the kind of
societv she ought to h
31
O"" -"
rrnnn mtn
ii you meau me apnty ol persons
in my own spnere, up: is all the so
ciety I choose to have ij&ut me," said
Mr. Fordyce, "you ff&fEjr me. But I
think she has done D. There is
something most attrace about that
young man so genuinttgjj And'then, he
has such go' in nim. Be is a regular
Yorkshireman for that..j$tauding as he
does high in the favorof a firm like
Starkie & Grey, thtffir is no savin"-
where his advancenifiMmay end. Your
sister s husband, mye
is a man she
may well be prouoi-
well be proud'
Mr. Fordyce til
riped them U
aorning, a I ay
I declare"
ff his spectacles
here Mr.
and wi
s quite moved
heir happiness,
this mornin
and their evident y
trust in each other.'
t love tor and
iev begin well,
very well; and I wiyJ
nnai pvpn iinaihlfi
hem all happi-
ppmess. May
God bless them both!'
w, .w., J .-
1
He returned to the,fperusal of his
pamphlet, and Angela sat, twisting
round and round a resplendent brace
let with which her husband, in his de
light at the happiness of the young
geople, had that morning presented her.
er face was dark; the angelic smile
and languorous glance of yore did not
now appear unon it so often.
"Mabelle scarcely had any presents
of jewelry," she was reflecting, "and I
have quantities, and am always getting
more But then, Philip dotes upon
Mabelle, and will take her about
wherever she wants to go, and how was
I to know that he would' be so success
ful? Some people have nothing but
good luck in this world, and some none
but bad. What is "the use of having
pearl bracelets when there is no one to
see them but "
She did not distinctly finish this sen
tence, even in her own mind, but her
eyes fell upon the face of her husband,
a b-nevolent smile upon his lips, his
thoughts buried in his pamphlet on the
LandQuestion. It was a homely, kind,
good face, which in the early ilays of
their marriage had often turned to her
with a very loving smile; that expression
had now grown much less frequent.
Mr. Fordyce sighed oftener, and smiled
seldomer.'and was wont to look at the
young children of his friends with a
wistful eye.
Surely retribution had descended up
on Angela Fordj'ce retribution Loth
visible and invisible, in that she was de
nied those things which her soul craved
after; invisible, in that the sacred sor
rows and joys of struggle and labor and
hope, by the side of one who loved her,
which might have been hers, had she
chosen to take them, were now lost to
her forever. The chance of growing
better and worthier was sealed up
against her for all time; isolated in a
monotonous prosperity which she had
bought for herself with lies and degra
dation, she must now
TYet
it would be. diflimilt in all nontrv to find
two wild animals more intimately asso
ciated. The shambl'ng, fruit-eating,
retiring, straightforward and mild-mannered
"bear lias nothing in common
with the agile, flesh-preferring wolf.
Nevertheless, in poetry they are as
punctually and arbitrarily bracketed to
gether as larks and linnets, or apes or
asses. Bruin has had to suffer much in
consequence, first of all, of the igno
minious familiarity which its dancing
and being baited have induced: anil
secondly, of its unfortunate personal
appearance. But when it sets itself go
ing after one it wishes to catch, tlw
bear displays an agility and address
which those who have been hunted by
it declare to be amazing. And when it
wishes to get beetle-grubs out of thi
ground, ants out of their nest, hone;
out of a bee-tree, fruit from a slen
der bough, or birds' eggs out of a nest,
it shows itself to be as ingen
ious and skillful as any othe?
animal that has to live by its wits. To
get, for instanc, at the beetle-grubs, it
scratches off the upper earth and theTa
sucks them up out of the ground an
application of a scientific process which
no animal without a prodigious reservj
of air-force could hope to accomplish.
When it wishes to empty an ant-hire
it knocks the top off with" its paws, and
then, applying its mouth to the central,
gailcrv of the nest, inhales its breath
forcibly, thereby setting up such a cur
rent of air that all the ants and their
eggs come whirling up into the mouth
like packets through a pneumatic tube.
