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Springfield Globe -Republic Tiir: j-iitirtfGxrE3L.i gj-ohi:, SPRLNGFLELD, OHIO, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1885. iTiix: wiitiivciF,ir:jT iiepujitjc Volume XXXI. Numbor :ia. Volumo "V. Numbor H. OWEN BROTHERS. Ilidlrallultii. Washington, March 3. For the Ohio Valley nod Tennessee Generally fair, warmer weath er, erupt in extreme western portions, where temperature n ill fall slmh'iy, westerly wind. Fjlrly busy every day. Xo cause for complaint. We are content with two thirds ol the lot hint; business of this region. Trade fluctuates some, hut we can't help that. What didn't pet here jesterday are here to-day, or will be to morrow. It is doubtless, pretty generally known that care here, even if we do more along so noiselessly and without sensa tional outbursts. Kot everybody knows though, just what prices are attached to the number less new spring samples. Have'nl been here long enough to become fa miliarly known. Fit e or ten minutes time spent among them might be of protlt to you, even if you did not care to buy. Its certainly worth something to be able to converse intelligently upon the topics of the day clothing topic. ot one in a hundred knows just ex actly w hat he wants for a suit, until he has seen. The place to sec is where I Is it among the stocks that a two muled dray could haul at one hauling. We arc the separate clothiers of this city, separate in every way, bnt in no waj so strikingly as in prices and quality. Here's a few suits left at $5, more coming this week; nothing so charm ingly beautiful abiut them. They're made for service, so too are Jean Pants, Jean Coats, Jean Vests and Jean Suits. They're here in qiuntities and coming daily. Right by the side of these aro ad vance grades, better grados, grades more valuable, $C, $7, S, $10, $12. OUU CHILDRESS' DEPARTMENT brighten with daily arrivals from our factory. Knee Pant Suits $2, $2.50, $2.75, $3, $3.50, $4, and better. Kilts till your head aches. School Suits here and coming. Xo end to Shirt lValsU or Boy's Long Stockings. Your best interests arc here. Sttchels, little and big, good and bad, are here. The good from the bad are designated by plain marks, as GOc, $4.50, some better, and grades between. You seldom And such a world of satchels to choose from. MANUFACTURERS of CLOTHING Retailers at Wholesale Prices, 25 and 27 West Main Street. PIANOS- BEHNING m PIANOS. These renoirned pianos are lept In all style at the Arcade Piano and Organ House. Some new styles just arriving for spring trade. Write for Prices and Catalogue. We Have Some Rare Bargains In Vcoiii-HaniI Pianos Wc must male room for our spring etock that has commenced to arrive. Good relUble agents wanted to sell our entire line of riioosand organs in every city and town in Southern Ohio. Address R. F. BRANDOM & CO., 74 ARCADE, Springfield, Ohio. Holler Skatiuc. New Vobk, March 3. The fcore in the six days' roller tkatiop stood at 10 o'clock this morntnp. Scbock. 300 miles; DocoTan, 300; Haddock, 231 ; Boyst, 268; WnltoD, -J5'J; Elkc, 252; Small, 249; Gormley.243; AlIeD, 231. The Kieucli Fleet Itetircs. FniNGiut, JIarih 3 The French fleet wLich has been bomiiarling ChuiRtaai, ba9 re tired alter doing mui U duma.-i W T s&SSi i&"2j ij-i . i i "II tCSfi TTQfXf ?a CLEVELAND. He Arrives in Washington this Morning All About How He Looked and What He Did. Colliery Explosion in England-Thirty-six Persons Killed. Gladstone Much Better This Morn ing. The President-elect In anliincton. Washington, March 3 President-elect Cleveland and party arrived here at 7.20 this morning Washington, March 3 At 7 o'clock this morning, when the mists of night still clunj around the Baltimore and Potomac depot, and but lew persons were present, the special train hearing tne president-elect and his party drew up on a side traik in the depot. The committee appointed to receive the part) did not expect the presidential train to arrive be fore night, and only a few train hands and a half dozen reporters were prejent. The president-elect was accompanied by his brother, Rev. L. Cleveland, wife and child, his sisters Mrs. IToyt and Miss Cleveland, his niece, Mis Miry Hastings Mr. and Mrs. Dan lei Manning and Colonel Daniel Lrmont, wife and two children. A fit r a delay of abcut ten minutes chairman Herrett and Mr. Gilt, ot the inaugural committee, put in an appear ance and were introduced to the President elect. Some twenty mmates were required to secure carnages and it was ten minutes to eight o'clock before the party disem barked. Meanwhile the news of the ar rival of the party had spread