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VOL. LI.
BRA.TTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1884.
NO. 50.
(And TEltJIO.tT KKCOltD AND KAltMV.lt, nt,d
nr i, into.)
PUBLISHED KTKIU VatDAY BT
FRENCH & STEDMAN,
BRATTLEBOltO, VT.
Tun m -Id advance, per year, fl.BO: If not paid
allblu tbo year, ia.OO.
luris or Advihtuiso furnished on application.
Ultlli. Deaths and Marriages mibllsbed iritis! e)l.li.
usry Noturs, Cards of Thanks, etc.. 75c per Inch uf
11 lines or less,
Knitted at the nrattleboro Pout Offlce at srcoml-clasa
viaic wwmer,
U. L. Fatiecn. 1). n. Brxpmie.
Business darts.
jlIEll.TIAX fc JK.V.lIi,
(leneral Inturance and Ileal JCttaU Agcntt.
llapresoutlng Companies whose Assets arcuier
V .100,000,000.
TENEMENTS TO LET.
Agents for Iiahcock Fine Exiisomsiitits.
umce In BUrr ti Estey'a New Dink lilock, cor.Msia
uu i.iiioi streets,
UUATlLEUUltO, VT.
l AIIED At.
') Wlhl.tou lllock.Ilrsttleboro.Vt.,
1-rsctlcea In ill tlio courts, make, collections promptly.
1. IIOLTO.1, at..,
PHYSICIAN AM) SlIltOEON,
DH.1IL1IU8D, T.
Office sud residence comer Main slid WalnutHta.
At home from 1 to 2 and from 0 to 1 o'clock P.M.
II.
T ML ALLEJf .V ;.,
A..
DEALEllS IN LUMllElt OF ALL KINDS.
tm Flat-street, Hrattleboro. Vt.
TAJIK (iO.MlA.TIIl, St. It.,
rUVBlOlAN AND HIMlflEON.
UlUce In Crosby block, over Vermont Nstlonsl Bank.
umce uour. o io u A.U., 1 to 3 r.al.
Uelldenco 19 Mslu St llnATlLIBOBO,VT.
f P. VVEllNTKII.in.lt.
VJ Office and residence 27 Elliot St., Drattleboro,
t Office hours before 8 A. at. ; 1 to 2 and 0 to 8 p. at.
ITEJmV TIIOHEII.lt.ll.,
LL SUltOEON AND HOMCEOPATIIIST.
Office In Leonard's Block, Elliot Btrret. Onlcebours,
I:30to3:o0and7:00to9:oor.n. Special attention
giren 10 curonic diseases,
TTAHHI.1M .V HTOIIltAIlIt.
JUL ATTOHNET'S AND C0UN8ELL0KS AT LAW
and Solicitors of Patents, IIrattleeoro, Vt.
TO-MORROW
HAWLEY
Will start a Special
Sale of Books and
other Holiday Goods
in his Basement.
To-morrow HAWLEY
will offer lot Tycoon Reps
at 12 l-2c, usually sold at
25c.
To-morrow HAWLEY
will be ready to show a-
bout
200
NEW
POWPEi
VMM DAKOTA.
Absolutely Pure.
Thli powder ne?fr varies. A mirtel of lnir.ty
trcDirtb antl wbolenonif oeni. More rcoDomicil tbia
the ordloary kiuds, and cannot be soU la competition
with the ra altitude of low teat short weight, alum or
phosphite i-owdrrs. Sold only in can.
37-32 Rotal IUxiho rnwniR Co., loi Wallat., N. Y
II.
.TIA.XA, JIl..
LAWYER,
Wilmington, Vt.
IT Ii IlEniN, House and Blgn Painter, Or
YY naraental and Fresco Falnting.aralnlng.Kal
so mining, paper LUnglng, etc.
1T9 Green 8treet, Ilrattleboro, Vt .
. 1IOLMTE11,
FIKE IKHUHANCE AGENT,
rCTKET, Vt.
J.
EJT. OAltPEXTCn, Market
Ht. Dealer In Toys, Fancy Ooodi
1 1 oner v. Newspapra, Masazlne k Periodicals,
scrlptlons received for the principal Dewapapera and
magazines, and rorwaraeu by man or otnerwise,
-DltOOKM HOl'Hr, UAIIt IMlEMft.
JU IXU IIOOM. Mr. JAMKa O. COOK, for
merly or the ranter House, notion. First-class work.
Room In rear of hotel office.
STEAM FITTER AND PLUMBER,
UltATTLXDOBO, T.
Steam Pine and Fittings and Hteam II eat to it appa
ratos fnrulahed and pnt In. 8team bollera and en
slnea repaired. All Jobblne In this line promptly at.
tended to. Water piping and Plumbing done In the
beat manner.
J.1-
J
, DUIAIUIOOU.JH.,
WARDSUOltO. T.
House Piloting, draining. Paper Hanging. Hird-
v. ood Finishing. 40-51
CHrstcni Investments.
J. n. MEMtlFlELD,
President.
It. M. SHERMAN,
Secretary.
Vermont Loan & Trust Company
GIiA!f I FOIIKM, DAKOTA.
xeootutobs or
Rod Itivor Yalloy Farm Loans,
Bearing a to 9 per cent. Intereat, net.
Fall particulars, with referencen, furnished on ip
plication, uorreaponaence soucuea. ia
T71 1. 1V1IITE.
Jli. BIOUX FALLS, DAKOTA,
Real Estate and Loan Agent.
Eastern parties desiring to loan money or Invest In
real estate In the growing city or Blonx Falls, cannot
do better tbao deal with me. I shall endeavor to deal
honestly and fairly with all who may do business with
me, and at a fair rate of com mist loo. Addreaa E. P.
WHITE, Sioux Falls, Dak., Box 1177.
UPiVr br nrcmisslon to editors of this paper, to S.
W.Kimball of Drattleboro, and to either Dr. Oray or
Dr. Tufts of Blonx Falls. 28
CHRISTMAS,
1884.
Which he bought in New
York this week at clear
ing-out prices. Among
the lot are some very rich,
tine garments.
also closed a jobber's stock
of best American Cretonnes, same
as are always sold at 25c, which I
shall put on sale at 15c a yard.
l..na.fs'!.'. Among them are some of the new
lurcoman stripe patterns.
And here are some other
bargains which I picked up
at less than cost of impor
tation: A large lot of
White Spanish Scarfs, line
quality, with pearl edges-
good as anything I have
heretofore had at $2.50,
which are to tie sold at
$1.50 EACH.
Another lot at $2, worth
$4. Big lot of Black, in
same goods $1.50, which
are worth $2.50, and an
other lot at $2.75 worth
$4.50.
Lot nil-wool French Arinures.
40 to 4'2 inches wide,
50c a Yd.
Never sold licforo less than 75c.
The shades are myrtle,' navy, seal,
wlno and Drown. Tliey ougnt to
cut tip very quick.
iwir uillt Diiiiiu if iii"
to sell at 25c, for 5c each.
Lot 15c crude Cretonnes, 10c a
J""1-.
j,ot .)( Krntie line cnsniuere i-u-dies'
Hose,
50c a Pair.
Lot best Prints, 5c a yd.
All-wool Double Shawls
worth $6, for $4.50 each.
