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< r - 4 xjf ~ | ..-i ? ? ? i#' ^ . ;# ^ ? VOUI.ME II. f ft .--i ? .... . i ' v Doctor I'ratik. "Dear mo! Such a pretty dress! so sadly wasted. It seems almost a sin to put it on. I don't think either Uncle Keubon or Aunt .lane will appreciate it, and h'ido I am sure will not, inasmuch as it's rulllcs are not to ho soiled by his dirty na.vs." And, thus solihx]ui/.ing, Kate Arr lien hesitated a moment as to whether the open trunk should. receive back the pink batiste, with its innumerable lace-edged > flounces, and loops of roso;?ylbred ribbon, or whether it sV'.Quld deck the pretty ifictf and form reflected in the mirror of Aunt .fane's best bedroom, occupied only since yesterday by her pretty city niece, who had como down to smell the June roses and \ woo some of their color into her own * pale phonics. Something in the reflection deluded the question. The trunk was closed, the batiste donned, and looking .-is lovely as the first flush of sunrise, Kale tripped smilingly down the stairs, knowing tluit two pair . f eyes would kindle in admiration, and that I'nolo Reuben would break into a hearty speech. Nor was she mistaken, lie turned toward her as she opened the door. "Ah, hero comes the little girl now!" he said. "Kate, dear why, how lovely you're looking, my lassie! This is our new doctor -Doctor Lawrence! lie stepped in to know how mv rheumatism was getting on, ami I was just talking to him about you." The girl looked up. All regret concerning the pink batiste lied, for standing by her unaleN^ride was n young, handsome ^ v l^iose clear brown eyes were Ik .. A ? Mbon her, and who acknowledged - introduction with a eourto^^how uttorly-devoid of embarras Vient or rusticity. "We thought at first no one could take poor old l)r. (iray's place." con tinned Uuncle-Heubon. "(You know ho is dead, Kate. Yes, took a sudden cold last winter.) Dill somehow 1 don't think we would quite know how to do without Dr. Lawrence now, although we old folks do laugh at some of his new-fledged notions." "You're very kind, Mr. 10vans," answered the young man in a deep, musical voice. "1 liopo vow don't think me unappreciative of how little vou'vo let mo feel myself a stranger in Kvansvillo." "It was your own magic, my hoy; hut talking of strangers, you must certainly not he so now. We don't quite know what to do with this city girl, who's comn to spend a few weeks with us, to get hack the roses dissipation and town life have scattered. You'll liavo to help us make tho country so attractive that she'll not he in too threat a hurry to run away from us." "If you always set such delightful tasks, Mr. Kvans, your proscriptions will, 1 am quite sure, ho religiously followed, though, unfortunately, every chemist cannot make them up." And he glanced at Kate with a mischievous smile. She was not slow with some merry* repartee, and when, half an hour later, Dr. Lawrence took his departure, he had left quito n pleasurable wave of anticipation and excitement behind. Nor did Kate experience any more regret at pretty dresses being wasted, as one by ono she took them from her trunks, and proceeded to make herself as fascinatingly pretty as possible. It was wonderful, too. the time that Dr. Lawrence managed to sparo fiYJm his patients. It grew to ho a very customary tiling for his light wagon to drive up in tho earlv gloaming, and for Kate to take in it her place beside him, for one of those ? 'V charming drives which she said were doing her so much good. They had long talks, too? talks in which ho told her of his hopes for the future, and touchod very lightly on some of his disappointments and strugjj'leH of the past. She learned that this man was ambitious; that tho post of physician in this obscure town was in his own mind but a stepping-stone across the ; stream which yet separated him from , honor, name and fame. Somehow her own blood coursed moro quickly, and her pulses leaped, as she listened. It was all so different from the languid talk she was used to hearing from men who would spond, in the' i 44 3E THUE ) roses offered at lier shrine, a sum which would do so much to realize his life ambition; yet she wrote home: "I am havin.o a new experience -a