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CHAPTER XI-(Contlnue(l.)
"I don't know tho details of tlio rest
but bIio threw John over; she
couldn't bear the prospect of poverty!
Monsieur Arnnud, who had mndo n
colossal fortuno In trade, who hnd
bought land In Brittany, had heard hor
Blng nud proposed and been refused,
and now proposed again and was ac
cepted. She accepted tho colossal
fortune, and hoped that tho Jam would
compensate for tho prescneo of tho pill
in tho shape of monsieur. I hope mon
sieur proved n more bitter pill than
Bho expected; I hope devoutly that ho
proved a bruto; but of that history
does not speak."
The clock ticked on again In tho
Bllent room. Meg and 1 sat still, say
ing nothing for some minutes; then 1
nsked half absently
"Who told you the story?"
"Never mind who told me," said Mes.
rising suddenly from tho elbow of my
chair and wandering away from mo to
turnover tho music on tho piano. "I
heard It long ago, but hnd half forgot
ten It; and it was only tho other day
that I knew It was John to whom she
had been engaged."
"And John thinks her so good!" I
said wonderlngly, speaking to mysetf
rathor than to Meg.
"My dear," returned Meg drily, "John
is a paragon as I believe we have said
before."
A soft tap at tho drawing-room door,
and the maid nnnounccd
"Madamo Arnaud."
I rose quickly. Madame Arnnud
enmo across tho room towards me. She
kissed mo and shook hands with Meg;
nnd, in another minute, I was ofTerlug
her tea, and she was sitting tnlklng to
b In that soft, low, muslcnl voice of
"THERE IS A LETTER FOR YOU."
hers that made her most commonplace
spoecheg charming, graceful and full
of meaning.
"I want you and John to come to
tho theater with mo ono day next
week-," Bho said. "Miss Corflcld Iiob
promised to como too. You muBt tell
mo which day will be most conven
ient" "Thank you; any day," I replied
coldly. I could not accept the invita
tion with tho graclousness that wus
befitting.
I wns grateful to Meg for breaking
In and taking upon herself the onus of
tho conversation. Sho talked nonsenso
eloquently for tho next ten minutes,
nnd never left a pause. v .
"Do you know what I meant to say
to you when I came this evening?"
said Madamo Arnaud at length, turn
ing away from Meg and smiling nt mo.
"I meant to scold you. Why do you
never como to seo us?"
"I do come, Madamo Arnaud very
often."
"Not very often," Bho roturned re
proachfully. "Never unless wo send a
formal invitation to you!"
"Kitty has given up the world," in
terjected Meg. "Sho devotes hersolf
to planning unexpected mutton chops
lor John, airing his uowspapcrs, nnd
putting his sllppors down to warm."
Madamo Arnaud, looking earnestly
at mo, paid no heed to Meg's explana
tions. '
"We want to know you," sho contin
ued. "You won'); lot us know you!" . ,
"Madamo Arnaud," broke In. Meg, lr
represslbly, "Kitty Is very dull when
known. I've known hor for seventeen
years, nnd can spoak with nuthorltj
I wish you'd want to know mo lnBtcnd!
I should bo most grateful-1 would
como to Beo you frequently, and novor
wait for formal invitations. I Hko
coming to see pepplo who live in big
houses, with plenty of BorvanlB, anil
plenty of easy chairs, aud hot-houso,
flowers, and grapcB nnd peaches out of
reason, and a brougham ta drlvo In
'tho park in, nnd a mnn In llvory to
open shop doors and wait outsldo! I
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Hi
HUSBAND
"Hetty," Etc
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will come and sec you every day If you
Hko. I'm nicer than Kitty I am, In
deed!" Meg had succeeded. It was Impossi
ble to talk seriously If Meg mennt tho
convocation to bo frivolous. Tho con
versation remained frivolous until
Madame Arnaud roso to go.
"John Is not back yet?" sho asked,
as oho rose from her chair.
"His slippers aro still in view," said
Meg "on tho dining-room fonder or
Is it In the breakfast-room, Kitty, that
they rcsldo when wnrmlng?"
