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CHAPTER XXn
The Executioners
At an early hour the following
morning ho sent for Omar who soon
answered the call
I havo -one word to say one re
quest to make said Horam after the
mornings greetings had m passed I
wish you once more to tell me the
story of Helenas innocence and
thenceforth to remain silent upon the
subject I may have dreamed some
of the things that now startle my
thoughts for I am not clear at what
point you left me last night
Thus called upon the king of Aleppo
related all that he had told on the
previous evening and then made some
further explanation of incidents which
he had not before revealed It was a
plain simple statement bearing the
stamp of truth upon every word
O groaned Horam clasping his
thin hands together what would I
give to call Helena back to life But
it cannot be She is gone and she
was innocent
He started up from his seat and
walked several times across the floor
and when he next approached his
royal guest he had grown calmer
and his lip had ceased Its quivering
Omar I have no blame for you
Henceforth let the book be sealed
He had taken one or two more
turns up and down the apartment
when a messenger entered with intelli
gence that Benoni had arrived and
desired audience
Send him in at once Good brother
you will remain with me This last
was spoken to Omar who had turned
to leave
In a little while Benoni made his
appearance and Horam was sure he
could see the flush of victory upon his
brow
Now my captain what word do
you bring
Good word sire We have cap
tured those whom you desired to see
and have also brought an old man
and old woman who resided in the
cave
Have you brought the Lady Ulin
and the robber chieftain and Osmir
and Selim
Yes sire
And these others are the old her
mit Ben Hadad and the woman who
lives with him-
Yes sire
By the crown I wear cried the
monarch leaping up and clapping his
hands this is enough to make me
forget the wrongs I have suffered Let
the robber chieftain and the two
treacherous guards be brought before
me But hold There was one other
spoken of by the Arab the lieutenant
Hobaddan his name was
He was not in the cave sire nor
was he about the place
Very well Let the chieftain be
brought in
The captain retired and presently
returned followed by Julian and the
two guards They were heavily iron
ed and six stout soldiers walked be
hind them The youthful chieftain
had schooled himself for the ordeal
and no sign of fear was manifest Os
mir and Selim stood like two deaf
mutes seeming to care nothing for the
fate that surely awaited them
That is all said Horam after lie
had looked at the prisoners Take
them out and guard them well Place
twenty of your most trusty men over
them and remember that those twenty
heads shall answer for the safety of
the charge
Shall I conduct them to a dun
geon sire
No there is no need of it They
will not live to behold the setting of
this days sun
Ben Hadad did not tremble when he
stood before the king nor did Ezabel
seem much frightened
Old man said Horam I under
stand that you have harbored and pro
tected the notorious Scourge Julian
He hath found shelter with me as
liave ail who ever sought it replied
the hermit
And you also harbored the lady
Ulin You knew who she was and
that she had fled from her home
Yes
And perhaps you knew why she
fled
She told me her story sire
It is enough cried the king im
patiently I wish to hear no more
You both stand condemned and the
degree of your punishment shall be
made known to you soon enough
Omar was upon the point of making
some remark when Benoni entered
Now Benoni said Horam with
more nervousness in his manner than
he had before exhibited I have a se
rious question to ask you and I de
sire that you should answer me
promptly and truly You have noticed f
the conduct of the princess Ulin
Yes sire she is in love with Julian
the robber
Benoni again went out but he did
not have to go far as he met Aboul
coming towards the royal apartment
The king greeted him as he entered
and asked him if he had seen his
daughter s
Yes sire replied the minister I
have just left her
Have you talked with her
Yes
Then you must have discovered the
secret which hath been imparted to
me Did you speak with her of this
robber chieftain
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A Story of
the Eest
By
SVLVANUS
COBB JR
I did sire
Well what did you observe
0 mercy sire spare my child
That is not the answer to my ques
tion Aboul I asked you what you
discovered
I discovered returned the minis
ter in tones of deepest dread that
her love had been turned from you
Aye and upon whom
Upon Julian sire
That is it Aboul cried the king
again starting up That is the thing
that enters most deeply into my soul
And now I will tell you what the girls
punishment shall be She shall wit
ness the death of her robber lover she
shall see his head severed from his
body and then she shall be shut up
to lead a solitary life through the rest
of her days None of her own sex
shall attend upon her but black
guards shall be her sole companions
What say you to that
The executioners were not long In
obeying the order A large mat waa
brought in and spread upon thek floor
and three stout baskets of palm leaf
were placed upon if The mat and the
baskets were darkly stained and even