flirtation with a country physician. I * I hope he's taking care of his heart; no may mm it ilillicult to heal him- | solf. For mo, of course, I liuvo no heart. Ho lias so much spare energy, I'm sure ho must iiml it a kindness to ho iihlii to nxtemi some of it on mo." Hut after she had written this she! laid down her pen and sighed. After all the words did not help her in j a fight she was having with herself, nor make arguments the stronger for her own convicting; hut she folded i and sealed the letter and mailed it! i that same evening, she and the doc- i 1 tor driving hy the postoflico that she might do so. .Inno had nearly passed before Frank Lawrence put his fate into her hands. She had had many men to make love to her, hut never one in those simple, earnest tones: "Vou'll have to share some of the hardships, Kate," ho said; "but I'll make them as light a ; may ho for . i i: i i > - ii i jwh, umiiiiw j and tnhi (i;iy i ii maae vou proud of mo. Looking ahead to the light, will you lot my lovo tuako tho present not ([uito (lark?" llo used no eloquence, no passion,1 lint his face was vory pale, and his hand trembled just a littlo .is ho folded hers within it and awaited Iter reply, A sharp pain she could not then analyze shot through her heart. %> o U1 am vory sorry, Doctor Lawrence," slio murmured, hut it is im- ( possible." 411 m possible! Wh v ?" She got no further. "You do not lovo me? Is that what you would say? Look straight in my eyes and toll ine true." She dared not. She know that once her eyes met his, she would liido her head upon his breast and whisper what she dared not acknowledge that he alone had not been burned in the hot lire her hands had helped to kindle. For Olu; littlo minute f I?a nwiiiuipv of tlio past month returned to her the strange, swoet iniluenco lie hu< 1 exerted over hor life?tho future .sweetness life might yet hold for her. Pshaw! This was but a oil's icllo n sentiment. I )i<l not every man dream of Cilery? Ami to <tow old, like Aunt Kate and I'nclo I'eubcn, in a stagnant country town to have her sleep disturbed by every old man and woman within a radius of twenty miles who wanted a portion for their latest ailment how could she bear this? "I am already engaged to be mar* o r*> ried,v .-.lie answered, hastily, as though seeking strength in the words, a visd d ' ion rising before her as sho uttorod them of tho man of her choice?a man more than twice her ago, bald n 7 and gouty, but with bonds and bank n j 1 notes sullicient to atone for all delleiences, and make tho world esteem it high honor that she should be . made his wife. "Oh, Frank, forgive me!" she cried, in quick contrition fortius hand now had unclasped itself from hers, and he sprang to his feet with a look upon his face of mortal agony. But he answered her not a word, as he walked quickly away in the mockery of the .June sunlight, -x- -x ? * * * Five years later and in one of the / most fashionable hotels of Paris lay a child ill unto death a little fairy creature of perhaps three years of age, but whose golden curls now clustered about a face white as the inuu-iriiiiiiiuu piiiows on winch it rested. Ovor her bent her mother, n woman young and beautiful a widow, wondrous rich, the world said, hut who in this hour would gladly have poured out all Jier treasures to buy the priceless treasure of her darling's life. She had loved her husband, this same world declared; but, bo this as it may, Ik; had made no moan into its listening ear, and after two, short years of wedded life, when death, after a short, decisive struggle j had claimed him, all that he had was willed unreservedly to the woman who had filled alike his pride and his heart. If she had also made the latter , TO irouK -^7-o^r CONWAY, suffer, there was no codoeil in hi: lust ^onerous testament to that of foot. A liifht knock on tlio door arousoi hor. Sho softlv ononod it. "The vouiio American physioan to whom niatlam was reccotnded i: l>olow," announced an attendant. hsslniu' lil??* ?itv ^ olio noeiuoh/^j ?.?. . ?..??? 