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What waR It-n worlt or n' stllr' ?
. A Ianr.c or a note ot Rurllrlso ?
. ' . Dutl could not tell ) 'OU why I IItartcd and
'n' 'n 1 ' -n : n'n :
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: . , I could not toll ) 'OU why a turn ot ) 'our
hend .
Turned hnckwntlt the tll10 ot my Ute-
Il wa9 only a motIon , or somethIng ) 'ou
snlll ,
Dutlt wont to my l1eartUko a Imltol '
' hY ! ? Wo laugl1el1 anl1 were hnp- *
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The , present Wns ours , sate nnd tnst ;
Whnt Imp In the aIr came nnd proml1tel1 '
) 'OU thl'ro :
. To stir' up n ghostot the past ? .
Why could you lIot bo ) 'our own sweet
selt nlono , .
! \ t. And not walmn ohl longIngs npow ? AJ . "
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. MOt. I had thOl1ght the ) ' were deal1-tlll ) 'OU ! /IIW/\/II\ . / }
. Urted ) 'our hl'all :
. " ' In the way my old 10\0 11ged to del
,1 , -Cle\'eland Lender.
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loell had teen ringing at five mlnuto
'Intermls all morning and 'tho wom.
, an's nerves were dn edge. How she
' .hated the Yer ) ' sight of the neal oal < en
telephone box and the shine with Its
. ' leaden bells ! It brought bacl < un.
, pleasant memories ; and there are
. 'i- ' : some things that even n woman with a
. 17 ' firm , determined chin and cold eyes
' : ' ; . ; vlll want to forget. The two men-
, ' ! " "the one whom she' loved although he
, ' . : t .dld not love her , nnd the one who
"J " : , , " , Joved her although she did not love
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t 'b . t , " ' plm-were unpleasantly associated In
: , , .I . . : 'o' : ber mind with the box on the wall.
; - , ' "To the one , she had overdone the mat.
, . 'tel' of telephoning untl1 she had lost
. tr' : hls good cpmradeshlp-more fool she !
; 'The other had telephoned her until
" :1 : , : : tSho was tired of It-mal'o fool he !
" : \ , : . It's a queer old world we l1vo In !
. y. , ; . , ' , It 'was raining and the snow utder.
1. , . . ' : loot was getting slushy and gray. The
J. , ' , : . : s1 < y was low and leaden-and the tele.
; . 'phone bell ltept on ringing , The
woman was out of. temper wben sh
: ' . ; vent to answer It. A certain dress-
, I \ : mal < er was ready , now , after a long
' . - ; valt , to finish her a gown , but the
i. S { ' 'Woman thought just then that she
i . .dldn't care If she never again saw a
J
, ' 1lew gown. She answered sharply and
- { ' . . .hung up tl"1 receiver wl h a bang.
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/ ' If , . . . . . ' On her desl , beside the fire was a
; great bowl of red roses from the man
, who worshiped at her shrine. Besldo
1t was a letter from tbe man at whose
. ; shrine she worshiped , She plcled up
t , the letter and read It again , perhaps
, : for the dozenth time. '
" " 1\Iy ldear 1\1lss AlIen.-lt ran-
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. . . .1 am srr ) ' that I think our quarrel
'Past men l1ng , but : suppose that it Is
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. 'V' -really bet1er so , Our friendship was
. . . .a source of great pleasure to me ; but
'now that , . we have cllsagreed so per-
ri. " : -slstenUy , that friendship could never
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1 DO the f.lnmO again. We will both be
'happler ir I continue to accept your
I , " first ultimatum and remain , as ) 'OU
: -said then , 'just a mere acquah tance.
I You arc generous to tale the blame
t , $0 entirely upon ) 'ourself , but I w1l1
not tal < o advantage of your generosity.
' : You will understand , I am sure. "
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i She und01'stood ! She wns no fool !
t She was cle.ver enough to read be.
tween the l1nes. as he had meant that
, : she should , She was young 'et , but
. ' there had been many men-and she
. 'f\ ' / understood. She had done a brainy
I \ \t . girl's earnest work In school and In
" -coHege , and she had creditably 111led
.tor two or more seasons now the po.
t. 1I1t1on of a clover , attractive ) 'oung
woman of society. l\Iarrluge , she had
, always said , was a matter of tact and
management and , whl1e she had been
too busy and too gayly occupied to
" tal\O serious thought of the futuro.
she had always felt that when the
{ Jno man came to her , she would be
, wiser than some oth01' girls had been.
