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CHAPTER X. (Continued.)
"Uetter Bend tho young people to
oed, It In now daylight almost," sug
gested tho olders, and thoy carefully
avoided looking at each other.
That some terrible calamity had
happened even Lady Jane, whose firs:
fear had been that the bride had run
away, was fully convinced.
"But, Leila, you will stay by mo?"
Quavered tho mistress of tin houao,
suddenly transformed Into a broken
down old woman.
"I will, dear aunty," nravely said
Leila. "I shall see llttlo Syb safe In
bod, then I shall return to you."
Leila Desmond, slonderly graceful,
soft and caressing, womanly to tho
linger-tips, was yet one of those loyal,
strong natures wo turn to leatl upon
In tho "day of tiouble."
Gervls gave her one look of rever
ence, then he placed his arm round
that mother for v.'iiom ho and this
"perfect woman, nobly planned" had
sacrificed themsdvos so fatally.
Every hour wus bringing homo to
him tho terriblo blunder he had made
In his Hie. Love between man and
woman was God-given, to bo prise I
as sacred; but under the specious pre
text of sacrificing himself for tho good
of lila house, he had torn lovo iro:u
his heart, iind then sold that empty
shell for gold. That It hud been n bit
ter, sinful bargain ho now knew.
Perhaps this impending calamity
which ho was helplessly wait i for
tho now duy to discover might be
hcavon's punishment for what be bad
done.
It was still and quiet In tho old
house. There wns a lull of expectancy
until tho daylight should come to al
low action to bo resumed.
In Leila's room It was silent as the
grave. Beside the whlte-draperled bed
knelt I-clla herself. She was praying,
with frightened tears now no one was
by to see them praying earnestly for
the hapless girl who had shadowed hor
life.
That something dlro had happened
Leila Instinctively knew; but all sho
could do was to pray for help from
above.
"Leila! Sis!" A hoarse, shrill
voico made her spring to her feet.
Close at her side stood Syb, shiver
ing in her little blue dreh3lng-gown,
her face working convulsively.
"I can't keep It from you any long
er! I daro not, though I do hate her
so!" tho deformed girl was suylng, her
teeth chattering as much from terror
us from cold.
"Speak, Syb!"
Leila gripped the thin wrist, her
breath coming thick and fast. Syb
knew, then!
"I heard a cry, a smothered scream
from the old oak chest, as I wnlkcd
round tho gnllcry; but I hated her so
that I would not speak before! And
when I saw you, through the open door
between our rooms, praying with sobs.
I knew It must be for her. So I must
toll, and you'd hotter bo quick !"
Syb slipped to tho lloor In a swoon.
nut Leila was already gone. With
flying feet she was rushing downstairs
from the third lloor, whero her bed
room and Syb'3 were.
"Gervls! Gervls! Come, and come
quickly! Bring Barnes!" When she
had reached tho gallery she shrieked
loudly. Her voice, sharp with fear,
rang through the old house and made
Gervls leap to his feet.
"It's Leila! Sho has found out some
thing! Mother dear, stay here, I pray
you!"
Ho pressed Lady Jane back on her
seat
"No one knows what wo have got
to faco!"
"Bring Barnes! Oh, bo quick!" Le
ila's voice cried again in an agony of
haste.
Barnes, tho whitelialred old butlor,
was stiff and rheumatic. It seomod
as though ho would never reach the
top of the wide, crlniBon-covered stair
case, and yet tho old man was doing
his best, though Gervls would fain
havo dragged him up two steps nt a
time.
"Whore aro you, Leila?" ho honrsely
shouted.
"Hero! here! Quick!"
Round tho curve of the gallery they
found Leila, tearing frantically the
holly and moss decorations from what
had beon a bank of greenery.
, .The blood was trickling down hor
' hands and wrl3ts, as tho holly toro
thorn cruelly. But, unconscious of
pain, Leila continued to pull, until tho
old black-oak chest, which had been
tho foundation of tho green bank, was
displayed.
"Press tho spring, Barnes! Nobody
In Tcmplo-Deno knows tho secret but
you. Press, for Gladdy's dear sake!"
panted the girl, madly besldo herself.
