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tHi SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. uBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" T2E TRUE SOTTHROS, Established JUE*,* ?tftff Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1889. . Sew Scries-Yol. VIII. So. 32. Publis?ie?L 07cry Wadneslay, BT .N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTJSK, S. C. TKRMS: Two Dollars per annual-in advance. J ADV S S TI S S ME ST8 - One Square, first insertion.$1 00 S very subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will bo made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private latereste will becharged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. POWDE Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can? not be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAK? ING POWDER CO.. 106 Wall-st., N. Y. The Teacher Who advised lier pupils to strengthen Ihetr minds by the use of Ayer's Sar? saparilla, appreciated thc truth thai bodily health is essential to mental vigor. For persons of delicate and feeble constitution, whether young or old, this medicine is remarkably beneficial. Be sure you got Ayer's Sarsaparilla. " Every spring and fall I take a Eum toerof bottles of Ayers Sarsaparilla, anti ai? greatly benefited." - Mrs. James H. ?astniau.Stoneham, Mass. "I have taken Ayers Sarsaparilla with groat ljev.efittomyg?n?ral health." - MissTbirza JL. Crcrar, Palmyra, Md "My daughter, twelve years of age, has suffered for The past year from General Debility. A few wrecks since, wc began to give 3ier Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Her health has greatly i?:prov<?d."- Mrs. Harriet II Battles, South Chelmsford, Mass. "About ay ear a~o I bega? using Ayer's ?arsapaiii?a as :i remedy fer debility -and neuralgia resulting from malarial ?exposure in the army. I was in a very bad condition, but six betties of the Sar? saparilla, with occasional doses of Ayer's Fills, liave greatly Unproved my Iit-ahh I am now aid?' to work, and feel that 1 caniK?t ?av Too much for your excellent rejiiedir?." - F. A. lfiukham. South Molnticus, Me. "My daughter, sixteen years old. is using Aver's Sarsaparilla with g^d ??" lecCsV|Re'c? S. J. Graham, rufte?; Brethren Church, Backhannoii, W. Va. "I sufiered from Nervous Prostration, "with lame baek and headache*, and hnvt l*:en much benefited by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I am now b:; years of age. and am satisfied that my present health and prolonged life are due to thc ?sc Ayer's Sarsaparilla.**--Lucy Moffitt. Killingly, Conn. Mrs- Ann IT. Farnsworth, a lady 7'J years old, 'So. Woodstock, Yr., writes "After several weeks' sufFering fro:? nervous prostration, I procured a bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and before 1 had taken half of it my usual health returned." * Ayer's "Sarsaparilla, rRKr.vr.Ei> KY "Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lewe!!, JV! ass. Price $1 ; six bottles, $5. Worth $3 a bottle. FOR TORPSD LIVER A torpid Uiver dorados tile whole sys? tem, aod produces Sick Headache? Dyspepsia, Costiveness. Rheu? matism, Sallee Skin and Plies. Tberc ls ito better remedy fori r?e**. <*oromoia diseases than 'i'uti's ?.iver Pill?, a? a. trial v. ?51 prove. i*rK e, ?Je Sold ^verywlkere. if any dealer says he has the W. X? Douglas ?hoe? without name and price stumped on lite bottom, put him down as a fraud. W= L. DO UCLA $3 SHOE CENTI?ME?. Best In the world. Examine: Ids S5.0O GEXriNE HA?iI>-SK\> EB-SHOE. ?4.00 HAN0-SEWED WK LT SHOE ?3*0O and ?1.7*5 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. AH made in Conjrress, Button an<l Lace. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE LADIES. Beet Material. Best Style. Best Fittings it not sold by your dealer, wrire _ W. lu. DOUGLAS ^OCKTO>\ MASt FOR SA LP" L5Y ? J. Byttenberg & Sons, Agents, ?an. 16 SUMTER, S. C. FARMERS LISTEN THOSE WHO STILL BAYE COTTON on band can sell the same for the highest market price by communicating with the un? dersigned. I will attend in reply to telegram or postal card at any point in tliis and adjoin? ing counties, and purchase cotton : it being nnderstood that all cotton shall be delivered by seller at the nearest depot. * Feb. 27, C. E. STUBBS. i GENERAL HARRISON ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4.-The great event that the people of tiie count? ry nave looked forward to for months the inauguration of President Harri?on culminated to day . Pr?parai ions for i he inaugural festivities on a scale grander than vere ever before known, were completed iast night. More than one hundred and fifty thousand visitors were j la the city to participate. Rain which.set in Saturday afternoon, threaten* to mar the joyous? ness and pleasure of the day; but still at an early hour people were astir, and by line oe lo. k the blare and beat of bands and drums could be heard in every direction, as the various militia compan es and civil organizations were passing LO their rendezvous to partici? pate in the parade. Proniptl. ac ll a. m., President Cleve? land, accompanied by President-ele^t Harrison, enten d a carriage at tue ex? ecutive m .ns'on, and wi.h the cc ngres sional committee ciro ve to Pennsylvania avenue, and followed by the first di vis on of the regular army troops and District of Columbia militia as the est ort. pro? ceeded to the capitol. TEE MEN OF DESTINY. j Towards ll a. m.. the crowds on the j streets be.ame demer. The col re. 1 pop? ulation is out in full force, and a wall of bia k lines the curb on either hand. These pe >: le look upon the whole a .air as something in winch they have a pe? culiar and spe.ial interest. 'Hie ?ter.r in the sen ?te chamber im? mediately prece ?ing the inaugural cere? monies proper, was imposing and im pres ive. rioth the retiring and moom? in r presiden.s bore themselves with quiet dig. itv. Upon the Moor were the senators, the memb.rs of the boise ' of i epresentatives. and a gr at many other distinguished and eminent men. I"pon Mr. Cleveland's fae there c uld 1 e seen no evidence of the hard work he has p-rf rc.:ed during the inst days of his %rm, and no traces of disappo nt ment and reg et. The audience in the galleries, hugely composed of elegantly j dresse 1 women, iille I every seat and ? made a brilliant fra ce-worfc for the his torie picture below. When the pre i- j dent-elect was delivering his inaugural address he had nomoreattentive li tener than Mr. Gie vt 1 nd. Calm, immovable i i and perfectly self posses-ed. as he always j I is. he divided the eyes of the audience j with his successor. Lock:ng at him one t could but won 1er if fate had done irs best and wcrst for this child of fortune. Had the star of his destiny set, or would it with revolving years once mere rise above the political horizon ami light the pathway of his party to greater and j more glorious triumphs, we cannot teli. THE VICE-PRESIDENT SWORN IN. There were a number of visitors in i diplomatic gallery. The regular business of the s; nate \ ro- | ceeded without much show of interest. I Meantime the members of the diplomatic j to. ps had as>enib ed in the marble room, j ana at 11:15 the senate was called to or der by Senaior Inglis,, and the senators i rose as the di, Lmat i enter ed. Many of j them were in military attire, the Chi- j nese in their silk robes, and Coreans j wi; h their funny b r l-cage hats. The j members or" the corps were shown io j seats in the first two rows on the west side of the chamber. Shortly after they were seated th^ members of the cabinet, accompanied by the retired general of the army, the major general of t .e army commanding, and the admiral of the navy, entere i. They were received by the sena:ois standing.