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?_ ,V ^ ^ ~ "'^ ^ ^ jjl^p^jjjllli^ jp ~ 1 ' ^ ~ * urm uwayi ft nwr to cross, Always an effort to make. If there a anything gcod to win, Anv rtch prlra to take, Yonder'a 1 be fruit we orava; Verifier tbe charming scene. lint deep and wide, with ft troubled tide, i le tho liver tbftt Ilea between. For. rougher the way that we take. , Tho at miter tbe heart niul the narro; "flip stones in our path we break. For deer from onr impulse awerve; For the glory we boo ?to win Our labors we count no loan ; 1 Tin to pftuae nhd murmur becnuao Of the river we have to croaa. TO LKBAIWR "" BT JF.FHF. F0RBC8H tlANAFOllD. Ill search for you, darling, all the .world over? Out where the annahlne kisses the clover; . Where litrda in tbe tree-topa tlieir morry refrain -Will aing for-uta, darling, never a.fain. Never agn<n, unless you are found, love* "Neror again I*? how sad the worda nound. love I Fltv mo, darling, my wianome I-oralim, And <lo not away from me longer remain. Then comeback, my darling; yon know I alore you. Do not ho cruel, I entreat. I Implore yon ; Only come back, d?ar, and let mo explain ? Listen, believe, and bo happy again. ?American Commercial Traveler. -?' . ; * rp -p-? * LITTLE WAIF. A Story of Absorbing Interest By BERMARO HERBERT. / / [CHAPTER XIIT.?Continiiki?.1 Deapito her repugnance of tlio duty bcforo her, half an honr later little ^ Gracie enteral a carriage, in* company ^ with the lawyer and the detective, and was driven rapidly away in the dime-1 tion of Rellevne Hospitnl, on the edge of the river, within whose shadow stands that temporary resting-place of the unknown and unclaimed dead. Natnrally, the report, of the myaterioua mnrder up in Harlem had got. into the papers, and hod linen duly aired. Consequently the melancholy room was thronged with Idle and curious sensation smokers. Among tlieso came Mr. Max Hoyden, attired in the deepest, black, to look upon tho grewsome, lird?ons face of the dead. Though he knew full well what he had to expect, he shrank back with a shudder of horror, as his eyes rested upon the distorted features, upturned to the garish light of the noontide sun. Booing ?t'u attendant, he beckoned him aside, and Raid, assuming a look of paia: _ _ -j csn t'ticar to have there . any hmger. Let Ac hkvo him rumovmd." ' MWho areyoii?" demanded the man, eying him suspiciously. "A friend of the deceased." "Have you got a permit?" ! "No. Is it necessary." "Of course it iH." Casting about desperately in his mind for the means of effecting his object, Boyden produced a twenty-dollar bill, and attempted to thrust it into the attendant's hand. "Here," he whispered, "take this and give mo his clothes. There are some letters from?from his wife in his Socket, which she wonhln't euro to ave examined." Somehow or other, the bill fluttered down to the floor unnoticed, and the man smiled a smile which was not exactly pleasant for Mr. Boyden to soo. "Send his wife ronnd here, and 1*11 give her her hnsband and all that lielongs to him. We don't want any part of him, you know." And turning upon his lieel, he left the gentleman.to digest his chagrin as faa liest he could. ' He was not long left to his 6wn thoughts, for soon after raising his eyes he saw the group of bystanders part, to admit Gracie and her companions to the side of the dead man. With a violent start, he skulked to the edge of the crowd and strained his cars to listen. He heard Detective Bancker ask : "Do you recognize this man ?" "Yes," came Gracie's voice, in a summering wmsper. "Who in it?" "Nicholas Garland." "Thank you; yon may stand aside, if ? you wish, while we examine the clothing." . . The circle parted again, and little Gracie staggered out, pale and sickened at the sight she had seen. In a trice Hoyden was at her side, his hand ti)>on her arm. "Gracie!" he breathed; "not a word! On your life, not a word! Step aside here ;*I have something to tell you of vital importance?something which affects your lifo'and the life of the man yon love!" . She was faint and nearly overcome with conflicting emotions, and she looked at. him nordly comprehending wlm* he nnid nr?rr>plv roolbinir Hut it v ' ? wiw he. Htill keeping fast hold upon her arm, he drew her gently with him toward the door, whispering: "Come, come! I will keep you but a moment; but no one moat hear what I have to say! Come!" And she, as though under a spell, followed him mechnnically, and not an eye noted them as the door closed be)iind their vanishing forma. Passing on, he knew Hot just whither, and oared not so long as his victim accompanied him, Boyden swerved aside from the usual avenue of entrance, and, trusting to luck, he thrust open a door upon his right hand. There was here a little, dim, chilly r inner court, wallod in by the walls of fvuo Rurroanuing unuaings; a useless Im*: sp<it where boxes were stored awe;, where the wind liowled dismally in the winter, and where the patter of the a rain echoed mournfully in inclement " weather. Across, on tGe other