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5H0RTEM AND HERBERT.
8hortora Shy plnys round mjr knee
Yhllo I rend llcrbort Spencer,
Cut still the mora I read and road
My Ignorance grown denser;
Tor Shortem Shy decrloi my taste
And toll me every tnlnutoi
"Say, papa, Idon'tltlco that book,
There ara't no lions In Ik"
Now Herbert Spencer Is a great,
A worldcompollrng thlnkor;
No hoary plummet lino o( truth
Ooca dcepor than his olnlror.
Ulut one man reads his work way through
For thousands that begin It,
'They loave one-half the leaves uncnt ,
"There ain't no lions In It."
,
"Thoow-old orrora fa their dot
Do- -Herbert Bfrenqcr1 tarettle.
-And ranks with NowtoU, Dacon, Kant,
And anclont Aristotle
- Tbo mighty homago of tbo fow
Theso toworlng giants win It,
Tho millions shun tuolr huntlnggrouud,
"There nln't no lions In It."
I loovo this motnphysle swamp,
Thick grown with sturdy scions,
And ronm tho meadows of romanco,
With Shorten and his lions.
Hie brings his gaudy Noah's Arlt book
And begs mo to begin It;
' "Hotter than Ilubbut l'onccr book.
That uln't no lions In IU
"Now wond about tho cfolunt
So bljt ho scares tho peoplo:
-An' wcad about tho kangorwoo
Who Jumps upon tho 'tcefflo."
So 1 tako up tho Noah's Ark book,
And sturdily begin It,
.And rend abou,t tho "ofalunts" ,
And lions that aro In Ik
'Shorten will prow In soborncss
Ills llfo bocomo Intcnscr.
Soino day ho'U drop his "oalunts"
And take upIIcrlKrt Sptnocr. )
Dut llfo can bavo no liapplor yoars
man giau year that begin Ik
And llfo somottmei grows dull and tarn
"That has no lions In Ik"
-R W. fan, In Yonkoo Dlado.
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' cnAPTEn m.-co5TiinK I ",r
"Don't talk so, dear Jano." Olive pttk
' 3ier arm round tho girl's shoulders, and
spoko with quick sympathy. "-Men havo-
their dark moods, and cone out of
them."
"Aaron never was qulto as othcr.rnen
are." said .Inne, sorrowfully. "Ho was
always more desponding than , others-
always believing himself an ill-starred
creature. No ono ever had such a strong
influence over him as Michael had.
Michael could mako him hopeful and
-cheerful; he Jooked up to Michaelmas a
licro you know It, Olive, and now v
lane was a quiot woman, and sho
.
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took her trouble in a quiet fashion;
Tears stolo down her cheeks, but thoro
was no sob, no passionate cry' of dis
tress, Olive, weeping too, drew closer,
and comforted her as a sister. ' ' '
"1 don't want to say anything 'hard
about Michael," saidJnno, drying 'her'
yos, and returning Olive's, kiss. f'JIlut
I wish, oh, how I wish that ho would be
as friendly with Aaron as ho used to be!
Just a cheering' word now and then, 'or
MLvia.fcw minutes' talk about old times,
"'."Vould sot Aaron up and lift him out of
nlmsclf. You know ho has almost .wor-
ahiped Michael all his life, and ho
thought that when- His old friend camo
to llattersby's works ho wouldbo lone
ly nnd homc-slck no "more."
What could Ollvo Bay? Sho stllljkept
her arm round Jano, and puzzled her
brain to find comforting words.
"Dear Jane, Michael is always preoc
cupied," sho said at last. "I wish It
were not bo, but I cannot change him.
Perhaps, by and by, when ha htviuvoB
all that ho Is striving for, ho will havo
thoughts to spare for old friends, and
will be his old self again." ,
"Hut If ho ever docs become his old
self again ho will look' round in Vain for
old friends," Jano answered. "They
can't wnit, you seo, till he has tlmo to
epj.ro. Ilut, .Olive. J' fttri afraid) that,
Michael dislikes having Aaron near
Mm. Only Aaron knows anything 'of
At fM.nnl'a nnrlv flnva. nnil rnrtn tvTin
want to rise very high sometimes batfJ
iiiosu wno remmu iul-ui ui niujr tow oo
ginning." ,i . ,.
Olive flushed deeply. l '
"Aaron should not encourago such
fancies," she said, "and I havo often
heard our old vicar say that peoplo arc
hard on tho man who rises. They always
suspect him of looking down on old as
sociates; they take his prido for grant-,
ed, and never give him tho benefit of a
doubt." , v
"I only hope that Aaron Is mistaken,"
Jano replied, meekly, yl diave plways
admired Michael very much, n'nd I 'want
to bellovo in hlm(fpr y6ur, hake," t "
"Then do bellovo In him. dear." en-
treated Ollvo, "and try to bring Aaron'
into n brighter mood. Ah U we, had
htm hero wo would soon dispel his
-doubts and fears! What a ffldomv'crcu-
turo a man Is when ho, Is nwuy, jrylntt?
woman's intiucnco."
