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K [ i HERE , " said Marlowe to his wife , tossing a letter Into her lap , 1 i "I hope we have seen tnc last of him. " "From Roger , " said Mrs. Marlowe , with a sigh. Then she read these lines : "Here I am at Flagstaff , Ari. , and within two weeks I start with three other good men and true on a prospect ing tour. One of the men says lie knows of a mine of marvelous richness , once worked by Indians or Aztecs , or eome long forgotten beggars of an tiquity. Perhaps he's a liar you know J don't place much faith in human na ture but the other men say that he has shown up nuggets as big as your thumb , so there may be something in It. Imagine me as a millionaire ! I nave a present in mind for Mllly. At any rate this Is touch and go wibh me. | I've been down on my luck so long that If I don't strike it rich now I'll leave my bones In the mountains. " "Poor fellow , " said Mrs. Marlowe , trying to wipe away a tear , unobserv ed. "Poor humbug ! " roared her husband , avagely. "If anything shows the de-1. generacy of woman it is her fondness for rascality. Roger is a liar arid a cheat ami you know It , yet you have Always an excuse for his follies and an apology for his crimes. " "He has been unfortunate , " she be gan. "Unfortunate , " he interrupted , "in I I that he was not killed lon ago in his ii escapades or jailed for his villainies. He might have then been saved from e some punishment in the next world ! " d 1 "Of course I know , " she returned , dI i < with a pitiful attempt at fairness , "that 11 ) he has not been exactly good , but you 11S ( must consider his disposition. He is BO impetuous , so careless , that he never stops to think of the consequences of is his actions. " "How logical and at the same time how touching , " retorted Marlowe , bit- si 'terly. "He is only a mere child of 32 , siSi not old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. So careless ai that he has twice written another aidi man's name to notes that I have been le compelled to pay ; so impetuous that he has been four times in hiding for as 11 saulting people who were wicked enough to thwart his cheating. lie m thinks so little of the , consequences of bi his actions the deai ; child ! that he has biki been false to every promise and deceiv ki ed every man or woman who trusted. , ' " ' * l him. " kiA 9 she cried , entreatiugly. A "Dare you deny it ? Shame on jou m to waste tears or regrets on this dis b grace to humanity. Of what value are re rew love , charity , kindness , and benevolence w when bestowed on a monster and with ca held from real suffering ? I have never in heard you become sentimental over the le leov woes of the poor washerwoman on the ov Lack street with a criple.I son and a daughter little better than an idiot ; you or are not noted for yotffr charity or visit so ing the sick ; but Roger f in possession io Of perfect health Osid all his" Censes , but of without single good trait , a villain as who never clid an honest deedj Pah ! " ui fce wound up In jitter disgust. a Pretty Mrs. Martowe buried her lace OE in her handkerchief and had notliing OEm to say. In fact , there was nothing she could say. The small portion of fair ness and common sense she possessed sa acknowledged that Roger , her hand he some cousin , was a thorough villain , ( nnd a curse and a burden to every one an he met ; that he had fleeced her hon est , manly husband ; that she would be pa happier if she never saw the scoundrel bl again and yet ? 4 Meanwhile Marlowe was pacing the Tl floor and when he came to a halt in ra front of her his face was set with reso 4 lution. th "Now , Milly , listen to me , " he said , to jternly. "I know that you have written to to him. That must stop. You have pi piui sent him money. Send no more. I will ui not argue ; I will command. One word nc of correspondence , one cent of money , je that goes from you to him will mark le our separation. " "Walter , " she cried , rising to ler lu luHi feet , and clasping her hands In hor Hi ror , "you do not mean that ? " "Yes , I do , every word. I hate , de- epise , and loathe the man ; his presence V5y is a taint. The wretch would sell your V5Si letters if he could raise money in 110 