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IN ARCADY. tt was easy to say "I love you!" Under a summer sky, When "tbe hour went slow mill the bees btininii'iJ low. And the winds went whispering by. Cor we went young mid tin ly. Nothing of life knew we: And whut iinu-f nwcct lliiin whb careless feet To wander In A ready? BVday, In a book forgotten, 1 found a rime you bud kissed. Co you rviiieinbcr tbe moonlight ? The path to the lover's tryst V And do yon sometimes, I wonder, Think of the piiMt and me? And wish Hinne dny we could steal away And wander in Arcndy? Ah, no, 'tis a foolish fancy, The dream is dreamed and over, And you have forgotten tbe dear, dead days When I was your royal lover; For we were two weary worldlings. Seldom from rare set free. And never again can we find tbe path That lends through A ready! Detroit Free Press. THE INSPECTOR'S LOSS Inspector Hookyer bad served bis twenty-live years In the detective force, and Ills colleagues were entertaining him at a little fnrewell dinner. In an ticipation of bis forthcoming retirement. The chairman lmvlng eulogized the guest of the evening to an extent that brought a blush to the face of Unit case, hardened ollleer, the lnsector rose to reply, and at the finish he said: "Tbe chairman has said that I never let a ninn slip through my lingers after I had once got on his track, but 1 am sorry to say be Is wrong, I am bound to acknowledge that once an offender was too clever for me." "Tell us about It," arose spontaneous ly from almost every throat, and In spector Hookyer, In response to the re quest, gave the story. "It wiih a good many years ago now when I had Intrusted to me a case of a young woman named Eliza Thick broom, who had been found (lead (evl dently murdered by having her throat cut) In some fields adjoining a cana Ilea 8 a town In Lancashire. She bad beeu a domestic servant, and wan of a very retiring, staid disposition, and bore an Irreproachable character. Her friends lived in Ulte another part of tlje country, mid her mistress hail no knowledge of her keeping company or anything of that kind. For ttome time I had considerable dilllculiy in fixing the crime or any reason for It upon anyone, but at last, after a lot of In quiry, I ascertained that she bad been out walking with a man named l.iiin prey, who lived near Stockport, In Che shire, some thirty miles from where Eliza Tliti'kbrooui resided. "It seemed that the girl bad beeu In tbe habit of spending her holiday, when she bud a day off, in going to Stockport where lamprey met her, and that she had become engaged to him, but that bearing something to bis discredit, she hud refused to have anything more to do with him, ami, so far, nothing fur ther was known to Implicate Lamprey lu the crime, but I, of course, at once took the train to Stockport and proceed cd to bunt up l.amprey, and to make Inquiries In tbe town where be resided. "I knew nothing about him except Ills name, but from the local police and cautious questions of one and another, 1 ascertained thai be had been a sailor and was then u 'steeplejack,' and one of the best climbers known. '"Jack Lamprey! cried one man to whom I had spoken. 'Ah, he can climb, for sure, can .lack! Why, be climbed to the very top of yon steeple.' pointing to the church hard by, which had a spire remarkably tall and, slender, and very bard to mount. 'After the storm had damaged the weather cock .lack clluib d and fixed It all alone fur the parson, 4ind he refused to be paid for It.' "Tbe man seemed to look upon Lam prey's refusing payment as more won derful than bis climbing the steeple, and pcrhats he was right. Well, bit by bit, 1 found little things which, when pieced together, pointed unmistakably to Jack Lamprey as the murderer. He had, un til recently, been seen frequently In and obout Stockport with the girl, but for the last two or three months she bad not been observed In bis company. He liad been a Jolly sort of fellow, but since the girl hail censed her visits It had beeu noticed that be bad become moody and silent, and be bad taken to drink a good deal, although he had pre viously been a most abstemious num. "He was away from his lodgings on tho night of the murder, and on bis re turn early the next day he was travel stained, as If he had walked a long way. His landlady remembered that he told her he had fallen down lu some chem ical works where be had been on a job, find bail stained bis clothes, and she recollected Immediately after his ar rival home he had busied himself brush ing and sponging bis garments. "There was suttlclent to justify me In obtaining a warrant: but he wns away on a Join-no one knew where exactly, except that It was somewhere near Liv erpooland It was useless for me to leave Stockport, where I had the best chance of catching him, on n wild goose chase to Liverpool without lietter In