——————— A FSO Sl
. A SNOW FANTASY.
Honey palace summer-long—
Hive of sweetness and of song--
Court of golden-girdled bee,
Home of all felicity,
Whither fled your guests, and how
Came these ghosts to haunt you now?
Yet I guess the secret quite,
Following your pathways white,
Watehing ghostly bees who swarm
In the wildness of the storm:
Born of snow, they gather where
Now the garden stretches bare,
come in hosts
ghos{g-—
Silently they
Bnowflake-bees and honey
To this barren garden-hive,
Where they gladden, labor, thrive;
And when ‘Spring hides them depart,
They shall leave a honey-heart,
Bud and blossom, leaf and vine,
In the sun their sweets shall shine,
And the summer bees shall know
Of their brothers of the snow
Specter bees, whose frosty wings
Fluttered over fragrant things.
— Frank Dempster Sherman, in
Woman's Home Companion.
the
ANS INSS
i Terrible Follower.
BY CHARLES OG. D. ROBERTS,
In the years between 1840 and 1850,
settlers were few and scattered in
what is now the fertile and prosperous |
Aroostook region of northeastern
Maine. The red deer had not yet re
treated before the rifle and the axe of
the pioneer; and where the deer ling
ered, there lingered, their hered
itary foes, the wolves. Seldom gath
ering to the hunt in these
wolves were little accounted of by
settlers; to their stealthy
tions might be charged the
of certain strayed cinldren,
women, or
The follow
by an old
part of whose childhood
a pioneers
of the Aroostook
James Atk
his winters
mers to hewing himsel
the wilderness; and He
of the cabin, the chickens ar
Schooling id at
home, and her father's sm
accompanied
“Our nearest
Turner,
about three miles away
on the main Caribou road, whil
had settled on Hardwood Ridge
the land was better. A
road ran f our plac
miles, till struck the
about a mile this side of
“Mr. Turner had had a
before he moved up
he had lost all
In an epidemic of diphth
the backwoods,
came to them, a boy and a girl. At the
time I am telling of, the little boy was |
between four and five years
the lttle girl perhaps six
“They took a great fancy
father liked to see them around.
of their biz used to
them over to our place pretty often to
spend the day.
“One sunny
when father off in woods, 1
heard the patter of little feet ottside
the door, and small fists knocking for
admittance. It the itil
Turners,
srl
t00,
packs,
the
but Sepreta
ranishi
or Oller
tired travellers.
ing adv
lady,
enture was told me
Hetty
Wis
Mrs. Turner,
HE jase
head
Her
on tl
cabin 1
River,
nson, a
to lumberin
.
f
ity
had hi
into the
neig
her
hors,”
were
Cyrus Turner's
rom
Turne: r
larg:
the Ar
but the
oostook, but
dest boys
Then, hr
children
LWo ¢
Wa
two more
old, and
to me, and
RO One
rot hor ¥ ’
brothers bring ;
ny September afternoon
was the
was two
asked them
Tom my favorite
brothers—and what
hurry away They
come all the way
their father and
away somewhere,
had gene to sleep, after washing
dinner dishes: and they had
see me ‘just awfully,’
“Of course, I was pleased at such
devotion. 1 kissed the hot and dusty
little faces, and brought out a liberal
supply of milk and molasses-cake,
which soon disappeared.
ly I thought of the anxiety Mrs.
er would feel when she found the chil-
tren were missing. So 1
walk right back with them, and to de-
pend on getting Mr. Turner or one of |
the boys to drive me home.
“First, however, 1 had to do
milking, and then get father's suppe:
ready. 1 left a note on his plate tell
ing him where | had gone, and then
started off with my little visitors. They
were vere Inath to first; but 1
explained io them soon it would
be getting dark in the woods and we
should all be frightened.
“Even ass 1 spoke, I noticed with
some uneasiness that the shadows were
growing long. I hurried off at as
quick a pace as 1 thought the little
ones could stand, and the first half
mile of our journey was soon left be
hind.
“Then, however, I had to slacken
our speed. Eddie's fat little legs were
getting very tired. He had to sit down
on a log and rest. Meanwhile, Mamie
and I picked blackberries, both for
ourselves and Eddie; and when we
started on again, I was careful not to
go so fast. But it made me uncom
fortable to see there was no chance of
our reaching the Turners’ till after
sundown,
“In a little while Eddie began to
complain of his foot hurting. I took
off hiz shoe and found a severe stone-
Drues; 80 1 wet a couple of leaves In
a spring sping by the roadside, and put them
where Tom
their
made
they
wins
big
him
had |
said |
was of
had
told
alone, ‘hey
Tom and Bill
and their
80,
were |
mother |
the
wanted to |
80 they walked!
