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There s inue' : i t t hro':'rh And. little u. ecomlaining, For the darkest i' Will light Acthe blackest cloud 'li nci'Y If wroth you tind in weak m 'Twill do all good to know That some one Iho ,, b wrought. And frankly told the Enough will rema in e With all the :ud Foi Some will be sad andi 1+ .r U1 On down to t he j;ouerne\s end. As in the I hrong you pass along. With rapid strides or slow. If virtue you see in bond or free. Just stop and tell them so. There are many cares in home affairs That wear the brain and heart, And many a way, 'most every da. In which to bear a part. If you love your wife as you life, It will keep her heart And make her feel your blye i : To often tell her so. If on the road you see a load. Some pilrrin pressing A willing hand to help him st an. Will bring you back a blessing. So in the tight twixt wrong and rit That's waging here below. Should praise be said, don't wait till dead, Before you tell then so. Tie Iwo OrpIaeS. By DZ'Enncry. CHAPTER: 111. THE oUTCAST. As Pierre said the Normady coach had just arrived; but the poor cripple saw at a glance that his chance of earn t ing a few sous was hopeless. The only passengers that alighted from the rickety old coach were the two young girls whom we have seen in our first chapter. They alighted in a dazed sort of manner, as if the bustle and din of t he great city had confused them, and Henriette, leading Louise by the hand. entered the open space in front of the coach-office. A bench (which. from the numerous marks of knives ant pencils upon it. showed that it served as a resting place for the loungers who always cluster round places of this kind and talk horsey slang whle admiring the noble brutes that form the establishment of the proprietor) was just outside the office door, and it was to this H enriette led her blind sister: "Sit here, Louise." she said, in a low, sweet voice, which told all the love she felt for the afflicted girl. Henriette looked vainly round for the relative whom they expected to meet: but not a person was to be seen. She could not repress a feeling of anxiety: but she bravely strove to hide her feelings from Louise. But the blind girl was anxious as well as Henriette. "I am surprised that Monsieur Mar tin is not here to meet us," she said. half to herself. Henriette's quick ear caught the murmur, and she endeavored to divert her sister's mind. "Oh, he'll come soon:" she said. re assuringly. Then, to occupy the blind girl's mind with other matters than their own condition, she added: "Oh. Louise! Paris is so beautiful: Oh, miy poor sister, if you could only see its wonders. "Tell me what you see. Where are we?" asked Louise, excitedly. "In an open square at the end of a beautiful bridge,'' answered Hlenriett e, looking round her. "which has a magniticent statue in the middle." "Tfhat must be the Pont Neuf," said Louise, as she remembered the picture Henriette had called up to her mind. "Papa use~d to speak of it." "And on this side I can see t wo great towers," continued the beautiful girl, who was thus supplying the place of her sister's sight. "It must be Notre Dame." "Notre Dame," repeated Louise. * sadly, as she arose from her seat. "How I wish I could see it. It was on that spot, that I, a helpless infant' was left to perish," and as the blind girl thus recalled the thoughts of the past, the* tears, unbidden, came to her eyes, and the sight less orbs were turned toward the spot she would see, as if they woul~d burst their filmy veil, and forced by her grief, gaze upon the spot where she had been left. to die o1 cold or starvation. "It was there your dear father found me. But for him I should have died-perhaps-perhaps that would have been better," she added, in a tone of anguish that was almost a wail, so much misery was there em bodied in it. "My darling sister:" exclaimed Henriette, "why do you say that?" "Because," replied Louise, in the' same sad tone, " I should not have liv ed to become blind and unhappy." "Louise, do not speak thus:" said Henriette, as she clasped her sister in her arms. "Our dear parents loved us both alike--you were their consolationc and happiness, as it was their tirst grief when Heaven depriveai you of! your sight." "Misfortune pursues me. sister," said Louise, refusing to be comforted, I "for scarcely had this affliction be fallen me when w'e were left orphans, without help or friends." "No-no, dear Louise:" interrupted Henriette, "not without friends. I hope. I lhave turned all we possessed into money, and we arc in this great. Paris, where there are skillful doctors who will soon restore my poor Louise's eyes to their old time brightnes, and there was in Henriette's voice something which ever had the power to cheer her afflicted sister. "Heaven grant that your hopes may be realized, ' said Louise, more hope fully. Then thinking of their present situation again, she asked: "But where can MIonsieur M artn be? Why does he not come for us? For a moment H~enriette hamd forgrot ten the forsaken condition in xwic they were. Alone in Paris, without friends, or even acquaintances, and unless the relative whom t hey were ex~ pecting should come for them, w.hat could they do? Henriette hardly dat red t othinkof1 such an alternative, and more to sati'sfy her sister than from any expecttion of finding him, she proposed to go and look for M. 3Iartin. As Henriette went to look for MI. Martin, a young wvoman of 'bout twenty years of age entered the open space infront of the cabaret. andc sto(od1 gazing sadly "t the swift-running river. Her face w~as that of a wvoman wvho had once been beautiful: hut who was now pursued by remorse and sorrow. Her garments were scrupulously clean and neat but with no at tempt at ts play, and she was waddered aboutt likeC one having no aim or purpose s'ave to escape from her own thought 's. She stood silent and mot lones. as she were some quaint tigure of wood' or stone, rather than a woman ini wxhose breast love and hat e could wagte ete enal conflict: so absorbed waJs sh'e 'n her bitter thoughts, that her fac'e express ed her feelings as wvell as woruds could have done. Henriettee retu.rnedl t o'er sis er with the inform'to tht thin~r' ea tive could not be sen and jus at iiha moment a burst of mlaughter anmsc came from the ha f open cc o th cabaret, which preventlt edI ' w'' umlr'r from hearing Hlenriettev's ap' roach i her voice. Ani'ong the voices wvhiceb ct'i heard from t he d rinkming salo''. 