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Surprising Interruption in a
Life of Monotony.
BY OCTAVE THANET.
CHAPTER H.?Continued.
Joshua was in two minds about going
home; in the event he staid, deciding to
run the risk of another mortification
in order to have plenty of proof to fetch
Judy that she was a fool to be so scared.
The next time he applied to a rich lawyer
of the town who stared at his auestion.
"Anything the matter with Starling?
What makes you think that?"
"I did hear," thus Joshua made a
feeble stand, "that he was borter speck,
ilatin' in Chicago opinions."
"Opinions? Do you mean options?
.1 heard 60, too, and wrote to Chicago,
J>ia name was not known to any onfc.
I'd be a little careful if I was you,
talking about bankers' credit these
days. You have been fooled by some
smart Alick, I guess, Mr. Crest."
Crestfallen and rebuffed, Joshua
limbed into his wagon. Had be gone
to Myron he would have discovered
that it was suspected that it was under
the names of other men that all Starling's
speculations were made; but
Joshua regarded Myron as the cause of
his griefs.
He told Judith that he had been laughed
at for his pains and that the bank
was good as gold. But he did not conTinc'e
her, and indeed as he repeated
the conversations to her they lost some- "
thing of their potency as approvers of
Starling.
The next day Bhe would have walked
to Delmar to consult with Myron had .
he not heard from a passing neighbor ,
that he was cone to Chicago. She said y
nothing to Joshua, but at night he said .
to her: "To-morrow I got to go to the f
Hallers to help them thresh, they're
dretful behind with their wheat, and I
caynt feel it's Christian to let them two
boys that ain't got no father mabbe lose ,
a lot of wheat 'cause they ain't got help n
enough at the threshing machine; but .
day ayrter I'm a goin' to eee Myron and
give him a check to draw out that j
money. I sent word to Starling by Axel
yesterday." t
-Y She thanked him warmly, and did not
express the fear tormenting her that the
notioa would in some imcliscerned way
defeat all their intentions. <<
; That night 6he slept ill. She rose
early and tried to cheer herself by makJtoc;
Joshua's favorite German coffee
cause, to be ready against his return at f
aight. J
Bhe set her sponge and had arrived .
at the stage of dough when Myron .
Dwight rode up-on his fast horse. Myron
looked cheerful, but the horse 6hook
flecks of foam off his nostrils as he .j
tossed his head. Myron asked for ,
Joshua and rode away on a gallop, 6ing- ,,
leg out: "Tell you all about it when we t
come back, Aunt Judith."
juaun waueu uuui unu, nccpiue ,
aupper hot. She sat on the doorstep ?
and thought It seemed to her that she
never thought in that way before dur- fl
lug her life.
The moon was in the sky, -when afar,
on the sea of prairie, she discerned Myron
Dwight coming alone. With a sink- M
Ing heart she saw that he came in the u
direction of Eanford, and that he was 0
riding a tired horse. He must pass the u
house to reach the Delmar road. She
waited for him. *
"Won't you come in and have a cup of .
coffee. Myron?" she begged. "I've got "
some hot on the stove. Where have
you been so long? Oh, Myron, please
tell me?please don't put me off."
Myron's face changed. "You're
right," he mutterei; then in a louder
tone, "I won't put you off, aunty; I have
* been to Eanford with Uncle Josh and?
well, we got there after banking hours
and could do nothing. I couldn't get
Uncle Josh away from that infernal maJ?11
ft f IfflK | 11UK11
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?8HE PAUSTO TO LOOK AT THE F&ttfci'ER." C1
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chine. But he is going back to Ran- v.
ford first thing next morning and so am a
I. In fact, I shall go and see mother e
mnd take the train over thereto-night." s
"Oh, Myron, is the bank going to d
bUSt?" Yi
"I guess not before we get our money
out. Aunt Judy. Well, good-by."
