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TEE ABSENCE OF LITTLE WMS- LET. Bence little Wesley went the place seems . strange and still— XT'-,- rran , P-” I’d ’ ' P ft as miss tv , 0 thinkTust ,• .,,, And to I istto to scold SC bl h- him , fer his ever- ustin noise, When I on’y rickollect him as the best o' little trompin h , d _ m, And all the noise he ever made was twic’t as loud ag’in!— It Vd seem like some so't music played on some fine instrument, ’Longside o’ this loud lonesomeness.eenee little Wesley went. Of course the clock don’t tick no louder than it ust to do— Yit now they’s rime it "pcarB like it’u’d bu'st itself in two! And, let a rooster suddent like ’ crow ;nm Vr« clos’t around And seem W mighty nigh it, it Vd lift me ' off the ground' .ti’itw. And Mini- with ‘ catle when they bawl ‘ aro mu ... the bars, a'.VlLr/" 0 "'"' 0 '' dMk When the neighbor*’ ” bov* * ’*t passes,never n... stop, nut jest go on, A-whistlin’ kind o’ to theirse’v’s—sence Wesley's gone! And then, o’ nights when Mother’s sittin’ up oncommon late, A-bilin’ pears er some pin, and I Bet and smoke and wait, Tel tho moon out through tho winder don’t look lugger ’n a dime, And things keep gittin’ stiller—stiller—stiller all the time— I’ve ketched myso’f a-wishin’ like—as I dumb on the cheer To wind the clock, ns I hev done for moro ’n fifty year’— A-wishin’ ’at the time hed come fer US to go to bed, With our last prayers, and our last tears sence little Wesley’s dead!— James Whitcomb Riley. TOM MIDDLETON’S WIFE. Br FLOKA HAINES LOL’GIIEAD. iXfrt] JJT . was A one MITCHELL of those jjPH lbi!'ilijl' jrv';' Sj , unfortunate men plus whose sur- wo- 1 physical en- MU mf» qY ergieg distinguish *•, them from others of their sex. Asa child, she was r - — c-T known as a “tom- -^T boy, ’ and prim mothers held her U P at> an awful warning to their little daughters, while in her own home the question of how to subdue her was wrestled over with true maternal solicitude. When she grew up society frowned upon her as a “hoy. den,” and her way was beset with thorns. At eighteen sho could row, and swim, and ride, aud play lawn-tennis like a boy. She tvas a great walker, and upon one occasion had walked to Mt. Diablo and back in two days, with her brother which and a couple of friends, sufficed a feat alone would have to place under a ban in San Francisco’s best so- eicty. That sho sang like a bird, danced like a sylph, pure-minded and was, altogether, a very amiable, girl, was a small offset for the sum of exceedingly her iniquities, and although she of was and irresponsible popular among a set young boys, conservative circles frowned upon her, and it was generally understood that she was a young person of most radical and dangerous tendencies. It was, therefore, a matter of polite regret when the announcement of her coming nuptials with one of this same conservative circle was received. Tom Middleton was a promising young law- yer, of excellent family and irreproacU- able manners. It bad ideal been generally understood that Tom’s was of a different type, and moro after the pat- teru of the elegant society women with whom he had been accustomed to oiate. His intimate friend and boon companion, Jack Spencer, who had al- ways disapproved the mouthpiece of Kate, of undertook society, and to pose echoed as its sentiments in Tom’s unwilling ear. Tom stood stanchly by his oolors, but his friend’s words Bank deep into his soul, nevertheless. He secretly resolved that, for his sako and her own, Kate must bo “toned down.” He succeeded even beyond marriage, his hopes. few Nine years after her would have recognized in the quiet, T&- pressed woman, the gay and fond spirited girl of former days. Kate was of her husband, and the alchemy of love had wrought the change; but it is a dan- gerous thing to meddle with spiritual of chemistry as well as the forces the material world, and if Tom had known what pent-up longings and rebellious in- clinations raged beneath his wife’s quiet exterior, success.' he" might have repented liis But he went on callously and hlindlv as men will when dealing with delicate forces which they cannot under- stand, and Kate kept his grievances to L herself Two children came—the eld- a cirl a fiery, little creature, who made the mother’s heart ache, as she saw in the child a reflex of herself; the other HieSiiUlrengrew a bov deliberate, like his father. When larger and need- whiVhTheir ed room for exercise and out door air city home would not afford, thev took up their nS residence in a little counrty home, so far away but that Toni could travel back and forth daily j attend to liis business, and it is Fore tlift' our story finds them. cmv December dav, Kate stood At */: bet-window cazing out upon the land- -r t had been before,’Tom a dull tiresome week' *, Several davs h-uromised had *vt . j,. i Q11 vacation, , .od tn be dedicated to a hunt in e c in enmitanv with a party , ,- K , cKp ,'ti wfis thinking with envy, t ii l - 1 f cf nn , fv and wondering, c° nc ' \ L i +rT .1. n Ln A r and ‘i healthful for ‘ ,, l lAft pi.f n a nd DrODer for women, How wow sue gj ie would > u have en- joyed fcbe o g P holding b D-un*011 her shoulder, and Lifh'the and shoot witn tne best of them ' She felt a wick- ©d sola^ as sue , luougut x. showers thathad clouds that falien h m the e_ ^ey*nd 1* the the mountains. , be'r'hedcr- dull And and j : n<d cross, boundariel bound ed-m life, with its narrow es, its senseless restraints. There was a rnshot feet house, the door of her room opened, an the children burst m. “Mamma, the creek is up! Take us down to see it novelty »nd - The childish longing for excitement found au instant echo m her heart. They had run in from oub r bonneted and \°^ , play, and were c .» with rubber overshoes to protectthei for her, feet from the damp earth. As 5«J t £ SfJWSS front door in her loose house-dress, bare-headed, and with worsted slippers on her feet. They followed a garden far 11 101 * lllt e dl8t f nc f> and tllen en- e rea } a narrow , Jane leading to place . a where they were accustomed to ford in the summer time, but over which now swept a seething tempestuous flood. As they looked and listened, Kate re- alized that this was no ordinary freshet, but the product of a heavy rainfall over tiny nvulets, and, joining issue with the mountain stream, plunged down its narrow ble channel, a mighty and irresisti- power. ^ ater ^ven suddenly »» they looked rear up she above saw and a wall of come aown toward them like a miniature tidal wave. - The dam built by the new water com- pa °y had * a y! Diev rau back from the shore to er dk ground, and not a moment too soon, e Kt r eam rose severa ' f ee t in a second, It cut into the solid banks on either *3 ed V p ^ nd and bu8 8U ? \ ke<1 ps a m ?<*3™°* b y the trees, eed root- rent, went by. f^ 7 cur- wavered, spinning flung A giant syca- more out its bare aud ■ j&b? rfefu-.; 7^__V —7" ~ P . ^ -V fe&grf- “ !si hit skeleton limbs as if in ghostly protest, and * eP f ar ou t “ lto the stream, inter¬ locking its branches with a sturdy ever- greeu oak which stood on the opposite bank, while its trunk, loosely anchored by long, snake-like roots, tossed help¬ lessly in midstream. “Mamma! See the big boards com¬ ing !” cried out her little daughter. Kate looked far up stream and saw a great timber sailing leisurely along. Now it caught on a projecting snag and swung half about, now it struck on a submerged island, and idly disengaged itself and sauntered on. Behind it was another, and yet another—the stream was black with them. «Oh, my God ! The railroad bridge '1170 railroad 1” bridge, and the afternoon train now nearly due, soon to rush down a steep grade to a leap into that yawning ‘to chasm. Her first impulse was up the canon, but sho instantly checked herself. What folly, when miles of overflow lay between her and the doom- e d train ! Word must be sent down to the station, and from there a telegram the to the next stopping placo above bridge. But how ? The hired man! Ji m bad gone an hour before to the vil- ] age to get the mail and have his daily Even gossip with the loungers of the place, if he were here, neither horse nor man was fleet enough to cover the cir- ouitous road that lay between. Then B b e looked at the prostrate sycamore. Down the stream, leisurely, but nearer aJu l nearer still, sailed the great timbers, “Marian, take little brother and go straight to the house and stay there till mamma comes back.” She had already pulled herself up by one of the roots and was creeping stealthily Here along dress the swaying trunk, her caught on a branch; there she had to climb down and crawl along with her feet under the water to avoid an upright limb. Once she slipped a nd lost her hold, and was nearly sucked into tho eddying current, but she caught a t a again. stout projection and swung herself up She could hear the swash of the heavy timbers up-stream as they rocked lazily upon the water, but she did not dare to look. Before her the main trunk of the tree was lost and she saw two diverging limbs, one low in the water, the other locked with the oak in mid-air. W hich to take? She dared not hesitate, but began a slippery perilous climb along the upper limb, and naked m places wat ering so that she grew dizzy and shut her eyes to keep from falling. And, so, lying prone the upon entire it, hand over hand, she crept length, and the great stick of timber struck heavily against the fallen herself sycamore, and just as Kate swung into the branches of the oak she felt her support give way, and with a groan, and crash, and wild up-tossings of its from skeleton arms, the old tree tore loose its moorings, and was swept down stream toward the bay. Her hands torn and bleeding, Kate Middleton reached solid ground at length, and first her maternal instinct asserted itself, and she looked back and saw her children standing still and look- ing after her. She pointed home with a gesture that they and dared not disobey, and saw them turn run up the lane, then sped along her way. She was not light of foot as in her girlhood; whereas, she was once fleet as a deer and swift motion was a very joy to her, she now realized that she was growing to be a stout and middle-aged woman. She moved heavily and clum- silv and labored for breath, and lier feet were like c’ods beneath her. There was a mile of rough and rocky ground to be covered before she reached the station, and the train—oh, but to possess