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MY POOR WIFE.
BY J. P.
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CHAPTER I. - .
"Don't, raut .don't oturo at rao llko
that!" cried my wife, leunlug forward
on tier chair and laying her small hot
palm across my eyes, with a gesture
half Beared, half petulant, that Irri
tated mo vaguely. "I I don't like It,
dear."
"I bos your pardon, Helen," I re
sponded somewhat huffily, drawing
hack. "I really wan not awuro you
objoctod so polutcdly to my looking ut
you."
"I don't I don't!" sho hroko In
eagerly. "How could you Imagine
such a thing? It was tho expression
of your face, Paul, thut took mo hack
for tho moment, when I turned my
head and found you sitting thero
watching mo with such a critical,
searohlng sort of look, almost as If
you you "
"As If I what, sweetheart?" I asked,
appeased by tho cnrrcsslng touch.
"As it you saw something In mo
you could not qulto mako out, and did
not llko at all at all! But I was
mistaken In that, wasn't I, Paul?"
Then, after a moment's pause, as
I did not reply
"Sure It was only foolish fancy on
my part? Say It was only that ah,
say It was only that, love!" sho whis
pered, In tho soft drawling brogue I
was learning to like.
"Well, dear," I answered slowly, "as
you press mo so, I must admit I wa3
a little surprised, after leaving you on
tho lawn romping with tho dogs In
tho very ccstacy of high spirits, declar
ing that oven' tho twenty-first of Juno
was too short n day to bo happy In,
to find you half an hour later sitting
hero alone, to all appcaranco a proy
to tho profoundest melancholy, your
eyes perfect wells of despair, looking
aB if tho burthen of existence, was too
heavy to bo homo another summer's
day."
"It was heavy so heavy! You are
right. I could not havo homo it much
longer. For tho last twenty minutes
I I havo been your widow, Paul."
"Oh," I said, with a feeling of unac
countable rollef, stroking her tumbled
silky hair, "I see! You were my
widow, madam a very flattering nnd
satisfactory explanation of your ap
pearance indeed! But, dear, don't you
think, all circumstances considered, it
Is rather prematura for either of us to
don the weeds even in Bplrlt yet?"
Sho was nineteen, as frosh and as
hardy as the mountain heather sho
had lived among all her lifo. I was
twenty-fivo, stood six feet ono In my
stockings, and had not known an
hour's Illness slnco I had iho measles
many years before.
"That was not tho kind of widow
hood I meant," Helen said, looking at
mo with a touch of pathetic reproach
in her strange eyes. "Your death,
your mere bodily extinction, Paul,
would not grlcvo mo for long; I should
ppfiRA tn mnnrn vnn Rnnn nnnnph " i
I- "Mrs. Dcnnys," I exclaimed, In
mock Indignation, "explain yourself,
pleaBo! You surely would glvo mo
the conventional year of crapo at the
"No, I wouldn't not a year, not a
weok, not a day, for I would die tho
V samo moment you did. Do you think
I could live and you dead, husband?"
"And yet you say you wore my
widow for full twenty minutes, truo
daughter of Erin?"
"That was because I had lost you In
a way that sovcrcd us In llfo as well
ub In death."
"Lost mo In a way that severed us
In llfo as well as In death? This is
dreadful weather for conundrums! I
glvo it up!" I responded languidly.
"I was widowed, Paul, becauso I
had lost your love because you cared
for another woman moro than for mo,"
alio returned, In a low volco, looking
at mo with eyes full of tragic denunci
ation, as Rebecca might havo looked
at Ivanhoe, as poor La Valllcro at
Louis when sho bado him her lost
good-by outsldo tho convent gates.
I laughed a Uttlo too boisterously, 1
felt, and drew hor to my side,
"To be suro, to be suro," I assented
volubly, "I never thought of that so
lution! How long is it slnco I first
learned to caro for you, ma bollo7 That
day you and I slipped down tho moun
tain sido through tho' yellow broom?
let mo seo soven, olght, why, nearly
nlno months ago! A long spell of con
stancy almost tlmo I Bhould bo weary
ing for another love, Isn't It? Somo
men, you know, would llko a chango
of wife with cvory chnngo of coat; but
as I happened to bo of rather conserva
tive kidney, I think I ought to bo ahlo
to wear one wlfo to thrco coats nt tho
least, and I bellovo I courted you In
f mu vuiy tiuui juur uugcra arc carcss
iX Ing now. It's gottlng a bit shabby,
t-rf tn lm niirfl! but "
W'.yi-J3- "You may treat my words lightly,"
aim iutuiiuitvu, ii'"iii mill IUQ Willi
half-closed eyes, a bright pink spot
burning on her cheeks. 'i still
stick to my opinion, soraothlng
tells mo I shall Ioeo you, as I say somo
day!"
