1
Garret Owen’s
Little
LILLIAN
Countess BELL
(-.«pvria/it, »«*. t>* LUUan HtU
“Does sb* not!" cried Joset. •“there
in lias th* whole of the dispute. Elana
has a will of iron, and she has flatly
refused to be 'hawked about the coun
try,' as sh* terms it. My mother and
all my aunts ko every year to Berlin,
Paris and Rome to secure husl>aud>
for their daughters, but Elena, the
youngest, the baby, would never go.
She vows she will never marry, but
will devote all her life to charity. This
eurages my mother so much that the
only time she tuts la-en induced to set
her foot inside thia little pavilion is
since you have been our guest."
"Do you think- has your slater said"
—stammered Owen.
"Have you not spoken to her?” asked
the count “Then I will not arouse
any false hopes. 1 will only say that
I see a great change In her manner-
she was always too cold—and 1 attrib
ute it to you."
"Then, If I cobld win her, would I
have your sanction?” demanded Owen
breathlessly.
"titop!" said the Pole, corning to the
iMMlsIde and speaking In a low tone.
"If you will enter our family by shar
ing Its dangers, you may count not only
ou me, but upou the whole fumlly. But
my sister must know nothing of the
affair. Promise that you will not re
veal one word without my sanction, and
I will even now salute you as my
brother."
"I promise!" said Owen solemnly.
The tall Pole stooped and kissed the
American on both cheeks.
Three days later the Countess Sysz-
klewlcz, surrounded by her family, had
Just l»een aummon«l to dinner when
Henryk, the driver of the troika which
bad rescued Garret Owen, entered and,
bowing low, approached and whispered
a few word« in the countess’ ear.
Instantly she turned so pale that the
others knew that something terrible
had happened. They crowded around
her, and her tall son knelt at her side,
gently stroking her hand.
"What Is it. Henryk? What Is it,
dear mamma?" cried Elena.
"The American, our friend, our guest,
has been arrested by the Russian se
cret poll«-«» and taken away, God knows
where." said the countess in French.
"Arrested!" cried her son. "This is
the work of that spy Polinskl! He"—
At that moment Polinskl entered the
room unannounced.
"You will pardon me, niadame, for
entering unceremoniously. 1 had ex
pected to l>e obliged to explain this un
fortunate situation, but your son's
perspicacity”—here be bowed Ironically
to the count—“has saved mi the trou
ble.”
"It Is true, then,” said the count,
trembling with rage, "that you are in
the service of the secret police and that
you have arrested our friend, the
young American gentleman?”
Polinskl bowed without speaking.
To the surprise of every one, Elena
flung herself on her Knees beside the
countess and burled her face In her
mother’s lap, her whole slender frame
shaking with tearless sobs.
Instantly the eyes of the countess
met those of her son in a sudden com
prehension, and she softly stroked her
daughter's bowed bead in silent sym
pathy.
“Where have they taken him?" asked
the count, turning to Polinskl.
"I do not know probably to Vilna.”
“Of what is he accused?” asked the
countess sternly.
"Of bearing dispatches to your son.
Count Josef,” said Polinskl, with ter
rible meaning.
At these words the young count’s
breast heaved, and he clinched bls
hands to keep from flying at Polinskl's
throat. Elena half raised her head
from her mother's lap, but before she
could Bpeak the count tore off Ids false
beurd before their eyes and cried out:
“It Is false, as you see! M. Owen
has no dispatches, for here am I, Josef
Syszklewlcz, at your service!”
The servants began to weep, al
though they understood no French, for
they comprehended the calnmity of
seeing their master east aside his dis
guise. Josef turned and dismissed
them with a gesture.
“Ah,” said Polinskl. “that was Just
what I hoped to cause you to admit.
Now you also are my prisoner."
“Upon what charge?" asked the
countess, with a sternness which was
only a mask to conceal her grief from
the Russian.
“That he will be told soon enough."
answered Polinskl.
Josef bit his lip at the insolence, but
It would only make matters worse if
he struck him, so he kept silent.
“Will you have the goodness to tell
me,” said Elena haughtily, “how the
American gvntlemnn Is traveling? Hr
was In no condition to be moved."
"Pardon me. mademoiselle. He was
well able. I purposely bandaged his
arm tightly to enuse him to suffer so
that his weakness would permit of his
capture."
"And I." cried Elena, with flashing
eje* —"i suspected It Ulld loos«-li«-li tueVTi
each day as soon ns you were gone!
Stupid! Did you think I could be de
ceived—I, who have studied medicine?"
“And practice In Polish?" said Po
llnskl ominously. "Have you not Po
llsh patients and two Polish nurses,
and have you not Just admitted your
self guilty of breaking the law?"
