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Short Storp of the Bap. ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. Blackwood's Magaslne. Old John Morgan and his wife were peo ple of some repute in the village. Tha repute was not due to social position, for social position was not a factor in the life of the community: nor yet waa it du> to the fact that John Morgan's craft and dwelling house were somewhat more pretentious than those of his neighbors; It ws due to the striking originality of John Margin's personality and character, and to that only. It is true that John Morgan's wife shared her husband's dis tinction, but that was because she was John Morgan's wife—a quiet, motherly little woman, she reflected John Mor gan's greatnesa as the moon reflects the rays of the sun, by doing nothing but passively allowing King Sol to shine upon her. Mrs. Morgan's passivity, however, did not hnvo the effect of causing her to be a nonentity in the Morgan entity—not at all; she. was the means of completing it, and John Morgan without his wife would have been like Punch without his hump, only half a personality. John Morgan was energy personified. His work was performed with all the vigor of a stripling in his twenties, and in all matters affecting the public weal, concerning which men debate with the freedom of Irresponsibility, hi.s voice was continually heard. It was his unfailing power of silencing an opponent that made '-^\Jj_ii^» C^___~^J_ HARD. "Writing poetry Oils mo with passionate longings. It enthralls me. It makes me .soat, as it were." "Humph! Reading it after you write it makes me sore." him so formidable an antagonist In the village Witenagemot, and the ferocious. Impatient expression of his smooth, rucMy countenance, fenced in aa It was by a short, curly, white beard, brought more than one well informed debater to a stammering conclusion in a much more effectual manner than a calmly reasoned exposition from a more authoritative source could possibly have done. It sometimes happened that a scrupulously fair minded opponent, with labored ut terance- and remonstrating mann-er, sought to hold him tightly to the point at is.su . but the futility of the effort wa a only equaled by the thankless reception it received at the hands of a jeering au dience rendered partial ,by long usage, and the invariable result waa that the bewildered opponent had to retire in ag grieved disgust from the unequal con- Uiet. to reappear on some future occasion an interested spectator of the very drama In which he had played so sorry a part. There was somewhat of a malicious genius in the man who had caused it at one time to be whimpered abroad that John Morgan was unable to read, that to him the writing of an epistle was an un known art, and that the weekly news paper which came addressed to "John Morgan, Ksqutre," waa. so far as his ability to peruse It was concerned, sim ply a mass of inky meaningless marks, and. furthermore, that it was due to the scholarly attainment:; of hia little grand child of twelve that he waa able to glean from the print the miscellany of broken upon which he founded his argu ments. Only a genius could have con ceived so preposterous a notion and one bo much at variance with the opinion universally entertained concerning John Morgan and his attainments. R,o a(l plaln Knslish! Now hart it been Latin-and with reference to th» malicious rumor he had h?en heard to BOggest, mere!v to fiu-srest or to hint vaguely, that, as he htaself expressed it. "he ml s ht I>* We to take bits out of the Latin too ••' Thero was no denying the fact haw over, that gmat aa was the curtartty To hear him read, actually to observe him epell out and repeat the news, word for word, as set down in the r.npcr. no on bad ever, so rar as was known been f.bl2 to observe him accomplish the feaj Th^re was a tale told of him-and his dd tractors made of it what <■■ uM be made —that one day us he sat with the news paper ostentatiously spread out In from of him a near neighbor of an Inquisitive turn of mind desired tc be told The newi of the day. It was known to the Inter TOga/tor that the alleged assistant cf tender years was absent, arid there was that In his eye which BCdtßad to indicate a malicious expectancy. For the moment John Morgan was nonplussed, but ouirk ly recovering himself he lay ba-ck in his chair, and, In a tone In which sympathy for the untoward events waa * blended with a restrained satisfaction at being able to recite the tain- of them, replies': "Oh, wrecks, George, shipwrecks on all tends; it's peetiful. It's peetiful." The print which his eyes wore devouring with fo much avidity, and from which he pro fe.