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THE OLD FOLKS.
BT MART V. 8CUT7YLER.
Well, 'wife. I've been to tbe cbnrcbyari
I'll own it made me sigb
To choose tbe little spot of pronnd
Whore you anil 1 must lie;
I mode bo lowance lor the children.
For you know 'twould never do
For dainty forms like theirs to re&t
By such as me and you 1
Fate never was richt kind to th.
But wo raised the children well,
And gave theio an education.
Though bow 1 can hardly tell;
'Twae done by the sweat "of cur brows.
mi fo
By bard and honest, toil;
You made your share at the spinning
wheel.
And 1 mine from the soil.
This isn't what we reckoned on;
M'e never Lad no fears
But they would be the prop and staff
Of our declining yearn.
Yet the ones we left in the churchyard
Near the old home far away
Are lor more comfort to our Hearts
Than those we Lave to-day.
For Johnnie he's a lawyer now,
Lives in a palace graiid ;
Jennie married a millionaire
And went to a loreign land;
And Tommy's a city doctor
And drives bin blooded grays?
You're sure he'd take tie old folks la
Should we happen on liis way V
'Tie hard to know they forget us
When we are old and ill.
When -we were stepping 6tones for them
To the places they now fill;
They might speak a word of comfort*
? en though they never give
Apfcltry dollar now and tuen,
To help the old folks live.
Ton Bay they axe young and happy,
This ranch" I'd like to know:
"When w e were young and happy
Did we treat our parents bo /
Don't turn your patient, eyes on me,
I didn't mean to ecold ;
(Strange bow a inother'll shield her child
Whtn the father's heart is cold.
Crying! You think I talk too hard ?
well, well, parhape I may,
1 know when 1 get started
1 have too much to eay;
Things might have'oeen much worse with cs.
For we have our couee, yon eee,
And another in t\ie churchyard
With room for you and me.
EiiDOKADO, Kane.
I JAEET LEE
In the Shadow of the
Gallows.
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BY DAVID LOWRY.
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CHAPTER XXI.
A TBl'E LOVEB.
Eight and forty Lours had elapsed since
Dorothea Lee and her daughter were
caet into prison, and no one came to see
them.
"Janet," said Dorothea Lee to her
daughter, "it is the will of heaven we
shall see your father no more. We ore
deserted by all others, and your father is
kept from us."
That can never be. 'Tis not like my
fattier to t>e oarrea oat. ne wouia wain
to Boetoa to free as?be would walk ten
times that distance to see us. Have
patience?all will be well. My father
will not Bit idle while they are bringing
the rope to hang as."
Here Janet sighed deeply. Her mother
looked at her lovingly, bat said never a
word. She knew Janet was thinking of
her lover. Had she not talked to him in
her sleep.
There was a voice at the door?the
jailer's. He was questioning a visitor,
who seemed to be irritated.
"There?there?can anything be plainer
thnn that? Why, any one might read it
wilh half an eye. 'lis*very plain?Thomas
Dunforth."
Then the door was opened hastily, and !
Arthur Proctor entered quickly. He ut- I
tered a cry as he beheld Dorothea Lee, |
as well he might. She looked ten years j
older than when he saw her in the meeting-bouse
in Salem.
"Said I not we had friends, mother?"
?janei ttu&eu us ouo > c uci iv?v* uvi ,
band, and looked on him with pride.
"Where is my husband, Arthur Proc- !
tor? Why did he not come with you?"
"He did not know I was coming. Besides.
I think he has that on his mind
which will occupy him till late to-morrow.
Be not concerned on John Lee's account.
Be is doing ail mortal can do. And I
hopo he will succeed. Ba: there are
other friends as well. Trust in us."
'And what say the people of Salem
now, Arthur Proctor?" Dorothea Lee
looked at him eagerly; she bung on his
answer.
"There are some who do not know
what to think?and many who are led
like 6heep that follow the bellwether.
Not one has said aught of eitheT of yon
that ought not be said in yonr presence.
'Ti8 true?the charge of murder is in the
people's mouths?and you are considered
as good as given over to the evil one by
the foolish ones."
"When will we know what they will do
with U6?" Janet looked at her lover anx4r>nolTr
"It will be ended one wiiy or other very
uoon. Yon misapprehend me," he added
quickly, as Janet's countenance changed,
und she grew deadly white, while her
mother put her hand to her heart. "What
I mean by one way or other is not as you
think. It is a matter I iuav not mention
until I see you next. I will not say some
one?'tis neither of you?will net hang,
for I know?and others know a terrible
deed has been done. Stay! be not
alarmed?'tis not Martin Lee'6 crime.
Tis more like he will be a free man?if
he is alive. But it's that that puzzles
the justices."
Here Arthur Proctor endeavored to assume
a look of indifference, but he
looked so intently at Janet Lee that she
turned her face from bin).