Jane Btnllcd, somowhat comforted,
nd tho sweet evening wind kissed the
two faces, as li camo blowing freshly
across the downs. The air beemed full,
of tho breath of wild flowcrs;'""thofe"
wero hope and pcdco nml quiet gjad-,
ness In this rorooto world Of low Bills
-and green meadows, and. violets... Tho.
girls lingered at tho .gate ,p few, mo-J
tncnts longer, and then wcniinuoorslol
their housohold work.
Nefct day 'Olive contriVcd' 'to 'have a
talk with her mother, and ask her
questions about Uncle Wako and his
business. Ilut Mrs. .Challock -hadfriott
nuchtotoll ' t kYV
"He was always n kind-hearted man,"
ho said, "and a good husband to my
poor sister. Your aunt Ruth dloVoupg.
Ho loved her very much; I almost won
der that ho married again, and yet ,1
oughtn't to wonder, seolng ,that I mar
ried a second time, although I loved
your father dearly! Wo widows and
widowers allow oursolvcs $i be, talked
over, even when our hearts aro burled
in the gravo of our first love. Yes, Mr.
Wake is a good man, Olive."
"Has ho any children?" Ollvo asked.
"The second wlfo had ono daughter,
fie wroto and told mo of tho birth. I
never heard of any other children,"
Urs. Challock replied.
And do you really thlnic, motuer,
that ho would let mo llvo tn his house if
I teamed" my own bread?" Olive oaid,
earnestly. "May I write to him?"
"Vnn nnv writii " Mr.rf!hllru'U n.nr
Bwercd, af ter n pauso. "Ilutl did not
Want to 'part with you till you were1
married, toll him that. And oh! Olive,
don't Bay 'much, about your stepfather!
Ho might bo n worse man than ho is,
you know; but It troubles mo sorely
that ho doesn't tnko to you. I've been
nn unfortunato woman, Olive very un
fortunate." "Yes, mother; you were very unfor
tunate in losing my father," Olive said,
quietly.
Mrs. Challock began to cry In n noise
less fashion, Now and then she paid
thistrlbuto of silent tears to tho de
parted, and blamed Pi evidence, in her
spiritless way, for having removed him.
Sho always spoko of herself as a wom
an who had been badly used by tho
powers above, and went so far as to say
that an angelic guard ought to havej
been specially provided for a defense-
Ipss widow. When her mother was In
this mood Ollvo was apt to betray a lit
tle impatience. As Mrs. Challock dried
her tears sho began to bewail hor fate
In tho usual strain, nnd tho girl spoko
out nt last:
"Thero Is Mrs. noopcr, mother," sho
said, "sho, was left a widow, and sho
has never married again, nnd yot sho
.was no bcttcr,ucjgnucu .thanyou
were"
"Oh! Olive," moancdMrs. Challock,
shaldrigHicr head, 'sljovMis far better
defended than 'J 'was. lyot by angel
guards,-parhapu(.by. n plain face;
nnd a woman can havo no safer protec
tion than that."
f Olive .looked, half pityingly, at tho
sweet, faded faco by her side, and felt
that' there. was eome truth ! theaa
words. Sho knew that she herself had
mora beauty thnnJier mother hadi over
possessed; MnM Challock hart'Cjf ten told
her bo, but alio I thought, with algirl's
happy confidence, that hor dofenso was
sure and strong. jAIichacl's lovo for, her
"and her loVo for-him this would bo hor
shield and buckler. Sho put hor arm
round her mother's BhouUlars,tnd
spoko In a caressing tone:
"1?hcn you "will let me writo to Uncle
Wnko?" she said. "Don'Wrel? llttlo
mother; Lucy, says tt will Ibo1 btst for
ratTto know "something of. Condon bc
foro I go to livo thero aaIlchaers.wlfe,
It would be trying for him to have; to
teach mo everything."
J'Yonr father ricvor thought It n trial
to teach me," Blghcd Mrs. Challock, her
head still running pn( tho, past; "but
then. ho had wopdcr.juJ patlonco. .1 qoly
wish I hod learned more. Yes, Olive,
you may . write, and see what comes of
it." i i
But some time oassed .kv be for thlt
letter was'wf Ittoni J -, . , yi 1 S f ' J
Poor Jan'o's lovo troubles pressed so'
heavily, on her mind that sho fell ill,
and Olivo had to help In nursing; nnd
thon .Mm-Pjiallock herself grow sick
and claimed .her child's care. These
lllnesso wore not nlnrmlnir. but thev
changed OHya'stplans fori awjillo, onif
mo summer socmen xa sup away una
wares. And Just after tho harvest had
been gathered in, and tho vun shono
calmly over Holds that wero bhorn of
all their wealth of gold, Lucy Cromer's
llfo story camo to an end.