sido, a disused gate hung open, affording entrance to. a liiv.ii of sunlight, an?l granting a glimpse of the street beyond. Having reached,this forbidding-looking retreat, (haei'epsme to her senses r.n?l | aimed. "HpeakT she said; "1 will go no far* thcr. ^ ^ '' r - _ . __ ?vv*? vv uinivu lUO most of his opportnnitv, and fearing to } pnt her obstinacy to the test, Boyden Slnred himself between the girl and the < oor by which they had entered the 1 Court, saying: 1 "Uracie, have you thought over J what I said to you when wo last met?" 1 "No!" came the defiant reply; "I re- 1 rtemibor nothing you have said, nor do I wish to." 1 "You had better do so!" he said, f warningly. ? "If this is all you have to say to mo, ? ptand aside and let me return to my friends," she retorted. ? "Your friends!" he echoed, snecringly; "who are they?" sj "A deteetiva and Mr. Clifford's law- I yer from England." 8 ''Old Edgar?" - - ,iJ "Yes." 1 In the excitement of the moment * Boyden had failed to recognize the 8 lawyer, and his surprise was so much c the greater. 8 "What is ho doing in this country?" 1 he demanded, oxcitedly. "You must ask him, was the tantalising reply; "stand aside and let mo j r pass. ' "i\oi I.Iraco Uarlniul, ( warn von that ? those men arc playing a sharp game with yon!" 1 "I do not lielieve it! Besides, I nmno n longer Oraco Garland." "Who are you, then? Grace Arnim? Married already?" "No; I am Grace Clifford, vour T conain, your uncle's daughter, and his 0 heiress!" That shaft struck home! Turning -T livid to the very roota of hia hair, and ? clenching his hands, the villain yelled like an infuriated beast: "You lie! Yon deserve to be strangled a for saying such a thing!" "I do not lie, and your guilty face ? proves it!" For answer, Hoyden readied for 11 her, but like a spirit sho fled across tho court toward the ray of sunlight. M Upon reaching the stroet horpursuer ^ caught np with the Hying girl und seiz* ifd her. " T.. i? ? ... - - uvi iwnir nilO illKTt1!! U ptorciDg 11 shrink, which rung out. like a clarfou. 81 Instantly there was a rush of foot, nnd in tho twinkling of an eye Boy- h ?lon sprawled upon tho sidewnlk from a powerful blow administered by Lawyer h Kdgar. ii c Foumiqg with wrath, ho gained his w feet and faced tho gentleman. e ..''You ahull answer for this insult I" ho hissed. !' "Not until you have answered me, ![ Mr. Max Boyden." put in astute Mr. Banekcr. . M "How daro you speak to mo? What ?' Imvo you to say ?" ?u>ua *? ** Illll iifnili IIIB.UOkKiIVfl. ft -*S(Wip1^ (UMT I ttrvest yon fSTaSia- " plicity in the murder of Mr. Orrin Clifford, and for the actual murder of Nieli- ^ olos Oarland I" CIIAlTliR XIV. I AN INFAMOUS 6CUKMB. j. It was in the very desperation of dospair that Max Boydon gave chase to little Oracie out of tho court of tho jj hospital into the public streets. Just 8 what he intended to do with her when he laid violent hands upon her, lie probably had no idea. He simply saw that his tether was j. rapidly shortening, and, half insane, it ^ mattered but little to him whether ho ? l.;? K.....1 a??:nul 41... ?.11 not. It w?r his lwst chance to gain poRRession of tho girl, and ho 8oi/.ed. it ? Roizod it and scaled his own doom. R as narrated iri the preceding chapter. a All the way to the Tomlwi under oscort of Detective Dancker and u her* c culean policeman, for the remainder of that, to him, endless day, and during the dismal night that ancoeeded, he sat n in his cell, a p'foj to tho most violent 1 despondency. lor so many yearn hud lie played with Ruccesa his high-handed game, hod enjoyed such perfect carl* hlarirhe a to perpetrate any form of villaipy that v came into his head, that hia enforced confinement, his ntter helplessness v within four walls, maddened him to such an extreme thut for hours ho n gibbered like a maniac. A night of reflection, however, to- * gethet with the light of another day, 1 brought him to his senses, and with the c daring that had been tho main spring 11 of his heinous existence, he determined 3 to face the music, to whatever tune ho 0 was called upon to dance, and tight it out till he diod. ' Roundly cursing the detective whoso fi accusation had "jugged" him, he 8 growled to himself: * "The devil lias bitten off more limn he can chow ! How can he prove my * : complicity in the murder of the ol?l m^n, with the affidavit that 1 can pro- ' duoe that I was up in London when the thing occurred, and the only man who ' could turn state's evidence against mo ?dead? Though I killed the rascal, who saw me do it? Bali! I'll engage able counsel and soon silence their wag- ; ging tongues!" i . Merc htft face darkened as a new < thought suggested itself, and ho added I hrutallv: 1 ! "How did that brat of a girl get hold of tho fact that she is a Clifford and my < cousin? Good Clod! How could that dead secre^ come out ? Well," with an < indifferent shrug of bis shoulders, "if I ? fpiftcoed ih clearing myself of the < charges that bold me here I'll fight her on her owf> lines, and gwe her sncli a < racket that she'll wish she had never been born. Curse her! I can-concoct < a story about her birth, and nulfstantiate it, too, that will wither her so that < fthe'Jt'never raiaw her head ngain. It's < easy enough to crush finch worms as that!" It wnsin such a dyfiant frame of mind that, the jailer found Mr. Max Dovden, < when about ,11 o'clock he entered his I cell to inform him thpt a lady wished ' to speak with him. "A lady?" echoed Hoyden, with a ' start of surprise. "What lsd^ would come to such a hell-hole as this to see me?" "Couldn't say; didn't ask her name," was- the abrupt -reply "All you've got to do is to say whether you'll see her or hot.