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! Grace Brown to
Chester Gillette
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'oman's Simple Documents That Made
a Criminal Case Famous and Virtually
. Sealed the Fate of a Murderer ,
. 'When Read to the Jury
: . ' : : , : , ' . " , , . , .n " That Tried Him for
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: : , His Life.
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Herltlmor , N. Y.-Printed below are
jotters which , within the past few
weol.s , have become Imown almost
: f1om : ono end of the country to the
; other as "Oraco Brown's lettors. "
IThe " need no Introduction , save pOI'-
ihaps the statement that these uro the
Iletters which were read at the trial
: of qhester Gillette.
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Ther formed the most remarlmblo
: fcature of that case. The whole struc.
, tll1'O of the prosccutlng attorney was
Ibullt upon them. It passes under.
Istandlng why the murderer of the
, \gIrl \ should have preserved u sorIm ; of
'documents ' which , It Is safe to say ,
spelled hI doom from the moment
the ' were placed In the hands of a
1jur ' of 12 men. It Is Inconceivable
that Glllotte lwpt them for their
'pathos , or the gentleness of churac.
.tel' which they revealed , for he Is not
the Itlnd of U l11an to whom such
things appeal. It Is uttorh' hnprob.
able that ho ever recognized in them
a simple literary beaut ' , although
such the ' do possess in an unusual
degr.ec-the more unusual when It IS
remembered that Grace Brown was
n country girl of plain education , who
had wOl'lwd as a factory hand ,
Yet somehow Gillette leept them ,
and the American public has como into
the possession of one of the most reo
marlmble series of documents that
ever appeared In a criminal case. As
n revelation of character , as the written -
ten record of a tortured soul , they
have already talc en a place unique In
the annals of real life tragedIes.
Here are the letters :
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II I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN"
"But Somehow I Have Trusted You
More Than Any One Else , "
South Otsellc , , June 21st , 1906 ,
Wednesday Night-l\1 ' Dear Chester :
I am just ready for bed and am so III
I could not help writing to you.
Chester , I came home because I
thought I could trust ) 'OU , I don't
thlnl. now I wil1 be hero after next
Friday , This girl wrote me that you
seemed to be having an awfully good
tlmo and she guessed that my coming
homo had done -ou good , as 'ou had
not seemed so cheerful In weeks. She
also said that you 81Jent most of 'our
time with that detestable Grace Hill.
Now , Chester , she does not Imow
I dlslllw Miss Hill and so did not
write that because she lenew It would
maltO mo feel badh' , but just because
she didn't thlnl , . I should have
lenown , Chester , that you did not care
for me. But somehow I have trusted
) 'ou moro than anyone else. 'Vhen-
over the other girls have said hateful
things to mo of you I could not be.
1Ievo them. You told me-even prom.
ised me-you would have nothing to
'do with her whllo I was gone. ,
Perhaps , Chester , you don't thlnl ,
or you can't hell ) malting me grieve ,
but I wish things were d\fforent. You
, may say ) 'OU do , too , but you can't
II possibly wish so mal'O than 1. I have
( I been "er ' brave since I came home ,
but to.nlght I am very dlscouragod.
, Chester , If I could only die. I lenow
" how 'ou feel about this affair and I
I wish for your sa1tO ) 'OU need lOt be
troubled. If I dlo'I hope you can then
! bo happy. I hope I can die , The doc.
! tl tor says I will , and then you can do ,
just as you 111\0 , I am not the least
\ ' bit offended \\1'th ) 'OU , only I am a lit.
tlo blue to.nIght and I feel this way.
I miss ) 'ou. Oh , dear , 'ou don't
lenow how much I miss ) 'ou. Honest.
Jy , dear , I am coming bacl , next weel ,
unless ) 'ou can como for me right
nwa ) ' . I am so lonesome I can't stand
/ it. Weel , ago to-night we were to ,
gether , Don't you remember how I
. . cried , dear ? I have cried lIltO that
near ) ) ' all the h'me since I left Cart ,
and , 1 am awfully blue.