formation. My only course was to wait mid keep quiet till he came back, which be wan expected to do the following day. "I took every precaution to prevent anyone knowing that he was 'wanted,' but some 'pal' must have got to suspect It and given bim warning. The police In Liverpool had been wired to, and had kept watch of all trains In the direction of Stockport, and toward evening of the second day I received the Intimation that n man rescmbliug bla description bad taken the train and was on bis way. Assisted by a local detective who knew the man. I watched every pas Kcurer out of tbe train on Its arrival at Stockport, but no Jack I-amprey alight ed, and, on Inquiring of the guard, It seemed pretty certain that be bad got out at Chenille, a station a few tulles outside of Stockport. "It was the beginning of Winter and night bad set In, so that It was extreme ly doubtful If we could follow the man, but we took a train which was Just go. big out of the station, and In a few minutes were at Clieadle. I there made certain that my man had got out. lie had hooked for Stockport and had given up his ticket, but do. all we could we could get no trace of him. He had left the station Immediately on leaving the train: no one knew hi in and we could find no one to tell us anything more. So, hoping perhas fo pick up a clew on the road, we walked back to Stockport and on to the towu where he lived, which was a few miles the other side, but our tramp wns lu Vain. ""We had left Instructions at Stockport for Lamprey's lodgings to be watched, but by some blunder a man had not been sent there for some time. and. much to my anger and disgust, when I arrived at his house I found that he hud been there, Just for live minutes, ills landlady snld, and had left again with a bag of clothes. '1 was mighty savage, you can guess, both Willi myself anil with the police of the place for not keeping a bettel' look out. but It was no use losing my head over It, and I at once set to work dog glng his footsteps after he bad left his lodgings. In the public bouse which he frequented I came across a man to whom I had previously spoken, who seemed to know Lamprey In a very dis tant sort of way, and I turned the con versation on the man I wanted. "'Ah! I've Just seen him,' said the fellow. 'About an hour ago or mayhap a little more. He was going to Slaccles- Held, be said, to catch the early train In the morning Into Staffordshire, where he's got another job. lie seemed In a mighty hurry, too.' "I bad reason afterward to think that this man' was tbe one who had given Lamprey warning, but whether that was so or not ills Information that night appeared to be correct, for I met several people who had seen .lack going across the fields toward Marple, which was his best way of getting to Macclesfield from the place he lived In: but when I arrived at Marple station I was at fault again, for no train had been out for quite two hours, and although I waited till the last train to Macclesfield had left Lamprey did not show up. "Tried and vexed beyond description. I tramped back and got what rest 1 could. Imping that something might turn up In the morning to usslst me lu recovering Hie ground 1 had lost, but afraid that for once I had let my quarry slip, and that I might never catch him, now that he was aware he was being tracked. 'Sure enough, something did turn up lu the morning, and something which continued my fears, though I felt that I had got my mini dead If 1 bad missed li i in alive. Tbe postman ennie around soon after 7, before it was quite light, and I had only Just got up when a boy came running in with a letter, which had been delivered at the police station. It bore the Marple postmark, and was addressed to Tbe Detective from Lon don.' "Tearing It open. I read something like this: " 'From John Lamprey. I know you are after me, and I know what for, I managed to keep out of your way to night and I meant to try and get down south, but you are sure to have me, sooner or later, so I've determined to make an end of It. Look at the church steeple when you get this to-morrow morning." Tbe church steeple was a tall and prominent feature whichever way you turned, and I had only to go to the end of tbe street to get a full view of It. When 1 got there and looked up 1 saw soiiiethiug that gave me a start. In the uncertain light of the early morning I mild discern again.-! the gray sky. banging by the neck to one of the Iron loops which serve for n ladder on the side of the spire, the figure of a man! So much for Jack Lamprey!' 