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ornel world, Detect? ve Fox, but the firey
rain that lalls on lirl.ng hearts leaves marks
that are not effaced like those yonder."
t She pointed to the -ocean, bnt I admired
ber cunning wore th an her sentiment. I
J was sorry for her, too. It was a sad, pathetic
V little face and figure, and looked so very in
significant compared with the wide stretch
of ocean and the huge bowlders on the shore.
Crime may not alwavs.be found oat, bnt no
criminal can escape from the Nemesis that
be always carries with kirn in his own heart.
I think conviction must be a relief to the
wretch that has been slouching for months
in dirty alleys and by-wars to escape the
punishment that he deserves.
I am not a sentimental man, bnt the
pathetic little lace haunted me for the rest
of the journey. ,
Beaching the apothecary's, I went up to
the counter and presented the label, with
the words:
,'The"rbottle containing this medicine was
broken, and I want It remde up."
I did not disturb the druggist in his
labors;' but, when he placed a neatly pre
pared bottle in my hand, I asked:
"Is this medicine dangerous?"
"No; you might swallow the contents of
that bottle without harm. Its principal in
gredient is bromide of potassium. Dr.
Brandt knows his business."
'Ton are acquainted with bim?"
"Bv reputation and by bis prescrip
tions.'" "You baveputup a great many of his?"
"A. great many for his patient, Mrs.
' Glave."
"They were all as harmless as this?"
"Yes, sir; chloral, bromide of potassium,
valerian and the usual run of drugs required
by a nervous lady."
"I have a particular reason for asking, I
am Detective Fox."
"If you were Christopher ColumboB," be
answered, with unseemly levitv, "I could
only make the same answer. If you doubt
me," his prescriptions are all pasted in the
book over there, and you" are welcome to
look them up."
"Your word is sufficient.".
"Thank you for uoihingl" he said, diving
with a spatulaSnto a white pot, and chew
ing on a nasty looking black stuff with evi
dent pleasure But I had satisfied myself
on one doubtful point, and I left the drug
gist and retraced iny steps. I left the bottle
of medicine with the clerk at the hotel,
giving bim orders that he should deliver it
to MissGrande immediately. I then sought
out Policeman Blind, gave him his orders,
and sent him over to be hotel. These little
points attended to, I felt in the proper con
dition to devote a littletime to my friend,
the doctor. I found him buried up to his
nose in a big folio volume. I sat down on a
chnimud faced him.
"The bad weather has driven you in?" be
asked, glancing over the top of the book.
"I never allow the weather or anything
else to Interfere with my duty," I answered,
agjjressively.almost offensively. I wished to
provoke him.
"You are, then, a model policemanl" be
retorted, in his calmest voice.
"I am not satisfied with the condition of
Mrs. Glaye, Dr. Brandt."
"I am not satisfied with the condition of
Mrs. Glaye, Detective Fox, but that won't
help matters."
"I am so dissatisfied that I have sent to
the city for physicians."
"You might have asked me first; but I
am content just the same."
"They will probably be here this even
ing." "They will be very welcome this even
ing." he said, dryly.
"While waiting for them it is my desire
that you re.rain from repeating your visits
to her."
"My good friend, I can only answer In
yonu words: I never allow the weather or
anything to interfere with my duty. If I
am called I will go; unless you sit on my
breastbone. I ceased to be a baby one, two,
three years ago."
"I should think, doctor, that you would
eee the wisdom of my request."
"I have not the hundred eyes of a fly or
the sun-stare of the eagle," he said with a
malicious chuckle. "But let us see, my
friend, am I to consider mvself under ar
rest?" "ISoI" I answered, staggered by the
blunt question.
"Good. Then if I am called, I will pay a
visit to my patient. You are a bold man,
my friend," he said, with a frown, "to rub
the hair ot a lion the wrong way. But you
are 'Lecoq' Fox, and you are cunning, yet
ungrateful. When you came and inter
rupted me with your gasconnades, 1 was
reading this old book to discover some new
recipe to tickle your gustatory nerve. They
.-are all recipes ot the old monks, my friend,
' and ochl but they knew how to eatl"
"iron ere very Kind "
"It is my bobby. If 1 were rich, my
friend, I would rise above a foolish Hello
gabului. He was only stomach; I am
stomach dominated by brains. If 1 had dis
covered the pate de foie eras, I should have
died content. One man nibbles at a Shakes
peare or a Goethe, while hundreds gorge on
food. Heal lame, my friend, is a question
of digestion, and he who invents a new dish
will be remembered when your Fichtrs,
your Lockes, your Voltaires, your Dantcs
are forgotten."
"I am not interested in food,"'! answered,
angered that he should so underestimate my
talents as to Imagine that I could' not read
through the mask he whs assuming.
"You are overworked," he said, with
mock sympathy. "You think too much,
my friend."
""Too much for the comfort of certain peo
ple." "Do you mean me?" he asked with ag
gravating calmness. "My poor friend, did
I tear you, and were it worth my while,
pufll and you would vanish like a thistle
down in a tempest. But you amuse the
drowsy lion, and he allows you to touch bis
whiskers with the tips of your fingers. But,
my friend, bis whiskers are not his teeth)
"If I feared you, doctor, I would not will
ingly remain in the lion's den. One weaves
a hempen rope to catch the Hon," I said,
giving bim a thrust for a blow.
"Simple little friend, no rope you weave
Is strong enough to bold inel"
"We shall see after to-night," I retorted,
losing my patience. "Let me inform vou
that despite the cflorts of ber enemies, Mrs.
Glaye has not lost her senses or her memory,
and probably by tomorrow with her aid, I
may weave a rope (hat will not only bold,
but strangle!"
In certain matters T confess I am weak,
which is another way of saying that I am
bumau. In Dr. Brandt I saw the imper
sonation of wickedness, brazen impudence
defying the majesty of the Jaw, represented
by my bumble self. He deserved to be
strangled, but I regretted the hasty speech
almost as soon as it was uttered, but he was
exasperating, leering at me with his fishy
eyes from ot of his dull rhinoceros skin.
I itched to place the manacles on his wrist,
and bad not the man Durand confessed to
the crime, I would have done so. You may
be sure that I did not intend to eat dinner
with bim on that evening; for if be was too
cunning to kill me outright, a little dose of
opium might have sent me into dreamland
juBt at the time when I most needed my
wits. A lot of pretty tough work was be
fore me, and so I went up to my room and
took a doze for a couple of hours while I
bad the opportunity. Like Npoleon and
other famous men, I had the power or fall
ing asleep and waking np at the hour fixed
X lay on tne oea an o-cioccand waked
un on the stroke ot 3, just as I intended. I
bid given Policeman Blind the older that
be was not to admit the doctor into Mrs.