“I do admit"— began Elena proudly,
but her slater In law clasped her hand
over Elena's mouth, while Josef cried
out:
"Silence, Kiene! Do you wish to be
arrested alao?"
"That I do!" cried the little countess,
breaking away from her brother's
wife. "I wish to be near Garret Owen,
for 1 love him. and If I have to search
the world over for him I shall find
him! It la through us that he has
come Into this misfortune, and it is
tor us to rescue him.”
Josef stooped nnd kissed her. and
she hid her fyee on Jxls breast. Then
b* tenderly embraced his mother and
slater In law. and. going back once
m<ra to kiss Eleua. he left the room
yrlth Polinskl.
Although Elena hack obtained her
mother’s permission to attempt a rec
onciliation with lie* aunt. Eleua. the
Princess Erm >1 >ff. In order to continue
the search for Garret Oweu. It was
with some trepidation that she de
scended from her sledge and obtained
wtmittrnce to the magnificent lions«
of the princes* in St. Petersburg
Two months bad elapsed since Gar
ret Owen's mysterious arrest, nnd
even the American ambassador bad
been unable to tlnd him. They had ob
tained news of him three times, but
each time he bad been secretly re
moved and all trace lost.
Eleua shivered a little even in her
sables as she wait«*d in th* glori
ous room where everything spoke of
riches and power aud the protection
of the mighty. She woudbred bow she
would begin if the princess received
her coldly.
Her doubts were soon put at rest,
for in a rustle of silks her aunt en
tered, and, clasping Elena close in her
arms, the princess began to weep soft
ly, her tears dropping over the girl's
cheeks.
“Oh, my little Elena! My pretty god
daughter! What happy chance brings
you under my roof and Into arms
which have ached these many years to
clasp you? Oh. my child, the baby of
the dearest sister In the world, have
you ever known how tenderly we have
always loved you? We knew that you
would come to us some day, Vladimir
and I. Oh, you should know my dear
husband, Elena! He Is such a fine man
and so fond of you!”
Elena was so touched by tills kind
ness that she flung her arms around
her aunt's neck and burst Into tears.
“How ungrateful we have been and
bow we tiave misunderstood you!” she
sobbed. "Ob, how can you forgive the
return of all your lovely presents to me
and my mother's coldness?”
“I have nothing to forgive, my dar
ling," cried the princess gayly, though
tears stood on her eyelashes. “My sis
ter has the best heart in the world, aud
It was only because she loves our dear
Poland so Intensely that she could not
pardon my husband's honor from the
czar. But, tell me, did none of you ever
suspect that a true hearted Pole so
close to our noble czar might Influence
bls great heart to tie even more gener
ous to our people? Did you never sus
pect when a ukase was proclaimed re
moving taxes and remitting cruel re
strictions that they might have been
somewhat due to me? But I have no
wish to claim any credit for placing
our national trials before our tieautlful
and tender hearted czarina and
through her to the czar. Their kind
ness will go on long after I am dead
and burled, for they are noble rulers.
But. tell me, what kind providence
brings you here, my precious Eleua?”
Still holding her hand, the princess
listened tn silence to Elena's story. Oc
casionally she frowned nnd once pass
ed her hand across her brow.
“It Is very difficult," she murmured.
"It seems grave, because they have re
moved him so many times. It almost
suggests spite. They have released
Josef, yet hold M. Owen. I have met
him, a liaudsome man. with brave eyes
and a true heart My husband only
last week spoke to me about selecting
an American for the engineering prob
lems of the Volga, and the name of
Garret Owen was on the list be made
out. Think carefully now. Could this
Polinskl have any secret reason for
wishing to prevent M. Owen from be
ing tried? Does he wish him kept out
of the way?” '
Elena bent her head in deep thought.
“No, I cannot think that he does,”
she said at last
“He was not in love with you, was
he?"
"In love with me? That spy?” cried
Elena, with whitening nostrils.
Her aunt laughed gently aud contin
ued patting her hand. “Well, we must
set about pulling wires to get him re
leased. If we can only find him Vlad
tmlr can have him set free.”
"I heard this morning that there
were some new prisoners In the for
tress of 88. Peter and Paul. Can you
got me a permit to go there?" asked
Elena.
“I have a plan!" cried the princess.
“I have promise«! to take an American
lady to see some of the sights of St
Petersburg this afternoon. That will
give us an excuse to speak English,
nnd we will go to the fortress."
To tlielr dismay, when they reached
the fortress It was too late for their
permit to be used. They were able to
see the cathedral, but the door of the
fortress was closed.