Two numbers in Black
Cashmere, one to be sold
at 75c, the other at 85c
a yard, which are finer
than any I have ever be
fore seen sold at price.
Two nieces moro of Mack Drop
do Alma at Sl.lo and xl.'ln, same
as last lot.
I closed out a lot of flno Children' Clonks
at 40 per cent redaction frnui usual price.
Shall dive my customem the advantage of
the reduction. Sizes In this lot are 4, li, 8
and 10 years. Will make a reduced price to
close out broken assortment of sizes in tbe
Children's Cloaks already in stock.
closed out a lot of 23 imnurted
Dolmans heretofore sold at $25.00
each, which I shall sell at
$15 each,
And a lot of 20 imported Russian
STATUARY,
Engravings & Pastels,
Artistic Picture Framing,
Fine Art Gift Books,
CHENEY & CLAPPS.
mi YOUR TEETH
Ity having them filled in ascientlflc Circulars WOUh $20, Which I Shall
sell at
$15 each.
I bouEht of tho importer the
last of imported tailor-mado
flarmonts. samo as tllOSO I
have boon soiling at $28.50,
at a reduction of $3.50 each,
and shall soil them now at
iirm.nimiiiiKJiiimintnr.Tnfi'tim
iVcsorPAIN
It.ll.tDlATlM.lI und M.t'UAMUA lmY
louif eiioiiuururi rlnt In the liuumn
h) at rin.
They have tonnrntnt thn human family nud
d.'iifd the medical faculty . from time out of memory
they rue. 'rnii Ul the bltKxI.ileiiiorlizUlie tint,
cicd t.,u none, agonized lliu int.Nikw id rackwl
the brain wt h Mtarjlutf aln.
" Amirnoiioa U tho rnn ny cf llhciima
tlsm and NcuraltcK repaiM thuir lUmafma, renews
the. blood, eauca the Joints, i alms th tieneo, not'thea
Uiq muscles, tte rwl and )eaee U tho troubled
brain, and ensure dcliKh.ful sltvp.
"ATiupnoROHHancw reiuodw but It has
Iwt-n abundatitly trie.1. Fr-m far and iiear i-ome te.
tliuonlala from well Wuwii ieiwus ho had lontr
lrn sufferern. It Iien turnnl thHrd)NaMw out. It
1im cured them. That Is oll.-ajid thit is eljoutfU,
"AtiiWiphdiiim" can ilo for you what
It has dona for tlne RUilVrur. It can
drive out vur lllicmnatism and Neuralgia,
and will do so if you give it a fair trial.
" ATnLornoKos' has by thU time had Mich a
(nvxl trial all tpr th country that iU true work la
known, and Its true character proved.
" Amfjornosos mraM Irlzo-nearer ;
"Victor; "Conqueror Itcarrlenoir tbeiiiMM
Vktou ocrtbo itutckaof thtwn tcrrlb'.o iiiuladlea,
and CohQL-mon of the frightful ikou1i ttieirilc
tliiia hao enduml. Not a nwre tetniwary rrl.-f,
but a jicrraauent, endurlnfr. and trlumi bant cure.
1 f 3 ou cannot get ArnLOPiiono of 3 our rtrti?
pLst, wo will wnd Itexprcwp.ild. oa r-ciljtt of
rejilar prlco one dollar per buttle. W'c prr fer
thit jou buy It frtm your dnuglxt. but It h
hasn't It, do not lw prrsu idrd totrysomthliiff
clae, hut order at once from us as dlrectwl.
ATHLOPHOP.OS CO., It2 WALL ST., NEW YORK,
niiitiiiimimiim.ff iimiimiiiiiii,if
Ilonnrlfrhl Crarlly.
To permit pourself and fv roily to
"Sufftrl"
With aickneaa when It cau be preuutid and cured
ao easily
WlthllopUItterallt
la Tin 2 experienced a great deal of
"Trouble," from ludtgeatlou, hj much no that
came near loxing my
Lie !
My trouble alw) came aftrr eating any food
Uonever light
And digestible.
For two or three bouraat a time 1 had toco through
the most
Excruciating pains,
"And the only way I eter got
"Helief!'
Waa by throning up all my stomach contilurd. No
one can conceive the palna that I had to o throtifih,
until
"At bat r
I was taken 1 4,flo that for three nerla I lay In bed
and
Could eat nothing!
My Bufferings were ao that I called two doctors to
give me something that would atop the pain, their
Efforts were no good to me.
At laat I heard a good deal
"About yonrllop Ulttera)
And determined to try them. ,
Clot a bottle In four hour a I took the ron.vnd ft
One!
Next day I ai uut cf bed, and bate nut seen a
"Sickl"
Hour, from the same cause since.
I have recommended it to hundreds of others. Yon
have no such
"Advocate as I im-Gw, Kendall, A 11 ton, Hot ton
Mass.
Columbus Advocate. Texas, April SI, '81.
Dear Editor: I tare tried your Hop Bitter, aud
find they are good for any complaint. The best nud
iclne I ever used In my family. 11. TALES Kit,
tVNoo genuine without a bunch of green Hop
on tne wmte laoei. is nun au toe vile, poisonous sum
wuu "uop' or "uops" in tneir name.
manner by
lr. A. KBAPP
THE NEW DENTIST.
MOTTO :
Preserve, llcnntil'y, Ito-
sioro.
Office in Hooker's Block
opp. Brooks House,
Brattleboro, Vt.
PIANOS.
s 1 t 1
STEINWAY,
CHICKERING-,
KNABE,
BBHNING.
THE BEST PIANOS MADE.
$25 each,
This will bo tho last chance to
got this particular Garment.
T nlncorl 90 tailnr-mnda EnffllBb
twilled Kersey Newmarkets worth
$20, which 1 shall sell at
$15 each.
1 nlosod a Manufacturer's
stock of 14 dlfToront stylos of
tight-fitting long poiisso at
a big cut in price.
NOW
Is tb.e tim to find in
my Cloals room tno
largest stools X nav
fiTrea? shown, and a
ereat many seep
tional "bargains
EDWARD CLARK, ioe goods.
87 Main St., Brattloboro, Vt.
in
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
At ClIEXUY .V CLA1I'S.
ODLLS, TOYS AND
At CHENEY & CLAPP'S.
I shall commence o-morrow a special
.ni. nf tr atitiTCRRRHIEFS. There Wl'l
be some birgains offered which will be
worth picking up. This department will
be in charge of Miss Mabel bmun.
reo)le are invited to come In and
dinri 111 lit A ym micclal bdraalnn of-
fend, whether they wish to buy or
not.
TtJ
In eases of dvsiiep-
la. demiity. itifiimt
tlstn, fvrr and ague,
liver comrUInt, in
artivltv c( the kll
ue;a and blailder.
e od 1 1 Id 1 tiun au
other nrgaulc mala
diet. Hoatetter
Ktomarh hitters la a
tried remf dr. to
which the mtdlcsl
bro th e r bond bat
lent their nroftasioual
sanction, and
which aa a tonic, al
terative and house
hold specific for dis
orders of the atom-
bowel
nbounded
to STOMACH lp acb, liver and
HWbmBb Oli baa an unb
BTTE"iHC2JCt,
Drus
gists ana D.ilfrs, to whom stply fur II Jstnter s Al
mscsc tor irvu.
