! PHE OMAHA DAILY. BEE : , NOVEMBER 1 , 1887. .
A VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE,1 '
tfho Attorney Qonoral Carrloo Ills
Point Before the Supreme Court.
THE CONTINUANCE DENIED.
In .tho MntuliitmiH Ciiso
StitiiniUcil Yf'stoiMlny Arrnnjju-
ineiilH For tlio IHg Irish Meet *
inft Perfected Ijlnuiiln Nowu.
frmm TIIF. nun's MrrcoLX
The inniulainiiB cnsoviis railed In supreme
court yesterday ut 8 : 10 , precisely as Attor
ney General Lccso aald It would bo. Thorn
was it lurtfc uttciidunco nt , this session of tlio
court , and tbo morning houis were ns full of
Interest as any hours over pa secl In the
room. It was Interesting because It WIIH the
culminating point in tlioclToits of the rail-
rnllroiuls In the stale , assisted by a majority
of the stnto board of tranoportalloti , to keep
tlio people In the dark as to what comprised
the railroad law In tlio ntato and to pcrpctu-
lito thu furclnl proceedings gained by the
roads of the state In the star chamber coin-
jiromlso that Bold the law like a mess of pot-
tflga nnd nouglit to bury the law and Institute
n fnrco. It was u line spectacle to observe
the railroad attorneys championing the board
of traiiHporlatlon sldo of tbo question as for
! ) lie interest of thu people ; tosco the public
ncrvnnttt of tlm people standing' upon the
name platform with the hired men of the
corporations , rcvellnc In the delusion that
they were for the people In their compromise
notion. It must have bucn u
iileasuro to the members of the
hoard of tnmsportution who Imvo worked
for months to gut u lcnowle < Uo of the law
nnd their power under the law , to sco them-
Helves under the caio of nilhnad attorneys
trying to escupo the knowledge that they
Imvo boon professedly hteking. Tlio case
opened with the demand that it bo continued
under the rotten compromise. Tbo record of
the board of transportation and their order
to have the attorney general continue it were
> hiecd before the court. Tlio question
{ imged upon whether tlio board could com
promise the case and continue it. On this
jolnt the attorney general opened the argu
ment against a continuance. Tim argument
of Mr. Lccso was clc.ir cut , keen and in
cisive ; a purely legal nrgumsnt , in which ho
Hhowed up the alleged compromise worked
through the board during his absence. Ho
nhowcd that the board of transportation was
nottho real party to the issue ; thatthooriginal
complainants in tlio case who had been
ban ed out from the star chamber meeting
were the parties who should assent with
the roads for a continuance , and
they were present In court demanding
n hearing. The attorney general stated
that tlio public at largo was interested in the
case and that the people had a right to know
whether the law w.is a farce or a reality.
What ho contended for was that the case bo
liL-nrd and that the court say whether tiio
board was with or without power to loguhito
the roads.
Attorney Ilnwloy of the Klkhorn road ad
dressed the court at length upon the powcts
of the board to dismiss thu caso. He wr.s , in
fact , the attorney for the board as well as the
corporations. Ho had tlio records of tlio
board that was made in tlio .star chamber ses
sion , and that has but recently came to light.
Ho iiMil th. i record by which the bo.ird bar
tered a knowledge of the law for a compro
mise of tint roads own dictation , and it was
u humiliating rccottl at best. Kven tno at
torney lowered ills voicu and hurried over
the part of the record wheio tlio complaining
jiarty and the public were excluded from tlio
secret session.
Hon. f ! . M. Lnmhcrlhon , the attorney for
Lincoln freight bnic.iu and with Cleneral Attorney -
torney Leeso in thocaso , followed Mr , Huwley
in one of the strongest speeches of tlio day. Ho
withered the board and its present cimmpions-
Ho showed Unit In the court was the power
for continuing or dismissing tlio caso. Ho
ncorcd the star chamber Indecency and
fthowcd that us attorney for tlio complain
ants , from whom tlio mcmlamus came , that
ho repeatedly tried to appear at tlio com
promise session and was barred fi om tlio
room. Ho stated that as well might/ the
court sitting and hearing : i case , call the de
fendants into n star chamber session , exclude -
cludo the plaintiffs and como out with a
Judgment on such a hearing , as the board of
transportation hold n compromise session
find oxeludo the leal plaint ills in the case.
