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A .MOMENT OF ANGER J OR, The History of Mr. and Mn Brownlow'i QuarroL BT MHMH ml nrri vraa o! iMTainvsifr. wa wmi'ii; ; .lve and 10 difficult that If the murder had not been out of unuiual InUrcst tho detect, .vol would never hava thought of under taking it But tho popular clamor was an M the aawipapera were m ooMlenl In their publiealloD ol eo.atmual clews, twd editorial, vsra burled hi uclivoluuw pen the department u to eemprl It l tok : every chance, no mutter how chl tical It oilirht eoeio, to ferret out the truih of MM yetory. Th (t-u.-ralcry wu.: "U-t there bo the. name taw for the rl. h man aa wed aa tor the poor." Thewlldcey tort of atoriea Were circulated and even puhlih.Hl U) th effect that MM wealthy trle.id of Mi Brownlowhad bribed tho polio, from Urn chief 10 tho hi.mhh.l patrolman, nnl to Hud Tldeneoin Uii.eaae. Hmarung under th e , ortofrrilicUni.therrfoie.andwilh u nut urul pride in their work, the detective put their moitt (ian.et eudi avora him Urn caae and elu.lied and worked ul.ht MM day to gut at the truth. Onooflho detective who hud MM N thoriied to make ipecml Investiifatimi ml" tbefamilyofMra.HrownlowreK.rMdoneday lliut tlio theory of iiudden anger would real l uot hold in thin cuso; that there m Ml M aoino oilier latiafactory motive forth ', i and that he believed that It would Ixi found j by examination of tho paper of Mr Brownlow. Up totlils tinin all lb" fnftU iMlfWH 'ouud In tho Uroni.lowlnai.H.oii. When it hud U'n.e..icl...d. hl been on" fully kept without oxiiinlnatlon. Hie de tect ivo averred that tho fhumpioii family , fell no itroimly that Mr. llWWIOWBM married their daughter for the .uko of her money that ho now believed that ho had lieun fcwtr Wlitl in putting horoulof the ; wuyforllioiuko of getUng a secure and undivided hold Uui it. Aecordn.i(ly, an examination wu made of the property which Mrn. III. nuilow held. It wa found thut MtkMS had been touched hy Mr BrOWtl lOW, und that tho property which atood In bcr name roiiaUted alffloet entlrelj , of unregistered bondH, which, aa every body kuowa, are 0od for their face value on pre aontation. AmoiKtlhepuiKTu, however, wu a will n.... i. hy Mm. BrdwWWi In wkkja her pes bund win nominated ai her lolo heir, and , tine will here a dato nix day previous l. thecriiuo. The finning of this VMUUBMl created a animation aiimiig tho dol'divca, butln diieovery wua for u oonnuleiahli period kept from tho puWIe. Tin y kM now what lutorettthe liu hand had In tin ileal h or diapH urance of hit Wife. Then , wu only one objocin.ii to tail theory I to wi der to Inherit thii propaftj be must pro . diioe a certllleate of death of hi Wife , Unt after her diiappearanos this wu lm possible. Howover. It would have I ei.mpuiatively may to overcome Utia, for a leaf M Um death of UMorettMaut regu imJm nr.. v.. li Mr Ml otVIlloW I IIIU I ' I III I practicable BMMMlM of the fortune u thl uiliniinat niter, und it would have hern very iliffleulltoouat him from Ml pnaiiion If later on, her death nhould become an asfab Iiahe.1 fuel, the will would I hen Ml Midi any adveiaeclulm ll teemed to Uouciev erly cxeciiied ncnenie. niAi-imt tv. An time wore hi the situation of (he . cuacil Iwcillio lli,.ic.i a It wiih linn no. i more lapoaalbla to beliere that Mra llrownlow had left the house of her owl free will. After diacuttinn of iilllhethe oriet they could peMiblf evolve, tho report er, In order to keen the nutter well baton the public In un altiiu'tive thuK', origin Kted Una theoiy: That Mm. HmiVliloW h.u limply Kon with her hUHoand I cou-clit t. take a J iuruev, the I which they AM net euro to rttroal AltDOUthMlU Ikaarj Kiiincd eiiMlil in tho puiera, eniHciully he cuime uferforlieu I he pai l of mime of Mr Un. willow' Itlltllll to HlbaMnllaM It, the detectlvet paid lilllo attenlioii lo iL It wua an evident thul Mra Krotvulow, had am I been I ue c .n id 1 . 1 1 , e r t urii.-.l ii s. ,.i aa tho hud heard the aceuaulieiit directed n .in t bar huahand, lliut tho theory aceiuei to be of no liiiairtaneo. Day afier il.it. el cotirae, the atoeUfW (fvo Mr. BfOWItlOH every 8BMrtao.lt to la k and ititto bjl ai ie of too caae, tint he ohatliiulely re illumed ailent. It tvm diaup)Hiinlliit; to tin" delectivea euKUffed upon Hint they .mild not net lined and Incontrovertible tvkjeinv of the fniiiluiuoiit.il fuel in tin caao, namely, that Mra. KrowuloW waa il, .0 The fact of hi r diaapiH uruin e n i ltd nu priMif; the object of the aocuied In iMiniiilttliiK the crime wiut eiuibllibj4 In had rofua.'d lo accotiot I .r Ihe tune .as, ,1 where and how no one knew, during the evening and part of the night of Tuuadny, the Mill. And tila aliunde from the time ol lua arreal hud lav i DQttpfQInlalM In V. extreme; b it there wua Hill no rvloema that aceine.l lo juatlfy couvietin. I NM W.1 lli.idetecllvea found Juat the Blot) that lhaj teemed to have been uuiilug I, r ao long. Il came partly ai chance and partly ua the result of I. ecu del. , live worll. Hrlb Ketcli itn bad reasoned with himself thai ki Mra Brownlow hau left the houae, or had at all ewnti been laat aeeu In evouluii die .a, and aa llioae garinenti were not fauml lu the houaeat the time uf tho irurch ho uiuat have hud them on whenever Ho deed wuac uutililted. Next to the difficulty of biding tho bo.lv would he Hie dimcully id dlaVBOtial of turn h uiiarc.othlng Ho hud made lireleai aeuichea among the a.vond hand clothing ttoiva and MWB ahopa of the city to am' if thereiu linglil not be fotiuil loiui of the gai uu nta whieli Mra. Hivwulow had worn, lua idea being the vague one thai pcihuit Mr Urovvnluw had tukeu that meant todiaguiao any truce of the c un thai might be letiud on the clothing II iv