Glave's room until be heard lrom me again,
even If he bad to nse force in doing so, and
so I was easy on that score.
At 3 o'clock a train was due from the city;
a few minutes after 3 found me at the sta
tion, but nobody in whom I was interested
was there. Another train was due at 5
o'clocx, and at the hour I again danced at
tendance on it, and was again disappointed.
I then remembered that a boat touched at
the whan somewhere around 6 o'clock, and
for the convenience of the sick man this had
doubtless been the route taken, but it whs a
day of disappointments, for on going to the
wharf I discovered that the boats bad
stopped running for the season. Consulting
the time table, I found that the next and
last train was dne at Eglantine Hill at 7:1B
o'clock. Now I say here with all solemnity,
that I sincerely believe that if the superin
tendent bad 'paid proper attention to my
orders, the tragedy to be unfolded in the
following pages would not have happened.
The grinning Grope nlone appeared, with
the information that the prisoner would be
sent to-morrow.
To-morrowl Why had I not been in
formed earlier in the day? WhyP If I
cursed and ground my teeth, foamed and
raved, I had cause to do so. I dashed the
astonished Groupeout of my way and strode
toward the hotel to keep my appointment
with Mrs. Glaye. I arrived at the hotel at
8 o'clock. Policeman Blind had nothing to
report except that Dr. Brandt had called to
see Mrs. Glaye, and had been refused en
trance into ber room. Praising him for
obeying orders, I entered the hotel and sent
for Miss Bertha. She received me In the
parlor, and had not much to report. Her
mother had been unusually quiet, and had
been busy writing most all day. She had
accepted Bertha's intrusions into the room
withont protest; in fact, acted as if she were
unconscious of them. At certain hours she
had called for Miss lone Grande, and re
ceived her medicine and food from ber
hands. Bertha had expressed the desire to
perform these duties, but bad been coldly
waved aside. Becriving her last dose
of medicine at 5 o'clock, Mrs. Glaye
bad dismissed her attendant and ber
daughter with the order that she
was not to be disturbed uutil "Mr. Durand's
friend called by appointment." These were
her words, and she added that sbehadalong
manuscript to write which would occupy all
her thoughts. At 6:45 she had again sum
moned Miss Grande, who remained some tea
minutes in her room and then retired.
Since that; time Mrs. Glare's privacy had
not been invaded.
This nil looked very promising, and feel
ing elated at the prospects of near success,
won in spite of superintendents, I left Mrs.
Glaye with words of cheer, walked along the
long deserted passageway and tapped on the
invalid's door. In my impatience, without
waiting fora permission, I turned the handle
and entered the room, and for a moment my
heart stopped beating, and my blood was
was frozen into ice.
Seated near the little round table, staring
in my direction, was Mrs. Glaye, with
glassy eyes and a hideous smile distorting
her lips." Writing paper, pens and ink were
on the table; bnt she was not writing, and
she would never write again. ShewasdeadI
There was a horrible fascination in the
cold, staring eyes that kept me motionless
for a spell; but with an effort I threw aside
my fear and became the stern, unmoved ser
vant of the outraged law. I approached the
thing on the chair and touched its band.
Dead and rigid already. I glanced down on
the table. There was an abundance of
blank paper, but not a single line, not a
single word of writing. And it had been
alive at 6 o'clock! Let my enemies answer
for it!
There was no wound or bruiseon the body,
not an evidence of the means by which she
had been killed, save a little crumpled up
white paper, with the folds still in it, in
size, shape and appearance suggesting a
paper that had contained a ponder. The
paper was behind the coal scnttle, 8 feet 3
inches distant from the dead body. Was it
a case of heart disease? I had the doctor's
own statement that he had examined the
woman and found every organ in ber body
healthy.
I quietly summoned Policeman Blind, left
bim to guard the room, and then went in
search of Miss Bertha, to break the sad
news to her. She was stunned, or rather
shattered, by the announcement; but, brave
little woman that she is, she did not scream
or faint Her first panting, horrified words
were:
"He has the money now!"
I gave such comfort as was in my power,
and especially impressed on her the caution
that she should carefully suppress her emo
tion, and, for the present, allow no one to
suspect the second tragedy that had cast its
stain over this out oi the way Utile village.
I knew that tears would do her good, and so
I made no objection when she wished to en
ter the fatal room. I led her to it, gave fresh
cautions to Policeman BlinJ, and then pre
pared myself for surprising the little wretch
lone Grande. I knew the number of ber
room on the floor above, but, beiore going to
it, I went in search of Grope, whom I tound
outside the hotel, not yet recovered from his
surprise. I gave him his orders, and then
ascended the stairs and cave a loud tap on
Miss Grande's door. After a short interval
she opened it. She had hastily donned a
robe, and had fastened her loosened hair in
an extempore knot over the top of her hair.
She had evidently been indulging in the
mysteries of the toilet when I bad uncere
moniously dUturbed her. and her embar
rassment was marked and very significant.
Her eyes were swollen as it from recent
tears, and I almost persuaded myself that I
hoard the ranid beating ot her startled.
guilty heart. It was also significant that
she did not resent my Intrusion, nor in fact
utter a single word. With parted lips and
labored breathing she stood silently staring
at me, dszed conmsion entrapped.
"You do not ask me why I have come,
Mis Grande." I said crnvely, pitying the
wretch even while I loathed her.
"I waited lor Information from you." To
conceal the tremor of her voice she spoke
almost in a whisper.
"You cannot guess?"
"I will not try."
"Will vnu please inform me when you last
saw Mrs. 'Glaye?"
"Sonic time In the neighborhood of 6
o'clock, as near as I can iudge."
"She summoned yon?"
"She called be to assist her In changing
her dress." ...
"What was she doing when yon entered
the room?"
"Lying on the lounge weeping," said the
unblushing little liar.
"She was in her usual health?"
"Why do you ask?" Bhe demanded with
dilated eyes.
"Was she in her usual health?"
"I saw no difference."
"And yet at this moment she is lying dead
in the room below."
In trying to avoid the snare of playing the
hysterical as a less accomplished wretch
would have done, she leaned to the other ex
treme, and betrayed herself by her lorced
stoicism.
"She is happy!" was the bard hearted
answer.
"Do vou wish to say anything on the sub
ject, Miss Graude? Speak or be silent, it is
even the criminal's right."
"I have nothing to say."
"Do you deny having taken the manu
script from the table of Mrs. Glave's room?"
"I have seen or touched none."
"Yon will please remain in your room,
Miss Grande, for the present. If you at
tempt to leave it, vou will fall into the
arms of one of my assistants."