The circumstances under which the com
promise between the roads and the board was
made , were in themselves enough to damn it.
Said Mr. Lambertson : "Wo have to-day
the pitiable sight of tlio board of transpor
tation hero lu court , beseeching that body
not to toll thorn what their power is. The
roads have asked tlio board to further their
Intelligence mid they ask the
court to help them do it. Tlio
board , " continued Mr. Lambcrtson ,
went into compromise session and were
robbed in a night. Tlio roads demanded that
iho board shear itself of its locks of strength
nnd remain in ignorance of its powers. "
Concluding , Mr. Lnmliortson said that tlio
icoplo wanted to know what power the bo.ird
{ md and Uncling that , public opinion would
cause them to exercise it.
T. M. Mariptott closed the argument ho-
fore the court , nnd while not an attorney in
the cnso ho responded to Attorney General
Leeso's duery as to who ho represented by
Baying , "tho railroads. " Mr. Mnrquctt'snrmi-
nient was in the line that the board of trans
portation could continue the case ; that the
reductions under the compromise covered all
the reductions asked in the case , und that
7M,000 ) Inhabitants in the state were satisfied
with the compromise. In making this asser
tion ho shook his spectacles to the lioor and
in again adjusting thorn forgot to Bay anything -
' thing about whether the "people of the state
wanted to know if the railroad law in thu
Btato was n farce or n jniwor , or just how
many thousand favored the railroad scheme
of confidencintf the board of transportation
out of this Unowlodgo.
At the eloso of the arguments the court
took a recess of ten minutes , and returned
holding unanimously that the case should not
bo continued , nnd that the board of transpor
tation had no power to continue or dismiss it.
Chief Justice Maxwell said further that thu
court would proceed at once to hear the case
on the demurrer 11 led by the road , claiming
that the board had no power under the the
law to regulate rates. The demurrer brought
the quustion of the pomy of the board di
rectly to the court for opinion , and Attorney
Hawley commenced at once n death grip pet
tifogging effort to draw out the demurrer ,
btating that ho wanted to supplement it with
mi answer. This schema was to avoid again
an argument on tha powers of the board by
setting out a new answer nnd now delays ,
Hut while Judge Cobb evidently , through Ids
conversation with the attorney general ,
wanted that ofllcial to let the demurrer bi
withdrawn , Judge Maxwell said that thocasi
had been pending for weeks , and that Attorney
noy Hawley had had nmplo tlmo to answer
and hud not , therefore the court wouli
proceed to hear their argument'
on the demurrer as to whethoi
or not the board hold the power to rcgulntt
rates. Tno court then adjourned until ' .
o'clock and the nftornoun was given over t <
the legal arguments on the powers of tin
board and the people will shortly know whal
lias been promised them.
The victory for n test case and opinion wai
complete nnd overwhelming , and because
Attorney-General Lecsu would not bo com
promised and sold out bodily to the corpora
tlons by the star chamber schema , an oplnlor
will bo reached. At the eloso of the hlidilj
intcrotttlng morning sebsion of the court Mr
Lccsowas cordially congratulated on hi :
successful fight for a principle and an hones'
knowledge of the law.
A OKKAT MKETINO IltOMISEll.