--setfl.v waa gleaning the .listresstng in telligence, was held by him upside down. aiul consequently the pictorial represerl tations of steamers and sr.ling ships, by mtiuis of which enterprising shipping companies are wont to attract the public attention, were naturally upside down as wt-il, and the worthy man's conclusion y^^SJk. WMITE LFAEI T- M- Roberts' Special Brand, warranted to givs as „ 7 ■■■■»■■» eo0( } satisfaction as strictly pure, par 100 lbs $3 75- JSp*&i^jM i per lb. 3*« c. Special St. Loui3 White Lead in Oil. 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A ship represented upside down assuredly meant a ship wrecked, whatever the printed matter might say to the contrary. Such was the tale; but John Morgan went on his way unnotie ing, and left to his many believers what ?;usk of actual verbal refutation might bo necessary. II It was a matter for regretful reflection to John Morgan and his wife that they had been but meagrely blessed in the matter of a family. There had been born to them a son and daughter, but the daughter had passed from them even at the age when her presence had become a necessity to the old people, and al though years heul sped since thon It was known that the mother had never ceased bitterly to mourn her loss; in secret, 1t is true, for with all the energy of his energetic nature John Morgan had fought against his griof; he would drlva it away from him and from others, too. To sorrow v.-a.s useless, he roared ba wrathful grief, reasoning with the un convincing logic of blurred common sense; it was worse than useless, 4t waa vain, it was —ah, God! and then he, too, broke down. The boy had gone Into the army. Some people said that the step was a necessity of his failure in the more conventional walks of life, but that could scarcely be, seeing that John Morgan himself was at the time daily Impressing people with the fact that had he been allowed to choose his career a» a boy the trade of arms would have been his choice; that was a career for a man of mettle, and what other? But Mrs. Morgan, over her knit ting needles, must needs again weep, more and more silently, and more and more secretly. It is true; for along with the energy and bustle and movement which characterized her lord and master in what from her point of view almost seemed a second bereavement, there was noticeable a faint irritability, as of a tired man trying to strive to show that he is far from being tired. It waa faintly no ticeable, but it was there, and It did mor e to make Mrs. Morgan cease to mourn than all the blowings and blusterlngs of reasoned wrathful sermons which her hus band could Inflict upon her in a month. For the little woman had a great, silent love and respect for this fresh, blustering spouse of hers, and, as for John Morgan, it was known through the village how his" reason almost left him for iwo dreary nights during which tho doctor held it not Improbable that his wife would pass from him. It was only In the fitness of things that when the political horizon became over cast and the war cloud did at last burst the village should wait with a complacent curiosity to hear what John Morgan had to say before making up its mind definitely on the issues involved in the conflict; and while the nightly little crowd assembled at the postoffice dogmatized considerably concerning each fresh piece of news, there was always left open a looptiole for es cape, or, rather, regret, should the posi tion to be taken up by John Morgan when he appeared make a recantation necessary. Tha postoffice, pending the arrival of the evening mail, was the village of St. Ste phen's, and John Morgan represented equally the positions of speaker, leader of the house, and, when necessary, the whole opposition. There was consequent ly no little consternation and not a Ifctle wonder when the time came that John Morgan ceased altogether