Now , dear , let mo tell you. You
will get this Monday some tIme. Now
'You ' please wrlto mo Monday night and
bo sure and post It Tuesday morning
find then I will get It , or ought to ,
I'Vednesday morning , I just want tc
fee what the trouble Is why I don'l
Hear from ) 'ou. I was telling mamm
esterda ' how you wrote and 1 nevel
got It , and she said : "Wl\ \ ) ' , Dilly , II
he wrote 'ou would have receivet
it , "
She d\d not mean an 'thlng , but ]
" \'as mad , and saId : "Mamma , Ches
tel' never lied to me , and 1 lenow } H
It wrote. " If 'ou were only here , dear
ho\\ ' glad I would he ,
Don't ' 0I1 thlnl ! 1 am awfully hrave'
J am doing so much better than 1
thought j sllOulcl. I thlnle aboul
you , dear , all the time and wondO !
what 'O\I are doing. I am so fright
ened. dear. Maude has Invited nl (
clown for next ' 1'lIesda ' , hut I don'l
thlnl , I can go. Oh , say , If ) 'OU ) I0S1
a Icttc ! ' to me ' 1'uesdny morning I wU
get It Tuesday night. Well , dent'
the ) ' are call1ug mo to dlnnor and :
'Will stop. Pleace write or I will bl
crazy. Bo a good Itld and God bless
you. Lovingly ,
'rIlE KID ,
p , S.-I am crying ,
"COME AND TAKE ME AWAY"
"There Isn't a Girl in the World as
Miserable as I Am To-night , "
South Otsel , June 20th , HI06 , Tuesday -
day Night-My Dear Chester : I am
writing to tell you that I mn coming
back to Cortland. I simply can't stay
here any longor. Mamma worrIes and
wonders why I cr ) ' so much , and I fun
just about slcl , . Please como and
talw me awa ) ' some place , dear. I
came \Ip homo this morning and I just
can't he1l > cryIng all the time , just as
I did Saturday nlht. [
I can't stay here , dear , and please
don't ask mo to any longer. Do ) 'OU
miss mo much ? 1 am so lonesome
wt'thout 'ou , 1 don't lenow how I am
going to manage about going to Uncle
Chari os' ; I presume I will have to
wrlto you to meet mo In Clnclnnatus ,
- now wo don't Imow an'one there.
Chester , there Isn't a girl In the world
as mlserablo as I am to-night , and
you have made mo feel so. Chester ,
I don't moan that , dear ; ) 'OU have
always been awfull ' good to me , and
1 } mow you will always be. You just'
won't bo a coward , I 1m ow. My broth.
ers and sisters are at a socia } recep.
tlon to-night , but they can't get over ,
my crying. I
I do wt'sh you wore hero. I can't !
wait so long for letters , dear. You I
I
must write maI'o often , please , and ,
dear , when you real ! my letters , If
you thInl , I am unreasonable , please
do not mind It , but do think I am
about crazy with grief and that I
don't Imow just what to do. Please
write to mo , dear ,
Lovingly , YOI1 Imow whom ,
South Otsellc , June 19 , 1906 ,
"THERE ARE SO MANY NOOKS"
eel Have Been Bidding Good-bye
to Some Places To-day , "
South Otsellc , July 6 , Thursday
Night-My Dear Chester : If 'ou tal < o
the 9:45 train from the Lehigh , there ,
you w111 get here about 11 , I am sorr ) '
I could not go to Hamilton , dear , but
papa and mamma did not want mo to ,
and there 11.1'0 so many things I have
had to work hard for In the last two
weeles. They thlnlt I am jU8t going
out there to Deruyter tor a visit. Now ,
dear , when I get there I wl11 go at
once to the hotel , Ind I don't thlnlc
I wl11 see any of the people , If I do ,
and they ask me to como to the house ,
I wl11 say something so they won't
mistrust anything-tell them I have a
friend coming from Cortland and that
wo were to meet there to go to a
funeral or wedding In some town farther -
ther along. Awfully stupt'd , but wo
were Inylted to come , and so I had to
cut my vacation a little short and go.
WI11 that be O. K. , dear ?