"Stay with mesas muehvnsypncan,
Olivo," she said, when' sho had given up
hor placo on tho llttlo couch downstairs..
"I havo had friends and lovers, let
never ono sister till you came to'jjopj",
So Olivo spent hour nf tor' hor tn ibe
small bedroom under tho'.thafichi'ajndl
sunbeams and wandering breezes' mad)
their way through tho open lattice"
Thoro was a thick wreath., of Ivy and
roses round tho window; tho 'swallows
had not yet taken their departure, nnd
blril-notcs and whispers of many leaves
came to her liko familiar .yolocs. And
Lucy, too, lay listening. to tho music of
tho dying summer with a great pcoco
In her heart. '
They talked to cachothcr in these last
hours more freely' than they had over
spoken before. All tho shadows of tho
past had "Dcon ftwopt away from Luoy's
light- 'It avx-s, jpstj ;tho samo path that
sho had known always; thero was tho
place where she had stumbled over tho
sharp stones, and risen bruised and
. ' - t ,
bletdljigtljaro.wnsjthojapot whero ono
had' turned his face from hers, nnd left
her to tol opwprd loljme,, IjPAVnR
vmi changed, not a slnglo way-mark
was gone, uui ino eyes tnax. loouca
back on tho past had gained a new and I
nj j -,.. it r-" t 'ji,j'i
usuurar' sijfiH, Aiiuy yuuiu o wvwn
gootl ndd triutnphcdArid evil lind-ftecrl
stricken down; and they could discern
tho footprints of; angols vyhero the way
had; been Jdokpstn'd saddest. From
beginning to endlt was a way that had
been watched over and guarded by love.
'" ' I .-77-i' v (j7, ,
CIIAPTEH IV.
"nrMEMDca uu wijen i am gonr away."
Lucy lialjlltfla to rqgrot in tho world
that sho" was leaving', for Heaven had
opened to her. Sho did not tell Ollvo
what kind of Heaven It yns that' hadj
been rovcaled U her spiritual gaze;
"the kingdom ,of (lod wasf within hor,"
and these last days of her earthly pll
gfimtgc -were unfolded in nn atmos
phere of sweetness and light. Ono
ovening, when she hud been lying
souL. ahc-IookcuLuack pnUv3Jtliu.at, which wo
RVin luul tmlilnn -ir.il. kitnk WiirWrtA.. ,Thev laid
nnd'satv' 'li Illumined" with a alvlno
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"VKSOMVB, YOuHlAV WHITB."
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silently, with eye closed, Ollvo had
gone to a sent by tho open window, ami,
was looking out uion tho sun-touched
hlll9..Sha thouirhtthat LttC.v was
rislccp,. and started aitha sound of' hor
-friend's faintrvpuje. t 4v
"Tlicro m something that I want to
say, dear," said, Lucy, tcndqrly. "Do
you know that ono of tho sweetest feel
ings in life Is the sense- of being able to
forgive? No, you do not know it; ns
yot you havo suffered no great wrong.
Ilut if over there comes a tlmo when
you aro greatly Injured If ever yon are
wounded deeply by a hand you havo
loved then you may remember thoso
trt
own btood nv lvcy's ohavb.
Mi
words of mlno: Forglvo. if you wou:
ilu
find pcaco. Forgive, If you would havo
your wounds honied nnd feel tho soft
UraketChriaVa, flBgacoayau,aore;
heart." , ff , -. ,,
I Olivo was silent; but sho drew near
arid took' Lucy's hand. The 'leaf
whispers filled up tho pause, 'tho room
was -full of tho 'rich scent of jossamlno,
a flower that' Lucy loved; and long af
terwards its pcrfumo brought back to
Ollvo a memory of her , friend's last
p'ords and .looks, Somo sprays were
scattered over tho covcrloti Borao of tho
white, Btar-llko blossoms had 'drifted
down on tho floor. Lucy had never
old why, this flower was so dear to
her, but Olive's quick womanly instinct
divined that it was ono of tho links that
bound hor to tho past. Such links are
often flower-links, fragllo and sweet,
jet strong as a chain of steel, and lasting-unbroken
through all tho chances
and changes of time.
a "You must novor think sorrowfully
f me, Ollvo," Lucy went on. "I havo"
read somewhero .of ona who gleaned in
haste and snatched all tho richest
grain. Jlcrc, in this quiet village, I
havo gathered all tho blessings' that I
iilsso J when I lived In tho world! ' In
these lost days I havo reaped alland I,
too, Bhall bb gathered Into the garnor.