log f.iund iietliing in any of I hoax placet 1 that he went through, he thought over the poaaihle vvavi in which the BttM might have Ixhiii coinmitied. Auy miiay violence in Ihe city would bo liable lo attract ali. n lion; therefore he Concluded that the deed Uiual have been done mine other Wat. I the .a. lira., of hit luvettlfiuoni he found thai ihe tic. k band of a ferry boat that had been iVosH.i.g the N.ulli river iikui inui night about ten o elook had aeeu u man and worn an quarreling in low louea ti,n Ihe after mi ' ol the boat. He had laud but little attention to them, altle'iigh anfeial that hit peat of duty alien I.I have been at that end of the bout He Weill forward to aie eng. no room for a ' inomriil ami when he returned he taw the ! man atanding by the rail aloue. Aa he ap pruau'bed Ihe iiruuger ihe man taMMl abruptly and walked m:o the grutlemen'a ' rabiu The de, It hand had pai l no alien tiai to it Inn a la c.reuuiiUn,aa of thai nature ar. aoconunoit w Inn ecrowda uaaeiu ble, and had thought n thing further o It until the deter ivea. had put their uaua1 Inquiries to hue at to n hether he had am ueh "st leaa Mr. an t M a Hniwulwaf ei ine ei ii lua taatt on Itio night In quet lann K.-, bni reaaone.1 from thla lh it the uiurder had be. n done upon the frrry boal 1 and he alrauiT y believi-l that the iv w.ia a clew to the crime. He waa therefore watch !( the river aa patirnt'y at pallb a One dav a raKumuBn, who nut flahiui' from Un long dork that ran out r, pulled uf teutrlhtng He knew that il wat no meditguit thai kit line i in a tunc. But wheu Kbjrct to the aur fc it flah, and a is should have, ha bra.uxi.t MMd to be a gtrsaent of toau quickly pullod It up to tue whar nt the end id? the line a laahte cloak iaaa advanced lUU of He 'ound Tho I'Uaak waa ma ae la IM Utaat fnahiOB, ll btnrk Indian rath stars. brasdi.-d in gold aiiomenieneav few such (anaenU art worn by Boasyai who oroaa oa tho fetry bnatt or who rata Wo about the dock Ihe rafasauCa wan much rejoail at hb And, niiil, aiitwuja Us ferment wat at nearly ipoilnl, he believed that lm eoulat roalli.! n aMNMMkM uoi u.n n by dit- poiilig of II to u ae, d bund dealer A a hu waa going off the whurf wiHi it a failu einiin, whoao beat lay in that quarter, approarhed him and deinuiide.1 what ha had wuh him. The rugaiiiuflhi vvaaohhge.1 to llllOMM hll find, and the u, eniun, btUftriM " Dilght lie found aeleiv to either aom rnme or tome accident, took hlin ami the irurmoiit to the ttallon houte There it naturally ramn under tho erei of the detectlvei who hud been working upon the DruWalOW cate, and th greuleat teiiaation thai had oc currtsl aiiieo Ihe newt of lb" disapearaner uaa created by the idelltlllcutloll of Una ch nk ae Ihut uf Mra Urowuli'W'a. Her ilrea.inukor wax bunted up, and ttaled bi the detective thut the garment hud I en made eap.-c.uily for Mra. Iln.vvii low, and that none other like it had ever been turned out of her eitabhthuient. It wu, therefore, rerlaln to the detectivea that Mrt. Ilrownh.w haI le-en murdered and her body thrown Into tho river. The garni, nl. being a loote one, might have worked uwny from the body aa it lay at tliu bi.tu.ni of tlio river and buvo floated down mliot away from the apot where It tiik IMaMWra was frtt Itff to iiacin HIS POftL was thrown In. If there had lioen no other i-vidonoe In which to identify tho gurmeul it vvat pri.cureii from the exumiiiuiinn mail.) by a chemical expert Hi tcruti nled very carefully the oxldiuitlon that hu.1 rsMRtt from the lliimerting In the metal of the putseuieuterle trimmings iu the water, and from the thlckuett of the .-rust thus laid on ho determined, In teientllld way, that the garment had been lying lu the water Just tho length of lime UM) bad clapaod since the disapix-arauco of Mi v Brownlow. Having muile thit important discovery. Iiei.-ctive Keb ham decidod that il must be lliptaMMnltxi If pissiblo by tho disi-overy jf the body of the victim He accordingly procured a churl of the North river w hich allowed just how all the eurmita ran uud vv here the eddies are and the deepest ails Willi this In hand ho tried to study how the l.rnk could have floated to thut particular Dotal where il waa found, unci thus lo trace oack lit course lo tli" place where 11 hud oeeu thrown in Afler diligent ttudy he tec.dod Unit the river should lie dragged al t c"i'ii in tin nullity of the Forty second Hi t fern to tVeehavvken Tins work wua it once undertaken under bn direct ion. It had not Oeeu progressing more thuiiufevv lours before the seurchert brought up to Ihe aurfiha. what wua al once taken to lie ,ho diamul olij. el of their toil. It was I he sadly d'ssiinp.wr.1 remains of a woman. The pirn. gala kfjl on hail been lorn and grora so nnich bjf Ihe waier that they cou d ml M tuWtttuVd, hut il was hoped that In llMMMMl form and fculure of thode MMtd a une in, uk nbjhl slill be found thai anul.l Ihi iccoeiiiahle Thehodv wut re iiov.il bit no morgue mid the members of Jie Obanptoa family were sumuuuie.1 lo MMktoatt, Tin y came coiiflilent lliut Ihey .veri- to tee there Ihe bialy of their relative Mr. Chant pi on Lookad at IM raaMln ateu.i ually, udiuilted a heailaliug Voice Ihut t was liar, I to tell becuuae the face wu s.i bat. u led uud worn n way Unit It MQMtV lonubly lane no reaelbbluuce to Ihe face of us diiiighlcr, uud yel be fluully decided ln.il I was she The other meiiiln'ra of the fuin dy coincide.1 with linn und tho detectivci aincluded that Ihey had al last obtained the ivnience thev sought. fot Inree duya previout to tbia ditonv ry Mr llrownlovv, by onlert of the chief, nil MM left teverely aloiio by tho de eclivea. There Wat one alalinucd on a Inui near the doOf of his cell in such way lull every