Turn-
go at
Lalldd
togide his sock, Tus gave him some
relief, but he had to cling to my hand
and walk slowly.
“I think we must have been a good
mile from the crossroads, when all at
once Mamie, who was flitting about,
untiring as a bird, stopped short and
exclaimed in a frightened volce:
“ ‘Look, Hetty; look at the big dog!’
“Big g'ay dog! remarked Eddie,
looking over his shoulders with much
interest,
“When 1 glanced along the road, 1
couldn't help giving a little scream of
fright. There was a huge wolf follow-
Ing us! He was keeping along the
shady side of the road, and when
stopped he stopped, too, skulking be-
“When I saw that he was not going
to rush right upon us 1 took courage
gain, But the children had been
shtened by my fear.
‘Isn't it a dog, Hetty? asked Ma-
her eyes getting very big.
said I, ‘I don’t think
trig
mie,
“No, it is!
a rate that must have
foot a good deal.
“But Mamie was not satisfied,
“Is it a wolf? she asked, with
trembling lips. When I was silent,
gan to run.
“For us to separate would be fatal.
The wolf would leave us, and attack
her alone,
“I dropped Eddie's hand and sprang |
after Mamie like a flash; and the poor |
serted him, eried out in bitterest grief,
and ran after us as fast as his short
legs could carry him. As 1
Mamie, and turned to drag her back
toward Eddie, the look of despair and
desolation on
such as |
“Heavy
can
as
never forget
he was, I had to pick
him up and carry him a little way. I
Kept tight hold of Mamie
hand till 1 explained that
away from Eddie and me the
would go right after her and eat
up. After that she kept tight
my petticoat.
with
if
one
she ran
her
hold of
“Meanwhile the animal had skulked
little nearer. He was walting for
lark As there were three
tall, he didn't
the daylight. 1
treet at the
nk as 1
wiore we
rney’s end.
fo come
nd I was pretty
us in
hrough
and heart
would be dark
to our
the ps
ny, my ®4
it !
could
SW
get ion
made desperate hast now,
;ddie began to gi
up in
my own
shadows kept
ve out
im my arms and
breath quite
des
iat dread
drawing
pen
hp pened th
us kept
arer
“At
the third or
Inst, as 1 Eddie
fourth time. the
forward,
sot
for
ide
down
mm
rig ov
wring
wolf
i saort r as if
un to sg
catching near
and long,
to cry at the very
while Mamie and I
d. The noise appeared to
launt the sneak brute
ind he drew
“But
ont
}
that 1
“ay
yh,
fellow
a glimpse of
eves uncovered
gan top of
bu wth
SCTOeRING
ng
ck.
hurried onward Eddie
naed his shrill walling
blindly
in despair
somewhat,
ba
a8 we
. and stun
v
was
iio 80 ami:l his
Nothing 1 «
difference, and
the
fast
made any
80 dragging
and
elf
that st
v6 i
up
vas beginning
that 1
‘However, it
A Lie's
rovidence I
il bothered
cept waiting
larker. And
mportant, the
ie still evening
netly heard
road.
“Tom Turner was trampin
spueward along that main
ng into Caritou on
As he neared rhe
oud a queer sound reached his ears
At first thought an Indian
fevil sereeching kened his
Then it oil 8 little
uff of breeze. It was a child crying
| .erribly.
“Tom Turner forgot his fatigue,
tarted up the cross-road
winging his heavy stick. He was not
hundred yards away from us, but
ndden from view around a turn of the
cond, when the wolf, growing bolder,
crept quite close to our heels, with a
terrible low snarl,
“At that sound my knees fairly gave
way beneath me. As I sank in the
dust and stones | hardly noticed the
shrill screams of the children, but 1
remember giving them a shove ahead
and telling them to run! Then 1 shut
my eyes, and expected the next instant
io feel the wolf's teeth in my throat.
“After lying in this stapor of fear for
perhaps half a minute, which seemed
to me an age, 1 felt a dim surprise.
hen the horrible thought occurred to
are that the wolf had sprung npon the
children. [I leaped to n'y feet and
dared wildly around. ft
“There was no wolf in sight. Bot
could I trust my eyes? There was
Tom stepping up to my side, with both
children soubing in his arms!
