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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST U, 1889.
MISADVENTURE,
By
W. E. NORRIS,
j\iiti?i r of “Mv Ki:iend Jim,” “Major and Minch,” “La Belle Ameoicaink,'
“Mahjwony," ltc., etc.,
r.rsis or rt
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1 ocniise 1 fcarod that ft might not lx?
ogrreable to Aladanio la C imt<
MJ.n CHAFTEK3.
Uifli, c confirmed
i»U;.K at Ablmtii|Mirt,
• son swt CUvly. a
kI-*, dunnff which ho
. by tlie
»to be
sitmnWied back to Germany.^ Havo 1
p-rmtesiun to mention Mourieur's in
structions to me?*
.Madame Houravieff nodded.
“Ho said—I bog pardon for repeating
btieh words—he sold, *1 will not be dis
grac'd. If you find that die has gone
to England in order to pice* Mr Chol-
wodo you will let mo know, and 1 will
.., .t ic m: u.iv > j onco eoasj reinittim: money to Ir
• l o'.i ' l -‘- iihVV-bTp-s'Mn” ' 1.011.! Detestable*—I quote him’ textually—
•. •' \« iTii mivetitunx*. ; ‘detectable though her company is to
■ • i • 1 ' . ; ' " '•>' . M .[- . me. 1 prefer even that to being made a
Y,‘. ,11* Vi* 1. :• bti.!*i2STIh» S*S laughing-stock.'**
|m.* .1 rent In* I Now Madame SouTavieff did not
,.'i. 1111 »'•' w absolutely !*/»• 'mind being told that her oompttny was
1 dclntall* to her husband* berauiu .!,<
knew that it was so, and had, iud *p<1,
r:i\I>rER V.—Mark's LiWYim. alwayu endeavored to make it s»:lu
ir. clatwede mrtrf avvay tom! '£*S*g*
them quite eo much as enthusiasm in
'private life. Therefore, she kept a curb
ujion herself until her opportunity ar
rived.
j'ind nl Jorbod in meditation
ibjt'cU with which his immediate
ndiuga* for tho time being li:v*
onld not iiave suited he
all. Therefore, without any superfluous
delicacy, she drew her purse from her
11. 11 pocket and handed a couple of liank
•V ■« to her interlocutor, to whom she
l o,it U = “V-'— not «*
1 """iri-taRid” hb rail with wW took the note, and bowed
t n,ile‘oT*r^a rcli'cf It wol!m omol“ I “{<* •»” “Thoro S apntioman ^ 11 ^
i tlml
..... Marges
ini.l few duties are s.» fatiguing
••anting guard. However, m- w«s
r handsomely paid for his work,
which i-> always a consolation, and ho w
>t lxj mi re (of recognizing him,
mid now tliat Mr.damo la Uomtosso tolls
me that it was not he, all doubt is at an
ond. For the rest, Madame la Comtesse
which iial»a\sai.onto m on, am 10 ''jg aoWB that I nm, as ever, devoted to
“Jty,"which id n greater conization slili ber toteteoto If I con bo in urijr way
, the scrupulous mind, lie glanced at
iit.ii, sighed comfortably, and
iiurmurud: “Enough for one day ! Flf-
.•u c 11 rfiiges, of which the greater part
e coronets upon them; tho society of
•nit n accepts inadaiue. No one is ad
it, d until nearly six o’clock, when tlio
|h cted ono presents himself. Hoon-
-. and emerges r.t tho end of half an
nr with the air of one who has wasted
time. But that is a detail which
Hu d not be mentioned in the report. If
unablo to watch tho house con
tinuously, that is duo to no fault of
Mine but to the habits of these English,
v ho are not flaneurs. One cannot walk
two or threo times up ami down a lx>n-
(!< !I street without making oneself con-
m i -units; although on this occasion I
lave been fortunate enough to escape
notice,"
lie had not been so^ fortunate in this
Ir. n thus meditating and biting tho end
c:f a very long cigar, AimUun© SouravielT,
who had moved to tho window, had
caught sight of him. “What insolence!”
>■ exclaimed, and immediately run.; tho
The crave butler, who presently np-
p .tied in answer to this summons, was
tu nrued and somewhat scandal I red by
1' -‘order which ho
' /HHnWMiNMriflTCnM
.. .»is lighting a cigar. Run across and
U!' him to couio hero at once; I want to
ik to him.”
lo suppose that a respectable English
u »T servant, who h;ul lived in the very
; ‘ r.nuiUes, wotih! consent to “run”
| a iT'.vbero—and without his hat, too—
1 wed an ignorance of all jripriety
• ■ 'ii couitl only tie p unioned in a
1 igner. The butler, o. course did no
, cli thing; hut ho dispatched a subordi-
L,. . who overtook the stout stranger
Li I tiulv delivered the message.
1 Him stout stranger did not look disenn-
■ :t.d. Me smiled, glanced regretfully
|7t his cigar, then cnreftllly cut tlu?
cud off it and replaced it in hi-.
1 at the orders of Mad
useful
Madam0 SouravielT, who during this
collo juy had been standing beside the
dining-table, drummed upon it for a few
seconds with her white fingers, while she
looked over the man’s head. “And
.Monsieur’s health’/” she asked abruptly,
at length.
“Excellent, Madame. A little gout—a
little indigestion—which are yielding to
the action of the waters. Monsieur
counts upon returning to St. Petersburg
before tho winter.”
“Well,” said Madame SouravielT, with
an impatient sigh, “you can go now. 1
am sure that I may roly upon your fidel
ity, because it must bo delightful to Lo
I aid both for savin; things and leaving
them unsaid. Besides, you are now in*
my power. In tho event of any un
pleasantness nri.-ing, I should not hesi
tate for a moment to tell Monsieur jpnt
This was soon aft 'r dinner, when the
venerable statesman whose countenance
and support sin# specially coveted np-
p road ion her and seated himself upon
the sofa by her side. He crottnl his
legs, folded nfs hands, smiled benignly,
and said: “Now, Madame SouravietT,
you must tell me all about Bulgaria.”
“Ah,” she replied, “what can I tell
you that vou do not already know? You
arc one ofr those marvelous p oplo who
know everything.”
The great man looked pleated, although
he felt bound to disclaim the omni
science nrcribed to him. When ho was
out of otlicc lie was c^ipellcd, he said,
to derive his information from the news-
|kipern, like the rest of the public, and
such information was not always to Lo
relied upon.