SATURDAY MORNING, DEC, 6
HAWLEY will liesrln his nnniinl
Christmas Hook Sale. At tho com
moncement of tho salo the assort
liiontwill lio larccr than In iinv
vions sales, but many nulilk'ntions
will not Do duplicated, utiyers can
mako selections early and licvo
(Iiein reserved until Christinas, if
thoy wish. Prices will bo tho snino
as given In tho largo city hook
sales.
On the samo daySaturday, lpc.
0 I shall nlso ho ready to show
my full assortment of othor Christ
inas goons.
N, I. HAWLEY,
RY
HAVE YOUR
DENTIST
IIOXE II V
Dr. O. R. POST.
i'ine Work and Moderate Charyts.
Office and residence Junction of nigh and Own Bis.,
Braltleboro, Vt!
fO HW semi-annual.
Mth jear of residence, and llth ot timlne.s.
No lntor er bad to p.)r tales, costs of
foreclosure, wait 'or Intewst, or toko
land. BEST of Referenoe. nw
tf 70a bar. money to loan, addrvas
D. 8. B. JOHNSTON & SON,
Niaotlators of Morteose Loans,
UvoUontbls paper. 6T. PAUL. MINN.
OMdlll) TI VC1I KltS' ItllSLCS
At rilEXEV & M.A1I'1.
p, mir. wnntai adodt the cut or moui
FALlS, Its 1IUBINE88 MEN, ITS KOUOOLH, ITS
ciiuncuns, us lNDUnmiEs, and tta out-
ttlNd KAItMlNll OOtlNint NOTES OP ItltAT
TtEllOllEANS AN1 OTllEtl VEUUONTEtia.
Hioux Fai.i.h, Dak., Deo..'), 1881,
Dear VltttniT ! As the eicltemetit bUcdJ-
IiiK tbo prtsiileutial election baa subsided,
perhaps the winds of tho Rood people In Ver
mont are in condition to take ao interest In
matters pertaining to the great and far west
ern portion ot Uncle Barn's domain known as
Dakota, Business is quiet here aa well as
nowhere through (he countrr. but the eutr.
gelio and pushing business men of Bioux Fall,
are making calculations and laying plans to
develop tho rcsourcts of this beautiful city
be com I UK aoaion. The Iowa. Hioux Falls
Northern railroad will doubtless bo built next
bummer, as the surrevs have already been
made turouKU this place. We hare already
two railroads, but our business men aro am
bilious lo make this a great commercial city,
lid In order to do this it 11 necessary to have
bettor railroad' facilities ; for tbo railroads
here, like some in Vermont, discriminate in
their freight tariffs. In many cases they cLargo
local rate for merchandise shipped Into this
place, making it iiuposFible for our merchants
to compete with cities in Minnesota and Iowa
n doiiig a wuolehal trade. 'Ibis state of af.
fairs will not be tolerated much longer, as the
business men here, when they want to carry
tirward any enterprise that Ihvy think will
tend to build up the p'ace, do not hesitate to
ut tneir nanus in tbeir Dockets and contriu
ute fnoly tonaids pushing 1 1.
I know tbo neoDle in Drattleboro Justly
pride themselves on tbeir excellent schools,
and when I talked of leaving that place some
came to me aud confidentially advised mo not
to go where t could not give my children a
good education. Now let us see which has
h b st schools, llraltleboro or Hioux falls.
In Ibis place we havo excellent public graded
schooli, tbero being one large brick centre
building and a large brick butldiug in each of
the other three wards of the city, making
four brick cliool-Louo-i. The territorial deaf
aud dumb school Is located here, having a
inaRtiitUeni building. In addilion to these
tho ltsptists are building a very fine, substan
tial stone college, wbicb will be ready for use
u tho spring. J bo hpiscotialians are also
erecting a similar institution. Itotb are built
ou fin locations overlooking the city, and
will be not only ornamental but of great ben
efit to the city. Tho Silsbee commercial cot.
ege Is located here, and is doing well. We
sve also a phonographic institute, which has
jukt been ojiened by XIr. T. O. Drown, a for
mer resident or ftew lork state and an expert
stenographer, having bad years of experience
n court reporting. lie is at present eilllclal
stenographer under Judge Palmer who, by
tho way, is one of Vermont's distinguished
sons. Thus you see that Hioux Falls's facili-
ies for O'lucation are ot the highest order
Cau any one Lo-titato about coming to this
art of the wr st on accouutof there not being
good schools ?
Sioux ralU la wtll supplied with cuurch-s.
I'piscopal. llaptist, Oongregstloualist, Pres
byterian, Methodist, Free Methodist, Scandi
navian lliptist, Norwegian Lutheran and
Catholic being represented. There may be
others, but these sro all I think of at present.
In manurai'turirig moux rails cannut com
pare with Hrattleboro except at a disadvan
tage ; but manufactuiing is gradually work,
ing. Two foundries have been built the pres
ent sfison, and aro working night aud day.
the Holly system of water-works is in full
operation, backed up by both water and steam
power. It gives au abundant xnpply of good
water, aud, with a first class fire department,
affords excellent Ore protection. There is a
jiork packing bouse in full operation. It is
estimated that IK),IHM hogs were brought into
market last season, and the prospects are that
more will bo eald tbls year. Abe streets are
lighted by electric lipht as well as gas. The
telephone company had trouble with the city
authorities for some time about the location
of poles, but the matter has been satisfactori
ly settud, and tne exebauge is now in full
blatt. There is one large flouring mill in op
eratiou, and ako a tremendous big one that is
l)ing still and does not add much to the in
dutries of the place ( but the cut ot the
building looks well on the boom'ng circulars
that are sent through tho country to induce
immigration. The coming sea.on will no
doubt see some new manufacturing establish
ments started, as there la excellent water pow
er, the Dig Hioux river falling over DO feet in
the city limits. Bioux Falls granite bas ob
tained ipiite a reputation for excellence as a
building material, etc., aud is being shipped
in large quantities to Omaha, Chicago, aud
other large cities to pave streets with. It is
very hard and lakes on a blgb polisb. ibere
U a polishing mill in this place which turns
out monuments, mantels, and many otber use
ful articles, the stone has a pink shade and
is very beautiful when polishtd fully equal
to the Hcotch granite. There are several
stone quarries in the city, which employ .1011
or more men during the summer season, ibe
pay.rol! of the principal quarry amounts to
about v'.,.(HSi per moutu.
The farming country adjoining the city, as
I wrote in my former Itttir, is very sparsely
settled, but the land is capable ot producing
excellent crops wltn little or no fertilizers.
The past season has demonstrated tbe fact
that corn can be raised In soutnern Dakota,
for we have it in abundance at .'IU to 3.1 cents
a bushd. Grain of all kinds grows in abun
danc-, although the eastern people have a
wrung Impression as to uakotas being a
great wheat. growing region. Northern Da
kota is noted for its excellent wheat, but
there is vtry little raised in southern Dakota.
Vermont prubahly is nearly aa well adapted
for raising wheat as soutLern Dakota. The
present price of wheat is from 40 to M cents
per bushel, a prico that does not pay to
raise, even wbere tbe soil is adapted tor It.
The farmers in the noithern portion of the
territory are in straitenrd circumstances on
account of tbe low price of wheat. Many of
them are bankrupt. What cbauce is there
for a poor man with his farm mortgaged and
paying 10 to 12 percent interest when wheat
is worth only 40 cents a bushel, that is, sup.
nosing his crop is almost exclusively wheat.
