Ll Ehe Centre Drwocat. SEALSKIN AND SHODDY Mommie Symington’s Triple Life as a Seciety Belle, Nurse and Factory Girl. Lizzie Knowlton no longer felt that alle was without a single friend. Her coara ge was at once strengthened an | ber hooe increased. She arose and allo eed Mary to assist her in prepar- img to goout in the storm, Going doen the steps Lizzie said: [am to weak I fear it will take me a long time to reach my room. My d =r child, said the doctor, you | sre not wo walk, Miss Stillson has a | earring 1 here, They heiped the poor girl into the warm, ofily - upholstered carriage, | drew the heavy fur robes snugly aroun | her, and, Miss Stillson sup- parting her, they drove to Lizzie's rom. As they catered it Lizzielooked | acon! her in amazement, There | had been no radical change from poverty to splendor in its equipments, | for such would have wounded Lizzie's | senss of honor and justice, not pride. The height gaslight, the glowing fire ie the grate, the sizzing of cooking | chick +e, ‘he singing of the boiling teak serie, the pleasant aroma of the | bright-hued flowers, the turned-down bed sn | the cheery face of the nurse wera the only changes, but they turned au abode of the deepest gloom toa haditation of cheer and comfort. Asthe doctor and Miss Stillson as sisted Lizzie to a seat in the old rock- ing chair she took another survey of the room, drew Miss Stillson down to her and kissed her, while she pressed the doctor's hand with all her re maining strength. This was her ac knowledgment of their kindness and her demonstration of gratification, for sha dare not trust herself to speak. De. Hinston stepped down into the store while the nurse and Miss Stil son undressed Lizzie, and, enveloping her in a span clean night-dress, got her into hur warm bed. He then re- tarned and took f overcoat from his pocket two large bottles of medicine which he placed on the mantel, The nurse hurried up the cooking, and sou the table was set on a bright white spread, and the savory odors arising from the steaming victuals on it gave Miss Knowlton a better appe- tite than she had had in weeks, The table was rolled over beside the bed ia which she was bolstered up soas to eat from the former in comfort. The nurse jrin:d Lizzie in the meal, while the doctor and Miss Stillson chatted merrily, both being on excellent terms with themselves over the pleasant daty they were performing. The meal was scarcely finished before some men came carrying a cot and bedding for the nurse, ordered by the thought- ful doctor. When these had been | fixed in place he guve Lizz'e a dose of medicine from one of the bottles, left a powder for her to take later, bade all good-night and departed, promising to call again the next moraing. Miss Stillson remained some time aftsrward, sitting beside the bed talk- ing confideatially with Lizzie Know! ton. She encouraged Lizzie to look forward to recovery, an! cautioned her repeatedly against fretting over the loss of her situation or worrying about where the money was to come from to provide for her during her convalescence. I'il try not to, said the conscientious Lizzie, but I know it is not right for me to accept all these favors from you anil Dr. Hinston when I can pever pry you for them. f you never pay for them 'tis no matter. Others will compensate us for ail our troub'ec and outlay. | have my own peculiar idees about such things, and to-morrow and at | ocher times we will talk about them. When I have told you of them you | will feel more at ease, but it will not do to distr »s you now with a discus. | sion of sach themes. Be contented | wo l Gy and be happy. In that way you wil more than repay Dr. Hinton and me, fur by so doing you will get well, and that is what we are working fur. Ones well, | have my plans | wheraby 501 will secure easier and | more remanerative employment, when you can repay Dr Hioston and me asd do some good work in the world resell Mis Suillson, said the sick girl, vou seem more like an angel than a woman. | have sometimes read about ! : and | pra | die deserted the churches. girl. By Him were you sent to me She turned over on her side, and Miss Siillson stroked her bair and assed her hacds softly over her fore head antil she fell asleep. Giving the nurse a sma!l sum of money with which to buy any little necessity she might want, Miss Stilison put on her outer wraps and left, Miss Mamie Symington reached home about 10 o'clock to find a warm meal and her aunt awaiting her, As they sat down to the table Mrs. Bradbury said : Mr. Standish ealled, Did you tell him where I