The arrangements for the reception of thi
two nationalist members of parliament tha
will bo held at Funko's Opera house till' '
evening arc nearly complete nnd the oven
will bo ono of nioro than passing Importance
Largo delegations will bo present from al
sections of the state , nnd the state capita
will show to the eminent visitors the warn
heart that Nebraska has for the struggles o
Ireland in Its efforts to secure Justice am
equal laws for its JXKiplo. The visitor
will bo mooted by ono of tin
Joi-ft-st audiences over gathered li
tbo state nnd the following progrummo wil
b'j rulhcurod to :
Opening Mufilc. Dillhaimonlo orchestra
' Sune Lincoln Ol > club.
Introduction und nix eoU Governor Tlmyer
Address lion. Arthur O'Connor , M. 1 ,
Song "Lost Koso of Sumuiur , " Mn
\Vober.
Thomas Henry Oration
'Hsmond , M P. .
Song I'lnttnmoulh Glco club.
Hesolutlons I'mi > osed by Mayor Sawyer
nnd scromled by Hon. Albert Wutkins , C. II.
Gere , .ludgo O. 1' . Mason.
Chorus "God Save Ireland , " solo by Mr.
Corcoran.
On Wednesday evening President Fitz
gerald will tender a banquet to the parlia
mentary guests nt the Capital hotel that will
undoubtedly be elegant in all Hpiwlntuicnts.
Some three hundred invitations to the same
have been Issued.
A largo and enthusiastic meeting of the
league was hold in Fit/goruld hall Sunday
afternoon. The following gentlemen were
appointed ushers for the O'Connor nnd
Ksmondo reception : P. M. Harden , George
KIdd , Jnmus Farrcll , Thomas Berry , t .ncs
Condon , Nicholas Lawler , Charles TVtnplo-
ton , William O'Shca , Jr. Mr. Charles
MeGlano will tnko charge of the ticket ofllco
on same night. The meeting adjourned after
the chorus of "God Save Ireland. "
Kr.nnxn UP 1113 nr.conn.
"When Warden Hyers of the state peniten
tiary was sheriff of Cass county , it was n
known fact over ( ho state that when ho wont
for n criminal the man had to come , nnd If n
prisoner ever camped him the search was not
lot up until the chap was buck again. In
September n convict named Fnu's Heins , who
wns serving n sentence for stage robbery ,
escaped from the pen. Ho wns ono of the
trusted men who only had two years re
maining of his sentence. The fact of the
cscnpo had been well nigh forgotten , but not
by the warden , who Saturday came in from
Green Hlvcr , Wyoming , bringing his man
with him , who In escaping forfeited his good
tlnio and will have seven years now to serve.
IT WAS A DEAD LETTER.
Hut , Unlike Demi Men , It Could Tell
Talcs.
Now Yojk ; Mercury : A young , Imnd-
Bonio und dHi'k-oycd Irish tfirl niiniod
Mury Uoirnii charged Mrs. Amelia
Secloy , wife of Thomas Sooloyof North
Ninth und Rooblinfr streets , buforo .Tus-
tico Khiiielmrtjiii WillinmalnirgjThurH-
diiy iiftornoon with nssiiult. During the
trial boino spiny developments were
inmlp , owing to the skillful croMi-oxam-
iNation of the complainant by Counselor
John P. Donnelly , who appeared for the
[ lefenso. Mary , it appeared , was a do-
ncstic , and h'as been in this country
iovoral yeai-H. She was out walking on
Bedford avenue , near Ross street , ono
waning luwt summer with a lady friend ,
ivhon two men passed who tried to Ilirt
with them. Ono of them was portly in
jinnearanuo find wns forty-eight years
old. Ho bowed to Mary , and with his
"riond followed her up and spoke to
lor. She was rather pleased with his
suave manners and his politeness , and
the two girls accepted an invitation to
.mrtako of refreshments. They after
ward visited a beer garden and partook
: > f sundry glasses of the national
beverage.
Mr. Sceloy was Mary's mash , and ho
made rapid progress in ingratiating
himself into her good graces. She did
lot conceal her delight ut the acquaint-
nice , especially when he repeatedly as-
bured her , in reply to her question as to
what his wife would bay if she caught
him with her , that ho was a widower.
