1
A DILEMMA.
fj . l,& ffiililvn hair.
'M JIT lut -
A , Beast glallce. DIOQFU Sir.
Hi r ) " "re u'u" ""J wn,t nJ shn
J,,,, k huh no null nor coquetry.
llrr maiden heart, her foul serene,
in all l r word and louke are wen.
Tti inure I tlittik of her. Ilia wore
Ail her perfection I'd adore
If fr one hour I could forget
The k in 1 h ha B,e her net,
Wlicnstduskv hair, whose saucy saiil
And ipty caprice my heart beguilrl
(.he has each fault w hich I abhor.
" t.ne'n"l 'be girl I'm looking for.
Ala'! the more I disapprove
The mora I frowo, the more I love!
Vogue,
HER LOVK LETTERS.
jeanie Campbell came Lack from tho
jailor's ttliop where alio worked and
(omul ii comtinny of boys and girls con
gregated round the doorstep of the tall
tint tin iit house In which sbo rented one
imull buck room. They were booting
iud jring nt 8 ,llan ""-'"'ed bis shirt
ileeves mi the doorstep placidly smok
ing a huge German porcelain pipe. The
man did not seem in the least disturbed
at their jeers and shrieks, but smoked on
with bin Je "cd nl,on ",e 01,8 6,riI) '
ititiM t sky Visible above the gnuiy roofs.
Jennie pushed her way iu.
What's the matter?"
Yah. Diitcbyl I'u't 'e a bloouiin
ift? (iivo n boy a sbillin to go and
Mill 'in soinetbin to eat and is w'itin
Vrofor'm! I'n't 'o a style? Wonder
'ow long bu'll w'ite!"
Who lube?"
A blooming Dutcbyl 'E carn't
ipriiknu English, 'e carn't 'as to mike
menu and nobody 'ere carn't speak
Mliink else. I'n't 'e a softy?"
Tim (.'if I paused and looked at the
man. There was something in his pa
tent altitude that aroused her pity.
Seine softer renifiiibrance of the duys
tefuit) she came to this great, wicked
Loudon came over her. The man's eyes,
lobluc. l b ur iiikI biigbt.and the healthy
tinge of bis wholciMiiue face smote upon
i, r with a pang of xerollectioii of the
liuiiret Scottish faces she had left with
contempt for their content when she
had started forth to see life in London.
Shu went up to the man aud signed
to liim to follow her indoors, hi lie tried
toinaku him nndeistund that he bad
been rubbed. The soft, gentle tones
that answered her wete quite unintelli
gible. He smiled, shrugged his shoul
ders, spicud his bands and looked at her
with that calm trustfulness one sees iu
dugs and children.
Sho smiled, nodded, pointed up the
itairs and then ran out of the bouse.
Sht) returned with a loaf of bread and
i half pound of suusuges for him and
roll for herself. She would make that do.
He was a stranger, alone and friendless.
She put the things in his band, point
ing down tho street nsif to indicate that
the bad brought tbe things from the
buy. Ho seemed to understand, took
her hand and raised it to his lips. The
action was so simple, so grateful tbat
ho felt ashamed and ran np tbe stairs
to h r own room.
Her comfortless breakfast of a dry
roll the next morning made her a little
regretful of her charity the night be
fore. "He must shift for himself, as 1
bavo had to do," the thought, aud she
went out to her day's work.
When she returned iu the evening,
he found him stunding outside bis
door. He lowed and smiled, opened bis
door and showed bis various purchases
on his table. He bad evidently found
his way round to shops. She went up
the stairs, feeling the least little bit dis
appointed tbat be did not require ber
help any more. He seemed different
from the jaded, vulgar men aud wom
en she came in contact with in ber city
life. The air of tbe fields seemed to
cling to him still. She thought as she
toiled up the weary stairs how sweet
the country must be looking now. Was
the sun shining on the bills at borne
aud making the waters of the loch
epaikle, the bonny bills that she would
never see again? Friends were dead,
aud to a tniloresa at 13 shillings a week
it was indeed a far cry to Lock Awe.
Something was on ber table, a little
keteh of a sweep of wide hills, with fir
forests clinging to their sides, a little
cluster tif bouses with wide overhang
ing roofs and Bhutters to the windows.
A figure was standing in tho doorway
of ouo of the houses.
"That is his bouse," said Jeanie to
herself. "What a funny thing to do, to
give mo a picture of it! I wish 1 could
end him back one of Loch Aweand our
bouso up on the braes."
The next day was Sunday. She uhu-
lly passed the morning in bed, tired
out with her week's work. When she
emtio down ifboutthe middloof the day,
he met him coming In, evidently in his
Sunday best. Could he have been to
church? Well, it was clear be bad not
learued the manners of Eureka court
Jet.
She tried to express ber thanks by
looks and smiles. He seemed to under
stand and laughed, and then she felt
ith a quick touch of dismay tbat be
Itlanced in surprise at her untidy dress
uu tousled hair. Jeanie did not "tidy
herself until afternoons; then in an
euurmous bat and feathers and much
becurled head she nerambiilated the ad
jacent streets in company with girls of
Ber acquaintance, not yet vicious, only
iK'ioiaiit, vain aud craving for a little
" that happiness which seems to all
(iris their birthright.
That same bair was In papers now
he blushed as she recalled tho fact
her hands were grimy, her face un
washed. His eves noted it.
They did not meet again during tbe
eek, but next Sunday morning found
Jeanie with her hair out of papers and
her hands washed. She was loitering at
the street corner when became back in
hi sprnce clothes. She gave him a
lrt nod. She felt annoyed with bim
for some nnkuown reason and that even
ing made herself as resplendent as pos
"hie in her cheap, gaudy finery.
