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o ft o 'J r V r FINANCES OP UNCLE SAM. A Set Forth In llie Public Debt State ment for Pcbrunrj-. The follnwins ia ft recapitulation of tha debt statement tailed on the 1st: lNTKKBST-nKAIUNO DF.DT. Bonds at -1J4 per cent....? 250,000,000 00 UontlH nt -1 per cent 737,750,500 00 HoihIr nt II per cent 184,092,300 00 Refunding certificates at 4 percent 215,800 00 Navy pcuAion fund at 3 per cent 14,000,000 00 Pacific railroad bonda ntG per cent 01,023,51? 00 TrincipaJ $1,250,031,512 00 Interest 10,540,84 1 Gl Total $1,201,222,500 04 IJCKTON W1UC1I INtUKKST HAS CKASKD 81.NCK MATUKITV. Principal $ 4,258,405 20 Interest 207,38:1 71) Total $ 4,405,849 05 DK1IT-HKAUI.VO IXTERUST. Old demand and legal- tender notes $ 340.738.000 00 Certificate of Uepohit... 14.020.000 00 Gold corlifieutm 305,037,0.-0 00 Silver certificates SS,020,S10 00 Fractional ctirrencv.lens S8.375.0S1 oitimated as lost or destroyed... 0,050,153 77 Principal.?: ? 502,045,715 77 total num. Principal ?l,817,585.S33 03 Jutcrest 10,748,228 43 Total $1.828,331,07140 Iess cuhIi items availa ble for reduction of the debt. $ 223,055,746 01 Less reserve held for re demption of U.S. notes 100,000,000 00 Totnl $ 323,05f.448 94 Total debt, less availa ble cash items $J.,504.378,332 52 NctcoHhin the treasury. 72.728.202 00 Debt, less cash in tho treasury- March 1, 1880 1,432,080,310 GO Debt, less c:i!i in tho treasury Pel,. 1.18SG. 1,434,782,272 91 Decrease of debt during tho month $ 2.072,153 31 CASH IN TTTK THUASUltY AVAILABLE FOll ltK DCCTION OF TIIK I'UIILIO DKUT. Gold held for pokl cer tificates actually out standing $ 105,037,050 00 Silver held forsilver cer tificates actually out standing ;. 83,390,810 00 U. S. notes held for cer tificates of deposit ac tually outstanding 14,920,000 00 Cash held for matured debt nud interest un paid 15,000,G03 GO Fractional currency 1,108 25 Total available for reduction of dobt..$ 218,055.757 91 RESKHVE FUHD. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875,and.Iuly 12, 1882 $ 100,000,000 00 UNAVAILAULK FOIS IIKDUCTION OP TIIK IllJIIT. Fractional silver coin...? 28,81 1,037 '.O Minor coin 531,320 17 Total $ 20,312,303 00 Certificates held as cash. S G8.S03.G70 00 Jfclcosh balance-on lmnd 72,208,202 02 Totnl cash in treasury asshown'by treasur or"B General account..? 494,480.085 52 SOME OLD WOULD GOSSIP. King Thebuw'8 royal ancestry, according to tho Burmese documents, number 587, 000 kings. Tho associated chnmbers of aRriculturo of Groat Britain adopted a resolution favor ing tho imposition of import duties on for eign corn. An incieaso in cable tolls is expected in caso Prince Alexander Knragoor.'ovitch bo comes frequently mentioned again in press dispaU'hcti. ThoPrlncoof Wales, unliko some of hia imit-ntors in this country, wears a black eilk ribbon im u watch-guard, becauso ho can afford it. The Paris.niiitiicipal authorities havo or dered that tho nnmo of tho Deity bo ex punged from children's books issued by tho metropolitan school committee. When King Ludwig, of Bavnria, was re cently serenaded by a band playing Wag ner's music ho howled liko a dog and smashed nil tho furniture. So it seems that tho poor man had lucid intervals. Mr.CIemcnceau caused a sensation in tho French chamber of deputies by demanding that the French princes be expelled from tho country. No denied that their expul sion would be contrary to republican prin ciples. Queen Victoria's birthday present to the crown princess of Germany was a "full-dress lartiapc," and it has just been dispatched id Bet lip.. Tho interior is lined with bluo eilk damask, with gold fringo and tasools. Tho outside is of claret color, with lines of orimson and all tluMiiouutingsnro of brass. I'ope Leo XIII celebrated tho 75th anni versary of hia birth on tho 2d and tho eighth nnulversary of his coronation, bj an address to tho members of tho sacred college. In this his holiness eulogized tho union oxtnllng among tho cnrdinals and urged comoril