* You oan do an you please about it," . i "Of course I'll see her!'' "All right. Yon can have ten minutes," ? would Wt hrf upon yonr throat jus& M surely aa Ir fat her did. Being here tie for ihjjLprealt, of courso I am tied en hand -and f?, and ean't act. Yon bo l>eing a;oJlev(| woman, I eoy to you, go lie in andlhrinl Kll that you can make it- out of# you tall have." n- "And whatfto you get out of it?" "Mr-?ijeTep* Stay! There is one ir- condition I rnV impose upon von ; nn<l in that hM-I waiiyou to stab tnis girl, Is, Oracle,jt deem blow through her love of for an' artist Yarned Rupert Arnim. Fascinate him, yt liim into your toils x~ aut* him hyour feet, as you can if yoa .ljSll. B*r in mind that when these Jfc^ple fl debut that you havo a d claimjWtKin the estate, every one of 1- their bifida will * turned against yon, ii and IfittWiltJiaj you, as tlicy hate a d*"Wf/tuH|| rcss >s of these people it so faff you know them, that 1 may find fclfn without delay," she said, and by thl words he know that he had b found / tendy accomplice in hie in famous Atheme. 1* Scfcely lind ho finished writing .UU JBUV1 nir(j[)fU OUT. into tne pi uige and beckoned. An instant later a woman entered tl jell with much frou-frou of silkt robes, and the door clanged into pla< behind her. Bovden sprang from tl pallet upon which he had been rumins ng, and regarded his visitor with i ense cariosity. She was a tall, splendidly propc ioned woman, closely veiled, attired (omber black of the richest material ind l)oro herself with the Btateliness i queen. After a cursory glance, Boyden e laimcd: "Who are you?" For answer the stranger slowly raise ler veil and- discovered a bold, han< onto face, of. a decidedly Southei ypo, judgipg dy the ^ rich oliVe cot nexion and the large, dark -ayaa^ai ieneath the low brow like ahfnit itars. At sight of that faco Boyden r oiled with a cry of amazement, while ingle name escaped his lips. Thi tame was: > . "Cora?" "Yes, Cora," came tho echo in a ricl nelodioiiB voice. "What brings yon hero?" hedemam d, "at the eleventh hour?" "It is never too late for a dutiful wil o visit her husband," replied the won in, with a cruel-smile. "I don't see it in that light." "I do; therefore I have come. A monicntnrv nilonco fell betwee n th >air, during which they eyed each otlu uriously. "It is years since we met, Max," th roman said at last, seating liersel pon the only stool that the cell a: orded. "It is just as well, since wo conldn gree," was the sullen reply. "And I suppose you haven't though f mo twico in all that time." Boyden fretted nervously and-glance p at the slender rav of sunlight tha Mind entrance at tne Harrow gfate< 'indow and shimmered upon the white 'ashed wall, as he answered: " Look here, Cora! According to yoi isn't too late for us to meet, accord ig to me it is too late for any sill pntihient between us. I'm ill here C e tried fur my life?for murder, and ave quite enough to think of!" The large, dark eyes watched him a e h|>okc wnnout a suggestion of a ton 1 their limpid depths, and the voi? as firm and musical without a traco o motion as she rejoined: "I have not troubled yon since w nrtcd four years ago, and I havo n< i tent ion of troubling you now, ' ave kept the secret of oitr marriage to lyse!?, and travel Under nu ttssutnbi amo. No matter why I have l>eten a tie to you; perhaps it lias been a satis > say now Is, tKVt I shalThe glad to hi f assistance to you, if I can ho." She paused hero, keeping her eye xed upon him steadily.* With the ?? >rity of lightning, and almost with it ivid effect., a new light leaped int loyden's eye, a flush mantled his pa! id face, and lie seemed to exporiehc rune triumphant satisfaction. Dto) ing down upon the edge ot the palh lesuto which tho young woman sat, h aid, with swift eagerness: "Do yon meau what j-on say, Cora? "Every word." "You're a good girl!" ho innrmiirct rying to take her black-gloved han n hia; but she resolutely withdrew rom hia clasp, saying, with a cnttin mile: "According to you, it is loo lato f< ny silly sentiment betwoen as, and gree witli you." Ho bit his li)i, nod hia manm hanged. "Very well," be said, tersely; "or ime is* short und we must mako tli lost of it. Tell me, how are yon ge ing along?" "As usual." n*t7i- .i ?' ?.. t?' in u iini niu jruu r "Oh, dinging in music halls and thi tcis in various parts of the conntr; wherever