"No. There is no danger at this hour
of any greater evil coming to you. Keep
tip good heart. I came to tell yon this.
Other news have I none. The air is full
of rumors?false reportB. The best
women, and the best men, are suspected.
The busybodies laugh one minute and
ihndder the nert. To tell the truth, I
f.hink half the people are iuad. But,
thank the Providence that hat; up all in
keeping, there are inen in high places
who are disposed to sift all stories, to
atop the clamor, and to call on the people
to consider where this will end unless
greater care is Splayed tnan nas oeen.
There is much anger over the case of
Martha Currier. And wise headB hint
that the leaders?aye?the very foremost
in the pulpit, as well as Rome judgesare
blinder than the people they are leading."
"0! have a care, young man, how you
give reign to your tougue!" exclaimed
Dorothea Lee. "For less than that uien
and womeu are put in prison."
"T am jrindlul where I say it and to
whom," Proctor answered, "But if all
men hold their peace?if no man is brave
enough to raise his voice?what is to become
of the innocent snd lieJpless
nomen? It is the women, not the men,
who suffer mo^t. 'Tis womivu like you
and IWaitha Carrier. wbo-?e live*! ore without
reproach, who are the victims. Wny
do tbey not select the lewd? Ave, the
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ItJ'WltJro wrt? iiiaaxu^ urun ;ui lutuioi * ?v?.-t
Mistress Lee, that -will born auri sting
them. If the? have the hearts of men?
if they live to realize the awfuliiese of
their respcrai_bilities?'tis meu like Cotton
Mather Oo oa^ht to ?o mud."
"0, do not say more! 'Tis death to
epeak ill of one like Cotton Mather.
Dorothea Lee wrun? ner nands, but
Janet nodded her head approvinvly.
"Nay, mother: rather Jet ns thank God
that there are those who see the terrible
wronc done us. 3t is men like Cotton
Mather who have wrought our neighbors
up to this frenzy. All the crack-brains
,cf the woild could do no yone evii.than
has befallen Salem to-day. .1 iifce to
bear him speak bis mind. If be cannot
bay bo much before tbe world, "tie good
to know there is oue who feels the awful
weight of the wrong the people over us
Rie doing ub aud others Jike us. It is
some comfort to know that the man I
have promised to marry is not afraid to
sneaking mini."
"But the danger?the danger, Janet.
Oh! i; were much better he held bis
peace, lest he, too, be phiced here beside
CP."
Ailhur Troctor laughed.
"Fear not. There are those who would
place me here, but it iB not yet in their
power. And I would be tame, indeed, if
I did cot hold myself in a manner that
inspires others who maybe less inclined
| to speak out, but who want a leader, to
imitate me. If I had ten years more
over my head! But a young man is no
match for the graybeurds! And yet,
some of the oldest are on my 6ide?aye,
and you willsoon see a turn.
Tray God it come soon," said Dorothea
Lee, earnestly.
"Amen," answered Arthur Proctor. "Is
there aught you will say to me?"
He spoke to Dorothea Lee, but he
looked at Janet. Dorothea Lee shook
her head.
"I have naught to say."
"You need ask me nothing," said Janet,
1 "unless it be to do U6 the favor to say to
my father to be of stout heart, as we have
been."
I Then Janet, placing her arms around
I her mother, both shed tears freely, while
Arthur iroctor mrnea me rieaa asiae.
Once more he turned, as he heard the
jailer approaching.
"Think, is there nothing?nothing you
will trust me to keep for you? You have
faith in me, surely?
"Nothing. You know I have all confidence
in you, Arthur," said Janet Lee,
6adly.
"If you will not trust me "
"We do. "We could not trust human
more than we both trust you," said Janet
again, as 6he turned and looked at her
lover; "and never was woman prouder of
promised husband than I am 01 you."
Her lover advanced, took her hand in
his own, bowed over it lowly with the
reverence a knight of the olden time
might have displayed, then turning slowly,
bade the mother and daughter a good
day, prayed the Almighty would preserve
them, and slowly left them to weep again
in each other's arms.
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j CHAPTER XXII.
THE WAGES OF SIK.
i The events of the fortnight proved
[ profitable to the innkeeper beyond all calculation.
In the first place. Daniel Meade had
the sympathy of the people all along the
coast from Weymoutb to Gloucester, as
| far as the murder of his son could be carI
ried in those slow-goin? days. The mur|
der was told with bated breath by the
fishermen and tbeir wives along the coast,
j People traveled from Marblehead and
[ Lynn to see the place where the murder
was committed. The visitors were bo
numerous that the Globe Inn was rarely
j silent now. Grizzle Meade was as brisk,
aye, brisker and livelier; 6he had more to
I sav than when she was ten years younger.
