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* ' / yj * _ - ? ? _ : ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. s l. m. grist 4 sons, Publishers. } % ^famitg Ueujspjer: ^or promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural and (Jommcr^iat Jntcrcsts of the jsioufh. {^'IxiJECT^THREE cen4N0E' VOLUME 42. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1896. NUMBER 14. BY RODRIGUES Author of "A Conflict of Evld ? opy right, 185J3, by G. P. Putnam's Sons. CHAPTER VII?Continued. Left to himself Mr. Barnes' thoughts 1 took this form: "Wilson is no match for Mr. MitcheL ' That is evident I wonder whether there is any real object in this game of hide 1 and seek, or whether it is simply an in- f timation to me that he cannot be shad- ( owed. If the latter?well, we shall see. Now let me thiuk about those jewels found in New Haven. They tally exactly with the description. Their discovery complicates the case once more. I bad almost concluded that those in the safety vaults were the ones stolen and that as they really belong to Mr. Mitchel, as proved by his receipts, he stole them to win his wager. In this way he ran no ^ risk, since, if the crime were brought home to him, he could not be imprisoned, though he would lose the bet. Now here is another set, evidently the right ones. Mr. Mitchel was plainly surprised at sight of the list which I found. I am sure he did not know of its existence. Therefore he may equally well have known nothing about this duplicate set of jewels. In that case the occurrence of ^ the train robbery on the very night of the wager may be simply a coincidence. He says that the dead woman was a blackmailer and that he gave her the address of bis Paris jeweler. May he not hat 9 bought his set from that very man and may not this woman have stolen the duplicate set recently and brought them .to this country? Plainly the Paris jeweler must be looked up. I have his name, which I copied from the bill of sale. If this line of argument is true, some one has followed this woman from France in order to rob her, after allowing ner to accompnsn me nssy business of smuggling. Is that person our friend Thauret? Along this line of argument we arrive at the conclusion . that Mr. Mitchel has not yet committed his crime. He hinted that I should remember this if I should exculpate him : from those already committed. But do I? Why did he show me that ruby and say that he meant to present it to his sweetheart? Will he give it to her and then rob her of it? If so, will she bo in the plot and make a hue and cry, so 1 hat the papers may make a noise? That was a part of the agreement in making his bet But, after all, what about that button? No explanation explains which does not throw a light upon that." Here Mr. Barnes was interrupted by the announcement that Mr. Randolph wished to speak with him. It must be remembered that Mr. Randolph was not aware of the fact that the conversation in the sleeping car had been overheard. Brought face to face with Mr. Barnes, Via folfr. annfnco/t nnH hocit.ntpfl. V "Mr. Randolph, 1 believe," said the ' ^ detective, glancing at the card which f had been sent in. "Be seated. You have J come to see me about this Mitchel cas??'' The rising inflection with which the last word was spoken seemed almost unnecessary to Mr. Randolph. For if ' the man could ask such a question he might as well have made it a positive 1 statement This assumption of knowl- ' edge made him more than overconfident 1 of the skill of detectives, and especially 1 of the one before him. "You know that?" said he. "Would 1 yon mind telling me how:" 1 "We detectives are supposed to know p everything, are we not:" This was said with an affable smile, but the answer ' plainly indicated that Mr. Barnes preferred not to be interrogated. Mr. Ran- ' dolph therefore concluded to hurry ' through with his unpleasant business. j "Mr. Barnes, I have a confession to . make, and"? J "I must interrupt you, to remind you that whatever you say is unsolicited, 1 * and that if you incriminate yourself the 1 evidence will be used against you." "Thank you for your warning, but I ( have come here that I may not be in- ' criminated. The facts, in brief, aresim- 1 ply these." Then he narrated as accurately as he could recall them all the circumstances in connection with the . wager. Mr. Barnes listened