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VOLUME XXVII.-NUMBEK 14,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 15, 1$8.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,306.
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THE RELIEF CASHIER.
HANSOM pulled
up at the door of
the Westminster
branch of the Lon
don and Suburbs
Banking Company.
The fare was an
elegantly dressed
man of a little orer
30. wearing his silk
hat just a degree
or two out of the
perpendicular, and sniffing the carna
tion in the lapel of his frock coat.
He entered the hank, passed through
,- the private door leading behind the
counters and had taken off his hat
and coat, while the manager of the
branch glanced at the letter he had
lirought. It was an ordinary letter of
introduction from the general manager
of the company stating that the bearer
was Arthur Gordon Durrant. whose
Signature would be found attached,
and who had. in accordance with ad
vices previously forwarded, been in
structed to join the Westminster
branch on temporary service as relief
cashier.
The manager, having watched this
new member of the staff sign the book,
snechaiiically compared the autograph
with the firm, bold "Arthur G. Dur
rant" at the foot of the letter of in
iioduclion, handed the newcom
er his supply of cash and retired into
his own sanctum.
Arthur Gordon Durrant, who had now
been with the London and Suburbs
Hanking Company for some years, had
long been eagerly anticipating the
time when lie showed become attached
to one of the London branches, for it
had been Durrant's fate to spend a
month or two at most of those
branches which were at the greatest
distance from the metropolis.
Tlie specific hardship of this des
tiny will not be apparent until it is
Siwntioncd that it was in Kensington
hat Miss Florence Kendal abode, and
3hat, therefore, Kensington was the
center of the universe, according to
Durrant's geography.
And, to be perhaps unwarrantably
frank about the heart affairs of a lady
Miss Kendal had not heard the news
of her admirer's transference to Lon
don xxit'iout revealing a glow of pleas
ure.
Ho father had arranged to call for
Arthur at the bank and bring him
Siomo to tea; and as the hour of their
anticipated arrival approached, the
sprightly Florence's trills became mer
rier, and more critical became her in
spections of the pretty dimpled face,
framed with clusters of loose and way
ward brown curls, which smiled sauci
ly at her whenever she passed a mir-:or.
Hut Mr. Kendal came home alone,
and a little cloud rapidly traveled over
her face and obscured the sunshine
which had hitherto played there.
"Wheic's Arthui?" she demanded,
coming frankly to the point with a
lirectness which made her parent
avoid her gaze.
"Well." he replied, with marked
hesitation. "I don't exactly know. He
wasn't at the bank when 1 called, and
I didn't wait."
Pcrple-vity took undisputed posses-s-ion
of Mh-.s Kfdal".s face, causing her
ees to dilate, and her little mouth to
ipMi ami expos- ine tegular ivory
leeth behind her coral lips.
"Why. father," she exclaimed." you
are strange!"
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BAGGED THEM
pleasant news, dear
ial, veiy gravely.
"Tell me. father."
"When I called at the bank Mr.
Scotland, the manager, informal me
that Arthur Durrant had duly arrived
at the hank in the morning, had gone
out at lunch time and hud not re
turned. Ilis cash was thsn overhauled,
and shall 1 go on. Flo?"
The girl would not trust her voice.
She nodded a pained absent.
"There was found to be missing
close upon 3,000 in gold and a smaller
pmount in notes. Of course, there was
onlv one inference to be drawn."
"Vrr thnt Ar.liTT " Prior Klnrpnfo
Mr. Kendal preserved a noncommit
tal silence.
"Haven't you heard?" pursued Ar
thur, correctly divining the meaning
of this strange reception. "They've
got the couple, and, so far as is at
present known, they've recovered
every farthing of the money."
"Begin at the commencement-, Ar
thur," said Mr. Kendal, as soon as the
house had finished the spinning mo
tion which the rapid succession of
startling events had given to it in his
disordered impressions.
"It has been done by people who
nave a good acquaintance with bank
ing practices," he commenced, "as you
will see as I proceed. It will turn out
to be some former employe of one of
our branches, I should think.
"Well, last night today's Monday
isn't It? I'm not myself yet, by any
means. Yes, last night, before 1 had
been In my lodgings an hour I had
arrived at Euston at 7:351 received a
note brought by hand, stating that
Cecil Horsham, whose name I knew as
that of one of our directors, would like'
to see roe immediately on urgent busi
ness admitting of no delay, if I would
favor him by forgetting for the mo
ment that it was Sunday evening.