“Oh, tho newspapers!” exclaimed
Madame Souraviefr, with a disdainful
slung of her shoulders. “I have always
been accustomed to - read tho English
newspapers, and sinco I have been in
Ixmdcn I have dono so with additional
iutenst. They are very nicely printed—
one must render thorn that justice—but
I have often lioen obliged to rub my eyes
in order to convince myself that the
words which I reamed to see were actu
ally there. The way in which ih y
tnut GomnlKaulbnrs, the most charm
ing, the most inoffensive, tlie most placa
ble man in tho world, is enough lo make
doubt their good faith. They
leallv believe that they arc honest. Yet
rlngfLli |>corle aro no doubt stupid and
•awly taken in, lmt they are honest and
that is why I love them.
Ccrtaiiily honest,” said the
statesman.
Nevertheless you are, if I may l>o al-
lowod to say -o, curiously prejudiced.
Your ono idea is tha f . Russtct wants Con-
itaatinoi »le and must lie kept out of it.
You will not believe that Bulgaria is in
the hands of a gang of adventurer*, and
that th * heart of the people is—as iud ?ed
it must be—with ns. You can't, or you
won’t, understand tliut it is we who
have given freedom to Bulgaria, that the
Bul;arinm are our L rothcrs by ia:e and
by cried, and that tlu re is such a tiling
gratitude even in iiolitica.”
“We may admit all that and yet not
wish io sco you at Constantinople,
Ma lame SouravietT.”
But can you prevent us from going
lore eventually? Have you any alter
native policy? I am only a woman, I
have no pretensions to statecraft; still I
can si-e that right is might, not might
right. It ia n conflict between Cbris-
t iauity and infidelity, nnd though Eure p *
may choose to toko tho losing side and io
close her eves, mid may retard the inev
itable for many yea is to come, yet at
last Christianity n u t conquer, as it
always has conquered. Tho cross wi
I had bribed you, sad hs would
believe me. )ft
When Mad a mo SouravielT was Toft
alono, she licgan to laugh. She lmd a
low, musical laugh, which was rightly
considered to lie one of her charms. “1
was, jierhnps, too quick,” she murmured;
“whatever Boris mav have said, ho is
not likely to have said that. He would
rather bo daspiuM than worried. Yet he
ght In
tho whole of his landed property.”
“Is sho pretty?” asked Madame Boura-
vie/T quickly.
1 believe sho is not plain,” said the
astuto solicitor; “but one inustnot bo too might. I really don’t mind what you
oxacting in such cases.” M* impertinence; tho only thing that
He looked sharply as ho sfoke at the
Ru isiau lady, ■ vho preserved an unrufiled
exterior. “I hope, said she musingly,
“that ycur romance mav become a
reality." It would be a very good thing.”
“Yes, yes,’ returned llr. Wingfield,
nodding fiis head; “it would l>o a good
thing. A good thing for Mark, and, | er-
haps, not a very boa thing forth© revo
lutionary comniUtet s.”
“Oh, 1 know nothing about revolution
ary committees,*' Madame SouravielT de
clared: “it is only from the newspaper*
that I hear of their existence. Still, there
is no cause in the world that can lie kept
going without funds, ar.d vou are quite
right in guessing that Mr. Cnetvode will
be iuoi# valuable to us as a rich man
than as an iiiqioveribhed ono.”
She turned away with a littlonodof
dismiss*], leaving Mr. Wingfield in ».omo
doubt as to whether a'io would prove to
ally •: an opponent of bin “But
, of ono thiner ho re-
pretty sure of ono thing:’ ho
fleeted; “1 am pretty auro tnlt 5!urk
wants to be rid of her/'
CHAPTER VI.— Akciiir Goes Dsiiivo.
“Iz»«nles brought mo a bit 4f new*
this morning," reumrkerl Air. id ;li, ad-
droning the four persons wh4 were
sented at luncheon round the ov; table.
“I know what it is,” exclaim d Mb*
Skipwith excitedly; “I have been xpeet-
ing it for weeks past, Tho Bixl ip has
forbidded him to usu the eastwa 1 peti
tion, and I must say that I tldik tho
Bishop is perfectly right. 1 do lnie Air.
Lowndes will not be so silly as t igoon
defying the law,”
“Oil, 1 fancy he will,” tn-wenn her
brother-in-law, p'atilly, “Tho bishop I*
ha n't been so silly—or to wise, Widen
is it?—us you imagine. Lowiults’1 news
wc* of a less iiu)>ortmit kind. It il only
that young Mark Chetwode is ceuing
home.
“Coming to live at Upton Chet
do you mean?” asked Cicely eagerly
call that very important indeed,
really going to settle there, or is lie
ode,
lx* ra sed again upon the dome of St.
Sophia—I urn as certain of it as 1 nm of
tut 0*R raictcRK—'.hr, only iji.cAiW. *>
whether this shall lx) done with or
agaltut the will of Christendom.”
She *| o':o with a great deal of anima
tion, and perhaps her beauty and her
earnestness may have improuod her au
ditor, who remarked, “l,nt least, shall
luu.fly be accus'd of enteitaining any
e.-ntiment* of tenderness for the Turks. ’
N*,r for us either, I am afraid. Ah,
vouoidv understood us and would
AL
oJe
cnuing down unld lie can liml an
tenant?”
“Tiiat Lowndes didn't know,”
swered Air. Bligh. “Probably Chet'
would be glad to let the place agu i
lie could; but it isn’t very litxble,
he can’t nfiord to leave it empty,
cl,atictsaro that he will have to «
it himself lor u good many year
come.” •
“Poor devil?” ejaculated Morton
passionately.
“You wouldn’t like to lie situate
be is, would you?” usked hi* futlie
law.”
Tho heir apparent took sometrout^ to
make his meaning clear. Certain!,
( an*
aid not care lo lie in MarkChet.ntle's
do s, K cau.se, in Ids opinion, notllnj
|iargo iiouso surrounded b/ lands vrllcli
lmd passed away from oue's family. Aid
to U* reminded at every turn that tie
reprete itetl a worn-out, imvcrty-strieU n
race. He did not in tlie lenst bellAo
that the day of territorial influence n.vl
bin, you know. But I don’t think I can
tand his perpetual iwncrtineuco to you
uni i louger.”
“If I enn stand it I should think you
me is that I mn afraid his Ik*
inS in the house worries my fatlnr.
However, it can't lie help-d, and there’s
tib po in talking about it. What aro
yo i P'ing to do this afternoon? Would
you like to l»o taken out fishing with mo
and mobby Bare? Bobby wrote tome
this morning to say that ho had hired a
boat of old Coppard (who, by tha way,
n u have borrowed it, for lie hasn’t one
of his own), and it w ould bo an act of
qjBrUy if w-e were to make um* of it."