"No, John Is not in yot," I replied
coldly.
Mndumo Arnnud opened tho fur bag
muff sho carried and took out a letter.
"I feared I should not boo him. Will
you givo him this?" she said, and there
was just n touch of embarrassment In
her manner as I took tho letter from
her. "You won't forget It?" sho bo
sought me, with a noto of anxiety In
her clear, BWcct voice
"I am not likely to forget," I said.
A minute later Meg and I wero nlono
again, and Meg, too, was rising to go.
"Kitty, do you pride yourself on your
manners a3 u youthful hostess?" she
asked.
"No, not at all."
"That's a good thing." she 'said.
"I dar6 Bay I was rude," r-ndniittcd
unrepentantly.
"Oh, don't foci doubtful nbout It,'
dear you needn't! You were an Iclclo
an Iceberg tho polnr regions! I'm
going, dear. Good-night."
"Good-night," I snld.
Meg wns gone. Tho ilro waB now
burning low; the lnmp, with its big
red shade, made a clrclo of light In tho
distant comer; all the rest of the room
was dim. I sat In my low chair beside
the Are and waited for John to come.
He came at last. Ife stopped to hang
up his hat and great-coat in the hall,
then camo briskly toward the drawing-room.
"Kitty! All in tho dark!" ho ex
claimed, as ho oponed tho door. Ho
camo across tho room, bent down nnd
kissed me, then stood before tho ilro,
holding out his hands to warm them.
"John," I said In my coldest, most
steady tone, determined to speak Quito
carelessly, "there Is a letter for you
from Madame Arnnud. Hero it Is."
Ho took it eagerly. I oponed a book
and pretended to bo deeply absorbed
In it. John carried his letter across
tho room toward tho lamp.
Ho read It without making any com
ment. I heard him turn to tho ilrst
pago to read It through ugaln; htj
stood still for many minutes, tho letter
In his hand, and seemed to bo lost In
thought. Tho dinner-boll rang while
he was standing there. I put down my
book and roso slowly from my seat.
Thon John sighed, folded his letter,
nnd enmo towards mo.
"Kitty, I am going out," ho said.
I did not reply for n moment; my
heart felt dead within me. I could not
oven feel angry; I was too heart-sick
with misery, with heirless, hopeless,
aching regret.
"To Mndamo Arnaud's?" I asked.
And tho question was asked In tho
most level tone, without passion, al
most without Interest in the answer.
"Yes, I am sorry to leavo you again,
Kitty,"
Hut, nlthough ho spoko In his hnblt
nally gentlo way, ho npoko abstract
edly. "Don't trouble," I said, coldly, "I
do not mind."
"Havo dinner, Kitty. Then go round
nnd sea tho girls."
"Oh, yes that in a most exciting
plan I"
"So exciting tnnt you aro almost
glad to get rid of mo?"
I smiled a hard, mirthless , llttlo
smllo.
"Tho eoclety of one's contemporaries
1b si'ch a relief, Is It not?" I snld; and
I mennt tho speech to bo biting In lta
sarcasm. My volco spoilt tho speech
a llttlo by faltering. John wns looking
nt tuo with such a grave glanco that
my eyes fell.
He did not nnswer me. Ho drow on
his thick gloves slowly, looking
thoughtfully away from mo down Into
tho fire; then ho Blghcd, kissed mo
In n gravo way, nnd went.
I heard tho street door phut, thon
I sat down In a hopeless attltudo upon
tho rug. hurled my faco In my hands,
and burst into tears.
CHAPTER XII.
Seven o'clock, eight o'clock, nlno
o'clock struck. Tho Ilro hnd burnt
lower, and at last had gono out; tho
room hnd grown cold. Still I snt In
tho samo attltudo my head bowed
down upon my hnnds and tried to
think calmly of tho future that lay bo
fore me tiled nnd failed. 1 wns bo
young! I had bo many years- to llvo!
that thought was too pitiful; It mado
mo cry anew! Aud ns long as I live,
John's life must be n bondngo; ho had
married mo for kindness' sake, but
perhaps ho had never realized before
hand how little 1 should have In com
mon with him, how young 1 waB, how
foolish, how dull tho constant com
panionship of a girl of seventeen must
bo. And again my tears flowed fast
for John's sorrow or for tho pnthos of
my own part therein.