Elena nearly fainted from disap
pointment The princess wns furious,
but she could do nothing. The com
mandant was not there, and the man
was stupid. The American lady was
all on fire at the thought that a coun
tryman might be behind those burs,
languishing In prison out of spite.
“Have you no signal by which you
could call him?” she cried.
Suddenly Elena started.
“Yea. ‘Garryowen!’ Listen. Oh. held
aiy hands until I can control my vole*!
Now!”
Then the little countess Ilfte«l up her
pale face and with a voice of piercing
Sweetness she sang "Garryowen." nnd
ns the last notes died away there came
an answer lu a fine baritone, which,
however, trembled as if with weak
ness.
"He is there! He is there!" cried the
three women at once. They were al)
weeping in sympathy.
Ti.c prlucea* put u go!-l place into the
man’s hand.
“Bring that prisoner to this door and
let us speak with him through the
bars!" sin- cried, with a stamp of her
toot.
The man scurried away, and present
ly h«> came back supporting Garret
Ov.cn, who leaned upon him heavily.
"Oh, thy darling!" cried Owen, thrust
ing his long, thin hands through the
bar aud seizing Elena's.
They kissed each other, these two,
while the women wept for sympathy.
Tears were rolling ilown the Ameri
can's emaciated face.
"I love you! I love you!” he cried,
shaking the iron door with Ida weak
hands. “It is all a conspiracy. Pol in
ski's brother, who is a surveyor, want
ed to survey"—
"There!" cried the princess. "You are
a free man If that is true. My busband
can arrange IL Cheer up, my brave
nephew; tomorrow you shall dine with
us. and then we will discus* the wed
ding. You shall have my niece and
Elena shall have her 'Garryowen.'
Come. Elena, iny child, let us hasten to
release him!”
But Elena would not come. She re-
fused to leave the fortress, and In tills
iS-.-t unl i-ard^if condiK^ ii* American
lady bucktsl Ukr up. •« that the pWi.
<-«■-'. well uigb in <l*«puw *1 tb'lr oh
stinAv »4
*w *• *u fet<4i her
husband lhn< /erf b*sr. an«l thr pria> e
. ... . h . i J- i M S*itMS ■* til* <>*lay of
his dinner, bat *ISum»l .Owen's re
leas«- and «-am* hlmsi-W with the prln
<•« ss to fetcla theia all Hire*. Eleua and
Garret Ow*h ¡»4-1 »tie American lady,
so that Owen had no lack of nurses
and attentions and kindness at Prince
ErmolotTs. and they laughed hugely at
the sight of Owen in the stout prince’s
clothes, but they set the wedding day
that very night.
“And as for my poor returned gifts
to my goddaughter,” cried the princeM
gayly, "you shall have them all back
again for a wedding present."
THE BUSHIDO.
Sk>rnl Doctrine* of the Samara! That
Huie In Japan.
“The bushido" means “the moral doc
trines of the samurai.” and they are
obeyed by nil the statesmen, soldiers
and scholars of Japan of tbe present
time with as much holy respect as tbe
Christian's reverence for the Bible
and Its teachings. In Japan Buddhism
is the popular religion, but Buddhist
teachings are not respected by educat
ed men or soldiers. In fact, most of
them are atheists or agnostics, who
do not tielleve In any religion but tbe
doctrines of “the bushido.”
"The bushido.” for Instance, teaches
a man or woman to have the courage to
perform the hara klrl if he or she coup
mlts a serious offense. The spirit of
this doctrine Is that tbe offender should
kill himself instead of wafting to tie
executed by the law, which latter Is
considered In Japan as one of th«» most
cowardly thing. "The bushido” also
teaches that the life of a Japanese is
a gift of the holy mikado, and If the
country needs the lives of her people
they should lie given gladly, for that
is only to return to the mikado what
they have received from him.
To die on the battlefield is the only
key for a Japanese to find his way to
his Shinto heaven, and tbe soldiers
who were not killed on the battlefield
are considered unfortunate. It is main
tained in Japan that if a man gives
you n favor or money or pleasure you
should return it with more than what
was given to you.—Hydesaburo Ohashl
In Leslie’s Weekly.
Ilt-arln* Amid Hoar of Machinery.
“People who have worked years In
mills anil shops develop a peculiarity of
hearing that Is paradoxical,” remarked
tbe manager of a big manufacturing es
tablishment.
“They are deaf at home and wouder-
fully acute of hearing in the workroom.