Tlio result of the Aiiintion wns that
Mary left her place of employment and
Seoloy and herself kept up their inti
macy nnd mot frequently in side streets.
They visited Coney Island , Glen Island
nnd other bummer resorts together , and
nitogether acted like lovers devotedly
attached to oaeh other. Mr. Seole.y's
friends often mot him and quizzed him
nbout his handsome young companion ,
but ho invariably had a ready and
plausible explanation for them. ITis
wife alone boomed to bo unaware that
she had a rival in her husband's affec
tions. True , ho was out nights oftener
and later than usual , but then ho was at
the club or was detained by friends.
His wife wns dissatisfied , but
as she had no grounds
on which to base her suspicions
she could only intimate to him that
there was a rival in the caso. A week
ago a letter for Mr. Seoloy from the
dead letter ollico in Washington wns de
livered at tlio houbo during his absence.
Anxious to know what the contents
were , Mrs. Sceloy promptly broke open
the seal. The epistle was sure enough
in her husband's handwriting , and it
was addressed to "Dear , Darling
Mary. " Every line of it breathed of
undying love for her. "You tire the
idol , " lie wrote , "around which all my
olToctions are entwined and on which
all my hopes for the future are cen
tered. Once I thought I loved , but now
I know I never felt the great , grand
passion until I belield your pretty face.
Love like j'ours and mine should always
bo free and unfettered , and not chained
by a legal formality. In the sight of
heaven wo are man and wife inoro and
in a purer and nobler sense than if wo
wore bound together by all tlio clergy
men in Christendom. So lay aside till
squeumishncbs and lot there bo a genu
ine union of heart and f-oul. "
To say that Mrs. Seoloy was thunder
struck when she read the letter but
faintly describes her feelings. She
read it over and over again to assure
herself that bho was not mistaken as to
its contents , nnd that the handwriting
was that of her husband. There was no
denying the facts. Each time she i-ead
the loving words now fuel was added to
her anger and her desire for revenge
was intensified. "VVhon her husband
came homo she shook the letter in his
face. Ho , too , was surprised. Ho mut
tered an explanation that it was not
his letter , but the epistle was not only
in his handwriting , but it was written
on ono of the bill heads of the firm "by
which lie is employed as salesman.
There wns war in the house that niglit.
Mr. Seoloy realized that , though
ardent and verbose as a lover , lie was a
very imprudent ono. Ho had written
to the address of Mit-s Mary's friend in
Now York , but ho imulo a blunder in
the street and also in thu spelling of
the friend's name. The letter was
taken back t < o the postolllco and
was forwarded to Washington.
The postmaster general sent
the epistle to Mr. Seolv s homo , strange
to say , insteijd of tlio business address ,
with the result iiibt stated. Mrs. Seoloy
devoted bovoral days to establishing
the identity of and limiting up Miss
Mary , whom she found at the homo of
her married sister. Mary told Mrs.
Seoloy that she believed her husband to
be n single man , and ns such kept com
pany with him. Mrs. Sooloy disbelieved
the story , and , pulling out a. hhort
leather whip from the folds of her dress ,
she belabored Mary with it until the
blood streamed down her face. The
row caused a great commotion in the
neighborhood , and Mrs. Sooley detailed
to the assembled crowd of gossiping
women all the circumstances ol the Uir-
tation.
Mary , thus publicly chastised and
6ctndali/.cd , bought redress in the court. .
All the particulars of the affair as given
above were brought out in evidence
Miss Mary and her sister deposed thai
Mrs. Seoloy assaulted her witn the raw-
hido.bo the defendant was lined $5 ,
which she promptly paid. Mr. Sooloj
was > not in court.
Tim OUtrlcl Court Jmlcrs.
.Tudgo Groff was holding court in Pupillon
Judge Neville was ill and Juilgo Hopowcl
was occupied part of Iho day with private
business , BO Judge Wakoloy had the bencl
In tlm district court all to himself yesterday
At Home.
