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"]f[e #j$P3W -C? -tH \ A NC By &2rs. SH^o' (ISABELLA ' (Copyright, 1892 an* 1893, bj ' T7TAPTER XXVII. I CONTINUED. "She is a singular girl," at last she BaiJ, "and if the man is so completely infatuated '?rith her as you say, an alliance of any sort between them might be dangerous to our plans. I dislike her, and have no confidence in her airs of superiority and virtue; but she will inevitably find out from Van Tassel the whole story of your pretended identity with Lord Clarence Stanley, and our only safety in regard to him lies in the fact that we are on guard against him and we can more easily prove him to be a dangerous lunatic than he can prove you to be other than the man whose name you bear. I do not think we need to be alaimed on this subject. But I must find out whether that Mendoza girl has left the Hamilton family. I cannot go there personally, for Polly dislikes and mistrusts me, and I don't like hei. To confess the truth, Lord Clarence, I am inclined to be jealou3 of her. In your inmost heart, my dear Clarence, or what passes for that organ, I believe that you are more than half in love with Polly Hamilton, nnd vou are sorry now that you have lost the chance of marrying her." "What, when I have the choice ot you instead?" exclaimed Stanley. "My dearest girl! How can you do yourself such injustice?" Olive Gaye felt her cheek redden angrily. There was an insolent freedom in the man's tone which she resented with suppressed but bitter fary. "The man is not a gentleman," Bhe thought, "not even in outward seeming. Hov: could the Hamiltons linve been deceived in him all these years? Bat how handsome! I suppose Polly was quite made about him, and, of course, that would blind her father and mother. But I must get some hold on him even stronger than my knowledge of his early life: for when I have married him, it will be as much to my interest as to his own to preserve his secret; and, devil that he if, he knows that as well as I do." While these thoughts were passing through the shrewd mind of Miss Gaye, the was looking up into her * ?- * ??rwl lover b iucc wnu iuo iujjcuuuuo uuu childlike smile which deceived most men and was not wholly without effect even in the keen eyes now observing her; while the glowing crimson of her cheek might well enough pass for the blush of pleasure in listening to a compliment from the lips of the man whom she loved. Despite bis admiration for Olive Gaye's particular kind of cleverness and her quite extraordinary executive ability, Stanley could never rid himself of the feeling that he had been captured and was held, like any other captive animal, with a chain long enough for apparent freedom, it is true, and loose enough to make him almost unconscious of its presence, but when he sought to evade it he was made to feet, in au unmistakable maimer, that it wan there. "But I shall marry her," he thought. <i't,k?4 11,. V...1 l r 5 JL iiiii ui wnu M eat uuu ireejuiu is now my only alternative; and I am afraid I am spoiled for the prairies and canyons. Too much civilization and luxury have made the necessity for their continuance imperative. In order to possess them I must marry her; and when I do " Stanley did not complete tho sentence; and could Miss Gaye have Been his face at that moment, the expr.o sion of it might have robbed the coronet of the prospective countess of much of its luster. Outside her own family, no one knew or remotely suspected the engagement of Olive to Clarence Stanley, with the single exception of Bertha Seffcon; and Miss Gaye had only taken her friend into her confidence when she realized the danger of not confiding in her. Bertha had already ascertained all that had been required an regard to Dolores having absented herself suddenly, and, aa it seemed, mysteriously, from the Hamilton family; and in that way Olive and Stanley knew that flhe had never returned there after her meeting with Van Tassel. "They have gone to California together," said Stanley. "I feel they have done so in quest of the Sautiago Canyon, of which he knows the locality; and by this time they have arrived there and are doubtless searching for the treasure." "Have patience, Clarence; they will not tiud it," said Olive. "You alone possess the secret, and as that girl's father lost his life in the search for it, you may be quite certain she is in no haste to risk hers?no?no! I learn through Bertha that she has left the Hauiillous' for entirely different reasons?in which Polly belives, but in which Mrs. Hiuu;.?on does not put the least faith. The dear mother, on the contrary, has lost all confidence in