In a quiet place, where the ordinary
tone of voice Is distinct and sharply de
fined above all other sounds, they have
> be almost yelled at by others con
versing with them, anil yet in the din
of a mill they can carry on a conversa
tion where the average person could
not hear a shout. Often a visitor comes
here to see a friend at work, and while
the visitor half tbe time is unable to
hear ids own remarks above the racket
the worker catches the words without
difficulty. Yet if the two were In a
room away from the mill it would be
the mill employee who would havf
trouble going ahead with the conversa
tion unless loud speech was resorted
to. Away from the clatter of machin
ery to which bls ears have been ac
custom«*«! for years the mill baud Is
mor«" or less deaf, but In the midst of
the rumble his sense of hearing Is very
keen. It's odd, but it's a fact.”—Phila
delphia Record.
The Salt of the Earth.
It was u damp day. when evil spirits
held high carnival. Many things went
crosswise under the spell of their
witchery, but they exercised a partic
ularly baleful Influence ou the salt,
which clogg«"d and stuck and. In spite
of vigorous slinking and pounding, re
fused to sift out of tbe boxes. All tho
lumber» lu a Broadway restaurant
found themselves hundienpped by this
aggregation of seasonable particles.
One woman alone solved the problem
of salting her food properly. She, aft
er repeated attempts to dislodge a few
grains, drew a st«‘l hairpin from be
hind her hat. cleared the perforations
In the top of tbe shaker, stirred tbe
salt to a powder and proce«*ded to sea
son her vegetables.
The man opposite sat amazed at this
truly feminine expedient for running
the universe. Once he seemed on tbe
point of remonstrating, but be thought
better of It and went on eating in si
lence. In fact, everybody remain«"d si
lent except a fat man at a nearby ta
ble. He brought bls face into alarm
ing proximity to a plute of steaming
soup and gurgled softly:
"Well, I'll be darned!”—New York
Press.
p<©pl«
• Taïked-•••
About
wa R y . o K
TOWNBEND of
Michigan aWoke «t»> fiud film
anlf-famous by reason of.his
name l**lnf attached to tin-
most Important bill passed by
bouse of representatives lu the Fifty
eighth congress. The Townsend Esch
bill for regulating, railroad freight
rates did not become a law because
the United States senate balktsi at It,
but it was tbe most discussed piece of
proposed legislation that came up dur
ing the congressional sesslou Just dos
ed. Mr. Towuseud was serving bls
first term in the
bouse, but be was
placed upou the
important commit
tee on Interstate
and foreign com
merce, aud when
the railroad rate
question came up
framed a bill on
the subject. This
was combined with
CHARLES E. TOWN
a bill framed by a
SEND.
member from Wis
consin, Mr. Esch, aud tbe resultlug
measure was reported to tbe house ami
passed by the extraordinarily large
vote of 326 to 17.
Mr. Townsend was re-el«-t«*d to tbe
Fifty-ninth cougress. He Is forty-eight
years of age, was born ou a farm uear
Jackson, Mich., and studied at Michi
gan university. He Is married aud for
th«* past ten years has practiced law in
Jackson.
C
Senator George C. Perkins of Cali
fornia got bis start in life through run
nlng steamboats. He lnnded In the
Golden State as a lad of twelve aud
for several years was employed In a
grocery store. He managed to save
up $8110. One day he found the ferry
boat which was operated across a
neighboring stream stuck ou a sand
bar. The owner was dlsheartemxl and
out. "How much
would you take for
the boat as It lies?”
inquired young Per
kins.
“A thousand dol
lars and not a cent
less,’ was the re
ply.
Perkins drew bis
$800 out of the
bank, succeeded In
borrowing $200
more, and before
HRNATOR OEOBGE
sundown the ferry
C. PERKINS.
boat wus bls. He
bad to cut away the sand bar by his
own labor, but the venture proved suc
cessful, and after a time he sold out
for $3,000. Then be bought a store
and some years later found himself In
a position to purchase the controlling
interest tn an ocean steamship com
pany.
Seuator Perkins tells a story of a
scene In a courtroom on the Pacific
coast where a man arrested for rob
bery vehemently asserted his inno
cence even after he had been con
vlcted by a Jury.
“May the Almighty Btrlke me dead
on this spot if I am not Innocent!" be
shouted.
The Judge waited for a minute or
two; then he said, "Well, prisoner, as
Providence has not Interfered I will
take a hand and sentence you to three
years at hard labor."
“I beg pardon.” said the Mfiorter,
“tint would y* kindly give me your
opinion eonqpmlng the Iron and *t«"el
ludii*y of the United Slates? How
does It eompire with the progress«
made In your country?"