'You suspect me?" For the first time
there was terror in the staring eyes.
"I arrest you as a thief and as the mur
deress of Mrs. Glaye!"
She still clung .to the remnants of her
stoicism. "I cannot resist you," she said,
with a forced calmness, keeping back her
tears with an effort. "I only beg that you
will inform Dr. Brandt of the fact at your
earliest possible moment."
"You wish to say anything concerning
him? Hemember, by exposing the guilty,
you will shield yourself."
She was still true to this monster, and said
coldly:
"I have nothing to say." ,
"Bemain silent if yon think it best; but
if you bad a friend, and were be wise, be
would tell you to confess all."
"I have no friend, audi have nothing to
say!"
"For the present, then, I will leave you
to your conscience. Policeman Grope," I
said, turning to that functionary as he stood
outside the door, "do not allow this woman
to leave your sight."
With the words I left the room and de
scended the stairs. I bad caught the mur
derers of this new victim, and now 1 had
the opportunity of testing my rope on the
neck of her instigator, and I set about the
work with a grim, malicious and long sup
pressed, pleasure.
I had not dined with the doctor on that
evening, and when I dropped in on bim it
was the first time I had seen him since the
morning. As I am a sinner, be was still
sitting at the dinner table gorged and
sleepy, but nibbling at a cracker and sip
ping at a glass of wine, as if he bad not
filled himself up to the throat two hours and
Wore ago.
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At my noisy, unceremonious entrance he
condescended to rouse himself a little from
bis apoplectic doze and stared at me with a
leer which he no doubt regarded as that of
humor. "Lucullus dined with Lucullus,
my friend; but you missed a glorious rev
elation of the possibilities lying latent in a
pot of quail. If you are hungry, blame
yourself; if you see anything still remain
ing on the table that jou like, make your
self at borne."
"I have not the appetite for food just
now," I said, stirred into anger at his air of
comfort and content, the result of a crime
through which he inherited, but would not
enjoy, a fortune.
"I have nottirne. I simply dropped in to
congratulate you on your inheritance."
There was no sleepiness in the bright,
watchful eyes that were now directed toward
me.
"Is it within Lecoq's policy to speak
plain?"
"You know why I am here; but to com
plete the farce, let me tell you that Mrs.
Mrs. Glaye has been murdered, and that you
are the heir of a great fortune!"
He was the greater scoundrel, and so he
nloved hi nart with far. frreater perfection.
His surprise was so well acted as to be
worthy of the genuine article.
"It is a sweet revenge!" he said, speaking
to himself and not to me.
"He rose, paced once or twice up and down
the room, and when be returned to his chair
there was not a trace of excitement in his
face or manner.
This is the advantage of being a philos
opher," he said, with a sigh or resignation,
lighting a cigar and cuffing enjoyingly at it.
"The news would have driven a nervous
'Lecoq' Fox out of his wits; a Karl Brandt
sits placidly in his arm chair, unmoved as
destiny, undisturbed as a granite mountain,
placid as an inland lake!"
"The game is ended, Dr. Brandt; 'your
cunning will not help you any longer. I
am not deceived by your acting, as you will
discover."
He waved aside his cigar smoke that he
might the better see me, then said, in a soft,
undisturbed voice that was horrifying under
the circumstances: "Ah, my friend, acting
is nature, and nature is acting. Monkeys
and Lecoqs alone reveal their feelings in
their faces: civilized human beings smile
placidly in the world and keep their heart 1
griefs to themselves. You are cleverest
when you act naturally; be natural, a natural
fool, and tell me what yon are driving at"
"At arresting vou as a murderer or as an
accessory to a murder," I said sternly.
"Lecoq Fox again," he said, with unruf
fled composure; "Lecoq Fox and another
blunder.
"It is useless attempting further prevari
cation, Dr. Brandt," I said, inventing an
other fiction under the spur of the moment,
"your accomplice has been arrested."
"You have laid your vile hands on the
good little lone?" he asked, roused into
wrathful activity.
"Yes, and she has confessed all, and
claimed vou as her accomplice."
"You lie," he exclaimed contemptuously.
"Were I all yon imagine I ant, I would still
say you lie. The little lone Is not of the
fiber of which traitors are made, and it is
my very urgent request that you immedi
ately set her free."
"Yon are amusing now, Dr. Brandt; and
to-morrow you will have the pleasure of see
ing the 'little lone,' as you call her, trotted
off to jail preparatory to lauding on the gal
lows." "My friend," be growled, in a low, re
verberating voice, and with knitted brows
and strangely flashing eyes, that seemed to
pierce me through and tbrongh. "My
friend, were the little lone guilty, I would
set ber free in spite of youl Dr. Brandt
does not desert bis friends, and Dr. Brandt
would sacrifice a score of pudding-headed
Lecoqs to bring them comfort A puff and
vour useless mole's life would be wiped out
Be careful, then. If you barm a hair of the
little maiden's head, you will regret itl"
For the moment I was dominated by the
strangely flashing eyes, in spite ot myself;
but I managed to say boldly:
"To-morrow she goes to jail, and you go
with her, my good host"
"Little worm that I have amused myself
withl little fly that I have caught on fly
paper; whatever evil has happened is due to
your idiocy! Had I been allowed to see
Mrs. Glaye, she would be alive at this mo
ment; brass buttons ornamenting a fool!
You prevented it, and she is dead. For the
little Ione's sake I will try and strike a few
ideas into your empty skull. Set yourself
and your idiots to work to discover the will
of the dead woman."
"I shall do my duty, and thoroughly ex
amine her room, but I shall hold on to 'lit
tle lone' notwithstanding that she is your
iriend, and requested me to inform you of
ber troubles."
"Brave little girl," he said with an ap
proved nod o. the head, "she trusts the old
Dr. Brandt yet; the old doctor that assisted
in bringing her into the world 18 years ago
In far off Germany."
He paused lor amomenaod thought
fully watched bis cigar smote, while his
la.ee twitched nervously, then he looked
toward me, cold, impassive, almost defiant
"Detective Fox, il asses did not make up
tho majority oi the world's inhabitants, the
augels would have dungcrous rivals. You
place me under arrest. Good, I submit to
it, knowing at the same time thut, if I
wished to be free a score of Lecoqs huve not
wit enough or strength enough to hold me.
You think I am benefited by the death of
Mrs. Glaye "
"1 know it!" I'interrupted.
"Ass disgracing human form, cease bray
ing and listen. Take this little crumb of
comfort; the death of that woman brings me
more disappointment than 20 years In juil
could do! Search for her will and her re
venge and open your eyes. In the mean
time take me to the little lone."
