. w ' Vru
J3- .... V, M Sfe-lSI
WW
s.ie
urh.
a-.: i th- though: that aU through her re
fi.T. a'!i :iir'M:;a the leafy w.wils that
misic had rush' J as a earu to hr
wo-iU.
"Aj! n-'w I know!" eri-s she. stopping
aor
pan. 0:1. ao
a-ciearaaee.
or'. aa: is
Gr-y court. If I had uniy followed it I j
qjv.j no: have gtvec vou all this trouble."
Standing : :i a c.v::ij a -ar h r.
pia.--s 11" ii.t:-.is t.. h-r pretty ui--
a n i. wi-h a . tii-.de fi-n. i-a v that catiao:
b- :'! 1::.Sa. u-im:-:i!- .1. ..-: II.'." !
him. at th- tori nf ii"r fr--ii y-eu-.g vive-
Wa-:a r th- br-eite has played traitor,
or whether th- tending figure i 0'
P mat-rial a t.. I djtt to tu. bril
Uan: ap; a!, who caa say. At all e-n-.
h? uover stir. or i:f. h.a'''if lr:r. a.s
task. wii't'wr it tiiaj be. N'.th:
ii.ia:itiii. (ir.i-i.la reura to the a::a k.
"II:'." cru-s Mho aiatn. with a sjav.KT.
freer iototi tti'a. A ail still ao:a::i; Louies
of it. Tilt" Iithiiu4 Crftr wtoos to
craihten h: bacx. au.i :aini, rca:ain a
before. It i reallv t-o baJ. viettia;
down from h-r n.Duml su ciambcrs u; on "I ha'.I v vnu a;:uc
a hij-'aer bank, au l naif more ?ajs oat
her Toitv upon the wnrlii:
"III, my pwj man"' This de it. As
If coai?:!eii to acknowledge tlr.s trlh-tto
to his T.rtues, "my pood man" uprear?
b-ioxself, Ik3 Tacaat'.y mubJ dins at ev
erj point b: tise riat ob- tirst. aaJ at
lajt s-es itr.e:Ja. The effect produced i
not oa.y mtaa:aa-)a b 1: marreiou.
Lowa jo h.s ri-d. h. ca:. h. ciioioost
fiv au a.l::i:ral.ie oraae srou and he
coaies iteaai.::; toward her a: about
twenty knots ia Lour.
H.5 eyv. 'vve: s.a :e tiiey tirst li.h!
upon Or-Ma. dav se-ni-d to grow to
ter. an.l n'.v. as uv d.-aw r.earer. she
tn.i aa.; r-":e-"a.i-'s is.aj. Ta kawi
ede tii'js :.i.aed sun,"i'? her that
Something ont of the god past, aoine
rague touch of deoeacr beious-ux to the
day wheu he was youa and uappy, and
noen huaur was tt.ii a word to wajcfa he
C1U03 with a.i his 01:1:0:. renders th:
coarse epithet, as app..ed to the pretty or
phans committed to h:s care, insupporv
ab.e.
"You hardly remember, perhaps, that
you are speakia; of u.y meves," he uvi
with an aurry frown.
"Hoity tu.tyl None of your airs with
me," uys she. sternly. Sue advam-es a
step nearer to h.m. "Keniember, L'vaart,
that I inn either make or mar ycu. 1,
and I only."
"I wuuul I were sure of that." says he,
moodily. "But Have you forgotten
Sedley? He knew."
"Pish: He's dead: let him rest. What
a vne you are to worrit! Twenty years
aid more, and no im of him. and I ssk
you was he the one to reaiaia quiet, if he
saw a way to forcic; a ivi-r:u out of
you ':"
"True, true." s.:ys Iysar:. e.iiierly
catchiai at th.s jui;o::on. "And vet I
GMES WITH PAPER rolls amise society, j MILLIONS A YEAR
INCRHDIBLC AA10LNT OF MONEY
LOST BYThC WORKING CLASSES.
V
which is cau:n; a rrea:
ileal of amuseuient at social
t.y. aad look. a; full at her 1 oni-i would g.ve much to wnow that he was ia
fr-iw somewhat stuilty ia ; tae ':av..
That no.se of r.iua.n wat-1 "Ay. aad I in mine! I knnw you,"
:e r ver that dows iae.i:h ! a" sae. with an evil look. "You fear
c:e."