111 111 u | nuu <ii iv returned t<? her post. "(.'otue in,' she called, softly, when a secern knock was heard; and then standinj. motionless she turned to look ink the face of one who, though a strati oer, was at least a countryman, l>u started back as thoujdi confronted lq a o-host. "Frank!" she murmured "is it you?" I lis own amazement equalled hers "Alt, I comprehend!" he said, tin first to retrain his control. "I du r*> not reeoirnizo Miss Ardeu in Mrs Geoffrey, and douHtlosft the Krone! tongue so garbled mv own name u: to render your mistoke- an easy one Kurd<>n me, I will withdraw at onco.' "No, no, stay!" she cried, layinj. one entreat inn hand upon his arm "1 havo heard of your wondorfu . i.:n ii.. i ? .-mm, imih'ii iiiis iii:i11<' vour name i;i moils ovoii on this sido of tlio water Oh, Kmiik, lie merciful! Stivo nn child 111 v lull)}'! Slio is all, that havo." ? "Where is your husband?" In quick, curt tones ho put tlr (| lOStV'q!. M)iq you not know?"' sho said 4kllo has 1 >0011 (loud three yours." uAnd vour child vos, I hnvi heard. It is the brain which is af footed." "She has boon unconscious fo twenty-four hours. The physician; hero havo jd veil her up. < )h, Frank do not tell 1110 sho inn t die, if yoi would not break iny heart," and sh? clasped her hands together in an no ony of ent reat v. A scornful, incredulous smile crop about his lips this woman spoke a if sho had a heart; but his physician'' instinct conquered licsftation, am bondinw over the little sufl'erer, witl careful, tender skill ho lifiml iti. clusterinjr rin<fs from llio I?a!?\ l>rov FY O ?' ami made a brief examination of tin head. 11o looked very irravo as In lifted his own. "There is hut one chance for von child's lifo, Mrs. Geoffrey," he suit then, and only the physician spoke "There must he an immediate opera tion of a precarious nature. IJer re covery from it is extremely doubtful hut there is a chance. ()thorwis< there is none. Will you consent?' "You will perform it?' "I will entrust it to no one else.' "She is in your hands. Do witl her as you will." "And if she dies?" "Oli. Frank, she is my child! Yoi will not lot her die!" Was it the romomboranco of thosi words which mado Dr. Lawronci hesitate a few hours later, as, witl two of the most, eminent surgeons ii Paris, he stood beside the little suf ferer? If his judgement should b< at fault! I bit there was no time t< weigh the question. Two hours after he stopped int< the darkened room, where one wo man awaited him. "She is sleeping. When slit wakes she will know you. I thud that, she will live." I ie had stepped some little <Iis tance from her as he spoke, but witl a suddenness lie could not doviiu sho had fallen on her knees before him, grasping his hands and covering them with kisses and her tears. "You must be calm for your child1! sako!" he said, in a voice all uninov od. "Now go in to her I will re turn to watch with you through tin night".'^ O T Put when morning dawned hi: n prophecy had been fulfilled. Peati had taken awav his irriin shadow, am tho baby, waking, smiled i1.1*> tlx beautiful face above lier and whis j>ered: "Mainma!" Throughout Paris spread the new; of the marvelous operation. It wa another on the long list of triumph accomplished by this young man not yet attained his thirty-fifth year "I)octor Frank," baby Alice callor him; and as the old gulf grew am widened between Mrs. (ieoffrov am himself, tliey became the greate friends. Throe weeks had elapsed, when la said, one day: f' 5 ^.USTOD -stotjor WOE: s. G? THURSDAY, AI $ I "Little Alien is <|uito well now. . Mv visits will bo i o lonirer noeossu? n ! ry.M | "I novor onn repay mv debt. Doetor I .uwroiiee," auawored Alice's mother uI.Jut hero is my ehetpm. . Kill it with what sum you you will. 11 shall l>o honorod." ] "Madam," ho said, "it is I who am , in your dobt." I And with a quick motion ho tore r mi t woo tho yiooo of j>aj?er sho liand, od him. "Soo! you inako mamma ory," said ( tho baby. "Sho always crios aftor , you havo boon ImrO. Why does sho . do that, I Motor Frank? Kiss hor -1 y ! ploaso kiss hor and toll hor you arc 'sorry. You must not inako my iirot* , ty mamma cry." ,.i i i i:..i . o" i . ~ i IUTUII-UH", 11 Li ii* wiii* . IIO unfavored, easting no glance to the lovely , faeo pale with its Ion if and anxious I ,, waiting. ,*\dn have not kissed mamma," ' pleaded the baby voiee. "-die says r i she was very nauifhty to you onee. Please foroivo her and do not let