We ! ! ! the one man had come-and
cne-and the fault was hers ! She
denched her hands and laughed a
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&trained. unnatural luugh. She could
not bellevo It of herself !
She drew a great leather chair heCore
the oven fire and sat down In It. staring
, hard at the blazing logs Ie there had
" not been two men , she told herselt ,
' perhaps she would not ha\'o be n so
II' tactless. But then , that was to ho !
She sighed. 1\1ental ! ) ' , she was com.
paring the two men , A'Islon of the
. J ' . man she loved , IIlthough ho did not
. . , ,1\ ' love her. fiashed beCoro her c'e8. She
saw him In the cbalr OPIoslte her , as
! lho had seen him so many limes In
i the da's that had just sllppod back.
I lennlng tOrwnrd In the charactcrsllo
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and broa shouldered and handsome.
with a sm111ng , sangulno face , neso-
lutely. she turned her head and stoopIng -
Ing sniffed the roses on her des1 < .
She , . summoned up 11 plcturo at the
other man. lIe , too , was bIg and
broadshouldered and gaOl ! to look at ,
nnd there was much about him that
appealed to a refined , fastidious wom.
an of the world. 'rho womah was a
fair thlnler. She Imew In her soul
that If the one man had never come ,
this other man's devotion w'ould have
won her heart. But what now. when
the ono man had gone ?
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4/dfao/ _ ' . . ]
Sat quite motionless.
She got uP. restlessly. and 'wandered
to the window. What a gray day It
was ! Would It never stop raining ?
Could anything pleasant happen In
such a mud-colored world on such a
God.forsalten day ? It. , vas a day to
weep about. and the woman wept , her
head' against the window casing.
By..and.by , she threw aside the cur.
taln , savugely , and came back tb the
fire. She sat down again , leaning her
elbows on her Imees and her chin
resting In her hands. and stared again
Into the fiames , I.s It was a day for
weeping , so It was a day for serious
thought. What did she want to do
with her life , the woman asl < ed the
fire. She had been a drifter and a
butterfly too long. She had nlways
said that God put us here for a pur.
paso , to do some worl < In the world-
but what was her purpose ? What was
her worl < In the world ? She must an.
swer those questions some day. Was _
It time to answer them to-day ? Had
she a serious work to do alone In the
world , a name to. achieve ? Did she
want to go on 1I1w this , admlrell and
courted , as long as she could ? Or
did she desire-something else ? An
oft'quoted lIne cllmo to her. "There
Is a tldo In the affairs of men- " She
felt that she had just made a bitter
mlstalw. Suppose this were the tide
and she was about to tale another
step ) 'et marc unfortunate' ! She 1I1lt.
ted her Lrows. Oh ! for sense to thlnl ,
cnlmly ! Would she choose her future
life to-day when the opporlunlt ) ' was
glvcn her ? Or would she-walt ?
It seem t ler all at once that little
faces wreathed themselves In the dart.
Ing flames IInd IIttlo forms reached
out their arms to her-a chubby.
faced boy with II hurt finger to uo
Idssed and ros ) ' eheels to be washed ,
a blue.eyed girl with curls to bo
smoothed and a sash to be tied , and a
hub ) ' . J'ound and dimpled , to bo cud.
dIed. The woman Lent nearer the fire ,
The room grew ver ) ' 'sllent and she sat
qulto motionless , starlns Into the
grate , 'I'ho clocl , tlcl < cd 10uilly 111111
the rain hit the window pane , Dusl ,
was falllns , but she did not nppear to
notl e.
'I'ho telel1hone hell rang sharply and
the woman. with a new , strange lIght
In her e'es , got up sortly and went
to answer H.
"You were good to send me the
roses , " she Enid Into the mouthpleco.
"To.nlght-Yes. I had meant to call
) 'ou "and teH ) 'ou that you might come
-My answer-A womnn's'olco Is a
te1ltalo thing ! I thlnl < you have
gues3ed my nnswer. dear : '
Load Lifted From His Mind.
lIeelI say , old chap , I'm In shock.
Ing bad luck. I want money hadl ) ' .
and I hayen't the lenst Id a. where I
can get It.
Dook-WeU , I'm glnd to hear that. 1
thought perhaps you had an Idea you
could borrow from me-Stray Storlos.
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GO , WORTH OF THEIR WORTH.
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Belgians Paid Coctor Big Fee , But
Made Him Earn It.