As she watched him out of sight, the ,
same tense look was in her face that *
had been there while she sat on the step
?thinking. t
Jo6hua came,no long time after. Ho
began to taiK in a ramoims way uuoui
the Hallers and tho day's work and how t
tired the horses were; and she made no
effort to question him; but presently he 6
broke out with a groan: "Judy, I got to e
tell you. I guess Myron was right about
Starling." ^
"Yes, I guess he was." j
"He has been looking him up in Chi- j
eago. He does speculate, and he has ..
lost money. And Myron showed er e a j
printed book where they pot his name '
down, and he ain't got good credi; at
ail, mother. And they got Maxwell
there real high credit ''
"How do they ever find out?" f
"I guess the lawyers tell "em; they
don't mind spying and telling on folks. ,
It is a mighty que r looking book, sorter e
looks like a algebra. Well, Jirlv. we
went to Hanford and wo got there too ?
late, but I am going to be there to-rnor- J
row. Don't you bother to git me :; hot
breakfast, though; a cold bit is ail I
want."
It was not like Judy to pa*s this over <
In silence, yet she made no protest.
Presently Joshua said that lie would ire
to bed. "Good night," said Judith. Sh?
came over to him and kissed his .forehead.
"You know, I know you did all
you could, Joshua, don't you?" she said. "]
"I guess we ain't goin' to begin to ]
quarrel now. whatever happens. Judy," ?.
said he, "but we are old folks 1u b<? ? 1
life over again, mother. I kinder won- j
der at Starling taking thnt money of \
mo; he must a knowe l how things was
with him?but 1 Ruess l:e was hopeful. .
Well, o;ie good thing they all was savin'
at the threshin' to-day, how uncommon f
strong I was for my years. 80 if we do j
have.to be^in again " ^
"We ain't going to have to," said 1
Judith.
Thus she cheered the dispirited man." (
nor did he see the placid look fade irom j
iier faec as Ion/ as h . was awake to see.
CHAl'TEB III.
After he slept, she crept out of bed
ind dressed herself quietly. She
>pened a closet and a drawer, taking
jomething out of each. The moonlight
illed the room; at the door 6he paused
;o look at the sleeper, whose face was
>ale in that bloodless radiance. Her
ook was tenderer than a caress. With
nfinite caution she moved down the un:arpeted,
creaking stairs. She stole
ibout the kitchen in her stocking feet
intil 6he had placed the simple meal
vhich Joshua desired, on the table.
' 'Cause maybe I might be'prevented
rom getting home, and there ain't no
leed for him to firohuncry," shethoueht.
Her preparations completed, Bhe
capped a thick shawl- about her, tied
ler decent black bonnet under her chin,
ind went out into the moonlight. She
oftkod thA door behind her. althouch
lot without pondering whether this
:ould be safe, since there was the risk
)f fire; but there wa6 the risk of thieves
ind murderers as well, and another door
ind the windows would remain for esjape
if the house took fire, therefore she
ocked it in the end. All she carried
with her was a black satin bag (emjroidered
with a crimson flower) which
lad been given her by Mrs. Dwight.
Inside she still kept the card bearing
he inscription, "From Erminie to Lu:etta."
"I dare say she'll think it's dretful
vicked, but. I cayn't help it. There
lin't no other way," thought the old
voman. ,
She stood for a moment looking about
he farm bathed in moonlight A Bllver
>athway narrowed over the exDanse of
vheat stubble into the horizon perspective.
One could faintly distinguish
the color of the leaves on the
>oplar trees and the yellow sides of the
julging haymows. A dotted line of flre
iwept across the silver path, the west>ound
train. "Oh, dearie me, dearie me!"
,'roaned Judith, "I got to stop him beore
he runs away!"
She had thought it all out, and, while
he shivered with fright and anguish,
he did not hesitate once.
Huddled in her shawl, she opened the
>arn door and went to the colt's stall,
ler eyes traveled wistfully to the farm
iorses munching their corn?only her
yes, for 6he knew they were too tired
or a midnight ride. Tremblingly she
mtied the terrible colt, distracting his
Mention as much as possible by some
orn, and keeping as far from his uneasy
eet as her short arms would let her.
?he colt tossed his head and lashed his
ail, and the other horses made ugly
oises on the floor. Cold drops stood on
iiHi+h'a nn 1a fopft TlPVOT+hfilfiKS flhfl
addled Starlight and led him to the
uggy. where she managed to mount,
'he saddle was a man's saddle. "Jest
s well." thought the rider, "I can stick
n better, and I got to stick on, 'cause
! I get off on the prairie I never in this
rorld can get on the critter again."
