CtlAITISR X.
It waa tx'jltiiilna to U daylight In th
city of Bwtun, end tho gray at
gradually WIbtHnd al grew red la the
(iiilii ilny, young iima tmkd ant upon
th Limy world around him with tht
fling of utter lont'Iliii-M which on to
often fade In i great city wher all It
new utiil tron t Llm. rVarcely four
wreka had paiutd nine tint notea of ft
tolling Ml bn) fallen sadly upou hi ear,
ml it bi looked Into grtr wher
Ihry laid hie toother to bar laat dreaut
Wa rt. A prevailing ftver bad effect
ed what th fancied ailment a of yrars
bad failed to do, and lilltjr Btnder was
now an orpnau and alone In the wide
world. 11 knew tbat ba bad bla own
fortnn to make, and after eetlllug bla
ruother'a affaire and fimllug ther waa
nothing loft for bint, bo bad com to tba
city, and on thla morning went forth
a lout to look for employment, with no
ether recommendation than tbt frank,
boneat eipreaalua of bit bandaam face.
"It waa foollab In me to attempt It,"
thought ha, aa bo atoppad In front of
largo wboltaala eatehllahmeot. Ilia eye
aught th alga on which waa lettered
"K. J. rMden A Co." Tba nam sound
ed familiar, and eomatblog whlapered to
him to enter, lit did to, and matting in
the doorway tall, elegant looking young
man, bt aakrd for Mr. 8ldn.
"My uncle," returned tbt gentleman,
who waa nont othtr than George More
land, "baa not yet cotue down, but per
bapa I ran anawrr your purpoat juat aa
writ. Do you wlah to purvbaea goode?"
Hilly, thinking tbat everyone muat
know bla poverty, fancied ther waa
aomtthing eatlrlcel la tbt qoettlon, but
ht waa mistaken; tbt manner waa nat
ural to tbt apeaker, who, aa Billy madt
no direct rt-ply, aga. aaktd: "What
would you Ilk. alrT"
"Komcthlng to do; for I hart neither
money nor home," waa Bllly'a prompt an
ewer. "Will you girt cue your namoT" aaked
George.
Hilly compiled, and when bt apokt of
bla native town George repeated It after
him. aaylng: "I hart aomt acquaintance
wbo ap?nd tht aumrutr In Chicopee; but
you probably bar never known them."
Immediately Hilly thought of tht Lin
rolne, and now knew why tht name of
Kolden teemed ao familiar, lit bad heard
...Jenny apeak of Idau- nl felt certain that
It. J. iiln waa btr father.
For moment George regarded lilm In
tently, aud then aaid: "Wr aeldom em
ploy atratigera without recommenda
tion; at ill, I do not toiler you need any.
My unci la wanting a young man, but
the work may hardly ault yon," bt added,
naming tht dutiea bt would bt eipected
to perform, which certainly wert rather
menial. Brill, aa tbt wagea wert liberal,
Wily for want of better, accepted tbt
aituatlon, and waa Immediately Introduc
ed to bla bualntaa. For aomt tlmo htj
onty aaw Georgt at distance, but waa
told by ont of th clerka that bt waa
Juat graduated at Yale, and waa now a
Junior partner In bla uucle'a eatabllah
ment.
"Wt all Ilka bin very much." aald tba
ritrk, "na la ao pleaaant and kind, though
a llttl proud, I gueaa."
Thla waa all tbat Hilly kntw of biro un
til bt bad bees In Mr. Selden'a employ
ment nearly thret weeka; then, at h waa
ont day poring orer rolumt of Iloract
which bt bad brought with him, Otorgn,
who chanced to paa by, looked over bla
ahonlder, exclaiming, "Why, Bender, can
you rtad Latin 7 Iteally, thla la a nor
elty. Art you fond of hooka?"
"Yea, very," aaid Hilly, "though I hart
but a few of my own."