On the other hand, the landlord of
I Globe Inn was gloomy and silent. The
customers, seeing him standing silent,
with gathered brows, aud seeing his wife i
bustling about, nudged each other's elj
bows and whispered:
"See how the landlord takes it to heart."
"Aye. and see how his wife carries it off
with a light outside."
" 'Tis an awful thing to nave a cnuci
murdered."
"Aye; but it's worse after he has just
come home from the seas."
"The like was never known before."
"Aye; bat there's many a penny coming
in here now."
"A Rood?a fine thriving business it is."
And thus the gossips ran on as they
drank their favorite liquor, and told
stories of murder and rapine that miide
them afraid to leave the inn in the dark.
Meantime Grizzle Meade was rating
her husband for permitting himself to
become absent-minded before customers.
"Ah! Rouse yourself! Do you not see
folks' eyes on you?"
"As well that as have your tongue on
me."
"I'll keep it on till it blisters, an yon
don't move about and look after the
people."
" There's a many people."
"What! Thou fool! Finding fault
with the gold and silver coming into thy
lap!"
"I'd like some quiet."
"And I want as much company as can
"Then want on, tben."
"An I do, I'll not let yon Bleep on
your feet. Dost not know 'twill set their
wits to work?"
"I'd rather sleep all the time."
"An you don't have a care, you'll sleep
sooner and longer than you wish. I've
no mind to keep your company if you
persist in your folly."
The landlord of Globe Inn at that
turned and looked at his wife very deliberately.
"Aye, so he it. I'll not aBk company,
but tbey may send company with me
spite of all I can do."
From that hour the landlord of Globr
Inn feared aod distrusted his wife.
Grizzle Meade from that hour suspected
I her buBband. He 120 longer drank a
mouthful of water tbut he did not bring
himself. He toasted bis own bread. No
meat passed hi> l?ps until bis wife partook
of it.
1 One morning Grizzle Meade observed
I tbe innkeeper standing near the dresser.
He had a knife in bis band. Tbe other
| beld a piece of cured bum. He spat out
of his mouth a piece he bad nibbled, and
laid bis knife down.
"Aye, man, is it not to your mind? I've
Been the time you would have grudged
me more than my share of such meat,
and not so long ago either."
Tbe landlord of Globe Inn looked at
her.
"Is it not cood enough? Then mayhap
you will get us better. I found no ill
with tbe meat. What ails it?"
Still her husband did not answer.
Grizzle's temper was fast gettjng the
better of her judgment.
"An you dou't eat tbe meat, no other
wiil come into the bouse till it's done.
"What is good enough forcjstom i6 plenty
good for us. No one b<is said ill of the
meat."
Still Daniel Meade preserved silence.
But be looked steadily at Grizzle, until
hiB wife, white with passion, strode past
bim, and, seizing the knife, cut a large
piece of tbe meat and flung it on the pan,
where it (sputtered and was speedily
cooked. Then 6he sat down and ate it
heartily.
The first tinge of color that had shown
itself in Daniel Meade's cheeks in weeks
flu-bed his face as be turned away, while
Grizzle's glance followed him contemptuously.
All that day her plance followed
hiru scornfully. Ho could not meet her
eyes.
Now Grizzle Meade had proof that her
husband feared her ;.nd was resolved
she should not poison him il due caution
could prevent it.
One evening, after the last customer
left the inu, Daniel Meade sat in the
tap-room alone. Grizzle Meade lay
awake, wondering why Daniel did not go
to bed. Here ofore Jie was jilad tc he
alone, anil same into heavy sleep as soon
as he was well in bed. What new fancy
had be t akeu?
Grizzle rose quietly and stole noiselessly
to the t ip-loom. Seeing the laudlord
Kitting theie gazing gloomily into
the lire. Grizzle was suddenly se zed with
a trembling. 'Jhu< he s .t and brooded
I efore lie prepaied to kill the Bailor.
\V..s l.e piatmiiig tier murder?
Grizzle Mended be t-eif with an effort
and letamel as quietly a* she came But
not tc sieup. Sleep h al dejmne.i from
her eyelids. Never again was Grizzle
Meade to enjoy the ple^ejii .of jmdis
turbed rest. Mde turned lrom Biae 10
Bide, iisteninc for the sonnd of her fansband's
footsteps. At last the suspense
became intolerable. And the dread?the
horrible fear that suddenly possessed her
was unbearable. She rose a second time,
and sat on the si'le of her bod, thinking.
Then 6he opened a closet door, stood on
a bench, and reaching int o the uppermost
6helf, took out of the closet an Indian's
tomahawk. It was captured in the wars
with the Indians. It had been exhibited
long in the tap-room, then was tos6e l
away with other useless things on the uppermost
shelf in the closet.