You must como In the morning , for
1 have had to male you don't know
how manr new IJlans slnco ) 'our last
letter , 111 order to meet you Monday.
I dlslllco waiting until Monday , but
now that I have to , I don't thInl , It
anything hut fall' that you should come
up Monday morning. But , dear , you ,
must see the necessity ) 'ourscf of getting -
ting here and not malting me walt.
If you dlsllko the Idca of coming Monday -
day morning and can get a trm'n up
there Sunday night , ) ' 011 would come
up Sunday night and bo there to meet
me. Perhaps that would be the best
\Va ) ' . All I care Is that I don't want
to walt there all day or half a da ) ' .
I think there Is a train that leaves
the Lehigh at six something Sunday
night. I do not Imow what I would
I do If ) 'OU were not to come , I am
about crazy. I ! lave been bidding
goodby to sarno places to-day , There
are so many nools. dear , and all of
. them so dear to me. I have lived here
nearly all my life.
First I said goollb ' to the sprt'ng
L house with Its reat masses of green
moss ; then the apple tree where wo
had our pln.yhouso ; then the "Bee.
hive , " a cute lIttio bouse In the orchard -
chard , and , of course all the neighbors
that have mended m ' dresses from a
lIttio tot up to save me a threshing I
J realh' deserved.
"Oh , dear , ) 'OU don't realize what all
this mcans to me. I lenow I shall
novel' see any of them again , and
mamma , great Heaven , how 1 do love
mamma ! I don't lenow what 1 will
do without her. She is never cross
and IIho : alwa's helps mo so much.
Sometimes 1 think If 1 tell maml1la-
but 1 can't. She 1m2 trouble enough
aR 1t Is , and I couldn't break her heart
1I1co that.
If J came bacle dead , perhaps , If she
doesn't lenow , she won't bo nngl' ) ' with
me , 1 will never bo hal'PY again , dear ,
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GRACECBllll ) BROWN GHESTER GILLETfE I
I wiah I could dlo. You wl11 no\'or
Imow what you have Iuado mo suffer ,
doar. I miss ) 'OU and want to see
you , but I wish I could die. I am go'
Ing to bed now , deliI' . Please como
and don't malce mo walt there. If
you had made plans for somethlug
Sunday , you must como Monday morn.
Ing.
Please thInl" dear , that I had to glvo
up a whole summer's pleasure and ) 'OU
surely wl11 be brave enough to give
up ono o\'en1'ng for me. I shall expect
and look for ) 'OU Monday forenoon.
Henven bless you until then ,
Lovingly and with kisses ,
THE KID.
P. S.-Please como up Sunda ) ' night ,
dear.
"CAN'T YOU COME TO ME ? "
"Ch ster , I Need You More Than
You Think I Do , "
South Otsellc , Juno 26 , 1906 , Monda ) '
Night-Deal' Chester : I am much too
tired to wrIte a decent letter 01' oven
follow the line , but I have been un.
ensy all day , and I can't go to sloop
because 1 am sorry I sent you such a
hateful letter this mornmg , so I am
going to write and aslc your forglvo.
ness , dear. 1 was cross and wrote
things I ought not to have written , I
am sorry , dear , and I shall never feel
quite rIght about- all this until you
wrlto and sar you forglvo mo. I was
111 and did not reallzo what I was writIng -
Ing , and then tI11's morning mamma
ga vo my letters to papa before I was
down. I should not have had It posted
but It went long before I was awalco ,
I am very tlrod to-night , dear. I have
been holplng mamma sow to-day , 1\Iy
sister Is malting me a now white Peter
Pan suit , and I do get so tired having
It fitted , and then there are other
rled and tired. I novel' hl < cd to ha vo
dresses fitted , anll now It Is ton times
worse. Oh ! Chester , you wl11 never
know how glad 1 shall bo when this
worry Is all ovor. I am mnlelng myself
Ill' ever It , Maybe there Is no use to
worr ) ' , but I do and I guess everyone
des. ! I am qulto bravo to-night , and
1 always feel better after I wrIte you ,
Chester , EO I hope you mind the hateful -
ful things I say and I hope YOIl won't
mind my wr1t1ng so much. 'Vh01'O do
) 'OU SUIPOSO wo wl11 be two weels
from to-night ? I wish ) 'OU would wrlto
and tell me , dear , all about your com-
Ing. I am awfully afraid I can't go
to Hamilton , Chester.
