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,.,!-:.i!i-' wliera the fihost of
,r'ntiU
t!tr.im:s '1I oIituiie
.thn illiu' Pll
1. 11 i '"-1
lone-
!.rew my "'
uiel I ncarc
thrilled d
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ami swayed the
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t:y MreauiN aloujj the
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iii'i'K'S Jejier far than
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.across) the bleak,
. and theel
Mhi.n.r's ruTUiiE.
M:-. M i ' "'! Augelo Megilp was a
v.".::-r a.: .l 'f soinf jrformauce nd
"( 'c..:.-:.r.il -roiut . But, like
ai.ui. .'.I f-r n.' a in t!'t pusltion, he
w;'i.s '..fvu l e iM'y l.oudicMpved by want
I ri-.i :
ti. y. inr, iiuiUK'i in.u
; .'. 1 iil.ly il ;ioken of by
i.i;i led to the skies by
j ; :!.. i.cture dealers gave
,,m o:;:v .1 u; !.T.tte prsoe tor them.
; ;te of tins drawback.
I f .t. ot a or.eertul, nappy-Ko
.f..uon. ki'it up his courage,
ft: v u:.l iute m his studio,
.it. tlnnly that some Jay a
,. turn in h:9 affairs would
lurnv
tkfil
t'e
c.t::i'.
:iy
lii" !:.id in:irr:eil eariy a young
.sm-I ..t more lieauty thau for
;n f.v '. Mr. Mrilps marriage
1 ,.t" i.' " oti'.y Just pid tor the
I ti.e house aui studio at
where the younjj ieople
:...-...-kee;.i::x.
: ti.e l-st intentions, the
n not a very altl.lful
r. s.i ur.ii'jaiiy t!ie Megilps
: .: 'if! :. ami m due course the
.... : e L. aii:e restive and re-
lu?:
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;'che until their little
When Michael Angelo
1 .
mv I'an.e to aid up tue'.r na
.ry tn:, ! ii:at they amounted
'..i : r ir y "", a sum total which
fit'-l :t':r..:.: ! po-.T M'rs. Megilp.
-V! . . :i ,erlh oati we get i'"JiXl,
A-;j?" he 1 1 .ed, clapuiil her hands
tri x.i. y. "Ail your pictures, even it
t...u 1M...I -e tiieui, wouldn't letch
Uif."
-Ti.ir. 's t'..e furniture, you know,
MU. ," haz-irled MaUp. "It was
Nitieni wiui your money. What do
jmi s.iy t-'j "
i a in't J Mi't sell ft! I couldn't
hear t i ,i:t wilh all iuy pretty things,"
she ::.trru;-:e-i; with a lovinij tjlauce
rouLl Ler ill ,m i;:ij-rK'ni, which was
qui'.e a t,u lui'f of modest elegance.
"I ;!.oi.;j.:f i lh:i;k of askiiig you to
rcaic s a s;L-r.i'ce, my dear," feplled
il.ci.arl A: -i". MHithingly; "but we
cou.J ra..-e jl.O mi it easily."
"Y 'Li'i.- nuiti ijuite sure the furni
tUIe wnul.l I safe?''
"re:c:'.y ure; and I tliink I kuow
tiie u.at. who will do the business a
bill nf yuu ktiow not half a bad
wy of ra.sii.i: tunuey."
A -ci nl.n.v Megilp weut next morn
U ilua to Wardour street, and in a
ttu'y liti.e bric-a-brac shop he un
ftirtiiej ti.e W TtiiT Israelite who was
to ' i ll);? h.m with the luan.
iou wrttit i-i on a bill of sa;e on
jour uriutmer " s.u,l Mr. Zerubbabel,
Wueu the ai tist had explained his er
ruaa. 1 u.ut come down to your
home .Ki ll se wi lit you have got be-
lure 1 tan g-.ve vnu au answer."
"Surely you . an take my word that
ti.eie ;s u...re that, ample security for
the amount I wa:.l. liesides presents.
we our-e.vi". j;eut over A'iOU only two
year aj," rep. led Michael ADgelo,
aL,-r. y.
Mr. Zerui batl '.aid 1. is flat forefln
cr .i.o:. h:s great hooked nose and
wiuked, ai'.d:!;:
1 cue t:i., i d rather have a
look a. it lefoie we i!.j business. If
you rjive in-your a h!; ess, I'll call on
J. u 'o-tLoriow.
M.oi.ae. Aiinelo swallowed his vexa-
l"u,u l"t he cou.d, ave his address.
-ei: the iTic-a-brac shop,
Mr. .er.i : itbei du.y paid his visit of
i..Vec..o!i, a:.d m the course of a few
ih?s t! t.eifot.atiou was fait accomi li
i.e .Mrrf..i-1.3 paid their bills, the
ira..r,; e ,e smiled once more on Mrs.
'..,', and matters weut on quite
iu oi.:. y i r several months. The
"i.eisat oa ti.e i-Juo was promptly paid
-a ear. y in the year Michael Augelo
j..e.i Lis p.c'aire he luleuded to Send
'i .0 b..r..i.ton house,
tvery io:e
who eutere.1 the studio
r , ..e3.ed great things of this picture,
: ! -vi.iT ...... agreed that "i'hloe
- u:.t.:g her f iiu kens" was, so, far,
11. ;..f The artist hiu:-
e.l iol.li le-l
this c:.a;
. "l.h r.-tt.
a.l his hopes of tame ou
i woik.
e a penny less than il5'tO
1 1 11. l.e .i.l t.. I l -, e... v.
' ! stiaubhed art critic to his
ho. 'l'.ii : .r sva if i,-ill l.t. t..
St..
tonn 1 v
"I w'h,
"i ti and so it will."
Y'i'j Could iwll tt Kin "
Mrs. Megilp. "I often teel
'hcou,r,a.al,.e about that dreadful bill
I; s like what's-his-aame's
"word hai.g.ng over our heails."