What the farmers should do, and as many of
them are doing, Is to go into tbe stock. ran
lug business, but as that requires some cap.
itai. many are too poor to do that. Dakota
is a fine farming country, provided it is
farmed in tbe Urfbt way, aud not devoted ex
clnsively to tbe raising of wheat. Grass
grows in abundance and it costs scarcely
nothing for pasturage. Hay can be pur
chared in this city for ii a ton, and the far
mers can get it by simply going out on the
prairleB and cutting it. There is always a
good msiket for stock, and it seems to me
there is no place in the United States where
stock raising can be more probtably engaged
in than in Dakota. If those who go to the
New Orleans exposition will look up tbe l)i
kota exhibits limy will sto grass six feetblgb
that gruw in CO dajs from tbe day tbe prairie
was burned and one specimen 14 feet blgb.
They will see potatoes weighing two founds
eacb, beets we'guiug (.tin zu pound, pump
k na weigblng l.'O to .'(10 ibr,, and otbe
vegttabhs corresponding. Tuey will see
samles of Dakota upland soil three to four
feet thick, and lowland six to seven leet tuick,
or deep, and many other things that will
conviuco I nun tbat tuis la a wouuertuuy pro
ductivecouutry.
H'oux Falls has a are Insurance company
that was started tbe present season tbat Is do.
log an Immense business, mere can also
been a mutual life insurauce company start
ed somewhat ou tbo plau of the Day Btate in
Massachusetts. The probabilities are that It
will bo very successful.
There are a good many Vcrmonters In Da
kota, and I am continually running across
them. I had tho good fottuun a short time
since to get acquainted wltu Uov. Air. liar.
rls. rrctor of the Episcopal church in thl
place; be formerly lived In Vermont, and
had a brother who wai rector ot tbe Kpisco
ual church In Jlratlleboro tor sometime.
uresume many of your readers will remem
bcr them both. Mr. Harris likes Dakota
verv well, but he thinks tbat Vermont
about as charming a place from May to Oc
tober as be has ever found. Tbe bills and
forests of old Vermont are pleasant recolleo.
lions, I find, to all Veimouters, but I have not
found a great many tint really care to go
back there to live. Dr. Tults Is ai happy
and oonti-nted as a man can well he, He has
a good praollce, aud as he has lately been ap
pointed medical director oi tua new lira in
surauco comnauy there seems to be a reason
able prospect of his being ablu to eujoy bis
share 01 tbls tile s comioris mine iuiure, ui,
Gray's family are all well) also Obarley
Johnson the raker, who seems to be doing
good busiuesa. While In Egan the other day
I came across a dentist by the name of li. It.
Ilugbee. who formerly lived in Bharon, Vt,
Ha is settled In Pipestone, Minn, Ha came
out, as many otber young men have, to this
western country to uiaxe uiuumi a uome ;
e seemed to be a very genial fellow and
111. no doubt, succeed. It would bo impos-
ible for me to mention all the Vermonters
that I see, but wherever I find one I grneral-
flud a friend and a good citizen.
In closing I will say that the weather this
fall has been something that the people of
Dakota can well bo proud of. It has been
warm and pleasant nearly an tne time tnus
far. One morning the thermometer Indlcat-
el 12 below zero, but tbe bitaht rays of Old
Bol sooo raised the meroary, and It has been
it comfortable ever sluoe. the wind
weeps across the prairies pretty lively some-
me-a, but It Is bealtb-glvlng. mere is no
onbt but there is a strip of country embrac
ing northern Nebraska, Iowa, southern Da
kota and Minnesota Ih it is to be tbe great
anitatium of tho United Btates in coming
years. Very respectfully.
K. 1", WHITE.
HioniNO tiik Standard Dollars in the
New Vault at WAsniNenoN. Large con
signments of standard Bilver dollars are re
ived at the treasury department in Wash
ington weekly for storage in the new silver
vault. These coins are shipped from various
b-treasuries, wbere storage facilities are in
adequate. The new silver vault is in thesub
basement of the nottb wing of tbe treasury,
and directly under tbe cash room, the floor
mensions of the two apartments being equal.
The vault was finished several months ago.
and there are now stored In it about five mill
ion silver dollars, Its estimated capacity being
fifty millions. Admission to the vault is gaiu-
turoiiKh double Ore and burglar-proof
doors, fitted with time locks and combina
tions of tho latest patterns. I here are seven
bambers on eacb side of the main corridor,
acb partitioned from the other by iron bars.
Admittance is gained through grated doors,
fastened by spring locks, which can be staled.
s general atipsarauco Is tbat or an accom
modation prison in tbe basement of some
well-appointed station-bouso. Instead of
locking up tramps, drunkards and thieves,
however, thesn cells contain row upon row of
canvas bags about the size of a common salt
sack, each filled with silver dollars. Oasbier
Wbelnley last summer helped to verify tbo
count of seventy seven millions of gold and
liver coin In tbe vaults of tbe suu treasury
San Francisco. Ot tbls amount i.",l,000,0(K)
as in gold and $20,000,000 in silver. Its
total weight was 840 tons.
Mysterious Skeletons - One day last
eek, in clearing out the cellar of the Carle.
ton House, a low-class New York hotel, a
woman's body was found under a pile of coal
ashes and otber rubbish which bad been ac
cumulating there for years. The body was
ihrlveled and mummified, and some remnants
clothing hung to it, but there was nolh.
ng to establish its Identity. This mysteri
ous discovery, says the New York Times, has
produced some of the most striking feat-
res of a tragedy which startled all England
not mauy years ago. The owner of a coun
try mansion iu one of the southern counties,
no great distance from ijondoo, caving
sent for an architect to add a room to bis
house, was told by tbe latter that tljis was
needless, there being a room In tbe bouse
till untenanted. Tbe proprietor laugbed at
tbe suggestion, but finding it confirmed by
actual measurement, ga.e orders for the un
earthing of the mysterious chamber. Tbe
wall just above the great staircase was brok
en through, aud behind it appeared n small
oak paneled room full ot rich antique furnl
ture. but so thickly coated with dust as to
inggest a seclusion of years or oven centu
ies. Tbe table was spread with silver plates
and cups as if for a Lauquet, and on a mold
erlng coucb beside 11 was a numan ske-ieion,
bile another lay in au attitude or bldeous
distortion upon tbe floor. The mystery, al
though tallying vaguely with a bait-forgotten
legend of a furmer owner's vengeance upon
bis uufaitbrul wire aud Per paramour, was
ever wholly cleared up.
jcellany,
Lang; Aires
Within tbflbin-tof Lour Ago,
That dim and silent laud,
Vlirn spertrsl forms move to sud fro
Tb. shades of those we used to knowf
Mid ghosts or br-gooti wesl and woo,
With saddened heart 1 stand.
Amid those scenes that change no more,
1 tread with bated brestb,
Thst once a boy I bouuded o'er,
Pleasures around, and hope before!
Whencs Isuft-b and shout rang out of yore,
Front Hps long stilled In death.
And hllherward a little way
Thehanntsl see again.
Or sutnmsr wslk. and winter play,
In stisdy wood or flying sleigh,
With those "old women" now they say,
Hut merry rosldens then.
