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At 8 o'clock In the afternoon of
March 23 n woman entered the hall of
the Grand hotel , New York city. She
WRa evidently young , hardly more than
a girl , with a face rather too pale , but
mndo charming by regular features
and large dark eyes.
She walked without any hesitation
to the otllce nnd Inquired :
' "Is Senor Tenon ! In ? "
The clerk struck a bell and shouted ,
"Front ! "
The end boy of the row seated on a
tench started up and presented him-
eelf before the clerk with n "Yes , sir. "
"Show this lady to No. 18. "
"Oh , no , " exclaimed the visitor. "I
know where Senor Tcnonls ! room is.
Hut would you be so kind ns to do me
a. great favor ? " she queried.
"With plouft'ire. I shall be very
pleased to do anything I can 'for you. "
1 "Please take this letter. " With the
-words she holuVuut an envelope.
"Why , It's addrossi-d to me ! "
"Yes ; It IH addressed to you , "
"lUit I did uot know 1 knew you
that Is , I didn't know you luiew me , "
cried the astonished man.
"No , I suppose not , " answered the
girl , with some embarrassment Then
ehe added : "Hut you must promise not
to open It for at least half an hour.
Will you give me your word ? "
"Why , yes , of course , " the clerk an-
ewered , with as much grace of manner
as one so puzzled could command.
The mysterious visitor turned away
end went -slowly down the corridor.
The clerk stared after her and saw her
pause and knock at No. 18. She wait
ed a moment , apparently for an an-
ewer , then opened the door and en
tered. When the door had closed be
hind her , he turned to a careful con
templation of the letter , which was ad
dressed In dainty handwriting :
"John Brlggs , Esq. , Grand Hotel. "
The envelope could properly bo
opened at half past 3. At a quarter
past 8 the door of No. 18 opened , but It
( was Tcnonl who appeared. He was
alone nnd nastily left the hotel without
a word to any one.
" ' " meditated the
"Now , that's funny ,
clerk. "But he'll be back soon , I sup
pose. "
But the moments dragged on , and Te-
nonl did not return.
"This Is n curious business , " the
clerk mused , and then , It being one
minute of half past 3 , ho opened the
letter. It ran as follows :
Dear Mr. Brlgffa Circumstances I must
not reveal have surrounded me with per
ils. I must sco Senor Tcnonl today , but
he Is a desperate man. If you should
hear me shriek , come to my help , nnd If
I do not come out of his room by I
o'clock have a search made for me. I
trust my life to you , for I have heard of
your noble character from a mutual
fri'.nd. When we next meet , all will bo
made clear to you. JUi-.IA CRAMER.
Mr. IJrljjgs turned pale as he read
this extraordinary document.
In a few minutes the whole hotel
was In an uproar. Repeated knockIngs -
Ings at No. 18 gained no response. Then
the door was tried and found to he
locked. Ultimately the police were
summoned , the door was beaten open ,
nnd n search was made. Nobody was
found , nor was there any trace of the
. woman who , according to the evi
dence of eyewitnesses , clerks , bell
boys and porter , had entered there at
8 o'clock , but had never come out
The same night Tenoni was arrested ,
charged with having murdered his vis
itor.
itor.When
When Tenoni was arraigned , court ,
Jury , bar and public were much affect
ed by the charms of the victim as set
forth by the clerk , the porter and the
bellboys. The most strenuous efforts
on the part of the police failed to dis
cover any other person answering to
the name or description of Julia Cra
mer. It was hoped that Tenoni would
confess and explain the singular means
by which he had managed to dispose
of the body. But Tenorrl seemed pos
sessed of dauntless effrontery nnd In
sisted that he had never known any
person named Julia Cramer.
When the accused had been sworn ,
the following questions and answers
; were given :
"Were you In your room nt the
Grand hotel at the time when , as
stated by the witnesses who preceded
you , this person entered the hotel and
nskcd for you ? "
"I was not. "
This answer caused much surprise
nnd rather Increased the general feelIng -
Ing of the prisoner's guilt , slnco a
number of witnesses had testified to
having seen him leave the room a few
minutes later.