Oil. the furniture is safe enough,"
reined Mu-hael Augelo, UghUy. "But
t. you wr.at it is, Aiadge, It handl
u.e fr.ghifuUy to have a bill of
.tu'" sr''1 ttaihst me."
('uy don't you go and see Zerub-f-a-iel
and try to come to terms with
'hi.' suggested Mrs. MlgUp. "Of
coutse he t,.n heard of "Chloe" every
one hasand if you promise to pav
nun wheU on have sold your picture.
V; , '7 KU1 refuse to give vou back
wat terrible docunieut
Ihoi.gli hardly taking th
is optimistic
e vi n.a'ters, 11
ters. Megilp acted on his
ur.i f.irtl.i&.ith ,...,.1 ,i
s adv
.sit to Mr. Zi-ruu.abers shop.
. en he Lad preferred his request.
ie hr;c-a-brac seder smiled and shook
U.S LeA
t.r'?1 :C.'iU Ztfrubl)ali wasn't born yes
in h Ue 8il1,1' WIlh a cunning look
rf .Q:s twiokling black eyes. "Vour
S.uure mayn't be worth a live pound
thl" T'ortU at least XoCX)," broke In
, nuwuiuj. varper says
"VTL
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At- 7 we 'orth ioOO," grinned
. Zerubbabel, "it wouldn't pay me
to buy It at snch a price. But why do
you want to quash the bill of sale?"
"1 want to be rid of the business. It
doesn't suit me to have a thing of this
sort hanging over me In fact, it is
against me in my profession."
"Better find the A'200 then," replied
the money lender. Insolently; "but per
sonally I am not fond of buying pigs In
pokes, or pictures by unknown artists,
though perhaps other people may be.
it is, however, for you to find them,
not for me. Good morning, my dear
sir. Srry I can't oblige you."
"Horrid old scamp," muttered Me
gilp, as he left Zerubbabel's shop and
turned his face westward.
"Xot to be caught by chaff, my fine
shentleman," commented the amiable
bric-a-brac dealer, turning back Into
his dingy abode. "You don't get off
your bargain so easily as that," Then
he proceeded to unlock a fire proof safe
in the corner of his sanctum, and
gloated greedily over the documents
reposing therein, documents which
represented some remarkably hard bar
gain driven by Mr. Zerubbaliel with
his lawful prey, men Id ditlicultles.
He was interrupted in this pleasant
recreation, one In which he usually
spent " any spare moments he couid
snatch from business, by the entrance
of a tnend and compatriot, one Aibram
Levi, a picture dealer by profession.
After an exchange of amicable greet
ings the two gentlemen spent half an
hour or so In contidential conversation
on the state of their respective trades;
then as a p!e;--sant desoeuvrement after
this head work, they imbilied several
glasses of brandy and water and smoked
as many high flavored cigars.
Perhaps Mr. Levi consumed more
than his fair share of these luxuries,
for in a moment of expansion he began
to talk over his Luiues projects for
the coming season.
"I've got a capital thlcg in view. I
don't mind telling you about It, Zerub
babel, my dear boy, for you're not in
the same swim, so it doesn't matter.
Have you heard f young Megilp's
Academy picture?"
Zerubbaliel shook his head, but
leaned forward eagerly, with his cun
ning eyes fixed on Mr. Levi's flushed
countenance.
Splendid thing safe to make a sen
sation. I meau to get hold of it, cheap.
if I can: and as he's only a young fel
low, and apparently hard up, the
chances are 1 shall."
" Think the picture really worth hav
ing?" said Zerubbabel, with a depre
catory shrug.
ot a doubt about it. l ou see it's
an attractive subject and one that is
sure to take the public. They don't
like your grand historical picture.
They prefer something pretty and pas
toral, and ttiat sort of tiling. Befyou
what you like that Megilp's picture'll
be hung ou the lino. At all events.
in going round to his studio in a few
days and make him an offer for it."
Air. Zerubbabel smiled, and rubbed
his bauds com; l.icently. He had
Warned something that might be useful
to him.
He didn't get rid of ilr. Levi until
late lu the afternon, consequently It
was nearly 7 o'c.o.k before he emerged
from his shop and stopped a passing
'bus.
lu less than half an hour the bric-a-
brac dealer was set down close to
Megilp's door. The servant who an
swered ttie bell told him that Megilp
was dining out that evening, and
asked if he would see her mistress.
Thinking a lady would be au easier
customer to deal w ith. Air. Zerubbabel
said that he would like tosiieak to Mrs.
Megtip for a few minutes. Accordingly
he was ushered into the drawing room
where the lady shortly joined him.
"Vou have called to wsmy husband
about the the bill of sale." the lltUe
woman began in a frightened tone. T
"Well, yes, ma'am, iu a way 1 have;
but I should like to see the picture he
offered me this morning."
"The Academy picture?" suggested
Mrs. Megilp, her face brightening. I
am crry; but my husbaud generally
locks up his studio when lie goes out.
Can't you call another day and see it?"
"Oh.ves " answered Mr. Zerubbabel,
amiably; "but as I am here 1 might as
well teil you of the oiler l am wuiing
to make."
Mrs. Aleaiiu's nretty face beamed
with toy at the idea of arranging mat
ters with the money lender. It would
be such a delightful surprise for Alichael
Augelo when he came home to find that
that tiresome business of the bill of sale
had been brought to a saUfactory con
elusion during his absence.
"Mi- Moeilo wants to get back his
hill of sale ou this furniture?' begau
Mr. Zerubbabel, with a circular sweep
of the hand toward the contents of the
rivmi.
V-es" breathed poor Madge with
a shiver, for she thought that the
odious man looked as though he would
like to carry off her household goods
there and tLen. All the brightness
went out of her lace and she grew
quite pale.
