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A New, it jii of I ise !" said Mury ie rs t -y I i i't think (if a sugle Llii: Lo Iay. u saL, atid fr' ned gloomily, bite ing tie eni of her pen-holder. Now anI LIenia sle. ran her' hand distractedly Liiftih g her hair. This was a trick of ier-H whnu thinking hard, and, as a -nie, the result wiH iore startling "IL 1s of io uise!" slo said again ; but Lii h aL WI at dilforont Inflection. " i iustn't sit hore and give way to laziness like this. If I don't write a tale, we can't pay the grocer's bill ! I must and will begin, only-what on earth am I to say Mary's briain was fortile enough, uand her busy fancy generally delighted in spinning love stories and the like. Ini the early days of her scribbling she had been greatly laughed at by her mother and sisters, but when welcome little checks began to come in return for bulky envelopes sent through the post, the tone of the family altered, and Mary bad for some time bceen re garded as a person of iaportance. I 'erhaps they overrated her powers, for they had como to the conclusion that Mary could do almost anything. Nlary's head was looked upon as a bank upon which an unlimited amount of modest demand could be drawn, and tbe girl now and then felt a trille over whelned as she realized what was ex pected of her. "(Oh, Mary must write a talo," her motliher would say easily, when an ad ditioual expense was suggested. So the fancy of the moment would be in duilged in, and Mary ,vould shut her self iD in the little room she called hier own, frou whence in due time sle would emerge tired bat triumphant. On this particular morning. how ever, slie tacked her1' brains in vain. She tried her hardest to think of sonic sIlender fratmo-work upon which to hang the usual iild lovemiaklug, but the n'ore ,Zhe tried to woo " the muse," the nut,or obstinately did the saId muse refuse to rs'ipon(d to her advances. " I feel exaetly as if a wet sponge lad heen passed over my brain," she thought despairingly. "There doesn't seeu a single idea left." Just thena a gentle rap uatme at the door. Come in," said NIary, iIpatiently'. She .never liked being interiupted when she was trying to work, and just now Ae felt more than usually cross. tor face relaxed i little, however, when she saw her visitor. You, John ' I thought it was Jennie. I wOndet'd what ever she wanted nlow. ' "oor Jennie," said the nowcouer, laughing. " loor Mary, I think," rejoined Mary. dolefully. " \Vhy, what ever' is the matter ?" asid John liedmnond, taking at seat, aid evidlently prepar'ing to -mak e lim .f it coIfor'tble Its circumstances it",itted. i1e looked very strong and capallae as le sin iledl down upon N!avy, and the girl Wats co1ifiS''OU itf a Idistinet femlin; of rel'if though she hardly klew it . suit i'Ce. "\Vel,". said Niary, " feel worried u~i otheredu. Y 'on ki now, .i oh is, houw tonehl all out'rd fols h'ave gotL into the wa~y ofI look in taoL,4 meto huelp~ in mtonery "t es, I kntow ,"' repiled .1 lih . w itih a r'ath et earl'onJus ini lec ti. "I like to do it,'' satid Miar'y, quiukl. "I L makes tue very glad and happy to ou it. i should not saty a word about it to any body but you, but you already know these..ie'.ails. You are such an intimate fr'iend of the family, aren't you ?" " A very intimate friend of the family," echoed the young man, .gravely. " And mother has often told you how easy it was for me to ear'n a few pounds, hasn't she 's" - "Very often," answered the young ma~n again, with the same gravity. " Well, John," said Mary, lifting a paha' of very earnest eyes to his, her accents full of sorrow and' dismnay, " I am sometimes' afraid I can't keep on doing it." " What makes you think so ?" asked John, gently. "I can't think of anything," said Mary, the teat's brimming up .into her eyes. " I have sat here this morning for near'y an hour, and not a single idea h as come . to me. A nd-I didn't dare to tell amother and the giirls !--my last story was rejected. It was such a blow, for I had been counting on t~e moncy to buy .Jennie's -ummer dress. She was .t'ather cross W hen I told her she must wait a little longer'." "My dear little soul !" said the young tmatn, "'you ar'e overworked. Thatile the simiol explanation of the whole matter." Th'le kindness of his tone seemed to altLoge theri break down NMar'y's comn p~osurie, for-aftetr a momentary strug gle for' ctannsas - she dropped her head Into he"' hands and crled heartily. Jfohni ftldmonad's face pr'esenated a cuiouis study, so miany wet'e the emno Lions that passed rapIdly over' it. Hie made ati i nvolusntariy movement toward the little weeping ligure, but the next mtomenoft checked himself, anad waited gulotly until Mai'y herself spoke. "[ d (on't know whatever you will think of mec !" shbe satid, rather shamne facedly, as sihe wipedl heri eyes. "' f don't know whaat mado tme d1( at ! liut I'in so much oblIged to you for letting me 'have it out.' I feel better now." " To h)o sur'e you dJo," said .Johan, with a fr'iendly atnd r'ather' tender' laugh. " I havc always understood that a 'good cry' wats a gr'eat luxury to young ladies." "~. 