Thus she set forth, a queer little
hape, astride her man's saddle, with
er shawl blown behind her. The staion
at Delmar is a small wooden buildig
with a long platform. At night it
as a deserted, dreary aspect, with the
tove glimmering redly through the open ,
pace of window, the locked doors and
ie lonely telegraph operator dozing at
is desk. Behind the station i6 a fence,
'o this fence rode Judith just as the )
jwn clock struck 10. She climbed laoriously
off the horse's back and tied
im to the fence by a kiivt possible only
3 a woman.
"Oh, Lord be praised, at last I'm off lat
hoss' back!" cried the rider. "I guv ;
jyself up for lost fifty times to-night."
She walked up and down the platform i
raiting for the banker, Starling. Not
ntil the Chicago train had gone withut
him would she go. She had deterlined
to see him that night; if he did
ot come to the train she yrould go to
ie house, but she was fully persuaded
y some mysterious and feminine intui- :
on that Starling meant to fly. 1
The half hour struck. "It's getting 1
J|;
'HE FELT THE ICY HIM OF A REVOLVER."
retful leto and unseemly,* groaned
le old "wife, who had not been out
lone at night fcr twenty years, "but I
aynt help it."
The night air -was bitterly chilly; she
id not think of her own tingling feet
nd shivering frame, but the horse, the
olt Joshua hoped to sell for $100, he
light catch told! Would she better
rap her shawl about him or walk him
round the little open plot cf ground to
xercise his muscles? In one case she
hould be cold, in the other?she didno'are
to undertake the other. Bo she
rrapped the colt's flanks in warm wooin,
pinning it about the neck; and an
stonishing looking beast he was, thus
aparisoned, to be sure. Then Judith
olemnly jumped up and down and
mote her pipestems of arms together
o keep warm. The three-quarters
truck."
A lantern flickered at the corner of
he village street, the ticket agent was
oming to the station. From the oppoite
direction came some one else. Two
trides place 1 her in front of this inaa
s he mounted the platform, a slight,
Fell-dressed mac, with a neat travel
ng bag in his hand. He had observed
udith's grotesque unties already.
.Mad!" "was his decision, perhaps, for
to started nervously urid tesayeu tc
!d?o by her.
"Mr'Starling," spoke the old woman
n her quivering, sweet pipe, "Mr. Staring.
my husband, tried to get our money
rom you this afternoon, and yoif
vouldn't give it to him; will you please
jive it to me?"
"Why, Mrs. Crest, I didn't reeognize
ou," exslairned the banker smoothing
lis brow; "yes. Mr. Crest carne after thu
>ank was closed. If you will go there
o-morrow morning at v, it will be all
ight."
"I want it novr, I got to have it now!"
5he had slipped her hand in her littla
lack bag.
"But, mj* clear madam, I haven't got
t with me. I don't carry the bank in
nv pockor."
"1 tell you I got to have my money.
L'ou shan't carry it away?oh. for the
Lord's sake, be merciful to us, Mr.
jtarling; it's everything .Joshua and me
ias saved working hard for thirty
ears! We'll lo-e our farm if wo don't
lave it!"
Her voice rose shrilly, and there were
K-o;jle back on the platform now.
"You fool! I haven't got it," ho
snarled, pushing Ikt aside. He could
iear the whistle of the approaching
rain lor Chicago; it was stopping at
Delmar, live miles away.
Instead of recoiling she l!:mg herself
,n him and simultaneously he felt the
ey rim of a revolver at his ?-:;r.
"Then God have mercy on your wickcd
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soul, for you are a dead man," cried
Judith Crest. "I give you time for ono
prayer?unless you move " He could
se? her face set in a ghastly fixity of
despair and resolve, the pistol was cold
as the grave, worse, there was a hideous
wriggle about the thing as if the desperate
creaturo's hand trembled?what
if her finger slipped!
He rolled his eyes at her; he did noC
venture to move his head. "Why can't
you wait a minute? Where's your
check?"
"Never mind my check, I cayn't wait."
"What!" he cried frantically, "suppose
I give you the money. How much is It?"
"It's six thousand two hun "
"Well, take that infernal thing off my
head and I will get it for you."