••Of charity to Dare or to Mr. Cop-
pan” inquired Archie.
TWell, to both, |ierhaps ( ” answered
the girl, laughing, “Besides, it might
help to amuse you—which is more to tao
purpose."
was not quite sure that it would
him to put out to sea; became the
wind w;vs iu tlie east, and, as everybody
■Hta, the wind cannot Mow frotii that
qppartcr in tho English cii.uinel, lx? it
otter so softly, w ithout raising a long
swell, which is not to Ixj dis oneertingto
tydsmen. But lie was not going to miss
the chance of spondifig several hours in
Cic: ly’s society; still less was ho incline I
to leave her for several hours iu the so-
ciety of B >hby Bare.
trf»xntly, therefore, the two voting
} • oplc m< t forth Jo.* the village, ond Mor-
too, who espied them from the Mnoking
room window, n uttered: “Hang the fel
low! he ought to t*o n«hanie(l of himself.
If 1 •! had the feelings of a gentleman
lie would understand tlmt ho has no al
ternative hut to clcur out and not show
fucK here again until a certain event
iMMt taken plnco. lie may touie back
then, nnd welcome.”
, But Archio was free from any of the
•cn pYi which, according to this rigid
knOraiiKt. org'.it to have dLsturlxxl him.
bfCnuM'-incridiblo though that would
have m emud to tlie rigid moralist—he
wux frte from any suspicion of their ap-
pr(p:intenet>s. lie ouored Cicely, und
that win all that ho thought alMiut in
coflHcx;ti >ii with her. Ho did not believe
his uncle to In* dying; lie had never
OKfl him** If what would happen when
lit* \ n 'U* died, or Hiip|Hfee 1 tlut it wax
in contemplation to put hi n in Morton's
plaqr. All hi.i life ho had hud a sufli-
cieney of money, and the i lea of being
wealthy wool 1 hot have been especially
atUuctive to him, even if it hud entered
hi* bead. What chiefly | r *cocupied liiiii
just now wnian eaxy feeling of jealousy
of Bobby Bare, which, ns almost any-
b (i. could have told hitn, wnsa|e -
fectljr absurd sentiment to harlxir. it
was well known in the neighlxirho xl of
Abbotsp.rt that Miss Bligh held her head
veis high, indeed, und that there wax
lit t i. likelihood of her throwing herself
a arty upm the younger wm of a Iwuonet
rent roll, prolmtdy, did not ex-
know how very much 1
leave England just now. After all, the
best way is t(* pay Victor, aad it lx
amusing to thlufc that Boris provides
the money.” At this she laughed again;
for sho hud a certain mischievous, child-
uh sense of hiinior, which al»o wus one
of her c harms.
iiuwever, she l»ecame grave and pon-
slvo while her maid was bedecking lier
for the dinner fwrty which lie had prom
ised to attend, and at which she expected
to meet Home eminent |xj|ittciuns. She
was a woman of the world, whose world-
linens was tempered bv a large admix
ture of enthusiasm and romance. Of
11 ii man nature iu tho abstract she hud
■ led a tolerably accurate c*stimate,
Slav. Let Uwni be filend*'instead or
enemies, n d tlie peace and happiness of
mankind i assured. Is it too much to
tr.r .ii 1, nn iniiliTiAliimlin rV”
hofie for su h an understanding?”
Whether ;hl* was or was not nil ox-
travqgantl) sanguine expectation, she
was encoUilgeii to i lilurtr ? unon it »*»•!
the suceeevfng half hoar wax*made ex
tremely pi
that Utno i
Ijuiy
great rocej
|x?ared in
■ . ..f * ,,r vbulimo loriiieu u luwmuiT «uvui»,u , ,
ta *® r y ilr
K'*. 1 * i, « i Innnlv this i«tlmatO to individuals, and
doing
And, indeed, nothing could have Ix eii J applj ... . r
it lady swept down .into the dining- l.hetwodo as she did, wfUi n ijerf. aij
whera ho had fwen request d to
t r«.r her, and fixed q pair of angry
* upon him. “What does this mean,
tor?” bl.o askt*d, iu French,
he stout man siirugged bis shoulders
i spread out lux hands. “Madame la
w. sm*,” he replied, “must be aware
t 1 have no cl mice but to do my duty
s o! x-v the orders that are given to me.”
•Is it tho duty of a valet to be u spy?”
dan e Bournvicif inquired.
'Mi'i; Dieu, Madame, wo may say that
duty of evi.ry jxxir man to lay
little money in anticipation of his
•. When Monsieur lo < ’omte com-
ii me to proceed to Ixnulon for a
i piir[M«c. and not only pays nil my
.. but promises mo three Nape
.swell, in addition to my ordinary
l Und myself in tho impoaxibility
!•: mg. Tin* more so bsonuse I um
•■.I that 1 migb: remain here for
vithuut making.any revelation
. m.iy e- itainly count upon that,’
l A'adume Houravieff, disduln
••At Uio same time it is not agree
me to bo watched, und I do
u !>y i should submit to such
not
Cbvtwodo — —
difinterested love, sho was obliged to
.lotlio him in her thought* with ntirilr-
ut"S which her reason told her that ho
did not potweax; so that tho memory
what ho "bad Slid and done often gave
mine anxious moments. Her
temperament, however, wax so far a for
tunate and happy one, that if anything
worried her sho could almost always
stop thinking about it; mid she ceased to
think alx.ut Mark very soon after she
hail seated herself in her carriage, ami
was ls*ing driven at a slmrp tret toward
Berkeley squaie. where Lsird Oue
ftrry, with w hom she had been invited
to dine, resided.
Lord t^ueenuferry was a man of over
40, who i till looked young, and wa
always spoken of a» lx*int® so. lb* wa* s
whig, and I k d lo lie called a ra ileal; la
wa s a sportsman, though scarcely a keen
one: and he had made some smart
sttooclies, LctU in the Homo of IxirdHa id
U|H n the platform. lWbly he might
never lia\o risen to qnWnet rank if lie
had not been »j very rich; but whatever
the reason of it uiav have been, he had
held high offices, and was sure to hold
them again some dnv. At prosent lie
wa* in opjxisition, which left bim free to
annum him o'.f ami otlieni hy delivurinc
Inflammatory h.imngn™ e»wj 11,l ' v *'»
then, by courorting with qinor ijooiiIl',
ami by asking Mndamo Houravk'n to
III* 1 dlnnr r.