Sir Morel l\Inclwnzlo once received
a wlro (1'0111 Antwerp asldng him his
oharg < , s ( or a cel.taln operation. 110
rel1l1ed .c500. and was told to como
at once. When ho stel1ped Ul10n the
dccl ! ho was met by three men In
mourning. who Informed him sadly
that ho had como too late ; the pntlent
had I1led that morning.
"But , " sall1 the 8pol\O.3ma11 of the
part ) . . "we Imow that ) 'OU did what
) 'ou could , f11lIl we do not inlend that
) 'OU shaH bo out of Iloclet a shll1lng.
We shall p(1) ( ' 'ou your fu11 feo. " And
they did. "And now , " said the man ,
"slnco 'ou are here , what do 'ou
say to visiting the city hospital and
giving a clinic for the benefit of our
local surgeons ? It Is not often the ) '
11 VO an opportunity of benefiting by
such science liS 'ours , "
Sir Morel said ho would gladly
comp ! ) ' . 110 went to the hospital anci.
performed many operations. among
which were two of a sl1.1l1ar . nature to
that for which 110 had been called
o\'er. When be finished. a11 thanl\Cd
him profusely. On'the steamer going
hOl11o ho met a friend who had a busl.
ness house In Antwerp.
"Protty scurvy trick they played on
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you , Sir Moret. ,
"What do ) 'OU mean ? " aslwd the
surgeon.
"Told 'ou the patient died beoro
) 'OU arrived. didn't the ) ' ? " .
"Yos. "
"Lied. You operated on him aIlll
n. friend with the same trouble at the
cl1nlc. Got two operations for one
prlceIt-Tho ! Reader fa I' December.
The Fortunate Isles ,
You sail and ) 'OU seelt for the Fortunate
Isles ,
The old Greolt Isles or the ) 'ellow blrd's
song ?
Then steel' straight on through the watery -
ery miles ,
Straight on , straight. on , and ) 'OU can't
go wrong.
Nay , not to the lert : nay. lIot to the
rIght , '
Dut on , straight on , and the Isles are
In sight , '
The Fortunnte Isles where the yellow
birds sing
Anl1 life 1100 girt with golden ring ,
These Fortunate Isles the ) ' are not so
tar ,
They 110 withIn reaeh ot the lowliest
door :
You can 8eo them gleam by the twl11ght
star :
You can hear them sIng b ) ' the moon's
whlto shoro-
Nay. never look baeltl These leveled
gravestonc
They were landing 'steps ; they were
'steps unto thrones
or glory tor souls that ha\'o snllel1 before -
fore ,
And ha\'o set white feet on the tortu-
nate shore , .
And what are the names at the Fortunate
Isles ?
Why Duty nnd Love . and a Inrgo Con.
tent ,
Lol these are the 1lles : ot the watery
miles ,
That God let down trom the firma-
ment.
'Lo , Dut ) . and Lo\'e , and a true man's
Trust ;
Your forehead to God , though your teot
In the dust ;
Lo , Duty and Love , nnd n sweet babo's
smiles.
And these , 0 trlend , are the Fortunate
1les : : ,
-JoaquIn Ml11er.
What Should We Eat ?
Germany Is eating horse. A ten.
course dinner of Algerian lion was
served by a Parisian Tartarln , who
basely bought Instead of shooting the
game , says Ever'body's Magazine.
Monl < oy Is said to be excellent. with
a faraway fiavor of rabbit , hut mllny
diameters more savory. StlU ; monltey
eating is cannlhallsm. If our ancos.
tors rellly ! were arboreal In their 1mb.
Its.
An English traveler and game bag.
er in Africa swore that balwd elo-
phant's foot was a dainty dish to set
hefore a Idng-not an African wooHy
monarch , .but even Edward VII. him.
self. who Imows something of the reo
finements of artistic coolwry and hns
an experIenced palate. Another Eng-
lishman-why is It alwa's an English.
man to whom these original and
courageous tastes are attrlbutOll-an
Engl1shman averred- that boa.con.
strictoI' , properly cool\Od. was hetter
than the best veal. And yet boa.con.
strlctor has no merc ) ' on the calf.
To conclude. man can and oes eat
most nn .thlng , and In drink his cour.
age Is stiB greater.
Cnke Made by German Empress.