-and were shown tc seats arranged in the semi-circle in front and to the iefc of the presiding orricer. Ihe members of the supreme court, clad in their black silk robes aad j led by Chief .Justice Fuller, took the cor- ! resp ii ling sea:s on the opposite sid - of the chamber, 'ihe venerable Hann bal ! liam in, the only living ex-vice presi? dent, occupied a sent at the right ot' the p-.esi ting o.iicer. and the eonimitiee of arrangements ?-at on the left. Shortly . efore 12 o'cl ck the members of the house of representatives and mem? bers-elect. Ld by Speaker Carii.de. vn tered the ;>en :te chamber by the main entrance, and look seat - on die r gat of the chair ne .t to the diplo catie corps. The governo s of states, ex- enators of the Unite i t?tate-, judges of the court of claim-and of the supreme court of tiie district, and the commissioners of tie Dist ri. t cf Cd nubia \\ exe assigned seats on the east side of the chant' er. A few minutes before 12 o'clock tl e pr identorl the United Stares was an? nounced. ?ie entere 1 by the door at the right of the pre.<i>..ing ofiicer, escorted by Senator Cockrell. of Mis-ouri. A moment later the president-elect was anuount ed. lie entered with Senator Hoar, of Massa- ! chrtserts. i>oth President Cleveland an l the prc ; ident-elect were greeted with applause from t e galleries and the ?loor. They were'taken to seats directly in iront of the presiding o Iii ce r. As ihe ha :ds of th.* senate clock re idl? ed t'ne hour of n on. the vice-president- j elect was announced, ll? was escorted ? totideplatform <>f the presdingoiricer j by Senator Culiom, of Illinois. Every ene in the cham ber aro e and j remained -.tan-ling while Senator Lftgalis admin* t iel to Mr. Morton th*- oath of j oiliee. Atiiie < oncius cm o' this cere- j mony S nator inga ls mined t < the sen- j ate ?md madeabrief sneech. His re- ! marks we e grte:e 1 with applause from i the galleries where sat Mrs. Harris n and her daughter. Mrs. MoKet*. * Mrs. R ssei: Harri* n. Mrs. .Morion. Mrs. In- ; tails. Miss ngalls. and other families of j those for whom the privare gallery had j been reser; ed. At the conclusion of his remarks. S n ator Ingall? turned and han ?ed the gavel ? to Mr. Morton, who then assume t the po sit ion < f p esiding er and caled trie ? senate to order in extr i sess on. Prayer wa-> ottered 'ny Mr. Dut'er, the j chaplain. At the c ori' 1 sion of the brief speech by Mr. Pr*-s dent Morton, the new sena- j tors were sw? rn in. Tiie me -age of the president conven? ing the senate in extra session urn then re d. and th" senate having complete;! its organization, the vice-president an- ; n unod tha: it wo dd pro eel to the ! east front of the capitol, where the p ev? ident of the United Sta*es was to be ! sworn in. INAUGURAL PFC'V ATIONS. j The gayest features of the inaugttra ii n scenes are profuse decorations on e ery piParand house front on the sine ? of mardi, that four years ago did not e mal th?' p ? -? nt displ iy. Flags .?re re publican badges, an l every .-mad and a vai a ino space arc covered with stars 1 and stripes. Pennsylvan a aven .e. from ' til caph 1 to the white ho se presents ? the appearance <f two li"^* banks of colo ed r? bon with l> ws rind friti es mit ering. What little of the.naval'ni ri 4 ment ..r the f- ot of the capitol hid t?.m i can --en. is covered with a og cabin f th" days of built no.. 1 .;t as a ticket Oirice for tie roat ? !g of s; -ectators. Every co; nice hetw e a i che part and, the pro ecting corner o nV treasury budding, fif een blocks away, i is covered with bunting ? r made gay i with streamers. From th?* great boo is ? md drv goods palaces to the beer saloons 1 .nd tobacco shops, there is thc -ame dis- i pia v. Tin: smaller the hou?- the more j the" Tags an 1 gayer the stream- ; &rs. Tic treasury building shows j to better a^untago in its ' right bunting than any along Penn? sylvania avenue. Every pillar is en ! twin d with star* and stripes, lb o deo < I bil ldings ave very handsome. The noni i and east fronts a e draped with Hags and bunting, and the whole presents a beau 1 tiful effect' THE INAUGURAL ADDHESS. Turning from the chief Justice to the lit 1 tie rostrum that had been erected in front I of the stand, President Harrison began the j delivery of his inaugural address, j Ke said the occasion derived peculiar in j terest from the fact that the nation j is now entering its second cen j tury of existence. After reviewing the : history of the country from its formation a i hundred years ago, with thirteen weak ? states, to the present time with thirty-eight populous and pros ! perous states. He said the country's j growth was not limited to territory, popu i lation and wealth. Facilities for education j had been vastly enlarged, influences of ! religion had been multiplied and strength - I ened, and the virtue of temperance is j held in higher estimation. But i the people had not yet j attained their ideal condition.- Not all are happy and prosperous, and not all virtuous land law abiding; but on the whole the j condition o: the people and their opportun? ities to secure the comforts of life are much better than a hundred years ago. Reviewing the policy of protection in the ; past, President Harrison insisted that the I qti8Stion,if it became sectional in any sense, or at any time, was only because slavery existed in some of the states. But for this there was no reason why the cotton-producing states should not have ! led or walked abreast with the Kew j England states in the production of cot ! ton fabrics. Their mill fires were lighted j at- the funeral pile of slavery. Men were ? made free, and material things became our j better servants. The sectional element, I he said, had happily been eliminated from I the tariff discussion. We have no longer states that are only planting states. The cotton plantation ! will not be less valuable when the product is spun in the country town by operatives whese necessities call for diversified crops and create ? demand for agricuirurai pro? ducts. Continuing, President Harrison said he looked hopefully for the continuance Df the protective system, and to the consequent development of manufacturing lind raining enterprises in states hitherto