——— THE POOR-RICH MAN, ¥ know a man somewhere— Not far away, Perhaps your neighbor there Next door to-day— Who claims a heaping share of eartn- ly treasure, Of yellow gold and fertile land, And willing, cringing slaves at hand And all things ready at command To tribute to his every human pleas- ure, ‘ And overflow measure, desire’s most lavish And yet I know a beggar, mean antl poor, Who sits contented in his hovel door And though he owns no land or gold His wealth is yet unbounded and un- told, He claims the love of one wee ragged child, Who calls him father—this love pure! undefiled, The rich man in his station high With all his hoarded wealth can nev- er buy. PRIDE OF THE GULCH. BY MAJOR A. ROCHEFORT. Red Quartz Gulch had been a min- ng camp; this the most superficial oh- server could see at a glance, for the little river was filled with the debris from the flanking hills that had been cut and scarred in the search for gold till at a little distance the red seams looked like unhealed wounds, that never would cease bleeding. In the upper part of the valley, Jiere were still to be seen the dilapl- dated log cabins where the miners had lived, and the wrecks of slulces and cradles, where more fortunes had been wasted than made. But though Red Quartz Gulch did not pay as a gold field, many of the miners saw that the fertile bottom below the diggings held inexhaustible wealth, and that they could make by the plow what they had falled to do with the pick: so a score of ranches were established to raise food for the great army of gold hunters back in the hills. As soon as farms were taken up and a store and postoffice established, the settlers began to see that they must have officers of the law, though whut the law was there were very few in Red Quartz Gulch that could say. There was a general impression that a man should enjoy the products of his own labor; that killing, except In self-defense, was a crime: and that fense that combined every other wick- ed by immediate death. struck them that tne shonld dicial law. The election took place In the long boxed bar at the end of the store: and as Nelson Thorne had no opposition, he was declared the cholee of Red Quartz Gulch by acclamation. Nelson Thorne was a man of fifty-five: tall. grizzled and rawboned, and. in addi- in executive represent and himself arms the of the settlement, was one of the two heads of families in the Gulch, and as such commanded a degree of respect man. of this office, friends. which I'm thankful for your ’lectin’ me: but 1 ain't too old to I'arn. I'm in favor of law and order; more partic’lar when there's horse thieves round, as we ail Know there is, not far Quartz Gulch. All I have to say is in’ a horse that didn't belong to him, Yd go in for hangin’ him as quick as $f he was a Digger Injun or a greas- or.” This was Nelson Thorne's speech of acceptance, and though gruthfully be called thrilling nor elo is more than can be sald of more am bitious speeches, and was with an applause rough fellows were sure they had for once put the right man place. Nelson Thorne spoke when he said that he would bang his own son if caught stealing horses. He bad no son: his only daughter, and though not the only girl in the settlement, she was so much the prettiest and most intelligent that she was known far and wide among the redshirted miners as “Thé Pride of Red Quartz Gulch.” Nellie Thorne was a gipsy-like beauty, tall, willowy, light of step and bright of eye, and with a healthy glow on her dark cheeks that made them semi-transparent, She had other claims to admiration besides beauty; she could read and write, and had a fondness for books not peculiar to the citizens of Red Quartz Gulch, No doubt it was this fondness for reading, with her constant yearning for a higher and nobler life than that in which she found herself, that first attracted her to Louls Blanchard. It certainly was not Louls Blanch ard’'s wealth or success In that rough country that interested Nelle. Though a well-built, good looking voung fel low, he seemed out of his element at Red Quartz Gulch; he had fafed ig- nominiously as a miner, and his ven- ture as a farmer threatened to meet with no better success, It was Nelson Thorne’s opinion that “g little larnin’ was a necessity.” At the same tyne he labored under the impression that the tendency of a received great deal of learning was to drive men crazy and make them “stargaz. ers,” % Louis Blanchard was liked In the settlement, but the shrewdest ac knowledged, as they could not under. stand him, that there was something very mysterious about him. He de lighted