LieutcnnntKonnon , the Niobrara voyagcur
brown as a berry , arrived yesterday uftci
u trip of fifteen days.
Internal Itovtmue Collection * ,
Vontcrdu.v'b interim ! revenue collection ;
Amounted to J18,5M.SO. . .
"ROCK OF ACES CLEFT FOR HE"
The Grand Old Hymn Plays an Itu-
portant Part An Instructive Tale
ABOUT "JACK THE FISHERMAN. "
His Komnntlc llirtli , Ills Kvcntful
Life , Ills TrnKio Death De
pleted by Elizabeth
Stunrt
The extent of human trials nnd suf
ferings is hardly more thoroughly ap
preciated in actual observation than
when portrayed by the trenchant pen
of ono whoso every impulpo is enlisted
in the task , and whoso own heart seems
to ache in unison with thu reader's at
the trials of the characters dealt with.
There are but few writers who pos
sess the power to make manifest in every
portion of their work the thorough ovl-
donco of sympathy with the subject ;
but when this best of features is appar
ent , however diflleult the toxttho result
la invariably a meritorious produc
tion.
tion.Such
Such a writer is Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps. Her latest is entitled "Jack ,
the Fisherman. " With masterly skill
and pleasing phrnescology an inex
pressibly sad tale of human trials and
crosses is woven to illustrate heredity ,
to exemplify mini's weakness nnd
woman's strength , and to portray the
evil of the liquor habit. Dissimilar to
the stereotyped temperance tale , this
btory imprcbbes its moral thoroughly ,
elucidates its purpose fully , and oilers
to the most cynical of critics a strong
history of the probable , as well as possi
ble circumstances surrounding the lives
of human beings.
.Tack , the fisherman , was a Fuirhurbor
boy. Jack was born ut sea , while his
father was bringing his mother homo
from a visit in Nova Scotia to her half
bister. Jack's mother was one of those
homesick people who pine without their
relatives as much as some of us pine
with thorn. Aboard the ship the little
boy was born. The father remained
sober , an unusual condition for him , '
until the wife and boy were safely
placed in the little crumbling cotlugo
they called homo. "I've blood it long
as I ken , " said ho then to a mute , "and
I'm goin' on a tear a notarnal tear. "
In deed and truth it proved to bo an
eternal tear for the old fisherman. Ho
reshippcd that night , not knowing what
ho was doing. And while the vessel
was sailing far out into the sea , the
young mother , with babe in arm , gazed
over the foot of the old bedstead and
waited his coming. She did not like
to tell the neighbors she was
scant of fuel. And slio waited
women are accustomed to waiting , but
bho had never wailed so long as this.
At the end of her waiting , an old dory-
mate came in one night and told her
that it happened falling from the must ,
because ho was not sober enough to bo
up thoro. And Jack's mother put tlio
baby on the cdgo of the bed , and laid
her'troubles on the "rock of ages. "
She was a pious woman , and she was
fond of nor husband , although
ho got drunk , "because ho got
drunk" the author says. Her heart had
gone the way of all drunkard's wives ;
she loved in proportion to her misery ,
and gave on equation what she lost.
All the woman in her , mothered her
husband when she could no longer
wifely worship him. When he diedsho
felt as it she had lost her oldest child.
But Jack's mother was ono of whom
many a bettor son might bo justly
proud. All her trials and crosses were
laid ut the foot of the throne , and when
weak and weary the little woman always
found the sweetest consolation in the
singing of her favorite hymn "Rock of
Ages. " But time sped , und Jack nat
urally grow older.