'e ques Frozhard's coarse. bru al Iue could be dist ingu ished: a na as sh heard it. the poor wvoman starteai as though stumg hr :1 viner. r1r .iet 2 !s l'i'c i~i. il! 122.20 - wh heart you hove broen. S urs lf. w lle the victim of rm a nit y seeks t he only refuge r'i 1 - ienth': The river is nlear, ' uiE nge' ai i it will all be over. May . ying "hrick of despair ring in c 's as a ntev er-ending curse. A:!d in the extremity of her anguish t e wanderer rushed toward the wall suden death she sou"li ;raded hy despair. the tuhajpy wo man was about to ielid ui her life 10 her Maker in all its sin. Lorge tI i that as it was too vile for ths world. what would be its uppeatrance there where al was holy. As sit was a bout to commit this rash act .hl'r wild and almost maniacal zue r's'ed on several persons who 'rie Tah in near. and she drew back, No. 'i is not yet dark enough," she mm'ered. "I should be seen and per laps saved." As she said this she clasped her hands on her head, and seemingly be wildered by the conflict of passions, sunk down upon the cold, damp pave ment. I'nriette, who had been regarding the strange appearing woman, ex cl:iied as she fell. "What can be the matter with that woman? She has falleii: she must be illy' "Giho to her and see if you can aid her: go--eo, sister:" exclaimed Louise. quickly. and in ther excitcinent rising from' I e seat ani endeavoring to gre'pe her way to the prostrate woman. Like some angel of mercy Ilenriette wen; to the world-weary woman and in a voice that resembled a silvery chime c vesper bells, so gratefully did they fall upon the wanderer's ears: asked: "Pardon me, madame: can I do any thing for you "You can (10 nothing.' "You seem exhausted:are you sutller "Yes- -yes. 1 am suflering. As she said this, thus inviting the pity. as it were, of the good angel be side her. she arose from the ground: and Louise, who had been listening to the short ccnversation, eagerly said to Henriette-and there was a world of pathos in her voice: "She said that with a voice full of misery and despair. Help her. sister." llenriette needed not to be prompt ed to do a charitable action; but her sister's words caused her to redouble her efforts to assist the poor woman. Madame, have confidence in us," she said kindly. "We are not rich, but we can help you--" '"I have already told you." interrupt ed the woman, fiercely, "that I want nothing. There are griefs that can not be consoled, sufferings that can not be alleviated. I only wish to-to-" "You wish to die:" exclaimed Lou ise, as she clasped her hands in an ago ny of grief at the thought of the other's suffering. "Who told you that?" added the woman, passionately. "How do you know I want to die?" "I feel it while I listen to you," an swered the blind girl, who, standing with her hands clasped, resembled more one of Raphael's Madonnas than a simple country girl. "Do yo0 know that we who are blind-whom no ex ternal object distracts. listen with our whole being?" "Tell us your troubles," said Henri ette. soothingly. 'Perhaps we can re lieve them." The woman gazed sadly at the fair girl who would thus take another's sorrows upon herself, in the hope of lightening the unhappy one's burden. "Why should 1 tell you when you do iot even know me?" she said, slowly. and at the same time as if she wished to pour out her troubles. "You have never seen me before, and yet you pity me. No-no, there is no help for me. Leave me. leave rme, and do not at tempt to save me:" As she finished speaking, the unha p py wvoman turned away and would aave left the place. but that she heard Henriette's voice. "Stay:" she said. in a pleading tone. 'For the love of Heaven, do not leave :ne thus:" entreated Louise. The poor woman was not proof iganst these pleadings, and yet she 1esitated to open her heart, wicked as t was, to these poor girls. "I ain pursued by the otficers of the aw," she said hurriedly. "I have not, trength to fly further, and they will rrest me - "What have you done?" asked Hien ~iette, pityingly. "I have stolen:" answered the wo nan, and as she saw the young girls ;hudder, she added quickly, as if in ex :enuation: "I have stolen money comn nitted to my care: all tne savings of a >oor working girl. I .stole it for him, 'or a wretch whom I fear, but whom, las, I love:" At this moment Jacques' voice was leard from the cabaret, and it sound d like some mocking fiend exulting ver its triumph. "Good joke-a capital joke:" What demon could have put into his nrth those words, which probably vould have expressed exactly his idea f the repentance of the girl whom he lacd wroniged: "Listen:' said the woman quietly,. ,vhie a look of pain passed over her 'e"that is his v'oice. He is there vasting in debauche.'y the recacey pur :hased by my crime. WXhen 1 am away 'rom hi'n my reason returns, and I on feel the hate his baseness inspires. las: when he speaks to me my hate lisappears: I cower and tremble before ur and am his slave. I have stolen or him, and 1 believe I would kill at li bidding: She renmained silent for a moment. md then. hiding her face in her hands >urst into an agony of tears, and ex laied: "NC-no: it is better that I should "Yon can not atone for a fault by ~ommtting crime." said Henriette. "If I am found they will arrest-im >rison me:'' exclaimed the woman, lsinr her hands. "nfrepentance will pay the debt ou owe to Heaven," added the blind ~irl's low voice, like a song, sweet and eild. "licaven: Do you believe there is a eaven?" asked the woman, almost 'oughly'. hiding her real feelings be iud a mask of brusquerie. The t wo girls started as if they had 'eceived a blow, and their faces ex ressed the soirow they felt at this mplid atheism. "Do I believe there is a Heaven?" sked Heniette. in astonishment.: "1 can not believe there is a Heaven or outcasts like me." "O h, unhappy womnan!" exclaimed ouie in, tones of deepest sori'ow. 