from his at tendance at the scene of debate, and those who were skilled in noting such things dated his absence from the day on which news came to him that his son's regi ment was ordered on active service. "He's feared for the day's news, and that's what's the matter wi' him," said one man, and the villagers did not speak in dis praise of such unspartanllke conduct, al though they smiled furtively as certain loud-voiced declamations concerning the virtue of hardihood kept ringing in their ears; and they listened In silence when John Morgan, lourl voiced and emphatic as usual, gave it as his explanation that the post waa always late and the even ings were chilly as winter drew near. As was the case of Mahomet and the mountain, however, so it was with John Morgan and the villagers; if he would not come to them, they assuredly would find themselves gliding up to him where he sat ensconced in his comfortable arm chair in the house on the hill, and from the vantage ground of his own fireside he would enunciate the correct attitude to be adopted concerning the war and its consequences. "I take my facs from the ofeeshal re ports in the paper there, where ye can I see them for yerselves if ye want to," were the closing words wherewith he in variably fortified an argument which, standing by itaelf as a mere statement unsupported by external authority, might seem somewhat shaky; and the emphasis of the delivery generally insured silence, THE ST. PAUL GJUOiiS, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1900. if not verbal acquiescence. Mrs. Morgan at the opposite side of the fire swiftly clicked her knitting needles and with a faith beautiful in its simplicity reconciled without effort the numberless contradic tions—so they seemed to her—which char acterized her husband's many utterances in the course of the day. Few of the villagers were in the way of receiving daily papers, and so It hap pened that by the time when the weekly news budget should arrive a great and decisive battle had been fought, and throughout the land the first thin wail of grief waa spreading and spreading as names of men who had once been fathers, brothers, lovers, were placed upon the nation's list of dead. The sorrow wail was sp! eading daily, but as yet it had not reached the Northern village, and bjf John Morgan's cosey fireside the chances of the impending fight were being dis cussed with an earnestness which the gravity of the situation easily rendered excusable. John Morgan's arrangement of the forces, as told to the rather un usually crowded audience, was sublime; but a difficulty, unfortunate inasmuch that upon a satisfactory explanation and solution of It depended hia entire posi tion, had arisen, and John Morgan was more than ordinarily aggressive arid em phatic as objection after objection, ten dered with a quiet assurance and firm, were urged against his theory. He had uttered his usual concluding dictum, but it failed to silence the persistent objec tor, who went the length of asking to be shown where in the public print a cer tain statement was to be found, and John Morgan, with much external gravity and soul consuming perplexity and suffocat ing wrath, was ostentatiously hunting for a passage which he was well aware waa not to be found in the rustling pages of the paper. The deadlock thus occasioned was on the point of becoming irksome to the audience, when the outer door waa opened and a neighbor on his way up from the postoffice stepped into the heat ed circle and laid a letter on John Mor gan's knee. "It's from the seat of war, he said sententiously as he sat dowri; "A see 'On Her Majesty's Service' on the envelope," having said which he threw himself back in his chair and wiped his forehead with his red pocket handker chief after the manner of one who has done his duty. IIL To appear to be moved at the receipt of a letter, even with such high external credentials aa the one before him. would have been unworthy of a man of Joiin Morgan's high reputation among his fel lows; and while a sudden pause of ex* uectaney fell upon the little assembly John Morgan took up the letter leisurely and glanced at the superscription with a careless negligence. "Ay, A see it s on 'Her Majesty's Service;' A saw that at once from the outside-Just