Omar used as he was to such scenes
shuddered when he beheld the prepa
rations When all was ready Horam
turned to his captain and ordered that
all the prisoners should be brought in
At length they came Julian and
Osmir and Selim came first Then fol
lowed Ben Hadad and Ezabel with
Shubal and Ortok And lastly came
Ulin and Albia
The robber chieftain was led up to
the block His arms were folded upon
his broad bosom with the heavy
chains hanging almost to his feet
and his head was borne erect There
was a deep pain mark in his face but
it was not of fear for himself
Outlaw spoke Horam through
his shut teeth and with his thin hands
clenched the hour has come in which
you are to close your career of rapine
and robbery and these people who
have been friends to you and who
have given you protection in your
crime are to see your head fall Per
haps you would ask for mercy
No said the chieftain I ask no
mercy at the hand of Horam of Da
mascus Let the work be finished as
quickly as possible and thus shall one
more be added to the list of thy bloody
deeds t could wish to live that I
might take more vengeance on thee
And is there not one thing for
which you would live asked the king
bending a searching burning glance
upon him
Julian started and struggled but
made no reply And in a moment more
Horam turned to his chief executioner
Bel Dara go now to your work
Let this mans head fall first Your
arm is strong and your hand is sure
Bend him upon his knees and watch
for my signal
There was a low wild cry breaking
upon the air and as Julian turned his
head he saw Ulin white and faint in
the arms of her attendant
Before the grim executioners could
bend the robber chieftain to his knees
there was an interruption in the pro
ceedings The voice of Ben Hadad
stern and authoritative sounded above
all else
King of Damascus ere you stain
your hands with that mans blood I
must reveal to you a secret which it
is fitting you should know
Old man he said you speak a
secret Do you think to trifle with
me
I have to cause a simple story to
be unfolded to your majesty replied
Ben Hadad and if you will grant
this woman speech she will give you
light
The king looked hard into the face
of Ezabel and for the first time he
seemed to be struck by something fa
miliar in her features A moment he
sat as if irresolute and then he said
starting up as though his mind were
fixed
Let the woman approach
Ezabel came near to the throne Ben
Hadad walking close behind her
Woman what is it that you have
to tell Speak and let not the words
lag upon your lips
I speak by the request of Ben Ha
dad replied Ezabel and the story
which I shall tell you is known only
to the old hermit and myself - Even
Julian himself knows not the secret I
have to impart and were he now upon
the verge of death no persuasion
should draw it from me It may be
that the disclosure will consign me to
your executioner but I care not I
shall waste no words I was born in
this city and was married at an early
age One son was born to me and
then my husband died Shortly after
this bereavement I was called to nurse
a sick child a girl some three years
old who was suffering from an acci
dent The child recovered under my
care and as I had formed a strong
attachment for her and as she had
also conceived the same for me I was
retained to attend upon her Her par
ents were of the wealthiest of Damas
cus and while they made it very
pleasant for me to remain with their
daughter they also provided a good
place for my son Hobaddan My
charge grew up to be a beautiful maid
en and became my mistress and I
served her with joy for she was good
and kind and generous and I knew
that she loved me In time my mis
tress became a wife and I went with
her to her new home For a few
months all went pleasantly under this I
U
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new relation -hut finally a dark cloud
arose to obscure the heaven of my
ladys joy Her husband became jeal
ous of her became so jealous that his
soul was fraught with deadly ven
geance Ho fancied that his wifes
guilt had been proved and he resolved
to put her away from him forever
Her protestations availed nothing He
would not listen to her he would not
even allow her to approach him but
he gave her into the hands of his ex
ecutioners and bade them drown her
in the waters of the Pharphar I dis
covered what was to be done and
slipped away from the home of the
cruel husband and sought my son
who had then become a stout youth
Hobaddan and I hid ourselves near
the gates of the city and when the
executioners came out we followed
them They had with them a large
sack and I knew that my mistress
was in it We saV them sink that
sack in the river they sank it where
the water was dark and deep sank
it in the middle of the night and then
went away As soon as they were gone
we hurried to the shore and my son
plunged into the stream and succeed
ed in bringing the sack to the land
We opened it and my sweet mistress
was taken forth cold and senseless
but she was not dead Her heart still
had motion and after much labor we
succeeded in bringing her back to con
sciousness The next need was to find
a safe shelter for her We dared not
take her back to the city I thought
of the hermit Ben Hadad I had
heard that he was a benevolent man
and I resolved to seek him We found
his cave arid when he had heard my