among the Catholics uguiimt thoMO seeking to corrupt and weaken tho authority of tho church. At a reception given at St. Potershiirg by 1'rinco Voussniipotf to tho emperor and emprtJMof Russia nearly a thousand guests woro present to gre.'t their sovereigns. Tho enlertaiiimcnt ilsulf was the climax of a per'es lint unliko that shown to Queen Kiiibi-th at Kenilworth and rivaling even that evtJrJwflKO'it display. Both tho royal guiatta duuet-d until 3 in the morniii;. Look Ont for Counterfoils. Tio necnst bcrvico agent for tho Des MoIiim (Iowa) district has information from Washinyton of a counterfeit $5 noto on tho issue of tin. First National bank of Now Bedford, Mass., which wan received at the treasury department March 1, 1880, i It is photographed and of tho same poor I quality its the $5 note of tho Pacific and Boylston bank of Boston, Mam., also of tho Dedhani and Fall River $5. the carbon print having nwnshed orfudednpMmrnuce, while tho pink seal, the treasury and char tor number are in such lund contrast with the black bs to at once proclaim the noto a counterfeit. The grtn in the border on tho biick-of-this noto is not put on with a bniiih, a in tho foregoing counterfeit. 'but , is printed, treasury N. B 700051. charter No. AG1. wrlM 1875. chtfck letter Jt . DREAMS. "Dream are bnt IntertudM which finer make." In the purple dream-land lying, VVliltc-wingeil dreams Sleep with folded pinions fair In the hearts of violets rare, Where the jellow rose low sighing Slumbering seems. Soft gray clouds with sleep o'crwclghted Far are seen, And each heavy-lidded star Drifts through dream-seas still aud far. Mists of gold, with jicace o'crfrclghted, Lie between. Brooding wings stretch o'er the meadows Purple-barred, Snowy lilies, faced with gold, In their bosoms dreams enfold, Where the night-wings cast their shadows Golden-sturred. In tho mlt land dreams arc lying Full of peace, Weary souls give up dark care In the dream-land far and fair. In the hearts of roses sighing Sorrows cease. Fannie Jsnbcl SherricX; in Current. Doctor Antekirtt. A SEQUEL TO MATHIAS SANDORF. 33 y .Tul es "Vei'iie, ADTnOIt OP "jOtJItNr.Y TO THT5 OTNTT.B OP TIIK EARTH," " TUIP TO THE MOON," " AllOUND Tlin WORLD IN EIOI1TX DAYS," " MICHAEL 6TI1O0OFF," " TWENTY THOUSAND I.EAOUE3 UNDElt TIIK SUA," ETC., ETC. translation copyrighted by O. If. Hanna, 1SSS. ' CIIAPTEIl V Continued. Mine. Bathory sat down and tho Doo lor sat in front of her, while Borik remnined standing nt tho window. Professor Stephen Bathory's widow was thon in her sixtieth year. If her figure was still upright in spite of tho burden of her age, her whito hair and deoply wrinkled face showed how much 6ho had to struggle ngainst grief and misery. 23ut she seemed still as oner petio as over, anil in her was apparent tho valiant companion and confiding friend of him who had sacrificed his life for what he deemed to bo hi3 duty. "Sir," fcuid she in a voice of which oho in vain endeavored to hide tho emotion, "you being Doctor Antokirtt, I am under an obligation to you, and I ought to tell you what happened at Trieste fifteen years ago" "Madame, being Doctor Antekirtt I can paro you tho mournful story. I know it and may add being Doctor Antekirtt that I know what has been your life sinca the nover-to-be-forgottcn BOth of Juno, 1807." "Willyoutell me,"saidMme. Bathory, "what is the reason of tho interest you take in my lifo ?" "Tho interest, madamc, that a mnn must feel for tho widow of a Magyar who did not hositato to risk hia lifo for the independence of his country." "Did you know Professor Bathory?" asked tho widow. "I know him. I loved him, and I rcverenoo all who bear his name." " Aro you, thon, a native of tho coun try for which ho died ?" "I am of no country, madame.' "Who aro you, then?" "A dead man not yet gono to hia grave," answered tho Doctor, coldly. Madame Bathory and Borik started at this unexpected reply ; but tho Doctor immediately continued : "However, madame, it is necessary that tho story that I asked you not to tell should bo fold by me, for if there aro circumstances about it that you knowthero nro others that you do not not know, nud of these you will not bo ignorant much longer." "Bo it so, then, I am listening." 