Do1 you not see that mlno is a happy
fato? J 'havo dono nothing todesorVo
theso royal compassions, these outpour
ings of a Father's loving kindness, and
jot thenar Wfne' ' '
and In tho growing' amber light tho
J roods, and meadows .stretched softly
way, Bnowlng 'dimly through a glo
rious mist ihat slowly faded into dusk.
They hoard tho lost good-night of the
birds and felt tho first cool sigh of
night before tho-lattlcoJ was closed. It
was then that Lucy said a silent faro
vyoU to oorthly things. Tho qujet night
passed away, In poaco; tbo sun roso and
tlic village awoke to its daily labor, but
the jossamlno blossoms' lay upon a
pulseless, heart, ,andtouthost(ll ace
thero was an Ideal beau,ty, a faint smllo
of unutteraVlc, peace,
! Long afterwards Olivo, was glad that
sjio bad watohed by tho sldo of lcr dead
ff lend; glad that' she hod woven a chop
let of feathery ferns and jessamino for
Sucy's last xestlng-placo. Tboro aro
mes when to each one of us comes tho
thought of those who havo taught us
by their words and deeds; and wo find
their traccst In rothar .'Uvea,' and light
"upon their footprints in strange paths
never cxpcctcjl to tread.
Lucv in thn lirnnzv nlil
churchyard under tho high hill, among
tho'graves lyhlch Olive had ltnowtt from
childhooMi but lt'was not here', ltrthls
quiet nook, that tho clear echoes of
Lucy's voice would como to her from
the nast.
After her niece's death Mrs. Hooper
pined for! companionship, ana' dreaded
itho long winder spent, In tho little cot
togo alono. Sho begged Ollvo to stay
w,lth her til 'the Bpring camo again;
apd, tnjtruth.ho girl was too tlrcfl and
Worn to begin a new llfo nt'onco. But
sho vrotq to Jklr. Wake, and wrotp also
to tho florist in Regent stroot who had
employed Lucy, inclosing' n letter of
recommendation ,y9 hod, been writ
ten by Lucy herself. "Tho answers to
these letters Vdrd' moro 'satisfactory
than she' had' expected them" to bo.
Samuel Wnko was a man who novcr did
things by halves; ho was ready not only
to rccetvo Ollyo, but to gjvo her. a hearty
welcome., And .theflprlst wrote to say
tltttthq )vos willing to lot her come, and
try .hqrskiU, adding that hoha'dhevpr
nsa an orapioye so clever a Miss Cromor.
So tho- way was made clear for Olive's
foot; but before she vestured out, into
the now path it was well for Iter to
pause and -rest.
it was a stormy autumn; the lafit red
i tatters of the.Vlrginu creeper wore torn
Irbm tho oottage walls, and no gold and
rupot leaves -were left for Ollvo to
weave Into 'garlands; but thero was nlr
tviys plonty of ivy for her quick fingers
lto proetlco'upon. And thon, too, thoro
was outer worjr to oo done; in tho long
evenings tyrs. Hooper and Olivo sut and
sewed together,' and grow fond of each
other In" their loneliness. Tho wind
moa'ncanvjflsttyl round
dwelling, t)ynd by tho sno
their llttlo
dwelling;, by. nnd by tho snow foil, nnd
thy tp fhemsolves cut off altogether
from tha great, world. Hut theso drcay
days passed wa.Y, nnd pilvc woke ono
morning, to. find that the wintry earth
I was full, of promise o'f sprl'.iif.
luicuivuitwas fooutng lorwara enjruny
to jc,r cpmlng, Hs iettors spoke of tho
glorjous future that wft opening out bo;
fore tliom both. 'As usual, hu )ad a
grqat deal t"Bft7 about himself, pnd uot
one word of 'Aaron, nl0ougl poor Jane
was hungering for nows.
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7J&&lrr';
"Aaron has not written to mo for a
long time." said, Jane, with tears In her
eyes. "Oi, 01vi, 1 Bhall bo glad now
.tfion'.you are gono to London. You will
soo him, and ask him why sho neglects
old friend." J .
"You shall know everything, Jano,"
Ollvo,, nuswerod., "Only kocp a brave
heart, dear. 1 'don't think Aaron will
bo reserved with mo. Tho Bight of an
Eastmoon faco will thaw the lee that
has (gathered round his heart."
"Clod grant it may bo sol" .lane
f sighed. "Hut I havo thought lately
that my old dream would never come
true. I havo thought that perhaps I
was not meant for Aaron, nor Aaron
for mo. May bo I should not make
him happy If wo were married; I am
easily depressed, nnd I should feel just
as ho felt; all his moods would be
mlno."