so. Just so. The muttered exclamation concealed his startled perplexity, and was &&%>*%*? insinuate a perfect familiarity with doc uments or this class. Kut there was no such tranqutllty evinced on the opposite side of the tire, where Mrs. Morgan sat, her glasses in her hand and her eyes scaring in startled wonder at the blue, cold-looking docu ment which her husband held in his hind. Her heart's action had all but stopped at the first glimpse of it, ana she was waiting, eagerly waiting, until the covering should be unfastened and the contents divulged for good or ill. "It'll be from Sandy," she said faintly, and the tension evidenced by her voice communicated Itself to those around her, and the, complacent expectancy gave way to a grave foreboding. The situation had become tragic. , Bui beyond a swift glance almost as of fear in the direction of his wife, John Morgan made no sign. "It's on Her Ma jesty's service," he kept muttering as he bent over the document; "A noticed that ..n the outside—ay, A noticed that at "Will ye no read it. John?" said his wife g"ently as she bent forward and touched his hand. He startled up violently at the touch. "O" course A can read it. What makes ye think A canna read it?" he said angri ly. "It'll no take me long to do that. The suggestion of his illiteracy at such a time, among so many of his fellows, brought him to himself with a shock, and he struggled to resume his old important manner as he proceeded slow and with difficulty to unfasten the unfamiliar cov ering. , , There was a terrible struggle going on in his mind. He recognized that he was expected to read the letter, and that im mediately—the silent gravity of those around him told of an interested, sym pathetic expectancy—and the hour had now come when it was for him, . ohn Mor gan, the man of reputed learning and the recognized leader in his native place, to choose whether he was publicly to confess before all his fellows that his profe>slon of learning was a fraud, and that he himself was and had been an im postor among them all his clays. How oould he be able to hold up his head among them in future? Would the very - children—the idea was torture. It was not to be thought of; and yet, on the other hand, when the thought of his soldier son, and what news of him the letter might contain, rushed upon his mind his resolve ! almost gave way, and he made as it' to ! hand the letter to one of those around ! him. But his vanity conquered even as he ("nd so. and in the despeiatlon of de spair and perplexity he held the letter closely up-to his well nigh bloodless face and cleared his throat. "Ahem," he began. "D-ar Father ana —but his voice dwindled away; he could not bring himself to say "mother" with that terror-stricken face opposite him. ■'This is to sey—ahem!—that I am we !— <4Uite w!l"-here a neavy fit of prolong ed couching overtook him—"well, and hoping you are the same. Love —ahem! — love to all at home—hoping you are the same, from your affectionate son. —"Sandy." He forced a laugh from his parched throat as he lamely concluded the woe begone epistle, and even to himself his voice sounded far away. "There's no much news in that—on he.r majesty's service—from the seat <»' war." An oppressive silence prevailed throughout the little room, and the vacu ous smile which John Morgan strove to assume difd away drearily on his lips, and bis white head fell heavily on hia breast. His reading was a lie. and in stinctively they all knew it. There was a slight movement in the stillness of the room as a. venerable look ing old man stepped forward and took the letter in his hand. "Maybe A can read it for ye. J ;hn," he said simply. Slowly he nulled his glasses from their case, and with much care adjusts them on his forehead. "Sir." he began, as he ! held the letter to the light, "I regret to have to inform you"—an<l then he stop ped abruptly. "Neebors," he paid quietly, turning- to those around him. "this is no place for you now." and as the last of th.