"Feed your melancholy on tho
fancy," I retorted, with peevish uneasl-
Jt? ness, feeling somowhat that I had
cald too much, "If It pleases you. I
wondor If your morbid eye of prophecy
noes any chanco of my lojug you as
you are to Jose me?"
Sho seemed at first not to under
stand, then anjwered aukkly-,
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SAUTH.
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"You lows me? Oh, no, no! What
ever happons,no matter how bitterly
you may make mo Buffer, you could
not loso me that way."
"Am I to thank the gods, I wonder?
What, Helen! Through treachery,
desertion, Indifference, brutality evon,
you will still cling to me llko n llmpot
eh? , Are you Bure, qulto sure thoro
Is no other way but commonplace dis
solution through which I can shako
you off? Think, wife think!" I re
torted banterlngly, when, to my sur
prlso and alarm, the look of scared,
almost agonized, melancholy stolo over
her dark wlnsomo faco again, her arms
tightened convulsively round my neck,
her burning lips were pressed close to
my ear, as sho gasped out
"You know you know you you
havo guessed how you can lose me,
then? 1 I feared you' would soon
soon. Oh, they ought to have told
you In time! It was wrong wrong.
I tried to tell you often, hut tho words
wouldn't come. I I am not to blame.
Oh, Paul, Paul, my dear, If you had
not taught me to love you go well
II
CHAPTER II.
Thoroughly startled I sprang to my
feet, roughly lifting her from tho floor
whither she had auuk, and held her
urnuy bcroro mo.
"Helen," I cried, "do you know what
you nro saying? What what Is tho
matter with you? Thl3 Is tho way
you went on that day, at Luccrno,
shortly after we were married; what do
you mean? I l insist on an expla
nation! Speak out at once I toll you
nt once!"
Sho looked at mo with gleaming
eyes, and utterly colorless face, hor
lips moving, but no sound coming.
"What is it?" I repeated, my wrath
rising, horrible suspicion blackening
my mind. "How havo you deceived
mo? What havo you dono that I I
should havo been told of beforo I
married you? Helen, speak, or by
Honvpn I'll '
"I havo done nothing," she answer
ed, Btandlng straight before mo, not
tho least sign of fear In her face.
"You may kill me if you like, I sha'n't
mind much; but I havo dono no harm,
you should know that well. One day
of my life was as dull, Innocent, un
eventful as another until I met you."
"Then what do you mean by these
hints and wild wordB? Why why do
you thus torturo, and try to ralso a
demon in mo, little me?." I asked,
very much ashamed of my brutal out
burst. "Tell me, Holen?"
"I don't know I don't know," sho
replied, bursting Into tears and lay
ing her white faco on my shoulder.
"I mean nothing nothing. What
should I mean? I I can't holp It, I
suppose. Oh, pity mo, pity mo and
bear with mo If you can, dear boy!
It's K'b not nil my fault. My poor
mother was llko that beforo I I was
born."
"Your mother, dear?" I asked pres
ently, when aho was qulto herself
again, and apparently as much asham
ed of her outburst as I was of mine. "I
never henrd you speak of her beforo.
Do you remembor her at all?"
"No; she died when I was a baby;
but I often heard Molly speak of her,"
sho answered quickly,
"And your father?"
"My my father?"
"Yes, did you not know him?"
After a slight pause sho said
"No, I did not know him. I bcllevo
he died even beforo her. He was an
Englishman, and they knew very llttlo
of him nt homo. Granny did not like
him, I believe. Paul, let mo sit up;
MIbb Stopford Is coming up tho avo
nue." I withdrew my arm quickly, nnd,
moving into tho shado behind her
chair, said as carelessly na I could
"So sho Is. You and Edlo seem to
bo striking up a powerful friendship,
Helen; sho was horo yesterday after
noon, and on Tuesday morning also;
wnsu't sho?"
"Yes; don't you like her coming?"
"Of course I llko It. I don't think
you could have a plensantcr compan
ion than Edith, or ono who "
"Could civilize mo 'moro. effectual!?.