"No. 18 Grantham square was the
address at the head of the note, and I
took a cab there immediately. Of
course, being unaware of the exact na
ture of the business, I thought I would
let Mr. Horsham see, at all events, that
I was not without intelligence, and I
therefore took my bank papers, not
dreaming that it could be anything
outside of bank affairs.
"You know what fine houses they
are In Grantham square? Well, 18 was
a handsome place, and I have rarely
seen a grander room than that into
which I was shown. The pictures
were "
"Yes; leave out the description for
the present, Arthur, dear, and you can
tell us that afterward."
"Well, it was a place which would
have impressed anyone, and that's how
it affected me. I had just had time
to take in my surroundings when a
lady, young-middle-aged, of very state
ly oeanng richly dressed, came in.
Her husband, Mr. Horsham, would not
be long. He had taken a cab to the
residence of one of the directors. There
was something of vital importance
pending, and she hoped I would be
worthy of the trust Mr. Horsham had
decided to place in me.
"In her grand and yet very pleas
ing manner she invited me to take a
glass of wine while waiting for Mr.
Horsham, and e so took it for
granted that I would accept her hos
pitality I did not dream of declining.
I drank a glass of claret.
"It was drugged. I must have been
overcome by it in a few moments, for
I recollect nothing more at this time."
"Oh. hoxv terrible!" ejaculated Flor
ence, in the deepest concern.
"Yes; it's getting quite melodra
matic." was Mr. Kendal's comment
"Don't mind father's interruptions,
Arthur. Go on."
"My first sensation on coming round
was a most awful racking pain in the
iicad, a feeling such as that left by
too much whisky over night accord
ing to all the descriptions I have
hoard," added Arthur hastily.
"I involuntarily groanod and was
about to turn over on my side, when
either a sponge or a handkerchief.
saturated, I presume, with chloroform,
was clasped over my mouth and nose.
I had neither the wit nor the energy
to resist, and again I lost conscious
ness. "The next time I came around there
was, fortunately, nobody in the room,
and I had time to regain my presence
of mind partially before a man and a
woman re-entered. I simply pretended
to be still under the power of the
soporific. The woman I recognized
the tones of the pseudo Mrs. Horsham
suggested that I ought lo have a little
more chloroform In case I awoke, but
the man replied to her that they didn't
want to corpse me, and that chloro
form was too dangerous to use any
more than necessary, as it was some
times fatal even when administered by
skilled doctors.
"However, he was kind enough to
add that, when he was gone, the wo
man was to be sure and send me off
again the moment I showed signs of
wakefulness.
"Gradually their scraps of conversa
tion revealed to me the nature of the
plot, which, I suppose, has been pretty
clear to you all along, with your
brains free from narcotic control.
"It was about three hours after the
man's departure, I should imagine,
that the woman left, after bending
oxer me and deceiving herself that 1
was still unconscious.
"Reflection showed me that, as ul
timately proved to be the case, these
txvo people had taken these grand
apartments and paid a handsome sum
in advance, merely with the object of
obtaining a place to which to decoy
me.
SUCCESSOR OF THE MAHDI.
Awful Cruelty, Sensuality, Love af Lax
ry. Display and Flatter.
A native of southwest Darfur, the
strong individuality and resoluteness
of his character developed with the
exercise of unlimited power into thb
worst traits of the despot, says the Na
tional Review. Pride degenerated into
a blind belief in his own infallibility,
and he did not scruple to adopt the
successes of others whether it were
the architecture of the mahdi's tomb
or the victories of Zeki as the results
of inspirations given to himself from
heaven. An innate cruelty grew to pro
portions unrivaled even by the late ent-
perors cf Rome. He gloated over the
massacre of whole tribes, in the death,
by lingering tortures or starvation, of
his most able and most deserving gen
erals and advisers. His degeneration
of character was, of course, accompa
nied by an inordinate sensuality and
lovo of luxury, display and flattery.
His harem consisted of 400 women, his
bodyguard of 12.000 warriors, clad in
armor, with horses decked in quilted
caparisons. His policy was, in brief,
to exterminate the Nile valley tribes
and to introduce the western tribes in
their place, so that the Gezira and other
formerly populous districts became de
populated, while he crushed the Ashrat
(mahdi's relatives) and took all power
from his brother caliphs. The coinage
xxas debased by successive stages till it
became a fifth of its normal value.
Mock justice was administered by the
cadis, who were his creatures, whose
duty it became to carry out his de
cisions, however grossly unjust, and to
make them appear so far as possible to
accord with the moslem law and the
mahdis "instructions." Religion be
came a mockel-y and his wretched sub
jects ceased to believe in its travesty.