Grizzle lifted the tomahawk and placed
it under tne bedtick. Then she laid down
again and courted sleep in vain. Once
more 6he rose, and stole noiselessly to
the,.tap-toom.
Meantime the landlord had removed
his shoes, an unusual thing. He always
took them off at his bedside. Now he
walked into the back room, and feeling
his way in the dark to the only cupboard
in the house, reached into the lower part
of it, until his hand came in contact with
a large handle. Then he closed the door
Boftly and returned to the tap-room.
The thing he carried in his hand was a
sickle. It had cut much grass, and was
dull and somewhat rusty. The landlord
felt its edge, and sighed wearily as he
placed the sickle on a chair, and turned to
the wall, where a great coat was hanging.
He took the coat from the wall and placed
it on the floor back of the door leading
to the 6tairs. Then he went back of the
cask of wine that screened the rum and
gin, pulled out of the corner ft large bearskin,
and carried it likewise back of the
door where the coat lay. He looked at
the rum cask, at the Rin, and the wine
casks. He drew a glassful of rum and
swallowed it quickly.
"Mayhap I may sleep now," said the
landlord, as he walked again to the fire,
took np the sickle he had placed on the
chair, and was again going to the door,
when h*> beheld his wife entering. He
started back in affright.
"Monster! I have caught thee in the
act! Wouldst murder me, too? You
thought to find me sleeping."
At first the landlord conld not find his
voice. But he gathered strength to 6ay:
"It never entered my mind."
"You would lie to me. holding the thing
I Bee in your hand. Murder is in your
heirt, Daniel Meade, and in your fnee."
He caught her roughly as she spoke,
and the tomahawk fell heavily on the
floor. He picked it up quickly and turned
it over in the light.
"Now who is the murderer? Did you
steal in on me to deal me a blow like the
Indians strike the sleeper-;? Thero!"
Ua fKfi f?rDot.r?nof ftnd
JJC IV vuw giVM?-vvu? KM.M wvw?skin.
"See! I was not sure tow I might lie
if I went with you. I was but going to
fasten tbe door for security when you
came in with this to brain me."
He tossed it back to her witn t?n oath.
"Take it,,and I'll keep this to defend
mvBelf witn."
"He pushed her out of the room and
flung himself at full length on the floor,
while Grizzle, trembling with fear, cowered
on ber bed, her band clasping the
Indian tomahawk that was tbrust under
her pillow.
fTO BE CONTINUED.J
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Grasshoppers contain formic acid worth
sixty ctnts an ounce.
The British navy has just launched a
gun-boat which is to have a speed of
twenty-one knots.
rnu^ ABlnnlafiAn ftf flip Pftrth's
JL *iC laiCM caiuutabiuu vk ?MV v?. ? |
distance from the sun, based upon the
transit of Venus in 1882, puts it at
92,043,074 miles.
A chemist advises that canned fruit be
opened an hour or two before it is used.
It is far richer after the oxygen of the
air ha9 been restored to it.
In Baden, Zurich, the largest electric
locomotive in the world is being constructed,
and in a few months will make
its trial trip. It is to develop 1500 to
to 2000 horpe power.
From Bavarian meteorological records,
' ? ? n > I. _
Dr. Van aer siok exiracis wuut uc w i
lieves to be conclusive proof that the
moon has an appreciable influence on the
number of thunder storms and upon
cloudiness.
A smokeless steamer has been tried in
Berlin with encouraging results. "When
pit coal was burned a dense smoke issued
from the furnace, but on changing to a
new fuel?a patented CDal cake or briquette?the
smoke all disappeared.
At the recent conversazione of the
Royal Society, Dr. Gill projected on the
screen a photographic star map containing
the images of about 42,000 stars.
4.8 every star is a sun,' we may infer
therefrom something concerning the immensity
of the scale on which the universe
is established.
4 ?*- ? nKinff to hoinn
iV piiteuicu sjiaoa liuvu tuwiug
made by an English firm. It consists of
in internal glass tube joined to an outer .
tube of iron by a layer of cement, the
whole being practically unbreakable.
The tubes are connected by nuts or bolt?,
i gutta percha washer being inserted to
ensure a perfectly tight joint.
A novel military candle has been demised
by a young Italian artillerist. It is
co be projected from a cannon, and upon
striking an enemy's works, or any other
substance, it breaks and its contents take
are. The light produced is estimated to
nave an intensity of 100,000 candles, ilmminatinir
the field for a great distance.
Tests are being made in Belgium of a
new system of lubricating locomotives,
in whicb oil is supplied automatically to
the various parts from a central reservoir
which is provided with a compartment
for each part to be lubricated. The flow
from each compartment can be regulated,
and continues until the supply of oil is
exhausted.
How Rapidly We Think.