the wonderful Spanish eenorita, in the belief that her sudden and mysterous disappearance is explained by the equally sudden and mysterious disappearance of Lord Clarence Stanley ?in short, Airs. Hamilton is firmly convinced that Polly's late sweetheart and recently acquired sister have eloped together." ' Then they do not suspect that I am still in New York?" said Stanley, eagerly. "Nothing short of meeting you face to f.ice would convince Mrs. Hamilton of tlmt fact," said Olive, in answer. "Mary does not believe that Dolores Las gone off witli you; and in order to keep her from learning the true state of affairs I have been obliged to take Berllm Sefton into my confidence. But Bertha is a fool and couldn't be made to keep any secret very long? therefore the sooner wa.fjtart on o'ir wedding-journey the Setter, ?.di! I have arranged to have the ceremony take place to-morrow evening. Bertha will be our only witness, and the minister of the church to which she belongs will perform the ceremony at |iis own house. She has arranged the ^ ' /-- 4,. sh -:-*{re3S(ire.' ?)<r?D)VEL. bcth J. '?infer.' CASTELAR.) r Kobxet Bosnia's Sons.) matter for me, and my people have all agreed to be secret about the marriage fnr fVin nrusonf (in nf'roiint of TOnr cent bereavement?poor boy!" "You are a trump, Olive!" exclaimed Stanley. "I begin to think I shall end by falling in love with you, my dear. You really are worth a dozen of the ordinary sort of women!" "Oh, thanks!" exclaimed Miss Gaye, with a slight flush, half-pleased, halfangry. "But that isn't much of a compliment. Now, I want you to explain to me 6nce more the secret of the cryptograph, and also to go over, in detail, every point of the Mendoza story, in so far as it has any bearing 'whatever on this concealed treasure." Stanley gave a hurried glance about the roum and then toward the door, which was closed, but not locked. Olive rose and, with a low, gurgling laugh, like that of a playful child, locked the door. ^ "Just to satisfy your suspicious mind, dear," she said, coming back to her chair that was drawn up close beside him. "It is quite unnecessary, for we are alone in the house; evan the servants are out, and my uncle and his family will notreturn before midnight. I arranged this tete-a-tete on purpose, that we might suffer no interruption." He drew from his pocketboob?the same old one, marked with the arms of the Windermere family, that he had carried for eo many years?all the papers relating to the cryptograph, both the original parchment and the various translations and cuttings of the separate pieces of the picture forming the figure of the Indian princess. These he spread out on the table, and for hours this man and the girl who had determined to be his wife pored over the mysterious script, studying it word for word, letter by letter, and finding many new and hidden meanings in it, until both felt that it was engraved on heart and brain forever. it was late wnen tney ceasea xopore over the secret of the cryptograph, but both J felt that they thoroughly understood it, and each longed for the hour when he or she could set out in search for the hidden treasure. She accompanied her lover to the door, and as she raised her face to his for the good-night kiss, which he pressed with all a lover's fervor on her Bmall red mouth, a great, oldfashioned clock in the upper hall struck the hoar in deep, sonorous peals of sound. "Eleven o'clock, Clarence. I had no thought it was.'Bo late. Uncle Gaye and the girls will soon be here; ftnod-niflrht. cood-nicrht. dearbov: but come very early in the morning. There is muoh to be arranged vet, and then we will appoint where and when to meet Bertha in the even - If 4 t She hastily closed the door as her i lover turned to wavo his hand in adieu; aud then she drew a sigh of mingled relief, pain and anger. "I love that man!" she mattered to herself; "but that won't last, because I hate him, too. Heigh-ho! I wonder, as the French say, if the game is worth the candle. But it is too late now for moralizing^ and fate will help me through, a*usual." "You are early, dear," said Miss Gaye to Lord Clarence, when, on the following morning, she ran down staire tomeethim. "Come here! Let me look at you. As I live, I don't believe you have read. the news this morning, Clarence." "Well, I have not," said Stanley, carelessly. "There is nothing that can happen of any particular interest to me any more. Or is there? What has happened? Anything that concerns me, is it?" "Read and judge for yourself," said Olive; and, taking aslip of paper from her corsage?a slip she had carefully cut from the morning news?she placed it