her I " I cry any more." lie strode toward Kate at these i latter words. "Is it true,'' he asked, "that vou I fancy you stand in need of my fori>iveness? When I cease to love i you 1 will send it to you." 1 "Prank," she whispered, "must you I wait till then? (ind knows I have I j suffered for mv fault. I was only a child, Frank. I did not know my n own heart, or that 1 had one, until i until? "I 'ntil what ?" Ills voiee was very hoarse now and he drew a slot) nearer her. "Must you wiino all from 1110," ( she said. "Yet I owe you the alone* , merit. I ntil I learned, your ima?rc filled it. Scorn, despise 1110 as you will I cannot l>anish it." I But ore she could finish her cons j fession Dor-tor I 'rank had cautrhL her s in his arms, linby Alico clappinjr her i I hands exultantly tho little hands 1 , 1 which unwittingly bridged (he chasm , between two divided hearts. At I lie While II ohm'. a President Arthur was a very hih feeder, and spent a ?rreut deal of r moneymhi his table, but he managed I to save about $100,000. tlurliold, was not in oilico lone" enou<di to save much money. Ho left about $10," 000, and the ^ifts Mrs. (itrliehl has - received have made her a wealthy ! woman. 3 Mrs llayes ran tho tinaneiai end | , of the house durine Hayes's administration, and that she is a financier is proved by the amount saved out of I his salary. i uruni ii(!Vi>r saved niucii 01 ins salary, but tho mmerous jdfts of bis , made liiiu independent. 11o lost bis all in tho (irant- Ward failure. Tho j, 1 sale of bis book lias placed bis wifoi in an allluont position. ^ When Andrew .lobnson left the tbo White House ho had about tfl 50,000, a ifood deal of which was lost ? ? by tho fuiluro of the Freocliiiou's; i Bank. Buchanan left over 250,000 to bis , nephews and neices. Piereo did not do so well. Fifty, thousand dollars was his limit and no one to inherit it. ) Pi I more left tho White House a - pooi man, but by a second marriage I became wealthy. John Tyler went to tbe White Mouse a poor man, but he manured < | to save enough out of bis salary to | live in comfort. -I James K. 1 \>lk left about 150,000. x As ho bad no children Mrs. Folk received it all. Martin Van Huron did not save ' , much out of bis .H ilary, but loft *<500, ; 000. Andrew Jackson was counted a 4 rich man in his day, Tho Horniitage, which he left to his adopted son, is now tbe property of the State. James Monroe died in New York i in solvent. ()f the earlier Presidents, Waslig1 ington was the wealthiest. At bis death bis estate was valued at xJtltl - 1 000. Adams was poor, Out by liis wise, n able manatfomont lio never suffered . want. WIioii Jefferson entered tlio White Mouse ho was a wealthy man, hut he lost, all his property and died * insolvent. si Madison was wealthy when he $ becflfrno President and left a handsome estate, which Mrs. Madison's i son, Payne 'I'odd, squandered, and j left her a poor woman. This is the first decision upon this 1 precise question in the United States r Courts, and is thought to have an important bearing, particularly in ? [ tho South and West, where these i contracts are numerous. i-r ^.xntid -stotjttz co" rOUST 25, 1887> Pluck. Pluck was tho son of a poor Unitarian shepherd not an American boy, as one would imagine from liis name. , I called him Pluck because it was so characteristic of the boy, and because I could not recall tho Unitarian name I )r. Hamlin oavo him. \ little hut in Uulfarin made of mud and stone was. Pluck':-, home: and Ins father was so poor thai ho could hardly ?^ot food unouoh for his laroo family. Their clothes cost little, as they all wore sheepskins, made up with the wool outside. .lust imagine how funny a flock of two leoood sheep would look. Pluck was a bright, ambitious boy, with a m'eat desire for study. And when ho heard of IJobert College at Constantinople he determined to jot there. So he told his father one day, when they were away together tendiuo sheep, that he had decided to tro to eo lit The poor shepherd looked at his son in amazement, and said: ' Vou can t ip> to college; ii*s ali I can do to feed vou children; I can't <dve you a pinstre. "I don't want a piastre, ' Pluck rejdied; "1ml I do want to oo to coll(>OC." "I lesides,'' the shepherd