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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
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JUNE 14. 1896.
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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.
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