^m g:id eil in silent swiftness out of 'he room there fell upon his ear the first low moan from the s-trickrn mother as she received the dread intelligence of her soldier son's death. And all through that dreary, miserable night John Morgan, as one of his reason bereft, kept muttering to himself, "On Her Majesty's service—Majesty's service - A saw that at once—from the seat o" war." GET OX THE BARD WAGON And Follow tlie Crowd to Natfonnl Political Conventions. The North-Western TAne (('.., St. P.. M. & O. Ry.) has made especially low rates to the three big National Political Con ventions: Witness: The Republican National Convention. Philadelphia. June 19th. Round-trip rate $29.50; tickets on sale June 14. 15 and 16. Democratic National Convention, Kan sas City, July 4th. Round-trip rate *v.55; tickets on sale July 2, 3 and 4. Prohibition National Convention, Gfc* cago. June 27 and 28. Round-trip rate JU.SO; tickets on sale June 25. 26 and 27. For time of trains and particulars about the famous wide vestibuled, brilliantly lighted trains of the "North-Western Line" apply to H. G. Cowling. C. T. A., 382 Robert street, St. Paul, Minn. The Siiiokiiijj And card rooms on the Observation cars at the Northern Pacific's "North Coast Limited" are proving a great attraction. These rooms—of which there are two on each observation car—provide nice little retreats where, undlsturbing and undis turbed, a group of congenial spirits may smoke and enjoy a quiet game of whist or euchre, while the other occupants of the car engage in conversation, read the current periodicals found on the tab'e of the lnd'es' parlor, or books taken from the car library, or enjoy the scenery from the observation platform. On hot days the. electric fans kr>pp up a current of cool air throuj?haut the car, and a tin or cild wster bath can be taken, and a shave, shampoo or haircut be hud at any time. All the comforts of home are Indeed found on thid crack train ot t.h» M..rth west. 1 IK isi mat WOOD BENSON HELD THE TIIKOT TLE OF AMERICA'S FIIMT LOCO MOTIVE OX ITS MAIDKN TRIP STILL FEESH DT THE MEMOBY Telia of the Ran May 27, 1829, Wltk Tharlofv 'Weed and Com modore Vander blit. Wood Benson Is a man of history, and yet to history unknown, and he lives in a big East side lodging house for men, says the New York Mail and Express. The manager introduced him aa a "char acter," and as he came forward to shake hands his looks did not belle the title. A straight, lank, vigorous old man, with cleanly shaven face, composed of innumerable little wrinkles and sur mounted by a wig of bright brown hair, carefully oiled and brushed Into smooth, shining- waves; his eyes blue and clear, and holding a whimsical smile aa he Ijlj .^M_I*?~N if^ Ha 1 I WOOD BENSON. apologized for not being prepared for company, at the same time stooping to turn down the trousers, which had been well rolled above hia shoes and a gen erous length of wbito socks. An air of simple cordiality lent dignity to his homely surroundings, and in his manner were both modesty and pride aa he related his experience of long ago. A PROUD DAY. It was on May 27, 1829, that the first locomotive In America made its trial trip, but In spite of the Intervening years that day is still fresh in the memory of the old engineer as he. tells of the run be tween Albany and Schenectady, with Thurlow Weed, Gen. Scott and Com modore Vaiidcrbilt among the passen gers. "Oh. that wns a day—a proud day fot all of us, and when the handshaking be gan at the end of the line, Cn. Scott stepped up and shook mine the hardest of all 1 It was a great run, but there's no one left that made it but me." The old man closed his eyes, and softly stroked one thin hand over the other, as he traveled back aioiig the route now leading him so near to the terminus. THE LAD'S AMBITION. "I began life as a boy down in the old r»ry Dock bank, but I diiin't May there long. I'd heard a lot-of taTk about rail roads and onK'inr^ till"'the wheels g^t into my hea-1. t wanterlto go off and see what was in the worl<J nnd many'a the §^SAj (r^^/^3^A\ \ >/iv/* v \ v\\_\ OOSSI9TEWT CAUSE FOH CATEiiORICAL COMPLAIST. Mr. Potato Bugg— If that child doesn't discontinue annoying me, I shall speak to his father about it. time I'd have cut and run if it hadn't 1 been for having my mother. Aft'jr awhile she saw how I felt and tola nu to go. She sii.l |j 1 kept strai&bt rind there w-ts anything ; n me v would find a way to get out. And I did, for r worked my passage to England on a freight ship and when thore the first tiling I started in to see was a loco motive. 