"Whatever " Barnes was begin
ning, uud fumbling' with his specta
cles, ' "Man, do as you're bid!" shouted
Gervls, catching the Infection of Le
ila's frenzy. And no dr&gged Barnes
forward.
Something in his blazing eyes mado
the old man pull.dilmself together.
Ho stooped faruard. With shaking
handB, ho felt along the carvings; but
how slow ho was! The watchors
caught their breaths and shivered,
" 'Tis in thoshamfock, I do mind
mo. 'Tls b'undpfrTbo in tho sham
rock, tho spring," ho was auttoring.
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knees, and there, among tho curved
loaves and flowers of oak, was a single
dainty saamrock. -&st;v t
It was tho spring! J..S'V,
Pressing It bard as sho could, the
carved lid dirked as It opened aloul
nn Inch. Then Gorvls, with etrour
iirnis, forced It buck on its hinge.., uti'j
a uiullled cry broke from his lips.
CHAITER XI.
Lying huddled In the Imisty dies'
was a little figure in gloaming pllve.
broende. stained here and there wltn
bunches of crushed hotly berrlrs.
It was Olnddy, stiffened and immov
able, but with widely opened, lound
bluo eyes.
That she was dwid was the firs
muttered thought of both Gexvls and
Leila.
"No! Taln't death!" quickly sab!
old Barnes, glancing at their white
faces. "8eo yo, Mr. Gervls, there's n
row of air-holes down each side o' the
chost. I saw 'em mado myself In tho
old squire's time, purpose-Uke, in rasa
o' this very kind o' thing that's hap
pened now!"
But Gervls was not llr.tfning. He
and others who had nuhed to the gal
lery were carefully lifting the small
stiffened form. A mounted groom had
already been dispatehrd for a doctor
"But something must be done at
once," said Gervls, as they laid the
unconscious girl on an Indian rug on
tho polished lloor of the gallery.
Somebody was trying to for;e brandy
through the marble white lips.
"Not a drop will go down! What
aro wo to do until tho doctor comes?"
plteously cried Leila, who, kneeling
down, had slipped hor nrm under tho
llttlo sunny-brown bead.
"Fetch Mr. Ansdell!" commanded
Gervls, with a Midden inspiration.
Surely tho American could give some
help in the pressing emergency, other
wise, what was tho valuo of his so
called scientific reputation?
Mr. Ansdell! Everybody then re
membered that, oddly enough, the sci
entist had not been once seen during
the hours of anxious search. It was
curious, to say the least of it. And
still more curious did it appear that
no Mr. Ansdell hurried to tho gallery
In answer to tho summons.
"Never mind, here's young Doctor
Goring himself, which Is better," ejac
ulated Lady Jane, who had struggled
upstairs ruoro dead than nlivo from
sheer fright, and looked on helplessly.
"It's a trance!" nt last pronounced
the doctor, a young man, with all the
latest medical and scientific theories
at his finger-ends. "Sho has been
hypnotized! Who hns done this mis
chief?" He stood up and glanced round upon
the awe-struck group sternly.
There was no nnswer, and Doctor
Goring went on wrathfully:
"Somebody has got to answer for
this night's work! Tho poor young
lady has been brought to death's door,
evidently, by tonic vllo experiment.
Now, then, dear out of this every ono
of you! Excuse my bluntness. Lady
Jane, but this is not a moment for po
llto speech. I've got n life to win back
If I can, and I can't havo a crowd
round me. Your ladyship can remain,
and, yes, I must havo Miss Desmond,
If I've anybody."
Ono by one tho spectators departed
from tho gallery, and tho young med
ical enthusiast set to work, with the
result that In n quarter of nn hour
Glnddy feebly opened her lips and
spoke.
"I want Leila," was the whisper.
And when sho saw that It was U:llu
hersolf who was supporting her head
tho bride's round eyes closed content
edly. "She will sleep now. Wo must carry
hor to her bed," said Doctor Goring,
well satisfied.
"You are wanted, sir, at once," came
an urgent whisper; whllo Gervls, lift
ing his wife In his arms, carried hor
away.
"What! another case?" The doctor
wheeled around, and ho was silently
beckoned to tho quarter of tho house
known as tho bachelors' wing.
Lying back in Ills chair In front of
a writing table, and grasping a folded
paper, was a dead man.