story he promised to give us shelter
and to protect the unfortunate lady
My mistress so far recovered as to
be able to sit up but she could not
get well Her system had received too
great a shock and her poor heart was
broken In two weeks from the time
when she entered the cave she gave
birth to a son and shortly afterwards
she died She died as pure and true
as heaven itself and her child was the
offspring of an honor which no temp
tation could have tarnished She died
but the child lived and thrived lived
and grew strong and noble and bold
We told him how his mother had been
wronged but we did not tell him all
We did not tell him who his father
was only we told him that he owed
his orphanage to the king of Damas
cus When he grew up he resolved
that the kingshould suffer for the deed
he had done and subsequent events
have proved that his resolution was
not vain
This sire is the son of the woman
who was my mistress Julian the
Scourge of Damascus is the child I
have reared Would you know more
Horam sat in his great chair with
his hands clutched tightly upon the
golden arms and his whole frame quiv
ering
0 he gasped the secret is nigh
to the surface What shall I ask
The king of Aleppo moved to Ho
rams side and whispered in his ear
Aye exclaimed the quaking mon
arch when he had listened to the
words of his brother it shall be so
What ho Benoni clear this chamber
of all save this old man and woman
and this this Julian Lead them out
quickly and remain with them to
watch them
In a few moments the two kings
were aloneN with the three prisoners
who had been designated
Now now speak
King of Damascus said the aged
hermit taking a step forward allow
me to tell you the rest The suns of
almost a hundred years have rolled
over my head and not yet have I wil
lingly deceived a fellow creature to
his injury What this woman has told
you is true The lady who was
brought to my cave three-and-twenty
years ago who gave birth to a child
there and who died in Ezabels arms
was Helena Queen of Damascus And
the son which she bore was the son
of the king I swear it and in sup
port thereof I pledge my souls sal
vation
To be continued
Evidence of Desire to Sell
Wu Ting fang who was a guest at
a recent wedding in Washington was
approached after the ceremony by the
best man and jocularly asked to go
over to the young couple and pro
nounce a Chinese parental blessing
The obliging Wu immediately com
plied Placing his hands on the blush
ing bride and shaking groom he said
May every new year bless you with
a man child offspring until they shall
number twenty five in all May these
twenty five man children offspring pre
sent you with twenty five times
twenty five grandchildren and may
these grandchildren
It is said that the little bride grew
hysterical about this time says the
New York Times and the best man
made another request of Wu this
time to desist
Not tho Girl for Him
The father -was quite anxious for his
son to marry and on every occasion
he was picking out what he thought
was a suitable girl One night at a
dinner the old gentleman sat next to
a very attractive young woman and
on his way home he was loud in his
praises My boy he said shes
the very girl for you Not much
replied the boy with peculiar empha
sis But I say she is insisted papa
And I say not insisted the son
The father became testy on the sub
ject Youre too hard to please You
dont expect a woman to be perfect
doyou No Then why isnt this
one just the girl for you Because
replied the young man with an effort
shes for some other fellow She told
me so last night Chicaeo Tribuna
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DR
K LETTER
MILLER
Norfolk Institute for Insane Splendidly
Managed by Dr Tel
STATE FUNDS WHERE THEY ARE
Report of tbe Senate Committee Ap
pointed to JUake nri Investigation of
the Management of Oar State Institu
tions What They Found
Lincoln Nebraska Oct 10 1901
During tho past few years our state
institutions have been the source of
much scandal from one cause and an
other and at times the people of the
state have been very much incensed
over the reports which in too many
cases have been too true The scan
dals have completely stopped and on
the contrary these institutions are the
source of much favorable comment At
tention is especially directed to the In
sane Asylum at Norfolk which re
cently was visited by a most disas
trous fire Dr George L Miller of
Omaha visited that institution some
time before the fire and gave the fol
lowing letter to the Omaha World
Herald which was published in that
paper the mornng of October 4th The
letter reads as follows
Norfolk Hospital for Insane
Omaha Oct 1 To the Editor of the
World Herald I was much gratified to
read in the World Herald a few days ago
what I previously knew to be true of the
Hospital for the Insane at Norfolk I
was a guest of Superintendent Teal for a
day at that Institution a short time ago
on his invitation and am much indebted
to him for the opportunity given me to
see all its inmates and to observe under
Superintendent Teals zeal to afford me
information not only the superior char
acter and plans of the great hospital but
to the uttermost opportunity to see with
my own eyes one of the best appointed
and most humanely and intelligently con
ducted asylums for the care and also