"He shall see that I can be smart.
too," she thought, aud tossed ber bead
ne appeared.
He atotiitril. mill drawing a notebook
'foui his pocket rapidly sketched a
church front upon it. She shook ber
bead. H looked puzzled. Then bis
1'ilck fingers drew the ontside of one of
the commonest tyjw of meeting bouse,
kue abouk her head again and moved
-&. Somehow she did not like to show
biui bow she spent ber Sunday evenings.
The weather became very hot. Jeanie
drooped more and more in tbe unhealthy
Workroom and stuffy streets. He seemed
to notice It, for on one Saturday Eignt
sue found a drawing of trees and a path I
and figares walking about, aud under
neath the figures 2:30. Could he beask
lug ber to go for a walk? She waited
in to see.
At 2:80 a knock came at her door.
There he wus, with his square, ngly,
goon namre.1 race smiling at ber. She
felt awkward going down thestairs with
him. What could they do during a
whole walk if neither could speak to
the other?
But tbat walk did not take nlacn.
The miart tie around her neck had beeu
the price of ber dinner. She turned
faint and reeled, then sat down on the
stairs and burst into tears.
She hardly knew if she was vexed or
pleased to rind herself picked up like a
baby and carried np to her own room
and laid njion her bed. She sat up and
drank tome water, while he stood look
ing perplexedly at her, and she blushed
that he should see ber untidy, disorder
ly room.
He went out. In a few minutes she
beard ber door open and something
pushed along the floor. It was a little
jug ol hot coffee and milk aud a plute
of Herman rolls.
The next day another picture was
left. It represented a large workshop.
with men sitting at tables, all busily
engaged over some mechanical work.
Underneath was wtitten the figures i)0
shillings.
With nnskillfnl fingers she drew an
outline of a cout and waistcoat aud a
needle and thread and posted it at his
door as she went out, but she bad to
come back again, she was so ill, and all
day she luy there alono waiting tor
what was the only friendly signal in
the world to her the scrap of paper of
the foreign urtist.
She heard it pushed under the door at
last and feebly rose and groped for it.
Her head wus throbbing so that she
could scarcely see that it contained a
whole line of portraits au elderly man
and woman aud younger faces, among
which was his own. his fauiily doubtless.
She made a rough outline of ber hat.
with a sharp oval for a face underneath.
She wan too ill to get it down to bim.
She pushed it out and trusted that be
would fetch it. She heard hini in the
morning come np again, and then she
heard no mote, for the fever seized upon
ber, and when next she woke to con
sciousness she was lying ou a hospital
bed. For duys she was too weak to
speak or think, but when she was able
one of tbe nurses asked ber if she would
like to see Home papers which had been
brought to tbe hospital for ber, and the
unrse spread them out before her.
The first wus of a man following a
stretcher through the streets, then the
same man Kitting alone in a solitary
room with liis head bowed upon bis hand
and weeping; the next, the same man
at a door, evidently asking questions of
a porter within; the next, the man was
beside a bed on which lay a deathlike
figure.
" Has he been to see me?"
"Yes; it was when we thought yon
were dying be came every day, but we
could not tell bim anything. No one
could speak bis language, but at last
we found it was Wendisb, from the bor
ders of Saxony and Bohemia, and one
of the doctors here got him a book in it
by which be could study English. Yon
will see by the sketches."
The next one represented the man
with the book in bis band.
The next showed the wan in a train,
and then on board a steumer, and then
iu another train.
Jeanie dropped the papers.
"Ho is gone!" she said, with a little
wonk cry. "Oh, why have I got any
better?"
"There is another picture," said the
nurse, and she unrolled it for tbe trem
bling girl.
The man bad arrived at the little vil
lage Jeanie remembered in tbo first
sketch; then the interior of a bouse was
shown; a coffiu lay in the middle of the
room; an old woman, two girls and
three men knelt around it.
"His father is dead," suid Jeanie.
And she turned to the next. The man
was at the hospital door.
"Oh, ho is coming back!" sbo cried.
"See, this is the last, " said the nurse,
and as she held it up she laughed. It
was the man on ono knee before a girl
Jeanie In her outrageous bat but
there was in a little sketch up in the
right hand corner, as if it was yet in
the distance, the same little village with
the pine forests around, the two figures
the man and Jeanie walking arm in
arm np the village street. Tbe uurse
held ber sides for laughing.
"It's the funniest thing lever saw in
my life!" ehe said.
Jeanie gathered her papers together
with some dignity.
"I don't call it funny," she said. "1
think it was just tbe nicest thing
that ever was done to any girl."
"My loofe!" said a voice at her side.
And theie was the man. Jeanie gave a
little cry.
"My loofe!" said the man again. It
is tny first English to yon, and it will
be my last. My loofe!" And Jeanie,
with all tbe dreams of ber girlhood back
npon ber, put her arms round bis neck,
and sobbing said, "And I don't even
know your name, but I dou't care for
anything in the world but yon." New
York Tribune.
"A We Pupil!"
1..tonn Ttrna a trreat soldier, bat be
could not spell. His handwriting was
.i .i .a tn oivn rise tn tho rumor
inu ki ui -
dial be used undecipherable characters
to conceal tne fact tuai ne, me muster
... . I.
of Europo, could not roaster rreucu or
tl.,.i,iinh
In the early days of the empire a man
of modest apec presented uimsen ut
fore the emperor.
"Who are you?" asked Napoleon.