once more the agilitv of her girlhood ! Which would be first ? Would the train, flying across the upper levels of the Coast Range, reach the next station before the brave woman liad sent her message of warning ? question How many she could times 6he asked herself the not have told. She scarcely dared hope that she might be in time. Her heart seemed ready to burst with grief for the terrible misery threatening so many happy homes. Alas! for the orphaned children who might cry aloud to heaven that night l Alas! for fathers and moth- ere whom the morrow might behold bowed down with sorrow! Alas ! for husbands aud wives-- She was crossing the bed of one of the abandoned channels of pathway the impetuous mountain stream, a rock strewn the Bpoils c f bv-gone freshets, wbere 6 ven then, a shadow stream was rippling past, token of the torrents sur- plus force. She faltered smitten by a new and awful thought. What if Tom _Tom who was not to come for two davs d*™ more; “°^ Tom A who had started out in er differentdirection _ sllould have cut short his excursion, or, with liis nartv driven home by the continued rains ra , somehow * wandered to one of the and bo arded the train 1 was her vaunted physical all, th f what was she after but a weak, wre^e^w^an^vitn wrAtcbed woman with trem- trem (li this • “...f gR«t horror horror_thot that had M taken When posses- po» of her »fiereepamgnppmgat^ k fj... blinded wmch ^ t t ier eves prJdiearan ’Thank God! her brain k P true to its purpose, ^ Sf ovTmtllhaKksf acrmnir body TJL On, level stretches of sand down new ravines she ran. Once she cut her foot cruelly, upon a sharp stone, and remembered, for the ] first time,that she had on the light wors- ted slippers carelessly she had worn in the house, and had neglected to exchange for walking-boots when she started down to the creek with her children. She j even house bethought herself that her loose dress was scarcely the style of ap- parel in which she should like to pre- sent up a prayer of thankfulness for its light weight,which scarcely encumbered her movements. With all the rest of her senses dulled, her hearing appeared to liave become preternatural lv sharp. She seemed to hear the clatter of the approaching train twelve miles away. The throb, throb, throb of the engine kept pace with her beating heart. She heard the | hollow echoes from the neighboring hills as the train crept over embank- ments, trestle-work, its deafening its clamor dull rumble as it rushed it | across as rolled over solid ground. She even seemed to hear the engineer as he laid his hand on the escape-valve, ready to give the iron monster voice as it neared t he little mountain town, then the wild of the .'scaping Bteam, the clangor ?• the bell, the putt, pull, puff, as the train slackened speed, the clatter of the brakes, the jangle of the couplings. Would she never reach the little red station-house, now JU plainly gra^Ie/roadf in sight at ; the end of the ! bhe was passing the post-office, where people idly gazed at her. What mat- ter! If only there was a horse and bugeyin only Bight to help heron her »»y! It one of the loungers would un- derstand and take up the mission which ker ?P e nt 8t ^ e « gth seemed inadequate to fulfil! , , But she might not turn aside, On the depot platform more loungers, Jim T™ nmnnn among (Imm them, vr.lUnry rolling a nnirl quid nf of to- bacco in his cheek and talking earnestly about the state of the weather and the prospects of the growing crops. Tliey all looked upon her as a mad woman, as she ran past them. Jim muttered an expletive under his breath, moved always by the strong indignation that must possess a self-respecting servant, something when master or mistress does derogatory to the dignity of his “fam- “y* The station-master was in his office, talking ivith a gentleman who had come down from the mountains, and was wait¬ ing to clad take the train to the and city. He was in a hunting-suit, was talk- ifif? with some excitement. “It has rained all the week.” he was saying; “you think it rains here in the valley, but, great guns I you should be up in the mountains in a rainstorm. Sheets and sheets of it—blizzards of sleet and hail, and the wind blowing like a I hurricane. bee-line We down broke camp yesterday. The took a here. rest crossed the hills to the station above. They’ll be down on the foqj’-o’clock.” Voice and speaker were familiar to the woman who stood in the doorway, both hands pressed to her panting breast, The words came only too distinctly to her quickened sences. Then her pre¬ monitions were true, and Tom—Tom was on that fated train. Again her body reeled, but her steady brain saved her. “Stop the train 1 The bridge is gone!” she cried. Both men looked up, startled at the words. With the prompt movement of a leaped man trained to obey orders, the agent to his instrument; the other man, slower to comprehend, came forward, the look of amazement on his face, as he gm D £ li < I in 4 f 4 viewed the singular apparition in the t | 001 . wa y giving place to amused indul- as he rec0 gnized the speaker, what au eccentric, impetuous girl Kate Mitchell always ^ was, and what a life she T Middipimi' “This is quite an unexpected pleasure, Mrs. Middleton.” he