'hen drawing some money from her ittle store. she handed it to the wo lut althbough she could receive vods of encour'agemenit and adv'ice romn the orphans, and be grateful, she oui no1 t ake I helm money, and she irew aick quickly, exclaiming. petu ant i~y "l10 not t rfui, 1 implore you:'' en reaed Louise, as Ihe turned toward he womni. w it h an imploring look pt- hei' fac. Thus cut reated. the w'oman could do less than comply w ith theiir i'e est: and2 as shem took t he smnail mounOit of money, wich was imore alable than ri'celess gems becauise ftthe svympathynV which accompanied 1. Se sa i: "Now I know that you are right. ter must be '2 lleaven. for has it not llt I woI angels tu succor' and to save A ndl 1 2 u:-ingi aside, tihe unhappy wo 12an2 wipe teh le teal's away which th is! .2ind2 act on ihad cautsedh to flow. "Cuaage hae curae."said Hien 'aressiigiy on the woman S arn "Yes yes: I will have cour~ae I'll 1iv from Paris and from him. I wish 1 could give lmy life for you." sheii said. as she took the hanes of t he two or phans and presatd them to her lit. "May Hleaven hless you -larewe. she sobbed. Is shte i tued to go. But she ha:i lot seen t he door of the cabaret opn. nor did she see .1aeqtucs, as he stIl i outside the door. . 1i al: he chuckled. "Madame 1 ariance. at last ' Tlheln. as he saw the woman moving ,iickly away. he cried: "Marianne!" The sund of that voice was too potent for that poor woman. Where are you going?'' demanded Jacques. coarsely. "Away from you. whom I hope never to see again:" answered Marianne, firmlv. J cqties went toward her quickly, and laid his hand roughly upon her trembling aria. "Bah:" he said, savagely, "you don't want to see ie? Then why did you stop when I called? What makes your hand tremble?' it does not tremble," answered Marianne, trying to appear tirm. "I have found stength to resist you. I am ashamed of the life I lead, and 01 the infamy into which you have plung ed re." "Nonsense!' exclaimed .Jacques. as he went toward the door of the cab aret. "Pui all of that stuf out 01 your head. and follow me!' '*I will not:" said the poor woman, as she turned again to go. -You must:" insisted .Jacques, with an angry gesture: and then, as she did not move, lie added: "Come-do you hear?" For a moment Marianne was on the point (f obeying him: but one glance at the two young girls. who were anxi ously awaiting her decision. seemed tc give her strength. and she answered, boldlv: "Yes. 1 hear, and 1 refuse. I will not obey you:" "You want me to persuade you in tie usual way, eh' do you?" cried Jac ques, brutally, as he went quickly to. ward the shrinking woman. "You shall not-never again: ex claimed Marianne, as she endeavored to escape from his cruel grasp. But she was too late: Jacques grasped her by the hair with one hand, while with the other he clasped her slender throat. and in a moment his brawny hands would have choked her sense less, but that he heard the heavy tramp of armed men approaching. In an instant he had released her; and Marianne, rushing up to the guard, exclaimed: "Monsieur, arrest me, I am a thief!" Jacques was petrified with astonish ment, while the two orphans waited with beating heart the denouement of this strange drama. "Arrest you? Who are you?" asked the officer, in no little surprise. "My name is Marianne Vauthier. Oficers are in search for me. I escaped from them an hour ago," said Mari anne, hurriedly, as if she feared her courage would give way. -Now I wish to deliver myself to justice:" "She has gone crazy!" ejaculated Jacques. as he moved to a convenient distance, in order to make his escape should she denounce him. "Marianne Vautheir," said the of ficer, reading from a paper which he had taken from his pocket, "accused of theft-" "Of which I am guilty," interrupted the woman. "Wellif vou confess it. I must take ou to La Salpetriere," said the otlicer, half doubting hier sanity,as he motioned her between t wo files of soldiers. "My expiation begins,'' said Mari anne, as she passed by where the two orphans were standing. '"Pray that Heaven may give me :ouirage to com plete it." Tile soldiers moved on. bearing the self-convicted woman with them, while Ilenriette and Louise could only pray silently thlat her expiation might be the means of restoring her to the place she hlad lost thlroughl her unhap py love. -Jacques r-emained looking after tile departing prisoner for a few moments, arid thlenl giving vent to a low whistle, expressive of surprise, i-egret and per haps shlame, disappeared into the abaret, sayin~g, as he entered: "To Salpetriere: She's a fool:" And in a few milnutes he was joining his comrades inl thIdr debaucher-y, withi not a thlought of the unfortunate girl whlo, for is sake, had committed a :rime for which shle must now suffer long, weary months. perhlaps years. And while he was thus occupying his time, the two orphans awaited the coming of their relative. (To be Continued.] A Tidal Wave. A dispatch from Rome announces that a severe cyclone has swept oiver Catnia a city on the east coast of Sicily. For 24 hours before tile :yclone burst over thle island, a violent storm raged on the eastern coast of Sicily. Tile path of the cyclone was 124 miles long and ev-erything in the line of tile storm was destroyed. The sea swept inland for several kilometres loing enormous damage, whlile there were violent submarie agitations between Sicily amnd tile mainlland. Along the railroad from Catania to Palermo, the force of the cyclone was such thlat r-ails were torn up and hurl ad to a great distance. It is reported rom Modica, :2 miles west southwest from Syracuse, thlat a hundred bodies have already been found, but that the a umber of dead bc-lies swept away by the torrent is unknown. lie Fooled Them. Clad in feminine apparel, with wig nd veil to complete his disguise, Simon Shimberg, of Syracuse, N. Y., or whom a warrant has been sworn ut by Isac Libeoman for alleged for ery attended the funeral of is fathler nd successfully eludled tihe recogni ion of two dletective whlo were watch ing for him. Shimbers not only at tended tile funeral. but rode in a hlack with the oth~er mourners to tile ceme ery and. when the function was ver, he quietly got out of the city. [Ie is charged withl forging tile name >f (George Johnston on a nlote for 9251. Short of Funds. State Treasurer Jennings will have to borrow $300,000 for cur-rent state expenses this fall, thle full amountal towed by law and still tile appropria ions go on. The levy