"You got to get it with it on your head.
I don't trust you. You got the use of
your hands. Take the money out and
count it and put it in my bag."
Starling could see the distant headlight
of the train. He ground an oath
between his teeth, but he pulled out his
pocket book.
"Walk along nearer the light or strike
a match on your pants. I cayn't see
the bills," the relentless, quavering old
?' ~ nr\ TT a Hlit Hr?ht. n mat/>.h
yuiuo ncu? vi4. XAW v?*v? ? ????,
for the desire to get away on that
swiftly nearing train overmastered
everything else. She hitched her bag
further down her wrist, and so held first
one then another macch, until he bad
counted out the sum. "Six thousand,
one hundred and fifty?"silver certificates;
yes, they're good. There had
ought to be $2 more "
The buzz and rumble of the train was
heard more distinctly. Starling tore a
$5 note from a wad of banknotes and
threw it at her. "Now, will you let me
go>"
"I guess I ain't got no right to keep
you. I ain't no ohange, but I'll send it
to Mip' Starling. Hold your hands in
front of you and you can run."
Five minutes later, Myron Dwlght
could not believe his eyes as they
showed him Judith weeping on the platform.
.
"Oh, Myron," she eobbed, "I tied the
colt up so tight I can't untie him, and I
am so frightened.
*******
Joshua did not discover his wife's absence
in the morning. He supposed she
* 'oh-h.!' he exclaimed, 'i pxrceiv*'"
was out in the garden, and he ate the
breakfast that she had made ready, and
hurried away through the usual exit of
the kitchen door without suspicion. Ho
was one of the fir3t to file into Starling's
bank that morning. The young
man at the desk looked at him and thon
retired for consultation with the other
young man.
"I ain't gfllng to keep up this fare#
any longer, " said the other young man.
"Mr. Cr,est, we haven't got $600 in the
vault."
That was the reason why Starling's
bank closed its doors some hours earlier
than the fugitive had anticipated.
Joshua did not Bpeak a word. He
nodded to some men that he knew and
went out, not quite steadily, to his
wagon. Myron and his own wife were
standing by it
Joshua did not seem surprised.
"Mother," said he, in a dry, dear
tone, "I've lost all that money."
"No, no, you ain't father," said Judith;
'I got it all here."
"She met Starling at the depot and
pomehow she won't tell me how she got
ilm to give her back the money." This
vas Myron, who remained bewildered,
having considerately put Judith to bed
it the hotel without agitating her by
juestion. i
"But, mother, you hadn't got no
:hock; how oould you get the money?"
said Joshua. Judith
was sobbing. "Oh, I guess you
von't be able to forgive me. I didn't
lave no check; I made him give me the
noney "
She had been taking the notes out of
icr bag. Myron put in his fingers and
lrew out the pistol.
"Ah-h!" he exelahaed; "I perceive.
Why, Aunt Judith, you dear little highwayman!"
>*o one else knows of It, no one else
would believe if he did know; Mrs.
Crest is such a harmless, timid woman;
but Myron Dwight, now prospering and
helping Joshua to prosper, keeps the
pistol in hi9 drawer as a memento. No
one else but he knows another interest
ing- fact?that pistol wan not loaded.
(THE END. ]
COLORADO'S COLD FtVER.
Three Mining Exchanges Open, and For*
tunej Made in a Day.
Colorado is astir over a great speculative
wave, the result of tbe discovery of gold in
Cripple Creek. Colorado Spring3 already
boasts of three mining exchanges, and excitement
is at fever heat.
All three exchanges are so busy with actual
orders that one cannot cross the threshold
without fighting' for position. Several
thousand people engage in nothing elso from
morning to night.
A hundred or two hundred thousand
shares are not uncommon for one broker to
hurl at another, while for the dety the aggregate
of business frequently soars to two million
shares.
The miner who relied on signs for the
presence of ore around Cripple Creek invariably
''got left," while the farmer and cowboy,
with only a stock of confluence and blind
luck, stumbled on the bonanzas that have
become famous throughout the world. W.
S. Stratton, a carpenter, three years ago
workiug for C'2 a day. is now the central
figure of the West with his Independence,
that pays him at the rate of 150,000 a month,
without referring to the adjoining properties
that are neglected until tne time when the
owner finds some vray of spending the wealth
that has been lavished on kiai.