'Tor days and nights I didn t see much of anything else. There were two roa'ls in operation over then- then, and I just lived on them by hook and crook until 1 learned the business. Finally I wax taken 011, ilrst as fireman, then as en gineer, and then when th*- old John Bu'.l was soffit to be sent to America it was 1 that rame over with it and my him) that heM the throttle on its maiden run." COMMODORE VANr3ERBILT'3 GIFT. He paused, forgetful of tjie present, and I waited while he live*d" asain his youth, his ambit'.ons and hisvtriumphs. Slipping a trembling hand benaath his coat he drew forth a worn and yellowed paper, bearing, a3 ghostly indorsement of his story, the autographs of men whose names have been framed for almost a century as the financiers arf the first rail roading on thi3 continent. With a pride plainly*sho%ing it to have been to him the crowning 2lory of. hia ca reer, he told of the «ft presented by Commodore Vanderbil?^-* "set of false teeth fearfully and woAderfully made at a cost of JISJ. "You must be mucH older than you look," I said. Now, if the^fen lives above thirty who does not enjoy oeing told that he looks younger than he is, that man is certainly not Wood Benson. I had touch ed his little weakness and the same self respecting vanity that supplied the brown wig and braced the bending back made ready response. NOT LIKE THE OTHERS "Why. ma'am, I'm a wonder. I really am ninety-three years old and sound as .1 nut; never wore glasses in my life, shave every day, read and write and feel apry as I did at sixty. I don't drink. JO, '^^^IM^^^^^^ -1 £f THER£ CAN BE NO EXTERNAL IRRITATION H m WITHOUT AN INTERNAL CAUSE. tVa SSK ""S M°«H» "■ • pure, healthy condition, no poisonous elements cau reach the skin infl,™~ r *JP'> catlons «f "ashes, lotions and salves sometimes mitigate the iuhine and soothe U» .kin trouble.l gcL PS*?£e seV^ni di",T? "',r "^ Pem,»nem cure for Ecreu. and .11 ,lerp-seMe.l blood ond all the orcans and thu« ,^T,™ »t . • tl>»?ase. neutralizes the acids and cleanses the blood, n-iniorces and im-ii;nr«e« .übsCC, SdVl slgS rf tWise^y u £ppe°ar 1"P"r"ie8 """"^ "" "atU™' Chan«U; *' sti" "V"^ »» SSgSS E^;£SE r4t>7S SeasH^s^^^^ it will do for others." grave jcars ago but for S. S b., and adds, <rwhat it has done for me ■few. B fefr^ H case^t fwilTch«rf kun n vß^ '«P' '^g case, they caecrfully any tnforxnattou or advice wanted. We make no charge for this. Address, S.UI SpeC.c Co.. «M* smoke or chew, and don't mix with those men." My eyes followed his through the big cheerless hall to the groups of unkempt, tramp-like beings, absorbing all the warmth and comfort they could find for the meager price of a nights lodging, and then returned to rest on the quiet, patient figure of this wonderful old man. He read my thought and answered: "I'll tell you what has kept me from being one of them—a good wife. God bless her! I had her with me for over fifty years, and tlier>-"s never a day that I can't feel her with me now. I want to tell you that there's nothing on earth to keep a man straight like a good wom an." IS NOT UNHAPPY. "And you are not unhappy here?" "No," he replied, with a queer little, wrinkled smile, "nothing makes me- un happy but a tight boot. Every one is kind to me and I have all I need. "I'm pretty low down, and I shouldn't like any old friends to know just where you found me. But it's better than the poor house. I couldn't stand charity. I won't owe the world a dollar. I have enough laid by for bread and bed as long ag I need them, and something over to bury me, and one thing that no one can ever take away, and that is my God." At the door he turned and extended a friendly hand. "I'm glad you came," he said. "It does me good to talk. I don't .suppose I shall be here lons, it's almost time for my last run, but if you ever visit the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and see there the old John Bull, perhaps you will give a kindly thought to the old engineer." BY QUEEN VICTOEIA. Text of Her Prix-In million ln,iiiul lii)K «i >«"*>' InUiau Order. In the United States, where the funda mental principle is that all men are cre ated equal and endowed by their Creator with the unallenable rights of life, lib erty and the pursuit of happinetn and where the