engagements call me." "Do you nuiko all the monov yu rant?" The fine dark eves gleamed hungril s the woman replied: "I flhould not lmve money enough posMeflfled the wealth of the Indie 'm famiflhing for it! I want to rit ver these proud ladies who look don ipon and despise mo. 1 would give tc ears of my life to compel lliem to re gnizo me I" Boyden fairly smiled with satisfs ion in spite of himself; she was i oft wax for his hands to moh ihe was an instrument awaiting h onch. "Cora," he said, his voico tromblii vith eagerness, "yon say that y< vonld tie glod to bo of assifltanco ne?" She bowed bcr beautiful head alliri rtively. " "You can bo!" "How?" "You can be, and with advantage (ronrself. I would not ask you to < me a favor unless I could mako y< ?oine recomjiense. Being al>lo to < this, I will sfieak frankly. Yon km my uncle, Orrin Clifford, as well as You know that it was ho who came li tween us, he who refused to recogni you lieeause he ilid not consider y< uifficiently well-born, he who h lriven yon to singing before the lowc classes for your living I Yon remembc And being dead, you liato his meinoi :lo von not?" "1 hate him dead and alive I" cat the low-toned, vcnomons reply. "You also know the story of hi* in ?s well aa I. Well, that child of h that troublesome brat, Oraoo, who Nicholas Oarland fathered, -has U*h np with the law on her side." He fixed his eyes opon her face w taw that she was keenly interested; fact, that she was' drinking in ere word he uttered. "On the very day of his denUi." went on, "the old man made u w leaving every cent of his property this Oraoe, though he died witho icknowledging her as his child. H< die has got wind of the fact that she liis child, I don't yet see; bnt such the case. Moreover, the will is mil ing, and until it is found yon have ti tame right to his property as I have "I see. Goon." "Now, should the will be found a; draco come into the property^ y uu?? OIIVII ' UI1UUUUI1B Uj) WOUIC1 BHHI81 fo her, then footsteps sounded in tlio eorridoloutsldo the cell. "Tloy are coming for yon, Cora," lie saicllhurriodly; "do what you can iu Jot/own behalf j I-shall probaby never ? tnAle yr?li for a division of the spoils, * siile I am a doomed man, but I shall diA content if I know that you have ? sucteeded as thoroughly as even yon If coiid wish. Remember, you will be a b mijionaire if you succeed." ihe cell-door swung open with a t cling as he censed speaking, and the jni\rr appeared, rc "Time s upl" he romarked. Xtra turned to the criminal, nnd for '1 theifirst tttne gave hint her hand, which { ho jreesrti, with eloquent fervor. ' M>ou Bhsll hear from me beforo longj" slio -said, in a low tone; nnd, lowbfring he| veil, she passed out with tt the Jailor, tHe heavy door closing niter thdra with iU^tttelaftcholv clang. f JMjft Mtme, Max Boy<len llung hira2 self U]X)n his pallet, and his hardened 1 features broke into a grim smile. ' "The trail is laid!" he chuckled ; "the a explosion will follow now as surely as r though I held the match.*' a Meanwhile, surrounded by her new' found friends, little Oracio little dreamed of the Infamous plot that had 6 been laid withkuch masterly cunning to 2 wreck her future happineSi. * She had returttsd from her visit to j the tndrgtte in company with Lawyer > JEusrar. and both worn now fmrwifioHl.lv n awaiting the return of Mr. Banckor ? Jrqn 4Ka> "i"1" >m' tH'f* 6 son of RTenoma Garland, in the presence of the detective. He camo at last, and reported that he had scten Boydcn safely incnrcer:S a ted, an announcement winch was re ? ceived wltli silent satisfaction, Theti 1" j bright tittle Mh?? Molly Banhket bits e I tleu about and cleared a table, at wliicli >; | they all eat down, and tho papers wort d produced. 16 They proved to bo two letters, am' , some odd scraps of accounts and bill: of no importance in tho ease. Nat I urally, then, the attention of all prcs b ent was directed to the letters, the firs d \0t which was addressed, in an un It couth, sorawling hand, to "Miss Grac< 8 Clifford." . <lt wss the first time that the poo >r ffiN hod Seen her natne Set forth, st I thnt the ready tears sprnitg tb Iter cyBs blinding hdr so that aho was forced t< :r . han^ the letter to the lawyer to read Its^o+ntcpta, bsdl* spelled and blotted Mr/tTd^ar read aloud, as follows: >e 81ioui?l anything happen to me suddenly t- I bollevo that I should rest easier in mj IS 1 ?1.1 1 ? a A - kirtvu 11 a iuua^ii i irnii urrubi ui iny purl u the secret *of your life, young lady. Youi father's pUrpoad In putting you under m; chnrgo In your It fancy I have no buslnpsi p. to rovoul: Hint rmiat remain between hii v God and himself?and you to flnil out *? What I wish to say, and uo hereby take tn} anientn oath to? Islhat you are' rto child t? ill mine. 1 Will also say positively that ybtli mother still lives, end I do beseech you. I you have any love hi your heart, to I1n?l ho * out, hour hor atory V'r yourself, and judg? Iter as I havo judged, Pray Ood to purdoi if nto for the wrong I Imvo done, B, Nicholas Gabi.and. Ie A? the e.loso of t\?o reading of tliii u mysterious communication dead silenc n fell UjKtu tho little group. broken onl; c- bv the sobbing of little O rat io, wlier sne rested her head Upon tho Itosom o c- good Mrs. Bsncker, ioeping as tllougl us ber heart would brent. 