: !t ". i ihisslon, Mndamo In Coni'
....V.in you liolp it ? For 111. tort
: t a Imit tho Monsieur lo Cont
in loin* dU,ui,':od. Uotuinir!
fV.'/ 1 w«fd[ R 'mi !m”is*'mi'tnra l :iy 1 "''that'lady on being shown into the
,/ , 1 «" *, i, . .i i jo- j great drawing room at t'ucensferry
■t .'ourt° l7i i.l.rllnu Muonme! ftoLe. mot»Mb a very eordial recn^m
.is nursuii'n loliiy wlikh (rom li.r h.atond boKtu, nnd ionnif
. A , ,,. 4r.-‘ herself in highly dMtngui,brd«om|a.ny.
J U ,J > ' 1 no ■r-inr. .. U e.ts were not numerous, but they
W w. ro not mnt hero to! The kue.u^orj ^ ^ ^ Smmvi ,. lf
t* minutes in the room
id that she herself
...ig, tho chief celebrity
«ngst them. They all looked nt # hrr.
• . ii m-tt-rs of Milicv. mv k-khI • were celebrauu, ana mwihiuo n»u„
[!!. i luul not bocu Uin» minutes in the
1 * ref rJ w tiTkiw-w n toMosi- j before she pereeiud that she hersell
. .V aml .Z , a . for the turn. Wing. .ho rh,.-f .-oU
iu**, ana ..I . I * I .» ii.oin T1 or nil looked at
• , ill \i-; ■ - ;• ..j j 4 amongst mem. »*^.**——
. ■' i V. .• . t , t .« I ,.: limy were aU ansious lo l» introduced
. i.m h i... yon | evident that they all
winch wi 1 !
n- {t
«;! th(
ill bo
mru-’ht^ier a remarkably lutodsome
rnm Tliis plrased her imracmoiy.
Imirnlion nnd ibliwlito
lieing recognized as a factor in eon
cry
By tue <?ik
full of people,
Jueensferry was holding a
■n. to which sim bad invited
ml i
»c ap
filing book. Amongst
nany p-rMin* who wished to
rixn.gnf d by Madame BouravicfTs
nterlocut r, and amongst them. tix»,
usa ceri In obscure (comparatively o »-
are) sol itor who. for reasons of Ufa
vn, Vt’ii anxious to uiuko Aludame
Bouraviel »acquaintance.
Ho atta ied l»ix ohiect without any
difficulty iud flic smiled with her usual
gracitn.sn x wlu-n tho litllo chubby,
gre)-hea.il man, who was introduced
to her iu ‘Air. Wingfield,” drew liix
heels togi lersndniado her a profound
low, tu» ;h xii« wmulered who Mr.
WingfiiJ* night lx) and what ho could
have to s to her.
He bad lent/ to say to her about po
litical m tors, and was much less re
vved i in tho gieit statesman had
liven, llquite saw tho f»»reo of all l»**r
argunienu ho prefixed himself a lil>-
ernl—a nil. rate Idx ral—ind w.w will
ing to all r that tho British public might
iiavo l,<oiwholly niUlod as to tin* state
of alTairsH the Balkan provinces. But
of course io understood jierftvtly well
that lie o?T reached hi* point when he
remark".kvxually, **A great friend nml
client of fn *, who, 1 beiiove, is also u
friend o yours, i* deeply interested in
the Knst.t question. I mean poor young
Chrtwcxh!
“Whv «yon call him |0^r?”AIaduino
Sour.ivu'iinqqire'J.
B»H-ft », tinf«;rtunntely, ho is very
j»cor imJ.f. Ho soems to have spent
•It
fulness nnd gone by; only laiid-ov
or* who dejN?nd«Kl for an income
their land were now an annehrouh
Tlu y couldn’t ii*
ie; nor, iwrliaps, had it licon re-
d to him, would he have recognized
curacy.
h a ort of a clmp has D ire dcvel-
into:” ho asked lier, while they
.1 dking at a lirisk pice across the
die replied carelessly,
re. in. nly iH.y,” he felt
himseif had not y.t
what was worst of all was to lx? treated
ns non-existent. Archio wax not ac
customed to lie so treated; he did not
appreciate tho delit a *y which deterred
his cousin from looking at him or ud-
dressing hint; and so, ns time went on
his physical uneahinei-s btenmo compli
cated by a sharp attack of jealousy mid
ill temper.
Meanwhile, Coppard* who had b*en
sitting in the L tvs, with his ( Bxiw* on
iiis knees, and had Lorn keeping very
quiet (for he was not sure whether Miss
Cicely had forgit on him rt t) was u!.-.o
growing uneasy. Copparti knew that
the wind was [shifting—had, indeed,
••heady shifted a point or two to the
southward. Furthermore, he, knew that
it was going to blow', und had private
misgivings which he felt hound at Uk.t
to express.
“\\ lint should you my to gottiu’ about,
sir?” he n?ked. deferentially. “’Ii*
working up rather uglv to the* we. t urd,
nnd w • may get more of it than we waut
i'W«?nily,” *
Bobby rore nnd took a ejiliek survey of
the horizon. “Yes, there** a cluing,
weather coining,” ho agreed, “but 1 ex
pect we slinll l»o all right until after sun
set. What do you think Alias Bligh? Bo
you want to go hack?”
Cii elv did not want to go lack, but
riie did think that tho sky looked threat
ening. After n momentary hesitation,
site referred tho question to her cousin.
“Havo you had cuougli of it, AichieF’
Thereupon Air, Coppard was iE-.ui
vised nnd ill-mannered enough to
chrokle: “Mire’n enough, miss, you
may dcpendl” answered he, befor# Ar 'hie
could o|ien Iiis lips. Then it was that
Archie was impelled to declare promptly
nnd tneudreiouxly that for Ins part he
didn’t care if they tJ.iyed oU‘ till mid
night. Now, this, little as lie aupjKwed
it, was by no means an impossible con-
tingeney. Tim .southwest wind UeiWd
precedent, aa it Homotiinw will, by rising.
Hot in putTs, tVo.i with steadily v. c.vuk-
ing force, a j^xxl hour befi r .• Uh projK-r
time, and soon tho Kovor was running
b fore it fowl r Is Abboujiort tviihout
any certainty of being able to make tlut
have n. Tlie hnrlior, it is true, wux pro
tected by a breakwater, which Mr. I high
bad caused to be constructed, but then
this breakwater had for years past been
causing tho gradual formation of a l*nr.
and under certain conditions of the tide
ami wind this bur was an obstacle which
had to bo taken into ft« c unt,”
v “Idoubt wo shan’t doit, Kir,” acil
CopiK.r l to the man at the helm.