1 pty's satke, don't call mein a 'younag latly !"' cr'ied Mary, wvith ana as sumeptiona of herci usually eniergetie man net'. '" I do hate thaatIl pLhas."' "'Just ats yon pleast," r'etur'ned .John easily. "' Wlhat shall I catll you ? Novelist? .Jotirnaali.,1y" "NeithI.er oine tier the othert,"' saidc 'M aty, Iihashingi ~ a. li tti. it shat'de of hier hate de'spondene' v atgaini fa'lling. uponi lhes. " I amntuhingi in te wori hast it wetlller oif pienny Ilove slt'rie', andl *losing e vetn the1 smtatll1 aoitt of catpa bili ty reqired for' thatt." '"That is nonsense," exlimed .John, now speaking earnestly. " As I said befoa'e, you are over worked. You have been doing too mruchs. Your braIn needs a rest, and it ought to have one, Mary." "Neil, It can't just att pre'sent," saId Ms ry, sbaking lhes haeatd very decidedly. "'Therec is Jennie's new drtess, and the gi'oc's bill1. 1 shall know no peace unittil those two things are oil' amy mind." John was silent, for a minute, 'tut he looked troubled. " If I could just get an idea," said Mary, mor'e hopefully, "I think I could work it out. I seem to have used up everything ! I have written about lost heirs, andl lost wills-ahount the ld Story. heiress liwho preteuded to be poor, and the adventuress who pretended to be I-lil. I have LUid about The maU Wito expressed the utmost detestation of 'the new woman,' and ended by falling madly in love with one. I have related the history of the girl who determined to have a 'career' and finally gave up) all for love. These things are worn out, John! They have become so fooble that I am ashamed to press the poor things into further service." .ohn smiled. "They are far from dying, Mary They are full of vitality yet.' " Well, somebody else may have them," said Mary, returning the smile. " At least, for awhile, I may be glad to fall back on them some day, but just now I should like something fresh. All sorts of queer things are constantly happening in real life if I could only get to hear of them. John, haven't you an idea of any kind? Or some little thing that has come within our own experience ? Anything that olds a tiny spice of romance, you know." .John looked at her for a moment, and seemed inclined to speak. Then his mind apparently altered, and he shook his head. "Oh !" cried Mary disappointedly, "that Is too bad. You looked exactly as if you had an idea." " Well," said John slowly, "1 a faint glimmering did seem to come to me, but I'm afraid you would think it silly." " Do tell me !" exclaimed Mary. " I shall be so grateful." " And I don't know that it is parti cularly now," went on John in the same doubtful way. " Well, never mind," said Mary, in a business-like way. " A great deal depends on the treatment of the sub ject. Sometimes a very hackneyed theme call be mnade to sound quite fresh. I have noticed it in several in stances. Go on, John." She ixed her eyes on him expect antly, and a smile dawned in the young man's eyes as he looked at her. " is it humorous ?" asked Mary in niocently, as she saw the smile. "I don't know," tswored John, re lapsing Into gravity. " That entirely depends upon how you regard it. Things appeal so differently to dif forent minds, don't they ?" " Thc.y do," rejoined Mary prompt -ly. "Sometimes I have written thiip 'which I thought were funny, but other people entirely failed to see the joke; and on the other hand, I have been laughed at for sentences which were penned in perfect seriousness. hut let us proced with the subj'ct in hand. I wish you would begin, John, for the time is getting on, and I shall be miserable unless L succeed in mak ing a good start this morning." " There's a lot in making a good start, isn't there ?" asked .Joh1n, with evident anxiety. " .h ! a great deal," 1taid Niary. " It is often the tmost ditficult thing pus. silie to start. Once fairly begun the work is cotLl)L'tttiVey 'easy, because one thing neeins to lead to another." I see '" repiled .Iohn retlceti ely 'f'hmeu a long silence fell between themi. "' lo go otn " said M atry linpatiently, at, last. "Well, the fact is, iMr'y, I " --with contsidetrable etmphasis on tb: pronoun .'- " id a dillicul ty In starting. I think I could goon, if the subject were only begu n.'' "Let me lhelp you out.," said Mary, with an air of resignation. " There is a girl in It, I supp~iose ?"' " Oh, yes !" returned Jiohn, very decidedly. "'1There is a girl in it : and an uncommnonly nice gir-l, too." " Good !" said Mary. " it is all easy enough. Describe to me -her ap pearance, character, and sur-round togs.Tell mec what she did, and how she ddi.-Then explain where th . man comes in-for there is a man in it, I suppose ?" "Oh, yes," said John, as decidedly as before. " There is a man in it." " Well, what about im ?" asked Mary. " Dear me, John !I might as well invent a thing myself, and have done with it, if you can't tell me straight off." " I'll tell you !" Said John, with the air of a man determined to make the plunge. " Only-Mary-pr'omise me one thing. Don't laugh at my story." "Can I laugh if it is funny ?" rejoin ed Mat-y.. "It isn't,," said .John. "' Well, not exactly. Em-in fact,, I don't know how it will strike you. I mean, don't haugh at my clumsy way of telling it." ". Of cout'se not," . replied Mat'y kindly. " And i'm sure I'm very much obliged to you, John, for taking all this tmrouble." "Well," began John, " thh, git'l-the girl l~amn thinking of, you know--lived at hotme with hem' mothetr and sisters. Trhe fathet' had died some years before, leavintg just enough money to supply their hare wants, but no more." I i tuite underm'sand," said Mary, in a tone wvhich had a good deal of '"fellow feeling'' in it. "So, of course," wvent otn J1ohni, "' life .was mor'e or less of a sttruggle with themt. But, happily, one of the girls -this special git'l I began to talk ab~out--d(evelopedh quite a talent for - fo r-* " or what?