1; Mechanically the lawyer took up th is second letter, which wits contained in ai oblong, gTimv yellow envelope, am tg started.att-Kf3 eyre rested upon tho su >U person prion. to "Why, this letter i8? addressed i ' Mrs. Clarissa Clifford, widow of th n. lute Orrin Clifford ' 1" ho exclaimed. Tn a trioo Oracle sat erect, dasliini the tears from her eyes, and holdini out bet- hand. "That letter is for my mother." sh |0 said; "give it to mo and' I will give i 3n to her with my own hands, for I am gr i0 ing to search the wholo world over unti ;w I And her. j "Had yon not better read it?" sup ,e! nested Detootive Itancker, "it may giv von anrrw* p'tun lo Iiav HrfinrAnltoiifo 7f' "No!" woe tlnr firm rentonso, "it i nH addressed to her gnd sealed. ] !mv ,8t no right nor wish to )>ry into its cor ,r| tents without her |rdrmis ?ion." Ami sho placed {ho snererl trust i ' her bosom, trover to{ ionvo that wife n ?? coptacle wutil Irer^issing mother wr to ^ ^ o | rtmjn with my wife, and wo shall l?e pin to have you stay with us, Mr. Edgar, i you can put up with our humble fare. But with many thanks tlie lawyer e> eused himself, and soon a'tor returne to the hotel, having tirst said a fe' wordsof comfort and encouragement t Gracie. And so tho pregnant houi sped on. They saw nothing from that hour c ME Bahcker, until just us the cloc waa striking noon upon tho followinj day, when lie suddenly made his ai pearnnco in their midst, the same littl company being convened. Ilis face be trayed nothing as ho took his seal though every eyo was upon him wit cadger scrutiny. It was his tirst word which cruelly dashed their hopes. "No success!" ho said ; "the will i lost!" Jjfct "You hare searched over v wliero?" iv "The old building coutainednotT ing?" "Nothing! I searched ovorv erne and cranny, even lmd tlio floors Jake np hrfd Hie cellar dag over. Jt is a bare as a barn!" "But you thought Garland mjgli have lia<\ a lodging place?" suggeste Mr. Edgar, still vainly hoping. "Ho he had; a wretched garret-roe? down in Houston street, which I dif covered after infinite trouble. "Well?" "It contained only an empty valis and some pieces of clothing." That settled that point, na the deter tivo would say, and each person fel the force of the situation. The will was irretrievably d< slmyed wr. JMlgar rose to Ins feet. "Very well," ho said, forcibly; "ni elient shall 110 longer bo kept out <i her property! I hIiuII proceed to A sharp peal at the door-bell intei tupted liim, and occasioned a visibl start. Mrs. I'nnck? v answered tli summons, and a moment latti r tli stalely flguro of a veiled woman eor fronted them upon tlm threshold c their council-chamber. {to ha continued. 1 Economy Whs Not Wealth Just Then There lived not very many years ug a abort distaneo from the town of Bei cr a man of extraordinary ineatinesi One day as he was starting out for Be! vcr to do his weekly shopping, his wi! carno out and asked liim to buy her darning needle. "What's llli matter with the needle i bought you last winter?" "The eye's broke out," she replied. "Bring tho lleedlo here," said hi i'XUta .^oi. WI Ci w trti-ouft? lili ovi ed." The woman was wisa in her genei ation, and made no protesf. bh brought out th r br.iken needle. Tho economical farmer rode int j Beaver and stopped first of all at tli blacksmith's shop. He took out tl fieerile atid handetl it to the blneknfnit! 5 "I want tii(it mcndfkl," lid said. The blacksmith knew his cilstomci 1 and keeping his face perfectly straigli , said that the eye should bo made wli ?' . in an hour's time. The farmer r? ( . away, nnd the blacksmith walked aero t the street and bought a new needle f< . a cent or two. 3 When the farmer called again <1 blacksmith gave him the new needl r The farmer looked at the smooth pc j Islnd surface of the steel and remarkt t *bat it was a good job. \ *L>w inueli will it be?" said he. "Ten cents," s&ul the black smith nr the farmer as lie paid it remarked til ' he knew that tno needle could 1 mended, but his wife would have got r to the expense of buying a new oqo f he hadn't interfered.?Pittsburg Di r patch. | Ulan with the disss Eye. 1 ' A sound of battle floated out up< f the Street from the fesidenej of Id J and Mrs. Alexander Lee, of Cllicag ; Officers hurried to the house, wile 3 they found Mr. Lee seated with h i head swathed in bandages, which we recking with gore. He looked apjien ingly at the officers out of his lone cy s The place where the other eye sliou 0 lidvo been was a raw, red blank. H v wife stood exiltingly over liii e "Whore's your other eye?" ask< d i ij officer. "It's all broke up," fthswon ? Lee, the tears rolling out cf his lo eVe, "Who did it?" asked the oflict 6 "I did," screeched Mrs. Lee, feroei >u J ly, "and it's nobody's business. It w ? my eye. I paid for it nnd the oth '* glassware in this establishing n4, reckon." It appears that Lee wore ? glass eye. Hhe is tlicolder of the pa e atid she frequently found fault becnu her husband run around town mo R than she liked, and to keep him at hoi B gouged out and destroyed his queei ware eye, of which he was very proi it Rates of Notable Events. il Tljo Reformation b-^gnn in 1517. Magna Cliarta was signed in 1*215. r- The Suez Canal was opened in 18i e The first watches were made in 14' Organs were lirat used in the yt is 1755. o The Wnr of tho Roses occurred I- 1455. The fIrnt musical notes were used ii 1528. 