And nesrer yet the rosd sppesrs,
O'er desert, plain and bill,
Tbe way I came thro' tnanbood'a years,
'Mid toll and strife, 'mid bopes and fears,
With friend, whom memory yet endears,
Aud love, remembered stilt.
Aud, nearest by, tho evening shades
O'er qnlet scenes eitend ;
And sottly as the sntiset fades,
A blush tlio western sky pervades,
And twilight falls on bills sod glades
Around my journey's end. T. r. T.
Drattleboro, Feb., 1S(.
A jurj at Fort Worth, Texas, has given
brakeman who had bis bead crushed while
coupling cars $in,000 damages.
Travel across Brooklyn bridge constantly
ncreases. lbs October receipts were .-.u..
0.1ft, and l'l,.r'll) people crossed in tho cars
on a single day.
Augustus Sherman, who died at Glen's
'alls, N. Y., last week, was tbe largest saw
mill nwner in tbe world. His mills cut an
nually 33,000,000 feet of lumber.
The production of coffee in Ilrazil is in
creasing so rapidly tbat tbe growers aud im
porters are beginnlDgto see trouble ahead In
tbe reduction ot price.
Amons the holiday attractions of the
Orleans Exposition will be a gigantic
Christmas tree fifty feet h'gh, which will be
loaded with toys and lighted with MO can
dles.
Gov. Hosdly has appointed a com mis
sion of eight members to procure and pre
sent to Congress a statue of the late Presi
dent Garfield as a part of tbe contribution of
Ohio to tbe national gallery in Washington.
Singular as it mav seem, tbe notorious
Mrs. Howe of the Boston soman's bank
fame, is at ber old tricks again in tbat city,
since she is out from ber three years in Ibe
penitentiary, and oilers seven per cent a
month in advance, for deposits.
The new anesthetic for operations on the
eye. hydroohlorateof-iwleokino, was used for
tbe first time at tbe Maine general hospital
last week npou a tialient 7a years old. lne
operation, which was -the removal of a sec
ondary cataract, was successful, tue patient
feeling no pain whatever.
When an elephant catches cold medical
treatment is apt to include large doses. Per
haps tbe most ftigantio dose was prepared
lately in uincinnatt. nretubiuia nned wun
wbisky, molasses ana ginger were given to
each elephant in a show, and tbe mixture was
apparently enjoyed.
A Dakota photographer happened to be
at work with bis instantaneous macbinewbeu
a cyclone came along, and succeeded in mak.
Ing a very fair picture or tbe tblng. Ibe
photographs represent a black, twisting, ver
tical, aerial spout, at the top and bottom of
which Is a contused moss, cloud.Uke in ap
pe trance.
A Cambridge. Mass., lad of 11 played
with a window cord which bung from tbe
top of s casing tbo other evening, amusing
himself by putting tbe cord around bis neok
and making dltfereut kinds of knots. While
doing this be fell asleep and afterward fell
rrom the cbalr, tigbtenlug tbe cord and caus
ing his death by strangulation.
At South Das Moines, Iowa, the other
day, according to a local paper, while a train
was switcbing an old track, eome cara jump
ed the rails, ran up to a fence, forced it
down, proceeded through a grove of fruit
trees, broke sule n of them down, ran
over a coal house, and finally struck
brick bouse. Tbe rear car broke down tbe
twelve-inch wall, forced its way through the
bedrooms, and Dually emerged on tbe oppo
site side. The walls having been torn out, a
porlion of tha house fell, loading the cars
wltn brick and debris, fortunately tbe lam
ily escaped without injury.
Nathaniel McKay, the American contrac.
tor of tbe Panama canal, reports tbat 20,
(XX) natives of the Carribee islands are em
ployed in the work, earning ijl.50 aud $2 a
day. They are now busy cutting immense
trenches turougu tbe bills, wnicu will be car
ried down to a level with tbe ocoan. When
this is done and tbe river Cbagres has been
turned from its source, the barde t part o
tbe work win be over, excavating and
dredging machines will be set at work along
tbe wbole course or tbe canal, uomdr lior
ringe in bis statements published some time
ago tbougbt tbat tbe canal would cost $120,
000.000 and would be finished Jauuary 1
18'JO. Mr, McKay expresses no opinion about
tbe cost ot tbe work or the time when it will
be oo m pie ted.
There was a terrible explosion of dyusm
lie at a farm-house in Strafford, N. II,, last
week Thursday, A man bad been employed
to bore for a well through a rock at the back
of the house. Home atlas powder oartrldges
used in the work were left in tbe kitoben with
a battery used in exploding them. About fi
o'clock Thursday afteruoou ayoungmanwho
was at tbe bouse ou a visit began fooling
with the battery and soon a loud explosion
took place. The neighbors gathered and
found the house demolished, the first floor
blown into tbe cellar and the back of tbe
house blown out. Tbe house took fire and
with the contents was burned to tbe ground,
Everybody was afraid to go near the fire,
fear'ng that some of tbe cartridges In tbe
basket bad not exploded and migut kill inetn
The explosion was beard over in miles. Of
the eight persons wbo were lu tbe bouse at
the time, one was killed instantly and five or
six were rataiiy nun.
RATTAN CUAIBB of new stjles and beautifully
trimmed tnd finished upholstery for Holiday gifts
Pslne's, 48 Cinil.it., Boston,
Sequel tt ulong Aflo.")
And dimmer yet, the other wsy,
Hereafter's lend Is seen
Tho Wsltlog Lind.tbe land where they,
Tbo loved and lost, our coming slsy,
llejond the Hirer's clouds snd sprsy
Thstdarklyflons between.
My beby boy and girl are there,
but bahlea now no more;
A maiden tike her mother fair,
And yonth with thoughtful brow, now share
Iter smiles who beut lo ssd despslr
Above their grares before.
And with them, walking side by side,
Two manly forms I see;
Thsonewholn tbe bsttle died.
And be who stoutly had defied,
Yet sank beuestb tbe ocean's tide,
Each fighting gallautly.
And many more, the brave, the true,
That round my heart have clnng,
Are with tbsm there; aud not a few
Thst hers oo earth they never knew
Are loved because they loved me, too
Tbe beautiful, the youngl
And, later calfed. I soon shall go,
Among tbem there to rest.
And speak of sll the weal and woe
Tbat they with me passed tbro' below J
Till Christ shall come, and we shall know
Whv all ' did was best. T. p. T.
llrstlleboro, Aprils, 18l.
SHUT OUT.
' F. ANSTEY, AUTHOR OP "VICE VERSA, AC.
It is toaard the end of an afternoon in De
cember, and Wilfred Uolleston is walking
along a crowded London street with bis face
turned wtBlward. A few moments ago and
e was unconscious of where he was or wbere
e meant to go; be was walking on mechani
cally in a heavy stupor, through which there
slolu a haunting sense of degradation and de-,
pair that tortured htm dully. And suddenly,
If by msglc, Ihts has vabtsbed : be seems
to himself to have waked from a miserable
day-drtam to the buoyant consciousness of
youth and hope. Temperaments which are
subject to fits or heavy and causeless depres
sion bave tbeir compensation sometimes In
tbe very violence of tbe reaction which fol
lows ; the infesting cares, as In Longfellow s
poem, "fold their tents, like tbe Arabs, and
as silently steal away," and with tbeir retreat
comes an exquisite exhilaration which more
equable disjiosltions cau never experience.