“Oil, wo sh ill do it right enough,” re
turned the bitter, who had himself been
peering somuwlnt anxiously airo at tlie
curling waves nhoad; “there OJgti to be
plenty of water.”
“Ho there did, Mr; you never spoke n
truer word. But mayl o there a in t, you
see. ’Ti.s nigh upon low water now, and
the s • sett in; straight in.”
“Well, but what are we to do If wc
can’t o p s the bar, Caj pird;” Cicely in-
Coppnrd had to ronfisi that in that
ease there would lie nothing for it nut to
stand out to sea again and await the turn
of the tide. Thi.x. ho hasten*d to add,
woni 1 involve no sort of risk: the Rover
would make nothing of far worse weath
er than they were likely to nee that even
ing. Only,’ to be sure, they ini^ht get a
DIET AND 1
A Penal System U»:»
Good
iracticnt
in, in that
ied reports,
One »>f tho
reported ns
oner arrives
ie choice of-
id'pul-
From the Rochester flew
Tho California nri»
utes tho idea of diet 1
pline, and has put tin
operatioa with result
highly gratifying. /
state, is n | risen mn
which, nic irding to
both effective apd hi
otlicialx of tho institu
stating that when it r
he is informed that h<
three hill* of fare. T
vided with a variety*
atublefood; tbe socor
coarser grade, l at
whil*on the third i
chunks of bread and
The prisoner ia imuiedlately
good behavior nnd is fed neon
werk, Thu hope of reward
out Lx said to accomplish wc
suits in stimulating industry .orderly con
duct and observance of tho rules. Tlrer®
are no dun; eons, dark eelKphower i ata*
thumh-springs or other modea of ca>riK>
ral punishment. “You can « av ® P®
idea,” Kays tho ex-official, “how hard the
convicts try to enter Brut-class, ana
once there it’s very seldom that one or-
them has to bo dent back to o hiw'er
cla»H, thus going to prove tho truth of tho
id theory that
f cold water.
; to his
iu held
fnl ro-
most easily
reached through their stomachs.”
This is valuable testimony, and •h°w’*
that tho couiforts of life are g<x d emit-
zers. There is no doubt that food which
is wholesome and[agrecablo to tho taste is
a promoter of healthful moral conditions.
There are other means by which men
can l>» filled with ambition to do right,
with letter effects .than appealing to
their fear of punuhment. There luis been
in past years, too much brutality anil too
little brain work in the management of
prisons. Law-breakers should be made
Utter by tlielr incarceration, and not he
turned loose with all capacity for self-
iniproveinobt extinguisnod. Prisons
should by no means bo turned into palace
hotels, but the reformatory idea should
prevail in them to tho utmost possible
exUnt. Them is an awakening on this
subject, which is u hopeful sign for the
welfare of society. It is by no means
certuiu that tho California idea will not
prove a powerful factor in solving the
problem of wise, hui
prison management.
and effective
DISPLAY OF WKTKOBt,
The Earth to Dash Into a Swarm of
Thom shortly.
From tlirt Ft Louis
Tlie occurrence which holds tho first
place in popular interest in August’s as
tronomical annals takes place near the
close of the second week in the month.
This is tho display of meteors which is
aeen on the eveuuigs of the9th, 10th ond
1 ltiu On or alwut the date tlr»t named
t:;c cart;* wv«> •*»«*«»
along hi it* course around .the sun,
dashes into a swarm of meteors which
ore following in the trick of ono of
the comets of 1S0J. The earth’s passage
through this swarm takes three or four
i of I
vim
Young men are apprenticed to the best
fhrmers all over tr.e kingdom for two of
three years, under the oversight of the
Royal Agricultural Society. They work
for good farmers for one year as kaniera,
receiving a small sum b< Mile t|ieir board
and lodging. At tho end of tho ysar the
apprentice Is removed to a farm in an«
other part of the kingdom, and bU third
year is spent on a stiff different farm in
a district where a different kind of agri
culture is practiced. The society gives
each apprentice a number of agricultural
books at tho outlet, which becomes his
property upon completion of the three
years. The apprentices report to the
society at stated intervals* and from
tlieeo*roports and other records where
they have worked, the society judges of
tho progress and grants diplomas accord
ingly. Tho your g men thus get a thor
ough knowledge of all kinds of practical
farming, Lut they have to work for it,
as tliey are at hard labor from 4 a. m.
till 7 p. m. ^except the meal hours. The
society has started the system of Appren
ticing young men in tho best dairies for
three months instead of thrso years.
Nearly 1,000 youths have thus been edu
cated and received diplomas. Ilia sys
tem has far outgrow a iue society’s con
trol, and now nearly every large farm
lias several apprentices accepted and
trained by private agreamont,
Dulmoral. 1
IVom tho London World.
Since the addition of a new wing,
which is inhabited by Princo and Prin
cess Henry of Jjattenberg and their chil
dren, Balmoral may be regarded us com
plete. The castle was built under Prince
Albeit’s sqpcrintendcnoj in the Scottish
baronial style, but it is a very straggling
building, and I jo most imposing feature
i* tlie tower nt the oast angle, which is a
Imnilnul tn.il (n linirrlil '!*]■.* nrin.(iMil
hundred feet in height. The principal
sitting-rooms are all on th* ground floor,
and are entered from tho largo corridor
which opens from the entrance hall.
Tbo ballroom is a very fine apartment,
and is lighted by three brass candelabra,
each of which holds HJ0 candle*, und tho
walls are decorated profusely with sport
ing trophies, principally stags’ heads.
.Several of the sitting-room* are funiLhvd
in tartan, and contain a large number of
engravings and photographs of High
land scenery and sports, nnd views of
places which tho queen visited, and a
great collection of family portraits,
nono of which, however, is invaluable aa
a work of art; and there aro numerous
statues and statuettes of her majesty’s
relatives, the mowt notable being Tiuxxl’s
white mnrLlo htatuo of Prince Albert iu
a kilt, which stands in tho corridor.
Irvlua** Sincerity,
From the Sauk ltapUls Seuttncl.