“1 caught tight hold of him with
both hands, and clung to him, crying
aarder than I had ever cried before
ill presently I heard i'm: say: "Well
Hetty, brace up asd come along home,
and then I'll hitch np old Bess and
drive you back to your place after tea.’
slow,
al v
along: at
Crying mys
“Of
yut
Course t
to f
give
arted
we should Jus
48
ny
i#
i
Mamie,
I began as if
You
to tell on
have to the
HErves so
Wasnt quite myx
was just
saved
that crying of
God's
Hose
that us. under
the
the wolf
it to
dl sure we
made so {hat he
get a little
which was niore
sound was
air till
the 1
for
then,
carried
could be dis
on
on tin Caribou
s Wenrily
romd, hav
been business f
iis father.
he
Was
qui
came clearer,
is
lt
and
and
on
brushed the dust off my petticont, we
continued our journey without hurry
ing, although now, as Tom carried
Eddie, it was easy to keep up a good
pace. Presently 1 inquired:
“What did you to the
Tom?
“‘Oh, sald Tom, I didn't get a
chance to do anything to the cowardly
blackgunrd,. He was fairly on jou,
Hetty, and my blood ran cold as |
thought he was going to tear you be.
fore I could get up. But at the first
| sound of my yell he turned tail and
do wolf,
I let fly
and eame
Hetty!’
When we reached Mr. Turner's Ed
die was asleep In Tom's arms, and
Mamie, although dreadfully exhausted,
was none the worse
But as for me, 1 just went
| pleces, and acted like a fool.
{ “I fainted on the kitchen floor. and
had to be put to bed; and Instead
{driving home with Tom after
| I was sick in that bed for
| Even now, although I've a
wolf since, except In a circus, I think
I'm more afraid of wolves than of
other animal on earth.”
panion,
;
him
you,
but missed
near hitting
my stick,
mighty
all
to
0 of
supper,
three days.
never geen
any
Youth's Com
STEEL TIES TRIED,
Expense Against Them, But One Road
Finds Them Economical.
!
Why are not tires used
American rallroads? This question
often asked by those not initiated into
the mysteries of rallroad construct
jand it is commonly supposed that the
{reason lies In the susceptibility of the
' metal to atmospheric changes
however, {8 not the fact The
important reason for their not
used is their cost compared
wooden tires,
Prices,
and
age cost of a
steel on
10On,
most
being
with
of course, vary with locality
but the fair
wooden tie may
circumstances, aver
id
&ticel
be
to be G0 cents.
as
while & erage
tle
$2.50.
now
Th
conditions
and life
yond this
tie ematical,
of railroad eng
tind
under
COnsirm CORE
e wooden tie
will
may
period.
ording
wear about
be extent
The life
Yate
but the
ten
led
#
Ol
its
is prot
ineers do not beli
is long enough to balan:
me time,
that the t
ir
ue Ta
Haven
rods of
to the use
desire or
'Y sO not
forests whi
and
now ¢
view of
h will
many of the
onsidering
from ties come not
last
are
in
forever, ronds
do
timber
even what to
scarcity of tie
Knowing that the age of the
8 Coming,
long
facture
stew] tie
several concerns have for a
engaged
time been the mann
and in experi
The tie that will
fo general use
in
of
steel ties
menting with them
be best ads ipte d
yet
“EP foul
urers fo
in prob
ably not
inufa
forms
made, although
the European
Sone
low
For some ye roads all
sare
Continent have 1}
with
cen
good resnlts
mapufacturers in
using the foreig:
Amer
re
steel does not make
wood,
as good u tie
ith steel ties and rock
ballast, say,
they
HK that they
Passengers wou
were riding on a bed
of solid cement on account of the ab
“OTH of resilient properties
’
that dithe
packing the dirt
se
also believe ity
el
glee] ties
the tracks
For
experiend in i
the
vent
ment,
urely to
align
months
Hunting and Broad Top Moun-
Railroad in Pennsylvania has
experimenting with the use of
The in use there re
“bowl” and “plate” tie
in India and South
the company has
to exceptionally
ties were
enough pre
tting out of
sed
about six the
don dd
tain
wen
steel ties, tie
gsembles the
i largely in
America, and
| subjecting it heavy
trafiic The iald on October
| 12, 1890. There are forty-four of them
the normal spacing varies from
sixteen to thirty inches, the ties hav
{ing been put in where the wooden ties
were removed, Each trough or rail
bearer weighs about twenty-five
i pounds and the tie bearer 60 pounds.
{The rails are seventy pounders, and
| are laid with suspended joints spliced
{ with four bolt angle bars, and the
track is baliasted with siag.