Pilgrimages to Mecca were forbidden
and replaced by visits to the mahdi's
tomb; commentaries dn the koran xvcre
suppressed and the religion of Islam
was made the vehicle of all that xvas
evil.
Education ceased and trade except
the trade in slaves, which assumed vast
proportions and was conducted with
unspeakable cruelties and incalculable
loss of life became practically non
existent. A veto was placed on trade
in feathers, that in gums was taxed
prohibitively, tobacco was contraband
and ivory coming only from the south
dwindled as thoseprovinces lapsed from
the caliph's control. A small and de
sultory trade continued with Egypt,
but a rigid prohibition cf the export of
slaves left but little for merchants to
convey out of the country. Industry
suffered In like proportion and became
limited to a little weaving of common
cloths and some leather work-, while
the immorality bred of chaos, of the
wholesale- depopulation of vast dis
tricts by the slave trade and by the
rupture of all social organization, be
came fearful in its extent and was ac
companied by the increase of the dis
eases which Usually accompany it.
HAD BOGUS FUNERAL.
HOW A COURT SCANDAL WAS
HUSHED UP.
A-rH
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rtiS base of the Karl of Aylestofdtti
Spent the Latter l'art of uii Life la
New Tork as "Mr. Slrapaon," Freqaent
Infc Bliitllsnn and Union Squares.
S.VERY unpleasant
affair has been re
called in Europe
by the announce-
i iiiciil in a uuuiuti
31 of German papers
oil iiidisiJiitabl ili
thority that Couth
Guido Lynar, 'a
member of tne
princely house of
that name, has
oeen met, very much alive and in line
condition, at Florence, where he is now
living without the slightest attempt
to conceal his identity, says the New
York Journal. In order to appreciate
the sensation caused throughout Ger
many by this announcement it is nec
essary to state that the Count, a major
of the crack regiment of the Guard du
Corps, decorated with almost every or
der of Europe, possessed of an Inde
pendent fortune of $80,000 a year and
celebrated as the handsomest man of
his corps, was arrested by the English
police in London on a horrible charge
xx bile occupying the post charge
d'affairs of the German empsror.
wnat rendered the matter worse
was that the late Emperor Frederick,
at the time crown prince, was, with his
consort, in London at the moment and
had to bear the full brunt Of the scan
dal. Had Count Lynar gix-en his name
and quality to the police when ar
lcstcd he would at once have been set
at liberty and steps would have been
taken to hush up this scandal as have
been so many others during the pres
ent century, the authorities being
aware of the complications that are
created by the an est of a foreign dip
lomat. But Ljnar, who had com-
gland, ruined ncyona nope; both soci
ally and financially, was reported to
have died In Texas-. A coffin contain
ing A body represented aa that of the
earl was brought to New York and
shipped to England. But grave
doubts were entertained at the time
afid Stijj exis as to whether ho is
really dead, a.cnffSn? feature in con
nection with the affair being thai the
insurance upon his life was never col
lected. .' rr..
CASTLE IS HAUNTER
SPOOKS COrfCREO'ATg AT A
YOUNG WOMAN'S S6i4Gdt
Ghost Stories Now Beta? Told la Which
Welt'Kaowa Tarrytowa lastitntloa
Is Coatptsaotts Fhaatooss Are At
tracted to mp'.U:
PORT ARTHUR IS D1PFBRBNT.
England is VUIIoC for Rosila to Have
Wlint She Doesn't Want-
Now, we havo always held that Rus
sia is entitled to an Ico-free port In the
Pacific"; says' the I!idt?rtv Chronicle. It
is out of the question that Ed coififesal
an undertaking as the trans-Siberian
irailway could be allowed to end in a
f remote harbor frozen for five months
in the year. Mr. Balfour, we were glad
to see, declared that the government
would put no obstacle in the way of
such an acquisition by Russia. AH
this, however, refers to Port Lazareff,
on the eastern coast of Corea, or some
place in the immediate neighborhood,
upon which Russia has for long been
known to have her eye'. Port Arthur
is a very different thing. Russia took
the lead in coercing victorious Japan
out of Port Arthur on the ground that
the presence of Japan there would give
the latter a dangerously preponderating
influence upon China. A thousand
times more will the influence of Russia
there be dangerous for the trade and
policy of other countries, for the pos
session of Port Arthur is a hand upon
the throat of China, which can be
tightened to suffocate her at any mo
ment. Moreover, England Is the only
country which throws her possessions
open to the trade of the world. Port
Arthur in Russian hands will of course
be carefully restricted to Russian com
merce. The harbor is a splendid one.