Ollvo was silent for a moment.
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Through all hor anxiety to tnstirv.l tine's
lapplnesvtbajc had sometimes (lashed
UCIl VllUUVtllS llil Wll"u, l nuuu,tl,
noro sclf-coWidcnt woman might have
led Aaron otit of his gloom by the force
Ul HUT will. IfllUbunilt f(i:il-iu "'" "I"'
orous, could only sit besldo him in the
hadow of his own fears. And yet how
well sho loved him! How Impossible it
scorned for her to go on living without
hlml
."Wo must have patience, Jano." she
Bald at last, in her sweet voico. "1
suppose," sho added, with a sudden
mM 1,au 111 fllfaaA a . . IfclHlll, lt.t.1 .
smile, "that you never give.n thought
totyour flrst. lover? Yqu have quite
far0otten.It(ber'Stbolu?'M
"Kobcrt Steolo!" Jano's tono was al
.most scornful. Vile was only a boy,
'oilvo &1
"Ho was a boy when ho went away,
four years ago. Ilut If you could see
him now, Jano, you might have more
respect for Itl'mT Thoro 'was tho malt
ing of a flue, man in Uobcrt."
"Ho was'a bright lad enough," Jane
said, Indifferently. "Hut who would
think twlco of u! lad's fancy? It comes
and, goes like a butterfly. Aaron Is the
only, man I have over taken Into my
tiourt, Ollvo, and I thought aye, I be
WrrJ that ho loved mo."
"Holtovo It still," Ollvo replied. "At
any rato, bellovo It till I havo seen him
and talked with him."
All Ollvo's simple arrangements wore
completed before April camo to an end,
and it was decided that sho was to go
up to town on tho first of May. Mi
chael had fixed on n train that would
get to London at six in the evening; at
that hour ho could meet herconvcnlcnt-
ly andtako hor to Uncle Wake's house.
The first of May came on a Saturday,
which was tho best day for Michael,
and so it was all settled, and everybody
seemed to be satisfied.
On Friday evonlng, after tho last
stitch was sot and tho last thing packed,
Olivo kissed Mrs. Hooper and whispered
that sho would go alone to tho church
yard and Bay good-by to Lucy's grave.
Iio nn .coxTi.Niir.n. I
WOULD LIKE TO BE A COP.
Thcra Ara Projollte In tba Job That
Pleas o.
I overlooked a short dlaloguo between
a twelve-year-old boy and his fathor
recently that had somo significance,
and, which can bo verified by an ob
servant citizen who chooses to take
notice
I "Say, pop, wouldn't you liko to be a
oop?"
f'Why, Harry?" asked tho fathor in
surprise.
"Well, cops can steal and not get ar
rested, and other peoplo can't," replied
Harry.
Whoever told you that?" Inquired
the fathor.
"Oh, I know it myself; I soo them.
They go to tho Eytalyuns and they
snatch a handful of roast chestnuts and
put them in their pooket behind; then
they tako apples and bananas and or
anges, and they never pay anything.
Tho man looks mad, you know, but ho
can't nab a policeman. Oh, I wish I
was a cop! Wouldn't I have all' tbo
nice things."
. "Did you ever seo a policeman do
that?" askod papa.
"Lots of times. And they do the
aamo thing to tho grocers, too. They
swipo apples out of the baskets, and
nuts and all kinds of things, and no
to body says nothing them. Oh, it's
nice to bo a cop." Urooklyu Standard
Union. . ,
, , THREE BRAVE WOMEN.
nsrcUhlpa Which tha Faith of Christian
Mlstlonarlas Endured.
Thrco women recently footed It from
tho Indlau ocean, oyer two hundred
miles, to Mashonaland. They wero
members of an Episcopal order! and'
wero trained nurses sent out to take
chargo of the hospital 'which has bceu
started In that now country. The
bishop of Mashonaland expected that
provision would be mado to carry theso
young women In hammocks Into the
interior, but tho forco of porters was
unexpectedly small aud tho women
said they would ondoavor to walk.
With extraordinary courage they sot
out on tho journoy. Thoro was no
Wagon road and for much of tho way
no patha were found. Tho party suf
fered terribly at times from thirst.
At night tho bush was always allvo
with lions, hyenas, buffaloes, leopards
and othor animals. '
Tho grass often exoecdod twelve feet
in height for milps and miles, and
6omo days the llttlo caravan marched
through incWsmptrate. They suffered
sovorely from tho "desertion of their
porters, and of tho thirty-two carriers
with, whom they started out only four
remained at the end of tho journey.