continued, uyou can't <n> to college in sheepskins.M lint Pluck had made np his mind, and lie went in sheepskins and without a piastre. It was a wonrv march, of a hundred and liftv miles to ("onstantinople, Init. the hoy was willino- to do anything for an education. lie found kind friends, till alone the way, who jrttve him food and shelter at ni^ht. So I Muck trudged sturdilv on day siftor day until he reached ('onstantinople. As ho was not one to let the orass orow under his feet, lie soon found his way to the eolleoi*. went into the kitchen, and i .ipiired for the Presi< lent. I Muck asked for work; hut the President kindly told him there was none, and that In1 must <ro away. "t)h, no," Pluck said; tkl can't do that. I didn't c into here to ip? away." When the President insisted, Pluck's answer was the same: 4,l didn't conic hero to oo away." lie had no idea of trivin?r up. uTlte kino of Prance, with forty thousand men went up a hill, ami so came down aouiu;" but it was no part of Pluck's plan to <ro marching iiome aoain;jiud three hours later the President saw liiin in the yard, patiently waiting. Some of the students advised Pluck to see Professor hone, "lie l,..it ..I ...... u..t,-.r..t ?,,W" ' "" ,1,nM'1 ^ VMI J< I lows." Tlic IYofessor, like 1110 President, said there was no work for him, and he had l>ettor <oi away. Hut IMuok bravely stuck to his text. " I didn't come hero to go away." The boy's courago and persevoranee pleased the Professor so much that he urged (lie President to give Pluck a trial. So it was decided that ho should take care of the fires. That meant carry wood, and a great deal of it, up three or four flights of stairs, taking away the ashes, and keeping all the things neat and in order. The President thought that ho would soon get tired of such hard work. Hut a boy who had walked a hundred and lift v niileslfor the sako of an education, and was not ashamed to go to college in sheepskins and without a piastre, would not bo easily discouraged. After a few days, as Pluck showed no signs of "weakening," the President went to him and said: "My poor boy, you eannoty (*liere this Winter. This room isV^^apnifortable, and I have no othoi\ '"?ive Voil." "< >h, I'm perfectly satisfied," Pluck replied. "It's the best room I ever had in my life. I didn't conn; here to go awuv." JOvidently there was no getting rid of Pluck", and lie was allowed to stay. V fi I - 1 1 - I 1 * ? .MOT IH! IliKI gHlOeU Ills point MO settled down to business, and asked Homo of the (undents to help him with his lessons in the evenings. They formed a syndicate of six. That was good old I )r. Hamlin's way, so none of the hoys found it a harden to help Pluck one ovenii g in a week. It was a success on both sides the hoys wero patient and kind, and Pluck was as painstaking and persevering in his lessons as in other thing-., so that in mudo great progress. After some works ho naked to ho examined to enter tho preparatory class. "Do you expect/' asked tlio I'resident, "to compete with those hoys who have many weeks the start of you?" "And," he continued, "you can't go into class in sheepskins; all tho hoys would cry, ,haa.' " "Ves, sir, I know," Pluck said; "hut tin) hoys have promised to help ine out. ()no will ifive inn a coat, n ' another a trousers, and so on." Nothing could keep hack a hov like that, who overcome all the obstacles in his way. critsr^n^^rr." Aftor tlio examination, the I'rosidcnt said to Professor Lon<f. "('an that boy f^Ct into that class?" "Vcs was tho ronlv. "Hut that class can't </ot into that hoy." It It was not all plain sailing yet. Although I'luclv hail pussou the ex animation, ho had no monoy, and tin* rules of tho college required each student t<? nay two liundred dollars a year. That was a nuostion in umtho* inaties that puzzled tho {food IVesidont. U1 wish," said 1 'rofossor Lon?f,M "that t his col le;o? would hiro I'hick to holp me in the laboratory and oive lnin a hundred dollars a year, lie has prosed himself very deft and neat in helping me there, and it I we uld {five me muoli more time for other thintrs. I'luek hocaino tho Professor's assistant, and was perfectly delighted with his <food fortune. Hut whore was the other hundred coniiny from ? President Washburn sent an account of Pluck's poverty and oroat desire for an education to l)r.