and the crowd gathered around the Pulman car, "Maranon," and stared hard at the president-elect, who bore the scrutiny with equanimity. When the carnages arnved the party alighted and proceeded through the Ladies' Waiting Room to the north entrance, the proident-elect leading with Chairman Berrett. He wore a blue overcoat and silk hat and did not seem to be at all fatigued by his night's journey. Carriages were taken and the party proceeded to the Arlington House, where a hasty toilet was made and breakfast served. Terrible Explosion. London, March 3 A terrific ev plosion oc curred this morning in Usworth Colliery, Sunderland. Twenty-3ven persons were killed. They were caused by fire-damp. Gladstone passed a good night and is much better this morning. Later Thirty-six dead bodies have been recovered. The fearch i still continued. The excitement occasioned by strained re lations between Russia and England still con tinues. Congress. Washin-gton, March 2. Sknatk. The Chiir laid before the Senate a letter from the secretary of the interior transmitting the cor respondence called for by Mr Hill's resolution heretofore offered. Mr. Hill moved to print the papers. Mr. Ingalls hoped, as they were volumin ous, they would be referred to the committee on printing to be first enmined. Mr. Ioirall's motion was agreed to. The House bill appropriating $100,000 to complete a public building at Council Bluffs pas-ed. Mr. Hoar submitted a proposed amendment to the sundry civil bill, appropriating $15,000 for the woman's department at the New Or leans exposition, and moved it may be the order without reference to a committee. Agreed to. The sundry civil bill was taken up and the reading proceeded with. The Senate disagreed to the recommenda tion of the appropriation committee as to the amounts for public building at the following named place and fixed the amount as follows' Columbus, O, $110,000. Uocse Mr. Randall, from the committee on appropriations reported back the naval appropriation bill with the 3enate amend ments, and non-concurrence in others. The amendments were considered fn the house as in committee of the whole. When all the amendments were dispo-ed of, Mr. Mills moved to suspend the rales and adopt the following resolution. "That the committee appointed to arrange the inaugur al ceremonies, having declined to give to rep resentatives in congrefs their proper place, we will decline to take any part in said cere monies at the Capitol." This resolution, said Mr. Mills, reflected the sentiment of a large number of the members. Mr. Hammond demanded a second, and the motion was seconded. Mr. Hammond felt that the house wa? about to do, under a passion, a very unseemly thing. On March 4 a Pnident of the United States was to be inaugurated. It was usual that the house of representatives should be with the senate and other public ofliciils to witness that great scene. A resolution which declared that becau-e the house had to sit be hind other gentlemen in the senate it would not sit there at all, was puerile The hou- , instead of maintaining its dignity, was losing it. It was offering intentionally what seemed to be an insult to the committee, which had nevr intended to insult or inflict upon it an affront of any sort. Mr. Young earenly protested against the House inflicting this discourtesy on the Pres u'entof the United Slatts. Mr. Reagan supported the resolution and said the Hou'e shall not submit to the Senile taking control and ignonng the Represent atives of the people. Preference had bet n given to diploniis, judges, military officers and heads of bureaus over trie Representat ives. The Congress of the United States wa3 authorized to make arrangements for the in augural ceremonies and a single body was not autnoruel to di tme and arrange it. Alter a spirneddis uss un, the moti m to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution was lost yeas 5G, nay si 83. Messrs. Hutchins, Randall and Long were appointed conferees on thi naval appropri ation bill. Then motions to take a recess to 8, 9 and 10 o'clock respectively were offered. At the suggestion of Mr. Randall, who statca that tbe Houe would be compelled to sit late to night, perLaps until tomorrow morning, the first named motion was agreed to, and the House took a recess until 8 o'clock. Washington. March 3. House. There were hardly a dozen members in the Hall when the session resumed this morning. The Sundry Civil bill had in the meantime como over from tne Senate heavily loaded with amendments. Randall aked unanimous consent that this bill be taken up and the Senate amendments be non-concurred in