Tho room was in perfect order. There
had been no assault, no murder, no
suicide, so far as one could judgo at
tho moment.
But that death had entered tho half
opon btnro of tho black' eyds, the
dropped jaw, and tho marble hue of'
tho long, lean fingers gripping the
sheet of paper apoke all too clearly.
Little wonder that Paul Ansdell had
failed to join in tho search for tho
missing bride, failed to obey tho sum
mons for his helpful skill.
"Ho hus been dead qulto a couple
of hourB," said Doctor Goring gravoly,
secretly wondorlng what would be the
outcome of this double tragedy.
"You must keep this business from
the ladles as long ns you can," he snld,
turning to Gorvls, who had beon hast
ily sent for. "Thorn must bo an in
quest, of course; and, meantime, I
should tako possession of that folded
paper, See, I'vo managed not to tear
It. You'd best lock It away until you
hand It to the coroner, Mr. Temple
ton." "Why," gasped Gervls, as ho caught
Bight ef tho closo, upright handwrit
ing, "my wlfo wroto that! What vil
lainy Is this? See hero!"
"It was tho laet will and testament
f Gl.idyr TiiMi'rt in. and. In eorre"t !
ogal form It n-nnmd everything tho
.cstntor pofsossi-d to Paul Ausddl of
Montreal, revoking nil former wills and
jillrlls. The document was duly
Igned, and tho signatures and ad
tresses of two Americans were append
ed. Not a flaw wns there from beginning
to end of the deed.
"You hold the key that unlocks tho
whole of this night's mystery," hrlolly
said the young doctor. "This unfortu
nate man must bo a reckless ndvou
.uror, whoso wits have put In hl
hands a most dangerous weapon. He
's, we will discover, a criminal hypno
'Ifit, a so-called scientist, seeking somo
ool to further his own endo. Yes.
,es; you'll see we'll find out that's
vhat he Is was, I mean," said tho
nedlcal man.
He was right In his surmise, ns tho
nqtiest brought out, hit by bit, partly
.'rom papers belonging to the dead
mnn, partly from the unwilling cvl-
.lonco of Gladdy, who had been more
or less undor hypnotic Influence slnco
the night of the tiro in the snow-shed.
As for the villain's own death, It
was proved to be from natural causes,
ind duo to long-standing heart disease,
that caused n breakdown at the cru
cial moment of IiIh caieer.
But the Jury's verdict was the popu
lar one "By tho visitation of God."
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Five years have passed away.
So many changes havo happened to
Temple-Dene and the Templetons that
I-ndy Jnne has come to looK back upon
the da.vH when she woro faded sllka
jnd lived n sorely pinched life as tho
happiest she lias known.
Today she no longer wears her fa
vorite blue, for Krnnrls Templeton has
(Tone to his grave, his heart eaten out
by tho melancholy nothing would dis
pel. So Iidy Jnno wears widow's weeds
and Ins learnt tho old lesson that
"contentment Is great gain."
The dainty American bride, so fra
Slle and highly strung, never managed
to weather the repeated shocks to her
frail system. Like a broken flower sho
withered, until decline aot In.
In India's tender, supporting nrnis,
her weak hands clinging tight round
Leila's soft throat, Gladdy died peace
fully. "Take care of my Gorvls. Lelln. You
will do it bettor than 1," with the won
drous intuition of the dying she whis
pered at the last.
And now that tho years havo gono
round, Gervls begins to think It la
time I.ieila was taking care of him.
Between tho two there Is a perfect
understanding, nnd by and by tholr
wedding bells will ring out; for though
"sorrow endureth for the night, Joy
1b bound to como in tho morning."
(Tho End.)
CHILD POLITICS.
The ".lunlnr KcpuMlcn" Alarm tliu City
nt Iljtr.lt.