"Sire, I bad tho honor at Brienue for
16 months to give writing lessons to
your majesty. "
v.... ,..r,,...l nnt a nice tiunill sntd
mucuiyv.", "--
i... ... ...nr nrees!" Nevertho-
emperor, with vivacity. conK"
umiu juu v. j
less he conferred a pension upon his old
tuanter. Youth's Coiupan ion.
aflsundaratoail.
A plou and Saco lady, who felt
that ths end of her mortal existence was
. 1 .... ,u.iliiiif her bill witb
' close a. un", , .
! ber Iceman one day aud took occasion to
I . . . . .1.,,,'t .niv
rei;irk in nn
I now loshall take ice of you another year.
I Xiwrx to s over the other aide of the
river before long."
'Oh no trouble, no trouble at all. r
plied the enterprising Iceman
a team ovrr to Hiddeford evrry day. Then
belH-K.n slowly to grasp the real nieao
I,, ,d muttered a be picked op hU
"n and went out of tbe door, ow.
JSU, would bebsppytobsva pleceof
U-over there' anyway, I guess. "-Uw-latuuiMe.)
Journal.
DO MEX DIEOF FRIGHT?
A Symposium by Medical Men
and Military Officers.
HOW FKAU iniXTS THE HEART.
If That Organ Ia Sot Hound, IKrath May
Tattle, Though tow Surh t'awa An Ur-cordvil-llow
Rulillrra lb-ha In Halt la.
Cowanllra a I'hjralral M'rak
A group of aclenll.tK, soldiers and ntntca
men went gossiping at the ('imiiiim club, In
Washington, when sonieUxly nkcd a fa
mous unity siirircon, who served through
two wars and Is How iiniii the retired list,
whether It was poKi-IMe. for n iiinn to be
scared to death, and they fell tutu rem.
nlscenees, says W. K. Out la In the Cliieagu
Kecord. Keur hits often sought and guided
KKI'IIKSKNTATIVE IIKMHIISOS.
the fatal Instrument of the suicide, but
can fright or terror or any other violent
emotion stop tho boating of the human
heart f
Kx-Surgcon Cieiienil Mmro of tho army
said: "It Is entirely posslblo for a man to
ho scared to dentil. Ho may Ihi killed by
Joy or by grief or by any other Intense
emotion, it ho has a weak heart or Is keen
ly susceptible to external Impression. I
havo within my own knowledge a case of
a man who tlliil from Joy usm the receipt
of a message of great luiMirtnnco. Ho wim
so nffivted that ho fell dead. I huveknowu
men also to he teinsmirlly disabled by ex
cessive four. A mail turns utlo when he is
frightened. I'aleness Is a sign of a disor
dered condition of the hlisxl. Tbe blood Is
forced hark uisin tbo heart, and If tho ves
sels of the heart are weak they burst, and
death onsiuu. Fright or any other strong
emotion might cause apoplexy."
Keprosontatlvo Henderson of Iowa re
port a case, wliliii was told lilm ny lila
brother as having occurred In a medical
oollege at which the latter wim a student
In Aberdeen, Scotland. An old professor
wiw obnoxious to tbo student, and to
tmulsh him thevarntnunl a practical Joke.
Entering his room at night musked, they
bound I1I111 and tisik him to a carriage,
which wim driven around for half an hour
to make him believe that ho was Mngcar
rlvluutof tbe city. Then they took him
to a ro.1111, where a mock trial was held,
and ho was sentenced to dinth. They pr
pamd nn executioner's blia'k, compelled
him ti kneel and place ins noun upon 11
ami tlvn si rue K mm acroxa tno luua. 01
his neck with it damn cloth. Thoslus-'k
produced apoplexy, to tho consternation of
tho students, who hiistlly carried hi Issly
to his own om and left it ou tho tbsir In
such a position a to lead to tbo belief that
lie bud fa! leu In a tit lien alone.
Dr. John .S. Hillings, curator of tho
United States Army Medical museum, who
Is recognized as authority on any subject
ho undertakes to discuss, says " Yes," with
a proviso.
"No niso has ever como under my per
sonal observation, but 1 know enough of
tho power of mental lmprcssl"iis upon tho
vltul organs to lM-llevethal the numerous
Instances cited by writer m-v,- i,e tune
that convulsions or anilysi-t and even
death from failure of tho heart's action
may be caused by strong emotions. The
sudden frightening of a child In Jit bus
frequently caused fatal llluoss und epilep
tic convulsions."
"Have you ever known of a soldier being
frightened to death In battler"
"No."
"Do you believe such a thing ever oo-curi-cdf"
"I do not know. It is possible, but I
don't seo how a man who could bo fright
ened to death could lss tho physical tests
necessary to liecomo a soldier."
"In all of tho records of the surgical and
medical corps In tho late war has any such
caso lioen brought to your attontlonf"
"No. Hut 1 will admit It to bo posslblo
that In certain diseases of tho heart a strain
ur shock will stop its action. Tho exercise
of walking up a flight of stairs might re
mit fatally. You can readily seo I10W an
artery that was ready to break would,
when a strain was put usin It, rupture
easily. Apoplexy Is produced by abnormal
pressure upon the arteries of tho bruin.
Bevoral cases are on record where tho fear
of surgical operations has pnaluced death.
Tho London Lancet retKirta a case of a col
ored man of middle age, robust und In gixsi
health, who was lulsirlng under a nioder-
DR. JO" I BILLINGS,
ate sized aneurism of the femoral artery.
An operation wus proposed to him, to
which ho readily assented, but usm enter
ing the theater ho falnt.sj and finally died
from fear. And such shocks havo cured
disease as well.
"The Washington Post of Feb. 7, 1H8M,
.nnminrad that Mrs. Slblev. theaed wid
ow of the late General Sibley, died of grief
and disappointment upon the refusal of
cotigrc to pa? a claim sue lutu nm
the government.