'Madame," began the Doctor, "fifteen years ago threo Hungarian nobles becamo tho chiefs of a conspiracy, tho object of which, was to givo Huugary her ancient independence. Thcso men wero Count Mathias Sandorf, Professor Stephen Bathory and Count Ladislas Zuthmar threo friends united for years in tho same hope, threo living beings with but ono heart. " On the 8th of June, 1807, tho even ing boforo tho day ou which tho signal of tho rising wius to bo given which was to extend through Hungary to Transyl vania, CouutZathmar's houso at Trieste was entered by tho Austrian police. Conut Sandorf and his two companions were seized, takon away and thrown into prison that very night in tho donjon of Pisino, and n week or two afterwards tlioy wero condomucd to death. " A young ncoountant named Sarcany was arrested ut tho sanio time in Count Zathraar'd houso; ho was a perfect etranger to the plot, and was set at liberty after tho affair was over. " Tho night beforo tho execution an attempt nt oacapo was mado by tho pris oners who wero left together in tho name cell. Count Sandorf and Stephen Bathory availed themselves of tho lightning conductor and got out of tho donjon of Pisino. They foil into tho tomut of tho Foiba at tho moment when Ladislas Zuthmur was heized by the wnrdere and provonted from following them. "Although tho fugitives had very little chanco of escaping death, for a subtor ruuean stream boro thom through th centro of a country they did not even know, they succeeded in reaching the bnnkH of tho Lemo Canal, near the town of Itoviguc', and at ltovigno they found shelter in the house of a fisherman, Andrea Ferrato. "This fisherman a brave fellow luvl made all preparations to take them across the Adriatic, when out of pitro personal revenge, n Spaniard named Carpono, who hud discovered the secret of Uicir retreat, gave information to tho polioo of ltovigna They tried to escape a second time. But dtophou Bathory wan wounded and recaptured, while frfaHu'aa Sandorf was pur J. cd on the uoncTT, and sunk under n shower of bullets, the Adriatic never giving up his corpse "Tho day after, Stephen Bathory and Ladislas Zftthmur woro shot in tho fort ress of Pisino. Then, for having given them shelter, tho fisherman, Andrea Ferrato, was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and sent to Steiu." Mme. Bathory lwwed her head. Sad nt heart shohad listened without a word to tho Doctor's story. " You know all theso dotailn, madamo?" asked ho. "Yes, as you do probably, from tho nowsnaners." i . "Yes, from tho newspapers," was tho ropby. But ono thing which tho news papers did not tell tho public, becauso tho matter was conducted in tecret, I happened to learn owing to tho indiscre tion of ono of tho warders of tho fortress, and that 1 will now tell you." "Proceed." " Count Mathias Sandorf and Stephen Bathory wore found in Forrato'a houso owing to their being betrayed by Car pena, tho Spaniard. And they were arrested three weeks before in tho house nt Trieste owing to traitors having informed against them to tho Austrian police." ' Traitors?" exclaimed Madamo Bath ory. "Yes, madame, and tho proof of tho treason was produced at tho trial. In tho first placo these traitors had intercepted a letter addressed to Count Sandorf which they found on a carrier pigeon nnd copied; and in tho second placo thoy had managed to obtain a tracing of tho grating which enabled them to read tho des patch. Thon when thoy had read tho mossago they handed it over fo the Governor of Trieste. Aud doubtless a share of Count Sandoii's wealth was their reward." " The wretches 1 Aro thoy known?" asked Madame Bathory, in a voice trembling with emotion. "No, madamo," answered tho Doctor. " But perhaps the threo prisoners knew them and would havo said