I qulto agrco with you; Edith is doing
her best to tone mo down, Paul; I
hope sho may succeed. How pretty
sho is!" sighed Helen, ns her visitor
passed tho window whero wo wcro
sitting. "I think she looks fairer in
blue than In any other color, Paul.
I often wonder how you escaped fall
ing In love with that girl."
I shrugged my shoulders vaguely.
"You have known her since sho was
a child, havon't you?" oho pursued, as
I made no reply.
"Yes. During my sister's lifetime she
almost lived with us. Sho and poor
Lily had tho samo governess, studied
togethor all that, you know."
"And ono seldom falls In lovo with
a person ono has known all one's llfo
looked upon as a Bister, you mean,
Paul?"
"I supposo not,"
"And yot your namesake, long ago,
Paul, gives tho Ho to that theory."
"My namesake?"
"Yes; tho Taul vho loved Virginia."
"Oh! Ho was an unusual specimen
of tropical produco; besides, It's not
fair to quote him as "
"Hush I Here she Is!"
Greetings cf Ui now comer over,
I retired to n distant window, and took
up the Field; but my eyes wandered
from the close, cramped print to the
heads of the girls beading over their
work, and thought what a charming
picture thoy made la the chastened
golden light, and how reflectively my
wife's dark tumbled locks threw out
tho smooth coronet of burnished gold
that crownod Edith's stately head.
She was a most beautiful woman
tall, fair, with solt blue eyes heavily
lashed, and a faultless profile. Never
bofore had I seen her look so attract
ive as she did on that evening whllo.
she directed Helen'a . llttlo clumsy
brown haud across that square ot oat
meal cloth on which such wonderful
birds, buttorfltos, and flowering vege
tation were to blossom Into life. Her
dress, ot a light blue stuff, trimmed
with dollcate laco, fitted her exquisite
ly, and thero was a suggestion ot grace
ful poetic perfection about hor gonoral
appearance, her every movemont, that
was most soothing to the senses that
lazy summer day. I folt as It I could
havo watched her with unsatlatod
pleasure for houra at a stretch "ft
daughtor of tho gods, divinely tall and
divinely fair" whllo Holon, my wife,
was a most distinct child ot earth,
small, dark-haired, dark-eyed, with
unformed babyish features, and a skin
which, though pure and healthy, lacked
the dollcate peach-bloom of tho other.
Was sho ordinarily protty or almost
plain? I still asked myself that ques
tion aftor nlno months ot matrimony,
and could arrlvo at no satisfactory so
lution. For Helen was seldom tho
samo, cither In mind, mannor, or looks,
two hours togethor.
Ono hour aho would look, evon in
tho most partial eyes, dull, common
placo, hopolessly unattractive the
next, for no apparent causo, her ap
pcaranco would change, her choeks
glow, her eyes gleam with a light that
I vaguely felt for a moment would, In
most men's opinion, dim Edith's placid
beauty Into Insignificance. She had
certainly very strange- oyes I never
could ascertain their exact shade.
Sometimes thoy wero dcop, dark, still,
llko water In heavy shadow again,
they were all llfo with flickering tawny
lights, as thoy wero that moment, whon
raised to Edith's in rueful expostula
tion. "Oh, Miss Stopford, plonso don't ask
mo to chango my wool again I Let
mo finish to tho stalk in this browny
yellow."
"My dear Mrs. Dcnnys, Impossible 1
You havo only three shades In the leaf
as yot, and I havo changed my wool
ns many as threo-and-twenty tlmos in
a singlo spray of virgin vine."
"Havo you? Then I'll nover be an
artist In crewels!" laughed Helen, tho
cloth dropping lazily from her hands;
whereupon Jim, her little terrier,
thinking tho lesson over, Jumped
briskly up on her lap, upBOltlng her
workhasket, tho contents of which
rolled over tho waxed boards scissors,
tapes, needles, bodkins wont right and
left. A stout reel of black cotton
traveled languidly my way, and, stoop
ing to pick It up, the golden hair ot
the only woman I evor loved brushed
my forehead dellclouely.
"Meet mo at tho end of the cedar
walk In half an hour," sho said In a
quick whlspor, with downcast eyes,
fumbling for tho reel that I, In my agi
tation, had dropped again. "I have
something to say to you."
I nodded, lay back in my chair, and
Instinctively held up the papor to
shado my faco from observation.