*llainJin, the ex President of Poberl ("olleifo, who was in America. The doctor told the story to a friend one day, and she was so much interested that she said: "I would like to oive the other I hundred." And that's the way Pluck trained i the wish of his heart. i lie proved the truth of the old i sayine, that "where there is a will thero is a way." I lilt his way was so hedged in that no hoy without a strong will and I " real perseverance would have found j it. ( )i* course such a !>ov would succeed. To-day I Muck is head master of one of the schools in his own country. / '/></// / '. !.<>I'imj, in In-1 ill/n n(h nf ? ?? wt ? t'lie l.lnir Hill. Tin* f 'ortrii1 r J<mrna! calls the attention of (ho advocates of I'Vtlorul aid (o (he disco ssi>n in (ho Northern pies-, of a bill recently introduced] into (lie (ieoroia Legislature prohibiting (lie co-education of the races. The hill relates only to < Jeonda. % c I It exactly accords with tieornia's ( 'on.-titution, and is heartily approved l?y (lie people of ( ieoroia. A mono* the religions fanatics at (Ik* North it is virulently assailed. The flu/i/xiii/riif, a <piasi-relicrious journal of Now York, is frothing at the mouth*, it "dares" ( leoroia to pass su h a bill; it declares that Northern public-sentiment will be shocked at | rueh inhumanity, and it enlists at, once for the new crusade. The political journals of the radical class arc etpiallv denunciatory and they demand that this bill be made an issm* in the national campaign. Wo thus oet, a pdimpse of what will follow federal aid to education. ( leorepa now supports her own schools | and sno will re?*uiate tliein without! submitting to any outside interference. lint when < ieoreiii and other Southern States are receiving subsides from the National Treasury this privilege of local control will be greatly abridged. The busy bodies of the North, who are ready to attend to the business (>f other persons, are as numerous as ever, and they will be very <dad of an excuse* to direct the course of education in the South. If this course is not satisfactory, the Interior may, under bill, stop all payments. lie ware of (J reeks bearing ;dfts. I 'o/o7-"/* t/ourmil. ?? A Fitflitliitf Iiishop. Apropos of iiishop Tuttlo's feat in rescuing a vounjr holy from drowning, a Schenectady (X. Y) correspondent relates the following tinecdote of the Iiishop when he was one of Western missionary bishops of the I'. Iv tMiurcb: The Iiishop was in a sta?re on his way to Montana some years am>, and amoiic the passengers wero a lady, a drummer and a man whom the paper designated as Mr. Smith- The latter smoked a pipe, much to the annoyance of the lady. ! 'in.. i>: i i i i ? * i i ii?9 i>isn<t|) asKCd miii to desist, hut ! Smith said ho would do as lie pleased. Bishop '1'uttlo said if Smith did not coaso smoking by tho timo tho next stage station was passed, lie would tiiko tho pipo from Smith's mouth. | The Bishop did as ho hud threatened, and Smith howled with race, ordered tho stage stopped, and, jumping out, called upon Bishop Tuttlo to come out and give him satisfaction. Kvory-1 body was ignorant of the Bishop's! j identity except tho driver. The Bishop stepped out and mauled Smith with such good effect, that he o cried for mercy. lie did not smoke any more that trio. w I - lii the early iif^e of Homo women! worn prohibited .from usin^ wine, and hence their near rcalations worn ' allowed to salute them with a kiss, in order that they mitfht ascertain hy the sense of smell if they had been drinking it. Thoy woreso fond of it, however, that Romulus, the first Rin^, made a law that a husband inijiht I kill his wife for drinking. \r.Mi?KR lf'-'fUii to l>.i\is. yWj I Ion. John A. Uoutrnn of Texas, in liis reply to the letter of Hon. Jefferson iJavis is opposition to tlio propo-ej prohihition amendment .t'V the ('oustitntion of Texas, uses the "* h iNowinir argument: 4,\'ow object to this amendment because the world is governed too inuoii. Our laws prohibit the carrying' of oistols. howie knives and brass knueles, itiul ptlnishes those carrying them hy lino ;ki<I imprisonment. ()ur laws prohibit and provide for tlio punish..milt of many other things which are injurious to society and which restrain the personal liberty of the citizen. 