It wan my duty to return to the hotel, and
as I was not fool enough to leave the cun
ning doctor from my sight I was compelled
to take him with me; but this necessity I
concealed under the plea of good nature.
"I will not be hard on you, Dr. Brandt;
you shall see your accomplice; but little
good it will do yon. The warnings you aro
itching to give her you will be compelled to
give inhe presence of one of my officers.
The day for golden rod and asters has gone
by!"
"Always idiotic! And a fine game of chess
spoiled through your stupidity. My friend,
do not recall to me mv loss or the little
mulden's sufferings, or Eglantine Hill may
rejoico in a third tragedy that will never be
found out!"
"You are amusing, doctorl"
"Laugh, then, and thank Heaven that
you are still alive to enjoy the luxury. You
are standing, my Iriend, near a very power
ful electric battery; one ton oh of this wire
and Lecoq Fox's name is wiped off of life's
slfttel"
Instinctively I leaped away from the
dangerous neighborhood accompanied by
the doctor's harsh laugh.
"Ignoramus, who bus not even wit enough
to take care of his own safety, I am going to
my room to put on my overcoat Follow
me or 1 may escape!"
To be Concluded Next Week.' i
GOOD CLOTHES CHEAP.
The LI I tie Scheme a Wcll-Drened Pitta.
burger Worki Several Time n Year.
"I got this summer suit," said a well
dressed Pittsburger who is familiar to Filth
avenue habitues, "just as many a young
whose friends think he pays $30 or $60 for
his clothes gets his. I didn't go to a fash
ionable tailor, although they are cut by a
fashionable tailor. You see this city is full
of journeymen tailors who work by the
piece. If you know a journeyman he
will tell you where to find the other journey
men. Then you go somewhere and buy the
.cloth for your suit
"Having got it, you take the coat and vest
to one cutter ana the trousers to another,
pay them for cutting the garments and then
take the whole lot to another journeyman
who does the sewing and fitting. It is a
little trouble.but the saving is worth it You
can get in this way, if you are tasteful in
choosing your cloth, a suit for $25 that no
good tailor would make for $50, or could
afford to make for lets than ?i0. But you
must pay cash always. There is no credit
about this kund ot buying."
PITTSBUBQ- DISPATCH,
TOMMY KEPT HIS PUP.
Forced to Work a Hydrophobia Scare
to Save His Property.
A VERY PECULIAR MAD DOG BITE.
The Disciple of Pasteur Enlightened as to
Kew Jersey Canines.
8EYEEAL DATS OP EASE ANXIETY
1WBITTEI POB Tin DISPATCH.
I was bitten in New Jersey. This is noth
ing unusnal in the summer, of course; but I
am not talking about mosquitoes. My im
pressions of hydrophobia form the subject of
this merry tale.
My wife said it was "a judgment on me."
I have noticed that when a thing thnt is
particularly unpleasant and notably un
worthy to be associated with Providence
happens to a fellow, his wife always says it
is a judgment My wife has some distant
relatives living in New Jersey. I could
stand it If they were even more distant than
that She went out there the other day and
fell in love with a little yellow pup. Her
cousin, a maiden who had seen some 27 or 28
peach crops (all of which were failures in
their incipiency according to the daily
Bitten by a Mad Dog.
papers), agreed in a burst of generosity to
give Maude the pup. The animal was the
property of Maude's cousin's small brother
and a great nuisance around the house.
Maude couldn't bring It back with her, so
she sent me out the next day to get it
AN ATTACK IN ME DARKNESS.
The family were so delighted to get rid of
the yellow pup that they invited me to din
ner. After tho repast I sat on the piazza
with Maude's cousin. My conversation was
notably destitute of those gentle touches of
sentiment and poetry which usually distin
guished it, because I was busy devising a
plan by which I could lose the yellow pup
on the way home in such a way as to escape
Maude's censure.
At that moment I felt a sensation in my
left leg which, had such a thing been possi
ble, would have led me to believe that I had
been run over by a mowing machine. At
that time there was a loud and frantic bark
and a scurrying of feet by the side of the
piazza. As soon as I had howled in a man
ner to fit my sensations I looked over the
edge of the piazza, but could see no sign of
any animal.
"What's the matter?" asked Maude's
causin.
"I've been bitten," I yelled.
"Oh, you mustn't mind the mosquitoes,"
she said.
"Mosquitoes!" I exclaimed. "Are there
any stray jaguars, or lions, or rhinoceroses
among the domestic animals on this farm?
Because I've just lost the amount of a square
meal for some beast of that size."
COMFORTING INFORMATION.
Just then there came a voice out of the
darkness which said: "What's the matter,
mister?"
It was the young brother called Tommy,
and he appeared to be laboring under great
excitement. When I told him of my mis
fortune he said, solemnly: ''You're a goner.
I know'd it Jim (name of the yellow pup)
has been an' bit ye, an' he's stark, starln'
mad. You've got hydrophobia sure."
This was encouraging.
''Tom, what do you mean?" asked bis
sister.
"I see that dog actin' queer these las'
three days," said Tom. "He wouldn't drink
no water and he had a bad look in his eye.
To-night, 'bout half an hour ago, ho began
to tear around out behind the barn. I
thought that mebbe he was thirsty, an' so I
got him a pail o' water. Then ho dim the
peach tree an' sat on a high limb growliu'
an glarln' at me. He wouldn't come down
till I took the water away, an', when he did,
be frothed at the mouth something dreadful,
Then bo sat down an' appenrcd to be think
in', an' by an' by he set ofT 'round the cpr
ner o' tho house as if he'd made up his
mind what he ought to do. I lollcred. but
he run faiter'n me; and all of a sudden I
heard a bark uu' then a yell. After that
Jim went tearin' by me down inter the pns
tur' an' disappeared in the woods. He was
ravin' mad, an' be won't never come back.
I won't see bim no more" and Tommy pro
ceeded to weep copiously.
EEADTFOni HE HYDKOrnODIA HOSPITAL
I did not waste any time mourning for
Jim. My own mourning was all that I
could attend to.
"Tommy," said I, "Isn't there some mis
take about this thing. , Are you sure that
dog was mad?"
"Sure oln't no word for it," said Tommy.
"I seen him when he wouldn't run through
Th'y Raise Queer Dogs in Jersey.
the fi'ld where the pond is, but turned to
one side and dim' the fence into tho pastur'.
It's twict as high as I be, ain't it, sis?"
I grew so cold with horror that the mos
quitoes wouldn't light on me. I am a good
man, and sure o' my reward hereafter; but
some less deserving person can "have it if
hydrophobia is the only way out of this vale
oftJars.