"The Nashville Journal of Medicine and
c.,-,.rv IS72. n-tsirts a caso of one Maze,
a private In tbo Confilerat anny, whce
limbs had brt-ome so stiffened by acute
ilin that he was absolutely help
less. At tlie battle of Oslnr Creek, Max
was sitting In a wagon when a shell burst
a few f.vt from him. He Jumped from tbe
wagon with an ability tlutt would have re
n.wt rntlli on the soundest limbs and
1 .ir.l at a oace tbat few ablebodled men
! could have kept up with. The cur was
ouiuiilcta."
rnirgeoii Chnrlisi 8nmrt of tlie aurirnin
general's ufJIeo aitid: "1 have xvn limiijr
lueli very tuully frlKhtcueil, but I cliut
niv that I evi-rwiw one frightened to dcnlh,
althoiiKh 'I can readily belle a soldier
could Iw, provided lie wiw .uttering with
w lint ws call Irrltiil.lllty of 1 1... h.rt It
was common In the war. wluu aoUUen.
were miller extraordinary exertion aueli
na going at a doul.le quick In onler to gain
a ioliiin Mum Iho enemy r.mldg.-t toll
thai wiiiie of them would U utterly out
of bnth, and their hearts made to U-at
no rapidly that they would Ik totally n-
haiMi-d. ThU tnrted a dUiw. which
tl.eni.fter prevented them from enduring
even a slight en Ion or any mental lex-
nn abnormally nervous l.m.i, hmrlng the
llrst shot and knowing that Ida tiiiimny
was soon to be nigngvd. mliilit U m-led
with luilnliailon, and In (lit rush to the
front drop with benrt dlscw frightened
to ileuHi. His ilntiil of bring klllisl would
set hi limit to Issuing rapidly, and tho
exertion to keep up with the command
would cause death. I cannot think that a
maii In u-rfivily sound health, Isith men
tally and physically, could tw frightened
I'aptiiln Purmau, at pn-sent an examln-
er In the Vnlled States patent i.lllee, who
commanded a coniiuny In a n Istinisln rcg-
1 nt at the I at tin of Mdloh, relates Hint
a man of hit command nannsl l'eao was
frlKhleiiitl In tho "hornets' nest" that
bo was srl.ed wild hysteric or convul
sion, and U'lng taken to n hospital died
two dav afterwnnl. He h id no dlmo
and no wounds, but the intending pbysl
clans rcirtcd It to lm a ciimi f nervous
pnwtnition pnsnuvi ny nir. 1
I don t think I ever knew a citso where
a Man wiw seartsl to death," said lienend
Khollcld. "lout qullo sure 1 never did. 1
I bavo .een men ,mlvml so a to lie nit-
solutely unconscious of what they were do-j
liigand yet not show any dliwlt Ion to
run away. They were daml aud would
haul their gun and fire them Into tho nlr, '
knew a soldier to be scared to death.
never lurd of such a case, but 1 can real-
lie that one might occur. 1 know from ex-1
Mrleiico that men, and women also, under
great excitement or under thecondltloiis of 1
fmr, fnsiiently are atltvtist with jMtlplta- I
lions, which when thrown upon a diseased
heart lulxht result fatally."
tietienil Daniel K. Sickles said: "I would
mullly N-lluvo such a thing to lie Msslble,
although I cannot say that I ever knew of
a cose."
(ielientt JiHeph Wheeler, the famous
Confederate cavalry commander, said: "J
lr-i
GKSKIIAL JOSKI II W 111.11. Kit
havo never known a man to Ihi frlghteniil
to death, but very frequently I have sis-n
soldiers totally Minily..sl by frnr, so much
so tbat they were lneauibleof using their
museles or of uttering ttcohcrolit Hi-ntence.
These were coses of w hat I should call
teniKimry imntlysls. I do not know wheth
er the effects were snnanent, as I did not
sue tho men afterward, but I would not Ihi
at all urprlstl If some of them resulted III
permanent disability or even fatally. I re
meuilsT one ease In uirtleular, where a
soldier Mug c xMiwd to unexss'ted danger
was so paralyzed that he sbssl motloulis
with a blank expression lisni bis face
while Ids comrades retreatisl In dlsonler.
This man wits shot standing like H stutuo
with his gun In his hand, as flted its If ho
had Imvii frozen. I havo known other cases
In which men have Ihi-ii oalTicted by fear
that they lost the power of sssvh, although
they were ablo to use their muscles."
(jetiend I law ley says: "I think It Is en
tirely sMslblo to scare a man to death, al
though I must say that 1 havo no knowl
edge of any particular case. A man of
strong Imagination and susceptible to ex
ternal Influences might lsj easily fright
ened Into convulsions, or bis mind might
ho so worked Umih as to drive him Insane.
I havo known several men to die of In
sickness or uitalgla, which 1 n distinct
disiMtso and one of tho most terrible that a
Tson can lw afflicted with."
General Charles F. .Mnmlerson said: "I
havo known men to bo dreadfully scared
and I havo heard of cases where they Were
frlgbtemsl to death, hut I never saw one.
I lmvti known men to die of Insignificant
wound, when I was sure that tbo cause of
their dmth waa only fright, anxiety or
homesickness, which, as all may know, are
very aggravating Inctksesof Inflammation.
Certain issmle lire so constituted that they
are naturally onwards, Just us others havo
uncontrollable teniK'rs.