who thoy wero had they been ablo to sco their families beforo they died." It will bo remembered that neithor Madamo Bathory. then away with her ton, nor Bonk, who wan in prison in Trieste, had been ablo to visit the pris oners in their last hours. "Shall we never know tho names of these wretches ?" asked Madamo Bath ory. "Madame," nnswered tho Doctor, "traitors always end by betraying them selves. But this is what I 'havo to say to complete my story: " You remained a widow with a boy of eight, almost penniless. Borik, tho ser. vsint of Count Zathmar, would not lenva you after his master's death ; but ho was poor and had only his devotion to offer you." "Then, madame, you left Triesto for this humble dwelling at Bagusa, You have worked, worked with your hands to earn sufficient for your material as well as your mental needs. You wished, in fact, that your son should follow in science tho path that his father mado illustrious. But what an incessant strug gle it was, what misery you had so bravely to submit tol And with what respect I now bend to tho noble woman who has shown such energy as a mother, and mado her son a man !" Aud as he spoko the Doctor rose, and a shade of emotion just mado itsolf visi ble despito his habitual reserve. Madamo Bathory had nothing to say in reply. Sho waited, not knowing i' tho Doctor had finished, or if ho was going on to relate such facts as wero personally known to him and concerning which sho had nsked for tho interview. "However, madamo," contined tho Doctor, divining her thoughts, "human strength has doubtless its limits, and as you loll ill nnd exhausted with such trials you would doubtless havo suc cumbed if au unknown no, a friend of Professor Bathory had not como to your aid. I should never havo said any thing about this had not your old servant told me of your wish to seo mo" "Quito so," answered Madame Bath ory. "Havo I not to thank Doctor Antokirtt?" "And why, madamo? Becauso dur ing tho hist five or six years, in remoni branco of tho friendship which bound him to Count San !orf and his two com panions, and to help you in you in youv work, Doctor Antokirtt has sent you n sum of a hundred thousand llorins. Was ho not only too happy to put tho money at your disposal? No, madamo: it is I, on tho contrary, who ought to thank you for having accepted tho gift if it was of any help to tho widow and son of Stephen Bathory." The widow bowed 1 answered : "In any caso I havo to tliank you. This is tho first object of tho vi.-it I wished to mako. But there waa a second " "What is that, madamo?" "It was to gi voyou back tho monoy " "Yrliat, madame," eaid tho Dootor, quickly, "you do not wish to accept it?" "Sir, I do not think I havo any right to tho money. I do not know Doctor Antekirtt, I novor heard of his name, Tho money may bo a sort of alms coming from thoso whom my husband fought and whoso pity is hateful to me. Aud bo I do not care to use it, oven for tho purposes Doctor Antekirtt intended." "Aud bo this monoy-" "Is untouched." "And your son?' "My son will havo nothing but what ho owes to himself." "Aud to his mother !" added the Doo tor, with whom such grandeur of soul and energy of character could not but excite admiration and coramaud respect. Mdamo Bathory had risen, and from a desk which she unlocked, took forth a roll of notes which sho handed to tha Doctor. "Sir, " sho nid, "take liack the money, for it is yours, aud receive tho thanks oi a mother as if sho hud used it to cducuU her win." "Tho money no longer belongs to mo, madamo," replied tho Doctor, refusing it with a gesture." "I repeat that it never belonged to me." " But if rien-o B.Uhory can uso it " "Mi son will find tho situation for which he is fit, aud 1 can trust him us I cm trust myself." "Ho will not refuse what his futhor's friend insists on his ucceptiug." "Ho will refuse." "At least, madame, will you allow mo to try?" "1 beg you will do nothing, Doctor," answered Madamo Bathory. "My sou does not know that I have received this