was? No. | said you were out on an er- rand of mercy, Did be ask where? No. He asked if you had been home since you were at the office, and I told him you came home about 5 o'clock, but went away almost ie mediately in the carriage. [ invited him to dinner before the | affair between him and Lizzie Knowl- ton, poor girl, but canceled it when I started out after her, as I felt that possibly I should pot be at home. I { wonder he came under the circum~ stances, and-—— He seemed very much disappointed on learning you were not at home, { and remained some little time hoping | you would return, I suppose. I am sorry I bad to be away. Did he say when he would call again ? No. But | iovited bim | again, when he would uvodoubtedly meet you, as you were seldom away in the evenings, and he answered, With pleasure, Mamie ate in silence for some time, Her mind was very, very busy, thiok- ing first of Lizzie Knowlton and then of Herbert Standish, her fork and leaning back in her chair she asked: Auntie, do you think it right for people o live in profligate luxury while their fellow beings are starving or dying for the need of a doctor and medicine ? No, Mamie, of course it is not, but the affairs of this world are managed on exact distinctions between right and wrong. But they should be Troe. Bat they are not3and they can’t be changed in a day, or by any One person. Of course not, but they never will be changed unless some one makes a bi ginning. Mamie, darling, the beginning was made 80 far back that no one when or by whom it was made. It has not received strong aid from powerful | women from | men and courageous time to time, but the progress to the millennium is very slow. You talk discouragiogly, suatie Our Saviour did a great work for the poor, and His church has continued His work with more or less success Mamie, the charch of to-day is far from the church that Christ estab. lished in the treatment of the poor. If one of our ministers went: about among the poor ms did Jesus, he would be cousidered eccentric, per haps be called a demagogue, and would be the subject of ridicule My, auntie, you do not think the ministers of to-day are not good Chris. fishes, do you? I wouldn't say that they sre bad. They are good according to their time. This is the era of grand church edifices, richly- furnished pulpits, highly~paid and finely-trained choirs, psiati J parsonages, bigh-salaried and scholarly educated clergymen, but the poor people are not in the purple cushioned pews. The churches are no longer built among the poor but out here on the avenues. Charity is performed by organizations which hire agents to visit the poor. The christians of the church of our day do not go down among the sufferers in person as they did in Christ's time, The poor cannot know those whose generosity reaches them by proxy. They do not know whom to thank and love, as love they surely would if the alms were given direct, Then, auntie, you think the chris tinns of to-day are n.t doing right ? fo come | Laying down | koows | | quite perplexing to Mamie. for a girl in my situation to do, and as I have not decided just how I shall do it, I would rather wait until I get my plans in better shape before I ask your approval and assistance, Well, I will wait patiently, Mamie, but don't undertake too much or too difficult a task, « I fear it is going to be a big job and a dificult one, bot if you wili as sist me [ am sure I will succeed, A nobler object was never conceived than Mamie Symiogton'’s, but the pathway to it was a dangerous one for a young and beautiful girl wvacous- tomed to the traps and hardships of the world However, she was made of the best fiber that is put in human shape. CHAPTER IIL A TRIPLE CHARACTER. her father's office next morviog, and was pleasantly greeted by Herbert Standish, to whom she excused her- self for not being at home the evening before. After the usual exchange of greetings and some desultory conversa~ tion, Miss Symington said : Mr. Standish, do you know I have an idea that I should like to do busis ness like a man-—buy material, manu- { facture it and sell the goods, Indeed, Miss Symington? Few la {dies bave any taste in that direction, {and of those who try it but a small | percentage succeed. | Isuppose so. They are not trained {to it, and being suddenly forced into {it by the death of the male member | : » hr ’ lof their families they vecessarily go {about it blindly. don’t think they were intended for that sind of a life. Perbaps not, but who is to decide what any particular person was in- tended for, or who intended them for