"Fortunately, then, I can accommodate
you." returned George, "for I hart a tol
erabty good library, to which you can at
any time hart aecea. Suppoae you come
round to my undo a to-night. Never
mind about thanking me," bt added, aa
be aaw Hilly about to apeak; "I hate to
be thanked, ao to-night, at eight o'clock,
I ahall expect you."
Accordingly, that evening Billy started
for Mr. Selden'a. George, who wlnhed to
aave him from any embarrassment, an
swered hla ring himself, and Immediately
conducted him to bla room, where for an
hour or ao they discussed their favorite
hooka nud authors. At last, George, at
tonlnhed at Hilly'a general knowledge of
men and thing, exclaimed, "Why, Ben
der, I do believe you are almost aa good
a scholar as I, who have been through
college. Pray, how does It happen?"
In a few words Billy explained that he
had been In tho habit of working sum
mers and golug to school at Wilbrabam
winters; and theu, aa It was nearly ten,
he hastily gathered up the books which
George hud kindly loaned him and took
his leave. As he was descending the
brood stairway he met a young girl fash
ionably dressed, who atared at him In
some surprise. In the upper hall she en
countered George, and aaked him who the
stranger was.
"Ills name Is Bender and ht came from
Chloopee," answered George.
"Bender from Chlcopeat" repeated Ida.
"Why, I wonder If It Isn't the Billy Ben
dor about whom Jenny Lincoln has gone
almost mad." v
"I think not," returned her cousin, "for
Mrs. Lincoln would hardly suffer her
daughter to mention a poor boy't name,
much less to go mad about him."
"But," answered Ida, "he worked on
M. Lincoln's farm when Jenny waa a
.little girl; and now that she is older she
talks of him nearly all tht time, and
Boat aaye It would not aurprUe her If aha
Bnoma aomt day run off with him."
"roaslbly It la tht eame," returned
George. "Anyway, be la very fine look.
Ing, and a One fellow, too, besldea being
an excellent scholar."
Tht next day, wb n Billy chanced te bt
alone, George approached blm, and after
making aomt casual retnarka about tho
booke bt bad borrowed, etc., h aald.
"Did you aver aet Jenny Lincoln In Chic
ooetT"
"Oh, yea.4 anawered Billy, brightening
up, for Jenny had atwaya been, and atilt
waa, a great favorltt with blm; "Ob,
yea, I know Jenny very well. I worked
for her father soma years ago, and be
ta ma grtatly Intereated la her."
"Indeed? Then you must know Hen
ry Lincoln?"
"Yea, 1 know blm," aald Billy: while
Gtorgt continued:
"And think but little' f blm, of
courae?" 1
On tbla a object Billy waa non-commlt
tal. lie had bo cause for liking Henry,
but would not aay ao to a comparative
stranger. George waa about moving away
when, obaervlng a little, old-fashioned
book lying upon ont of tbt boxes, he took
It up and, turning to the fly-leaf, read the
name of "Frank Howard.
"Frank Howard! Frank Howard." he
repeated; Mwhrt have I heard that
name? Who la he, Bender?"
"II waa a little Englian boy I once
loved very much; but ht la dead now,"ao-
a wared Billy; and George, with a sud
denly awakened curiosity, ssld:
"Tell me about blm and his family,
will your
Without dreaming tbat George had
ever aeo them, Billy told the atory of
Frank a elckaeaa and death of the noble
conduct of bla little slater, who, when
there waa no other alternative, went
cheerfully to the poorbooae, winning by
her gentle ways the love of those unused
to love, and taming tht wild mood of a
maniac until ahe waa barmleaa aa a child
Aa be proceeded with hla atory George
became each moment more and more In
terested, and when at last there waa a
pause, be aaked, "And ia Mary in the
poorhoue now?"
"I bare not mentioned ber name, and
pray bow came you to know it?" aald
Billy in tome surprise.
In a few words George related the par
ticular of bia acquaintance with the
Howard and then egaia asked where
both Mary and Ella were.