"I fear nothias." savs he. coldly.
nut. sktys she. siowiv. reardinz
aim o.wseiy; "ao; even taa: your son
"Oh. no. No. indeed." softly. "You
m'.it not think that, t'n le liregtory does
nit permit us to know our neijhnors."
He lifts his hat and Orisetda, givin?
him a rather solemn little salute, turns
away from him. A second later, however,
she finds him auin bs.de her.
"It here is ali rue app-farao'ie of com
in; raia in the sky." he says, gravely.
"Ioa': you thiak so? I fear we shall
have a perfect storm before loa:. I
thrush: I'd tell you, 50 that you miht
?'t as much pood out of these wood as
p. before the deluje. This week,
now. niiitht b- tir.e. but I should r.o: an-s-vor
for the nest; aad. indeed, if you will
perrai: me to advise you. I should re o:u
mead you to take a walk to-morrow. Who
ae very nearly falls o her blga bank, j shall say that rain misa: no; fail the day
aad thea cross very cha.-ai.a.y r-.y. alter?"
aad as charai.n.'ly confused. It is none j Who, indeed?
other than to- youu.- man who ha.'. h-lp:d ; I; s'ms ;he .vinde reasoni-"- So
to restore die ca::.a;e to its Uji:isia;e 1 (Jrisel !a. havui; shown herself impress -d
position. i by it, inehaes her head to him once more.
! and. a turn in the path hiding him a: last
CHATT'EK IV. I from view, takes to her heels, and hard-
11 is rea.iy )ou: cries ne. wnn uaai- iy draws breath until, bavins found the
XeMed dei!.,"tit. o.orins warmiy.
"It is jo.i, too." replies she. rerlectiveiy,
and as though it is a little uafair to
throw all the personalities a: her.
"So it is." says he. smiling srayly. "You
wanted me? I hope you had no: to call i housekeeper.
small iron gate that admits to the gar
den a: its lowest end. she enters by it
aud feels herself at last at home.
On the hall doorsteps, as if lying in
wait for her, stands Mrs. Gruach, the
often?"
"Very often," smiling, too. aad jumping
down off her p-destai. "I thought I
ahouid never make you hear. Lo you
know the road to Ureycourt? I don't."
"I do. It is a tedious way. and com
plicated. But if you will permit me to go
with you anil show it to you, M.ss L'v
art?" "Oh, no. No, indeed. It is giving you
quite too much trouble, aad how do you
know my name?" asks she, with a shy
glance at him fnm under her long iashes.
"I asked soiTieinxly in the village." con
fesses he. honestiy. "and h- told nie you
were Mr. My-art s niece. You don't m a 1
that, do you?"
"No. I, tK. heard of you." she s.rs.
"but then I d.dn't take for g.-aatcd every
thing that was toil! me."
"What did you he ir of me?"
"Thac you w-ere a youag man 'd-iwr.
from I.'uiaoi: towu. an' as full i" tricks as
e-.-g' fui. 0' mate.' " r-p'-ie she, d
mtirely. evui-ntiy quoting soai-body. and
with a glance so "full o' ir.cks" on her
own account taa: he laughs ia spite 0:
himself.
"Well," says he. "I'm not from "Lun
non town." certainly, and I hope I'm not
a greater wr-i h th ir. my Mlows. As to
my 'tr.eks.' I don't be!i-v I've one."
"If not fr.jni I.on-ioa, from where?"
"Ilather los- to you. My sister I ves
Ju't over th- boni-r of tnis county, a
m-ttter of twea'y m.l-s or so: a::d 1 sp-nu
most of my t.ine with her."
"It was a very zo.'d th.ag for my sister
and me that you came tjsh.ng." says liri--i'ia;
"or 1 s :; pose we saould i ota be
now eith'T d- a 1 or dying." Here sii
looks roun I h -r. "Have we very much
furth-r to go?"
"AiHiut a mile."
"I wish it was less," n-rvoudy. 'I am
afraid Vera will be fnghten-.d a: my long
absen -e. and aad that my uncie w.Il be
angry."
"I'erhips he won't h-'ar of it." says Mr.
Peyton, hopefully. Cir.se. da shake- h-r
head.
looks just iike a person who would
hear everyth.ng," she says.