movemeul or toiind that the r ntude could U' heard, uud so that I he al any time evinced a desire lo muke a on tension there would bo opKrtuiiltf at laud for linn lo do to. However, It hud ceil decided thul no further efforla should je mode lo induce him to contest. On the limning after tho discovery of the Ikaly nnl its nleiitirtcali.ni by the Champion fuiu v the briaotier wuatiiuauoiied to tliechief't n iv ate offleo lie eitter.il with a Unu, pfMHl step uud dcnuul demeanor. " Mr llrowtiloiv,11 aaid thecliief, In grave louea, "in a mull of your knowledge of human uffnira and of your nge, il uiuat bo ipmrvnl thai youT OOOrM it tint extra irdluar affair Is such us will prejudice ,ci v badly your cuse when il comes to trial Viui uiuat be an. ue thai a search is cou -Hunt I v going on lo get at the t rut ti of Una nitier, the truth which you may yourself in, lose if you see lit to do so You are un b r no compulsion lo tell any thing about thit tt I'leaent, uu.l yel you ought lo see lliut It will be to your grout advantage to do so. Hear in mind that whatever we may ills over now, we ahull know of no extenuating ucuuiataii.es because of your silence It will lm highly important, therefore, for you in let its know your tide of Ihe iinry before I ho ease gvssi further. If you eh-a.se to uialie a confession you might at the same l ine adduce circunataiiooa which would ,atia the court lo favor you when your i rial cornea lo an Itsue " Mr Hmwiilow snii'red tlightty at he snawered in a lew vohi' "You have not yet proven to me that my wife is dead . " "it louaaMMMfj lo.io St.," fsjopoadad. tho chief ; "I hero la ev idence enough not only Ihut h ia d hd. but hot been foully dealt with " "Mhow me the body, " deiiiKnd.il Brovvn levv, with un insolent, bivatling manner. "Ikui t go lisi fail, Mr Br wvnlow," re blied the chief, cuimU "I have not the Usly here, but I can ahow you this " Hay- ll(( Ih.H" Wol.la, he i.aik from U'llllld hll itoak the apora otoak ad Mtpkayvi It be fore Brownlow The pruoiior Uvaute Inadfu v nile and ippetrral about to faint He could not talk Hit eyes were Hxcd on the cloak and lilt livid face waa covered by aa cxpivstiou of terror, which l. t'. in doubt iii the nun. I ol ihe detective aa lo lilt guilt. "VYIicr baa tills been found I" naked id,, iv i, i. In a choked vuica. You know belter than I." answered the deuvtuc, "where II should be found " Tbois 'vat a moment of ttience, during a . I vii.ow, itunneu. stwined lolurn uvi i in bia uiinil the euaM Mali I at rtxul.iv- VsMta. UU yartwat b yatau aauiavit" astral me 'kMi "I The interview waa hrautht to aa end j tho privmer taken hack to hi nil Two heuis were ai.ow.il to eluose before nny thing was .aid to the prianner Ttw delea-t hrt ua miard beutal him pacing up and down In hit Mat I'iccaaantiy. but that waa all Tnea he waa summoned to the ha t t prison . where he wai placed ;a aihtaed lie rte :,t; driven rapidly up town It teemed a Ust; rtde to the iwts..iirr. and I when he emerged he saw himself before I tho morgue ol the Helv ue K.-ulai He kv.evq.what wan oomiiig, and thoae who weralrau-tving htm ao aharp. thought that Ihey detea-tra the reanlutnm forming in hll mind to endure Ike .inning ordeal without 1 aching He waa taken Into lb nm w h. it tag ramaini that had Ui-n found in the river the dav bafom were lying M Mr. Brownlow." t..l the detective In ehurge, "behold that, which you have do mahiied ua totlmw you " tVilhoul a word and without a tremor thl prisoner ha.lied earnestly at the remains, icanued the distorted face, the ruined elotlnng, and. after a full moment's pause, looked up at hii attciulantt and tald "ll it a lie. That it not the body of Mrs. Brownlow." Nothini more could be dragg.-d from tho nnwllling prisoner, and be wut taken back , to hit cell. With the fu.-tt thui obtained tha diitrlct attorney brought the matter to the atten tion of tbo grand Jury and an indictment waa promptly found. Inasmuch at tho cat ba.1 already attracted to much attention from Ihe public at large, and luch a clamor hail been raited for atrial and conviction gf the weiillhy prlmner, the dlatrict attor ney urged thut uday he set for n trial at an early date The Judge, before whom thii MUM was made, recognieil the Impor lance of th? ense, and avcordlngly trans ferred It on tbo calendar, to that tho trial wat for a day within the next month. Many of Mr. Brownlow'a wealthy friends went to tee him nt the Tnmba, hut ho re fused peremptorily to diseutt tha matter wlih them. He wat willing to talk with lliem on ordinary aoclal or political topict, hut when any reference wax made to his trouble, or lo menus for defending blmtelf, hetternly refused to pna'cod further with the (.on versal Ion. He declared that he WMtd have no lawyer and would defed himsetf when the time came, and be ttlll ng(ggltx1 on muking no explanation to anr iasly nlniiit his purl of the affair. The day for the trial cuine, und Mr. Brownlow was placed In tho pnsoneri' bar before the judge. The charge wat road, and to the question of the clerk, whether he wat guilty or not guilty, bo responded In a clear tone: "Not guilty." Mr. Brownlow," asked tho judge, "arc you represented by coiiutoll" "No, lir," wut tho reply. "Do yu not with oountol to be appointed for you!" No, tir," laid Mr. Brownlow. "I t'" lme to defend mytclf." "Tim It a very scrlout mutter. Mt Brownlow," mid tho judge, sternly, "und yen (lo lint do right to yourielf or to tho com mutilty bv refusing toavail yourielf of inch OMOrtanniM us may ho right tocleur tour self of tho chnrgo which you have persist ently denied." Mr. Brownlow imile.1, bowed hit heud and said not n word. The judge thought tho matter over for several minutes, und, flnully, turning to the