monev, and 1 do not wish him over to know'it" "Bo it so madamo I I undorstnnd rour feelings, nlthough I am a stranger and unknown to you 1 Yes, I under stand nnd admire them I Butt repeat, if tho monoy is not yours it is not mino. " Doctor Antokirtt rose, Thero was nothing in Madamo Bathory's refusal to annoy him personally ; aud herdolicaoy ouly filled him with a feeling of profound respect. Ho bowed to tho widow, and was turning to leave, whou another ques tion stopped him. "Sir," Baid Madamo Bathory, "you havo told mo of some miserable proofed iug.s which sent to their deaths Ladislas Zathmar, Stephen Bathory nnd Count Sandorf ?" 'I said what was tmo, madame." " But does any one know these peoplo T "Yes, nuuhune," "Who ?" "Clod." And us ho spoko tho Doctor mado n low oboisanco aud left, Madamo Bathory remained in deep thought. By some sweet sympathy, for which sho could not nccount, sho felt herself irresistibly drawn towards tho mystorious personage who was so mixed up with tho events of her life. Would sho over seo him again ? Aud if the Savuroua had only brought him to Rag usa to make this visit, would tho yacht go to sea and never return? Tho next day's newspapers announced that an anonymous gift of 100,000 llorins had been made to tho hospitals of tho town. It was tho gift of Doctor Antekirtt, but was it not also the gift of tho widow who had refused it for herself aud hor sou ? CHAPTER VI. ON BOARD THU SAVARF.NA. Tho Doctor was in no such hurry to leave Gravosa as Madamo Bathory imag ined. After endeavoring in vain to hoi tho mother, ho resolved to try and help tho son. If up to t!l011 Pierre Bathory had not found the post for which his brilliant acquirements fitted him, ho would probably not refuse tho Doctor's oilers. To put him in a position worthy of his talents, worthy of tho namo ho bore, was not an act of charity, it was an uet of justice to tho young man 1 But as Borik nad said, Pierre Bathory hail gono to Zara on business. Tho Doctor wroto to him without delay. Ho wroto that same day. Tho letter stated that ho would bo glad to receive Pierro Bathory on board tho Savarenu, having a proposition to mako that might interest him. The letter was posted at Gravosa, and all that could bo done then was to wait for tho young engineer's return. Mean while tho Doctor continued to livo mora retired than over on board tho schooner. Tho Savoroun, moored in tho centro of tho harbor, with hor crow never coming ashore, was as isolated as if sho were in tho centre of tho Mediterranean or tho Atlantic This was a peculiarity that much exer cised tho minds of tho curious, reporters and others, who had never given up all hope of interviewing the legendary owner, although thoy had not yet been allowed to board tho yacht, which was almost as legendary as himself. As Point Poscndo nnd Capo Matifou occa eioiially had shoro leave thoy often found themselves quite nn attraction to tho reporters desirous of obtaining a partiolo or two of information that might bear working up. Wo know that with Point Pcscado a certain amount of fun had been intro duced on board the schooner, and if Capo Matifou remained as serious as tho capstan of which ho had tho strength, Pcscado laugluLg and singing all day long, was as lively as a mau-o'-war pen nant When active as a seaman and agile as a cabin boy ho was not clamber ing about tho spar.s to tho delight of tho crew, to whom ho was delivering a series of lcssous on ground nnd lolty tumbling, he was amusing them by his iutorminnblo jokes. Doctor Antekirtt had recom mended him to retain his cheerful spirits. And ho kept them and yet parted with them to others. Wo have said above that ho and Capo Matifou often had shore-loavo. Thoy in fact wero free to como and go oh thoy pleased. Aud honco tho very natural propensity of the curious to follow thorn nnd attempt to draw them into conver sation. But they could get nothing out of Point Pescado, whether ho wished to bo silent or to speak, jor ho hod really nothing to tell. "Who