president is on a par with other citizens, royal orders Mem pecul iar to the verge of humorous. Hence ft is a curiosity that the. following from the London Gazette, of the 11th, inst., is reproduce"!: India Office, May 11, 1300. Victoria, R. I. Victoria, by the» grace of God of the United Kingdom ,i Great Britain md Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empresa of India. To ail to whom these presents shall come. Greeting: Whereas, we, taking into our royal con sideration that t!i(?r.' do not exist ade quate means whereby we can reward im- IKtrtant and useful services rendered to us In our In-iia Empire In the advance ment of the public Interest of our said umpire, and taking also into considera tion the expediency <jf distinguishing su:ii services by some mark of our royal favor; now I'or the purpose trf attaining an end so desirable a.s that oi thus Uis tin<ulßhir.£ such services aforesaitl we have in&titued and created, and by these firtrsents for us, our heirn and successors, <\n Institute and create a new decoration —to be designated as hereinafter describ ed—and we are graciously pleased to make, ordain and establish the following rules a:id ordinances for the government of the same which shall from henceforth be inviolably observed and kept. Firstly—lt Is ordained that thiH der-ora tion shall henceforth be styled and desig nated "The Kaisar-1-Hind Medal for Pub lic Service in India." Secondly—lt is ordained that any person without distinction of rare, occupation, position, or sex. .~hall be eligible for this decoration who shall have iHirfiinmlriird himself (or herself) by Important and use ful service in the advancement of the public Interest in India. Thirdly—lt Is ordained that there shall be two classes of the decoration to be styled respectively "The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India" of the first class and the "Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service In India" of the second class. Fourthly—lt Is ordained that awards of the medal of the first class shall be made by us, our heirs and successors, by war rant under our sign manual and counter signed by one of our principal secretaries of state, and such awards shall only ba made on a recommendation to 113 by our secretary of state for India. Fifthly—lt Is ordained that awards of the medal of the m s shall b; made by our governor general of India for the time being. Sixthly—lt is ordained that the modal shall consist of an oval-shaped badge or decoration—ln gold for the first class and in silver for the second class—with our royal cipher In the center on one side and on the reverse the words "Kaiaar-I- Hlnd. for Publtc Service in India," and that it shall be suspended on the left breast by a dark blue ribbon. Seventhly—lt is ordained that the names Woman $@ld at Mudkn^ SHE WAS PUT ON THE BLOCK AT GALVESTON AND BROUGHT $40. Galveston. Tex., is shocked and out raged that a white woman has been ac tually put up at public auction and sold, sold like a slave into the most tenible form of slavery. The story of the sale as gleaned from the police authorities is as follows: One night recently there gathered a number of men for the express purpose erf attending the sale of a human beta*. An ex-bartender had been selected as the auctioneer, and he was on hand promptly at the hour and ready for the performance. It Is stated that the bidding commenced lively, and the first bid was lor $10. Two or three bidders b.d sharply until the price reached 140, and there the auctioneer lingered long and entreatinjily in an effort to raise the price a few dol lars. THE PAPERS SIGNED. In vain he attempted to push the fig ures up a few marks, and falling ha called out the s.Ue In the regulation sty!,. as closed. The papers w re drawn up and duly signed and the "goods and chattels" in the form of the woman we.c of those persons to whom a medal of ••It her cbun may bi- awarded .sh.iil b" published in the Gazette of India, and in thu Qaaette of the local Rovernment under the Jurisdiction of which th- serv were rendered, and ahall be entered in all civil and official lists, and that a registry of .^in!i names shall be kepi tn the office of th.' home department of the government of India. Kl-h'hly- It la ordained that if anj one, after having received either of the medals, again rendere such service an. if he had not received .