When Poultney Bigelow was a boy
In Germany he was often asl < cd to
spend his hol1da's with the ) ' 01mg
prince who Is now German emperOl' ,
On one occa.slon the two lads were
having supper In the gar ens , a meal
of mill" bread and butter , stewed fruit
and some very simple raisIn cale. All
the young princesses were there , as
well as Prince Henry. who now com.
mands Ihe German navy. The cake
amused much Interest , helng a iuxur ) '
highly prized In a household where tnc
diet was measured b ) ' hygienic prln.
clples , Mr , Bigelow writes : "The fu.
turo Imlser nudged me and. with a
voice full of pride , whispered ; 'Do
) 'bu see that caitO ? Isn't It mag.
nlficent ? ' I assented , though at that
moment I saw no particular occasion
for hecomlng enthusiastic. 'WeB , ' said
ho , 'my mother made that. ' "
It Looked' That Way.
An Irlshmnn and his mother.ln.lnw
were crossing the Atlantic. The'
were hoth seaslcle IInd the mother.I .
law died. According to marine cus ,
tom they wrapped the body In can va"
anll In the absence oC pig Iron Ie >
weigh down the body , a bag of coa'
was attached. Just as they wefl'
about to cast the hody Into the deol
Pat , sU1llciently recovered , C:1me 011
docl < , and seeing the IU'epal'allonfJ ,
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aslccd : ,
"And what are ) 'ou doing ? "
"W < , I1 , " said the captain. "Pat , Wf
are bur'lng ) 'our mother.ln-Iow. an
the weight. ) 'ou know. slnls the bo.l
down. down , down , "
"I Imow whrro stw's going al1 rIght.
hut dot's she have to take her own .
COill ? " waM Pat's question.
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SCENES IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL.
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Men on Strike Orderly' and Law.
Abiding , but Determined ,
PercIval Gibbon wrlte from St.
Petersburg of conditions which pre.
valled In that clt ) ' a oul lho middle
at November : " 'rho pollco are stlll
at their \Vorl , In the streets , the brlsl <
traffic Is undiminished. the handsome
shops are still open. Such business
as can be carried on by the shop Cell <
and so 011 contluuos. but along the
whar\'es the snow lies untarnished on
the morchandlse , nt l the derrlcls are
Idle on the ships. There , It ! no elec.
trlc light and no gas , the trains have
ceased to run ; wo are without mulls
or the means of sending letters. Hero
and Ulero around the town troops are
in wa.ltlng. but not In evlden e , for
the tact Is that these stl'lI < ers of the
now sort glvo no occasion for the use
of violence. They are orderly. law.
abldlns an qulto Inaccesslblo to rea.
son. They have their orders not to
work. and they mallO It abundantly
plain that they will obey these orders
and no ethers , and , moreover. their
attitude will mal < e it difficult for the
usunt hool1gans , who are at homo In
a riot , to compllcato matters.
"For Instance , I saw a lIttle row
this morning In that quarter which is
called Goose island. a place at
wlarves and shipping on the east
frlnse of the city. 'I'ho cold was mar.
dant. with a tooth 111 < 0 acid , and the
thin snow was trodden to slush In the
roads. There was no worle going on.
but worlunen. lllutlled to the ears and
hlgh.booted , were everywhere In
groups , busy In tall < . Tholr Idleness
and the plenty of them at 11.11 corners
made ono feel wary ; they were big ,
limber fellows , with so obvious n
capacity for the use of Corco , and
their rude clothing , with some tag of
bright color at the belt or scart , ga.vo
them so barbarous a touch In the long
streets that their Ieaceulness was al.
most Incongruous.
"Of a sudden , at a point where a
number of wagon.s complicated the
narrow entry to a yard , came shouts ,
the high . . . .olce of a man In fury anl1
the pay of qulcle feet on the snow.
Seven or eight mon Issued In a can.
vulslvo group , struggling noisily
about an unl\Opt and vociferous fig.
uro In the middle , u man oC pale face
and a shrill. tremulous red mouth.
The thing acted Itself In a breathless
moment. The man In the middle taro
loose and drove ( orward at one of the
ethers ; something gleamed , brief as
a sparl < In the wan sun , and a man
cast up ono arm. crumpled at the
Imees and CeU among the feet of bls
tol1ows-ImlCed In the heart.
" 'rhore was a staring second at
quiet. an Instant of horror and reall.
zatlon , and then from round about
the worlmen closed In and pilt hancls
on the murderor. ' 1'hero was no rush ,
no fenzy , ; they came gravely , eyeing
him with an enmity that was hult
wonder. with the manner at responsl.
blo men ; they twisted the Imlfe- Cram
his hand and his hands behlr.d his
back , and held him In a sllenco 1110
the Isolation oC the scaffold , whllo
others went to brln ! : the pollco.