is your Doctor Antokirtt?" " A famous phypioiun 1 Ho cm euro nil complaints evui thoso you are going to tuku with you to tho other world 1" "Is ho rich?'' " Hasn't got a half-penny I I lend him something lo go ou with every Sun day?" "But whore does ho como from ?M " Why, from n one knows wherol" "And where is that!" " All I can toll you about it is that it is bordered on the north by something big, aud on the south by uoth.ng at all ?" Evidently thcro was not much to bo got out of tho laughing companion of Capo Matifou, who for hispartremaincd as dumb as a lump of granite. But although thoy said nothing to strangers, tho two friends between themselves, often hud a talk about their new master. They liked dim already, and they likod him very mnoli. Between them and tho Doctor thero wus a fcort of chemical affinity, n cohesion wldch from day to day bound them more firmly together. "Xwd ench morning they waited to bo called into the cabin to hear him say: "My friends, I havo need of you." But nothing came to thir vexation. "Isthnsort of thing going on much longer ?" asked Point IYseadn. " It is rather hard to remain doing nothing when you havo not been brought up to it, eh. Cape?" "l'cs, your armsgct rusty," answero.l Hercules, looking at his enormous biceps motionless as tho rods of an engine nt rest. "Shall I tell you something, Capo Matifou?" "Tell mo what you liko." "Do you know what I think about Doctor Antekirtt," "No, but tell mo, nnd that will help mo to answer you." " Well, that in his past lifo thero havo boon tilings things 1 Look nt hi.s eyes which every now nnd then give n glauoo that almost blinds you liko tho lightning! And when tho thunder rolls -" "It makes a noise." "Hvnetly, Cnjio Matifou. a noiso And 1 fancy wo shall come in useful at that game ! ' It was not without reason Hint Point Pescado spoke in this way. Although tho most complete calm reigned on board tho schooner, theintolligont little fellow could not help noticing certain things which sot him thinking. Nothing could bo more evident than that the Doctor wits not n nimplo tourist on a yacht cruise in tho Mediterranean. Tho Savareim was tho centro of a web of many threads whoso ends wero held in tho hands of her mysterious owucr. TO 1111 CON'TIXUim.l VlifM5 Tro.itiiM Aro SlqfitQil . iOn the main Hoop of tho state depart ment is tho secretary's room. Opening out of this on thi east side is u .small anteroom, which loads into one of tliu most, interesting (imnihcr.s of tho de partment. It is known as the diplo matic reception room, and in hero are received tho ministers who como to seo the secretary on official business, and whore all treaties and conventions are signed. It is a room some sixty-fivo feet long by twenty feet wide, lighted by six long window's, from which a line view may be obtained of tho Potomac. Tho ceiling is divided into arches, tho centers of which arc painted a light grav color, with broad border; at oaeh onif. Tho lloor is of wood, highly polished and varnished, two largo Turkish rugs of a red body with blue borders nearly cover ing the entire surface, The "general tone of the room is subdued and har monious, in keeping with tho grave diplomats who moot thero to iIimmiss weighty questions. Tho windows aro shaded" by white lace curtains and hang ings of a grayish blue Turkish material, with throads'of gold running through the fabric, and lambrequins to match. At both ends of the room are long ebony tables, covered with brown felt, around which are low ebony arm-chairs, up holstered to match tho curtains. Two sofas are. against the wall, lacing tho table, and between thom is a long mir ror in an ebony frame. Opposite the mirror is a low. elongated settee, which stands on the bare boards. At inch end of tho room Is an ebony liroplnco. Over tho tables are elaborately-wrought nickel and brass chandeliers with twelve lights, and in the center a heavier one with eighteen burners. On tho walls are portraits in oil of Webster, Lord Ash