1 said to myself, as I hurried to the police station, 'lie has saved me any more trouble. By the time I bad been to thestntlon nml back to the church it was broad daylight, and of course the body hang ing aloft had beeu seen and a crowd bad already collected, every one recog nizing It ns that of Jack Lamprey. V strange freak,' I remarked to the sergeant who was with me. I don't think so,' be replied. Mack bad made himself a sort of hero over going up tlie spire to repair the vane and there wns nothing more likely to occur to his mind tiiau to finish bis career at the same place.' There was no one round Stockport who would venture up the spire and a telegram had to be sent to Stalybridge for a man to come and get the body down. It was past midday before the steeplejack arrived and by that time half Stockport had heard of the affair. Work was discarded and an Immense crowd collected to witness the sight. Every foot Was watched by thousands of eyes, and when at last he approached the swaying body of Jack Lamprey the tongues which had been loudly wag- glng were hushed as by common con sent. "I shall never forget the few minutes that followed, while the steeplejack (now looking the size of a little child) made his way very cautiously close up to the body, and, fixing a rope to It, made bis preparations for lowering It to his asslstaut, who was waiting on tbe top of the square tower to receive It There was something awfully sad and solemn about It alii "In due course the assistant received the corpse, which he let down to the ground and everyone around me re marked that be swung It roughly to tbe earth, without showing tbe respect which might have been looked for. In fact some actually called out 'Shame! "But all at once the hush which bad fallen upon the crowd was broken by a storm uf Jeers and laughter! The thing which had given us all trouble was nothing but a guy! And I never felt such a fool In all my life. , "So that he might get nearly a day's start Lamprey mQ cleverly misled me the night before. While I had been wasting my time at Mnrplo he had been employed In stiltllng the suit of clothes which he bad taken from his lodgings with straw, making a very passable rep resentatlou of hlmsiilf, fltiil In the mid dle of tbe night he had climbed the steeple (which was child's play to him) and left bis efllgy to deceive me and lull me Into Inaction. "I need not dwell upon the chaff I re. celved.' It is too painful, even now, for tne to recall without annoyance, but you may be sure that I quickly made myself scarce." 1 "Did the fellow get' clear?" asked someone. "Yes. He took the train to the east coast and succeeded In getting to Holland unnoticed," replied Hookyer. "Kut he hanged himself in earnest some considerable time afterward, leaving a letter behind admitting his guilt and stating that his conscience troubled him so that he could not bear to live." Til Hits. KING'S WIFE IN A WORKHOUSE, i-'ail Hory of n Refined Woman noil Her Wretched Knil.- The romances of the London work houses would form a thrilling and pa thetic record, and for sad vicissitudes and ill luck few cases could surpass that of an Inmate of one of these pool- bouses who has recently missed awn v. A lady visiting the Institution was struck by the, evident rettneineul of an elderly woman in tlie liitlriuary, who was a Norwegian by birth, but who spoke English and other language tin cully. She hail all the beaux routes of u very lovely woman, which years of poverty and 111 health could not de stroy. She was very reticent as regard ed her past, but was so evidently a e'i tlc woman that the sympathetic visitor exerted herself to obtain admissl.iu for the invalid into a home for tne dying, in which she might pass her last days lu peace and amid congenial snrimT.d Ings. Before her death the stranger told her story, and a strange and romantic one It proved to be. At 17 she was In formed by her parents that she was to be married, and although she had no voice lu the matter nothing could have been more satisfactory. Hep husband was handsome, cultured and devoted. They lived lu a charming country house, surrounded by every luxury, nud four children were born to Mie couple. The only drawback to the per fect happiness of tlie young wife were the long and frequent absences of her husband, which be attributed to busl uess, but would explain no 1'iu-ther. At Inst there came a day wheu the man returned uo more from his accus tomed Journey, but sent his lawyer In stead, from whom the bewildered and heartbroken woman learned that her supposed husband wns the king of - and that, owing to pressing reasons, the liaison should terminate. An ade quate sum was settled on her and the children, mid. wishing to break entire ly with the past, she cam to live In London. After some years she married an Englishman and shortly after tbe king died, lenvlng a lump sum to her. Tills money the husband got from her to Invest and ran off with the entire amount, leaving his unfominatt- wife penniless. She had never been trained to do any sort of work, and tlil.igs went from had to worse until, utterly desti tute and dying, she became an Inmate of the workhouse. Dissatisfied. "That's