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LOLA PULASKI; I
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* The Victim of Circumstan T
tial Evidence.
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V A Story of Nihilistic Plottings and Crimes.
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| BY LEON EDWARDS.
| CHAPTER V.
I TREACHEROUS CONSPIRATORS.
| The secret polioe of Russia ramify
a 4he empire, but as they never appear i
' jrn uniform, there is nothing in their
appearance by which friend or foe can
jtell them from the ordinary people.
These secret police have often suc(Beeded
in joining the Nihilists and in
this way have acquainted the authorises
with their plots, but such traitors
to the conspirators never escape detection,
and their fate is invariably the
tullet or the dagger, unless, indeed,
they accept a bribe and fly the country,
but even then they are nearly certain
to bo overtaken, for under different
.names the Nihilists are to be found in
every civilized land.
It may be said also as an offset to
/this, that many of the Nihilists with
the consent of their comrades become
| jpies in the service of the Czar, the
jbetter to carry out their own schemes,
r 1 Indeed, there is no knowing where
these secret plotters against tvranny
not, nor does the gloomy Autocrat
of All the Russias, with all his power
,, ft?ver the life of his subjects, know what
/moment his most trusted servants will
J rise against him.
f Dr. Mulek was a Pole, and was one
the surgeons in the great military
Hf hospital situated on "The Grand
Canal," as the principal outlet of the
Neva is called.
' ^ Peter the student had been studying
medicine for six years.
Tn America hfi would have been a
doctor four years before this, but here
I 'he had yet a year to serve before the
''student" could be taken fom his name
I and the "doctor" placed before it.
| He was thought to be poor and he
supported himself by assisting Dr.
Mulek and the other physicians of the
military hospital in caring for the sick
and instructing other students,
i Dr. Mulek lived in the hospital,
and Peter had rooms no one knew
iwhere, perhaps because no one cared to
Inquire.
The night following the council, the
doctor and Peter met in one of those
queer, vault-like places that answer
jxor wine cellars in the great metropolis.
: "And so you saw Lola this evening,"
?aid Dr. Mulek, As he set his glass on
the sloppy little table between him and
his companien, wiped his long beard on
jhia sleeve, and adjusted his spectacles
that he might see as well as hear, for
the light in the vault was dim.
"I paw her; walked home with her," !
chuckled Peter the student.
"Quite an honor to escort the queen." j
"It will be more of an honor to own !
ter."
"I fear that will never be," said the
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i^ocior, SilUiULlg 1113 L'usuy uoau aii?A
adding, with a sigh: "Ah, love is
stronger than patriotism, else why
flhould I, an old fool of forty-sis, think
i only of Elizabeth Berger when I go to
pee Ivan."
IW "Ivan stands in your way and mine,"
5 said Peter, first looking round him,
r then speaking in a theatrical whisper.
"He does not like us."
"Ha! he'd like us less if he knew us
better. But I say, Doctor, we can make
him serve our ends and get him out of
the May."
"I am not a bad hand at a scheme,
, Peter," said the Doctor, closing one
eye and keeping it closed till he had
finished his sentence, "but I must confess
I cannot see how this thing is to
fce done."
"Then I'll explain."
"Do so."
"Ivan loves Lola Pulaski?"
tic1 - -T _ -AT ?
ou uu uineia.
"He hates me and he hates you."
, "That's his bad taate," growled the
?octor.
"Lola loves General Pa?L"
"More fool she."
"Yet she "will strike the blow."
"I suppose so."
"But she must not be permitted."
"Who is to stop her, Peter?"
"I will."
"You?"
"Yes. Doctor, I will have the blow
Struck before she can deal it."
"What! Do you mean that like a
fool you will strike it yourself?"
"No. but I will madden Ivan Berger
into doinc it"
"Madden him?"
"Yes, Doctor; I am to meet him here
fco-nisrht. and I will show him that if
Lola does this it means her death,
.whether she fail or succeed: then I
a \- will propose that lie ana l a raw lots so
""-I as to save her. He will scorn my
offer "
"Of course he will, Peter. But
surely you do not mean to have our
friend, the gallant General, put out of
the way. Curse them all! yet he has
been our friend," said the Doctor, with
a show of feeling.