said smiling. She waved him back with a single im¬ perious gesture. There was a brief si¬ lence. The operator listened intently, with his head resting on his hand. Ivate Middleton remained standing in tho doorway, her hands clasped low, her face blanched with dread, and all her soul absorbed in listening. Jack Spen¬ cer, slowly comprehending his the meaning of the scene, waited, interest grow¬ ing with every moment’s delay. At last it came, the monotonous click, click, conveying its portentous message in a language unknown to two of the three listeners. The operator arose from his chair. “Just in time. The train was pulling out of the station, but they stopped her.” T . fi?st timeln , , her^life . ,, , £ nead a Jd gave „ ave way. ^ one She was was a-aiii again on on her the tne sycamore, and the limb was ^lT felt thewaLr^o^her^facl tne water on ner lace amTopened and opened bcr e J eB > b nd Jack Spencer support- ^ Her head and the station agent pourmg ice cold water o er hei. “Sbe’H be all right m a minute said Jack, cheerfully. Now, Mrs. Middle- ton, with your permission, 111 see you nome - She borrowed ,,,,,,, a hat and cloak from the ,, station agent’s wife. Jim brought up the horses. Jack Spencer handed her into the wagon, wuth grave courtesy, and they drove off. Some of the loungers, dimly understanding what she had done, looked on cunonsiy. That was all. No fuss, no formal tributes, no speech- making even from the two who under- stood. There was no deputation of strong men to tender her publio tribute, in voices shaken by sobs. Contrary to all tradition, and unlike any hero or he- roiue who ever saved a train from wreck, she was on the wrong side of the bridge and the people most deeply concerned were nine miles away. She had little to say on the ride home- ward, although Jack Spencer was atten- tive and talkative, and tried, as hard as a man could, to show his appreciation of her brave deed. Perhaps she was em- b arrassed in the consciousness of her odd attire, and the curious looks cast upon her as she rode through the vil- lage. Perhaps she was secretly ashamed of her mad race, and of the exceptional, unwomanly physical prowess that had made it possible, notwithstanding the faet that it had saved many lives. She did not even invite Jack to come in ^ ^ cached her own door, descended from the wagon with great jjS*iS and only 4rne.Uy: rda!;ed „ Utt l e »heo dj «iy “I shall never underrate the value of physical training for women again, Mrs. Middleton. little Someday daughter under I shall beg to put my your tute- Which was a great concession for Jack, whose little daughter was the apple of his eye, and whom he had hitherto only looked forward to making an accomplished woman, of elegant manners. Neither honor nor praise awaited Kato i n her own home. Bndget scolded her an d put her to bed, and declared that 8 he “wud surely catch Well her death a-cold an’she deserved it ” and tried to children, Harrv stubbornly oil resented her base desertion of them the bank of the racing stream and Marian with her mother’s spirit of adventure strong upon her, terrified the household bv a- vowing her intention of going across the water on a tree the first timo she CO uld escape parental authority. I The mother had her reward, neverthe- } jess. Late that night, when the children we re asleep and Bridget had relaxed guard, Kate escaped from bed, and don- ! ning a wrapper ami shawl laid herself down mxm the lonnce before the open fire, to enjoy scanning the daily paper. The rain fell steadily without, so steadi- j ] v that the sound of a horse’s hoofs coming up the sodden driveway was; rfttSSjT scarcely distinguishable from the patter Kato an-i j she heard a step Qmtside the door; other moment, and Tom was before her, lookin« ializecf very solemn ’ like a newly mater- 1 “ | ghost. «*Tom r* rIia cried dmrnlv and then ' ah before him but the horror of the after- /not which nfmin descended nL nnon lier ; nTU tb i nf l.ev bet- ha a nd, ; might b have been one of’ that griz!jr j dying tu ong phantoms o( maDgleJ of the , cmghed, might-have- dea.l, an( been,‘ever ’ torturing her mental vision, ci,,. r n CCO ,i J h 0 :j c tl?e nT nr tLbt lmr 7 na ’ it they miglit h bar out r t the sight, „ 01 u ou | hfc not; you never should (lo BUch ’ a tbin » &llQ After all, she had nerves, and they h d b aor elv I tried that day ^avelv do 5 mean V’ de- Meeting n l d Tom afSr This he^ was indeed a ‘sorry sfonuTn’t all have had been come through homeTn this unexpec ted way; you should let pe0 * «& ple know when you are coming.” ate ,” said Tom solemnly, seating himself on tbe sofa and drawing her down beside him, “you will speak dif¬ ferently when you know how near I came to not coming home at all; I have traveled twelve miles on horseback over a night. rough mountain road to get here to¬ We were just starting out of Prescita when we were notified that the bridge miles three miles below 1 there—six above here, Kate—had been car¬ ried aw r ay.” “How did you find out?” Kate was herself again. There was a little tw inkle in her eye, but her lip trembled. “As to that,” replied Tom, “reports are somewhat vague. But all accounts agree it was a woman. And she did wonderful things. The bridge-tender’s wife, I believe. Floated down stream on all a timber, somebody said. Started, there dripping, for the station, and got in an unconsiderably short time. Not a minute to spare. If it hadn’t been for her!