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0 THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1Q05. MR. TARSNEY EXPLAINS, Ti.t.u why Tin: rt iii.io itim.iitMi LONTlt.ltT IS If I.I.AV l.ll. It l Not for Want n( I ii nil s lint In Ilia Intrrest nf (looil Miilerlils -Mr. Tumii) shoulders Die Illume. nshlngton, Feb 14 -(Hpivitil ) The st?c rc it) of th treniury stated to-day thai ti iij set aside all bids offered or the tri ilon of the lnnn City building e cci i Hint of the DhkcM Cut Stone Com tany, of Kntisns City, which pioposetl to ii-c Llnno, Tex,, "granite, He was wnltlwr t r certain Information about the quarry fiuin which that Is secured before pausing lit i that blil. If the report win such ns tj warrant lint Hie material could lo e i arid thero In quiinllt) and of the same M i illl ns the sample offered by the Id I tin, the contract woul I In nwnrdcl to that bl I In the cm nt the Information Ii favorablo to the lolidlt'nn Imposed b tin n retary. It Is promise I that the eontriu t will be awarded on that bid Very noon If thu Information l or an unfavorable ohnr. n ter the societal did tiot venture lo an nounce what lip would do. but In the face of the fact that In has rejected all other lnus It la stigKtsted that he may conclude to further delay b) way of getting In moiu bids on a dirreront line of malerlil itiprcseiitntlve Tarsne) tecelved a tele gram to-night from it prominent business man of Kansas city, slnllng that the pco Ilo of Kansas City wunti I the eontrnct let ut once, that a messago lgned b) e x- li itiRi , baliKH and butnesn m u to that life t would be cent to the set relnry to night, and asking .Mr. Tarsney to eo-opcr. ute with the signers of such mcsHgo Itl ! iirlhg an Immediate nwnrd of the con tract in response to thl message, Mr. Tarsne) give out a statement for publica tion covering the whole matter, hs fol laws. Mr. lumic' stiitctiitnt. "Washington, D. 0, l'eb. 10. "Thero has been no delay In the con rdruction or letting of the conttaet by leason of the condition of tho public tre.is jiry Tho secretary or no othel oillclal has Ii in In any manner liiilnciiccU to delay bv reason of nny doilcli.tn.les In the gcnoinl roiwiue, or by an) hn.lt uf ample funds to tarry on the work Hvcty appropriation Mil passed by congress contains tilt words out of any funds In thu treasury not oth invlw appropriated'" "As an appropriation was made four vears ago, and $7W,000 was at that time sit aside and appropriated Tor Immedl He use lti the construction of the Kan-is Cltj building, more thin IJOOuuO of which re mains unexpended, no subsequent short use In the treasury or subsequent nppto jirlatlon bills could touch that fund, but the same has been at all times nnd Is now Immediately available for the particular use for which it was appropriated It could not be diverted for unv other ue without a positive violation of law. In mMltlon to this, tile sundry cill appropriation of this j ear, which has already pissed the liouse, and Is now pi ndlng In the senate, carries JIOO.OW for this pirticular work. "There has been no elola) In the letting of the contract, other thin ver) proper, and as Is now appirent, absolutely necos niry delay In order to secure good male rial for the construction Whatever de lay there has been, I am ms self personal) responsible for. and not the si-cretnrj of the treasury. Proposals were received and bids opened for this work by the treas ury department on December SS There was then no supervising aiehltict of the tnasury or other liend of the bitrcaj hav ing a technical sclentlile knowledge con cerning the character and cualltles of the miterlal offered in competition In view of this condition. T made special request 10 the secretnr) that before any award Fhould bo made tint an expert geologist be detailed to examine all the samples sub mitted, and, In addition, that he should lie sent to the quarries from which un known and untested material was offered, and thorough Investigation as to the quan tity, quality nnd uniformity of such mate rial, and that other sclentlile tests should be made to determine the strength oi! tho matt rial, as well as Its liability to discolor ation "The secretary having no purpose In the matter differing fiom my own, which was to piocure the very best material that could be obt lined with the amount of funds available for the construction of the building, promptlj acceded to this request and l'rofessor George A Merrill, the em inent geologist of the Smithsonian Insti tute, was detailed to examine the samplts and ispect the quarries Other sclentlile tests were made of the material, all of which required time the result belwr a practical condemnation of these experts of the matcrlil offered under the three lowest bids Without such eximlnitlons and tets It Is probable that the contrait Mould hae been awarded a month ae;o and the work would now be under the process of constrm tioti, but with ,i ma terial that would not hae been satisfact ory to the people of Kansas City nor to the Interests of the government "I do not believe that the people of Kan fas Cttj are o anxious to have the work progressing tint thej are willing to have Lhc mone approprl ited for theli use l-acrlficed in expenditures for worthless materials nnd result In the erection of a rtrueture aihlch would be a disgrace rath er thin a credit to the government .mil to the elty Itoth the seiritaij and mself lire as anxious for a speedv disposition of this matter rfs thoe who hae telegraphic! ran be and being more fatnlll ir with the conditions can gle nswurance that there has not been and will not be any day other than that neccs,. iry to sec ore a contract for good work and material The reports of the experts have been In 'he hands of the secretary only a few davs He has devoted all the time to ihr r consider itlon that could be expected nn I even more, considering the demands on n his time recentlv made by matters or ven a greater Importance. ' parti il conclusion made bv the sec retary this afternoon resulteel In the re Je on of all the propositions except one win h will probably be approved on Mon dav an 1 will then result In the m iking of n contract which will Insure the construc tion of a building with a superior quality of material bv reliable home conti actors xv ho will emplos home labor In Its con struction " Ut'lith anil riiiii'ruln. Miss Marie Wsekropp, an etnplovo of Jai kfcon's laundrj . tiled yestcrdav at hir home CIO Independence avenue She was 18 ears of age. The funeral serv Ices vv ill Vie held at i o'cloc k this afternoon nnd the burial will be In I'nlon cemetery. Ituth XI riwards, an Infant child of arink Kdwarls, of hll Madison avenue dec 1 jesterdav. The funeral will be held nt 2 o clock on Monday afternoon and the burial will bee In Union cemeterj The fun, rnl scrvie es over the remains of John Juseph Corcoran were held at the Catlu Iral at 9 n o c lock yesterday moin Ing IKv IJather Ulennon celebrated sol rnn high nus-. The funeial was attended bl ilia I'atholle Knights nnd Knights of 1'ather Mathew. to which organi7atlons the deceased belonged The floral offerings xvere manv, the casket being covered with them The burial was In Mount St. Mary's cemeterj William Wallace Jameson, rither nf Mrs I'rede-lck W. Jameson, whoso hu ban 1 a nephew of the dece ased, was burled In I'orest 1 1 ill cemetery ten das nso lb 1 esterdaj at the resilience of his elaigHcr CM West Twentv-llfth street 11 h (I jears of nge and had lived In Kansis City a long time. He was at one t me in the saloon business and later kept e meatshop with his nephew. The fnneril f-ervlces will be held at 2 30 o'clock this ii"ernoon and the burial will be In 1'oiest 11(11 cemetery The Kiv. Pr. J. II. Hob ns will otilciate. Mottled! ItHe Xtail!. The fortnightly Informal social of tho F ottlsh ItHe Masons was held last night In 'he Pdrlorn of the onr In the Masonic bull ling The committee of arrange ments consisted of T. rt Illdge, V. 1' Iloor and C, I' Ilaldwln The evening whs i-pent In dancing nnd card plajlng Kcottlsh Illie Masons are making a great success of thete Informal receptions All that have been given this winter have been largoly nttended and grcatlj enjojed The cus. torn was begun a. ear ago, with the eainc happy results Thcjsa present last night were1 Mr, and Mrs Albion V l'ease, Mr and Mrs. A. I) I, Hamilton. Mr anil Mrs Charles KMm on Ml"' I u'le Holmes, Miss Mary r. Clivton, Mr Samuel T, Hoberts, Mr. 1". 