for the cure of the victims of wrecked
reason that J ever saw Not a manacle
not a crib not a straight jacket nor any
other of the barbarous devices which in
humanity begotten of Ignorance and the
love of power over the defenseless which
I know to be in full swing of operation
in similar institutions not far from
Omaha The reason for the absence of
these instruments of torture at Norfolk
is that its Intelligent and well instructed
superintendent knows that they are un
necessary and cruel as means of restraint
and do more harm than good Under the
control of kind and competent attend
ants and with simple and comfortable
means of restraint the wildest patient at
Norfolk knows no such thing as violent
treatment Nor is violence used in resent
ment in that superb institution For in
stance I called upon one of the most dan
gerous of his patients who as his at
tention was turned from him for a mo
ment struck Dr Teal a full blow in the
face and caused his nose to bleed quite
freely Dr Teal did not vield to his nat
ural impulses to knock down his irrespon
sible assailant but smiled upon him and
walked away to repair damages Had
this thing happened in some hospitals for
the insane of which I have definite infor
mation the patient would have been
beaten by amateur pugilists choked
kicked and manacled Dr Teals steadi
ness in dealing with the wildest of his
patients his humanity and interest in
them and his intelligent adherence to
mental sanitary treatment with pot so
much as a suggestion of force beyond
gentle and firm restrant furnishes a
high example and splendid proofs to the
people of the state of the reforms that
have come in the treatment of the insane
Drs Teal and Young and the house as
sistants in the late disaster to the Nor
folk hospital must command the admira
tion of everybody for their coolness and
courage The rosult is shown in the sav
ing of human life and suffering and much
property
Norfolk should retain the great hospital
No doubt about it No finer location was
ever seen than is the Norfolk location
for such en institution for healthful im
munities for beauty of site and view and
for natural drainage
GEORGE L MILLER
Such splendid testimonials from
such men as Dr Miller cannot do other
than give the public confidence in the
conditions as they exist in our state
wards
The Treasurers Statement
State Treasurer Stuefer has made
public a statement showing the where
abouts of the funds entrusted to his
keeping as state treasurer The report
is for the month of September and
states that the funds are in regular
depositories and drawing interest for
the state Mr Stuefer had a balance
on hand of some 260000 These
funds the state treasurer says consti
tutes the balance on hand and he fur
ther announced that he was then nego
tiating for the purchase of interest
Jbearing bonds to the amount of 180
000 since which time these bonds have
been bought In his report he makes
an item of over 4000 turned into the
treasury as interest money paid on the
funds of the state It might be well
to mention that not a dollar of the
state money is deposited in Mr Stue
jfers bank at West Point On he
jwhole the state treasurer has made a
remarkable record in the management
of the states money Since January
1 1901 Mr Stuefer has invested over
900000 of these ipermanent funds in
Interest bearing bonds and by so
doing has kept the money so busy that
it could hardly have found time for a
deposit anywhere but in the state
treasury had Mr Stuefer desired it
otherwise
jji Report of Senate Committee
During the closing hours of the leg
islative session everybody was so busy
with the 6dds and ends and with the
senatorial contest that some matters
which should have been presented for
consideration were left untouched
Among the most important of these
was the report of the chairman of an
important committee of the senate
bearing on the manner in which the
taxpayers vrere preyed upon by the
late fusion administration It was the
intention to submit the report to the
legislature and ask that a special com
mittee be appointed to conduct a
searching investigation with a view to
requiring those who have feasted at
the expense of the taxpayers to step
up to the desk and settle their bills In
the rush of business at the close it
was found impossible to carry tbe plan
for an investigating committeee into
effect so the report was held back
and is herewith published for the first
time It was information of this char
acter which prompted the incumbent
republican board of public lands and
buildings and Governor Savage to
make the sweeping general order re
quiring all officers and employes ex
cepting the superintendents to remove
their families from the institutions
forthwith The report reads as fol
lows
Senate Chamber Lincoln Neb
March 14 1901 To the Honorablo
Members of- tho Senate
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Report of the Penitentiary
Not in many years havo the taxpay
ers of Nebraska been Imposed upon
more extensively than during the last
two years In nearly every stato in
stitution many people were maintained
at the states expense who wore
neither Inmates nor employes and as
a matter of fact had absolutely no
business there I have made an in
vestigation as thorough as circum
stances would permit and what I havo
already ascertained is proof concluslvo