“You AincrlCHns ar«" w«*lerful | h " o
pie.” Responded the visitor. "Do you
knuA, altlMSngh th«* memtiers of the |n
sttttit«* have uot yet s»*en very much
of the Work in Bits country, Age are
constantly s<*uteliiug our heads to
k«"ep up with you."
tbe
The conversation conUnu«*«! In this
strain for some moments until the re
porter, flushed with the apparent suc
cess of his efforts to get an interview,
requeste«! tbe stranger's name, 'file
gentleman htiiid«*«l the luqutsltor a card
and hurried away. It bore the name
"Andrew Carnegie."
President Ha muet Rpem-er of tbe
Southern rallwuy op|s»>«-. government
supervision of railway rates, but says
be would like to see rebat«-s abolished
He is credit«! with knowing more
about the details of rallwuy manage
ment than any other man in the coun
try, and J. Pierpont Morgan, whose
partner he was for some years, reposes
great trust in his Judgment. Measured
by his Inches. Mr. Silencer is a small
man for a big position. Short, wiry
and a bundle of energy, he has come to
be considered one of tbe giants In tbe
world of industry.
Besides l>elng presi
dent of tbe South
ern he is the ex«-u-
tlve head of five
other roads and a
director In several
more Naturally be
Is a busy man.
When he was In the
firm of Morgan,
Drexel & Co. he was
in much demand
SAML'EI. 8PEN< ER.
consuJtatlOU on
railway projects. A man with 35,000
acres of coal land to sell, 600,000.000
tons in sight, visited Mr. Morgan's of
fice day after day to strike a bargain
and was Invariably and at last forci
bly told that he must see Mr. Spencer.
Taking tbe hftit, he called on Mr. Spen
cer three times a day for three weeks,
being always Informed by some under
strapper that Mr. Spencer was not In.
One day he camped beside the door
until he saw Mr. Spencer enter the
office, then hand«*d in his card. "Mr.
Spencer is not in town and”— "Here,
boy, you Just present that card and
tell Samuel Spencer that my time is as
valuable as his. I want oue minute by
the watch and no more.. Do you under
stand, sir?” He was invited to enter.
Watch in band, he stat«! his business
without useless Indirection and when
the minute was up start«*d out. Mr.
Spencer begg«i him not to be in a
hurry and kept him there half an hour
talking coal.
Mr. Spencer was born in Georgia
fifty-eight years ago and Is a graduate
both of the University of Georgia and
the University of Virginia. He started
In railroad engineering ns a rodsmaD
and worked his way up.
Senator Frederick T. Dubois of Ida
ho, who has been a prominent figure In
the Smoot Investigation and Is an old
time enemy of the Mormons, Is oue of
four brothers, the others being Wil
liam. Lincoln and Kilbourne, who as
boys were nlcknnmed Will, Link and
Kill. The names of the boys, piaceli
according to tbe order of birth, read,
"Will Link Kill Fred?” At last reports
Fred had not been killed.
The senator Is known as a Joker.
Last summer some one In Idaho gave
his baby a dog. It
was a mongrel, but
the attainment be
tween the child and
the puppy was so
great that the lat
ter was brought on
to Washington. One
day the pup follow -
«1 tbe senator to
the capital.
"What kind of a
dog Is that, Du
SENATOR E. T.
DUBOIS.
bois?” ask«l Sena
tor Bailey.
“That? That's a fish hound." Senator
Dubois told him. “Why, that's the
finest breed of dogs we have In Idaho.
Every morning that dog goes down to
a trout stream and brings in a trout
when we are In Idaho. He never
falls.”
“He must be a wonderful animal.”
agreed Senator Burrows.
"Wonderful doesn't half descrilie that
dog.” Senator Dubois continued. "Why.
one morning we had no fish In the
bouse, and what do you think that dog
did? Why. he went out and brought In
a can of sardine».”
Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery of
Louisiana, who, though a Democrat,
declared himself a supporter of Presi
dent Roosevelt's programme for regu
lating railroad rates, has been twice
governor of Louisiana and also chief
Justice of the Ixiulslana supreme court,
ne Is a native of
the state, was born
In 1837, is a grad
uate of the United
States Naval acad
emy and of the
University of Vir
ginia and tn the civ
il war was a Con
federate lieutenant
under Magruder.
He succeeded N. C.
Blanchard in the
senate in 1896 and
SENATOR S. D.
was re-elected in
»BENEBY.
1902. Senator Mc
Enery is very deaf. Recently a corre
spondent for a New Orleans paper sent
bls card In to him, and the senator
came out into the lobby in response to
it
"Papa,” said the Bon of Charles A.
“Good afternoon,” said the corre
Edwards, secretary of the Democratic
spondent. “Is there any news today?”
congressional comuilttre, “why am I
"What's that?” asked McEnery, put
ftet Hid of Vitality Sapper*.
a Democrat?”
Debt is n groat force waster, because ting his band to his ear.