"I must be getting back to town," said L
"There is a cot in the hydrophobia hospital
waiting for me."
I took the next train. The two men in
the seat in front of me were talking about
hydrophobia. I changed my seat Some
body bad left a newspaper in the seat to
which I moved. I picked it up and the first
headline my eyes rested on was: "McGin
nis' Fatal Bark." I learned Jrom the ar
ticle that'McGinnis was the latest victim of
hydrophobia. Then I threw the paper out
of the window; but it was no use. All the
awful stories I had ever read came to my
mind.
FIT FOE AN INSANE ASYLUM.
By the time I reached New York it was
an even bet whether. the Pasteur Institute or
the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum would
get me first When I entered our peaceful
home Maude reproached me for failing to
bring back the yellow pup, but I let
ber reproach. It was a pleasure. I
never knew before how nice it
is to have a comfortable borne and
somebody in it who can intimate very plain
ly that you are a donkey, and still do it in a
way that beats the unresponsive silence of
M.fgv
SUNDAY, ' JULY 13.
bachelor hall a hundred to one. It seemed
so foolish to leave all that luxury and go He
in a hospital and bark. I wouldn t .tell her
about myprospectivedeparture for a brighter
spheie. I couldn't bear to cause her1 pain.
I wanted to see her perfectly happy, as she
always is when my sins are under consider
ation. . .
Bv and by she forgave me for not bring
ing the yellow pup home, and then she was
so sweet and pretty I don't think I ever
glia k.rnn hnar snnernatnrallv pretty
Maude is that I couldn't endure thel
thought of leaving her. Xiite was worm an
effort, so I made an excuse; sneaked out of
the house and rang the night bell of the
hydrophobia hospital.
NEVER SAW A BITE LIKE THAT.
Although it was then nearly midnight,
the disciple of Pasteur consented to see the
calf of my left leg. He examined the
wound with professional curiosity.
"I understand that you did not see the
dog when he inflicted this injury," said
"No," I replied, "but I knew he was
there."
"I never knew a dog to make a wound of
this nature," said he.
"They have queer dogs in Jersey," said I.
'Bemarkable," he exclaimed. "I am
lately from France, and have never visited
that country. However, as the dog escaped
and we cannot positively prove that he was
mad, I will simply dress the wound and we
wait for symptoms."
Oh, what a nice time I had waiting for
them. I spent the next few days trying to
convince myself that 1 had no aversion for
water. Eve'rytirae I took a drink I ex
pected to go into convulsions. Everv man
I met told hydrophobia stories. Every
paper I read was mil of them. By the end
of the week I had come to regard my doom
as a sure thing. I yearned 'for sympathy,
and at length I was driven to confess to
Maude.
GOT SYMPATHY .AFTER A LECTURE.
Then it was that she told me that this was
a judgment. I should not have been sitting
in the scntimeutal moonlight talking soli
nonsense to her cousin. She scolded me
that way till she finally grew to believe. that
I really was doomed, and then she got fright
ened and was as sympathetic as I could de
sire. The hydrophobia doctor, whom I saw
dally, still relusedto treat me until he had
some proof that Jim was really mad, so I
went out to New Jersey again to get more
evidence. Naturally, I hunted for Tommy
first Alter some difficulty I traced him to
the barn chamber, and there to my unspeak
able amazement I found Jim, fat, sleek and
comfortable, with no sign of hydrophobia
about him.
"Tom," said I, "what does this mean?"
The young villain was a little rattled, but
he managed to stammer: "He came back,
and I'm a tryin' to cure him."
"Well, his day has come," I replied.
Extracting a Confession.
"I'm going to take him to town and have
him dissected to see if there is any hydro
phobia concealed about him."
Tom turned pale.
EXTRACTING A CONFESSION.
"Don't do that, mister," said he, "an'
I'll tell yer tho hull truth. I will, by jinks.
He didn't bite yer. It was"
He paused, but I followed his eye, and
saw a big pair of blacKSiuith's pinchers
half buried under some hay. A great and
joyous suspicion came over me. I grabbed
the pincers and made a leap for Tommy. He
fell on his knees. I opened the pincers
wide, and with their assistanco I extraoted
a full confession.
He had determined to prevent my taking
the yellow pup to town, nnd to accomplish
his end he had concocted tho hydrophobia
soheme. He had stolen the big pincers
from a blacksmith's shop, nnd while I had
been sitting calmly in the moonlight he had
crept up In the snudow of tho piazza and
inflicted the fatal bite. He had kept Jim
in hiding ever since. I pinched him three
times very gcntlv, and then told him that it
he would keep Jim out of the way of my
wile, nnd say nothing about the affair to
anybody, I would bestow upon bim my full
and free forglvcuess.
Howard Fieldino.
LUXUEIES OK THE BAIL.
A Point England Gnlne on America la tho
Dinner of Rallvrnr Travel.
Illustrated American.
The Licstcr system of serving meals on
English railroads would he a delightful
plan to adopt here for tho benefit of women
travding without escorts. Most Americans
who make the trip from Li vei pool to Lon
don on the Midland Bailway have been
filled with pleased surprise to have the rosy
guard hand them in a basket of steaming
lunch at 1 o'clock. Seated comfortably in
the coach, the train rushing along past
flowery meadows, crystal brooks and pic
turesque hamlets, one investigates the ham
per in leisurely comfort
Behold, inside u napkin, plate, knife,
fork, glass and spoons are discovered, all
spotlessly clean and of good quality. Then
with growing appetite one finds the half of
a hot, tender chicken nestling beside two
sunny rolls, with ham, butter crackers.spin
neb, a rich salad, a tart and a bottle of good
wine. There is not the slightest hurry; one
eats at one's convenience, complimenting
English cookery and landscape in a breath.
When lunch is over the paraphernalia and
fragments are replaced, and at the next sta
tion the guard relieves one of. the basket
and receives the 3 shillings (75 cents) charged
for this luxurious repast
THE MEXICAN SIIVEE D0ILAB.
Effect of the Colnnso 1'nlk In Congress on
ImVnlue In Gold.
New Yort World. 1
"If there was a difference of 25 or 30 cents
between the purchasing power in this city
of a silver dollar and a greenback dollar,
practically our only dollars," said "Onyx"
Cooper, the Mexican gentleman with the
curious hat yesterday at the Fifth Avenue.
"We could better understand how Mexicans
feel about the policy of Congress on the sil
ver question.