that the most shameful methods were
practised by those in charge of state
institutions in some instances due to
pressure from those filling state offices
Mr Spence the bookkeeper at the
penitentiary who is a democrat and
who was bookkeeper during the ad
ministration of Warden Hopkins or
for tho last two years reports that
Warden Hopkins kept in the neigh
borhood of twenty people mostly rel
atives at tho penitentiary at tho
states expense and not one of whom
was on the pay roll or had any right
there
He appointed a relative steward of
the institution a young unsophisticat
ed fellow who knew practically noth
ing of the duties and by reason of his
incompetency there is an abundance
of evidence to show that the state was
preyed upon by dealers from whom he
bought goods which accounts in part
for the large amount of deficiencies
and unpaid bills It is reported by this
same bookkeeper too that during the
last fusion state convention a prom
inent fusion politician from Holt
county named Harrington brought
down a large delegation of politicians
in the interest of Howard his pre
ferred candidate for treasurer and
had Warden Hopkins board and shel
ter them at the penitentiary at the
states expense until the convention
adjourned Warden Hopkins kept
seven or eight of his -family and
sometimes more at the penitentiary
all the time he was there In addition
to this he brought two nieces from
Iowa and they attended school here
and made their home at the peniten
tiary A school teacher who taught
school near the penitentiary made her
home there for about six months pay
ing her expenses thereat to Warden
Hopkins of which amount he turned
over to the state 18 or at the rate of
3 per month Certain convicts were
tacitly required to perform work for
private individuals for which neither
they nor the state received any pay
These are only a few of the offenses
committed at the penitentiary during
the wardenship of Mr Hopkins Other
reports of a very serious nature have
reached me but as I have not had the
time to make a thorough investigation
into them I have refrained from incor
porating them in this report
Industrial School for Boys
Many irregularities are reported at
the Industrial School for Boys at
Kearney Altogether there were twenty-two
people maintained at this in
stitution who were not employed by
the state and who were either rela
tives or friends of the management or
of state officers The superintendent
maintained his wife and five sons the
bookkeeper had his family of four
there the chaplain had his wife
father and son a teacher named Vos
berg had two grown daughters Mrs
Taylor the cook had one grown
daughter another teacher had a
grown son and daughter and the gar
dener had a grown daughter
Industrial School at Geneva
Secretary of State Porter had his
sister Mrs E S Philbrook appointed
as matron and caused his aged mother
to be kept there as a charge on the
state for the last three years The lat
ters physical condition was such as
to require a great deal of attention
and the result is that while Mrs Phil
brook was drawfng pay for rendering
services to the state she was in fact
devoting the major portion of her time
to the care of relatives There were
other irregularities at this institution
but of minor importance and I will not
here make mention of them though it
is a matter of economy that these er
rors should be given attention and cor
rected
Hospital for State Incurable Insane at
Hastings
There is every reason to believe that
shameful fraud has been practiced by
the management of the Asylum for the
Incurable Insane at Hastings The
claims presented for payment to the
auditing department from this institu
tion for the last three months in 1900
aggregated within S6576 of the entire
amount for the first nine months of
the year During the first nine
months the total expenditures were
3i4i364 and during the last three
months the expenditures were 33
55788 Upon investigation I discover
ed that from the 6th to the 31st of
December bills were rendered against
the state for 11132 pounds of butter
at 15c per pound This act stands en
tirely without precedent in the history
of the asylum Not alone was a vast
quantity of butter purchased but
much of it was unpalatable and unfit
even for animal food Bills were ren
dered during the same period for up
wards of 6000 worth of clothing
without any good reason why such a
surplus should be purchased The
clothing furnished is pronounced by
reputable merchants who examined
the samples and who are competent
judges as to quality far below the
sample in quality
Superintendent Steele for one and
one half years kept his brother at the
asylum at the expense of the state
and gave him room and board with
no right whatever to do so and for
which the state received absolutely no
compensation Startling reports are
made of occurrences at this institu
tion but I have been unable to go
further than to consult the official
documents and question witnesses as
to the quality of the butter and cloth
ing in question It is due the man
agement and it is due the tax payers
of the state that these reports and
charges be investigated to the bot
tom
A man must have a whole lot of
egotism to get up on the fence and
lay claim to more of the earth than
God intended for his neighbor
teAl
WORTH MORE THAN SILVER