The fortifications manned by Russians
would be absolutely impicguable. and
thus Russia would have in the far east
a naxal base which would instantly
make her the mistress at sea of that
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MRS. DYCHES SAVES HER HUSBAND FROM DEATH.
The Itastle Question.
"Why is the bustle coming back?"
The riddle fiend propounds.
"Because," the wag says quickly, "back
Is just where it abounds."
"It's come to kill the bloomer craze,"
The old-style girl observes;
"That men," the female ball player
says,
""May get onto our curves."
"It's come to fill a long-felt want,"
The willowy maid replies;
"Or else," says she who moans her
weight,
"Augment our sobs and size."
The riddle fiend laughed loud and long;
"Oh, this is glorious biz.
You're all told why it's coming, when
You're not sure that it is!"
Nexv York World.
Suetl for a tiolit-Capprd Toe-Nail.
Dentist W. J. Leeds, of New York, is
suing Mile. Selma. a music hall singer.
to recox-cr $5 for fitting a gold cap on
the big too nail of her right foot. The
girl had suffered xvith an ingrowing
nail, and asked Leeds to cap it with
gold, as he would cap a tooth. He did
so. and charged ?5 for the job. Her
foot was not cured, she says, so she
refused to pay the bill.
RS'P!' Mm
A different taste In jokes very nearly
cost the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Dyches,
of Lecsburg, l'la., one day last week.
They oxx-e their continued existence to
the courage displayed by Mrs. Dyches.
The husband and wife were out driv
ing when they encountered a twelve
foot alligator in the road. Mr. Dyches
thought it would be a joke to drive over
him. Mrs. Dyches did not. Neither did
the alligator. As the wheels touched
the saurian the animal made a
sweep xvith its tail that xvrecked
the buggy and deposited the Dyches
couple on the ground. The alli
gator promptly attacked them and
tore off the left nrm of Mr. l)ychcs.
The wife rushed to her husband'B aid,
only to be knocked over by another
sweep of the animal's tail. She fell
near her mangled husband, and with
great presence of mind pulled a pistol
from his pocket and fired bullet after
bullet into the alligator's open mouth.
At last a bullet touched a vital spot
and the alligator died as its jaws were
closing on the plucky xvoman's arm. It
xas feared at first that the husband
might die from loss of blood and
shock, but late reports represent the
couple as getting on very well. From
the Nexv York World.
HE MJifding known
as "The Cttrtfcs"
situated on the
high land east of
Tarrytown, is one
flf ih$ rawt pictur
esque pa along
the Hudson, rSiaifl
the New York Tri
bune. It was built
by tSf.- Herrlck. of
patent ffiWM
fame, and has passed through a num
ber of hands ictftp then, remainiug in
the possession of iio'ffS for any great
length of time, until now it is Occupied
by Miss C. E. Matson as a school for
young women.
When it wa first erected all the
architects, except the one who designed
it, declared the building to be an archi
tectural imiJoKsibiiity.- it was al! a
matter of envy, perhaps?,- nndth'e castle
did not mind what they said 3Htft it,
but it kept right on growing more .and
more picturesque for every year that
passed over its gray walls. Some of
the successive owners into whose hands
the castle fell made alterations in the
original building, and built additions
thereto, mainly on the east side, but it
is doubtful if any addition Or alteration
has been ah improvement frdni ah ar
tistic point of view, Arid the west side,
that faces the rivfef, which is practi
cally as it was originaiiy designed,
still remains Its jnost striking and im
posing point of view:
Upon entering the castle and pass
ing through its. spacious, apartmwits,
one is not disappointed) but finds it as
stately and interesting within as it is
without. The princpal room is the
parlor or drawing room, which occu
pies the main tower of the building.
The room is circular, and has a highly
ornamental Vaulted PPUinar. which is
supported in the center" by a eilM;
column that rises frnni the middle of
of the upartmenh Tile dining rbriril is
a handsome apartment, with a high
xxainscotirg of dark-colored wood, dtul
a raftered ceiling decorated In gold.
The room is lighted by art immense
window looking to the northwest:
The view from this window is one
of the finest ,in the Hudson valley. ,To
the west; overlooking ijie TapjjaiZee
and Nyack. the Ramapo mountains, -in
the center of Rockland county, can be
plainly seen, xvhile to the north in sue
cession Tarrytown. North Tarryto
en-mini rorntrTTUveratraw bavTA
nlnnL-'s ni.nt e.nn.. ..:. n.l 1Iie
1'iw.iiv o I'UUIl, UIUII )UIUl, illlU Il
distance the blue peaks of tho r s"
kills. From all the windows thc
north and went aides this viexvn
repeated, while it i iiWn nv lm
I'.l-uswx. v.t OLLII 11UIII law
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ments. LooKing south, it
Nexv York city can be bc
top of thc smallest and h
on a clenr tlav.