~" asked Mamy t'athert sharply. '" ot' painting,'' retutrned Jolt n qiulckly, " She used to paint qiite lovely little things, and sell thett to the shops." "Y es," said Mary. ''liut when does the r-otmanco begin, Jiohn Y" "'I am comting to that," mepl ied .John. "Give mne time, MIar'y." "Oh, of coutrse," said Mary ami ably. So aftet' a brief pau.~se, .JohnU went on again: "Years before, when these girtls wet'e qu ite Ilittle, thleir, father had shown a great Icindntes' to an almtlt,t ft'ien'iless boy." IMar'y i'turmted, tand a (iatI cotluor cr ttli Iuto lher ch'eks: bt, Johtnm tookh mo clearer. "J'o the actiott of ,bat, goo 'mctan the lboy owed whtatever- success c*amue to hi im ini aftetr life. Lie never forgot thIs, and he often wontieredl how he cold( best r'opay the debt ho owed." ,John paused, but Mary did niotspieak. "And as time went, on lie found the debt increased r'athero than diminished. F'or though his first benefactor had p assed away, he had left kindly hearts behind hi m. And as the boy grow into mnh~lood1 he prtized more and more the welcome he ever received from those good women, and felt that in the world tboro was no spot so dear to him as the one they called home." Again John paused, but Mary made no effort to br'eak the silence. " He loved thorn all," said John, " but "- -here a no w tenderness crept Inta hls vnina-.."h lea,.ner1 at last that for one of them he had the love which a man onlY gives to one woman In the world. She was not, I think quito understood by her mother and siter, much as they cared for her. She had a talent which she was glad to turn to useful account, but the others hardly realized that the task which was generally a pleasure, might at times become very hard and weari some. They thought it was play for hra t; at down and-paint. So sone times her heart failed her a little." Mary's face was very white now, but the costri rushed suddenly back into it as John gently took her hand into his own. " This young man loved her, Mary loved her more dearly than I can quito tell you. But he waited a long tio before he dared to speak to her. lie knew how much depended upon her in the home, and he felt he had no right to take her away until his posi tion would enable him to offer comfort to her and to those dear to her. It often seemed a weary while, and his heart often ached. But the time came at last. The time when he felt that he was free to speak." He paused, and for a few minutes there was between them a deep silence. Then his hand clasped hors more fervently, and he said, " Mary !" As if irresistibly compelled, she looked into his eyes. And in that moment a full knowledge of what she had never before even guessed swept over her. She know the sweetest of all earthly things-that she loved, and was beloved. " You wer-e quite right, dearest," said John a while later. " The diffi culty lies in making a start. Elvery thing comes quite easily afterward." The story is very hackneyed," whispered Mary. " But, oh, John !" with a half mischievous, wholly Lender look---"isn't it wonderful how anything so old can be so interesting ?" A NEW AND TRUE VIEW OF BRYAN, THE iEMOUltATIC CANDIiATE AS A LAWYEC. lie Has Always Been a Poor MJai--& Consistent Foe ot' Monopolies am an Advocate o'the Itight. .1ailes C'reelman in the New York World. I JNCOLN, Nob., July 18.--William J. Bryan has never at any time in his life earned more than $6,500 a year. When he reached this figure $5,000 consisted of his salary as a muember of the House of Representatives. His incor.e as a lawyer has averaged about 1,0041 a year, although he has man aged to increase it to $1,500. ills sal ary as a political editor of the ( )maha World-lierald was $,800 a yoar. To day his whole wealth hardly amounts $8,000, and yet he is a mature, highly trained man, with thousands of friends and a national reputation as an orator. But his easy contempt for money, his aversion to the advocacy of cor'pora tion interests, and his absorbing pas sion for speech-making have prevent edi him from acquiring wealth. The truth is that while he has dabbled at law and journallsmn. tLhe serious busi ness Of his life him been polities. The Whito house hits always been his goal, although he looked upon the United States Senate as the pr'oper liold for his peculiar talents. Mr. liryan miakesi no0 ecret of these fart). lie entured the Uniuon Law School att Chicago inI I1M I, and sat three years by the side of Adolphus hi. Talbot, huis present law partner, who is now at csand)idate for the State Sen ate on the liepublican ticket. These two men have been intellectual and social intirmates for lifteen years. While Mr. Bryan was studying law he served as a clerk in the late Lyman Trumbull's ollice at $5 a week. He was easily the leader of his class and had a weakness for buying books re lating to various forms of modern gov ernment. He immenrsed1 himself in constitutional law and shrank from the technical side of his profession. T1hec first school dlebate which indicated the trend of his mind turned on the ques tion whether a legislator should abide by the promptings of his own j'udg mont or ascertain the wish of his con stiuents and follow that. Young Bry-an held that a legislator shouldl take care to assertain the truth himself and should then educate his constitucnts on sound principles, leading rather than following the peole. Within twenty-four hours, however, Mr. B.