Hilly replied that for a few yeara back
Mary had lived with a Sirs. Msson,
while Ella, at the time of her mother's
death, bad been adopted by Mrs. Csuip
bell. "But," aald he, "I never tblnk of
Ella In connection with Mary, they are ao
unlike; Ella la proud and vain and ailly,
and treats her sister with th utmost
rudeness, though Mary la far more agree
able and intelligent, and aa I think the
beat looking."
"8he uuat have changed very much,"
anawered George, "for if I remember
rightly ah was not remarkable for per
aonal beauty."
He waa going to aay more, when aome
one alapped him rudely on the aboulder,
calling out, "How are you, old feller, and
what la there In Boston to Interest such
a scapegrace as I am?"
Looking up, Billy saw before blm Hen
ry Lincoln, exquisitely dressed, but bear
ing la hla appearance evident marks of
dissipation.
"Why, Henry," exclaimed George,
"bow came you here? I supposed you
were drawing lampblack caricatures of
aome one of the tutora In old Yale.
What'a the matter? What have you been
doing r
"Why, you aee," answered Henry,
drawing hla cigar from hla mouth, "one
of the sophs got his arm broken in a row,
and aa I am ao tender-hearted, and
couldn't bear to hoar blm groan, the fac
ulty kindly advised m to leave, and aent
on before me a recommendation to the
old man. But I fixed 'em. I told 'em he
waa In Boston, whereas he's In Chicopee,
so I Just took the letter from the office
myself. It reads beautifully. Do you
understand?"
All this time Henry had apparently
taken no notice of Billy, whom George
now Introduced, say lug he believed they
were old acquaintances. With the cool
est effrontery Henry took from his pocket
a quizzing glass, and, applying it to his
eye, said, "I've absolutely studied until
I'm near-sighted. How long have the old
folks been in Chicopee?"
"Several weeks, I think," answered
George; and then, either because he want
ed to hear what Henry would say, or
because of a reawakened Interest in Mary
Howard, be continued, "By the way,
Henry, when you came so unceremoni
ously upon us, we were speaking of a
young girl in Chicopee whom you have
perhaps ferreted out ere thla, aa Ben
der saya ah Is fine looking."
Henry stroked his whiskers, which had
recelxed far more cultivation than hla
brains, atuck hla hat on one aide and
answered, "Why, yes, I suppose that in
my way I was something of a b'hoy with
the fair aez, but really I do not now
think of more than one handsome girl
in Chicopee, and that ia Ella Campbell,
but she la young yet, not as old aa Jenny
altogether too small fry for Henry Lin
coln, Esq. But who ia the girl?"
Billy frowned, for he held Mary'a name
as too sacred to be breathed by a young
man of Henry Lincoln'a character, while
George replied; , .
"Hor namt is Mary Howard." i
"Whit, fha f inner?" aaked TTeae.
looking algnlficantly at Billy, wbo replied
"Tht same, air."
"Wbew-wl" whistled Henry, prolong
ing tht diphthong to aa unusual length.
"Why, she's got two tcftb at least a foot
long, and ber fee looks s though sht
bsd Just been in tbt vinegar barrel and
didn't Ilk th taste of it."
"But, without joking, though, bow
doea she look?" asked ' George; while
Billy madt a movement as if bt would
help tbt Insolent puppy to find his leveL
"Well, now, old boy," returned Henry,
"I'll tell you honestly that the Istt time
I tsw her I wss surprised to find bow
much sht wss Improved. Hut bss swal
lowed those abominable tteth, or don
something with tbein, and Is really quits
decent looking."
Ho ssylng h took bis leave. Juat the
there was a call for Mr. Morels nd, wbo
also departed, leaving Billy alone. "It
Is very strsngo tbat she never told mt
sht knew blm," thought be; and then tak
ing from bis pocket a neatly folded letter,
he again read it through. But there was
nothing In It about George, except tht
afmpl worda, "I am glad you have found
a friend In Mr. Moreland. I am aurt I
should Ilka blm, just because he la kind
to you."