As might be expected irfa builrfWg
constructed as the fcdstle' ther a!"c
many odd-shaped apart3n,s vitn'n
its walls-long corridor! dark nooks
winding staifwis, W. darkened
rooms, but the majorlT of ' t'cV roCP
are wcll-lichted. brig, and homerJfe,
Or course, there armories connected J
examine thc passage, which was found
to contain a ladder, up which they
went to S tmall apartment formed by
one of thc ornamental towers on the
southwest side of the castle, and to
which no entrance fiad previously
been known to exist.
The irdil door that secure tfee silver
or strong room Ot the castle are also
curious from the fact that it is AifQr
cult to find the keyhole whereby the
doors, once secured, are unlocked. An
other door in thc building is also pe
culiar. The name of "J. W. Herrlck"
and the figure "1859" can bc found
with little stndy in the graining of
the wood. This Is "only a sample of
the many interesting things connected
with the castle, that make it anything
but an ordinary, everyday building.
Lm Donitv Mobile.
An example of the presentiment of
success occurs in the accouut of the
pjnffKtlon of "Rigoletto," brought out
at Veflif J M51. It is fluted that
Verdi, when &t Wrk on his opera, re
fused to fill up a cetiaia blank in the
Score, alleging, in answer to entreaties
from the alnger who was to perform
"the musing aria, that there would be
plenty of time to'sufly it-it was noth
ing difficult. .
Thin he continued to repeat MnU; tnc
actual day fixed for the perfornu'nce
of "HigoiettO," Whti, With much mys
tery and iriahjr precaution ngdlflP be
in ftvM-heard. he played thn- enchaiit
ing "La licwtia .6 Mobile" td n mys
tified singer. .the latter wa5 ex
pressing his deligiU Verdi caution,
him strictly on no accomi to hum.
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THB OLD RELIABLE
Cdnmbus - Slate - Bank J
tolitodnTIicIJcicnj
late Lias a leal Estate
Chime. Ww Tk
ULLf t IXIAMIHIf : TIOlITf.
BUYS GOOD NOTES
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IUU ureucau.1, mc """i,n(iPP
Said that
from the
licst lower
Fare ami Starr.
Blazlcy "I was coming downtown in
a car this morning and the conductor
came along and looked at me as If I
hadn't paid my fare." Bizley "What
did you do?" Blazley "I looked at
him as if I had." Roxbury Gazette.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
"I rang the bell, got the people of
o: mat -r.n"r !'oer i-iorence the house to' wire to Scotland vard
could no: Itvko the sentence. Her and, then, apparently, relapssd into
father inteirupjed the a:tempt. 'stupidity, for I remember a doctor at-
"Well. my child, there can be no j tending me before I could make my-
other possible explanation. Tne young t self intellible to the police inspector.
man is now being hunted for all ox-er
the country, and the manager told me
he had wired to thr head office for in
structions aLont issuing a reward."
Had fie door opened a second later
Florence xxould have teen in hysterics.
But her father had involuntarily called
"Come i'-: in response to the knock,
and the parlor maid tripped over to
Mr. Kendal xvith a card upon the
salx-cr.
Had it been a message from a ma
hatma, precipitated through the sub
stantial ceiling under which ho sat,
he could not hax-e been more as
tounded. Suddenly he jumped up and.
without a word, darted through the
door.
There in the hall, looking pale and
ill, but obviously in the highest spirits
his feebleness permitted, stood Arthur
Durrant.
It was with a mingling of blank as
tonishment and distant constraint that
Mr. Kendal met the young man's cor
dial greeting.
But Florence, with a little scream,
ran at him and was caught in an em
brace which she returned with an in
terest which Arthur willingly set off
against the father's chilliness.
"My word! it was an adventure,
wasn't H?" said Arthur, reluctantly
disengaging himself from the fetters
arcund his neck.
"I was able to tell him, thanks to
the scraps of conversation I had over
heard, that Xewhaven, for Dieppej was
the destination of the thieves; and,
sure enough, the local police, acting
upon instructions, te'egraphed to them,
met the couple as they detrained and
bagged them effectually."