-ya" h'a" told me~ that lhe believes a 1's .#.m ,ao. no right to depart from iA.ue sem'I on which he is elected. If he cannot consistently carry it out lie should resign. Thue people do not hirQ a legislator to think for them, but act for them. In his college debate lie a'rgued that statutes should not be based upon opi p ortunism, but that each law shound be brouigh t into absolute harmony with certain great fundamental ideas. T1his was his constant theme, it accorded with his love of generalities, his pr'y pensity for topies, which lent them selves to metaphlor. lie was a tremendous student, but his chosen studies lay along the lines of l east resistance- p1 easan t abstra e Lions and broadt 1)o1itical propositions. Hie had no0 head for dry details. HIis phi losophers were .1 ackson, .Jefersoni, I 4lncol i, luenton, . udge (Cooley, Tihere is alwavtys a pecumliar rel Igioius grain running th rough Mrm. lI ryana's thoughlt. it, was In her ited from hiis Biaptlst, fatthier. And this tendency is marked w hen lie discusses popular. governmnent. Hlis favorite answer to those whmo q uestion the inutervenition of God ini thie alfairs of mien is the last verse of I iry ant'h lines, "T'Io a Waterfowl,'' whIch I heard'( lim repeat last night to the newspaper correspondents who accomi painied him from Chicago when they met in h is house. lie wvho from zonec to zonec Gumides througjh the boundml~e sky lhy certamin liight, la thei long wamy that I must hri'mit alone, Wil lea my11 i' sitesIr'ht. A f ter' graduating I rm the law school MIr. I iiyan ser'ved six nmonthu more ini Lymanui~ Trminbull's ollco, and then wentl to , acksmviille, UlI., where he studiled law for' iabouit four years in t~he ollice of furow n &. irby. It, has beeui said that lhe uzever in his life has appeaired in couiit, as the rep resentative of a corporation. In a sense this is strictly true. Oin two oi' three occasions, when the senior mom ber's of the firm were absent, lie made minior motions for them in thme Jack sonvillo courts on behalf of a railway company which they rep~resented. But he has never accep)ted a foe, directly or indirectly, from a corporation. When lie left, Congress he was olfoer ed a salary of $10,000 a year for hIs services as general attorney for mt rail way antd oil onterp~rise owneu by the Standard Oil Company. IUle ainswer was that lie would niot take the posi tion for all the profits of theilcompany. A few days later' he iment ionedl the fact to hIs present partner. YoVa have made a reat mlatake, B3ryan," said Mr. Talbot. " Toll thon fou have a partnor who is not 0 soensi Mr. Bryan failed to see th pOiut. "I'd rather take cases I am in sympa- 4 thy with and live as I do now than Lme president of the Standard Oil Com Pat " he replled. ahe Mr. B3ryan came to LAincoln in 1887 and formed a law partnership with Mr. Talbot, he urged his old Blassluate to resign his position as counsel for the Missouri Pacific Rail way Company. Mr. Bryan insisted that such a con nection would prevent the firm from taking cases against allied corpora tions. The partnership agreolent provided that the firm should have nothing to do with the Missouri Pacific Or any other corporation, and that that part of the business should be the por sonal affair of Mr. Talbot. In order to emllphasiIze3 his 01)l)Osition, Mr. Bryan twice appoared in court against the Missouri Paciflc Company. When the Rock Island Railway Company completed its line to Lincoln sevoral cases against the road, involv ing the appraisal of privato land, were brought the firm. Mr. Talbot declined to take them on the ground that he was a railway lawyer. MI. Bryan happened to be absent from Lincoln at the time, but when he returned he immediately brought suit against the Rock Island Company for a widow and won the case in a single speech. lie accepted sevoral other sults against the same company. The relation between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Talbot were interesting. For years Mr. Bryan was chairman of the eRoemcratic county committee, while Mr. Talbot was chairman of the Re p)ublican county committee. Frequent ly the two committees mot at the same time in the adjoining rooms of the firm. Mr. Bryan's opI)osition to his part ner in Politics was no less striking than his antagonism to him on the subject of corporate power. When Mr. 13ryan was in Congress he was urged to vote against the anti trust bill. Telegri ms were sent from the M'ast to Mr. Talbot asking him to urgo his partner to vote against the bill. Mr. Talbot promptly telegraphed to ir. Bryan on the subject, and the young Congressman replied that the interests