in Stanley's hand. And this -was the startling announcement that met his eyes: SECOND ACT IN THE DRAHA. "The attempt at a tragedy begun two days ago in the house of Baron von Helmholtz was, last night, successfully carried out!. The beautifu' young baroness was found, at abou* eleven o'clock, dead, lying on aloung in her room. The baron, who ha( just entered, was the one to make th discoverv: and notwithstanding th | madness of his grief, he has so fai | controlled it as to give valuable sugI gestions to the police in regard to this J most terrible tragedy. The young countess, it appear?, had been married ! before, to a Spanish adventurer who had treated her vilely, and who was. supposed to have been killed, years ago, in a quarrel at a Kauaing-table; but only a fortnight since, or thereabouts, the baron received anonymous intelligence of the re-appearance of the first husband, whose name was Carlos Mendoza. The baroness was murdered by means of a long, slender dagger driven through the heart, and which i- - J i i i.i.i ? ?* ? iiuu ueeii ion in cuo xuim nuuuu vj . the murderer?who had probably fled j in trepidation at some apgjoaching souud?and this dagger, take^.possession of immediately by the jfolice, bears on its blade the name of 'Carlos Mendoza,' the letters deeply Engraved in the steel??" "Thid is Van's work!" erclaitned Stanley, in a low tone, as he turned to Olive Gaye, who stood beside kim, her gaze fastened on the words while he read them, "without doubt this is Van's work, but what infernal stupidity about the dagger?the one I gave him bore his own name?I did not even know he had the other one! This , might be infernally awkward if I should ever?that is to say, if Carlos Mendoza tk es live, it might be deuced unpleasant for him; bat he may be lucky enough to be able to prove an alibi " Olive laughed merrily. ( "The uulucky Carlos may be fortunate enough to prove an alibi; though, ] V if be were in your place, Clarence, lie ' couldn't." "Wby not?" said Stanley, sharply, and glauciug at the printed slip, "ac- ! cording to the newspaper report, this woman must have met her death some time between ten o'clock, when her ' maid left her, perfectly well, and eleven o'clock, when her husband, en- ! tering her room, found her dead. Now, I was with you, here in this room the entire evening, and when I parted from you it struck eleven o'clock, and you remarked upon the hour. "Ob, yes, dear Clarence, but I am the only living person who can help you to prove an alibi?and to-night I , shall be your wife. In such a case a wife's evidence would not be receive*? : either for or against a suspected crim- [ inal. So you see, dearest, you would ; he nnite helnleas. if you wore Carlos j Mendoza, and if you should, by chance, be arrested on circumstantial evidence?because if I am not your wife then I shall hate you, and in that case I would remain silent, while if I am your wife my evidence would have no valne. Poor Carlo#! How glad you should be that you are Clarence now and not Carlos." Stanley felt a cold chill run over him from head to foot as he met the mocking, smiling eyes of his future wife?and from that moment he felt that he was a doomed man, . for, ' wheiher he married her now, or fled from her, either way he was at the mercy of this heartless, unscrupulous, | cruel girl; for she held his life and future safety in the hollow of her hand. CHAPTER XXYin. DOLOBES IS VINDICATED. As day followed day, and her love* neither returned, nor made any effort, by letter or otherwise, to obtain the forgiveness she would so gladly have bestowed on him, the conviction forced itself upon Polly Hamilton that r<lA?.A*>AA Qlftnl Atr tt? n o rrr\rt n Vitti CUOD UlttUICJ " ?o Neither did any word come from Dolores, and, unconscious to herself, the reiterated suspicions of Mrs. Hamilton were beginning to tell upon her. She, who had always been bright and cheerful as the morning, radiant as June sunshine and happy and sweet of temper as all young, healthy, untrammeled life should be, was now the embodiment of irritability, melancholy, fitful, bitter, derisive merriment, or else irrepressible, unconquerable grief. "Don't speak tome of Rita's treachery," she said one day to her mother, turning upon her almost furiously. "She is incapable of treachery. Besides which, it is unnecessary. I gave him to her. Yes, madly as I-i havfi loved Clarence Stanlev. I would would not owe him to any woman's pity, not even to Eita. I told her that if she really loved him, I gave them to each other freely, and I would have died rather than come between them." Mrs. Hamilton looked at the pale and now tearless face of her