"Well, of course my expenses in con-
with this bill have been very
h-iivv verv heavy, and my loss if
let it be paid off at once, will be great
ven preat: in fact Allot) will barely
put me straight," saia iir. tuuuwi
i.i si l.ns'ness-like tone. "That, added
to the A-'tJO Air. Megilp borrowed of
me last year, makes AilfcK). Now, I'll
n,uL him this offer: I'll glie him
.-i..-k for iliA. and send him back the
i. in of iia in consideration of his
academy Picture the big one, mind, 1
,.,..r iiM-ominir mv property."
-ri.a tiir-rm-H has been valued at
i"if)fk nut in Mrs. Alezilp. timidly.
. .. . , ll..lln
"Oh, has Itr lty you anu .hi.
I supposel Well 1 ain't going to give
that. What I offered is aa good as
3 u an uncommonly high price, let
me tell you, ma'am, for a picture by an
unknown artist."
"Every one says that my husband la
one of the rising artists of the day,"
.....i J mi Mr Moulin, firing up.
Oh, they all are," reioneu jii.
Zerubbabel. rising, "still you uaa
better think over my oner, anu iru ji .
Alegilp what I have said. I'll call
around iu a day or two to see the pict
ure, when you can let me uae
nite answer."
And Mr. Zerubbabel took up Ins hat
and bowed and grinned himseir out.
leaving the indignant little woman to
think over matters in general, and the
matter of the bill of saie In particular.
When Michael Angelo came in. she
told him of the Jew's visit and the
....,)mn Im haa made.
He has changed his mind pretty
,.nki rDlied Alegilp. "This morn
have nothing to say to my
nroPoaaL Besides. JU23 R very little to
hani r:h; so 1 shall certainly
wait for a few days before I decide.
Carper promised to speak a good word
.-.r ma la a dealer he knows."
A day or two afterwards All Airam
the
MIFrLINlWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY.
Levi presented himself at MegtTpV
studio, and found the artist putting a
few final touches to "Chloe Counting
Her Chickens." He surveyed the
picture attentively for some minutes,
and then, turning to Michael Angelo,
he blandly offered him 100 for it.
"Why, Ive had the offer of as good
as 325 for it already," exclaimed the
artist indignantly.
Air. Levi pricked up his ear.
"Hullo! somebody has got the start
of me," he thought ruetullv. "Who
the deuce can it be?"
"Well, I don't mind giving you 130
for it and perhaps you've something
that it may suit me to buy," he said,
with a glance round the studio.
"What's this?" he added, going to a
large picture that was handsomely
framed, but turned with its face to the
wall.
"A a picture I sent in to Burling
ton House last year, but it wasn't ac
cepted," stammered Michael Angelo.
"Humph! I don't wonder. What's
the name of it?" went on the dealer,
reading the legend Inscribe 1 on the
frame, "Margaret Alending Her Stock
ings." "A'o, that won't suit me; it's
a big ugly thing, and shockingly raw.
You've done better worK since - "
"All of which is sold," interrupted
Alegilp, in a huffed tone, except this
little thing 'Sour Grapes' "
But again the dealer shook his head,
and took his stand before the easel on
which stood "Chloe."
"I'll give you 300 for It," he said at
last.
Alichael Angelo hes dated. lie would
rather Levi had the picture than Zerub
babel; but it seemed hard that he should
make no present profit out of this his
best work. Every ienny of the 3j0
would be swallowed up in getting clear
of that unfortunate bill of sale!
"Give me a week to think it over,"
he said at last, turning abruptly round
to the dealer.
In doing so be caught his foot in the
support of the easel, and the picture
fell heavily to the ground.
"Good God, what have you done!"
cried Mr. Levi, l'oor Michael Angelo
was too frightened to speak. Together
they picked up the picture. Fortu
nately the canvas was not damaged,
but a large corner of the frame was
chipied off.
'That's soon remedied," said Air.
Levi. "A new frame won't cost much.
But, Mr. Alegilp, I hope you'll think
over my offer; it may lead to further
business, you Know," he added, ami
ably. And he left the artist standing,
with rather a rueful air, before his
cherished picture.
"What has happened, Angy? I heard
something fall. What has Mr. Levi
offered you? OhI what a pity! the
beautiful frame," said Mrs. Alegilp,
bustling into the studio. But without
waiting for answers to her questions.
she went on: "I've just had a letter
from your aunt Jane, and she wants us
to spend from Saturday to Monday
with her. Do let me accept, dear. You
look quite pale from overwork, and 1
so long for a sight of the country. Da
let's get away from these Dotnenng
money-lenders and people, and have a
holiday. I'm sure we both want it "
"Levi has ottered iJOXJ lor Uuioe' "
began Alegilp gravely.
"Why, that s worse man Air. z.eruu-
babel but about Aunt Jane's invita
tion, Angy. May I accept?"
Megilp never could reruse ms wne
anything. She had evidently set her
heart upon the visit, so, tnougn ne
did't like leaving town at such a criti
cal moment, he let her have her own
way; and the note accepting Aunt
Jane's invitation was w riUeu and
posted forthwith.
Having called atltie picture iramer s
and ordered a new frame for "Chiie,"
and left the key of the studio with
Marv Anne, the housemaid, with direc
tions to hand over tlie picture to Jir.
Ormolu's representative, Alegilp and
his wife left town the following after
noon and spent a delightfully quiet
Suudav with Aunt Jane at her cottage
in Sussex.
Late on'.Monday evening the Megilps
returned home. "Anyone called wune
we were away? Any letters Mary
Anne? ' Airs. Megilp asked as the lieat
handmaid met her at the door.
Oh. ves. mum, it you please," re
plied Mary Anne volubly. "On Satur
day, soon after you and master left.
Mr. Ormolu's young man came xor tue
picture the pretty one with the chick
ens; and this morning amo unn
gentleman a Jewisn gentleman
should say, mum the same as called
the other eveulng when master was
out. And he ast me if he could see
master's pictures; and I said yes, i
thought he could, and I showed him
into the drawing room. I hope I did
right, sir," she said, turning to Me-
SUP- ...