'? "Friend or no friend, I do not care a
snap. working for Peter the
student, ^ut I propose to warn the
General. The plan will be to let Ivan
make the attempt, then the rope or
Siberia for life.".
"And this wili give you Lola and
give me the fair Elizabeth."
"Wait and see. If we work into favor
with the powers that be, then we
can have Madam Berger paid her fortune
and the Pulaski estates returned.
Oh, 1 see if all through to the end, but
we must be careful. Now, hide in the
next recess, for it is time for Ivan to
be here, and he is ever as prompt as a
soldier."
As Peter the student ceased speaking
a quick step was heard on the stone
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t into another recess and let fall a curL
tain, and the next instant Ivan Berger
" appeared.
Peter pretended to be very glad to
, see him, but the young noble, for such
1 Ivan was by birth, met him with a
haughty civility, and said, as he sat
* down:
"Let us at once proceed to business.
"
"Will you not first have a glass of
vine?" asked Peter, making as if he
I would tap a dirty little bell on the
a 'table.
"Thanks; I never drink," said Ivan.
I i "Ah, I forgot that. Drinking is a
habit which all doctors preach against
jand most doctors practice. But let us
' ito business, as you say."
Peter laid his hands on the table
jand bent over, so as to bripg his face
icloser to Ivan's, and then he began to
I unfold his plans.
He managed tha matter with wonderful
adroitness.
From the very outset he made hia
companion believe that he, Peter, was
most anxious to take Lola's place.
"With the skill of a surgeon handling |
a scalpel, he traced out all the young i
man's sore nerves, and played upon hia j
feelings, until at length Ivan struck
the table with his clenched fist and
hissed out, while his white teeth
gleamed between his thin lips, like the
dash of a dagger blade:
"This, sir, is my work!"
"No. I'll draw lots with you for it. ;
I know that I am only one of the common
people, yet I have dared to wor- !
?Vit> "
'"I will hear no more!" said Ivan, ;
rising. _ J
"Patience, patience, kind friend! If
you insist, I will yie'd inv place, but it
is on one condition."
"You have no rlace to yield. Yet to
ahow vcu that I am not insensible to
the sacrifice you would make," said
Ivan, softened, "I will hear your con
| dition."
"It is that the work be done before
forty-eight hours," said Peter, reaching
out his hand,
"It will be done by that time, if
General Paul appears on the streets of
: St. Petersburg."
Ivan shook the fellow's hand, and
buttoning up his coat?it was none
of the newest, ho left the wine cellar.
"You should be called Peter the
devil," was Dr. Mulek's salutation j
when he appeared, after Ivan had gone j
out of hearing.
wl'ou would hardly expect me to be
St. Peter, and keep such company,"
| laughed the student, aa he tapped the
I bell for more wine.
The men drank their wine, and soon
! after went out.
Although it had been dark for some
hours it was still early in the night,
j for the midwinter days are very short j
i in the regions of north latitude sixty I
! degrees.
I The street3 wore ablaze with light, |
! and the crisp air thrilled to the music !
j of bells and the laughter of merry
i sleighing parties.
' Mounted guards rode hither and
i thither, and Ihere were evidences on
eveiy hand that the ordinary life voca|
tiona in a great city -were going on,
A mutlled figuro followed Dr. Mulek
i and Peter from the wine vault, keep- >
' iu?? in tho shadows till the two men \
| parted, when it. kept on after the stu- I
I dent.
Peter did not walk like a conspirator
who is afraid of being followed, but '
with a long, sturdy stride he kept j
straight on, whistling the while as if '
he were the happiest man in the world. !
He went straight to the "Winter Pal- j
ace, where the chief of the secret ser- i
vice had his official quarters, so as to j
ba '"near the sacred person of the Czar."
He was halted by a guard to whom
he showed a written pass, and he entered
the palace without further molestation.
In the Hall of Knights, as it is called
from the scores of life-size figures that
line its marble walls, an official halted
Peter, and demanded his object.
"I come to see his Excellency Prince
Paul." was the rer>lv.
"Who are you?"