1' T' rner Mr and Mrs, W Ii, Ilartell, Mr and Mrs J. II fitaley, Mr. and Mrs, 1) It Itlce Mr C II Shirley. Mr. C, 1' Ilaldwln, Miss Irene Mltchener, Miss Ada I'helns, Mrs. A V Martin, Mr. and Mrs W, II Montatue. Mr J H, Seechrlst. .Mr. II. Seechrlst Miss Ilrown, Mr and Mrs, Thomas 8 Itldge Mr, C I Plxley. Mr, and Mrs r W Sars, Miss Kate Hehan, 2Ir and Mrs William Clough. .Miss Jennie M Keown Sir and M:rs. II S l.udy, Mr. and Mrs Samuel Stonhlet. Mr, II Harring ton, Mixs Maud It Hamilton, Mr, Karl li. l'ease. Mr and Mrs. S U. Humble and Mr, nnd Mrs. Thomas It. Morrow, Smith its 'I neiitytlirio Year. Atchison, Feb. 16 (Special.) George Binlth, the colored man who attempted to assault a number of very respectable white women In West Atchison last Oc tober, was to-day sentenced to twenty three tars la the penitentiary by Jud.s u-JA, of Iho dlitrlct court- WENT LIKEJOT CAKES, (IjMer fans Idled Ultli Maler Ingerly lulu ti b) the Ii lints of u I Ii le r Snluilli r, A swindler who exhibited a can brimful of Una looking c tutors as u sample, and thus luted peoptie Into busing lnuc qnaii lilies of sealed cans containing only wnler, nt IS cent! a can, did a lucrative business for two or three hours on Mttrket square last nlsht. His purchasers would, of course, not open their cans until they were readi to use (be ojsters, and thus the swindler wis safo from exposure for a time line pur chaser dl"eoeied the ruso and rtporli t the muter to the police. The swindler look to tllitht. leaving onlj about fifteen cans (Hied with watir out of an lmnnne stock of ' cnnlir d stela, ' with w hi Ii hi tin I be tun the nlvht business All the cans were found to be tilled with wnt r CONFLICTING STORIES. Ibiiinns tlaltlii Vild In Hum- t iiiiimlttcil Mikhle mid to Ibivie Oledeif l,iir)iigltl-. Thomas Oalvln, hrad bookke. por for the til tn of Eimrv, Ulrd, Thner A Co, died yesterday morning nt Ninth and Central streets. His death was caused bv laryn gitis. He was HI onl) a very few days. He was ubjut 31 cars of age an I unmarried. He had llttd In Kansas City about six inrs. The lemalns were taken to l'arl, Kv , for burial, last tilfht It was said last night by a frlen 1 of Gal tin that his death was caused bv nutclde He wrote n letter n few du)s imo saving that he was tire 1 of life and Intended to Kill himself rndcrtal.er I Miff v who sent the bodv to Pari". Kv , denied thai flalvln had killed himself nnd said that cbath w is the result of natural causes. 1 Mil ASK .MIIIIUY SA 1 1.(1 It". Melllbels nf the rblbilliiltbe ill Society (live mi l.iitertiiliiiui nt. The I'hllomathcnn I.lter.trv Society gave lis eighth annual open seslon list nU'ht ut tho high school nsembl h ill Tho pro gramme was musical and literary. A well tilled house was pre sent to do honor to the oecuslon. The progtnmme was given on board the "l'hllom.athean" ship of knowledge, nnd the girls were nil dusscd as sailors Mabel M Miller was captain; Katberlne Cillev, ilrst mate, Hlln WINon, keeper of thu log book; Louise Grimes, pilot, l'tullno l.ockwool, ship Inspector; .Maiy ( hrlstle, purser, Hmtna llae r, cibln bo. Thej all wore white sailor caps, white s.islus and sailor waists Ihe scenerv lcprtsentlng the ship was veiv beautiful The sailors weie all on deck 'Ihe Ufa boat was banging Just over tho side of the vessel nnd the waves roll ed away, touching the sky In tho Tar dis tance As tho ship vet sail the mandolins on the front deck pltved 'Olivers Waves," nnd were heartily encored till the ship hnd passed fiom view Catherine Haston came forward to the ship side nnd gave a ele. M'rlptlon of "Monte Carlo." telling nf all the wclid sights to be seen In that city of gamblers l.ulu I'ierce sung a solo, "One Day," ami It was he.irtllv cncoicd At one of the foreign ports mall was lecelved fiom home and some irv Interesting h'tters from old friends and sister societies of the high school happened to be among them nnd win dills read to the crew bv Miss Mal tha Klitlv, All the mariners weie greatly cheered to hear from home and old friends, from whom thej h id been sc pirated during their long vnvugu nil7 tbeth Hussel gave a violin solo which was encored Ann (forge leclted to the crew a sad story of "Connor," a poor Itlshman who lost his wife on the set "Ship Ahov" was sung bv an octette and then the ship came around on the other side of the big globe nnd was soon once more In sight of native land Miss Nettle v e lis -e id an oil-jlml poem entitled, "What's the World A-Comin' To"' In her poem she related the stories of theli ndvinturis In manv foiolgn lands Then thev all s iw the lighthouse on the native shoie and glndly burst Into the re frain, "There's Xo I'lace IJKo Home," and once more the sailors were nt home. In pait second a plav was given enti tled, "Over tho Garden Wnll," written cs jiecl lllj for the occasion bv Ml-s Norma Knight a mi mber of the I'hilomnthcnn 'ihe seene was the lawn of Mis Wilcox's sumnu I school The scenerj was erv beautitul and had been painted especially for the occasion 1 lie plut of the plav was "a man" which the' oun girls of tl u school had not been In the habit of seeing since the came to the boarding school nnd when one of the new girls put on a false mustache and peeped over the garden wall, great ennstcin itlon prevailed among tho j,lrls In the school vanl Mrs Wilcox, the school mistiess, lin illv made love to the deacon, and much to the surprise of the girls who were belilnl the pite, kissed him and then It was all over with -for the eleacon The parts were rt nelered bv Jes sie Lambert .Norma Knleht M ittle Halden, I.ueile Cniker Mar 1'enK and Mary Chris tic, all of whom played well A I'IMIIS WOII N tdltltl'l). 'I flee rittlllllie -die 11 id I'lrlicil by s.w mjj take u I reim 111 i. Mrs I C Bingham, of N"o 1723 Woodland avenue, a widow with several children tp support, hnd been at work sewing yester day, and was crossing through the grove at Seventeenth and IIihland avenue, on her way home when she was held up by a burly rutllnn, who took from her a little hand satchel, her thimble nnd V cents, all the monej she ha 1 Mrs jiingi, im nt tempttd to resist the robbery, but she was quickly overcome The police weie notified and took more than usual Interest in the case on account of tho ladj's misfortune) heinr doubly hard for her to bear, as it left her penniless, but no trace could bo found of the thief. Occupied In Keiiitliiie ItttxlncsH. Guthrie O. T, Teb K! (Special ) Most of the el.av was spent In routine business by the legislature A bill passed both houses nnd went to the governor allowing two or more school districts to unite and establish a central gr ided school as die! ulo one repealing the law allowing Im prisonment for debt The bill giving ex rnlon soldiers or sailors preferment for public positions In the territory, which jiai-sed the senate, was defeated In the house Among the new bills introduced was one declaring the theft of a dog lar ceny. The house passed a bill to assess at nn) tlino elurlng tho ji'ar stocks of goods, eattlo or nny other personal prop erty brought Into the territory and making such tax due and Immedlatelj collectible or nny attempt to sell at auction or dis pose of the property the tax becoming a lien on said property, no matter in whose hands. Aeesoi 1 itlnii nf Mlliiliiue. The regul ir business meeting of the As sociation of the Collegiate Alumnae was held esterday morning at the home of the president, Mr George C Mother Preliminaries were arranged with regard to the medal to be offered to high school girls, with regard to the annual business and social meeting In April, and with re gards to procuring women of national reputation for the course of parlor read ings next fall. If there nro in the city any graduates of the colleges that form the association, they nre cordially Invited to cornspnnd with the se-cretaiv, Miss Laura Whipple, Massachusetts building. 