"I ast Dim lO waiii a uimuic, le
an med the urirl. soothing her apron
nirlaeentlv- "and I made the studio
i.w.u nnit nice tjefore l snoweu uuu
in. 1 ldted the big picture the one of
the young lady with two long plaits of
'air down her bac
"Margaret Mending Her Stockings,
id MhitiIo- under his breath.
n.i i nut it on the easel, and it
looked beautiful," went on the maid
iihl- "The itentleman seemed very
much took with it, and then he looked
at the little picture "
"Sour Grapes," interpolated Michael
AnrMn. fimilln?.
"And then he ast me for a pen and
ink, and then he sat down and wrote
vou this letter, sir." Here she pro-
luco.l from her pocket two letters.
"This other one came by post this
" she added, giving both to
tiim.
liastilv stufflnir the post-letter into
his pocket. Megilp tore open Mr. Zerub
babel's communication. When he had
read it he burst into a hearty laugh,
hi unfa into the drawing room.
and shut the door on the astonished
fnrv Anne.
"Madge! Madge! it's the best joke
you must raise iiui. "
vr and ffive ner a gown or aomoiaiiiia.
"u.r. mv word vou must. She's done
w a. unlendid turn. Head that!"
He handed the open letter to Mrs.
Mezilp. It ran as follows:
TiRAR Sir: 1 have seen your picture,
r rraret Mending Her Stockings,'
it' taken mv fancy. I'd buy it of you
nn the following terms: I'll remit the
bill of sale and give yon 30. If you
accept, bill or sale remitteJ by return
uosl. Wire reply. Yous respectfully,
Micau Zerubbabel.
Terhaps you'll throw in the little
picture, "Sour Grapes." Fifty pounds
is a lot of money. M. Z.
"I am afraid he has made a mistake.
He meant to buy "Chloe," said Mrs.
MeKilp. uneasily.
"Nonsense, my dear!" retorted her
husband "Here he makes me an offer
in black and white for 'Margaret
Mending Her stockings.' He ought to
ooisrmrnoi the mnoi aid
know what he wants. I shall wire ac
ceptance at once, and we'll burn the
bill of sale to-morrow morning."
By the next morning post came the
bill of sale and Air. Zerubbable's check ;
for 50. Airs. Me?ilp consigned the There Is the great nation of London,
former In solemn silence to the flames, mora populous than Scotland, Holland,
and her husband put the latter into his or Switzerland, and destined to surpass
pocket. As he did so he pulled out Belgium in population before the end
the letter Alary Anne had given him of the century. In London the English
the evening before, and which in the character has certainly undergone a
excitement of the moment he had com- ' great modification. A provincial com
pletely forgotten. , ing to London, is still geographically
It was from Mr. Ablram Levi, offer- . In England, but otherwise he hardly
ing mm 400 for "Chloe Counting Her
Chickens."
"it never rains but It pours," cried
the delighted artist, tossing the pict
ure dealer's note across to his wife.
The next merry meeting, after the
opening of the academy, between
Zerubbabel and Levi, was enlivened by
angry recrimination. Air. Zerubbabel
accused Mr. Levi of willfully mislead-!
I
ing mm, ana trie latter replied, chuck
ling: "So I was right, was I? It
was you wno tried, and. in fact, par
tially succeeded in spoiling my market
with Megilp. I would advise you, the
next time you make use of a friend's
brains to be sure that you know what
you're about."
'IKITISIf FEDERATION'
The IaIinu Stairuman of Now Zea
land Says It Will lie Necessary.
Sir William Fltzherbert, a prominent
colonial statesman, arrived in San Fran
cisco, Cal., enroute for JS'ew Zealand
recently. Sir William is the Speaker
of the Legislative Assembly of New
Zealand, and his mission to England
was that of delegate to the Colonial
Conference, which took place in Ixm
don some months past. Few Xew Zea
laud statesmen have had a public
career of so much distinction as Sir
William Fuzherbert. He came to the
colonies in the very early days, and has
since occupied almost every office of
prominence in the gift of the people.
Before the centralization of govern
ment in New Zealand he was elected
to the superiutendency ot tha province
of New Zealand, and since that time
has taken oCice iu several ministries,
latterly being Speaker of the House of
Hepresentatives. On his elevation to
the Upper House he was unanimously
chosen Speaker of that body, his acute
ness, together with his absence of Mas
and knowledge of men and affairs
throughout the colony, particulary fit
ting him Tor the position. Though Sir
William is by no means a young man,
his mind retains Its pristine vigor un
impaired. "Was any system of federation for
mulated at the conference?" asked the
rejKirter.
"Federation Itself," said Sir Wil
liam, "was not spoken or. The purpose
of the conference was really to draw
closer the luds of union between the
motDar-gqnu-y a-c
promote an exchange of views upon
questions of mutual Interest. I was
surprised, however, to find that Eng
lish public opinion in reference to colo
nial matters has undergone, of late, an
entire change. A change, indeed,
which can only be described as,.a com
plete revolution of feeling. On a pre
vious occasion, some years back, I was
called to Euglatid on colonial business,
and found prevailing there the pro
fouudest ignorance regarding matters
colonial. 1 suggested aC that time,"
said Sir William, with a quiet smile,
"that the Londoners, Instead of spend
ing their vacations on the Alediter
ranean, should make It their business
to visit the country's dependencies in
the South Seas."
'Ihe Australian colonies," con
tinued Sir William, "are a large and
growing power. Within the few years
of their existence they have attained a
surprising strength. They oner the
best solution for the problem of over
population, for iu their vast extent
there is room for millions of people."
'What changes' would be involved,"
asked the reporter, "in the systems of
colonial government were federation
adopted?"