iairton, Washburn, Fish, Frolinghuyson, Kvarts, .loH'orson, Seward, Blaine, and Washington. Proud of His Sister. The Chicago 'Tribune rolntcs (ho caso of a young man who was regarded as a phenomenon, becauso ho took his sister to nil tho best entertainments, ami ac tually diivoted himself to hor during the lecture and onera season, lioiiif n rais ed fop his unusual attention to his sister tho young man promptly and proudly replied: "No, thorn's nothing wonderful or extraordinary about it. Sho is the only woman 1 know in whom I havo the most thorough confidence. Sho is al ways the muni', always pleasant and af fectionate, and lo tell you tho candid truth, I am afraid she'll go and marry some of thosu imitation men around hern, and ho unhappy all hor life." "Sho has nobody else to look to, and I'll take care she does not havu to look to somebody else. I supposo somo dny a genuine man will como along. If he's a genuine man, I won't object. Until he does como.sho's good enough for mo. and if 1 ever find as good a girl, I'll marry her." Tho example is most commondablo. A young mail would do well to seek his sister's soolotj' until ho finds another lady as good as his sister. Not Pleased With tho Prospect. Tho raco question concorns 2.')0,000 Indians and 6,000,000 of nogrocs, an unreckoncd number of Mongolians, the immedinto prosperity of tho Pacilio States, tho very lifo and honor of the Nation. Tho monetary systems of tho world aro publicly declared to bo de ranged by tho Paris llourso and tho London Slock Exchange, and the Mon etary Conferenco, tho Latin Union, tho German Empire, nro urgently appoalod to fop measures of relief, for tho ro-cs-tabliahmcnt of unity and co-operation. Labor is rcslle.is and discontented, Illit eracy and unrcpublicnu traditions aro piling clouds above our horizon, sinis ter aud ever rising. And tho lifo and death question of politics for tho' civil service reformer is whether tho govern ment shall hiru its servants from tho in telligence office or by recommondatlon from their last employer. Oail Hamil ton. Children In Factories. Fifteen thousand children nro om ployed In New Jersey factories, many of whom are compelled to work four teen hours per day and aro deprived of tho opportunity for ruilimoiitary edu cation. Tho cheap production which is assured by this form of labor is bought at too dear n prico. Uusotioqlcd and overworked children, whercvor thoy nro found, nro a proof of dofoctlvo public administration. Now Jersey philanthropists and lawmakers should bestir thmiiselros nnd set this matter right. riila(lclj)hiu JUcord. HIS IIA3fD WASN'T STEADY Nor UN i:jt Quick, lint Wlinn ni Oaa Went Otrthn lloyi I'olt MiuoiI1i. An Eqiiiuunk, Pn., correspondent writes: John Finley Tecplc, known nil over northern Pennsj Ivnnia an Uncle Fin, was 70 yenrs old his Inst birthday. For mora than sixty years he hunted and trapped from the Dela ware to the Allegheny, nnd never miss ed n season until two years ngo. Then ho made up his mind to take a rest, more because came wuh getting scarce than because he wns tired. Ilia two boys, Lijo and Sim, could ta-ko euro of nil that was left, he said. From that time until a few days be fore tho past deer season closed ho hadn't touched his ku,1 n Pim no claims has lain low bear and deer by tho thousand. One morning recently he got out of bed nnd fcuid to his bou Lijo: "Lije, I'm goin down in Pikecounty nn' knock over one deer before 1 hole up fur good." Lisie and tho lest of tho family tried, to change Uncle Fin's miliil, for they thought he was too old to r,o tramp ing through the woods on a deer hunt, lie was determined, however, nnd so his boys, Lij3 and Sim, fixed them selves up, nnd. got ready to go with tho old hunter. Thoy went down on the Mast Hope ridge, twenty-fivcniilcs from home. " bini drove for deer, anil Undo Fin and Lijo stood on tho run- WIIVH. ""Fat her," said Lijo, "I guess I'll stay closo by you, for your hand isn't as btcady as it was fifty years ngo, and your eye isn't as quick. So