in “readin’ of the rocks, an’ a- huntin’ of flowers an” yarbs, and call- in' of 'em names,” they sald, and a man who did this could not be alto- gether right; but in what direction he was wrong, nobody ventured to sug- gest, Nellle Thorne knew him, To her he had been the key to a new life, and she looked up to him as a superior be- ing, whom it would be almost a sacri- lege to love; yet love him she did, and in her candid way she did not attempt to hide the fact from her parents or neighbors, There can be no doubt Louis Blanch- ard would have left Red Quartz Gulch long before it aspired to the dignity of a sheriff, had it not been for Nellie Thorne; and now that he felt sure of her love, the whole aspect of country changed, and it seemed to him One night, as he was returning his cabin up the valey, from a visit to Sheriff Thorne's, his attention was at- tracted by groans coming hill, Louis hastened at once in the d4i- lying on the ground, with a from which he had evidently fallen, standing near. Louis son saw man was wounded and speechless, Un der the circumstances he did not hes {tate as to what he should do, him on his own bed. one in that region was wounded and unconscious stranger as comfortable as possible, the animal take the bit and dash away in the direction of Smith's Mills, It had been raining very heavily, and though there was now moonlight, al ford that he saw it would be down right madness to venture across, Not discouraged, he turned and made for a crossing about a mile low- er down, where the stream was wider, He had ridden about one-half the distance, when he became suddeniv aware of the presence of other riders, and that they were advancing from all points directly towards him. “Surrender! surrender!” shouted a dozen men, raising their rifles. Louis checked his horse, and as he did so he realized for the first time that there was a rifle strapped to the sadle, Believing he was being attacked by outlaws, and stubbornly deciding nol to yleld, he unfastened the rifle, de termined to charge through. Before he could put his design into execution, one of the men, from be hind, knocked him off the horse, and for the time being he ceased to have any interest in the wounded man, his assailant, or anything else, When he came back ness, daylight was breaking: and by the dim light he saw, first, that he was in the bar of the Red Quartz Gulch Exchange, and, second, that two bearded, rough looking men were standing guard over him. He asked for an explanstion: they turned away, one of them marking: “You'll git all the explanation you want when Sheriff Thorne holds his court.” The morning came; but, in meantime, Louis Blanchard, from the corner where he sat, bound hand and learned that, on the previous night, a horse and saddle had been to conscious but ree -a manu, by the way, who had long possession of Louis Blanchard, while coua- All this, bled dream; but the positive reality was soon made evi Sheriff Thorne came in with a trou. same way-that is, everybody A jury was obtained with little Tom Billings stated that, about elev. en o'7lock the night before, he heard somebody at his stable, and hastened out in time to see a man galloping off on his horse, He fired, but the man rode off, heading straight for Louls Blanchard’s house. He then got some of his neighbors together and started in pursuit. They saw the horseman leave Blanchard’s house and followed kim. They captured him and the man on the horse was the prisoner at the bar. Evidence could not havve been more direct or eircumstantial, Louis Blanchard made bis state. ment, and when he had concluded, Sheriff Thorne dispatched two men to see If any eyidence could be found to corroborate the prisoner, They returned in half an hour, say- ing they found the house empty, and not a sign of a man's being wounded, either there or where Louis claimed to have found the horse. That was all. There was only one thing more to do, and much as Blanchard had been respected, every: body looked to the judicial sheriff to do his duty. Mr, Thorne was a man of nerve, true to his word and equal ‘to the occasion, One hour afterward, Louis Blanche ard was on his knees, under a tree, his hands were tied behind his back, the horse he was charged with having stolen was pear, and all knew that when he had finished his silent prayer he would be placed on the horse, and the animal would gallop off, leaving him in mid-air, He rose, and saying he was ready, looked round, that Nellle Thorne might be the last object his eyes rest- od on. She was not there, and anoth er pang was added to death, Two men stepped forward to lift him on the horse, but they were stopped by a woman's ery, and the beating of hoofs up the valley. Soon after, Ne!l- He Thorne galloped In, and on the horse she led was the body of a noted horse thief-—dead! “Louis Blanchard was right! Would you be murderers?’ she cried. The men released Blanchard, and Nellie told how, impelled by her faith in the prisoner's statement, she start ed on the search! and, pointing to Tora Billings, she sald: “You pretended to search, and youn { did. You saw this body not five yards from the house, and kicked it with vour foot and left it. You are worse | than the dead horse-thief—you are a: {| heart a murderer!” This seemed to be the opinion everybody there, except Billings. Of F.ouis Blanchard was freed, at which there was great re- | joleing, and soom after Tom Billings left for other parts. Since that day justice and law have | taken up their abode in the prosperous valley of Red Quartz Gulch: and old Sheriff Thorne often tells, as he amuses his grandchildren, how he once sentenced their rather to death. Saturday Night, of course QUEER LEGAL PROCEDURE. How a Shrewd Lawyer Got the Right of Way in Court, Time i8 money, and to no one is the of this better known than to some lawyers whose faces are seldom i seen in any court below the supreme. An instance occurred in the Municipal Court in Buffalo, N. Y., recently which | created amusement. Judge Braunlein was hearing an ac tion brought to recover a debt of $8 both parties to the case being Poles. The court room was crowded with whnesses, and his Honor had settled down for a long and hard-fought bat tle between the two attorneys. The first witness had been called when Lawyer g#cke entered the court room. He looked over the assembled crowd, bowed to the Judge, and then, depositing his hat on one of the small] | truth tables within the mil, prepared to walt | for the end of the case An hour passed and still the prose. | cution kept calling ing up testimony. some time been fidgeting in his chair, and finally, when it seemed as though entire day unled in the hearing, he walked over to the at torney for the plaintiff and him on the shoulder. “What witnesses amd pil Mr. Locke had fori the he oce won ld touched | in| is} iu involved your client the amount this case for which suing?” he asked “Eight dollars, Mr. Locke” reply. “And the court emsta?™ “About four more.” “Will you take 212." and consent to a discontinuance of the case? asked! Mr. Locke. “I have an important case | of my own and my time is too vala-| able to waste it here” | “My client will consent to a discon | tinuance on payment of $12." said the | attorney, Mr. Locke drew a chalr up to the fable, took his check hook from his pocket, made out a check for $12 and banded it over. The case was at once discontinued and Mr. Locke had the right of way. He had only two or three witnesses: there was no defence, and in a half hour he was on his way back to his | office. was the | A Bad Break. “Well, they all break,” sald the bride of a few weeks, “and 1 don't know what you are going to do about! in {| “But why don't we | you get a better | brand ? said the young husband, not! any too sweetly, “It seems strange, Marian, that every time 1 sit down to read the lamp chimney breaks into a! thousand pleces!” Next night he came home small package under his arm. “Marian,” said he with a tone of superiority, “I have bought a chimney that will last.” A “How much did you pay for it dear?” “Fifteem cents. 1 don’t want any more of your five-cent things in the house, You see you women haven't a right understanding of the word economy. You think just because you get things cheap that you are sav- ing money--whereas—" and he con tued the effusion all the time he was putting the chimney In place, “There!” sald he, turning up the light. “There is a chim-—confound the welt! well, 1 wish all the glass blow. ers and grocers in seven counties were tied up and hung over a clothes line to fight it out. You can bet I'd De there to coach the scrap!”-—<Detroit Free Press. Caught by Glitter. “A bank in New York city has largely increased Its business, particularly among fashionable women, by issuing to it depositors gilded check books with monograms thereon. The bank checks are printed In gold from ex- quisitely engraved plates, The fifteen colonies under French rvle have a population of 61,615,427, with a NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX.! ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMI NINE TOPICS. A Progressive Woman in India—Woman Stirs Up British Architects —She Deals in Real Estate—Etc., Etc. A PROGRESSIVE WOMAN DIA, It was proposed in one of the lead- ing Indian paperf a short time since that a woman should be placed on the governor general's council in the per son of Mrs. Solomen Sassoon. Mrs. Sassoon {8 mammging partner of a well known Jewish firm, with headquarters in Bombay, and Is president of vari ous companies of which the firm holds controlling interests, She takes tho | chair at the board meetings, and in every respect filly the position of her late husband, who trained her In com- mercial life. She has made a special effort to draw together the women of different communities in Bombay. IN IN- WOMAN STIRS np BRITISH | ARCHITECTS. A woman architect has been ad- mitted an associate of the Royal In stitute of British Architects, and Is un derstood to be the first woman mem ber of that institution. In order to be- an of the institute | stringent examinations have to passed. Miss Ethel Mary Charles, the lady who Is now a fully qualified architect, a probationer in | 1803, her examination In| 1805, and his the final; examipation, which lasts five days, and requires the student to design a building of an Important public char acter, to a complete knowledge | of style, constraction, planning, foun- dations, the manipulation of all kinds of building specificatons, estimates, ancient and ane modern language. architects have already dubbed the new associate Charles the First, come associate be passed as students’ year passed show materials, and proficiency in one he ete, the most stunning gowns of the winter, They come In all different colors that is, the light shade of the colors. There are some exquisite pearl grays yellows, blues, pinks. and eream whites that are very effective, They are nll made with the long train many of them with the court trains that opens in front to show a pett! cont of lace or of satin embroidered In pearls or spangles, and trimmed nt the gide with jabots of lace, and some tinfes of fur. The walsts are all cut very low, quite off the shoulders, and have bands across the shoulders, and short tight-fitting elbow sleeves finish- ed with deep lace ruffies. Some of the walsts have no slesves at all, except ond band across the upper part of the arm. These bands are trimmed with spangles, and sometimes with real Jewels, A smart gown of brocade is of cream white, also opening over a front petti coat of lace, Down the sides of the train is an embroidery of pearls and are sewed vearls and rhinestones, so that the effect is of a Jowelled under skirt, The walst is trimmed with a} bertha across the front that is ent into | keen in place, On the back of the there is an cmbroldery to match the The | back i very | the | ofl tf is not simnat. of the perfectly elwavs becoming, but is The walst Is cut with sharp bias side-pieces that were fash three or four ago, and | that always give length to the figure A black made with straight ionable years brocade evening gown is pointed circular flouncs headed with an embroidery of jet a rectly on the satin. The waist, low | cut, Is a mass of jet, and is finished | around the shoulders In three "points. | the points that they lie fiat] against the Below this the fet! is embroidered on the satin, forming a | deep point wired so 15 neck , and below the point hangs | a jet fringe. The are made of straps of jet and a jet fringe.” At the left shoulder is a bunch of dink sloeeves SHE DEAIS IN The only society who ever thought of money-gpaking means W. Casg She I8'a woman who has always been prominent in Chicago since her girthood, counting many friends, and she started In her business career many years ago Her first venture was through friends who wished to sublet thelr furnished house and who asked her manage It for them This, Mrs. Case did with such quick success that other like demands were npon her, and she had propositions to dispose of vacant lots were inclined seemingly to re main forever on thelr would-be seller's hands. So quickly did Mrs both REAL ESTATE. woman in Chicago real estate as a is Mrs. Emma io #O0n Case buy of found what in her wide circle that she the toric anowlimlil 8 and sellers S040 Nn that, like she had simply had grown nm be ¢ 0H For a an she has had nnd little office et, where she adjusts Years atiractive artistic Dearborn stre «welling. improving and transfer property. This profession ne- Business principles, bot of the law, of human na- speculation. Chicago sometimes and Times-Herald. of ture, ROME CURIOUS COSMETICS, Even in the unhappy ages when peo rejuvinating properties, noted beauties found out the secret of preserving thelr loveliness