For answer Peter showed his pass
j and whispered something into the
man's ear.
j The pass and the word had a magio
j effect, for he was conducted up a grand
flight of stairs and into another hall,
! in whose blue vaulted roof blazed lights
j that looked brilliant and far off as the
i stars in an arctic light.
Other guards were met and other ;
I challenges given, and at length Peter j
! the student, bare-headed and some- j
! what awed, stood in the presence of
: General Paul.
"What brings you here, sir?" dej
manded the handsome soldier, with
j something like contempt in his manner.
"Danger to your Excellency," was
the reply, accompanied by an abject
i bow.
"That is not news," said the General,
j turning with a smile to a number of
| his staff who was standing near.
-.Excellency.-' stammered Peter, "x
I can only talk to you alone."
"So let it be; come witn me.-The
General spoke something to
one of his officers, then led Peter into'
; another room and closed the door;
! then throwing himself into a chair he
! said:
"If vou are ready to speak, I am preI
pared to listen." |
Peter coughed; the pictures all
I around seemed to have living eyes, and .
| they had, for a dozen armed soldiers
looked down from the lofty walls.
CHAPTER VI.
THE CZAE.
Peter the student delivered his mes- !
j sage, or warning, the details of which :
j we shall pass over for the present, and
General Paul dismissed him.
If the story of impending danger
' made any impression on tho gallant5
j young soldier it was not visible in his!
face.
He attended to some official duties,
| and was about to leave his office, when
I a messenger, dressed as a courier of
I n - /-i ?j. A V?v, a
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note.
"From the Emperor!" exclaimed
General Paul. Then in hia ordinary
tones he added: "Announce that I
shall seek hia Majesty's presence at
once."
With soldierly promptness the General
went to the royal apartments, and
on entering the ante-room gave his
his card to the gentleman in waiting.
The gentleman returned in a few seconds
to say that his Majesty desired
Prince Paul to remain.
The Prince, or rather General Paul,
to give hira the name in which he most
delighted, was about to sit down on
; one of the many luxurious chairs that 1
I lined the ante-room wall, when Prince '
i Alexis, son of the Emperor, entered
and saluted him.
! They had been schoolmates, so they '
| met with the familiarity of friends ana j
equals.
"I am glad to meet you, General," ;
| said Prince Alexis, "for I wanted to
congratulate you."
I "I am always glad to meet your j
j highness," replied the General, "but 1 j
| am not aware of any special reason for |
' congratulations."
"Whet? a man's engaged to be married,"
laughed the Prince, "he is usually
glad to have the happy event
known."
"Pardon me, but my engagement to ;
the Countess Linwold "
"One of my fairest cousins, bv the
mass," said the Grand Duke, witn another
laugh.
"I was going to say -we were engaged
by my uncle and the father of the
Countess when we were little children,
go that the story's told."
"Aye, but Count Linwold and my
father have to-day derided that official
publicity shall be given to the matter.
Ah, me I child-love is very nice, but. it
never fits the man. However, it is *he
' ::';r
privilege of rank to marry one and
mate with another," said the Grand
Duke, lightly.
"Privilege or not," said the General,
"rank has made it a custom, and?it is
one I do not like."
"Well, well, let that pass. Have von
seen the beautiful Lola of late? By
the way, Paul, I feared you and I
might have had trouble about her, but
as you are about to wed, 0/ course you
will give up flirting, at least for a
time "
At that instant the gentleman in
waiting called to the General that his
Majesty was ready to see him, and so
he could only bow to the Grand Duke
Alexis, whose light words had maddened
him and brought a stinging
though an unuttered retort to his Hps.
Surrounded by a number of glittering
pages, and with a tall old man,
Count Liuwold standincr near bv in the
unirorm or a General, the Emperor sat
at one end of the stately apartment,
with a light writing stand at his right
hand.
Though seated, it could be seen
that he was a tall, handsome man,
urit.Vi fVia liiorli narrnw hftftfl fhafc rlia.
tinguished the royal house of Romanoff.
He was simply dressed in evening
costume, a blue ribbon over his right
snouider ana a guttering star on ms
left breast alone indicating his high
rank.
The gentleman in waiting preceded
the General, and both advancing midway
of the royal chamber, the former
knelt on one knee, and said:
"Your Majesty, General Paul, Princa
of Moskeva, awaits your royal pleas*
ure."