and sent to a conference committee but objection rame from Hepburn, and there was a call of the house, which showed the presence of only forty-five mem bers. Randall's motion was then renewed and agreed to, and Randall, Forney and Ryan appointed conferees on the part ot the House. Alter various ineffectual attempts to have the bills taken up by unanimous consent and it being plainly impossible to have any public business transacted, tbe house adjourned un til 11 o'clock. When the House resumed its session, Val entine immediately moved a recess until 10 o'clock tonight, his object being to prevent the consideration of the contested election case of Frederick vs. Wilson. The Repub licans refrained from voting on the motion, and left the House without a quorum. Senate Dawes called up the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill. The two houses, he said, had agreed on a bill. So lar as all items properly pertaining to the ap propriation bill were concerned, the senate had struck out all items of general legislation and all items for depreciation claims. Upon those, however, he insisted that since the bill pas,ed, Dawes added, the senate seemed to have weakened on its positian as to general legislation. Some provisions of the Indian appropriation bill were voluntary obligations as well as uncon stitutional. Sherman said if we regard house legisla tion as we do a senate rule we should not in terfere with it. If unwi-e and unsound the senate should not recede no matter what the consequences. Plumb said: We are confronted with the possibility to say nothing more, of an extra ee-sion: congress is gong out. As to the ac tion of tbe house, the course that had been show n in its magnificent will-power, was one to produce a result pregnant with mis chief. Cattle Thieves Cleaned Out. St. Locts, March 3. Advices from Dem met county, Texas, say the sheep ranche of Ryan & Leivel, which has bornn a bad reputation for a long time of being regarded as the headquarters for cattle-thieves and Mexicans, was attacked three days ago by eight Americans, and Manuel Flores, overseer, hanced. Two or three herders were shot and kiKed and the sheep scattered in all directions. Sad. Dovek, X. H., March 3. M. R. Kennedy, wholesale liquor dealer and brewery agent, has been attached for an indebtedness of $30,000. Ther Are All Going. Xivv York, March 3. The members of the county democracy and Irving Hall left for Washington, this morning, eighteen hundred strong. XBWS NOTES. The decrease of the public debt during February was $3,204,975. One rolling mill and a blast furnace at Youngstown, O., have resumed. Henry Machel, of Cleveland, committed suicide on account of his daughter's death. Briner Bros., grocers, of Circleville, O, made an assignment for the benefit of credit ors. The Ctntral Foundry Company, of Cleve land, O., assigned, with $7,000 liabilities and $12,000 assets. The coinage at the mints during February was $4,185,700, of which $2,300,000 were standard dollars. Two hundred and fifty cigarmakers of St. Louis struck for an increase of from fire to filteen percent. Edward Haney was arrested at Zanesville, O , for attempting to break up a meeting of the Salvation Army. Rev. Father Driscoll, S. J., for thitty-seven years pastor of St. Xavier Church, Cincinnati, died Monday morning, after a long illness. General Grant's condition was slightly im proved Monday, and he was able to take a little more nourishment than usual. The city of Columbus ha3 been redistricted under the late bill authorizing tbe work, by a Sinking Fund Commiss'on." It take3 effect Friday, March C. The cut freight rates from Pittsburg to New York and the East, went into effect Monday, being fifteen to sixteen cents on the hundred. Eight hundred men and boys employes! in collieries at Centraha, Pa., returned to work. hawng accepted a reduction in .vages. Cleveland is quoted as saying in reference to the various cabinets which hae been sug gested: "As usual, the newspapers are wrong." Captain James Good, formerly of Cincin nati, has been appointed superintendent of the M. V. T. Co., at St. Louis, vice Captain Lojrey, deceased. The president issued an order throwing open to public settlement lands included in 'he old Winnebago and Sioux or Crow Creek reservations, in Dikota, with some excep tions. The directors of the First National IUuk of St. Albans, Vt , have been sued by the re ceiver for an assessment of $200,000, and all their persona! and individual ptojwrty is at tached. The Duckworth and Jefferson Democratic clubs and a number of other politician of Cincinnati left Monday afternoon and eve ning