—oh, it was a wonderful feat, everybody says.” Kate, “But in how—very—unladylike!” shocked stooping said a voice, to jhek up something from the floor. “I “Unladylike!” cried Tom, excitedly, tell you, Kate, that was something worth while. Very different from your lawn-tennis practice. When a woman puts her strength to such a use—and such a strain as it must have been, by Jove! Why, Kate, I doubt if you could so much as w T alk to town and back. But when a woman saves two or three hun¬ dred lives at one stroke-! My good¬ ness, Kate! What have you been doing to your foot?” For Mrs. Middleton had unconscious¬ ly pushed the wounded foot into sight, and its load of bandages, piled up by Bridget’s with clumsy fingers, and finished a red flannel swathing, was indeed calculated to strike terror to the be¬ holder. “I—I took a little walk to-day,” replied Kate, guiltily, trying to hide the loot again beneath the hem of lier dress. “But don’t let us talk about that, Tom. I’m sorry I seemed queer and cold when you came in. I wasn’t made feeling well, and you—you looked so. It me shiver.” Like many people who are dauntless in the presence of real danger, Kate had all her life been shy of praise. If she could have kept the knowledge of her escapade, from husband, as she mentally would termed it. her she gladly have done it. But, stupid as he was in some ways, obtuse as he was, he was not to be put off in this way. He was already on his knees beside her, cutting threads, removing pins and undoing cloths, in spite of her protests, until he disclosed a little foot, purple w ith bruises, and with an ugly, gaping cut in one side. “No wonder you are not yourself to- uiglit. A‘little walk!’ I should say so. Kate, what have you been up to now!” “I had on my slippers,” confessed the culprit, change “and—there wasn’t time to them. Let it alone, Tom. It’ll be all right to-morrow.” “A little walk!” persisted Tom. “Great Caesar, Kate, you are not to be trusted alone any more than a two-year- old babe, I’ll never dare to go off and leave you again.” “If I hadn’t taken my little walk you —you—you chance!” mightn’t have had the cried poor Kate, cornered at last. “My ^ soul!” cried Tom, a light ° dawn- cg him at last <<It wft JOU j think he kissed the little, lame, bruised feet. I am afraid lie did a great many foolish things and humbled him- self most lamentably to show his love for bis brave young wife, his pride in her, and his contrition. There was a purse made up by the passengers on the overland train that fateful day, to reward the plucky woman who had saved them from such a fright- ful disaster, but they were never able to find her out. Tho station master and Jack Spencer kept their secret well. The onlv subscription that ever reached its destination was Tom Middleton’s. His wife sometimes wears a very ugly brace- ] e t set with*a couple of very large and ponderous gold coins. When people question her about it she replies that ifc i s a medal Tom once awarded her for a race she won. It is generally under- stood that she refers to some rowing match or horseback ride, for there are boats on the pond now, saddle-horses in Tom’s stable, ^veu and a tennis court on the W But as she answers Kate sees again the railroad train, with its precious living freight, thundering on to destruction, and a woman, bare-head- e< j, wild-eyed, with draggled dress and bleeding feet, racing desperately across a rough country in a mad effort to avert the impending danger .—The Argonaut, --- Don’t think just because a girl per- ! sistenUy ssys -So" to tliit yon that she has made up her mind J.e trill never marry. The chances are that there ia another fellow who comes to see her Thursday nights, and who never heard her say “No” in all his blissful and glad c~cr._scmcrv.tic Jemal. FROM PRISON TO HIS HOME. _ Sequel To Baltimore . Sensation , of a Four Years Ago. Four years ago Gilbert W. Haz- pltine > 8on of Br. GL B. Ha zeltme °* Jamestown, N. Y., killed Mamie Thorpe and wounded May White in a Hls father well known, and sx. of is is one the oldest men in Jamestown. But the young man was wild and ungovernable, j He got into frequent scrapes and brought a & r ? at deaI of sorrow upon his people, j fn the summer of 1884 he and a compan- 1Q n met the two young women in Canada, The four went to Baltimore. Hazeltine 1 indulged in a prolonged spree. He en- deavored to get from the women their ! jewelry. There was a quarrel, and it ended m a tragedy that became one of the sensations of the city. The trial that followed was full of intense interest, Eazdtine’s Vvn* T?* 8 t°°h T?! throughout. From the first she has left liberty. nothing undone to secure Ins life and Brilliant counsel saved his neck and g°t the term of imprisonment P »J;oed to five 31is.irazeUme year,. has been constantly at work to get lnm pardoned, g° fc recommendations from 10 mem- bers of the jury, from the State's Attor- ne Y* from tb e Judge, and she even <* 0 ”- ™ •* i ^ ew lork - Recess came. Gov. Jack- ; 6011 g a ' - e her the pardon at Annapolis, ! sbe came by the first train to Balti- ! ™ “"wa ““X ygeet h'‘'““J'" mg. nrll toko placedunder m 1° Jamestown, where he will be j , thecare of a specialist in, brain diseases. 