"Leave us, and let the General advance,"
said the Czar, in a low and not
unmusical voice, and with a slight inclination
of the head.
The gentleman in waiting withdrew,
walking backward to the curtains that
hung before the anteroom.
The General advanced with a soldierlv
step, and again kneeling before
the Czar, he took the proffered hand
and pressed it to his bearded lips.
"Rise, my General, and hear why we
have sent for you."
The General obeyed the sovereign's
order, and turning to Count Linwold,
he stood in a respectful yet manly attitude.
"The men who forget Yenus in the
service of Mars," began the Czar, with
a cold smile, "as you have done, my
General, are to be pardoned. But now
that war has smoothed her ruffled front,
and there is peace throughout our em?irlh
it ia nnr Tfwn.1 winli t.Tifl
trusted officers, -whose duties keep them
near our person, should be married."
The Czar hesitated, but seeing that
General Paul -was not inclined to make
a comment, only acknowledging the
royal -words by a bow, he continued:
"We have talked with our cousin,
Count Linwold, about this, and he.
showing us the agreement made with
your guardian and uncle, the late
Prince of Moskeva, we have caused
your engagement to the Countess to
be announced in fill the official journals
of the empire. You will read of it on
the morrow."
"A Prince of Moskeva never broke
his word," replied the General, proudly,
"but had I heard of my proposed
execution?and this I eay in ail respect
to the noble lady with -whom it has
pleased your majesty to connect my
name?I could not be more surprised."
Count Linwold bowed, and taking a
step forward, said: 1
"Surely, General Paul cannot forget
?for it is recently he came into the
estates?that one of the conditions of
nnn<vntnTif>A was that he wed mv
daughter."
"This I do not doubt "
"But surely, General, you read the
conditions of your uncle's will," said
the Ozar.
"Your Majesty, I must confess I did
not. When my uncle died I was battling
with the Turks along the Danube,
and since my return the service
demanded by your Majesty has barred
me from even visiting my homethough
the true soldier, as 1 claim to
be, is ever at home uj;on his master's
business."
"But you have heard the conditions,
md. having accepted the estate, you
will abide by all the requirements."
"Your Majesty, I have not seen the
Countess Elvira for many years "
"I'll pledge you my word she's beautiful,"
said the Czar.
"And slie loves the General for his
jjallant deeds," added Count Linwold,
as he rubbed his white hands and
bowed.
"Love should be for the person, not
for the deeds," said the General, quietly.
"But," said the Czar, with a show of
anger, "you do not wish to imply that
you will not keep this agreement."
"If it is right that I should hold to a
pledge made when I was an infant, or
rather made by others for me, I snail
not retract."
"Perhaps," intorrupted Count Linwold,
with a cynical arching of his
white brows, "the General's affections
are already engaged."
Seeing that General Paul remained
silent, the Czar looked quickly up and
asked:
"What say you to that, my cousin!"
"Simply, sir, that Count Lin wold has
struck the key note to my objection,"
replied the General.
"Ha, I thought so," said the Count,
rubbing his long, bony hands, and
showing his teeth. ,
A cold light, like An electric flash,
came into the Czar's pale blue eyes, as
Yin aalrzs/3 tnfli
"Are you not aware that it is the
duty of all nobles to convey to the
crown their proposed matrimonial alliances
?"
"Now that your Majesty recalls to
my mind, I do know of such a custom;
but love is not a matter for head work."
"Love is a boy;s dream; but who is
this beauty, who has entrapped the
heart of one of my most trusted soldiers,
and made him indifferent to rank
and wealth?"
"Sire, she is of as noble blood $s any
in your vast empire," replied the General.
"Then she has a name?"
"Aye, your Majesty, Pulaski is not a
nauie to lilush for."
"Pulaski!" repeated the Czar.
"Yes, sire, the daughter of the Count
my father wickedly sent into exile and
whom it pleased you to pardon," said
the Genera!, proudly.
"Ho, ho! why Count Orloff pleaded
nrifh mo nftt. an hour aco. to restore
this old man's estates. This woman is
a teacher in tha family of the Czarowitz."
"This lady has that honor, sire," said
the General, moving nervously and
biting his lips.