"lhat was a question which was not
touched upon. The conference, tu
know, was merely preliminary a
clearing the way for after-action. The
views expressed by my lellow-dele-gates,
together with the expressions of
opinion from the many prominent
Englishmen with whom 1 spoke, made
me see the question of federation in
another light. Impressed by their ar
guments 1 became a member of the
League and will now do all iu my
power to bring about its objects. The
idea of federation and the problem as
to how it may be successfully applied
seems to me the greatest problem now
before Hiumanlty. You Americans
have solved it with an extraordinary
degree of success. It remains for us to
azree upon some method by which we
will be secured the highest measure of
local self-government with the greatest
degree of supreme central authority.
A.uab is rnub wc vtauu it c iu mo cuio-
nies are agreed nn the necessity of
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.
follow iu uue course."
The Mexican and His Lottery.
The Mexican is patient; he scans the
lottery sheets announcing the drawings,
and, if Lis ticket has drawn nothing,
he lights a fresh cigarette and buys a
fresh ticket, This morning my oppo
site 'neighbor lu the horse car was a
tired looking old woman who had evi
dently seen better days. She smiled
thoughtfully to herself, and, after fid
geting about for a few minutes, f ur-j
tively drew from her pocket a lottery"
ticket waicn evidently had drawn some-)
thing, for she rode on as near as Bhel
could go to the oflice where the nioned
is paid over to the winners.
Everybody buys these tempting little
flimsy tickets, printed on paper so thu
that a summer zephyr would eaail
blow them a mile. The stout priest i
the corner of the street car tak? s out :
ticket that he has just bought, and
looking at It scrutinlzingly.puts itasid
in along pocketbook, as If It were,
share in some promising venture. Yof
servant buy ti kets, and the beggf
who extorts a real from you will hurf
around the corner, uot to buy a dnn,
but, rather, a ticket in the great day
wueei turning snow, the one buslnts
that never stops. Is always flourishi
and which pays salaries year in ail
year out to its employes.
The first English almanac v8
brought out at Trinity college, Cat-
bridge, in 1347, and the first printl
almanac appeared in London abouta
hundred years later.
to qtoiozkect or the litb.
THE NATION OP LONDOS.
Socially and Intellectually it is Larger
Than Russia.
knows where he is. At first he does
not belong to the place at all; after
some experience of it be finds out
whether he belongs to London natural
ly or not that is to say, whether there
is that in him which may develop into
harmony with the larger intellectual
atmosphere of the place. Physically,
London may be as big as Loch Lomond;
socially and intellectually, it is larger
than ltussia. and may well form a sort
of State.
The English character in London
has become more open, more tolerant,
better able to understand variety of
opinion and much more ready to appre
ciate talent and welcome thought of all
kin as. The nation of Loudon Is essen
tially modern and democratic, not car
ing who your grandmother may have
been, if only yourself were to its taste;
but at the same time it does not desire
to be a coarse and uneducated democ
racy; it values culture and taste far too
highly to sacrifice them to a low
equality. In a word, London clings to
her own standard of civilization. If
you come up to that standard, if you
have refinement and just money enough
for housekeeping of unpretending ele
gance, you may be an lutldel and a
radical, and London will not disown
you, London will not cast you out into
the cold. Although London happens
by chance to be situated on an island.
it is not more insular than Paris.
The nation of London is of all na
tions the most cosmopolitan, the most
alive to what is passing everywhere
upon the earth. It seems there as if
one were not living so much the life of
one nation as the world's life. You
sneak of some outlandish place at a
London dinner table, and are never
surprised If somebody present quietly
gives a description of it from personal
knowledge. The thoughts and actions
of all mankind settle themselves into
more just proportions in London than
anywhere else. In Paris, with all its
brightness and intelligence.you are con
stantly compelled to recollect that you
are In France, as in Edinburgh that
you are in Scotland.
-.v Awi iii lxiitr.
Xhc Old Ive is Best.
t uen Charlie Ellis became engaged
to the flirt of the town, Kitty Bell,
every one from his mother down pre
dicted that he would be miserable in
tlK;Pnd. But be was a very perverse
irtnn F ..... . t r I . i, 1 . . 1 . . . .
way and persisted in saying that Kitty
was the most delightful girl in the
world and that they would be very
happy together.
For the first six months not a ripple
disturbed the pleasure of their engage
ment, Kitty avoided the society of
other men, gave up flirting and seemed
to have settled down to the fact of be
coming a staid little married woman.
One day, however, Charlie met her,
and her face was overcast with gloom.
"Why, how doleful you look!" he
Slid, taking her hand in his.
"Is that all the sympathy I get from
you," she said, with a pout. "Iook at
tbat." pushing a photograph into his
hind.
"Well, what is that and what has It
got to do with your happiness?" said
Charlie, sharing at the picture with all
Lis might. ''Unless you think he Is
better looking than I am," he said,
doubtfully, holding it up to the
lght.
"That's just it, and you would see
It yourself if you were not so vain."
Charlie could only look his astonish
Dent at this sudden outburst.
"Just look at that mustache," she
cried; "and you haven't evea the
aiadow of one! He looks too lovely
for anything fairly Spanish," she con
tinued; "and Aiadge Wilder is engage!
to him."
Charlie began to laui;h.
"And Bhe said you were a nice-look-ng
fellow, but rather boyish,'"' Kitty
said, angrily; "and I am not going to
marry anybody to be made tun oil"
And the silly little girl handed him
.he pretty little ring lie had given
ler.
"I hope you won't regret this!" he
laid, gravely, and they part without
mother word.
The next day Charles Ellis left town,
ud a year passed without any news
prom him.
At first Kitty was Eay and careless.
She scattered her smiles lavishly; she
laughed and talked with all the young
fellows In the neighborhood and let
every one see that she was not breaking
i, - . ,. , ,
P ueart ,ve,r l1 s, absence.
her friends were unkind
lAnAiiir h
'enough to say she had no heart.
After awhile she grew pale and very
quiet; she stayed at home all the long
Summer days and did not seem to care
for any of her old friends.