the way things always go!" exclaimed the man who Is never pleas ed about anything. "The manner In which things are laid out in this life is all wrong. You always find what you don't want in unlimited abundance, and what yon care for you can't have." "What are you talking about?" asked his wife. "What am I talking about? What's everybody talking about? Inaugura tion day; that occasion when you can't escape the most trivial remarks of the badge-peddler and porcorn man, and won't be able to bear three words of the President's address." Washington Star. Decline In Pearls. A curious effect of the plague In In dia has been a sudden increase lu the number of pearls reaching the London market, and a consequent ninrked fall la prices. This Is not due to unusual Industry on the part of the divers, but to the fact that the native dealers at Bombay have been In such baste to quit the stricken city that they have eagerly disposed of tbelr wares at far below the customary market value. One English firm of Importers of In dian pearls has accumulated a stock which. If placed suddenly on the mar ket, It Is estimated, would send down quotations fully 25 per cent In View of Recent Events, "Jlmson wants the Presidency of the Fifth National Bank, doesn't he?' "Yes; but.be stands no show against Shumway." "What's Shumway's recommendation for the place?" "He hasn't any relatives." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Hla Regret. "What are you crying about Willie?" "I feel bad." "Did you eat too much at Charlie's party?" "No, sir; that's the trouble; I feel bad because I didn't eat more." Ton kers Statesman. It only does a woman good to go vis iting when she comes back expressing thankfulness that she is not married to her hostess' husband. I 'ft j y TO MAKE WAVY LOCKS. M KM KICKS of the fair sex are not always She unbodlmoiit of ethereal beauty w.ien they do not happen to have naturally wavy locks. Half of their time tli-y have looked fairly hideous In order that, the nher half might find them ulih capti vating little ringlets and airy '.vaveb'N. mil their private families have hail to uTt'i' from I heir unncsthotie appcar- uice. That Is one reason why the cubing iron has lieen so popul.n'. It saves go inir about with the hair done pp in j papers and hornlike pins, rubber and kid rolls, etc. L'ven the neat iiioutague-i .if tin. same shade as the lull" gave them a bald appearance, and. as for whites or eggs, gum arable and ol.ier "stick 'ems" to make water waves, so 'jailed, the sight of them was enough to make one sick. Tlie French have come to the resell". They usually do when there Is any esthetic or artistic question at Issue. I'liey have Invented "le Hou flou." or undulntor, which consists of a sort of fork with two upright tines, to which ribbons can be allixed through' eyelets In such a way that the hair can lie woven In the usual manner about the two tines, as Is done with a large wave pin, and then the pin can be with drawn, leaving the hair woven on a ribbon, the ends of which can then be tied In a coquettish little bow-knot, producing a charming effect Dinner Table r-et for Kieht, As soon as the Inauguration bells have hardly stopped ringing at the na tional capital, the ladles of the Cabi net get ready to set tbe social ball roll ing. Dinners come first In Cabinet en tertainments. It Is learned that tlie favorite Washington dinner table will be set for eight. In shape It will be nearly square, wltb the hostess facing the entrance. The floral piece in tbe DINIXO-1IOOM OK A CABINET MEMBER. center will be partly of fruit and ready for serving with the dessert. It will not be verv tall.-Mirrors bordered with snillax will form the middle mat. The cloth will be of fine linen, not silk or satin, and the dinner of only seven courses oysters, soup, fish, game, en trees, salad and dessert. One of the ladies of the new Cublnet has copied Martha Washington's dinner table as far as possible. The table is free from dollies or spreads. It Is low and under neath He cushions. The chairs tip back slightly and the seats are silk. An old- time lamp above gives soft light. Men and Women Friends. A man Is neither spiteful nor treach erous, declare some women who are popular with the lords of creation, and they add that one male friend is worth a dozen femluines. Then, again, other women, with equal force, remind one of the proverbial fickleness of men, and how a new face and a brighter manner often drive completely away au old and tlme-bouored friendship. But this, others will answer, relates only to a love affair, and naturally when the lit tle god arrives on the scene, all such cold affairs as friendship must find lodgings elsewhere. Probably, like all assertions either way, the truth lies be tween the two extremes. Some men are particularly calculated for friends. In fact. In that capacity are loyalty