"An honor she shall not long retain.
Yoa shock me, sir, and make me half
regret the love I bear you," said the
Czar, rising. .
i'ik&rM&'td'&jL* . is ii m .
"I would shocK mvseif, sire, if I did
not dare to tell the truth."
"Think over your wild conduct, sleep
over it, and see me on the mo*row.
This must not be; this woman tempter
must be seen to."
The Czar waved his hand, to indicate
that the audience was at an end
and that the General was not free to
speak again.
With a white face, compressed lips
and a dangerous flash in his brave
black eves, the gallant young soldier
withdrew from the presence of hia
sovereign.
"Linwold," said the Czar, looking
up at the Count, when General Paul
had gone out of hearing, "this is as
bad as Nihilism."
"fully as bad, your Majesty; it is
open treason."
"But I shall cure the youngster of it.
He must get over his absurd love.
Know you this Pulaski?"
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~i Know mm oeiure ms uiogmuo, xcplied
the Couut, "and your Majesty
may remember I interceded for his
pardon two years ago."
"I am sorry you did."
"And so am I, sire."
"The man is, without doubt, still a
traitor."
"Siberia does not cure men of such
crime, sire."
"This man must be arrested at
once."
"Pulaski, sire?"
"Yes; see that it is attended to."
"Your Majesty shall be obeyed."
"And as for this?this adventuress,
we shall see that she is at once dismissed
from the palace. Our daughterin-law,
the Princess Dagmar, is not
over-careful in her selection of instructors
for her children."
The Czar turned, and, preceded by
four pages and followed by Count Linwold
and the others, ha left the audience
chamber.
Count Linwold could have told the
Czar, but he did not, that the clause in
the iate Prince of iVioskeva's will was
inserted by him, Count Linwold, withj
oat tiaa Prince's for thi
purpose of allying his own daughter
with that mighty house.
The Count now saw that he could
bring General Paul to terms or ruin
him, and he determined boldly to use
his power while he was sure of it.
In the meantime he would carry out
the Emperor's orders, and remove one
of the stumbling blocks?Lola's old
father?whom he imagined to be in his
wftj.
[to be continued.]
CURIOUS FACTS.
Postal cards are made at the rate of
4000 per minute.
There is a growing demand in England
for human skin leather.
A pall-bearer at a funeral in Dorset,
Vt., dropped dead while stand at the
grave.
A crazy man in the Milwaukee (Wis.)
Jail labors under the impression that he
is a telephone.
The art of making paper from cotton
rags was not introduced till about the
close of the eleventh century.
San Salvador is the first of the Central
American republics to establish telephone
service throughout its territory.
At the rate of increase in the past few
years the wool crop of Colorado will soon
exceed in value the output of her silver
mines.
J. B. Green, of Mosherville, Mich.,
captured an eel in his mill flume which
weighed six and one-half pounds and
was forty inches long.
The Government monopoly articles of
Honduras are gunpowder, tobacco, cigars
and liquors. It retains complete and abrolutii
control of the liquor traffic.
The Dictionary of Fossils, issued by
the State cf Pennsylvania,contains thirtyfour
pages in small print correcting statements
found on the other 405 pages.
Children as expert musicians are coming
to be the wonder of the profession.
Alice Liebmann, aged nine, is astonishing
London critics with her skill on the violin.
A curious wedding ceremony recently
took place in Dublin, Ireland, when the
clergyman,the son of a well-known Dublin
artist, married his father to a second
wife.
At a California fair the other day a
Plumas County man s.' ? forty-three eggs
for supper. The next morning for an
appetizer he partook of nine boxes of
sardines.
Amos Reider has contracted to attend
to the street lamps of Fleetwood, Penn.,
for $5 a month?in which time he will
have walked ninety miles and lighted
720 lamps.
James Clevenger, aged fifteen, of
Nashville, Ind., and Miss Anna Patterson,
aged fourteen, were married recently
at the home of the bride's father, in
Columbus, Ind.
A single sheet of paper six feet wide
and seven and three-quarter miles in
length, has been made at the Watertown
(N. Y.) Paper Works. It weighed 2207
pounds, and was made and rolled entire
without a single break.