by ablutionary aids. Isabean of Bavarian heard that chick. | weed was good for the skin, and had | enormous decoctions brewed from It, | Diana of | Poitiers was another cleanly coquette, | and plunged into a tub of rain water | every morning. i i The eighteonth-contury beauties lke | all sorts of odd Infusions into the | water to improve the skin, such as the bouillon in which the veal had been of green barley, linseed distilled with | Mexican balm, dissolved by the yolk | of an egg. These remarkable decor tions were freely ussd by the ladies at the courts of Louis before the rev. olution, Quesn Marie Antoinette made liberal use of the bath, putting into the water wild thyme, laurel leaves, marjory and a little sea salt, Marie Czetwertynoska, the Russian beauty who exercised so great an in fluence over the Czar Alexander I. used to bathe in Malaga wine. The Marechal Davoust, Princess Eckmuhl, was at 8% renowned for her queeenly carriage, superb eyes and beantiful color, her «kin being se white as to rival the snow of her abundant locks. She had pever used anything but pure water on her face, and she always kept to a very simple diet, even when her table was loaded with good cheer for her guests, She remained equally attractive to her last hour, althongh in hed youth she had been one of the prettiest wo men of her time, Her daughter, Mme. de Blocqueville, lived to be just such another white-haired beauty, and was noted in her old sge for dressing with consummate taste and elegance. Chl. ongo Record. ns BROCADE EVENING GOWNS, It has been stated two or three times that brocades are not to be fashion. abla this season, but so many beauti fol dos%ens are shown In them that they have been made op In sowe of of ribbon. around back. and then hangs down on skirt. —~Harper's Bazar. these roses tied Into pink This goes across the bust and at the the UNCONSCIOUS CRITICS There is no better critic of woman's dress than 2 man who gives his mind to the subject. A dozen or more i siderations warp and blasone woman's | oninion of costume, but a man Judges broadly. It is the general effect which he decides, and he flies at no such tangents as com or an irregular style of colf fure, or the age of the subject. In ar riving at his decision on feminine at But then men always make the dress of the opposite sex a careful study, and to man who can differentiate between passemen t and gallo or scientifically ex plain how one bodice differs from an. other In glory oon- another's upon off nlexion, tire, do not one erie nl there are hundreds who ould not tel a last vear's gown from or a toque as a rule. it ix whose opinions one three years out of date a bonnet And, individuals are the strongest and eriticisms most on the habiliments of their womankind. A man of this stamp will remorselessly denounce his wife's as a “rag.” or tell his sister he wighes she would not go out In that “drabby thing.” He will grumble that a favor. form of masculine eriticism--and damp ber spirits by telling her that her latest gown does not “look right somehow,” yet hy nn manner of means can he describe what Is amiss or what he does not like about it. The man who will say definitely “that " “that color is unbe. those gloves are ill from just these frequent costume very coming to you, ily with his fussiness, but his opinion nevertheless carries weight. It is against the critics who grumble | they know not why, that women rebel, And they are certainly the most difhi- | cult to please. They will come home | and describe such a one looking “aw. fully well in some greeny arrange- a muddy blue in a cheapmaterial while a gown that has cost infinite pains to turn ont and is thoroughly fresh as to design and material. these extraorndi- nary people unhesitatingly denounce ag hideous. Yet even ihis type of critic is not altogether invalmable. Hel is always outspoken, and he never has) to be consulted, since being avowed] without knowledge on the subject of woman's dress, bur only one of those provoking people who regard it is sufficient that they “know what they like and what they don’t like,” he can not be expected to offer any adviee whatever until he sees the effect pro duced. Ladies’ Pictorial. FASHION NOTES, Veils are worn loose at the lower edge Instead of being gathered bag fashion ander the chin as formerly. The newest skirt binding has a bor. der in brush style, with an edge to face down on the lining of velveteen, A fur hat with white lace draped around the odge and a mass of white tulle bows and ends at one side is a bit of typleal headgear. A belt can be artistically worn only when