prisoner, said : "I shall exercise the discretion vesto.1 In me by the luvv and appoint counsel for you. and In doing to I ahull m one whom I think titled to represent yo.i faithfully in thit court Mr Henry Parker will act as yuunllnriiey." Tho gentleman named by the judgn was in the court-nann, aa were a great many other young lawyers attracted by the case and in IMtlllllaj ulltHlllllMlllM Mr. I'arker felt that apiece of the greulesl gtasl fortune had fallen to linn on being chosen to lU't us counsel for n very wen. thy man, and he im mediately rose to move the adjournment of tue rase until he could have I oonsultution With Ins client. The motion wut Immediately granted, nt) Mr. 1'urker consulted with his client with out delay. Mr. Hrnuiilow received bim coldly. "1 undersluiid," amd the young lawyer, "the ptoullar delicacy of the iituuliou In which we llnd oinielvei. You receive me unwillingly ue .1 1 OMM to you wibiddcn by yotirse.f and yet (umisdled lo come by the luderoftho court Now, jou will tindor land that in our re iitious nothing which i suid shall b prejudicial to your llilct'i sis It It highly iuisirtuul mat I ihotild Uinw the truth In this case lu order to represent your intercuts intelligently. Will you noi disclose your knowledge of tho matter tonic for this purpMtf "Mr. 1'urker," takl Brownlow, coldly,"! appreciate your courtesy, but I can sn.v nothing I desire no defense, uud you will icrve me heat by wi' '"awing ul once from tho case .' Tlio young lawyer nrgtied for nearly an hour Willi hit OMnMbl client, but could yet no iiuiti'stiont from him of tho ualun thai be desired lhiy after day he mail, stiullai ,n lempts, unci when tiie Mdjeurned dale of the trial OMM lo bund lit-wut in uearcr to bjg object ' i MfofO, I'll A' t'KK V. Never before in the history of the general seasious court hud there bcei such crowds ul Hie dims ut when th. duy cuine foi Mr II vulow'a trial. Tin prniniticiii'u si th givuted iu aocui circles, lm gieat wealth, and, rhap nn rc than all, hit extraordinary de meaner mice the di-appcuruin c of his wife had uroused pun;c interest to tlio utmost Clubmen ami lawyers were there in abuu dunce, und a su re of fu-liionublY dream ladies waned patiently at the door of Un court IMliI il should be opcu.il lomlmi lh, ii Me.iMires Anally had to be adopt.i 10 exclude ail except the wiltiesses am those who were luliuialoly rclal.il lo th. parties concerned In tbo Wial litolf, am even thai the stuffy room waa uncoiufortu b y ci. wded The judge enla-ml at a fev Miatet before eleven o'chvk, and, tu m.iliat.ui afler him, Mr Brownlow wa brought in and placed in the prisoner' box Nothing inte: posed dolay tbo rcgvila proceedings, which htel'ided the formal a cusatkui and the securing of a jury from the panel luaan h at Mr. IIivvvhIovt Hill pera -led iu ti'lgamg lo employ conn M'l, the priavstol gctiinga jury waa com paratively a ihorl one. At one (siiiit the brlaoner atldrcainl tho court as a juror wat is-iiig examined for adntisaien into the box, and said "Your honor, may I ask if the law allcwi me the prtvileg of challenging jurors who an lo til in tin v-asel" "It does," repinil Ihe ivurt. "You may ch i.lctige, either for cause, or, if g,as , a 11 not shown, you are allowed the rurbl of twenty peremptory challenge." "Very well," replied Mr. Brownlow, "I peremptorily cbal.cngo this man." "But," cruil the I .tin, tn aatouiahmrtit, "he ha not Isvu accepted yet by the pn -sc cution, and you waste your cha.l.r.ge unti. you te.' whether the piMtecul on w ishes h ra to alt In Ihe box." "Thai doe not mailer." aaid Mr. Brown row "I do not waul thit man on the jury, and ao tha't host chalrrinre him, not tocoa lutne time unueavatarily " lawyer in Ihe court room glanced at each other iignifl.-antly, and Ibe diairicl attorney was ao uonplutsed al Urn action on the pari of the prisoner that ha stood perfectly tti.l for a half minute before he turned to the juror and aaid : "You are diaiicat, air." Tha truth wa tbat Mr Brownlow cuaduct atnee hi ar real had led not a few people conrenstnt with !rgl matter to belle re thai no waa insane, and abrrwd lawyer, bad MM lo eavb other tbat the uriooaar bad uadoubt ... . .. 1 1 4 f LotIWiw iff "T'l A ULl" edly adopted ihi nr wiia a ; XiZZ i.'...,i hu d-fenaa. and that ho n.nmr I.'-.".".; ...-m, ZZ dnnic to in the rlevereit way postlble, t of hit would lend to BUM j.irymen think him intnno without hav ing tbat mailer hrougi.tdire.dly U) W.eir MmSm bv a lawyer. When tbo Jury waa Anally flxed upon, the d.atrict attorney formally opened his . ase in a brief tpeecli, lu which he recounted the circumstance! al ready known to the reader concerning the disappearance of Mrt Brownlow and the work of the detectlvei In hunting up evi dence after that t.me. He then proceeded to call vurioui witnesses, and presented their tetllmony to the court. Tho oeryauti of the Brownlow houae were the flrat to tonify. They told all tho biitory of the family tliiee Mr Brownlow'i marriage, glT Ing agreat iiumlier of ugly and diiagree abledetallt, which ieemo.1 to hae grown in bad flavor sine the time that tho wiU n isei knew that they were to bo called upon tottitify. Mn. Brownlow'i purcntt und other relatives alto testified to lay that tho marriage hud been contracted against the wishes of herparents, and that It wui generally believed thai Mr. Brownlow had married hor solely for her fortune. In tint way u half day wu coniumod in prcacnt Ing a o.ul background upon which the strongo-it evidence against Mr. Brownlow win to be placed. Thai it, it waa made ap parent to the jury that he had a vory itrong motive for committing a terrible crime, and that drctUSlMBOM pointed to tho fact thut ho hud been preparing for it for