When robbing bees it does not gt
stung, and when after wild apricots or
acorns it ot only balances itself with
all the judgment of a rope-walker, but
uses its weight very cleverly so as to
bring other boughs within reach of its
curved claws. Nor while doing tlm
does it conceal what it is about. On
the contrary, when sucking at an ant
heap or grub-hole it makes such a noise
that on a still evening it can be heard a
quarter of a mile off, and when up a
iron, nnd not alarmed, it yoes smashina
about among the boughs as if bears
were not only the rightful lords of the
manor, but as if there were no such
things as enemies in the world. Bal
gravia.
.
"Our boys." Pater "Knowledge,
mv boy, is better than wealth''
"t'ilius " "Y-e-s. But, po' my word
d'vou know, sir, I think I prefer the irt
ferior article!" London Punch.
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THE LASKER MATTER.
Action of the House of KeprescBtattf A
Dignified Bebuke to the Gorninn Chan-
oeller Confp-exsnieB Ocheltree and Uoa
tor Kalogise the Dead Statesman.
WAsniscTOX, D. C. March 19.
Mr. Curtln from the Committee on
foreign Affairs, submitted a report on
the President's message and accompany
ing papers in relation to the death of Dr.
Lasker, in which the committee approved
the resolutions of January Uth, and regret
that they were not received in the spirit
In which they were adopted. The report
also compliments the State Department
for its course in the matter, and submit
ted the following as a substitute for ilis
cock's resolution:
Jicsoltcd, Thft the resolutions referring
to the death of Dr. Lasker, adopted by
this House January 9th last, were intend
ed as a tribute of respect to the memory
of an eminent foreign statesman who died
within the United States, and as an ex
pression of sympathy with the German
people, of whom he has been an honored
representative.
Resolved, That a House having no offi
cial concern with the relations between
the Executive and Legislative branches
of the German Government, does not
deem it requisite to its dignity to criticise
the manner of reception of the resolu
tions or the circumstances preventing
them reaching theirdestination after they
bad been communicated through a
proper channel to the German Govern
ment. Mr. Reagan protested against any apol
ogy by the. House for its action.
Mr. Curtin demanded the previous
question, which was ordered.
Mr. Ochiltree took the floor for the
fifteen minutes allowed to the opponents
of the resolution, ami said that no man
on the floor had more confidence in or
esteem for the Committee on Foreign
Affairs than himself; but this matter had
assumed a phase which called upon every
member to see his ' own dignity and the
dignity of the House maintained. It was
not becoming in the House to explain the
meaning. The resolution spoke for itself.
An apology was uuworthy the body. He
then went into an eulogy of Lasker, say
ing the resolution was a compliment to
Lasker but a rebuke to Bismarck.
Mr. Deuster, of Wisconsin, followed in
a set speech. He said: "I sincerely re
gret the hasty action of the German Chan
cellor in refusing to transmit the resolu
tion of condolence of this House on the
death of Lasker merely, as it appears, on
account of antipathy for a departed polit
ical adversary. He knows, as does every
sane person, that to place before the
Reichstag a resolution of the American
House "of Representatives didn't in
any way imply the indorsement
I of sentiments therein expressed.
his oflice, so far as the resolution was
concerned, was that of a medium rather
than a master. His assumption of the
latter was unfortunate only for himself.
We can afford to cover the act with
the charity of forgetfulness. "To err is
human, to forgive "divine," we may say
with Pericles. We are liberal in our pub
lic administration. W ith regard to mu-
tual jealousy of
twe are not
neighbor, if he
please himself,
our countenance,
our daily pursuits,
angry with our
docs anything to
nor wear on
offeusive looks which
are unpleasant. The
though harmless
Parliament and people of Germany are in
possession of the letter and spirit of the
resolution, even though the parchment
upon which it was engrossed becomes
moulded in the Chancellor's waste
basket. The action of our State Depart
ment cannot be too highly commended.
It was not only diguilled, but. did not
overstep the bounds of international
courtesy, while at the same time admin
istering a rebuke to what is justly con
sidered an unwarranted usurpation of
the rights and privileges of the German
Parliament and people.