“Who wants to know?” asked Mr.
“
Have
you
any
news?"
very few men or women can be heav
Edwards suspiciously.
"Yes,"
said
the
senator;
“
I
think
1
ily in debt without worrying or being
“The teacher," the boy replied.
anxious. If you are so deeply Involved have Just one.” He reached into bls
"Well,” said Mr. Edwards, “you tell
pocket
took
out
a
cigar,
banded
it
to
that it Is Impossible to extriente your
the teacher you are a Pemorrat be
self without going through bankruptcy, the amazed correspondent and stalked cause you possess th«" God given facul
then take your bitter m«*dicine at once away. When the senator reach«l his ty. after you have been rolltxl in the
nnd start again, no matter who crlti- seat he turned to Senator Pettus and dust and kicked nnd cuffed, of rising
cises or denounces you. Pay your debt said: “What do you think of the nerve anil declaring to the world, 'Well, we
of that New Orleans correspondent? lost this time, but we will win in 1908.' "
In full afterward when you are able.
Get rid of all. vitality sappers If you Why, he call«*d me away from my
I.Ion* Like Lavender Water.
have taken an unfortunate step, retrace work here to get me to give him a
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The old theory of animal liking for
it if you can. If you have made a mis- cigar!”
scents denl«l them any share In such
1 ike. remedy It as far as it is in your
Andrew Carnegie is very free with pleasures unless they siiggest«l the
power to do so. but when you havo
his money, but be has for years nn«l<j. • presence of their fczxl -or prey. Dist
-M:-. - ycur best let tbe thiagdcop Oar- ■
ever. Do not drag Its skeleton along It a rule not to sign notes He says he such a reason can hardly be alleg«*d for
with you. Never allow what is dead can pay cash when he has any obliga a lion's liking for lavender water. The
and should be burieil to keep bobbing tions to settle or wishes to accommo writer, wishing to test for himself the
date a friend by a lonn. As a witness report«! fondness of many animals for
up and draining off your life capital In
worry or vain regrets. Do not do any» at the trial of Mrs. Cassie L. Chad perfum-s. paid a series of visits to the
thing or touch anything which will wick in Cleveland he will testify con zoological garden provided with bottles
lower your vitality.—Orison Swett Mar- cerning notes which she negotiated at of scent and a packet of cottou wool
banks on the strength of his suppos«"d and there tried some harmlres experi
den tn Success.
signature.
ments which apparently gave great
The Blind Ma*'* Ear*.
Mr. Carnegie likes to have his little satisfaction to many of tbe Inhabitants.
The degree to which the remaining Joke as well as anybody. Some time Lavender water was the favorite sceuL
senses can be trained when the sight is ago the members of
and most of the Uons and leopards
lost was illustrated the other morning the Iron and Steel
showed unqualified pleasure when the
by two blind men from a home for Institute of Great
scent was poured on the wool and put
the blind. The men came from opposite Britain were visit
Into their cages.—Spectator.
directions, and as they approached each ing the United
other a man standing on the corner States, and tbe
O*e Ez«*e*tln*.
was surprised to hear otie of the blind great steel magnate
President Luther of Trinity college,
men say: “Hello. E<1! What are you was with them dur
at Hartford. Conn., preached one Bun
doing out this morning?" When the ing their stay in
day when he was a professor In col
blind man was ask«! how he bad. Washington. A lo
lege on the story of Esther. He con
kuown the other with a distance of cal
cluded with thp words, “ ‘So they
reporter ap
ANDREW CAR
five yards l«etv\een them he answered: proached a short,
hang«! Haman on the gallows that he
NEGIE.
"By the sound of his cane, of course. well groomed gen
had prepared for Mordecal.’ and every
I can tell at the distance of half a tleman wearing the badge of the Insti one was pleased.” Then as the Irony
square the tap of the cane of any man tution. and tbe following conversation apian led to him be ndd«l In a lower
voice, “Except Haman.”
in tin" home.” Philadelphia RecorB.
occurred
V
AN EXILE NO LONGER.
II vmi I i <>I Bar*Ia* llraUirrd AA*-altli
■ m <I H« n V tu Grand Ilukr Paul.
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Gems In Verse
According to an uhl -laying. It is au ill
wind which blows nobody any good.
On the Plains.
The tun sinks low.
Tbe assassination of th«* i^raud Duke
The golden glow
Sergius |>rov«-d lu one way g ssl fortune
Falla slanting o’er the tawny plain;
for bbi brother, the Grand Duke 1‘aul
A gentle brteze
Alexaudrovltch, youngest son of tii«>
From faroff »eas
Blows gently o’er the wagon train;
late Czar Alexander II. and uncle of
A mellow beauty softly reigns—
tbe present emperor By a decree of
’Tia sunset on the western plains
Czar Alexander I members of the Rus
The twinkling stars
sian lmi>erial family who marry with
Through the axure bars
out tbe consent of tbe enqa-ror forfeit
Look down upon the darkened plain;
their rights of succession to tin* throne.