"Yea, ahe's forgotten blm," aald Bill,
and that belief gave blm secret satisfac
tion. He had kown Mary long, and
the Intereat be had felt la ber when a
homely, neglected child, bad not In the
least decreased aa the lapse of time grad
ually ripened ber Into a fine. Intelligent
looking girl. He was to ber a brother
still, but she to blm wss dearer far than
a aister; and though In bis letters be al
ways addresaed ber as such, in bit heart
he clslmed her aa aoroethlnc nearer. nf
yet be bad never breathed in her ear a
word of love or hinted that It was for her
sskt ht tolled both esrly and late, hoard
ing up his esrnlngs with almost a miser's
csre thst she might be educsted.
Iteguisrly escb week she wrote to blm,
and It was the receipt of these letters
and tht thought of her that kept his
heart to brave and cheerful, as, alone
and nnappreclsted, except by George, he
worked on, dreaming ef a bright future
when the one great object of his lift
should bt realise!.
(To be continued.)
CARE OF THE EYES.
Mack Tronblt aad fftrlna; My Easily
I AveiJwi.
Nowhere la the comparison between
an ounce of prevention and a. nound of
enre more applicable than In the care
of the eyea; for the nejlect of seeming
ly trivial affectloua. Derfectlv curahia
In their beginnings, may lead In an In-
creaiuij euort time to permanent Im
pairment of vision, or even to total
blindness. The care of the eye ahould
Ix-glu with the moment of birth. The
new baby'a eyes should be th flrt
part to receive attention. They should
oe wipwi carefully with a Dlece of ab
sorbent cotton wet with a warm eolu-
nwu i uouc atiu, r a atrengtn of.
about sixty gralna In four ouncea of
distilled water. After the Uda have
been thus carefully washed on the out
side they ahould be cently acoarated
and aome of the solution dropped Into
me eyes.
In washing the eyes one ahould b
careful never to dip again In the solu
tion a piece of cotton which has once,
been used; a fresh piece must be taken
each time the eyee are wiped.
The baby a eyea must be nrotecteA
from the tight; Its crib should be placed
where the eyea are not exposed to th
full light from a window, and th car.
rlage should have a shade raised only
about a foot above the bauy'a head.
Clilldren often suffer from Inflamma.
tlon of the edgee of the Uda, which ara
rea ana scaly, and the laabes fall out
and break off. Thla may betoken a
general scrofulous condition, or Iaaay
utrif uu upon aome aeteci in tne eight
wnicn causes eye-strain, or It may be
only a local trouble. If It Is only a local
trouble, a few appllcationa of boric
acid ointment at bedtime will gener
ally effect a cure.
Conjunctivitis, or Irtfiammatlon of the
membrane coverlug the globe of the
eye, may be due to a cold, to the action
of bright sunlight or reflection from
water or from enow, or to eye-strain
from aome visual Imperfection. Usu
ally the boric acid solution will erlve
relief here, even when the trouble' can
not be permanently cured until proper
glasses are worn.
Another painful conseauence of eye
strain Is a succession of sties. When
a child suffers frequently from sties,
from aore lids, or from conjunctivitis,
the sight should be tested.
Much harm Ia often done to the evea.
as well aa to the seneral health h
too lone nmdlcatlon to books, either
school or story-books. Three hours of
looking nt print by daylight and one
hour In the evening, should not be ex-
ceeded by any child under 14, for that
is as much as his eyes, even If their
vision Is nerfectlv normal, will arnnd
without Injury. Youth's Companion.
Decidedly the Reverse.
Uncle Wellington de Bereh. a retired
English merchant who occasionally
came to visit hla relativea in this conn.
try, was an enthusiastic bicyclist, not
withstanding hla age, which was over
seventy.
Ills other passions waa a fondneaa
for Walker's Dictionary, which, , ha
maintained, waa superior to all others,
of whatever date, and be aeemed to
know It by heart.
"Your uncle." said a caller on d
"appears to be a walking cyclopedia."
"On the contrary." responded one o
Uncle Wellington's American nlecea,
no a a cycling walkerpedla," .