Florence was still looking puzzled,
and Arthur had to supply a few more
details.
"Don't you sec that while they had
me there hors de combat in Grantham
square the man, armed with my letter
of introduction, marched down to the
bank and calmly impersonated me?
That he could easily do, because there
isn't a soul there who has ever seen
me. Of course they know the expla
nation of it all at the bank by now?"
"No," replied Mr. Kendal; "the local
inspector who saw the manager doubt
less did not know himself at that time,
and Mr. Scotland is applying for au
thority to offer a reward for Arthur
Gordon Durrant. But I see he is cap
tured. Flo seems to have him pretty
securely, and for a young man with a
price upon his head he seems to' be
fairly happy."
Two men in Galesrille, Wis., were
arrested recently for selling salt to
farmers for sugar.
Don't expect a lamp to act right if it
is not properly cleaned.
Old-fashioned brocade makes Iovelv
waistcoats for tailor gowns.
The mohair and bareges are un
doubtedly banishing the crepon.
Fexv women know xvhat is required
of them on a fishing excursion.
The patent leather slipper never
loses its hold on feminine fancy.
The xvoman who does not love floxx--ers
and babies is not worthy of the
name.
The true woman never laughs when
slighting remarks are made about her
sex.
The hand that used to rock the cra
dle now clutches thc handle bar cf the
bicycle.
The sort of woman servants always
copy cannot be dubbed undeniably
good form.
A diamond bowknot is a very pretiy
gift if the purse of the purchaser is a
good-sized one.
Black and white gowns with one
touch of color are the most fetching
creations of the season.
Old-fashioned colors, old-fashioned
furniture and old-fashioned names are
affected by women desirous of being
considered good form.
The pocket question for women is
a little more satisfactorily settled this
season, some hip trimming permitting
an opening beneath for handkerchiefs
or purse.
The wonian who can shed real tears
aua yet oe a oeauiy snouid receive
that prize that was awarded the fair
Helen, but sorry to say such an award
is going begging in this generation.
pletely lost his head, refrained from
disclosing his identity until his com
panions had been committed for trial,
when he himself had undergone thc
public ignominy of being placed
in the prisoner's dock. On the assur
ance gix-en by the. German government
that Lynar should bc severely pun
ished, he was turned oxer to the em
bassy and by the latter to three ofll
cials of the Berlin police, who took
him back xvith them to Germany. On
arriving there he xx-as at once placed in
an insane asylum, on thc plea that he
was demented, and his name was re
moved from thc roster of the diplo
matic service as xvell as from that of
the army.
Three months later it was an
nounced in all the papers that he had
died while under restraint and his
name, after being cited In the necro
Iogical appendix of the "Almanach de
Gotha," disappeared from that golden
book of the European nobility. A
coffin purporting to contain his re
mains xvas placed in the family vault
and his widoxved mother, after mourn
ing for her son, died about six months
later, it is believed, from a broken
heart in consequence of his loss.
Now comes the news that he is aUve
and well, living on thc fat of the land
and enjoying himself to his heart's
content in Florence. The inference is
that the German authorities ha"c con-nix-cd
at a deception particularly grexx-
corae in character, which has found its
counterpart on srveral occasions in
England, the most notable instance
being that of thc uncle cf the present
duke of Nexvcastle.
The latter got mixed up in a scrape
cf thc same kind as Count Guido Ly
nar. and having been placed on trial
along with his friends. Boulton and
Parke, was about to "ne convicted,
when the announcement of his death
was made and he xx-as interrred xvith
much pomp and ceremony m the vaults
of the ducal house of Nexvcastle. Yet
a few months later he xx-as recognized
in New York, where he spent the re
mainder of his life, bearing the name
of "Mr. Simpson." He used to haunt
the restaurants and saloons arcund
Union and Madison squares and spent
a long time in one of the metropolitan
hospitals, thanks to an accident which
occurred to him on his passage to this
country.
Then there is the case of the late
earl of Aylesford, who, having been
forced to expatriate himself from En'
part of the world. In fact, xvith Rus
sia firmly settled at Port Arthur, xvith
the trans-Siberian railxx-ay behind her,
the influence 6f other poxx-ers upon
China may be regarded as gone, and
the advance of Russia from her north
ern frontier toward Pckin would be
merely a matter of time.
Where They Conld Flml film.
An actor recently found hiniKclf
stranded In a western city withdut Cxen
thc wherewithal to purchase a meal.