Colorados Field of Alfalfa Kxcocd Itet
Mines In Value
Great as Is the wealth of the state
of Colorado in silver sho has a far
more valuable product in tho royal
purple alfalfa that supplies fodder for
the innumerable herds that roam the
plains and feed In the valleys Last
year the value of the alfalfa crop was
placod at 10000000 yet that does not
represent Its contributory worth In
1862 the Introduction of this grass into
the state solved the problem of forage
which up to that time had puzzled tho
pioneers who had not beon able to
raise successfully any other form ot
forage Alfalfa made possible the great
stock growing Industry of the state
Last year tho aggregate number of
horses catttle hogs and sheep accord
ing to tho assessors returns was 4000
000 valued at 45000000 Excepting
the range sheep and cattle and somo
horses In the cities alfalfa formed tho
greater part of tho food of all these
animals Thus dairying a now but
rapidly developing Industry depends
on the alfalfa The great grain farms
and potato ranches need this product
as well Alfalfa is peerless as a soil
renovator ond enrlcher Its long roots
penetrating to a depth below tho sur
face that other plants cannot reach
gather the needed olements and decay
ing liberate them for tho benefit of
future crops The Colorado farmer has
learned that rotating crops of wheat
and alfalfa make the average yield of
wheat In Colorado 25 bushels to the
acre while the average for the whole
country Is less than 14 bushels Tho
same rotation has produced the famous
Greeley potato as Inimitable In Its way
as the Rocky Ford melon The Colo
rado stock raiser has discovered that
cattle may be fattened at home with
out sending them to corn states and
that alfalfa produced beef not tallow
He has discovered that pigs turned Into
the alfalfa patch during the summer
are ready for market in the fall and
that alfalfa mutton brings the top
price in the east The small rancher
knows that his chickens geese ducks
and Belgian hares are finer for tho
alfalfa that forms part of their dally
food and that his alfalfa honey equals
if it does not excel the delicious white
sage honey of California
AN ECCENTRIC DINER
How a French Millionaire Spent nil
Fortune nt the Paris Cafes
Paris is par excellence the city of
gourmets and cranks and many a
story concerning them has added to
the gaiety of the nations Here Is one
of the latest told by a well known
French head waiter One of the reg
ular customers of a famous Parisian
restaurant used to be a shortthin shy
and shabbily dressed man whose name
no one knew but who gave out that
he was a butter dealer for which rea
son he was called the butterman at the
restaurant in question He ate next
to nothing but his soup tureen filled
with a soup specially prepared for him
was always put before him He took a
few spoonsful and had it taken away
Next came a whole fillet of beef from
which he cut the tiniest slice Then
followed four quail or a large chicken
of which he ate one mouthful together
with two lettuce leaves and one rad
ish His dessert was four grapes
never a single one more and a cup
of coffee A bottle of the best claret
and another of the best champaign was
served with the repast but he only
touched his lips with a drop of them
and let them go He took two of these
meals a day and the price for each
meal was 120 francs But this was not
all Every time the butterman got up
from his extraordinary meal he gave
40 francs to the head waiter who put
his food on his plate since the guest
did not like to handle spoons or dish
es 20 francs to the waiter 10 francs to
the lady cashier and 5 francs to the
porter Thus each meal came to 200
francs The head waiter of the restau
rant often did slight errands for him
buying his cigars ets and took them
to the Grand Hotel where the butter
man lived The little old man would
then open the drawer of a wardrobe
filled with heaps of banknotes of from
100 to 600 francs in value and with an
enormous mass of gold pieces Pay
yourself said the owner and the
head waiter did so putting the bills
before his patron who never deigned
to look at them One day the myste
rious millionaire went away and was
never seen again Westminster Ga
zette
Original Home of Golf
The Scotsman contends that golf i
a Scotch sport to which poetical ref
erence was made in Adamsons Muses
Threnodie published at Perth as long
agOas 1638 The terms used in th
sport are for the most part Scotch
But the Dutch assert that it was firs
played in Holland on the ice and be
fore 1638 the Dutch poet Bredero de
scribed how the golfer with ic
spurs on stands ready to smile wlti
ashen club weighted with lead or bis
Scottish cleek of leaded box Bui
while this may be the earliest poetical
reference to the game it does not shoi
that Holland is the original home oi
golf The reference to the Scottish
cleek seems at first sight to point
rather to Scotland Baltimore Sun
A Social Sherjpck Holmes
She claims to be from the East
we said referring to the new arrival
I have my doubts remarked the ob
servant person Have you noticed
that when she shakes hands she onlj
raises her hand to her chin I do no
think she is from any farther East
than Pittsburg It is well when in
society to take notice of these littli
things Baltimore American
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