suffering child, and began to realize that she had never before understood the almost tragic possibilities of her once gay. light-hearted, happy daughter. I She folded her in her arms and held her close to her heart, and then she J whispered a thought which came to her suddenly, "Love, real love, can never die, Pollv, dear. It is a great misfortune to have wasted such a love as yours, even for a short time, on the wrong J man; out tne worm is wiue, uuu juu are but a child yet. Bury the false lover, if you will, darling?the sooner the better; but you will yet meet the true lover, and then you will know the dead love in your heart is only sleeping, waiting for the right man to awaken it to new and stronger life than it has yet known." Polly started and thrilled strangely. | There was surely siome great force in : that thought. She could not yet understand it, and it seemdd to give her only pain;.and yet, what had her mother said? The world was wide, and she was yet but a very young girl! "Oh, mamma!" Bhe murmured, j "Do not speak to me of other men. I ; think I hate the whole race of men ] just now?all except papa?and the whole world is dreary, dreary?espe- ! cially this part of it?and I wish, I wish I could leave New York?now, tn.f1o.r?this?hour?forever!" "And so you shall, dearest!" ex- ! claimed Mrs. Hamilton, glad enough j for the suggestion, and reminded by ! it of the advice which Doctor Mac- j donald had given her to take Mary . away and give her the benefit of new ! scenes and new associations at once, i "Yonr father has spoken of going to j California this very week; business ; calls him there imperatively. Why should we not return there with him?" TO BE CONTINUED. French "Mr*. Partington." Calino, the French "Mrs. Partington," does not amuse so much by tho , confusion of his words as by the quaintness and unintended plainness ofhis remarks. He entered the ser- { vice of a Well-known doctor, who, af Calino had been buying hay for his horses for a while, made up his mind that the hay was worthless. "That is very poor hay that yon have been buying," the doctor complained. "But the horses eat it, sir," said Calino. "No matter; it's bad hay." "Yes, sir," said Calino, respectfully. "I'll change it. I know you are a much better judgo of hay than the horses are." One day the bell rang, and Calino came in. "A patient has arrived, sir," he reported . "An oH patient or a new one?' aektdthe doctor. "New one, of course, sir," said Calino. "The old ones never come back!" _ Calino admired very much the beautiful teeth of a lady among his master's patients. "Ah!" he exclaimed. "Her teeth are as fresh aud sound and white as a ne^-boru baby's!"?Youth's Companion. New Yorli'a Flr*t Police. Iu 1658 New York had in all ten watchmen, who were like our modern police. In 1097 New Yorkers were ordered to have a lantern and candle out on a poie from every seventh | house. And as the watchmau walked | around, lie called out, "Lanthorn, ar.d a j whole candle, light. Hang out your i lights." i > ' J ? j I THE BAD BOV ^ ^ William R. George's Syst< <P less Street Waifs I ? By D. L. Tbe George Junior Republic at Freeville, N. Y., is, perhaps, the most remarkable community ever devised. This extraordinary reformatory is lit|. erally a nation in miniature, "with its own parliament and laws; its own coinage, police, prisons, shops, farms, newspapers, hotels, banks, etc. The | founder of this Republic is Mr. WillI iam R. George. Some years ago he became much interested in problems concerning juvenile law-breakers and "ihcorrigibles" in New York City, and made up his mind to try the experiment of taking them away from their evil surroundings in the city, and giving them a chance to reform?in the country. At first the experiment . was not wholly a success, but gradually the scheme of a self-governing Republic was perfected, and with the very best of results. July 10th, 1895, is counted as "Independence Day," | and is celebrated each year. I The smallest Republic in tbe world | is likewise the most extraordinary | and probably the best governed. It is diminutive in territory, in the number of its inhabitants, and in the age and size of its citizens. And yet there are few of the best characteristics of the largest democracies which have j not their counterpart in the smallest. ' The interest taken in the enterprise in oVi/iurn frnrn tViA t.llftt Oil BOmfi I days during the summer they;,have I over 200 visitors. i The George Junior Republic,it [ is called, in located at Freeville, in ! Tompkins County, New York. - Its { citizens are boys and girls, gathered ! largely from the slums of great cities, j Most of