Si other way. I will write to him , and I'll IK IKS warrant he will not show my letter. He S < will get no more money , and you shall insi take none of his , if he becomes a bill siai ionaire. If you communicate with him ai aiv I will leave you ; if he comes to see you \v I think I will kill him. " Some men might have been touched at this juncture by the aspect of Mrs Marlowe in a dead faint , but Mr. Mar , lowe was too thoroughly angry to be a diverted by any cause. But he raised her tenderly enough and laid her on a s : couch and waited until she began to open her eyes , and then h6 left her to write a letter to Roger Arnott that would sting his soul to silence. Apparently It did , since no word came from the ne'er-do-well for six months , and then arrived a box ad dressed to Mr. Walter Marlowe. The servant brought the express man's book to Mrs. Marlowe to sign , and told her that the box was in the hall. hall.She She went to look at it with inward quaking , although it was a prosaic wooden affair , and might have come from Hoboken. But her presentiment was correct. In the upper left hand corner was rudely printed : "From Rog er Arnott , Tombstone , Arizona. " " Is it for me ? " she asked quivermg- "No , ma'am ; it's for Mr. Marlowe. " "Thank goodness ! I mean let it lie bhere , and give it to him when he comes home. " Then she hurried away and hoped that her husband would not tell her what the box contained , while at the same time she was burning to know. Mr. Marlowe made no remark on the subject until after dinner , and then he ; aid , with an ominous frown : "A box came from the rascal to-day. " "Yes , " she assented , afintly. "A present for you , I suppose. After ill I have said ! " "Please don't , " she said , with a half rightened shrinking away from him. 'Really ' , I have had nothing to do with t. ! I never wrote to him , or sent word u any way , after what you said. " "Of course not , " he said , with open t yes. "My dear , I don't suspect you of eception only of feminine weakness. blame Roger for his audacity , after jy distinctly telling him that he must end you nothing. However , it shall b o back. " t "But , " she corrected , mildly , "the box directed to you ; perhaps the present n ; yours. " lie frowned vexatiously over this iggestion and then , rising impatiently , lid : ' * Let us see. " t ] The box was brought into the library fc ] nd put on the table. When opened it isclosed a lot of straw on which lay a tl tfter. Marlowe tore it open contemptuously ad read with rising wrath : "Dear Old Boy I know you ordered le LO to not write to you or Cousin Milly , ti : lit I never promised to abstain , I have I habit of having my own way , you oJ in ' 'You will be delighted to hear that did not succeed in locating the mine. I fter a mouth of horrible hardship one ei tan died and we three survivors got ack just as poor as we started , and iduced to skeletons in flesh. No one h : elcomed us ; in fact , no one seemed to w wP ire , one way or t'other. But we got P < loney somehow , and as fools never SI arn by experience we three started it again. in "This time we actually found a mine , inbl at any rate struck a rich lead of ore ; bl > rich that I might have been a mill- naire if I could have got the stuff out ci the mountains. The ore was almost ; soft as clay , and we had shoveled I i I don't know how many tons when bid cursed band of Indians swept down d < i us , killed my two chums , and took Pi e prisoner. " fcV "O , heaven ! " cried Mrs. Marlowe. fcL "I had better not read any more , " L id Mr. Marlowe , gravely. "Why does > tell ail this , anyhow ? " m She gave him a reproachful glance id said : "Do go on. " iy He had een scanning the following it : iges and now looked up with a trou- alH ed face. H "This is too horrible , " he muttered. lien , with sudden resolution , he readi tl .pidly. tlh "The devils dragged me around with h ; iem for a week or more , and then to toac rtured me in a fashion that I believe ac be unique. They brought me to a ace beside a running stream and set i a post on its verge. On a flat rock fc jar by they laid out a quantity of rked meat , and then they spiked my ft hand to the post and left me. * ' hi Marlowe looked at his wife. Her eyes