"Did you have any visitor In your
room at the hotel on the day In ques
tion ? "
"I did not. "
A murmur of disapprobation arose ,
but ceased when the counsel passed to
the clerk of the court a small parcel
which had been lying on the table be
fore him.
"I wish to offer In evidence the con
tents of this parcel. "
The articles were passed to the Judge ,
who examined them curiously. The
counsel then asked that they should
bo examined by the prisoner , who ,
however , hardly glanced nt them , but
left them lying In his lap.
Counsel for the defense requested
that Mr. Brlggs should bo recalled.
Then he asked :
"You have a very clear remembrance
of the appearance of this girl ? "
"Sir , " Mr. Orlggs replied with emo
tion , "her form and face are forever
enshrined in my heart. "
"Very good , " quoth the counsel.
"Now tell me , If you please , tfhat sort
of n gown Hho wore. "
"It was a blue skirt with white
stripes , and a blouse of the same sort , "
"And what tu > rt of hair did she
have ? "
"Very dark , almost black , nnd lots
of It , curling all around her face. "
"And her hat ? "
"It was Just an ordinary straw miller
with a blue and white ribbon. "
"Would you know her again if you
uaw her ? "
"Would U" There was keen reproach
preach In the tone of the exclamation.
"I would know her lu the heart of
Africa 1"
"You need hardly go that fnr to B J
her , " -retorted the counsel with n
smile.
At the Fame moment the prisoner
made n quick movement Uiat attracted
the attention of the court nnd caused
the policeman guarding him to spring
forward. Hut the latter stopped short ,
his eyes dilated with amazement , and
his surprise was shared by every ono
whose eyes were turned on the dock.
Only Mr. Brlggs liad not turned his
head , but now the counsel said to him :
"Just look , Mr. Brlggs , and tell me If
you see any one in the courtroom who
reminds you of Miss Cramer. "
The witness shook his head despond
ently , but raised his eyes. They fell
full on n figure In n blue and white
gown , on a sailor hat circled with a
blue and white band , on a dainty face
lighted by lustrous dark eyes that
seemed to pierce to the bottom of Mr.
Brlggs' heart. He gasped and cried :
"It's she ! "
"And all the bellboys nnd the porter
echoed his cry , "It's she ! "
There was silence for a minute In
the courtroom , all eyes fixed on the
mysterious woman , who stood , lovely
nnd smiling , In the dock. Then in a
flash the woman vanished , and Tenoni
stood in her place Tenoni , who tossed
to his counsel the gown and hat and
wig. That learned gentleman nt once
addressed the court :
"I shall , with the court's permission ,
nsk n few questions of the prisoner
that will , I think , effectually clear up
this mystery.
"What is your profession ? "
"I am a quick change artist , "
"Who wrote the note read by Mr.
Brlggs ? "
"I did. "
"Who was the person known ns Julia
Cramer ? "
"It was I. "
"What was your object In the decep
tion ? "
"I wished to play a practical Joke
that would set New York talking about
me. I came here to get an engage
ment. I knew the fact that I was un
known In this country would prevent
my getting n big salary , BO I hit on
this plan to get talked about. "
"And you think you have succeed
ed ? "
"I shall know when I am offered an
engagement. "
There was talk of committing Tenoni
for contempt of court , but it came to
nothing. Instead the whole country
laughed , and all New York went to
marvel at the lightning changes of this
Ingenious artist , whose salary was $300
weekly.
Old iin l Ncvr Style Calendar.
Under what is called the old style
the Julian calendar assumed the length
of the solar year to be 3G5 4 days ,
whereas It was eleven minutes and a
few seconds less. This annual error
accumulated as years rolled on and be
gan to be fully recognized about the
beginning of the sixteenth century.
The Gregorian calendar , or new style
of writing dates , was flrst Introduced
In the year 1582 , nnd ten days were
then struck out of the calendar. OUi-
cr regulations were also made name
ly , that one day more should be drop
ped in each hundredth year which wn"
not a fourth hundredth after 1582. 1
England the old style was directed to
be discontinued and the new style In
troduced In the year 1752.