there Is some real or suggested fulness In the gartient beneath to hold in place. The fur toques which are so popular this season have the rims and sides solid with fur, the soft crown in many showing so little that it Is hardly noticeable, collars run np in two slender wired points at the back. The fashionable color among the new cloth gowns ix brown, with mauve silk lining and a touch of mauve velvet with gold and eream lace in the trim. ming. Little collars of fur are made sailor shape, round, and are fastened in front with velvet tied in a sallor knot; chinchilla fur, with blue velvet makes nu pretty combination, The pretty little Dresden pattern flowered silks, pretty little designs in stripes and delieate colors such as were worn thirty or more years, ot even longer, ago, are extremely pretty and dainty, Gold bracelets are bands, as large as the jade at regular intervals, wiih big knobs formed of jade, amethysts or effective semi-precious stones, They are stylish. in big round bracelet, set, Instead of tucks down the chiffon bluse or vest run stripes of very nar- row dark far, and the effect will be rich, charming and unigune. Wherever a bit of fur can tucked into any- thing of tulle, chiffon or net this year it Is stylish. be ANIMALS’ QUEER APPETITES. Strange Things Taken from the Stomachs ef London Pets of removing froin the altogether novel six inches of a kitten The aver operation hatpin not of is A London Daily Mall representative, brief interviews veterinary sur geons, heard of many siranuge acc dents that befall domestic pets, and of how science has on mauy occasions given painless and complete relief. Kittens aud puppies, and cats and it i, are frequent suf from a lack of discrimipation swallowing things pever intended for consumption. Hatpins, meat skew knitting and ordinary several leading was stated ferers in ers, ved les, cles been known to swal- recently a tiny fox terrier they have low, Ouly an abscess iu the side. The surgeon, decided that a foreign body and nothing could. of course, be done without merciful ald of chloroform. for it is both inter esting and gratifying to know that even the least pauful of operations Is never attempted until the animal to the beyand the reach of pain. The resulis operation disclosed the pres wooden meat skewer in the cle was specessfully removed, and to day the tiny pet is as frisky as ever it was. Another small sapniel paid the pen- alty of its avariclousness with its life, mainly owing to the fact that its own- er was a comparatvely poor man. One morning the dog entered the bedroom, and, bounding upon 1 dressing ta bie, lapped up a diamond stud worth or six guineas. Ordinary Ged no effect, and unfortunately under chloroform on the operating table the surgeon was unsuccessful in dislodg- ing the stud. At the wish of the own- er, a further supply of the drug was given, and a postmortem revealed the missing gem. It is attributed to some cats that they show an intemperate in- clination for wine corks. and frequest- ly swallow them. Others swallow needles, which gradually work ont through thelr skin, and there is a case on record of an omnivorous goat that swallowed a package of small needles. the five cmetics to its porcupine exterior, to the small take a seat Pet white rabbits, and was a terror boys who attempted to on its back. mice, guinea pigs, hedgeliogs are also tame in- Most of their ailments are, medical troubles, and their complaints are very little different to those of their youthful owners, in whose eyes, however, the invalid's state a momentous matter. Dogs with false legs and false teeth have been mentioned previously In the Daily Mall, and it is only recently that the wife of a well known millionaire had a handsome leg constructed of vuleanite and silver, with steel springs, fitted on to her toy spaniel, whose forepaw had been amputated. This false attachment cost nearly $100, but of course this was for a canine aristocrat. The false jeg for the more plebelan poodle is usually a socket of leather filled with horselmir, costing a few elilllings. Glass eves for cats and dogs are quite common. and are said to fit them especially for the duties of dispersing rats. tients, i iN A Great Searchlight. The largest searchlight in the world is not to be found afloat upon the high seas, but on the top of Beho Mountain, not far fram Pasadena, Cal An electric railway, a remarkable feat of engineering, described in “The Scien where the orange and roses grow with the summit of the Sierra Mad- res, 5,000 feet above, Until the search
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