Then there are -Tames Doyle and James P.
Burns, of the Porriand, who are reaping the
fruits of industry in possession of a mine
that has been appraised at $0,000,003. Two
years ago both men were operating drills
ainl shovels for $3 a day.
Tbese are cokimi'* jncinu wcmsuivi
v.'bo inspire othure with hope of rivaling
their cicries from the same source. Such
careers east a halo of romance around the occupation
ol' an < rdina.*y miner, anil the incentive
is so preat t Uai the denizens of the
Coioraio city arj ju-; banning to realize
the possibilitcs oi the new field for speculation.
Cario.nl
of Apple* for the Toor.
Citizens of the Pecos Valley. New Mexico,
feat a earloal of jii.ples to the poor of the
Militant Church. Ubifaco. It is the intentention
of the Home Seekers' Committee of
the Militant Church to have the Southern
and Western States provide enough fruit for
all winter long for the waifs of Chicago and
the little qbm. of the various charitable institutions.
Flowers will also ba broucht
about Christ :nsst::i;e.
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A BIG BELL.
LARGEST EVER CAST 0,N TIIIS
CONTINENT.
To Weisii Nearly Fifteen Tons, and
to Hans: In the Suburbs of Cincinnati?A
Unique
Feature.
"T" IBERTYjBell is at last to have
j a rival. Not, indeed, in fame,
J V nor in the hearts of the people.
In those respects it
will ever stand unrivalled. But, in
size, at least, a rival is now being
made ready for a massive belfry in the
suburbs of Cincinnati, where it is
soon to ring out the loudest peal that
has ever vibrated upon the free air of
America. The new bell is to weigh,
nearly fifteen tons, and the great bell
in the cathedral at Montreal, hitherto
) the largest on the American continent,
weighs le^s than thirteen tons. The
largest in England, the Westminster
bell, weighs about the same, while one
in Vienna, the largest in actual use in
Europe, weighs about twenty tons.
The monster of Moscow, which lies
broken and prostrate, weighed more ?
than 200 tons, but it was simply
a huge mistake, which having failed
as a bell is now used as a chapel. It
' is stated, too, that there is monstronsity
somewhere in China that
weighs about sixty tons.
The great Chinese cat call is said to
be about fourteen feet in height and
shaped like a barrel. The Cincinnati
bell, which is modelled after a bell in
Erfurt, Prussia, is accounted the
sweetest in the world, is seven feet
in height and nine in diameter at the
base. The clapper will weigh 640
poudds. It is stipulated that the bell
shall be so poised that one man can
ring it.
WOJiKilAN P0LI8HING THE 1NTEBI0R <
The ornamentation of the Cincinnati
bell is believed to be more elaborate
than that of any other in exist- i
eno;. Civic and ecclesiastical decorations
will both have place, making it <
at once an emblem oi patriotio feeling <
and a consecrated instrument of -wot- <
ship. Encircling the body of the bell, i
just above the sounding blow, is 1
the Latin text of the Lord's prayer in
true Gothic characters abont seven 1
inohes high. Above this, on the civic 1
half, the Atrerican eagle hovers over
CORE OF MOULD IN THE CA8TING PIT.
tho great seal of the United States.
Beneath this is the seal of Ohio,
piorced by the staffs that support the
Stars and Stripes, which fall in grace- '
ful. folds on either side; and beneath
this is the seal of the city of Cincin- |
nati. Medallions of the deceased j
donor and family complete the design.
On the ecclesiastical half, nnder the
surmounting tiara, is a medallion of
Pope Leo XIII., with his seal beneath
it. Just below is the medallion of the
Right Rev. William Henry Elder,
Archbishop of Cincinnati, through
which are crossed the staffs of the
Pf.pal banners. Right and left of this
medallion are two others?of Archbishop
Purcell and Bishop Fenwick,
the first Bishop of Cincinnati. Bern
ath the central medallion is one of
Vicar-General Albrink.
Around the crown, in Gothic relief,
are two verses of mediaeval Latin
hexameters relating to the bells, which
read as follows:
Latido Deum vemm, plenum voco congrego
clemiD;
Piuiera prango, fulguru frango, Sabbata
pango.