'You admit that the intemperate use of liquors is the root' of many social disorders no ono can tell truthfully the baneful effect of the liquors tratlic -but you think, with many others, that to prohibit it will be an abridgement of personal liborty. "This i.s admitted. Personal liberty was abridged. When God forbade our progenitors to eat of the fruit of the tree of life. Tho decalogue in tic ilolv Scriptures abridges personal libertv in nearly ever com mandmcnt. The laws of the United States and of our several States are in a large measure made up or provisions for the abridgement of personal liberty. They do this in order to give protection to the persons, the reputations, tho lives and the ... . e . i... i i ... . . . .. '.Yji |>r<>|H'it> tii inr |mmi|mu7 ?i i i ' i u> peace it 11< 1 prosperity to society. The\ do it becauso ijoverment. find civil sociotv camw?t exist without tho abridgement of personal liberty. They do it for the eoud of society and the protection of its members. "Is the lienor (radio an evil? h'ow have the hardihood to deny that it is. Most of the anti-prohibition arators ?f this State admit that it is. Then why not prohibition it, except for the purposes mentioned in the amendment, as we prohibit gambling and the carrying of weapons? ' Yon justly rofor to drunUards as 'detruded, common criminals,' Why not do all we lawfully may to prevent drunkenness and the crimes it ndves rise to? O "The orcat chartor of Kurdish liberty the portions of thti ('onstitution of the | nited States which operate as a bill of rights, the bills of rights of the several States of the I uion, may be analyzed in all their aspocis and it win not, cannot, ho found that tlioy anywhere, under any circumstances, protect personal liberty where its exercise is a crime or offends injuriously tho^ interest of society- 'ho} only protoot those Treat and sacred riiflits without r~> o which man cannot be fren cannot en joy either personal liberty or popular rights. "If the liquor traffic is rijjht, if if promotes peace, is it promotes prosperity, if in increase the happiness of the poople, if it promotes the general welfare, if it is a necessity as a means of maintaining our private or public nVhts and libcrties, than I aorec that it is protected by tho bills of rights and ouidit not to bo intorferetl with. I5ut if it is evil?if it produces drunkenness, idleness and crime if it tends to tho waste of fortun if it causes tli? improvorishmont, disgrace ami ruin of men, ami if it deprives women and children of the comforts of life and home, if it causes men to insult, almse, maltreat and murder one another, if it causes them to neglect to almse, to degrade and heat their wives and children, then 1 submit it does not come within the protection of our hills of rights, and that those things are not tho personal liberties which should jjJjfaheld inviola^lu^netie Wind. A story comes from KI I'usso, Texas, of a magnetic current of air which issues from an artesian well |>ipo near Sierra illauco, on tho Texas Pacific IJailway. According to tho storv, i4it has been observed by horsemen that whenever they get in tho neighborhood of tho well strong magnetic forces are felt, and sparks are given off if the horse's inane is touched. Keeontly a man from Siera lllanco was sitting close to the well, and on taking out his pocket knife found ft nail which he had in his pocket clinging to the knife, lie I...I,i ti.? ? .A... ...? niniu mo uurruiib or .'iir, and found the magnetic property whs greatly increased. Several weeks ago Superintendent .ludviield his pocket knife in the current of air for four minutes, and the knife is still stronidv maoneti/ed from tho effect. o v O The outflowing current of air is belie, ved to possess remarkable curative properties. Its efficacy is to bo tested by experiments upon cases of paralysis and other diseases. The people who live*near the wonderful well call it the 'fountain of youth.' " At feasts, throo centuries ago, every guest brought his knfo, and a whetstone was placed behind the ? door, upon which ho sharpened his knife as ho entered. . .-s ft a I *A r 4 A