for Washington, to be present at the inauguration. The superstructure of the Cincinnati, Georgetown k Portsmouth Railroad bridge over the Little Miami, near New Richmond, O , which has been considered unsafe for some time, fell Sunday night. The lepott of the Springer invetigating committee wa3 accepted by the house com mittee on expenditures by a strict party vote of 5 to 4, alter striking out the recomraenda lions for the impeachment ot Marshal Wright. President-elect Cleveland and parly left Albany Monday ettning, traveling all night and rcachel Washington today for early breakfast. He was accompanied by Rev. and Mrs Olevelmdand diugbter, Mrs. Hnyt and daughter, Daniel Manning and wife, Colonel Lamont and wile and Mi-3 Hasting', a niece. Evidence was given Monday against Bur ton, one of the alleged dynamiters on trial in London, connc-ting him with the attempts to blow up the underground railway stations. The Rusian pickets have been advanced to Pcnjdeh, in Afghani-tan. Peaceable relations between England and Russia are believed hanging by a thread. The Russian demands are such that England can -not accede to them. James Stephens, ex-Fenin3Headcenter, is said to be about to organize, In Paris, an up rising in Ireland. Bismarck has informed Eigland that Ger many can not consent to annexation ot Egypt. Pope Leo was set enty-Gve years old Mon day Forty Nihilists have been arrested in Es thonia, a Russian Province. Ex-Empress Eugenie was thrown from her carnage by her horses running away, one of ibem being kilted, but was not injured. Wolseley lias ordered General Brackenbury to return to Korti instead of proceeding to Abu-Hatned The garrison of Kassala made a sortie, losing tnenty-tight offieers and 632 men. There are only six hundred men left and ammunition is short. Owing to its isola. tion there is no hope of relief Typhus fever has broken out among the troops at Korti. CImmkIii ' Instinct. Turning to higher animals, An drew Knight Mia in of :i bird, which, hi ins: built her ne'st upon A foreing-111111-0. ceased to uit it during the d.iy when the (c it of the house was suf ficient to mciihile the eggs, hut al vv iv icttirned to it upon the egg-! at mirlit when the tcmperatuie of the house fell. Again, tine id .Hid worsted .ire now habitually ued by sundry -peeie-. of birds m building their ne.t-, instead of wool and hopje-hair, winch in turn wore no doubt originally ub litutC' lor vcgotable fibres and grasses. This is esieci.ilh noticeable in the ca-o of the tailor-bird, which finds thread the best material wherewith to sew. The common hou-e-sparrow fur-ni'-hcs another instance of intelligent adaptation of nest-building to circum stances, for in trees it builds a domed nct(nresiimaby, therefore, the ances tral tpe), but m towns a.iils itself of sheltciod holes in buildiugs where it can allord to sate time and trouble by constructing a loosely -formed nest. Moreover, the chimney anil Iiousp s wallows, hae similarly changed their instincts of nidilieation, and in Ameri ca this clnne has taken place within the last two or threo hundred ears. Indeed, according to Captain Elliott Cone?, all the spe'eies of snallons on that continent (with one possible ex ception) have thus modified tho sites and -truotures of their nests in ac coi dance with the noel facilities af forded b the settlement of tho coun try. Another instructive case of an intel ligent eh mgo of instinct in connection with nest-building is gnen from a let ter b Mr. Hau-t, dated 2sew Zealand, 18C2, whiclil lmd among Mr. Dar win's manuscript-. Mr. Ilatist s.us that the 1'iradUe duckAvhich natural 1 or usually builds its nest along the mors on the gtounil, has been ob served b; hun on the east of the island, when disturbed in their nests upon the ground, to build "new ones on the tops of nigh trees, afterward bringing their young ones down on their backs to the water"; anil exactly the same thing has been recorded by another observer of the wild ducks of Guiana. Xow, if an intelligent adjustment to peculiar circumstances is thus ade quate, not onh to make a whole brood or species of bird transport their joung upon their b icks or, as in the case of tho woodcock, between their legs but een to make web-footed water-fowl tbuild their nests in high trees, I think we can hate no doubt that if tho need of such adjustment were of sufficiently long continuance, tho intelligence which leads to it would c entually pro duce a new and remarkable modilica t.on of their ancestral instinct of nest buildmg. GVonc J. Jlomanes, m Pop ular in-tttiLe Monthly Jor March. The 1ih1i.hi in Sculpture. Tike the American sculptor