This m.iy be approximately, though |
not completely, rendered by the quaint j
old English lines:
To call* ye folde at to meeting tyaie,
We chyme;
When joytj and aiyrth are on ye wyngo
We rynge;
When wo laments a passyng soule,
We tolle.
It will be noticed that great symmetry
has been attained by this arrangement.
The eagle is opposite
-he tiara, and the American flag to the
Papal ensign ; the seal of the United
States corresponds to that of Rome,
and the same artistic balancs ia main- '
Gained in all the parts.
This ornamentation of bells is a peculiar
and difficult task. The decora- j
tions must be in relief to avoid interfiring
-with the tone. The medallions, ;
for example, after being designed by 11
the artist, and passing through a whole ! t
series of transformations, must at last r
' e accurately impressed upon the clay <
<;f the mould, an operation requiring r
^reat dexterity.
The metal use! is the usual alloy of ' (
copper and tin in the ratio of 78 to
22. No other metals or proportions
give so satisfactory a result. The
idea that an admixture of silver will
sweeten the tone is a popular delusion.
From the foundry the bell will be
taken to a vacant space adjoining
Federal square, there to be exhibited
for a month. Finally, before being
placed in position, the great bell will
be consecrated according to the Roman
Catholic custom. The bell will then
be raised to the belfry, where it is to
be mounted in connection with. a
chime of twenty-six smaller bells, yet
to be cast.
A novel feature in the proposed
peal of bells will be its connection,
by an ingenious device, with the
organ, so that it will be under the
control of the organist, and may be
nsed to reinforce the rendering of the
solemn anthems. Frank Wilson, the
organist, is looking forward to the
time when he will be enabled to
achieve something unique in the history
of music.
The pastor is the Rev. A. M. Quartman.
A parishioner, Joseph O. Buddeke,
bequeathed 310,000 to defray
the cost, but at least 85000 more will
be expended before Cincinnati's noble
bells sound. ?New York Herald,
Catchin? the Captain.
The captain of a certain large sailing
vessel is probably the most polite
officer in the whole mercantile service.
He has, however, a great idea
of his importance, and loses no opportunity
of impressing it upon his crew.
In particular, he insists upon being
addressed as "sir" by every one on
board. One day a new hand joined
the ship, and a short time after leaving
harbor, being a seasoned old salt,
he was intrusted with the wheel. The
captain came up and put the usual
question:
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)F THE LARGEST BELL IN AMERICA
"How's her head?"
"Nor'-by-east," answered the old
;ar, very gruffly.
"My man," suavely answered the
japtain, "on this craft, when one of
srew speaks to me he gives me a title
>f respect. Don't you think you
night do so, too? Now, how's her
lead?"
"Nor'-br-east, I tell yer," shouted
;he tar, displaying not a little irritation.
"I'm afraid you don't quite underitand
me," responded the captain,
jood-humoredly. "Let me relieve
pou at the wheel, and then do you
take my place and ask me the question.
I will then show you how it
should be answered." They accordngly
changed places.
" 'Htr'o lior linad rnarpd t.hfl tar.
"Nor'-by-east, sir," replied the cap:ain,
with emphasis on the sir.
"Then keep her so, my man, whilst
[ goes forrard and has a smoke," was
;he startling rejoinder from the old
reprobate, who calmly commenced to
rait the action to the word.
For the first time on record the cap;ain
lost his temper.?London TitBits.
Attar of roses is 8100 an onnce.
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HON. JOHN
Among the notables who ha7e latel;
ras Senator John Sherman, of Mausrie
o numerous interviews, some of which
mcl charges concerning the devious wai
viclespreail discussion and' some bitter
eporters the Senator was merely aatici]
'John Sherman's Recollections of Ft
1'abinet; an Autobiography."'
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marbil'd eighty ye ass.
Oldest Living Couple In the United B1
States. - ,
The oldest living couple in the Uni-: At
ted States beyond a doubt has for tbe:
last fortj years resided within three
miles of Black River Falls, Wis. Louis
and Amelia Darwin were born in the
Province of Ontario, not far from;
Montreal. The nusband, was born on
September 24, 1788, or one year belore
the inauguration of tbe first Pres-i D<
ident of the United States. The wife;! Ai
was bom at La Pero's Isle on March
17, 1794, and is now past her 101st K
year. The aged people are desoend
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LOUIS DARWIN. ey I
ants from a race which for many gen-! ,
?rations was noted for remarkable1 ?
longevity.