He went to thc landlord and offered to
entertain the guests xvith recitations
if he could be supplied xvith a square
meal. This was agreed to by the land
lord, and the actor man xvas ushered
into the parlor wherf the guests were
assembled. He gave several readings
in clever style, but did not seem to
catch oh, and bowing himslf out told
the landlord of his failure to p!ea?e.
The latter, being a good-natured guy,
told him he should hae his meal not
xvithstanding his failure, and he was
escorted to the dining-room. Feeling
a great deal better after a good, square
meal, he again entered -the parlor and
said to the guests:
"Ladies and gentlemen, as I failed
to please you xvith my recitations, I
will now try a little legerdemain.
Would any one here like to see tho
devil?"
"Yes," was the answer from all.
"Then go to h-rl," said the actor,
and ho bowed himself out.
That's Different.
An exchange says that a boy can sit
on a sled six inches square, tied in a
sled moving eight miles an hour, hut
can't sit on a sofa five minutes for a
dollar. A man will sit on an inch
board and talk politics for three hours;
put him in a church pew for forty min
utes, he gets nervous, twists and turns,
and goes to sleep. Man will pouch his
cheeks with filthy tobacco, juice runs
doxvn his chi. feels good: but a hair
in the butter kills him. He stays out
till midnight, wife don't know where
he is, comes home when he pleases;
but if a meal is not ready just on time,
pouts, frowns and says-unpretty things.
Womankind. .
He Is Small, Indeed.
When a man bragc of his' power, auk
him to mak! a Wadc of grass or spirt a
SpHef ' WPti;' I -
with the Dlace mat fre cultivated like
the ivy and lichcnpontits xx;alls. be
cause they naturaly belong tV a cas
tle; for who evrf heard of a? castle
that was not ovdgroxvn with ivy"' or
that belonged t the same category
with Canning's ihifegrinder, and had
no story? Ther Is the tale of the old
housekeeper wlfc declared that in one
of her nightly ours of th castle she
entered an nnirtmeni FiJ one of the
corridors whiifi she did not remember
noticing beforl Once xvithin the room
every thina ,w so strange and there
seemed such I q"r influence theie,
that she quicly retreated. The noise
of a violently closed door foffowt her
return to th corridor, down which sfre
fled, calling Vor assistance. From that
time linti'l ta6 gteswit day thc "lost
room," as it is cauVd', lift? trn searched
for in vain.
The experience of two teachers is
also cited aa proof that thc castle is
up-to-date in all thc mystery that such
a structure should possess. Thc teach
ers iii question, two women of veracity,
were seated ond evening in the Christ
mas vacation in the apartment tailed
thd music room. The weather had
been cold.the groiimf outside the castle
xvas frozen hard, and ho shdv had re
cently fallen. Presently they heard
the sound Of a carriage approaching
the castle, that grew louder until the
noise of the wheels upon the gravel
and the sound of the horses' hoofs
could be plainly distinguished. The
equipage seemed to the listeners to
draw up to thc main entrance, where
it stopped.
As guests were not unexpected, one
of the teachers xver.t to the door and
opened it, intending to greet the new
comers, wnen, to ner surprise, sne
found neither guests, horses, nor car
riage; nothing but thc empty drlxe
way, across which she could look to
the leafless trees that fringed the path,
whose gaunt limbs sxx-aying in the
wintry wind seemed to mock her in her
surprise. Whether thc people that
have been Irnving the caFtlc all thes'
years in thc body had taken to return
ing to it in the rpirit. ghostly carriage,
horses, and driver thrown into the bar
gain, was something the teacher was
not prepared to answer. Certainly thc
place i? one of many buried hopes;
perhaps these at times become uneasy
and make themsclx-cs. apparent by
st range manifestations.
One evening last winter the teachers
and young women of the school were
startled by a great clattering that pro
ceeded from a room situated between
the chapel and the west porch. Upon
investigating the cause of thc disturb
ance it was found that a panel in a
wall of the apartment hitherto sup
posed to be solid had fallen out, dis
closing a secret passageway. No school
of nineteenth century young women
could possibly allow any such relic tf
the dark ages as this to dauut them,
so a number of the older pupils donned
bicycle buUh, and. armed with lan
tern and a hatehrt. t:c" proceeded to
whistle the catching air
evtnlfiif
learned H alreaur.aI14 w?rC lote bc
a solemn vow not to i"mance.
heard iJefHrf the actuaLpetfaWl the
"Why thisKfvf!rMy?,, ir
puzzled artist. . , t i do not
'Because." replied. VBing it before
wshal Venice to be .flu t."
fry.tfVp1 ls broughjoiiowing day "all
aurc naun, tne the facile melody
Venice" had.KWugljfobile" xvas assured
and "La Donna e jirnhill Magazine,
of immortality. c
or the Air.