"I've h-'ird a good d-ai about him off
and on. I'eopie will talk, you know, and
he's eceeatrie. isn't he?"
"If you mean weak in mind you were
never further out in your life." says Gri-g-Uia.
mournfully. "He is all mind, in
mv oym.on. iaer- is:: t a weas
"I; is no trouble." says he. plainly.
She holds out to him her hand. "Goc.d
be," she savs. zentiT. 1 saou.d know?
"Oh. no: good-by. I hop1." returns he. j Sae iiauses, pleased with her work. All
anxiously, taking the slim little hand aad , a: once, as 1; were, on hearing this ques
h.id.ag i: as warmly as he dar-s. per- t on. the old man quails before her Lke a
hilfc n ! iTT ciose'v rh:in he is nuire aware. I beaten hound. The l.fe nnr nf h:m
he seem to shrink into h.mself. and puts
out u.s nanus as tnough to ward off some
fatal blow.
"No; that. Anything bu: that," he
mutters. fi-eb!y.
"Weil, don't drive me to it," says she,
sulkily.
"liememler. i: was for him I did it."
cries he. sharply. "After ali my love, my
care, my secrecy, to have it n'-w la d b.ire
to h.m! I tell you" his hagers working
convulsively "rather tiian that he should
know, i; seems to nie that it would i a
swee: and s.nipie taiug to murder hiai
wru would Ik1 tray me."
"I'm not go.ug to l-vr-ty you." says
she. "And as tor say.ug 'tv-as for h.ui
you did it, why "
"For him. I'or his sake only."
"Tartly. I thiak." says she, dryly.
"litit.reiy; altogether. What other crea
ture hd I to love nie to love? His
mother, as you know, hated me: and
when she d.ed I was giad," says he,
crush. ng his nagrs together.
"i et tile dcd w as scarcely necessary
if done for him," says Gruneh. hoiditi;
her grouud. "That old auut of his tn
mother's s.ster put wan: ou: of the ques
tion for him."
"I knew nothing of her desire to make
him her heir then."
"You know it now, anyway," says she,
with a nasty sneer. "Aud it is never too
late to mend to find by accident that
paper you have just locked up."
"I have thought of it." says he. with
lowered brow and eyes bent up ;n the
grouud. "dreamed of it; aud ail my
dreaming has but convinced me that
things had better stay as they now are.
Into what better hands couid they have
fallen? Who would have husbanded it
all like me? You know the care, the
trouble, the sleepless days and nights I
have devoted to the management of of
it. You know whether it has ever been
a joy to m rather a grief. a wearying of
the tlesh. 'l curse!" The word comes from
between his lips with a little hissing
so lad. "B it it is ail for him, for him,"
he says, in a living tom?.
With restless, ttelie steps he b-.g:us to
pace "lie rcoui.
"He believes in me. He trusts nie; he
aloa-: now! Bu- if ever he wer-' to learn
the truth he would spurn tue from him.
I sw.-.ir to you" he turns and fixes his
buni.L-- eyes on her "I'd strangle you
wi:h these hands." holding tii- ni out be
fore her. tremhl.ng with passion, y-t
strong and lithe, "before the words could
pas your lips."
"I'm not going to play traitor. I've
tol.'. you that." says she. frowning. "I've
hail a chance before this if I wish -d to do
it: and I'm not going to help his eh.ldroa,
whatever hapt-as." H-r brow grows
black and h-r eyes lighten. "May curses
follow h:m wh-rever he be, even through
the gates of d-a:h!"
"Amen." says I'ysar. carelessly. Then,
in a diff-rent tone: "Seatou is coming
home to-morrow."
"Y'eu have a design." s.irs she. fixing
her sharp eyes un him with a searching
regard.
"True; and I think well of mentioning
it to yon." says Iiysart. slowly. "After
long r.nd careful thought I have d-eided
ou abandoning more ambitious -hemes
and weudiug him to my eld
Vera."
(To be continued.)
Here is a new game,
gatherings in flnrope.
Two boys or young men are blindfolded, and ia the right h 'n,.
p'.a.'ed a stout roll of paper in the form of a clun or cndgel. The P ? ''"f
have to lie down on the carpet and to gr.,sn each ether by t;ie left unci, in re
upon the fun begins. One of the players asks the other:
"Are yon there? '
When the answer "Y"es" comes he raise hi r
with his cudgel the spot where, from the sound
other plaver's head to be.