hifc id a half glassy stare and every ves- fc fck ge of color left her face , but she mo k : oned him to go on. "It is too dreadful to give in detail. e : 7"hen you are calmer you can read it re aurself If you care to do so , I will ive you the substance. For two days e suffered agonies of thirst anil hun- er in addition to the heat and the pain \ \ i his hand. He could not pull up the take or get the spike out of the wood , nd on the third day are you sure you IE IEt ; ant to hear it ? " t ( "Yes yes. " h hfi "With his hunting knife he severed fi is hand at the wrist It was the only -ay to escape from the imprisonment , nd between death and ' He stopped and caught his wife as he pitched forward , A "What a fool I was to gratify her i cnrjoslty , " he said sharply to himself1. "The yillaln ! He seems always des tined to cause her pain. And to think that he lived through all that agony and can write about it in this strain ! The devil takes care of his own. " Meanwhile he was chafing her hands , and when she revived he was about to help her from the room , when she push ed him away and ran to the table. "The box the box , " she cried , fever ishly. "Let me see it ! " "The box ? See what ? " he asked , wondering if she had gone mad. "Don't you know can't you under stand ? " she exclaimed with an impa tient stamp. "He has sent us you something. I want to see it. " " A piece of mineral , perhaps some of the ore for which he paid so dearly , " he replied. "Of what consequence is It ? To-morrow will be time enough. You had better go to bed now. " "You'll drive me crazy , " she said , trying to push him aside. "If you will not look at it " "There , there , " he said , soothingly. "You shall see It. What a foolish girl you are. I believe the fellow has hyp notized you , or rather charmed you like a snake. To be anxious to see at some " athi trifling hi He checked himself with a gasp- . A misshapen package came to view , : oo light for ore no form. An Indefinaj j jle shudder ran through his hand and I jp his arm as he slowly unrolled the mslngs and then dropped on the table -a human hand. nc Roger's left hand complete , even to or he silver ring on the little finger , shriv- led and wan , distorted at the palm , the- ingers drawn In as if clutching aome- ar hing , and the muscles of the wrist bi tump haggled and discolored with > lackened blood. A hideous object at toi he best to be displayed in a civilized louse and doubly repellant when con- tected with its taking off. For the space of a minuteneither wlwi poke and it seemed as if the thing had wi een a serpent to charm them. Thea. stj lie woman touched it shdveringly. niidl bat broke the spell. rei "What hideous prank is this V cried ) so : tie man . " t\v , passionately. "The fellow rould jest with Satanbimselfl I'll ch urn the thjng. " "Wait ! " said the wife , picking up-the "He must have had some mo- ve. See ! He ' r says : 'My dear cousin , pray you take goods care of thispart f me. It is my left hand I never did inch harm with that. Keep it as a me- icnto until I come to claim it. Then an trust you will not refuse me my nrop- rty. " Marlowe smiled grimly. "He seeks to torment me anil per- -P.e < aps work on my sympathies , " he said , -ith recovered nerve. "Is there no int : nstscript asking for money ? I nm jrprised ! But that will come later , fell , I will gratify your precious cous- a , i i ; I will keep his hand. It will make novel ornament for the librar * : ta le. " tal "How can you. ' be so-heartless"she : ied. "My dear , what will yom have ? ' Am to not carrying out his-wishes ? Shall L ury it in the cellar , , or put it in m safe Sll sposit vault at bank ? He-Is-evidently "it roud of what most men would want to kec > rget. It is an eccentric notion and ces 11 humor it. I can > be eccentric , also _ If et it lay where it has fallen. " " Ifwil "I cannot bear to look , at lfc" sha wil loaned. to "You need , not , " " he responded , coli- in r. "There is no necessity for your vis ga1 ing this room. Please to remember ed lso > that you brought this on. yourself , ceiI [ ad you. been inquisitive-1 would I a.ve opened the box aud thrown the Jnt : ling away , and. you would have been fro > one the wiser. Bat you would not hit