of the common p9opl de manded a law protecting them, from the encroachments and combinations of corporate power. He told his part nr that it was necessary fot' the life and prosperity of the nation that the coinpetitivo principle. sh1oull be kept alive, and that anything interfering with it s0ould be restrained. He has constantly said that the fail ur to enforce the anti-trust laws was due to the apathy of the Administia-. tion at Washington, and he looked upon the selection of Mr. Olney for the ollico of Attorney Gencaal as a )ait or the general scheme for control l ing the government and rendering popular oppositionl to unjust corporate Powler futile. Ie has said many times that the Attorney Gne'rul should zealously presS the anti-mioopoly statutes, so that if they should prove defective Congress could proimptly perfect them,,. Ile holds that a rich mall's property is as sacred as a poor muan's, but no more so, and that the goveInmtcit should be able to protect its weakest and poorest citi.eis agaiinst the 01) press ions of the IiMost powerful corpor ations. Whatever Mr'. Br'yanl may say now, I have authority for thte statemlent that up to the time the Chicago plat form wias adopted the only important pointt onl which he di Tefod from Mr. Cleveland was the question of the free coinage of silver. When the I 'resident sent i-'ederal tr'oops into Illinois to prtotect railway pr'operty in thle custody of the Untitedi States Courmt againlst tile Chicago mob~s Mr. Biryan declared that it was the best act of his olliciai career. HLis par-tner told me to-day that Mir. Bryan ha~s always denounced and ab horred sreealism in every formn. Hie has insisted that the undue and dan gerous power wieldled 'oy combinations of capital is the result of liepublicanl legislation, and the tendency to prlo tect special interests by law at the expense of the pubtlhic welfare. As a Lawyer, lhe inisists thlat ther'e can b. no dillicul ty in restraining or preventing tr'usts by law. Ho is fond of referring to a lar'ge paper' mill near' Lincoln which usedl to buy all the straw raised in Lancaster' County at $3 at ton. The p~aper' trust bought the mill and closed it. Tlo-day you may see great racks of straw rot tonIng in the fields. But the papert ti'ust has stilled completition and ac complished its purpose of raising the, price of paper. Mr. Bryan tells paith~t'.c stories of how trusts in the Eaist have closed factories, blighted hotmes and r'uitned fatmilies for no other p~urpose thtan to limit production and~ indreaso pr'olits. in ctourit NMrn.. Briyant is strong as a pt l'ador before juries. He deals fairly with witnesses and gains their. confIdence. Hie knows nothing of hat' splitting tech nicaulitios or trickeries, and uisiially solets onme or two points upon01 wich he will ar'gue, ignoring oi' spt intg the rest,. iills par'tnor' is a strategist, and~ is nlot, aver'so to thme tisit of thtoso sibtle andi Ii nesputn mntlhods by whYichio the ord Iiary stuccessmi Il adl vtoieti ttces his oppuonenimt. The two L men11(1 couhm Il never agroo' 111onlIL a Ilii in any caseN~.I When Ta'ilbot, would smgge'st ai wIly I pro(pos ition ini ia Enso4( Mr . lIrItyani woui l I laL'cst one's deliitin of l1,bo law : ",A i'ule, of civil coiimid, preso~ibod b I, t~he supre'(mo powert of t,.,hel, comt what. bii wr'ong."' "Now, theri't, Tlbolhut,'" lhe wonhi4 say, "thore is tie law. ~W hat Is right. lb. right, and what Is wrong Is wron." ,' It cani hartd ly be sidi t~id ini . I r, y un ha is been11 aL slic<;ss fil lw yer . ilo has never ini hi li ifi tiil aL EIasE in wivebdl lmorr than~m $20,,00 wasi Iivolve.. l', . Lacksonivillt lie was~ little moo i thanm Ia coill~ctori of sumatl ldebts. Inii 11(ne ln his caIson have not, huoni im-i por'tanit, sa~vu in tlbo fow I netance a' whrepulittoIlhlc jol Icy waiti inivolvedu. < )ne daly IL poort man~i, wVho had( beeni ILr'resteod for vilolatin al IL ty ordinanitie' prohllib1 iing thie dilstm'i bution of bumsin tus airc'ular-s in the street, wont to Mr. I' Bryan's ohico and declared lie waLs unatble tom get at fir tr'ial hocau~isO lie had no meoney, andlm L~bo ons'taiblti r'o fused to) serve subplenas11 oin ,he wit,- I nossos for the defence uicias ho r'ecoiv. ad his foes in advance. Mr i. Bryan~i lat onlco appid fot' a man- i tl lamius to compel the constable to) act. I lie made a ringinig speech,,.in which lie declared thatt It wias a (deniaul of justico to insist that, ai defendanurt in aL miminal case shoudJ b)o depr'ived oif t bhe right of subpolinat so'vioe because hoe could net pa~y the rosts in fa vanouo. I A constable may summon b~ystanders t to assist in atn arrmest, and1( they cannot I lemand feos in advance before aLssISt-i nig hinm," lie cried : " how catn lie, t A hj' n elected by themi, demand fees of g henm before sei'ying pap~hers in crimInal s tstablisheo a precedent in the Nebras, ca courts. One of his inost notable and charac ,orlstio arguments was made in the suit )f John Getoholl against the auditor )f public accounts of Nooraska. to prevent the issue of public bonds to tid a beet sugar factory near Neligh. Vir. Bryan fought the bounty idea fu riously. " The bounty given by the State," he said, " cannot be considered a magic wand by means of which a private enterprise