wholly given to agriculture, as a potent influence in the perfect unification if our own people; and if the men in the south who now accept the tariff views of Clay and The constitutional expositions of Webster would courageously j [?vow and defend their real convictions, they would not find it difficult, by j friendly instruction, to make the J black man their efficient and safe ally iu establishing correct prin? ciples in the national administration aud preserving for their local communities the benefits of social order and economy and honest government. Of civil service reform he said: Honest I party service would not bs regarded j as a disqualification for pub- j lie service, but it would j in no case serve as a shield of official ! nezligatice. Ali applicants for of- i fice will be treated with j consideration. Persistent importunivy would not be the best support of an appli- j cant. The heads of departments and I other ofiisers would be expected to i enforce the civil service law j fully aud without evasion. Beyond this he j hoped to do something to advance civil i service reform; the ideal, or even his own j ideal, he would probably not attain. A j retrospect would be a safer basis of judg- \ meat than promises. Of r'ne treasury surplus he said that is n j serious evil, and it would be the duty of ; congress wisely to forecast extraordinary ! r?lid ordinary expenditures, and -e> adjust our revenue laws that no consid- : era'Mc annual surplus will remain. j Thc construction of a sufiicient number j cf war ships should progress rapidly. The ; es* aol ?sh m eat of American steamship lines i should be encouraged. In conclusion, he did not mistrust the i future of the country, and that j no political pany coi*id long ' pursue its advantage at the ; expense of public honor or hy rude and in- ; decent methods, without protest and fatal ; disaffection in its own body. The crowd immediately about the plat- . ?? r:u remained with heads uncovered ?lu? ring the delivery of the entire address, and j frequently interrupted the president with ! void f erous appian s e. At the conclusion of the address they j cheer ? again and again. The president ; ho wed; his acknowledgments. He was tuen escorted through the cheer- ! ing crowd on the platform into the capitol. : He walked to the h.s.-ment door, where ; he had enter? d the building, and there his ] carriage was waiting for him. He and the ex-president, with two j members of the committee on i arrangements, took seats in j the carriage and were driven ! out to join the procession, which soon j smarted back to the white house. Presid'-nt Harrison reached the review- j ing stand at 2:30 p. m. and reviewed the i procession as it pas>ed by. T::E CET EM- >NY OVER. WASHTNC'TI N. I). C.. March 4.-The i great ceremony is over, and I> nj; min j Harri o-i has delivered h's inaugural j r.d Ire s and taten the oath of ellice. From U o'clock on the v. eather grew j worse and it was a long time intended j that th . oath should be administered in i the sentte -chamber, i ina ly. however, i: was determin? 3 to gratify td. e crowd ; s-embied on thc outside. Tho g rca: nu iiber ol* tho teats on the gran i stan ? in front of th? capitol w iv vacant, and the crowd . wa; H uch domini lied by th" driving | and <-!?rir:g min. The great space abo ul j t e s;;:?!-i e. as a sea of unbreilas. noone | wi h-?ut su ii j rotection facing the eic- j merris. . i The sro m interfered very much with the stree, p i ade. f?>r ninny o? the civic organizations did nor hun out their full strength. The milimry, howey; r. was " in f ii force, and made a fin dis lay. Agr?ai many pei>?>ns are n tin- stands along the avenue, those which are COY- '? ere i being full, but be w. a lier has di- ' minished the crowds on the s rec ts to a great degr? \ i WASHINGTON. Mareil 4,-2:1." p. m. President Harrison's reference in hi - in augural to tho south and the negro oues lion is not satisfactory to the "ld<? dy K11 i rt" ciond. They expected and wanted to see the sectional issue made a prominent feature. Tli?' oliice-hunters are utterly disgust* di at the president's ph due in favor of civii service reform, and his utterances on ? that subject danipe ed an enthusiasm which til? pournig rain could not ajiect. Through? ut all the ceremonies-of the flav Grover .Cleveland bore himself with to. . rb dignii*. a d ?if : oi-e. . hen he re""entered the capital after Harrison's address ' e looked liken li? n. ! or the ?nan oi <!<' tim there is always ; i Wellington or a Harrison. h?t as Na p den w as n<?t less great at Si. Helena than al Auster!it/., so not one cubit will betaken S rom tide mental ami moral stature of tb? self-reliant and indomita? bleGrover Cleveland because of defeat ' in a great cause. Patti S:?:IH for Biionon Ayres. I LONDON. March 4.-[Special.]-Mme. j Patti sailed f?>r South America to-day. She will return in time to visir the Taris exposition, after which she will r? tire to her castle in Wales until the autumn. President Harrison's Cabinet. Sketches of the New President's Advisers Blaine, of Maine, Secretary of State-Win dom, of Minnesota, Secretary of the Treasun-Proctor, of Vermont, Secretary of War-Etc Secretary of Slate. Janies Gillespie Blaine, of Maine, was j born in West Brownsville, Washington j count)-, Pennsylvania, January 31, After a careful training by pri? vate tutors he en? tered Wadi ng t< n college, in his native county and graduated in 104?; settled at Augusta. Me., in 1854, ind became editor of the Ken? nende Journal: gSwas one of the bunders of the ^republican party " and delegate of :?5the first republi Jas G>.Blaine can national ccn vention: elected to stata legislature in 1S?S. r.nd re-elected three times; j served as speaker 1st two j ears: j was al o chairman state "coin ? mitteo: elected to congress in 18(32, j in which he served Ids constituency j eighteen years. He was the leading man ! for the presidential nomination in 1875. j but a dark horse appeared in the person ' of Putherford B. Hayes, who secured the nomination. In 18S0, he wa? second to Grant, and as the friends d'neither would surrender, the nomination feil to James G. Garfield, ! who. upon election, appointed Mr. Blaine secretary of sta:e. Jn1884 he was norn j inated on "ie fourth ballot, and the his i tory of th campaign and Mr. Blaine's j movements since are too well known to I need recital. Secretary of the Treasury. William Windom was born in Ohio of j ?u:.ker parents. He went to Winom., j Minn., inJS??, having been admitted to the bar at Mount ^?s^^ \ ernon two years d*5?ii?P%>-^ I core. Mr. Win- j&sr*&*** '<^y^\ dem practiced ff stalin law until 1839. S l??PP when he waselec- fjj^f^f-^ ^^^^ for four succee?l- | f?sf*\ j?^J ing term-, until yCsLj $??f l?vi?. in 1871 lie vs4 ?gi was elected Uni- N^^gr** ?%gk ted States sena- ^^M^Tj^j^^^^^. tor, and re eu cl'^^^^^/^^^^^ left the senate Xo'r^^^^^^?