Tbo women had no tents to sleep in,
and altogether they made tho journey
under conditions which would havo
tried tho strength and oouraga of the
stoutest men. V , t tt
' They safely rcached4tholr destina
tion, however, and ttey aro th, firt
wblto woinon to have,, bade such
Journoy into tho Interior of Africa, the
others travellng.olthor on steamboats
or being carried either on hammocks
or chairs. Philadelphia Record.
Wus.JKKmptyT '
Ooslln Aw, I have i vewy bad head
ache this mawntug doncber know.
Cuspid ladonabseriMB'Jidedljr)-;
Why don't you have It fllleiV.y-'Jury; '
TORNADO TERRORS.
KrwattB and Idlsuourl Havo Another
Fatal Vlolttlou. :
Uptrurtlnii nnd Drutti In Shmvnco nnd
Other Knnsn Unnittlut -ifatalltle l,
Northern MUmiurl uml Other
I.tirnlUU'S... ... 1
ft a JN
DiTiit'cnox NtAit Yom:ia,ka. I
Tot'Kh.v, May I. A tornado swept up
Mission creek valley in tho southeast,
corner of Slmwiibe county, killed Jamcsi
Mitchell, n farmer, and pnvdhly others,
fatally Injured Joseph' Hell ami badljT
hurt two members of Hell's family.
About !I:1U) o'clock yesterday after
noon ominous clouds from the south
west and northeast met aud a tierce
storm followed, which swept everything
before it, Tim farm house of Joseph
Hell 'was blown to pieces aud Hell was
struck In the bauk by a Hying piece of
timber and fatally Injured. Illsdaugh
ter had herann broken by a heavy piece)
of furniture. Ills son, II years of ago,
had hit collar bone and left leg broken.
James Mitchell, who lives one mllo
south of Hell's place, was killed, but It
Is Impossible to learn how It occurred.
About !!:!!() o'clock a tornado struck
the farming community near Auburn. a
village twenty miles southwest of To
peka. On tho farm of J. N. Hohtusou,
a large barn was destroyed, the house
was wrecked and a house in course at
erection was demolished. James M.
Morclnnd's barn was destroyed and hit
house badly damaged. J. Drake's stone
house was unroofed and and all the eon
tents carried off. Drake's daughter, a
girl of 15, waH carried away and lodged
in ttitreo. , Drake aud bis ,jvUe,Mw,oro
both Injured. II. II. lluckley's house,
was scutterel nil oyer his farm. I'Jcati
ant Valley schoolhou.se was unroofed
nnd inuuli other damage1 was done to
sluall buildings and fences.
' Near Tovls, on thu Missouri I'nciflo.
nlmut twidvo miles southeast of Topeka'l
about 5 o'clock, a strip half a mile wide
uud seven miles long was swept clean
nnd not a housu was loftstundlng. John
l'axton, n farmer, was killed. The
houso fell in nnd he was struck on tho
head by a piece of heavy timber. Mrs.
Ilurd, wife of a farmer, was eutght in a
falling house nnd her back was injured.
' E, It. Waters' barn was destroyed.
Dr. N. .T. Taylor's house was blown
away. John Ilees' houso wns destroyed.
Honry Laughlln's barn was destroyed.
OKNTIIV COUNTY, MO.
St. Jofliti'if, Mo., May 4. Ncwh reach
ed hero this morning from tho truck of
tho cyeloun that passed within two
miles of McFall, (luntry county, Mo.,
between B and 0 o'clock yesterday even
ing. Telegraph wires were torn down,
barns .damaged, stock destroyed and
several fatalities occurred. Among
those killed was the wife of Alph
Daniels. Thrco children of James
Daniels wero seriously hurt An old
gentleman by tho nufno of Sharp re
ceived wounds which will probably
prove fatal. A child by tho name of
llalrd was Instantly killed. Those who
escaped did so by Tcsorting to cyclono
holes. Many of tho pcopio waded In
Water waist deep. Tho desolation in
its track can hardly be described.
i DKKAMI COUNTY, MO.
i Pattonsiiuro, Mo.-, May 4. About
21:30 p. m. Monday a cyclono passed
through DoKalb county In a northwest-'
erly direction, sweeping everything be
fore It. It wrecked tho home of Mr.
Sharp, seriously injuring him nnd kill
ing his wife. It also killed a Miss Iloyd.