Lieutenant Schwatka estimates the
number of liviug cliff-dwellers he has discovered
in South Chihuaha at from 8000
to 12,000. They are wild and shy, and
upon the approach of white people flee
to their caves in alarm.
Members of the Iowa tribe of Indians
are very well off. They have been reduced
in number to eighty-three persons
and have 200,000 acres of rich farming
land, which they are to sell to the Government?an
average of over 2400 acres
each.
Large fortunes sometimes grow from
queer beginnings. A Gardiner (Me.)
paper is responsible for the story that one
of the wealthiest firms in the State began
business on $5000 which a sister of the
partners got in a breach of promise suit
for damages against a wealthy man.
In Stockbridge township, Mich., a
VinnoTv hawk swooned down on some
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young turkeys. The mother turkey tried
to drive him away, but, failing to do so,
sped away,and in a few minutes returned I
with a whole flock of able-bodied turkeys
and made a combined attack on the barn
yard pirate and beat hiui off.
Ben "Williams, of Lansing, Mich.,
has a novel way of ridding his face of
whiskers. Every Sunday morning for
the past twenty-two years he has sat
down before the glass and pulled the
hair out of the lower part of his face
with a pair of tweezers. He says that
it hurt like most anything at first, but
he doesn't mind it a bit now. He is 75
years old, and is loaded with nerve and
srrit.
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CASTLE GARDEN.
INTERESTING FIGURES ABOUT
NEW YORK'S "BATTERY."
Five Youngsters Who Came Alone
From Scotland?A Genuine Circassian
Woman?Two Slovacs?
Beginning Life at 92.
Five little red-cheeked children stood
upon the dock at Castle Garden and looked
across the waters of the harbor anxiously.
Their eyes were red from crying. The
attaches of the place, from Superintendent
Simpson down, all treated the little
ones with marked attention, and saw
that everything possible was done to
make them comfortable. They had just
landed by one of the puffy little steamboats
from the steamship Fulda, down
the bay. These little folks were the last
to come ashore. Upon the breast of each
was a yellow tag, bearing an inscription
PROM THE LAND o' CAKES.
in several languages. There were four
girls and one boy in the group, and they
had come all the way from a little hamlet
near Glasgow, Scotland; thus oddly
labeled. The tags told who they were,
I where they were going, to whom they
were to be delivered in America, and also
certified that their fare had been paid to
the steamship company that forwarded
them.
The children were looking for the first
time at the wonders of the new country
into which they had been sent. Only one
or two of them were old enough to understand
the change from their native land.
The camera secured a negative of the
interesting group, and it is reproduced
above.
The history of the little party is as follows:
John Young, a miner at Cool
Glen, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, is
the father of the girls, he came to this
country a few years since from Scotland,
and left his wife and family there, to fol
A HUNGARIAN" BABY.
low him as soon as he should have earned
money enough to send for them. He
sent for them two months ago, but before
his letter reached Scotland, his wife had
died and Jeanette, aged eleven years, was
left in charge of her three little sisters.
Of these, Ellen was but a trifle over four
years of age; Jane just past eight years,
and Katie not quite ten. Alexander
King, aged fifteen years, but a boy quite
small for his years, was the only acquaintance
the orphans had near their home,
and boy though he was, he came bravely
to their assistance in their hour of need.
He wrote a letter to Mr. Young immediately
on receipt of his letter summoning
his family to America, and informed him
that as all five could travel at a less rate
than Mrs. Young and the four girls could
have done, he proposed, through the aid
r>f tVip sfcpamshin comnanv at Glasgow, to
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hrino- t.hp mnf-.hprlpss r>;lrlrpr? t.n Amfiririfl..
Tnd tlieir lather, and deliver them to Him.
aiid then look about for something to do
J for himself, since he. also, had lost his
I parents.
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THE BABY'S MOTHER.
With the money Mr. Young had sent
young King purchased steerage tickets to
New York and landed here with money
enough left to pay the railroad fares of
the party to Cool Glen, Penn., where Mr.
Young met them on their arrival. BeI
fore the little travelers sailed the agent of
the Fulda attached to each a card or tag |
giving name, age, destination, and route
all the way through.