I was numb with cold, dnzed with
weeping, when nt laBt I roso from tho
floor. Suppose John Bhould return nt
tills moment nnd And mo In tears! In
sudden fear of his return, I rnn up
stairs to my room, took my hat and
cloak nnd wont out of doors Into tho
cold gray October night.
There were few peoplo nbout. In tho
purk tho patliB wero deserted. If I hnd
bcon less unhappy, I should havo been
frightened at the loneliness; I was too
wretched to feel fear or to caro about
tho cold.
Tho clouds parted a llttlo; the moon
enmo out nnd shouo down between tin
trees upon tho rippling wnter; tho
water sparkled coldly, tho baro
branches looked ghostly In tho pnlo
allvory light. Then tho clouds gath
ered ngaln nnd tho moon wns hidden.
I sat down on a sent bestdo tho path
way, with my fur cloak drnwn closoly
nbout mo; nud my tears fell fast again
beneath my vol). Footsteps camo
slowly up tho lonely path. Two figures
wero advancing In tho darkness; I
saw them dimly outlined, but did not
heed them. I only awoke, to nny in
terest in them when my car detected
a woman's choking sob.
"I cannot bear It!" said a voice a
woman's voice, tremulous, broken.
"It is too hard I cannot boar It! For
ten years I have hoped for tho best. I
havo borno everything; I havo looked
forwnrd to brighter times, novor al
lowed myself to despair. And now
now tho ten years aro ovor, and
things arc as they were ten years ngo.
Dut then I had courage! Now I havo
no courage. 1 look forwnrd to tho
futuro and seo no comfort none
nono!"
The volco wns so broken, so tearful,
that It scarcely struck mo as familiar.
Tho mnn nnd woman slowly ndvanced,
slowly pnssed; then, all at onco
through tho parting clouds, tho moon
shone out again shone across tho re
treating figures, and I recognized John
and Madamo Arnnud.
(To be continued.)
LIGHTNING WORK ON TROUSERS
Haw the Cheap Grade of "1'anti" Are
Made.
"Pnntnloon-maklng has been re
duced to a great Bclenco in tho big
factories both hero and In tho north,"
said a New Orleans clothing dealer to
a New Orleans Times-Democrat man.
I refer, of course, to tho cheap gar
ments that In this Bectlon are Bold nl
most entirely to tho negroes. A pair
of 'pants' of that grade contains twelvo
pieces, tho outlines of which are repre
sented by slits in the top of n heavy
table. Twenty-four sections of cloth
arc laid on the tabic and a revolving
knife Hko a buzz-saw travels through
the slits. As it does so It cuts the
fabric Into tho exact patterns. Tho
whole thing is done with incredible
swiftness and tho pile of cloth is
scarcely deposited when It Is fully cut.
The pieces are then sent on an eloctrlo
carrier to tho sowing machines, which
nro aUo run by a motor. Each oper
ative has only ono thing to do. Tho,
first one will put In tho leg senm3, tho
eecond sow up tho body, the third will
put on tho waistband, and a fourth
will attach tho straps. Tho buttonholes
are worked by machinery, and, as a
rule, the buttons themselves are of tho
automatic staplo variety and am so
cured by a Btngle motion of a sort of
punch. It Is very Interesting to wntcli
tho garment passing from hand to
hand, and it reaches tho inspector all
complete with a celerity that nearly
take's one's breath away. It Is then
Ironed by being passed between a
series of gas-hented rollers and is
ready to bo ticketed and placed in
stock. Under the present system tho
outputs of some of tho largo factories
have been quadrupled during tho last
five years."