.
"It may he. ot course , that In some
stage of this war of the classes , lhe
policy ot their leaders mny discover
a purpose for dlsordor. The men may
yet be unleashed , they may be llpped
at an ) ' quarry. Dut at this momont.
whatever may come aClorwarll. the
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Professional Muslclnns Revolt.
Leading proCessional musicians at
'phlladolphla have joined In a movement -
ment to correct an abuse Imown as
"society graft. " For years Ilersons ot
I1lgh social standing have been ob ;
talnlng the services of talenled art1ats
: It musicales. without { la ) ' by lead.
Ing musicians to bellovo that fuluro
profitable engagemcnts would result
tram such appearan cs. Lltt1J or no
such benefit hal ! been derlvcd. ao now
the musicians have declcled to turn
down nil rClluests at ' 110 kind ludlcnt.
ed.
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strllers are carr'lng themselves with
a decorum , a care for appearances.
which are positively subllm . 'l'hoy
even tal < o off their hats to UIO fiag
that flies ever the winter 11I11aco. They
can no-onl to.-Chlcago Nows.
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DECAY OF BRITISH HOME LIFE.
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Bishop of Liverpool Sounds Warnlno
to the Nation.
The bishop of Liverpool , Inter.
viewed upon the decay of homo me ,
recentl ) ' said :
"Thero are not wanting signs
threatening a break up of the 0111
style at British home. and with It of
that home Influence which has helt1ed
to malto this countr ) ' what It Is.
"In the upper classes nu ses and
governesses are taldng the place at
the mother , and school masters and
colle go tutors are expected to fill the
place pf the fothor.
"So gr at uro the claims ot busl.
ness and politics supposed to ho that
Cathers and mothers deelaro thut UICY
have no tlmo to 1001 < after their chll.
, dren.
"What Is the remedy ? " asles the
bishop.
"It lies In the revival at true homo
lite. Marriage must bo treated with
the utmost honor and reverence , and
wo must uphold the pure reverent
love of ono man for ono woman. ' 1'ho
claims of society must never po al.
lowed to compete with the claims of
homo life. "
'rl1O hlshop of Manchester in a slm.
l1ar fntervlew declared that ho viewed
with amazement the large palaces
which were springing up on all sldos
for the amusement of the 11eollle.
"Clerg'men. " ho ndded , "who can
not Ilnd peoljlo at their homes must
follow them to placp.s where they col.
lect. and seol < to male a first hnpres.
sIan on them either In their places of
, amusement or near them , Collowlng
them home afterward to complete the
worl < .
"Evangelists as well as pastors are
required It the church at England Is
to continuo to do Its duty by the aa.
tlon.-Washlngton Star.
FINE INSTRUMENTS OF SCIENCE.
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Enable Accurate Measurement to
Eight MIllionth of Inch ,
The eight millionth part at an Inch
Is what the physicists are measuring.
'rho twenty.fivo thousandth part ot
an Inch may be tultfn ! as the l1mlt of
measurement ot mechanical measures
oC general application. ut wo pas.
8ess a physical means at measurement
300 times moro refined than this and
free from dl1lleultles. 'rhls Is one
which enables us to determlno varia.
tlons In length. lhlclmess , or position
with absolute accuracy to the eight
mIllionth of an Inch or ono three hun.
drod thousandth ot a millimeter. The
foundation of thIs wondertul scale Is
the wave length oC lIght-a quantity
which Is now Imown with great ac.
curacy tor the most Important lines of
the spectrum. Moreover. the method
Is rendered esthetically beautiful by
the fact that nn actual visible scale
can he produced , composed of blacle
Interference bands on a hrllllant back.
ground at tHlro monochromatic light.
J urther. UIO Interval between any
l\vo bands can he subdivided Into 100
parts by employing a micrometer oye.
piece on the observing telescopo.
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Poor Boy Has Cone Well ,
John B. 'rraey , recently elected
mayor ot Taunton , Mass , . Is ono of
fifteen children horn to n. poor mnn In
the nolghhorlng t wn of I\Ultord. \
Twenty ) 'el'.r ugo. when a small boy.
ho went ( II Taunton and began lIfo as
u boolblact. : Later ho managed shoo
shlno stnn"s In other towns and ac.
cumulated n. IIttio monoy. Buoyed up
hy his plucl < . ho studied law. borrow-
In ! ; money to pay tor his tuition. wna
admitted to the bar and when elected
ma'or had n practlco worth $12,000 a
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GREAT FRENCH tfOLDIER DEAD ,
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Jen. Oauuler'o Long Services .to HI ,
Country Ended.