The other player, however, is at perfect liber-y to move his head a.ter ne
has answered "Yes." and the result is that in nine ease nit: of t"ii the blow
ruiss-s his head and falls on his shoulders or ..me other part of h h-xiy.
In that ease ir is his tun to retaliate, and the game goes ,,n in ietini'e.y.
the soie object of the nlaver who asl;s the question being to
player's head and that of the player who answers to saie
struck.
i!it hand and strives to nit
the voice, he supposes the
s'rike the
his head from
other
beiug
lo
the
eick
and
and
CAPTIVE WOLF LEADS
OTHERS TO SLAUGHTER.
For several months Wendelin Kriseu,
i trapper residing near Nestoria. Mk-u..
In a day a skilled dehoruer can clip a
thousand horns.
At the more northern ranches the de
liorner takes precautious iigaiust the
dehorned cattle taking odd. When
from
'Dear me. miss, and so vou have re
turned," says she. "Lear! bat master
will be main giad to hear of it. He was
that upset by your absence that we
daren't so much as approach him." Gri
seida's blood grows coid. "But now he'll
be sure to tell you himself how g.ad he is
to see you back safe and sound."
CUAPTEU V.
Mrs. Gruneh. as Grise.da left her, turn
ed aside, and with darkened brow made
! for the library. Mr. I'ysart's usual abol
i iug piace. Not hading h.m here. she
hurr.es onward down the ha!!, uat.l she
; comes to a heavy curtain, once handsome.
: nw mo;h-ea;en aud dingy, and pushing
i it aside, reveals a iong tlagg-d pasoa.'e.
with a high, narrow d or a: Uc ex: re ue
er.d.
i Stfoplas as she comes to it. she -ers
through the keyude. ani tiai.ng it eaip-
ty. tr.es. with a cautious, quiet grasp.
. riie h.iadle of the door to had :h- latter
locked. Still very cautiously she si.ps her
haad .i:;... h-r pocket, draws uut a key.
w-11 oii-d. aal inserting it ia the keyho.e,
. soitiy opens the d.-or.
A gr,ni smile overspreads her face as
-:h- U.o toward the further end of the
' room. Til-re. ou h.s kn-es bes.de a cab-
I .net, kuee.s .Mr. I'ysart. It is op.'n. and
M" I'ysart, in his worj and sha.diy old
I coat, is ka-eimg before the secret opea-
tag. gl..iuag opeuiy upon its contents.
; 1'iies upon piles of yellow sovereign are
: so built one on the top of the other that
' they reach from one narrow resting pi.ice
, to the other above, and so ou. lall, he.ivv
! go.d that scarcely glitters, save ia the
; eyes of the wretched miser beniling over
them.
Yet it is not so much on the money as
! oa a paper he holds ia h.s hand that" his
atteat.cn is c.u.vntratcd. He is so beat
' on the ru.ai of it taa: he hears ueita-r
; the turn of the key m tue lock nor ih
I woman's entrance. And now. as a m..l,
; clous chuckle breaks from her. it u star
tles him that he springs to h.s feet as if
: shot, aad a sharp, horr.d cry, taat i
; almost a shriek, escapes him. H.s face
; has grown deadly while, great drops of
! sweat stand out upon h.s brow.
! "Comiurtiug yourself with a look at it,"
says she. with a malignant leer. As she
I speaks she points not at the g.,ld. but at
1 the paper he has t.ghtiy clutched in Ins
i hand.
i "How did vou come here wommV
spot in! n,n.U no .!,.mi ..... ... , '-
him llv tiie hv. ll.lve TO.. K- ... " t " iltr 13 trOl-
GreyiMurt
witn nervous fingers presses
, tne paper into tae secret rexrs in thja..
"No. I ve often thought I should like. ia-t. aud shuts to the oaken woodwork
"Why. through the door." retorts she.
sullenly. "How else? You saou.d remem
ber to iovk it when engaged on work like
th.S."
"I could have sworn I locked it." says
he, still saakiug. "See! here is the Uev
with in Tejs
- Are you a
in- through
to go on some N -uuesiiay or otaer.
Som- Wednesday! What Wednesday?
And why Wedn sdiy? Griseida is d.s-tln-tiy
p uit'.-d. no: hardly likes to ask a
qu st. on .in th- subj-e.