lomo time before the thing occurred. After the utunl reccis, tho testimony of the police depurl mcnt wis taken up by tho fact! concern ing the discovery of the opera cloak lu the river ami the identification of the body nt tho BOTglM were brought out Kven the drettmaker was called in to declare thai ibn garment wax certainly that of Mr. Brown tow. The duy cume to an eud before tho tettl mouy for the prosecution wua completed, and on the next morning there still re mained b) present to the Jury the history of Mr Brownlow'i action tince hi arrest. It would be impossible to imagine a ttr. .nger array of circuuiitautal evidence than hud been brought against him when the proo rutioii flnully rotted it cate. The court und the spuctatora turned with the utmost Interett to tho prisoner to ieo what he wouid lay. The judge ilgmfled lo tho pris oner thul if ho bad any defenie to Diuke it was now Ihe proper tune to muke it. Mr. Brownlow roie aud udd rested the court at followt i " Your honor and gentlemen of the jury, I have up to this time kepi tileiico upon Ihe tccusutloni under which I luffer. It ii now the tune for mo to tpeak, aud I proposo to make an cxpluiiulion of the event about which you have heurd to much. I wish to lay, flrat, that I have tut hero and inter p led no objection when tho profaiHoii pried into my domestic malters to an extent thut was altogether unjuslifluble, whatever the mi nt of the rate : thut 1 made no ob ject ion when a volume of ev idence wua pro duced thut hud no legitimate bearing uihiu the mutter, and that 1 have done to bccuuie I felt -a.it I wu in tli huudt of the luvv. which 1 respect and llWayt baft WopMbM and huve never broken, and that I wua in he presence of a judge who would guurun ue me a fair trlul and before a Jury of in telligence competent to ieo the truth of this cuse when 1 should m I u lime lo speak The facta In thi mutter are these: 1 wus going out to dine with Mrs. Brownlow ul house of aoino friends on Tuesduy, the 14th. Whilo waiting for the moment of leaving I wrote u letter, and when my wife, WbO wo reudy dressed, came lo the ludy, ihe sal down while 1 flu it bed It, Hhe asked tnu to whom I was writihg. I answered her ihut my letter hud nothing In it of interest to her Hheintisled upon knowing to whom ihe letter wus uddrussed, and 1 persisted that I should not tell her Sbe became an gi y und told mo thut alio us very unhupny , thut 1 hud no considerution for her, thut the hud quarreled with her parents for the sake of marrying me, thul she bud no one in the world but me. aud thai 1 wua happy when I on Id m o her suffer; thut I hud cei tumly sonic love affair because I went out at times without her, and because I carefully hid from her my correspondence. I answered her mat she immensely exaggerated bar misfortunes und my wroug doing. My only cure wus lo muke her happy. I did not suc ceed in convincing her; iho became very angry und made disugreeublo remarks upon tho dispui il v of our fortune! and declared to l '.e that she wut uuuble any longer to oour thecotulitiniii of life luch ul I unide thetu to her 1 npposed great coolness lo thl. Willi all my car. oerhaps I was wrom enough lo smile at Ml icitemctil when her character and the 'Uirunned to leave ll shall bo aa you ingcr looK u -till gn lold Uio thai alio wai mo. 1 auavvered her : please " "AT iheso words sb a threatonlag, gesiu what you luive jusl n dialelv. Keisulit I w toward me with and said: 'Repeal . suid and I go luime- e you to reH'ul ii "ll was not the Hi at time Ihut Mrs. llrownlovv hud beiume oxciled in my pres ence. She hu.1 Inn ted once before lo leave tho house, und 1 hud calmed her with aoine concession and show of affection, but Ihe repetition of the ibrcat irritated me. hVing persuuded that it wat u lliiug which mtiai happen daily for every light discus ion, 1 repeatnl : 'It shall be ai you plcu.au.' "My wife went out of iho room. 1 div sired to wait until she came back of her own free will, but u... much ai Una little dispute had lustiil some little time and 1 wat afraid we should be late for the diiiuei to Which we had been inviled, I nroie to gc for her She wu uot In her room. I sear, bed the whole houte; I could not find her Since i hen I have not teen har, noithei huve 1 learned where she muy be, uor do 1 kuOW My ih.ng more aboal the cage." - "Sixty or seventy iocies of golil- enro.1, and even more tluui this numlier of astet a," lajn "Vlclt a Magazine," tire found all over our land.' "No other llovvcrs m iiImhiihI and ainiarentlv claim pOMMaton us tlie.e. And trotipexi Uigotlior they might appropriately lie Inken as our NattOQaJ lowWO. emblems nf eualuriiiice, vigot-, liglit and freo- iloiu.'' A Hiihuque newsboy lately got even witli a dead-beat. Tho man owed the hoy for puper and would not pay him. Hie N.y vvroletoliia (the boy ) brother, who ia attending school in Indiana, tolling aU.ttt the action of the customer, and one day last vv eek the man received a Ihix by expreas marked 'Q (I. J)." I lie N press ohMfM amoiitiled to aev erul dollai-s. ami ttHin oei)ing the Ihix It was louud to lie full of brick. - Referring to the proportion of col lege graduate prominent in public af fair, Ihe 1'nlla.lelphia News cites the fact Hint lifte n out of twetity-tbive Presidents, Inn. twn out ol twenty. four Vi.v-l'ii'hideiit-. ninetiii out of ten-ly-nine Nvretaries of Stale, sixteen out of twenty-six Spo.ikors of the House, thirty out of fnrlv-oiie jiidfe . f th. hjWMj t'onrt. and live out of the six riiief-Jiilicv have iiveived u colle giate hI neat ion. Thel'nltiHl Slate. Consul nt Mar seilloa, in a r.vnl ra-porU lava that the "live nil indiiati-y of Su.thern France I ufTermp, heavily from the almost uni venoil practice