Detroit Is learning that the "Junior
republics" established in the various
schools of tho dty, which at first
thought was a lino thing, Is having
evil results. The mayor protests and
shows a condition that Is hardly bene
ficial. The citizens of these Junior re
publics, for example, ballotted recontly
on such questions nB t.'.ieso: Do you
favor city ownership of, tho street rail
way system nt the appraised valuo of
117,500,000.' Do you favor the appro
priation of $150,000 for the erection
of another high school building? Do
you favor expansion? (this involving1
a disciifcBlon of the Philippine, ques
tion.) But more than this the "Junior
citizens" developed so rapidly ua to
become lobbyists. Children were ask
ed to Interview aldermen or school In
spectors to urgo appropriations for
Bchools. In short, tho Junior repifbllca
did not confine themselves to theory,
but got into practical politics with a
unanimity nnd dispatch that was
something appalling. Tho Detroit
Free Press protests that Innocent chil
dren that aro already struggling
against nlnety-ntno fads In learning
to read, write and cipher, ought not to
havo their heads further muddled by
an nttempt to master the methods nnd
processos by which tho people of tho
country aro governed. Indiannpolla
News.
I'ooil'n I.nncit Dully Cot.
By actual experience tho Husklnltes,
n colony of socialists near Wnyerbstf,
Ga have demonstrated what Is prob
ably tho lowest possible dnlly cost of
food. Thoy llvo at un actual cost per
capita of less than 10 cents a day. Of
courso this could not havo been ac
complished exrept through co-operation.
Everything they consuinn Is
bought at wholesale In largo quantities
nnd is cooked In the community. In
tho community dining room tables aro
set for 300 pcoplo. Those who do not
wlBh to eat with tho crowd aro allowod
the privilege of purchasing company
storos and cooking thorn at hdme.
.
Ancient Dcoil In I'hllnilnlpliU.
Tho first deed conveying property to
tho proprietor of Pennsylvania, Will
lam Ponn, Ib written in old Dutch, and
Is now preserved In the city hnll. The
property was what Is now known ns
Iemou hill, Including tho mansion nnd
tho Schuylkill river front, whero tho
old Falrmount waterworks was lo
cated. There Penn kept his barge and
some rowbonts, tho barge carrying nn
admiral's pennant. It is said tlforo Is
only ono man in Philadelphia who can
read this deed.
It is not work that kills men; It
Is worry. Work Is healthy; you can
hardly put more on a man than ho
can bear. But Mrorry Is rust upon tho
blade., It Is not movoment that de
stroys tho machinery, bit friction.
H. W. Beecher.
SLAYFORPLEATURE
Massacro of Christians Renew
ed Bv Turks
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MOAIiMMCDAK FANA HC TAKI7SG TIIELCAD
llimftt if Miirilcrliig Tun lliimlri'il
lllniKi'ir i(i('riiiiniil lUlrrly
IliillfTori'iit to tlm
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A dispatch from Vienna, Austria.
mi.v.s: further reports of the Turk UU
massacres of Christians show that their
instigator Is a Mohauimedau fanatic,
named llaldulc Islam, who ImtgH of
having slain 'UW Christians with his
own bunds. The Turkish authorities
have show ii utter Indifference of the
outrages anil those bdnir perpetrated
on ChtlstiauH are beyond description.
At llllueli men were rucillei! on
trees with stakes driven thro itfh their
hands, 'mil feet. Women were attached
and mutilated.
Children were murdered by mutila
tion before their parents' eyes. Women
were maltreated at (iruuima li.'furi tin
eves of their husbands, brothers and
ruthcr.sjind then cirrled into this hond
n?o of harems. Men were tortured to
death vine, ly by various means, their
limbs cut oil' successively and ehililieu
were thrown into the river.
The tleiuls tortured the Christians at
Itibarit, bv slicing tlesb from all parts
of their bodies before hilling tlieni. A
Greek orthoilov priest was tied in a
saclc and pitched into the river. The
Servian consul at Mltrovlta estimates
that 1,101) persons have been killed and
'Kio women attacked and placed in
liarems.
DECLARES THE STRIKE OFF
1 he Sana l'o TclcKnipiicru Altiiuitiin the
SlrilKKle.
A Topelut, Kati., dispatch says: Pres
ident Dolphin of the order of railway
telegrapln rs has declared the .strlku of
the operators on the Santa Fe. oil". All
tin striking operators have received
orders from Mr. Dolphin that the
strike would continue no longer. Tim
operators w'ere beginning to speculate
as to whether thev would be reinstated
in the employ of the company, They
now have the permission of the organ
ization to work If they can secure
work.