"It's a q jti.n; old house." she says.
an-i in. ght b- ioviy. I thiak
were cut away end some sun.ig.it let into
iz. and a i."l- furniture. It's empty.
p-s. 7 emu-y."
"ri ir- y 7 01 forg-t th- gail-ri-s?" says
he. :' in 1 d po.-s-iij.e tiiat you do
h ft Vi.'i-w "h.;f fa -.' p.ctures of yo.jr aa-i-stors
ar' a..oltitely pr.-vi.-.-? Pure
I.e.ys 'in 1 Ka-..e.-s. Ga.nsioroughs and
Keyaocks. Woy. th'we gilier.es at Grey
tour;, I - of -n oeard my fa:h-r say. are
a:.-Jilt th- fm-st in ilugiai.d. Your unci-
IS good ejo,.gn t" Op-a them to the
l.c -very t.rst We.iiisdjy in the month
a; th- very tr.fl.ng charge of haif a
crown."
"Why!" cries Griseida. flushing so hot
a coior that the tears grow within her
eyes. "Oh. you can't mean that."
"We!l. why no;?" says ;h- young man.
b-.'.l'y, preparing with a stout courage
to dei'-nd a vile cause. "I; is to improve
the m s of the multitude that he does
it. of isjun-. And if be chooses to r-p:?y
h.nLself for :he wear aad tear of h.s car
pets, who shall say he has not common
etue on his Side?"
; iue tr-es in my pocKet. I teii you.
lag agita-son. "I d.d .. k it
!i-ud that you can follow
Liti iiiiors r
"llaa! loa't gvc trny to foolish fan-ci-s.
And after ail. why n-.tsl my cnai
iag li-.t-.ier yo.i? S.ir-i." with a mo--k-.ng
air. "your occupation was an inno
'11'. .11; you wer- b 1: refresa.ug y.u,--s-if
with a glimpse of "
"Be s..-nt. woman! Are you mad?"
er.es h--. l.ft.ag h.s arms i.ke one ia mor
tal f-.-ir.
1011 re but a poor sort after all." she
has at fre.iueut intervals appeared at "i Uorn ls fi'I'Id a ftouge is useu 10
the Countv Clerk's ofiice with wolf j hollow nut the stub of the horn. Tar
pelts on which he has been paid the I is thnl!it lnt tllis- "oaling it and pro
bounry of SIT apiece, lu the aggregate ' tecfius the anituul against cold. The
he has ilruwn n lor-r., i,, Tl,B sue- ' dchorner ordinarily goes nmuud with
cress of the trapper has caused consid- his ollt!"!t IiI;e a tl'r.isher goes
erulile speeuiatuiu as to tne methods
lie followed, the wolves Indiig very
cunning, shunning poisou nud not often
Ixdng trapped. Now Kriscu's secret
lias leaked out.
It develops that some months ago he
managed to catch a female wolf in a
trap. He built a large yard near his
shanty aud in It keeps the wolf, fast
ened 10 a long chain. Her howls bring
wolves from miles around, and the
trapper, sitting in his cabiu, calmly
shoots them at his leisure.
In every section of the peninsula the
wolves are reported unusually numer
ous this year. The deer in consequence
are suffering disastrously, as the many
carcasses seeu in the woods testify,
and lately even men have been at
tacked. Only a day or two ago there
was a case of the latter kind In Dickin
son County. Claude Freckletou. em
ployed as n cook at a logging camp six
miles from IToodwood. started in the
evening to walk to the village. When
half the distance he heard something
running toward him. and. turning, saw
a wolf close by. The man. not being
armed, was badly frightened.
The yelps of the wolf were answered
by others, and soon four more of the
- m r TV'
III
b'.-et '-if
MiT& i
An Interview With ieor(t V. Mammon,
of "I hciiib, Wush , a Sinn Who
Tntk from Experlene.
The money lost annually by skilled
workmen '' ll ''ccupatioiiH fijrureg ap
to 11, illinns u'i diillars and is becoming
greater every year. This amount of
numey repre-ents mainly time lost and
the -eriHiis effect ujion the social com
p.rt ni the wiirkingmen and their faa
iiies iswident. Mr. George V. Ham.