"itr. Speaker, I was, I may say with
some degree of pride, intimately acquaint
ed witli him whose death has given rise
to this controversy. I was among the
last persons with whom he conversed, and
in justice to his memory, I deem it
my duty to make another statement. I
have Dr. Lasker's word for it, that he had
tLe highest regard for the German Chan
cellor both as a man and statesman. They
differed only on one question, a question,
sir, upon which not only two political
parties upon this- floor differ, but upon
which the members of eachare not united.
Lasker was a Free Trader. This was his
only offense.' People uninitiated in German
politics have stigmatized him with Nihil
ism, Socialism and nearly all other "isms"
in the vocabulary, simply because he was
a Liberal ami believed in opening the
marts of Germany to the competition of
the world. It is not my purpose nor is this
the place to eulogize my friend, but in
mj heart I mourn his Ios as a man of
broad views, grand inspirations anil a no
ble heart, who, as an American citizen,
would have achiced distinction as the
advocate aiul guardian of '111511111110118
broad enough for his broad mind. As a
German he claimed the right to expand
beyond the boundaries of arbitrary pow
ers, and the result is seen to-day. The
resolutions were adopted.
A Cat-Boilcal Inquiry.
Springfield. III.. March 20.
A dispatch was received yesterday from
the Chief Veterinarian of the Agricultural
Department at Washington, as follows:
Kixsliiv, Kas., March l'J, 18S4.
To Dn. Joiix II. Rauch, Secretary Illi
nois State Board of Health Foot and
mouth disease at Neosho Falls not
spreading: no contagious disease among
cattle in counties further west.
D. E. Salmon.
This is the first authoritative intima
tion that true foot and mouth disease ex
ists anywhere in this country west of
Maine, where it was introduced direct
from England. There is certainly none
In Illinois, and in the hope that Dr.
Salmon's dispatch may have been injudi
ciously worded, Governor Hamilton has
caused the following categorical ques
tions to be telegraphed him : "Have you
found veritable foot and mouth disease
anywhere? If so, to what extent? In
what localities?"
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A ForcgoB Conclusion.
CniCAOO, III., 'a-ch 19.
A special from Salt Lake City say.s: An
drew Petersons, a Mormon ex-Congressman
indicted in 1882 under the Edmunds
law for voting, is on trial to-day. Seven
polygamist Mormons arc on the )ury with
consent of Chief Justice Iluuter. One
has three wives. All seven swore they
believed the divine law superior to the
laws of Congress, and believed polygamy
right and revealed from Heaven. Defend
ant admits his marriage, according to
Mormon law, but says it was a proxy for
eternity and not for time.
A MISSING SHEPHERD.
& Connrcttntt EiilTrnlit Flock Excreted
Over tlio Unaccountable Disappearance
of Their Sliephrl.
, BninoKPortT, . oxn., M:in 17.
Intense excitement prevails here over
the disappearance of the Ilevrend John
Lyon. Ills pulpit in the Unlversalist
Church was not filled yesterday, and no
lervices were held. Groups of excited
people have been discussing the mystery
ill daj', and the hotels and telegraph
offices have been thronged by citizens
seeking some satisfactory clew to the
clergyman's whereabouts. For some time
Mr. Lyon has been preaching against the
evils of gambling, directing his batteries
against the lottery policy dealers in par
ticular. He upbraided the city officials
and police, ami by his able discourses
compelled the authorities to arrest and
prosecute the policy dens. He has been
repeatedly threatened by the policy run
ners, and" since the cases have been tried
and the players acquitted it is feared by
some that one of these threats has been
carried out. Mr. Lyon is a Scotchman.
He left this city on Thursday for the pur
pose of visiting the Grand Secretary of
the Knights of Pythias on business con
nected with Mithra Lodge of this city, to
which Mr. Lyon belonged. The Grand
Secretary telegraphed that Mr. Lyon called
on him and transacted his mission and
they both went to the Hartford depot.
Mr. Lyon purchased a ticket for New York,
where he said his wife was vKiting, and
got on board the 3:30 p. m. train, and has
not been heard from since.
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A DISTURBED PEOPLE.
rhe Manltobann, Smartint; Under Ileal op
Fancied Wrongs, Kipe for Kevolt Against
British Kule Annexation Talk.
St. Paul, Minn., March 17.