Uelmholtz showed that a wave ol
thought would require about a minute
to traverse a mile ot' nerve, and Hirsch
found that a touch on the face was
recognized by the brain and responded
to by a manual signal in the seventh of a
second, while that of sight required only
one-fifth of a second to be felt and signalled.
In all these cases the distance
J ! ? or.
uavcrscu was uuuui* iuc suluv, cw mv
infereuee is that images travel more
slowly than sounds or touch. It still
remained, however, to show the portion
of this interval taken up by the action of
the brain. Professor Donders, by very
delicate apparatus, has demonstrated
this to be about seventy-five thousandth-,
of a second. Of the whole interval forty
thousandths are occupied in the simpio
act of recognition, and thirty-live
thousandths for tne act of willing response.?House
and Home.
Plum Jelly?Take large or small
plums which are juicy, wipe, put in porcelain
kettle with just a little water,
cook slowly until very soft, pour in a
thin bag and hang up to drain; measure
juice and allow one pint of sugar for
every pint of juice. Cook jelly in small
quantities, boil ten minutes and test.
Plum jelly is very nice for cake aDd
j meats.
GLADSTONE.
REMARKABLECAREER OF ENGLAND'S
"GRAND OLD MAN."
Sixty Active Years in the Political
Arena?Important 3Ieasares Which
He Succeeded in Making Laws
?Ills Family and Home Life.
V k #ILLIAM EWART
<.jrtSr? t'W Gladstone is the
i second of a family
I Mjgs&lW of six children?
ft ^our 8on9 an(^ tw?
f I/] daughters?and was
'?? j!i*mS born on December
1 [ 29, 1809, in the
jS IN .-^g?^ bouse No. 62 Rodney
street, Liver y
' If. .jflil pool. He was edu1?E/
JfC mllll catec* at Eton and at
wf y^/l 'jlmlj Christ Church, OxjjW
ford, and when he
-?' Jse&i'd graduated at the lat
ter institution in
r 1831, says Francis
J. O'Neill in the Washington Star, he
had attained the highest honors, taking
a double first cla38. *
From Oxford he wrote home that he
disliked mathematics and intended to
concentrate his attention upon classics.
This was a great blow to his father, who
at once replied that he did not think a
man was a man unless he knew mathematics.
The son gave way to his father's
wishes, changed his studies and molded
his mind in the direction that led to his
becoming the greatest of chancellors of
the exchequer. His original bent was
not toward politics, but the church, and
it was only at the earnest desire of his
father that he ultimately decided to enter
parliament. That he contemplated a
barrister's wig and gown is shown by the
fact that he entered Lincoln's Inn in
1833, but after he had been a member
six years and three months he petitioned
to have his name removed from the
books of the society on the ground that
he had given up his intention of being
"called" to the bar.
"W hen he was twenty-two years of age
he received an invitation from the Duke
of Newcastle to stand for Newark. This,
of course meant an election, for it was
in the days of "pocket boroughs," and,
indeed, his Graee of Newcastle was the
very Duke who not long before had propounded
the extraordinary political
maxim: "Have I not a right to do what
I like with my own?" Mr. Gladstone at
<Tiio Hmn ia Hpa/>rihed as Somewhat TO
bu3t in appearance, with a bright,
thoughtful look and attractive bearing.
He had plump features, a full face, large
dark eyes aDd eyebrows, a prominent
nose, and the broad, intellectual forehead,
characteristic of him in later years.
The first parliamentary session in which
Mr. Gladstone took part was rendered
memorable by the tbolition of slavery
in the British colonies at a cost of $100,000,000.
It was on this measure that
he made his maiden speech, which was
fluent, earnest and self-possessed, differing
widely from the celebrated bombastic
display in the maiden effort of his great
rival, Benjamin Disraeli.
So rapidly did he make his mark as a
debater that when Sir Robert Peel became
Prime Minister, in December,
1S34, he was appointed a Junior Lord
of tbe Treasury, and in the following
February, became Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, thus early winning his
statesman's epaulets. It is worth noting
that his first bill, which was favorably
received by the House, had for its object
the "better regulation of the carriage of
passengers to the Continent and the
islands of North America."
WILLIAM EWAKT GLADSTONE.
In 1847 he was returned for Oxford
University and soon gave offense to some
of his constituents by his eloquent pleas
for the removal of restrictions placed
upon the Hebrews and for their admission
to Parliament. The year 1848 was
a troubled one for Europe, one of anxiety
for English statesmen and a busy
one for Mr. Gladstone, for he was all
the time giving evidence of the liberalizing
of his convictions upon important
questions. A year later, following the
riots in Canada, he fought for improvements
in the colonial system, and
one year subsequently he had his great
battle with Lord Palmerston over affairs
in Greece, showing his great sympathy
with that country. In a remarkable peroration
to a trenchant and exhaustive
speech are to be found these words: "Sir,
I say the policy of the noble lord tends
to encourage and confirm in us that which
is our besetting fault and weakness, both
as a Nation and as. individuals. Let aa
Englishman travel where he will as a
"it-iven he is found in treneral to
bf- upright, high-minded, brave, liberal
and true, but with all this foreigners are
oftcu sensible of something that galls j
them in his presence, and I apprehend it
is oecause he has too great a tendency to
self esteem?too little disposition to regard
the feelings, the habits and the
ideas of others." The death of Sir Robert
Peel was soon followed by the disintegration
of the brilliant band that followed
him under the title of Peelites.