Palm can't talco mo and I am nerv.
ous about going alone. You see I
woulll ha'\"o to rldo quite a dlstanco
before I could talce the train anll then
there Is a long walt , and , Chester , 1
am getting awfully sensItlvo , If I
can't go up there what shall 1 do ? Do
: rou thInl ! t't would bo wise to como
bacl , there ? Could you como to Der-
uyter and meet mo ? I have relatives
there , but perhaps I could arrange It
somehow. I was pleased yesterday
morning , You lenow 1 have a lot of
bell quilts-six , I guoss-and I was
asking mamma whore they were and
soying I wished I had a dozen , when
my little sister saId : "Just you and
someone else wl11 not need so many , "
or course m ) ' face got crimson and
the rest of the family roared , : Mam.
ma Is so nice about fixing my dresses ;
she has thom all up now l'n nice shape.
You remember the w1llto dress I were
and ) 'OU once asled mo why I didn't
hayo a now yolce , 'Yell , she has 0.1.
most made a now dress out of that ,
1 am afraid the tlmo wl11 seem aWfully
long be fore I see you , Chester , I wish
you \Tould always post your letters In
the morning after ) 'ou wrlto thorn or
the : mme night. ' 1'hoy are a day later
hero If YOIl walt until noon. Of
course I will he glad to get them , onb'
I dlsll1w waiting for them ,
Oh ! dear , 1 do get so blue , Chester ,
Please don't walt until the last of the
weol ! before you comu. Can't ) 'ou como
the first of the weol , ? Cheste& I need
you moro than you think I do , " l really
thInl ! It will bo Imposslblo for mo to
stay hero any longer than this week ,
I want to please you , but I tbnl ! < ,
Chester , It "ould be very unwlso ,
If I should stay hero and anything
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should happen I would nlways regret
It for your salce. You do not Imow
papa as well as I do , and I woulll not
1I1o ) 'Ou to bo disgraced hero. Wo' '
have both suffered enough and I
wouM rather go awar qulotly , In a
measure I wl11 sufr r tllo moro , hut
1 wl11 not complain 1'f you wl11 not get
cross and will como for me. I must
close , 'Vrlto \Vednesday night , , ,
dear , and tell mo whnt yuu thlnl ,
about every thing. Lot's not leave all
our plans until the last moment , and ,
abo\'o all , please wrIte amI say you
forgive 111e for that letter I sent you
this morning. I am sorry and If I were
there I lenow you would say It would
bo all O. K.
Lovingly ,
'rnE ICID. i
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"MY , LITTLE SISTER CAME"I I
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"I Told Her I Guessed My Fortune
Was Pretty Well Told Now. " :
South Otsollc , June 23d , 1906 , Sun1
day Night-My Dear Chester : I was
glad to hear from you and surprI80" as
well , 1 thought you would rather'
have my letters affoctlonato , but yours
was so businessll1 < o that I have como
to the conclusIon that you wish mlno
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to ho that way , I may tell you ,
though , that I am not a business woman -
an , and so preaumo tlmt these letters ,
will not satisfy ) 'OU any moro than
the others did. I would not lIke to
have you think I was not glad to hear
from you , for I was very glad , but It
was not the lelnd of lotteI' I had hoped
I
to got from you.
I thInl ! , pardon me , that I , under ,
stand my position and that It Is rather
l1nnocessary for you to bo so frIght-I
fully franl , In showing It to mo. I
can see my posit1'on as Iteenly as any.
ono , I think , You say you were sur. ,
prised , but you thought I would be
discouraged , I don't see why I should
be discouraged , What words have I
had from you since I came home to
encourage me ?
