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4 AJ....A.,..,. X ' I itie ow of Orange Ribbon V I A ROMANCE OF .V By AME T i'Mtllor of "T,I..,. m,.., . ELIA A ' v",v," ' ,.,;nHn,tR VN(Contlnued.) lllsutnrn' MM ' i III' Wlinl Kluui mil ...111, v . ; ,1,nv,HH: nnA whB " Xiii . llu.? l lim. won1 s,ua .. J !.. have fIJI1Rlll u ,oli T(mt ,8 v Imt comes ,f KVnR wny , assoll, never fom-ht n uol. No ono ghou, J"'"' mo. It i, n llxo.1 principle with "Poor Noll! was not." Mis fault, I tun surf, It Jnnnuti! X.-ll Is nrarly .load. If ie had boon In tju, right ho would not l'o near!) .load. The lj0n, ,,oeg not rorsnko a poison who is In the tight way." 1" the hall behind thoni. Kathorlne Mood. Tho pallor of hor face, the hopeless ilioop of her whtto shoulders mid arms, wore vlslblo In Its Bloomy shadows. Softly as a spirit she walked, as she dtow nearer to them. "And the Englishman? Is ho hurt?" "Killed. Ho has at least twenty wounds. Till momlug he will not live. It was tho oounelllor himself who sep arate.! tho men." "My good Juris. It was like him." for a moment Kaihorlnc's con sciousness leelod. The roar of the ocean which girds our life round was In her oars, the feeling of chill and collapse at hor heart. Hut with a supreme will blio took possession of herself. "Wink I will not be. All I will know. All I will surfer." And with these thoughts she went back to the toom and took her place at the table. In a few minutes tho rest fol low ed. Hatavlus had anticipated madam's amnement and shock. He had felt a J.ist satisfaction In the suf Icrlng he was bringing to Kathorlne. Hut nothing had happened as ho ex pected. The meal, Instead of being pleasantly lengthened over such dread ful Intelligence, was hurried and si lent. It was some comfort that after It Joanna and ie could walk In the gar den and talk the affair thoroughly over. Kuthotlno watched them away, and then she lied to her room. And oh. how she wept! She took from their hiding place the few letters her lover hnd written her, and she mourned over them as women mourn in such extremities. In the full tide of her anguish, Lysbet stood at the door. She hcar.i the inarticulate words of woo, and her heart ached for her child. She had followed her to give her comfort, to weep with her; hut she felt that hour that Katharine was no more n child to be soothed with her mother's kiss. She had be come n woman, and a woman's sorrow had found Iter. It was near ten o'clock when Jorla came home. His face was troubled, his clothing disarranged and blood stained; and Lysbet never remember ed to have seeu him so completely ex hausted. "Dram Is with Noll," he said, "lie will not bo home." "And thou?" "I helped them carry the other. To the 'King's Amis' we took him." "Uve will ho?" "His loft lung is pierced through. A bad wound In tho throat he has. Hut then, youth he hns, and u groat spirit, and hope. I wish not for his death, my God knowB." "Nell, what of him?" "Unconscious he was when I loft 1,1m nt his home. Does Kathorlne know?" "Sho knows." "How, then?" "O Jorls, if in her room thou could hnve hoard her crying! My heart for her nches, tho sorrowful one!" "See, then, that this lesson she miss not. It Is a hard one, hut learn It she must. If thy lovo would pass It by, think this, for hor good It Is." The next morning was tho sabbath, and many painful Questions suggested themselves to Joris and Lysbot Van Ikemsklrk. Jorls felt that he must not take his seat among the deacons until ho had been fully exonerated of all blame of blood-guiltiness by tho dominie and his elders and deacons In full kirk session. Madam could hard ly endure tho thought of the glances that would bo thrown at her daughter, nn.l the probable slights she would recelvo, so Katherlne's piteous en tjeaty was listened to, and she was allowed to remain nt home. Tho kirk that morning would have been tho