Since the ties were laid about 1,500,-
000 tons of freight has passed over
them, principally coal cars of G0.000
and 80000 pounds capacity, hauled by
190-ton engines. The officials claim
that the steel ties make a more durable
track than wooden ties and reduce the
labor of track maintenance by 40 per
cent. They also permit an increase of
33 per cent. In the length of the sec-
tions, If these deductions are correct
it is difficult to see why railroads in
general do not adopt the steel tie.
Chicago Times Herald.
se
been
{ and
Abul Hamid Tries an Auto.
Abdul Hamid's name is the latest
addition to the list of royal patrons of
automobilism, says Mechveret, of
Constantinople. During his recent
stay in Berlin, Marshal Shakir Pasha,
Chief of the Sultan's Military House
hold, bought a magnificent motor car
for his Majesty. It was tried on Sun-
day in Yildiz Park. The Sultan wit.
nested the proceedings from one of
the palace windows. As soon as the
automobile was sel going the noble
entourage was seized with such fright
that they all scamped away. Their
equanimity was with difficulty re
stored,
a AAAI
SUGAR KING SPRECKELS.
HE INTRODUCED 'CUBE SUCAR TO
THE AMERICAN MARKET.
How Me Persuaded King Kalakaua, of
able to Him Story of His Fight Against
the Trust—Once Cornered Sugar,
Claus Spreckels went with his fam
fly to Europe, and there entered into
since made him the undisputed master
of the business in Americ:
became a workman again, serving as
an ordinary employee at Magdeburg.
By 1867 he was again in the refinery
in California, operating, in
connection with his brothers the insti.
the California Sugar Refinery.
in New York the building of the ma
as well
bullding and
of the finances. He
began with a wooden structure, rather
small, adapted strictly to the extent of
the current wut within
three years the building was enlarged
and at of four
immense building was
as in the erecting of the
the management
operations,
the
brick
end
years an
fo turn
day, still
of Ban
conspicy
out 800 tons
stands on
of
the south
rugar per
bay shore
Francisco—one of the most
Pacific Coast.
The men who had driven Mr.
Spreckels from the Bay Sug Com
pany soon found they had created a
Tartar. The doughty German applied
his foresight and his ¢ judg
meat to every
He
‘ntifie
he rea
of «
ar
ore
great
lose
ph
ness not only operated upon more
princi;
the general
ition and brought that
At
all the
the
BC
but
manufacturing
ched
Oped
les,
out into
his control, one time he
cornered sugar afloat
f
» Gf
alm
rivals by
of whi
due
t shut doors his
ng raw supplies
al
all pad be in
alwars to
Processes
ich “+1
y-four hours
ube and crushed
His compet Wi
his ability
entually
surrender
“The fight. howe
long ti in fact,
of the master-strokes whi
him such
up
the
self
me until 3
had given
had Ean d
it to
h
ascendancy as he
Mr
Islands
o that time,
Haw allan
yirt
Spreckels v
and made
owner of the sugar
the Pacific Ocean
just after * Com
first
Kalakaus
wel
him
ual
rowing
This was in
Pi let
%
a
¢iween
the
cane of
1876,
ion of the reciprocei troaty
Uni
ng Hawallan sugar free
and the tex
Slat
, admitt
duty
I went to the Islands
for
$ : vy **
POLAND,
Spre ne
soon bees rRest sugar
company,
EMM INN)
Spreck
to the
After a
Hawaiinn (
f Mr i
held in the
with King Kalakaua and another gen
tleman, with result that the next
morning the King requested the resig
nation of each member
d the foll
wis appointed
Spreckels his desires
Hawallan
ref
Ininnds, =
the part of
grant
for water
avs:
usal on
abinet to
he
a request
Spreckels privileges
i wy F ¥ » 3
ie a conierence eyening
the
of the cabinet,
wing day a
which
new cabinet
M1
granted
Gradually the competitors in
cal field gave way,
the lo
and by ISSS Mr
king of the Pacific Coast. But his tri-
umphs in his own field served only to
bring against his single hand the colos
sal power of the American Sugar Re
fineries Company, which has since be
ome Known as the Sugar Trust, This
jealously, and sought to absorb it.