"Six months ago in Mexico a gold dollar
would buy as much as $1 38 in Mexican
silver. Since the passage of a bill coining
$4,500,000 a month in silver here became a
reasonuble certainty the purchasing power
of the gold dollar has declined so that it is
worth only $1 13 in Mexican silver. If the
silver bill becomes a law I look to see a dif
lerence of only 5 per cent between gold and
silver in Mexico. That country does not
export much silver to this couutry,however.
We produce our own silver."
Onr BJnrj's Quiet Morrlagr.
Boston Herald.
The reason why the marriage of Mary
Anderson and Mr. Navarro was not the
publio oeremony the people expected has
now been divulged. It appears the bfcide is
two inches taller than her bnsbaud, add she
dreaded the invidious comment thiadis
parity wonld arouse were they to walk dlwn
the church aisle together.
1890.
WOMEN AND CHARITY.
The Exclusive Control of State and
County Institutions '
BY MEN ISN'T VERY GOOD POLICY.
They Can't See as Far Into Household Needs
as Their Sisters.
PRIVATE CIIAE1TIES WELL MAHAGED
WJUXHsr Ton tub dispatch.
The amount of work that is being done
for charity in this city by women is some
thing amazing. In older times the women
thus employed would have been engaged in
handling the spindle and the distaff, and
making homespun for the household. The
continual attending of meetings, the fre
quent discussions as to ways and means, the
eternal begging of contributions, the inces
sant demands for all sorts of charitable en
terprises, tho wear and tear of brains to
devise new plans and taking ways forgetting
the dollars out of pockets for charitable
purposes as exhibited in these days, would
have shocked the ancient dames out of their
seven senses.
The whole duty of women in their time
was to marry a man, keep a bouse, raise a
family, do all the housework and sewing,
go to church and read a chapter in a good
book on Sunday, be obedient and subserv
ient unto the brethren at all times, and stay
at home unto the end of their days. On op
portunity they gossiped in a mild way, it
is true, but to be a professional gad-about
even in the line of doing good was some
thing unheard of something that "would
have raised a howl louder and more pro
found than that which is now so lavishly
indulged in by some of the beloved brethren
nnd othrs to scare women back from the
bulwarks of the law. the pale of the Dnlnlt.
-or from poaching on the maLors hitherto
neia in possession and duly posted as sacred
to men alone.
TLENTT TO DO NOWADAYS.
In that elder day so frequently recalled
with regret by those who are not able to
follow tbe band or keep up with the proces
sionwhen women had "raised" their own
children to man's and woman's estate, there
was little left lor them save to sink Into
grandmotherly obscurity, and sit in the
chimney corner and knit stockings for their
grandchildren, or sew carpet rags or piece
quilts. But nowadays how changed are the
old girls! Full of business; brain, heart and
mind engrossed in charitable work of all
sort-, as King's Daughters, W. C. T. TJ., as
managers of hospitals, homes for the aged,
the friendless, the newsboys, the working
girls, tho orphans; as managers of humane
societies, missionary societies, Indian mis
sions and all manner of associations for
killing time in the pursuit of benevo
lence, these women have a profession which
gives them an object in life, that tends to
the promotion of happiness for both them
selves and others.
It is true that at the summer hotels there
is always to be found a crowd who do what
they call "fancy work," while they sit upon
tbe porches and talk about the neighbors,
and "the arrivals," and the flirtatious, and
the antecedents of everybody, and exhibit
family skeletons; but such work is often
times done for the cause of benevolence, or
for bestowal upon a friend, or as a tribute
to the old superstition that a woman should
never sit and talk, even on a holiday, with
idle hands. When men go off on a vacation
they never carry with them a bag of work;
nor do they feel called npon to fill in the
fleeting minutes with embroidering doylies,
and drawing threads, or working with rope
silks. They can do their full share of
gossiping, however, even though they may
not wear a thimble, or wrinkle their fore
beads over an intricate design in stitching.
HOW 5IEJT AEE CHAHITABLE.
The public poorhouses, or paupers' homes,
established by law, show how men in power
work the scheme of charity and pnilan
thropy. They collect the taxes, uhether
people are willing to pay them or not; they
build a grand institution, and furnish the
paupers with better quarters, better living
and more loafing than ever falls to the lot of
the hard-working, provident poor. They
make the workhouse for offenders against
the law so luxurious that the tramps are
eager to find warmth and comfort within its
walls, while the worthy poor go cold and
hungry. Men are sent to the com ortnble
workhouse for minor offences, while their
wives and children are left without a sup
port during their term.
Something is radically wrong with a law
so constructed that a min whoso labor is the
only support of his family is transferred to
tho workhouse, whero he has com ortable
quarters, good living, enough labor to muko
him sleen soundly, with regular hours.
country air and cleanliness, which Insure
good physical conditions, while those de
pendent upon him live In "tho slums" and
upon tho charity of the benevolent. Ii such
a state of affairs were not supplemented
the benevolent enterprises of charitable
women the condition of things would be
even more shocking and disgraceful than as
now presented. ,
WHEKE WOMEN COULD BE USErUL.
Men on tho charity, workhouse and
prisou boards do not want women "nebbin
around," as they say. Women are so small
in their notions, and so difficult to manage,
in the opinion of the brethren, that they
cannot be bothered with them as trustees or
managers of St tte charities. But the strict
attention to details, tho ability to see behind
the scenes, and the housekeeping experience
of women would bo of invaluable
service In just such positions as they are
in private charitable organizations. Men
nre very easily hoodwinked in such matters.
It i out of their line, and they trust only to
surface indications; but a woman with com
mon sense would gain a world of informa
tion from the veriest trifles thato man would
never see. Sincewomen manage benevolent
associations with such skill, economy, and
success, it is hard to see a good reason for
excluding them from the boards of manage
ment of Dixmont, of tbe Poor Farm, or
the workhouse.
The oldest charitable association in the
two cities was organized by benevolent
women in 1833, and has been success ully
conducted ever since that time. The Sisters
of Mercy conduct orphan asylums, day
schools, hospitals, and other beneficent in
stitutions, thus proving executive ability
and skill in management in addition to the
kindness and sympathy so necessary for the
best results of charitable work. The Church
Home is a credit and an honor to tbe women
of the Episcopal Church. The Widows
and Orphans' Home in Allegheny lurnisiies
prool of the careful management, the gen
erous devotion of the1 women or the United
Presbyterian churches. The Colored Or
phan Asylum speaks eloquently of the
work of women in Allegheny, as does also
the Home of tbe Friendless, the Woman's
Christian Home and other well-managed in
stitutions. ANOTHEE NOBLE CHARITY.