^^^ enter President ^l&Wgff? Garfield's cabinet ^ as secretary of WILT JAM WTSDOX. the treasury"in ISSI, and resigi ed after (Im. Arthur's access: n. In the memor? able Y ear 7883 Mr. Windom was again a candidat.' for the senate, and was ap? parently the choice of the republicans of the state: but he was very bitterly and energetically opposed by Mark H. T)un nel. member of congress fr?.m the first Minne ora district, who de-ired the sen? atorial V ga for himself, in the republi? can caucus Mr. Windom received eighty three voies o :t of the eighty-fo.r neces? sary to a choice. 1 unnel fought h m openly and secretly, and the contest was a titter ? ne. Mr. Windom a mo-t get in? there on several hallo s. 1 inaliy, winn tue deadlock had continued sev? eral day?, a conference wrsheld by some of the republicans and the Une Italian hand of Dwight M. .wa iii appeared. A i break was made and Sab:n was elected ? with a hurr. h. Mr. tra bin ?a> profuse j n his protest?t ons of loyal? to Win- j dom. for whom he had ostensibly work? ed, but Wisdom's friends did no hesi? tare to declare their belief hat Sabin had teen a slnev.d 1 auks all th . time. At any rate. Mr. Windom has ince had it in tor Sal in. and in the ?-eiia orial cam? paign last mentis made his appea*ance at i he s taie capital, was closeted with (''en. Wa di urn. and is popularly cr?d? ite i with desiring and aidin < in the de? feat of Sabin and the t lection of Wash? burn. After his defeat for the senate in 1 583 Mr. Windom sold Ids res der.ee bi Wi? no -a, and he has spent most ol' ins lime with Ins family in New York ciry. w here his child en arc being educated. Mr. Windom.has been interested in the J'opolobampo railway schem and '-ads ship railway. He made an extended *i it to Europe two years ago with his fancily, and again last year he vir-ited England in tiie inter?s s of these com? panies, as well as to forward the inter? ests ' f the Winona and Southwestern ra iway company, of which he is pre i den1 a d .which is building a road from Wino ti io Omah*. %Mr. Win ('oms appointment ;,s secretary of the mamry will, of course, be gratifying to a majori y of the cit? terns of Min' tsota. and especially to tho people ol' this city, where he has lived soh ng. Whi'e helias not done anv thing in { articular for this city, he is credited with being public: spirited and charitable. It is also said that a memo? rial approving of his appointment has b cn signed by citizens without regard to party. Mr. Windom is popularly supposed to be very wealthy, but those in a position to know, say that a c-uarter ? f a million would be a liberal estimate of his posses? sions. Attorney General. William Henry Harrison Miller is the former law partner of (Jen. Harrison, was born in Augusta. Oneida county, New York, nearly forty-eight years ago. His father was a Wing and an admirer of Gen. I harrison the First. He entered Ham? ilton college at In years of age. and was graduated at ?.0, devoting a part ^i?^&K$^M I . of the last ^IKe??-f^ | , year to the; study gHEfWV^ . Of law. which pro-.'ti^ffX t \ fe si<-n he had de- '.?' ' tcr.mnedto'ollow. w u. n. irrti.ttn. 1 When he left college he taught -chool and Studie?! law ai tl.?' same time for two years, lie was so sureessful a. a te.-eherthnl many of Iiis fr?en ired to in Vi lie lr ni to ru ke it ti profession. He pref, y red the law. however, and soon entered upon it-- study tinder the instruction of Judge Wait?* of Toledo.O.. ! 1 aft er wa d chief justice of th?? Fiilied ;' states supremo court. ( otnHetuig his studies. lu- rem rued t . ' nebia ero nry. J ' and was married to Mi>s ( '.. ?" rude A. I' [.unce, and they then removed t.? Fort j Wa ne. where Milore "?-red ac j 1 ti ely up?>n the duties of bis p o Vss?on. ! ' Here h' remained for egi.tyears, and j ' three cb i ld r u were bo n to bim. Tac ' '.Ides! is nov. tit? years < f a ilse ne- t. a j 1 M ti. i . a tumor ni lian:'.io . c l!, -. e. j n I ! ' l!te third is ;, danghte: abo ri i 1 >ear- ? ? 1 age. Miller rose rap: d> ia his pr- ("?.-- j ' >-! n. at .'. so, -- sto d ;.[ the bea I oi thc ! f ort Wayne i?:?r. j ; lu the course of Irs eighl v< rs ? f ; ' ? ie?- al ! ort W a \ lu ' 1" Ja. Harrison fro-ueiitly, and in b'7-l he ve- j > Ceived an o 'er ol parino ship with liar- ' tison in i nd iana| dis. 'ihe o':er was al i 1 rmce accepted, and he and his family ; moved t?> Indiana]?olis. j ' - j : Secretary <?f thv N*>v.y ; ] ]'., n"antin Tracv was bora aboui fifiv- ' T- .? * . a rt : ri*- ve--rs ago in lt ?ea county, .-coe , ^ . <* io:L. Hist arly life was pasted Srs on ? t BENJAMIN* F. TRACY. a farra and af? terward in ? lie study of law. His fine physical frame and" mus? cular propor? tions a:e in a great degree due to that car? ly farm life, in 1861 he was ad? mitted to tlie bar. and tb ree years later was "r ejected district attorney of Tio? ga county. Not? withstanding the fact that Tioga county was democratic and Tracy a republican his election was almost unanimous. He j was elected to the general assembly j in 1S6I. He was made chaim-an of the railroad committee and also chair? man of the sub-coinmLtee of the whole. While serving in this capaci y one of the most corrupt jobs that ap? peared dur.'ng the session of lS.'-? c ?me up in the shape of an at tempt to spoil broadway in New York by putting a surface railroad on that thoroughfare. Tracy, alu ost unaided, championed the rights of property owners, and in a short time brought Henry J. Raymond and others of that calibre to " his side, and the job was defeated. After that the house never disagree 1 with a report that had Benjamin r\ Tracy's approv? al. On June 22d. 18'>2 Gov.* Morgan re? quested him to raise a regiment from the counties of Broome. Tomkins and Tuoge. Ile raised two-the lui-th and the 107th-got his commis ion and WJ s given command of the formen When he resigned at the close of the war he had attained the rank of Brigadier-Gen? eral. In IStJ? he was appointed United States District Attorney for the Fasteru district of New York and held th? posi? tion until iS7i), when he lesigned. In 1S75 he made the opening add e-s to the jury in the famous Beecher-'I il on suit. He was nominated in ISSI bj- the repub? licans for mayor of Brooklyn, but with? drew in favor of Seth Low, who was elected. Ile lias been a candidate for supreme court judge and for district attorney of Kings county. He i- a man of fine presence and deserve? substanial recognition tor his sacrifices to the par? ty's interests. Secretary of the Interior. John Wiilock Noble was born in Lan? caster, 0., Oct. 20th, 1331. He was the eighth of nine children. Arning his brothers is Henry /???^??^ ( Noble, a prom- ' ^^^^^^^^fe? He j a--ed his ^^^g/^S^^gjL early days in Co- ofSg *^^g 11*1* Iambus and Oin- lilFV ~/?\ / cinnati. where he j irrational advant- ?"^olP*i^^ ages. He at: end- J^^^^^^-^? ed Miami uni- ^%f;^^^^:i^3s. versitv and after- ^^^S^^^*^^^ ward'Yale col- ??^W lege, gradating ?^^t|^l^ f:om that institu- - - l ion in 1 *) i. Upon Joror w JTOBLF , his graduation he studied law. first in t e b.ri- e of his brother and in that of Henry .