Coffto for llreakfat,
Philadelphia Record; Doctor Dys.
popsla, oh? You want to drink a cup
of hot water first thing ovory morning.
Patient I always do. My boarding
mistress Invurlably serves coffoo for
breakfast.
"Tho memory of man," romarkod
the Stockton sage, "differs from ro
nianco In that It initially runnoth not
to tho contrary,"
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Aguinaldo Asks His Follow
crs to Remain Firm,
CRISIS IN THE PHILIPPINE CABINET
Rfftlgtifttton of Tun Member ('utiles
Dlimn.r Funatim' I'olloucrN (Ircot-
ed With Open Arm nt Toprka
Other (liMicriil Nihii,
A Manila', P. I., dispatch of Friday
morning says: Aguinaldo has Issued u
proclamation announcing that tho
American congress will meet In Decem
ber to ileeldo whether "the, Imperial
istic policy" and "this bloody work"
arc to bo continued. lie exhorts his
soldiers to conduct themselves so Hint
congress will consider them worthy of
independence, nnd lequo.sts the priests
to abstain fi out polities and to icdeem
the church from the name the mlsdo
incniiors of the friars have given It.
A crisis In the Filipino cabinet Is
predicted as the result of the resigna
tions tif Pateruo aud Uiieneiimlno, two
Filipino leaders, who have lost the
confidence of the rabid revolutionists.
Borne Filipinos who attempted to
come to Manila with the Spanish com
mission, rceclied a message from Ma
jor (lencral Otis saying the women and
children would be given American pro
tection, but that the men who had cast
their lot with tho insurgents must re
main with them. The patty included
a brother of (li-nrr:il I.tmn. ivlm w:iu
assassinated by the gunid before
AffuinamoN nouse, with ins family ami
tho Filipino secretary of the treasury's
family. Tho families returned to Tar
lao. REPORT OFADJT. GENERAL
Present Flchtlnc Torre nt the Nation
Nearly 100,000,
The annual report of Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln has been made public.
Aside from the strictly technical recit
al of ull the details of a busy year In
military life, the report give's much In
formation of an Interesting character
and submits numerous recommenda
tions for the betterment of the service.
General Corbln sums up the military
forces now In the service of tho United
States as:
Regular army, 01,530; volunteers, nt,
571; total, 09,100. Tho distribution of
these troops, up to October 1, was us
follows:
In the United States, .If, 2U0; Porto
Rico, 3,300; Cuba, 11,187; Philippines
82,31.1, curoute to Philippines, 17,099;
Alaskn, 41D. Hawaiian islands, 400.
It Is expected that by December 1
next all tho Infantry regiments, U. H.
V., will have sailed for tho Philippine
islands. These with the troops now
there will give a total strength of
2,117 officers and 03,003 enllsled men
(an aggregate of 0,"i,7M.)
Tho service of many of the troops
after their enlistments had expired
caused General Corbln to recommend
that "each officer of thu several volun
teer organizations uud each enlisted
man who continued in service in the
Philippines nfter the second of March,
1899, until honorably discharged, be
awarded u suitably imerihed medal.''
He pays a glowing tribute in thu
volunteers.
SELLS DISPUTED TOWNSITE
Can Lake, Minnesota, It lurohiiiil bv
Three Intercut.
The Cnss Lake, Minn,, townsltc, on
the Chippewa Indian reservation, over
which there has been n hard contest
for a long time, was sold at the St.
Cloud land ofllco Friday. Tho town
eito went in four parcels, the total
price being 817,094.38, going to Sidney
L. Wright of Philadelphia, the eastern
Minnesota railway and A. Sauk Lum
ber company.
Secretary Hitchcock, six or eight
months ago, ordered the eviction of
the settlers from this town, nnd there
were several applicants later for the
land. After u contest tho secretary
order6d n sale, which finally disposes
of the mutter.
WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS
New Mlnneiota I.uw l'rovea a liar tu
Communion Men,
Owing to the Mlnucsota supreme
court decision, holding the Grlndelund
law, which provides for licensing nil
grain and produce commission men, to
bo constitutional, the produce commis
sion men of Minneapolis, St. Paul aud
Duluth havo banded together and
claim that to comply with the lnw
would make the business unprofitable.
Pending the legal fight they havo de
cided to go out of tho commission busi
ness and buy ull produce outright. No
mo ro quotations on produce will bo
given out as there is no longer u com
mission market.
Oerrnun l'lea For Mediation.
The licrlln, Germany, Tagcblatt says
Count liothmcr, president of the Ger
man peace societies, has telegraphed to
Queen Victoria, praying her to accept
the mediation of the United States iu
the war with the Transvaal.
Director of Mint lloporlf.
The monthly statement of the direc
tor of tho mint shows thnt during the
month of October last thu total coin
age at tho mints of tho United States
was 911,838,100, as follows: Gold, ?8,
20,000; silver, $3,313,009; minor coius,
30i, M0.
Indian Commissioner Jones nt Wash
ington has been advised by Special
Agent Jenkins that tho Pine Ridge nud
, Rosebud Indians, who were stranded
at Uiniilni after tho exposition closed,
have all been paid and will bo taken
to their reservations immediately.
ARE STILL IN DANGER.
Sir (Irnrcc While' Torre nro In w Very
Omve l'oltlon l.iidjrtmllli Inveitod
A special says: The Hnvas ngonoy
this evening p ibllshed tho following
extraordinary dispatch, which tho
agency says was received through its
correspondent at ltimsels:
Cape Town: The news of the lloers'
two victories around Ludysinlth hns
created considerable excitement among
the Afrikanders, who do not conceal
their Joy. Sir Alfred Mllncr, the llrlt
Ish commissioner, Is much perturbed
nt "their attitude. General White iu
these" two engagements, lost about 350
men killed, wounded and prisoners.
Tho second victory was won by the
Free Staters, commanded by Lucas
Meyer, who seized Caleuso, thus cut
ting olV the retreat of General
White, who Is wounded, The Invest
ment of Ladysmtth is complete aud
the lloers are master of Pletermarltz
burg and Durban railway.
"News has reached General White
that Mafeklug Is closely besieged, ami
that the lloers have succcisfully tc
pulsed thu sorties. The surrender of
Mafeklug Is expected.
"It Is also conllrmcd Hint tho Free
Staters havo seized Colesburg."
Donlitl Mudo Iit London,
The I'ngllsh secretary of the war
olllce, who was shown tuo Capo Town
dispatch of the Aavas agency, said tho
statements uiadu were utterly baseless.
PRELIMINARY REPORT
I'lilllpplno ruoe (JummWtlon on l'ait
nnd Pnnuut of the ISnlinlllon,
A Washington special of November
2 says: in accordance with tho under
standing reached at. tho conference at
the White house thu Philippine com
mission submitted to the president the
preliminary repjrt which It has prom
ised to prcpaic.
The report appears to bo a compnet
summary of conditions on the Islands
as the commission left men; of the his
torical events which preceded the
Spanish war aud led to the original
Filipino insurrection: of the exchanges
between Admiral Djwcy and the other
American cnimuamhn's and the insur
gents, tho breaking out aud progress
of thu present insurrection and finally
a statement of the capacity of the Fil
ipinos for Kelt-government. A notaltlo
feature of the report is a memorandum
by Admiral Dewey explanatory to IiIh
relations with Agitlualdo.
The. commission tells briefly how It
conducted the task entrusted to It
hearing statements from all classes of
people in Manila as to tho capabilities
of the Filipinos for self government,
the habits uud customs of the people
and also the establishment of iiiiiiiul
pal governments Iu many towns. All
this matter is to be included In the
dual report.
GREAT DAY FOR KANSANS
Hunllotror State-' tine Wild Over Funi-
ton uud III Men.