'Iirrilnriil Omnibus lllll, Washington. Teh 16 (SpecliI) Senator Dubois olf-rcii reeoliitlons fiom the legls 1 iturus of tho fctates of Idaho, Montana and Womlng, asking that tho omnibus Ml bringing Into tin Union thee territories of Arizona. New Mexico nnd Old ihom i be pasted The fact tint the muter had ut tractijd attention In to many states createel some comment among renatcus It is In sisted by some of the Western benators that they may be able to get the bill up during tho coming week. Taken In it f-inltarbiin. Fred Washausen. the unfortunate, llrst violinist of tho "W'ung" orchestra, who suddenly became Insane last Thursday aft ernoon from the excessive use of cigar ettes, as It was claimed by his friends, was taken to Ilonner Springs lodge, a pilvate sanitarium, for treatment by Dr. M 1. Sexton Dr. faexton thinks Was hausen will regain his mind In time. To Mtit .Xcieklrli ami 'I linmpiiun, Seelalla. Mo , Teb. 1C (Special ) Judge W 8 Kirk has arranged to meet Cyrus Nevvklrk, president of the defunct First National bank, at San llcrnardlno, On, on Match G, und J C, Thompson, cashier of the bank, at the City of Mexico, on April D, to take their dupo-ltlons relative to the suit brought by Hecelver Latimer against the directors and stockholders of the defunct bank. Snow In the Old Dominion, Banyllle, Va , Teb. 1C The moat vigorous snow storrn let, commenced here at 11 o'clock lastvnlght and Continued all morn ing wlthoutcetsatloii until c o'clock this evening. Teihinchea fell. It Is now warmer rfilnch Alt I - mm wiavwuK. wi, suit guuy, vvilu nros- ywM V ei mi. STABBED WITHA TABLE FORK, I rink Cvnus .Murders Ills I rle ml In n (Juiirril ut Hut H rings. Ark, lint Springs, Ark., Teb. 1C -A dcplor nble ttngech was enacted hcto to-day. rrnnk i:.ntis nnd IM .Mm tin, Iwo well known ouhk nun, nged 20 nnd IS jcars, respective!), became Involved In n dim cutty over n trivial matter, which re sulted In Mnrtm being stabbed to the heart nntl killed by uting J2nn i m trouble occurred In Ledgerwooil Hrn' Imltetj, nhd the weajion lied was n n nhllnn! j tabic fork, Which Htatis 1 pbUed up from the cotlnler. Hoth oling men beleinif In ptomltient families liete and the ttagedy Is neatly deplored, The bo)s were friends a few moments before l the eilmrrel arosi . Young Unns tnnile no effort lo escape nntl was nrrcteii ami locked lip. AMMIII.lt WOOI.V MOItY, eliriisltn (cciigrc'semmti Adds it to the Alri nl l.iirgn vtm Ic, "The chancier of the tjplcnl denizen of me wui anil nvviess vv eisi, remmtcii Representative Meteer, of Nebraska, to a Washington i'osl reporter In the senate restaurant, "is not exactly gentle and childlike, but if Noil only know how to I take It, ou're apt to escape with tour I life I "It (omen bark to mv memory In IM colors ns I sit here it'id sip this delicious cup of coffee, that 1 wlttiesBed a colfee I drinking scene once up m n time under I somewhat dlffcient and les emollient con ditions I stnuk a ftontler town late one night, Intending to do some business theie and go on t.u next i1n It was a lone town, nnu a toiign low a, consisting oi cine main street, w th about (If teen hcattere 1 houses, an'l a pupulitlon which, accord ing to icport, was not averse to giving sheltir to hoiscs whose ownership was a milter of peculation, I asked the agent at the rallioid station to direct me to a hotel. He pointed out a frame house In the pale moonlight, and I mndc for It. liven body was asleep, but 1 pounded up tho landlord, and he assigned me to a room adjoining the parlor and dlnliig room combined, sepiraled only bv a curtain. "It was frightfully cold, nnd the cracks In the w Is of the lintel were large enoiuli to enable one to enJo nn unobstructed Mew of the town In ihe moonlight, but there wen plant of buffnlo robes an I bear skins on the bed to I .ep warm, and 1 piled In nmrng the fur. "1 couldn't go to sleep I'vcrv now and then pombody would lire a six-shooter, and follow It up with a shrill 'jlp-jlp-lp'" th it raised the goose llesh on my body. Mijnt 3 o clo k a m the shooting and veiling ce ised, and I went to sleep, i "W'hat awoke me was a conversation con duced in the dining room between two men with gruff volce-s. I parted the cur tain of my mom and saw two frontiersmen in flannel shli ts, broad hats and hUh boots, with revolvers slung to their belts, discussing their brenkfa-st at one end of the dining room table, while a well dressed stranger, appiientlv n drummer, who prob ably drove into tovn the night before1, w.i3 sitting nt the other end doing ltkcwls'. While the two knights of the lariat were t ilklng together, I saw the drummer puh his cup of coffee aw ly with a very ,-our face, ns though It was poison " 'What's the matter, stranger?" asked one of the men, 'don t you like that cof fee'' " 'Naw.' said tho drummer, curtl , ' 'fill it tit to drink ' Liang! Went tho crack of a revolver, and the cup was shivered Into a doi"ii pieces One of the me n had nulled Ms ,;un nnd without taking aim hnd shattere 1 th cup and splashed the coffee Pi every direc tion. "ihe drummer didn't stop to finish his brenkfest, but went out of the room In n hum and I wondered what sort of n breakfast I would get I knew something about the , thics of Western chivalry how cvei in I slipped Into the room laughing. "'Whits the matter with that fellow"' I said, assuming to spc ik In my verv mer riest mood "Isn't the coflee oocl enough for him" 1'shaw I he don't ktow a good thing when it's set before him' "Well, somehow my Mile too.c with them, and we line soon on such good terms taat they wanted me to go oil' nnd tnke a drink with them hut I excused mv self and escaped v. lth my life." A v emi in Plntitc r. A prominent Louisville tobacco mer chant legist, it I at the St James saa to a Cln i..natt Tribune reporter esterdiv 'On of the most picturesque ilgures seen on the tooacco breaks at the Palls City lost week was Mrs L J. Cutslngcr, who sou a erop of excellent quallt) at the New Enterprise warehouse Mrs. Cut-slng-r Is a widow from Spencer county, and comes to the elt each fall or winter to make nr own sale She talks on sub jects of tobacco as Intelligently as the average nan "I am lnfoimed," continued the Louls xllle guntlunan, "that this woman plants, cultivates an 1 harvests her own crop, with the assist ince r,f i son. about II J ears of ige She kneews as much about the proper caie of the crop from the time the seed Is sown to the cutting of the stulk as tho men who lomp on tho breaks from day to day With all this though, she Is In every sense a. woman, not even the least mascu line in her tastes Her cise is one which forcibly Illustrates what we can do If wo are oalj compelled to Ordlnaril), a woman would give up In despair if told sho must cultivate a crop of tobacco" BRIEF ITEMS BY WIRE. Atlmtn C!i rtb It Six inches of snow !r. theclt, but this does not Interfere Salein, Or , I'e h lo The senatorial bil lot to-dav stood Ilolph, 3"i Hare, 10, Rales, 0, Wcatherford 1, W 1111 him, 24. absent, H Wirhiuston, l'eb. 16 To-tlaj 's statement of the condition of the tieasury Is as fol lows. Available cash b ilance, JHS.S'Ti.ai.'