^tanberry, subse luentl-" distin? guished as attorney genera'of the United State.-; under President Johnson. Mr. Noble settled first in St. L ruis in tS?". Not meeting with the success in the practice of the law that he expeced. he removed the following year to Keokuk. Iowa, where he became prominent at the bar. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted as a pri ate in the Third Iowa cavalry. This reg? iment was actively engage \ from the beginning to the c'ose of the war. and distingu?: lied itself in many hattie-'. Mr. N; hie steadily arose in it un-ii he be? came colonel. He was in the battle of ? ea Ridg a was pre.-ent at th.e surren 'er cf Vi- ksourg. and took f art in the cav alrv rai ! into Alabama and Georgia. At the close of the war he was promoted to a brigadier-generalship for meritorious services. He w as mustered out in l^tj?. <:en. Noble was married in 1?\4 in Nort amp on. Mass., to the daughter of Dr. II Halstead. Two children were bom < f that marriage, neither of wm.ru is now living. After the war Gen. Noble se'tied in St. Louis, where, on the r commenda? tion of Attorney-Gene al Stanberry. he was a aie ? "nit' d States district atto ney by President Johns n. Ho resign d his i ? iiion in 1S7U and hts si ice h.eeu en ga- ed in the ; rd vat? practice of law. Postmaster Oeuvrai. John Wanamaker wa> I om i:: Ih'la delph'aabou- fifty-tie y<ars ago. His parents were pooi, and his father, a ?^rx^pfr. bvi'.k'a er. was /C^S^*^^5>^ unable to give1 fW%0^^^lk *;ohn an>*thinS s0g &K inore : hana rudi fe meutarv educa f?l?? -*w* vt?rf?-^- Ilon- **e was a tl? -rf*S?* |ll$^,>' stucent. h/wever. Tit t *Jtf anc* though com M /"J^ J? j elled -o go to '* \ ? work in a small 'gr- \ '?? ciotl-.-lng SK re at jg \ J? the age of fo ir P.rt*% ^-?^V^T icen, he had given fe^^k/^?^" Il(JS> s: -adI-v V}a ?iterase. His W*. \ wages at hr st .Teh- \v- wi rc * '.:' 0 a v eek, vet at the end of five v ear.-, having be c me one of .he jinn's I esr sait sm n. he had saved the snug- sum of i.'.'J (-. AH his spare hours we e d? vo*.ed to editing, pub: shing and soliciting; nd er i einen s for ah amateur paper railed Kverybcd "si Journal. 'J iu.1 com- en ial ms! nat was j ; tho dom'nating feature <f his naru e, and he was invariably MI cessful in his business ventures, even in I i> youth. I : He first thought ol' < merin .-. ; u.-i ess for ! hims? If in :M>?. His friends warned him j not to dio it. Ali f-orts of discouraging j thin rs w: re predicted. Fe wein into! \ luisiness. His sheets* was great, his j Irv goo is Imuse is to-day the 1 -igest in i ho I niii (1 States-p rhaps in the world, j : Secret.--.Ty of A ?r?e -?ture. j ? The state of Wi consin mod ?st I v pre- | .ents tile name < f tier go ernor. J: re- j niah Husk, familh riv know:: ns -verry'1 j " itusk. whoso mil- ^_ I j fare record is s.-^J'?:^:\ I . . co (i o ly io /Cy \ hat of ( v. rm-r PO'-vi.%'^'.^?^ ! 1 Vi. er. den mia h / '***>- ^.^^s : f Cask wa, b ru (...l.-r? M !une ?:. l<:-i?.an 1 7 ?** j ! ke Gov i mu- ,\ !- ?X V^d \:-|< i s ;t at Ile- i .e. est ?.;>'.': . r / K-K, .ouud of the la i - %cU> km i-r. Iv\on wmn , r-f-i'^, JO Wi I!t t<> Wi - /?d.j\ ' '^ dd^ i 0 i?- M. : t tlie .-a" rd- ;. y- % ' I 1 -d h.- was |i--'?^/c /.'>'^'/ ; ; : o a : a living ^ . i; Jailli r i.;.t I , i . COV. J. M. RUSK. t i . ? i:a i seco re J a I^I r i i ngiidi ed a ativai. ile g ad alh v <>: io-ti his e, a i.pw aid ? mer. ti j . ; : 11 > v in !'.'?.*. be< ame a i'.eu'.e ant td;, ii -, i t.?ro a i ie iio aldo o: ri m ;?o ^ a:o;.-.ijn .-. i- ii eil eil with 111J e p?lire 1 i V i ksburgaiul as b evett-il i ga- ? d-- gen ral im" ? < ?nsj i ?e a . gal a try# :t the ? attie o' SaiV' ba chi-. li-- wa- 1 i c, ;<p o uted e. m.'I oil r of b: uk- U r ' dv i-si i nslti. and held that ol: ? ?. '?>r !i - e s ars. lo i -." he wa- s elected t > o n- I ;.?... s: in 1' ".' ' v as el ? te ! g \ei n< r. ; ml 1 a-w d' ?di?es lo nani . bo a eandlca o. ? dd Jilli- in cr? gn^ss le was chairman <-f 1 lie-oommitteo mi j mis!? ns. ami-v,-as of. eml the' jdade of -h rge ?l a-aires to 'aragaav and I rugnay. bu declined, c hiring his term as gov: mor t!?< r . were i err>:is,labor-rlols ia Wis on ii and h's i ..-tioa t ?war,! t o ri t rs a ita fed much c r ent ion ai t he time. His highest mi i- \ arv rank was tue et 1 r.'gadie . g ncral, ; so he is familiar"! v kr:own as Gen. Jerry ' Rusk._ Secretary of War. Ex-Governor Proctor, of Vermont, has ranked high as a cabinet possibility, and as a po ?vcr in the administration of President Harrison; and as far as politi* cal shrewdness and business ability go he justifies tho claims made for him. He is chiefly known for his development j of thc marble industry, and is probably j the greatest man i ufacturer of and i j dealer in marble I in the United States, practical j ly controlling the j whole output of j the Vermont mar? ble quarries. He is a power in Rut- ? land, Vt., which has grow n during I his business ope- z ^ - . rations in that vi- ' * cmity from a pop ulation cf 5,000 to 20,000; but ho is tho founder cf thc town of Proctor, where he makes his home, eight miles from Rutland. The strong political following of Gov? ernor Proctor is shown by the fact that ho was able to solidify the Vermont dele? gation to the last Chicago convention, that being the only stato delegation which voted solidly on every ballot for Gen. Harrison. A few days before tho convention tho delegation was at sea, but Governor Proctor was able to unite it. His business capacity and fair deal? ing as much as his party services have given him a strength in the Republican party which even Vermont's senators do not rival._ C0L?f|pIl?C By E EIDES HAGGAED. J CONTINUED.! "Meaning that I shall bring an action for foreclosure, and do what I can with the lauds." George's face darkened. ''And that reads, sir, that the squire and Miss ida will be turned out of Honham, where they have been for centuries, and that you will tuyn in." "Troll, that is what it comes to, George. I am sincerely sorry to press the squire, but it's matter of thirty thousand pounds, and I an) not in a position to throw away thirty thousand poonda" "Sir," said George, rising in indignation, "1 tton't know how you carno by them there mortgages. There is some things that lar ycrs know and honest men don't know, and that is one of them. But it seems that you've got 'em and are geins to use :em-and that being so, .Mr. Quest, I have summut to say to you-and that is that no good will come to you from this here move." "What do you mean by that, Gcorgef'said the lawyer, sharply. "Never you mind what I means, sir. I means what I says. 1 means that sometimes people has things in their lives snugged away where nobody can't seo them, things as quiet ns though the}' was dead and buried, and that ain't dead and buried, things so much alive that they faro as though they were fit to kick thc lid* off their coinm That's what 1 means, sir, and 1 moans that when folk set to work to do a