ive it so. Now let it lie. 1 forbid you hitW > toueh it as you have already , " he W ! aded , quickly. "You will keep it ? ' she stammered. "Of course ; at least until he sends > r it. " "But he says he will come for it. " ' "He had better not. I have warned evi im that he must not enter these doors. he wants his hand he may wt sr it ; if he comes in person well , he ' nows what will happen to him. " cai She looked at him with swimming yes and then went slowly out of the DoS aom , saying , "Poor Roger. " S * * * * * * * hei The hand laid on the table as Mar- sal > we had promised a hideous paper bn weight , at which no one cared to look zoi ivice except Marlowe. He took a grim bu ; elight in gazing at the thing , exnuiin- for ig the nail hole In the palm , and trying o get off the ring , which resisted all Ro .is efforts. Then he would indulge in cai requent speculations over the owner ere f the hand. sta "He is well punished , the rascal , but rer cannot find It in my heart to pity him. ov < [ any an honest man has suffered more , he Lnd it is not much loss te him , what- ha ; ver the Inconvenience. He makes a tea living by scheming and cheating and his mutilation will be a sympathetic aid. I suppose he sent me this hand to horrify and torment me. Well , he miss ed his guess. " But Mrs. Marlowe was not so philo sophical. She never got over her horror , and kept her word by not entering the library. She would not even talk about it , and soon Roger's name was no more heard between these two. Thus matters stood for foui ; or five months , until one day toward the cad of January when they were sitting at dinner. Mr. Marlowe had been particularly vivacious , having made some specially good business deal that morning , and it was some , time before he noticed that UiS wife was qopvous and abstracted. "Well , what is the matter ? " he asked , at length. "Has the milliner disap pointed you ? " "You think I am a child , " she replied , with a pout. "I'll not tell you. " He laughed in an irritating way until she was piqued into speaking. "I saw Roger to-day. " hat ! Has he dared " There tvas danger of his sweeping everything 3ff the tabls In his excitement. "After ill I have told you ! " "Doii't be hasty , " she returned , with i little ring of resentment in her tones. 'I did not speak to him or he to me ; in "act , I doubt if he saw me. " "Yet he came to see" you ? " "There you go again with your infer- nces. How do you know he did ? He nay have been looking for you. "For me ? Tell me about it , " he de- nanded , impatiently. "There is not much to tell , " she an- iwered , slowly. "I was coming down- itairs when I saw Roger in the lower tall. He went into the library , and I veil , you know I never go In there ; so I ailed Susan and told her that there v& & a vlsior in the library. " "And wbat did he want ? " "He wasn't there. " "He wasn't there ? " "Noj There was no one in the % library. Vasn'fc that strange ? " "Not at all. You were simply mis- iken. " "No , skr , " sheprotested. . "I saw him s plainly as I see you. Haven't I seen im often enough to know him ? " "Too often , " he retorted bluntl/ . Well , I'm going to'investigate this af- ilr. " Which he old , but to ne > effect. No one- ad seen Roger except Mrs. Marlowe ; . ) one hafl admitted * a visitor that day let any one out. "It was an optical delusionsaid Marlowe , with a laugh , "Sucb things e not uncommon , andgenerally mean liousness. " "A delusion ? " Sirs. Marlowe1 laughed , o , but nervously. "Perhaps it was , it I'm sure J have not felfi at sail ill. jrhaps " Thenshe shuddered and Bailie distraught that Marlowe , ho dearly loved his pretrj , foolish Lfe , gave up all idea of going out and ayed at home to keep her company. He took up the latest magazines and ad bits here and there , she ran orer me new music on the pfano , and be seem vfhilesthey chatted , until a arming evening was developed. "I declare , " " said Marlowe-- } kmg at hiswatch , "it is-11 o'clock , aw time doesfly wben a manis fa re ! " " MrsMarlowe blushedcharmingly - d laid her dimpled haiwls oat his- oulder. Theii she gave a terrible-cry d pointed , to the hall with a shaking. ' sen. Marlowe turned like a flash > and saw or did. he see Roger's mocking