ADVERSE DECISION
BOARD REP0RT8 ON LAKE WA8H
INQTON CANAL. '
Majority Ooei Not Favor the Proposition, as
They Believe that Either It or the Puget
Sound Naval Station Would Have to be
Abandoned in the End-Minority Madt
a Favorable Report.
Washington. JnnA lf) T1. naval
r j - ' -
Iioara appointed under the terms of
an act oi congrew, to examine into
the adavntages ol Lakes Union and
Washington, in the state of Wash
ington, near Seattle, as fresh water
basins for laying up naval v&rneU,
has made an adverse report jupon the
proposition. The majority find in
substance, after careful examinations,
that, having in view the best interest
and welfare of the navy, a fresh water
basin in this location separated by
some distance from the naval station
on Pugct sound, would be expensive
to maintain, and in the end, one or
the other would have to be abandoned.
The minority of the board made a
strong plea in favor of the proposed
naval basin, and discuss at some
length the engineering work which
would be required to carry out the
project.
RELATIONS ARE DISTURBED.
High Explosive Cans Trouble Between th
Army Burea.
-New York, June 10. A apecial
from Wasihngton Bays:
High explosives have disturbed re
lations between the bureau of ord
nance and board of ordnance and
fortifications. A bitter controversy
has been raging between these two
branches of the army for more than
a year and haa been brought to the
attention of Secretary Boot for final
action.
The fortifications law authorizes
the secretary in his discretion to
purchase for flOO.OOO the right to
manufacture thorite, an explosive for
filling shells, and the Isham shell,
a projectile in which the explosive
gelatine can be fired. The board of
ordnance and fortifications,' haa re
commended that the secretary of war
acquire the patents upon the explos
ive shells named.
' The board of which Major Kogera
Birneys is president, has been con
ducting tests at Sandy Hook, These
explosives included thorite, maxim
He, rendrock and others. Its report
has just been received but General
Buffiington declines to make it pub
lic. It is known, however that the)
board reports that "after exhaustive
trials of thorite as a shell filler, in
cluding field, siege and seacoast shell,
it is found that a reasonable degree
of efficiency cannot be obtained, and
the board therefore recommends that
the tests be discontinued."
Maximite seems to have pleased the
board more than thorite. The board,
of ordnance and forticfiations thinks
animus influenced the ordnance)
board in its decision. .
UNDER ARMY. POWER.
Secretary Root tht Real Head of Phillppmt
Government.
Washington, June 8. The new
civil government to be established
in the Philippines is receiving the
consideratou of the president and the
secretary of war. It will differ but
little from what was first outlined,
as there will be a governor for the
archipelago and legislative council
and other officers. This government
will have control of all civil affairs,
but it will be uhder the war power
to the extent of being directed by the
secretary of war. There will be a
nice distinction as to the authortiy of
the general commanding the troops
in the Philippines and the governor
to be appointed under the civil gov
ernment. No official declaration haa
been made as to which will be the
supreme authority, but it is known
that the secretary of war will be su
preme. While it is not the intention
to conduct the government of the
Philippines under the Foraker law,
that law will bo taken aa sanctioning
what is to be dono. The new govern
ment will be fiimilar to that which
existed for a short time in the early
days of New Mexico. There was a
civil governor, appointed by the pres
ident, and a commanding general of
the army. Both had their functions
in preserving the peace and control
ling tho affairs of the territory.
Major Georgt Arthur Dud.
Cleveland, June 8. Major George
Arthur, assistant paymaster of the
United States Army, who recently re
turned from the Philippines, died
suddenly at the Weddell houso, this
city, early yesterday. He was about
43 years of age and unmarried. Major
Arthur arrived at the hotel at a very
early hour, and sat down in a chair in
the lobby. Shortly afterward an at
tache of the hotel found him gasping
for breath and unconscious. He was
removed at once to a room, but soon
expired,
CLEAN-UP IN FULL 8 WING.
Klondike Cold Pouring Into Dawson at th
Rate of, 140,000 Per Day.