!; gold rtsuve, SIS SL1,(W7. with the ladle of Atlanta getting out tho ladles cdltllon of the Joiirn.iL, The oung lady reporters a-e braving tho weather and getting out a splendid edition of forty four pages Pitt bin - Kas , l'eb. 1C (Special) This morning nfilccrs arrested K (I Harrison, a colored miner, who live weeks ago attempt ed to assassinate ltube Jones, shooting him through tho c lieeks Manchester T'eb. 16. Colonel John Macon S Colburn, Vermont member of the nation al Itenubllean committee and manager ell rector ot the Ilurllngton .t Rutland roid. Is seriously ill at his homo here- with clia- uetis. Dover, Del, Teb 10 Two ballots were taken in the United States senatorial light to-day. They resulted as follows- Illggtns (Hep), 7, Addlcks (Hep), 4, Massey (Rep), 4 Walcott (Dem.), E, Congressman John W. Causey, 4. Mount Vernon Ky,, Teh 16 Monroe Russell killed "Doc" Jones, his brother-in-law, exsterday. bv striking him on tho head with an ax They had fallen out over a bettlement ot tome timber claims when they came to b'ows. Rusell has tied. Aurora, Ind . Peb lb Iiurglars enteml the store of Vlblaek Dros at W'he ttlaml last; night and found themselves confronted by George N'Iblnck They fired, he re turned the tire, kll!.n- one burglar and put ting tho others to tllght Pittsburg, Pa., r b 1C The Jury In the caFo of Giorge M. Irwin, tho discretionary pool operator, for false pretenses, returnee! a sealed verdict this morning, which will no; be opened In court until Monday, us there Is no session of court to-day. liradford, I'.a , l'eb. 1G About 5 o'clock this afternoon James Prazior and M li, McQulBton, of Roxford, Pu., twelve miles from here, were killed by tho explosion of a. botbr at an oil well, a quarter of a mlla from P.oxford. Paris, Peb 10 The chamber of deputies this afternoon, by a vote of SiXj to SOT, re jected a motion for tho separation of church and stnte and also by a vote of S79 to 111, refused to suppress tho budget for tho min istry of public worship. Spring Valley, 111., l'eb 16. James Con nerton, a wealthy farmer living near Ladd, 111 , was found burled In a tnovv drift b tween that place and Spring Valley to-day He was frozen htlff and had been there ever since Pridcy of last week, at whlili tlmu his sudden disappearance mjstuied his family and f rle nds. Chicago, 111, Keb, 16. Donald II. Chap man, Deuiociatlo challenger In the Thlrt fourth ward, was to-day found guilty on the charge ot conspiracy to prevent legal vi.ters from exercising their rights of franchise at the general election November 6 last, and sentenced by a Jury In Judge Tu!!'s court to one ycar and six months In the penlteiitlar, Lawrence Kas , Teb, 16 (Special.) Pro fessor Ed O Pranklln und fr'red 13, Mc Kinnon, of tho Kansas university, have begun work on un alumni catalogue to contain the names, addresses and present occupations of tho 700 graduates of tho schools of the Kansua university. It will bej a big undertaking, and the two expect to work on the piojcct all of next bum mer, Denver, Col, Feb. 16. Richard Demady, the Prene'iman charged with tho murder of Lena Tapper, h't mistress, who was strangl'd to death last October, wus re arrested to-day, Demady was Indicted by the grand Jury some lime ago, but was released on ?,,00i) bonds. It Is said new evidence has been found against him. The strangling of Lena Tapper was the ilrst of three murdtri committed by that means on Market street, which caused great ex-citeme-t j tc aij -wori, ot Deavr, A FAMOUS KENTUGKIAN. AN tNTIiltllSTIMI MMITUII Or C IIMIMlli ISAAC slll.MIY. Mine ("ntiiilles III ns .Mini) 111 (Ti mil tnti -Now Perpetuate tlin ntne of This Illustrious v"ii uf the I'riiud Jllmgriiss str, Probably Ihe most Illustrious of l'rcd crick county's wjus, and one of the great est characters of the ilghleenth tetilut born on American soil, snjs a Ktnlui ky historian, was Colonel Isaac Shelb), tho llrst governor of Kentucky, He was the fon of General Hvnti Shelby, a Welshman, who roughl thioiigh the bloody cahipulmi of General John I'orbes, In the old Preneh war, nnd slibjeqilentl) led a body ot volun teers on a m trch of twcnlytlve dais, thtotigh a trackless forest, lo Join tho Vlr glnli army against tho Shawiiees and Dela ware. He received a meager education and learned the principles of survelng nt j re-iieiiciviown, serving ns uepui sner IIT ot the count bt fore attaining his ma jority. In 1771 he Hin.QVt.-tI with his father to Kings Mi-iidow, how llnstol, Teiin., where he engaged In cattle henllng for three oars, when, being appointed n lieu tenant in his fnthcr's totiip.in, ho was In otriinieiital In w Inning the battle of Point Pleasant, or Kanawha, otiu of the most raiifcUlnury conflicts of the Indian wars. 'I hi action continued with vnrlng success Irom sunrise till sunset, when, hight clos I (His- In iion the ceimb.it, rnstiilk, who 1 comtnatidefd the ind an w itiiors, abandoned the Held He commanded the foil ut that plate until Julv, it;,,, when his troops were itlsbiiuK-d b) Lord Duntuote, who feared that they would Join the lutrkit arm I During the next ear he survejetl under Judge Hcndeison, In Kentucky, when his 1 railing he-ilth compelled him lo return I home, which ho Uld In Jul, 1776, Jut In time to participate In the fierce battle of I Long Island Hats. Tile American lines were brnlten bv ttin furious onslaught of the fcivnges, when Shelb, though onl a private, assumed command of the troops and defeated the Indians with a los of onlv two men badly wounded. This engagement, In conjunction with Sevier's defence of Watauga, frus trated the rear ntt u U b which the llrlt Ish hoped to crush the hontheni colonies. Governor Patrick Ikui, of Vlrginli, pio- uiuiti emu in im to a capuiinc-, unci made I him commissar i. neral or the Virginia fences und commissioners, who were np- 1 pointed to treat With the Cherokees ut Long Island, on the Hollon liver i . J,i 1".i he; represented Washington coun I ty In the Miglnn house of delegates and in ln.i, when fcevi r projected the expedi tion that captut, 1 the Hritlsh stores at Chlckamauga, bhelb equipped and sup plied troops by the pledge of his Individual credit, in the same car he was appointed b l.ovetnor Thomas Jellerson a major In the escoit ot wuards to the commission ers selected to extend the bounary lino between Virginia nnd North Carolina, but when, upon the establishment of this line, I his resiuueo was found to be locuted in 1 the latter slate, he n signed his conunls I don and wus immediatel appointed to the colonelcy of bulllv.in count, by Gov ernor Rich irel Caswell, of North Carolina. I While In Kentu k perfecting his title to linds which lie hid selected during a previous visit, h. le irnetl of Uie fall of i i h irlefctoti and the desperate condition of I affairs in the hi.ut.i, and recrosslng the mountain In Ju l.SO. entered the serv ice determined never to leave It again un til the Indent mienoe nf lit entlntrv wrw established. Pin ling a requisition lor aid fiom General i harles McDowell he en listed 3n) men In a few das and reported to the general beond me Allcghenli , near Cherokee fird. nn "Rrnnil river llnro ho was de'tached with Colonels Seller and , I'larke and Miipised unci captured Port I Thlcketty, held bv the lory Captain Pat rick Moore on the wateis or I'acolet, without losing a single mm. Ills vigil ance frustrated mrj attempt at surprise on the pirt of Major I'ergerson, who had been detailed b Coinwalils