Is this so with Uolleston now t lie only
nows that the cloud has lifted from his brain
and tbat in the clear sunshine which bursts
pon him he can look h!a sorrows In the face.
and thit there is notbiug so terrible in them
Iter all.
It is true that he is not happy at the big
city day school which he has just left. How
should he be 1 He is dull aud crabbed and
ncoutb, aud knows too well that he is a gen
eral object of dislike ; no one there carea to
associate with blm, aud be makes no attempt
o overcome tneir prejudices, being perfectly
ware tbat tbey are ctinereni from blm and
bating tbem for it, but bating himself, per-
aps, tbe most.
And tbougn all bis evenings are spent at
borne there Is httlo rest for blm even there ;
for the work for the next day must be pre
pared, and be sits over it till late, sometimes
with des-perate efforts to master tbe dimcul-
ties, but more often staring at tbe page before
him with eyes tbat are almost wilfully vacant.
All tbls bss been and Is enougn in Itself to
account for tbe gloomy state iuto which he
had sunk, lint and how could he bave for
gotten it ? it is over for tbe present.
xo-nignt be wilt not nave to stt up strug
gling with tho tasks which will only cover him
with fresh disgrace on tbe morrow ; for a
whole month he need not think of them, nor
of the classos in which the band of every one
is against him. i-or tbe bolidsys have begun;
to day has been tbe last of tbe term. Is tbere
no reason for joy or thankfulness in tbat?
What a fool be has been to let those black
thoughts gain such a hold over biml
Slowly, more as it it bad bappened a long
time ago instead ot quite recently, the inci
dents of the morniug come back to him, vivid
and clear once more morning cbapel and tbe
doctor's sermon, and afterward tbe pretense
of work and lax discipline in tbe class rooms,
when the results of tbe examinations bad
been read out, with tbe names of the boys
wbo bad gained prizes and their remove to
the form above. He bad come out last, of
course, but no one expected anything else
from htm ; a Uugb bad gone round tbe desks
when his bumble total closed the list, and be
bad joined in it to show thiol be didn't care.
And then tbe class bad been dismissed, and
tbere had been frieudly good-byes, arrange
ments for walking home in company or for
meeting during tbs holidays for all but him;
be bad gone out alone, and tbe dull blankness
bad come over bini from wbicb be has only
ust recovered.
But, for Ibe present at ail events, he bos
got rid of It completely ; be Is going borne,
wbere at least be ts not despised, wbere he
will find a sanctuary from gibes and jostlings
and Impositions ; and tbe looger be thinks of
this the higher bis spirits rise, and be steps
briskly, with a kind of exaltation, until the
people b.? passes in the streets turn and look
at him, struck by bis expression. 4tTheycau
see bow jolly I'm feeling," hi thinks with a
smile.
Tbe dusk Is falling, and tbe shops hi pass
es are brilliant with lights and decorations,
but be does not stop to look at any of tbem ;
his mind Is busy with settling bow be shall
employ bim. elf on this the first evening of hit
liberty tbe li rut lor so long on wnicn be
could feel bis own master.
At first bo decides to read. Is tbere not
some book be had begun and meant to finish.
so many days ago now tbat be has even for.
gotten wbat it was all about, and only remem
bers tbst It was exciting C
And yet, be tbluks, be won't read to-nlgbt
not on tbe very first night of tbe holidays.
Quite lately yesterday or the day before
his mother bad spoken to blm, gently but very
seriously, about what she called tbe morose
aud undisciplined temper wbiob would bring
misery upon him if he did not set himself
earnestly to overcome it.
And tbere were times, be knew, when It
seemed as if a demon possessed bim aud drove
him to wound eveu thoso who loved bim and
whom be loved times when their affection
only rou.ed in blm some hideous spirit of sul
len ooutradldtlon.
He feels softened now, somehow, and b
a new longing for tbo love be has so often
harshly repulsed. Us win overoome this
sulkinessof bis; be will begin this very even
ing ; as soon as be gets borne bs will tell his
mother tbat be is sorry, tbat be does love ber
really, only tbat when these Ills come ou bim
be bardiy knows wnat be says or does.
And she will forgive bim. only too gladly,
and his mind will be quite at ease again. No,
not quite tbere is stilt sometbing be must do
before tbat. He bas a vague recollection of
a long standing coolness between himself and
bis younger brother Lionel. They never have
got on very well togelber ; Lionel is so diner-
ent much cleverer, even, already, for one
tblng t better looking, too, and belter tern
pered. Whatever tbey quarreled about, Wll
fred Is very sure that be was tbe offender
Lionel never begins tbat sort of thing. But
be will put himself In tbe right at onoe, and
ask Lionel to make friends again ; be will
consent readily enough be always does.
And tbeu be bis a blight Idea t ha will take
bis brother some littles present to prove tbat
be really wishes to bebave decently for the
future. What snail us buy I
He finds himself near a large toy shop at
tbe time, and iu tha window are displayed
several regiments of brlghtly-oolored tin war
riors tbe very thing t Lionel Is still young
enough to delight In tbem.
Feeling lu bis pockets, Uolleston discovers
more loose sliver tbau no uad tbougbt be pos
seased, and so be goes into the shop and aska
for one of tbe boxes ot soldiers, lie la serv
ed by one of two neatly-dressed female as
sistants wbo stare and giggle at one another at
his first words, finding It odd, perhaps, that a
fellow of bis age should buy toys as if, he
thinks indignantly, they oouldn't irne tbat it
was not for blmselt be wanted the things.
Hut ba goes on, feeling happier after bis
urchaso. Tbey will see now that ho Is not
so bad after all It Is long sinoa he bas felt
such a craving to bo thought well of by some
body.
A little further on be comes to a row of
people, mostly women and tradesmen's boys,
standing on tbe curbstone opposite a man
wbo Is seated in a little wooden box on wheels
rawn up close to tho pavem.nt. H is par-
lytic and blind, with a pinched, white face.
framed in an old-fashioned fur cap with big
ear-lappets; be seems to bo preaching or
reading, and Uolleston stops Idly enough to
listen for a few moments, tbe women making
room for blm with alacrity, and tbe boys star
ing curiously round at tbe new comer with a
grin.
He hardly pays muoh attention to tbls ; he
is listening to tbe poem which tbe man in the
box is reciting with a nasal and metatllo snuf
flu In bis voice.
"There's a harp and a crown,
For you and or me.
Hanging on tb. boughs
Of tbetCbristmaatre.r
He hears, and then hurries on again, repeat
ing the stanza meobauically to himself, with
out seeing anything particularly ludicrous
about It. The words bave reminded blm of
tbat Christmas party at tbe Gordons', next
door. Did not Ethel Gordon ask bim partic
ularly to come, and did be not refnse ber sul
lenly ? What a brute he was to treat ber like
tbat I If she were to ask him again. he thinks
be would not say no, though he does hate par.
uca.
Ethel Is a dear girl, and never seems to
tblnk bim good for nothing, as most people
do. Perhaps it is all sham, though no, be
can't think that when he remembers how pa
tiently and kindly sbe has borne with bis
senseless fits of temper and tried to laugh
away bis gloom.
riot every giii as pretty as Ethel Is would
care to notice bim, and persist In spite of ev
erything ; yet he bas sulked with ber of late.
was it because she bad been kind to Lionel 7
He is ashamed to think tbat this may hive
been tbe reason.