has been raised from year to year and still tile ex penses of the state incerease. TheC to tal amount of tile deticit is expected to be about $150.000 with no prospects >f matters getting any better under tie present method of large unnecess try appropriations and high salaries for public oflicials. It is up to the next legislature to attempt a remedy for- sonme of thlese evils but we can nly judg-: the future by thle past -in ;reased appropriations. THE action of tile Ilepublicanl par ty in virtually turning all thle colored members out of tile par-ty in the outhern states will result in a dlivi sion of the colored vote inl the bor-der states. Already there is a distinct Iovemenit ,,f the colored voters of :hose states toward tihe D~emocracy id the result of it will be sein more md more with the coming elections. Eviuy ma n who votes inf the pri naiy should vote In the genleral elec :ioni, whether tihe nominees are is hh-o or nlot WRECED A HOTEL. Frank McKie, Blows Up the Golden Eagle With Dynamite, THEN HE COMMITS SUICIDE. Guests Blown from Their Beds. A Young Wontan in the Case, But Yet It is a Mystery. The Golden Eagle hotel, on the corner of New Jersey avenue and D street Washington, D. C., was dy namited Tuesday morning at 4.30 o'clcck by Frank McKie, one of the guests. who subsequently committed suicide. Between 20 and 30 guests were thrown from their beds by the explosion, but only the proprietor. Louis Brandt. and his wife were in jured. The roof of the building was blown off and the falling wreckage crashed through to the basement, leaving the structure as if wrecked by a tornado. Every pane of glass in the building and the adjoining structure was broken. The explosion called out the fire department. The affair is involved in some mystery. The pro prietor gave a banquet Wednesday night in honor of his wife, who had just returned from Germany, and Mc Kie was a guest. MeKie had boarded at the hotel four years and had been treated as a member of the Brandt family, which includes a daughter. Sophie, with whom McKie, is said to have been in love. Brandtd enies that there was any understanding between the two. McKie remarked Wednesday night that he was going to wait until Sophie returned from Germany with her mother, and then he was going to his old home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Brandt and her daughter returned 8 o'clock Wednesday night. The at tempt at wholesale murder followed Thursday morning. McKie with a pistol in his hand was seen by an employe of a lunch room op posite the hotel just before the shots were tired. When the explosion occurred a slight blaze sprang from the debris, but it was quickly extinguish ed by the firemen. Brandt and his wife were quickly rescued before many of the 30 guests of the establish ment had reached the part of the building in which McKie's room was located. McKie, with a revolver in in his hand, was found lying on the floor, with his head in a pool of blood. A bullet hole near the right ear had caused instant death. Brandt was bruised about the body and shaken up badly and received a severe cut o:1 the leg. Mrs. Brandt sustained bruises about the body and a cut hand. When the wrecked building was searched Thursday enough dyuamite was found in McKie's trunk to wreck a block of buildings. There were six whole sticks and parts of two or three broken sticks, together with a box of caps and a quantity of wire for long dis tance explosion. He had had at least nine sticks of dynamite in his posses sicn.. McKie was about 28 years old. He we.s formerly of Philadelphia and had relatives in Chicago. His brother, Harry McKie, was killed in Chicago last year, according to a telegram in the dead man's room. McKie was a machinist in the navy yard here. but resigned on inheriting upwards of $20,000 about four years ago. This amount he said to have lost on the races and his act is ac credited by some to this loss. Detec tives are investigating the case. A WARM TIME Toughs from Augusta Started a Row on a Train. The Augusta Herald says news reached that city on Wednesday of a riot on the excursion train run 3Monday from Augusta to Savannah, via the C. & W. C. and Coast Line by William Kel ley. The excursion was of the dark variety with two coaches reserved for white people, and it was in these, when the train was about ten miles from Savannah, that the row occur red. Two negroes engaged in a fight and rushed into the white coach. One negro called "Dynamite," and having a bad reputation, broke a bottle over his antagonist's head. Then the panic began. 3Men rushed to quiet the fighters, some with drawn pistols, while the negroes resisted, with much cursing and swearing. This of course set the ladies screaming. The bellig erents were quickly hurled out of doors and thrown off the train, where 'they were left behind to have it out as they felt disposed. As the train was pulling away "Dynamite" at tempted to again board it, when some one in the crowd fired a single shot from the rear, saying, "Kill the ras cal. he's going to board the train again." The negro was seen to fall immediately after the fire and turn over, but it was the general belief that he was untouched and fell to keep from being fired at agamn. The negro passengers, when they heard that their friend had been shot, became very much infuriated and wanted to avenge him by putting an end to the party who did the shooting, but he was quickly hid and several white men cted as peacemakers at the earnest request of the ladies to please have or der and avoid a riot which seemingly was pending. Everything was quiet after that and the train pulled in as peacefully as if nothing had occurred. The Nevada Republican platform declares for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, favors the largest use of silver as a money metal in all matters comn patable with the best interests of our overnment, and pledges the nominee to Congress to exercise his best endea vors to secure the greatest possible use >f silver. Bryanism must be making some headway among the Republicans of the West. and there are occasional signs of disloyalty to the standards of the East. The Florence Times says Ed Bryant. Savannah negro who was hoboing 1ome was struck Wednesday night as e was entering Fl1o~ence, by a piece of wood that fell o1T 55. the evening train from Wilmington. It seems that he had gotten on a train at Richmond and found it convenient to get off at MIarion and was walking from there here when as 55 passed him a piece of wood fell off and struck him on the left arm, fracturing the arm very badly above the elbow. TlE Spartanburg Herald says Speaker Henderson has evidently had his ear to the ground and discerns the approach of a tidal wave for tariff re form. THE WESTERN TEACHER.. T.