When Earl Derby formed his ministry
in 1S52 he made overtures to Mr. Gladstone
to join, but that gentleman declined
and Mr. Disrae'i became Chancellor
of the Exchequer for the first time.
When the new Chancellor brought forward
his budget it was assailed and
"knocked into a cocked hat" by Mr.
Gladstone, resulting in the defeat of the
ministry and their resignation from
office. The scene, in the house during
the debate was one of the most lively
ever witnessed and bitter personalities
were indulged in. Then the Earl of
Aberdeen became Prime Minister and
Mr. Gladstone accepted the honors and
responsibilities of the Chancellorship of
the Exchequer, -with great expectations
on the part of his friends. These were
not disappointed, for he speedily inaugurated
a new and brilliant era in finance.
It has never been denied that for statesmanlike
breadth of conception his first
budget has not been surpassed. In introducing
it he spoke for five hours with
the greatest ease and perspicuity, and
when he sat down "there was but one
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DA WARDEN CASTLE,
with the result that the finance treasures
of 1860 formed a new and memorable departure
in the domestic history of Great
Britain.
In the autumn cf 1865 Lord Palmerston
died, and Earl Russell became Premier,
with Mr. Gladstone, who was still
Chancellor of the Exchequer, as leader
in the Lower House. Parliamentary reform
was soon grappled with only to be
squelched by the opposition. Subsequently
the Government resigned and
Lord Derby formed a Tory administra
tion. So vigorously did the country
speak out on this question that the Tories
were bound to take it up, and a
franchise bill eventually became law.
Similar measures on a much broader
scale were some years after passed by
Mr. Gladstone.
In 1S68 Mr. Disraeli's crowning ambition
was satisfied and he became Premier,
and almost immediately Mr. Gladstone
struck the first blow in the struggle
which was to end in the disestablishment
of the Irish Church. This question was
soon remitted to the constituencies and
a great Liberal victory wa9 the result.
Mr. Gladstone became Premier, and his
government from that time until January,
1874, is known as "the golden
age of Liberalism." In 1874 powerful
interests were allied against the Ministry,
the clergy and the saloon keepers, a
strange combination, being among the
most hostile. Defeat was the result and
Mr. Disraeli again became Premier.
The general election of 1880 resulted
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in a victory ior me juioeraia, uuu iw
Queen endeavored to get Lord Granville
and then Lord Hartington to form a
Ministiy. But the country pointed to
Gladstone and be again became Prime
Minister. He formed a cabinet that for
general ability and debating power was
considered the strongest of the century.
In 1S81 Mr. Gladstone's ancient political
antagonist died, and at the Premier's
instance a monument to him was erected
in Westminster Abbey. Tbi9 second administration
of Mr. Gladstone was long
and exciting. It early witnessed the
murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and
Mr. Burke in Dublin and drastic coercion
legislation followed. Then came
disaster in Egypt, culminating in the fall
of Khartoum and the tragic death of
General Gordon. The Ministry weathered
many storms, being kept together only
by the indomitable energy and masterly
personality of its chief, only to fall in a
wholly unexpected manner on a question
of taxation. It was with a feeling of relief
that Mr. Gladstone gave way to Lord
[ OatlSDUry. Dill luia auiuiuuuiuuu
passed the greatest of Mr. Gladstoae's
greatest measures?the Irish land act of
1881, the Irish arrears act, tho bankruptcy
and patents acts, the corrupt
[ practices act and the franchise redistribution
of seats and registration acts for
| England, Iceland and Scotland.
The first general election under the
new reform1 act was held in 1885. The
Liberals scored a triumph and Mr.
Gladstone formed his third government.
MRS. GLADSTONE AND GRANDDAUGHTER.
He soon afterward introduced a bill to
i give Ireland home rule, which was dei
feated on the second reading, many of
Mr. Gladstone's followers having dcj
serted him. Thus the administration
was prematurely cut short. The seceders
iLU|ilCiOaiUU vutvu^u vu\. >f mw.v
crowded and brilliant assembly, namely,
that England bad at length found a
skillful financier upon whom the mantle
of Pitt and Peel had descended."