Jeannette said that she got along very
well, except that the two youngest children
were very sick coming over. She
was eager for the meeting with her
father, which was to be the greatest event
of her life. The party left by the Pennsylvania
Railroad for Cool Glen.
"Here are two specimens." said Major
Semsey, of the Garden, "the like of
whom very rarely come to this country.
They are Slovacs, and come from the
highlands in the east of Slavonia, in |
Hungary, on the borders of the land of
[ Galicia, which is an Austrian possession.
These men speak the oldest language
known to exist to-day. The Slavonic
tongue, with its eight or ten dialects, is
spoken by these men. We call them
| Slovacs."
The immigrants referred to came forward
from a seat in the large room at
the beck of Major Semsey. They
were clad in loose-fitting blouses ot
homespun woolen cloth. They wore
fur caps of turban shape upon their
heads and were most peculiar looking
people. Each of these men speaks several
dialects of his own language, besides
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Latin, Greek and Russian. Yet they
have come to America to work in the
coal mines of Pennsylvania for ?1 to
$1.50 per day.
A picture of one of the pretty sights
in the Garden is drawn from an instantaneous
photograph of a little Hungarian
babe, not vet three years old.
xlie cxixru, ctj/cctultukmrj ciirtj, or^vurac,
was rolling about on the dock when the
reporter first saw it, perfectly contented
and happy and the picture of health.
When the reporter whistled to it it
looked up and laughed, blinked at the
sunlight which streamed in through a
window and began counting its toes.
The mother of this rollicking little
baby was pretty also. Her husband came
A PAIR OF 8LOVACS.
to America a year ago from Hungary.
He started a hand-organ route, and gathered
in money sufficient to purchase a peanut
and fruit stand. Then he bought a
fruit store, and to-day is doing a good
business on the East Side. His wife and
baby were waiting until he should come
to meet them. There was a celebration
in at least one family in this town last
evening, and this happy reunion was the
cause of it.
Tell me, Balbus, where, oh where is
the Circassian beauty's beer-stiffened
hair? Circassian girls in museums always
have hair that sticks straight up all
over their heads, and it always stands
that way: but no one. even thousrh he
watched the door of a museum for \
month, ever saw a Circassian girl emerge
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CIRCASSIANS IN PRIVATE LIFE.
wa3 over. Why? Well, a photograph
of a Circassian family at Castle Garden
was taken. It shows that the costumes
of the woman was pretty and quaint.
She wore a plaid shawl over her head and
her bodice and skirt were of brilliant
colors,but she hadn't stand-up hair. Her
hair was long and straight, but soft
as silk, aud reached to her waist and be
low. There wasn't the slightest resem
blance between her and any museum
Circassians ever seen; but she was better
looking than any of them. Her husband
was a round-faced, tall, lanky individual,
with little squinty eyes and short hair.
BEOnflONG LIFE AT NINETY-TWO.
Tie was dressed in American clothes, for
lie had been here a very long time?a
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an incoming steamship, which would enable
him to go into business in the country.
The woman wanted to know how
large the river was that flowed through
New York, and what held the bridges up
on which the railroad trains ran. She
imagined that the elevated roads were
gigantic bridges. What will she think
when she sees the Brooklyn Bridge and
its trains of cable cars in motion?
Ivan Godoviski is ninety-two years
old, and spry as a man of fifty. His
beard is as white as snow and his hair
is a good match. Old Ivan has crossed
the ocean no less than sixteen times during
his life, and now, at the advanced'
age of almost a century, he comes to
our shores as an immigrant. He has but*
little money, but his stock of pluck and
courage is as great as it was before most
of the readers of the Evening Sun were
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uess in New York and lay up something
upon which to live when he becomes too
old to work. His former visits to
America were made in the interest of
his business as a furrier in Odessa, on
the Black Sea. He was worth an independent
fortune at the age of forty, but,
like many other men, sought to increase
it. He became involved in political
troubles about fifteen years ago, and his
property was confiscated. He left Odessa
and went to the south of France, but.
despairing of success there, returned to
his native town and commenced business
all over again. Another failure resulted,
through no fault of his own, and
now, at an age when most men are laid
in their graves, he starts out in life anew,
in the land of the free.?Neu York
Sun.
A Small Boy's Lore Letter.