is transferred into an internal inprovement-cortainly not until the ourt has held the giving of the bounty itself constitutional." Then he quoted a deuision of a for mer court and said: "It .will long stand as a bulwark against those abuses of the taxing power which, everywhere plentiful enough, are no whoro moro abundant than in the roat West, where every means of ooming a town is anxiously sought after and eagerly accepted." MRS, BRYAN'S VIEWS OF LIFE. A P1RACTICALi AND SHENSIBIM, WO MAN. Not Ponl of' Fiashionable Society WhVlolesonic ItaIles POP the Traiiing of, CuihiltrCn. Ior. N. Y. IIerald. On the train between Kansas City and Lincoln, at disjointed intervals, when Mrs. Bryan was not waving her handkerchief from the near platformn ur not meeting the people, I said to her that the readers of The Herald would doubtlers be very much interest ed to know hie- views on certain sub jects. Mrs. Pryan is not only a very modest woman, but also a very attrac tive one. She dislikes publicity, and is averse to being interviewed, because ahe regards thic " I " as egotistical. After some hesitation she consented that I might ask her certain questions and publish the answers. I said to her: "Mrs. Bryan, are you fond of soci ety ? " "I am very fond of meeting )cople," she said, "and I enjoy lily own circle of friends, hut soei-ty, as it is generally understood, te forial routid of visits, the rcefptions and other functions at which stereotyped questions are asked and answers givent, which are lorgotten at once, because they were never made to be remembered, has very little at traction for mc. In 1,in1co1n, strange us it May per haps seem to you, coning (roi the liast, we have a very delightful sOciety. There is no great or forial entertain ing, but there are professors from the State 1iniverbity, women who are nenibers of clubs, and who keep thei selves informed oin the topies of the dity, tudents of the iUniversity, wio have coie fromt the Iist especially to study Western agricultural methods, forming a rociety whicih is attractive and intelluetual. Of course you canl finId the same tihing in the Ndast, only with us, perhaps, theIe is less atrtili ciality, and the liollowness of society is what the newspapers scoen to be al ways deploring." " Have yotu any pronounced views on the bringing up and education of cliii dren ?"1 Mrs. Bryan laughed. "You have seen (luite a little of the children dur ing the last few days," she said, and you ough t to be able to judge as to that. I do not believe in trying to shape out, a certain course for a child. I believe lie or she must be allowed to develop character', and p~rove what lie or' she is best fitted for. One thing I do be lieve in, and that is in givitig my d aughiters~ a thorough practical eduIcaL tioni, making them practical in every sense of the word, so that in case they biouild be dependert Uponi their own exetions they would be able to fight their own battle as well as their br;other can. "Cli ldren, I think, shoulId ho given pl)enity of fresh air and exercise, and in their childhood their phy3sicai traini ing is of even muore impIor'tance than their mental. It has been miy custoti for somno years past to read to the chil dren every night before they went to bed, stories, tales or any other juvenile literatuie suitecd to them. lRuth, umy oldest daughter, has l ways been very fondl of reading, and beineg read to, Lut William for some little time took very littde interest in it. At last lie showed ant interest, and now he can always be Lamlused by being recad to or looking at the pictures. I believe that children learn a great deal in this way, and that it is a good thing for them men tally.'' "Are fair-y tales a good thing for 2hih~'ren to hear? " ' "1I th ink so. I tread the child ren Andersen's stories ini GJerman, and al though they do not understand they like to hear the words, atndn translate them as I read. The children in this wa~y get, necustomed to the soutid of 3ermani anti pick up a little here and there.'' "You naturally believe in the benoti 3iatl effect of religion 0on1a child ?" "'I do. I do not care so ituch for weeds, but I th ink that roligion oer~ sises a restraining andl wholesogne In Sucece, and that chilldren, especially toys, wVho have beeni taughit a proper' *cfer-once for rel ig ion, live cleaner and 'etter lIves. My code is ai very simle 1m. I wanit my chilid reni to be hionest, .o Lell thec trutL~t anid do the best-. Lthey an11 ithL tihe aii iticsI1 wich have beeni 'Ive''' t.h~emn. A s I said be fore, ch Sidron untt, to a1 great extent, work out their' ,win emhater, 1and shouw whatL they aret m.osusitedi I.) Ieccompl~ish." I I)c 3on bi el ieve in the iicey womtani:f' " omntre todlay what, they havec2 1,lwa~yH beent. I am, of course, is favor wf women I ltain prtoper ot utoor exor -S 1021( n akIn g thlemselve a''5is perfect >hy 3lclliIy ta they cane mien tally, hn0t, ,bre mumst, b)e a properP diviionI liii ml IV tw1o tbe sexes. I do not ide a t le yle, bee~anse I haven't yet htad time I) leartmn, bni I I initendl to. I doi not, seec iy nelciessit~y for wVomenC ridingI in some1 if the costuumes I have seen1. "In brief, I am rnot ati advir'aate of .Ntreus, ei ther in fashi1ons or any hin g eIse. A wvotmn shouldl not, in ny opinionor, allw herself t0 stagnat~e' fter' mlarriage. She should keep lher elf its muclh up to dateas pLlossible, vhlichi is a good thing not only for her iorsonal ly, but, also for her chiild rein ,id har husbandJ, But a woman111's | rst duty Is to her home, and she oug lit lot to all ow ianythng to itnteirfetre with ) hatt duty." uhi ootdSI oi "Are you muhinroedipl " itiam vary much0introtd ini any-I hing that Interests Mr. lIryan, .1 Ithough 1I am not, it politiciani,"' Mr's. Iryan laugh ingly at~dded. "' I must not id k pol ities,"' she went o'n to say3, ''bu1t bi wili tell you Lliat wVhen .