pillory to her. She was un speakably grateful for tho Bolltudo of the houso, for space and sllenco, In which sho could havo the relief of unrestralnod weeping. About tho middle of tho morning, sho heard Oram's footsteps. Dram had not thought of Katherlne's staying from kirk, and when she confronted him, so tear-stained and woe-begone, bis heart was full of pity for her. With in tho last twenty-four hours he had' begun to understand tho temptation In which Kathorlne had been; begun to understand that lo?e never asks, What Is thy namo? Of what country art thoulTfWho Is thy father?' , He felt that so long as ho lived he jaust remombor Miriam Cohen as she Btood talking to him In the shadowy store And this memory of Miriam maae him very pitiful to Katharine. "Every one Is angry at me, Bram, cvon my father; and Batavlus will not sit on the chair at my sldo; and Joanna says a great dlugraco I havo mado for her. And thou: Wilt thou also scold mo? I think shall dlc,of prlef." "Scold thee, thou llttlo one? That I NJIW YORK E&X TIM&lot.tha Other One." Elo. v. Ill not And those thnt are angry.,, with thee mny bo angry with also." ... wltli mil "" "Brain! my llrnmt There Is one comfort i i i my brother! for ." l.-mm- ii,i i. ,ni ,1,1, , ,"-'" n nun pusHou iiuiu nouses ui thoucSSS !rvcmo-W,! h0P0,,;t: n.l Virginia and Mass, "What hope there Is. I will co and see. and, If there Is good news, I will " glad for thee." Not half an hour was Ilrnn nway; nn.l yet, to tho miserable girl, how grief nnd roar lengthened out the mo ments! When Uram rniiio back, It was with a word of hope on his lips. "I hnve seen," he snltl, "who dost thou think? the Jew Cohen. Ho of nil men, ho hns sat by Capt. Hyde's tide all night; nn.l he hns dressed tho wound tho English surgeon declared 'beyond mortal skill.' And he said to me, 'Three times, In the Persian des ert, I hnve cured wounds still worse, and the Holy One hnth given me tho power of healing; nnd, If He wills, tho oung man shnll recover.' Thnt Is what he said, Katherlne." "Forever I will lovo tho Jew. Though ho fall. I will love him. So kind ho Is, otcn to those who hnve not spoken well, nor done well, to him." At this moment tho family returned from tho morning service, nn.l Uram lather defiantly drew his sister to his side. Jorls was not with thorn. Ho hnd stopped nt the "King's Arms" to ask if Capt. Hyde was still nllvo; for, in spite of everything, the young man's heroic cheerfulness in the agony of the preceding night hnd deeply touch ed Jorls. No ono spoko to Kathorlne; even hor mother was annoyed nnd hu miliated at the social ordeal throuch which they had Just passed, and sho thought It only reasonable that the er ring girl should be mado to share the trl.nl As the tlmo went on poor Knthorlnc 8aKe Van Heomsklrk shivered nnd sickened Kntherlno covered her face, and In the presence of averted eyes nn.l tip- (Bobbed with n hopelessness nnd abnn lilted shoulders, nnd in that chill nt- fiL'n ,,mt equally fretted Mrs. Gordon, mosphore of disapproval which sop- "If cm1'1' onl' HC0 Diehard, only arntod her from the sympathy nn.l 8C(" lllm for ono moment!" conlldence of her old friends nnd ac-1 "That Is exactly what I am going qualntnnces. Ijto propose. Ho will get better when "It Is thy punishment," said hor l1'10 ,ms Eeen vml- l w111 cn" a coach, mother, "bear It bravely and natientlv. Innl wo will go nt once." In a little while, it will be forgot." Hut ' weeks went on, nn.l the wounded men slowly fought death nway from thch pillows, and Katherlne did not recover tho place In social estimation which sho had lost through the ungovernable tempers of her lovers Hut nothing ill lasts forever; and In; three months Nell Scmplo was in hltf office again, wan cud worn with fever and suffering, and wearing his swor.1 arm In a sling, but still decidcdW world-llko and life-like. It wns cv dent