hard and wicked th i rig those dead things sometimes ??ts up and walks where they is least wanted; and mayhap if you gees on for to turn tho old squire and Miss ida out of the castle, mayhap, sir, some? thing of that sort will happen to you, for roark my word, sir, there's justice in the world, sir, as mayhap you will find out. And now, sir, I'll wish you good morning, and leave you to think on what I've said," and ho was gone. ^George!" called Mr. Quest after him, rising from his chair, "George!"' but Georg? was out cf hearing. "Now what did he mean by that-what the devil did he mean ;" said Mr. Quest with a gasp as he sat down again. "Surely," he thought, j "the man cannot have got hold of anything about Edith. Impossible, impossible; if he had" ho would have said more, he would not have j confined himself to hinting-that would tako a cleverer mau: ho would havo shown his hand. Ho must have been speaking at ran? dom iJ frighten me. 1 suppose. By heavens, what a thing it would bo ii bo bad* got hold of something. Iluiu, absolute ruin! 1*11 set- i tie up thia business as soon as-I can, cud I lea ve the country; I can't stand tho strain, ? it's like having a sword over one's head. I've j hail a mind to leave it in somebody else's hands and go at once. No, fer that would look like running away. It mast lie ali rub? bish; how could he know anything about it f' So shaken was he, however, that though he t: ic?i once, anti yet again, ho found ic im? possible to settle himself down to work till he had taken a couple cf glasses of sherry from the decanter iu ihe cupboard; and even ns he did so ho wondered if thc shadow of the sword disturbed him so much, how he would bo affected if it ever was his lot to face tho glimmer of its naked blade. No further letter carno to Edward Cosscy from the castle, but. impatient as he was to d'-? so, audaer fortnight elapsed before he was able to go up to see Ida and lier tither. At last, one lino December morning, lie was for the first time since Iiis accident allowed to taite carriage exercise, and his first drive was lo Honham castle. When the squire, who was sitting in the j vestibule writing letters, saw a. poor, pallid man, rolled up in fur, with a white face scar? red with shot marks and black rings round Lis Urge dark ?ycs, being helped from a dosed carriage, he did not know wiio it was, ;uul called to bia, who was passiug along the passage, to tell him. Uf course she recognized her admirer in- I stoutly, and wished to leave the room, but ! her father prevented her. "Von got into this mess," he said, forget ting hov/ and for whom sue got into it, "and j r.ow von must get out cf it in your own 1 ivay." When Edward, having been assisted into tho room, saw ida standing there, all thc 1 hlood ia his wasted body scorned to rush for : x few seconds into his pallid face. "How do yon i ?, Mr. CosseyT she said. | 'I am glad to !-c< you out, and- hope that you j ?rc !?:-uer." j "1 Ug your pardon, I cannot hear yon." ; ie saul, turning round, "l am stone deaf in j ny right car." A pang of pity shot through ker heart. ! ' ?ward Cosscy, foeblc./lejected and limping : rom the jaws of death, was a very different i icrng m Ed wari! < \>ssey in the full Mooni ?-f ii> youth and health and " strength. Indeed; ! c luueh did his condition appeal to horsym latlnes, that for the first lime since her cental attitude toward bim had been one of .ntire indifference, shedooked on him with? ins r?pugnance. Meanwhile her father had shaken him by he ha ntl, and led him toan armchair before lie f ire. Then, after a few questions and answers as o his accident and merciful recovery, there .ame a pause. At length he broke it. "1 have come to sec .on bi>th," be saul, with a faint, nervous adie, "al>out the letters you vivie me. li ny condition would have a i ?owed I v- aid -avecome l?efore. len would not." "Yes," said tho squire, attentively, while da folded her hands in her ian anil sat still .villi her eyes fixed upon the lire. "lt seems." he went on. "that thc old irovcrb has applied to my case as to so many .thors-being .absent, 1 have suffered. 1 un lerstand from these letters that my engage neut to yen. bia, is broken offf" She made a motion ot assent. "Ami that it is to be broken eff on the ground that, having been forced by n combi lationof circumstances winch 1 cannot cuter ute, to transfer the mortgages to Mr. Quest, onsequently, I broke my bargain with .on P "Ye?," said Id3 "Very well, then, I come to tell you both I that I am ready to find the money to meet j those mortgages and pay them off." I "Ah I" said the squire. ; "Also, that 1 am ready to do what I offered ? to do before, anti which, as my father is now j dead, 1 am perfectly in a position to do j namely, to settle two hundred thousand ? pounds absolutely upon Ida, and, indeed, j general!}' to do anything else that she or you ? may wish," and ho looked at the squire. "it is no use looking at nie for an answer," j said he, with some irritation. "1 have co i voice in the matter." lie turned to Id3, who put her hand before her face and shook her head "Perhaps," said Edward, somewhat bit? terly, "1 should not be far wrong if 1 said that Col. Quaritch has more to do with your change of mind than the faet of the transfer of these mortgages." She dropped her hand and looked him full in the face. "You aro quite right, Mr. Cossey," she said, j boldly. "L"oL Quaritch and 1 are attached to each other, and we hope one day to be married." "Confound that fellow Quaritch," growled tho squire Edward winced visibly at this outspoken statement. "Ida," he said, "I make on? last appeal to - you; I am devoted to you with all my heart so devoted that though it ma}- seem foolish to j say so, especially before your father, I really I think that I would rather not have recovered \ j from my accident than that I should have I recovered for this. I will give you every thing that a woman can want, and my money will make your family what it was centuries j ago, the greatest in the country side. I don't pretend to have been a same-perhaps you may have heard something against me in that way-or to bo anything out of the common. I am oftly an ordinary everyday, man, but I am devoted to you. Think, then, before you refuse in? altogether." "J have thought, Mr. Cosley," answered Ida, almost passionately; "I have thought until I am tired of thinking, and I do not consider that it is fair that you should press me like this, especially before my father." "Then," he said, rising with difficulty, "I have said all that 1 have to say, and done all that I can do. I shall still hope that you may chango your mind; I shall not yet abandon hope. Good-by." She touched his hand, and then the squiro offering him his arm, he went down the steps to ins carriage "I hope, Mr. de la Molle," he said, "that bad as things are fer me. if they should take a tura, I shall have your support." "My dear sir," answered the squire, "I tell you franki;/ that I wish my daughter would