You write as though I was the one
to blame because the girls wouldn't
como. I Invited them here because I
thought I wouldn't bo so lonesome , I
am sure I cannot help It because
mamma Is away , As to the financial
difficulty , I am the ono who will be
most affected by that. You say "your
trIp. " Won't It be your trip as well as
mine ? I understand how J'ou feel
about the affair. You consider mo as
something troublesome that you both.
ered with. You thInl , If It wasn't for
me you could do as you hl < cd all sum.
mer and not bo obliged to give up
your position thero. I lenow how you
feel , but once In awhllo you malco mo
BOO these things a great deal more
plainly than ovor.
Chester , I don't suppose you will
ever lenow how I regret being all this
trouble to you. I lenow you hate me ,
and I can't blame you ono bit. My
whole lIfo Is ruined , and I'n a measure
yours Is , too. Of course , It's worse
for me than for you , but the world
and you , too , may thInlt I am the ono
to blame , but somehow 1 can't , just
simply can't thInl ! that I am , Chester ,
1 said No so many tlmos , dear , ot
course , the world wl11 not lenow that. ,
but It's true all the sarno ,
: \Iy little sister came up just a mln-
ute ago with her hands full of dalsl'es
and aslted If I didn't want my fortune
told , I told her I guessed It was
pretty well told now , 1 don't want
you to mind this letter , tor I am blue
to.nlght and get so mad when the girls
wrlto things nbout me. Your letter
was nice , and I was glad to get It , I
simply feel "out of sorts" tonIght ,
When ) 'Ou are cross , just thInl ! I
am sick and can't help al1 this. If
YOI1 were me , you couldn't help find ,
Ing fault , I Imow , I don't dare thInl !
how glud 1 wl11 bo to aeo you. If you
wrote me a letter 111ce this I wouldn't
wrlto In a long time , but I lenow you
won't taas me In that way , You will
just forget It and bo your OWn dear
self. You know I aIwaY am cross In
the beginning. It TlaS that way Saturday -
urday night , BO dor't ' bo angry , dear.
Lovingly , JID ,
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COL. MOSBY'S GIFT
GUERILLA LEADER SENT LOCK OF
HAIR TO LINCOLN.
f resident Accepted It as a Sample , But
Wanted More-How Federal Prls.
oner Saved Life by His
Quick Wit ,
Col , .John S. l\losb ) ' , the fl moull
guorltla lemle\ ' , who attondClI a 0 , A ,
H. banquet In Boston n few ut'ght.1\
ago , was delighted with the corllialltr
and good will or his hosts. "Whutovel'
1I0ubt there was In my mil\l about the
war bolng oVel' dlsapllell'ecwhllo \ 1
waR 11Basion , " ho Ha 's. " 'rho ) ' s1t1l'
pi ) " ovorwhelmell mo with Idnd1le lI.
At the banquet I sat next to II mal\
whom I had capltll'ed dlll'lng the wm' .
When I first sat Ilown J was \lthor
proud that 1 hall CalJtlll'ed him , Wo
had not been togothe\ hnlf hOI\l' ho.
fore I begnn to bo SOI'thnt 1 1IIId
capturol1 him , al\l before the last
speech wus mUlh ) 1 was genultlob'
sOI'r ' that ho hall not apt\ll'ed mo , "
Col , Moshy , who 1"S noW asslRtant
nttumo ) ' 11\ the dOll\rtmont of jUlltlco : ,
hns nlwarl beelIotod for his sonl\e ot
humor , It wont Il loug wa ) ' once to.
wards saving n mnn's lIfo. Col. 1\Iosh ) '
aUll his mOIla ) ' nil night In lI\11hUllh
near n rallrom1 waltln fOI' Il federal
SUIIIJI ' tralu. It flnnll ' came along ,
anll was calltured h ' the confederate ,
who , however , lost two or three of
their men , 'l'hls Ilid not IJleaso Col.
Mosbr. al\l he Hhowed It by SOIllO or
the things he ! lalcl to the federal 111'ls.
onOl's. "As for 'Oll. " ho ! lalll 10 one
of these mou , "I tulpol'1g ; ! to haug
rou the mO\11lmt 1 8eo the sun rlso tu.
morrow llIol'nln ; . "
"I 110110 It will ho a cloud ' dar , "
snlcl the Yanl\Co. 'I'ho rOlllr so plea sod
Col. Mosb ) ' that ho did not han the
11Ian who n1l\ll0 It 01' au 'hod ' else. In.
stead , the 1II'Isonors were confined und
later oxchangol ! .