"In my own regiment there wit a ser
geant who at the Isittlo of Itlch Mourn
talu. W. Va.. conducted himself with eX'
ceptlotial cisilness, and as a result of It
was pmmotial to he a lieutenant, but at
Sliiloh ho wits so f rlgliteiiisi mat lie actual
ly flisl from tho field and did not return to
the reuimeiit for several days. He was
such au excellent olllcer In every other ro-siss-t
that wo thought wo would give him
another chimin, but whenever wo went
Into a light no exercise of tho will power
or anv amount of entnuty or persuasion
or Intimidation could bring him to his
senses, and ho wits finally placed in. a posl
Hun mi tlie stuff where It was not necessary
that bo should 1st In the Hue of battle dur
ing au ungagement."
lliittom of I'crslninion needs.
Perhaps in nothing more thun in the
art of iniikiiiK buttons illd our southern
women show their skill and Ingenuity.
Smut were cnn-heted and were of all sizes,
ensilv mado of blin k and white thread
and very durable. Others were covered
buttons, hut the molds, which have since
those days been furiildied to us in such
abundance by our 'oiinectlcut friends and
brethren, were then Uisde of pieces of
pasteboard or old Isixes, the cloth Used to
rover them Is-lng filled up with small locks
nf our own white Heeey staple to give them
the desired roundish Hiwnrsuce. Hut the
tirettlest a well as tlie mimt durable of
all our buttons were those made of per
minion seeds. 1 Iii-mi are a beautiful dark
brown color, very sinis.tb and glossy, and
needed only to he washed and dried aud
have holes bored III I hem to Iss ready for
use. Out of tbe fruit of the persimmon
tree we made beer, while the buttons Just
seemed as If made for ns aud put down
among our wood to l bsd for only tbe
trouble of picking Slid wnsiimg mem.
We talk sometimes of Yankee skill and
Ingenuity, and yet. as we lk back upon
the bast and think of kow we managed
when thrown upou our owu rcoourcee, It
is sa If while trying to separate our
j selves iruiu turui wn, "n
, selves, lu tusuy ways, to be of the sains
I blood aud lineage. Ulu and Cray.
but a man with any trouble of tho heart I j,.r,( tmt everybody was iu want of
havo no doubt mlulit U killid very quick-' K,ai, mil,- tl) ,1U ,.i(.1.t, century,
ly by f.rorany other imensoexe lenient. ltVrtlll, j (ro, r ,ir).aorvu4l
As slant Adjutant (ieneral Mncvnt of ...... . ., . , ' ; ' . . ,' ,.
HenenU Si holleld's staff said: "I never Bl U "" 1"'t 1,0 '.Kh U' e,",hil,
EARLY LIFE OF PAUL JONES.
Da Cam la Anirrir la luhartt mm Katal
In Virginia.
There is no record of bis having; at-
t.,,,,1,.,1 un school except that of the
,,arUI of KirUcan. but he developed a
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"" He went to sea when 13 years
' aud made two voyage during his
minority iu a slaver, but haling the
trafllu he left ll and tho ship t.Hi. At 20
ho was iu roiuimuid of a flue brlgittitili&
About this time otvui red what ho calls,
, lllu.r t0 iM.r, Morris, "a great
lu,,fl)t,llno " Uug. "lam under no
"" wbutovcr that this or any other
circumstance 01 my pnt
life will sink
mo III your t pinion. 1 no trouble was
a tiir aleiied criminal prosecution for
having had a carpenter flogged, which
ww tho usual mole of punishment In
lliose (lays, tne mailer was invesiigni-
rd, and Paul Junes was fully acquitted.
It is worthy of remark that tho tuag-
istratowho I no 11 i red into that matter '
'" IMuUoi.es exposed great
,lifprovciL lie returned to Scot laud om-e .
after this, mid although affectionately 1
riK-eived by his owu family his friends 1
and neighbor seem to havo treated him
coldly. Tim smart from Ihi injustice
tntned the Inilifferelico ho full for his
native land into hatred, and ever after
ho considered himself quite free from
any responsibility for having Is en boru
ul,, having spent the llrst II years of
,jf0 u 0 inbospitablo a country.
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''V""'! )X V " ,liMl ;,".,1,;.r"t"
ed to irginiit ami tiled lucre, icn nun
an estata inerois no iiouot unit raui
Jones was olteu afterward Iu want of
ready money, but it must be reinetu-
"u iHHiuning oi tne war a mill
of lllilesnilent fortune,
Tho two years of his life in Virginia
are obscure, as might bo expected from
B tnuti livjnti the life of a provincial
conlltrT uT iitleman. which tho records
concerning him prove. At tho outbreak
of war with the mother country Paul
Jones hastened to Philadelphia, and
through Mr. Joseph llewos, a iiiemlsr
of congress from North Carolina, got
his commission as senior first lieutenant
In tho infant navy of the colonies. It
was then he mado tho acquaintance of
Uobert Morris, to w hom ho felt a pas
sionate gratitude and affection, and
whom lie named us solo executor lu his
will, Mr. Howes being then dead.
Miss Molly Elliot Keawell lu Century.
IN THE FUTURE.
When Ih Olrl Who r.arna kVI.OOO a Yens
Will lie Itralrable Wife.
'Don't yon think it about time for
Maliel to consider the subject of matri
mony?" lie asked hesitatingly.
Oh, thorn is plenty of time," replied
his wife. "Mabel is very ambitious,
yon know, and sho is used to certain so
culled luxuries that she would dislike
to givo np. "
Well, frankly, I think she is work
ing t'KJ bard. "
Oli, no, she isn't. It will do her
good. Ami siucu sho Woii that caso iu
thu supreme court her Income hits beeu
steadily Increasing. It sho continues to
do ns well in Iter profession, she limy be
able to think of uiurrtuge in a year or
sa You seo, things havo changed since
wo were married."