as though ; it was all a new story to him. ^Ie even ; jotted down a few notes on a bit of pa' per as though for reference. At the con- 1 elusion he said: "This is a most astounding tale, Mr. \ Randolph. It is very difficult to believe that a man like Mr. Mitchel, who certainly seems to be a gentleman, would undertake to become a criminal simply l to win a sum of money. Now you must ^ have been thinking this over, and, if H so, you have some explanation to offer. W Would you mind telling it to me?" f " I should be glad to do so. " Mr. Ran- 1 I dolph spoke eagerly, m his heart he was fond of his friend, arid therefore his theory was one which in a measure 1 would excuse him. He was delighted to 1 y have the chance oi confiding his views : to the detective. " fou see," he continued, "it is one of the most difficult ] things in the world to say who is and who is not perfectly sane. Some experts contend that nine-tenths of the people in the world are affected by mania in 1 some form or other. I hold that any man who makes a collection of any kind of things, using them for other 1 than their legitimate uses, is in a measure insane." "Do you mean legally insane? That ^ is to say, irresponsible:" "As to responsibility, I cannot say. But I think such a mania might tempt a man to fin illegal act I must explain ' OTTOLENGUI. cnce," "A Modern "Wizard." uy idea further. Postage stamps unioubtedly have a very important value. 3ne who collects them after they have Deen canceled, paying many times their :ace value for them, is in my opinion omewhat crazy, since he pays a ficticious price for what haB no intrinsic ralue." "You might say the same thing of < paintings. The intrinsic value represented in canvas and oil is little, yet :housands of dollars are paid for piesures." "That, too, is an insanity, one, of :ourse, which cannot be indulged in by any save the rich. But it is not the same as with the old stamp craze. Pictures remind us of nature and appeal to the senses of all mankind by recalling recollections brought into being by the scene presented. There is therefore a legitimate use for paintings, and a reasonable price as compensation for the work and genius of the artist is perhaps permissible. But should a man pay a fortune for a single canvas and then iang it in a room in bis own house where it will be S6en by few save himself, that man I should consider demented. So with jewels"? "Ah! What of them?" "Jewels have a market value, and a place in the world. Lut when a man joes about buying up every magnificent specimen that can be found, and then locks hie treasures up in a safe, he is simply a crazy man pure and simple." "What has all this to do with the :ase in hand?" "Everything. My friend is a crank on :he subject of jewels. Sensible and en:ertaining on any other topic, if you mention the name of any kind of jewel ae is on ill a mmuie, giving a mug uia;ory of this or that celebrated stone. < 3is especial craze in this connection is j ;o relate the crimes that have surrounded every stone of any great price. He 3as made my blood curdle at his ghastly tales of cruel murder, committed to jain possession of diamonds and rubies." "Then your conclusion is that by filing bis mind with such thoughts he nay have accustomed himself to the dea of crime in connection with jewils?" "Exactly. The worst of it is that we nay become baUtuated to anything. For instance, all ordinary men are ibashed in the presence of the dead. No natter how strong minded a man may oe or how much he may scoff at the idea of ghosts and the like, he will pre ier company if he must sit up with a :orpse. More than that, the slightest sound in the room, as the moving of the ice in the icebox, will cause a shiver to pass through him. Yet physicians who study frequently in the dissecting room :ome to have that contempt of a dead body that a butcher has for the meat which be sells." "Your argument is not bad, Mr. Ran- . iolpli. It is not impossible that your friend might be generous and gentle . ind yet with a mania for the possession Df jewels, and with the knowledge of ill the crimes that have been committed to gain them, the temptation to kill or steal would perhaps become overpower- , ing, wuere nis passion sees an oppunu- ( aity to be satisfied. It is an odd world." "Do you think that in a case of that kind the man would be excusable on the plea of mania? Legally, I mean?" "Well, no, I do not! Psychologically, [ admit that you may be correct, and I ;an sympathize with a man who became , i criminal in such a way. But legally ' be would be culpable. At least I think so. The question to be answered is, Did ' vour friend steal those jewels? You slept with him that night. What do you think?" 