The change of style was effected In
the following manner in September ,
1752 : Eleven days being the difference
between dates written according to the
two styles , old and new , the day after
Wednesday , Sept. 2 , 1752 , was called
Thursday , Sept 14 , 1752 , omitting the
8d to the 13th , both Inclusive. A care
ful reading of the article on "Calen
dar" in any encyclopedia will assist
the reader and student to a fair com
prehension of the old style nnd new
style differences nnd why.
He Meant Well.
I was laid up In the cabin of a North
Carolina mountaineer with a sprained
nnkle , and , though he would willingly
have provided me with the best , the
fare consisted of pones , fried squirrel
nnd corn coffee every meal. On the
fifth day I must have let slip some
sign that things were growing monoto
nous , for he looked over at me and
said :
"Stranger , I reckoned to make a
change in this yere fodder , but It didn't
come about. "
"Oh , the fodder is all right , " I re
plied.
"But I don't skassly think it Is , and
I was gwlne to make a change. Sorry
to soy I couldn't do it , but the dratted
iwoodchuck got clean away ! "
A IIopele Cane. '
There was a brilliant reception nt the
bouse of Mrs. Amory. Among the
guests was n certain Mr. Mackenzie , a'
man of grave and somewhat taciturn
demeanor , whom several of the young
ladles present had tried to engage in
conversation , but without much suc
cess.
One of them spoke to the hostess
about him.
"lie seemg to he rather uneasy nnd
out of place nt n party like this , " she
said.
"Yes , " replied Mrs. Amory , with u
bright smile ; "he can't talk anything
but sense. " Youth's Companion.
SHE HAD HER WAY.
Trie Story ( if n TrnnU llnokrt mill n
Snri > nfl < i Mulilriii
She \vnH n demure looking girl , young
and nllght , Mini her half clung to hrr
forelunul In babyish HUlo rings. In
her hand she hold n tennis racket.
Three of the strings wore "sprung. "
She explained to the nali-sinim In the
big sporting goods house that the rack
et wan an expensive one ; that It had
broken at the llrflt trial ; that the fact
of HH having done BO hnd canned her
much annoyance , an Hhc had bought It
for n birthday present. In conclusion
she wns here to return It ,
The wiloHman noted the babyish
curln , and , adopting the manner of a
bored but rnther good natured cat to
an Irresponsible kitten , he promised to
have the racket rentrung.
"Hut I don't want It rcBlrung , " tuilil
the girl. "I want a now one. "
"Oh , but I can't glvo you n new one , "
nald the clerk reprovingly. "This one
has been imcd. "
"Yes , " said the girl meekly ; "It has
been tised , and therein was my mis-
take. You ore , I fancied I had bought
n tennis racket and so described It to
the recipient. lit * foollfiily believed
me and used It. Had we both known
that your llrm was charging $7 for pa
pier macho souvenirs Cushioned after
the form of u racket , why , he would
have put It upon his wall aH a decora
tion. Yes , " she continued politely ; " 1
admit we erred In using It. " And she
Einlled prettily.
Then she gave her address and
walked out. The next day the llrm
Bent n new racket. New York Times.
Frrcniitlnn.
An electrical engineer declares that
the center of the room IB the safest
place from lightning.
"There IH a constant tendency on the
part of the electricity In the sky to
reach the ground , " ho says. "To do this
It must have n conductor. Atmos
pheric electricity always follows the
outside of the conductor or agency
that leads It to the ground. That'll
why the middle of the room Is safest
during an electrical storm.
"I know of a number of Instances
where n bolt of lightning followed
the walls of a room , burning It on all
four sides , while the people In It , being
away from the walls , were only slightly -
ly shocked. That Is the only safe pre
caution known to science. "
-ii Iii I'nrlH Street * .
It Is quite a feature of I'urls to Bee
streams of open carriages , private nud
hired , taking folks for an after dinner
drive along the grand boulevards ,
which arc thronged with promenaders
and groups of people sitting outside
cafes talking. Now and again n car
riage will stop to deposit Its burden in
front of a cafe and return later , either
to this or another to which Its occu
pants have migrated.