1110ml. it Tarmiia, Wash., said th
other day:
"I luive l"St my hliare nf time but 1
am thankful to sav that I have not been
losing uiiv of lute."
"You don't l"k as if you had
much through sickness."
"No. and I don't feel so. But
act remains that I was a very
man. I took cold along in 1889
rheumatism settled in my arms
shoulders. I suffered for three yean
and nothing relieved me tintill in April,
1S!I., ii jxin the recommendation of mv
sister. I liegaii the use of Dr. Williame'
Pink Bills for Pale People and found
relief in the second box. I took five
Imxes in all and now am entirely cured
and have had no occasion to use them
since."
Mr. Hammond resides at No. 610
N. Steele street. Tacoma, Wash., and
at the rtipiest of the rexirter made affi
davit to his above statement before
.lames II. I lege, tt notary public, 00
July 0. 1W1.
There is a popular idea that rheuma
tism is caused by exposure to cold and
that suiie localities are infected with
ir more than others. Such condition!
in iiueiiti v promote the development of
the disease, but, from the fact that
! rheumatism runs in certain families,
: it is shown to lie heriditary and, con
i seuuentlv a disease of the blood.
i I niuentiy an individual, in who
j family rheumatism has not occurred,
: develops the disease, and when a diag-
1 niisis hi the case is made, it is general
iv found that the ailment is due tot
derangement of the blood.
External applications may afford tem
porary relief, but to cure the disease it
is necessary to treat it through the
blomi.
Iir. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People go directly to the seat of the dis-
1 order, pruifying and enriching the
I blood by eliminating poisonous ele-
uients and renewing health giving
I forces. Thev are a positive specific
She Was an "OnBenerated" Sinner and j n,lt only for rheumatism, but for such
lie Wanted Her in the Fold. i diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
His name was I'eskie Huberts and he paralysis, St. Vitus dance, sciatica, neu
THE UEHOIlMMl I'ltOCtSS.
farm to farm thrashing wneat. A de
horning outfit colisisis of the stock,
which is not too large to be carried in
a wagon, a clipper or saw, a gouge and
a quantity of tar.
WAS CONVERTING HIS WIFE.
r 1,-.
ft.
ATTACKED BY WOLVPS.
was faced by his frightened and
bruised wife at yesterday's police mati
nee. "Well, Peskie," said Recorder
Broyles. "tell us why you have been
beating your wife."
"Who dat sez I bin beatin' mer wife?"
came the counter-question from I'eskie.
"Vour wife says so," the recorder replied.
I "Hen call her ter de jedgmint seat,"
j cried out Peskie somew hat dramatic-
ally.
I .Mrs. Teskie came to the front trem
bling like au aspen bough in a eye. one.
jeoge urues, sum Mrs. l'esk.e as
her teeth chattered. "I haiu't nebber
sed rite out dat I'eskie uster beat me
1 I unly tol' de periice dat he uster beat
me an' dat p'raps be mout beat me now
an' den of he tuk de nosliun."
"When was the last time he beat
you?" the recorder asked.
"He hain't teched me sence nite 'fore
is ." stated I'eskie s wife, with n rin-.
of triumph in her voice.
"Lioan yer h'ar dat. Jedge Piriles." ex
ralgiii. rheumatism, nervous headache
I the alter effects of grip or fevers, and o(
; nther acute diseases, palpitation of the
j heart, pale and sallow complexions and
! all forms of weakness, either in male or
'female. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
j Pale Peojde are sold by nil dealers or
! will Is- sent postpaid on receipt of
j price, fifty cents a box; six boxes, two
! dollars and fifty cents, by nddresisng
'. I'r. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y. lie sure to get the
genuine; substitutes never cured anybody.
Indian Territory Coal Deposits.
Some idea of the value of the coil
deposits in Indian territory can bt
gained when it is known the averaK
thickness of the vein is four feet, which
will produce 4,01)0 tons to the acre
These lands are leased in lots of 900
acres each, which means that 3,500,000
to 4.000,000 tons can be produced by
those leasing the land. On this output
the lessees pay a royalty of eight cent
a ton. The output during the last yesr
was l.DOO, 12,, as against 1.400.441
claimed I'eskie. as if be saw vindica- j tolls "ie previuos year.
tion hovering almut him
niece,
Chinese Compliments.