"Indeed they have," be sighed
"Then a girl's beauty, tumperament
and accomplishment had more to do
with her matrimonial chances, but it is
cry ii liferent now, very different iu-
deed. Mabel is not yet the prize that I
wish bur to be, ami I doubt if she could
be sure of getting thu kind of husband
that I desire her to have, Tho best
young men are very particular, you
know.
"Very true," he admitted.
"Many of them will hardly look at a
girl whose earning capacity is not f 4,-
000 or o,000 a year. Malsd agrees
with mo thut it is last to wait until she
has reached that point, and thou she Is
uro to be sought ufitr by the very best
and must desirublo young men iu the
oily. " Chiougu Post.
Large Nailing Ships.
Tho largest sailing ship afloat Is tho
French live master La Franco, launched
In IbUO on tho Clydo and owned by
Messrs. Ant Uoin Hordes et Fils, who
possess a large fleet of sailing vessels.
In l HO l sho came from Iqttiquo to Dun
kirk In 103 days with 0.000 tons of ni
trate, yet sho was stopped on tho Tyne
when proceeding to sea with B.fiOO tons
of coal aud couicllcd to take out 000
tons ou the ground that sbo was over
luden.
There Is not a singlu II vo masted sail
Inn shin under the liritish flag. The
United States has two live masters
the Louis of tt!)0 tons aud the (Jovernor
Ames of 1.77S tons both fore and alt
schooners, a rig peculiar to tho Amer
ican coast. HIiIih having five masts can
lie counted on the fingers of one hand',
but, strange to say, the steamship Cop
tie of the Shaw, Savill & Albion com
pany, on her way to New Zealand in
Decern Ur, ISDO, passed the t Jovernor
Ames in 14 degrees south 114 degrees
west, bound for California, and two
davs later in 8 degrees south 81 do
grees west the French Ave muster La
France, bound south.
Passengers and crew of the Coptic
might travel over many a weary league
of sea and never again seo two sum ex
cellcnt object lessons in the growth of
sailing ships In quick succession. Ths
largest three masted falling ship is the
Dltton of 8,830 tons. Chambers Jour
nal.
Steal Inland Marking Hooka.
Men ati-nl library Issika. Women mnrk
them with pencil marks, and the libra
riana of the large free libraries deplore tbe
mutilation more than the loss, as maiiy
people regard them with the same antipa
thy that tber do a Mcotidhsnd tooth
brush, and eventually lb Issika have to
he r. nlliced. Ill every art of rule and reg
ulaliona the III bred IsiiTnwerls cautioned
aualnst defacing the volume. An extra
rule marked N. 11. Ill fillllnen letter was
seriously considered, Is-gging the borrower
lo refrain from using red Ink or crayon
Thl, however, waa voted down by the
Isiard, who wisely derided that the object
of the lost It lit lou was to educate, and Hint
under no circumstance should a Inste for
readlug -even with a red pencil In baud
be discouraged. Mutilated Issika are
set aside for denning and renlra, and
those that cannot lie erased are destroyed
ri. -...I. I,. i n(T..f iinmt from brackets
parallels, uiHierscoruig ami uihihii.w, m..-
, romances, love sloriea and poems ol
' passion. New York World.
She Spent $5,000 to Catch the
Man Who Swindled Her.
HE HAD THE MIKItYINW I1AR1T.
White Was Not I'artlrular A haul Con
forming la the Law and t aually Made
Monry Out of Ilia Matrimonial IVnturm.
Widow Tomllnann III Nemeala,
"I'd rather have Detective llngnitrollo
aflerme Ibitn tbat I'onniiilcut w idow,"
said DUtrtet Attorney Itidgway of Hrook-
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,irlnK Uw k Wm J. While, an alleged
blgiiiuM. from lliiebaiinii, Mich,
Mrs. Nancy K. Tomlluaon of Ansonla
has sieni mrly l.'i.ism in tho last 18
month to brltiu- White to Justice. She so-
c.msl bl. Indie, t for bigamy by tho
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U'.f.tPII Mfl.l.M Ilk tn.p IlllfSlllIt Itf tlllkllllkll
who, she mivs, whistlled her out of f IS, Mm
and diverted her two dny after a marrliiKO
ivn'uiony. She purposes to bring all the
other Mr. Whites to Hnsiklyn, xiylng
their eN-HMst from Glasgow nnd Chicago
and Ohio, and from the cud of the earth,
If mill ls
White's cancr In this country, according
to Detective Dcltseh's story Ion New York
World reisirtvr, Is-gan In lssl, when In-
went to llnsiklyu from Glasgow and U
gan selling furnace governors. He wo,"
married In County ('man, Ireland, II
years ago and has a son 1'J years old. His
wife returned to her father's homo lu Ire
land, w here she how I.
White went lo Michigan In IKSHnnd sold
cash register. In Chicago he met Ida
Parker and married her. She says ho ttsk
5O0 she hud lu hunk. He diverted her aft-
MIIS. TOUI.INBOM.
er a few days, and
In a small Ohio
town met Itoso
Klngoliw, daughter
of a physician. Tho
date for tbo wed
ding, was set, and
w. t. WtllTK.
then White announced that It must no
iswlsimsl. Ho sulci ho had lost his money
lir tho falltir of an eastern bank. Dr.
KlngolM mortgagod his horse and gave his
daughter 1700, which White tisik un the
day of tho wedding. Theu ho iiihi.
While tisik an isiytu voyage, and when
lm returnml from Scotland Agnes Arm
strong Malcolm ramo with him as his
bride. Tber lived In furnished nanus In
llnsiklvn. White had three furnished nsimi
In illlTcrent mrts of tho city at one tlmo
and kept a trunk In each. Onu of three
trunks wits afterward taken to Ansonla
and was osms! by Widow Tomllnson. It
was filled with paving stones and bricks
wmpissl In newsuiS'rs to keep tliem (rum
rattling suspiciously.