With time came the acquirement of
those habits of which so many
boys are proud. At six Jack
smoked like "a tar ; " at eight
ho slept in stables and on the whaves ,
and when Jack's mother suggested to
the old dory-mato , who had been their
firm friend , that she guessed Jack
needed a man to manage him , the old
seaman paid ho guessed so to , and he
would like to bo that man. And thus
Jack secured a stepfather. The new
father nnd Jack did not get on well , and
so the boy , though only ton years of ago ,
was bent out to sea. When ho was twelve
years old ho came homo from a voyage ,
and mingled with the wharf rats before
visiting his mother. At midnight some
one knocked at the door of' the crum
bling cottage. The stepfather , pale
and agitated , opened it. Some boys
wore there in a confused groupthey bore
what seemed a lifeless body on
a bob-sled ; it was Jack ' dead
drunk. Jack's stepfather wont out
softly and said : "Boys , help me
in with him , will you'Not that way.
His mothers' in thoro. She died an
hour ago. " And thus the curse of his
heredity came upon Jack. His mother
never know and in her dying moments
she offered a mother's apology for the
tardiness of her boy ; leaving her love te
Jack , this the only legacy save a recol
lection of her own patient face , she
asked her husband to sing "Rock of
Ages" and her tired spirit took its ( light.
If the curse of his ancestry hud como
upon him , its compensatory temponnont
came albo. Jack had the merry heart
of the easy drinker. At nineteen he
was a steady drinker ; at twonty-flvo lie
was what either an inexperienced or a
deeply experienced tomporaneo mission
ary would have called incurable. The
intermediates would have expected tj
save him. Of course ho reformed.
KHo would not have been intorcbUny
had ho not. Every tomporaneo society
in the city had a hand at him with bet
tor or worse results. But the curse ol
his heredity was upon him.
Thus the author lias carried her char
acter up to Iho turning point in his life.
A young girl.not a bad girlyot fur from
being a good one , wins the pity of Jack ,
the fisherman. "Toon" was the name
by which she was known. In her hearl
existed some sparks of goodness rcadj
to bo kindled for a permanent und
bright lire. Of all the paths that load
to love pity'sHho straightcst and Jacl <
wooed tnis girl and won her. A novel
courtship was theirs. Heretofore
"Teen" had not been like Color's wife
but the nobleness of Jack's nature revealed -
vealod itself in his willingness to forgive
and forgot. All ho asked was that slit
should Hwear to him by the
"Rock of Ages" that she would be
a true und fuithful wilui and thougli
she did not know what it was by whicl :
bho vowed , Teen agreed to swear to hi
true. Together they wont to "Mother1
Mary , a local missionaryand while thai
good woman sang Jack's mother's favor
to hymn the troth was plighted. Teor
turns to her now made husband nnd
asks if ho will bo kind to her ; no oatli
is asked of him ; like womankind she
trusts upon his word. Ho promisesand
for a long time keeps it ; but according
to the author , the curse of his horodUj
was Upon him and nt th'o end of five
months ho falls. Through , the medinrr
of Mother Mary's efforts he is roecuoc1
und on ; o more all goes well. One daj
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when leaving his vessel after a long
voyage ho hears Teen's numo upon
the wharf. The words are few but
enough. Jack was quite sober and un
derstood them. They assailed the
honor of his homo , the truth of his wife ;
they hurled her past at him and
at himself ; they derided the trust ho
had in her during 'his absence ; they
sneered at the "reformed man" whoso
domestic prospects were as they wero.
Blind with passion ho seeks refuge
in the bowl , and after a two hours in
dulgence starts for home. Thereon the
threshold ho moots an old nnd reformed
mate. Instantly ho thinks his sus
picions are confirmed , nnd driving his
old friend from the house , ho enters
and demands of Teen the story of
her perfidy. Poor girl , she has none to
tell. Her oath has been strictly and
sacredly kept and she has been a good
and true wife amid all the sulTorings
around her wretched hearth. Blinded
by drink ho sic/.os the girl to whom ho
promised to bo kind and pours blow after
blow upon her weary head.
"Wait a moment Jack , " pleads his
victim. "For the love of heaven stop. .