to overrun North Carolina and secure her adhesion to ine ciown On the 1st of August, 170, occurred the sharp engagement of Cedar Springs, In which bhclb cai turcd Ilfty prisoners, in cluding two British oflic-crs He aKo fought the brill mt battle of Musgroves Mill, but ns the disastrous defeat at Cam den occuried Just before the last ciur.iire- ment, he was compelled to r ell eat across the Allcghenles Here he conceited with John Sevier th lemarkablc expedition, resulting In th battles ot Nlnel-slx and JVIIJI, s .tlUUIILIlll, 1CJ1 vs men mtv it e nc and Sevier re ived tho thanks of the North C.uollna legislature and the vote of a sword and a pair of pistols While serving under General Marlon in 17SI Shelby captured a Hritlsh force of 150 men at Pciilawn, near Monk's corner Having been elected to the gener il as si.mbh, he left the army to take his seat, but give Import int advice to General Horatio Gtte-s, which was successfuiiv carried out by Morgan under Gciiertl lirecne, n-uiting in tne victory nt Coiv ! pens. lie w is sion atterwarus cauej to soutn Caroline l Gieeno and man In d with Colonel - wrr and COO men against the Hritlsh In tae xlclnlt of Charleston, where he did en .ive seiviec In 17S2 he w is ap pointed a commissioner to survey the 1 mds al ng the Cumberland, that were alloted bv North Carolina, to her sol clfeis, and this done, he returned to Iioons liorough, Kv , where he married Miss Susanna Halt and settled as a planter on his firm in the state, which was, the first pre-cmptl m (.ranted She II miu I as, a delegate to all the earl ni i ntions held for obtaining iho separitliu nf Kentucky trom Vliglnli, and BUeceedeel in connection with Thorn is Mai sh ill and Ceorgo Muter In thwarting tlin treisonuhl s, hemo of General James Wil kinson aid his associates to force Kin tuck out nf tho Union and Into an alli ance v.lth Spiln Ho was i member of the convention that In April. 1T..', framed the fltst constitution of tho Mate, and upon Its admission to the Union, was unanimously elected its gov ernor During his entlro administration tho Westitn country was In a stite ot constant lirltatlon owing to tho occlusion of tho Mississippi by Spain, but bis saga cious polio prevented tho discontent from breaking out Into actual hostilities. The Spanl inis bj tho treaty of October SO. 17'ij, having conceded tho navigation of that river, and Shelby's term of oHlco ex piring soon after, ho refused a second nom ination and retired to his farm He subso qiiemly declined all ofllces except that of presldentl il elector, to which ho was chosen rlx times successively under Jeffer Bon, Madison and Monroe, but in IMS ho consented to again serve as governor "if thero should bo a war with Hngland " Our 111 st Western army bad been enptured, Michigan was In tho hands of the enemy, and a strong coalition of savages, armed by Great llrltaln, was thicatenlng tho frontier Then It wan that the old hero, C3 years of nge, at tho request of tho legislature, or ganized a body of 4, (XXI volunteeri, bad them mounted on his own responsibility and led them In person to relnforco Gen eral William Heniy Harrison, under whom he marched to Canada In 1M3, and for his gallantry at tho battle of Thames, re ceived from congress a gold inudal. Its vote of thanks, as well n.s those of the Kentucky legislature President Monroo, In March, ltd?, tendered him tho secretary ship of war, which, on account of his ad vanced nge he declined, nnd never again held olllce, except that of commissioner for the putchaso from tho Chlckasaws of their remaining lands In Kentucky and Tennessee, to which position he waa ap pointed In ISIS by General Jackson, In IWO lie was stricken with paraljsls and dlcl from nn attack of npoplex, July 18, jtj, near Stanford, Lincoln county, Ky, In honor of him, nlno counties, in tho status of Alabama, Texas, Tennesceo, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, as welf as several towns and ono college, now popetuutii his name. comionofti; nui.i.'s command. At the l'ciliit of a Gun Ho 1 urreel Ills .Sou to .Jump Prom a .M,mt, As I walked the deck, wratined to the ces In a warm overcoat, and protected by a huge bou'wester, eais a writer In St, Nicholas. I thought of the thrilling Inci dent which occurred on tho Constitution when sho was I) lug at unclior, on a, pluv ious occasion, off a milder coast than the bleak bliurey of New- Ungland. It wan In Port Mahon, then one of tho Mediterranean nations uf our cruisers, Coiuniodoru Hull was in command, He had with htm a ton, u bright, nctlvo lad ot 10 or 12. One morning when tho commodore was on shore, thu boy began to play with tho I et monkey of tho eruw. The monkoy sud denly snatched off his cap, and started up the rigging with It, The boy pursued, and after a lively chase uuccceeled In recover ing the cap, which he hung triumphantly on the topgnllant jard-arm, nnd thou sat un tho yaid to rest himself. Ho then took It Into his head to "shin" up tho main truck Tills Is a small wooden disk which caps tho top of a mast J it has sheave holes through which run tho halvaids tint hoist tho colors to the masthead, Tho truck of the Constitution was perhaps a scant foot In diameter. Having reached tho truck, the foolhardy lad proceeded to climb on to It and actually ttund upon thu truck, perched In the air ISO feet above tho water. In Huropean men-of-war tho stu)s rtach up to the truck, and sailors who have tried this perilous feat have been ablo to get down by means of thu btaya. Hut the stass of tho Constitution did not reach within five or six feet of tho truck, and thero was no possible way tor thu lad to climb down. Ills death appeared Inevitable, The wholo ciew- stood nRhat with horror, every In stant ixpectlng to see tho boy loo his balance nnd rail, when ho must be crushed Upon the deck, In Ihe meantime some one on shore had carried to Commodate Hull Ihe news of his son's perilous position 'Ihe man who had quailed not when tho balls of tho enemj's batcrles sung about his tars, trembled now. Ho pprntig Into his boat, and or dered his crew to pull ofT tn tho frigate ns If for their lives, un rrarhlng the ship, bo ordered a musket to be brought to him. Having cocked It, the commodore aimed the gun nt his son, and fiercely should): "Jump, or I'll shoot yoitl" Tho lad hesitated a moment, then, per hatis for the llrt time minting his awful peril, he gathcfid hlmeir together nnd sprang .out tn clear the sblo of the ship. With thu rush of a hawk diving on Its prey, the bo) plunged Into the eu, fortu nately feet roremii! As hn rose to the surface, n domi snllors plunged In to bring him on board. After ascertaining that his son had re ceived no serious injury, tho commodore took him Into the cabin, where, It Is said, after certain paternal admonition, the lad received some tlincl) nnd wholeoino cor I rectlou. 