When my wife called me ovor to drink
a cup of tea, I glanced apprehensively
Into a mirror to seo It tho color had
faded from my temples yot. No, It
was still there, burning brightly, even
through my tanned skin.
"Meet mo at tho end of tho cedar
walk In half an hour," I repeated
stupidly, again and again, ea I strolled
across the lawn towards Brotton Hall,
tbo rcsldcnco ot General Stopford,
Edith's uncle, and my grandfather's
brother. "What does It mean? What
can she havo to cay to mo? I can't
understand It"
(To bo Continued.)
THE ROMANCE OF ALUMINUM.
Aluminum Is a motal which wo art
supposed' to owo to modern scienco;
hut a curious passage of Pliny's works,
which has hlthorto rccolved but llttlo
attention, Indicates that It was discov
ered once boforo, as long ago as tho
first century of the Christian era. Dur
ing tho reign ot Tiborlus, a certain
worker In metals appeared at tho pal
aco and showed a beautiful cup com
posed of a brilliant whlto metal that
Bhono llko silver. When tho artificer
was presenting it to the Emperor ho
purposely dropped It on tho floor of the
chamber. Tho goblot was fio bruised
by tho fall that It seemed Irretrievably
Injured; but tho workman took his
hammer, and In tht presence ot tho
court repaired tho damago without do
lay. It was evident that this motal was
not silver, though it had almost tho
samo brilliancy, besides being much
moro ductile nnd considerably light
er. The Emperor questioned the
artificer closely, and loarned from him
that he extracted the motal from an
argillaceous earth. Tibet lue then
asked If anyone besides hlmsolf knew
tho process and received tho proud re
ply that the secret was known only to
himself and Jupiter. This answer was
suulclont. Tho emperor had reflected
that If It wero possible to obtain this
metal from so common a substance as
clay tho valuo ot gold and silver would
bo greatly reduced, so ho dotormlned
to avert such a lamontablo catastrophe.
Ho caused tho workshops ot tho discov
erer to bo wholly destroyed, and the
luckless artlflcor was seized and decap
Itatnd, so that his secret might perish
with him. It Is thought that this metal
must havo been aluminum.
Disarm a critic and he will kiak you.
PATRIOTISM IN TYPE.
UOUIMDINQ DILLOW
DEWEY'S TARS.
LAUDS
t'rlutoil Aboard tli -IbIiIii .liiurnnt
liincrt by the Hnlturn Abound lit
Itattla BonfA anil Vlgorou Thlrtfrn
Inch Kdltorlal.
From Chicago News: As an exam
plo ot exultant journalism, Hounding
Billow, the organ ot Admiral Dewey's
rncn-ot-wursmen, printed on board tho
flagship Olymplu, Is poralbly tho most
decided typo thnt liuuea from a. press
In tho dreamy orient. Copies ot tho
fifth numbor of tho publication, reploto
with patriotic editorials nnd stirring
hattlo songs, havo reached Chicago nnd
show thnt tho lnpao of weeks oluco tho
tarn of tho Pacific situndron added
now troubles to tho burden of Uncle
Sam's Btnt03mon havo not tempered
their Joyous spirits or tho elation ovor
tholr prowess. From title pngo to tho
last oplc Bounding Billow Is replete
with victorious chronicles ot tho Bail
ors' nchlovoments, coupled with not a
llttlo valuable Information concerning
tho exact movements ot tho American
and Spanish squadrons before and dur
ing tho famous bottle.
Tho papor Is a well-printed pamphlet
of sixteen pages, a model typograph
ically nnd with well-written contents.
Tho tltlo-pngo Is executed In colors,
the first llluatrntlon being the liberty
bell, mounted on two 8-lneh guns nnd
draped with the nntlonal omhlem. Au
Amcrlcnn caglo perched on tho gloho,
with laurol branches on either side, la
Biirroundod by tho black-loiter Inscrip
tion, "Wo camo, wo saw, wo con
quered." Bounding Billow Is edited by L. S.
Young nnd printed by II. B. (Hover,
both of tho flagship. Tho editorial
announcement states that It Is pub
lished nt Intorvals In tho Intoreot of
American mcn-o'-wursnion. Tho fifth
number details tho movements of Dew
ey's ship from tho tlmo ot tho depar
ture from Mlrs Bay until tho last Span
ish ship was sunk. General Baslllo
Augustln y Davlla'a bombastic procla
mation to tho Phlllpplnos Is reprinted
with tho caustic address In nnnwer de
livered by the editor on tho Olympln's
gun deck. A translation ot tho Mario
do Manila's account of tho battle, ac
companied by editorial comment, Is an
Interesting feature of tho Isauo. Thoro
Is a poem dedicated to "Mason ot Illi
nois," which hoglns:
Hall patriot, Columbia's sons thnt sail
tho mighty sen
Accord theso thanks for thy bravo
stand for war and liberty.