I've been all I said I'd bo to you. I've
been an honest wife to you. Wiry Jack , "
nnd her voice sinks to infinite sweetness ,
"havo ? You ain't '
ye forgotten your
self , poor boy. You'll bo sorry. I ain't
very btrong yet. You'll feel bad if you
should hit mo again Jnckdear , don't
Go look in the other room before you
strike mo again , for the love of mercy ; "
but all her pleading fails to touch the
heart now turned to stone , and as she
lifts her voice in supplication between
the blows , hobtrilccs her down ; the butt
of his pistol is heavy enough for the
deed. Stupidly the wretched man gazes
around him , and remembering "look in
the other room , " ho stumbles through
the doorway , and there , in all its happy
ignorance and innocence , lays Teen's
baby and his , born in Jack's absence.
Too drunk to know whither ho goes ho
stumbles blindly to the wharf , whore ho
boards an out-going vessel.
On his return ho is notified by his dory-
mnto that the sheriff is on a tug ready
to receive him. Ignorant of the events
of that sad night ho inquires the nature
of his crime. With great reluctance
his mate reveals to him the truth that
on his last night on land ho murdered
his wife to whom ho had broken his
promise to be kind , and who faithfully
kept her vow to bo to him a true aud
faithful wifo.
The sailors make way for him to pass
to the bows. There ho casts ono wild
and agonizing look upon the world about
him and leaps into the sea. The waters
of Fairhnrbor seem themselves to
leap to greet him as ho sees down.
Those that had borne him und ruined
him , buried him as if they loved him.
On a pleasant Sunday in Juno an
open air service was hold on the beach
at Fairharbor. In the arms of Mother
Mary lay a little pink-faced creature.
Around nbout was gathered the fisher
men of Fairharbor. It was their alVair.
Mother Alary had adopted Jack's nnd
Teen's baby and the baptism was to take
place. They sang Jack's mother's
hymn nnd Mother Mnry spoke to the
concourse. She told them how she took
the child in despair of the past , in hope
of the future ; in pain and in pity and in
love ; yearning over him and those who
were of their inhoritancoand fate , their
chances and their sorrows and their sins.
What was noble in them all , she said ,
was to them like this little thing to hor.
It was a trust. She gave it to thorn , so
she snid , as she took the baby , hero before -
fore their witnessing , to spare him from
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their'miseries if she might.
There with uncovered heads thorough
rough , uncouth men of sea watched the
drops ( lobbing in the air and hoard the
sacred words : "In the name of the
Father ; and of the Son ; und of the
Holy Ghost. Amen. "
But no one heard the other words ,
said by Mother Mary close und low
when slio received the child into her
arms again , and bowed her face above it :
"My son , I take theo for the love of
thy father , and of thy mother. Bo
thou their holy ghost. "
Porcioving that she was at prayer ,
they know not why , asking of Heaven ,
they know not what , with bowed , un
covered heads , the men of boa sent forth
upon the morning air a fervent , heart
felt amen.
In all the tales of fact or fiction a
bolter illustration of woman's btrongt
confidence and forbearance , and maire
weakness , suspicion and mistrust , has
not and perhaps never will bo penned.
If those in need of aid carefully puruso
this little work and fail to profit by its
teachings , then indeed is their case
hopeless.
BOOK UKVIEWS.
"A Si'ECULATon'iir ' PETTICOATS , " by
the French novelist , Hector Malot , is'in
press for immediate publication , by T.
B. Peterson ft Brothers , Philadelphia ,
and it is ono of the most rdmurkablo
books of the day. The heroine , Madame
Fourcy , belongs to a class of speculators
which the last empire mndo no uncom
mon ono in Paris. Her cool head , her
beauty nnd ability , her utter lack of
principle ) , ahd her cool-blooded manner
in which she sacrifices her lover who
worships her , but whom she has used ns
a moro tool , is admirably told. Fourcy
himself wins admiration ; his quick
bouse of honor , his keen sense of right
nnd wrong , his faith in his wife nnd de
votion to his family are depleted with
pathetic power. The plot is skillfully
managed , and its ingenuity IB quite
worthy of Gaboriau.and.asin his books ,
a detective figures largely and brings
out the final consumption. :
"TllKM.ifcBJNcVSK.NfiKiind the. Hid
den Things which it-Might Reveal : or ,
Spiritual Philosophy Treated oi > aRa
lion ill Basis , " is a late work issued from
the house of Funk & Wag-nulls , Aslor
Plnco , Now York. The author is C. W.