Winnipeg advices state that the agita
tion in Manitoba, which originated with
the farmers, appears to be having a con
tagious effect on the commercial repre
sentatives throughout the province. The
general public are not aware of the strong
undercurrent which is carrying on the
agitation, and the serious earnestness and
uuiet determination awaiting for an op
portune time for development. That the
business and agricultural interests are
undergoing a severe depression is no
longer a matter of argument, and unless
relief is provided by the Ottawa Govern
ment a crisis may be expected.
Persons in a position to know, and who
can sustain their assertions positively,
are aware of the organization of secret
societies in the city of Winnipeg, whose
purpose it is to have thcOttawa government
accede to their demands, or falling in this,
to assume control of the Province and in
sist on annexation. This society is com
posed of influential and prominent bus
iness men who realize that their life-time
accumulations are greatly jeapordized,
and their earnest and subdued conver
sation is emphatic and determinedly sug
gestive. At the farmers' meeting in Winnipeg,
Saturday last, some of the men in the
paid service of the Government insisted
on controlling the convention, much to
the disgust of the farmers, who promptly
drove them from the hall.
General Manager Van Home's reply to
the farmers, to the effect that thiriraction
was Ill-aUviscd, and that no concessions
by the railroad would be made until after
the fool-killer had visited Winnipeg, has
only served to fan the flame. The farm
ers in their resolutions advise against
emigration until the wrongs arc correct
ed. This information has been telegraphed
all over Europe in the various languages,
and can not avoid restricting emigration.
It has been observed by" conversation
with Canadians, always loyal heretofore,
that there is a majority in favor of annex
ation, and unless their grievances are
heartland corrected exciting news from
that province may be looked for soon.
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SOW BY ST. PATRICK,
It rtasaScurvyTrick to Allow His Admirer
to Take Such n Tumble An Incidenc ol
the Day at Chicago.
Chicago, III., March 17.
The rear guard of the St. Patrick's Day
procession passed the corner of Twelfth
and State streets at 3:40 o'clock
this afternoon. A large crowd had con
gregated on the sidewalks. Fully seventy
people stood wedged together in a space
hardly twenty-live by eiit feet. Under
neath this crowd was a wooden side
walk. As the last of the procession
passed, the crowd began to move.
Tiie sidewalk shook for a moment, the
cracking of rotten timbers followed,
and in an instant there
was crash, and the mas?
of shrieking humanity was dropped into
the basement below, a distance of about
ten feet. Those on top of the heap began
scrambling out by standing on their less
fortunate companions. The wreck
was soon surrounded by a huge
crowd. The patrol wagons were sum
moned and the wounded, mostly women
and children were rescued. A large
number were removed to carriage and
wagons while the police took cafe ol
those who had no friends. A baby-carriage
was demolished, but the baby, un
harmed, was hoisted out and delivered to
its bruised and frightened mother. A
huge pile of hats, bonnets, green
ribbons, shawls and a few crushed
flags were carried into the shoe store
and delivered to their respective owners.
One man had his teeth jarred out. The
only person seriously injured was a lady,
who, being in a delicate condition, suf
fered considerably, and was removed to
her home in a carriage. Her name could
not be learned. The police report the
following persons injured:
Maggie Kevcs, domestic, employed by
Mrs. Reidy at 3G8 Thirty-first street; frac
ture of right leg.
Maggie Tracy, domestic, at same num
ber; right ankle brokn.
Bridget Farren, of UT1G Dearborn street,
cut and bruised.
Ellen Reilly, slightly bruised about face
and body.
Alice Walsh, of Hyde Park, cut and
bruised.
Delia Westfall, of 4642 Butterfleld street,
both ankles sprained.
A Missing Drnramer.
Rochester, N. Y. March 17.
E. 'Stephenson, a traveling salesman
from New York City, came to this city a
week ago Friday, and registered at the
Powers Hotel. He drank quite hard Sun
day, and Monday disappeared from the
hotel and has not been seen since. He left
his traveling-case open in his room. De
tectives have been searching for him for
the past two or three days. They now
believe he is the man who jumped from
the Central avenue bridge into the Gen
essec River. He is about forty-five years
of age, and has a wife and family in New
Britiau, Conn.
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