In tho Dlario do Manila's account of
A GREAT LOCOMOTIVE
Doctor Raub Claims to Have Effected Wonder
ful Economics and to Have Increased
Their Efficiency.
Tho run by rail between Now York
and Washington Is soon to bo reduced
to threo hours. This revolution In
railway travel Is to bo brought about
by tho Baltimore nnd Ohio railway
company by means ot n now locomo-
tlvo, Invented by Dr. D. C, Raub. Tho
Baltimore and Ohio railroad Is to bo
equipped with tho engines ns rapidly
as they can bo built. A speed of eighty-two
miles an hour has been at
tained, tho run between Port Jcrvls
and Jersey City on tho Erlo railroad,
88 miles, being run In nn hour nnd
12 minutes, including soven minutes
for stops. Doctor Raub gives tho fol
lowing interesting account of tho evo
lution of tho new locomotive and n
description of It: "Looking for sym
metry of construction and stability ot
movement as tho first requisites of a
perfect engine, and in order to deter
mine which engines possesses theso
properties In tho highest degreo, I
hung u scries ot them from a largo
crano. I found that all wero out of bal-
anco becauso of tho motlvo power be
ing all placed at ono end. I found that
each englno tested was carrying nbout
u" wo ucau vyuibui, wiuuu
caused a torrlblo 'pounding,' thnt
racked both englno nnd tho roadbed.
Reasoning thnt nil this lost power
might bo saved by putting tho motor
machinery in tho ccntor of gravity,
after a lot of experimenting I design-
ed and built nn englno whoso actual
performances havo confirmed my tho-
orioa. I havo such faith in my Idea
that I built tho first locomotlvo nt my
wn rxpenso In tho Orant locomotlvo
works, Paterson, N. .T. The finished
englno welgliB sixty-two tons, has
eight slxty-two-lnch drivers nnd a
speed capacity ot eighty-two miles an
hour. It consumes less fuel nnd draws
more carB than nny othor lqcomotlvo
on tho tracks. My claim that It will
outclass other engines Is based upon
sound mcchunlcal principles. Being
perfectly balanced It nollher pounds
tho battle, mention la made of a Span
ish soldier of tho First Battalion ot
Cnxadoi es, who, watching tho conflict
from tho city walls, shut his teeth nnd
cried: "If Holy Mary would turn that
sea Into land tho ynnkcert would find
out how wo run charge In double tlmo."
Bounding Billow quotes tho rontnrk
of nn American Bailor, who, on rending
thn nrtlolc. said: "The Lord help him
he'll bo praying for another forty
day Hood when Merrltt nud his troops
arrlvo."
Theso eoplr.4 of Bounding Billow
wero cut by Burl Armstrong, son of
Lo.Roy Armstrong of this city, who left
American shores on the McCullocli
when that vessel stnrtod nround tho
world, nnd was "side tracked" at Ma
nila by tho breaking out of hostilities.
The Billow has political vlows also.
It says, our candidates: For prrsldcnt
In 1100, Wm. MuKluley, W. J. Bryan,
tahe your choice.
Til Lutrtt Story Admit Verilt.
Hero Is a chut-mlni; story about Ver
di. Just hot frsm Italy. A farmer, liv
ing In the depths ot tho country, was
very dctdrous to henr ono of tho Illus
trious composer's operas. So, bettor
lato than nover, ho took his tlckot,
traveled up to Milan, and, securing n
good scat, hoard "Aldu." Ho was very
much disappointed, and wroto to Ver
di to say so, adding thnt ho did not llko
tho music at nil, nnd that under thCBo
circumstances ho hoped thnt Verdi
would see tho reasonableness ot nt
once returning him his money. Thoro
wbb his railway fun1, his ticket of ad
mission, nnd his supper ut Milan, for
which ho Inclosed tho bill. Tho grand
old machtro entered fully Into tho hu
mor of tho nltuntlon, Ho wroto bock n
pollto lottor regretting thnt his music,
hnd failed to please, Inclosing tho rall
wuy faro and tho prlco ot udmlsalon.