Then she watched for the postman
every day, only to turn back disap
pointed when there was never any let
ter for her.
Then another mood seized her when
she saw the pitying looks rest upon her,
and once more alio was her old gav
self.
Just about that time a stranger came
to town, rented an olhce and hung out
a handsomely painted sign:
"James Wilbraham, Attorney-at-Law."
t . was L?lranser w everv one- ou
not loDSf- 1113 courteous manner won
He was a stranger to every one, bu
Uiui luauy 111CIIU3 anu jillj was awu
numbered among them. On bis part
he soon let It be seen that he admired
her, and no one was surprised when
admiration seemed to deepen into
something warmer. Only a few of her
friends wondered what Charlie would
say when he heard of It.
It was a bright autumn evening, and
Mr. Wilbraham was sitting in the little
parlor with Kitty.
He had sent her a little note to say
he was coming, as he had something to
tell her; and though Kitty had long ago
made up her mind what was coming,
she shivered and thought of Charlie,
and wondered if she should ever be
able to torget him.
But Air. Wilbraham was talking and
she had not understood a word.
"What is it?" she said, half frlght-
cned at his glance.
J "Have 1 then been mistaken?" he
asked gravely. "You have surely
SEPTEMBER 21, 1SS7.
surely elven me some encouragement.
Kitty?"
Ah I how her heart was beat in? I
When he said "Kitty" in that mourn
ful voice she thought of Charlie and
just how his dear voice had sounded.
"Have I been mistaken. Miss Bell?
Is there some one else you care
for?"
At that Kitty burst Into tears and
hid her face in her hands, and
sobbed as if her heart would break.
"Kitty, speak to me! Tell me what
it all means! Either you care for me
or"
"I don't," cried Kitty. "There is
only one man in the whole world that 1
care for, and he doesn't care a particle
for me, and that is what I am crying
for."
She stole a look at him, but his face
was turned away frm her.
"I am going to tell you just how bad
I am, and then you won't break your
heart, but just be glad to get rid of
me."
Still no reply, but he was evidently
waiting for her confession.
"I had a lover." and she sighed
softly; "he was ttie best man living,
and the noblest, and yes, be was the
most beautiful! But somebody made
fun of his looks, and I I"
"That will do. Will you please get
me a dish of water?"
Kitty wiped her eyes, and stared
with all her might.
"Are you faint?" she asked in awe
struck tones.
"Some water, please?"
And now Kitty flew from the room,
and came back with a round jar of
flowers, and tossing the flowers into the
fire held out the jar.
And then this remarkable man
plunged both hands into the water ami
rubbed his face as Kitty had never seen
any face rublied before. Then he wiped
his face and hands on the neat white
apron Kitty wore, tore off his dark hair
and Cung it in a corner and faced
Kitty.
"So you re illy think I am beauti
ful?" he asked.
In another minute he had caught her
in his arms aud was bringing back the
color to the pale cheeks.
"The mustache is my own, and the
dye will wear of. aud my own bonny
brown hair will grow again! And you
never knew me. Kitty?"
But Kitty was far past mindlnghisre
proaches. She was supremely happy.
"And I am my own successor," he
whispered, when they had talked It all
over, and decided that they loved each
other more thau any other lovers in the
world could, aud Kitty had promised
solemnly to marry him in a month, and
he had sealed the promise with kisses
too many to count.
Sliiiiii Gold to Europe.
When one recalls the millions upou
millions of dollars in gold that annually
seek Europe to provide for the necessi.
ties of our import trade, the question
of how gold is shipped to Europe
becomes a curious and interesting
one. The Bank of America is
the largest single shipper of gold
abroad. Shipments are made in stout
kegs, verv like the ordinary beer keg.
Every one contains $50,000 in com or
in bar gold. The latter is the favorite
for those shipments, since the govern
ment has permitted the stib-tieasury to
exchange bar for cold coin, aa coin in
$1,000,1100 shipment !s liatile to a loss
by abrasion of from eight to twenty
ounces, or from sl2i to JJ0; aud the
bars only lose about three-fourths of
that amount. Where coin Is sent dou
ble eagles a;e preferred. They are put
in stout canvas bas, each bag contain
ing 125 d ub!e eagles, or $3,000, and
ten bags fill each keg.
About the only precaution taken
against tampering with kegs is a treat
ment of the kegeuds technically known
as "red taping." Four holes are Uired
at equal intervals to the projecting rim
of the staves above the head. Red
tae is run through these, crossing on
the keg's head, the ends meeting at the
centre, where they are sealed to the
head by the hardest wax and stained
with the consignor's name. The aver
age insurance is about $1.5 )0 per $1,00
000. Then there is an excuse of t'2 a
keg for packing and cartage aboard
ship, or $'J00 for the same sum, and the
inevitable loss by abrasion, whatever it
may prove to be. There are great
Wall street firms shipping from $25,
OijO.OOO to $40,000,000 anuually. Some
of these have for years insured them
selves, and assert that the saving has
been sufficient to replace a loss of
$1,000,000. These are large figures,
lint this has become a country of large
figures and affairs.
.Varriajie From Earliest Tunes.
The earliest and universal blood rela
tion was in Arabia, as, indeed, in all
primitive societies, kinship through the
mother, the latter being considered the
most sacred trust of every stock-group.
The oldest marriage system in Arabia,
as elsewhere, was polyandry of the so
called nair, in which the woman re
mained among her own people and re
ceived suitors from other tribes, whom
she could choose and dismiss at will,
being on an entirely equal footing with
her partners aud In which all the issue
of such loose marriages belonged ex
clusively to the mother's stock. The
husbaud either remained with his own
kin and visited his wire at intervals
only or he Joined his wife's stock alto
gether, being liable, however, to dis
missal at any time.