1 A (IA.MHI.I',11'1 I.ltt'K. I TIik ( hips I ii. eil In tllm Out of Pity Mmlc J Ills I cirtiine, , I'roin the Washington Star. A party of hore racing followers were Islanding In Ulard's 'lobby lit nlsht, when a tall, soldlerl looking man, with white hnlr and snowy mustache and im perial, strode In and advanced to the clerk's dek "See that feller," said oho of the elderly men In the group, "that's 'Lucky Jack Doty' Never heal of him? W'ell, he's , got a slot- that 1 worth know in'. Thirty e-irs ngo there wan t a higher roller In 1 the South His people had died out one bv lute, till out a sister was left nnd Jack atul her had loads of monev nnd lots of ne groes she got religion the wort way and all of n sudden went Into n convent. "As 1 said, Jack was a high roller, but he'd kept within bounds un to that time. When the girl left the world, n they call It, Jack was crazy He was devoted to her. In spite of his runnln' nround, and he Just cut looe nnd raised n fog. lie plaved the limit, and It wan't long before the brnte pjers had Hout fixes! for him In every town he struck. Ills money went and his negroe, too, and the time came when he clldn t have Ihe price of a shoestring He drifted up to Memphis one night broke and despet tie. He went Into a farrer bank and watched the imiiis for awhile, but he didn't get a nod, where not long before the negroes ued to break their neck to shove a chair up right In front of the lijout for him. "Old man Gnltowav had a farrer streak on him th it night, nnd was til 15 In' blues nt a nundred a stack. Jack sat down near htm and seemed to llustrate the old m in, because he bet nineteen chips on a double seven and got split, lie was nnd dcr'n a hornet, but he laughed Just the sime, nnd said to Jack, as he handed over the split check to him- "'I reckon vou wanted a stake, anil made me bet odd chips. Sec w hat oil can do with that . , "Jack grabbed Ihe two nnd a half like a hungry man c.atchln' a bun, and shot It into the square. The king won on the turn Then the deuce won twice. Jack let tho twentv dollirs lav. The deuce won again, then the king won twice, and then the deuce won again. Neither the queen or ace had showed, but the three hundred and twenty dollars In blue chips were still untouched The ele iler thought he had a cinch and never spnke about the two hun dred dollar limit The queen won on the "'Draw clown to two hundred,' said the dealer, and Jack took four hundred and fnriv away. Well, the last king and all elin neiecna nr.,1 iere Venn nnd Jnek hid tWO hundred on even one. He kept on plalng and turne-d the box down and carried oft the seven thousand dollar bank roll with him about el iv break He got the blue split I he had statted on and had a hole bored In It nnd put It on :he chain of the- watch he bought next d.iv He Merit to New Or- I leans and won fe.0n0 In five weeks. '1 hen he went on a hank breaking trip up the river and he reached St Ixiuis In the spring . of '60 worth $.'00 OV) In solid cash He w is coming out of 11 farrer bank the day nfter he got there, when a little woman dresed I like his ster, came up to him I " "Jack," she said 'gimme that thing 1 von've got on jour watch chain and hang ' th's there, Instead ' and she held out a lit tle meeiai lie mone tne nine sum on. .inn took the medal and put It on There were twentv crooked games IKe-d for him In St Louis but he nevei plaed agnlnst farrer aealn lie wears that little medal vet When Dotv came out a few minutes later half a do7en pall of ees , arehe-d his vest Dangling from the heavy gold chain that crossed It was the little medal 1IK.1I MI K IN" Tt'OO.V. As SiHin ns 1. veiling l'rujers Hcgln the l, unfiling House dpi 11, Prom a Tucson, A. T , Letter ou go out nt 7 on o'clock to dine in a little Preneh restaurant located In whit ij ifnnun n f'hiireb tiliizR You hear the tinkle of the smetuai bell In the little Catholic church at the opposite bide of the square", and vou s,,e the devout Mex icans flocking to evening pr.ajer iou have Just hid time lo ponder on Ihe eleep 1 religious character of the town, when a sound very different from that of tho tinctuar bell falls upon our ears "Ic 110' kev-no1 l.e-no'" hhouts a in un fiom the steps of a famou saloon and gambling establishment, and then the games In the leading houses begin for the night A motley eiovvd assembles around the table You have men In every branch of business law 51 rs commercial men, iol itlcl ins, professional men of eveiy class. In tho poorer class of houses Mexicans, white men nnd Chinese Indiscriminately mix. All are equal In the game of chance, and the Chinese are the heaviest gambleis of the lot Hut gambling, as other feat ures of earlier ears, is dying out In Tuc son. Not since the da a of the fiesta has it been carried on In a thorougly frontier fashion. .. , ., Theso fiestas were nothing more than a relic of barbarism. Here, nightly, at the gaming tables ou would meet those who put on tho airs of gentlllt and who were wont to rank as the cdlte of the land Hetv were to bo found ladles dressed In silk, their hands gllterlng with dia monds, their husbands representlag vast business houses, mingling with Chinese and the lowest Mexleins, plalng chuses or roulete There they tried to win tho money of the common herd and by some Inscrutable freik of the- Ilckle goddess the and the Chinese did win nearly nil. Picture 10 yourself some eight canvas houses, surrounding tho four bides of a square. In the center of which Is a large canvas tent used for dancing When tho llesta was In full bloM tho bcene was one of pandemonium , The other houses were used for the sain of whisky nnd as pi ices for gambling tables, of which somo forty wero alwa3 running, harvesting the fools' money. Here were gathered nightly from 1,000 to 2,0)0 people of all classes and nations, gambling, drinking, dancing anil howling iilo pnvnF.H The so fiestas or celebrations were fought b Governor Hughes for ears, nnd nt last they wero abolLshed. Prom the date of their suppression com ine need tho opposition to him by a cer tain ecctlon of tha community TO HMlOUItAhn ART. Slight Not tho Pre nib Mi thods lie Well Adopted IlereeV Frank Povvler In the Torum, Another H.ison, which Ilea deeper than the prohibitory lack of exhibition space, has prevented our developing this noblu art of mural decoration It Is one, also, that may not, perhaps, be so Immediately remedied, viz, the want of general public Instruction In the elements of drawing and painting. Primary schools In Prance give pupils nn elementary acquaintance with art which creates a demand later on for Eome kind of graphic supplement to tha legends and facts of history that they have absorbed nt school. Then, too, local pride tends to foster the art Instinct there as perhaps In no other country A outh In nny distant department or unimportant Preneh town who shows peculiar aptitude for drawing and painting Is often encour nged nnd aided by a public purto to con tinue tne cultivation or ins gins m mo art schools of Paris. As records of his progress there and In recognition of his assistance, he sends home, from time to time, examples of his work, which become the property of the native place, I was often surprlsed.vvhen llrst living In Prance, to coma across paintings of superior qual ity in tho museums of comparatively In significant towns, and It was only after & prolonged sojourn thero that I learned the source of these unusual acquisitions. They proved to be oftentimes the productions ot a local genius who, on the road to fame, had acknowledged municipal benefactions by perhaps a "success" from the salon, or the customary contribution expected of him by the authorities. Might we not here In our own country follow some tuch course with prollt? Por Wt-cttrii hufttnrs. Mrs. A. G. Reeel. of Lincoln, Neb., will at 3 o'clock this nfternooa deliver un ad circus at the Y. M. C. A., upon tho condi tion of the destitute In Western Kansas and Nebraska. Mrs. Reed has spent some time In this work It Is said Sha will bo nsslsted by a chorus of coloreei singers. Her mission Is to secure aid for thu suf ferers. l-'lfleen -euU a week (or 'ill. Journal detlrrrcU -t ycnic door MY DIVORCED WIFE, I. think ou might have searched the o-j cim nistory 01 me worm, irom tne uooci down to the present .lime, without dis covering a more singular situation. I be ing outwardly nl least a disinterested parly, could repnixl It coldly, nnd crltlcnll), and not without a certain amusement wlthnl; though, philosopher bi I had schooled m)sclf to be, 1 could not nlwnjs suppress a feeling of exasperation that, pass It never so swiftly, generally