1 he only protest against ! 1 the P a rdon was from the father of Mamie rphnme ^orpe, the the Tnnrdered murdered gnl. m’vl He Tfe is i« a a reputable sailor, living on Long Island, and hia ™ fe thought that their daughter was a dressmaker in Canada, a “d the shock that resulted when he cam e to Baltimore just after tho murder a nd found ivliat sort of life she had been ^ing unsettled his mind, A Narrow Escape. A story ia going the rounds of the newspapers that an assassin shot through the window of the house of Senator John P. Jones with the intention of killing President Arthur. This was in the early fall of 1881, while tho President was temporarily awaiting living cleaning with Senator Jones, the and repairing of the White House. The story is true, and was known to several of tho corres¬ pondents at tho time, who kept the secret because it was feared the publica¬ tion would incite other assassins. When President Arthur went to Washington, immediately took his life in after his Garfield’s death he hand, and knew it, but he never exhibited any sign of fear. His great anxiety was to got tho Senate together so that a President pro tem. might be elected and the succession as sured. Ho was in great mental distress over the cruel imputation that he, to¬ gether with the Stalwarts, had encour¬ aged he the assassination. A day or two after arrived he was urged to take a ride for exercise, and a close covered cab, with a detective seated by the driver, was called. The President dis¬ missed the detective. His friends ex¬ would postulated, but in he declared that he such not go public and suggest that a thing as assassination was possi¬ ble. “Besides,” said be, “if it is the purpose of any man to kill me he will accomplish it in spite of all guards and protection. ” And then he added, with most pathetic utterance: “In my present state of mind it sometimes seems to me as though I did not care whether I am killed or not.” Aside, however, from this shooting, it is not known that there was and ever detectives anything who, that unbeknown caused the police to him, were on the watch, to entertain the slightest suspicion. Ministering to a Mind Diseased. Barth, A correspondent says:—Miss Dorothy of Athens, Ohio, has for several years been superintendent of one of the departments in the .insane asylum at Athens and is a member of a family of consider tble prominence. Among the inmates during the past year was Osmar Parrish, a printer and newspaper well known in the neighborhood and at Marietta. Ohio, where he has worked. In her work of superintendence Miss Barth came often in contact with Parrish, who at first was violently J insane, F, but rapidly .... improved. . During his , . confine- ment a mutual affection sprang up be- tween these two, but was not generally noticed, fi 1.1 l Fftirittii arnsu stemea flhp/tvQ always fn to }m 00 easily quieted when she approached him; in the presence of others he would often have violent spells. About three months ago Parrish was discharged a well man. On Tuesday evening lie returned to Athens, and, having made all arrange¬ ments, went to the asylum, and, finding Miss Barth, the two repaired to the offiqe of a justice and were married. The parents of the lady, though living but a few rods from the scene of the marriage ceremony, knew nothing of it. The justice was pledged to secrecy and Mr. and Mrs. Parrish went away, she return¬ ing to the asylum and he going to his home. The marriage has just now be¬ come public, and- the young lady’s pa¬ rents are said to be very angry. Mrs. Parrish admits that she fell in love with her husband before he was cured of his insanity, and used extra ef¬ forts to bring about his complete mental restoration. She will still continue in her present situation, which is quite lucrative. Should Carry Chalk With Them. He wore a white waistcoat ana a white ... four-in-hand tie and he was standing on the front platform of a Broadway car smoking a cigarette. The street muddy. and Presently immaculate his gleaming coat his tie were orna- mented with splotches of mud. He look- ed annoyed and angry. He said thmg which Col. Sheppard would never print. He drew a cambric handkerchief fr* 0 ™ bis pocket and tried to wipe the mud off. He only succeeded m rubbing 111 . He looked more worried ever. By his side was a flashily-dressed .... big . young “Kinder man smoaing muddy!” a cigar, said the flashy young man in an off-hand tone, “I es,” said he of the white waistcoat, as he rubbed at the muddy spots. “And I d °n t know what I shall do. I m going to make a call, and I live too far away to go home and change my clothes/’ The flashy young man puffed his cigar in silence for a moment. Then he thrust his hand in aside pocket of his coat and fished out a cube of billiard chalk. He “Try this," he said, of the white waistcoat took the chalk and carefully rubbed it over the spots. In a few minutes they had all disappeared and his waistcoat and neck- U. w«. pnrciy fHh-ta. A COMMON-SENSE LETTER. To tht Editor • I see that npwsmror c i K * re again making