3- T!ie first newspapers wore printed is 1404. The first postoftico was established . i r. i a ? ?*)nniel Wobstor and Henry Clnv 1m died tu J852. I . ?* The l.npse of Time. , Continued Bachelor -How time <1 'j fty, Mist's SfliiHidfll Wliv, it was . feni-m ago (lint yon refused mo on l 111 spot. Miss Seaside (who wishes uhe lind ?So long as that! I was young i rP foolish (hen. Mr. Smith. Bachelor?Hot wo are both older < V wiser now. its Id us An instrument called the phono; It. ograph is intended l?y the Due do 1 ill tre to indicate the direction of any re, taut sound. A microphonic pla'i "e? peculiar construction is moved id It- until the maximum effect is obtaii a' THE NEWS. D u > A mm calling himself Toscott, the miih '.j lorcr of the Chicago millionaire, has turned w ip In Buffalo, N. Y. Tho convicts of tho ^ 0 Tennessee penitentiary have been leased to ^ 9 the Ten?i3sseo coal and Iron Company tor MOO,(KM per annum. A mormon emigrant B train was wrecked on the Norfo'k and West- w k irn Railroad near Lynchburg, Va., and llf? teen persons injured. Iiieendlarics have Jjj ). iestroved ">(),(XX) worth of farmer's property ni ( near Gladesvillj, W. Vn. Presidont Hnr> risen has the nppolntmcnt during his term st t, of nine brigadier general. A committee li 3f the Grand Army of the Republic lias ins restimated Ibo in nngoment of tin Pacific joist branch of the National Soldiers' Home la s |t Santa Monica, California, and r.-port'd tl1 tin* institution in a bad condition.?-Two 1- if. the .notorious Hatfield gang bave been ?' - ^o&tietofref ihtirderr at PikcsVille, Ky., and ^ mntrnuffl" ttr tmjprtsonmeut. Walter ?* G. C mpbell, of YonAgstoWn, lfT"V., ran. di jessfully passed through the Niagara Whirl- ?' k pool Rapi Is. Two children were killed by 0 b lightning in a Sunday School at Columbia ge IS City. Ind. Lu her Wallseeshot his sweet- lo heart and himself inn hotel nt Callforni i in '* Mo.' Several flremnn were killed by falling walls in I-ouisville, Ky.?Timothy O'Brien, a res:dent of Now Durham, N. J- til was killed by his brother Morris during n ri 5 qmrrel. A mail agent named Texton was arrested In Pittshurg for robbing tho m ills. Negotiations for tho settlement of jjj 11 the strike at tho works of tho Columbia Iron b' Company, in Lancaster, Pa. nro off.?? t Thomas Culllman, of New York, committed ol suicido on tho evo of his marriage. Mil i Innl J out*, a druggist. of Clayton, Ind., I f itally stabbed a Baptist minister named | v Smith. In Sparta, III., John McCully, a ,{ young tough, Phot ami killed William ?; " CroB?in, a con?t?!?!?, who intorfered in n - fight A statue of General Grant was un- B o veiled with imp >slug ceremonies In Fort ri 0 f<-avonworth, K* Maria Larai, an Ital- 01 e inn ??onian, was struck ny > train in ad - and becamo a mother prematurely from the jj shock. Tho mother Is dying, and the child C! is dead. Captain Ross, the noted Indian fighter of Texas, is dying. Charles Pen E dleton shot ami mortally wounded his father- w , In-lnw, Col. Wm. B. Goo.lwln, nonr Fred- J rlcksburg, Va. Roger O. Brandt, of ti ' Charleston, S- C., cormuitt-.d suicide. d 1* a ^ By the explosion of n boiler In n sash fncv tory at Oakland, Cal., four men were killed (] ft* and several others hurt. The Michigan v n peach crop is short. Tho pork crop of tho ? Western statts equals that of last year. c 1 The Burton building, in Chicago, destroyed ^ by fire. Loss f40,0.0. Two negro nuir- e der.'ra were t. iken from in>I nnd Ivnohi-d near a Morgnntown, II. C. Tho town of Bbont 1 Lrtwis, colore I, while trimming n strip in an edging machine of a saw mill at VVtiming- S r" ton, N. C., was stru?k in tho side, shot k 10 throujb tbo rollers, and instantly killed. J5 John Black, a farmer, of St. l_,ouis county, j ^ Mo., was waylaid by foitpria and killed v (C Half a milo of earth over mines near ? j Plymouth, Pa., hns cnvod in, hut no lives sre reported lest. A band of so-called j r White Regulators at Lnfuyette, La., attacked \ t' the Cabin of an old colored man who llred r j,' upon them. They then flogged hiin and hi9 ? daughter and murdered them. A number s kh of other colored nton in the vicinity were 1 or whippet. An immonso derrick at a quarry r near Iiummelstown, Pa., broke and two m u 10 were seriously Injured. Four hundred ? O. minors employed at Morris Itidgo colliery, e 1- near Mount Carmel, Pa., struck to compel ? itl