ol adiilleiwting ihe na :ve oil, f Nice mid I'm veil. v with variou ssHSil oil, such aa araame, pea nut, poppy -aoa'd, and eapecially cotton xvd, which last, hy rcavtoa of it cheap ness ni.ilahle flavor, and difficulty ol let.vtlon. has of reavnt year iuv danted all the MJL olben aa an adulter- UAUGES. ! The ii. i,n ml Trarks In the IHITere.ll t ' of MM World. IlorrCliuisirlve l OtaMr! Annunl the tott0Wtn piii'liciilititof IhelnaHiry and devoliipincnt Ol nillrouil UfN the world: "Aftor a buttle of the gunif.'H, t rati 0 ItK'hes, t feet BJ itWlMfl, ft f. el mid 7 feet, it waa r I i ' pliit.d. fllWttl lW. sfefll a uniform gWtgfl of 4 feet 8. liichea ahonlil In uai Jon all A0 fo tut. except those ul reiul.v served hy tint 7 foot gaVUf' 1 Ue SratOantuu rattti from VarMttbtwii t Ftirlh. tTM bMtlt with t f'X't i Inch irmme. which is now ntwJ by hII the prlndptVl rflfldi Qthawf. tttOM ntnrted hei roiids silh a wiillh between rail centers of 4 feet 1 1 itich.M, which lm led lo some slip-lit vui'iittions of ifuitlfea tteeoi-dlnif to rail width, i'he later roads have been built with it 4 feet Hj inches. Holland bagM With Ii foot 4 inch fMWK 1)111 ul" lored all its rends to 4 feet H.J inelies. The railroad coiltrre-s al Vei n, in May. lHHli. ailo I the f.ill.iwin)f resolution, ...li i. i . ...i.. ... i :..,., , ii- . wiiicn is in api'.j '"' ti la-Hungary, France, Italy und Switz erland: "The gWtgfl of railroads measiired bstWMU Mm inner ed'os of Ihe mil hWMM nil il 1 1 fiiriimda built or altered : ua to gatiee afler this resolution hakM elTecl, not be less thtVO 4 feet B indie on Itraifhl lines nor more than 4 feel i feet !lj inches on curves." In Hiiaala the Bnt road open ai in IHll.H, from st. PeMltbarg (0 Zarskoe Selo. tbOlll sixteen inilea, had a 6-. foot ciiiiko When Iho second road I was made in IHI'.'. from St. Petanburgl to UoMOWi the C.ar 0d the KumIsV" gnwgi- al ,'i feet, w!i it'll inereiiso Ovol I the Kniflish gaiie was (bought de.irn- j hie for looonotlve purposes. In Asia, of the BrllUh Indian roada. with a oollectlre laofth of 11,86) miles, uIkiuI 7.4.')U miles Itave a gaugi of .") feet ) iiiclioa, tho iiiiniiinder be- log divided among si x gMigwfrom feet to 4 feel. In America, from the comparativer) I small mileage of United Btavtea roada with 3-foot gii:i!.'e, practically tin whole of the United 8tutM and Cana dian railroads arc of I fool HJ inch lo I foot !l inch gunge. In .Mexico, in 1HHI. -2.1 W;j miles were 4 foot 8 inch and '.nit :i font gaugo. In Braxll, at the end of lHSi, there were 889 mllei of fool 8 Inoh g'lMate, and 1,164 inile of various ifiiuifos tjelvveeii '.' feel ami I feet 7 inches, over 11 7' M mile, beinj 1 meter, or ,'l feel 8 inches, so that this i may he considered the standard eniioe of Brail In Australia the differenl ooloniei rather sinularlv. have difforenlj gvogea -thai of New South Wales bo I luff i feet 8 itichtta; Vicloriu, .'i fool ll inches; Smith Australia "i feel 8 Incite und .'1 feel ii indies; ami the Other col onies. .'I (eel '! inches. The total mile age.in operation in the world at the I end of 1888 was 808,048 miles. Of this leucfth 71 percent, were of the 4 foot. 8) inoh to 4 foot '. Inch itandard, Ii per cent, had larger einijL's and 1 1 pel cent, smaller. LICK'S FLOUR PALACE. I How tbo Well known I'alllornlii Vllltlon aire Kept a lloylah Oatb. Mr. Link was n iter married, btii like many of the baohetora, as Miake-- peare Indifferently called the mem ben of either sex, he had his experi ence. One of his apparently unexplainnblf freaks in California wm to build a mill which wMoeiled .villi mahogany ami other beautiful woods and Buiahed in the moat expensive style. There seemed lo be no reason for (fail form of extravagant folly until a little romance of his early life came out. Before he went to learn the organ. inuKiup; business lie hail been appren ttoad to a wealthy miller in Penuayl raoia, who had a pretty daughter. Lick was a comelv anil pluck v votith. I mill the t wo fell in Invo Full of hope anil the prospeol of hap plneM, the young man applied to tin firl'i father, fiving him full Informa tion m to holh their w ishes Where upon i lie rich Pennsylvania Dutchman became Indignant ami MOUted the idea. gtnlalmlngi "Out. you beggar) Dare you eaal eyea upon my daughter, who will in herit all my properly? Have you u mill like Hi is? Have yon a tingle penny in you poner"1 To this tirade the poor youth could only reply that just then he Inula t, but he addded that UM day WOUld come a lien he would have a mill compared with which thai one would be uolliiiiy mora than a plg-ety. He left Ihe miller, but he never for 0t the cruel word. So. afler he had become not only rich, hut a million aire, he built this mill, ami vvlien it was Bntthod it had every tiling thai could have added to the perfection ol its appointment. Its machinery was perfect and its walls and floor of tho very hieliosi poliah. He waa not able to brin; Um miller to see the futllllmenl of his boyish declitration. but he had the mill photo graphed in every possible way, w ithin and without, and although his old iweelheaii had long SUMS been mar ried, he sent her 'fath.'r the pictures and recalled lo him the day when he had Initiated of hi mill. Minneaolia Tribune. a traveler who rtspcnlly returneu miu I'ekin asserts that there is plentv ui smell in that city, but very little to -ee. Most of the show places, such as the Temple of Heaven nnd ihe M irb e llridge Bare one by one been closed t. utaiUe barbari ins. who ran not even O.-ibe their way. Tue houses aiv ali i very low and mean, the streets wholly inpaved and are alwn- very lumlili nuuiiHy. anu asme.