()ubles iupjerienced by3 Truxstees on Account of Frequent Marriages. t t] From The Placer Gulch. Idaho, IL Daily, Palladium for September (: We take pleasure in announcing that' 1 our school board has hired Miss Eunice o Peters to take charge of the recently a organized school. Miss Peters comes V to us from the East highly recom- V mended as an efficient teacher, and we P welcome her to our bustling young tl city. The children of Placer Gulch f( are to be congratulated on the pleas- cl ant and profitable year before them. it With four churches already built, six e: more projected, the foundation for the d county jail laid and the best half-mile ri race track west of the Missouri River sl we are certainly booming. et From The Palladium for September ' 14: A pretty wedding was solemnized v at high noon today when our popular t1 townsman, Jim Vance,led to the altar P Miss Eunice Peters. of Grammar s< School No. 1. They will begin house- o keeping on Grubstake Avenue. The school is necessarily closed for the pre- 7 sent, but our wide-awake school board F has already engaged another teacher. tt From The Palladium for September ft 17: Miss Beatrice Hall arrived from n the East last night and this morning c took charge of our school. She comes t highly recommended as an accom- o plished teacher, and our children are e again in their places. There are few P things which do so much good as a well-conducted school and Pacer Gulch has one of the best. From The Palladium for September 24: Our readers will rejoice to hear c that another wedding has taken place in our thriving community. Tom Bankside is the lucky man, and his bride is Miss Beatrice Hall, who has had charge of our school. The event o took place last evening and they have gone to housekeeping on Laaiat Ave- d nue. The school will open again next , week under the auspices of another o teacher already engaged by our able b school board. d From The Palladium for September 26: Among the arrivals on the 8:30 C train this morning was Miss Mary si Clerkinville, an experienced teacher from the East. She took immediate is charge of ou r excellent school, and the a pupils are again settled down to hard a work. There is nothing in Placer Gulch which is doing more to attract a the right sort of settlers than our a school. It was a wise investment on a -the part of our taxpayers. From The Palladium for October 1: n Lightning has struck again, and this A time Hank Plummer is the man who t is hit. lie was married at 3 p. m. to f Miss Mary Clerkinville, of the gram- n mar school,which closed at noon. The pupils will, however, have but a vaca tion, as our stirring school board has a telegraphed for another instructor. The happy couple will begin house- E keeping on Goldpan Avenue. From The Palladium for October 4: i] The busy hum of study again comes n from our commodious :chool building. 3 Miss Katharine Jonfes having taken r charge this morning. She comes from East, where she has been a highly 1i successful teacher. We congratulate n all concerned. ci From The Palladium for October 8: C Married: Jones-Tompkins. At the d residence of Mr. Peter Houston, by y Reverend Short, John Tompkins to al Katharine Jones. By the above it will be seen that John has got a good help- 1: mate and has the prospect before him i of years of happiness. The presents were numerous and costly. Mr. and y Mrs. Tompkins have begtln housekeep- a ing on Prairiedog Boulevard. The d school will open once more Monday. Our hustling school board, seeing li which way the wind was blowing,hav ing sent for another teacher the day u before yesterday. From The Palladium for October 11: We regret to report that the opening n of Grammar School No. 1, announced for this morning, will be delayed for t some days. Miss Dorothy Sedgwich cl arrived from the East to take charge Saturday morning, as per schedule. The prospect was good, and our hard- a working school board were congratu lating themselves, but, alas' yester day the wedding bells rang gayly again c when Dan Noble led Miss Sedgwlch to the altar. They have begun house- b keeping on Sitting Bull Avenue. h From The Palladiom for October ~ 13: Our school is once more open. Miss Amelia Dobbs and Miss Harriet r Comstock arrived Friday from the t East. Both are experienced teachers v and Miss Dobbs has already taken ~ charge of our school. Miss Comstock will be held in reserve by our thought- 0 ful school hoard, and the prospect is C now excellent for a year of profitable i work by our many pupils. From The Palladium for October a 16: Double Wedding-The M. E. n parsonage was the scene of a most in- s teresting double wedding this morning. when Jack Bailey and Miss Amelia i~ Dobbs, and Bill Perkins and Miss a Harriet Comstock, were united in h holy matrinony. The Palladium con gratulates all concerned except the t school board. a From The Palladium for October 18: It is our sad duty to chronicle an- P other setback for us excellent gram-. mcr school. Our experienced school r board promptly engaged Miss Henriet. ta Rose, of Cleveland, Ohio, on hear ing the double wedding announced in our columns. She was to arrive on h the evening train yesterday, but Bob c Hickett (Bob was always a hustler) tI getting wind of it took Reverend Short : and boarded the noon train for the East. Bob and Reverend Short met the westbound train at Silver City and before reaching Placer Gulch Bob and Miss Ross were married by the rever end gentleman. a' From The Palladium for October T 20: Glad Tidings- At last the school- ec maam question is settled. This T. morning Miss Bessie Poindexter takes ca charge. She is from Washington Di. so C., and comes highly recommended. yc She has given bond in the sum of sy 500 that she will not marry before F: June 15 next. From The Palladium for October 22: Unfortunate Event-Yesterday tl: before breakfast Jeff Harrison called vi on our school board and informed them ar that Miss Poindexter wished her bond it declared forfeited. lHe deposited $500 S' in cash and drove rapidly away. Two of hours later he and Miss Poindexter Ml were married at the Baptist parson- st; age. They will begin housekeeping on e~ Amelter Avenue. P From The Palladium for October t 2:3: New Deal-Uncle Abner Pulver- tC hook left for the East this morning ~ bearing.a commission from the school to secure a teacher for our school. It is undestood that a good stiff age so limit is part of the contract. Uncle v Abaner should be a splendid man for I the work. He is not only an ex- thU perinced business man; but is strictly in: honest, and was a teacher himself for g several terms over forty years ago. jmi From The Palladium for October he bner Pulvcrhook repiort a bright ou ok He has secured a lady in Philadel bia for our school, and will arrive In few days. Uncle Abner is unable state her exact age, but he writes iat she owns up to fifty-eight. and he ?inks she is older. This settles it. From The Palladium for October 31: oiled Again-Our school board went ver to the station last evening with brass band to meet our new teacher, 'ho was to arrive in charge of our ell known townsman. Uncle Abner ulverhook. As the train steamed in ae band got into position and waited >r the signal to begin but just as the bairman of the board started to give Uncle Abner alighted and hastily plained that he and the lady had ropped off at Pittsburg and got mar led. The band struck up Mendeols non's wedding march, and all pro eded to the Headquarters House, here a sumptuous wedding supper ts served. An attempt to interview he school board to learn their future lans was a failure. Though diligent arch was made by our reporter not ue of the gentlemen could be found. From The Palladium for December Professor Hiram Poplance, of St. 'aul, has been hired by the new board take charge of our school. Pro ssor Populance comes highly recm iended. He has a wife and seven hildren. will be a valuable addition our society. The members of the Id school board have all been releas d as cured, no more trouble is ex ected. THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWS. ur Presidents and the Church to Which they Belonged. George Washington was a member f the Episcopal Church, and was a reat believer in prayer, is as evi enced by numerous messages. One ,as: "The blessing and protection f Heaven are at all times necessary, ut especially so in time of public anger and distress." He also said: Though I am a member of the hurch of England, I have no exclu ie partialities." John Adams was a Congregational ;t, and came of a long line of Puritan ncesters, but was liberal in his views s to religion. Thomas Jefferson's ideas on religion re difficult to classify. He was an dmirer of the great Tom Paine, the gnostic, and was denounced from (ew England pulpits as a "Godless ian," but a letter to Mrs. John Ldams shows that he believed in fu ure life, where "we will meet our riends," and his life was a strictly ioral one. He belonged to no church. John Quincy Adams was a Congre ationalist, like his father, and wrote hymn. Madison and Monroe were both piscopalians In good standing. Andrew Jackson was notoriously religious in his early manhood and iature life. As a youth at Salisbury, C., he is described as "the most >aring, rollicking, horse-racing, card laying, mischievous fellow that ever ved in the town." After his retire ient from the Presidency he became onverted and joined the Presbyterian hurch, his dying words being: "My ear children and friends and ser ants, I hope and trust to meet you 11 in Heaven, both white and black." Martin Van B3uren never made re gions profession, but was a man of treproachable morality. William Henry Harrison was an piscopalian of strong convictions, hich prevented him from fighting uels. John Tyler was also an Episcopa an. James K. Polk made no profession ntilhe was on his death bed, when a [ethodist clergyman baptized him. Zachary Taylor apparently gave the iatter of religion no thought, but his ife was an Episcopalian and he con ributed to thie support of that aurch. Millard Filmore was a very quiet nd pious man, who affiliated with the aptists. Franklin Pierce was an Episcopal >mmunicant. James Buchanan was always pious, Ut didn't join the church until after is retirement from the Presidency, hen he became a Presbyterian. Abraham Lincoln was profoundly ~verential, and, though uncommitted any creed, he was essentially a de ut believer. Both his parents were aptists.. Andrew Johnson was not a member any church, but a tacit believer in hristianity. H~e inclined to Method Ulysses S. Grant was a Methodist, ad extolled for his piety by his biog Lphers, though he was never demon rativye. Rutherford B3. Hayes wvas a Method t. lie was active in church work, d was for many years a steward in is church. James A. Gaffield was a member of ie Christian church, and was quite tive in all good works. Chester A. Arthur was an Episco Ilian. Benjamin Harrison was a Presbyte an and active in church affairs. Grover Cleveland is a Presbyterian. William McKinley was a Methodist. ec was a steward in his church when a died. It is very doubtful if a more nsecrated Christian ever occupied ie presidential chair than William cKinley. Theo. Roosevelt is a member of the utch Reformed church. A Fatal Duel. In a duel early Wednesday morning Ocala, Fla.. Moses Brown and WV. .Frierson, Brown was shot and kill I and Frierson dangerously wounded. le troub~le is said to have been used by Brown's attentions to Frier ns wife Brown was a prominent >ing business man of Ocala. Public mpathy appears to be entirely with rierson. TUE Spartanburg Herald says: "In1 i shower of bouquets that is being sited on Governor-elect Hleyward id he deserves them every one-let not be forgotten that Miles U3. Mc veeney has made South Carolina one the best governors we ever had. Mr. I cSweeney has managed the ship of ate most adroitly. lie has risen to 'ry emergency and he has done his ert towards restoring harmony be reen the waring faction by adminis ring the office impartially." We artily endorse the above. THE Atlanta .Journal says a MiS uri farmer saw in a paper an ad-1 rtisement of a fire escape for $2. e sent the $2 and received a copy of e New Testament. And. still, he sists. that he was swindled. Which' Cs to show that a man will pay t ore to escape an incipient blaze than s will to avoid an eternal contlagra- s USELESS ACQUISITION Frnch Ch f Who Was Out f Pke with Buffalo Bill The Man of Many Meals Soon Caftta to Be Regarded as an Expeasive Luxury in the Western WildA. Some years ago, when Col. Cody started on a tour of the Rocky moun tains as the host of a number of for eign military officers, having teen feted by them in their clubs and homes, he was anxious to cater to their' every taste and comfort le in camp life on this side of the great pond, relates the Detroit Free Press. 