the cparators to observe the Semi-monthly J Pay law and rtduce the price of powder. c The Knoampment Hons of Veterans lias f UJ gained lS.tiJO members during the past year. > The hotel at B^n Air, a summer resort on tbo 0 Richmond aud Danville Railroad, near Rich10 mond, Va., was destroyed by fire. Loss ?!">,- L ' 000; partially insured. The Master Car I S and Locomotive Painters' Association met ' c in Chicago. In a collision on the Nickel v Plate ro id near Miller's City, Ohio, two lo- s comotives and fifteen cars were demolished. J >n J. L. Patterson, a mine cupcrintendont { Doggett, Cain., wns knocked off his horse and % robbed of t5,0J0.?The Boll Telephone Com- J psny hos lucreas-d its capital stock from < ,-0 |l,uuu,ww 10 1 nomas varrou, i i|. aged twenty-six, died in Philadelphia from I ( r being struck on the head by a poker by John ] 1<\ Harm, nn Italian ragpicker. There was ' [is no trouble in the Cabinet because of Cotr.11. mtssioner Tanner's retirement nor was the i nil resignation demanded. Various names 1 i'<l have been mentioned in connection with the no commissionersliip, among others that of ex* >r- Congressman Warner, of Missouri. u. Is* Hafner, aged twenty nine years, a steerage passenger on the North German Lloyd steam* { sr Elder, from Bremen for New York, jumped overboard in mid ocean. Q.ie hundred 11 and fifty Mormons arrived at Now York, 11 from Europe and proceeded to Utah.- j )re The Gorman ship Oeestemunde, from Rtet- | nw tin for i'liiladolphi i, went ashore on Absrcon j ,g. Beach, and is a total wreck. The crew were \ |t1 saved. James Calahan, a fireman on a freight train, was killo 1 in a collision at Iioch LairJ, Va. The white granite wore manufacturers of Pittsburg and vicinity hare formed a protective as<ociation. Mrs. George il. Dunsford, of Heading, Pa., swollowed iur falso teeth while laughing, ond died in lorrible spasm*. Many coses of 111 Texas fever ore among the cattle in Bethany j on I Huntingdon, Pa., Two negroes were killed a d several fatally injured in a fight jn in Mercer county, W. Va. Waterloo, a little summer resort on the Delaware Bay, is j jn reported to have been washed away. The schooner Henry Wlihlogton, from Baltimore in for Boston, went ashore at Lewfs, but all hands were saved. John Divis, whon re>Hi fused lodgings at the house- of Andrew Ravage, at Stafford, Mo., shot and killed MUs Savage. The funeral of Congressman Cox took place from the First Presbyterian OCH Churoh, New York city, and was attended ton bf manJr distinguished statesmen and cltil(jH sens.?Joseph Met*, an Italian, while clean lagan awning in New York city, touched . n'f) an electric wire and wan instantly killed. mil There were 170busine a failures iu the United Htatea and 5ti in Canada the | ast week. | itnd Judge W. Milo Olin (tied at Augusta, Ga., In hla seventy sixth year. An arcommoila- j lion rain frotn Baltimore on the Baltimore and Potomac Kailroad collided with a freight train at the navy yard tunnel, Washington, die- and the engineer of the accommodation was t t>[ killed and a numb r of passengers hurt.? tout Five hundred intnersin the Clarion and Clear ted. Run oollleries, Pennsylvania, are on ftrlko. ISASTERS AND CASUALTIES. Mr. nnd Mrs. John G inning weredrown?d ; Haltnno.e by tho unset ing of tb? ir bo it. Tho holler in the coal mine nt Portsmouth, bode Island, exploded. The engineer was lied, John and E lward Brocher nnd Charles N. tuhme wore drowned in I.ike Michigan bile fishing. Two children of DieldGuy set fire to a irnat Blue8prln?r?, Nebraska, nnd perished i tho building. They were playing with atchea. A train on tb? Pennsylvania Railroad ruck a wa;on and killed two hoys, who ere driving across tbo track, near Elisabeth, ew Jersey. J. T. Robinson, of lx>ng Island, and Cipin William Hhort, of Ocom Cilw, Muryn I, were drowned at the latter place by ie capsizing of a surf bo it. The roof of the casting house, nt the Stew t Iron Company's work, at Sharon, l'enna., 11 in, injuring tour men, ouo of ttiem Auk n Aorford. fatally. f round Hackcttstowu, N, J. One farmer ha' 'St 2-) anil has others sick. The floods in Mexico have cause I a loss of iveral lives at Tetecala, in theHtntoof More?. The inundation nt T.tmpico is incrcasig, and many of tbo pcoplo are destitute. Tbo town of Flacolulu, in the State of idalgo, Mexico, lias been entirely destroyed IT fluids. Telegraphic communicntirn iromhout the Stuto of Hidalgo is iuteripted. Frank Hnvens, 3-1 years of age, dropped sad in Councils UlufTs, I inn. A post-morin examination showed that his heart was i the right sido, and his death was caused f a rupture on that organ. ? William Bounott and Miss Carrie Ernest, ' Baltimore, were run oyer ami killed by a a in on the I'hila lelphis, Wilmington and sltlmore Railroad, near Ferryman*, Md. Samuel C. Hhowalter, aged <W year*, vol. itarily submitted to on injection of tin i-lixir of life" at I) ly ton, Ohio, three wo *ks ;o, to obtain roliof fr?)m rheumatism. B'oo.l lisoning and gangrene sot in, and ho dieit rter horriblo