Gen. F01loc : Oustavo SnuBBiert tormer
'ommnndol' . . : t'ehlef of the Frcncb
rmy. died Dec , 2C , lIe was ono of
ho best Imowll and LrnvoBt officers
In France. In the battle arounMets
: \ quarter ot a century ago bo distinguished -
guished hlmse1C most slgnn11y. Tbe
famous Intantry charge nt st. Prlvat ,
which 11r11ctlcally barred the progress
or the GormanI' on that side , wus led' '
by him. SauRslor was ono of the ot-
fit'crs " ,110 signed thn protest aga.1nst.
the surrender of MoW. Oen. Saussler
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The Late Gen. Saussler ,
also sorvell In Italy. 1\1oxlco and the
Crimea. lIe was a deputy for soma
time an i In 1873 distinguished him.
self in I'ho dllicusslon 011 the roor-
ganlzatlo,1 of the nrmy.
FLEE FROM HOUSE GALLERIES.
House quickly Empties When Certain -
tain Members "Orate. "
Congressman John Wesley Oainos
at 'renllosseo and Hobert Adams. Jr. ,
of Pcnnsylvapln. somehow or ether
have acquired rcputatlon as bolng
very poor speal\Ors. When either begins -
gins spealdng the gallorles become
oml1ty about as rapidly as though the
hOl1se were on fire. 1\11' . Adams began -
gan n speech the ether day n11l1 there
WIIS such a rush outward that the
l1Ian whoso dut ) . It is to lower the
lIag at adjournment started to perform -
form that tasle. A member of the
house who had not beGil In listening
to the speeches came to the same
conclusion as he pushed Into a. crowded -
od elovator. "Whon did the house
al1jourt1 to ? " ho aslwd the elevator
conductor. "It hasn't adjourned , "
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sl1ld he. ' ' 1\Ir. Adums of Ponnsylvanla.
Is sIlealc1ng , " ho addod. whereupon
the member gucssed ho would go
home anyhow.
PRISON FOR LEACING LAWYER.
Abrnham Hummel , New York. Legal
Lloht , Convicted of Conspiracy.
Abraham H. Hummel ot' the law
firm ot Howe & Hummel. ono at the
biggest In Now Yorl < , was last weele
convicted ot conspiracy. sentenced Immediately -
mediately to ono ) 'car In the penlton-
tlary and : l fine ot $500. nnd taleon
from the courtroom across the brldgo
of sighs to the 'I'ombs prison.
The charge upon which Hummel
was convicted was that ot conniving
with the uld of the perjured testimony -
mony ot Charles F. Dodge , to breale
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lip the marriage ot Charles W. Morse ,
Ice man and banlter. to the rIlvorcod
wlfo of Dodge. There 11.1'0 . stili two
Indictments for subornation for perjury -
jury pending against Hummel.
Demand for Good Literature.
A vote ran boolseller , basing his
conclusions upon a wide exporlenco
at many years , finds IlJllong othcr
tendencies of the day n marlted Increase -
crease In lho tntellectual IICo ot Amel' "
Ica. Not anI ) ' have business Ilnd professional -
fessional men como to bo reclwned
In great numbers among buyers at
good literature but a largo cllentelo
of women readers Ilrefer a well.wrlt.
ten story of only moderate Interest to
U badly written 1'011lanCe ot absorbIng -
Ing th11Io. lIe also finds a growing
appreciation uf reall ) ' good poetry , a
tendency to pay moro attention to
hook reviews In 11erlodlcals of ao-
Imowledged standIng and a demand
fOI' bools at serious Import to ho
"read In" instead of "read through. ' "
What He Was.
"Once I Imow a man , " said the Interesting -
teresting conversationalist. "who was
born in mid ocean. Ills .father was
an Englishman and his mother was at
I"ronchGe1'luan 1II\I'entage , hut wa"
n. natlvo ot Greoco. So what do yon
SUl1poSO that man I..s ? "
The lIsteners thought steadily for
Ramo luoments , but at. last nnnouncod
that thY ould not guess.
"He ill n dr ) ' goods merchant , " ex-
, ,1nlned the Int cresting conversation-
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