who has rocened from bis follow -citizens the greatest numbor of orders, and who certain (w hile he w as our only sculp tor) w as the Iirst and the best among us. When lie begin we find him tak ing an antique bas-relief and the statue of 'a llntish sculptor, and leaving cut the life from the wotk of both his pre decessors, lie produces the "Indian Hunter,"' who-e griceful anil well considered line combine to produce an agreeable e fleet in the bronze. Then, turning awa Ironi the Greeks and the Cnglish, he tries his hand at rivalry with the French designers of groups for mantelpiece clocks, and brings forth his "Miahspcare." Certainly, this ligure does not meet our idea of the giandein that ought to invest a man of giniii. He looks rather like a dancing-master in icpoe, and yet, if it were reduced to the pioportions that its design suggests say about fifteen inches in height we should have a er prott piece of br.c-a-brac for the mantelpiece. Last comes the "Wash ington" which disfigures the steps of the sub-treasiir, and shows us tho third m inner of the sculptor; and it is there in looking at this scarecrow that we di-tover how f.italh the spirit of the artist has been influenced by the tobicconists' Hinge. With a few feathc rs in his hair and a package of cigars in his right hind the "Waslnng tou of the sub-treasitr could easily bo mistaken for an exaggerated copy of some one of the big Indnns which ornament our public thoroughf ires. The Studio. "Tilk about hint times!" ho scoffed -as be leaned b ick in his chair at one of the down town restaurants. "Why, gentlemen, it's all iu knowing how to reach the public." "You used to specul ite in grain, I believe?" observed the man at his right. "I did, and I lost money. I was in a hole eleven months in a voir and hard up the rem under. I didn't know how to re ieh the public." "And now "' "Well, I am on the road exhibiting a fat womin who weighs 370 pounds admis-ion 15 cents. I have no margins n .n, ii .tie iitnmls nr, ilpol.iroil with the most annoying regularity, and if unybody disputes her weight she has a leid cor-et weighing 210 pounds to bring her up to the mark." Wall btrect Aeirs. 'He Has C Hick." without, tlmnintr) l"kv Is overcast. Tin tlnnli d s-cend fit rce hull and ruhJn? rain; Wlnl,.t ir mi. 1 anon the raUnjr blast (MutelKs Ihooi-riiunt puuo W It lit ii our iltrlliur U iit an anitrlcr air With pilcousoutstrctcliod anus and tossing heal; Whilst wo, bowed low beside his latiorinsr bed. Pour all our hearts in praj er. 1 this the end? The tired llttlnliimls Kail l his side, the wild jrs clo-o at last lln. Unlets ho sinks, almost we hear his funds Of twinir obbliur fast. When, O miraculous: he- wakes oneo more. Love glow imr in his gaze, ami whllo there lips "Mother, dear mother!' from his trembling lips "Dear mother!" o'er and o'er. lie has come b ick, our little falrj child Hack from his wanderings In tho dreadful lark: Hack o't r the furious sunroof frruzj wild, Tho lost ilntcfit onr.Vrk Hack, fecbl buck ocr the dire llood do- cn aso, Hlswhltc wings flutter, onI our God knows how , He tring aloft the bit sued olive-bough Of IPs eoinpassionato peace. London Spectator. "imiXG aiYKTLi:." A number of letters were awaiting Colonel Haldano, Commandant of tho Newly, on his return from p trade. Ho was unmarried, rich and rather dis tinguiscd looking. It will therefore surprise no ono tint he was accustomed to receive a great many sweet-scented, delicatcly-monogramed.prettil worded letters from the various members of the fair sex w ltli vv horn he was acquainted. Among the little heap which liy before him was ono conspicuous for its careful hand-writing and rough en elope. Oild lv enough, this was the one he selected first for perusal. Seraw led on the lip of the envelope were these words, "Hnii" Mjrtle." Colonel II lldane put up his "gentle manly eveglass," and held his head a little on one side; he twisted his iron grey mustache into a et more poig nant expression as ho inspected those curious words, "Bring Mrtlc." Who was Myrtle? What was Mrtle? How many times he read and re-read that message he was perhips unaware, lint it was useless. "Kriug Mrtle" re mained on the lip of the envelope, an unsolved enigma. Slovvlv he opened the letter. It was an invitation to afternoon tea at the Whites people he knew shghtlv, as he knew so many in the hcavil garrisoned naval and military tow n close to the barracks at Xevvlv. The letter was from Miss Florence White, who wrote in her mother's name. He called up a vision of Florence White. Tall and stately, a girl with a mass of golden brown "hair, rolled off her forehead; a