that public opinion wns In n Iargj measure with him, and though In the Middle Kirk the affair was sure to hi tho subject of a reproof, and of a sus pension of Its highest privileges, yot It was not dlfllcult to feel the sym pathy often given to deeds publicly censured, but prlvntoly admired. Jorls remarked this spirit with a little cs tonlshmont and dissent. He could nit find In his heart any excuse for either Noll or Hyde; nn.l, when tho elder en larged with some acerbity upon tho requirements of honor among mm, Jcrls offended him by replying: "Well, then, elder, llttlo I think of that 'honor' which runs not with the laws of God and country." "Let mo toll you, Jorls, tho 'voice of tho pooplo Is the voice of God,' in n measure; and you may see with your nlu e'en that It mnlr that acquits rjcll ' wrong-doing. Man, Jorls! would you punish u fair sword-flght wi' ho hangman?" "A bettor wuy there Is. In tho pillory I would stand these men of honor, who of their own feelings think more than of tho law of God. A vqry quick end that jrurilMnt-'L trar'Aut to a custom nycked and absurd." "Weel, JorlW we'll hao no quarrel nnont tho question. Hero comes eil, and we'll ley tho question fa' to tho ground. Tb-jrc are wiser men than either you or I on balth sides." Joris nc tided gravely, and turned to wclcomo tho young man. Moro than ever ho liked him; for, opart fiom mor'ul and prudential reasons, It was easy for tho father to forgivo an unreasonable love for his Katherlne. Also, he was now moro anxious for a marriage between Nell and his daugh ter. It was Indeed the best thing to fully restoro her to the social esteem of her own people; for by making her his wife, Noll would most emphatically exonerate hor from all blame In tho qwirrol. Just this far, nnd no farther, hed Noll's threo months' suffering aided his suit, ne had now tho full approval of Jorls, bucked by tho velght of this social Justification. But, In splto of these ndvantagoj, he was really much farther away from Kathorlne. She had hoard from Bram the story of the challenge and tho fight; heard how patiently Hydo hnd parried Null's fo&YjiPor than re turn It, iWJPTCaC$rso passlonntoly refused any satisfaction loss than his life; heard, also, how oven at tho point of death, fainting and falling, Hydo had tried to protect her ribbon at his breast. Sho nover wenrled of talking with Bram on tho subject; Bho thought of It all day, dreamed of lt,all night. And sho know much moro about It than her parents or Joanna supposed. Bram had easily fallen Into tho habit of calling nt Cohen's to ask after his patient. At first ho saw Miriam often; and, when he did, llfel became a honv- ,en!y thing to Uram Vnn Heomsklrk. Kntherlno very soon suspected how timttcrR stood with her btother, and gratitude led hor to talk with him about the lovely Jowess. i mil mi Euuiu wccks iiucr mo uue i jeho could not boar to leave the houso. :It was only after both men were J known to be recovering, that she veil 'turc.l to kirk; and her experience Jth Je thert was not one which tempted her to try the streets nn.l tho stores. How- lU'Of II ri ttl tntiiat Id n lit' I it tt ltitrttj.ai It ,'..., ....., , ' ,. li vMiiiimnui will, irwiiiua, mill nil . ' . ,tnore important events hud now tho l)ll,'"i: attention. During the previous jinr,,i, , uinmt. rt n.i (i,n o,.nr. 'tcrhiR Act hnd passed both houses ol iiwov.'iin, i-uiitii-iuun ui uii'ii iituii'iuus character, had roused the fears of the other Provinces; nn.l n convention ol their delegates wns appointed to meet during October In New York. It wae this Important session which drew Nell Somplo, with scarcely henlod wounds from his chamber. Tho street! were noisy with hawkers crying the detested Acts, nnd crowded with groups of stem-looking men discussing them. It wns during this time of excite ment that Kntherlno said ono morning, nt breakfast, "Uram, wait one minute for me. I am going to Kip's store for my mother." At tho store, nrnm left her, nnd aft or selecting tho goods her mothei needed, Kathorlne wns going up Penrl street, when she heard herself called It: a familiar and urgent voice. Al the samo moment a door was flung open; nnd Mrs. Gordon, running down the few steps, put her hnnd upon tho girl's shoulder. "Oh, my dear, this Is a piece of good fortune pnst belief! Come Into my lodgings. Oh, Indeed you shnll! 