Never mind, that Is all over now : he will
Btart clear with everybody. He wlU ask Ethel,
too, to forgive bim. Is tbere nothing he can
do to please her ? Yes; some time ago the
bad asked him to draw something for her.
(He detests drawing lessons, bnt be has rath
er a taate for drawing things out of his own
bead.) He bad told ber, not too civilly, that
e had work enough without doing drawings
for girls. He will paint her something to
nlgbt as a surprise ; he will begin as soon as
tea is cleared away ; it will be more sociable
than reading a book.
And men already be seen a vision or a warm
little paneled room, and himself getting out
his color box and sitting down to paint by
lamp-light for any light does for his kind of
coloriog while bis mother tits opposite and
Lionel watches tbe picture growing under bis
band.
What shall he draw ? He gets ouite ab
sorbed in thinking over this ; his own tastes
run tn a gory direction, bnt perhaps Ethel,
being a girl, may not care for battles or des
perate duels. A compromise strikes blm ;
he will draw a pirate ship; that will be first
rate, with the black flag flying ou the main
mast and Ibe pirate captain on tbe poop
scouring the ocean with a big glass in search
merchantmen: ail about tbe deck and
iggiug be can put tbe crew, with red capa
and belts stuck full of pistols and daggers.
Ana on tue ngbt tbere sbaii be a bit oi tbe
pirate island, with a mast and another black
ag lie knowa be will enjoy picking ont tbe
skull and cross bones in thick Chinese white
and then, if there is room, he will add a
cannon, and perhaps a palm tree. A pirate
Island always bas palm trees.
He la so full of this projected picture of
his that he is quite surprised to find that be
is very near tbe square where be lives ; but
here, just lu front uf blm, at tbe end of the
narrow lane, is the public-house with the
ooach and four engraved on tbe ground glass
of tbe lower part of the window, aud the
bottles run or colored water ranged above.
And bere is tbe greengrocer 't bow long is
It sioce it was a barber's? surely a very little
time and tbere is tbe boot-maker's, with its
outside display of dangling shoes and the
row of naked gas-jets blown to pale bine
specks and whistling red tongues by turns as
gust sweeps across tbem.
This is hi. home, this dingy, old-fashioned
red brick house at an angle of tho square,
with a smalt paved space railed In before it.
He pushes open the old gate with the iron
arch above, where an oil lamp used to hang,
and hurries up to the door with the heavy
Georgian porch, impatient to get to the
warmth and light which awaits him within.
The bell bos got out of order, for only a
faint jangle comes from below as he rings;
be waits a little and then pulls the handle
again, more sharply this time, and still no
one oomes.
When Betty does think proper to come up
and open tbe door be will tell her that it is
too bad keeping a fellow standing ont bere in
tbe fog and oold all this time. She
s coming at last no, It was fancy ; It teems
I
as if Betty had ellpped out for something,
and perhapa tbe cook Is up stairs, and his
mother may be dozing by tbe ore as she bas
begun to do or late.
Losing all patienoe, be gropes for the
knocker, and, groping in vain, begins to
hammer with bare fiats on the door, louder
and louder, until be is interrupted by a
rough voioe from the railings behind him.
'Now then, wbat are you op to there, eh ?"
says the voice, which belongs to a burly po
liceman wbo has stopped auspiciously on the
pavement.
"Why," says Rolleston, "I want to get in,
and I can't make them hear me. I wish
you'd try what you otn do ; will you ?"
t be policeman oomes tiowiy in to tbe gate.
I daresay," he says jocularly. "Is there
anything else? Come, suppose you move
on."
A curious kind of dread of he knowa not
wbat begins to creep over Wilfred at this.
Move on 1 be cries ; "wbj should I move
on ? This is my house ; don t you see ?
live here."
'Now, look ere, my joker ; I don't want
a job over thit," eajs the constable stolidly,
"You -ii bring, crowd around in another mm
ute if you keep ou that 'ammerlng."
"Mind your own business,- Bay a the otber,
with crowing excitement.
"That's what I shall have to do if you
don't look out," is tbe retort, "Will you
move on bsfore I make you ? "
"Bat. I lay." protests Uolleston, "I'm not
joking ; I give you my word I'm not. I do
live here. Wby, I've just oome back from
school, and I can't get lu."
Pretty school you come from I" growls
the policeman; " 'andles ou to your lesson
books, II 1 knows anytning. Lre, out you
go J
Uolleston a fear increases. "I won t I I
won't 1" he cries frantically, and rnahing
back to tbe door beats upon it wildly. On
the otber tide of It are love and shelter, and
it will not open to bim. He Is oold and bun
gry aud tired after his walk ; wby do they
keep blm out like inisr
"Mother I" he calls hoarsely. "Can't you
bear me, mother ? It's Wilfred ; let me in I"
The other taket bim not roughly by tbe
shoulder. "Now you take my advice," he
says. "You ain't quite yourself; you're
making a mistake. I don't want to get you
In trouble tf you don't force me to it. Drop
this 'ere tomfool game and go home quiet to
wherever it it you do live."
"I tell you I live bere, you fool 1" shrieks
Wilfred, in deadly terror, lest he should be
forced away before tbe door la opened.
"And I tell you you don't do nothing ot
the tort." eayt the policeman beginning to
lose bit temper. "No one don't live 'era, nor
ain't done sinoe I've bin on tbe beat. Use
your eyet If you're sot too far gone.
For the 11 rat time Uolleston teems to tee
things plainly as thoy are ; he glauoes round
tbe square tbat la lust as it always It on fog.
gy wloter evenings, with its central inclosure
a shadowy black matt against a reddish glim
mer, beyond which the lighted windows of
tbe bouses glow in yellow ban of varying
length and tint.
But this house, bit own wby, it it all
shuttered and darkt tome of the window.
panes are broken ; tbere it a pale gray patch
lu one mat looks like a dingy bin; me
knocker has been unscrewed from tbe door,
aud on its scraped panels some one hot scrib
bled words and rough oarioaturet tbat were
surely not there when be left tbat morning.
Can anything anr frightful disaster
have come in that short time ? No, he will
not think of It; be will not let mmseir Dd
terrified all for nothing.
"Now, are you golu' ?" eaji the polloeman
after a pause.
Uolleston puti bit baik against tbe door
and clings to the sides. "No I" hi shouts.
"I don't osre what yon sty t I don't believe
you tbey are all In tbsre they are, I tell
you, they are they are I"
In a second he is In the constable a slroug
grasp and being dragged, slruggllug violent
ly, to the gate.when a soft voice, a woman's,
Intercedes for him.
"What Is tbe matter? Ob, d.m't don't
be to rough with him, poor creature I" it cries
pitifully.
"I'm only exerclslu' mv duly, mum." snva
the officer ; "be wants to create a disturb.
anco 'ere."
"No." cries Wilfred, "he lies I I only want
to get Into my own bouse, and no one seems
to hear me. You dou't tblnk anything le
wrong, do you ?"
It is a lady wbo bas been pleading for
blm ; as be wrests himself from his cnotor
and comes forward she sees his face, and ber
own grows while and startled. "Wilfred!"
sbe exclaims.