suffering. Reports from points in Hops is and Miesoushow that a light frost prevailol throu/hut the northern pi r s of those St-ites. No amago to corn crop is reported. Telegrams rorn > Nebraska, and Dodge Cenre, Minnesota, report w tti*y cur?y ro > by the frosts. Hugh Perry, an electric light lineman in luffalo, New York, causht hold of n livo rire while working on a pole. Ho fell tan rim bar and hung there in the wires, nimble o save himself, and giving evi icnoo of exromo suffering. Perry was alive when taken own, but speechhss. He died a few minutes ftor reaching the bo*p:t 1 Horace A. Stratton, a member of a deer noting party in Sullivan county, Now York, rus aocnlently killed by Henry Fountain, no of his companion*. It is thought u twig uugbt the hammer of Fountain's gun. A. C. Staley, President of the Staley Woolm Mills in South Bend, Indiana, was poisond by morphine given him l>y udruggist for uimno. He is 72 years of n;e, nnd all efurtt to bring him out of the stupor pro... i i... .imi? i... .... .? i....... ii ?_ James Cabeeu Was killed and Witifl>ld cott, it is feared, fetHlly injured by being KCkod from the top, ot h trulu which wos ussing under a bridge near Ch liicothe, >.uo. 'l'bey ivero members of the Knights of vanhre, of Athens, and were on tbeir way rith the other members of tho company to Joluaihus, to'give on exhibition on tbe Fa r J rounds.- --?? . A gravel train on tho McKeesport and Idle Veriton Hailnoad-struck a cow near Veoster. Slatip^ ttpveral cars were deailed R??d( demolished. One man named toborfc Carney was instantly killed. His wo brothers, CkaMes and .Samuel, were i-riously 'injured, tbb latter thought to bo atnby. Tbu Hien were all minors, and were id big on the cars. - r Divnin A. Henry, Superintendent of Cor ruetion for tho. East Hirer Electric Light >npiny, at New York, was killed at tli. :o iijinny's works t?y receiving a shock from i lOUO-volt current. Henry bad goue t > tho witch hoard a id mounted a laduer to tlx ouie wires that wore out of order, lie in tiu.iously placed his hind on a lire win and ell to the ground dead, lie waa only 2d ears of age. The limited train from the East oVas .15 ninnies lato in arriving at P.ttsburg.tbrou (h lie of tbo most singular accidents which iuvo happened since the vestibule train has teon started. between Philadelphia and larrisburg tho roofs of t.10 two forward loaches cuught fire through tho friction, vbicb wore off tbo rubber casing and go. th > tool piab's red hot. The fire was easily ?xinguished at llarrisburK, but tbo fact to it icing so easily originated has set the railroad jeoplo thinking of a new way to obviate tuch accidents. Reports from North Dakota and portions >f Minnesota bare been received telling of u jeary storm. Grand Forks says a terrible doctrical and wind storm prevailed within in erea of 100 miles of that city. Tolograph poles lietween there and Fargo were blown down and communication interrupted. The damage in the neighborhood is thought to be heavy. The waatberis now wintry in nature, and it is feared considerable damage will result. IN THE FAR NORTH. Stories of Starvation Among Indiana It causa ol' a Lack of Snow. A terrible tale of suffering injbofar North 8 told by tho ltev. E. II. black, a Church of England missionary near Fort Simpson, who his just arrived in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Last Winter wnsa very hard one for the Indians, owing to tho absctnco of reindeer and the impossibility of bunting mooso successfully in the absence of much snow. Ten ner sons succumtied nt Fort Wrigley. Mr. Black fears that the mortality during the coming winter will also I o great, unless there comes a heavy fall of snow. Provisions gave out at the tort last Winter In the beginning of January. Flour is dear enough at any tune, the regular price lieing #:W a b?g at Fort Wriglev, while it is #'.!7 a bag at Fort idinipFoti. But Mr. Black says lie would have given t-ioo a bag last Winter if ho could havo purchased some nnil have given the In inns a share. The distress in that district was terrible. Mo had to lenvo to avoid starvation. At Fort Linrd seven died from starvation ' last Winter. AN EXPOSITION BURNED. Only the Carriage of liitfayettc fi :v <1 ?Heavy Ijnraca. The St. Joseph, Mo., Exposition m t Tith a groat disaster. About 10.30 1*. M. just us th entertainment in the greit amphitheatre bad closed, a Are broke out in the main boll. a magnificent building 1,100 feet in length, and fitted with all manner of exhibits. Tbs entire building and contents were consumed in spite of tho most heroic efTorts on 1 lio part of tho flro department. It is understood that nothing was saved hut tho carriage which was built to convoy General Lafiyctte during his visit to this country in 184'd. The exposition grounds nto located two miles from tin ritv Tba origin of the (Ire is said to ooine f 11mi the electric lights. The Expoaition will continue, hut will Ix* short of its ?net exhibits iu the main hall. The loaa must exceed a quarter of a million do tare.