They offered Mr. Spreckels a million
Jollars for his interests, But Mr.
to be bought out of his independence
institution even of such
wealth as the Sugar Trust,
more or less dependent upon his per-
sonality. He sald that so long as he
had a dollar in the world he would
keep his refinery running, and would
never consent to turn into the street
men who had faithfully served him,
many of them for twenty and twenty
five years,
This was sentiment, and it probably
did not seem to be good business to
the managers of the trust. But it
turned out to be better business for
California than the trust or its asso-
clates could have intended. The trust
attempted to coerce Mr. Bpreckels,
But it did not koow him so well then
as it does now,
For awhile Mr. Bpreckels was at a
decided disadvantage, because of the
enormous profits made by the trust
on its business in the East and the
consequent possibility of selling In
Oalifornia at a loss. But the disad-
vantage was quickly met. With his
vsual resourcefulness, Mr, Spreckels
conceived the Idea of carrying the war
into the enemy's own territory.
Againgt the strenvous advice and ob
jections of his friends, who predicted
disaster if he attempted to fight the
single-handed, he erected an
enormous refinery at ¥Yhiladelphia,
the world, at a cost of £5,000,000.
Spreckels then fixed prices
in
Mr.
and
soon became such a thorn In its
and the
involved
terms
the
peace,
finally
purchase
agreed
of the
Francisco.
Victor L. O'Brien, in Alpslee's,
Agriculture,
The cultivation of corn resnlts in a
social revolution. Corn, next to milk,
the most perfect foodstuff, but the
nutriment contained in a smaller
volume, of nutri
ment umulations
of je
the means
population,
milk
.
Vor
Selves over
i=
is
The
permits
as it in a
of feeding a
while
iged
spaces,
concentrat
of
gives
FEE]
great
g1 ac
sople, small space
considerable
nourished
men on
are obli to disperse them
vast
Two characteristics
first,
is No com
of
of
tant
allows,
There
very
of corn are
facility for
Parison
{and
fish
por
that it
storage
between the
ory
great
tion
and that
the pastor,
by
"eg &
creating
preserva
cerenls)
Thus
hunter
same fac
and for accumulating the
of their special industry.
is so readily stored as corn;
the famous granaries of Egypt,
a, Italy, ete. The facility for ac
tion | provident
I
of
corn other
or game
the have no
means the lity for
riches pro
No
wit-
coeds
food
Ness
i=
erm people
ox able
1
na
consider
not obi
witl
themsely
3
$
:
aq
RTOWw
» {Miesen
er and more
t of
garden produce
eu
must
ne
and
and manure; care
maize especially
select the best t
lest the corn should
weather
The
consequently
in All
complications
skill 1]
also develops and compli
of fabrication
product rice,
get
the vy had
has must 3
be in
outside help
these difficul
ii
wate
rapidly,
hed harvest must got
must be called
and
resight,
Lorn
fr
fies necessinle
i promptity
and ide
hols and
ie like
onsumed in state in which
This
families to
Pr
nore
ie
gathered mode
forces
sedentary
the be
operty in
o become and
Tra
ot easy
fam
lope
umulate
les readi
le deve i
and exchar
quire the
surpius and of
other thin
10 ned
iy ad
ii
«3
iing their
chasing food and
transformation
life! The
themselves
ig
urred from
families
and
themselves:
has oo
pastoral Con
jess with
hey
net
i
leas
they
me partly
they are
of the mq
and of writing
another
tion.— Prof.
Koowledge.
produ §
dependent upor
ft to the §
i he y 1
materials is a
important modifica
Alfred CC. Hadden, in
pants, subje uctua
tie
books
WR irkel, buying
i
sign of
An Unanswerable Argument,
D. B. Hill, who lived in Spring
Ii, from 1836 to 1843. tells th
characteristic story of Abraham Lin:
coin, with whom he was personally ac-
“Once Lincoln was defend
ing a man who was accused of cheat: |
ing another man in a business deal.
i.incoln was arguing before the jury
that his client had no intention to de- |
fraud when the transaction cccurred:
Dr
cheating the man,
“Pointing his finger at Judge Logan,
“Any boy |
you meet in the street knows how to
You all know that
Judge Logan is learned in the law, and
nobody would accuse him of doing |
wrong. You will observe he has his |
shirt on with the wrong side in front.
Now, the judge never intended to do |
that when he put his shirt on. You
see, people do wrong without intend.
ing to do so. If my client has done
anything wrong, he never intended to
do #0 any more than Judge Logan in-
tended to put on his shirt with the
back side in front’
“Sure enough, Judge Logan had his
shirt on wrong, and the use Lin.
coln made of his partner's mistake in
dress caused his client to get off free.”