1 "I don't know what to think. He . :ould not have left the berth without . climbing over mo, and, though I sleep soundly, that ought to have awakened me. Then besides, if he did get out and take the things, where could he have ! bidden them, and how did they get to New Haven? By the way, I suppose j-ou have the description of the man ( who left the satchel at the hotel? Does it tally with that of my friend?" "I can't say. It is rather vague. The , 3lerk says the man was of medium size, with red hair and beard, while the porter who saw him also is equally positive that he had black hair and no beard. The last fits Mr. Mitchel better [.nan tne nrsr, oui n its u uwcrnjuuu ( which would do as well for 1,000 meu found iu a walk along Broadway." "I almost thiuk that after all the , thief is some ouo else. " "Let us hope so, Mr. Randolph. I will say this much, if there is any comfort in it for you. At present there is , not enough evidence against him to warrant his arrest." The detective said this with a purpose. By relieving this man's mind he hoped to make him more communicative. After a pause he asked: "You have known Mr. Mitchel for a number of years, I believe:" "No, not more than a year and a half. He has not been in New York two years.'' "Oh! I see. A Boston man?" "No, I think he came from New Orleans." A curious sensation passed over Mr. Barnes. There is a superstitious belief, much esteemed by many, that a shudder or chill of this character means that some one is waflnng over the spot where she person affected is to be buried. % rherefore an uncanny thought accom- a panies it With Mr. Barnes it is differ- n jnt. He is free from all such notions, f( pet insensibly he is moved when this y >ccurs to him, becnnse it has so often ? lappened that at the time he just hit t( ipon a clew. Therefore he stopped to ^ consider. All that Mr. Randolph bad said was that Mr. Mitchel, he thought, ^ aad come from New Orleans. In a moment it flashed across Mr. Barnes' mind -j .hat the dead woman had told him that she had lived in New Orleans. Was ;bere any significance in this fact? Did f( :he ruan and the woman know each oth- n 3r in the southern city? y, "How do you know that he is a south- y einerr" asked Mr. Barnes. k "Oh, that was easily discovered by ^ his accent," replied Mr. Randolph. a "Besides, he claims to be from the j. south, though I think he is rather in- ^ ;lined not to speak of his home. I have ? in indistinct recollection of his telling me once that be was born in New Or- n leans and that he had some painful rec- tj allections of the place. That iB the only ^ time that he ever alluded to it, how- v aver." tj "I would like to ask you a question n ibout another man, Mr. Randolph. I 0 wonder whether you have met him. His c aame is Thauret." "Alphonse Thauret? Yes, I know j bim, and I do not like him." "Why not?" "I don't exactly know. Perhaps it is ^ Dnly a prejudice. Still we are apt to ^ form quick estimates of men, and I have ^ distrusted this man from the first instant that 1 met him." e "Distrusted him?" 0 "Yea I may be entirely wrong, and perhaps I should not tell you the story, but I will do so. It was at one of my e clubs about two weeks ago. Some gen- 8( tlemen were playing whist, and this t Thauret was of the number. Others g1 were looking on. The stakes were small; Bl still there was money up. Thauret and ~ bis partner seemed to have a great deal <j Df luck. Ordinarily, of course, two packs are used, but for some reason fi there was but one that night, 'SO that j the bottom card would be the trump. p Now it is pretty well known that as the e jards run in whist, each trick containing four of a-Buit mainly, it is a mathe- ^ ?y-?r t< M , 'IT I ! ? I : c ?j|== L-L jjsj.?i? JL J 1 ! a=i Mtlf m\Sl I IJi, v if i "h " M lk_ I ? ? g s- I "This time he was alone." _ matical certainty that if the pack is shuffled twice only, and the dealer if y skillful euough to handle the pack so \ that the two halves split each other exactly both times, the