and honor themselves. They never talk of or discuss their friends; they are only too willing and too ready to serve a wo man they, really care for, and are al ways on hand In trouble and sorrow with rendy sympathy and help. But friendship of this kind naturally de mands much, and no one will waste such platonlc devotion without expect ing an equal amount of friendship and loyalty In return. Fsw Only Vra. Cleveland Although Mrs. Cleveland has taken herself to rrlnceton, where she will at last have a chance to live her own life In the way she may choose, there will bi stories of her tact and kindliness and social eifts Hating around Washington 1 !fr lyrHT for at least four years, and probably ns long us some of us shall live. Mr. Cleve land Is by no means a small man, phys ically, mentally or ofllcinlly. but when it came to receptions and the like lie was somewhat overshadowed by his wife. A pretty little woman went to the last reception given by the lady of the White House and she told niter ward that as the crowd came through the doors Into the blue' parlor she was so busy looking at Mrs. Cleveland Hint she went straight by the President without seeing him. Then, seeing her mistake, she quickly turned and. shak ing hands with him, exclaimed: "I beg your pardon. Mr. Cleveland. I didn't see you."' Everybody around smiled, the little lady herself Cleveland smiled and smiled. Mrs. the President himself smiled ami seemed not in the least displeased. Whcri Dnntrhter Dreaa Alike. In Yucatan, Central America, sisters dress precisely alike, even to tbe tying of a bow, the turn id' a button or the flower in the hair- In the tropics large families are the rule, and any day you may see In that country girls in groups of from three to a baker's dozen who belong to the same family, as their clothes will show. It Is thus easy to distinguish the members of a family anywhere, and not infrequently sisters are called by their favorite flower or color, lu A mi in men and women wear their hair in the same way and dress ul niost alike. Earrings and finger rings are worn by women only. Lapp men and women dress alike. The men and women of the Cree tribe of Indians dress alike, but can be distinguished by the ornamentation of their leggings, that of the men being vertical and that of the women horizontal. A Benefactor of Women. Numerous young women who have, perfected the study of phonography will be Interested to learn rhut the beu efaotor of women, the gentleman who Invented the system, Sir Isaac Pitman, was In 1802 presented by those who ap preciated what he had done with a purse of $1,700 and a very handsome marble clock. In 1SS7. when the Jubi lee of phonography was celebrated, he received a marble bust of himself and a gold medal from the phonographers of the United States and one from Great Britain and the colonic. In 181)0 j shorthand was included In the subjects to be taught in the board of schools In England. Statistics Just complied show that 05 per cent, of tlie reporters in the English: speaking world, use the Pit man system. Grny Lock Faohlonable, New York has many girls who, though under 17 yearn of age have taken up the fad for gray hair,, the idea being to appear very lii'tellictual and thoughtfuL It Is managed by leaving a lock of one's natural hair at a wlg maker'a, with instructions to somewhat match it by shades of gray hair, not at llrst too far removed from the original color. A to upoe affair U purcba sod to be worn a la false bangs. Tbe gray hairs are carefully Intertwined with the dark locks, and one Is perfectly "up-to-date." Premature Aiarriosea. It Is said rbat some extraordinary revelations of wife abandonment are being made in New York. Fifteen thousand men are under bonds to sup port their wives. The magistrates ascribe this state of things partly to the hard times, still more to lax mor als, but most of all to premature mar riages. Fifty per cent, of the deserted wives' were married while in their teens. A Letter Box. A letter holder Is a useful adjunct to one's desk. It is made of pasteboard, may be covered with silk, linen, leath erette or any desired material. A box with a high fancy back is divided into two parts, one for answered, the other for unanswered letters. At the front Is fastened a third box designed for letters ready to be mailed, a word showing the use of each compartment being painted or embroidered diagonal ly across the face of each. A tiny cal endar Is attached to the top of the back and above It an opening by which It may be hung. The complaint known as grip Is as de pressing as unrequited love. A LETTKB BOX. Stained with Pokeberrles. Fifty years ago a Presidential cam paign was associated with mass meet ings and barbecues, nud every ono wns expected to go out and "holler for his man." Even women and girls became partisans to help along their side. A contributor