\iv. llyatn was a Congress I hiearmd the speeches duing y he silIveri dlebat.s. A pairt fr'om th '> r"'1t quetstioni involved, t th is timtie I it hould1( like to seMe a r'et lrtn to the tr'ue ndl broad p~ri nciples of /)amrocr'acy'."' " What are your principal foriris of anusoinent." "During the last few years In In. Ioln, swimming, I think. Wo have a natatorium suppliod with salt watem. from welle. This water I not only salt, but it has the real green color of water in tihe ocean. We do not play cards. We have no scruples aglnet them, but neither Mr. Bryan nor m self find interest in card playing. f am fond of the theatro, coietdy or tragedy, when it Is good, and very foil of musik when sonro on1 plays it. Whe i was a child I was rnado to do "o nuch practising that whenis I grow illp I fairly detested the Hig,1ht of a piano. I very soldoim play now." " I was told tilat you were lill, prosi dent of Lilncoln Soros is." " yes. I U111. H0orsiH is fOejuunddci on tihe sit"an linoes as it, New York proto - type, In id we discu b ooks ano topics. .lhure is aFed *ation of Woimmen8 Clubs in Nebraska, and I think If you Icnew oiur cIU)s yoln would agree with tie in saying that they rak a hig a those in the l'ast.'' There were sorne other quimestions I wanted to ask Mlrs. liran, but as sev Ural Bryan nen ei.ine into the ea ju.l then to lbe presonted to her I lost tii. Opportunity. She i6 very proud of tie protty little city, its site has rood reason to be, and the cllariling petpl. iinig there, ard lie is an xion-, i, adv thu people of the Eabt ii i r.'a t Lucoln is not on the edge Of :iviliza tion, that there ii as rtiuchi eoifort aidI refinement to i(; founi there a. in any city in New Yor.:< of the t.le 'i. T111-114" W*ATHEc A-N I) The EIC'evt of' the liteit Htiais 11p the Growmin Crops. This bulletin Co/ierS the wahrnd crop conditions for the week (endi n i Saturday,iJ uly IS, and in its peparatiol were used reports from ui nre 1r trore correspondents in each county of the Stale. The week averatred cooWer thani usual with an average 1nean temera ture of 80, and tibe normal for the saine period is approximately 82. The iigli est mean was 841 recorded at Shaw" Forks and Allendtale : the lowest.. -. was recorded at Greenville. The iaxiii muiin andI iiinint IIl t rI)m peratures for th weeki boti o.-urred at Spartanbrirg : the former Y5 on the Nith and the latt.er 63 on tihe IS1h. iuring the first part Of the week there was vecry little raini, but on tlke last three dr'Vs sIhowers were! ;eneral and iln plitces ieavy. * There was about a nmorumal average alnount of rain for the week. but it wa-,s poo.-ly dlistribab._d. wVi th til. hieavie!t, ftll Ovrer (Gl teri d a1 :-outhtwa.'l to lla11t-On atid iuwl. A verage of -11 ratinfall relportll 1.1!i, ily proxitna'.w. nortil foir the sone periou 1'h re was only -~ , t:I- cent. of thi. possible siishIile, anid the cloldines. was veOry genreral "m er the entire State: there hmtving been least sunshine in Chesterfield with a erce ntag of oi and must in Aiken witlii a percelit ge of 75. Soni iCe Correspondcits repo'tcd the laelz of sunshine harinful,? w hi le others considered it favorabIe. It i. thought that clear weuther would Ire the more favorable condition now. The weether during the past week was, on the whole, favorable, and all crop made satisfactory ad vance. Blit. little farm work could lIe done in many counties on account of the wet ground. in Chesterllel Darlin gto~n, Sumiter, Colletoni, Jl3rkelcy, anid Ihampltonl eeun tics excessive rainfallI was a menace to cotton arid corn,. and locally3 inother piortionis of the State. Marny fa rmere are Ilnish ing laying by their cultivatere eropis, andit miany liolds will be laid by in grassy cond itio~n, the grounrd beiny, too wet Lto plow, or the corn andi cotton tangled by the high winds of the pre vious week. U he, water in most of the rsers has about reached niormnal stager. and corresponndents es5tinnliite the ijhin age~ to cirops) by overrlows (un tin principal r'iv~ers to have been heavy, destroying about thret'e- fourths of rmlI crops on "riv~er lands." Along the Wvater'eo and Great Poee D~e crop., were about all destoyed : along the Congaree, Lynch's, Savannah arid the hinuerous smaller rivers and cr'eeks nubject to overilow the damage wa. serious. Corn arid mieado~s were Corn in geeralI is dinrg I ery well and its present cond ition gi vc, proi. of at learst an aver'age i rolp anil poessi better. " Extra good upl amdta air bd-. torn '" i n'Spartan ho ig :-Ne ever b tter, York ; " ull ave.rage', i h.