'.- ,:3na wc l'ave a v'"a' of
"Out lit AfiC purity and clearness
oPoul:"? n 'ald JlI(,se MOTPUJ". the
G j. -!!.., .V '.Washington from that tcr
delegate afcf we have reason for it, for
r"ory, "nothing like it in the known
there ishc air of California may siir
wbrldjjat of Arizona from a photog
pass jfs point of view, and it is claimed
raphjft does, but as thc Arizonian only
thvlt for air for breathing purposes, xve
carnot at all jealous on that point,
are, Can see mountain tops for over 100
W(t ?, and some here claimed that
ft-Vvavama 16i miles distant can be
jjggVmd with the naked eye. I xvas
'nprilkv& if this to some friends here
"recenTry !V l was-mandly inrormeiT
by a Scotch fWrgyman, xvho was here
on a visit, itutt -hat W0,I,d hanlly bc
regarded as in amy .wa' remarkable in
Scotland, where, too. sa'. the air
was very clear. 'Wc cau see murther
tln 130 miles in Scotland,' he said.
Wc an. see all thc way to clwi moon. "
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OimCXKS AND DIRECTORS!
Ijuhder Gerrard, Pres't,
B. H. Hurt, Vice Prat,
M. Brcqqer, Cashier.
Jonx Stauffer. Wm. Bucmer.
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HAS AN
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Paid fn Capital, - 90,000
OFFICERS.
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Jonas Wki.ch, V. A. McAllisteic,
Carl Kienke, . C. Gu.xv.
FllANK KoitElt.
STOCKHOLDERS.
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Clark Okay. Henry Loseke.
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Bak of deposit: Interest allowed on tlma
ieposlta; bur and sell axobaugo on Ualted
States and Europe, and buy and sell avail
able securities. Wo shall bo pleased to re
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Pan's Tmy tiny.
It having been th? custom of a cer
tain establishment In the north to pay
thc workers fortnightly, and the xvork
men having found the custom some
what inconvenient, it was decided to
send a delegate to the htad of the firm
tt state their grievances. An Irish-
rtrWJ. named Dan D . famed for his
safUtCHY and persuasive poxvers, was
selected for the task- He duly xx-aited
on the master, xvno auuresseu mm
thus:
I "Well Daniel, what can we do for
yo this morning?"
"If ' Blaze, sur, I've been sint as a
diligate by ,'w workers to ask a favor
of ye regardin' M payment of our
wages."
"Yes; and xvhat do they desire?"
queried the master.
"Well, sur. It is the desire of mesilf.
and it is alrfo the desire of ivery mar.
in the establishment, that we receive
our fortnight's pay every week."
Diaitihf in Granite Cutter.
One of the grCfltet inventions ever
added to the granite business is being
glvsn a test in MontpeliT. Vt. The
machine is for sawing granite, and If it
proves Satisfactory will go doxxn in
history xvith lilt cotton gin. Thc ma
chine contains $l.fi0O worth of dia
monds, and the total construction costs
In the neighborhood of $10,000.
CARE OF CHILDREN.
Here are a few important matters
that every mother ought to know:
That during the first year the aver
age gain in the weight of a healthy
baby is rather more than twelve
pounds, and in height eight or nine
inches.
That, in the case of delicate chil
dren, they derive great benefit frJ-n
being gently and thoroughly rubbd
all over particular attention should,
hoxvever, be given to the spine di
rectly after the morning bath.
That a child is imprcrsed by and
unconsciously imitates the individual
who has charge of him; hence the
great importance cf selecting a suita
ble person as nurs.
That children should from an carn
age be taught to wall: properly. s
that they may not on'y groxv up grace
ful, but -derive the utmost amount of
good from this rauct valuable form of
exercise.
That if a child has reached the age
of one year without cutting any teeth
there is good reason to suspect that he
is being improperly nourished, and
medical aid should bc summoned, so
that rickets, may, if possible, be pre
vented. That the temperature of the nursery
should bc regulated by a thermometer,
so that it docs r.ot exceed sixty-eight
degrees, and never goes beloxv fifty
ftvc degrees.
That thc leavings of baby's bottle
should never be warmed up; when
more food is required, have it made
fresh.
That children should cot bc allowed
to wear shrunken woolen garments,
for they are too close to be really
warm; loosely xvoven wool is warmer
than a closely-woxvn fabric and looee
ntting garment! are warmer.
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