It was about the snlllo tlmo In Col.
,1\Iosb1:1 : cureor tllIlt ho made his
famous gift to Preslclent 1lncolu , Ills
headquarters wmo al a Vlrglnln. far\11'
house , and ono da ' the gua1'lls hrought
to him II man who saW ho wus a fal'luor
and was on his wa ' to Washington to
seH some In'oduce. "What roasol11Iwe
I to bollovo that ? " . demallIled the con ,
feroato leader , "How do 1 Imow ) 'ou
are not a spy ? IIow do 1 lenow that
you will come baclc If 1 lot ) .ou go ? "
'rho man's manl\OI' was so earnes
that it l1uln'essed Col. Mosb ' , who
nnall ' told him that ho might go.
"Now that 1 have done somothlng fOI'
'ou , " he said , "I waut ) 'OU to do
801l1ethlng for me. I want ) ' 011 to talw
a present from me to Aho Lincoln. "
' ho b01'1'Owed - of scissors
'ThereUIJOI\ a 111I11of -
sors , cll1 > led off a loci , of his own lux.
urlant hall' and gravelr handed It to
the farm01' . "You glvo that to Abe
with my C0\111 > 1I\11onts , " he said. 'rhe
man took Il Ilnd started for 'Vashlng.
lon , promllling ol\l'ncstl ) ' to retum on
the second dar : following , ,
He WIIS as gooll as his word. Ho
presented hlmsolf proml > tl ) ' on tlmo
nnd Infol'lued Col , Ioshy that the present -
ont nnd the com ) > II\11ont had hoth heen
dellverod.
"And whllt did ho say ? " demandecl
the guerilla leader.
"Oh , " said the far\11er , "he just
lauglwd and said thut If ho ever caught
rou ho would not he content with ono
Jocl , of ) 'our hall' . lIe would tlllw the
whole of 1t. But 1 am sure ho did not
mean that 1It0rall ) " . "
Worse Than Losing Money ,
A new form of freal , olectlon bet Is
:1etmled In the following story from a
IJIffem , Utah , correspondent of the
llicago Chronicle :
" .Jules Vemo Hall , the famous glebe
troltOl' , In o1'ller to pay an olectlon bet
! llUst refrain fl'om ta ltlng dUI'Ing the
! text three months. Violation of the
! lgl'eo\11ent m01\l\1I : a loss of $2,500
posted as a forfeit.
" ' 1'wlco during lho last four days
has Hall been wllhln an ace of losing.
On "Tednesda ' night whllo ahsent ,
mlndedh' gazing across the sago brush
nn enemy carelessly t'nqulred : 'Will
} 'OU have a drInlc ? '
" 'I'ho wo\'d 'Yes' was on his lips ,
when Hall with a l > owol'ful effort 1'0'
I > trained himself and mereb' nodded
lssent. 'l'hen nn argument was start.
cd as to the roatlvo ) merIts of the gng.
Ush and Russian navies. Hall 11:1 : a
native of the BI'ItiRh Isles and when
everyone 111'esent ugreed that Rojest ,
vensl ! > ' could have defeated the gng ,
IIsh homo fieet , poor Hall BIJlpttered
until he grow rod In the face ,
"Tho doors were loclwd and he
could not escallO , so to sa vo his $ $2,50
ho gagged hnnself with a hlanlwt. He
Is suffol'lng as few men have suffered. .
Uecauso ho dare not spealt he hus boon
Jiving 011 ham and heans , and ho can
not protest when his con\l > unlolls locI ,
him outsldo the cabin , " .