face j , eringcin from the semi-darkness ? ? ' kVith. a fierce imprecation he dashed : ; : o o the hall and in a few minutes : me back with a bewildered face. { 'You yore saw it ? " she-whispered ! in Eaint voice- 'I thought I saw something , " he ad- tted , reluctantly , "but I was mis- xem It was the shifting.o the gas- ht on thecurtains. . " 'Noj no , " she Insisted , clinging : closer : him. "Ib was he Roger. " 'How coal'd it be ? " he demanded arply. "Still , " he added with a frown , may beafter all. It would : be in eping with his malicious-spirit to con- il himself and play these-baby tricks. I catch , him " Lt that moment the doop-bell sounded th a clang that caused Mrs. Marlowe s utter a little scream , and Marlowe , spite of his habitual self-command , ve a nervous start. Then he recover- himself and went to the door to re- c ; Lve a telegram. T He glanced at Its contents as he came P > o toe parlor and would have hid it t m his wife , but she was too quick for t n and read it over hi& shoulder : g 'Tombstone , Ariz. , Jan , 23 , 1895. To b > alter Marlowe : Roger Araott killed e day in quarrel. Shall we ship body ? t : "H. B. CURZON , . Liberty Hotel. " Sid 'He is dead ! " she exclaimed wildly. d yet I saw him you saw him ! ' * a 'Come , come , " he-said , checking her s ideut tendency to hysterical alarm. Iia Ve will talk this over to-morrow a you have become calmer. " 'But you will send for you will take re that he ' * 'Yes , yes ; I will attend to all that , a tn't talk any more to-nighU" She submitted to being led away to r room , and when he had seen her fely bestowed he returned to the li- siry and wrote a letter to "H. B. Cur- . n , " giving directions for the decent rial of Roger's body , and prepared it r dispatch next day. is he arose to retire his eye caught iger's hand , and the strangest feeling ; me over him , as of something cold jeping up his back , until he felt as if inding in a current of damp air. It luired a vigorous effort for him to ercome this weakness , yet somehow could not bring himself to touch the nd , and after a moment spent in pro- with himself against his weak * 1 ness , he laid the letter on the table and went to bed. It was some time In the middle of the night that he was awakened by bis wife. "What is the matter ? " he asked. "Why are you sitting up in bed ? " "I hear something , " she replied , with quivering lips. "I have been listening for a long time , and it is driving me crazy. " "You have a nervous spell , " he said , holding her reassuringly. "No , I am not imagining I hear it. Something is moving around the house as If searching for something. I hear it above and below and on the stairs. It Is walking walking and Oh , if it should come in here ! " To his dismay he saw her eyes dilate again while her face became deathly pale , Ue was out of bed in an instant. "Moving around , is it ? " he said , going to the closet for his revolver. "I'll make it move if I meet It. " "No , no , " she pleaded , following him and holding him fast. "I shall go mad if you leave me alone. " "Milly , for heaven's sake ! There thereI'l ! not go. Wait. Let us listen. I hear nothing ; do you ? " "Nothing , " she said , after listening intently. "You see you were mistaken. " She shook her head in mute protest , but after a while consented to lie down again. He sat up and smoked a cigar by the fireplace , keeping his ears pricked up , but heard nothing. Finally sleep overcame him and he returned to bed. bed.Once Once he thought he hesrd a noise , a faint rustling below , and dnce he was awakened by his wife's troubled moan ing in her sleep. In the morning she arose with him , something unusualfor her , an'd they went downstairs together. She made no comment on the' happenings of the night , "but to his surprise she walked to the library and directly to the table. "Loot ! " she said , with n little cry of terror. The letter he had written was lying as he had left it , but on' the envelope was faintly scrawled "Roger. " "And the hand ! " she ctfied. "It Is gone ! I knew it I knew it ! ' * "You knew ? " he questioned' , wonder- Ingly. "It was Roger. He was looking for his hand ! " Chicago Tribune1. LEGITIMATE GOLD BRICKS. Tlieir Sale at the United States'-Asaay