Returning warriors hever Vccdivdil a
more royal velemno hcmid'thhn that
accorded Thursday to tho soldiers of
"Kansas' famous lighting Twentieth"
on Its arrival atTopeka from rliin Fran
cisca. Gen. Frederick Funstoa came
iu fur tho lion's share of attention
shown theofllcers and "the little hero
of Manila" was literally taken off his
feet by his admirers In their eagerness
to display their regard for him.
At every station lu Kansas after tho
Colorado lino was crossed, early In the
morning, cheering crowds met the sol
diers and greeted them In unstinted
fashion. The schools and colleges
along the lino wero closed, business
was practically suspended nnd the peo
ple flocked to the trains by the thou
sands.
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flu To i'rliun for Life.
Two negroes, .Tamos Render, alias
"Denver Kid," and Richard Williams,
alias "Trilby," wero convicted of mur
der at Alma, Kan., Friday nnd sen
tenced to hang, which, under the Kan
sas prouultire, uisaus life Imprison
ment. They murdered and robbed
Harry L. Lnndy and Calvin Hurger,
boys, at McFarland In Inst Juno. When
arrested "Trilby" was strung up there
by a mob, but wus cut down and resus
citated. Anxlntjr IVIt.
A Capetown special says: Orave an
xiety Is felt regarding tho situation at
Lady smith. A telegram got through
from Durjin, Natal, Thursday night
which announced that thu lloers wero
threatening Colenso, twenty miles
south of Ladysmlth, where there Is a
big railroad bridge. If the Hours should
destroy this General White would bo
isolated,
I!ntlre Cluea Kuoniled
Tho entire sophomore class of Capi
tal university, east of Columbus, O.,
where young men prepare for the Kvnn
gcllcal Lutheran ministry, has boen
suspended. Tho class went to town
without permission and refuse to make
public apology for huvlng done to.
I.lttle CJIninced.
No apparent change was reported in
tho condition of Vice President Ho
hart at 3:30 this, Friday, morning. He
is sleeping quietly.
IlefuRO to Olvo Up I'rUonor,
The government 6t Costa TUca" has
definitely refused to surrender Ruther
ford, tho man charged with the murder
of tho American citizen, Archer, unless
tho Iirltlsh government guarantees not
to inflict capital punishment, to which
tho government cannot ncecdo, thus
closing tho case so far as Jamaica is
concerned,
Alnbiiina Nuuro Lynched.
Andrew Sloss, n negro, -was lynched
atCourtland, Ala., Thursday night for
assaulting Mrs. 1". W. IJussey near
Moulton.
HE NAMES NOVEMBER 30TfT
Ni'lirmliu' i:t''iittvo fMiir tho Vmal
Anniml l'rorfti unit Inn,
Governor Poynter has lasucil the fol
lowing Thanksgiving proclamation:
" 'Itlesscd is the nation whose God is
the Lord.' Tho eaith hurt brought
bountifully', Tho early and latter
jalns havu not been withheld. God'n
providence has rewarded tho labors of
the farmer with abundant harvest. Ho
has protected us from 'the pestllonco
that wastelh In darkness, aud tho de
struction that wasteth at noonday."1
For these temporal blessings let nil tho
people offer Mini thanksgiving nnd
praise. Forgot, not the poor to whom
fortune may have been less generous
than to ourselves, and by supplying
their needs help them to be thankful.
"Let us remember to express our
gratitude to tho God of nations for
the blessings of liberty which wo as n
people enjoy and crave Ills guidance in
all thu affairs of state to the end thnt
that these- blessings may be perpetu
ated to us and our .children! forever.
Aekudwledglng with grateful .hearts
Ills guiding hand In the establishment
of our government, ills overruling
piovidenee n our growth to our pres
ent grcutngss, let us seek Ills aliUest
we become proud ntul a lust of potter
cause us to forget llio exalted Mission
of the rcputUo-i.t(t)'it'go'vn"raent of
tho people, by the people and for tho
people puYitfli front Ufa eartlH a
"In accord with the tiuic-houorcd
custom lot ull our, people, laying aniflo
secjtlnr eases, assemble In'thclfjuli'uTil'iL
places of worship mid up6n""Uio day
which the chief executive of the na
tion has designated offer prayer and
thanksgiving to God most high. ly
the authority vested in me as governor
of Nebraska, I set apart aud proclaim
Thumlay, Novcinlier 30, Thanksglvlug
day.", ,. . .