-such medal, would have entitled him to It, such further aery- Ice shall be recorded by a bar attached to the ribbon by which the medal ta sus pended; Hid for every such additional service an additional bur m.i\- l> ■ added. Lastly—We reserve to ourselves, <>ur heirs and successors Cull power of ;m --nuUinir. alterinir, abrogatin" augmenting, interpreting or dispensing »-i'h the c r h; alations or any iuit thereof by a notifi • ition under our royal rtgn tn.inuai. Given it our court ;j ' St. Jamrn' tills tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred, and in the sixty-third year of our reitin. By Her Majesty's Command, —G'.-orce Hamilton. NIGHT ill \i.\ TO CBICACM) Via "The Milwaukrp." Kffcctlve Sunday. May 27th. the C. M. & St. P. Py. will start a train from Min neapolis every nlpht at 1040 and St. l'aul 11:25. arriving Portage a. m., Milwau kee 50:45 a. m., and Chicago 1:69 p. m. Through Hleeiiiii^ >:<r and coach Berv lre from St. Paul ar;d Minneapjlia to Milwfuke.' and Chicago. Connect lot's made at Chicago with all trains for the ICast and South. This train ul»o furnishes dliect set rise for Oshkosh. Fond dv I-ac. Madisijn. Janesvilie and RockfordL Tvowest rat'^a to all oolnta. ■^^.7 £*^ SS^HBRBB^ '■■^^^^^■S Rnt i Arrive* Chiccgo next ff-——C_l f* -i ' .— . - ■"• — fThrw other Kint\ Kant g^ff -—.J I Trama to O.lra*;..i / n^^ My mother's headaches were of the sort that people call siclt headache. They always were in some way the result of a disturbed jtomach. She would have them sometimes more than once a week, and then she might go several weeks without having one. Geaeralh an attack would only spoil one day, but sometimes she would be sick for two or three days. When she learned about Ripans Tabules, she found that they always relieved her decidedly, and her attacks are now much less frequent than they used to be. She continues to make use of the Tabules when occasion arises, but she says that now one 01 *wo will not produce the effect they did in the beginning. She keeps a supply of them in the house all the time, and I believe if she would take them according to directions, they would cure her entirely. You know her life is that of a farmer's wife. I suppose her experience ii fhat of thousands of others who stay pretty closely at home and de^ pend for food mainly upon those things which the farm produces Under such conditions the stomach will get upset now and then unlea precautions are taken to avoid iL Ripans Tabules are precautions. 10 delivered to tho purchaser. After the sale the woman cried plteously and be moaned her fate, saying she did not Waal to be under contract or bond to tli>- mm who bought her. but after ■ short m w with h.-r purchaser sbe arrmod to accept the situation. The man who purchased the unfortunate woman was well known l n Galveston. Id A PORKICJNER The woman la a foseigner speaks very little Xn K IUh ami Is well known in be* '•irri.-M Tb, man who Bold her and claimed to be bee husband, aft.r receiv ing the no. less the auctioneer's com mission, cooly put th« money tn bia pocket, signed tba bli r sale and re- Bardleaa or the plteoua appeals of the woman who had been a wife to him, left the room. He is now reported to be in N-w Orleans, it baa developed, In of police Investigation, that , an made of this kind of thins;. The woman was known a» Mai Conner. The woman la said to have been Im ported from Belgium, together with a i"t of other Belgian and h'ien. ; ii women waa ander contract to the American 1 who sold her. If You Arc Going To St. Louis, ]'• < ir • .i. Davenport, h Island, Dubuque, Tako "The Flying Dutchman" vta Chl i.iK). Milwaukee A Rt. Paul l: From Minneapolis every day at 7:.Vj i. m. m;<l St. l'aul 8:10 ;i. n . arriving .-^ Uouls early next morning, lieauili'ul liver bank route. GREAT BARGAINS IN PIANOS i Chickorlne Square. $45.00 1 Xi aba Cfln«J Square. $7 00 1 Benodlct Upright. 365.00 1 Haines B: U 15 3 Cabler Uprights. $125. $135, $175 2 Chlckerin X Uprights. $145. $165 1 LuiwU; Upright. $135 2 Stairway Uprights, SI9O. $250 1 Hiidinan Upricht, 3225 1 B* - r. 198. Tlisioarn tha ..reatosi bargains over offnred ' tn St. Paul. Ca.l ,i v/iitc at jr.ee to j »T. PAUL, Mi**.