Wo apologizo for mistakes mads to tl
former ftfcucs and say they w ere inex
cusable, as all an editor hns to do is to
typo, and swoop the floor, and pen abort
items, and fold paiiers, and write wrap
pers, nnd make tho paste, and wail the
papers, and distribute tho typo, and talk
to visitor*, and carry water, and saw
wood, and read the proofs, and correct
mistakes, and hunt tho shears to writo
editorials, and doigo the hills, and c
could squeeze
“I tnint you will never bo reduced to
iminful a necessity,” said I£r. BUgb.
Btrl.fc iWmlrU
tliat nobody notievd it.
“i remember Ihnt I used to bear vague
rumors about tho Clietwodu* when 1 wax
a lioy,” remarked Arcliii*. “Tho Ab-
lHils|juit |>eoplo shook ttuir he uls over
them, and doubted w Imther they weren’t
traitors to their que *n aud country.
Didn’t they stay in Russia ull through
theCrinnuu War?’
“I behove so,” onswered Air. Dligli;
but ns Stark wus not born nl tbo time we
mu«t not hok! him responsible. I dare
*ay you recollect old Air. and Mrs. A1«h
rant, who lived at Upton Chetwode for
many years. They aro both dead now,
and i HUpposo it isn’t easy to find ajiy-
nearly thf holeof hi*fortune—whether
in Mii p «nf revolutionary committee*
or not, ofburue, I can’t sar—and the
income asng from the small extent of
property lien still remains to him in
this counf can hardly do more than
keep the g house which stands upon it
in repair.
Ho \|i doflanded of a part of Ilia
‘ libor of his, was he
S^Sm3SE. 5 u «..;ek..e«hetur
xpiw II.M UmUme UCom-! tto- •«>-»■» '* lkin ? " f
uaU«: hu report,
doubt. Report then all that y
•* ii and all that you have
. ..... — p , while dinner was troing on sho contented
id liipeB right. . *. \tr | ^ many questions
understand that hc , lifo Ln \ manners, and
i,i- to a strong aJlS-tion for Eng-
propettyr n neWiU»r of Ii:s,
not?" nxli Madftiie Houravieff.
The Ur'or laugled.
“Oh. vfl. hb fdher used to say so,
and I helve In* lihWIf has some such
Idea. At matter *T fact, old Mr. Bligh,
the fntheof MarkY pre-ent neighbor,
held morjage* amt lYtccloaed. Old Mr.
Bligh mu not Iiavo tten very friendly
or ftrlHfing; but N was certainly
within b right Ilotever, the trans
fer of til bind has let a great deal of
bitter U «ng. which Lx \> be regretted.
Iu vour ide exp<:rieiiceYou must ha\is
met wlUnanynueer tm of Immunity,
AladamtJouravleff; dW *u ever Iiappen
to com-ncrosi a romany lawyer be
fore?”
i like to I* on KurIWiwo-
I,. h
I •; ■,„ ...... Mi..! ••“.twncothot cannot U-. .1 mu.-t try jrhleb
taunt,
orwl.i
Mr. HI
, "1 fuvo alroo.lv told jroa ^
| «: l.Urt, report on/btog wLferj- j «|T. • ^Kngli.h ore
i smiled deferentially. _
that Mr.Chetwodo was here this t
<>n, and that'
■ ••inm Madame
I L inquired.
Am l “but sinco that cannot . . -
I and bo a *«xl Boaiao. It K larbopa,
'IVVtKlO XX.W IJf**’ r , i»
_i i aro say sono clever thing* in an unaffected
Dhlnm tliat you are ^ »a> ftt events, clever
l ■ tnu or untru^^* I eru^gli to Ijnow that Englbd. leui.le are
1 uul, t,‘Uturrd waaktlM miwlioii, “a** 1 / u>IcU >
"FrwfBtly" answered fadamc Sou-
avielT.miling. “Why mi“
Anyho
ravieff,foiling. “Why
“Wciperiiap* they are nw® < otnmon
in Rmh than they an» l I’ngljiTul.
I have always regaled mjs *lf
ir in that re*{>ect. Ik an ai*iia-
iciis which I caii'Hielp. i n 1
ter nil, harms nobod. Lately
ten beguiling my mure »m>-
constructing ft ronusic plot.
Murk Chstwode Uthey ro a ud
i’s only daughter tbo li\»int>. 1
IH-W , you that Mr. Bligh
rich m . and tliat hu daughtei _
tainly iherit a considerable \tuns
from' ui, If sho docs not ' *
liotly who woidd care to take such a luge
house, with nothing utturiiod to it lie-
vend the park und a few acre* of wood
land.
“There aro pheasants In tho woods,”
said Cicely, “and there might ho ninny
more nt the cost of it little rnonqy und
trouble. Upton Chetwode Is a dear ol.l
idaee, which must not he allowed to full
into ruins. 1 shall oti/e the first oppor
tunity of telling Air. Chetwodo that il is
his duty to take up hi* abode there.”
“You havo such a convincing way of
nutting tiling*, my dear,” observed her
father, “that I am quite sure ho would
six* his duty nt once, if only a clmnco of
| oiuting it out to him were given you.
Unfortunately, there ii very little pros-
pect of your getting that chance. Ire-
cause I am ufraid he luis boon taught to
regard us os hereditary enemies.”
“Oh. but he must not ho so ridicu
lous,” Cicely d x: la red, decisively. “Old
Mr. Wingfield told mo nil about that
when lie was down here lost year, and
he himself said that it was perfect non
sense. The Chetwode* couldn't have
kept their property in any case; and they
ought to tie thankful that it wasn't
grablicd by some horri 1 old Jew or other.
Boildcs. if over he bus money enough to
buy it back I ain sure wo shall be de
light* d to lot him Imvc it.”
“Shall we, indeed?” said Mr. Bligh,
laughing. “1 was not aware of that;
but t-ir.co you sav so no doubt U i* so.”
Morton glanced at bis sister from be
neath Ids lowered eyelids and remarked:
“Little tfrl* shouldn’t be uo cock-sure of
other jxxiple’s intentions.”
This brought about mi uncomfortable
period of silence,soon after which tliecom-
jxuiy dispersed. Mr. Bligh was wheeled
away to the library; Albs Skipwith.
murmuring something about baring let
ter* to write, fluttered after him to the
sitting room, which was appropriated to
her eaiiochl use; and Aforton, with a
cigar in hb mouth aud lib hands iu hb
pockets, made for tlie smoking room.
was left alono witl? hb cousin, “<Jo you
btipiKHc that your dear brother means to
stay here?”