The transition from female kinship
to that system of male kinship which
is the only legitimate one in the time of
Islam liegau when nair polyandry was
gradually superseded by that of the
Tibetau or ba'l type, In which group of
kiusmeu brought a woman from an
other clan into their own as their com
mon wife, and naturally reduced her
from the position of a sadica, with the
free disposition of her favors, to that of
a ba'uluh, a possessed or captive
woman. It is obvious that this custom
must originally have been established
by capture in war, and that ba'l mar
riage by convenant developed at a much
later period. Here again monandry
took by degrees the place of polyandry,
the more powerful or wealthy member
of a clanship being naturally desirous
to have a wife to himself instead of
sharing her with all bis brethren; and
therefore we are fully Justified in say
ing that individual marriage was not
the result of fine feeling, but ot a gross
state of society, and that the more civ
ilized ideas of conjugal fidelity followed,
and did not precede, the new state of
things,
The Fost-office department has re
fused to name a Nebraska Post-office
"Old Maid."
DEATH OP A PARIS MISER.
The Treasure Chamber Unearthed in
the Place Saint Gervaia.
If you had been standing In front of
the queer old church of Saint Gervais
at about 1 o'clock on a recent after
noon you would have seen a funeral
procession Issue from a house bidden
away In a corner of the place and
halt In front of the sacred portals.
A very humble procession, indeed,
of what is known to Parisians as the
eighth class." A hearse reduced to
its simplest expression, one mourning
carriage and a solitary mourner the
concierge of the dead man's house.
Ihe small deal coffin in the hearse
did not give much trouble to the Poni-
pes I unebres gentlemen, nor did the
priests put themselves out much over
the funeral service. In a very lew
moments the mass was scrambled
through, the gentlemen ot the Pompes
Funebres had shoved the colli a back
Into the hearse, and all that was mor
tal of M. Denizot. rentier, was jog
ging slowly away to the cemetery.
In the quarter they called him
"Papa Denizot." A queer, crusty,
lonely little man, who shunned the
advances of his neighbors and shrank
from answering the questions which
they sometimes ventured to put to him
about his past. At first, when he set
tled down at 10 ltue de Brosses, four
teen years ago, his taciturnity gave
rise to a great deal of gossip. But
gradually people got used to his odd.
shy ways, aud ceased to speculate
about him.
After all he was a very harmless
creature, and if he chose to live alone.
comma un ours." as they said, why
that was his business.
He was poor. Oh, very poor, evi
dently.
He rented one wretched little room
on the top door of the dingy house at
the side of the church. A chair or
two, a cheap Iron bedstead, a table and
a few prints on the wail that was all
his furniture. o one ever climbed
the winding staircase to pay him a
visit no one but the grumpy wife of
the concierge, who slept In the stuffy
hole on the entresol. He was alone.
Every morning he would shuffle
down the stairs and through the
place, dressed in the same shabby old
gray overcoat. He had a curious
walk and an ond way of twisting his
back about. Usually a big bunch of
trinkets dangled from his trousers
pockets.
l'resently they would see him
shuffling into a bouillon to buy a
scrap of meat aud a little soup for
breakfast. After that he vanished f. r
the day, and no more was heard of
him until nightfall.
Often the concierge used to ask him
why he did not get some one to look
after him.
"You'll go off iu your sleep some
of these days," said the concierge,
"and nobody will know of it,"
But he shook his head. How couid
be atloid to pay any one to look after
him? He was so-very poor and he had
no relatives.
On Sunday morning he did not coma
down stairs as usual. The concierge
knocked at his door, and getting no
answer burst it open. "Papa Deni
zot" lay dead in his bed,
"Well," said the conclerg, who tol 1
Gallngaul the story, "I fetched the po
lice aud they overhauled -Papa Deui
zot's' effects. On shaking the table
which stood near his bfd they heard
the chink of money. They pulled the
drawer out.
"It was full of gold. Pile after
pile, neatly wiapi-ed in paper A
thousand " francs 10,000 5o W3.000
francs, in bright gold iiaoleons!
They searched the mattress and
the cupboards and found more napo
leons. Altogether 100,000 franc were
stored away in that garret. 'Papa
Denizot,' whom the jieople had pitied
in his lifetime, was rich. 'Papa Den
izot' had shares and notes aud gold.
And all the while he lodged with us
we never suspected it."
"Papa DenizotV fortune will be
kept for a time to give the missing
heirs a chance of making their claims.
If, at the end of the legal delay, no
application hits been made for it the
miser's money will be confiscated by
the government.
The Sober but Merry Old Gentleman.
One evening not long ago there was
arrested in Boston an old gentleman
of position and of cherry habits. The
policeman said he had found the old
gentleman on the street very drunk.
The complaint was entered against
him, but as he seemed to be able to
get about he was released on his recog
nization and sent home In a hack,
which he paid for with great alacrity.
When the case came up in court the
only witnesses summoned to prove his
condition weie the policeman and the
old family servant of the accused, a
faithful and devoted retainer.
The policeman had given his testi
mony, which was unqualifiedly to the
fact of the old gentleman's intoxica
tion. Then the old servant was called
to the stand. There was a mingled ex
pression of indignation aud determina
tion on his countenance. He testiiied
flatly, to the surprise of the court
room, that the old man was sober
when he came home. The prosecuting
attorney proceeded to question him.
"You say that Mr. was sobei
when he came home?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did he go to bed alone?"
"No, sir."
"Did you put him to bed?"
"Yes. sir."
"And he was perfectly sober?"
"Yes, sir.''
"What did he say when you put biiu
to. bed?"
"He said good-night."
It Smelt Like the Old Man.
A friend of mine has just come back
from taking a look at the Hawaiian re
volution. He says he heard a small
Hawaiian kid get off something that
was a whole moral lesson all in itself.
The child had found an old gin bottle
and he was smelling it and evidently
enjoying the odor Intensely. Ilia mother
called to him:
"What are you doing with that?"
"It's a bottle."