"Wby, yoa know my name!" ha asjs.
Then you can tell him it Is all rlcht. Dn f
know you? You speak like is it Ehtl?"
"Yes," she says, and her voice is low an 1
trembling. "I am Ethel."
He Is silent for an instant i then bo ssys
slowly, "You are not the Bamo nothing Is
the same it is all changed changed mid
on, my uoa, wnat am II"
Slowly the truth is borne in uoon his brain.
muddled and disordered by long excess, end
tbe last shrod of the illusion which bad pos
sessed bim drifts away.
lie knowa now tbat bis boyhood, with such
possibilities of bappiuess as it bad ever held.
bas gone forover. He has been knocking at
a door which will open for bim never again,
and the mother by whose side ho had meant
to spent the evening died long years ago.
ma past, blotted out completely for an
hour by tome freak of memorv. comes hark
to bim, and be sees bis sullen, morbid boy
hood changing into something worse still,
until by slow degrees be became wbat be is
now dissipated, degraded, lost.
At nrst tbe shock, tbe awful loneliness he
awakes to. and the 6hame of beintr found
thus by the woman for whom he had felt the
only pure love he had known, overwhelm
him utterly, and be bows bis bead upon bis
arms as be clutches the railings, and sobs
Itb a grief tbat is terrible in its abandon
ment.
Tbe very policeman is silent and awed by
what ho feels to be a scene from tbe traced v
of life, though he may not be ablo to doscribo
it to himself by any more suitable phrase
man a "rum start."
"You can go now. policeman." aavs the la
dy, putting money iu his hand. "You Bee I
know this this gentleman. L"avo him to
me; ne will give you no trouble now."
And tbe constable goes, taking care, bow-
ever, to keep an eye occasionally on the cor
ner wbere this bas taken place, lie has not
gone long bsfore Uolleston raises his head
with a husky laugh ; his manner has changed
now ; be is no longer tbe boy in thought and
expression tbat be was a short time before,
and speaks at might be expected from bis
appearance.
"I remember it all now," he says. "You
are Ethel Gordon, of course you arc, and
you wouldn't have anything to do with me
and quite right too and then you married
my brother Lionel. You teo I'm as clear as
a bell again, now. So you came up aud found
me battering at tbo old door, eh t l)j you
know, I got the fancy I was a boy again anil
coming home to bah, what does all that
matter to you c Odd sort of rancy though,
wasn't it ? Drink Is always playing mo some
cursed trick now. A pretty fool I must bave
made of myself."
She says nothing, and be thrusts his hands
deep in bis ragged pockets. "Hallo I what's
this I've got?" be says, as be feels something
at the bottom of one of them, and bringing
ont the box of soldiers be bad brought half
an hour before beholds it up with a harsh
laugb wblcu bas tbe ring or despair in it.
"Do you see this'?" be says to her. "You'll
liugh when I tall you It's a toy I bought just
now for guess wbom for your dear hus
band! Must bave been pretty bad, mustn't
I ? Shall I give it to you to take to him
no ? Well, perhaps be bas outgrown these
things now, so here goes;" and be tosses tbe
box over tbe railing, and it falls with a shiv
er of broken glass as tbe pieces of painted
tin rsttle out upon tbe flag-stones.
"And now I'll wish you good evening," be
says, sweeping off bis battered bat with mock
courtesy.
Bhe tries to keep bim back. "No, Wil
fred, no ; you must not go like Ihit. W
live bere still, Lionel and I, in tbe same old
bouse," and she indicates the house next
door; "he will be borne Tory soon. Will
you" (she cannot help a little shudder at the
thought of Buch a guest) "will you come in
and wait for him ?''
"Throw myself into his arms, eh?" he
says. "How delighted he would be 1 I'm
just the tort of brother to be a credit to a
blghly respectable young barrister like bim.
You really think he'd like it ? No ; it's all
right, Ethel ; don't be alarmed ; I was only
joking. I shall never come in your way, I
promise you. I'm just going to take myself
off."
"Don't say that," sbe says (in spite of her
self the feels relieved) ; "tell me is tbere
nothing we can do no help we can give
you?"
"Nothing," he answers fiercely ; "I don't
want your pity. Do you think I can't see
that you wouldn't touch me with the tongs if
you could help it I It's too late to snivel over
me now, and I'm well enough as I am. You
leave me alone to go to tbe devil my own
way ; it's all I ask of you. Good-bye. It's
Christmas, isn't it? I haven't dreamed tbat,
at all events. Well, I wish you snd Lionel
as merry a Christmas as I mean to have. I
oan't say more than tbat in the way of enjoy
ment." He turns on his heel at tbe last words and
slouches off down the narrow lane by which
be bad come. Ethel Uolleston stands for n
while, looking after his receding form tilt tbe
fog closes round it and she can see it no
more. She feels as if she had seen a ghost ;
and for her at least tbe inclosure before the
deserted house next door will be haunted ev
er more haunted by a forlorn and homeless
figure sobbing tbere by tbe railings.
At for the man. he goes ou his way until
be finds a door which is not closed against
bim.
"Will tbere be muaio at your church fair?"
No." answered tbe manager, "but tbero'll be
tinging."
"It anybody waiting on you ?" said a polito
dry-gooda clerk to a young lady from tba
country wbo bad just entered the store. "Yes,
sir," replied the blushing damsel. "That's
my fellow outside ; be wouidn i come in tne
store."
"Wbat does tbe minister' say of our new
burying-ground ?" asked Mrs. Himes of her
neighbor. "He don't like it at all ; he says
be win never be buried tuere as mug as ne
lives." "Well," says Mrs. Himes, "1 will, if
my life is spared."
"We wish." nays a Texas newspaper, "that
a few ot our oitizens could be permitted to
live till they die a natural death, to as to
show the world what a magnificently healthy
country Texas really is."
An old BridceDort (Conn. ) woman.wbo has
pasted noarly five thousand medical recipes
In a book during me paai roriy years, unviu
never been tick a day in her life, is growing
ditcouraged ; Borne people are born to ill-
luck, the says.
"Was there a funeral In heaven when I
came away ?" asked Tiny. Her mother
thought not. "Well," Bald tbs child, "I pre
sume tbey all felt bad."
Judge Linoinoott of Montana reports that
he recently caught an eel weighing Beventy
three poundt and eleven ounoes. We could
accept the pounds, but tbe addition ot the
ounues stamps tne juage s report as u vuuu
nental flab ttory. Springfield Union,
Old Ldy (on donkey.): "Boy, isn't thie
very dangerous ?" Boyt "Wery dangerous
Indeed, ma'am. Tbere was a lady a-ridib' up
bete, last year, and the donkey fell, and the
lady was chucked over the cliff and killed."
OU Lady i "Good gracious I waa tbe donkey
killed, too?" "No, ma'am ; that's tha wery
donkey,"
Tbe artificial limb department is a govern
ment branch about wbiob, little Is known.
According to a Washington paper it fits out
war veterans with new sets of arms, legs or
otber apparatus every five years. During tbe
last five years 18,000 veterans have applied
for repairs, wbo bave tbe choice, however,
bstween repairs and money equal to the re
pairs. Tbe allowance for a leg is 37& ; for
anything leas tbau a leg, $50. Heads are not
furnished, but parts of heads, jaws aud sec
tions ot tbe skull are supplied.
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