Marriage In Afghanistan ,
Among the Afghans marriage Is ! J
ca80 of purchuslng the brldo. A rIcl1
Afghan mal'l'Ic8 early , slmpl ' be
cause ho can affol'll to pay for a wHe
whllo the poor ono orten 1'0malnR Rln ,
glo until milldlo lIfo on account of hiE
Inahl1lty to IJIIl'chase. If the husband
dies and the widow wishes to marl'S
again she ai' her friends have to 1'0'
fllnd the lJUrchllse mone ) ' to the
friends of the dOIHI hnsbllnd. A COlli'
mon cuswm Is fOl' the I > I'othor of the
decellsed to man'y the widow. NCJ
otheIJerSOnR \ wQuld think oC wedding
her without first nsl\ng ! th'3 broth
O\"S consent.
At the Races ,
Upson-I JURt won ten dollars or
n horse that didn't have un ) ' tall.
Downs-I just lost ton dollars or
ono that didn't huve anr head.-De
trolt Free Press.
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300 MILLIONS OF CHINESe.
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Vel/ow / mplro Has , out On9)flHh o
Globe's Population. '
' 1'ho Intorostlng question or the pop'
ulatlon of the Chlneso em plI'o 111\8.
orton been dlRCllssod , but It Is still
Imp081:11blo : to IIIlY with any degree of
cel'talnt ) ' what lhe figlll'es are ,
At the heglnnln of the Christian
era It Is tolornblY cortaln that thoro\ \
WOl'O at lellst 80,000,000 Inhabltnnts"
anll It nllist 110 l'el1lemhOrel1 that the
ell1pll'o then WIIS milch smaller than
It Is lit the present tlmo ,
Most of the conSUROII tlll\Cn In Chlnn
lIul'lng the lasl 2,000 'cars , lIa 'a tM
North China Dallr News , ha\'o not
proCessed lo talO III tbo whole popula-
tion. YOIIII chllcll'ell aull old mon , for
Instl1nce , were sometime ! : ! omitted , the
11I11111 obkct. . of the census being , to as.
cel'laln the nUl1lhel' of taxal > le l1Orson8.
II ) ' common conscnt the most ro\ \ ! .
I1blt' census O\'CI' tal\Cn 111 Chilln was
thllt of 1812 , 'l'hlll glvcs the rtgurOR .
liS 11Iore than 362,00.:1,000. : In 18GS the
llOl > IIllltnll'all ! : estln1l\tod 1I0a1'Iy ,108-
000,000 ; hut In ] SS 1 It hnd fallo\1 to
:18,000,000 : , the J1"Ollt 'J'lIltllng l'eh011lon ,
In which so II1l1ny millions of l > elllo
lost tholr lIves , beln ouo of the ) Il'ln.
clpill CIIU80S UlIl1ollblol1ly for this grel1t .
llecllno.
' ] ' 1'11 VOIOI'III1lsslolllll'les nnd others ,
who 111Vo vIsltel1 the 1'oglon de\'ns ,
tilled nt lho tlmo of tllo ' 1'alllnl ; rebol.
1I0u , express the olJlnlon that the loss
of 110 dlll'lng the I'eat couvulslon hils
ouol'I\l1y been oHlimatcIlat too Iowa
IIgu\'t' , IInl1 It Is u qllostlon also . . \
whethel' the torrlblo famlue more than
a SCOI'O of ) ' ( ' 11\11 npo ; In the provinces "
of Chili , Shallsl , 81\'nsl nnd Honan , - .
with Il ) IOI > lllalioll of 70OOOtoO ! , Is not '
l'osl101I811 > lo fol' the lOlls of mol'o liveR
tha\1 It Is usunlly cl'edltc(1 ( with.
1l Ifl sUIl 11I01'0 cortilin t.hat the Mo.
halllmedlln U\'lslng ) \ In the 1l0l'thwest
llC'st'oycd ! 11I01'0 l1 'es than It Is gon.
e1'l\1l ) ' SIlIII\HCd ) \ ; to hl1ve done , A very
modornto computation of the loss of
lIfo Inc1l\Tetl \ In these thl'eo calnmltles ;
mul\Os It. to ho flllly GOOOOOOO , And
In thllCOl1l1cction It , , "ould bo wOl1 , ;
pOl'hnl > 9 , to'emlnd ol\1'SelVOR that the ; i
hahltual IISO of'oplull1 b ' sllch 0. , .
largo \1\11l1hel' of the lIeoJle ) has tended
to net Illjurlouson \ the recuporatlvQ .