to the Chicago Tlnies-Her-ald tells how In the "campaign of '44" the Democratic women of a county lu southern Ohio displayed their patriot Ism. The "big meeting" wns advertised to be bold at tbo county seat It was usual to offer a prize for the largest -delegation, or the most unique parade, In order to engender a rivalry In tbe townships. Tbe citizens who crowded the mud sidewalks were startled by a great snapping of whips, stentorian "Uees" and "Haws" and "Ya-a-backs!" The great wagon came lumbering along, and the singing of female voices fixed the attention of the spectators upon what was an Illustrated volume of woman's Interest In politics. Upon a long wagon, seated on either side, wltb their backs together, were seemingly a multitude of girls or young . women, rugged, red-checked lasses. All wore dresses reaching to the knees, but not a shoe nor stocking In the entire load. Instead the sturdy limbs and feet were painted a dazzling carmine red, and these, swinging In tbe sunlight, produced an effect so weird as to be startling. As the oxen waddled farther along, some enthusiastic Polk man discovered that the shapely limbs were stained with pokeberry juice, and cheers for "Polk and Dallas" rent the air. It is a picture that would startle the most daring agitator of to-day. But it was the spirit of the times. The English island of Thanet (form ing a part of the county of Kent) Is al Host wholly composed of chalk. The sin u 1 1 Is ten miles in length and about Ive in breadth, and lias more chalk ex ;iosed on its surface than any other ipot of equal area on the globe. British geologists say that there are not less rhnn 4i000.000,0)0 tons of chalk "in dght" on Thanet, and that It would take 10.000 men and 5,000 horses and .arts 0,000 years to move It providing it were dug up ready to be carried ...-0y st. Louis Republic. A Yonnfi Woman Gains 20 Ponnds Her Physioiam in Iowa Said She Was Going Into a Deoline, and That Her Lungs Were Affeoted They Sent Her to Nevada. But to Fight Lung Trouble! or Any Waiting- Diseasx, Build up Your Flesh. From the Express, Los Angeles, Cat Two years ago, back in Eastern Iowa, Miss Maude Lease began to go into a deoline. She lost flesh rapidly. Her appetite failed. Fearful headaches nearly drove her frantic. She consulted local physicians good honest, practi tioners. They told her that her lungs were affected; that medicine- might alleviate, but a change of climate was .the only remedy that offered a prospect oi oure. Ill and despondent she- delayed as long as possible her departure,, but at last it became imperative, and she came to an aunt at Verdi,. Nevada, in thejiope of finding health and strength in the pure air and among- the pines of the Sierra Nevadas, But she con tinued to fail, and to- add to her mis eries, learned to know tlie anguished sufferings which attend that complica tion of ills, that for want of better nomenclature, has been denominated "female weakness. ' And now comes- tlie miraculous part of the story, just as she told it to the interviewer last night: "I ran down to 118 pounds," she said, "suffered tortures from those ter rible headaches and from sleeplessness. My aunt persuaded me to try Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I had used nearly every kind of 'prescrip tion, could get no relief from them, and hoped for none from these pills. But to please auntie I began to take them. From the first day I noticed a beneficial effect. The headaches grew less severe; my appetite gradually re turned. I could sleep nights and be gan to get good and strong. "I used to take one of them three times a day. In two months I weighed 138 pounds, and was entirely well, and have been well ever since. The win ters at Verdi were very cold and, be sides, I had heard bo much about South -rn California that I came to Los Angeles. "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have helped me more than anything I have ever taken. I thank them for my health and ability to enjoy life. I am living at No. 800 Hope street, Los An geles, and shall be only too glad to re peat what I have just-said to anybody, either in person or by letter." So spoke young and attractive Maud Lease, and no one who saw her big eyes snap as she said it could doubt the earnestness and sincerity of her -statements. And thai is why we say the story of a miracle is floating through the air, although now the miracle has become an established fact. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St Vitus' dance, sciatica, nenralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, tbe after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills re sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of prioe, 60 cents box, or six boxes for $2.60 (they are never sold in bnlk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicina Company, Schenectady, K. Y.