Hhe bli(x>k her head rather despon
dently. “I think he b very tired of us,”
she replied, “but then, unhappily, wo
have not been able to conceal our uottre
for bis departure. lYrha)« if wo all
went down on our knees and implored
bim to remain with us he might fly.”
Archie did not seem dbqxmed lo treat
tho matter in so light a spirit “TIm» mart
b biuiply intolci aider’ lie declared. “1
have put up with him for tint e days, and
in spitc'of great provocation I Iiave be-
have*l to hixu. 1 really must say, like an
angel—for your sake.”
“Thauk you,” said Cicely, w ith a little
bow,
“Well, you asked me to be civil to
link have l*ecn insulted; »o lie was quite
pnjared to extend the hand of tolerant
gofi-fellowship to lib old acquaintance,
j jit. Bare, R. N.. who had bedn walk-
Ind impatient lr up mid down the jetty
foqi good half hour lieforo the arrival of
ijiiiby Bare, for Iiis part, was not pre-
fibly overjoyed to see the young Lon-
cejf for Whose np|*e; rinco lie lmd not
i prewired; but uh Iio was a tlior-
ily kind-hearted mid good-natured
fellow, he said everything that wa*
§ i, and wax even considerato enough
to jientiou tli.it there was a bit of a lop
ou tide.
know Miss Bligh doesn’t care,” he
“ulio’s us go**l u sailor ax 1 am, But
are a gixxi many |Nx>ple who cun-
stand nn easterly swell,
rchie at once gave it to bo under-
that ho wa* not oue of tho un-
. ate* allu.lt *1 to; and from the b »t-
toij of hi* heart h*» hoiwd lie wa* not.
Aiftfl events, lie would have di»xl ratliej
retreat at the eleventh hour, and
luieated him*. If in the boot with a
grii determination that if by any means
there h no doul t but that the
d cun dominate the Issly to a certain
oft'nt and within certain limits. Any
oriimiry per. o i, bv putting forth the full
st4ngth of hi* will, may keep himself
fo* a time from fuinUn c or from being
-M«-*iek; but oven nn extraordinary |ier*
H*d b bound to Lo vaiiquidied nt length.
Ii the fortnor case tho colors have to
b hauled down when everything be
ofoes black; in ti e latter defeat is in-
ddntcd bv symptoms upon which it i*
utdless to’ dwell. Archio was well
acquainted with them, and was thankful
t'st he did not ex|ierience them during
tie first half hour that ho »|*nt on
b*erd the Rover. Nevertheless, In* wax
n*t altogether liapny. There was very
Ii flu wind, but the ebbing tide was
r:idng a nasty c oss sea, over which tho
I Mill n't
l»«ot plunged and rolled uncomfortably;
lo was ufraid that bo was looking
r.tber green; and he felt incapn-
bo of ki-cping up conversation.
Orer the sale he wax dangling aline
with which old Coppard had provided
htn; nlthoagh nobody knew I letter than
ud CopjKird that there was not tbe ro-
noUs‘ proMiwct of any fish fodng caught
inder existing circumstances. But after
all, fishing of tliat kind ii never a very
ixcitfng fotm of sjiort. and in truth
(either Bobby Bare nor Cicely cared n
*raw whether they were sueconfol or
lot. Cicely wax *njoying herself. Hhe
laved tlie sen; |h rlia|», too, she did not
l islCke the humble worship of her nefgh-
lor, who, with tlio tiller under his aim,
v*;v* loosing unsjsmkabU? thing* a* her.
*4(0 ignored the unH{K>akable thing*, but
li-tcned willingly to tboxe which were
-|oken. nnd displayed a kindly intei«*t
in what Bobby told her aUmt hi* pro*-
|tx:ts. Ue had been through a course
«»f gunnery instruction* II*-* hoped soon
to be afloat again; he confessed Unit
In did nut tare much aliout a pro
longed leave, and said, with something
<1 "a sigli, that his profession was
all he bad' to live 4or. His wooing
ciild h:.r IIv l»e called a wooing, because
it aUrtc'i with the UhMimntion tliat there
v as do bo; e for him (which Lx a very
f.iuil assumption to start with); yet ho
obtained a measiuu of compasduu and
v« ration. It was not pleasant to hear
Cicely saying that if she had been a man
•iio would certainly havo been a tiilor;
ii was still lees pleasant to catch frag
ments of confidential communications
about her brother, which site thought fit
to roako to oue who was in no way con
cerned with iter family affair*; and
fact Is that yoti are jkiIiI by time."
He might have hruiight many more
injurious nccuvUimi* withont giving
litiif so imicli offense. The only excuse
him wa*. that he was afraid neither
ricely nor llo’iby would much mind be
ing exposed to tlie buffeting of tin* waves
for another two or three hours, whereas
lie knew for certain that lie blunt If murt
•ry shortly collapse.
Coppard helm' e 1 extremely well. For
moment lie scttwle.l angrily nt tho
young man, but Ic controlled himself
and only answered: II take ’ee in, tir,
‘ —*— liimii h» done. I don't want
Mis* Clivly to l>o put to no imouve-
nience.”
Ho they kept on their cr ur.e, wlillo a
little group ol person* who were watch
ing them from the jetty hoptd that they
’ ‘it be iu time, lmt bad ib.u'ntsulz>ut iL
[To be cwatinucd.J
might
» Uiislls Nani Go,
From tin* Parts lettrr In Chkagn News
Tbo I'ari.xiati dreatnokers aro deter
mined on the complete annihilation of
tlio bustle. The models shown by the
leading artists afford but slight tmuffant
effect for the a lac nee of tliat long-worn
toiirnure, nnd the simplest draperies aro
(xmsidertxl t‘io tuoxt stylish. 1 was in
of the inner sanctuarie* of f. shion
olio day this week and otmerved
some amuiemcnt the litters removing
from thedrc**e* of thoIsdiiM upon whom
tliev were trying on new corsages the
nun 11 cushion that they wore wearing in
their flhumimr c‘r.*w»*s. One <r two
small strels are still Isdng u?x-l to give
a sl njsdy effcot to the )»uck ot the skirt,
hut nothing more tlu n thix will lie s-tyl-
ish. Aluny of the summer »*t> le* tliat are
now brightening tho loulovard* will
l»e re|MU.'ied in darker colors ami heavier
fabrics for the winter. The bodice now
so largely affected i.x|s>int*-dju!*t nn inch
or so below the waist line, and to this
is gathered a full, round *kirt. The old-
fasfiioned tor lering of narrow velvets
laid on in odd designs or in plain, straight
row* frequently trims thin 6 round skirts,
which ure youthful and co-iodingly
pretty. Of course, thov are mot n e j on
pettict a s of s:lk or sattnotte, on 1 w hen
worn with girdles or velvet ribbon or
with loosely lied sashes of broad crepe
de chene or *urali the effect ix modi
more youthful. It ix n stylo much In
favor for traveling ibex except that
the pointed constgo is replaced by tho
jacket, with either a real or simulated
vest. Extreme simplicity is what Lx
aimed nt in tlu^o tinuli-lx, nnd much
trimmed orfurbelowed kt evt go uni art*
entirely pftsje.