I'll keep'closo by you, and if Sim sends a deer along and you miss it I'll knock it over." "Ye will, hoy?" exclaimed the ohl man, indignantly. "My linn' hain't 02 stiddy cz 'twere fifty year npo, hain't, ft? Nor my eye hain't so quick? Wall, now, my fresh young Niinrod, you jlst plank yerself over on that runway up yonder half n mile or so, an' I'll Htay right whar I be. If a deer comes pitohin' 'long hero 'thin gunshot o' nierilshowyowulher my ban' hain't cz stiddy or my eyo hain't cz quick cz they uscty be. G'long with ye, an' look out fur yex own han' an' eve!" "All right," said Lijo; "but if you loso tho deer don't blame mo?" Lijo went reluctantly to tho upper runway. Undo Fin lininined whero lie was". Sim went out on tho ridge, ami after half an hour or so tuartcd a. rousing big buck. It was a good ways oil", but within reach, and ho blazed, away at it. It kept rkht on. It bounded down tho ridgo and passed along within good range of Lije. Lijo pout a bullet after it, but thubuck kept light on. "Blame tho luck!" snid ho. "Now, just for tho old man's contrariness, we're liable to lose that dOeP. Ho won't be ablo to seo it unless it runa over him, lo pay nothing of hitting it. Tho buck toro along through tho brush, and was clearing thirty fectat a, jump as it parsed Undo Fin, a hun dred yards away. His eyesight hadn't entirely failed him, for ho 8aw tho buck, "lie drew bead on it, and let "old Betsey" speak. Tho buck pavo two or three wild bounces, nnd fell in tho brush. Undo Fin didn't movo toward it. When the boys enmo up Lijo asked tho old mnn what he had shot nt. "A btick,I reckon, "naid ho. "What'd you fellers blaze at?" "A big buck, "said Lijo,"bnt I didn't roach him. Which way did he go from hero?" "W'ich way'd hego?" said Uncle Fin, contemptuously. "Yohceidmoshoot, didn't yo? If you smart roosters don't know how to handle a gun yit mebbo yo know how to dress a dead deer. If yo do, jist trot over yender by that b. hemlock an' hang up that buck. I'd go an' do it but my hnn' hain't ez stiddy cz 'twere fifty year ago, yoknow, an' my eyesight's fniliii'." Lite and Sim could hear tho old man Innr'h nil the wav over to the hemlock tree, nnd when they found tho buck lying there, dead as a mackerel, and with only ono bullet-holo in it, nnd that through tho kidneys, they felt liko butting their bends against a rock. They dressed the deer and brought it in without a word. ."It's a ter'blo tiling w'en a mnn pita old nn' shaky an' durn nigh blind. i hain't it, boys?" enm i iicio i in, Ken i ously, as tho boys tumbled tho buck on tliogioununt ins icct. uio Dili! I'i'J J-Ml,,b -,v'1' v. w that knocks over the venzen, hain't it, niinmiit imiiiuf mi it'll ii uririMV nurt'i'H bovs?" r I l . ... . . ...n- 4 L . . ll rt Inllnll -LSI 1 I'll 1 fill Ul V I IJ1I1 I1JI111 JULlLllLXi tnn mt i nn iiiivu inni iiirirn hiui'iiiNii mi n i ji i ... -i 4-I. ever. They took tho big buck to Must Hope, baaed it on tho cars, nnd got homo tho same day they went away. But tho result of tho hunt hnB satis fied Uncle Fin that he mado atuistako in retiring from the chnso two yoara nK- ... thorn boys o' initio a lectio more train- ! of a barn I wouldn't bo 'feerd to start' in nn u ri 'u v it i uitm i mm mu . nn nn- inr. i nitiii iiiivm iumf nun v ii.i hi all day. I'll be,oji tho turf ng'in next season, ez usual, an' take 'cm in ban' an' ram 'cm Gunvpuu" m "French physicians," eaya tho New York Commercial Advertiser, "ticein to value their professional services far more highly than American physicians homa'opathist in Paris. He lately II Tfi 1 1 IF 1 1 I j HI1II. II I'll I I INI. I 1 III I I IIII'IIUI II his enormous charges by tho fact o . til tit A garding tho bill as exorbitant, award rtl 1 111 111 I i I II II I II I I I'f 1IIII1I11IIIIT III 11 ' 1 fill. .1 A. t 1 1 t 1 l. I. finnrnv inmrii'vi'ii. inn liliiiuii v fin ii rr .,! cir nun I J.IIC BIIUI III Ul illUlllUli, tvVTfl I. . , i .1 ! I.. J.. ! for a debt of $10,000. 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