There is.one point in which Chinese
etiquette, so often absurd, is much
more sensible than ours. That is in its
failure to regard the imputation of ma
ture age as a discredit to either man or
woman, or. on the other hand, the im
putation of youthfuiuess as a compli
ment to persons of either sex. An ex
ample of Chinese politeness, connected
with the visit of the Prince aad Prin
cess Henry of Prussia to Shanghai, is
amusing, as It reflects on our own false
notion of the complimentary in such
matters,
Thetlerman prince and princess were
visiting a notable mandarin, one of
whose firs: questions to the prince
this being au invariable matter of Chl-nt-se
politeness was:
"How o.d are you?"
"A little more than thirty-six," an
swered the prini-e, stu'illng.
"Ind-vd!" said the mandarin. "Your
highness appears fifty."
The mandarin then turned to the In
terpreter Herr Volght. a German
and inquired the prim-ess' age. She an-
' animals had joined their companions.
Freckleton luckily managed to find a
club, aud thus armed, began whacking
away. The hungry animals would cir
cle around him and suap at his legs,
and whenever they came near enough
; he would strike at them. In this uian-
; uer tne turee remaining miles
1 traveled.
Freckleton expected evory minute
would be his last, uutll Dually wheu
just at the outskirts of the town the
; waives made a concerted rush. The
leader was laid low with the club, nnd
i the man turned and ran to safety, the
j wolves, frightened at the proximity of
i the bouses giving up the chase.
"Tell me." said the recorder to tiie
prisoner, "what makes you beat vuu.-
wue at all?"
I "Now ver s cummin' ter de meat in d-y
: sausage mill." I'eskie replied. "I
j b'ioiigs ter de church. .ledge P.riies. an
I u";r am still an ongetierated sin
; nor. I done tner best ter make her git
were 1 1"tfr le fol". an' de las' t'ing I tried
j wus de t.-ic ory. an' I bliebs ef der ner-
lice will i-mme lone I'll git her inter de
church v id dat."
"Ten and costs." announced the re
corder, says the Atlanta Constitution
"If yon want to whip religion into your
wife. Peskie. you will have to get'out
side the city limits."
And They Marveled.
And what are vou making? w
j asked of the Intelligent Arisan.aswe
admired the play of his braw ny mw
: cies.
! "Makin'cowcatehers for milk trains,"
i he replied without looking up irom hii
j work.
j W bereat we passed on, marvelins
! greatly at the intricacies of modern tci
: ence. Haltimore American.
SEASON FOR DEHORNING.
Mandarins and Corrnption.
Speaking of the corruption prevalen'
I among the mandarins of China, a writ-
General Sutler's Wife.
Lady Audrey P.uller, the wife of Gen
Sir Pedvers P.uller, is the daughter 0!
the fourth marquis of Townscnd, an'
was the widow of the Hon. G. T. Ho
ard when the famous aeneral won he
nand. She is an exceedingly popuU'
woman.
; Winter is the time of the year when
; experts upon the big cattle ranches of
I the West do wonders in dehorning.
The long horn has been cast aside.
The cattle fate better with short horus,
do not injure eai-b other, and mav l
, herded, corraled aud shipped closer to- ; r''T"
getuer tuau u.ey nuuu be did they
! Wear the gf -a: s;irvading horns with
which the popular Uiind associates the
. Texas steer.
Out ou the big ranches they round
th'.- cattle in for dehorning. The de
horner is as much an expert in his hue
as the rope thrower is in his. The cat
er in Tennis
iue i-oiiector of one
of the southeru ports, for instance.
tiraws a !a,nrv of
snvs. contemptuously. "Too or for ! fn.ertti- Tu.r:y-two. Tue interpreter
What! ear. ' '""' ll;e iii.'iuuiir.ii muue a
Earl Cidnjan's Immense Estate.
ome idea of Earl Cadogan's wea't!
may lie gathered from f,it ths'
:'-'i taels from the I some in
hrXTtm! h,Uaal in'Te fW,n '1Uarter lnds on the.nK
i. ,!"I1I?,,QTsto4'',,',H,lanr j of the Culiord estate, in SufT.uk.