The coyote’s cry
And night wind’s sigh
Thia lnqHisea a heavy loud of resjamai-
Are
blended
in a long refrain;
billty upon the monarch as to tbe lote
A mystic, wild enchantment reigns—
affairs of his male relativ«*a.
*Tis suns« t on the western plain.-i.
The czar's uucle, Paul, lias given
Long rays of light
him no end of trouble. Tall, handsome
Dispel the night
aud rich, but epileptic and dissipated.
A* slanting sunbeams span the plain;
Wild flowers fair
li«> has b«"en tbe hero of several elope
Perfume the air.
ments. His first wife was the Princess
While westward wends the wagon
Alexandra of Gre«-«-e, whom he drove to
train.
The gud of day in riory reigns—
au early grave, some say to suicide
’Tis sunrise on the western plains.
After her death be ran away from —Louis
P. Cullahan In Pittsburg Dis-
Venk-e with the young sister of a dis
1 11« h
tinguish«! court lady. Casting her off.
he eloped from Paris to Monte Carlo
The Hulk on the Shore.
with the wife of the Count «1«* la Rive, Broken, dismantled and stark,
Hotting and waiting the end.
a notisl and beautiful poetess. Sbe de-
serttsl him lit* nd urn «si to Russia uud I am moored in a harbor where death and
the dark
In limitless shadows blend.
My ke< 1 is burled in sand.
My timbers creak in tho W’lnd;
How I long for the weight of the master’ll
hand
On the wheel, as we sailed to the Ind!
Oh, to point by the Southern Cross,
Or to follow the northern star.
To fly u race with the albatross
To the lands that lie afar!
Oh. to ride from crest to crest.
In the teeth of a merry gale.
When the lightning’s flash show’s the
sea’s unrest,
And tho cheeks of men turn pale!
The sound of the snapping mast,
The shrieks of the frightened crew,
Unheeded by me as 1 challenge the blast
And plow the mad waves through!
And at last in the harbor’s calm.
At rest on the mirroring tide,
I'd breathe perfume in the soft air’s balm
And the master's will abide.
THE GRAND DUKE PAUL ALEXANDBOVITCH.
was sent on a diplomatic mission to
Berlin, where lie prweedeil to fall In
love with the wife of an ambassador.
Another elopement followed, ending in
the suicide of the woman. On his
next return to St. Petersburg he be
came infatuate*«! with the Baroness
Plstolkoff, the most beautiful woman
at court and a friend of the czarina.
After a scene at a ball, to which the
lady wore some splendid diamonds
which the Grand Duke Paul had re
ceived as a bequest from Ills mother,
the late empress, the Baron Plstolkoff
obtained a divorce from bls wife. Sh«»
afterward married the grand duke,
who thereupon was exiled and deprived
of rank and titles. The tragic death
of Sergius mov<*«l the czar to suspend
this sentence, permit his uncle to at-
tend the funeral of Sergius and resume
his rank, titles ami estates.
ALEXIS NICHOLAIEVITCH.
Heir to Throne of All the Ilusala*.
an Infant With Title* Galore.
Jf ever little Alexis Nieholalevitch
comes to sit on the now tottering
throne of his father anti ruk* as czar of
all the Russlas he will be known as
Alexis II. It Is said the nihilists have
marked him for slaughter. Ills birth on
Aug. 12 was balled with Joy throughout
Russia. A salute of 101 guns was fired
announcing It. When but twenty-four
hours ol«l b<* was made honorary colo
nel of the Finland guards. Before he is
a year old he will have been decorated
with many titles of church and state.
When the czarowitz was christened
on Aug. 24 tlie church bells rang
throughout Russia, th«* czar Issued a
manifesto announcing numerous re
forms, not many of which have since
b«*eu carried out, ami th«* christening
Itself was a scene of unwonted splen-
riils was the life I once lived.
And a thousand deaths I have died
While fretting here like a soul unshrived
At the great wide water’s side.
‘Twer© better I had gone
A hundred fathoms deep
To the grave for which good ships are
born—
A cool, sweet shroud and sleep.
—J. W. Leathers in Boston Transcript.
GLOOMY BRIC-A-BRAC.
Collin Platea Once Vaed rn llouae Or-
nanienta In Maine.