The great act with which the Aberdeen
cabinet is associa:ed in history is
the Crimean War, which Mr. Gladstone
was most anxious to avoid, and made
several attemDts to terminate, going so
far as to resign. He, however, made
himself famous by his brilliant schemes
for raising money to meet the expenses
of the conflict, all of which were
adopted, despite the opposition of
Disraeli.
For some time after this Mr. Gladstone
distinguished himself in the opposition
ranks. In 1858, when Lord Derby
once more came into power, he declined
to join the Government, but accepted
the post of High Commsssioner Extraordinary
to the Ionian Isles and went to
Corfu. A few years after his mission
the islands were formally incorporated
with Greece.
Lord Derby being defeated in the
house and on the hustings in 1859 Lord
Palmerston took office and Mr. Gladstone
became Chancellor of the Exchequer,
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from the Liberals became known as
Liberal Unionists, and at the general
election which immediately followed
they captured seventy-eight seats, and
their combination with the Tories placed
the Liberals in the minority and postponed
home rule for Ireland. The situation
at present is a matter of current
newspaper history.
The most interesting personal event in
Mr. Gladstone's life was his marriage in
July, 1839, to Miss Catherine Glynne.
It is strange that some time before this
when Miss Glynne met her future husband
at a dinner party, but was as yet
unknown to him, an English Minister
sitting next to her had thus drawn her
attention to Mr. Gladstone: "Mark that
young man; he will yet bo
Prime Minister nf Enrrland." Miss
i Glynneand her sister were konwnas "the
handsome Miss Glynues." They were tbe
daughters of Sir Stephen R. Glynne, of
Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, and thev
were married on the same day at Hawarden,
Catherine Glynn3 becoming Mrs.
Gladstone and Mary Glynne becoming
Lady Lyttelton. Mrs. Gladstone is widely
and deservedly known for her many
philanthropic enterprises, but even better
perhaps than this she has proved herself
to be a noble and devoted wife and
mother. She has cheered by her sympathy
her illustrious husband in the many
great undertakings of his political career,
while as a mother she nursed and
reared all her children and ever kept
them in the'maternal eye. The union
was blessed by eight children, four sons
and four daughters. When away from
the trammels of office Mr. Gladstone
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GLADSTONE'S HOME.
taught his elder children Italian. All
the sons went to Eton and Oxford, and
the daughters were educated at home by
English, French and German governesses.'
A close union of affection and sentiment
has always marked this admiaable
family. Mrs. Gladstone is at present
head and front of the Woman's Liberal
Federation, though she steers clear of
the woman suffrage question.
His life at Hawarden is simple to the
last degree, and the stories of his
prowess in leveling stout old oaks are
told the world over. Hawarden Castle,
most picturesquely situated, is now one
of the great historic places in England.
It is indissolubly interwoven with Mr.
Gladstone^ name and fame, and future
generations will turn to it as to sacred
soil. At present it is one of the few
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places 01 ponucui jjn^uiua^c w vu<~
country. It is ceitainly the most popular,
and visitors have always been warmly
welcomed by the grand old liberal chief.
"The Temple of Peace," Mr. Gladstone's
study, has been Ihe scene of
many councils of war?\^ar upon injustice
and wrong-doing committed for
centuries in the name of law.
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MR. GLADSTONE IN THE COUNTRY
Mr. Gladstone's life at Hawarden has
always been simple to the last degree.
Abstemious in habits and fond of outdoor
exercise, these things have doubtless
had much to do in conserving that
wonderful vitality which is as characteristic
of him in his eighty-third year as it is
of many men of fifty. He has afforded
as striking examples of physical prowess
in the leveling of Hawarden oaks as he
has of mental and moral prowess in tue
sweeping away of abuses in Parliament.
He is strongly and even emotionally religious.
As illustrating the versatility and
breadth of knowledge of this remarkable
man an anecdote is told which will
bear repetition. Two personal friends
of Mr. Gladstone once laid a plan to
amuse themselves and play a joke upon
him. They were to discuss in his presence
some subject of which he might be
presumed to be ignorant, and then, having
pretended to disagree decidedly, to
appeal to Mr. Qlidstone to settle the
point. The fun was to come when he
was forced to confess that there was one
subject which he had not studied.
This plan they carried out; but it was
not so easy to tind the topic on which
Mr. Gladstone must confess himself!
"stumped." At last there was discov- !
crcd in an old newspaper an article on j
Chinese chess. The description of the :
game had been copied from a wellknown
magnzine. This seemed promising.
The conspirators studied the
article assiduously until they had become
thoroughly familiar with it. Then
they waited for their opportunity. It
came wheu they were invited to a dinner
where Mr. Gladstone was to be present.
Seated one on each side of their intended
victim by arraugeiuent with their
hostess, they began to put their scheme
into operation.
3Ir. Gladstone had maintained his reputation
ihroughout the evcuiug for being
thoroughly acquainted with not only
the leading questions of the day, but
every subject which had been thus far
introduced by those around him. His
neighbors on either side began to discuss
yames of skill and chance generally.