u .IWU..IUL. Ui'iUw-l i:! is n ionium tr.aiL.:ii:..- ., . .. .1
k,iKAiU UiUI w. ivt-iuiMuiu ox tue hones. Miom
nerr mnmlar.a wuhout exwnrion i : in I'Ih.U, i-t, . m. ii i . u
t, l..s . . .,- ' ' ( niin 11 im U 1 1 (. K i LI 1 Itl r . l
... iiusiu.-. .mailing tl!111M.if of his orli-1 l-iunness trust, for the erection o
e n. po.tion. he uiiys rice at an unus.r i workmen's dwellings. It is probate
ahv 10 w pn.v to sell i; ot au oxorbitaut ! 'luring- the next few vears
hgure in the famine-stricken provinces, wealth w ill be doubled
sometimes he will build a toll gate on i
n road near his mansion and lew trib- Wind-Up of Mourning Period,
ute on passing teams, or he may find , T1'p ':""s court mourning for th
.e.M ,0 cut oil the water sunnlv , la, Ween ictoria will come to
trust of any sort.
faith o:
v.ju not even believe in me, who has ' 'etuark in Chinese evidently intended
served you and yours iong am! la.thtul i 10 l,e complimentary. Th- interpreter
for f.jr-v years? Is it likely I'd betray j blushed uneasily, aad hesitated to
vou now for h.s chi.dren?" , translate the remark. The t.-w .
"Ay. h- served you falsely once," says ! t:,M .,., ,..,'..'..' .,.
- - r--- i-"iu-
ma nded:
1 ut w:th :t eight .
"He says." the interpreter then trans-
a savur of pleasure in
Gregory le.sart.
h.s t..ne.
"He took my b-s- mr life, my soul j
the h-ar- of everything," my siie slow-1
iy U.-a;ing one withered hand upon the
other. "Though years have rolled bv I !
tie are eorraieo ami at the exit, where
nut oue i-ievr iiii-y pass at a tune, is a '""u ""ul 1'Kperoiis tarmer. so as tol en" 011 Jamiarv '.'2. If the opening (
small pen. called the stock. At the charge bim 4.U;0 or 5.C taels fr"ti...i parliament should nt. 5-
closed end Is in opening U-tween bars : of r. All this is borne by his ! lx- the following d-.v' it will
sufficiently large to lead the steer to ; Tictims without a murmur. 1 first full state cercmoniial functio:
thrust iiis uead through. Three men '
stand waiting for him. One of them i ..rr Arz"nu-
"r c.i.ieu Aisau ike a liar
A.t lu.ii nionieui tne cmnineyn oi vrev- ' nam inn lorico.iec; I saai. not lorget at
court shone through the interstices of the a.".. Wh-n tirst I saw theni I fei: as'
trees oa h-r left, and. with the knowl- j though, if power were given me, I cuuiil
eiige that she had gained her home, . have biasted as they ;oud those iustueui I
cutues, too, the sound of running water, hiua.es upttairs."
Iated to the princess, "that your high
ness ,1,-oks like sixty!"
He had meant it welL nud of course
the prin'-ess had sense enough not to
take it 1U.
throws down a wooden bar which
clamps the animal in a vise-like grip
and holds his head where he has thrust
it. The dehorners stand upon the right
and left. They carry loug-bandled
steel clippers, and when the steer is
caught In the stock they throw thise
over the horns and nnip them off in a
memlN-rs of the roval family who n!
be then in KnghiudJL.
-v
n ,T
.1.... .. a
uwi-c iiiie..
"And he's dead-right there I MT "
"Vp. he was dead right there, "sure
euuug.. -i nuaile.phia Press. Ha, Voted Many Year,.
A man may not thoroughly remi, r-. Stru,,k. of Strondsburg. P
what a small ti-ure l. ....... ! H;,r'i "1I. failed to votn nt the U
w.ir ,1 I ... , "
- . . . . i.ti i
of the new reign. On the opening
u,e -eati,!! the king will be uccon
panic,! by the oueen and hv all tt
Xhe sweetest type of heaven ia home.
w lien 1, 1- nr.
V.tTw TI,o hllr le niuul InJ K.. ' ... ' ul-i T 8 XtV
- - --in: ' t . ears old lie be-lns r,, i, ,. , -
is relcaed to make room for another. ( that are very near the SiUl ClUM
eie-tion for the tirst time since he H
tame ot age. nnd then only bec-aii-el''
n was unable to fir it a u-ittt liim
elei-tion day to the polling place, bk!
- uiiik irum iug homa.