But ho ndded that, us tho farmci' would
havo had to provide hlmsolf with sup
per at homo, ho could not admit tlio
Justlco of that part ot his claim, nnd
ho absolutely declined to pay for his
supper ut Milan.
Itutkln nmt the UrjjRur.
When Buskin wns at Honm thero
wns a beggar on tho steps of tho Plnclo
who begged of him every day na ho
passed, and who always received some
thing. On ono occasion tho grnlcful
boggar suddenly caught tho outstretch
ed hand and kissed It. Mr. Ruskln
stopped short, drew his linnd hustlly
nwny, and then, with a suddou Impulse,
bending forward, kissed tho beggar's
cheek. Tho next day tho man camo
to Mr. Ruskln'a lodging to And him,
bringing n gift, which ho offorcd with
tears In his nyos. It was n, relic, ho
said; a shred of brown cloth, which
had onco formed part of tho roho ot
St. Francis.
nor oscillates. By a unlquo arrange
ment of tho bollor flues tho wnsto prod
ucts of combustion nro used as fuol,
Two tubulnr bollera nro provided with
return Hugs which by radiation super-
hent,.Ul? "t00 within thq bollor. Tho
omuMisiuuK is rcauy oniy a draught
nnd an outlet for exhaust stoam, for It
nover emits smoke or sparks. Tho en
gineer stands In tho mlddlo of tho en
gine." Tho Rnub engine was tested
on tho Erlo railroad for several
months. In his report upon it General
Superintendent J. II. Bnrrolt says, in
part: "An Erlo onglno of 11,400 pounds
of tractive forco failed to move a- train
of 210 tons ot weight, when tho nnub
engine ot but 7,000 poundB of trnctlvo
forco wont away with It without any
difficulty. The Raub onglue raised
1C0 pounds of steum within fifty-six
minutes and with but 1,C00 pounds of
bituminous coal, while each of several
Erlo engines required two nnd n half
hours of tlmo nnd throe tons of coal to
ralso 125 pounds of steam. Tho Raub
engine mado occasionally eighty-two
SC32p?
miles per hour with ten lndon gondo
las, uu ions, and noitlior pounded nor
oscillated unduly nor discharged nnv
uvo spurns, cuiuors, osiies gas
smoke,"
or
Mr. nnrrett concodod to tho Raub
onglno tho following gains:
"Fuel. CO ner cent: frolpii n,.S
40 per cent; ot woar and tear CO nor
cent." '
Tho Raub locomotive compares it is
claimed, as follows with tho ordinary
typo:
Ordnlary Weight. 75 to n nn..
coal consumption, 1C5 pounds per mile'
steam maintained, 125 pounds; Bpocd
per hour, 50 to 00 miles; cost $10 000
io is,wu; market price, $14,000 to
$18,000.
Raub Wolght, 75 to 80 tons, with
water nnd coal; coal consumption, 35
pounds per mile; steam maintained,
135 pouuds; speed por hour. 80 to
1CK) miles; cost, $12,000; markot price,
120.000.
HIS WEAPON WA8 EMPTY.
rfrtro Hohtirr Cnttlnrod by A Man wMB
uit ITnloititail flan.
A gentleman of tills city who llvee
out near the Bayou St. John had a
peculiar experience a few nights ago.
Hlrt house i somewhat Isolated and 'Aaa
a kitchen several yards In tho rear of
the dwelling. On the night Ir. ques
tion he was nwnkencd by a noise, and
taking his pistol from n bureau draw
er slipped on somo clothes and went
out to investigate As ho approached
tho kitchen n burly negro sprang out
ot tho renr door nnd darted across the
back yard currying n bundle under
his arm. Tho gentleman is something
of a sprinter himself, nud ho Imme
diately rushed after tho fugltlvoi For
u few moments it was nobody's race,
but tho fleeing thief wait unfamiliar
with the ground, nnd presently he was
trapped In a blind alloy. His pursuer
was at his tddu In a couplo ot bounds,
nnd leveled tho pistol ut his hoad.
"Throw tip your handH, you scoun
drel!" ho cried. Tho negro hoaltatod
and thero was murder in hln eye aa
ho glanced at several handy clubs ly
ing nenr, but tho gleaming muzale
cowed him nud ho did no directed. Th
bundlo contnlned a few old garments
taken from tho kitchen, nnd, not desir
ing to bother with tho courts tho gen
tleman told htm to begone. When the
nervy euburbunlto returned home and
told tho story his wlfo turned pale.