girl he had greatly ad mired, as one admires a serene" and lovely landscape; a girl who made him feel provokingly "fogiei-h." Other joung ladies rattled avvav at him as if he were a sub, asked him to pHv tennis with them, mid netted hun like a mere jonngstcr. Hut this xouug lady had placed him, with due reg.ud for his complexion, in a shadow corner of the drawing-room on one or two occasions when he had taken "tea" there, and had introduced him to sonic deep toned matrons as if in that direction lay his natural bias; and now this stated oung lad sends him a jocular postscript bidding htm "Bring Mi tie." Colonel llaldaue sat down in the comfortable velvet chair which faced the parade ground, and commanded a fine view of the ever-companionable sea. The little rippling wavea had an impression of infant smiles to-d.i , and tho bnoant clouds w orejchasuig. one another like school-bo s on a common. How innocent and fair was the world of nature! He sat dreaming over his problem "Bring M rtle" quite happily. A knock with the knob ot a stick on tho door breaks mto his reflections, and Captain Hilton enters with his custom ary off-parade familiant. "Well, old fellow, whit's up? Sea and sentiment, eh? It's fatal to sit in thut attitude, Iookiug.it thesea. What's up, I ask ou?" Colonel Haldane routed himself from his reverie with an effort; he gently tapped his left hand with the letter which ot remained idly between his linger and thumb "Jane!" lie said, addiessiiig Captain Hilton by his nickname; "Jane! what on earth does it mean when ouriceive a message from a oung 1 idv to 'Bring Myrtle? " and he'hauded the envelope to" Captain Hilton. Jane, vv ho had a rolling eye and a rollicking smile, took the envelope daintily; and, after reading it, pressed it to his heart, and said, with a strong brogue: "Why, man, it's a proposal! What do the ladies wear on their festal brows and twist in the flowing satin of the bridal govv ns but nnrtle? 'Bring nirtle.' 1 tell ou it's "a proposal a bonafide proposal. I wish ou every jo ! She is a sweet girl, if a bold. one. "Without a word Colonel Haldane sprang in a melodramatic manner at the throat of Captain Hilton, and held him with a grip of iron. "How dare ou speak of Miss White like that? She is the most distin guished girl of my acquaintance. Apol ogize? Captaiu Hilton rolled his ee with a ghastly appeal on Colonel Haldane, when the latter as suddenly relaxed his grasp and ul. "Forgive me, Hilton, but really I I object to sucli au unseemly idea." "I beg our pardon. Colonel," said Captain Hilton, stiff!; "I object equal ly to being throttled. Allow me to wish you good morning." "Stop, my friend," said Colonel Hal dane, confu'-edh ; "I don't know what is the matter with me' I'm hilf asleep, I think. Sea and sentiment, as ou said just now. Come, my friend! Do tell me what on earth Miss White means." "Means? something green," said Hilton, viciously; "but whether sprout ing in a tub, after tho fashion of the blossoming shrub, or done up in a glass case, after the artifici il mode, I know not. I vv ish v ou good morning. Colonel." And w ith that he retreated to the mess-room. "Blossoming shrub," murmured Col onel Haldane. "Bless his Hibernian wit! Eureka! Now I have it!" And w 1th that he sat down at his vv nting table and penned tho following letter: Au Myosotts, 10, Avenue Victor Em manuel, a Mcnton, Alpes Maritime. Send tho finest flow ennr ni rtle ou possess to the follow iug address: Miss Florence White, The Grange, Porter down, Sussex. The niitle must ar rive on the afternoon of September 7, one week from this date. Then Colonel Haldane rang the bell hastily, and told tho man to post his letter. This done, he placed the note from Miss Florence White in the pock et of his frogged coat, and then pro ceeded to read the rest of his corre spondence. Tho afternoon of the 7th duly ar rived, and w ith a strange palpitation at his heart (a sensation vv Inch ousrht to havo aroused his suspicions as to the eiact state oi nis nt vpuuuiiics). c oi onel Hald me drove up in his little hooded enrr ago, with the tiger jump ing up and dow u behind, to the gates of the Grange. "Here comes the imr in the noke." said Felicit White, .iounger daughter, who was given to using her brains in off-hand criticism. "If a man will drive a carriage with a hood, what is ono to call him but a i ig in a poke, ou know ? He is fidgeting at the gj'e most awfully, Florence, do come and look." "I like that hooded carriage." said Florence. "I.e tle e'est riiommo nieme." And then "she turned with a ready grace to meet Colonel Haldane, vv ho had just entered the room. "Felicity and I were drawn to the window b the magnetical inlluence of our charming little carnage," she said. "I so admire our 'poke ' " "Do ou9" said Colonel Haldane. gratefully. "It is ver kind of you!" and then lie looked steadfastly at'Flor ence, absolutely blushing as he did so. Florence, catching the glance in tt rrogative. was arrested in her amiable intention of transporting him to the other end of the long, lone dravvin 'oom, and introducing him to Mrs. Il.irliugton, the rector's wife. 