1 will have no excuse. Surely you owe Dick and mo some reward after the pangs we havo suffered for you." She wns leading Kntherlno Into the houso ns sho spoke; and Katherlne had not tho will, nnd therefore not the power, to oppose hor. She placed the girl by hor Hide on the sofa; sho took her hands, and, with a genuine grlel nnd love, told her all thnt "poor Dick" had suffered and was still suffering foi "'1 Alas! Go I dare not. My father and my mother!" "And Dick, what of Dick, pool Dick, who Is dying for you?" Sho weni to tho door and gave the order for a coach. "Your lover, Katherlne. Child, havo you no heart? Put on your bon net ngnln. Hero also aro my voll and clonk. No one will perceive that II Is you. It is the part of humanity, I nssuro you. Do to much for a poor soul who Is at the grave's mouth." Whllo thus alternately urging and persuading Katherlne, tho coach camo, the disguise was assumed, nnd the twe drove rapidly to the "King's Arms." Hyde was lying upon a couch which hnd been drawn close to tho window, Ho was yet too weak to stand, toe weak to enduro long tho strain of com pnny or books or papers. Ho hoard his aunt's voice and foot fall, and felt, ns ho always did, a vague pleasure In hor advent. Whatever ol life camo Into his chamber of suffering cumc through her. She brought him dally such Intelligences as she thought conducive to his recovery; nnd It must bo acknowledged thnt It was not al ways hor "humor to bo truthful." Foi Hydo had so craved news of Kathcr lue, that she believed ho would dl wanting It; nn.l sho had thorcfori fallen, without ono consclentlout scruplo, Into tho reporter's tempta tlon, Inventing tho things whlct ought to have taken place, and did not. (To bo continued.) THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING. Completely Strips Bark From Tree- No Trace of Fire. That much valuable knowledge at to tho effects of lightning may lx gained by u study of trees that havt been struck by it Is maintained bj mnny English scientists. A tret which stood for many years on the sldo of a road a few miles from Wal llngford, in England, was Btruck bj lightning during n violent storm I short tlmo ago and utterly destroyed Mr. Percy E. Splelmnnn exnmlned It i few hours afterward and found thai tho bark had boon completely strip ped off nnd flung to ono side, and that a largo branch had also beer torn away aud splintered. Ho lookod for some token of flro but was unablt to flH.1 any. Ho noticed, however, that tho inner surface of tho bark was marked longitudinally with tblt wavy lines, very close set, of which the crests woro about a quarter of at Inch apart. Ho took several photo graphs of tho ruined treo and ho ro gards them as most useful, sinco the show clearly tho rending effect o lightning on a flbrous tissue. Sword of. Famous Leader Stolen. Tho sword of the famous peasant leader Stophcn Fadlngor, who in the year 1G2G led tho peasant revolt it tipper- Austria, has been mysterlouslj stolen from tho Historical Art Court Museum, Vienna. Tho thlof musl havo boon mo3t daring, for very caro ful watch Is always kopt, and the sword Itself Is a most cumbersome weapon. It Is supposed that It wai carried nway under a great coat. Tin Bword has no Intrinsic vnluo, but hai most Interesting associations. WARSHIPS SENT Unitod States Tnko3 Precaution ary Stop AS AID TO CONSUL BOWEN Mumurc TiiIumi tu tiiiunl .,;nlnl An fiitcrrtipllnn of tin. f'uhtr t'liniiict liiC MIiiMit llm'f-n With Ilium- tlmt't-iinii-iit The following cablegram was sent Wednesday by the navy department to Admiral Dewey, In coinnuuul or the combined llects, nddresse.l to San Juan: "Send competent ofllecr speedily In torpedo boat destroyer or other vessel to Cnnicns na assistant to American minister." The following cablegram was ion! to Commander Dlohl. of tho Marietta, now lying nt I .a Gualrn: "Sfn.l Vnn Dnsen, creutlo olllcer of tho Marlettn, as nsslntnnt to the Amer ican minister temporarily." The ofllecr from Dewey's fleet will relievo Lieutenant Commander Vnn Duscn, who Is only an hour distant from Caracas, when he arrives upon the scene. Whllo no explanation Is given for tho nbove orders, It Is be lieved thnt these meuaurrs nre being taken to guard against nn Interruption on the cable connecting Sir. llowen with his homo government. Secretnry Hay has cabled to Ambas sador Tower at Berlin, to nsk the Ger man government to dellne for this country exactly what Is meant by a "peaceful blockade." The dispatch la In the suenvrst tif diplomatic language, but It was Insistent that Germnny should reply. This Inquiry was decided upon nt the cabinet meeting, where It wns discussed fitly. Although It has not yet been put into public expression, this govern ment contends thnt there Is no such thing ns a "peaceful blot-kudo.' If a stato of war does not exist this gov ernment will contend nt the proper tlmo that United States ships must bo nllowed to pass Tho teBt will come when the Hod Lino steamer Cr.racns arrives nt La Guayra probably nexN Saturday. If that ship goes through, as It Is ex pected It will, other ships for other na tions will nlso demnn.l to go through nnd tho "peaceful blockade' will be come a farce. If Germany Insists on Its right to blockade peaceably nn.l refuses to let American ships through, then Admiral Dewey's fleet will he Hcnt to Venezuela to convoy the American ships through the German nn.l English lines. Admirnl Dewey has been told to keep his fleet together. The renson thlB government makes this demand of Germnny Is because It has In writing. In black nnd white, the fullest state ment of Germany's Intentions In Ven ezuela. It linn no such statement from England. The diplomats of thnt coun try woro shrewd enough to mnke only a verbal statements of Intent. The administration Is waiting Ger many's nnswer with some nnxlety. The situation is now more critical than It has been since the trouble began. Tho Spanish minister to Venezuela, Senor Qaytnn do Ayaln, and the Bel gian charge d'affaires, M. Van Dor Hyde, have presented n Joint letter to tho Venezuelan minister of foreign af fairs, In which they ask in case thu claims of other foreign powers are paid by Venezuela that the same treatment given these powers bo accorded to Spain nnd Belgium. Humors are current In Brussels and Copenhagen thnt Holland and Den mark aro about to present their claims to Venezuela for a settlement. PHILIPPINE TARIFF Dcfi-uliil liy limine Aftnr IIiitIiik Hrrn Iti-porteil Utiiin riuornlily The house ways nnd means commit too authorized a favorable report of the bill Introduced by Hoprescntntlvo Cooper, chairman of the lnHiiliiP affairs committee, amending the Philippine tariff act so as to provide for a reduc tion of tho taiilT on products of the Philippines coming into the United Stntcs to "S, per cent of the existing schedules. The bill was defeated for a third reading. X-RAY DEPARTMENT ClilruRo CrrutcH Siimii to I'ri'imt I'niuil iilnnt ItiiiiuiKH SnltH Tho office of X-Hny export and elec trical diagnostician of tho law depart ment of Chicago has been created, and will be tilled by Dr. H. Preston Pratt. In IiIb letter tendering tho position to Dr. Pratt. City Attorney John E. Owens says: "This ofllco has become neces sary on account of numerous