Office in Wall Street. Beneath stout bars guarding a wide , aarehed window of the United States army office in Wall street thousands of" dollars' worth of little gold bricks , thehonest and true kind , pass every day from Uncle Sam's coffers to the- hands of jewelers and linkers. And * all that Uncle Sam clinics for the- exchange is & cents on $100 dollars- for the large bars and 5 cents on $100 * for the small ones. For the week ending July. 28 the gold' bars ( they did not call them bricks in the * assay office ) exchanged-for gold coin amounted to ' 5190,780.17. This Is i small figure coir # \\ifti-what the- office lias done on. a busy day * Once , six or seven years ago , when a large luantify of gold was to shipped to Buixxoe the assay office , exchanged 8,000,000 into bars. J , The ! irs Unele Sam dispenses are of : of : wo geaeral sizes , the $5,000 size for. u : : he bankers , and the $150 size for jevw - rfers , the small size being about ai' ai nch and. a quarter long , three-quarters im pride , and perhaps half an inch or less m n thickness. Very often they run up- o $200 or even more invalue. Theii size adapts them to the size of the eweler'S-crucil > Je. As for the banker , ' le does not melt his gold ; he contents umself with shipping it back and forti icross the ocean. | " l A remarkable featureof this ex- ' rhange of legal tender for gold bars- ? i s that one can not always get just Tl he amount he wishes. If a jeweler > r a banker wishes $10,000 in gold bul- fiha ha ion , Uncle Sam gives him as near that imount as he possibly can. It may be thWi Wi 19,970.50 or $10,000.30 , because the eh mrs vary in size and weight , and te > ractically all of them have odd cents in n thenvalue. . Two bars the cashiei en landed out one day. this week were ru itamped $531.70 and $123.10. in ; In buying gold bars the purchase ! ' of irst tells the cashier at the assay of- de ice how much he wishes ; the cashiei tii omes as near this amount as he cac on vith the oars on hand , and then the urchaser goes next door , to the sub- w ) reasury , where he deposits his legal ci ( ender , gold certificates , greenbacks , or on i old. coin , for the amount designated , y the assay office cashier as the near- ' st to the desired amount , receiving herefor a certificate which , upon pre- entation at the assay office , insures the . e : Irfivery of the bars. But before they sa aay be taken away the recipient must er ! ign for them in the register which ies open beneath the bars of the wide- trched window. New York Post. She Understood Them. to I re is an extract from a girl's essay : People are composed of boj'S and girls , [ lso men and women. Boys are good 111 they grow up and get married. Men thi vho don't get married are no good US1 ither. Girls are young women who to rill be ladies when they graduate. Boys en .re an awful bother ; want everything hey see except soap. If I had my way talf the boys would be girls and the ther half dolls. My mamma is a wom- coi n and my pa is a boy. A woman is a sai rown-up girl with children. My pa is do uch a nice man that I guess he must ac < iave been a girl when he was a little When a woman who has chased a t. aan wins what she started out for , It 1,0 > las a very unhappy tendency to n- ho ; wgge thers. an ] PAGAN RITES IN SCOTIA. Many Scottish Customs that Oriel- natcd in Superstition. Nearly all travelers In central Africa have referred to the curious custom ! prevalent among all pagan native tribej of driving quantities of nails Into sa cred trees and other objects that hav been adjudged worthy of veneration and this not in malice , but as a religion f < < rite , the nails in question being Intend ed as votive offerings. Exactly the sami thing may be witnessed to-day at th sacred well of St. Maebruha , In Loci Maree , Rossshire , where is an ancleni oak tree studded with countless nalll of all sizes , the offerings of Invalid pli griins who came to worship and bi cured , says a writer In Stray Stories. Pennies and half-pennies also are tl be seen in enormous quantities drljei Ii bark and f edgewise in the tough , friend of the writer's who ylslted tht spot some little time back discovered in a cleft high up in the trunk what hf took to be a