'I his igitated gentleman did look not cxactlv in a tit slate to be discour-ed to about Winter blanket clubs ami working men's clubs and friendly soeietie-. It's all verv line talk about le.idinir an unpiizleii existence like Jane Aus ten; but why on earth did old Colonel Haldane look at her with this unfathom ible glance from his undeni ibly fine grey ees? Wtiat did it mean? She fell aw a from him, musing, and turned the outward machinery of trite com monplaces on her greetmc of the num erous guests, who were rapidly arriv ing 1 ho Whites had just started a page, who answered to the ubiquitous name of "rominv," one of tho-e -qiecinieis much adapted bv ambitious matrons as an liiiprovemeit on parlor maids; a creature raw of the fields, with the ex pression of an animated turnip and brains to match. In the midst of a buzz of voices intermingling with the frou frou of rich dresses. Tommy suddenly darted into the room and made straight for Miss Florence White, carrying in his lobster-colored hands a book sug gestive of the I D. Company. Colonel Haldane, from his solitary seat in the deep recess of the bay vvin Jow facing the entrance to " "The Grange," felt an awful sensation com ing over him. Was this the myrtle ar riving? and had the Menton folks ab solutely charged the carriage to Miss White? What should ho do! He shrank behind the deep amber of the curtains, then as suddenly emerged. "Bring Myrtle!" These were her own words, and he made a violent rush across the room to her side. "It's the ruvrtle!" he said, breath lessly. "Allow me! Tho stupid peo ple have made a mistake," he contin ued, incoherently. "The idea of charg ing tho carriage to ioh!'' And he threw a sovereign into Tommy's bash ful fingers Miss White looked at Colonel Hal dane with ever-enlarging pupils. Ho had returned latel from Egypt, had been indefatigable at the bombardment of Alexandria, had had an illness on his return, ami she remembered hear ing that he had been obliged to have his head shaved. She continued to look at him quite tenderly, as thc-e thoughts flitted phantom-like about her. "Thank you. Colonel Haldane"' she said. "You have saved me the trouble of fetching my purse. This is a new boy country manners, vou know; he wants Instruction.11 And, -smiling pleasantly, she moved out of the room after the vanishing ligure of Tommy. In the round, roomy hall stood a huge tub matted up and bearing the name, "Ad Myosotis, a Mentoti," etc. "It's a flowering myrtle. Miss," said Tommy; "the biggest, the carrier says, it ever fell to his duty to deliver." "Fetch a pair of gardening scissors. Tommy," said Miss White, "and an other time never venture to bring P. D. C. books into the drawing-room. Go to the housekeeper with that kind of thing." Tommy took the color natural to him in yet deeper hues, and ran for tho scissors. Miss White soon snipped the detaining strings, and gve way to a very natural delight as the starry blos soming myrtle was exposed to view. "Very odd," she thought; "it's ad dressed unmistakably to me. Poor Colonel Haldane! Whatdoes it mean?" Thinking again of the shaven head and the bombardment of Alexandria, she sighed a little pensively and a littlo compassionately, and returned to the drawing-room just in time to escapo the entiy of Mrs. Danvers, whose forest cart, drawn by a lovely pair of Welsh pomes, she saw turning in at the gate. 'I he lad now entered, followed bv her inseparable companion, a perfect Dan d Dinmont, a long-bodied, long-legged, flap-oared, pedigreed creature, which rejoiced in the possession of seven prizes. Florence immediately made a rush at the dog. "Ah! ou have brought Mvrtle! I was afraid, when I saw you this morn ing, that you would forsret: though I mentioned it iu my note!" Both ladies had moved in the direction where still s.it Colonel Haldane, plunged in start led reflection, in the recess of the win dow. Was the long-backed, low -leirged. flap-eared dog the honored object of the message? "Of course, I brought dear old Myr tle." retorted Mrs. Danvers. "I should suffocate at an afternoon tea if I hadn't a bit of natural life like that tritsty Scotchman about me." "Xow it's txiilaiiiulV said a deep voice fiom behind the amber curtain-, and Colonel Haldane came forward once more. The hesitation of his manner had vani-hed; he was smiling serenely, and his eyes were fixed with an expression of perfect understanding on the counte nance of Miss White. "BungMmle!" hecontinued, laugh ingly. "This is M rtle! KivalM riles there ma be; but this form of ihrtle cin't be improved upon!" Again Miss White's pupils enlarged sy mpatheticallv. Worse and worse! Poor Colonel Haldane! She trembled for his reason. Not so Mrs. Danvers. Fixing him with her bright eyes, sho slid: "What is explained? Confusion of circumstances?" "Confusion of envelopes. 