attempts at fraud through tho evidence of X-Hay and electrical so-called "experts" In claims against tho city for personal damages." NO INAUGURAL BALL Governor IHtirt I. II, Ml-key Unfiium to Attitml lli tlNnai Dnnt-e There will be no Inaugural ball In Lincoln this year. It has been decided to drop tho matter and glvo Governor elect Mickey a reception at the state capttol. In this Governor Savage and his staff will participate. Coinpleto arrange ments have not been made, but the reception usually takes place in tho senate chamber. loans Womnn Mangled Miss Mary Taylor, aged twenty, was killed, and Abraham Ruskln mortally Wounded, while a score of passengers received bruises in a trolly car col lision Wednesday morning in Bayonne. The car became uncontrollable and on rounding '.ho curve ,at York street, caught MIbs Taylor unawares. Tho girl clung tenaciously to the front bumper until tho car, speeding along crashed into a car standing in the ter minal sheds, Miss Taylor was crushed to death. ANXIOUS FOR PEACE VctiPMii'titii IrKii Their I'rriM.-nt to Vli-til In Arliltnitliin Thursday morning advices say that t has been decided that tho Venezue lan dllllcully shall be arbltrnlrd, nnd the dlseusalon of terms of settlement la now going on. United State!' Mliilrter lloweu un doubtedly will be one of the arbitra tors, Tho government fonts that eoerclvo measured will follow the oslabllnliinent of tho blockade, which becuitie officii vo today. The awakening of the Venezuelan people to tho present situation of their country Is neeonipanl..l by feelings of bitterness nnd sortow. Their licet has been destroyed and their prldo has been deeply woun.lrd. but they are te slgne.l to accept the affront whirl, they consider has been tiffined them by tho allies, During the last ten days Prculdcnt OiiRtro hns acted with extraordinary energy. Ho has transformed tho entire country Into a vast camp, having raised moro than fort ythousand tnon, whom he hns well tinned, equipped tlutl trans ported from every direction to I.U Guayra and Pueito Cnbello, in the ex pectation that thealllrH would attempt to land nt one or both of these points. But there has been n change of feel ing, nn.l the prominent men of Vene zuela who were at ono tlmo ready to lend tho people In the defense of their country now consider thnt Just mention to take tho mm, of the republic nway fro mthelr families nnd their work does not exist, Thoy have resolved to discover a moans to bring nbout arbitration, or at least treat with tho allies. The means sought Is thought to llo through tho United Staler, legation, and satisfactory results nio on every hand expected to follow. A member of the ministry wild to tho correspondent of the Associated Press: "The United States has not prevented tho nlllcs from assailing us, but It has obliged them to accept our terms." The blockade of I.a Guayra, notifica tion of which in the names of Grent Britain and Get many wns communi cated to the Venezuelan government December 1!! went Into effect Wednes day. The order applies to Venezuelan vessels only LOSES ALL CHILDREN thin 'I link i:plinli-n inn, Slv oT tine Fam ily Kllleil liiHluntly A Fort Leo. N. J . Dec. 17, dispatch says: By the -ploslon of a sua tunk tho residence of John Pugughll whs de molished, his nlv children wero In stantly killed, and his wife no badly In jured thnt her recovery Is despaired of. The mother wns found two hundred feet from where the explosion took place, her tight arm almost torn frost her body. Just returned from school, the child ren wero at the lunch table when tho explosion occurred. Tho father waa away from home. The roof and sides of the house were blown out. ' An adjoining cottngo wns albo par tially destroyed. The debris Immedi ately took Are nnd the bodies nf the dead woro badly ..barred. Tho body of the elder .laughter, Clniindn, as ed 22 