IJOWOl' of the nation.
Leone Wording Cost Money.
Llttlo Chip , the dwarfish comedian ,
can toll slorles nl1 day. His assort.
ment of liard IlIck tales of his own
OXIJcl'lonces Is ellpeclally large ,
" 'rho fOll\'th night aftel' I opened In
Now YOI'I ! last season , I brolo my loft
ll1'm In a fal1 from my famous horse
In the first nct , " ! laid Chip , "I played
through the next two acls without
telling Ilnyono of m ' Injllr ' . 1 played
with my arm In slInts ) after that
anll couldn't do m ' fnlls for 12 weeks.
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' ] hcn when I got to Boslon 1 lost my
volco fOI' a whllo. I certainly' had a
lot of trouble. Hut ever 'thlng Is go.
lug nlcol ' now , "
"Whllo In Boston , " continued Chip ,
" [ notlcod that lIal'ry Bulger of the
' . \lnn From Now , ' wus lilaying at ono
of the theatOl's , I Wl'oto him a note
saying 'I would bc pleased to have
your comlmny al supper , ' \YoU , after
the le'fol'llllltlco hero cmnu BUlgor , J :
followed by the whole troupe , some
35 01' 40 people.
"What. cIa ) 'ou mean ? " 1 demnndod ,
"You can't ring an'thing like this on
n1e , " .I
" ' \\Tell , hm'e's your note , ' said Bill. ,
gur. 'What are rou going to do about
It ? '
"I read the nolo over. The SUIlOr'S
on mo all rlghl , ' I salll , " .
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Were Mighty Hurdlers ,
Farmer P- , Iu Bnrre , Mas8. , n
genemUon ago was a CI'afty cattle
denIm' and had a handsome yolO of
oxen ho warrantell to bo good , faith ,
ful worlterll , One da ) ' a man clUno In
Rearch of just s'uch oxen and 1\11' ,
PIhowed the lalr , 'rhoy worE'
sleolc and well matched , anll seemed
versed In all the variations of the lan'
guage of "haw Ilnd gee , "
But the stranJor noticed the "nigh'
ono's roving eye , and his sllspicions
were aroused ,
"Aro they peaceable ? 'rhat nlg1 :
ono acts bl'e:1Chy. : , Toot's lIves jump
ever anrthlng , hadn't ho ? "
"My good man , " answered 1\11'
P"I tell yo what 'tis , ono ral1'l1
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jest's good ns ! lve ! "
The stmnger paid the price and tooI :
the oxen , but the next da ' ho re
turned very angry , ,
.It !
"What d' 'o mean by t011lng mo then
oxen are , \eacoable ? When 1 got
llomo 1 put thom In my pasture wherl ;
I kOIJt oxen fur 20 ) 'ear-and I'vo hall
all Ielnds of cattle , too-and this morn , I ,
Ing they'ro In my best clever field !
I What ltlnd o' Christian are ) 'e , any I
. way , to lie lIke that ? " I
"I didn't lie , " returned Mr , P- I
calmly "I said 'one ral1 was jest's I
good a five , ' and 'tis so , thoy'll jump
OVOI. five rails jest's quick's the ) ' will
ovel' one , "
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On the RIght Side ,
"lIello , old man. Haven't seen any.
, thing of 'ou slnco you got married.
lIow goes It ? "
" 'l'hllnks , fairly weU , But marriage
If ! a costly jo , If YOIl only lenow
whllt the dressmakers charge ! "
"So 1 SlIppose 'Oll regret It ? "
"Oh ! no , 1 married a dressmalter ! "
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dorfer BlaeHer ,
She'd Keep It ,
"nut can 'Oll keep house ? " ho
aslmd , douhtfullr , fOl' he was , above
all things , II pmctlcal man.
"jf ) 'OU get a house and put It tn
I mv name , " she rOfllled , promptly , "I'll
k ep It nIl right onough. "
1\1attors being thus satisfactorily
settled , their engagement was nn-
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