result will be that % the majority of trumps will go to him- v self and partner. Cutting does not alter c this fact at all. Now what I observed g was that Thauret dealt in that way ev- f( sry time. He and his partner won about 0 $200 during the evening. I think he a cheated" V "Who was his partner?" n "I do not know." "Was Mr. Mitchel nresent that night?" w "Yes, aud agreed with me that the C( man is a card sharp. Yet of course we p may be doing him an injustice. After p all we only know that he shuffled his cards twice, and played in good luck. I v have sinco seen him lose at the same a [?ame.'' ? "Well, I am much indebted to you, p Mr. Randolph, for the information which you have given me. I will say that if I can prove that your friend had no hand in this affair I shall be most happy." ,j The detective arose and Mr. Randolph accepted the action as a hint that he was dismissed. After his departure Mr. ic Barnes sat down again. In his mind he w wondered whether this partner in the p, card game might have been the accomplice of Thauret in the jewel robbery, ?, and whether he was tho man who left a( the jewels in the hotel at New Haven. ft Why he should have done so, however, was a mystery. A few minutes later Mr. Barnes left ai the building and walked rapidly toward Third avenue, where he took the elevated road, getting out at Seventysixth street. Going eastward a few ? houses, ho rang tho hell of one, and was p shown into a modestly furnished parlor. jv A few minutes later a comely young woman of about 24 or 25 entered. The a| two talked together in low tones for sj some time, and then the girl left the jr room, returning in street attire. To- G] gether they left tho house. Four days later Mr. Barnes received a note which simply said, "Come up." tf He seemed to understand it, however, ^ and was quickly on his way to the houso on Seventy-sixth street. Once more the ^ rvivl Viino/1 Kim ivi tlva -nnrlnr jvi.^ivu ****** *** w*~ . "Well," said Mr. Barnes, "have you succeeded?" "Why, of course," replied the girL j. "You never knew me to make a failure, j did you? You don't class ine with Wilson, I hope?" . "Never mind about Wilson; tell me 1 your story." "Very good. Don't be impatient. e You know' me. I take my own way of u oing things. Well, yon left me in ladison Square park. I eat on a bench nd watched Wilson. Two hours later a ian came out of the hotel and Wilson flowed him. It made me laugh to see tie gawk skulking along in the rear, [e's no artist. Why, any booby could ill in a minnffl t.hflt he 'WflS tin the ail. '"' " "I told you to omit remarks about Wilson." "I know, but I choose to tell you bout Irm, becaurw 1 make you appreiate me more. So there he was chasing fter yoor man MitcheL You see I have rand out his name. You didn't tell te, but that could not trouble me long, ou know. It was real fun. One minute 7ilson would be actually running to eep up, and all of a sudden Mitchel wild stop so short that Wilson would lmost bump into him. Of course he nows Wilson by this time, and just as fun with him. I wanted to get one ood square look at him myself. I [imped on a car and reached Third aveue ahead of them. I ran up stairs to ae platform of the elevated station and id in the waiting room. Soon up came litchel, and away be goes to the end of ae platform. Wilson stopped in the aiddleand tried to look natural, which, f course, he didn't. When the train ame along, I got aboard and walked trough till I found my man, and down sat right opposite to him. I just stud3d his face, you bet" "Yes, miss, and he studied youra rou are a goose, and you disobeyed orers. I told you not to let that keen evil see you at alL " "That's all right It came out straight Dough. At Forty-second street he got ut, and so did Wilson, and so didn't L" "Why not?" "Because then he might have suspectd me. No, sir; I rode on up to Fortyeventh street, crossed over, took a rain down, and was waiting in the tation when Mitchel came along the scond time This time be was alone, vidently having eluded Wilson at .Thirty-fourth street He took the down rain. So did I, this time keeping out of ight He went straight to his lay, and after him. It is a bouse in Irving lace. Here is the number. " She handd a card to Mr. Barnes. "You have done well," said he, takag it "But why did you not report to ie at once?" "I am not through yet When