Eighty yeais have possed since they ?
were joined in.wedlock, and a family;- an0
of twelve ohildren was the fruits of, pl*I
their marriage. Five are still living | A
in the vicinity, ranging from seventy, kirn
to fifty-four years. The oldest child, he 1
were he living to-day, would be sev- say,
enty-nine years old.
For thirty years Grandma Darwin
was totally blind. Strange and iucred- &
ible as it may seem, in her ninety- p
ninth year she recovered her second ^
sight and was able to distinguish her mftT
children. Yet during the period of ajj_
Vm* Vilindnona nhfl TiArfnrmpd h?i> "
household duties without any assistJ
one,
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The old gentleman has been a re- a
markable man. When he was 100: ir^
years old he oonld dance a jig eqaal to;
a dancing master, bnt the past four; ^
years he has gradually wasted away,\
until to-day he is but a shadow of lrusi *
former self. Every day is telling1 cun
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upon his great vitality, and his disso- | lutipn
is daily looked for. j |"a
j The old lady, whose health has been j
poorly of late, is somewhat improved, 1 ?"e
and she is likely to live to as great an ! no*
age as her venerable consort, now E?*
nearing his end.
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The Longest Telegrspli Line. 8mfl
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The longest telegraph line in the Bery
world, above ground and without a jje?
break, has j ast been completed in Aus- Bay
tralia, that land of long distances. The m0J
line runs from Rockbampton, in
Queensland, to Broome, in Western ?cjj
Australia, and crosses about two-thirds
of the entire continent. The total
length is something over 6000 miles.?
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SHERMAN. long
y taaile pilgrimages to New York City /,:^0 '
1J, Ohio. He submitted while there . a
contained saeh sensational revelations .
:s of politics that ;hey havo provoked , fcU .
replies. In these statements to the j cnci
patin;* what is to appear in his book? Bcatl
>rty Years in the House. Senate and 3aSI
yet i
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blandiua. 99
andlna's nice; Blandlna's 'at;
Joyous, and sane and son ad and swMtj 9< |H
id handsome too, and all else that "?fl
In persons of her years is meet, SO
Behold Blandipa! W|
She's alive, and testifies ' |g
With all the emphasis that lies < M
In busy hands and danelngeyes nflj
That life's a prize? _. S|
lat all the misohief that provokes ID
)ubt in the matter, lies in folks, jB
id that, provided folks are fit, jf* 9
fe's not a failure; not a bit.
andina loves a picture-book, . S
andlna dearly love* a boy; ?
te loves her dinner, loves the cook, ' m
ar nurse, her doll, her brother's toy; fl
id best of all she loves a joke, 'fl
And laughs at It. fl
And laughing at it testifies
With all the emphasis that lies .