1lls orders were to spare no ex pense, and. among the "luz'id' taken along was a French chef with a record and a price. He was .ecured from the Brown Palace hotel in Den ver, Louis 1'ierre Gascirgue was his name; but tor the long trail, and the generous price paid to him. "C plunks a week," a cowboy said the chef consented to be called "Gas" for short. He had the selection of the canned goods to be carried along, and turtle soup, of the very best, M. Gas or dered, and it took an extra wagon to hold them. The chef was radiant in a snow-white suit and cap. and pre sented the appearance the first night in camp of a ghost, and was regarded with superstitious suspicion by the cowboys and others of that ilk. "Gas" set in to show the wild west erners a thing or two in the culinary art by his first camp dinner. He had a patent cooking stove, the wide world for a kitchen with heaven for a roof, while china, fine linen and wines were right at hand. Six o'clock was the dinner hour that first ni;t at the base of the San Francisco mountains. and Gas was in raptures over his dinner. Buffalo Bill, the host, looked serio:s, the guests iore so. Such a dinner they could get in any club in a city, but they did not say so. if they did keep up a devil of a t-nirig. It was not what Col. Cody liked, but it was what he thoughlt he ought to have for his dis tinguished guests. The latter stood it for two days and then went on a strike. "I say, Cody." ventured Sir St. John Mildray, major of the Grenadier Guards. "do you call this wild west ern camp fare and cooking? You see, we are all half dead w~ih dysp::psia now, and thought we would get some good. wholesome food on this thou sand-mile trip in the saddle with you." The others joined in the chorus to the same elfcct, while monsieur, the chef, looked as solemn as a country parson's horse. As for Col. 'ody, he beamed with delight, said t'hnt Rocky mou:itain trails cud table d'hote din ners didn't mix well, and Gas was at once given leave to go along, as he couldn't be sent back, as an orna ment, a useless acquisition, and two scouts were installed as cocks. And with the cihef, the canned goods, china. fine linen and the stove were sceled! up in the wagon, a'd tin platesI arAd cu:s were brought forth. ?~d soch cookirag as the-se scouts did em:'!d rot be improved upon. while Col. C'ode showved tha~t he was a first cass coro!: himnself. He conid throwv a fliiir-rk from a frying pan into the a~ nfeet, turn it over a:Mi ha'.e it coi'ie down on the other side, never o.:e:- making a miss and falling into th .ire. The guests tried to learn this trie'k, but it was found too ex pesras they never m'necd the fire, but always the frying pan. M. Louis P'erre Gascirgue could not be pre vaied upon to taste any of the fron tier cooking, but stuck to his soups anid plum puddings, while he looked as ;hough he had buried his best friend. He sought excitement in rid ing a broncho, and was thrown daily. He took to a wagon and was upset, after which he walked, dropped be hind, and was scared nearly to death by the Indians. One day he stood looking up disconsolately at the sun and said in a funereal tone: "Dat sun do shine for all persun, but it do not just seem to shine for me." When the long trail ended at Salt Lake City the French chef was the only one of the party who had indi gestion, and lie drowned his sorrows by getting gloriously drunk, hence was happ'y for the time being. But Col. Cody braced him up and returned him to Denver, having paid well for a "luxury," not to be taken on a Rocky mountain trail. Inventa to Bar Intruder. Nervous travelers who dread sleep ing in unknown houses will welcome the so-called 'vigilant dragon." which is not unlike a sn ll bras's shelled tortoise. It is. in fact, a :ome-gong table bell, with spiked legs and with a spiked dragon's head. When a bedroom door is closed the spikes are placed in the floor and against the door, and then the dragon's tail just touches tihe floor. 'his tail is connected w:th the bell lapper, so that if anyone endeavors to open the door from the icu:de an bstacle is met with, and the alarm s given. When the anxious watches f the night are over the "vigilant ragon" becomes a reposeful bell for the writing table.-London Express. Blast-Furnace Gas-Motor. In western Europe, and particular ly in Germany, the employment of notors utilizing gases from blast fur aes is increasing. It is said that the use of these gases, which is not o common in England or the United States, eirects a considerable saving in the cost of founding. The motors thus driven are employed principally for actuating air compressors and electric generators.