I take p a case, I go to the end of it Do you appose I would track that man and hen let you turn Wilson on him again? lot much. Next day I called at the ouse and rang the bell. A servant girl peneci tne aoor. xasKea to eee me mis* ress. She asked what I wanted, and I old her that I had been sent for to take situation. She looked surprised, beause, of course, she had not been notied that she was to be discharged. I uickly went on to say that I would not ike to make her lose her place, and sked what sort of people they were irho lived in the house. I got her talkug and soon found out that it is a kind f private boarding school, and that here is a child there, a girl of 14, amed Rose Mitchel, and that your man 3 her father. How does that strike ou?" "My girl, you are a genius. But still ou knew this the day before yesterday. Phy did you not report?" "I went down again yesterday to try a learn more. I sat out in the park and matched the young girls when they ame out for an airing. I could not nd a chance to speak to the girl, but 1 Dund out which is she by hearing the thers call her name. I had my camera long, and I took her portrait for you. Phat do you say now? Have I wasted ay time?" "Hot at ail. you are ciever, duc yon rill never be great, because you are too onceited. However, I have uothiug but raise for you this time. Get me the icture." The girl went up stairs and returned rith a small, rather dim photograph of young, pretty girl, and gave it to Mr. tarnes. About half an hour later he jft the house. to be continued. A Hero In Knickerbockers.?A ttle boy's heroism was tested not long ?o through a mistake. A gentleman i a country town proposed to drive ith his wife to the beautiful cemetery eside the river beyond the town. Calliug his son, a bright boy some 4 ears old, he told him to get ready to ^company them. The child's face ill, and the father said : "Don't you want to go, Willie?" The little lip quivered ; but the child nswered : "Yes, papa, if you wish." The child was strangely silent during le drive, and when tbe carriage drove nder the wide archway, he clung to is mother's side, and looked up into er face with pathetic wistfulness. The party alighted, and walked mong the graves and along the treeladowed avenues, looking at the iscriptions 011 the last resting places F the dwellers in tbe beautiful city of le dead. After an hour so spent they returned > the carriage, and the father lifted in is little son. The child looked surprised, drew a reath of relief, and asked : "Why, am I going back with you?" "Of course you are. Why not ?" "I thought that when they took ttle boys to the cemetery they left lem there," said the child. Man)7 a man aoes noi snow me eroism in the face of death that the tiild evinced in what to him had vidently been a summons to leave the orld. |WiscfUnncou5 Reading. |f IB SCORED BY McLAURiN. I' d: Hot Shot For Pennon?Defense of South Carolina and of TiUuian. The heated controversy that occur- tc red between Colonel Talbert, of South is Carolina, and Mr. Pearson, of North hi Carolina, was published last Friday. It seems that during his speech, Pearson referred to Tillman as an anarch- e( ist, and made some slighting remarks about South Carolina. Next T day Mr. McLsurin took the matter up 1 and in a five minutes' 6peecb, scored Representative Pearson unmercifully. w The following is excerpted from The Congressional Record : The gentleman from North Carolina " [Mr. Pearson] refers in bitter terms to , a speech made by Senator Tillman in the senate as "hoisting the red flag of 88 anarchy or the black flag of dynamiters in this country," and as trying "to 8 carry us over into a new secession P' movement." I am not here to an- w swer for Senator Tillman ; he is fully capable of taking care of himself; but, sir, it would have been better had some senator possessed the nerve and courage to reply in an arena where he a could be fitly answered, not behind ? these walls and through the eloquent 1 mouth of the gentleman from North 81 Carolina. In my State, when I thought t Senator Tillman wrong I have said so, . and opposed him; when I thought 8 him right, I defended him. Let me tell the gentleman from North Carolina D, that the manner in which this speech P is received is an omen of trouble. P' Those awful words were but the echo of unexpressed thought in the bosoms of millions