San Francisco Argonant.
ssinisiom
Realism,
With my forthcoming realistic novel
in mind, 1 strolled abroad in search of
color and chanced upon a man drown
ing.
“How fortunate!” 1 exclaimed. "1
will throw him a straw and see pre
cisely how he clutches at it!”
Nor did I forget devoutly to thank
she kindly providence which permitted
me thus to gain knowledge of para.
mount importance in my work.—Puck.
TT THE DELTUID MUSCLE,
it Plays a Prominent Part in the Tailor
Business.
“It is a rare thing”
man, “to find a
said the talking
merchant tallor whe
can get a ‘perfect fit’ in the clothes he
makes, Bo rare, in fact, that | have
sometimes thought that taflors, of al
artisans, knew least how to do thels
work right, Yet the tailor, or the cut-
ter, rather, is not always to blame, fos
a perfectly cut garment may be oftes
a crooked seam or a slight departure
from the line set for Lis neadle may
throw the whole thing out of plumb.
Still, a good tailor ought to know whep
and should either be
able to correct iis unfitness or not let
it leave the shop of the
part, | incident
convention ot
The sub
itt and
old
in
Bpeaking
remember an
at
cutters held in Cine
Ject for discussion was the « ing
fitting of garme nts, and a testy
Scotchman had the floor He sald
that if a cos cut to
niuscle
the
wou alway ind it comfort
i
nati
were ged
upon the
Wedrer
able and
‘“In fact’ ‘said
well
le determines
‘Will ti
Lae g
» what and
asked A
© of
where the aeiton
cutter on the other » of th iam
ber,
“The
sharply,
Scotchman turned on him
“ ‘Bir,’ he said, angrily
‘do you claim
4 not know
muscle is located?
to be
deltoid
know, sir, that a
man anatomy fs as img
tailor as it Is
é X ped
ject
do
f/f cutter an where the
Don’t you
of the bu
nut to the
he surgeon?
garment
every i
knowledge
worta
tof
it to cut a fo fit
an
wh
ose ne and cum
You might as well
know
sir, the
thie
$Y 1a x
moge withious
ix resent
iy present
An Honest Race,
gentiems
ial traveller, never hunted 1
“Well,
mer
i
myself,
ear
( » other
liows who found one up
in
they let the
ie them
night ped in a
and while one was cooking
supper the other started out with ¢
shotgun to get Lots
birds up the
most kil! them with 2
“Pretty soon the
P AER 4
ly was mad I abost 8 mething
for him The man hit
for camp, the bear
When the fellow whe
the supp heard
slide coming don mountain,
saw what is gun
to shoot it he was afraid to shoot
for hitting his partner, so
yuldn't do anything but
Run, r-a-un!’ he howled,
ound to try to get a shot.
‘Run!’ panted the other
un? You fool, «
throwin’ this 1
gounian.
Py ot in
prospecting
right up
country. put
the b
they
A g
nae Car
alone
One
alone,
Jeep c
cam
anon,
is
of
some
Te.
u
and
the
¥ vioh
ight
hard
* him
ooking
was
land-
he
the
was up d grabbed h
}
i
fear of he
yell,
dancing
feliow.
think I'm
“--Portland Ore-
jo you
ace?
Quesr Tax Suit
income {ax laws are very
the canton of Zurich. This often
amusing oomplications A
short time ago a physician sold his
practice to another for a certain sum
of mone The buyer sued the doctor
a few months later for exaggerating
the value of the prastice. In court the
former prac by bis
The
ent in
string-
titioner showed
books that he had had an income of
$4,000 a year, which was all he had
claimed. He won the suit and great
was his happiness.
A few days later he received a sum-
charge entered against him by a tax
collector for defrauding the govern
as $600
to have
He not only was obliged
when it was lately proved
ure, but he also had to pay the differ
the fines, which are very large in
these cases, 80 that altogether his bill
amounted to $5350, which somewhat
other suit-Zurich Correspondent in
a
Married in Disguise,
Prosecutor Mayfield, of Jefferson
ville has been requested to investigate
a secret wedding of a very unusual na-
ture which took place there recently.
The couple, Abe Fouts and Agnes
Byrne of Harrison county, so David C.
Harper, a former suitor of the bride
and the prosecutor's informant, states,
eloped to “Jeffersonville, September
21, when the bride was but sixteen
years ol? and the groom twenty, The
clerk refused them license and the
groom, leaving the office, assumed the
disguize of an old farmer so success.
license from the clerk by making an
affidavit to the ages of the couple un
Sentinel,
1% only natural for a bright man te
reflect,