On a business trio In IMOS White met
Mrs. Tomllnson at Ansonla. Her father
Is cx-Stato Senator llelijitmln Nichols, a
lunik president, wealthy and prominent
Tho widow, who was alsuit at that
time, hail several thousand dollars tn real
estate and mortgngii. She wits matronly
hsiklng, had gray hatrand wore eyeglasses,
hut White courted ber promptly. Mioau
mils sho loved bim even ls-tter than the
deutrtisl Thomas Tomllnson, who left her
a snug fort mm.
Itcfore their marriage White got 13,806
from the widow to start tho New tlceldon
tnl hotel, at Ynsllantl, Mich., In partner
ship with Frank J. McCaffrey, who had
been a salesman with him lu tne wcsi. a
few hundred dollars of this sum was so-
cunsl by a chattel mortgage on furniture
and Istr fixtures. Then tho widow is gnn
making him presents. Shogitvo him a seal
lined overcoat that cost Her sural ami on
his birthday handed bim a 11,000 govern
ment lsuid.
The first tlmo I met Whlto waa In S-p
teinW. IM.'I." said Mr. Dletsch. "I was
employed ln Ijtwyer Hontiossy'solilcc, and
White came In for advice, lie sain ne was
married, but had not seen his wife for nine
years. Ho hitd advertised for her and
searched for her hero aud III Ireland.
Could ho lawfully marry again!" Mr. Hen
nessy told Mm he could, and theu White
asked If ho would rcisul tlutt to airs.
Tomllnson. to whom ho waa engaged. He
brought tho widow next day, aud tbo legal
opinion wits rentod. W hlto utlil a loo,
and they Isith thanked us.
"In Noveinls-r of that year Whlto came
to me and said Mrs. Tomllnson had agreed
to lend him f H),0(SJ to buyout a hardware
store on Myrtle avenue. They were to lm
married on Don. 11, ho said. Hciwanhsl
inn to draw nromlssory notes for him. Ho
asked If there was any place where money
could 1st desmltisl and withdrawn without
tho formalities required by a luttik. I told
him to get a Isix in tho vault of the Long
Island Trust company.
"Mr. Tomllnson called In a 910,000
mortgage and placed It), '.'00 In bills In an
enveloisi. White bought a safe dcismlt box
lu her name, had a duplicate key mado
and then tisik her Into tho vault and had
her deswlt the envelope aud bs k the box
with her own band.
"Ho sold, 'Ho very careful, Nannie, and
don't loso tho key, or you can't get the
money.' They left tho vault, but Whlto
atomssl outs du and remarked that ho U out
tor go bark and mnko sure the box was
balked. Housed his duplicate key, ksi
the envelope, sulmtltutcd onu like It stuffed
with tmisT. and tho lob wits oompietisi,
"Ho and Mrs. Tomllnson went to De
troit on Nov. S3 and were marrlisl foil
days later. The day after the wisldlng he
left her at tho hotel, and she hasn t seen
Ii tin since.
"We learned that White had transform!
his Interest In tho Ypslbtntl hotel to Agues
Armstrong Malcolm, and that she bud
turned It over to McCaffrey. Then White
and she went to her brother's ranch, In
Australia. Wo found the original Mrs.
While In Ireland and had her write a let
ter to McCaffrey, saying an undo hod died
halving her an estate, and that her only
desire was to have her huslsthd return and
It with her. Th decoy Mter did
ll work.
"Altogether White got IIS, 600 from Mr.
Tomllnson, but she Is imrfoctly willing to
loso that and all the money she has s'nl
tn tracking him If she can only land hUJi
lu Sing Hiugr (
IlkUM liitjratlluU.
After the high tribute we paid to that
diminutive but plucky little bs-otnotlvs
which rune between Hartwell and Hower-
vllle the Nancy Hurt the manager of
the Hnrtwell road has advised us to reuse
publishing the ached u In of that road. This
Is a heavy blow to us. The remuueiation
thst we received for printing this schedule
was a psss over 10 mill of narrow gauge
read which we never used. It Is true that
tbe spnee occupied by the schedule waa
worth about 1 10 per annum but what Is
that paltry sum in coioiwrlson with tb
privilege of wearing out, by carrying
around In our breeches pocket, a pass cyer
tbs HartwsU rsUroaur
1r
A DREAMLAND DETECTIVE.
The aingular Manner In Which an Kugllih
Miinlarvr Wn Ileovred.
In the bunion Mirror nf Literature fur
June, lslt, there la au sacoutit of a dream
that was reiusrknble In many respects. It
Is given u ;w ii the authority of a clergy
man of the Church of Knglnnd, tbe Kev.
Mr. Alexander, who speak from personal
knowledge of soiueuf the facta. It appear
that a young man of g'ssl reputation,
named llorns ks, was found robbed and
murdered. His bend hail been Is-aten in,
apparently with bludgeons. A vlgllnnt
search was made for tin-assassin and after
several months abandoned, nn clew to the
crime having Is-eii discovered. One night
a gentleman who bad Is-eii well acquaint
ed with Horns'ks awoke and told his wife
that be had had a dream lu which he had
Is-eii assured that one Siuiurl lougsiiiltu,
of Itoliun was tlie murderer.
Ijingsiulth lived some 'JO miles away
and was a srsnu whom the dreamer had
met but once nr tlce. Ilia wife told him
to think no more nlsiut it, hut to goto
sleep. A second time he awoke from the
elTerlsof the same ilrenni and announced
bis resolution to take steps tbe following
morning to see what would come of It.