of American citizens. In- ! stead of referring to Senator Tillman 1 as an anarchist, let my friend turn his abuse upon those who render it possible for such utterances, to go unchallenged L in the United States senate. I was fo present, sir, and witnessed the shock to "senatorial dignity," and when all jt eyes turned toward the "David" from ui New York he failed to produce his p] J'sling" and smooth rocks which have It slayed so many Goliatbs. There are is all sorts of anarchists in this country; tc the poor devil shivering with cold at C1 a switch crossing, the maniac in the tv legislative gallery, and the fat, round, anarchists, robed in power, who, by y, changing the unit of value, has robbed ui the toiler of his just reward, and the tc producer .of the fruits of his labor. k< Oppression and extortion in high d< places breed the most disastrous forms c? of anarchism. Rid us of this class and 0i the former will disappear and the up- oi per house recover its normal "senato- hi rial dignity," which of late has been so a rudely disturbed. [Laughter and ap- tl plause.] n< ? a TILLMAN AND COXEY. T fe Thev Meet In Washington and Swap Ex periences. p( Washington Post, Saturday. Senator B. R. Tillman and General st Jacob S. Coxey were introduced to u] each other in the lobby of the senate st yesterday afternoon. For the next 10 ai minutes one couldn't hear anything but the sound of the machinery. At the expiration of that time the entente ^ cordiale had been spilled all over the b< floor and the statesmen were saying U politely sarcastic things to one another, ol It all started out with Tillman's Y! recentspeech. The senator is proud of in that speech, and proposes to have about h; 2,000,000 copies of it printed. If the p< postoffice authorities do not prohibit its tl passage through the mails for statutory w reasons. Uncle Sam will have to carry m it free under the Tillman frank. fc The senator told all of this to the Y learder of the commonweal army, and n< was predicting several surprising things o! which would result from the farmer's A perusal of The Speech. tl "I don't know," said Coxey, with a m faraway look in his eyes. "After I spoke before the finance committee I 01 printed and circulated over half a ei million copies of my speech, 'Cause and c* Cure.' It cost me an awful lot of e^ money." iu "The people are going to buy MY 01 speech," responded Mr. Tillman. pi "Are they?" inquired Mr. Coxey. n< "If you h'ad tried to sell things around this country half as hard as I have, you'd change your mind about that." "No, I wouldn't," answered Mr. m Tillman, stoutly, as he nudged the ai door of the chamber open with bis foot. ta "Do you see that desk in there? See P? that pile of letters? Well, that's from P' people who commend my speech. v< That's just one mail." c* "Yes, I know," replied the unira- P1 pressed general. "That's just the sort ai of mail I used to get when I was in jail. ?c The chief thing I noticed about it was Je. that it didn't get me out. I got some thousands of letters, but there are 70,000,000 people in this land." 'u "Every one of whom read my speech," inserted Mr. Tillman. "Here's a good specimen of their comment." Mr. Tillman fished out a letter and P? handed it to Mr. C'oxey. "That is from Indianapolis. Read it," he said. "Well, this seems to be about the ai hottest roast I ever read," commented aI Coxey after reading a few lines, "and ^ it's from Philadelphia." tr Mr. Tillmau looked grieved. "I P1 guess I guve you the wrong letter," he w said. I get a few of those, but they w don't hurt me." "Well, they hurt me a whole lot," l said Mr. Coxey, ruefully, "and I'm ci only just getting over it. Now you is take that editorial. What sort of an re i AI j ftu.i a. I idea are me reuueia ui tuai papci guiug i ui ) get of you ? They are going to get le same idea of you that they had of ie, and you cau't get away from it. , seems to me your speech is going to rive away the very people we want ? attract." Apparently the "we" hurt the sena>r, for he stiffened perceptibly. "There very little unfavorable comment," e suggested. "You didn't see the Pittsburg and hiladelphia papers I guess," suggest1 Mr. Coxey. "You can't trust newspapers," anvered the senator. "Look how they id the people scared about you and - ? ? \T/vV>/\/l?? o/tawa^ n nan f. JU1 UJ LU v. 11UUUUJ ovaicu ( WUV hen they