Noted ftulMiti's In Sllstory.
PIUWmiik Pnminsrtlsl Ussrtte.
The following ore kon:o of tb
rotwl suicides of which mention i
hUtoiy Tlifnoif*, eo* -.!..•••••
insanity, but rather iff ktcic p
Cato stabbed himself
tityier the despotic reign of Ui i-ar;
Tll-mistoi Ie* poisoned himself rath r
than kail tho l’rrisinnx *agairst hit
countrymen;’ Zeno, when W, hangml
hinuelf because he lmd put his finger
out of joint, and ii.innilul and Aiithri-
dales {KHsotied theuwelves to t^capu
being taken prisonsrs, When we searcii
scripture pro fincxl that Saul, rather than
tali into tlie hand) ot the i'fiili-tines,
iimiided his annor-tearer to hold li
■word that he might plungu npun it;
Homson. for tlieiake of being revenged
upon his enemier, pulled down t!u* house
in which they were r.*veiling aud “died
with them,” and Ju-U* Iicariot, aft* r
Helling the Savior Urr thirty f *
stiver, was overcome by rciuori
went uud banged hiiuxelf."*
tho
ing displays
i or near i
i ne August metoors.
traced hackwanLwill.
from that part of the
the constellation Perseus,
group rise* in the northeast eariy in tho
evening in tho Openirtg days of Augusf
and will bo well above
o'clock.
lorizoit by 11
Ulrrlls orMoiitliern Women*
From thi* HuuaySoulIu
Northern people havo always luul a
goml many queer notions almut their
cousins down this way, and tho queerest
of all i* the notion that tho Southern
women are not practical. On tho con
trary, tho Women of tho Houth Like to
liuaihesso* naturally ns a dock does to
water. They have not the tendency to
isms that the fair Northerners boost of,
thunk tho Lord. Tlielr way is to take
tilings ax they find them anil make the
I test of tlio situation. Without tho least
upfiearance of effort or sounding of tom
toms they go quietly at>out, paying their
own way, and their failures are too fow
to talk aliout. It was nothing uncommon
in old times to soo a woman riding aliout
in tho fields Injuring the negroes and tlio
overseer. Hho usually supplemented this
care on lier own account with a general
su|iervision of tho country side, and her
masculine neighbors were only too glad
to consult her on matters of common in
terest Alsny a debt-burdened estate
has I sen freed by tho feminine turn) for
detail, a faculty tbut too many planters
locked before and since the war.
An Editor’s Duties*
from the Youth’* Companion.
Washington Irving was good-natured
uid delighted to do little doe
ness; but he was also u sincere man a
would not pay oven conventional cc
pi in wilts unless they wore merited.
of kind-
a'd
flam Jones* Income.
Tills has been a stormy dnv at tho so-
senibly, says a Alarmont, Ind., dispatch,
hut all of the services have been con
ducted as usual. 8am Jonos preached
at 11 nml ut 3 o’clock, and Ben Deering
preached at night. The sermons of Mr.
Jones to-day were of a more serious
kind. Siicuking of his bard work, ho
said: “i could just livo iu clover if I
would. I've got tho incoruo without
preaching a sermon—ths royalty on my
tiook* amounts to more than $1,C0>) a
month, nnd 1 could just havo a nice time,
if 1 would stay at home: but I’m afraid
to stay at home when 1 have so many
rolls to preach. I’d lie afraid something
would hapiien to my family; a child
might die, or ray wile might get sick
and die. Ho I just gut up and go. It'*
nobody’* business how much money I
make, how much 1 g t from any source,
lmt it’s God's business, and mine, too,
what 1 do with it”
l Dr ray.
Wraith Accumulate* aud Vfi
Freni the New York Kytxilng Fuel
Tho Philadelphia Wins (republican)
calls attention tu “the signfficant” fact of
***** —b--“ Mnniaimn to
piace their money in a country which so
recently declared again in favor of con
tinuing tho policy of protection to its
own industries,” aud out of this it trie*
to construct a protection argument. No
revenue reformer ever contended that a
high tariff would not enable capital to
ttcxuiro largo profit* from the protected
industries. Look at such millionaires as
Carnegie, Del’aw. the nlute-glnsi manu
facturer, tlio Philadelphia quinine mak-
Once, while iu London, Uo aud a lit
erary friend were invited by a meir**— 1
to ilrivo to bis country house and i
a clay ok two there. Tho carriage stoptwa
at tiiu gate of the merchant's park. The
host alighted und asked hi* guest* if they
would walk through tho grounds to Uu
house. The friend started to get out, but
Irving held him down by the coat and
thoy both drove on to tho house* The
merchant followed on foot,
“I inako it a princinlo.” said Irving,
.. hen they were out of nearing, “never
to walk with a man through his own
ground*. I Iiave uo idea of praising a
tiling whether I like it or not. You and
I will do them to-morrow by ourselves,”
Carlisle on tho Administration*
•caker Carlisle In tli© August Forum.
Unleasall tlio indications are grossly
deceptive, it is safe to predict that at
the closo of the present administration
the annual exiicnditures of the govern
ment for purposes and objects now pro
vided for by law will be far greater
than at any time during tho last admin
istration, and that many now project*
of more than doubtful propriety will
havo been inaugurated, tho support of
which will tax to tho utmost all tho re
sources of tlio treasury. But boforo that
time tho public patience will be ex
hausted and tho Republican ixutyfwill bo
called to a strict account for the sub
serviency to special interests and
classes, for its reckless disregard -
most solemn pledges, and for i
tinued failure to give any sul
lief to its over-taxed people*
A «et-l*ark for Evai
From tli« fi*pi>blicaxi.
Among tho first business
the Colorado Methodist **
ference, now in sessto
Springs, wax the passage
declaring that noevangc'
after bo (leimitted to occ
pits unless they are well
pistes* proper credentials,
tious wilt say amen.
Are Yota Happy at Homs*
now many m**n or woi
who am answer thi*
llrmative’