left me a little out of humor wllh tnvself nnd the world nt large. ine situation i 11 can nc 10111 in a nut shell Two men, both splendid fellows, Kinilcmeii In every sense of the word, both warm and Inllmate friends ot my own, anil both niadlv, desperately and self confessedly in love with my divorced wife, Gilbert Stone nnd Ned Illnlne were each of them nware of the secret of the other, While there can be no doubt that their ihitred was ns fervent nnd conscientious as the, hatred between rivals In love nl . wnvs Is nnd nlvas will be, they were 'both of them too well bred to let nny evidence of It escape them. It was truo 1 that their close and friendly association ! of other da)s had ceased, but when they met nt Ihe club or elsewhere the manner or eacn toward the other was the very pink of ROOd-n (lured cotirlc), nnd 1, ns the former possessor of the fair obJect oi ineir niieciion, lounu inat tno spec tacle they offered afforded me so much amusement that I never had time to be angry or Jealous The causes that led (o the severance of mv marital bonds do not pertain In nny llnportnnt respect to this history and need Hole be riled here. They were certainly commonplace enough. There had been a ! good denl of mutual consent about the ill vorce 1 had permitted my bentlful wife, I Mildred, to obtain In a far away nnd com tdacetlt cltv that derived most of Its rev enue from Its constantly swelling divorce j colony In the three ears that had pased since our separation, I had never once set eves upon her, though 1 had heanl and n ad of her from time to time ns one of the dnzrllne beauties of the hour how I cursed those newspaper paragraphs at Paris, London or Newort. Whenever she had been In New York, which happened twice or thrice a ear, I had spent most of my time with our boy, who hnd grown Into a sturdy little )ellow-hnlred chap of ft, nnd who, by previous agreement, was to remain with his mother whom, by the way, I respected as one of tho best. If most perverse, ot women until hlo 7th birthday, when he was to be turned over to me. My wife that Is to say. Mildred-had been here some months now, nnd was es tablished, so I had heanl, In a comforta ble npnttment somewhere up In the nine tieths. I had not seen her, nnd was not nt all curious or anxious, but somehow or other felt gratltled when Stone, dropping In at ni rooms in the Crolslo for a chat, began to tnlk nbout her. "1 s.ay, old chap," he began Gilbert wns a big nthletlc fellow, with a smooth face and coal black hair and eve-, nnd his nf feet itlon of a few Hngllsh mannerisms did not detract from the atmosphere of sturdy, robust masculinity that he ulwavs seemed to diffuse nbout him "I say, old nun, I saw vour wl I mem Mrs. Tie garde, to-dav." "Indeed," 1 nnswered, lolling languidly hick iimong m) cushions and blowing a cloud of cigarette smoke Into the pastille scented air, "she looked well, I trust?" "Stunning, dear boy, stunning," was the rends .answer. "She wns coming out of Httvier's with the boy, and I don't think I ever s iw an) thing more beautiful in my life " "She or the bo V I draw led. lazily. "Now, don't guy me, old man," pleaded the big fellow, confusedly. "I say, Tre g.arde," he went on, with a blush and a btnmmer, "I came here to-night to ask ou something. Look here, we have alvvas been good friends, haven't wo?" "Indeed we have!" I answered, cordlnll) "And vou will not be offended at what I nsk vou" "1 am sure )ou will ask nothing to offend me " "Then," Inquired mv caller, with nn em barrassed gulp, "is there an) chnnce of vour ever becoming reconciled with Mrs,. Tregnrde?" "None whatever," I answered, promptly. Indifferent as I was, I could have kicked him for the look of delight that swept across his handsome features "Tregnrde," he said, In a manl way, "in this world there is very little honesty, but I have al ii i) s tried to be an honest man. I asked what I did because well, because I love Mrs. Tcgaule and w int to m.arrv her." I e)ed him nirrowlv. "Was there any other reason." 1 asked, "why ou came here to ask the iiuestlon'" "There was," ha replied, flushing, "but 1 should have told vou that In any event vou see, I asked Mrs Tregarde )esterday lr she would be mv wife " "The deuce )OU did'" "Yes, and she said she would give me no nnswer until I had told ou of my pro posal nnd heard what ou hod to say." Here the poor devil lost his self-control, "lregarde," he exclaimed, pltcously, "bo generous. You don't love her any more. I do lie generous." There was a funnv feeling at my heart, which I thought had grown rather tough. I did not know whether to laugh or swear. "What the blares do ) ou want me to do?" I asked petlshli. "She Insists that she won't answer me till ou ourself till her it's all right that ou don't care. Tell her this. Wilte to her and "II her " "I'll see ou " I answered, with great heartiness, "before I put an) thing like that on paper Letters have caused mo too much ttouble in this world, my bo." 'Then go and see her" I pondered long and earnestly, nnd then said. "All right. I'll go to-morrow and give her my blessing, blnce she compli ments me by desiring it. Give me her ad dress e Somehow his very effusive thanks wear led me a good deal I cut them as short as I could He had not been gone five min utes before there came a thundering knock and Ned Blaine rushed In He was evi dently very much excited Ills boyish curls were disarranged, and only one faultlessly creased trouser leg was turned up at the bottom. "I say, old man," he sputtered, breath lessljV;, "wasn't that Stone who Just went "You've guessed it," I replied, with a grin; "what of It?" "I won't ask ou what he came about" said the boy, pitifully he was quite six )oars Stone's junior, bv the way "Tre garde," he went on, hurriedly, "I have v en little time I'll lie frank with ou I lovo your wife," "I have none," I replied, with another grin "Don't Joke," pleaded Ned "You know whom I mean Mrs Trcgardo Is there nny chance of )ou two ever making It up?" I gasped. Here was Stone's ver) ques tion "None whatever." I answered him. "Would )OU care If I married her?" "Anv thing that gave her happiness would give mo happiness, too," I answered, diplo matically. "Then ou consent?" I could have punched him also, for his asinine Joy. "I've no rights for any one to re-spect. )ou little chump, you,." I said rudely: "go In, my boy, and win, and I'll put my hands on vour heads and bay: 'illess ou my children " Ho wrung my hand and went nvvay. To nnd two men. and wholly admirable and eligible ones nt that, crazy to marry a vvuimn )ou have once loved )otirself Is bound to Increase our respect for that woman, no matter how little you may care for her to-dav. Then, too. thero Is always that dog-ln-the-manger feeling that Is so distinctly masculine, and that strikes us to forcibly when we observe the desire of somo one to possets something we no longer care to possess ourselves. Pcrhaiw all this caused me to sit up rnther later than usual, smoking fiercely between sips at my modest Jourum of very weak grog for I am very temperate In my habits nowada) and dreaming of a slim girl In a white dn'ss, with tho sweetest red mouth In the world, teaching her little sister her Sunday school lesson nnd pish I When my trend of thought had reached this Im becile stage I rose wllh a grunt, fished out mv ptjamas and crawleel Into bed, t Nine o'clock the following evening found me sitting In my ex-wife's pretty parlor, awaiting the return of the trim maid to whom I had given my card Thero were several familial knick-knacks about (he room w hose whole arrangement, by the way. was a miracle of good taste and I even raugnt igni or my own pnotograph on a bracket. The face was not turned toward the wall