Acroriliugly he nelit to llollon the next
lay ami sought a warrant for the arrest of
luigsuiilh. The msgistrate, however, re
fused tograut it Usiii siu li evidence. Pass
ing through the market place, he met
Uuigsmlih and Invited bim logo ton pub
lie house to hear something he had toriuii
miinieate to him. There, lurking thedonr,
he charged him Mil Ii the crime, liug
sinltli was stsggereil and faintly denied
the nrciisatloti. In bl rnnfiisiou be said
he was innocent, for be did not strike tbe
blow.
"Then you know the innti who did,"
replied the accuser, and l jingsinith was
arrested and examined, lie prevaricated
at the examination and was remanded for
three days. At the end of that time, aud
fter many hours prayer, he confessed
that be had beeu ludurrd to loin three
men lu a robbing expedition, when, meet
ing llorrocks, who made some resistance,
his three roinpanlolis murdered bim. This
confession mine out la-fore the grand Jury,
ml lingaiuith was brought to trial. Ins
fact of the dream was not offered lu evl-
euce, hut other testimony siillleleut to
run vlet hi ill was produced, A few days
Is fore the execution he mado a full so
kuowledgmcnl of his guilt.
Klrrtrle Unlit Kalha.
There are a few tHsiple who believe thai
electric lights possess great curative pow
ers. It is known tbat the transmission of
the electrlo current through the atmos-
ihere converts the oxygen into ozone. A
thunderstorm (leant the sir. On such es
tablished facts as these the electricians
lutae their claims Hint the electric light
has a curative pniis-rty. When tbe rays
are directed from a prosrly devised ap
paratus to any part nf the Isidy, the effecl
s to Increase the clrculatlou aud to tiring
on a copious perspiration where the light
striken. If It Is desired to treat a partic
ular part of the body, screens aud reflect
ors are adjusted so that (he electrlo light
Is thrown lo thst place alone.
If general treatment as well as local an-
illratiou Is wnutcd, the patient sits with
his bark to tho apparatus. The spec-lllo
rays are thrown upon the diseased spot,
and the general electric light Is thrown
Usin Hie whole Issly. DIITcrelit colored
lights are employed for d liferent diseases.
For some rases the electric light Is thrown
through blue glass. For special ellert ou
the IiIikhI red electrlu light Is used, and
for results on tbe nervous system the color
is yellow. Sun Istths are eld as ths hills.
Klectrio light baths are something en
tirely new. The astonishing claim Is
made by the electricians that this treat
ment is more rapid In Its action thau drugs.
There Is allium! nothing to which the eleo
trln treatment Is not applied. If the trou
ble Is in the head, a blue or violet ray la
turned on. For tbe extremities the red
tight Is s lled to help the circulation.
Dormant livers and bowels are brought to
a sense of duty by the yellow or orsng
ray. I pen Inflammation the blue Is turn
ed on. Wavorlcy Magazine.
Start and Slums.
Much of tho beauty of the stars de
pends upon their scintillation. Ths
multitudinous flashing of their tiny
rays gives a wonderful life and bril
liancy to a winter s night, lue grest
itar Hlrlus excites the most admiration
when near the horizon be coruscates
with raiulHiw hues, lint the astronomer -would
be glad if be could put a stop to
the scintillating of the stars. That na
iteadluess of their light is one of the
chief obstacles bo has to overcome iu
Undying them witb the telescope.
Scintillation has generally keen re
garded as due only to slight disturb
ances In the atmosphere. Hut as recent
observations havo shown that red stars
cintilluto less than white ones it baa
boon suggested that tho causes of some
of the essential differences in the scin
tillations of diffeient stars may be in
the stars themselves. There is no
doubt, however, that the main cause of
scintillation dopeudsupon tbe conditiou
of tho sir.
Most people suppose that when tbe
stars appear to lose their liveliness of
light and shine without twinkling as
minute bright points in tbe sky fair
weather Is in prospect. Studios lately
made lu France and Switzerland seem
tocontradict this popular belief. It has
been found there that when the stars
sre feeble In their scintillations foul
weather Is at band. The night before
a most violent storm In Franco, for In
stance, the stars bung so quietly iu tbe
sky that they seemed to bave entirely
lost their scintillating power.
This Is said to be only one Instance
among many which show tbat an un
usual steadiness in the light of the stars
precedes the appearance of storms.
Youth's Companion.
A Story nf Everts.
When Mr. Evarta was called to Wash
ington by President Hayes as secretary
of state, his predecessor, Secretary Fish,
gave a dinner in bis honor. Mrs. Fish
waa seated at Mr. Evarts' right band.
During a lull In the conversation Mrs.
Fish turned to Mr. Evarta, speaking so
clearly as to be board even at the foot
of the table, saying, "Mr. Evarts, I
understand that you have sent two of
your sous to college."
"Yea. Mrs. Flab."
"They are twin brothers, ire tbey
not, Mr. Evartsf"
"Yes, and they bave been playmatei
aud schoolmates until now."
"But is it true tbat you sent oue to
Harvard and the other to Yale, al
though you are a Yale graduate your
self?" "Ys, It is quitotrue."
"Then I supKwe you bave done that,
Mr. Evsrts, so that each of them can
take first honors?"
Here Mr. Evarts looked curiously at
Mrs. Fish for an Instant aud then said
veiy earnestly, "Mrs. Fish, you bave dl
riued correctly." Philadelphia Press.
T Ih Manner Dora.
Grubber What a well bred man
Mlxorlsl
Dumloy (who doesn't like bim) He
ought to be. His father Is a baker.
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