years, who wns uupposo.l to haveVgono to Now York, was found last nig M la tlu ruins of thn home. U PLAN TO COMBINE Kunxn anil Nehrunhii I'liriny'r Meet In l.lnrnlM r Soon to The Farmers' Co-operative Grain and Live Stock association Is to be tho foundation of new ansoi-iatlon to bo known as the Knrnybrs' Co-operatlvo Shipping- association, which will havo a capital of $200,QQW and which Intends to own and eontrolJ.H line of grain ele vators In Kansas, it tbraska and Okla homa, says a Ton.ri, Kan., special of Thursday ) A meeting wlVl be held at Lincoln, Neb., Jnnunry i!2, for tho purpose of advancing the movement In Nebraska. The farmer' grain association at Benedict, NaU, tho association nt Thayer. Nob, and at Shelby, Neb., havo slgntflejd their Intention of tak ing stock In! the new association and lhy.will hptho basis of the movement In that staid. The assocration expects to start with thirty elovaVors in Knnsns, llfteen In Oklahoma nnVl ten In Nebraska. Itrnlnre niterimtloiinl Copyright Minister StVircr, nt Madrid, haK nd viscd tho slilto department by eablo that tho reciprocal agreement between tho United StatVa nn.l Spnln for tho In ternational copyright of 1895 baa been restored to full effect by tho Inter change of diplomatic notes. The termB of the proclamation which was Issued by President Cleveland In 1805, Instcd during tho war with Spain. Treaty Kent to Heimto Tho president sent to the sennto Wednesday the reciprocity .treaty re cently negotiated between tho United Stntes and Cuba. The treaty waa re ceived by tho senate in executive neB slon and waa referred to the committee on foreign relations without being rend. It Is state'l-thnt the treaty does not concern the disposition of tho Iso of Pl" Heine Liquor Collector Cruzon at San Juan, Porto Rico, seized several hundred cases of liquor which had been brought from 8t Thomas on board tho United States lighthouse tender Laurel. It Is report ed that certain army and navy ofllcers as well as some prominent citizens of Ran Juan, aro Implicated in tho matter. Claude Holley, aged thlrty-flve, de spondent because he had failed to win the love of Prudlo nines, ended his lifo near Grand Tower, 111., his home. Ho left a letter explaining why he killed himself. A small wreck occurred on tho Bur lington at Plattsmouth, Neb. Whllo freight train No. 7C wns going through tho cut towards tho big bridge three of tho cars Jumped the track, Ono ot tho curs was so badly damaged that it had to ho unloaded and sent to the shops for repairs. All tho cars were loaded with cattle, but tho stock was not Injured. Tho wreck blocked tho main lino for scvoral hours. N0T PINING Mil ILVIE DALD-HEADED MAN SATISFIED WITH HIS FATE. Tired of Silly Jokes Constantly Mads at His Expense, Mr. Dllllklnn Shows How the Good Things of Life Gravi tate to Him Naturally. "I'm getting sick nnd tlro.l of then bald Jests nt my expense," nnnoune.l Bllllklns, ns he settled himself back In his chair near tho window. As ho spoko tho lights wore rollocted brightly on his shiny pate. Tho Illu minations Hccmo.l moro brilliant bo cause of his presence. "I can't enter this club but that mulling Idiot, Smlthby, comes up nnd says: " 'I say, old man, yon know what thu Bible says about every hair In your bond being numbered? Then yours must all be back numbers. Ha, hn, lull' "As soon ns 1 come to after Smith by's brnln-throli I go to tho washroom, where, llko ns not, I find Jonesly. Hu'h pretty sure to come up with somo worm-enton lion mot about my comb ing my hair with n towel. "On my wny upstairs 1 'moat always ays In- , tho meet Snodgrnss. Sno.lgrnss has an grown smile, which ho uses on good things thnt ho keeps to himself. "'Ah, Bllllklns,' snyn Snodgrnss, 'I thought yon wero coming this wny. You look so much alike thnt I can never tell which wny you'ro going uit til I seo your fentures.' "You've