marry you. As I said before, it would fer obvious reasons be desirable. But Lia is not like ordinary women. When she sets her mind upon a thing she sets it hue a flint. Things may change, bov-ever, and that is all I can say. Yes, if I wor e you, I should re? member that this is a changeable world and { hat women ai e the most changeable things in it." When the carriage had gone he re-entered the vestibule. Ida, who was going away much disturbed in mind, saw him coming and knew from the expression of his face that there was going to be trouble. With characteristic courage she turned, determined to brave it out. CHAPTER XXXII. THE SQUIRE SPEAKS HIS MIXT). For a moment or more her father fidgeted about, moving his papers backward and for? ward, but saying nothing. At last he spoke. "You have taken a most serious cud painful step, Ida," he said. "Of course, you have a right to do as you please; you aro of full agc, and 1 cannot expect that you will consider me or j'our family in your matrimonial engagements, but at tho same time I think that it is my duty to point out to you what it is that you aro doing. You are refusing ono of the finest matches in Eng? land in order to marry a broken down, middle aged, half pay colonel, a man who can hardly support you, whose part in life is played, or who is apparently too idle to seek another." Here Ida's eyes flashed ominously, but she mado no comment, being apparently afraid to trust herself to speak. "You arc doing this," wont on her father, working himself up as he spoke, "in tho face of my wishes, and with tho knowledge that your action will bring your family, to sa} nothing of your father, to utter and irretriev? able ruin." "Surely, father, surely," broke in Ida, al? most ina cry, "you would not have mc marry ene man when I love another. When 1 made the promise 1 had not become attached to Coi. Quaritch." "Lovel pshaw!" said her father. "Don't talk to nie in that sentimental and school girl way-you ara too old for it. I am a plain man, and I believe in family affection and in duty, Ida. Love, as you call it, is enly too often another word for self will and selfishness, and other things that wo are better without." "I can understand, father," answered Ida, struggling to keep her temper under this johat;on, "that my refusal to marry Mr. Cossey is disagreeable to you for obvious reasons, though it is not so very long ago that you detested him yourself. Cut I do j not see why aa honest woman's affections j for another man should ba talked of as j though there was something shameful ahout i.e. Ii is all very well to sacor at'iovc,'but after all a woman is flesh and blood; she is cot a chattel or a slave giri, and marriage is not like anything else-it means, as you must know, man} things to a woman. There is no magieabout marriage to make that which is | unrighteous righteous, or that which is im? pure pure." "There," said her fatlier, "it is no good your lecturing to me on marriage, Ida. if | you do not '.vant to marry Cossey I can't j force you to. If you want to nun mo andi your family and yourself you must do so. But there is one thing. While it is over ino, j which J suppose will not l<e for much longer, j my house is my own, and I will not have j that colonel v>f yours hanging about it, and I i shall write to him to say so. You are your own mistress, and if you choose to walk over to church and marry him you can do so, but j , it will be done without my consent, which of j : course; however, is aa unnecessary formal- i . itv. Do you hear mo, Ida?" "If voa have quite done, father." she j ; answered, coldly, "i should like co g--? IK*fore < | I say something which 1 might be sorry for. ' i Of course, you can write what you hice to , Col. Quaritch, and 1 shall write to hun, too." j ? Her father made no answer .beyond sitting ? ; down at his table and grabbing viciously a* [i pea. So she left tat* room, indignant, in- j ? deed, ba: ivith as heavy a heart as any j , woman could carry in her breast. ? ? "DEAit i tn," wrote thc not altogether un- j naturally imiignant squire,-"1 have been informed by tay daughter Ida of her en- j ?auglenient with you. U isone which, for , treason* that 1 aced not enter into, is most ! . iistasteful m me, as well a>. I ?ni sorry to j say, ruinous to Ida herself audi to her family. ' , Ida ?soi" full ?go and must, of course, do us j da i leases w?h herself. Cut 1 cannot cou .ont to become a party to what I disapprove < . >{ strongly, and tins being the case 1 must j { aeg you to ee;.: o your visits to tins hoes.*. I j an, sn-, Your obedient servant. I , "JAMES DE LA MOI-LK." j . Ida, as soon as sho had sufficiently'r?cov- j red herself, also wrote to the colonel. She 1 . add dna thc whole story, keeping nothing ; ( jack, and ead? d La r letter thus: "Xever, doa t Harold, was a woman in a ' ^ er d.daaaty. and never had I rucre i . :ecd of he ip and advice. You know and j ..w,' good reason to know how hateful tbis ? i uar: ?ago won! 1 bo to mo, loving you as 1 do ! .rim ly and al >ne. and. having no high- r de- j ire than to become your wife, but, of! ourse, Lsee the paintulaess of tiio position, j ; am not so selfish as my father believes or " ays that he believes. 1 quito understand . ?ow great would he tho material advantage ; g o my Catherif I could bring myself to'marry [ dr. fossey. You may remember 1 told you ! ?nee that I thought no woman had a right to j ?refer ber own happiness to the prosperity of .j ter w hole family, lint. Harold, it is easy to ? peak thus, and very, very bard to act up to j t, f. What am 1 to do? What am I to do? ? y Lcd yet Low can 1 in common fairness ask- ' v ; you to answer that question ? God help dS \ both? Harold! ls there no way out of itr . . These letters were both duly received bf I Harold Quaritch on the following morning, ' j and threw him into a fever of anxiety and ? doubt. Ho was a just and reasonable mttni ' ! and, knowing something of human nature,- - : under the circumstances did af? altogether ? wonder a- thc squires violeare aha" irritation. i The financial position of the De la Molle ; family was little, if anything, short of de*> ? pera te; and he could easily understand how , j maddening it must be to a mau like Slr. Dtf . ! la Molle, who loved Honham-which had for ! centuries been the habitation of his race-.. I better than he loved anything on earth, to\ ! suddenly realize that it must pass away from j him and his forever, merely because a woman j happened to prefer ono mau to another, and': that man, to his view, the less eligible of ,. I the two. So keenly did he realize this, h>. * j deed, that he greatly doubted whether or no' he was justified in continuing his ad vanees to Ida. Finally, after much thought, he wrote to the squire as follows: "I have received your letter, and also one; 1 j from Ida, and I hope you will behove me j when I say that I quite understand and sym I pathize with the motives which evidently le?