Wooldrldgc , B. S. , M. D. The insiiu
purpose of this little book is to show ,
from observed fact and ncees&ary rca-
bon , the existence and reality of spirit
ual intelligence apart from matter. OH
the same basis the author examines the
functions and scope of spiritand the relations -
lations of the present life to the life be
yond , having ascertained the reality of
spirit to a future lifo before indulging
in speculations about them. The specu
lations are curious , many of thorn ingen
ious and interesting , and certainly suf-
ilclontiy bold and advanced to t-atisfy
our "advanced thinkers" in this line of
occult science. The book is in the line
'Psychic Studies , " although moro thor
oughly speculative , while that rests on
a basis of usccorluincd facts , in whole erin
in part.
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EVEH rrKASiNO and instructive in
plot and phraseologytho works of Frank
11. Stockton are welcome additions to
the family shelf. The latest work of
this popular writer is entitled "Tho
Hundredth Man" and is published by
the Century company , Now York. The
book is decidedly interesting through
out and will bear a close pcrusul by old
and young.
K-
THE CHILD'S OWN SI'EAKEH is a re
cent publication by the National School
of Elocution and Oratory. This is u
compilation of excellent declamations
and recitations for the little folks at
bchool and homo entertainments and
will bo found pleasing and instructive to
the juvenile.
THE ELOCUTIONISTS' ANNUAL , com
piled by Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker and
published by the National School of El
ocution and Oratory , Philadelphia , is a
recent publication. This little book is
tilled with interesting selections from
some of the best writers of prose and
poetry nnd will bo a vuluablo addition
to the young people's library.
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"HOLIDAY ENTEUTAINMENTS , , has
just been issued by the National School
of Elocution and Oratory. It is a com
pilation of short dramas , dialogues ,
tablcauxs , recitations , etc. , selected es
pecially and carefully for holiday occa
sions.
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THE HEAKTS of tlio little ones will bo
made glad by the late contribution of
Palmer Cox to their happiness in the
shape of a handsomely illustrated book
entitled "The Brownies. " Brownies ,
like fairies and goblins , are imaginary
little spirits who nro supposed to delight -
light in harmless pranks and helpful
deeds. They work and sport while
weary households sleep , and never
allow themselves to bo seen by mortal
eyes. The description of their busy existence
istonco , as portrayed by Palmer Cox is
interesting to old and young people
alike. The Century Co. , Now York , is
the publisher.
PERIODICALS.
THE NOVEMIIEU number of Harper's
Magazine is introduced by a charming
frontispiece , entitled "A Fairy Tale , "
from a painting1 by F. S. Church.accom
panied by nn rfinonymous sonnet inter
preting the idea of the picture , entitled
! 'A Child Shall Lend Them. " Tlio attrac
tions of southern California lifo are
cleverly displayed by Edwards Roberts ,
in "A Santa Barbara Holiday , " beauti
fully illustrated. The concluding portion
tion of Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis'
bkotchos , "Hero and There in the
South , " is devoted to the Acadian coun
try of Attakapas , Louisiana. With W.
Hamilton Gibson's beautiful illustra
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climax for the series. The poetry of
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Robert Burns Wilson contributes a bril
liant interpretation of nature , entitled
"Chant of a Woodland Spirit ; " Wallace
Bruce , "Tho Rock Where My Mother
Played , " and Louise Imogen Guiney ,
"Tho Last Faun. "
' Ouu LITTLK MEN AND WOMEN"
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fckuto. Published by D. Lothrop Com
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