-eare, no seweraor I as a pools the flhhineaa o( the town U I .deacrabie. He addi that ths public I luiUlinga are mall, an 1 in a devyej J mil liimbled-alown condition, and the iearet one can (rvt Ui the emperor' ' lace la to climb to the top of aorne i nilldinf oc table the a-red inclosure I ind urrepliliouly tieen orer tha wall Ji rough an opera-glaaa. Even then be ' low not ' much. RAILROAD . , I 1$ A Til IJ..I! N BASt-HAUU Area. I tof M " I , Ihe Wealeril lle. The Bttttorial which M Into btMfl. hall ban eomea tri tu:l pully from In ,. that is the heller I'lality iIihm. n-c I u'c.' .il. n.li i- il-' -""" '"1; HtiilthlH must beca.i.f.tll,V-'lect.il ami M.1-f(.,.th a .,non-.l. The host Imla lire made from MliM Mfli cut tho MttflJ oth and split, Hpllttinif Kimi'anleo n( "ivui striilclitneaH of grain. The forest ash comes next In point of nxcolence. altlio,.li tho sall-wntor i Ba,. t MM ooiiHt ol Maiito. Is eoii- ! sidereal III the Kant its e,..al, Mf tt 1 great many hat tiro muile from It. ' The (OrMl asl me from all purls ol ! thecoimlrv wherever ash is likely to ! ,,,. as Ihe demand for lumber bf the i tMaVnuker HometimesexcoedHthemi)-j sometimes , w,..wl!l0n0u, prime I ill, U I H)u tlfiV aP0 compeled to talto 1 g,,,.), sh lumher na they can (jot for (hn mM,MfaMiitw of the Hocoud find t,rd grades. KasWood enters into Ihe manufact-1 ui(, ()f ,mJ,..ml ,ts to a lat'oo extent, i , . , A mprleiin willow. There un-, . waa a time vvlien Mlglian wxuww " i. h i. ...mn considered by ball-players lo be we beat material tor bats, but there In very lillle of this used now, and none at till by professional ball-players. I'ine. DOD lar and OOttOOWOOd are used (.,,. ,.1, Ids for mn. -. ami Missouri' ,,(.,, ,.,, ,., o ,.. , IV, ----- U.,U,I (..Fill i".l.,llg,: and Arkansas aupplios most "f tllis I (fymnusium, or in ont-dooratiJ .c . I.....: u -W..U i,.t r. . .. 7"'r mifli ninlier. lie l. ailing imsu-n,., manufactory of the country laui Brand Rapids. Mich., and millions of sticks are turned out yearly from this im mense concern. Milwaukee comes second, while Vineennes. Intl.. la third. The latter city at one time led the country in base-ball bat manufactur lug, but Grand Rapids and Milwaukee passed the Hoosier town Umg ago. Of oouroe, nearly every city of import anoa in the Kast manufaoturM more or less base-ball hats, but nono of them have any manufactories that compare with the Western concerns. St. Louis makos a tew hats, but none that arc considered llrst-eltiss, except occasional ones for individuals. One hijf house In ChloagOi that deals heavily in hasp bill goods, every win tor udvertises for olil ash wac-oii tonguea, to be made into bats. This oonoern sells thousands and thousands of hats whloh they call the "Wagon Tongue," and are supposed to he made from the poles of worn-out wagons. This is a nice little delusion, in keep log with the Appomattox apple-tree cane fake that was rung on the coun try for years after l.ee'a surrender. The fuel is that the Chicago house soils every season ten times as many so-called "Wagon Tongue" buls as there are, or ever was at one lime, polled vehicles, old and new. iu the country, but ball-players buy them and swear by them, and the dealer gels a fancy price for his goods. So every body Memi happy and contented iu thut direction, Yean ago when bnsc-ball was in its kindergarten stages," says a dealer in and manufacturer Of base-hall omuls in St. Louis, "fancy bats were all Iho rage, and manufacturers and dealers vied with each Other in their effort to get up gaudy -looking slick to attract the eye of t he players, lu those days hall players were proud of their bats because of the elegant coats of paint and varnish, but now the professionals take pride in tho plainness of their bull-hitters. Dealers now make bats for the professional trade only of nsh that has undergone three years of sea soning, and in general appearance are as rough and course as a common pick bundle, hut in perfection of shape and toughness of liber, thoy can not be surpassed. Nearly every professional has his ideal hat, and all weights, lengths and circumferences are turned out to meet the individual tastes of the players. Most professionals are cranks to soino extent in regard to hats, nnd they spend days and weeks, and sometimes months in scr.uniirg, ibaplng and other wise finiahing up the but they expect to knock out homo runs with during the playing season. Linseed oil is all the dressing that professionals use gu their hats. Xo paint or varnish is over allowed to remain on a stick afler tiie player can got an opportunity to scrape it off, hence the miiunfacUirors make what is called the professional hat, without polish or filagree. - -Globe-Democrat. A Solid Silver Wagon Road. "You nuiy talc about nickel-plated railroads." said Vieo-l'resident L. T. Stanley, of 9tM Walnut street, "but ' v.'iiai uo you iniiiK 01 a solid silver Nime very dear irienus ui wagon road? 1 he Horseshoe mine In who liad been spending Colorudo has one, although when it was built they didn't know it would ' pan out that way. They had to have a ' road from the mine, a distance ol three miles, over which heavv loads were to lie drawn. Thev took tha 1 rock that had been taken from the hail Ihe misfortune to thro ! shafts they were suikitiLr, and which tents of a well-tilled ink d"'"1. lav around in Hie mr unit th,. I,..,,, .tifnl new white Pf lllacai elllli'tl I II' I'liuri ll Ilia ,,.,1 In. mull serVllllt, I" "' way thiotigh. The wacons pass-1 his siimmous. nppearcd ing over i ne road ground the rock jug of new milk, wnicii s.. r-- dovvn. line dav thev had a heavv rain- tint nffnndinv ink stain. storm, and when thinirs irot drv acaln five sliilline's. mv cmid girl- B' alter I il. i-iiiii th., u- nil h ..... h I .. " ,!.!.., ell IU ' I In til i-nl I I, ,,,,, .,1. , I,. 