The Society for the Improvement of the
Poor is a noble charity that is conducted
systematically lor the relief of the worthy
poor. It provides a temporary home for the
friendless and a day nursery for children
whose, mothers have to do days' work for
daily bread. It has a diet dispensary where
food for tbe sick is prepared. Its Board of
Maniigers conduct -a country home at Oak
uiont, where rest and recreation are pro
vided for weary women and sick babies and
for children to secure a little of fresh air and
country fare.
The means for carrying on this work are
secured by voluntary contributions.
Women are called the "impecunious class,"
and it is likely owing to this tact that
they have to be so close in manage
ment, and are so practiced in tbe prob
lem of making both ends meet that
they contrive to do so much with so little. I
heard the story of a man, the other day, who
was determined to do the "lair, square
thing" by his wife. He receives a liberal
alary, and after deducting all expenses
J - . . U&Sr K TVK?tS - . i - It,. .-, J. T-HL.. - -w... . Jfc. - . ?h
every month, he divides the balance equally
betweea himself and his wiie, and never
bothers his head as to what she does with it.
On comparing notes., as it happened, he
found that while his share had been frittered
away year after year, with nothing to show
for 'it, hers had been mostly saved and
finally invested in real estate that was pay
ing good interest His astonishment was
great, and he determined that he would
turn over a new leaf and become equally
economical and thrifty, and in time a capi
talist HONEST WOMEN AT THE HELM.
A women manage their own affairs, so
they apply their wisdom and experience to
charitable enterprises. Nothing is wasted.
Occasionally foolish women, for the sake of
fashion or some little social prestige, take
up some work of philanthropy, but they
they usually tire of if and only ''spread
themselves" on great occasions. It is only
the honest, earnest women whose hearts and
minds are in the cause that really "stick"
and do the work. All they need is the cash
to keep them going, or, in other words, the
sinews of war to fight the battle "with pov
erty and sin.
The worst feature of the volunteer benevo
lent enterprises, so ably conducted, is the
"begging for contributions." The members
feel the work mast go on. It is a shame
that things should be as they are, but the
best must be made of it In some cases zeal
outruns discretion, and by many the end
seems to justify the means. Men are be
sieged for donations, and through terror of
social boycott give oftentimes unwillingly.
Begging for charity sometimes becomes
blackmailing, but since men monopolize all
political power, since they give assent to
and pay taxes lor the inadequate and pauper
promoting system now iu vogue, they have
hardly much right to complain. What
they should do for their own benefit, and
the best interests of the poor, is to have a
Poor Board composed of both men ai d
women who will give time and thought to
the work from sympathy rather than self
interest COMPARISON WOULD BE WHOLESOME.
It would be a matter of moment to many
if tbe workings and management of some
of the benevolent institutions conducted
solely by women could be compared with
the poorhouses and orphans' homes that are
controlled by political influence, with State
appropriations and local taxes.
But pending all the problems of reform,
and tbe discussion concerning women on
the school boards and State charities, tbe
question at present of Importance is the
providing of funds lor fresh air excursions.
Anybody going away for the summer would
feel an Immense deal happier if they had
furnished the means for a summer outing
lor some little prisoner of poverty. Five
dollars will provide for two weeks at the
Oakmont Home of some poor child, or
invalid, or tired mother, to whom, save for
such benevolence, all help would be denied.
Think of it, everybody! Sweeten and
brighten your own vacation by tbe knowl
edge that you have given perhaps health,
and strength, and life to some suffering soul
whose need is greater than your own. Love
thy neighbor as thyself. How many think
of this as they pack their trunks for the
seaside, the mountains, the rural sweetness
and repose of the out-and-out couutry?
Bessie Bramble.
CASHIHG rOEGEB CHECKS.
A Sharp Fractlce Hint Hat Become Terr
Cnmmon In Gnj Gotham.
New York World.
Tbe most carious criminal trade in this
country is that of certain money lenders who
advance cash at usurious rates of discount
on paper which they know to be lorged.
There are several ot these miscreants among
the habitues ot Delmonico's, where they are
as well known as their victims themselves.
They rely for security on the fact that his
family will take the forged paper up rather
than allow the young scapegrace to be crim
inally exposed and punished.
One of the most notorious is now threat
ened with the loss of part ot bis plunder at
least His victim in this case was tbe son
of a retired merchaut of large means and un
blemished social record. He secured from
the usurer an advance of nearly $10,000 on
three checks apparently drawn by the
father of the negotiator to his son's order
The forgery was, I am told, so flagrant that
it might have been detected by a child. The
money was paid on tbe checks, less a sav
age rate of interest, and was lost iu a couple
of days at the racetrack. Then the young
scamp became alarmed and made a clean
breast of it to bis father. The latter
promptly shipped hlra out of the country to
either A rica or South America exactly
where, however, is not currently known.
Then the family lawyer was called In and
tbe usurer was summoned. He boldly de
manded payment of the checks In full, un
der threat of sending them in to the bank
and so bringing the forgeries to light and
leuuring the indictment of the lorger. He
was notified to go ahead, with the assur
ance that he would also be arrested lor en
tering into a criminal conspiracy. Then he
proved more amenable to a compromise,
and it is bollcved that he will be paid tho
actual amount ol cash he disbursed, about
COpercentof tho alleged face value of tho
checks, tor their surreudcr.
BPEIOHTLY MABIOff MANOLaT
She Goen to Haratoin for n Cottage In a
Dny and Mings nt Night.
New York World.
Among the cottagers at Saratoga this year
will be Marlon Manola, who is at present
singing, not in a cottage, but in "Castles in
tho Air." Two or three days after Manola
was photographed in tlgbts she took an
early train to Saratoga, reached there early
in the afternoon, saw tbe cottage she wanted,
hired it and went buck to New l'ork, arriv
ing in time for the evening performance.
She bad traveled 354 miles.
This Idea of traveling nil day and per
forming in tbe evening seems to bo a popu
lar one in this opera company. Hopper
himself went down to Philadelphia the
other day. played ball for two or three
hours, and came back and did his part as
vigorously as though the handling o, the
bat and ball was a matter of no consequence
to his muscle.
MODEST SAHDWICH VENDEES.
The Experience of a Foker Fartr at Nevr
York' Favorite Beitaurant.
Brooklyn Kagle.
A lot ot men were playing poker at Del
monico's the other night Tbe party got a
little hungry and ordered some sandwiches.
They came a small, but appetizing plate;
also the bill, $14. Shortly afterward a quiet
geutleman asked tbe waiter to pass him
another sandwich. "All gone, sir," was
tbe reply. The quiet gentleman beckoned
to the waiter and said in a confidential way:
"All gone?"
"Yes, sir."
"Go down stairs and order some more."
"How many, sir?"
"Well," said the gentleman, thoughtfully
glancing at the bill and the emDty plate.