them have "histories" more ! interesting than creditable. They ! have been horse thieves, pickpockets, runaways, and on the whole, very promising candidates for jails, penitentiaries, "dives" and the gallows. At the Republic, however, they are eocn transformed into independent,, thrifty, law-making, law-abiding citizens. The territory of the Republic consiEts of about 100 acres of farm land not far from Ithica. There are only ten plain wooden buildings in the i "metropolis." These comprise two ' cottages, one for boys and one for i girjs; the "Republic" building, con1 taining the library, kitchen, restau| rants, hotel and "garroot" lodging I house; the school-house, back and | J THE PHEEIDENT (sALART FIFTY CENTS A "WEEK) AND HIS CAEINET. store; the Government building, in ' 1 -*--M / ? 'i-1 Jl eluding couri-nouse, jau, \_apixoi uuu postoffice; a girls' jail; a hospital; a barn; a laundry and bath-bouse; a carpenter and machine shop. Money for a chapel has also recently been given. Tbe land is good farming, and fine crops of hay, grain and vegetables are raised every year. Horses, cows, pigs, etc., are also kept to advantage. This little Republic is a g"o% eminent of the children for tbe 'Children and by the children. The citizens are boys and girls from twelve to eighteen of age. Those under twelve are minors, and must have guardians appointed by the State from the older citizens. Many of these guardians have shown themselves to be wise, tactful and loving caretakers of the little ones intrusted to their charge. When the minors cannot fully support themselves their guardians must look out for them, so that the State is not encumbered with tbeir support. The total number01 mnaoitants ox tne xtepublio is now eighty-six. Formerly, the Government was modeled after that of the United States, with President (at a salary of fifty cents a week), a Cabinet, Senate, House of Representatives^ and Supreme Court. Judges, police officers, and other officials must pass a Civil Service examination, and in conse-' qnence the most thumbed books in the fiiii THE JAIL. ^ (Each library of the Republic ar*tho8e con- i taining the penal and oiyil code of ? New York State. All tenite of office i is dependent upon upright behavior, r it is the ambition of every boy to at- c M \' S' REPUBLIC. | ^*4 :m of Transforming Law- <p nto Good Citizens. <5 - M \v Plerson. ?OBGioioioi6iDaoioaoiGi6ic tain to the distinction of the vertically striped trousers. Most of them indeed would rather be "cop" than President. In 1896 a force of fourteen policemen was necessary to preserve order, but now the State is encumbered with the support of only two. There is, of course, a smart little army. The position of Chief Justice, Civil Service Commissioner,Board of Health Commissioner, Sheriff, and in faot almost every prominent civic office? excepting that of Coroner?has its counterpart in this Junior Republic. There is even an officer detailed in the early fall to compel lazy truants to attend school. The representative form of government, however, was found to be too unwieldly for so small a Republic, and at the suggestion of one of the boys a town meeting was substituted for Congress as the lawmaking body. , . There are two political parties in the Republic, the "G. G. P.," or Good Government Party and- the "GL b. THE PKISON GANG GOlNO OUT TO " ' ' THEIR P., or Grand Old Party. Hot are tne contests wagea. "Woman Suffrage" prevails at the Republio, since to refuse them the ballot would mean taxation without representation. A heavy fine was imposed on cigarette smoking, but nevertheless some would often steal away beyond the policeman's beat, and indulge in this habit. Consequently an amendment was passed which made a citizen liable to arrest and punishment if even the smell of smoke could be detected in hisbieath. The penalty is a fine of from one dollar to three dollars, or from one to three days in the workhonse. Gambling of any sort receives no quarter from the officials. The first boy caught "shooting craps" was no less a personage than a member of the Senate of the Republic; and even thongh he pleaded gnily, the judge fined him twenty-five dollars. He reXI1/nb! r\nf Anl w 1m a LU no 1UOU UVIi uuij uiu seat in the Senate bnt also his rights of citizenship, and he was obliged to don the ignominious striped suit of a convict and break stone at five cents an hour. One night Mr. George himself was ""passing his prison cell and spoke to the boy, advising him to pay up and get out of prison. "No, I won't do it," the boy answered; and then, with the steady wit of the street urchin, he adde/l: "I guess I'll take the small-pox