1 II .nVL'Cli" c . ... .. . i. ....... rttas ,-,,-i, , men a n. iiiev linn s,,p i ttitii n:i lm Ilk ii' un i1"'- higsttvaks of silver. Well, may be, I mistress come home." AnJ they didn't collar to the rest of that ' on their hands and knees po UHise rock that lav about those shaft!, .mil eiiliheil hiuI nibbeaM . They sent away a lot of it to be assay-1 carpet until not a sot MBMaJJ ed. and when the report came back' e'r' earned her live ahillii1' , they found that their road ImhI VM a few weeks nft-rwiirdTenoT .i j... . . . .. I . j i... Hi 1 vaomi savg a ton. it was a little .-1 to dine with hi frienu - m pensive lo drive over, but they had tc reason to believe that she hj J have the road, anil I iiinniuv ani'ii t.,1..- i ..,-,,(. the nn-t H fot it yet. UtaaJr mines have held ouL' Philadelphia Preaa, Burl, used in making veneers with remarkable ex.entricities of grain, are exrreaences that grow upon various I tis inch as the walnut, rosewood. mahogany, oak and ash. They aeigh from 1.000 to .000 pounds, and the largest and best come from Persia and Llrcaaaia. and cost ia Usen to forty cent, a pound, I T .a.. .It:;L"l i n't i t i""- "Wall. I r. laT.,. . I cuniraon hroom ltr. iy 'What ii' R , - nu wan mini iDiiau...;-- thU egg h. double yelk Waiter V " Pnh. ,h..- a, . 1 ... "alter- Joon,.,-. Thl. was strirtlj Udday aZ'iZT' ' t : mt the'ent ha. not left the t I r- . ia t.'iii. e, I.-II, Siw.il l " IV a , ' "t Mounting tiiHierjfiii.lm StlidelltH together, lla.''''1 youiiK men between the aJ2 11 teen and twenty-,,,,,,, ,.uw,"',!,, Harvard College. The ri III! ililecv i. vv u ilh lii I ...I . . '" UK Lit - .. ,, ,, ,,, i-m uujra, . waaai Inline for av ('.KM. IL I tl... ,rW , I I tiers a n . , ..!., . neilher a 'L'riii,r 1 1 .7" I Ml I averairo Hludent, ami the.J''1 of them llvo just Hbcti at i! plotui r my collegia u . JJ follows: I turn out Mawbjgai! 7:4n and 8 in iho morning, Lajj Ui Memorial to h .br,. . ' . ' """I III a.. - ... ,., i ,, , k, en toenail,., r, .. "U and are well attended. . hi , . .ii... i. Ku uuioaa we chooig I.,,,-,. ,.. .v.. ....I - "ll una itcuiiiiiiiri atlll lecturtaj i,L nearly the whole iolull0(m (nd finn in tin, tifi. ., t - .ouu mivj , n ook. On four days of U,a J have three recitations, ou th. 1 ....... ,... uaTeiotMhii 11.C.MU111K 10 me elective, iM My atudies are over fP V p. in., ami inoy oeciinv. all ,,, ' . . . a r.-. ,-ii mint a u uav . I'll! illli ested in atUeBjt, Ihe season for them, l'urt ol n,,., ing, lu suitable weather, run ol two miles, to Porter', , llllll llliek. Till, irvimniot,.-. ' -- - - nima crowned, ami yon get pretty i.n od up oy your exercise, vhatfM l lien, niter a coin shower ,i . rubbing, yon b el like akin,. ai you just sleep nights, aonM that my athletic tralnlttf hrl ' - a it 11110 I oeiiera Iv shii v .u . . . ..i r.. i .. . Ul ii ivs. i in ih-iu to I,.., . . r , . . . . , , 1 , I It,' !.!. 1 n ...... 1 don t like to go to Bogtog MJ takes too long and you Imvetu Into U'Mii'li Willi t lit, u-l.u,, !"" (H, training. "Many people have an Idea M elm lot violl alio lea irn n.l u, worse, until two or three weelui the examinations, and then en This is niter nonsense. It Is c impossible in ke.-p up with jo -in that way, unless, indeed, aj spend 100 or llfiO for prinltl 1 .1,.,., ., ,.,.1.1..'. L. I .. ,!.... muIliImu 11 u. nu iiiiiii I ,v I Illinois, H tu. a practice of doing it oftenwfMj it week you'd be investigated, fate and that is not at all plnw i.ll.. a: I...... I i.. ..1...-.L J whore sometimes lo llo-bui i m 1 1 1 1 . it i... .,.! 1 1 " r, c bane . some lines ei 1 Here are usuaiiv i'"' or .jouiti MUHlny evening service, inmiji llllll I llil.i u, i, up iiiici Hiiira want to."- Iliiffalo Kxpress. THE POET LAUREATE. I lit firs (III f llllll Ill iiiiiik .urrnomi fi iiinu Teniiyon. son t f t c 1 1 lorjjyisto wimin n 11 1 ...Ua, la. t.1l flj 1111(1 MIU UOW3 n it' ll i ii iuii ii tion with Robert Browntag i parentlv apropoa bottaii I li.nv Rmau nitur i trclt llliMHI. "nit a " aaap , n uxcluiiuod KntVrt. "I mn Hniui . . .,i. -, M...., i, t nt riitniKi 1.1 ! .,..i. ll... ..Hit' U'l all o a r nt " m.i itit"" "s a tell me you are he." A few yean ngo some emba n.it.iii.ni. ,.c r, hi ii v v, in I'll-- i i t' in uin ii km . llllll ''I' 1 It I a i " .at IL 1 1 U'l iuuif .nut ti i i i u un v v - sun. nun nun,! n ' - " .i ill fnr n wiwiiler. imt ill n 1 aLl. t l.iil (illPla Jlllfl' (Ml INIfi I'l lilMiMi, - irl 1 1 : 1 1 ! il I IU' i M'l . a j 1 ... t I., ram 'MVJUt'-M 11 1 hit IM H ll 1 1 1 1 it " L ;iimi ; i' aiie i. iu- " 11 imwt tin tfi til nd I't'Vt'i'lt1. N1' aavwa 1. - I 1 .....1 i , i-.ii, r r. . who 1 1 ait i r. in tfti i" " ;t i)Lr lKt' DOtU-ia ci in"i - lips, truzed rtoinewliiit wistfully"" i i I,,,, i, in,. '. Wlll'II SIHHietll.V l.llisiiif; claimed in a loud, stentorian like mv mutton cut in chunks: not belli susneclitig inui a . i. .. , .something of mallcfl prepm Durst ol connuenee, unu ,..- . .. , i nun nr man icii a noi unoaouw - , J . 1 . .. - Oi'tng gapeu at, aim desire to punish the otlenurn. a .. ..t,i mn nut Ion; rvn iiin-i nine i,m, ...w ... the t aii!htei-in-luw is aiiiu.a- lt shows how the greatest . nahle of slooninu to little , , Paris, returned to Louden. ions to renew old ties. "lc h in In III., e lionse. llllt I fin'.' took the day, und arriving' alia found "the birds fit down tn write a note of expU"1 ATHgf,VA(3 A . a . i ... ...... ... ah . . . . . v. " - .. ii carl displayed their gorgeous out any sign of consci" 'i-'"'"5-Cor. Sim Kranei-co Chronic A Crawfordsville. w fnvnrilA ..nt thi.1 hail been MJ and the feline would not st? . dnskv aariia The cent.ein I " , inquired around for a remedy . I,.. ......l.l -- hi. ...,t In its P1' ' l