either. Mildred herself came Into the room. She stood for a moment without speaking. The dark portiere behind her set off her sllcht btue-govvnevl figure quite admirably, Her throat and wrists looked charmingly white In their setting of soft lace, she looked rather pale, I thought, but her voice was quite firm, "This Is an unexpected honor," she said, musically, dropping a low courtsy; "How snail i tnanK )ou jor lti" "I)y being natural for a few minutes, dear," I answered, advancing toward her nnd llghtlv raising her hand to my lips, "Perhaps It was bad taste In me to come here, but I won't bore )ou very long. I'm here, you see, as an ambassador. Let's talk for a little while as friends" "With all niy heart," acquiesced the ladv, sinking Into a low chair and coquet Ishly thrusting out an Intlultesslmal slip per, "If not In your own, In whoifc behalf are you here??" "In behalf, I think, of a fool." I said, very slowly, "or perhaps two of them " Mildred threw herself back and laughed softly. I noticed the tantalizing tendrils of brown hair at the napa of her little round, smooth neck. "Are they ahem! fools of the kind you tjpecify because) thty admire men 77 99 K)It GRIP Will iibrrnk up" n Stubborn Cold that "hangs on," Dr, IIutnplires' Specific "77" Is a pre ventive and cure, A small bottle of picas nnt pellets nts our pocket. Sold by druggists or sent on receipt of price, Kic, or livo for II. HI'MPHRHiS' MHDICINI1 CO , cor, William and John sts., New York. II PW CAnF-AT.TiATtOtn'CtfAN'atNa . 9 n-v thfi h rnnttim) ntul llrtnnvc intf inemiMioj.ni j u p. tM)k for a ctnmj tutnn tit v nnnniirt 1 1.7 u . -i-t.,i lQTentor 01 uobur"a ac.al fc-oap. "Hy no means. No one that sees ou can help doing that. Hut because, they cotno to me with their troubles." j J'Thev have both been here to-dnv. liner, renin me- iiei, eeii'i cue eiieui leii. tne on nro willing I should marry again. is it sor Tlf ennrse." T nnemercd. ntnlltlv. " f It iwlll make ou happy." ane iookoci at me a nine wisuuiiy. l thought, ns he asked. "Which of thcev two nice oting men would make me most happy, do vou think?" "Oh, 'em, either of 'em," t nnswered, brutnllv, I was angry beciuse I couldn't swallow the lump In my throat. Just then the portiere was slylv pushed aside and mv little boy came Into the room. Ills; ! ellow curls were tumbled nnd tousled, and his nlnk little tins tieened nrcttllv- from beneath his white night dress. At the sight of me he emitted a shriek of In fnntllo delight nnd flew toward me. As I took him on my knee the lump In my throat seemed to swell to the size of a cannon ball. "1 wish," I snld, to no ono In particular, "that I had come to see vou sooner." Mildred scanned me closely out of her large gray ejes and asked, "Why didn't , )oti7" I "I wasn't Invited." 1 "Vou didn't wnnt to be." i Just here the kid broke In. He had a swell I nnme of some sort, but I had always called..-1 him Little Hilly. It was n fancy I hnd, and my reading of "Trllbj" hnd strengthened the fancy, "rather," ho lisped, "I think )oti're dead tough." ... "And, whv, in) son?" asked I, patting tho jcllovv head. "Because mother" Hut at that Instant there came a long ring nt the electric bell. Mildred nnswered It. having releised her maid after my en trance. She ushered in Stone and Hlalne. They had evidently met in the elevator, for both seemed nervous. I cujojed their embarrassment. The fam llv picture must have been a daisy. I wni proud of Mildred. She never turned a hair. I felt a queer chill run down my spinal column. Tho young men certnlnly could not compl Un of any lack of cordiality In their welcome. They seemed rathe' stupid, I thought. Both were In Irreproachable evening dress as I wns mvself, for that matter. Gilbert looked steadfastiv at tne cirpet ana fid dled with his glove. Ned talked ncrvously nnd rapidly nbout nothing. Presently there came a long silence that was broken at length by Little Hilly. Tather.'' he asked, wllh a pudgy fist pushed Into my check, "which of these two doods Is goln' to be my new father?" The two "doods" looked nonplussed. I roared with laughter. "I don't know. Hill," I confessed: "which of "em would ou like?" "Neither!" bawled the little devil, and. then he burled his little face In my shirt bosom, soiling It with his tears, and sob bing. "I don't want any new father. I want Just )ou my old father." I have a rather Indistinct recollection ot all tint happened nfter that. All the bells In the house commenced ringing nt once, and ells ot "fire" resounded thiough tho h.illwa)s. I rushed to the door and was confronted with a blinding cloud of smoke, through which It were death lo pass. "The place Is burning," I announced, with all the calmness I could muster j "where Is the flro escape," "Jlv this window," answered Mildred, without nnv excitement. She was looking straight Into my e)es, nnd In her glance there was no fear. Hoth the )oung men showed admirable composure. I could heir the flames roaring through the outer hnllway like n furnace Tho room In which we stood was growing in sufferably hot. "There Is no time to lose," I remarked, nnd ilung open the win dow. "Get something to wrap the child In," said I to Mildred. She was back In an Instant with a heavy shawl. "Now," I said to tho two oung men, "some one must precede Mrs. Tre gnrde to catch her If she slips. Get out, ou two, and she will follow." Mildred stole up to me, white-faced, but brave. "Unless ) on get out on the ladder llrst," she said calmly, "I will stay hero and burn." I saw she meant what she said. Taking the child in my left arm I stepped out on the balcony nnd wns followed by Mildred. ITames were entering the room ns we left It. As I commenced tho descent I whis pered to her "If It wero not for llttlj Billy, I'd wish we might die together. Now keep vour nerve and cling tight, for God's sake." We were five stories up, hut I could hear the shouting of tho people In the street below. I went down slowly, reaching for tho rung beneath me and only releasing ni) one-handed hold on the one nbovo when I had both feet secure. Mildred came close after me, so close, lreleed, that her feet frequently passed my hand, and I could feel her dear little slim sllk stocklnged nnkles pressing against either side of my face. We must have been more than half way down when I shouted to Mildred to stop. There was no rung beneath me. The lad der had been broken or burned off. I very nearly dropped, but managed to regain my footing. Then I gasped In bheer horror, for llames were bursting from tho window immediately below me. I was being burned, I pushed the child up to Mildred. "Tuke the boy, my deir," I said, "and hold on ns long nR OU can. Tho fire Is burning my, lees off. I think." The last thing that I remember was a cry of "Darling!" thnt seemed to coma from tho skies abovo me. After that It was a blnnk. They tell me that I dropped two stories and hit the edge of tho tarpaulin that was. lielnt- held bv stout hands and arms below. anil bounced onto the sidewalk like n.b football. I only broke ono rib nnd dlslo- Clieil an emu", iiui iiiu snuciv jeuc II1U it) bleep for a while. Tho others wero rescued, dramatically enough, by the firemen. They tell me that tho crowd cheered with great enthusiasm, but that Neddie Blaine's beautiful little, mustache was hopelessly scorched. Tho only thing that lost Its. llfo In tho fire was MIldred'B obese pug. I was glad of It. but she mourned It many da)s. Gilbert nnd Ned often visit us. Having neither of the m causo to envy the other, they can both afford to congratulate me. Town Topics. 1 Itelin Town T.ot Case Decided. Washington, l'eb. IB (Special.) Tho case of 11. U Dunn vs. H. P. Shlmer. 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