Crosslnir Urand river nt Wllllamsford
li damaged much property, but injured
no one, A llttlo farther northwest It
cut a swath 100 yards wide through n
thickly settled farming district wreck
ing buildings, etc., for a dlstanco of ten
or twolve miles. It mangled many
horses nnd at the homps of Alfrexl and
James Daniel the formor's wife was fa
tally hurt,tlylng in a short time, while
ho and his baby were budly injured. At
James Daniel's thrco young people wero
badly but not dangerously hurt. .f -, ,
MOMNK. KAN. ,
Eiii'oniA, Kan., May 4. Particulars
of a storm which struck tho town of
M,ollne Monday evonlng received hero
yesterday go to show that It was u
genuine cyclone which created a panlo
in the neighborhood. Many houses and
out buildings were' destroyed and quite
a, lot f llv0 stock was killed. The'
houso of A. D. Lakln wns blown down
and Lakln was killed nnd his body car
ried near!- a mllo by tho wind after ho'
was ueaa. Airs, ljamu was seriously
injured.
Tho house and barn of C, W Dulen
dorff, ex-register of deeds, were com
pletely destroyed. Tito family seeing
tho storm coming took refuge In tho
cellar and escaped Mnjury 'except Mr.
Dubcndoril and wife, both, of whom
were slightly iujttred.
NKAIl KlNOnSIIElt, OK.
' KiNOFlftiiKii, Ok., Mav'-I. No further
fatalities aro reported from Monday
'evening's cyclono. Searching nnd relief
parties were out all night and yester
day. There were five distinct incipient
cyclones, all merging near Kingfisher.
Nearly 500 head of live stock were
killed.
V. A. Itldwoll, who was reported dead,
will recover, Charley Itldwoll, Jib sixteen-year-old
son, was crushed almost
Iwyond recognition and both wero car
ried out on the prairie.
YUKANA, OK.
Ef.ItKNO, Ok., May 4. Monday sstorm
did no serious damage In this immediate
locality. There are reportH of u tcrrlfilo
hall storm passing from sooth tq north'
in the vicinity .of Yukana, a dlstanco of
fifteen miles east of here.
A- MmU Hteumer Hank.
DfmuiiT, Mloh., May 4. Tho Ijaclra-,-wanna.
lino strainer' 4ueitiij)Kund up
from 'Hiiffulo lor , Chicago,,' vns sunk
about a isaUejeastof Keodeau, Iuvke
Erie.) Shd was in !co11islunwlth bomo
unknown steamer bouriiL.down. it Is
not'lrnown whe'tlier the crew escaped
pr not Tho Uusslu'c cargo Is supposed
to tie neatly pal. Tho tug Italise with
btenot jpuisps and, dyer. left here tins
rngrningfor the-vyruokl The Ilusslu is
onji.qf thu "best .of ytliQjoeond class of
iron smcrs.Shei'fyna built In 187'J at
luffato;.-reglstorsM)3a?E.ot tons aud is
Tallied nt 6S5.WO.
v.t".ir ),! ..- jwaj. ..J
VIOLATING! THE BULES."
Koerotnry Koiitor Ttln nerorotheJIiieje'
I Cotnmlttro on Clvll-Mnrvlcn Heforiii
Ciiti4Mlutir!RrtaMlt flevftm nn that
Coiiillict ot tliSJUItlmore l'ont Office ON
Itrlnlf.' y y I J.
WAprliNtiTON,-May i, Tho houso com
niltteo on civil scrvleo reform yestor
dayrfiSHraodrt the investigation into tho.
conduct of certain employes in the civil
service at Italtlmoro.
Veetnry Mister was ,tho) first wlt
nc( Ho httdlhcjird of the chhrge mado
by CoVnmlssloriCt'HoosevVlt'ngalnst two
men connected with tho customs itervlco
InJIuUlnipro of collecting money for
political' purposes. They hud been
reprintVtidcdM.by.Jlho,cHn;nls.slpiier,and
ho was inclined to think this punlsh
mont sullleicnt, but finally -aid ho
should very much doubt if It was con
sistent with the good of tho Hcrvlco W
keep Hitch men In tifilce, but ho should
want, to know nil. tho facts before tak
ing action.
Commissioner Hoosovelt was then ex
amined. Ho Bald ho had made an ex
amination of the workings of tho Haiti
more post olllce nnd custom houso and
recommended tho removal of twenty
one employes for violation of tho civil
service law, but no action hud been
tako jt-ilc .said it was absolutely impov
Hitiio esUMHt 'BMaveonciusions, tor inuy
wero
iSfessionsof tho tie-
cased person
f tbemery tlmo tho
events took
uenrinsron. ino
statement of
that it is not
to mako any
a de-
partment, Mr.
rid' two
letters from Mr. W:
-A,w . r f 1,
inptrt"o
commission to make just suA.eemu
mlna
tlons and report to him. Mt.abeevelt
quoted from tho testimony of Mr-Wan-atnaker
when In speaking of tho accused
s-heaUlV.Whea;tliey declare U
Uio iio-stofilee inspeutor that they have
tint niudoaoh tatmeats nnd they do
that under threats, you are not bound
to take their statements." '
"It seems to me," said Mr. Roosevelt,
'(that If In a private business nn Inves
tigation into 'one of its branches should
(disclose that twanty-ono men were
cheating the men being caught red
handed atid confessing their guilt, is
would bo vorytunwise to accept tha
ontlu of these same men, six month
later, that they we're incorrect and that
they had lied when they mode 'their
confessions.")