'Bring Myr tle1 was scribbled on the vvrong back tli it's all," said Colonel Haldane. With a sudden illumination. Miss White sank down beside Colonel Hal Jane in the recess, vv ith a deep blush of mortified confusion. "Does that account for the presence of tho flowering myrtle in the hall?" she asked, after a moment of horrified silence. "Yes; charming mistake for me." muttered Colonel Haldane. "Gave mo an opportunity that I " and ho looked at Mrs. Danvers. who, with a finesse worthy of her, dashed away to the other end of tho room to meet the MURPHY 4 BRO. SILKS! SPECIAL SALE AT Unusually Low Prices. IY& 48 & 50 Limestone. win U SILKS at $!, $1.75, $1.50 and up. Special attention called to our line of EGYPTIE1E SILKS At the Lowest Prices ever known for quality. BLACK RHAOAME, $1.00 and up, all Silk. E, A NEW SILK. BLACK BUM VELVETS. BLACK Brocade Sicillenne, FOR SPRING WRAPS. extended hand of an apropos acquaint ance. He went on smoothly enough now. "An opportunity that I wanted. Will you one day weir a spnsr of that other myrtle for me, Florence? ' Mi-s VVhile didn't say "Xo," so she evidently intended to" say "Yes." From the Argosy. The Power of Abstraction. According to one of his friends, Victor Hugo wrote "Xot re Dame" dur ing the Kevolutiou of l"J0,w hile bullets were whistling across his jrarden and h irrii ides were hein erected almost it hi-door "He -hut himself up in one room, locking up his clothe lest they should tempt him to go into the streets, and sp.-nt tho whole of that Winter wrapped up in a big gray com forter w ntmg against time to complete i. work by the 1st of February, 1SJ1." The author of -i work on French politi cal leaders tells Us that Victor Hugo wrote tnat terribly pathetic drama "Le Koi S'Aniu-c." during the insurrection. The first act was written in four days. s he lived neirthe Imlenes Garden. lie was accustomed to vv.k there under the trees, and to compo-e his ver-es as he vv ilked. One day when hard at work on a monologue, he was inter rupted by a not, whoe anry waws penetrated almost to his peaceful re treat and compelled him to take refuge m a neigiibonns: arcade. The tide of battle followed him, and the poet, for getting his verses, had to get behind some column- for protection. Mrs. boinerville had, to some extent, the same power of concentration, and be came so ab-orbed in her task as to be uneon-cioiis of what was going on around her. Dr. Somerville told Har riet Martineau that he once laid a wager with a friend that he would abuse Mr. Somerville in a loud voice to her face and she would take no notices, and he did so. Sitting close to her he confided to his friend the most lujnriotis things that she rouged, that she wore a w ig, and other such non sense, utteied in a very loud voice. Her daughters were in a roar of laugh ter.whilc the slandered lady sat placid ly w nting. At last her husband made a" dead pau-e after her name, on which she looked up with an innocent, "Did you speak to me?" All the Year Round. Gljccrine from Distillery Dregs. "We are getting an excellent article of gly cenne out of distillery dregs now," sud a manufacturing chemist, "and as soon as the fact gets to be generally know ii the refuse of the worm of the still will be worth more than it ever wms before. Glycerine is a constant product of the alcoholic fermentation of saccharine matter, and all fer mentated drinks contain quantities of it. "In the distillation of liquids contain ing alcohol the glycerine does not free itself from the 'motner,1 or dregs, not being volatile like the alcohol. The glycerine is taken from the mother liquor by the ordinary chemical methods, and superheated steam is then brought to act in the residuum, which improves the impurities and leaves a choice quality of glycerine. These dregs are used very extensively in the nianufa ture of glycerine in France, but they have not come into much Use in this country ayet." Acu; York i-un. M CK TR1C0LN