"As I'm hungry, I should say about $2,000
worth."
All Depends on Ibe Amount.
Miss Swymm I shall not associate with
that Miss Teller any more. They say ber
father was a thief.
"Yes, be stole a.million from tbe Security
Bank." . A
"Mercy ! How people will lie I And to
think that I was going to cut her."
Latest Nlckcl-in-thr-Slot Device.
Ibe latest nickel-iu-the-slot device is
credited to Paris, and is the theatropbone.
You drop half a trano into the slot, and are
enabled to listen by telephone to the per
formance at tbe ITouveantes for fiye
minutes.
Just Like Many Men.
De Few Why is it that the owl is con
sidered sur.h a wise bird ?
La Conic Because he baa bis fan at
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THE FIRESIDE SPHINX
A Collection of Euipiatical Its for
Home CracMi,
Address communications for tnts department
to E. R.'CHASBOTTB3r. LewUton, Maine.
1121 AN ILL-USED INDIVIDUAL.
f 1
iS3W kk IAC
D. U.B.
1122. NUMERICAL ENIGMA. f
l2-3-l5.
Alight with intermittent dance.
Or else a glimpse, or else a glance,
Reflected lights that may appear.
Boughs to oostruct the path ol deer
All or these my name define,
And show what feato rei I combine.
8-6-7-5.
No shine In me; I am like doom,
Suggestive alwats of blank gloom.
I'm ignorant and unrefined.
And some old authors call me blind;
I'm jealous, and suspicious, too.
Obscure, not easily seen through.
That I am one who has bad eyes
Is not a matter of surprise.
,. That which twinkles, too, am I,
Like a dim star In far-oil iky;
But whether I am far or near,
I may appear and disappear.
KZLSONIAK
1123. DOUBLE CROSSWORD.
Iu "ship of state."
In "yellow gold;"
In "crime so great?'
In "brave and boldf
In "shepherd's fold."
Back In early days ol Greece.
These an author and bis work
Far wore famed: nor do we cease
Yet to con them o'er In peace;
Student Ufo we do not shirk.
H. C. BEBQEB.
1124 A DISJOINTED NAXK.
1. To impair.
Z To liquefy by heat
3. A forest tree.
4. A common ending to a participle.
6. Arrange these words in the order In which
they are given, and have tbe name of a lady
who fa well and favorably known in history.
Ethtl.
1125 srscorATiON.
Whole.
I am a parson who controls
A charge, and I tm care of souls.
In medicine I do my share,
Kor I am called hygieniccare:
I remedy, and please obrve.
That meat and Ash I may preserve.
Last.
Some Intimation I may show:
1 am a bint play-actors know:
Billiard players use my name
When they talk abont tneirgame:
1 am the tail, and In my list
Of meanings is the one to twist
NptlsoxiAJT.
1126 transposition.
Of power first is an emblem and of command;
'Tls held by none except a kingly band.
In our own country it is never seen.
And mildly It la swayed by Kngland's queen.
'Tis what no people in a land that's free
Would tolerate, or ever wish t see.
No one would wish to seen second dread.
A. thing some say they've seen wit if out a head.
I donbt it much, though persons wise
Pretend they've seen it: but no donbt their
eVes
Deceived them, or elso deluded fancy
Made them think they saw what no one can
see. J. m.
1127 DIAMOND.
1 A LETTEIt, 2 A MASON'S ROD. 3
(LAW) JUDICIAL WRITS. 4-COP1ER8
tOBS.) 5-I'ULVEUIZED VOLCANIC SUB
HTANCES. 6 FINE VESSELS. 7 SUB
JUOAT1NO (OKS.) 8 STOCKING. 9
PERCEIVING (OIIS. WOltC. SUPP.) 10
THE WATER FLOWER DELUGE. 11-A
LETTEIt-HESPERUS.
1128 CHARADE.
Tbe doctor and tho whole should be,
Tbe dearest to the sick:
You'll get the List of what I say.
And see 1 mean no trick.
Each town should have thorn In Its midst
To guard tho general health:
If both aro skilled, inrr soon procure,
A sh.iro of all your wealth.
For firsts and pills aro oft in use,
A bluxsliig tlioy to mair
They keep deatha angel from the door;
Kuveal them yo who can.
C. C. BCBOSB.
1129 ANAGRAM.
A very nrctty little rote
It's modest pliim.10 sometimes shows
Amongst tho ot!MitatUu flowers
That cluster In tho fairy bowers
So ofton seun, when taste rvlloed
Has shown lt skill In plan designed.
Although exotic and not grand,
"lis still no stranger in our land.
Milton thought it, sonio suppose,
A honeysucklo or wild ronet
lint some excuse for blru we And
In view of fact that ho 3 blind.
E'en best of poets sometimes make
Jn matter small a small miitake.
Hero "1 entanale" and transpose
Tho name of this exotic rose.
Nelsoniajt.
1030. ENIGMA.
Iamsnmothlngtii.it cannot bo heard or be
felt;
Have never been tasted and cannot be smelt;
I am made out of nothing, and yet, if you qutz,
I mut say, in a ay, I comprint all there is
When ch ios was, I wai; ict earth disappear.
I still will remain, dirk and ill-mil ami drear.
I am small. I am large, I am colorless, too.
And yet 'iave been blauic as the heavens are
blue
Without mo no creature that lives could draw
breath.
And yet. I am often tbe causa ot their death
1'tu the portal of life, I'm tbe gate to the
grave.
I'm tho final repose of the war-wearied brave
Tiia rich have me alwav. the Door lack me sott
I'm the miser's fond treasury, penny's cot.
Do you delvo for oxistence each long, weary
day?
You work not lone. I am with yon alwiy.
I'm tho refuge, in war, of tbe cowardly band,
Tho' right In I ho face ol the cannon I stand.
The captive. Immured in his dungeon, below.
Finds, through me, release from confinement
and wnc.
Deep, though, be he burfed 'mfd sorrows and
I still am the outlet ot freedom and life.
Without me the eye would be sightless; the
Of man would be stopped, and, altho many
tears.
Would never again from tbe weary eyes come,
The tuDSue would bespeechiess, the lips would
be dumb.
Though motionless, lifeless and sightless I
I often have guided where no eye could see.
I was and I am, and I shall be; decay
And corruption in vain exert o'er me their
sway.
For I am tbe fruit of their purpose, the sign
And tbe symbol of mortal decay and decline.
I am this, I am these, I am more: but I rest
With tnis long list of virtues and failings con
fessed, Seek earnestly for me, as 1 must declare
You cannot search long, ere you find me some
where
Hespsstcs.
ANSWERS.
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1113 Fate. feat.
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