saw you." Coxey rallied gamely and deftly luntered with his celebratee non-insrest bond plan. "The trouble about your speech ia jat it doesn't suggest any remedy," lid Mr. Coxey. "Now I have a smedy that will wipe out this evil you ilk about,and bring wealth,peace, and < rosperity to the nation. I would ipe out all interest?" "You can't abolish interest," said [r. Tillman, positively. "And you can't pass the silver bill," storted Mr. Coxey. "It requires the .w in both cases. Why, the governent has abolished interest as far as irnisbing money to the national bank* is concerned. All the money the naonal banks get from the government ley get without interest. Now, why lould not the government furnish oney direct to all the people without terest by setting the idle and unem> loyed people to work on public imrovements ?" This shot was fired at a muzzle ' eno noo cm SlOClby OI V0|/U0,crt9 1CCI a OCWUU, auu carried the South Carolina senotor ick into the chamber. Three Good Business Hints.? loyd's Commercial Guide gives the Mowing advice to its readers: Never sign a paper without reading ; and if, after reading, you do not nderstand it, have it thoroughly exlained before you put a signature to it. is best to get some third person who not interested in the matter at all, > explain the meaning of what is not ear, or point out words that may have vo meanings in the* document. Always make a memorandum in }ur little book of any contract you J - . r UUertUKe lUI UIUUCJ w auj ogi vvluuuu ? work. It saves much trouble to eep a memorandum book and put own the dates you either pay or re;ive money. Whenever money passes 3 accouut, set it down. If any money : thing of value passes through your ands, give a receipt for it, and make memorandum. Your receipt settles le amount that passes, and that canot be disputed. When you pass it to third party, get a receipt and keep it. his form is as important in the transr of income, trust money or valuables nong your own family as with other arsons. Never allow a third person to do any srvice for you without first agreeing , pon the cost to you. This rule, rictly adhered to, will save you many anoyances. Anecdote of Lincoln.?John fanamaker, at a dinner party given y the Philadelphia Association of nderwriters, told the following story f Abraham Lincoln: "While at Washington it came under my notice i the postoffice department that Abraam Lincoln in his early life bad been Qstmasler at a small Ohio town. In ie changes that took place the office as consolidated with. Salem, and the ian twice wanted for president was ir once not wanted for postmaster, ears afterward it was discovered that 3 settlement had reached Washington f the affairs of that little postoffice. . visit was made to Mr. Lincoln and ie case stated, when the always great ian rose from bis desk, and walked yer to a chest of drawers and took it a bundle of papers, among them an tvelope containing $17 and some mts, the exact sum in identical mon,* of the government safely in keepg until called for. As he handed it /er to the agent of the postoffice deirtment, he said: 'There it is. I ?ver use anv other man's money.'" Don't Use Big Words.?In proulgatingyour escoterie cognitions, or ticulating your superficial sentimenlities and amicable, philosophical or sychological observations, beware of atitudinous ponderosity. Let all con:rsatioual communications possess a arified conciseness, a compacted com ehensibleness, coalesceut consistency id a concatenated cogency. Eschew mglomerations of flatulent garrulity, juue bablement and asinine afl'ectious. pf. vnnr p*temnoraneous descantings id unpremeditated expatiatious have telligibility and veracious vivacity, ithout rhodomontade or thrasonical mibast. Sedulously avoid all polyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, .ittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verisity and vaniloquent vapidity. Shun juble entendres, prurient jocosity, id pestiferous profanity, obscurant or ipareut. In other words, talk plain, briefly, naturally, sensibly, purely, uthfully. Keep from "slang;" don't it on airs ; say what you mean ; mean hat you say. And do not use big ords !?Journal of Education. {6?* Asbestos towels are among the iriosities of the day. When dirty it only necessary to throw them into a idhot fire, and after a few minutes raw them out fresh and clean.