RURAL DELIVERY
IN STATE
AMlattiit P i'iii inter (Icnnral Heath
Miikri Hojiort,
The rut til free delivery section of tho
annual icport of First Assistant Post
master Gcpi'ral Heath has been given
out. 11 shows that on June 30 thin
service had been established on threo
routes In Nebraska. They are at Hon-,
son aud I'll: City, In Douglas county,
and Teeumscb, in Johmou county. Tho
population served oti thu lleuson ton to
was SOD. There are covered eight and
one-half squaro miles, thu number of
carriers one, length of the route twen
ty and one-half, and number of plecos
of mail delivcrce and collected 2,571.
Tills service was established Juno 1
lhUO, and was, therefore In operation
only one month before tho report was
made. Tho service at Klk City was es
tablished on the same date. Thu pop
ulation served is .l.'iO, the route covorn
eight square miles, and has a total
length of nineteen miles. The number
of pieces of mnll-linndlcd was 3,540.
The service has been in operation at
Tccuuiseh trinco 'November 7, 1890. Sev
en hundred people are supplied by it,
the urea covered is thirty-two squaro
miles, there are four carriers, and tho
combined length of the route I" eighty
miles. During the year there wero
71,213 pieces of mall handled.
Mr. Heath sayw the service so far linn,
resulted In increased postal receipts,
enhancement of the value of farm
Iambi reached by rural free delivery
equal from SI to 01 por aero, u general
Improvement of the condition of tho
roads traversed by tho rural carrier,
bettor prices for farm products, the
producers being brought Into dally
touch with thu statu of thu markets,
besides educational benefits conferred
by lelicvlug the monotony of farm lifo
through ready access to wholesale "iter
ature and knowledge of current events
I.liiroln'e Auditorium.
The first of the seven great arches
that are to support the roof nnd gal
lery of the Lincoln auditorium havo
been placed In position. All of the
arches were made over n single pattern
on the floor and wero then moved to
places from which they could. befmoro
rapidly raised. Kuch arch weighs SCVr
oral tons. It Is a matter of great diffi
culty to handle them. When other
arches rise they will ull bo bound to
gether by rafters and dlagoulal sheath
ing, making an exceedingly strong
form of construction. It will take all
tho present week to put the six remain
ing arches. When they nro nil in
place, however, the building will bo
more than half done, for tho roof cau
be put on whllo the side walls aro
rising. Men can work, nil over tho
structure, in fact, without getting Id
the way of each other.
BURNS RESULT FATALLY
John ContMUll, Vlittlm of T.iimp Ex
Itoloii, Hurriiiiitj to Injnrlra,
John Cornwall, who was so badly
injured by tho explosion, of a lamp at
Wymoro the other evening, died from
his injuries nftci' suffering' fearful pain.
The old gentleman lived alone up over
a wagon shop, and it is supposed hp
had started down stairs with; a fumy'
when U tjxpfoilc'd unci cufifrit h'lscldth-
ing afire, llefore help could arrive ho'
was fearfuHy burned about the ace",
hands ami-body; and before "hd dleW
both hands hail been amputated. Ho
is supposed to have Inhaled some of thr
Intense heat.
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Vole for. Wenjrlo. lM'Ui .
At n special election1 MP hV last
ing Monday to vote ou tho proposition
to Issue 8:'0,000 bonds for then erecJio
of an electric light plant, thaJprVpou 4
tlon cirricd by a majority of ,131. Two
hundred more vote j were cast nt this
election thah vylicn the, proposition
was voted on before.
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A Voliuifiirr Ifnn It-rant.
F. G, Russell, one of tho leadlmj.
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daywonUintO'-$6'hAitiy VjaWr'
Np statement was mado of liabilltl
or assets.
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