to-night and break out." Some days laier, however, as he was breaking stone, he suddenly threw down his hammer, threw up his hands in a tragic manner, and exclaimed; "I surrender! March me to me bank account." When we remember that these laws against swearing, gambling, smoking and other vices, with their heavy penalties attached, are of the boys' own making," and are enforced by the boys with a rigor which shows ft strong public sentiment against the evils, we have some idea of the success which has attended this most interesting effort at self-government. The jail is no playhouse, but has small cells with bars and high windows, the hardest of beds, and unmisTTr*afoiru iq t.VlA LttHttUIC pilOUU 1U1G. court-room, containing, among other things, a trap-door for the entrance of the prisoner, an imposing high 'desk for the judge, and a jurors' bench. There is also a small space railed off for the witness stand, and rows of ^^ I A EtTTLE QUIET ADVICE. boy under twelve bns a guardian appointed by the State.) a c ieats for interested listeners. The leesions of the court are most orderly md impressive. The pros and cons ire carefully weighed; evidence is I y JRlled for in the proper order, and ! I mostfheart-stirring appeals are made to the jury. Only one case of bribery has ever been discovered, and on that occasion the guilty official was immediately deposed, and suffered dis: grac-e as well as legal penalties. But the citizens of the Republic spend a comparatively small part of their time making laws and breaking them. Each must be at work earning his or her own living. Bear in mind that the motto of the Republic is, "Nothing without labor," and this ? J x. * jluuliu irs otijutij uuuereu io, excepi in case of sickness. Every citizen is supposed to -work and earn enough money to pay for his board and clothes. There are two adult head farmers, as well a9 a carpenter and a housekeeper, who superintend the work; but the boys themselves take contracts for running the hotels, making roads, laying drains, farming, building1, etc. These contractors hire laborers at wages ranging from fifty cents to $1.50 per day, according to the .skill of the workman. The girls are employed at household duties, and the minors usually help their guardians. Wages are paid once a WITH week, and ,110. favjfcirt shown to thode Yor&nft or Gifernmeiit officials who reflcte#^. ^pen3 their earnings the first few dim :of the week. A coarse diet and a;3?jfed' tied are tbe lot of spendthrift* ?Rt-loafers) At first very legfcKtjt' pa^pet laws were passed. Patrota were fed at th'8fe$xpenee of the ! , althongh in a humiliating manner at a second, table from which th#o]cth and other "luxuries" had beeifr'Vemoved, and where porous were iferved like prison rations,^'vBut some boys had but lit ''^ ^TOiVs dIain.^ ing no income or property they were practically tax fre?, and it was not long before tiga industrious taxpayers began to r?wiz? the expense which idlers ent&ileifcqii-tbe State. Finally a Senator, whw^Apn pareDteathome were wholly,JSjMrtident upon city charity, snbm^wd a bill to the Legislature to the effapfcthat those "who would not work sbittd not eat/' The poor but dishoneiiwpOTe thus deprived of support. At the same time, those wlrt> through illness are unable to work are provided with . free meal tickets.?The Wide World Magazine An Ambition* Kanay on Linnn. It is the custom of the teachers in Ibe public schools of Washington* to take the pupils of tbe younger grades lo the National Zoological Park at least once every term for the double purpose of giving them a day of recreation jnd a lesson in natural history. Upon their return the children are required to give the result of their observations in writing. Here is a sample from a In-ight-minded eleven-year-old whose [ather ocupies a high official position: "Lions always walk except when they eat and they gro.vl. Their roar is terrify in# to men and other beasts ivhen herd in the forest but when they ire in cages it sounds like tbey was >orry about something. Their tail? ire not so long as the monkeys accordng to their size but keep swishiug all the time aud the seals can make just is loud a noise and have more fun in he water. Tbey are cats no matter vhat you think and their size has nothug to do with it and tbey think with- v Hit talking. Once a donkey stole a ion's skiu and went around bragging ibout it but the other donkeys got on o liira aud killed him because he ftiked so much. That showed he was i donkey. Keep still when you are hinkiug." Tlie Slamin1nc-l>oor Ilablt. Every mother probably admits to lerself that ahe had the greatest contort with her children previous to the 1 itae they learned to slam doors like beir father.?Atchison Globe. The 15oy Who in Sav?"fl. The small boy whose grandmothers re both dead stands a pretty good hance of not being spoiled. Lfim] of Longevity. i France has more persons over sixty j ears of age thau any other country, island comes next. - JM V*V _J MONUMENT TQ FRANCES SLOCUAft . Commemorates the " White Rom of tW Mlamli" Who Wai Stolen by Indiana. ' With impressive ceremonies and ???