With her husband a Frenchwoman
may go anywhere , and It Is quite cus
tomary for the very nicest French
women to take coffee In the open air
outside a cafe and inako this a pleas
ant meeting place for friends. Ex
change.
No Convolution For Criiclceil Clilnn.
How many housekeepers there are
that can sympathize with the old Vir
ginia lady \vho said to her friend on
finding a treasured old cup cracked by
a careless maid , "I know of nothing to
compare with the affliction of losing
a handsome piece of old china. " "Sure
ly , " said thu friend , "It ia not so bud
us losing one's children. " "Yes , It is ,
for when your children die you do
have the consolation of religion , you
know. "
Her Observation ,
"Do you believe that monkeys can
talk like human beings ? "
"No , " answered Miss Cayenne , "but
I have known human beings who could
chatter like monkeys. " Washington
Star.
A liseful Rhyme.
It poisoned , take mustard or salt , table
spoon ,
In n cup of warm venter and nwnllow
right soon.
For burns try borax and a wet bandage ,
too ;
It blistered , then oil and dry flannel will
do.
For children's convulsions warm baths
are the rule ;
With castor oil dose , too , but keep the
head cool.
Give sirup of Ipecac when croup la In
store ;
For fainting1 stretch patient right out on
the floor.
To soak In hot -water Is best for a sprain ;
Remember these rules , and 'twill save you
much pain.
Excluded film.
He I saw an interesting educated
pig the other day that
She Oh , Indeedl I
He Come , nowl Don't say Itl You
wt-re going to say you suppose I looked
In a mirror , weren't you ?
She Not at all. I don't consider you
Interesting or educated. Exchange.
Why He ! a Suburbanite.
"You should strive to teach your chil
dren patience. "
"I realize that , " said Mr. Blnxon. "It
was my purpose In taking up my resi
dence on a suburban car line. " Wash
ington Star.
When a friend comes up to you nnd
cays , "Now I want you to tell me the
truth , " prepare to lie , or else say some
thing disagreeable. Atchlson Globe.
Logical.
"I could have married either Whlp-
per or Snapper If I'd wanted to , and
both of those men whom I refused
have since got rich , while you are still
ns poor as a church mouse. "
Ho Of course. I've been supporting
you all these years. They haven't
Tire
"To snuff a candle out accidentally
Is n sign of marriage. "
"Yes , and to turn down a lamp lutcn-
tlonally Is a sign of courtship. "
A WONDERFUL JEWEL ,
Ktt rnorillnnr.v Tiiiu | Which In In lln
Ultcn In the I'oiir.
1'opo Lt-ii XIII. will on the approachIng -
Ing celebration of his papal jubilee rn
colve a present which no far linn never
boon KiirpaNHod , miyH the New York
Times. It IH a topaz found In ( he mines
of MlniiH ( Jenu'H , In Urn/11. TlilH Mono
weighs no IOHH than 1,781 grams , but
what douhloH ltn value IH the work
which IIMH been expended on It.
One of the moHt skillful lapldarlrn In
the world , the celebrated Neapolitan
1'rofcHNor Andrea Cartello , formerly
director of the Naples numeum , ban en
graved In relief on thlH Incomparable
gem a Ilgurc of Christ In the act of
breaking bread at the hiKt mipper. It
has taken Tartcllo ton years of unln
terrupted labor to complete this chef
d'a'uvro destined for the head of thn
Vatican , and ho has npont no ICMH than
$80,000 In diamond diiHt to accomplish
the work.
The topaz at one tlmu belonged to the
house of Itourbon. It passed to M. Ni
colas Cnrtollo and Mine. UrnuMigardo
do ( . 'Intlls Castro , who offered It to the
Count do CiiHorta. The latter , In a letter -
tor to the Due della Terre , said that the
work of the engraving MI much mir-
passed the value of the topaz that he
left the artlnt'H family full liberty to
dispose of It , but he should be happy If
thu wonderful Jewel could bo offered
by the faithful to the holy father.