-Science. Appeal for the Orphans. We have been asked to give place to :he following appeal from'-the super ntendant of the Epwcrth orphanage: t should. and doubtless will meet ith a hearty response: Dear Friends: We find it necessary o again call attention to the condi ion of our treasury and to ask you or immediate help for our large or hanage family. Contributions for the 2nth of August have been less than ne-half of the amount necessary to eet a month's expenses. and our eptember contributions are small d few. The generous responses to ur June appeal helped us to bridge ver August. but we are now facing nother crisis and we ask you to re leve us from embarrassment and save s from want. Shall our orphan chil ren stretch out their hands to you in aiy Have you ever helped themy Vill you do so nowy B. W. Wharton, Supt. PEsIDENT Roosevelt says that political parties are formed for some hing else than spoils." However. ggests the Columbus Sun, "spoils em to be the main cohesive power 'Thteves Set What They steal in Nes No with Knowlddge of Public ad Police. In the City of Mexico there is a place known as the thieves' market that has a large patronage, some of it coming from presumably respect able and honest citizens. That such a place should exist in any city ap pears almst incredible, yet it con-. ducts business with the full knowl edge of the police. and with that of every resi lent of the city. What is nioe. says the Chica ^o Chronicle, it is directly opposite one side of the national palace, the winter home of q President Diaz, and is only one block from the offces of the city adminis tration. And it is no small estab !ishment, either, such as might be overlooked, for it occupies a court as hir e as a city block, and is crowded from morning to night with persons who are looking for bargains, and know that the place to find them is in the "thieves' market." Naturally, the thieves themselves do not act as the salesmen for the stolen goods. They keep out of sight, and either dispose of the stolen goods for a lump sum to the hucksters or allow them to sell for them on commission. In either case the thief gets little, the'dealer is content with a small profit and the goods. whose original owner is, un known, can be obtained for a tenth of their value. To the visitors to Mexico the mar ket is well worth .a visit, even if scruples of conscience should prevent ti'e purchase of what are admittedly - stolen goods. There will be no trou ble in finding the place. Any policeman or any citizen will direct you to it. It is just east of the Zocalo - the park of the peons - and across the street from the south front of the national palace. Even with this knowledge-. you mif-ht pass but a high wall, such as surrounds many of the private homes. But at the end of the wall is a huge pate, large enough to drive a loaded truck through. Passing throu"h this gate you enter the mar ket. It is a big. open court, stone paved and surrounded by buildings on three sides and by the wall on the fourth. Scattered over this, ar rangred in streets, are the booths, where the stolen goods are displayed for sale. These stalls are crude affairs. Usually they consist of a - few boards, laid on supports which raise them two or three feet off the ground. Sometimes the -goods are piled up carelessly on the stone pave ment. But over each of them is the awninr of coarse cotton cloth, sup ported on rough poles. which the Mexican huckster invariably has. ('rockery, tinware, cutlery and cooking utensils form one of the stnles of the market. There is al we a denand for these among the poor, and so the ratero gathers them in wherever and whenever he l can, knowing that they will find a ready sale. And.it is not only the poor who buy these things. One restaurant proprietor in the city whose place is one of the l'argest there, admitted that nearly all his table knives and forks as well as the pots and pans used in the kItchen were bought by him in the thieves' market, lie is a regular visitor to the plnee, and not long. ago he picked up a bargain in the edible line for his customers in the shape of a yone pig, which some enterpriuirg theif had gathered in. Hiow long the thieves' market will ex!st es it does now there is none to tell. It is an old institution, and no one thinks of interfering with it. Now and then a stranger, hearing of its hature for the first time, won dors how the city authorities can al low it to do business as it does. But the native Mexican and the acelim atized foreigner accept it as it is, ard instead of objecting to it find it a very convenient place in which to pick up a bargain and save them selves considerable money. New Papal Decoration. In future all Roman Catholics who go to the Holy Land will have the right to wear a special decoration which has just been created by the pope. Itecon talns a cross which resembles the cross of the holy sepulcher, to which is at tacht d a small medalbearing theem~gy of Leo Xll. and the words "Leo XIII. creavit anno MCM." On the cross it sef there are also several other in scriptions. The pontifical decree says that this decoration is to be worn on the lef t side of the breast, and is to be he~d in position by means of~a red and white silk ribbon. It also says tha; the decora tion wi:1 be conferi-ed on pil-U grims by Father Giannini. guardian of the hoiy sepulcher, who has been au thorized to do so by the sacred congre. gation of the propaganda. A diploma will be given with each decoration, and no applicant who is a Roman Catholic and wvho is really going to the Holy Land will be rejected. Pope Leo has ordered that no one is to wear this decoration in public except in his presence or on the occasion of solemn church festivals or while mak ing a pilgrimage.-Chicago Tribune. Done in Colors. Clara-i~ was surprised to see so much paint on your face lat night. [ never saw anything like it in my life. Maude--Well, if you can't aftord to buy a mirror I'll lend you one.-Chi ago Daily News. Palette-I tell you, times are pret y bard when a good artist has to get job as a waiter. Snmiley-Yes; he's like the foolish ervant in the parable-burying his alent in a napkin.--Town and Coun Young Confesses. William Hlooper Young. charged with the murder of Mrs. Pulltger in New York was arrested at Drby, onn., disguised as a tramp. He ade a full confession to the police. He declared Charles Simpson Eiling urdered the woman. He says the oman came to his room and Eiling vas there. Hie went out to get whis ey, and when he returned the deed Lad been committed.. He had made i. wound in the stomach, but the sight f blood frightened him. and he then hrew the body in a closet. The next, lay he threw it in Morris canal. Saturday night about 11 o'clock in ~ront of Mr. J. M. Pennington's store,. bout eight miles below Green Pond, n Colleton County, Jacob Gilliard and red Lagare, two negroes. were scut ling over an old musket when the gun as discharged. The load took effect the neck of a negro named Edwards vho was standing near by. Edwards ied from the effects of the wound in bout two hours. Magistrate Hug tins was notitied and will hold the in uest. Gilliard and Legare are both. nder arrest