_ you to-write it. I atm Unfortunately-al ? though I never regretted it till now-a poor ', man, whereas my rival suitor is a very rich'. cae. I sholl, of course, strictly obey your ia-1 junctions; and, moreover, I eau assure yoa * that, whatever my own feelings may be in - thc matter, 1 shah do nothing, either directly _ or indirectly, to influence Ida's ultimate de? cision. She must decide for herself.** To Ida herself he also wrote at length; "DEABEST IDA," he ended, ul can sajr nothing more; you must judge for yourself; " and I shall accept your decision loyally wbotv. ever it may be. It is unnecessary for me now to tell you how inextricably my happi? ness in life is interwoven with that decision?, but at the same time I do not wish to inflo* enco it. It certainly to my mind does not seem right that a woman should be uri veo- - into sacrificing her whole life to secure any. monetary advantage either for herself or for others, but then tho world is full of thing? that are not right. I can givo you no advice^ for 1 do not know what advice 1 ought to jrive. 1 try to put myseif out of tho question. and to consider you, and you only infant even then I fear that my judgment istiot impar? tial. At any rate, the less wo see of eada other the better at present, for I do not wish to appear to be taking any undue advantage? If we are destined to pass our lives together, this temporary estrangement will not matter j, and if, on the other hand, we are doomed to a lifo long separation, the sooner we begin the better. It is a cruel world, and some? times (as it docs now) my heart sinks within/ mo as from year to year I struggle on to? ward a happiness that ever vanishes when I stretch cut my hand to clasp it* but if I feef '. thus what must you feel who have so much more to bear? My dearest love, what can I say? I can only say with you, God help usp This letter did not tend to raise -IdaX spirits. Evidently her lover saw that there was another side to the question-the side of duty, and was too honest to hide it from her. She had said that she would have nothing to do with Edward Cossey, but she was wetf aware that the matter was stu] an open one. What should she do? What ougnt she to dot Abandon her love, desecrate herself and saVCr her father and her house, or cling to ber love and leave the rest to chance! It was a cruel position, nor did the lapse cf time tend td make it less crueL Her father Went abott thc place pale and melancholy-ali his jovial! manner had vanished beneath the pressure' of impending ruin. Ho treated her Wit? studious and old fashioned courtesy, but sher could see that ho was bitterly aggrieved by her conduct, i1 that tho anxiety of his post?, rion was tell n his health. Ifthiswa? the case now, what, she wondered, woolcf happen in the spring, when proceedings were actually take^p. to sell the place? One bright, cold morning she was wal*dn? with her father through the fields down the footpath that led to the church, and it would have been hard to say which of the twet looked the paler or more miserable. On tho. previous day the squire had had an inter? view with Mir. Quest, and made as much of an appeal ad misericcrdiam to him as his pride would allow, only to find the lawyer very courteous, very regretful, but as hard as adamant. Also that very morning a let? ter had reached him from London axmounc-, ing that tho last hope cf raising money to meet the mortgages to be paid off had failed. The path ran along toward the road past ** a lino of oaks. Half way down this line they came across George, who, with his marking instrument ia his hand, was contemplating some of the trees which it was proposed to take down. "What are you doing tkerelf* said the squire, in a melancholy voice. "Marking, squire." 'Then you may as well save yourself th# trouble, for the place will belong to some? body else before the sap is up in those oaks." "2s ow, squire, don't you begin to talk like that, fer I don't believe it. That uiu't a-go? ing to happen." "Ain't a going to harpen, you stupid fel-. low, aiu't a-going to happen?" answered th? squire, with a dreary laugh. "Why, look there'-he pointed to a dog cart which had drawn up on the road in such a position fiat they could see it without its occupants seeing them-"they are taking notes already." George looked and so did Ida. Mr. Quest was the driver of the dog cart, which be liadt pulled up in such a position as to command a view of the castle, and his companion, ia whom George recognized a well known Lon? don auctioneer who sometimes did business in these parts, was standing up, au open notebook in his "hand, alternately looking a? the noble towers of the gateway and jotting down memoranda. "D-u him. and so he be,'* said George," utterly forgetting his manners. Ida looked up and saw her father's eyes fixed upon her with au expression that seemed to say: "Sec, you willful young woman, seo the l ulu you have brought upon us." Ida turned away; she- could not bear it? and that very night si:.- came to a determinc tioa, which was in due coarsecommunicated" to Harold, and him alone. That determina? Lion was to let things he for the present, upon the chance cf something happening by means of which thc di.emma might bc solved. But if nothing happened-and indeed it did net ?cern probable to her that anything would happen-then she would sacrifice herself c? the last moment. She believed, indeed she knew, that she could always call Edward Cossey back to ber if she liked, it was a compromise, and, like all compromises, had m element of weakness; but it gave time, md time to her was like water to the dying. "Sir," said George presently, "it's Boising nun quarter sessions the day after to-mor? row, ain't it?*1 (Mr. dc la Molle was chair-" nan of quarter sessions.) "Yes, of course it is."' George thought for a canute. "I'm th:nking. squire, that if I aren't .-.anted that day 1 want togo up to Lunnoa' lbout a bit of business."' "Go up to London!"* said tho squire?4*why, vhat do you wami to do there? You were in Loudon the other tiny." "Well, squire,"' he answered, looking inex? pressibly shy, "that ain't no matter of no? Kxiy's. It's a bit of private affairs." "Oh, al! right.,'* sai?i tho squire, his interest" lying out; "yon arc always full of myster* es," and he continued ins waite But George shook ins fist in the direction* if tho road down which the dog cart bad" Irivcn. "Ah! " n: dev;!," he said, alluding to Mr. >.:- sr, "if I don't make BoMngham, yes,' aid all England, too hot to hold jou, my tame ain't George, i'll give you what for,' ny cuckoo, that 1 will!" * [TO BK CONTINUED ] SHE rS "GRATEFUL/* ? I save?" ihe life of mv little girl bj a pr< tapi* <- of Pr Acker's English R-nn?dy t-?r . on tcni'tion "-Mrs. Wm. Harriinin, NJW Ytrfc aid by J. F. W. DeLoraie. PROMPTNESS. F'rst a fold, then a coach, then consumption,* ien death. "1 took Di Aokcr's English lemetly for C .nson ption the 'n?ment I began" ? cough, and I bc iore it saved my life."-' r'ahtr \\ \Wn?e. "ffwhinston. Sold by.Jt . W. Pv-L- rta*.