-n we;i. "A hove aver'age," '*tranige hburg : '' A good average,"' l'lgeL-e i d : :anrd si)o t fromr anllI portions of the State. I oenlih there are cortnplai nts of (corn deteiordt ing on bottom lands that, are too( whit. but thuit is mor~ie l'hian otihet by tlbc condition of uipirand corn. S-omte 'lelm are being laid by in the grass. lFo~ddet pulling has begun in berkeley, Illamp ton antd Orangebur'g. T1her'e ar~e very' notiecable improt(ve tmt inI cottofl o'er Lbhe prie viou:- week. Li OW Lii w%'as mrapid anrd the s tal k hiai attaineod a h:rmgc s,.o generally, but i: nevcerthelet (riiti ng wellI arid Ilx average number of healthy holls h nuch greatcm. than is irsital att this dat e. It hias bee n too wet fort tbe Ihe-t, d A $25 COOKING STOVE wl1fAC ~MHoTs O Only 12.00 Delieredto nur ailrad epot 4l h Wgh ; 1.' Anc to p M i enl int h cs i ng. alte ny $da,12.hn 0g 0.lth go , o)in t o me ii rieil edte, and , r. 'ing t theri r ohjii .c iineiIml ie t rrt-. Ibt No .o fr 34 io . 3 itted w'~ itt 2it p il ,2 pttirl coers, 2t i leti a,2 ri ddlm e ,8 lar tli l tilsra 8 r 1, cako ois h i rton tn kelt oftil iishoel. Wtii o wan) t 't mat, ans tomur andfren .at ~I~i overy pat te Sou iatih, for pui >o ofi'i ih rouigoul busines to nw p kole r, to rnow ur a ao anac with o u o fremiow il \ t 'r illship i 8 sr spl 1edni looing51 Stovion andO t~ te, bv slr. rihedO warel to annydepot &. all fireighto o I)0 chage ai, fo I rn ly o u wen the ciiascom with i hc t erer. T Stovo Ic a goodi oi in, weltnosat ul give eutire satiisra '-tion. Our ii rustr ii d l car alogu~re of Fulri n ori e . .i- nr ,l. 4' Carriages maihod ft co. Adihhees ' 840 Broad Strae t. Aur4(t~ Vk~ 01,11cit 0"cotu, anu rust io re'port axl f'oml I ick un, NowbeIr and 1ar1i wOll. SheIdIig from LexingLoln. Or ilgebu (hesterlici, 1 '-koloy, a Wnwoll Wib iSlmsbIirg, Sumater, Da' dIgtoil (mnd I' l.le 1-31d. No correspon spx-ks of iLhu e'oi1p ats it poor ono, (Sa1Lve o0 in n Now borry), whillo it) Illlly loIII cs ii O ii I o' "A(I~y!I av. .. Iis is " Ox tra 11n0," is, UbOve13 averago." It Ihe weathe:- n tits criticId stag, antd t~ will ikof tOW uext iIrou "weeks wil mnakot god 0 alu. its present IdrIll ithei COditii. -10t, gen.ally is tlhie indien atel' Vsal sloedr Cotton i.; ini i ihu"* n eiiLI boll theaiste I'l r )0 tioi , ( to (ptq t ill atcollilt, of want. of sunshir u seaIL Island cotlmris1. frui~tingv poorlyv and lizt l uribenit0"h (: ,color-, lI ie i-.geeraly 'i v'xCuikiat con d itLion1. <Jn 1 w ic i' Sanwe tr~ ,% wit. danl.r.c of '' ayI''' . t r,..ive rb overlw.; whor 1. I e rivno . w I i. above theF~ S D -r ;in. but, the rivi . Is now Ialilrl" y:n ij r'ice w t ditinla tj oy })e b ". I . a ii4 . Trobaucco citring' i- TeneI.... 1'(, I :,'Il'.ts ofr pen( yI al - M A d inl.-i 1 I ti i Ly of 1 la , anu -o:it al:i WI ratnain i lItl'-d with u a 1/sdoping we1.1 ;y S)In IA! u .11 W I. Tiro u oa .hm Irvii I pI it n b (t it~n't th:,' %%. -~o Irm se (I)On . .\ 1 .. 1 1 nI . t 1. k II EOUTHERN RAILWAY. JUNE 14. 1896. S TATION. jl Ar. INn .- -- ............ .---.I - 11 p In ". Gr o-.-..................... 12 22 p m " x H o d g e N "S I . . . ' ' ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . 1 4 5 1 ) m . li p ni Ori lNtood ...................1 4 5 1 I yli.iivI~ip. - X Pm I Iont . . lo p m ; . I -A 11,1 r mav .. Ar. l~nn -e - - a IyTA - -0 --S. .. .. .... 14 :i lit tn Lv.ANel t. y - - - - __ 1 "r PromitiN 2 1Il A r . u n _ a - -; - - - - - _ m _ , - r 3 kltI1 1 r.II V. hn - 9 . 1 .-+ .. . . .. A .n.fi 1 0 c l -; i -.. . . . ...,. . ..... . . 1 l p s in N " ........ --... . . ... 1 1 p ip N a upI " I .........' .. ...... " 1 "1 . 840p r. . r4A) p I 45a lV "N I p 1 u A r'I' 2 'I 008p 40p 4.pA. Ashev4. . Lv A8 Wa.*1 814 "P. p. m. "A," a. m. 1 Tra8 n 9 an '(410 carr . n I~ nt "1 m P 10 444, ~ 1p 7 40ji e0 ;r t I h:11,1 w vi 1.idl Cic P 11 2in u~) Ar fpm *zm1'Iy1 4"m 0 20p 4na U Ar112a 0 08p Trnius lev ar1anbrg, .I' SO 8 . 1isor 31t - i L mun 1 . m.,i (13:.. p.~ u.i, A.;:18 . m. I'rns leave Gorenio. A. an 0 . <ivistan, 'o .urid, 5:2s a. m1., 2:1:0 p. m ., ha :8 p. i., \ 3 eule L..iimited) - outhbm~orn1. 1:rLt. a a., :40 p m, .:25 .i :' p. m. a..tthle Lundp Pullmnan Service. Puinun paL' ce SIIIe'ping( earsA on 'Prahr.i ' anid 8(.,. a*'ad is on A. and C. diva ici. ..w riiutenden*t, Trn*:1' WLg'r W. .1 11nR S. If 11 A 18 i - U':. .% A 't. A.: (Gen.i *. At V.- u,: 'n.1). C. A____ , SOUTHELRN RAILWAY. PIEDMONT' All1 IN! Cnndon.,nd Soheodule of I'nuienger Traines N or ii h hou 1*41. N.. $3 No.. 301 No.19 E~x. Juan, 14, 180.*y a& ~t o L.v. Atlanta*, C. T. 12 00 mn11 15 P' 7 50a 4 85p "Athanta, E. 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Tihron h Pnlimt 1100rneo bu*t woAn N(ew Yor'k and' N (w Orleoan ria VashIigt on Atliata and MontIgomery, and mals botwoon 4ow York and Memnphl via Waimn gton, Atla~nta andl 131 irigh.amn. 'Thi brain als ocarios. Rinhmiond-Augsta. stoopn Darn between Danvillo an1' Charlot to. Firal lussi th*oroagh1fare coach ' wo'on Washngtoni mud tAtlamnta. D)Ining oa.. .jorve all menals en m~an sloolangears betwoon Now York, Atlanta Nos. II andl 12-Puillman sloopino abebwoca The A ir Lie oilo t rain, Nos,. 17 nnd1( 18,wi !Irom* Juna iil ti to Ocoe it, 18iti, b1 operate bot won Aitlan ta and Mt. Airy, Gia., daily or* Dept Xounelay. \Va ybgon, D.. . V Washin*gton.4 . G. ', U N i'h , S. H . II1 lIDWVIOK, a l 5ss A g , e'/tGoulum .g'