' "The umount of It is that all theso
men are plainly guilty, upon their own
confession; that they Have mado this
confession in terms which it Is Impossi
ble to misunderstand nnd as equally
Impossible to retract; that nothing they
havo said since or can say In tho future,
can in any way .explain away this con
fession and that their subsequent con
duct as implied in 'the report of tho
post office Inspectors simply hhows that '
they aro not entitled, to a particle of
grace or consideration. I full to see
how there can bb a particle of doubt of
theso men's guilt niter reading the evi
dence, and If these 'men are not guilty
then it Is absolutely' Impossible that
men over can bo guilty -under tho civil
service law; and If they, havo not de
served punlaliment.thon it Is Impassible
that a man can do anything n, violation
cjf that law which wlU -deserve, punish
ment. This Is not(tho tlmo to, consider
whether tho law Is wlso or not It is
an tho statute book' and I am appointed
to see that it Is enforced and I have
islniply done niy duty in pointing out Its
violation ana in recommending ine pun
ishment of tho wrong-doers."
' A CHIOAQO RIPPER.
Ha Quarrel With Ula Aunt anil IlraUlty
iCata Her to I'laoea ConfeMlon of tha
jMurderar. , , 4
ICuiOAOo,, May 4, A purder, the
shocking details ai which savor more of
tincivillzedbutchcry'than hits occurred
for years, was committed about 0 o'clock1
last evening in, the homcjt of -Michael
Walsh at :i'14 ,Washburnu'avcnue. Ills
yife, llridget Elizabeth Walsh, met
death in a manner that rivals for eruel
:ty and horror the fates of numerous vic
tims of the WhltechapcJ fiend.
' I Within four hours: after thp .murder
Mrs; Walsh's self -con vlqtcd, murderer
yss arrested. He wiis (Tliomas Wabthj
ot H.i wasnurno avenue, ,uio ieaa
wamdn'r. uephow. v
I When ho was taken to the station
house 'he acknowledged that he was '
giiilty. He said that they had been
tlrlnklng beer and that,hehad.madeim-t
proper proposals to-Mrsv-Walsh, where
upon she slapped his iface., Ift dror a
kiilo and stabbed her and the sjghtof
blood suddenly drove him insane.
At nn curly hour 'in "the morning
Walsh, .who is a.teamster, went to hU
work, but returned in several hours,
when bo found tho body of his wlfo cut
tp pieces by over sixty stabs. The
nephew, it seems, after commencing his '
bloody deed became so savage that he
did not desist until hu had cut. her body
t6 pieces, rjlfl police, Wero notified uud
the fiend was soon run down. Ho mode
a'f till confession.
'. . i .in J -
, , ( The Alton tn Iif ue Hare Stork. (
iCiircAobj lay, 4. At a mco'tlng',of '
the boanl of directors of the Chicago &
Alton Railroad Co.' it was decided ib
submit to a vote of the stockholders,
with the recommendation -that it bo
adopted, proposition 't)(iHuo 2-3,000
sliarca of additional .stock for tbo pur
pose of" redeeming 3,3811,000 of first
mortgage bonds' ntaturing January 1,
IBM, stockholders to jiavo tlie prlvllego
o itiikuig the ueV s'loqk at $ll ppr
slmre. .All shares) of the 'new issue of
common stock not paid fori on or before
December lrt, 18lrjwlll be retained by
tho comnunv or dlsnosedof as the .board
, of directors iuay.,dccldo..Ubo , best for
IU The board, also declared tho usual
quarterly dividend of 2 per centv Juno
i &u hujcKiioHiern oi rucoru aiuy i.
-Know In the Northweat
IlAYWA'rro, Wis.) May . Tho 'ground
is covered' with srtOfw -and l Is" now
snowing' very hard.' 'It snowed all of
yesterday.
p?NB City, Minn,, May 4. A heavy,
dutn.p'sn.pw began falling at & o'clock
yesterday "morning and , covers tho
ground. It will help farming.
Ashland, W.ls., Jay, 4. -A blinding
snow htorro is in progress to-day. Four
inches had1 fallen at Boon. Navigation,
Is badly retarded nnd all rafting stopped.
Cahmcton, M Inn. May 4. Tho ground
is. covered with snow to tho depth dt
two and a half Inches.
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