Dawson, May 21, via Seattle, June
8. The spring clean up is in full
swing in all parts of the Klondike
camp. Millions of dollars worth of
the precious dust has been washed
from the mountain-like dumps of pay
dirt that were taken out by the army
of toiling miners through the long,
weary winter months. Within a
month $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 more
will have been taken out and the
washing of the winter dumps will be
finished. The spring clean-up of the
camp is estimated at $15,000,000,
and the summer output at $10,000,000.
The dust is coming into Dawson at
the rate of $30,000 to $40,000 a day.
After two or three weeks the roads
will be' drier and it will Mow in at a
heavier rate. The two banks at Daw
son are busier than they have been
for months buying or receiving the
dust for storage. : The big trading
companies are receiving a great deal
of dust in payment for goods advanced
to miners during the winter. The
camp is in a flourishing condition,
and everywhere good feeling prevails.
The first shipments of dust of any
consequence to the outside will per
haps not start for a week or two, or
until the river is at a more steady
stage and the boats run more regu
larly. However, there will be a rush
of people out by the first boats, and
all will carry more or less of the
precious product.
The work of washing up is in pro
gress on all the creeks, and all are
sending in dust. Some of the more
remote creeks are libt sending much
yet, because of the muddy condition
of the roads or trails. Some of the
trails are almost impassable for even
the pack animals. What gold ia
sent from Gold Bun, Hunker, Domin
ion, Sulphur, Eureka, Quartz, Last
Chance, Gold Bottom and others of
the outside creeks comes by horse
back. The stages from Grand Forkt
frequently bring in as much as $20-.
000 at a time, and it is no uncommon
sight to see prosperous mine ' own en
carrrying into banks grips of the yel
low metal that draw them beavilj
earthward. ,
CUBANS MAY pEPENT.
Administration Hopeful That It Will Accept
Amme'ndment. , , .
Washington June'lO. The cabi
net was in session over two hours
today discussing the ' ' Cuban and
Philippine situations A" communi
cation has ' been received from Gover.
nor General Wood in regard to tht
prospect for the unconditional accept
ance of the Piatt amendment,' but itt
contents are not made public. It can
be stated, however, that there is a
hopeful feeling in administrate
circles that after the first sorenest
wears off the convention will see the
wisdom of accepting the terms ol
the amendment. The answer to Gen
eral Wood to be sent and the language
of the communication was under
consideration today. Meanwhile the
status in Cuba is to be maintained.
No action looking to the calling o!
another convention is contemplated
if the present convention should de
cline to accede to our terms.
The program looking to the estab
lishment of civil government in the
Philippines is being formulated in
the shape of an order which is to be
promulgated shortly. It is said that
there is no definite conclusion as to
whether the powers of the civil ad
ministration will be exercised under
the general war powers of the presi
dent or the power vested in him by
the Spooner amendment. That, how
ever, is considered a matter of' detail.
The main point is that the civil ad
mnistration, which will be confined
largely to the municipalities, will be
vested in the head of the Taft com
mission and such other officials aa
may be designated, and that they
will exercise their functions subject
to the direct authority of the secre
tary of war, to whom all reports will
be made. Civil administration un
der military supervision, such as is
contemplated, is said not to be anom
alous, and the civil government in
New Mexico and the Southern states
during the early stages of the recon
struction period are pointed to as be
ing substantially analogus to what is
proposed in the Philippines.
Sentence Commuted.
Denver, June 10. The state board
of pardons, has commuted to 18 yeara
the life sentence of E. O'Kelley, tho
man who killed Bob Ford, the slayer
of Jesse James. The killing occurred
at Crede, Col., July 12, 1892.
Telescope Mirror Broken.
Pitwburg, "June 8. A great 36
inch mirror belonging to a Newtonian
reflecting telescope at Lick observa
tory was shattered into many frag
ments while it was being drilled to
convert it into a cassegrain glass.
As a result it is probable that the
long projected exposition of the Lick
observatory into the southern hemi
sphere will have to bo postponed,
Professor Brashear will make a new
glass for the Lick scientists, but the
glass cannot be obtained in less than
six months. It was valued at $3,000.