, In joyous tones and beaming eye^^ -' i./^CT
That life's a prize? fl
lat all the mlsehief that provokes H
3nbt In the matter lies in folks, 1
id that, provided folks are fit,
fe's not a failure; not a bit. g
?Edward 8. Martin, in Scribner's. B
PITH AND POINT. I
Fnlike some mortals, the average I
I dog chews more than he can bite J
a these* days the ma tr imonial ^
ch only seems to light on the mon-' y'fM
)ox.?Truth. I
his is the time of year for the ap- |
pie order in homes and restart- \jl?m
ts.?Water bury. 1
[oax?"Have you any life insur- ;"?3nj
e?" Joax? "No. Can't get any. I ^
j football."?Philadelphia Record. '
ska man if he has faith in man-"
d, rnd he'll say "no." Ask him if I
laa faith in womankind, and he'll 1
, "well. I don't know."?Pnok. ,
Dolly's been to coolrintfsohool, I
Her friends all say "Howsweat! -I
The cakes she makes the pies she bakes '
Look good enough to eat." ^ ^ I
Damper: "Chumble (who has J
ried a young widow), sentiment- I
?"Will you ever forget the hon- J
mon, darling?" "She?"Which I
Tit-Bitr*. I
Had an acoident on my run to- J
said one gripman to another. I
hat was it?" "Woman said I
,nk yon* to a man that gave her a I
"?Washington Stsr. I
Eiss Pert?"Is Miss Strait Lafce oir- j
ispect?" Mi83 Caustic?"Circum- J
;t! Why she won't accompany a . 1
ng man to the piano without a -yfl
peron."?Salem Gazette. ;.s|
Your friend, Van Dooze, is a great I
otical joker, I believe." "Yes, but / 'I
en'tmy friend any more." "Whst'a ' . -1
matter?" "I played a joke on him 1
other day."?Chicago Kecord. .1
[oax?"Do you know, I bought a vJ
y of Longwind's book last night
, I couldn't sleep until I read it. '* 1
i?"Good, eh?" Hoar?"Jtoi
i troubled with insomnia."?Phil*- j
phia Record. -||9
Ixact Bridegroom (who is receiving .''la
bride's dowry)?"Ten dollars are- . J
1 wanting." Father-in-law?r 7^
rhat? Oh, my daughter swallowed I
t$10 when she was a child."? J
Bgende Blaetter. '
>nthe Stand: ''Where waa Mrs.:'
ith going when you saw her?" j
ed the Judge. "I don't know, A
tr Honor." "Was she inacar- /|j
;e?" "No, your Honor, she was j
i hurry."?Detroit Free Press. J
Ee?"I come here so frequently j
t I'm beginning to think that yoo. I
k upon me as a chestnut?a roastod I
stnut, as it were." She?"No, .1
a roasted chestnut. When a cheat- j
is roasted, it pops. "?Cleveland '1
in Dealer. I
'Bunkins, I guess," is about thfr ' ';4
jteet man of his years in this oom- \
aity," said the citizen who ob- j
res. "Knows a great deal, does- ]
" "Knows a trreat deal? I should I
so. Why, sir, that man knows al- . . A
it as mach as his nineteen-year- j|
daughter, who is in ihe high 1
001" 'm
Masks lor Soldiers in Warfare. ';p
tasks for soldiers engaged in war* :M
i in the oolonies, not as a defense %
inst the sword or tbe bnllefof tho * j
my, but as a protection from the '
ess dangerous cohorts of fevers?
i as the original proposition which . 3
just been submitted to the French ^4.
demy of Medicine. It emanates ^
a Dr. Heurot, professor at the lms
School of Medicine, who ar* '$
3 that the use of this mask would ;':v
rent the germs from penetrating '
be lungs of the soldier engaged in
mial warfare,* who, as ho is not
imated, and is overworked, is
:h more liable to attack from fever
l other people. In short, as he
tains, it woaid place a barrier
reen the deleterious atmosphere
the organs of respiration. ? LpnTelegraph.
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uangerous aioves. .a
side from the always present per- V ^
if explosion, the constant burning ,
il and gas stoves is deleterioas to
fort and health. Snch stores
lid never be allowed in a 'sleeping
n, for, having no connection with
tiimney flue, they throw the poi- .
)us carbonic oxide of combustion
the air of the apartment, vitiate
atmosphere and render it unfit for ~
iration. Even the burning of an
nary oil lamp during the night is '
;erous, especially ii turned down,
the oil niove is much worse, as J
ng a larger iiarce it consumes
e of oxygen and gives ofF much
:onous gas.?San i'runcisco Chron- $
ISaok Covers. t
lie cover in; of books with chamois,
or fine linrn h>.s ?: .?:>:? to be an ; yM
By menus ot' it u paper boiind
irae mny be transformed into someg
rich anct dainty by a pair of
er hands as home. A volume copy
Olii Lnvfi Fi-?ft.-a-s sop>n nof. i?-sl
; ago whichiiad b-3cn dccorated by fl
outer slip, vrliich was made of
t is called "sad colored"' silk. On.
le title had been embroidered in
lued tints. A true lover's knur
rcled tlie word:-, an i from it a few ^
tered forgct-mo-iiots were droopTbe
effect was exquisite, and ,'
it was-0one by :. > experienced em uerer.?Detroit
L'r-o Press. A
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