"Good grnclousl" Bho exclaimed, "why,
that wretch might enslly have kfHed
you In mich a lonely place. How could
you bo bo foolhnrdy?" "Oh, pshaw!
my dear," replied hor husband, "thero
might linvo been somo danger, I admit,
If I had been unarmed, but, you seo, I
kept him right under my pistol, and It
ho hnd budged I'd havo filled him fall
of load." Beforo going hnck to bed It
occurred to him to tako a second lobk
nt tho weapon. It was empty! New
Orleans Times-Democrat
TENT STOVES FOR SOLDIERS.
UiurtcriiiniU-r Hinlth Will Ordar Tw
Tlinmanil for llio lUrr.loha.
Bids will bo oponed todny "by Quar
termaster 0. C. Smith of tho St. Louis
depot for 2,000 conical wall tent stoves,
and on his recommendation tho con
tract will bo awarded by Quartermas
ter Gcnornl Ludlngton. Not slnoo 1898
has tho government Invested In tent
stoves, when 1,200 wcro purchased
through tho St. Louis depot. From a
civilian's way of thinking tho army
tent stove Is most unique. It has tho
form ot n frustrum ot a couc, Is con
structed out of No. 14 United States
standard gunge common nnncoled plate
iron, and la in ono pieco, except the col
lar and door. Tho nperturo for the
door Is bIx inches high by six Inches
wldo, and tho covering ia sufficiently,
largo to lap over. An "A" shaped Teat
la at tho bottom ot tho stove, directly
under tho door, nnd 1b two Inchos h'lgb.
by three Inches wide. Tho general di
mensions of tho stove aro as follows:
Height, to top of collar, 28 Inches; out--sido
circumtcrcnco at top, 13 Inches;
distance from bottom of door aperture
to bnno ot stove, 11 inches; wolght, 19
pounds. Tbo cost to the government
for those on hand was ?1.23 eac)i. "It
is not likely thai nil or tho r.ero biuht
will bo used at Jefferson Barracks,"
said Quartermaster Smith. "I think
several hundred will bo plenty. The
remainder will bo shipped to other ur
my enmps. Tho stovo was adopted fot
uno In tho army Soptembcr 18, 1894,
and Is by far tho simplest dcvlco thai
could be used In a tent."
A Royal Prleit.
Prlnco Max, ot Saxony, recently ap
pointed bishop of Kulm, Is said to bo
tho only person of royal birth now In
holy orders. A fow years ago tho
prlnco suddenly resigned his commis
sion as a cavalry officer In the Ger
man army and betook himself to the
cloister or seminary at Elchstatt, ask
ing there for admission la order that
ho might study for tho priesthood. His
undo, the king of. Snxony, In vain urg
ed him to glvo up his purpose. In tho
seminary ho endured without com
plaint all tho restrictions Imposed by
tho rules, declining to bo favored by
any relaxation of discipline, evon when
his health was affected by the strain
ot unaccustomed privations. After leav
ing Elchstatt tho prlnco went to Lon
don ns a missionary priest, laboring
thero in that part of tho Whltechapel
district whero poverty most abounds.
Having been raised to tho ofllco ot
bishop ho will soon, It is said, bo olo
vated to tho colloge of cardinals. Tho
Inst Imperial prince holding tho ofllco
of cardinal was Archduko Leopold of
Austria.
REMARKABLE DOQS.
Lapp dogs aro about the slzo ot a
Scotch terrier and look very much like
tho lynx, with long shaggy hair or va
ried tints. Thoy will fight oft tho
wolves from reindeer. Tho dogs of
Lapland, Iceland nnd Greenland have a
long hair, curlod tails, pointed noses
and cars and remarkably irritabla tem
pers. In Alaska tho breed of dogs Is reddish-brown,
and tho animals are as
much llko wolves as dogs; they are vo
racious and hardy and a team wilt
draw 500 pounds. Forty frozen herring
or ono sulmon will Bupport a dog for a
day. They aro not at all affectionate
and such a thing as saving a man's
lifo Is unheard ot among thbm.
Labrador has dogs so uerco that a log
ot wood Is tied to thello ks to rondcr
them less dangerouaj'jj&iu.n,! tveak-
cr dogs. In Kottl
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severely trained
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