their appearance calling attention to matters vertainmg to health as well as to the means whereby disease maybe ¥ in^ ! ,ont d rt? fr,§^ d t f lt 1 pre8Cn ed am !Letotime, ' 1 pmphSt *n pafccafi^iSi^ T n , , tha w*ll-known firm of H. II. Warm r a Co.' which dwell upon the history and growth or kidney diseasts ; showing how such is the cause neys. SSSSs At the time is taken same care to remind the reader that Wannr’s Safe Cure is the only means when by the physician or the individual prevent aud cure this class of Whii ; t T have caupe to feel t f d to Warntrs ^afe Cure, lor the benefit wbch 1 derived from it when suffering ficm kidney troubles last Spring, I cannot see, since that \\ f P "S reS'li ^eSd in “ n to i n calling attention to. what the public Editor, already knows so well. I am aware. Mr. that the members o: the medical profession aro seldom disposed to give due Meni ?s P ®1“4“reu S shffin t W learned gentlemen since the startling disclosures in the Robinson p nsoaiug cases were made in Somerville, Mass, Here was discovered through the efloris of of the them other in that one of Lnily, relative—wherein and wi- bin live years mol a the true cause of death had not been even suspected by prominent physicians who were in attendance, out who treated the cases for other causes, an 1 meningit s. etc. Af er such an evidt nee of the utter incompe- tenev of those physicians who were regarded as “FyTrtl’K oi“„7io^be^d.« “o *l7oi f““lrth« \v«„r"stfo conceive ad- te i, be Cure, since 1 deem the Somerville disclosure to the best possible endorsement of the good sense manifested by those who take matters of winch in *?«• own lias hands shown and be use fullv a adapted remedy for tbe experience £ to of* p rpose9 intende d, instead trusting thorns,I wh in experimental hands, Experience. Control the Market. The New England mills have practi¬ cally surrendered the manufacture of low grade goods to the Southern mills, and now devote themselves exclusively to finer aud more profitable work. The Southern mills have fairly captured the “brown goods” market, and as they are crowding each other in that market some of them should enter upon the manufac¬ ture of higher grades of goods, and so make profitable business for themselves and room for the new r mills at the same time. Enterprise is better than “combi¬ nation,” both for our mills and the peo¬ ple who support them. Having entered the field of cotton manufacture, the South should not rest or halt until it dominates every part of it. There is room and opportunity on the higher lev¬ els, and the next step must be forward and upward; not backward. It will he a great event for the Cotton States when a Southern cotton factory sends its first bale of calico to market.— Charleston, S. C. Neus-Courier. Place for Americans. Edmund W. P. Smith, for eight years United States consul at Carthagena, Re¬ public of Colombia, but for the past two years engaged lie in business there, is home again, says that there is a great Ibid for American enterprise in the Republic of Colombia. Electric lights, water works, railroads and ice machines are particularly wanted. The government Concessions is disposed to be liberal. will be given to bona fide capitalists for twenty-five years, and in the case of the water works the government will guar¬ antee 7 per cent, on the capital invested for twenty-five years. Most of the trade of the country is controlled by the Ger¬ mans and English/whose representatives are met everywhere, while a traveler for an American firm is rarely met with. There are hints from Berlin and Lon¬ don that there is a sort of understanding between Prince Bismarck and Lord Sal¬ isbury on the Samoan question. It is certain, however, that the people of England, as well as of her Pacific colo¬ nies, are decidedly opposed to any alli¬ ance with Germany in this issue or on a ^ lgsuc ’--------- tion, Why suffer of longer from dyspepsia, indiges- want appetite, loss of strength, lack of f£S’ a Mtto W to cure th^ diseases. They act like a charm on tho diges- tive organs, » emoving all dyspeptic symptoms. will not blacken the teeth or give headache. Michigan -7—7-- papers are agitating for the res- , toration of capital punishment. _ : Oregon, the Fnrndiso of Farmers, Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant crops. ntryIn Lest fruit, giain, grass and stock COU the world. Full information free. Address Oreg. Im’igr’t’n Board, Portland,Ore. S5 Tates. \K» The Chief Reason for the marreUou* *uc- t**a of Hood’s Sarsaparilla ia found in the fact that this mediclno actually accomplishes all that is claimed for it. Its real merit has won .. Merit ,.f> Wins _ for Hood's Sarsaparilla a popularity and sale greater than that of any other blood purifier. It cures Scrofula, all Humors, Dyspepsia, etc. Prepared only by C. I. Ifood A Ce., Lowell, Mas*, W. Gentlemen L. pa-n- DOUGLAS and Ladies S3 SHOE Or any of my ah oe» advertised from time to time >n this paper, that cann c ot be procured fn m D-iale r 1 , vn ill be t > anj addreFR direct 'rom the Factory* on receipt of price. Fraudulent when name and price are not » ctnped on bottom. W. JLm. DOUGEIjiVS, BROCKTON, MASS. , mlm GougH ISOS CURE mm for (o/JSu/ApTio. FOR S/M_E BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ■ j B. B. B. ecBorcLA. R. L. Cifsidj. Kennpssw, Gs.., writ*** “Three bottles of B. B- B. eared my wii* of scrofula.” CATARRH FOB SIX YE ABB. Mrs. Matilda Nichols, Knoxville, Tana, writes: “I had catarrh six rears and a distrea*- ii g cough, and my eyes were much swollen. F.ve bottles of B. B.B., thank God! cured me.” A KIDNFT TOXIC. T. O. Callahan. Charlotte, N. C., writes : “B. B. B. is a fine tewe, and Las don* my kidney* great good.” ICmtbars' old rheumatism. W. J. Morehead, Newton, N. C., writes : *‘I used three bett «s of B. B. B., and I now feel a h< aithy man. after suffering ten h ng years from rhmmatism.” FILES SINCE 1&58 — RHEUMATISM AND BOIL*. J. M. I'Rrtield, Elb-Won. Ga.. writes: “B. B. B. cuter! me of piles 1 had since 1858. It also cured my nephew of rheumatism. It also cured Mrs. M. A. Elrod of carbuncles, boil* and swollen feet that had troubled her a long time.” 1,500 drinking place* closed in Boston.Mass., under the high-license system. Catarrh Cared. A clergyman, loathsome after years Catarrh, of suffering and from that disease. vainly trying every which known completely remedy, at last and found a prescription him from death. Any sufferer from cured thisdread- saved ful disease sending Prof. .1. a self-addressed Lawrence, stamped Wan envelope St.. N. Y., will to receive A. the recipe free 88 of charge. en Dnugerous Trifling. It Is not only foolish, but dangerous, to trill® with constipation, Take indigestion, the remedy pilesor liver de¬ rangement. and avoid all danger proper incident as soon as possible, Hamburg Figs specific for these affections. to delay. aro a 25 cents. Hose one Fig. Mack Drug Co.. N. Y. the Nothing pain so completely robs confinement of and suffering attending it as the use of The Mother’s Friend. Sold by druggists. SODEN PASTILLES FOR CATARRH Bolt! by all Draaffiata. 50c. a box. SODKN MINERAL, SPRINGS CO. (Umttod), Sole Agents, 15 CEDAR ST., NEW YORK. ■ s s s % with My little disease boy, 5 years old, was sick s a for which doctors had V) no name. The nails ctr.no off his fing¬ ers. and the fingers came off to the middle joint. For 3 years he suffered s dreadfully; satisfied is now getting well, and I (A am Swift’s Specific Is tho chief cause of hi* improvement, s John Deihl, (A Jan. K, 1SSD. Peru, ind. little , POISONED b.»y broke BY with A CALF-My out sores ana 1 __ 1 ulcers, tbe resuitof the saliva of acalfcomingin con¬ tact with n cut finger. The ulcers were deep and pain- ful and showed no inclination to heal. 1 gave him Swift's Specific, and he is now well. Feb. 15, ’80. Joiim F. Heard, Auburn, Ala. Send for books on Blood Poisons & Skin Diseases, free. Swift Specitic Co., Atlanta, Ga. CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS ££S C 2 CC 3 EIAMIFD B 2 AXD m Original, best, oniy genuine and reliable pill for iale. Never Fail. 1 Aak for Chichester's English K Diamond tullic boxes, Brand, sealed with *u red blue me- rib- ti bon. At Ilruggiatft. Accept no o tlier. All 1 pill* pirn io m pmste- r**w- v board box* ixes, mterfeit. pink wrappers, Semi 4c. are a danger- \ “Itelief I-adlea,** (stamps) for irs and for ia v return mail. 10,000 leiti- rnonfble from t ADIES *>hobave used them. Name Paper. Chichester c’heititcp.1 Co.«Ma<li*oii Sq.,Phftla.»Pft* MOTHERS’ FRIENn makICCHILD BIRTH easy IF USED BEFORE^CCNFINEMENT. Book to “Mothers - ’ Mailxii"Fbe*. UKADFlELIt REOt LATOR CO., ATI.ANTAJCA. Sold by all Dhugoists. Road Carts! ohwhIels 6 10 per cent, cheaper nI ullgglGS! than anybody. WnDot’t bur before setting our trice* and cat* kmwit. THE GEO. W. siTO< KKLL CO., Name thus paper. NASHViLIK. TEN** CYC TO !*i .30 A MONTH can Re i made workic* O I for us. Agents preferred who can furnish a horse horse and and give glv tlielr r whole tlr tin ne to the biulneac. Spat re moments in ay he be profitably tab employed aleo. A few vacancies 1 In towns and eilles. B. F. JOHN- SON & CO., 1009 Main St., Richmond, Va. N. B.— Pirate state ag- an<l bv finest experience, Never mind n boat tending stamp for reply. 11. F. J. * Co. DETECTIVES Wanted ia every County. Shrewd men to act under instructions Cn oar Secret Service. Experience not necesgary. Particulars fireflw Urannan Detective Bureau Co. 11 Arc*le,Ciscisutl.OL WASHINGTON 11 INFORMATION BUREAU, COLE <3k OUKBLE. Froprictor*. 932 I Stiver N. W., Washington, I>. O. General information furnished. Correspondence solicited. J9w laY*»^S3«/ _ ^ Mho Aire have used PI so** for Consumption Blair’s Oval Box, Hlb.'SSrJSr 34i round 14 Plllo. IS YOUR FARM FOR SALE Z If so address CUKr.S A Weight, £23 Broadway. S. T. jjk Nk ^ o® to Lines g8 not n tiny. nrider Samples horse’s worth feet. 1?2.15 Write Ilresr- Free. Wdrr Solely Rein lloder Co. .Holly, Mich. A gents wanted. $lan honr. SOnewartic es.Cat’lgne Xx. and samples free. C. K. Marshall. Lockport, N. V. p I il.JI’8 III #. GO 1,1.KGK, Phi adelphia. Pa. Scholarship and positions. Sou. Write for circular. PEERLESS DYES Sold Are rt the PeTjogists. BEST. I prescribe^ and fully en- jfraeoiy by the We have sold Big GJor «St y§ ykp. Clncinnati.EHJ^B fact Ion. DYCHE A CO.. i-.Vii-v L>. R. Chicago, Ill. 81.00. Sold by Druggiatt. OSATOBSigilgS j A. N. U ......... ........Twenty-one, ’89