The director of the National imiHoiun
at Naples , M. do Petra , expresses bin
opinion as followH : "Thin topaz IH thu
most exquisite example of modern
times of engraving on hard Htone. " Un
der the Archbishop CulKtrlo Adaml and
the .MarqulH do Bailee Marie Toma-
colll a committee has been formed to
offer to Leo XIII. on his papal jubilee
this Jewel , worthy of any sovereign.
The committee Is desirous of receiving
contributions from Catholics In all
parts of the world to enable them to
mirclmsc It.
DISAGREES WITH HOUGH.
rrofrHor DoollUlr Iom Not Ilelleve
Mnnkliid Cnu Hxlnt In Mam.
"When he Hays that Mars , Venus and
Mercury are Inhabited , Professor
Hough probably means that he would
like to believe they are , " paid Professor
Doollttle , the University of Pennsylva
nia astronomer after reading the Chicago
cage dispatch In which Professor
Hough declared U his belief that Mars.
VcmiH and Mercury wore inhabited by
human beings far superior to those of
this world , wiys a Philadelphia dis
patch to the New York Tribune.
"No one knows what the conditions
on the other planets are , " continued
Professor Doollttle. "We can only
gucHH at them , and that Is what my
friend Professor Hough lias done. My
own opinion Is that there Is none of
the human race on any of the other
planets. If any life exists there at all ,
It muHt be of a lower order , according
to my theory. Accepting the conclu
sions of blologlnlH that the laws of Ilfo
arc as universal as the laws of physics
and chemistry , It poenm Impossible thnt
any life can exist on Mars or Mercury.
Those two planets are many millions of
years ahead of the earth In the process
of evolution. They are more like the
moon , a solid , frozen body , where wa
ter and air do not exist. How , then ,
could any except the lowest order of
nnlmals exist there ? Everything on
the earth now favors anmlal life , but It
will probably not be so a million years
hence. Then the earth will have prog
ressed to the stage In which Mars ,
Mercury and the moon are now , and
this will be nothing but a cold , frozen
moss of metal without air or water.
JJfo will have disappeared. "
Monntlnff n Home.
A careful bicyclist learns to mount
from cither side of the wheel , since the
emergency may arise at any moment ,
Bays the London Chronicle. One would
think that the horseman would be
equally careful to provide for possibil
ities and accustom himself to mountIng -
Ing Indifferently from the off side and
the near side. But If he were to ven
ture to mount on the right side which
Is the wrong side In n hotel stable
yard the hostler would probably de
mand the prlco of a gallon ns the
statutory fine , and the horse would col
lapse with surprise. What Is the
meaning of this convention ? It ap
pears In odd places. Not only docs
the trick horse in the circus canter
from right to left , but the after dinner
wine passes the same way. "The way
of the sun" Is the current explanation ,
which is absurd.
Wllllntr to Go Without.
Henry Clews , perfectly bald , was
once traveling on a western railroad.
Bitting directly behind him was a coarse
looking man with a rough shock of hair
the color of brick dust.
Tapping Mr. Clews on the shoulder ,
the fellow remarked :
"Guess you wasn't around when they
gave out the hair. "
"Oh , yes , " was the answer , "but 1
was a trifle late , and there was nothing
left but that stuff you wear , so I told
them I'd rather have none. " New York
Times.
Pa Elacldatei.
"Pa , what docs 'absentmlnded' '
mean ? "
"My boy , that's easy. Did you overstep
stop to think. "
"Yes. "
"And your thoughts ran on ? "
"Yes. "
"Well ' " News.
, that's It. Indianapolis
Ill * Symptom ! .
Mr. Ncwlywed How did you know
I really loved you ?
Mrs. Newlywed Oh , you acted so-
so sort of foolishly ! Philadelphia Rec
ord.
An old bachelor , when ho feels blue
and discouraged , always regrets that
he has no wife to whlno to. Atchlson
Globe.
Dizzy ?
Then your liver isn't acting
well. You suffer From bilious
ness , constipation. Aycr's
Pills act directly on the liver.
For CO years they have been
the Standard Family Pill.
Small doses cure. Aii.ita.ggi.u ? ,
Want your mmitljirhn ur licunl liiiailtKul
lirimii nr rleli lilnrk ' Thou line
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In the muko-up of this uorvluo , Inaludlnir
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