"What are you rubbing it against
your nose for?"
"It smells Just like pa."
Somebody had better get np a treaty
and control the Importation of cloves
in his country.
It U said that the rata of the filtration
of the water supplied by the various
water companies to London does not in
any case exceed 540 gallons per square
jaxd of filter bed In twenty-four hours.
Editor and. Proprietor.
NO. 39.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
The late Valentine ketcbum
vessel-owner of Cleveland, left a $0,
000,000 estate.
Lebanon, Penna., has two brother!
who are horse thieves at the ages of li
and 15 years.
General Longstreet lives in a farm
house on the summit of a ridge In
Xorth Georgia.
Big bouquets of mignonette are
carried by the young women at the
summer resort hops.
The reflection of electric lights at
PoughKeepsie, New York, is seen a dis
tance of sixteen miles.
A dead man is the sole inhabitant
of the once flourishing town of Soli
taire, near Kingston.
The valuation of Scott county,
Kansas, two years ago was $2,000.
This year it is "$.010,000.
Col. Walterson has discovered It
New York a drink composed of brandy,
eggs and coffee, and called a "Sabbath
calm."
If Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, reallj
wishes to make his re!gn a success, he
should engage Buffalo Bill for a short
season.
Nine hundred and fifty women In
Iowa own and manage farms. Six
more have block farms aud twenty
dairy farms.
Fine bunches of dates have been
succesi fully grown and riiienel. it Is
stated, on land in Santa Barbara
county, California.
Carriages were Crst introduced
Into England in 13-50, and were for a
long time used only for the conveyance
of the sick and of ladies.
A Phillips, Ma'ne, man admits be
ing hired to poison a family with Pari:
green. The price was $3, but he over
did the job and the victims recovered.
Rabbits are eating out the rancher
in Steptoe Valley, White Pine county,
Nevada. At night they come lu w hole
armies and devour the growing cropB.
The first toll for the repair of
English highwavs was imposed iu the
reign of Edward III., and was for re
pairing the road between St. Giles and
Temple Bar.
Suits have been instituted in Louis
ville, Kent ucky, looking to seme result
that will restrain tobacco warehouse
men from usini? the piblie highways
for storing their hogsheads.
Rumors of deals among the street
railway people are floating about in Su
Louis. There is said to be a disposi
tion on the part of some of the railway
magnates to consolidate all the roads.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, it is stated, has decided to
equip its passenger cars with the West
lughouse automatic air brake. It has
also been decided V) adopt a better
system of signals.
All kinds of fruit sell for higher
prices in the Hudson river district
than iu New York. Potatoes that Sell
in the city for $1.30 to $1 So a barrel,
sell in New Faltz,where thev are grown,
for $2.40.
There are but three survivors of
the eighteen actors who played "Our
American Cousin" on the night of
President Lincoln s assassination
Ford's Theatre Harry Hawk, W.
Ferguson and John Mathews.
Sergeant George Fieischrnan,
in
J.
of
the Eleventh Regiment, New York,
wants any man In the National Guard
or Giand Army to walk hitu for six
days, equipped in heavy marching
order, as a test of endurance.
The first spectacles were made at
Florence, at about the beginning of
the fourteenth century by Salviuo
Armio d' Armiti, although their in
vention has been erroneously credited
both to Roger Bacon and Alexander
de Spina.
The Russian Prince, Pierre Witt
genstein, a Tin is despatch announces,
has died at Kenleon, near Brest, of
grief for his wife, the daughter of a
Breton fisherman, whom he had educa
ted. He leaves his vast fortune tc
Prince Hohenlolie.
The first record we have of coal is
about 30O years before the Christian
era. Coal was - u-ed as fuel in Eng
liiiin ai. early as S52, and in 1234 the
iirst charter to dig for it was granted
by Henry III. t j the inhabitants of
New-castle-on-Ty ne.
Lovers of the waltz may celebrate
its centenary. The first dance which
could lie described as a waltz was in
troduced to the public in an opera at
Vienna in 17S7 by one Vicent Maitiny
Solar (.commonly called Alartini k
Spagnuolo), w ho was a popular com
poser at the court of Joseph II.
Among the pajiers of the late
King of Bavaria, it is stated, have
U-eii found the manuscript of twe
lhiht opeias on the style of Auber,
written by Richard A aguer when lit
was very young. These, it is added,
are now to be published under tht
titles the comNser save them, ''Les
Fees" and "Defence d' Aimer."
A doctor lit t. Louis was dis
turbed just after he retited to bed early
the other morning by noises in hisyard.
Taking a revolver with him he peepek
through a window and saw a man en
deavoring to force a pair of shutters on
a lower floor The doctor fired two
shots In succession, and the burglar
who gave the name of Langer, re
ceived a probably fatal wound in the
neck.
Physicians are usually free from
superstition, and they generally treat
with ridicule the clans of remedies
known as "old women's cures." But
we know of a prominent member ol
that profession, now retired from prac
tice, who avers that he cured himself
of a rheumat c trouble, of a painful
character and long standing, by carry
ing in his pocket a potato about tht
size of a horse chestnut. This he was
induced to do I y an old lady friend,
aud the doctor affirms, upou his honor,
that it cured him within a few months,
and that while the withered vegetable
is in his pocket not a tinge of the dis
ease is felt. He does not attempt tc
account for it.
A strange freak of lightning is re
ported from the town of Kamapo,
Rockland county. New York. Tht
house of August Bolger stands alone in
a remote part of the town, nearly sur
rounded by large trees. During
heavy thunderstorm an unusually share
flash of lightning was seen, and Mr.
Bolger, who was lu a shed, entered th
house and saw a pet dog and cat both
lying dead in the room near the fire
place. A dark line ran across the floor,
which was uncarpeted, and led out ot
the front door. Going outside, Mr.
Bolger discovered that a part of the
railing on one side of the front stoop
had been torn away. The lightning
evidently came down the chimney.
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