it? Weare largely the creatures of circumstances, and our vocations and ambitions come from teachings and surroundings, Why, Miss Symington surprise me, Our you I never heard you talk like this before, quite : abot and, sent me auntie I would like to : " whe Gilice much the books t these things, read some, her listle, May 1 ask a book keeper to show me how be keeps his books? Ce rtainly, but it is ao odd notion, of which you will tire directly business ein just ¢ ) : : sy fi | “ i Ol~ | : Possibly, bat I shall be relieved | ber enforced idleness and was coo- | There is no doubt that from idleness, and amused in the |*taniy urging Miss Stillson to let ber | piorida where the | assist on the pauvtaloons, meantime, She was introduced to the book keeper and at once setabout studying the business, not the technique of | book-keeping by any means, alibough she gave that some attention, but rather the system or science of doing | complete | the business. She made memorandum of the information she acquired, and in a few days she kuew what the plant cost, what the raw materia! cost, what was paid for labor, and what the different grades of goods sold for. she got a ot from the book-keeper of the business of the company from year to year, the aver age price of labor and the profits of each year- She asked him every con ceivable question and made the best use of his answers, Her suntie was taken entire iy into her confiderce, and together they discussed the different problems that came up, Mrs. Biad bury makiog many valuable sugges tions and giving very clear explana tions of some features which were | Having gotten all the points she could from slatems the book-keeper, she queried the heads | including | of various departments, Secretary Standish, shoot the pur chase of raw material, insorance on plant and goods, taxes, and the general | modus operandi of the concern. When it came to the methods of employing, {governing snd paying the help, she | was especially minute and persistent lin her inquiries. Mamie spent her forenoons in the {office and her afternoons in Lizzie | Knowiton's room, where she | known as Mary Sullson. As soon as Mamie Symington drove down to | There is something io that, but I was | - i i with, but what it all understand, Well, Lizzie, 1 will tell you this much, but you must firs: promise not 10 question me too much or reveal to any one what | am doing. This may be a mere freak of a silly git], but part of a comprehensive general piao | am developing Miss Stillson, I see no one but Dr. Hinston and yourself, and certainly shall not disclose anything, Of course you won't, my dear girl I knew that. This factory that I am establisblog here is not for the pur pose of making money, but that | may learn the (rade of a tailoring seamstress. I want you to show me bow to do the work well and quickly. Miss Stillson rolled the sewing ma. chine over near where Lizzie sat in her rocking chair and said : Now [ am ready to begin, Which { bundle shull we start with? The pantaloons sre the easiest made. Immediately Miss Stillson opened it and took out the pieces for {a pair. Lizzie showed ber how to | baste them together, Mus Siillson | threaded and oiled the machine per | fectly well, and had, since » little girl, | made all her own dressss asd other [S21 ments, even to the cutting out, | of some of them. It was an easy task, therefore, for her to learn tailoring. | When she had the first pair finished, Lizzie yoked them all over carefully {and said: Miss Stillsop, there is belter work on these than I ever saw done in a factory, and | have worked in five This highly pleased the apprentice, and she continued her hard task with | advance means 1 can't la Will, conviteed that a goo had been made in her cherished scheme. Boon she, as Miss Syming ton, had acquired all the informs she desired about the | ducting the Symington CJ pany’s business, and n Stillson, devoted near day in Lizzie Koowlt ing hard at the went home with au excellent ried ber midday Jzzie made them some hey lunched toget i. zz e in the mi ing stronger, her bleed, and ber cough was slowly disap pearing. She felt her returning health hi joy, but became nervous over n H LB IT iy g AN tha (BFE y Ewing machine tired every appet unch f wiime was grow lungs “ceased to th FES This was denied her, but to keep her employed and contented, besides fitting her for the outdoor exercise she needed, Miss Stillson purchased the material for a quantity of warm clothing for her and allowed her to work alittle while each day making it up. The morning after the bun i paoiaioons