General Manager Madge would not
talk of the situation, nor say anything
whether the strikers would be taken
buck. "Let tlie operators get new of
ficers," he said, "and then we will
talW v ,$111."
,. .tempted Hold V.
A report, tells of an attempt to bold
up the stage running between Calla
way and Broken Itow. The stage car
ries the mall, what passengers can bo
accommodated and sometimes valua
bles. The men stopped the stage about
midway between the two towns. Iloth
were armed ami had selected a canyon
as tho besL place to operate. The
driver refused to halt when command
ed ami whipping his horses up almost
ran down the highwaymen. They
fired at the Hying stage, lint no one
was Injured. There were a number of
passengers aboard who praise the pluck
and prompt action of the driver. Slier
lit' Armstrong is searching for tho
would-be robbers.
AVorrttiMl Mill In Amiga,
Announcement is made that the
Prospect and Gloe worsted mills in
Lawrence. Mass., havu made, or will
before Monday, miiku an assignment.
The amount of their Indebtedness is
said to lie about 8'l)U,om). Tho capital
of the Globe is 870,000 and it employs
mil hands. The output is principally
worsted yarns. The eauso of the fail
ure is said to bo competition of the
American Woollen company.
Tup Safe In Nemper O 111 in
The safe in tliu Polk County Inde
pendent olllco was tapped at Osceola.
When Editor Beltzer went to It to
get a little change ho found tho money
bag gone and with it about SU.lld.
Tho sheriff has gone after a man who
luft here for Silver Creek Jan. 20.
There were two persons besides tliu
editor who had tho combination, and
ond of them went away Jan. ".'0.
I'all May I'rmu I'iiIiiI,
While on his way to Gaudy, Neb.,
the team belonging to John Newbiirn,
nn aged and well to docltlzen of Logan
county, became frightened and ran
away. Mr. Newliurn was violently
thrown to the ground and sustained
injuries which will prove fatal. Hu Is
eighty-one, years old, anil was an early
bottler in tliis country.
C'luirK-N Corruption.
Congressman John J. LutiU of tho
Twelfth Ohio district has announced
that lie would contest tho seat In tliu
next congress of Kinmltt Tompkins, by
whom ho was defeated in tho late elec
tion by a majority of eighteen votes.
Mr. Lent z claims to have evidence, of
the alleged corrupt uso of money to
secure the election of Mr. Tompkins.
Lawyer Max K. Bittner and Hov. J.
Doirks, tho pastor of the. Gorman M.
K. church at OdccoIii. Noli., camo very
near finding a watery grave. Thoy
had started to attend a meeting of the
Kpworth leagiiu of their church at
Duncan. There was no bridge to gut
actoss tho channel of the river anil
they thought they could ford it. Tho
river was high, they did not get across,
but they took a cold bath In Jtho rlvor
Oscar L. Booze, a former West Point
cadet, died at ills Philadelphia homo us
tliu result of a hazing'
LATEST OF CONGRESS.
Huttirilii), tin einlicr '."J.
No business wns transacted by the
senate yesterday. The news of the
deathof Mrs. William P. Kr.ve. wife of
tile presided pro tent of tin senate,
was convex ed olllelallv to that body
and out of respect to lier memory tin
mediatcl. atljnuri incut, was taken un
til Inuuary :t. Itmi.
'M'uiitor Fairbanks of Indiana called
the body together, and Kev. Dr. W. II.
Mllliun'i pronounced a beautiful Invo
cation. The secretary then rend a letter from
Senator I'rvi appoint lug Senator Fair
banks presiding-ollleer during bis ab
sence from tho senate. Meantime a
conference of seuiuiii-N had been held
as to the oiderof business. The read
ing of the journal was suspended ami
nt U' :().". p. in., on motion of Mr. Hoar,
th senate adjourned until .lanuary 3,
1 001.
Sutiiriliiy, Drci'inlicr 'VI.
The bouse was in session only
twentv-llve minutes yesterday, when
It adjourned out of' rcspivt to tho
memory of Keiuesentathe Wise of
Virginia, who died Friday niornlnir.
When the bouse met there were less
than inn members on the Hour. The
majoritp of the members had already
departed for their homes to spend the
holiday tccess. The chaplain, In the
morning prayer, referred to tho death
of Mis Fryi. wife of Senator Fryc,
ami of Hcprescntntlve Wise of West
Virginia.