Every few minutes one or the other
would appeal to Sir. Gladstone to clear
up some particularly complicated point
or disputed question. Between them
they skilfully led the conversation up to
Chinese chess and soon found opportunity
to argae somewhat warmly in regard to
a certain matter connected with thegame.
They had studied the article so closely
that they repeated much of it almost
verbatim. Mr. Gladstone seemed interested,
but said nothing. The twojokers,
inwardly congratulating themselves
for their success, continued the
conversation with more animation than
ever. The host, who had been taken
into the secret, was an amusea spectator
of what he thought was his honored
guest's embarrassment.
When they had finished their mock
battle, Mr. Gladstone took a sip of coffee,
replaced the cup in the saucer and
remarked, pleasantly: "Gentlemen, I
observe that you hare been reading an
article on Chinese chess which I wrote
some years ago!"
A Madstone.
Is there a cure for hydrophobia? It
is said that Pasteur has discovered one,
THE MADSTONE.
and if this celebrated Paris physician
has really succeeded in providing a remi?
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euv ior uie puiBuuuuo uue ui a xauiu uujj
he will certainly be entitled to the
thanks of all humankind. It is said that
few persons bitten by dogs, and who die
ia spasms, are really victims of rabies,
but of imagination. Be this as it may,
the death of a person who imagines all
he sees and who is evidently suffering all
the torments of the damned, is a meet
terrible one. Of all the alleged cures
for hydrophobia the madstone, so called,
is the most noted. . . /
There is certainly a remarkable madstone
in the possession of Thomas Orton,
a pioneer farmer living in the little town
of Denver, Hancock County, III. 1 Mr.
Orton is a pioneer of i401e Kaiotuck,,r
and came to Illinois along in the thirties.
He brought with him the Orton madstone,
which has been in the possession
of his family for many years. The. stone
has a history. It was found in an Indian
mound in a Southern State many years
ago by a voudoo Indian doctor, and by
him given to a negress, who, as said,
paid the penalty of its use in curing
snake and dog bites with her life, as she
was regarded as a witch. The stone
fell into the possession of a minister
named Hoagland, who was a neighbor
of the Ortons in Kentucky. Hoagland's.
boy was a schoolmate of one of the OrFKo
atari a tn Ortfln,I.
tun VJKJJO OUU W1UV?VV4 ?uv ww^w .v ?
father, then a lad, for a jacknife. \
While this etoae remained in Kentucky
it -was used in curing innumerable case*
of snake and dog bite. Since it has been
in the possession of Mr. Thomas Orton,
at Denver, fully 100 men, women and
children have tested its virtues, and it is
a matter of record that in one instance
only did the stone Fail to prevent the occurrence
of the horrible disease. The
case in question was that of a farmer living
in Fulton County, III., who b&d neglected
to have the wound properly at- >
tended to, as stated. He was in the incipient
throes of the horrible malady
when the stone was applied. Two others
bitten by the same dog, who applied the
madstone at once, suffered no incooveni- ,
ence from their wounds. It is known tbat
in a majority of the cases treated the victims
had been bitten by dogs afflicted
with rabies. The accompanying illustrations
are from photographs of both.
sides of the Orton madstone.
Before applying the stone a physician
scarifies the woucd. The stone is men
boiled for some time in milk and water,
and becomes soft and spongy. The
smooth side ol the stone is then applied.
In every instance it adheres instantly,
and remains clinging to the wound for
several hours. Often the green, slimy
blood and water drawn from the wonnd
soaks through the stone, running out
upon the floor through the little pores,
or honeycombs, shown on one side of the
stone. All patients speak of experiencing
a drawing sensation when the stone ,
is applied.?New York Advertiser.
A Neat Tumbler Trick.
To lift a glass of water by making the
glass adhere to the palm of the open
hand is easy when you know how to
do it. J
This is the way it is done: Place the
glass on the table and lay the palm of /
the hand over its mouth, bonding down
the four fingers at a right angle, as shown
in the lower figure of the illustration (1).
This done, if, still resting the palm of
the hand ou the edge of the glass, you
quickly raise the four fingers so as to
have the hand outspread, as in the upper
figure, you will have produced beneath
your hand a partial vacuum sufficient to
enable the atmospheric pressure to overcome
the force of gravity, and the tumbler
of water will remain attached like a
cupping glass to your hand. To insure
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LIKTCfO A TUMBLER WITH TIIE OPEN HAKB
success repeated experiments will be
necessary at first until the experimenter
has ascertained the desired proportion of
size between the hand and glass, ctc.
Mexico's public debt is neariv $159,000,000;
$82,500,000 is lore:gn, and
the interest paid to foreigners per annum
is $5,625,000.