nil heard that Juvcnllo lilt of pleasantry nbout tho llttlo boy who wanted his hair cut llko grandpa's- with a round holo In the iiml.llo. That always brings mo visions of Tlmpsoii. llo relieves himself of It dally In tho billiard room. "JackHon Isn't so bad. llo usunlly puts somo llttlo mentnl pearl of this sort on tho market: " 'Never mind what they tell you, Bllllklns; Just you bear In ml ml that most groat men are born bald.' Jack sou has more sense thnu ho kuowfi of. "As I snld, though, I'm sick and tired of It nil, and now that I've got ' you all hero I'm going to state my po sition elenrly: "I'm bnld, and I'm glad of It. It's a sign of Intellect nn.l distinction to bo bald. Think of till the pauhnndlors, linu.lbnggorH nnd cutthroats thnt you know of. Is there a bnld hcud among 'mn? Moat certainly -not. "On tho other hand, conusor tho statesmen, lawyers, doctors ann men of learning you've soon. Every tithe one of 'em's a shiny top. "Look at tho hairy men of ancient times. They nil went wrong in uomo way or other. Esau sold hla birthright for a mow of pqttngc, and Dolllnh tangled Samson all up in his own hair, "But to como down" to modornu When I buy n scaunTaTer do I got los,iMilmLvrSP;o of pompn lours ijuurjncany pillars in row Q? "mi J.' "Mr. Ticket Soller gives ono r-lohco nt my naked thought-dome, sees thut I'm eligible for ,tho bald headed row nnd knows I won't bo sat isfied .with anything else. i nun, ugniii, i never nave any irou- . hlfi iiJiniit mv luilr fnlllmr nut Arf" W from what I can see, tho falling out of tho hnlr causes most mon more worry than falllngs-out with their fam ilies. "When I go to got shaved tho bnr her can't talk me Into having a sham poo when 1 don't want It. And qvon If the inclination wero mine, which, thank heavens, Is Isn't, I couldn't pos sibly go round with my head -covered with hair oil end smelling like a musk factory.-r-Now York Sun. The American Girl's Charm. In nn nrtlclo on "American Women nn.l American Men" in tho December Smnrt Set, tho Vlcomtu do Sunto Thyrso writes: "What makes the American girl a most attractive being Is her self-con-lldonce, amiability nnd good temper. "To tell the truth I havo never mot nn American girl of twenty who did not consider herself fascinating; this In self-confidence; nn.l for n woman to believe sho Is beautiful Is half-way to reveal bounty. In tho first place, a plain woman, who Is aware of her plainness Is unhappy. Man Is a sel fish animal, and, dcsplto what novels sny about sad women nn.l tho power of tears, unhnpplncss Is ns rcpcllant to n healthy mind as dlscaso to a healthy body. Then, tho conscious plnln womnn gives up every thought of pleasing, nnd, therefore sho docs nothing to make herself attractive. Shu iIoch not dress in a bocomlng wny, sho docs not smile, she, docs not try to bo attractive. Sho becomes sour or dull, or both." j Some Clever Bon Mots. Of tho lion mots of tho Greeks not many very brilliant ones havo como down to us, says tho Saturday Even ing Post. A happy saying.of Socratos is reported regarding sculpture aud education: "I wonder that men should glvo so much to turn n stone Into a man, and so llttlo to prevent a man turning Into a stone." What could be more pertinent or pithy than tho ro Joinder of Lysander to a citizen ot Megara, who, at n common council of Greek stntcs, was "talking big" and laying down a policy with an authorl tatlvo air: "Your words want a city." Tho cynical tub-philosopher, Dioge nes, gave utterance to somo rasping sarcasms. Seeing a number of per sons firing nt a mark, ho placed him self directly boforo It, saying that It was the safest place. Going by a houso over tho door of which was inscribed, "Lot nothing evil enter hero!" ho naked, "How then can tho owner got in?" V if the British 1 ,UBise'" y I ).ft AS 3T&." '"" -' I narlsh priest. i jooIch and tastes. r- Msm W ,'i