*??? ?Un mnnnm?rt rtVfi* CiUV^UOUU U1 OIU1 J VUO the grave of Frances Slocam was nn? veiled recently in the cemetery of tin little village of Peoria, near Wabash, Ind. By this memorial the story oi the "White Rose of the Miamis" will be presented in imperishable bronzet and the minds of the nnmerons d& ecendauts of her father xifcjnany parts.. . / of the country will be set si rest. At 12 o'clock a large crowd had gathered at the resting' place of the " famous woman. The exercises were ^ opened with prayer by Dr. Arthnf ^ Gaylord Slocum, President of Kalamazoo College. The veiling was re? $ moved from the shaft by Victoria and Mabel Bondy, great-granddaughtere. 3 of Frances Slooum. Then followed '.'k an address by Charles E. Sldcutn, ot .1 Defiance, Ohio, and speeches By-ear I J settlers of Indiana and other citfzfcnjLvi,"1 interested in the strange and pathetic^*.; story of the white woman who be-Jf'; came socially lotit to-her people contact with the American Indians. V*? Frances Slocnm was carried awaj - .< from the home of her parents in what; 1 is now, Wabash County, Indiana, in ^ 1778. -She was a child of live year* ' .1 at that In spite of almost % A ?? *%?%? !> ******** affAvfu morla Kv hflt* DU^Qi UUiURU * ti-iui no utuuu */jr MW* ; T| family nothing was learned of her fate until 1885, when she was fonnd living with the Miamis near Peru. She had become the wife of a chief and had lost all traces of her English origin save in complexion and features. "i When it was proposed that'fcbereturn to her people she flatly refused to do so. She had forgotten her childhood, her, language and her race, and ,, remained with the Indians almost to the day of her death in 1847. Foi. 1 several years members of the Slocum," J family have been active in raising funds for the monument which ha? just been unveiled. ,-'1 Snake Impri?one<l In a Tree. * The Rev. S. S. Crain, in the city J from EmbersoD, reported a peculiar incident. He had W. M. Fears, liv 1 ing on the Jesse Caviness place, cutting posts for him a few days ago. N At the end of one of the pieces of post timbers was a hollow fork. When ; the cut was split open a little black i enake about two feet long was found in the hollow. It was alive and writhed and squirmed, but could not escape. It was discovered that an inch and a half of the tail projected jj through the wood on the outside or the bark. The fork of the tree had completely grown around it. The supposition is that the snake crawled j into the hollow to hibernate, that its tail got canght in a crack of the fork and that it grew over him while he re* mained in the torpid state. The , J wood had so thoroughly grown aroundJ d the snake's body that when the chip was split open in which it was en- 1 cased the snake stuck to one side of the chip. The snake must have been held in its peculiar prison for yeara, A ? Carries Water From the Well. The labor of carrying pails of water \ from the well to the house day after ; day soon becomes monotonous and ? tiresome, and as the work generally falls on the women of the household, " anytbingVhich will lighten the labor will be duly appreciated. Henry W. Harless, of Good Hope, Mo., has evolved an apparatus by means ot which it is possible to send the paile j. to the well, till them and return them ] to the house without doing any heavy lifting, the operator simply standing at the house and turning a crank. The buckets arc suspended on the <9 ends of the ropes, which are wound ' on the drum, the latter being sup- ^ ported by a carriage riding on the j cable. The turning of a crank slides "a th,e carriage along the cable to the ? Bprjng, where the toothed wheel engages a cog wheel on the drum to lower the buckets into the well and ' fill them. Then the motion of the ivater-elevating and carrying ap- jl paratuk. ' ;9 :rank is reversed and the pails are jfl ifted, the dram being automatically S ocked when the pails are at the right 3 weight. Then the carriage travels 1 iack to the house. The cable can be 10 placed as to incline slightly toward J he house, which will allow the car- J iage to return of its own accord, the . j| ipeed being regulated by a brake on Jj he nranlt shaft. ' '