After tin approval of the Journal
some routine minor business was trans
acted by unanimous consent. Hills
were passed to ll the times for ses
sions of the district and circuit courts
for tin eastern districts' of Te.Mis.
Mr. Jones of Virginia then announe
ed the death of Itepreseututlvo Wise
of Virginia which occurred nt Wll
liamshut'ir, Vit., yesterday morning.
Ileolt'ereil theeiisloniary tesolutions,
which were adop ed, dud' the speaker
appointed a committee of seventeen
to attend the funeral. Then, at lU':L'."i,
tiMt further mitr'c of resp'-cl to the de
ceased, (lie house adjourned until Jan
uary :i, ami.
Hlillo Trent I'l'iiple,
The executive committee of the Ne
braska press association, consisting of
President 1) II. Cronin of the O'Neill
Frontier, Secretary F. N. Merwin of
the Heaver City Tribune. A. L. Wil
liams of the Hlalr Pilot, II. P. Marble
of tliu Humboldt Lender, C M. llubncr
of the Nebraska City Nmvu. and W. N.
Huso of the Norfolk News mot at Oma
ha tliu other day to make arrange
ments for the annual meeting of the
association on January ',"-.' ami 2.1,
It was decided to introducu a novel
ty In the shape of a daily paper to
chronicle the doings of the association.
W. N. Huso was appointed editor-in-chief
and given power to draft his as-
sitnnt.s from the membership. Allan
1). May of the Falls City Journal wJU
contribute the annual poem anil pa
pers will be contributed by Captain
Me I, end of Grand island, Joints llullf
of Norfolk, F. (. Kdgeeoinb of Geneva,
Atlee Hart of North Dakota ami S. W.
Kelley.
The local committee on entertain
ment was re present etl by W. M. Man
plu of the World-Herald and Mol Uhl
of the Dally News.
Still I'litiiHetl.
Tho attempt of burglar.s to roll the
state treasury at Lincoln, Neb,, re
ported by Night Watchman F. M.
Good at an early hour Thursday, Dec.
-'(), created tremendous excitement, and
was the one topic of discussion during
the day. The facts as related In' these
columns still stand uueoulrovurtcd.
Very little additional information wan
brought to light during tliu day.
Hull Itefimiil.
The preliminary hearing of J. W.
llagiiowood, the Crawford saloonkeep
er, for killing "Llttlo Hat," thu noted
Sioux Indian scout, was had Dec. 'JO.
The attempt of the defense was to
prove that "LltMo Bat" was a (umrrcl
somo, drinking man, who always car
ried a six-shooter and was looking for
trouble. The purpose was to make it
a bailable case, but thu court refused
ball.
Siillierliiml Witutx InWNtlKiillnn.
Representative Sutherland of Ne
braska Thursday, Dec. W, introduced
a resolution for the appointment of a
special coniniittei! of seven to Investi
gate the whole subject, of the govern
ment ownership of rallroatlH in
Hut-ope; as well as in tills country,
witli a view of future legislation upoi
the subject.
Hehlc.v tn llu Itetircil.
A special from Washington say.s:
Hoar Admiral W. S. Schley will hu de
tached from duty as commaniler-in
chief of tlie South Atlantio station dur
itfg the coming spring, in anticipation
of his retirement next Octobur, when
he will be sixty-two years old.
Think Kiillrnuil U Sure.
Tljo Wado Construction company has
opened an olllcu in Gaudy. Thu civil
engineer, Mr. Wright, Is completing a
map ami from all appearances tho Cal
laway, Loup Valley ami Northern
railroad Is being pushed as fust as pos
sible. New Neliriukii I'ontmuiiter.
Fourth class postmasters appointed
by President MoKliilcy nru, Huxley,
Custer county, II. A. Lowry, vice A.
Hendricks, resigned; Whitman, Grant
county, L. B. Weave, vlco A. &
Chamberlain, resigned,
Albany (lee Aground.
The navy department at Washington
received a cablegram from Admiral
llomoy saying that tho cruiser Albany
wont aground in Subig bay, but has
been floated. The extent of damage
to tho ship is not stated.
Mttrilor or Htilchlo.