was completed Lizzie was astonished to see a girl dressed in the plaivest plain kind of a calico dress, an o d. worn, rough jersey « i mk, old Iarne 1 yarn om us and a 8 fashioned hood without so much st vod staring speaxiog Well, who are you want here ? asked Lizzie Pardon, miss, I come wo to the factory for Miss Sue sont this note, said the unceremonions intruder, handing over a little piece of paper. lle o v 14 er, i me into herr 88 koocking L A C1 m Ms you, and what do ' take the mantialoons *tillson [TO BR CONTINUED. ] — A —— Congressman Fitch's Fate Congressman Ashbel P. Fitch, | having resigned from the Republican | elub of Harlem some time ago on ace count of his support of President Cleveland in the work of tariff re. form, bas now resigned from the enrolled Republicans of the Twenty | third assembly district. In the follow. |ing letter he tersly and clearly ex presses his views upon the great ques | tion of the campaign Fine lstaxp Beacon, Aug. 13,1888 : ar [ do not say they are not doing | Lizzie got able to wait upon herself | The Hon. Donald MeLean, Presidem only accepting assistance in the fitting | profit s!l whiskey, at wholesale for 25 cents a gallon, for 8 cong a glass. The Republican party lenders have determind to make a campaign in which the expression of views such &s those above indicated shall be describ- ed as “free trade attacts upon Ameri can industry,” and those who hold them shall be credited with a buro- ing desire 10 aid the British working- man, whom they have never seen, as ngnivet their own friends and country- men. Mr. Blaine's keynote for the | campaign, applied to our district, is that we are trom now till November to accuse the Democratic and revenue reform business men in Harlem, who in private life are in partoership with us in all commercial, charitable, so- cial and religions affairs, of being engaged in a conspiracy, inspired by Englaod, to rain their own country and degrade their fellow citizens, | have no desire to take part is such a campaign, I fancy that Eogland has [in this distr.ct about as many adher | ents as China bas, and that the voters { who will vote this fall in Harlem and { Yorkville for a revision of the tariff | are us sincere friends of American in- | dustry as any of us are, Aod I very much prefer, il necessary, to bein a minoity for the rest of my life rather than to make a success ful campaign on what seems to be a ridiculous and un- founced misrepesntation of theefflorts and motive of my neighbors. | am | with sincere regard and respect, your { friend. Asus P, Firion. —— i —— Aid For The Sufferers The report of vellow fever in Flor. ida both such as have been made pub it hose which reach thiseity from yurees, show that the conditon cities altacked by the desese is Whether quarantine will t the farther spread Of Lhe eg | evident can privat ha valamity, n and ’ " i Be des town t} od by | nao alion a yellow fever is #0 exireme that without aid from other sections the sufferings of destitution sre likely to be added tw those the plague the towns of yellow fever has made its appearance are in pressing paed of aid. The charitable spirit of the country should Se prompt in taking steps to allevitate the suffers ing £¢ much as possible lo order that Pittsburg may have & channel through which its aid to those sufferers may be prompt, Tus Disrarcn will, in accdordane with a suggestion from cone of our leading izens, receive subscriptions for the yellow fever sufferers. All money re ceived will be promptly fowsrded 10 the National Bask of the Bate rida at Jacksonville, from whic will be expends { as it will afford most needed rel By this means oy which the charitable spirit of Pittsburg may devote to allevatiog the fever will reach heir destination and perform their beneficial work most promptly. It is well to remember that a dol- lar given now may be worth mare than $5 that is tardily applied. “He gives twice who gives quickly.” AW A—— Recasting Farties. a a ¢] Hic of of e suffering from Oneofthe healthiest signs of the t mes is theshaking-up ofthe foundation of partnership thatis goingon over the country. At last, thanks to the cour age of President Cleveland snd his Democratic advisers, there i« a qar rel between the two great parties worthy the weighty cousideration of the people. It is a serious question wheather we shall posh farther a poliep of restriction which parrows our relations with the rest of world by advancing the interest favored industries at the expense of of | right, but they might do better. They | the nurse was sent back tothe hospital | Twenty