In New Englund 100 years ago It was
by nu means uncommon for people to
provide their coffins long before their
death and keep the same in their
bouses, where they could see them ev
ery day. It was perhaps a custom hav
ing the same purpose mid significance
as the skeleton at the feasts of the an
cient Greeks, to remind the living in
their hours of levity of the seriousness
of life and the certainty of death.
This was not the idea, however, of a
man named Lindsey, whom people now
living in Leeds may remember or at
least have beard of. lie built his own
coffin many years before lie dltsl anil
used to keep it in a chamber of his
bouse. He used it generally to keep
beans in. It was a very fine coffin,
made of mahogany and nicely finished
and polished. Mr. Lindsey made it
with Ids own hands nnd gave as reason
that If he left the task of providing
him with a coffin to his sons it would
be Just like them to put him in a hem
lock one. Terhaps tlie boys di«l not
relish the implication. At any rate,
they did not like to have the coffin
about the house and took it away one
night and throw it Into the river. It
was found several miles below, consid
erably broken and battered as It went
over the rips, and olil Lindsey heard
about it, drove down and got it and
was finally buri«l in It.
Another queer custom that prevailed
in this s«-tion of Maine down to a
comparatively recent date was that of
removing the plate from the coffin after
tbe funeral ami Just before the body
was lowere«l Into th«» grave nnd keeping
it in the best room in the house nmong
the ornaments and brlc-n brae. Ths
writer saw one of these grewsome ex
hibits on the mantel of a Lincolnville
parlor not more than twenty-five years
ago, anil we shouldn't be surprised if
quite n number of them could be found
In the old houses throughout Maine.—
Bangor News.
AN HERB FOR EVERY PAIN.
lol Fashioned
llein«.«llen 'Ihnt Were
l ne«i by Our Forbeari,
In the village of Greenwich, England,
in a «plaint old street where th«* build
ings are so thick that they tangle them-
«elves together In a knot, there Is a
queer little shop with a sign over the
door that reads, “An Herb For Every
Pain.”
On tlie shelv«»s of this shop are to be
found hundreds of different kinds of
herbs for th«* cure of all bodily ali
ments. Tlicre can lie found nil the old
time herbs that our grandmothers us«sl
to have hanging around the wulls of
the kitchen and start'd away in tlie at
tic. ready to lie made into teas anil
THK < ZABOWITZ ALEXIS NICHOLAIEVITCH. sirups In case of sickness.
.. 4»<
who still havo oh! f.ash!on«"d-
dor even for Russia. Tbe baby had as ideas about health and sickness go
sponsors an emperor and an empress, there for bugleweed, sumac, winter
two kings, a princess ami four grand gr«*n. sassafras, «-aniomile, horehound,
duchesses. He owns caps and cloaks yellow d«s‘k, catnip, cherry bark, mul
sad robes of gold ore.’ nr/v-louv
lein, extract of oats, 'lobelia, an<i soon.
One of his caps Is ornamented with All the»«" herbs have the reputation of
forty-two large gems. He has a shoul being good for some one or more ail
der cape of cloth of gold which con ments catnip for nervousness, sussa-
tains pictures of religious scenes all frns for the bkssl, horehound nnd bene-
worked out In gems. In the Imperial Bet for colds, sumac for sore throat,
nursery’ where little Alexis will play wintergreen for rheumatism, lobelia as
and study be will be attended by an emetic in case of poisoning, mullein
dwarfs, descendants, as tradition says,
of the midgets whom Peter tbe Great for consumption, etc.
Nearly all of these herbs are made
employed as spit turners In the Impe
Into teas. Sassafras tea, boneset t«"R
rial kitchen.
__ _
and catnip t«"n are brew«l nnd served
either «bid or hot. Among the many
A Vlllnae Fiaaeo.
Gifted Amateur (concluding pet card hundreds of herbs that are sold In this
tricki—Now, ladies and gentlemen, you little shop nre some that are deadly
have seen the pack of cards burn«! lie poisons, nnd they nre label«l and sol«l
fore your eyes and the ashes placed In under the same restrictions ns other
side the box. which mysteriously trans poisons.
The good okl remedies that onr grand
formed Itself into a rabblL which In
turn disappeared into space. I will fathers hnnt«*d nnd dug in th«* woo<ia,
now ask this gentleman to name the those that our grandmothers plant«l
card he select«!, when It will at once and tend«*d in the garden, have given
appear In my hand. Now, sir, what way to harmful remedies, to drugs that
card did you select from tbe pack? , leave the patient In n worse condition
Giles (who has been following tbe trick thnn when lie Is-gan tlielr use. We lie
most Intently»—Bless«l if I recollect!—-i lieve it lias been a mistake to give up
th«* old remedies. Medical Talk.
Punch.