....... .,,.., .w.aviii-il VIcrilllT LliaL tliu
body of John Colton wus found In the
biumo on tils farm east of Ash ford
Wednesday morning with his throat
out. It is a cube of murder or suluidu.
SAYlNdS M J
CTM
Architects in a 'Kott'.'Jf;
Homy Ives Cobb, G urge BCf
Hurtling "ami William Ijkoii 5
wen prattlcally
expelled from the
American tnsttltuto
of Architects nt a
recent fcshIoii of
thoiisHOclntlon. The
committer that hud
beon appointed to
Investigate report
ed that "tin hoard
of directors, In
view of the unt-onry
burn of fart tiro-
Honted In the cases of Henry Ives ColH),
Georgo IMward Harding and William,
Tyiion Gooch, have found tho parties
guilty of unprofessional conduct until
of conduct prejudicial to tho liest In
terests of the profession, buj. hnvr per
mitted them to remain follows 'of tho
Institute. In good standing nt I in full
enjoyment or all tho iirlvHef.es of
monibi'iHlilp." Tho commit, e then
recommended that it be resolvd that
"tlie continued membership Id th"1 In
stitute of pirsomi adjudged guilty 'of
niiprofcMKloual conduct Is repug'i.'vit t
Its members and Is an nnoninluns ton
illtlon." and that copies or tho .. i I
tlons be sent to each member of tho
Institute The alleged unprofessional
conduct of Messr. ,Cohh, Hording and
Gooch wuh In connection with tho
bul'iliug of the Httito linusi at Ilnrrls
liurg. Pa. to replace the structure do
stroyed by lire.
Coffee of Mcjctco.
The empeior of Germany drinks
nothing hut Mexican coffee, and a
year's supply is sent to him regularly
after each harvest from n plantation
In tin statu of Mlchoacan. Tint In
tended for the use of tho emperor's
personal household Is known as tlm
t'aracollo, carefully selected anil Bent
to him In bags made of silk, whllo that
for tho court goes In tho ordinary
gunny bugs. Coffee Is at bent when
three or four years old, and as tho
supply from each harvest Is received
It Is put aside to ripen In the ompor
or'B garret.
Mutilated Vlymouth "RocK,
The X show where tho pieces havei
been It nocked off tho foundalloiu
stones of the canopy, which protectsi
tho historical rock on which tho May
flower pioneers landed In America. AJ
woman relic-hunter Is Buspetcl, anil
Is being bought by tho police of Ply-j
mouth and other cities.
Orifjtn of Christmas.
Christmas Is a KUtvlval, an adoption'
of tho centuries old pagan festival oC
tho winter solEtlco celebrated during;
tho week preceding Dec. 25. It was a
season or prescnt-glvlug and good!
cheer and that good will to man wan
made practical, for quarrels woro dis
continued, debts remitted, prisoners
liberated and absolute equality pre
vailed among tho people. This festi
val was adopted by Christendom, and.
modes of celohrntlng tho tlay varied
as It spread Into other climes and as
the tastes of tho different peoples dlc
'uted. In making tho circuit of the
Fcasons tlie sun reaches his lowest
point on Dec. 121, and for threo days la
apparently stationary; on the 25th day
ho begins to rlso !s born again. Tho
Christmas legend Is a very pretty ono.
nnd when given Its proper application)
It Is a very practical reality.
Great German Editor Dead.
Oswald Ottendorfer, proprietor oC
tho New York Slants Zoltung, died tho
other day nt his home In that city.
Mr. Ottcntlorfer was a philanthro
pist Ho was born Feb. 20, 182C, in
Zewlttan, Austrlu.
In 1846 ho entered
tho University of
Ives Col ib.
Vienna. WluNi I
fight for the jM
Hon of S,
. o
Hulstoln fiv
Ish rule 1:
Joined tho
tho volunt
Oswald Ottondorferto,r tll, Wf
llUI 1U i J)
revolutionary forces In Vlenl"
this movement was del
caped from the city and
ony with tho Intention
University of Loipslc.
dltlon to Austria ho gi
and emigrated to tho
where he began life
On becoming a, uatur
connected hlmsolf w
1c party. In 1851
jrffeWfo
I ploy of the tnat8
became its e