third Assembly District En~ | ho masses of the people, or wheather are not following the example of and the girls bad their visits entirely | rolled Republicans—My Dear Six: | yg hail stop where we are and Christ. He was not too good or too busy to go about among the poor. Are they better than He was? The christians of to-day have gathered | par taloons, another of vests, and a | earries with it, without further action lof all 153 industries which our un- their churches away from the path- ways of the poor and the poor have Charity, per- sonal charity, iv the basis of christi. anity, and corporation relief eannot be made a substitute for it. Christi. anity based on the rules and laws of tracle is as objectionable to the Sav | lotir a8 were the money changers in the temple, One visit amoung the poor, in which kind woras are spoken and caristianity exemplified in person, is wore acceptable in the eyes of iw founder than $100,000 given either to build a grand church or to be doled out in the name of charity by some organization according to the rules of arithmetic. You cannot to themselves, | machinesnd a large bundle of unmade | third of coats brought to her room by as many different persons. The men knew nothing more than that they were told to bring them there and get her to sign receipts for them, 0 machine was a new one from the sales room. The different bundles were from as many different factories, When Mary Stillsou came in the afternoon she looked over the bundles and the machine with a mischievous twinkle in ber eye and said : Lizzie, dear, we are going to have a little clothing factory bere all our own. Youare wo be foreman or fore woman rather, and I'll be the hands, all by myself. | know how to runs machine and make a woman's oe ments, but I know no al talloring. [expect you to show me, but remember until tirel | trict. This resignation, under the roles | {on my part, that of my place in the | | district committee and on the delegs- | tion 10 the county committee and the | ohmirmanship of the committee on executive committee of the county organization, My reasons for this resignation is that [am not willing to advoeae or support the uew doctrines upon which the party managers have dacided to make this eampaign, [am in favor ae were Garfield, Arthur and Folger, of 4 reasonable revision of the present tariff in the direction of de- creasing the cost on the necessaries of life and supplying American work: men with cheaper raw materials for resolutions ana membdrship of the | symmetrical and uocrippled growth rivaled nataral resouces invit us to establish, There are thousands of persous in the Republican party whq do not be lieve in Protection for the sake of Proteption,” and who are of such in dependence of thought and action that during the presant contest they will stand on the platform they do not believe in and vote for Cleve laod and Thurman. The Democratio newspapers are {ull of annoucements of Republican conversation of the policy of Tax Redaction and Revean- ue Reform approved by the preasent the | Ooe forenoon Lizzie | I herewith resign my membership in | gradually return to a fiscal system | was much surprised to have a sewing | the Republican association of the dis- | that would, permit and premote a oo re pr" 1861, thousands of Democrats went into th: Republiean party, and have steadily supported it wince, who are not believers iu the revenue policy which it now sapports. Thousands of Whigs who was at the same time went over 10 the Democrats sresturdy Protectionists, and jthey should pow act with the party of Protection. [t is but natural thet, as the old ante-war issue has heen fairly revived, there should be » grand shifting of position in the ranks of both parties, The fact nnd the caase of it, are both matter of congratulation. The bulk of advant- (age, however, must rest with the | Democrats. The Southern Protect. {ionists who under the leadership of Clay, 10 used carry North Carolina, Tenvessce, Kentuckey, Maryland and | other Southern States, are held from their natural alliaoce with the Repub- lican at this time by the dark shadow of the bioody-shirt. There is no such gyve about the legs of the Northern Republiean Revenue Reformers, who (are invited back into the party to which they properly belong The situation is full of promise for the future prosperity of the country, Let the grand change go ou. — Phila. delaphia Reecorr, — New Advertisements. HARVEST EXCURSIONS St. Paul Minneapolis & l. | Monitoha R y. CHEAPER THAN EVER BEEORE. 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