The following letter, written by an
eight-year-old boy, recently fell into the
hands of a teacher in one of our rural
districts, says the Hartford Post. It
shows some training in letter writing and
the use of words, as well as loving sentiment,
fast budding into active exercise:
Dear Lena. Charlie says you are going to
marry him. Are you goin ty!' Marry me
and we will have him for a hard (hired man.j
Your friend. James.
The modern names of sizes of books
are deiived from the folding of paper.
When the sheet is not folded, it is called
a folio?and this size was very fashionaable
throughout the sixteenth and seventeen
centuries. The folio sheet doubled
becomes a quarto; another double constitutes
the octavo of eight sheets or sixteen
pages.
The newspapers and periodicals published
in the United States now number
14,000.
. A Yery Artfdl Dog.
"Speaking of dogs," said a gentleman
to a Cincinnati Times-Star reporter,
"there is a little fox terrier owned by
one of my acquaintances. His mistress *
thought so much of him that, when he
was a pup, she used to bathe him every
day. First she would bathe the baby,
then the dog would be given his douse
in the water. But she never used the
castile soap, which was reserved exclusively
for the baby, on the dog. He,
poor animal, had to be,content with ivory
soap. This discrimination evidently annoyed
the terrier. The other day his
mistress saw him go upstairs a little before
the hour for the bath.
"She followed on tip-toe to see what
he was doing. She saw him go to the
bathroom, pick up the cake of ivory in
his mouth and drop it out of the window.
His mistress, just previous to the bath,
secured the soap and put it in her pocket.
When the dog's turn in the tub
came.he deliberately picked up the castilei
soar), and wagged his tail jovouslv as he
put it in his mistress's hand. Then she
produced the ivory soap. You should!
have seen the poor dog. He was utterly
woebegone and crestfallen. Never saw
a dog look so cheap in my life."
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Tain Regrets.
There is no flock, however watched and
tended;
But one dude lamb is there;
There is no clubside, howsoe'er defended.
iiut has one vacant; stare,
?Time.
Baby Smokers.
In an article in the Courier Journal on
smoking, Frank Carpenter says: The
baby smokers of the world are found in
Siam and Burmah. I saw little tots of
four, trotting about Bangkok with cigarettes
in their mouths, and the babies
of Rangoon and Mandalay are taught to
chew the betel nut, mired with tobacco,
as soon as they are weaned. The Siamese
children, like their fathers, use their ears
as cigarette and cigar-holders, and the
lack of clothing or pockets on the part of
the little ones necessitates their carrying
these articles over their ears, as the American
clerk carries his pencil or pen. I saw M
one noble Siamese boy with a shaved
head and a string abput his waist, who
had a cigarette over each ear and another
in his mouth. After a few moments he ^
threw away the cigarette in his mouth
and began to chew betel, .squirting out
saliva until tip mftflp (l nnfl.
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die in the road beside him. His father,
who was with him, was also smoking,
and his mother had a cigarette between
her lips. When the party went away the
mother took up the naked smoking boy,
and, balancing him on her side, walked
off, both smoking as they went. The
thousand odd women who make up the
harem of the Siamese King all smoke and
chew, and it takes a good part of his Majesty's
ten million dollars a year to pay
his tobacco bill. Each lady has to have
her betel spittoon, which is of decorated
I china, the size of a coffee cup, and if she
is a favorite, she has also a silver box in
which to carry her tobacco and betd
| nut.
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?Te.ras Siftings.
It is not by any means the poorest
imong us, the most unfortunate, or
those who bear the heaviest burdens
tfho are the most discontented. Often
i is, on the other hand, such as are
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ot i3 cast in the pleasantest places,
tfho thus torment themselves and
>thers with continual moaniDgs and
:omplainings over slight annoyances
ind fancied tribulations and trials;
while some who have many and real
ifflictions, bear them with a brave and
Qoble spirit and meet their fellow-mea
lailv with a generous cheerfulness.
Senator Sherman has a finely
stocked library of standard books, but
he practices the theory of Gladstone:
"Never rend a book till it is a year
old." He buys all valuable and rare
books on finance, and informs himself
of their contents. He knows the his*
tory of prices, and has a theory of hi*
own about what creates values.
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