shilling. On being extract ed , however , it proved to be counter felt. Probably the donor , finding thai he could get no value for his coin Ii the natural world , concluded he might as well try , as a last resort , what effecf It might have on the spiritual. : Of course , the poor cottars and oth ers who flock to St. Maebruha witJ their nails and their pence do not for J moment admit that they are asslstini at a pagan ceremony. .But they mo undoubtedly are. Well worship has al ways occupied K& Important place U . paganism , and the .sacred oak , befor * * which each pilgrim must thrice knee ere humbly presentinghis .offeclng- what is it but an obvious susvivaloi , the sacred groves of Druidical times ? ' > > THE FUN OF CAMPING OUT. More and more popular Is camplift becoming each year , says Country Lift in America. With those who go intf the deep1 woods In quest of big ganu and fish the camp life is , after all , th * real attraction , and not the mere de sire to kill. But where one can maki these trips there are thousands whi cannot. For these there are peacefu rivers , wood-girt lakes and ponds ant beautiful spotson the shores of OH Neptune available for quite as charm log a two-weeks' outing beneath can vas. In making up a camping party choose you such congenial spirits ai shall be foresworn * to philosophies optimism. And let there be a wag among them who , catching the humor of every sit uation , puts to liight all thought OJ discomfort. A level site near a sprinj with plenty of shade , a pleasant shee of water with good fishing ; pine bough ; for a bed and driftwoodfor a fire and who would trade hislife for i king's patrimony ? How delicious th fish flavored with the pungent emok of the fire ! How rarely satisfying th simple bill of fare , and how few , aftet all , are the needs of this life ! Youn is the joy and happy freedom of tin gypsy and vagabond. You have be come a species of civilized barbarian and it is good. Sunshine or shower what matters it ? You take wha ) comes and give thanks , and if you ar nf tjjr..ricri f . . T-.t ime of _ ihe h aut ? f each is absorbed Tnftr'your verj iiture. Long days , lazy days , but hap - y days , are the days in camp. Uuj ad mishap will don the jestejrV caj ud bells and parade through memory- lany a time during the after month * BANKRUPTS IN LIVERY. urious Laws Once Knforced.4in Knr- inland and Scotland. . At one time England and , , Scotland inkrupts were compellled to wear istmctive dress. This was a resuli enactments passed at various time * Scotland from the year KXKJ to 1G88 tie Edinburgh Court of Sessions spec ! 2d the dress to be of parti-color , one Uf yellow and the other brown , some ting after the style of the dressnovi orn In English prisons by the worst ass of prisoners , those who have at mpted to escape or been guilty a urderous assaults on officers. Th mctment also provided that the bank ipt should be exhibited publicly in thi arket place of his town , for a perio * two hours and then sent away , coa imned to wear the dress until sncl me as he had paid his debts or som ic else had done it for him. Although this was a period of lawi hich can only be described as fero ous , this law was such an outrage public sentiment that In 1688 it wai far repealed that the wearing of tn ess was only compulsory In casa which fraud had been proved , or iriously enough , If the bankrupt ha < en convicted of smuggling. Thi me practice was legal , but not gen- ally in force in England down to thi ar 1S3G. The idea was , of course , t irn persons who might have giver edit that the bankrupt was not abl < pay , but popular sentiment soon reo nized that it was wholly unfair tc ipose excessive penalties on a mau tio might have become bankrupt rough no fault of his own , and , as ual , when the law became contrary public feeling It ceased to be op ative. Higher than a King. 'I have played cards enough to be. me fairly familiar with whist slang ; " id one American financier , "but J n't quite see why you refer to ai e as a Pierpont Morgan. " 'Because , " replied the other. "If > ; ger than a king. " London Answera According to statistics , out of eaci 00 people In love sixteem becon pelessly Insane. The other 084 art 17 temporarily out of their k
